Pittston Gazette

              FSTAHMSHKI)IS(iO. » VOL. XLVII. NO. 3 j Oldes Newspaper in the Wvoming Valley. P1TTSTON, LUZERNE CO., I'A., FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 18. 1£C)6. It Weekly local and Family Journal. i "iMffi IKE WALTON'S PRAYER. "Henry Wayne, the postmaster. You see, I only reached here to-day, and Henry has been telling me something which renders my presence iu Gainesville Imperative." prize to anyone who can afford to live on It the necessary five years. But you see I could not do t'hat and practice." HOBART'S ACCEPTANCE ■ wuao u* wi (uiu irill UU i t*f» (11 UU8 UH1UI1 the vast Hum of 12.000,000,000. These are the saving of almost 5,000,000 depositors. In many cases they represent the labor and economies of years. Any depreciation in the value of the dollar would defraud every man, woman and child to whom these saving* belong. Every dollar of their earnings when deposited was worth 1UU cents in gold of the present standard of weight and fineness. Are they not entitled to receive in full, with interest, all they have so deposited? Any legislation that would reduce it by the value of a single dime would lie an intolerable wrong to each depositor. Every bank or banker who has accepted the earnings of these millions of dollars to the oredit of our citizens must be required to pay them bai-k in money not one whit less valuable than that which these banks and bankers received in trust. BIMN'S ACCEPTANCE. xue ijcinuei aim party nas ever iouuu its iuv ing strength among those who are proud to be known as the common people, and it pledges itself to propose and enact such legislation as is necessary to protect the masses in the free exercise of every political right and In the enjoyment of their just share of the rewards of their labor. nill'K OF THE FIGHT. I era re, dear Lord, No boundless hoard Of gold and gear. Nor jewels fine. Nor lands, nor kin*. Nor treasure heaps of anything— U Jk a*. - PINGBEE HAS IDEAS. K  Miss Lelia looked at him searchingly. "Are you in earnest?" she asked. McKinley's Running Mate Gives Formal Letter of the Democratic Nom- SAYS THE EFFETE EAST IS BEHIND THE WEST IN MANY THINGS. the Public His Views That Is Where Major McKinley Let but a little hut be mine Where at the hearthstone 1 may bear "AJi!" "Really and truly and honestly, as I Just observed." D inee For President. Arbitration. Was During the War. Vigorous I.nnjjnuge from the Inventor at Detroit'* 1'otHloe Piitrlics. He Believes In Every Mull's Kiclit to Live as CUrls- The ortoket sing. And have the shine Of one glad woman's eras to mak^ For my poor bake, _ Our simple home a place divine; I Just the wee oot—the cricket's chirr— Mi- Love, and the smiling laoo of her. "I am Id a great hurry," hinted Mr. Wayne, after a prolonged silence, "and I will pay you well." She looked relieved. 1®ateu.sox, N J., Sept. 10.—The letter tif acceptance of Hon. (inrret A. Hnliurt, the Republican nominee for vice president, lias boon made public. It is addressed to Hon. Charles W. Fairbanks and others of tliu notification committee of the Republican national convention and deals ut length and in a businesslike way with the issues involved in the campaign, giving especial prominence to tinanoe and the tariff. Regarding tiie money question, Mr. Holmrt savs: I desire to give special emphasis to the plank which recommends such legislation as Is necessary to secure the arbitration of differences between employers engaged in Interstate commerce and their employees. Arbitration la not a new idea. It is simply an extension of the court of justioe. The laboring men of the country have expressed a desire for arbitration, and the railroads cannot reasonably object to the decisions rendered by an impartial tribunal. Society has an interest even greater than the interest of employer or employee and has a right to proteot itself by courts of arbitration against the growing lnoonvenienoe and embarrassment occasioned by disputes between those who own the great arteries of commerce, on the one hand, and the laborers who operate them, on the other. "I am glad to hear It," idle eald. "I was afraid thnt I—I might not have acted quite fairly by you." INDORSES THE PLATFORM. "I want no pay," harshly. Then,with a sudden change of voice, "Yes, 1 think I can let you have a horse; but I do not warrant his speed." TRIBUTE OF A COMRADE. tiaus Should The Tariff, He Declares, May Wait Awhile The man who reformed Detroit as its mayor, and now proposes to reform the state of Michigan,was in New York the other day. To a reporter Gov. Flngree said: When they reached the home of Mr. Gifford they found the owner absent. Mr. Wayne assisted Lelia to dismount, and took the horses to the stable. Then he came back to the porch to say good-by. Until More Pressing Questions Can Be Settled — Will Mot Again I pray not for Great riches, nor For vast estates, and eastle halls— Wire me to hear the bare footfall* Of children o'er Ad oaken floor. Lieutenant Colonel Cogswell of Leading the way to the stable he pointed to a large gray. There ure in his country nearly fi.OOO building and loan associations, with shareholders to the number of l.HOO.OOO and with assets amounting to more than *5(10,000,000. Their average of holdings is nearly laoo per capita, and in many eases they represent the savings of men and women who have denied themselves the comforts of life in the hope of lieing able to accumulate enough to buy or build homes of their own. They have aided in the eroction of over 1,000,000 houses, which are now affording comfort and shelter for 5,000,000 of our thrifty people. Become a Candidate. This State Gives Facts, "That is the strongest one in the stable," foe said; "you can have him if you like. The black one is faster, but I reeerve him especially for the side saddle; and the two bays have been working this morning." "I don't know anything cxccpt the iihoe business, and I don't know .very ranch about that. Still, I've been in it thirty-one yours. Lincoln, Sept. 9—Tho following Is the lull text of the letter of Hon. W. J. Bryan accepting the Democratic nomination for the presidency. It was given out this afternoon : New-rinsed with soaahtne, or bespread With but the tiny coverlet And pillow for the baby's bead; And pray Thou, may The door stand open and the day Send ever In a gentle breese With fragranoe from the looost trees. And drowsy moan of doves, and blur Of robin-chirp* and drone of beea. With afterhnaheaof the stir Of intermingling sounds, and then The good wife and the smile of bar Filling the sllenoe again— The cricket's call And the wee eot. "It has been a very pleasant ride," h® said earnestly, and something in his voice brought a warmer color t» her face. "May I call again?" The platform declarations in reference to the money question express clearly and un- A TEST OF THE CAMPAIGN, mistakably the attitude of the Republican party as to this supremely important subject. Wo stand unqualifiedly for honesty in finance and the permanent adjustment of our monetary system in the multifarious activities of trade and commerce to the existing gold standard of value * We hold that every dollar of currency issued by the United States, whether of gold, silver or paper, must lie worth u dollar in gold, whether ill the pocket of the man who toils for his daily bread, in the vault of the savings bank which lipids his deposits or in tin- exchanges of the world. "I started in business wlion I wns about 22 years old," he went on. "I had $400, my partner lrad about $1,000. We didn't know anything about the shoe business. Now, the point 1 want to reaeh is litis: With all my thirtyone years of experience in the busl- Hon. Stephen M White and Others. Members of the Notification Committee of the Dcmo- Immlgration. The Present Republican Candidate En- Five minutes later he led the black horse to the stile. Miss Lelia was waiting.The color grew deeper, and something of toer embarrassment even crept into her voice as she answered— While the Democratic party weloomea to the oountry those who come with lore for our institutions and with the determination and ability to contribute to the strength and greatness of our nation, it is opposed to the dumping of the criminal classes upon our shores and to the importation of either pauper or contract labor to compete with American labor. listed In the War as a Common Soldier Oknti.kmrn—I accept the nomination tendered by you on behalf of the Democratic party, and in an doing desire to assure you that I fully appreciate the high honor which such a nomination confers and the grave responsibilities which accompany an election to the presidency of the United States. 80 deeply am 1 impressed with the magnitude of the power vested by the constitution in the chief executive of the nation, and with the enormous influence which he can wield for the benefit or injury of the people, that I wish to enter the office, if elected, free from every personal desire except the desire to prove worthy the confidence of my country. Human judgment is fallible enough when unbiased by selfish considerations, and in order that I may not be tempted to use the patronage of the office tc advance any personal ambition I hereby announce, with all the emphasis which words can express, my fixed determination not under any circumstances to be a candidate for reelection in cam: this campaign results in my election. cratic National Convention When He Was Not Seventeen Years of til "Who was that gentleman?" she asked. "Kqalvaleat to Confiscation." Free coinage at the arbitrary rate of lfi ounces of silver to 1 of gold Vould be equivalent to the confiscation of nearly half the savings that these people have invested. It would be tantamount to a war upon American home makers. Itwould lie an invasion of "the homes of the provident" and tend directly to "destroy the stimulns to endeavor and the compensation of honest toil." Every one of the shareholders of these associations is entitled to !*• repaid in money of the same value which he deposited by weekly payments or otherwise in these companies. No one of them should be made homeless liecause a political party demands a change in the money standard of our country as an experiment or as a concession to selfishness or greed. —He Goes In a Private and Comes "Yea, certainly." —Waverley Magazine. Oat m Major—A Record to be Proud of. j*-;. . lis "A Mr.Wayne. He Is going to Gainesville. I let him have the gray horse." The following sketch of Major McKinley m a soldier is from the pen of Lieutenant Colonel J. H. Cogswell, of the One Hundred and Fiftieth New York volunteers, now of Titusvllle, Pa.: :srs, "ffigtcd to surt in the _;^e LC X LiTTLE AFFAIRS OF LIFE Injunctions. Dear Lord of all. Deny m* notl - R *' "The gray horse!" she echoed, as she sprang lightly Into the saddle. "Why, that is the plow horse. He could go faster on fooL" But of Momfiitoiu Import for the luatant The money standard of a great nation should !Dc as fixed aiul permanent as the nation itself. To secure and retain the best should bo the desire of every right minded citizen. Resting on stable foundations, continuous and unvarying certainty of value should be its distinguishing characteristic. The experience of all history confirms the truth that every coin, made under any law, howsoever that coin maybe sta»ii«-d, will finally command in the markets of the world the exact value of the materials which compose it. The dollar of our country, whether of gold or silver, should lie of the full value of 110 cents, and by so much as any dollar is worth less than this in the niarkoL. by precisely that sum will some one be defrauded. The recent abuses which have grown out ot injunction proceedings have been ao emphatically condemned by public opinion that the senate bill providing for trial by jury in oertain contempt cases will meet with general approval. to Those Most Concerned I pray not that Hen tremble at Mr power of plam And lordly sway— I only pray for simple crrae* To look my neighbor in the faoa It flew straight np to the shoulder of the Statue of Liberty, rested there, and while the ticket taker, the battle scarred soldier and the attendant who falls frequently into the bay from tho boat because the pilot conspires against him. craned their necks to follow the "flight with anxious eyes, disappeared. J art now everything in the part history of oar candidate for president is sought oat, and to the veteran his military record will be of great interest. The general fact that when he was 17 he enlisted as a common soldier in the Twenty-third Ohio volunteers and carried his musket and accoutrements, his knapsack, his haversack, his half tent and gum blanket, fourteen months, is well known. .o\r~ » "So I think," coolly; "but I fancy he la after the very piece of land I have been telling you about. He has gone by the main road; you must take the short cut through the live oaks and on past Lake Dora. That will save you two miles and allow you to avoid him. He might recognise the black horse." He took a slip of paper from his pocket-book and handed It to her. "That contains all the necessary information about the homestead," he admonished. "Give It to the clerk whose name Is on the back. He knows me, and will see that your entry is made correctly. Now go, and don't spare the whip." Troata. The Democratic party is opposed to trusts. I It would be recreant to its duty to the people I of the country If it recognised either tbe mora] or the legal right of these great aggregation! I of wealth to stifle competition, bankrupt| rivals and then prey upon soaiety. Corpora- V tions are the creatures of law, and they most not be permitted to pass from under the control of the power which created them. They are permitted to exist upon tbe theory that they advance public weal, and they must not be allowed to use their powers for the public injury. Full honestly from day to day- Yield me his horny palm to hold And I'll not pray For gold— The tanned face, garlanded with mirth, D It hath the kingltest smile on earth— ' - C — Z -» i vrik, »r It was a glorious bird of freedom, a The magnitude of the disaster which would overtake these and cognate interests becomes the more strikingly apparent when considered in the aggregate. Stated broadly, the savings banks, life insurance and assessment companies and building and loan associations of the country hold in trust fl5,.KID,717,381. The debasement of the currency to a silver basis, as proposed by the Chicago platform, would wipe nut at one blow approximately $7,063,501,850 of this aggregate. According to the report of the department of agriculture, the total value of the main cereal crops in this country in 1804 was 8X15,438,107. Ho that the total sum belonging to the people and held in trust in these institutions which would be obliterated by the triumph of free and unlimited silver coinage would be 7h times the total value of the annual cereal crop of the United States. The total value of the manufactured products of the country for the census year of 1HB0 was fp,!l72,- 53!,283. The establishment of a silver lmsis of value, as now proposed, would entail a loss to files** three interests alone equal to 85 per cent of this enormous output of all the manufacturing industries of the Union and would affect directly nearly one-third of its whole population.IQ golden eagle, held [ captive at the base Lev? of Liberty's Statue by the janitor of J# vBedloe's Island, New /ZC£f§ York bay. This V gP&St eagle's cage was only fgi iiSumm a box. latticed, and supplied with a parrot's perch. Noar this cage was the short post, fitted with a ring and chain attached to Jack, a monkey. The swart brow, diamonded with sweat. And so I reach, £D.' Dear Lord, to ft—, t. And do beseech __ Thou gi vest mo The wee cot, and the cricket's chirr, Love, and the glad sweet face of hert —James Whltcomb Riley. The necessity of a certain and Axed money value between nations as well »s iimividuals has grown out of the interchange of commodities, the tri.de mid bpsluess relationships which have arisen among tlie peoples of the world, with the. enlargement of human wants and the broadening of human interests. This necessity lias made gold the final standard of all enlightened nations. Other metals, including silver, have a recognized commercial value of great importance for subsidiary coinage. In view of a sedulous effort by the advocates of free coinage to create a contrary impression, it cannot 1m* too strongly emphasized that the Republican party in its platform affirms this value in silver ami favors the largest possible use of this metal as actual money that I have carefully considered the platform adopted by the Democratic national convention, and unqualifiedly indorse each plank thereof. He passed from the grade of private to corporal, sergeant, orderly sergeant, then seoond lieutenant, first lieutenant, and in the summer of 1864 he was promoted to a captaincy, and later was breveted major of United States volunteers by commis- A democratic form of government is conducive to the highest civilization because it opens before each individu;il the greatest opportunities for development and stimulates to the highest endeavor by insuring to each the full enjoyment of all the rewards of toil except such contribution as is necessary to support the government which protects him. Democracy'is indifferent to pedigree. It deals with the individual rather than with hiB ancestors. Democracy ignores differences in wealth. Neither riches nor poverty can be Invoked in liehalf of or against any citizen. Democracy knows no creed, recognizing the right of each individual to worship God according to the dictates of his own conscience. It welcomes all to a common brotherhood and guarantees equal treatment to all, no matter in what church or through what forms they commune with their Creator. Railroads. The right of tbe United States government to regulate interstate oommeroe cannot be questioned, and the necessity for the vigoroiu A RACE FOR A CLAIM. exercise of that right is becoming more slon direct from President Lincoln, "for gallant and meritorious services at the battles of Opequan, Cedar Creek and P.8her*s Hill." His regiment saw its principal service in West Virginia and the Shenandoah valley, diverted oncc hack to Ohio and Kentucky to head off the Morgan raid. It participated in the battles of An• tietam and South Mountain in SeptemD ber, 1888. Miss Leila was a good rider, as he had said. And It was not Iodjt before she had passed through the live oaks, and by Lake Dora, and so on to the main road. The stranger was not hi sight. more imperative. The interests at the wbolt people require such an enlargement of the powers of the interstate oommeroe commission H. S. P1N0REE. Leila Staunton was strong, capable and decisive. She bad & good, allaround education, but not quite thorough enough at any point to fit her for a teacher; so when the small income of her mother dwindled down to less than an actual living, Miss Leila began to cast about for ways and means to replenish It. business over again, what could I do with $1,400? What could I do with fl4,G00, or with $146,000? I would need i million, at the least, to attempt to do uow what I did then, and the thirtyjne years of experience don't count. It is to this state of affairs that the strength of the discontented feeling in the West is due. A few men control jverything nowadays; there's no show for the young man. The trusts and the corporations are the people I fight, ind that's why the people support me. The free-silver people tell them that free silver will help them out They will fight, fight like wildcats, for free lilver until they have given It a trial, if silver doesn't do what its advocates promise they'll throw it over and try wmetliing else. And they'll keep on trying until they get some help somewhere.Jack is a small marmouset, and would, if he could, do nothing but run after spiders, beetles and butterflies, but tho visitors to tho island tease him. The eagie likod caterpillars, whereof Jack is airaid. aud so Jack did to the eagle what Jack's visitors do to him. He teased it. He plucked feathers from its tail, threw shells • at its head, made • mounds of decayed _ iff fruit and vegetables before its cage, H jumped on Its neck when it gazed at tho suu, and lost no chance to make it dHHSL yf N ridiculous. At these antic? frivolous visi- * tors laughed. But a wrSjja^■ day came when the -ii-'V-J eagle broke from his cage. He buriod his talons in the reddish fur ou Jack's back and plucked the hair of his neck with its beak. He carried the monkey as high up as the length of his chain would allow, pulled with its might in the hope of breaking the links, and then dropped it with a screech of triumph. The eagle has not been seen since its flight, but the monkey is recovering its absurd sense slowly. as will enable it to prevent discrimination between persons and places and protect patron* from unreasonable charges. The government cannot afford to discriminate between its debtors and must therefore prosecute its legal claims against the Pa cific railroads. Such a policy is necessary foi the protection of the rights of the patrons at well as for the interests of the government. She rode on with exuberant spirits, when of a sudden her horse shied to one side at sight of a cow quietly grazing At the roadside. Lelia had carelessly Allowed the reins to fall upon Jack's neck, and being entirely unprepared for this sudden movement, she was unable to recover her seat in the saddle, but slid to the ground in an undignified And somewhat forcible manner, while her horse, free of its rider, gaily started for home. can Is* maintained with safety. Not only this, it will not —itagonixe, but will gladly assist in promoting .*• double standard whenever it can be secured hy agreement and co-operation among the nations. The bimetallic currency, involving the free use of silver, which we now have, is cordially approved by Republicans. Hut a tandard and u currency are vastly different things. The late President Hayes was successively major, lieutenant colonel and colonel of the regiment. In the fall of 1864, ifter the Confederates had been driven out of the mountains of West Virginia, Crook's command worked east and we ttnd them under Phil Sheridan in the Shenandoah valley and bearing a conspicuous part in the various battles which, more than anything else, made the fame of "Little Phil." The people of the United States, happy is the enjoyment of the blessings of free government, feel a generous sympathy toward all who are endeavoring to secure like blessing* for themselves. This sympathy, while respecting all treaty obligations, is especially active and earnest when exoited by the strug gles of neighboring peoples, who, like the Cubans, are near enough to observe the working* of a government which derives all its authori ty from the consent of the governed. Cuba. But Little Compton offered few opportunities, especially to girls, and presently Miss Lelia—everybody called her that—extended the horizon of Inquiry to the world outside. There were only her mother and herself at home, so naturally ber first thoughts went to those sections of the world which contained her brothers and sisters. Tom, the oldest, was mate of a Clyde steamer, and be was promptly dismissed aa useless; then came Charlie, who was a lieutenant of cavalry In Arizona, and he also was useless; and after them came Will, who waa railroading; and One hundred and forty millions of dollars per ann um are due to (lensioners of the late war. That sum represents blood spilled and sufferings endured in order to preserve this nation from disintegration. In many cases tbe sums so paid in {Mansions are exceedingly small; in few, if any, are they exoissive. The spirit, that wonlil deplete those to the extent of a farthing is the same that would organize sedition, destroy the peace and security of the country, punish rather than reward our veteran soldiers and is unworthy of the countenance, by thought or vote, of any patriotte citizen of whatever political faith. No party, until that which met in Convention at Chicago, has ever ventured to insult the honorid survivors of our struggle for the national life hy proposing to scale their pensions horizontally and to pay them hereafter in depreciated dollars worth only 53 cents each. A I»ual Government. Honest differences of opinion have ever existed and ever will exist as to the most effective means of securing domestic tranquillity, but no citizen fails to recognize at all times and under ail circumstances the absolute necessity for the prompt and vigorous enforcement of law and the preservation of the public peace. In a government like ours law is but the crystallization of the will of the people. Without it the citjzen is neither sC*cure in the enjoyment of life and liberty nor protected in the pursuit of happiness. Without obedience to law government is impossible. The Democratic party is pledged to defend the constitution and enforce the laws of the United States, and it is also pledged to respect and preserve the dual scheme of government instituted by the founders of the republic. The name United States was happily chosen. It combines the idea of national strength with the idea of local self government and suggests "an indissoluble union of indestructible states." Our Revolutionary fathers, fearing the tendencies toward centralization, as well as the dangers of disintegration, guarded against both, and national safety, as well as domestic security, is to be found in the careful observance of the limitations which they impose. It will be noticed that, while the United States guarantees to every state a republican form of government and is empowered to protect each state against invasion, it is not authorized to interfere in the domestlo affairs of any state except upon application of the legislature of the state or upon the application of the executive when the legislature cannot convene. "Must Cease Juggling." If we are to continue to hold our place among the grent commercial nations, we must cease juggling with this question and make nur hC i esty of purpC -e clear to the world. No room should lie left for misconception as to the meaning of the langunge used in the bonds of the government not yet matured. It should not be jNissible tor any party or individual to raise a question as to the purpose of the country to pay all its obligations in tbe best form of money recognized by the commercial world. Any nation which is worthy of credit or confidence can afford to say explicitly, on a question so vital to every interest, what it means when such meaning is challenged or doubted. It is desirable that we should make it known ■t once and authoritatively that an "honest dollar" means any dollar equivalent to x gold dollar of the present standard of weight and fineness. The world should likewise be assured that tbe standard dollar of America is as inflexible a quantity as the French napoleon, the British sovereign or the German 20 markpiece.Lelia found that in her fall she had sprained her ankle, and that while the Injury was apparently not serious, she must wait for some time beiore she essayed to walk. 1 Civil Service. la Vol. 90, page 363 of the Official Rjc- Jrds of the War of the Rebellion, General deorge Crook, in closing his report of the battle fought Sept. 19, 1864, between Opequam Creek and Winchester, says: "From the following officers of my staff, who were present upon the field of battle ind amidst the thickest of the fight cheered the men oaward and encouraged them by example to do their whole duty. I received Invaluable assistance: Lieutenant Colonel W. C. Starr, Major E. W. Stephens, Captain W. H. Douglass Captain H. A. Du Pont, Captain P. G. Bier, Captain H. C. Cherrington, Captain William McKinley, Lieutenant J. N. Patton, Lieutenant B. H. Moore, Lieutenant M. Watkins and Lieutenani C. S.-Rob-3Tt&"That the American people are not In favot of life tenure in the civil servioe la evident from the tact that they, as a rule, make frequent changes In their offioial representative! when those representatives are chosen by ballot. A permanent oflloeholding class is not in harmony with our institutions. A fixed term in appointive offices, except where the federal constitution now provides otherwise, would open the public servioe to a larger number oi citizens without impairing Its efficiency. An hour went by. Then she heard the faint tap, tap of hoof beats in the distance. Presently a gray horse appeared, and behind him was Dick, apparently being led by the rider of the gray. As they approached she recognized her brother-in-law's plow horse, and the rider was, of course, after the very land she wanted. Her heart sank. "The soil is the source of all wealth, ind it isn't supporting people as it should. Now, Liverpool sets the price for all our farm products. The American farmer comes into competition with India and Russia and all starvation. There isn't an American living in It for him. He works himself to death and only gets 20 cents a day out of it He shouldn't be forced to compete with the dirty heathen. He wight to be protected. He wants protection and he wants more money. lie wants some of the money that " the sharks of Wall street are fighting with each other for. Jack, who was ig; and The amounts due, in addition to the interests already named, to depositors and trust companies in nutional, state and private banks, to holders of fire and accident insurance policies, to holders of industrial insurance, where the money deposited or the premiums have been tiaid in gold or its equivalent, are so enormous, together with the sums due and to become due for state, municipal, county or other corporate debts, that if paid in depreciated silver or its equivalent it would not only entail upon our fellow countrymen a loss in money which has not been equaled in a sltni lar experience since the world began, but it Would at the same time bring a disgrace to our oountry such as has never befallen any other nation which had the ability to pay its honest debts. In our condition, and considering our magnificent 'capacity for raising revenue, such wholesale repudiation is without necessity or excuse. No political expediency or party exigency, however pressing, could justify No monstrous an act. A11 co—why, certainly! Alice was the very one. She bad married an orange grower tn Florida, and had written time and time again (or her mother and sister to Join ber. The territorial form of government is tern porary in its nature and should give way at soon as the territory is sufficiently advanced to take its place among the states. New Mexico, Oklahoma and Arizona are entitled k statehood, and their early admission is demanded by their material and political inter ests. The demand of the platform that offi cials appointed to administer the government of the territories, the District of Columbia and Alaska should be bona fide residents of tht territories or district is entirely in keeping with the Democratic theory of home rale. 1 am also heartily in sympathy with the declaration that all public lands should be reserved for the establishment of free homes for Amer ican citizens. Miss Leila had given little thought to Florida. If she had been a boy she would have chosen cattle raising somewhere In the West, aad even as tt was she leaned Strongly toward a homestead there, and the raising of frftlt or poultry or farm crops for a living. Women were doing such things every day, and were succeeding, too. However, a few vigorous letters from Lieutenant Charlie made her reluctantly abandon the Idea. The free coinage of silver at the ratio of Ifl to 1 is a policy which no nation has ever liefore proposed, and it is not today permitted in any mint in the world, not even In Mexico. It is purposed to make the coinage unlimited at an absolutely fictitious ratio, fixed with no reference to intrinsic value or pledge of ultimate redemption. With silver at its preoent price of less than 70 cents jM-r ounce in the market, such a policy means an immediate profit to the seller of silver, for which there Is no return now or hereafter to the people or the government. It means that for each tl worth of silver bullion delivered at the mint practically tj worth of stamped ''"in will be given in exchange. For *100 worth of bullion nearly Son silver dollars will be delivered. "I suppose this is your horse?" The voice was rich and musical, and as the strangeT lifted his bat she felt that the strong, scholarly face belonged to a true man. "I met him down the road, and thought he had run away. Ah, you are hurt!" he added,as she essayed to step forward. "Here, let me assist you." He sprang from his horse, throwing the bridle of the black over bis arm as he did so. "My gray will stand all right," be said, smilingly. "I am afraid that his owner thought I was a poor horseman, and so gave me a steed that would be safe. Easy now; lean on me." An athletic old colored man, who in his youth was employed in a sugar refinery in Jtfew Orleans, is now a helper in a Buffalo bicycle store. The other day there cauie a new pupil to the store. It was a lady past forty, still quite fair but undeniably fat. 8he stated her case very diffidently; said she thought she was past the bicycle riding age, and she feared she would never succeed in mastering the The same officer, in his report of tho succeeding battle, that of Fisher's Hill, Sept. 38, on page 364 of same volume says: This provision routs upon the sound theory that the js-ople of the state, acting through their legally chosen representatives, are, because of their more intimate acquaintance with local condition!*, butter qualified than the president to judge of the necessity for federal assistant . Those who framed our constitution wisely determined to make as broad an application of the principles of local self government as circumstances would permit, and we cannot dispute the correctness of the position taken by them without expressing a distrust of the people themselves. "I am personally Indebted to my staff- Lieutenant Colonel W. C. Starr, Major E. W. Stephens, acting assistant inspector general; Captain B. G. Bier, assistant adjutant general; Captain William McKinley, acting assistant adjutant general: Captain H. C. Cherrington, provost marshal; Lieutenant J. N. Patton, aidede-camp; Lieutenant B. H. Moore, aideie-camp; Lieutenant M. Watklns, acting ordnance offioer, and Lieutenant C. S. Huberts, assistance commisary of musters —for their assistance to me on the field by carrying orders and for cheering the men forward during the thickest of the fight, »nd to Surgeon J. M. Leete, medical director, and Captain John C. Craig, assistant quartermaster, for their attention in getting the wounded off the field" "You folks in the East don't appreciate the Westerners' position because you can't realize it. You don't keep your eyes on the people who work with their hands. This country can't pull together1 until things are evened up. Our farms are mortgaged, and they are not even worth foreclosing on, they have depreciated so. Oats are eight cents a bushel and coal is $1.25 more than It was a year ago. We burn corn. We hare got to have a market, and we want to be protected. Hither the other industries have got to come down to the farmer or the farmer must be raised up to them, or something's going to bust. I don't blame any man for making all the money he can, but for God's sake, let him give some one else a chance, too, when he can." Waterways. But th« orange State to a strong substitute and Mies Leila was not easily discouraged. There were free lands In Florida, and with the home of Alice aa a vantage point she would look around and select a homestead, and then she and her mother would go to It and raise oranges or truck or poultry, as circumstance* and their inclination might suggest. All these deposits and debts must, under the platform of the Republican party, be met and kdjusted in the -liest currency the world knows »ml measured by the same standard in which the debts have lieen contractual or the deposits or payments have been made. The policy of improving the great waterways of the country Is justified by the national character of those waterways and the enor moos tonnage borne upon them. Experienot has demonstrated that continuing appropriations are in the end more economical nD«« single appropriations separated by long Intervals.Let it also be rememlsTod that the nsequences of such an act world probably lie cumulative in their «"ffocta. The crop of silvor. tinHkf that of bay er wheat or corn—which, being of yearly production, can Is- regulated by the law of demand and supply—is fixed once for all. The silver which has not yet been gathered is all in the ground. Dearth or He assisted her to the saddle, and then examined the girths and bridle to Bee that everything was secure. wheel, but the family Increase of Per Capita Property. doctor had prescribed a bicycle. So there was the position in which she was placed. Still dealing sparingly with figures, of which there is an enormous muss to sustain the jiosition of the advocates of the gold standard of value, I cite one more fact, which is officially established, premised by the truism that there is no better test of the growth of a country's prosperity than its increase in the per capita holdings of its population. In ,the decade between 18H0 and 1800, during which we had our existing gold standard and were under the conditions that supervened from the act of 1W73, the per capita owning* of this •ountry increased from *870 to tl.OHfi. In those ten years the aggregate increase of the wealth • if our country was $21,305,000,000, being 50 per cent in excess of the increase for any previous ten years since 1X60, and at tile amazing rati' of over 12,000,000,000 a year. The framers of the Chicago platform, in the face of this lact and of the enormous increase over Great Britain during this same gold standard decade of our country's foreign trade and its nroduo• MU Ui It UU| (MMll HI 114 UMU'l' KM'Ul HJIIIlHJlH fll lational strength and progress, assert that onr nonetary standard is "not only un-American 5Ut anti-American." and that it has brought is "into financial servitude to London." It la mpossible to imagine an assertion more reekess and indeft nsible. It is not necessary to discuss the tariff question at this time. Whatever may be the Individual views of citizens as to the relative merits of protection and tariff reform, all must recognize that until the money question is fully and finally settled the Amerioan people will not consent to the consideration at any other important question. Taxation presents a problem which in some form U continually present, and a postponement of definite action upon it involves no sacrlfloe of personal opinion or political principles, bat the crisis presented by flnanoial oondltlons oannot be postponed. Tremendous results will follow the action taken by the United States on the money question, and delay la Impossible. The people of this nation, sitting aa a high oourt, must render judgment in the cause which greed is prosecuting against humanity. The decision will either give hope and inspiration to those who toll or "shot the doors of mercy on mankind." In the presence of this overshadowing Issue differences upon minor questions must be laid aside, in order that there may be united action among those who are determined that progress toward a universal gold standard shall be staid and the gold and silver coinage of the oonstitutioa restored. The Tarift Economy. " Do you think you are able to go on alone?' be asked. other accident of the elements cannot aug ment or diminish it. Is it not more than probable that Willi the. enormous premium offered for its mining the cupidity of man would make an oversupply continuous, with thnecessary result of a steady depreciation as long as the silver dollar could be kept in circulation at all? Undor the laws of finance, which are as fixed as those of any other ttci ence, tho inevitable resnlt would finally be a currency all and absolutely fiat. There is no difference iu principle between a dollar half fiat and one all fiat. The latter, as the cheap B«t, under tin- logic of "cheap money," would surely drive the other out. Since governments exist for the protection of the rights of the people and not for their spoliation, no expenditure of public money can be justifiod unless that expenditure is necessary for the honest, economical and efficient administration of the government. In determining what appropriations are necessary the interest of those who pay the taxes should be consulted rather than the wishes of those who receive or disburse public moneys. It was Uncle Eph who was assigned to give her her first lesson. No cavalier could have been more gallant. He showed her how to mount and what to do with her hands and feet. Then for ono hard-working hour the inighty old Hercules kept that wheel upright, to tho admiration of the streetful of people who saw him. So a few weeks later found them at Alice's house, with such of their furniture as they bad not sold, and with Alice's husband on the lookout for a suitable piece of vacant land. "Oh, certainly! The bushes broke my fall. I think that my ankle will be all right by to-morrow." "Well, then, I will not try to keep up with you. My horse Is very deliberate In his movements, and I doubt if I reach town before dark. Good-by." ltonds. The sturdy youth who entered the service at an age when his father could have taken him away from the recruiting officer, and bore all the hardships of campaigns, marches and battles, and who un- Uded, except from merit becomes u captain before he is 81, and then is breveted major by the president, is entitled to the love and respect of every loyal heart In the country. Surely the blood of his •-evolutionary grands.ro was, in this case, greatly In evidence. "You will probably have to go bock some distance," he said; "most of the land In the vicinity of towns is already taken up—I know of several good homesteads ten or fifteen miles away." An increase in the bonded debt of the United States at this time is entirely without excuse. The issue of interest liearing 1 Kinds within the last few years has been defended on the ground that they were necessary to secure gold with which to redeem United States notes and treasury notes, but this necessity has been imaginary rather than real. Instead of exercising the legal right vested in the United States to redeem its coin in either gold or silver, the executive branch of the government has followed a precedent established by a former administration and surrendered the option.to the holder of the obligations. This administrative jsilicy leaves the government at the mercy of those who find a pecuniary profit in 1mmd issues. The fact that the dealers in money and securities have been able to deplete or protect the treasury according to the changing whims shows how dangerous it is to permit them to exercise a controlling influents! upon the treasury department. The government of the United States when administered in the interests of all the people is able to establish and enforce its financial policy not only without the uid of syndicates, but in spite of any opposition which syndicates may present. To assert that the government lsdcpondent upon the gocsl will or assistance of any portion of the people other than a constitutional majority is to assert that we have a government in form, but without vital force. He watched her until she passed behind a bend In the road; then he mounted die gray and jogged slowly after. After the lesson was over tho pupil thanked him profu.1- 'ly, "1 m so heavy," she said, apologetically, "and you held me up the whole time. I'm afraid I must have tired you dreadfully!" As to Fiat Money. Mr. Pingree switched off hero and began to talk of street cars and cheap fares, one of his pet subjects. "New York is away behind the times in street cars," he said. "This prejudice against trolley cars Is all an ailment that Detroit has passed through and gotten well of. They don't kill people out our way. In Brooklyn they do, yon say? That is because the corporations don't care whether they bill anybody or not so long as they can collect five-cent fares. Make them care! Any attempt on the part of the government to create by its flat money of a fictitious value would dishonor us in the eyes of other peoples and bring infinite reproach upon the national character. The business and financial consequences of such an immoral act would be worldwide, luCeause our commercial relations are worldwide. All onr settlements with oth- Mrs. Staunton raised ber eyebrows. As she rode on, Miss Leila's emotions were a cartons mixture of exultation and dismay. She wou.d bo first to enter a claim to tbe land, but in doing so she almost felt that she would be taking an unfair advantage of the man who had come to her assistance. At times she thought of stopping aiiu waiting for him to come op, and of explaining everything and offering him a fair race. Then she would think of her mother, and of ber brotber-ln-law, and of the German who bad said that he would like her to have the land. Of course she had a bettor right to It than this stranger; and or course It would be the height of folly for her to throw away any of her advantage. "That is a long distance," She demurred. "Couldn't we get nearer a town than that?" "Law, ma'am," said Uncle Eph, with tho bow of a Chesterfield, "I ain't a bit tired. You see, I uster wuk in New Orleans, an' I got use ter totin' .barrels "It 4s doubtful. Land has been taken up very rapidly daring the past few years. However, I will make more Inquiries. Sometimes a homestead Is abandoned by Its claimant before his title Is perfected, and It reverts to the government; then It may be reentered by anyone. Several such instances have occurred in this neighborhood." er lands must be made, not with the money which may be legally current in onr own uountry, but in gold, the standard of all nations with which our relations are most cordial and extensive, and no legislative enactment can fr.-e us from that inevitable necessity. It is a known fact that more than HO per uent of the commerce of the world is settled in gold or or. a gold basis. o sugar, The proposition for free and unlimited silver coinage, carried to its logical conclusion, tnd but one is possible, means, as before intlniated, legislative warrant for the repudiation of all existing indebtedness, public and orivate, to the extent of nearly SO per oent of the face of all such indebtedness. It demands Dii unlimited volume of fiat currency, irredeemable, and therefore without any standard value in the markets of the world. Every ronsideration of public Interest and publie honor demands that this proposition should be rejected by the American people. As there ts no place like the camp, the march and the battle field to test a man, vnd no such keen critics as comrades, 1 wrote to Cyrus S. Roberts, one of the ibove nuntioned,;who was sergeant major ind afterward a lieutenant in my regiment, and is now captain, United States irmjr, infantry, commanding Columbus barracks, Columbus, O., for his opinion of Major McKinley. The reply was written, not with the view to publication, but I am anxious that the veterans all over the country should know what Captain Roberts says, and here it is: Sadie Isaacs is an extremely pretty eighteen-year old girl. She has a mass of jet black curly hair, big black eyes and a complexion browned by the sun, for she is devoted to the wheel; in fact, she has been devoted to several. The working people of England find that competition with countries employing cheaper labor la too oppressive to bear longer and are demanding, In the Interest of themselves and families, to be saved from the further degradation It will entail. It is not American competition they dread. It is the competlon of France,Germany and Belgium, countries whose labor is even more poorly paid than the labor of England. They have come to appreciate at last that nothing but tariffs which AW defensive in their characters will save them from utter ruin and destitution.— Hun. William Mckinley. English Labor Needs Protection. Jump on them, by Harry, and hurt them a little! Then they won't kill people so much. Now the street car franchises ought to pay all the taxes for the city of New York. Refuse the franchise until thejfc agree to put the faro down to two cents. Every time yon ride you save three cents. There's your year's taxes In a month almost. The road will be repaid by the Increased number of passeqgers. "New York has tpo many crowded spots. More streeH car lines would break them up. Tfte Health Board, with the police baekr of it, has full power to drive the people out of the crowded districts, anDl make them give up crawling together like a lot of water bugs. Then jour trolley lines, with two-cent fares, take them away oat to purer air and cheaper, better homes, where they can live like Christians.Such free coinage legislation, if ever consummated, would discriminate against every product r of win at, cotton, corn or ryC—who One day he came In with a radiant face. On the 13th last the bicyclo beauty had a busy day. She went to a Brooklyn  •tore about 1 o'clock « and hired a $100 bi- 4 cycle, on which she ' W _ said she proposed to "D * * take a spin to Coney Island. An hour later she tripped into a hardware store on upper Third avenue and said she must sell her bicycle to provide for her sick mother. She got $15. At 3 o'clock the same day she slipped into the store of Norbert Horn, and hired another wheel. -iionld in justice l»- equally entitled, with thi silver owm r, to sell his products t« the Unit "I have found a prise for you!" he exclaimed. "A German who lives two miles from here has jnst been left a fortune at home, and la going back. He entered his claim nearly three years ago, and has made quite a lot of Improvements; bat of coarse be doesn't mind tfbem now. He leaves this afternoon, and then the land becomes public property. I asked him if be had spoken of It to anyone, and he said only to the postmaster. He received tbe news this morning and told the postmaster about It. 1 have been able to do him some service, and when I spoke about yon he seemed pleased, and said that be would like yoa to hare tbe land and the Improvements. He said be would like to think of tbe place as belonging to some of my people. Now the sooner you file your claim the better. I will go with you to-morrow, if yoa like." ed States treasury, at a profit fixed by the government—and against all producers of iron, steel, zinc or copper, who might properly claim to have their metals made into current rein. It- would as well he a fraud upon all persons forced to accept a currency thus stimulated and at the same tune degraded. "Mast Hold Fast Its Integrity." This country cannot nitora to give its sanction to wholesale spoliation. It must hold fast lo its integrity. It must still encourage thrift in all proper ways. It must not only educate its children to honor and respect the flag, but It should inculcate fidelity to the obligations of personal and national honor as well. Both these great principles should hereafter be taught in the common schools of the land, and the lesson impressed upon those who are the voters of today and those who are to become the inheritors of sovereign power in this republic, that it is neither wise, patriotic nor nafu to make jsilitical platforms the mediums of assault upon property, the peace of society and uiDon civilization itself. Bat she' could not quite satisfy herself; and the thought of tbe stranger jogging along on the old plow horse accompanied her into town, and Into the land office, and grew stronger when she knew that the homestead was securely In her possession. .National ltank Currency. Columbus Barracks, O., June 28, '96. Colonel J. H. Cogswell, Titusvillo, Pa. In every aspect the proposed policy is partial and one sidisl, because it is only when a proilt can lie made liy a mine owner or dealer that he takes his silvor to the mint for coinage. Tile government is always at the losing end. Stamp Mich fictitious value upon silver ore, and a dishonest and unjust discrimination will lie made against every other form of industry. When silver bullion worth a little more than SO cents is made into a legal tender lollsr, driving out One having a purchasing uid debt paying power of 100 cents, it will clearly Is- dou-» at t.ie expense and injury of every class of t'De 1 |Tnmunity. The position taken by the platform against the issue of paper money by national banks is supported by the higlnDst Democratic authority, as well as demanded by the interests of the people. The present attempt of the national banks to fore,- the retirement of United States notes and treasury notes, in order to secure a basis for a larger issue of their own notes, illustrates the danger which arises from permitting them to Issue their paper as a circulating medium. The national bank note, being redeemable in lawful money, has never been I letter than the United States note which stands behind it, and yet the banks persistently demand that these United States notes, which draw no interest, shall give place to interest bearing bonds, in order that the banks may colleot the interest which the people now save. Dear Sir and Comrade: 1 knew Mc- Kinley very well when we were comrades in the Shenandoah. He was one of the most gallant men I ever knew, and a most jfficlent staff officer. I have met him several times within the past year. He is all tha*. his friends olaim for him. One of the ablest men In public life, and as modest and unassuming as when a boy. JEFFERSON'S RULE FOR A COINAGE RATIO. "The proportion between the values of gold and silver Is a MERCANTILE PROBLEM altogether. Just principles will lead ns to disregard the legal proposition, to Inquire lata the market price of gold In the several countries with which we shall probably be connected In commerce, and TAKE AN AVERAGE from them." i — • Early next morning she started on her return trip, and soon after leaving town overtook tbe old gray horse and bis rider, moving slowly back toward horns. Next (lay, while passing the place of Jacob Webmondt, Mr. Horn recognized, exposed for sale, .the wheel which he had rented to the bicycle beauty the day before. Ho was informed that the machine had been purchasod for $8 from a pretty girl whose sick mother was in need of help. Until these lessons have been learned by our ohildrcu ancl by those wlio have reached the voting age it can only be surmised what enlightened statesmen and political economists will record as to the action of a party convention which offers an Inducement to national dishonesty by a premium of 47 cents for every 5ii cents' worth of silver that can be extracted from the bowels of the whole earth, with a cordial invitation to all to produce ii it our mints and accept for it a full silver le- tvuder dollar of 100 cunts rated value, to be coined free of charge and unlimited in quantity for private account. "I am glad to see yon looking so well," said Mr. Wayne, as (die reined In her horse in answer to his salutation. "I hope your adventure of yesterday caused you no inconvenience." Respectfully yours, Cyrus S. Roberts. Tliose who • -intend for the and unlimited coinage of silver may believe in all hon■»«D that ». i.ile tbe pres- nt ratio of 'vor to What It Ha* Rained. A revenue tariff—the kind Bryan advocate—professes to only one thing—viz: to raise revenue to meet the expenses of the government—and it does not do even that one thing, as the Wilson-Gorman bill ha* proved. All that it has succeeded in rMMinv is our bonded indebtedness Detective Mnrphy arrested Sadie, but when tho case was called Miss Sadie fell upon her knees, and with flow ing tears, pleaded for leniency. Horn's heart was touched. So was that of the Magistrate. Horn asked permission to sold is as :*) to 1, nD't ltl to 1, silver will rise above the D JJ-tmg market value. If it does so rise, the » ffe(:t will Im» to make the 1CD-« to all the people so much lew, but such an opinion is but a hazardous conjecture at best and is not justified hv experience. Within the last JO years this government has bought about WiU.OOO.UOO ounces of silver, from which it has coined approximately 4i *1000,000 stiver dollars and issued $i:tD,0UU.0U0 in silver sertilleates, and the price of the metal has steadily declined from SI.15 per ounce to To emiHjwer national hanks to issue circulating notes is to grant a valuable privilege to a favored class, surrender to private corporations the control over the volume of paper money, and build up a class which will claim a vested interest in the nation's financial policy. Dnr United Btates notes, commonly Known as (freenhacks, being redeemable in either gold or silver at the option of the government and not at the option of the holder, are safer and cheaper for the people than national bank notes based upon interest liearlng bonds. A Bunco Game. "Well, Uncle Rasbury, bow did you like the sermon?" "Very little, thanks to you." That the rich men are all goldbugt and are opposed to the laboring classes Is a neat dodge to catch the laborer's vote. With Sewall, the millionaire, asjrunnlng mate to the boy orator, St John, the millionaire banker, supplying the music in New York, and with such other liberal silver banker millionaires as A. Erlcksoi} Perkins, of New York, who talkg silver, hut demands all loans guaranteed In gold payments, the demagogues will have a dillUult time keeping up the deception. The genuiue brand of Shylock Is furnished an example of silverlte duplicity and deceit—Hazleton Sentinel. "It was a pow'rful sermon, Marse John." They rode on for come minutes Jn ailence, then Mr. Wayne looked at ber hnrporoiiwlv. "Why not go at oncer aakad Kin Leila, eagerly. i nave as engagement tnw afternoon and can't possibly get off. But we'll start eaTly In the morning." "What was it about?" "It you are not hi a hurry," lie said, "I will do my best to make the old gray keep up." Hut vastly more than a mere assertion of a purpose to reconstruct the national currency is suggested by the Chieago platform. It assumes in fact the form of a revolutionary propaganda! It embodies a menace of national ■lisintegration and destruction. This spirit manifested iself in a deliberate proposition to repudiate the plighted publio faith, to impair the sanctity of the obligation of private contracts, to cripple the credit of the nation by stripping the government of tile power to borrow money as the urgent exigencies of the treasury may require, and, in a word, to overthrow all the foundations of financial and industrial stability. "it was 'bout de mir'cle of seven thousand loaves an' live thousand tisliea beiu' fed to de twelve "postles." w u« w e nave juomi to t ear. The thing we have most to fear from is not the liveliness of the sinners, but the deadness of the Baints—that remoteness from God; that inexperience of the great realities that makes God a name and a report rather than a felt person, and the superb verities, the possession of the few rather than the realization of the many. —Dr. Parkhurst Down Go HIo3c1oh. "That might be too late," urged Miss Leila. "It's only fifteen miles to Galns- "I have the day before me. and I shall be glad to have company." "Thank you." Then, "Did you enter your claim all right?" cents per ounce. What will be the decline when the supply is augmented by the offerings nf all the world? Tl«i loss upon these sliver purchases to the people of this country has low been marly $150.UU0,0U0. There were 372 bicycle factories in the United States six months ago. and the number is now reduced to 241, says the New York Herald. That means that 131 have failed. These failures leave $2,500,000 in debts to be adjusted and a large stock of wheels to be sold. Prices are very low and are likely to have a lower level next spring than they bad last withdruw the charge Her brother-in-law looked at ber thoughtfully. The Magistrate gently admonished Sadie; the weeping old mother refunded the money to Mr. Webinondt. and Sadie was discharged. It was not known at that time to any one in the court that Price & Muller had lost a wheel, nor did they know at the police station that the wheel on which the bicycle beauty gayly rode away was also not her own. These facte came to their knowledge later. It was also learned that she had sold the third machine and fled to Coney Island. Later at night Murphy saw the young woman sauntering down the Coney Island Bowery, clad in gorgeous attire. She ran on catching sight of him, but was eventually captured in the "Streets A dignified but firm maintenance of the foreign policy flrst set forth by President Monroe and reiterated by the presidents who hava "uoct-eded him, instead of arousing hostility Abroad, is the twist guarantee of amicable relations with other nations. The Monroe Doctrine. Miss Lelia flushed and looked at him inquiringly. He laughed frankly. "Well, I—don't—know," tie replied, "I hardly like the Idea of your going alone. Still, time Is Important, as yon say; and the road Is good, and you are a splendid rider. You could spend tfas night with Mrs. Wilson. Under the circumstances—"The Dollar of Our Fathers. "I recognized your horse as one I had seen in Mr. Gilford's stable, and I put one tiling and another together. But don't think I harbor the least Ill-feeling toward the old gray," he went on qnlckly, patting the animal as he spoke; "he and I are getting on famously together. And really and truly and honestly, Miss—" The dollar of our fathers, about which so much is said, was an honest dollar, silver maintaining a full parity of intrinsic value with fold. The fathers would have spurned and ridiculed a proposition to make a nilver dollar worth only 58 cents stand of equal value *vith a gold on** worth 1 UU cents. Tie- experiic« of all nations proves that any depnnriar slight, of another standard parity with gold luis driven the It Is better fur all concerned that the United Htates should resist any extension of Euro|Deaii authority In the western hemisphere rather than invite the continual irritation which would necessarily result from any attempt to increase the influence of monarchical Institutions over that |Dortiou of the Americas, which has been dedicated to republican government.Nor is this all. Not content with a proposition to thus debauch the currency and to unsettle all conditions of trade and commerce, the party responsible for this platform dcniett the competency of the government to protect the lives ami property of its citizens against internal disorder and violuhce. "Cheap," TfaoM Nearest to Us. Judging by the v Cth which Now York retailors are tumbling over each other to mark down the prices of clothing, the "cheap" goods of the free traders have made "cheap" men of us. According to all reports, there is little demand for the It is they who are nearest to ns and whose affeotion for ns is the greatest, who are rendered happy by the daily fourtesiea Graciousness of manners is of great worth in the world of strangers. It is of greater worth in the world of borne,—Central Christian Advocate. "I had better go," she Interrupted. "Good I now If you will please saddle a horse 1 will run upstairs and get ready." ti» Cn, Ih'Wi vi from thf more valtia Once upon a time a goat, who was about to partake of a poster, bethought him to observe Che trend of the jest which it was designed to depict. "H«, ha!" he laughed. "11a, ba! That's pretty rich. I guess I'd better not eat it, with this touch of indigestion I'm having."—Detroit Tribune. Too Ktch. »ne out of circulation, and tnich xpcricncc in a mntt-or of this kind is worth much mor* than nicm interested speculative opinion. The fact that few gold coinw are seen It assails th« Judicial muniments reared by the constitution for the defense (if individual riKlits and the public welfare, and it even threaten* to destroy the integrity and independence of the supreme court, whioh hus been considered the last refuge of the citizen against every form of outrage and injustice. Pensions. Her brother-in-law's place was In the outskirts of a small town, and as he went toward the barn he beard hasty footsteps outside the fence which separated him from the street, and presently a strong, athletic figure vaulted over and came toward him. "Staunton." No nation cnn afford to he unjust to its defenders. The care of those who have suffered injury in the military and naval service of the country is a sacred-Juty. A nation which, like the United relies upon voluntary service rather than njion a large standing army, adds to its own -«-cilriTv when it makes generous provision for those who have risked their lives in its defense and for those who urn deoendent upon them. "cheap" goods at any price. People find It mighty hard to get food, while even "cheap" clothing is a luxury. "Thank you—Miss Stanton, I am a thousand times obliged to you for obtaining that land. You see, my brother was wild about my getting it, and his enthusiasm was so contagious I never paused to consider the consequences. Now, I am a lawyer, and I think I see a good opportunity down here for me to practice my profession. But suppose I had buried myself out on that homestead. Why, It would have beeu the extinguishing of both the profession and myself. Not but what it is a flue niece of land." hastilr. "and a in ordinary circulation for domestic uses is no proof at, all that the metal is not performing a most important function in business affairs. The foundation of the house is not always in The Master's Voice. Have ye looked for the sheep in the desert. For those who have missed their wayf Hinht, but the lions*' would not stand an hour if there were no foundation. The great enginery that moves the ocoan steamship is not always in view of the passenger, but it is, all tile same, the propelling force of the vessel, without which it would tKon become s worthless derelict. In the face of the serious jn-ril which these propositions emliody it- would seem that there oould lie but one sentiment among right- think ing citizens as to the duty of the hour. All men of whatever party who believe in law and hBjre some regard for the sacredness of individual and institutional rights must unite in defense of tlio endangered interests of the A Silver Plated Trap, Hare ye been in the wild waste places. Where the lost and the wandering stray I Have ye trodden the lonely pathway, The foul ltd the darksome street? It may be ye'd see in the gloaming The print of My wounded feet. of Cairo." People who were deceived by the Democratic protestations of devotion to the workingmen in IH98 will hardly walk into the trap sot by the same party in 1896, even though it be silver plated.—Orbisonla Dis- When again called to tho bar sho repeated her affecting performance. But it was all to no purpose, lor sho wm Ills Discovery. "I beg your pardon, Mr. Gifford," the stranger said hurriedly, "but can you let me have a horse for a few hpurs? My brother said you kept the beet horses In town." The Producer* of Wealth. Author—"Mary, I've made a mistake in my calling; I'm not an author, but a born chemist." creates capital. Until wealth ti produced by the application of brain and muscle to the resources of this country there is nothing to divide among the nonproduclyg classet of society. Since the producers of wealth create the nation's prosperity In time of peace and defend the nation's flag in time of peril their interests ought at all times to be considered by those who stand in official positions. held. Man'* Opportunity. It may be instructive to consider a moment how the free and unlimited coinage of silver would affect a few great Interests, and I mention only enough to demonstrate what a calamity may lie before us if the platform formulated at Chicago is perinitted to bo carried nation patch. Have ye folded home to your bosom The trembling, neglected lamb, And taught to the little lost one The sound of (he Shepherd's name? Have ye searched for the poor and needy, clothing, no home, no breadt The San of Man was among them— Ha had nowhere to lay His head. —Christian IiDUI11C*iim» Mr. Holiart dismisses the tariff at some length, favors protection and reciprocity and declares himself to be fully in acoord with the oftioial utterances of the Republican party as expressed iu the platform •clouted bv the St. Louis convention. Rough on Farmer*. Author's Wife—"What tidnk that, Horace?" makes you Oh, woman, in our liuurn of ease. »&» Uncertain, coy,and hard to please; England bought $1,600,000 worth 1«m flour from the United States during the first half of this year than in the corresponding months of 1S9S. Author—"Well, every book that I write becomes a drug on the market" —Boston Globe. "Not to let, though," answered Mr. Gifford, rather coldly. "Who la your hrptliAr**  Hut. at resorts where men are few Yuu like bicdaed tiling we do. 1 _ _ —Cliiui i£o Uccord* *) There are now un deposit in the savings