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Valleys Of Mil II. Kissed by I RS aetata of the fountsia A ri I stoat to the river that run W iih a Rjretli Ml sonn to tin ocean,

rast cypress and hemleeh U)4 y vv. At rit Inim turmoil uro 1 oiniiiot ion, Ar1 sleeping i tu campers In lluc. No dreams of the cannon' death rüttle, No visions of charge und foray. Although win re they stood in the lutttle Not a few tin- still rumpln- to-day, tft an arrow of huhIIkIH discloses The I amps of tin- gallant and true, And MM tlM nheptstl of roses That cover the campers In hlue. By ttlOUieilfll they sleep In their (dory 'Neath the heuiitiful tluic of the f ri And retold and I'licarsed Is their story Hy millions from sea unto sen. Aye, aliuve thetn the rohln Is culling Her mite O'er the ftllttcrlliK dew. And the treusures of nature are falling Kverywheru In the camps of the hlue. They sleep Hide tiy side in the mendows. They are comrades still under the pines, From the sunshine deep Into the shadow:; Slrelih Qlory'a mui-tilth tit Hnij From Arlington's cedars of beauty To the fair lands of oranKe and yew, Itestliiir ever from Well-performed duty, Lie the thrice laureled campers in hlue At the fringe of the fn, -haunted thicket. Where the challenge Is heanl nevermore, Whine the stars upon idette und pieket, The niKhts of their Ion vlnlls o'er: And lie ill urns for them BO longer rattle And silent Is even's tattg. No more sounds the onset Kittle For the rose-covered heroes in blue. l.ove fnshlons the wrenth for their bosoms In the heart of the southland to-day. And the fields of the north glee their blossoms Alike for the blue and the jjray; It Is o'er, the How of war's river. For all to one hnnncr nre true. And peuee will relyn sweetly and ever In the multiplied lamps of the blue. Let them sleep by the musical river, Let them rest In the shadow of tree. Their fame Is our heritage ever 'Ncuth the star-sprinkled Bag of the free; So long as devotion's sweet story Thrills hearts that are lofty and true, tJo long will our banner In glory Vav over the camps of the blue T. C. HARBAUOH

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in ui hoiiIk anl burned out the oiu it the crucililes of atlli. tioi). "vou think in v In niru.ige miner ciioice fur a friraied warrior eeeeetomnd to eutilp und lield'.' Well, I ei a.s a Point graduate, if you pleaac, and eees shone resplendent among the ordnance urisiiicrals if that eminent institution of learning, "Ii was nt a buttle on the mountain, near the s a, fighting bravely at cloquartern on a ridge overlooking a deep, wooded ravine that 1 uns li.-ahl. d. Tbara was opposed to us a battery of In a i ier ca li Iter, and, after our fJlH TIHfQ nearly nil down, dead or wounded, i heavy ball struck me directly in the atnaele, broke this j.iffed piece from my side, dismou n t c d nie and hurled me 1'iadlong into the ravine. It was di..y honn iniilt. and I was made us, . iess by Majf woumh, so I was pennittid to lie there. The battle went Oil ubove, branches (lew in the :ljri trecwere it. in two. and into that raviiu' crept score of brave men for shelter, some to recover later. 1 1 1 1 uiore to die. What do the nattilv dressed pleasure eakera, who promenade in this park : iid piat ciirionslv at us Vetera n. re alie of such scenes as those I dc-cribc o iniHM'f'ctly '.' "At era the battle lulled, and there rept to m.- where I lay, finally propping-thciu.sehos against iueiiii(i against each other, two hadly wouioled men, one in hlue and one in pray. 1 gathered from their slow conversation tint thev v ere from the same villnpe in Maryland, schoolmates once, friends always. They talked of other days, of the familiar home scenes, uf their wives and be bee, and then when the quiet stars came out and the moon lighted the seeneof ear-nnp-e they slept clasped tdosoly in each Other'a arms. But it was the sleepthat knows no waking-. For these men peace had t ic. honorable peace, tindin and danger of battle past forever. Very calm and tranquil seemed the pallid faces in the moonlight, and on each was imprinted the friendly smile of the boyhood dayaoi rhieh thev tial ooareraed ere they sank into perfect and dreamless rOpOX. "Next aaoralog the detail of weary men htiryinfr the dead bore them away together, and gathered up letters and photograph to send hoeoe to the lored ones they would meet and preet no more.

"Years pease d, time healed the scars in the landscape war had made. Not far away, on the height, national and confederate cemeteries adjoininir were laid out and beeUtUtod. I still lay where I fell, reddening- with ru-d. but I saw what vas goiog on. and was often laepected eoriooaly by visitors to the

had learaed hefor- of Uie men whose children they were. Btrda ahaMered about them, gaadj butterflies tattered in their facee, Vieea festooned .'ike wedling ii eoiatious in dim ehurch lialce eraved lastly in the to rearing hmane hove, and thev l-anetl against nie as eOOfldiagly as If 1 belonged in hue's bowers instead of in the In unt of battles. I was their fliei.d. The br:e are ever tender hearted, lion cannon thrill to magnetic currents with greater teadlaesa than many softer hing. "Nor did I look grim a od for bidding. IIa of the arooda had erept over me and wreathed me with bloom. Laarela

; leaned lovingly over mc. and vines

trailed in slender graee and beauty 01 ee BBJ rusted form. 1 was a picture of 1 eaee, a here " In ls blew aweet kisses from the seenteil south. Flow r o , - ; -1 als fr m t ' . .u:non's mouth. "They talked of their pBIHUte. Of their own (ortboonting marriage, of affair'-at home, of aoane property trouble where in n.isMmr papers planil an important part, which meant heavx loss to them, and of the thousand and one nothings idl somethings to J'OQDg lovers, whieli ii tcrest those whose hearts have lieen touched by Cupid with the true gift . seeing. A million things deemed Important by t iinc hardened World liafTa, arc less so than the gossamer filaments and tri'les which love turua to thread and ingots of gold. Thev bring exquisite happiness to young heart-s, ami happiness is not a trifle. "Suddenly Inez, that was her mime, ottered a little exclamation and jMiinted to my muzzle. There, framed in roses, sat a small red wjuirrcl intently regarding the invaders. Her quick motion startled him, and with u brieV -liirp h' whisked out of ight. tajontr n fuge in the department of tlie interior. The young girl poked into the aperture with a birch wand she had CUt further in the wood, and there was

great commotion v ithin. A whole feanHy of aqulirela, some of them juniles. ilashel out Jielter skelter, frightening ihe jiretty damsel into n leap anil scream, followed promptly by pleaaed laughter from the youn people. "Her lover poked farther with the rod. and little by little drew out a nest. It was made mostly of leaves, but her' and there were blades of grass, floss of the milkweed, scraps of paper, and among the latter one of considerable size which the young folks eagerly Opened and lead. Strange anil mysterious are the ways of Prov idenee! It was the missing memoranda needed to establish the girl's title to exters plantations, and brief messages from

AM only a rns'y a d d dilapidated Id cannon, a relic of the u ar, placed on this lawn to re-, call to tliis genera-'

tum the deeds of the past. It urea a' glorious past. tx, though led with other things ihan the rust arhleh gltet me Bay dull, swarthy hue. They hav 1 .spruced mc up a little with paint thai I might. Im- in keeping vith Other park accessories, but you may observe that there i.s rust in my throat, while its marks show roughly through the thin coat of paint which but half conceals the ravagea of tine, I may look grim, hut am not o savage as I might at first impression appear. "When the war began I was young j.nd handsome, not the battered veteran of theaa later years. The gunners were proud of my trig and trim a pea ra aee, and groomed me as carefully as if I were a prince out on parade. You should have wen me as. with other guns of mv caliber and cla-s. I started for the front In nsp'-,:se to the first call for volunteers Itaued by Abraham Lincoln la llM. Polished until eery piece of metal about BM shone, Waited upon by brave men in uniforms as striking as my own, 1 attracted admiring attention from multitudes all lleng the line. Therwere six of ns. all exactly alike, and are apoke with one voice when called upon to respond to the ardor of those men stirting tern aid the from. "It was not long before m. e v ere in the -Uh and war of battle. Where we were rtonild be found the very craters of the war volcanoes, reddeaed with our lurid tires, enlivened by our bulldog bark. reddeaed eometlmei u Ith deeper aria Min than that of (lame. We were sons Of thunder and hurled thunderboll . shooters of Hghtn läge Urbich struck with deadly effect. Our throits were often parched and our iron aaaatltutloa racked and strained, but we Obeyed orders, and sullenly served Heath until fold to desist. They w. re brave men who handled 01 IB the very center of the carnivals of blood and lire, and ever above us floated proudly our gallant, oomredc, the old flag, often tattered and torn, sjnrrrd and raggiil. but its stars shiningever aBtan of promise on their firmament of good union blue. Not IBM courage ous were the men in gray a ho fiight under what is now the conquered banner. lNen our iron souls and heat is of steel thrilled with honest admirateaa of their dauatleaa bravery. What a pity that uch mennin-t hi IWByed in d adly conflict, one against the other. Thank (lod. that is all past now. and the old flag, well beloved north and south, floats i, lava and protection over all Columbia' brav. s. If the nu n in gray were mistakes they atoned for their fault l WUBtleW ways known only to brave hearts wh, meet defeat. ,'. love (Im in for their eourage nnd devotion, hnil them as brothers true for evermore. Rut thia is a digression. Old cannon. like ther old warriors, become garrulous vhen they recall the dnya which tried

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eemeterica aad the battlefield, teoahf see the ,enietery on the opposite declivity, its Hag floating proudly as it rose each day at sound of the sunrise pun. 1 loved to see the care e-qiended Bpoa the rows of graves neu keel w ith snowy headatoaea, and knew by ort of intuition where, in one corner, lay near together t he ichoolmatea vv ho had died that night by my side. 0a Ifemorial davs there were cercmon ies w ort h seeing, soldiers marched, sw eet-fae.'d and sweet-voiced children sanp. eloquetiee id ailed the war and its lessons, and each grave became an emerald altar on which soft-eyed blossoms breathed fragrant (BCCBOe, their scented ptavers rising tow ard heaven. "On one Memorial day. "11 years-after the war, there strolled into the ravine late in the afternoon a young man and woman. I knew them for lov crs before 1 clearly eat their taeea, for she leaned toward him as thev walked with the unconscious naturalness and graee of a vine reclining toward its suporting tree. On they came through the laurels nnd seated thciu-el v es, with their backs against inc. mm h as did those soldiers of 20 y ears agoae. Bbc wr.s a fair faced blonde, graceful as a fav n. dimples in In r peachy CBCChB, loyalty in her true blue eyes. He was dark, talwart, maaly, vith the form of an athlete and the eye , of B barn protector of 1 1 nth and innocence. EvCU before they sjioke 1 Knew them, through Intuition, to he. the soa and daughter of the men who had died where they 1 on sat aheerhed In love's awag dr am. As they sat there, her head on ins shoulder BBB his arm w here it should be. around her taper wnlst, punctuated w ith klseea, I heard their story and more than I

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blocKl, bidding their loved ont s good-by and di tailing the manner of their death. I had guarded their secret, well. Why should 1 not now yield it gladly to thime to whom it rightfully belonged J "bong they talked of their wonderful lind, of the goodness of (iod. of the paraata thev Uith loved, and their sentiments were union sentiment of the trongest kind. emphasized and trcngthencd by the memory of the great Conflict in which their father togetherdied. Erethey aralhadeway in the twilight they had planned to hnv n.e. and transfer me to their native tOWB, not faraway, nnd the fair maid lutnnlly hnggel and kissed me as die bade me a temporary farewell. There were pearly drojs of moisture on me ami the roaca which covered my teeajte 1 e--s. as she t limed aw ay , that w ere not distilled from dew or sprinkled bv the long familiar rains. 'In o'd-fashioroi' times Cupid accomplished hie beat eur pi i es with bow and arrow, but now. if vi 11 plraae. he nui use caaBoa, old, rusty, rlieutr.atlc and broken, just as v 1 II. I i iv be an old liore. bot I CM do ns useful thing as many eo Ic who hx.k more graeloua and leaaprim Sever Judge an aM veteran'a heart by b:s rusty exterior ami time-worn merhu of wind, weather or war. Hough oyster shells hide more pearls than the moot liest shells glistening on tropic beuebea io. ' Meli, they soeured n ermit from I'nele Sain to remove me. and here I am, the observed of all oliscrvers, a properly certified relic of the war. I Uhr it, too. though I sometimes sigh moodily for th sheltered ravine and its

wild wood rose. B.::ei..w th -e c.ire- ; fujly grooimsl .-. in the p.nk have ' 11 ver seem, si as fle- ui d ! grant. I Tin y arc too prim and precise, bi.espi! I I ten OB puiade. And as for Uie laurels of prai.se.' What are tl.ey to Ui laurels which rubbed their pink CBeefcB lovingly against luv in the shaded riv,:.e, 11, !. the cai cov of vine.- '. Hut they aaake aauch of me lu re, laataHad me with music and aeeehaBi garlaiid ' ine v. iih How em on Memorial days, laud 11. to Ihe skies. Hovers lean JgailK-t me in the si iu-r evenings, und vshitjr tl eir d.-urefct cmi tide nee, reJying ,iKu II y discretion, und old holdier put me i. ingly, and they tell of stirring mi-nes in which I and my kind played etaf i.rts and made the welkin ring. Near n.e Ktandl the eetdlere monument, ami Bearer still the tall taff from which floats t he glorious star spangled bann, r tot urhieh 1 fought and fell. "I saw my young folks thave not 1 the right to call them mine'.') Wed and made one. They BBtiecd to greet me on their way to the ehurch near by. and I saw through the open door tin- dear little bride with canopies of flags und flowers above her ehopeiy head, and .sunbeams colored gayly by stained gla s windows crossing in r golden In.ir in tinted lieuedietion. She stopped to pat nie lov ingly as she leaned on her noble husband's arm returning homeward, and 1 verily beihtva tliey look iiKn me as a sort of east-iron idirine. for they often come to see me and exchange confidences, talking to me as to a f riend of the family w horn they consider quite one of themselves. "One day . uliout a year after the wedding. Inez brought a pudgy, small, rather shapeless copy of herself to se me. introduced us and liespoke lasting rowa of fulc.ity ix-tween the young patriot and myself. He is about six years old now. com'-s to see me. hand in hand with a smaller sister, and they lKth sit in my lap ami take liberties with me unrebukeu. He once filled me with firecrackers on the Fourth of July and set them off. It tKk me several days to overlook that prank, for the crackr-rs were iiiimrtcd ( hinamen. and I did not like their weak, sputtering travesty of real explosion. On the w hide, how ever, we get along very well, lie cannot pull my hair, as he does his father's, nor ske his prying young Augers into my eve-. As to my mouth, that is toothless, ami barks only at enemies of my country and flap. "Near by. visible across a corner of the park lawn, is their home. On the wall is a framed picture, the portrait of the two dead toldicrs. one in blue and one in gray. Over it are crossed peacefully the swords thev wore, in token of lasting peace as well as lasting remembrance, and draped alsve it a silken flag, the beautiful fag of our country, its stars bright, it - bars typical Of the red blood shed for its sake. Very lovingly it droops over the portraits, and its folds seem lo cling as can -singly about the man in gray as about the man in blue. In that home there is love ami respect for the soldiera of north and south. Peace, blessed peace, reigns supreme. "This is the eve of Menu rial day. I am garlanded with flowers and have beea honored as a brave veteran should be by those he netted and saved. The sun issettinp.aridnot faraway. on t be beach. I m-e the family group I love; tne husband. Inez, the two playfi l children, and in addition n sweet-faced bals- in arms. The sea is like a mirror of molten gold, bul near the shore its surface dimples into smiles and it liäpe loving

nothings to the listening rands. Outlined against the plorificd sky . with its wondrous panorama of crimson and pold. pearl Bad amlier. fhecy outlines made of angei plumage, tall pinnacles) tipped with flame, foats proudly 1he flag we love. Aad far awey on a distant hill, where rows of tomlistones gleam whitely. I see the two hcadafCBM I which point like finger-Ksts toward heaven, punctuating the lteauty of love and friendship It is a picture of quiet x-ace, the calm after the storm, the tranquil sequel to the taeapasl and turmoil of war. Nolingthe 1,, .. Istonen ffl the confederate cemetery which adjoins the other I see that they BBU1 are covered with flowers, placed there by those who decorated the grassy couches of the sleeping boys in blue, (lod red their souls! Ixird keep their memories green!" L eixjar joxns

PROSPERITY DELAYED. rsllnrr f Ihr Hrpukllrn. tm K

Tkelr Frosals. Vt.ea the election was o Ter las November fte country looked for prosperity. It had been promised. Mr. McKmlejr had been heralded as iu "advauco agent." The opportunity jo secure it was st band. The means were perfectly obviuuv The prosperity ha cot come. The revival that might have been wrought has not been wrought. A new paralrsis baa been inflicted upon industry sr.d new barrer have been erected in the path of commerce. The fault lies solely with republican iiiisniauugenient, with the willful perversion of power from the purposes for which it was conferred to purposes of partisanship. All conditions were faTorable to a great revival of industry. tVe had been for many months exporting iu rnonnous excess of imports. The "trade balance" wns heavily in our favor. Every condition wea propitious except one. The revenues were not adequate to meet expenditures. To remedy this one sdverse condition was manifestly to give the country the rest it reeded and to brine about an era of prosperity greater than had been known since tariff tinkering for po'itical purposes began. It was only necessary for Uie republican congress to pass bills, which the dtmocratic president would gladly have approved, imposing a small extra ta on beer and possibly some Ir.considerable stamp taxes on transactions involving the transfer of wealth. Had that been done the revenues would have been adequate. There would have been no occasion for an extra session and the country would have had a badlyeeded period of rest for recuperation until December next. But the republicans fesred that if

revenues should be made adequate without tariff tinkering there would be co excuse for a new tar ff. no opportunity to reward compaign contributors with 1mm Uta snd gratuities to be paid out of the pockets of the people. And my they refused to pass any revenue bills. They deliberately adopted the extra session for tariffrippinp purposes as a policy resolved to give the country the fourth tariff , In seven years. Instantly when this was understood the activities of the country halted. The merchant refused to order goods, not knowing what duties he might have to pay upon them. The manufacturer curtailed his operations, not knowing under w hat conditions his produet. were to be marketed. Then Mi't the worst blight of all the threat of retroactive dut.es. For fear that merchants might import goods or manufacturers bring in raw Bnaterials heavily in anticipation of a new tariff bill with enormously increased schedules, the bouse decreed that all gcods imported while rhe act was pendlr should be subject later to the duties imposed. The rewult was in part that commerce stopped, snd in other part that the importers of goods under the exist- ; hag tariff felt compelled to add to their j r res all that the new duties threatened. The manufacturers whose free raw- materia"s were threatened in the same way had to raise their 1 prices accordingly. The people were thus forced to pay a tax not one dollar of which is likely ever to find its wav into the treasury. Thus, instead of the prosperity that was so easily within our grasp, we have en industrial and commercial paralysis forced upon us solely for partisan purposes. It is a betrayal of s trust which the pop!e have already resented In the spring elections, and wiileb they will sorely punish with blasting severity in elections yet to come. The republican promise of prosperity was an e;.y one to fulfill. It has been deliberately withheld, and the American people perfectly know why. N. Y. Wor I

TARIFF LEGISLATION.

1-MlUk Talk sst PtsielssT the Meat aar with m CeBiealos. Seanator tulioni has written a remarkable letter to the tariff cotum'ssion league favroring the object of the league, which proposes the removal of the tariff question from rational politics and placing it ia the hands of a commission, whose duty it shall be to supervise the tariff laws and keep von greats informed concerning desirable or neoesary changes Senator Cullom aeys that something ought to he done "to avoid constant and extreme chance in the tariff legislation first going so far n the direetion of a high tariff, snd on the occasion of a change of politics going as far the other way." lie wants to prevent the necessity of a change of the whole tariff by the party coming into power, for the reason that the business of the country will not tolerate it. It is gratifying to hear a republican senator talking of the hardship to business of wholesale tariff tinkering ami of the desirability of putting a stop to it. Hut when he talks of the necessity of such a wholesale change be is talking nonsense, for the republicans found a moderately high tariff law in force w hen they oame into power and could have D.adte it acceptable to the mms of their own partisans and a sufficient revenue measure by very few changes. All of the extreme tariff legislation that has been accomplished has been the work of the republicans. When the democrats came info power four years ago they found in force an extreme measure, which was almost as roundly abused by the republicans as by the democrats. They were pledged to a reduction of the tariff on a revenue basis, but when the Wilson bill became a law it was still a measure of moderate protection and merely made a start in the direction of a revenue tariff. To talk, therefore, of the danger and folly of extreme tariff changes ia to indict the republicans, who now propose to upet a moderate reduction of an ex

treme measure by a still more extreme measure. To place this extreme measure in the hands of a commission charged with the duty of ke pinfr it extreme would not take the tariff out of politics. Tariff tinkering for the purpose of enriching one set of citizens at the expense of others on the part of e commission would be more objectionable than tariff tinkering by congress. Until tariffs are levied for revenue and not for robbery it is not worth while to put tariff legislation in the hands of commission and the tariff quest ion cannot be taken ont of politics.-St. Louis Kc public. NECESSITY OF SILVER.

In Tents of t.reen. In tents of irreen our heroes sleep. Their shimtiers undisturbed snd deep: The Ask triumphant wares Where comrades pass with solemn trs4. Sweet bloom of May again to spresd Above our honored braves.

All silent there. In ealm repose.

They r- k not frfenda, th y fear not ft

Their Rmunded arms are mute: No drum's r-Uoutllnit lxat th-y hear. No stern command, no victor's cheer, Or sentry'a quick salute.

In faded Moo or faded rear. Tho tniro r.f Ood is th Irs to-day. So let them calmly rest: Who won th- ftsM with sure renown, A starry Has. a floral crown. Abaca Shi h hero's fcreast. Ruth Ilaymond, in N. T. LiCdrer

Trrrlhlr Shock. Great IMMor's Wife I regret to say, sir, that my husband is sick, and caonot sec iu v one. Caller (v mpathetically) What seeaaa to le the matter? 1 don't know ; he has not uttered a word since hr came in: he has received some terrible shock." "Ah. I see. lie prohablv ran across tejBBB man wbo never heanl eff his pn-M-r." N. V. Weekly.

A SjrTT t'oBjiiuatlnn. Wilkins ilow do you conjugate the verb "move"? Harlem 1 move, thou movest, he or she moves; we swear. u sw -ac, thee w ear. N" . 'I ruth.

In Mrngo. Ulla Fred aaya that If he had the world Bfl would plailly lay It at my feet. flt ell. What would bnppen If yoo moved jour feet? Philadelphia Preae.

POINTS AND OPINIONS. Many people begin to look on Mr. McKinley as the advance agent of dversity. Louisville Dispatch. The reason Mr. Hanna gets along to well with the senate is because he hasn't brought his throttling mschine into play. Atlanta Constitution. The Macon ((ia.) TclegTaph says that the gold democrats arc going to stand together. Yes. and they could do it in the state of Delaware and not crowd the state'.- line. Omaha WorldDerald. The owners of industries to be protected under the new tariff bill have already been raising the prices of their producta, but have not said a word about lift in? the wages of employes. Louisville 1 lines, If the intelligent fanner will. after the passage of the Dint: ley bill, ait down on his plow beam and figure out how much more everything he buys will cost him and how little everything he has to sell will be raised in price by it he will have no difficulty In determining who is "'protected." Columbus (OA Press. So long as we are shut in behind the wall of Chinese protection, which not only keeps foreign goods out. but shackles oar export trade I iug our producta in. bigh pBfjea are paid until overproduction und the -logged home market compel the shutting down of the mill. Then there are no w ages nt all. If. Y.TImea. The republican senators w ho are holding an autopsy on the mangled remain of theDingley bill appear to have come to one sane conclusion. They have been forced to ncknow ledge that a prohibitorv tariff will rot produce revenue. However effective it may be In fostering inouopolles it will not cure a dem It. They are therefore compelled to supplement the restrictive tariff with

revenue tnxea.--N. V v orld.

V. nid Restore Ihr I :. o I III. r I a m of Ike Car rear). Discussion of the questions which arise concerning the circuiting medium have resulted in so broadening the minds of those opposed to silver that only a few are left whose sole reply to argumenta made by an advocate of the white metal is: "You're a crank or a lunatic." Time was when abuse and ridicule were considered quite the projier thing by goldite editors and spellbinders, but that time has very nearly passed. There arc. however, a few narrow -minded men in thia country who cling to the old method of procedure, but in their unreasoning abuse they barm no one except themselves and their cause. Pacta are more convincing than fustian, nnd bimetallists, having the facta on their side, are spreading conv iction broadcast among the people. When the fact ia stated that all the gold in the world would furnish but 52. .".C per capita, the reply discourteous that the man who states the fact is a "crank or a lunatic" loses force. It is not pood economy to condui-t the business of the world on a limited capital. What would Iks thought of n merchant wbo weald endeavor to make a success of his enterprise on one-tenth of the amount of capital it required? The goldites would be fully justified in characterizing such a man as a "crank or a lunatic." For a period of 20 years, the Pelted Bt it es has been doing business under conditions the tendency of which BBS been steadily against the debtor. The increase in the purchasing power of gold has made it out of the question for the debtor to cancel his obligations because he has been compelled to suprender to the creditor from day to day, from month to month and from year to year all the products of hia labor. The price of commodities having fallen stesdily, the creditor gete all the lienent. ami the dollar a man borrowed last year must be paid this year with the unearned increment of an appreciating currency added to the orltrin.il obligation. We hear a great deal nlout the dishonesty of the "5o-ccnt dollar" and the wrong its adoption would inflict r;on the i r editor, but the 50-cent dollar ia a myth and the rehabilitation of silver would simply restore the equilibiium of the currency, establish just relation between debtor an 1 cred-

! itor. prevent the pauperizing nnd en- ' slaving of labor and bring prosperity

once more within our gates. Chicagv Dispatch. ' tMeeMBd tr Ita Crlrade. However much the country may desire to have the tariff settled and busineso arranged ander its provisions, it is better to beea a carefully considered scheme of duties than one rushed throtijrh in hot haste which bnsinesei raen will repent at leisure. If the senate were to follow the precedent, of the house and jam through the Dingley hill without investigation and discussion it would bei c i' imiiv. U.-doubt if even Mr. Dingley himself would today favor the adoption of his bill as it left the house Certainly the busiiieie interests of the country, however muob thee may favor a revised tariff, a protective tariff perhaps, do not want the Dlnirlev tariff. That leeialalbe abor-

tion has no friends now Cleveland t Plain Dealer.