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Through Gates of Flame....
By FITZGERALD MOLLOY, Author of
“Just at Moonrise,” “By an Unknown Hand,” “The Devil’s Head,” “Two
Women,” “Donisthorpe’s Destiny,” and Other Stories.
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GEORGHK GCGC 8 SONG.
On the night »f that terrible day. when
Che marchioness heard of the hopeless
c..nfitlnn **f her *HI, Georgia Gugu was
singing tier famous song In a music hall
not a hundred mile* removed from Leices
ter Square
The cisiume she wore was designed by
herself, and considered smart If not al
together <*elicate. Th<- skirts of her dress
~f < silk and chiffon, cut
with daring lowness, ended at the knees.
A tiara of more or less precious stones
rested on her mahogany-colored hair,
Whilst her bare arms were clasped by in
•nmerable bracelets. Iler leg* were cased
in black silk stockings and her feet in
yellow satin shoes.
Without a mite of music in her voice,
with her painted face beaming with idiotic
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•miles and a lighted cigarette held be
tween fingers that blazed with diamonds,
she sang her song. emphasizing its
doubtful meaning by wings. by a sudden
snatching of her skirts, or by thrusting
herself forward with a gesture that
threatened to shoot her body from its
scanty covering.
And no sooner had the verses ended
than ffom the crimson velvet stalls, where
gilded youth and ancient vice stared In
worshiping inbecility. and from the up
per circles, whose occupants leant hun
grily forward to catch every sly hint
and gloat over every suggestive move
ment. and from the boxes and grand cir
cle with their human satyrs and yellow
haired sirens, as well as from the gal.
lories where pleasure-loving if impecu
nious clerks perspired, came such a storm
of applause, such signals of appreciation
a< might have thrilled the greatest opera
singer with pride and triumph.
But Georgie Gugu. heedless and al
most disdainful of this overwhelming
tribute to her talents and charm*, went
..n with the driveling refrain which, as the
anolau-e died opray. was taken up by
the brighter spirits and less steady voices
of the < rnwd. who shouted th- words:
“Chifc>r Chappy. Chippy Chappy, don't
you look so flappy.
C: api V Chippy. «'hippy Chappy. 1 t! make
" you happy ”
Whilst the orchestra repeated the Inane
air of the song Georgi’ Gugu. the Eight
. f the Sight, the greatest music hall ar
tist on earth. t»< she modestly advertised
|..-r-. if. ••apervd about the stage, catching
at h»r skirts, tripping on her toes, and
t rail." making a bewildering d'splav of
a k k stn. king ana voluminous salrts
::i til she st«-"l |«ntlng. giddy and cx
, crowd that had now
work il i’.-elf Into a frenzy of enthusl
*' To n with a final wink, a broad smirk
and a f-»r- w.-l'l jerk of her body, she nish
••l fr m - -
u H troubling to go beyond th*
wing -he waited there until the uproar
■ > .'it. then came for-
ward with a P tulam strut as ts all this
enthu- a m (-.red her. Without conde
«..rdi<g io Ir.w 'be stood before her
worshipers - s.e„rd_ when, with a saucy
toss of lor h<ad. she once more retired
Mid w.ni through th* far** Os allowing
herself to I*.* brought back again by the
universal clamor for an encore.
At a n-xi from her the orchestra be
gan 'he overture t.. her -ong. which was
hailed with fresh apptau**. And as she
m ttteM <*n«l :|t l ' ,e
teeming hous gorgems in scarlet yl
vt. gilt molding and great mirrors that
redva-ted and magnified the blaze of the
electric lights, until her eyes, sweeping
heiond the haze of the footlights and
t-i etrating the .lense with
tobacco smok . suddenly caught sight of
a far. that above all .oners. wired turn
ed to her own; a well remembered face,
wlios.- eyes shot across th.- space divid
ing them a look of r.*cognltlon that trans
fixed and terrified her
She st tried, and a vehement word jump
■<t to t>- r lip*. The next Instant the over
ture was linish.si and the land paused
for her to begin. Somehow or other
th- familiar words came to Iter lips, but
she was more uncertain that ever of h«r
notes, whose flatness the orchestra strove
to .-over, and from force of habit the old
tricks of winking, smirking and gesticu
late* . ante back to hW without whs h
But she sane them without zest for -the
firs? time in her • x?“-ri<-ne»-. and -he
froli. k*-d and fl-oind.-n-.i atsmt the stag
without hcdlng wli.it she was doing,
and in d.s|*rat on shook the shoe of a
foot loftHv suspend.-d In mid air at her
worshipers tn a wav '.hat roils, d them '<»
wild t»ir>ixlsm* of applausv.
\s she stood still struggling to re
gain her breath she darted a glance In
the direction where she had seen the fa<-«
that had start rd h r. hut It was nowhere
Her ezit had |es« than usual of 'he
swaggering effrontrv that her admirers
.a11,.1 delightful coquetry, and hurrying
from the stage sh- went straight to her
dressing room It was past 1! o'clock,
and she was not obliged to sing any
more tha: night. She Therefore allowed
ler costumes to be 'hanged by the
dress r whom she coarsely abused for
»om* fancied clumsiness; she roundly
swore at a call boy that knocked against
her as «he was leaving, and she re
ceived the congratulations of h'-r mana
ger with a grumplmss that made him
fear she would demand a rise in her sal
ary at the expiration of her present agree
ment.
She had to wait three minutes for her
brougham, which decided her on dismiss
ing her coachman. When it drove up at
tne stage door she pushed her way
brusquely through a crowd, larg- '• com
posed of young men—the scions ! our
•>ld nobility—who nightly gathered there
in the fond hop* «>f •" ing honored by a
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nod from her. a word or two of slang,
or a handshake. If not by the inestimable
privilege of conducting her to her car
riage. But tonight she took no notice
of them as they gaped at or stuttered
compliments to her. or stoo<l bareheaded
as they might In the pres nee of royal
ty as she swept disdainfully past them.
"Home.’’ she shouted to the coachman,
who turned the horse's head in the di
rection of Victoria street, where she rent
ed a flat.
As she lay hack amongst the cushions
of her luxurious little brougham the night
seemed stifling warin. and she tore open
the clasps of her cloak that pressed upon
her throat at the spot where the hand of
the man she had caught sight of had
grasped her when he strove to strangle
her.
Could It have been Ralph Trentham
whose face she had seen In that brief
glance? Could It have been his eyes that
had darted that look into hers; those
! long, heavy-lidded, surly eyes that had al
ways seemed to despise her. and that once
I had bvvn the sole light of her life.
| His face was not to be readily mls-
I taken, for Its squareness, dark complexion
' and strongly marked features gave it a
1 distinct character. <*n the other hand. It
i had been seen only for a second through
j a haze of smoke, amidst a crowd of others
and with the footlights between.
She began to persuade herself it was
some fancied resemblance that had struck
her. She had arranged her plans with-
I out reckoning on Trent ham. her hopes
anti his long absence leading her to be
j lieve him dead.
j Now. or at any future time, he was
the last man of all others she wished to
see. He had taken her money, deceived
her, beaten and deserted her. and she
hated him. scorned him. No. it could
not lew Trent ham come back to cross her
life at the moment of Its triumph; even
If it were. It was not possible he would
I recognize Jane Simmons In Georgie Gugu.
I the Eight of the Night and the greatest
music hall artist on earth.
For all that she was disturbed. The
sight of that face had stirred bitter
memories; her mood shifted, and she de
rides! not to attend the midnight supper
given by the heir to a dukedom which
i she had promised to grace with her pres-
■ rn<*.
•‘l'll have my title and lie as good as
himself or any of his friends one of
these days." she reflected. And I must
|M-gin to shunt all those women he will
have around him. for It will never do
to have them boast of their friendship
with the countess of Wondford. Hut
once I'm in my proper place. I ll teach
them and others a lesson. Trust m< for
that.”
When on reaching the flat her maid told
her she had laid out her dress for the
supper party. Georgt' Gugu answered that
she had changed her mind about it. "As
I'm tired. I will sup at home anti have
a quiet night for once." she said.
So the gorgeous «lrrss bought for the
: occasion was set aside, and some cold
• a-hieketi ami tongue taken front the lar
' d< r. together with a small l»ottle of cham-
pagn* She sat down to the table above
which hung a eteat lamp, whose shade
of crimson satin was flounced and fringed,
ami who e light threw refl«*et:ons of the
nd ami green wine glasses on the table
cloth ami shorn* steadily down on a huge
epergm* of silver gilt cupids. upholding
a tawdrv bunch of artificial flowers.
She di~< ar«l« d the champagne in f ivor
«»f bram 1 ;- ami soda, and ask**d for an
onion, a favor t<- article of <ll t in the
<.'.!<-ti ti. T-. nh'ii ' I lt«-r With "I
ami cheese and a pint of hitter it served
for her sttpiter siz evenings hi th. w«*vk.
tl.e <eventh having a idltiona! luzurles
of |w>rk ami pickles.
These were the times when for a year
ly salary not amounting to as much as
she now earned a single night, she
! had sto<«l for twelve hours daily I><-liiml
a bar. inhaling tnized <-<|ots of whisky.
In>er nnd tobacco smoke, when she fiirtetl
with undergraduat«'s and met the coarse
jokes ami rough wit of any cl -me cus
tomers who chose to offer them, with a
ready give-and-take cheerfulm-ss that
made in r eztremely popular.
Amongst the crowd «>f undergraduates
; that had flocked around her. was that
grav<. bashful young lordling. who l>e
haved as If he had never spok<n to a
, woman in Ills life, who looked at her
with sir. admiration. «n<i who spoke to
j her with a rest she had never re-
• ce!v<d from any otli-r man. whl<lt led
her to think Idin a bit «»f a fool, a dupe
whom sb, might be aide t>> inveigle Into
a tnarriag<-
The Idea of marrying him had first
been put into her head by Trantham.
As she thought of him she brought her
glass of brandv and soda «lown on the
table with an angrv bang, asking her
self why she should m* plagued with rcc
| ollections of the wretch whose existence
she had forgotten for y< ars until this
night, when he seemed to haunt her.
Pushing lo r chair away ixdiilantly from
the supiht table, she w< nt into her sit
ting room, swished on the electric light,
took a cigarette from her <-a-e. and
flung herself at lull length In lazy com
fort on a sofa.
i This apartment was furnished by its
oceunanf with a taste ami luxury of
which .-lie felt proud. Every thing possi
ble was gilt the florid frames of the nuni
; erous mirrors, the chairs, the wicker
work baskets with trailing silk flowers,
l the fades from which they hung above
tli.. windows, the tire screen, the mold-
• Ings of the celling and paneling of the
< doors.
The bright blue < arpei s> r< am. <1 at the
vivid yellow table cloth an<| rich er m
son of the upholstery. And on chimney
pic« e ami bra. k'ts and tables ami wails
were photographs of Georgie Gagu and lie
music hall friends In even i-oneelvable
attitude and r-ostum.'.
As she lav smoking on the sofa, she
pit ked up a society o iper whose pages
she turned earnestly i ntil a < • Hain para
graph caught her eye. aiimaiming tha.
th-- Viscountess Ila vest >v. laid licen <n
t. rta ning a s-hri parly a'. Hay. ston
<i urt. amongst v hom was the bishop of
Ranchester.
With a sliirill. derisive laugh. Georgie
Gugu flung the paper to the other stile
of the room
■ Well. I'm l»l< st. If this Isn't the |« st
joke I've read for a month of Sundays.”
she 'lid hitterlv. "To think of Maggie
.Mayton rubbing shoulders with a bish
op! I worder what his lordship would
«ay if he knew that Kansloti. the mil
lionaire. gave her a black eye that night
hi was jealous of her. anil a « lie<’k for
four figures the next morning to prevent
■ her from bringing him before the mag
istrate? She'd take many a black eye
for such a consideration. When she
thr« w Kanston over to marry a title, her
mother-in-law had a til, ami the county
wouldn't know her; but a woman with a
check like tha4 wasn't to Im* beaten.
What with her visits to the poor, that
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she always hated, and her charity, which
sl.e would never miss, and her present
of vestments to the vicar, and the good
dinners she gave to anv swell who would
cat 'em, she has forced herself down
the throats of her neighbors, end got
so far as to hobnob with a bishop. She
could tell him a story or two that would
tickle him;” and .it the remembrance
of these tales Georgie Gugu laughed
again.
• Didn't 1 lust give her one for hers'df
last year, when my trap overtook her
four-ln-hand on the way to Epsom. She
<ut me dead, but I just tlppi'd her a
wink that brought the color to her face
—for she has given up painting—anil
made her look small before her fine wo
men friends, who stared at me. eager to
copy my gown and my style in 'the hope
of attracting men.
"Rut one of these days I'll go one bet
ter than the viscountess. I'll show the
hussy what a real countess can do, or
I'll eat my head’off." with which com
forting reflection Georgie Gugu I't an-
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“I Suppose You Thought I Was Dead.” ... ”1 Hoped You Were/’ She Replied. Sharply.
’ other cigarette, and called for a further
supply of brandy ami soda.
CHAITER XXIV
RALPH TRENTHAM
On the morning of the following day
Georgie Gugu, having finished her lire ik
f;.st. was seated in her gilded drawing
room, going through her correspondence
with a businesslike air.
A shrewd woman, she had always been
careful of her outlay, and methodical in
In r habits, presenting a sharp contrast
to those of her class, w hom she generally
regarded as a pack of good-natured idiots,
who falling to make hay while the sun
i shone, were <ies*im*d to a paup r s deatti.
one by one she glanced at the letters,
many ot wliich liau liven forwarded from
the music halts. The first, which requested
the favor of her autograph, she utd not
trouble to read to the end before flinging
it in;u tile waste paper basket beside n> r.
' Another idiot," was her comment on
tlie svond. as she laughed at the passion
ate admiration «xprexs<d by tlie writer,
w tio inclosed Ills photograpu and asked
tor hers.
' That woman is a common swindler,
and l'il give tier a piece of m> mind," she
said, presently, <>u examining a dress
maker's bill.
.Xow. tins man wi.l be the death of
m she murmiitad, us sue read an ap
js al lioiti ,i poor composer t<» buy a «song
of his, w nieh he felt sure would suit her
p'quaut .-7yle, and it possible increase m.r
popularit i "lie sttii go. son plaguing me,
though j never write to him. He must be
mad." she said, for it did not strike her
iiai ho was merely hungry.
She was engaged in reading a request
for a sitting from a litm of photographers,
w lien tfie maid opened the door and told
her a gentleman had ask> d to see her.
| "I've made no appoint inent,'' she said
| "Did he give his name’.''
"It's me,’’ answered a rough voice from
i the passage, and in another instant a
man had unceremonious.y pushed his way
into the room.
She started at sound of the voice and
at. sight of the visitor, her face growing
hard, her eyes angry, while she set her
lips in stony (le.erininntioii. For here was
Ralph Trentham, the man she dreaded,
haled and despised, who had come at the
moment he was b a.st desired.
A glance showed her that his shirt cuffs
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nor did their high state of polish hide a j
’patch on his boots. And not only did he j,
look shabby, but he was thin, as if from ,
scanty living. Something in the shajie I
of his legs, from the knees downward. |
and in the trim of his whiskers, suggested
the groom. She wondered how she ever
could have loved him.
As the door closed behind him, he ad- I
vaneed in a friendly manner, and held
out his hand, saying: "Well, Janie, obi .
girl, how are you?"
Without noticing his gesture or his
wi.tds, she stared at him in suhen
wrath.
"Absence doesn’t s*etn to have made
your heart grow fonder.” he said, jost- ,
ingly. "1 suppose yo’i thought I was
dead?"
"I hoped you were." she replied sharply.
“Come, that's straight talk.” he re
marked. striving to smile, but not sue
ccedlng In the effort.
Ixioking at her more closely, he saw ,
that a change had taken place in her |
since they parted; that she no longer
could be cowed by his frown or coaxed i
by his smile, ami was no more the bli'ij |
slave that had obeyed every whim of his
and llssed the hand that struck. Am!
though he desired to give her a good
hi<lin>r. he felt he must postpone that |
pleasure untii he had pacified her jeal- ,
I onsy and cajoled her back Into her <ld
I ways.
"I left New Zealand six months ago."
I ho remarked, as he seated himself un
asked on one of the gimcraek gilt-backed
I < hairs that threatened to give way unde*
j his weight, "for I lagan to find it didn't
suit me."
"I expect it was tl.e other way round.”
I said she.
“What do you mean?"
"Tha.t you made it as hot for your«
I self out there as you did here.”
He laughed to hide his ill-temper, and
■ with a clumsy attempt at a compliment,
said: "Well, neither here nor there have
' I tn. t as bright a little woman as your
self."
"You mean you never met such a
fool.’*
"t'< me. I won't have you call yourself
names, janie," he replied in friendly re
monstrance. "You know that though we
had our differences, and all that, 1 was,
very fond of you. snd the first thing I
did when I came back was to search f* I
"I have no doubt of that." she answered
drvly.
"Uiok here, old girl." he said, dragging
the chair a little closer to her. “la*t us
forget and forgive, md
"Wha: have vou to forgive?" she snap
pel
"Well, not muen. It's always a wo
man's privilege to forgive. But I swear
that you have nothing to be jealous ot
now."
"Jealous of you!" she answered, with
a contemptuous laugh.
"You often war., my girl."
1 "I know better now
"1 don't want to rake up the past; 1
want to lie friends with you." he said,
swallowing his anger. "It will be lor
your advantage as well as mine.
"E’speeiallv for yours."
"We will work well again in double har
ness, you'll sv.
"There you make a big mistake," she
answered, promptly.
Hi- was not unpreuared for an unfriend
ly reception, tint it puzzled him that she
should continue to resist his blandish
ments and rouse his ire. But hiding this,
he strove to conciliate her by talking ot
his affection and flattering her.
"You can’t tell how glad 1 was to see
you last night," he said, "and just us I
had given up my seareli for you. 1 spot
ted you at oine, for there was no mis
taking your voice and your figure, though
1 never expected to find you a music hah
star. But you were always a bit of an
actress, always as bright as a bee. 1 sup
pose you'r.. doing well?" he added, with
a glance round the room, whose garish
display seemed magnificent to him.
1 "Yes, I'm doing wall," she assented.
wi,'< a self-satisfied air.
' Making money '.’"
"Not only making, but saving it."
' You were always a cartful little wo
linin. Wish 1 could take a leaf out of
j your book. What screw do you get?"
J "My salary." she replied, proudly, "is
J our a hundred a week."
"By jingo! A hundred a week!'.’
"It's no secret, or 1 wouldn't tell you. 1
hav.. an offer from America for double
that next year.”
"You're in luck." said h’-, beaming on
her.
"Are you?" she asked, quickly.
"I've never been so hard up," he ac
knowledged.
"1 thought as much. Th., money you
cheated me out of didn't prosper."
"You had your share.”
"Three hundred pounds of twenty thou
sand. Another woman had my share."
"Don't let ns quarrel about the past,
now tiiat we tan make a iiiggvr haul than
before. T' II m<'. have you ever seen Wonil
ford since you separated from him’.’"
"No." she said, briefly.
"You led him to think you were dead'.’"
“I did.”
"I ni inclined lo believe you, for I see
he has fallen into your trap, and is going
lo marry again. 1 think I catch on to
your little game. Janie, my dear. You'll
wait till be comes back from his honey
moon. and then pay him a private visit,
and bleed him to whatever tune you
please. 1 have no objection to that, only
I stand in with you."
"Oh, no, you don't." she answered, de
fiantly.
"What do you mean?’’ he cried out. in
• sudden rage.
"I mean this: that bLiekbg and black
guard as you are, you lived on me for
years, you robbed me. halt' strangled me,
and went away with am.ther woman.
From that day J hated you and swore
that I would never have anything more
to do with you; that if 1 saw you starv
ing in the streets, I wouldn't tling you a i
copper. Ami I tell you now. plain and I
straight, that if you ever come here I
again, or make any attempt to speak to
me. I will give you in charge."
His eyes gleamed in anger as he rose, I
ami said, through his clenched teeth: ‘
"I'll wring your confounded neck, you "
With a spring she was at the window,
whh li she instantly flung up. saying: “If j
you come an inch nearer to me, I’ll P”* :
out my head ami scream ’murder.' Then
you'll see what will happen. Now. go
before you hear more.”
Hi* looked at her with threat and fury
in his eyes, as she stood panting before
him. her cheeks flaming, her figure up
right ami defiant. As he did his blood
boiled, and his hands itched to strike her;
but m' curle d himself, knowing she would
do what she had threatem-d; ami he had
bis own reasons for avoiding the law and
its officers.
“You haven't done with me yet.” h p
growled.
“The police haven't."
For answer he swore at her furiously, j
“I believe,” she remarked in a clear.
: cutting voice, “they arc still on the look
out for the man who poisoned Erasmus
I the night before the Derby. I don't want
to enlighten them, but if you interfere
i
with me. I'll do it. straight. So take my
advice, and clear out as soon as you can.
Then's plenty of mom at Klondike for
vou to leave vour bones there.”
He was livid with fright and passion,
but she saw he was subdued, and that she
bail triumphed.
"If ever I have a chance " he began,
while he shook his hand threateningly
"But I'll take can* you never shall, so
tlv re's no use in speculating on the cow
trdlv tri\ yon might play." she said, as
goinl; to the end of file room, she touch
ed th.- bell-knob.
As the servant, who had been listening
outside, came Into the room, George
Gugu pointed to him with a thi atrh-ai
g.-s'ure. saying: "Show this person out."
His malignant glare took aware her
breath tor second; then without a word,
ho turned on his heel and quitted the
flat.
(To be concluded.!
THE CHINO-MEXICAN TREATY.
■
First Instrument of the Kind Be
tween the Two Countries.
We -hincton. December 26.- The negotia
tions which have been in progr ss for
some time between China ami Mexico for
a. general treaty of trade, navigation and
immigration have now been brought to
a successful conclusion h re and the for
mal signing of thi- document completed
at the .Mexican embassy, Senor Aspiroz.
the -Mexican amii.issador. signing for
h s country, and Minister W'l Ting Fang
for China. Tins is the first treaty ever
entered Into bv the two countries. Three
THE NEW MACHINE OFFER.
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ijmlil j.- r. fen 1 .!■ _ iJchUr- f° r 2.00 or the Regular Sox Top
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‘ THE new drop HEAD CABINET
-t IKa-jMfeJK II IsJwMw dgS» working port of the machine, that usually stands above tn- table. s h non be
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m .BOX TOP MMWIE,
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Address with amoun .
THE CONSTITUTION,
ATLANTA, GA
DROP HEAP CABIMET MA CH 15 E.
copies of the Instrument were executed,
one in Chinese, one in Spanish and a
third in English—a departure in diplomat
ic usage, as the extra copy is usually m
French, that being the re«’oKnize<i lan
guage of diplomacy. In this case, how
ever. it was d termined that English
should !»>■ the ollieial text for determining
i anv differences of construction between
I the other text. Each side is given fa
| vored nation treatment in tin- matter of
i imports, and Mexico is to exercise "extra
territoriality" in China, the same as other
first-class powers. Immigration of the
' citizens of the two countries is left un
hampered. and under this provision it is .
! expected that the latent resources of
Mexico will lie developed by Chinese la-
! bor.
MONEY OF THE PHILIPPINES.
BRITISH VICE CONSUL GIVES IN
TERESTING STATISTICS.
Gold. Silver and Notes Used by the
Filipinos as Money—Fluctua
tions of Exchange.
Wsshington. December 25.—(Special.)—
The money of the Philippine islands is
j discussed in a report by the British vice
consul at Manila, a copy of which has
been received by the treasury bureau
of statistics. It contains the following
statements: •
Gold—The currency of the Philippine is
i lands was originally gold. Spanish “onzas
I of Charles 111 and Ferdinand VII pre
-1 dominating. Small gold coins, with “Fil
ipinas” inscribed on them, of sl. $2 and sl.
j were locally minted at Manila and were
not current in Spain. The Manila mint was
I open to the public until ISfiS for the coin
ing of the above three pieces at a small
charge. Coined gold (principally American
double eagles) was recoined. Very few
ingots, if any. were used for this purpose,
the operation leaving a clear profit of
18 to 20 per cent. Tills practice ceased
when exchange declined heavily and left
no profit.
Silver—Mexieur and old Spanish dollars,
with fractions of the latter, constitute*!
tlie silver currency These Spanish coins,
wliii-h comprised the now rar** “Des Mun
i dos” set and specimens of Ysabel 11. to
gether with the Imported Mexicans, were
■ frequently at a premium over the g >ld dol
lar. similar conditions also existing in the
island of Cuba. When, however, silver be-
! gan to depreciate the gold coin was rap
idly exported an dreplaced by Mexican
dollers. In 1577 the gold currency was con
sidered a failure owing to the above rea
; sons About this time a law was passed
I by the Spanish government prohibiting the
! importation of Mexican dollars, but ner
-1 mitting the circulation of those that w.-re
already in- the Island. Smuggling from
China of Mexican dollars (dated previous
to Ix7xi was carried out during the Spanish
regime in many instances with the aid
ami knowledge of the Spanish customs
and other officials. Gold consequently left
the island completely. The dollars fliic
-1 tuated according to the price of silver as
tlie fluctuation reached sometimes !'• to
15 per cent; the smuggled importation
' continued until it would drop "par. '
For during the export season
was money scarce. Manila rates would
rule as high as 10 or 15 per cent over
those in Hong Kong ami China, whence
tlie dollars were smuggled, which attract
-1 ed contraband, while in the autumn the
exchange would fall to par on those
places, there being frequently an export
of Mexicans at this season to be again
ieplaced by smuggling coins when re
quired.
The government at Madrid, it Is said,
endeavored to alleviate this state of af
fairs especially as there was a big de
privation of Philippine as compared with
Spanish silver, but could not act for tlie
want of funds.
Several millions of Mexican dollars were
r< < oined in Manila and converted Into
pieces of l<t, 20 and 50 cents x 35 fineness
and 25 grammes: the treasury gained 10
pe l cent on this operation, but was unable
to materially decrease the large stock of
I M< xiians. Th.-se locally minted pieces dis-
I IVred from the Spanish since their value
was stated in fractions of a "jh-so.”
thus the 20-cent piece was inscribed "2"-
eent de peso.” while of those in Spain the
inscription read " ina peseta.
In Ixo7 the money question became se
rious. and at the cotnmencemnt of the
I hilipppine insurrection some six millions
of coins of SI each. !•*» tine. 45 grammes,
were minted in Spain and sent to the
■ Philippines. They were similar to ihe
Spanish current dollars, but wen- marked
•'lslas Fllipinas." and bore tlie head of
Alfonso XIII. These dollars were x p<-r
cent und< r the value of the .Mexicans.
Some seven or eight millions may be con
sidered as a fair •stimate of tlie numlier
ot Mexicans circulating in tlie I’hilippim s
at tnis period. Besides this, a large tiuni
ber of half dollars was exported for u-e
in Morocco—presumably to pay part of
that country's indemnity to Spain, until
legislation put an end to the business,
on the arrival of the Americans a large
amount of I'nited States gold was brougnt
bv tlie military. Some difficulty was ex-
I nerienced at the beginning, as the natives
STid Chinamen did not Know the values,
•t’he exchange of 1 nit. d Slates goio or
ctiz.-r UH- I'hilippiDe <>r Aiexican
t <’.mm.mlv acce.aed at ?1 • nit. d States
for S' Mexican <»- Philippine, but the ex-
Jh'u'V'm xi. an do: lar in
h ; ra, in , t :s , ■ .
of dates nav<m< quantities,
q-’h re’i • *a shortage of subsidiary coin
ag..‘ e n.V fra? ion <"f the -'’“xican silver
loi’.r linvliur . ver been in circulation.
’i VojVve f v'er. ,, k’:
th Sin-Ph government to this bank.
, twenty-one years -f which are still un
' th- r . i=ns <d the
minted 1 . 1 probablv "in Spain,
for* use in' the "I'ltiamaros” (principally
Ui. ,!
iifnviT i<ii . <<»ins which w< re
dilation. Ihe copper •
I ‘ii’rPhilh. V| b> and V|l?
'.nd Ys ; .b"l H. 'y r ‘' im r.! r ’„a/toV?2 caa?-
!o n *U .m'ano 1 or S: o?*lavo””an(i tii<-’ "mara
v.’di •' cnart Th. three latter denom
..Six ’ 'F ; ' ■'
oi in Thu Os a cuarto. In Spam the peso’
I
?t H J each. While in the Philippines 8
! re b or 2>» etiart .s composed the dol-
I t ir Th. 1, •■<■<■. of 2 cuarto . on account of
their Clrrmlation bo h in Spain and after
: in ihe Philippines became almost illegible
I.'ften appearing to be only round P>£<£
I <•( pih'F. Most ot these ro.ns haxe nou < n
t vn rt<Mi to Spain or China to be used as
l ok empper. A 1 short time before the late
war five lacs of dollars in copper coins <1
‘ cent and ‘ ■ cent of a ih s<»> similar to llios.-
row current m Spam, were imported.
Most of this shipment Iris gone in.and. a
sn ail amount r. mainmg in the treasury.
Small quantities have also found th.-r
Way back to Spain; as these coins are
still curren' there, they afford the on J
means of Inking mo s v to the peninsula
without losing •"> the exchange Some
I'nited States copper cents, valued at -
;.."ts local an. t • l»e sen. fonts from
< 11.-ng Kone. Straits Settlements and ad-
ioining I’.ritish possessions are also to be
met with, owing to lack of copper com-
, TREATY IS VERY LIBERAL.
United States Will Transport Span
iards and Their Families.
Washington. December 26.—At the cab!-
! net meeting today is was decided to con
strue that portion of the treaty wltti
i Spain regarding the return of Spanlsa
1 soldiers and prisoners of war in the ni >~t
hte-ra.: way. By the terms of the treaty
| the I'nited States agreed to transport
all Spanish soldiers and prisoners of war
i serving in the conquered territory to
' Spain. After d;scussing the question to
day the cabinet de :ded to construe the
language of the treaty liberally; indeed,
to stretch .t r.*>t only to cover all Spanish
prisoners in the bands of the insurgents
who are now- tailing into our hands, but
their families.
Lafayette Coins Receive 1.
1 Chicago. December 2G. —The souvenir
Lafayette dollars received in Chicago : y
the Lafayette monument commission < a
' Christmas eve, were taken from the cox -
i irnm.-et kegs in the ..flic - cf the treas
urer of tile American Trust & Savin.;
Bank today and distribution of the co'-.s
officially 1., gun. Fifteen thousand of the
<oins !iav<- already i.e -n *-üb.' Tibed an ’
paid for and will Ih- delivered immediate
ly. Ten thousand coins are reserved
for distribution in France next year dur
j Ing the great exposition, which leaves
I at.'.’OO for sale in Am< rx-a.
The largest monument in the world lx
in Washington—largest in the sense of
tallest and cost.
| |7or many years
ej S I occasional symptoms of
▼ heart trouble, writes Mr. A. M. V
Ci? Ferren, cf Albion. 0., Nov. 4. iSof.
/, but could not think my heart was J,
V atfecte i until it prostrated me. I
ca then suffered for a year, doctoring
V all the time but continually growing V
M worse, when my druggist advised m
DR. MILES
Heart Cure v
which gave me prompt relief and T x?
fc? have required no medicine since. It
Restores Health.
•o Short breath, palpitation, fluttet mg. pj
V pain around heart, in side, irregular
CJ pulse, mean a diseased heart. Dr. M
* Miles’ Heart Cure i- guaranteed, *
V'? first bottle benefits or money re
funded. Book sent free. Address. o
V Dr. Hiles fledica! Co., Elkhart, Ind. v
