__ . "Tg .7 .THE SPRINKLE DOLLAR. A Counterfeit which was. Worth More Than the Sound Dollar. The sending of Dan Wyatt McLease to the penitentiary by. the United States district court for counterfeiting has started the tongue of reminisence to relating particulars of the most no- ted counterfeiting case known to the penal annals of northwestern Ken- tucky, namely, that of'Jacob and Nan- cy Sprinkle, who were indicted jointly at the Octoberlterm of the Lewis dis- trict court in 1840. This case attract- ed sensational interest at the time, as there were thousands of the “Sprinkle dollars” in circulation, which, though known to be counterfeit, nevertheless were received without question or pro- test in facilitating exchanges through a broad territory The “Sprinkle dollar” occupies a unique position in the history of coun. terfeiting, as it was, perhaps, the only illegal dollar ever minted that was “‘too good.” The “Sprinkle dollar“ _ had a larger proportion of silver in ii in relation to its alloy than the dollar that came through Uncle Sam’s fin- gers. The well known fact that the “Sprinkle dollar" had a higher bullion value than the genuine dollar pos- sessed helped to retain it unques- tioned in the circulation of this and adjoining counties. This fact was al- so potent in screening Jacob Sprinkle from the legal consequences of his act. . Hundreds openly sympathized with him. and the most exacting for a long while winked «at his trans- gressions. Many people believed that as long as the Sprinkle dollar contained the same or a greater proportion of silver than did the coin from the government mint they were doing no wrongful act, ‘ either in law or morals. They be- lieved that counterfeiting consisted in deceiving and cheating with a base metal resembling silver. Jacob , Sprinkle believed this himself for a long while, and was disillusioned only after a grand jury had indicted him. So numerous did these dollars become 'finally that men, when receiving money from another, would always examine it to see how much offlit con- sisted of “Sprinkle dollars.” If it all should consist of Sprinkle money it would call forth some jocular remark as the receiver pocketed the jingling coin—Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. ‘ THE JAPANESE: no NOT USE OPIUM. Since Owning Formosa They have been ‘13. éroubled Regarding the Question. " The Japanese, unlike their Chinese neighbors, hale a horror of opium smelling. In Japan it is‘a crime, pun- ishable by a heavy fine and a long im. prisoument. It is a crime to sell opium or smoking apparatus, and the only places where the drug can be pur- chased, or where a person may smoke, are on the foreign reservations under the protection of a foreign flag. The opium dens in Yokohama, Kobe, Nag- asaki and other cities are all found in the German, French and English con- cessions, where the Japanese have no jurisdiction; When the Japanese took possession of Formosa, which was ceded by China to Japan as a part of the price of peace, they found a. serious problem in the prevalenceof opium-smoking among the. natives and Chinese residents, who are nu- merous. After the trial of various methods, the Government has adopted a rather novel policy to repress and regulate the vice. It requires every Opium , smoker to purchase a license from the ’ Government by the payment of a fee, Ind permits indulgence in the vice within certain limits of the city, which will result in the colonization of opium-smokers. Physicians and drug- glsts alone are permitted to buy and gel] the drug, and they are required to take out licenses and pay heavy fees for the privilege. Any violation of this law is punished by imprisonment with hard labor for a term not exceed- ing fifteen years or a fine not exceed- ing 5,000 yen. In the districts set apart for indulgence in the vice, minim-smoking houses may be opened for the accommodation of strangers or persons who do not care to smoke on their. own premises. These houses are subject to strict regulations, and every zime they harbor a customer who does not have a permit to smoke opium, the proprietor is liable to a fine of 3.000» you and imprisonment for eleven years—Chicago Record. '- 30 Saw too Much. ' “Henry, I am glad to learn that you lou't drink any more, but how did you mum to leave off ?" “‘You remember the last time my mother-in-law was here?” “Yes.” ~ “Well. one night while she was here I came home in pretty bad shape, and ea w three of her. That settled it.” A SPRING-TIME ElETORT. a ybcc»—l See you have a card club compfised entirely of engaged couple's, What g me do they play? ‘ w. . Codes—Heart's, of course. ‘92 5,; Mil? rm _.-.- ,_....... 57‘ CURRENT COMMENT. Sam Jones’s price for fighting the» devil is $2,000 per month. When we consider the time Sam has been en- gaged in the business and the fact they the devil is still doing business at the old stand, it would seem that his charges are rather steep. Pittsburg is to have illuminating gas at 50 cents per thousand feet, and the men who will supply it are not it the business for its hygienic advan tages, either’. They are eccentrh enough to believe that a profit of 2( or 30 per cent 'on their investment will warrant them In going into the enterprise. Two more convicts in Auburn have gone insane through the idleness cn- forced on them by the labor unions, and may therefore become permanent charges on the public. Take these prisoners out and set them to work on the roads. V Then something will be got out of them, and the labor unions as well as other people will be the bet- ter off. -.;,._¢. ‘When the Kansas Legislature com- pletes the task of giving “statutory force” to the Ten Commandments, it should go ahead and promote public health by passing a law to make ill- ness a penal offense. By the same to- ken it might improve the general wel- fare by enacting a bill to make drought a misdemeanor and a thun- der storm a breach of the peace. Some of Chicago’s experimental philanthropists propose that all va- cant lots in that city shall be turned over to the poor for the cultivation of beans. The bean idea is merely a va- riation of the Pingree potato scheme. It is worth trying, however, and if it brings the bean pots of the East into closer relationship with the mess pork of the West, it will develop into a solid institution. r: Secretary of State Palmer of New York has completed his report to the Legislature showing the criminal sta- tistics of the state, as reported to him by the clerks of sixty counties. The report, which is purely 'statistical, shows, so far as recorded, convictions for crime which prove that the people of this state are growing better, and that crime is on the decrease, as com- pared with the record made in 1895. To one who loves the study of na- tions the evolution of national charac-_ ter and the shifting of the world’s controllng influences, surely Spain to-day must open a field unexampled in modern times for tragic interest. Long removed from friction with either the constructive or destructive politics of Europe, blessed in natural resources and rich in tradition, she has continued steadily a victim of her- self, rather than of her enemies. Experts estimate that 75 per cent of the silks now worn by American wom- en are manufactured in this coun- try. If this is correct, it indicates an enormous expansion of what is every- where regarded as one of the most difiicult and exacting of all textile in- dustries. It has taken infinite care and expense to establish American silks in public favor, but the fact that it has been done is a positive triumph for the methods employed in the man- ufacture and treatment of those fab- rics in this country. " More than 3,000,000 persons in the famine-stricken districts of India are now subsisting on public and private charity, and this number will probab- ly be increased to 5,000,000 before the beginning of June. The relief ren- dered by the government is inade- quate, but it is draining the resources of the country so completely that a long period of industrial and and busi- ness depression must necessarily en- sue after the present distress has passed away. The combined effects of famine and plague will be to bring upon India the severest and most pro- tracted interval of financial hardship she has ever experienced. —,—-— The Brooklyn Eagle, Democratic. says: When Gen. Stewart L. Wood- ford said in Washington yesterday that he believed that the appointment of Mr. Bliss would be satisfactory to Republicans of all shades in this state. be justified the confidence which his friends have in his ability to do and say the right thing at the right time, if Gen. Woodforrd had been unable to recognize the merit of a rival, and had not had sufficient self-control to speak courteously of that rival in the hour of his success, he would have been un- lit for the ofiice to, which he aspired. Such conduct as this con-serves civil- [nation It makes it'easy for men to work together for the general good. because it shows that the general good is what we care for more than ' for personal advancement. We are headed'in the right direction, and the timemvlll soon come when men can strive for office without believing that the other main is a villain. Difference of opinion does not involve moral 0b- liquity, nor does the availability of a man for a certain oflice prove .that sther men would not fill the oflicejust as Well. , .. ; . ___‘ ... .. - '.._._,. . .- ... --...... .. v‘I’UTHEfiEVENINGflGAZETTE CHICAGO BANK WREGKL'RS. Five Officials of the Defunct Globe Sav- ings Institution Indicted. Chicago, May 3.-——The grand jury has returned indictments against five men connected with the management of the defunct Globe Savings bank. The men indicted are Charles W. Spalding, pres- ident of the "bank and ex-tre‘asurer of the state university of Illinios; A. D. Avrill, vice president of the bank; Charles E. Churchill, cashier; W. B.' Ervin, assistant cashier, and Allison W. Harlan, one of the directors. There are 29 indictments in all. ' - Banker Spalding is included in all the indictments returned, and in 14 of them he is alone. Of the latter, 13 charge Spalding with embezzlement of the bonds-of’the University of Illinois. and one accuses him of embezzling $131,000 of the funds of the university. His to- tal bonds foot up $90,000. The other men are indicted on 15 charges, all of them relating to the re- ceiving of deposits. Spalding is charged with embezzlement of state funds and with receiving deposits knowing the bank to be hopelessly insolvent. The other men are charged with the latter offense only. ‘ Spalding frankly admitted that he had hypothecated bonds belonging to the state university and said that he had been advised to do so by John W. Lanehart, deceased, but at that time a. law partner of ex-Governor Altgeld. The report. of the grand jury in re- turning the indictments was very se- vere in its denunciation of the conduct of the bank officials and said that'the statute of limitations was all that pre- vented the indictment of a. number of other men. A special grand jury will be called in a few days, and the investigation into the affairs of the bank will be con- tinued. TEE HANGING OI' GIBSON. End of a Remarkable Trial of Almost National Importance. Greenville, Miss, May 3.—The hang- ing here Saturday afternoon of John Gibson, 3. colored murderer, was the- closing chapter of a. somewhat remark- able trial. Gibson was convicted after a trial of six years for killing Robert Stinson, a white man. The trial of Gibson has been one of almost national importance, being a. di- rect attack on the Federal cOurts and upon the validity of the constitution of Mississippi. The case has been twice before the supreme court of this state, and the sentence which has been exe- cuted was the seventh sentence of death passed upon Gibson. ‘ Gibson’s counsel contended that the constitution of Mississippi excluded col- ored men from petit juries and grand juries on account of their color, in di- rect violation of the Federal constitu- tion and that Mississippi’s representa tion in congress had not been reduced to accord with the fourteenth amend- ment, although the elective franchise had been reduced by the constitution of 1890. . l Bad Forest Fires. Williamsport, Pa., May 3.——The forest fires along Kettle creek have been do- ing great damage. Besides destroying millions of feet of lumber, an entire' lumber camp was burned out and three ' teams consamed. The body of an un- known man has also been found. The fire yesterday in the vicinity of English Center burned. about 2,000,000 feet of timber. ' f To “'orl; Double Time. Youngstown, 0., May 3.—The iron workers and all other employees of all the. departments at the mills of An- drews Bros. & Co. have received no- tices that hereafter the entire plant would be in operation on double time. This is the first time for over a year that these mills have been in full opera- tion. ' Dying of Old Age. Lockport, N. Y., May 3.——The Hon. T. .T. Flagler, president of the Holly Man- ufacturing company and ex-United States representative, is seriously ill at his home in this city and is not expect- ed to live many days. He is 87 years old. His brother is Henry M. Flagler, the oil magnate. Mr. Flagler is dying of old age. Captain Murphy Arrested. Kingston, Jamaica, May 3.-—-Ca.ptain Edward Murphy, formerly of the Amer- ican steamer Laurada, was arrested at Por. Antonio on his arrival there from New York, by order of the Jamacia government, on two charges of filibus- tei'ing. “"hite Posts a Forfeit. Troy, N. Y., May 3.—Tommy White of Chicago, the 126 pound champion 1:: pugilism, has posted in Cohoes $100 as a forfeit to bind a match with George Dixau. the 1“? pound champion. -"n~‘ master Durant Dead. Troy, N. Y., May 3.—‘William C. Du- rant, who served as postmaster of West Troy under the administration of both Hayes and : wrfield, died at his home in VVatervliet yes erday. ' Twenty Years For W'lfe Murder. Toronto, May 3.——Samuel Rowatt. who was found guilty of the man- slaughter Of his wife, has been sen- tenced to imprisonment for 20 years. m. . —..r _._x / ‘ . . '. , , Positively cured by these Little Pills. They also relieve Distress from Dyspepsia, Indigestion and T00 Hearty Eating. A per. feet remedy ”or Dizziness, Nausea, Drowsi. ness, Bad Tastein the Mouth, Coated Tongue Pain in the Side, TORPID LIVER. Regulate the Bowels. Purely'Vegetable. Small Fill. Small Dose. " . Small Price. 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