Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 40, Number 44, Jasper, Dubois County, 8 July 1898 — Page 3

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THE CHAMOIS HUNTER'S

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i ND 90 inv ioBi fOM think you Y. ud skilled onnagh to be of assistance tu me Is hunting tJie chamois of t Im Mount aIm?" "1 am sure of it, father. I haw hunted aim alone, and not Bin OB I lie loft iii ;eaks; hut in-it her you nor mother knew if it. Now, when she has given her seilt, vvby should on hesitate?" "J (iu lint, ('nine on, i ill. It M as tin- oh! BB1 BliiB chamois liunter, Croliuia wr, who bid BBBB K00B B for 30 years as one of the most aring anil skillful of those engaged in this dannonius ('idling, who spoke thus to his son, a tull. graceful youth of 15. Thil lad was ciuirngcous. with a iiick eve. a sure foot and that present e of iiiiiu! in danger which so f req in n t ly settles the question of life or (heath with him who is concerned. It was in their own bum bit home at the foot of Um towering mountains, mil' DCyOOd the nearest itavarian village, that the iron-limbed and grim old Trnlininur, with kit grizzled locks, hut with his e igle eye iindiinmei!. sat down to talk with Iiis only child, while the good wife moved about the small apartment in the pursuit of her household duties. Chamois hunting is one of the most peculiarly duiigirnus sports, or. rather, businesses, known. The animal is slightly lirgr-r than tin; roebuck, and welgns from .Vi to GO pounds, fa color varies with the seasons, being a dusky, yellowish brown in Rummer, a dark brow it in n it t ii in ii . aia! a jet black in winter, excepting t lie hair of the foreheld, the under part, and tin hair that Overhang the hoof, which always remains tmvny. while the black stripe rrttrhlag from the tjea to the mouth iicvi r change. Tiie horns of the chamois are six or BCVI ii inches in Iriig'h, anil are crooke A Backward at the end. a peculiar abapfl which bus led some t.i believe he ues t hem to book on to Ik rocks when his foothold i uncertain. However, this is an error, the principal BM of the horui

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to hii life among the mountain peak and crags. Iii sight and cent are marv elouslv acute, and ihe famtes; footprints in I be snow will send him Hying with the speed of the wind in an opposite direction. His hoots are shaped like those of the sheep, but arc longer and more pointed, remark ibly lilted for sliding rather than stepp. ng. In standing still, or walking on level ground, the chamois looks nvvkward. but he is at homo among Iba MM and mountains. II is h .rs are so const mete! that he can make magnificent leaps, and In dropping from considern hie holgkt they act as sprint's or euabionaand pievent injuries and shocks whic i iu other animals woo Id he fatal. Frohmaur and his son left their BOOM OB a clear, sanlit morning, and began toiiing np the mountain. Kac'i had his rifle slung ncrösa bit akonllers, besides bis "reiek-sack." or bag In ding bit siy-giass, drinking clip, bullets and incidentals, while bis ironshod staff aval era'pi'd in I. is righ I hand. Father and son continued toiling steadily upward until the BUD was dirii tiy overhead. Such tremendous exertions would have exhausted any mai unaccustomed to it, hut when the two finally haltet!, tiieir face were scarce!y flushed, nor was there any increa." iu their lespiralion. "Now," said the falber, "we must look for game." "There ought to Im some in sight, for we have pasxd many buds and shoot -if the latschen," said Xivin, referring to the favorite food of the chamois. The father, without making reply, lowly turned around on his hob-nailed hoea, ax be scanned the peaks and Grlgf iBBM him. Such a survey oecuI ' i ' I u number of minutes, and w hen he was through he lowered the gia.-s, wish s sigh over b is failure. Meanwhile Xivin imitated the same maneuver, using his young und keer. .Ms for all they were worth. Sullenly he laughed: "IIa, ha, father, my eyes are better than yours. You missed the chamois, w tdch 1 have ecn." The father smiled, an he said: "He if. lying on the ground, just to the left of that rock, on the top of w hieb are some hushes growing." "Ah, you saw him, then." said Xixin. pleased to rind his father's sight a d. "You detected him at once, and JOB were only testing me." Book wast he fuel, and Frohmaur. the fa: n er, vvi.s no less ph ased : ban hi - son "it the keenness of sight displave! k) the 1kv. The chamois, which was a dark speck o the Bakod (c. wau plainly oatliBaJ tlnoiijijh the glasses. He was lying n. at if for a noonday rrt, and " met to Im- chewing bis cud. w ith lit uspicion of danger. He was too fai "ay tube reached wilha rifle hall, and hunters immediately began 1 he atli in pt to get nearer. This was v here the real diflicultj n . '"ill of their kmstfitsi Incline nmnHest. !t was necessary to descend into ' Mat, rocky ravine, make their way I M)g distance to the right, ntid then " B)B up a series of precipices on the ft. before t hey could hope to approach "it hin rirh shot of him. When father a .id son had attained a nlatt where they deemed it besf to climb 'pward. they began the laborious and liaugeroui taak. The elder, by ritfht of

hia grrub-r eape ii nee, i.mk the lead, but Iii tun was only ihe necessary distance behind him. BtMfUjr nnd carefully they went upward, until at la-t u- reached a table of rock. aioBg w hieb t hey crept on t he.r hands ami knees, until they Iii, ally at t a i lied t be pi on t of obtt rv at i on t bti t l,.i I bBOO their destination for the last two hours. C ii r frit mis w ere now w it Ii i (i safe rifle shut, .ii .I Me fnt her hud given u: to Baderatai.d that tin- game was In. It was wit ! i the coolness und prei i.-iou of a veil ran, therefore, that the 1 id pointed his rille, took deliberate aim ami Brad. Btforc, the smoke lifted from the niuBMof li . - con, he saw the chamois spring to itl feet, make a couple of b.uinos. und then ili-appcar over the edge uf the Olli, II 'V were pretty eer'ain where the dead animal would be found, and the hunters hegan picking their way I'owuw arc. The hooked staves they carried were i m'ispensihle, it limy he said, ami they used them with the skill of the Alpine lliilcs. Frohmaur was some distance iu advance of Xivin. when it lieeame necessary for him to make a dangerous b ap, which may thus he described: A ha sin several hum! red feet iu d-ept a y aw in (1 hefore them. Directly in front v as a s . . ii mas - of rocks, n aching i'liiudreds of feet upward, and a strong ledge Bartended along the face of this wall, offering a ti tin BttppOTt to whatever foot w as placed upon it. Hut the frightful difficulty will be sceii. It was eight feet away, and the ledge was no more than eight or ten incl.es in width. It was as if u BOIBOB should leap directly against the I '.' of a brick house, at a great distance from the ground, there being a projection of several bricks on which to support bis feet, but not the slightest object for his hands to grasp. When it is remembered t.iat each hunter carried Iiis stnfand reick sack, and that the slightest rebound must send him toppling backward into the abyss, the leap will seem impossible. And yet Frohinaur had ma !e it nnre than (nee. and with seaicely any hesitation he prepared to attempt i( again. His momentary hesitation was that he might study whether there was any way of utilizing his staff. An amateur would BC apt to think it of the highest use; but the Havarian saw that it would be a hindrance. He therefore decided to leave his reick sack and staff behind him, a Xivin could easily reach theiu icroaa the intervening space to him. Thon h won Id take the burden of

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PATHKB AND SON COimNCXD Tclbl.Vti TKADII.Y Xivin. climb out of his way. leaving the lad to make the same leap untrniiiincled. and to foliow him as he toiled along the faee of the wall, until easier traveling was reached. The fi at iraa for the hunter to make the leap of eight feet, and to land on the narrow ledge so lightly that ther would be no rebound, for t he slightest would throw him backward, and it wai impossible for htm to turn to aa to jump more than one-bnlf the distance to the rock from which he first sprang. A imin delicate feat cannot be imagined, and it woind he hard to find an athlete that would attempt it; but Kinsing only long enough to lay aside i.is baggage arid carefully to poise himself. Krohmaur gathered his mileles and made the leap just as Xivit. came u p he hi in! him. The heart of the boy throbbed fast for he felt more misgiving than did hi parent, and unfortunately it was well founded. The veteran chamois hunter landed on the ledge, seemingly as lightly as a feather, lie had gauged the distance and the effort required with marvelous skill; but there was just a trifle of a rehou nd. He threw out bis arms, desperately clutching for some slight prot libera nee; but, Brit, there was none, antl nothing could save him from going backward but for the presence of mind displaye.i by bis son! Just as tka father was in despair, something pushed against him. and he i mmctliately recovered bis balance. "Are you safe, father?" As the boy asked the question, he was leaning forward over the ravine, with the crooked end of the staff prensed afainat Frohmaur's back. Xiv iu was qu ek to detect the mica!culation of Iii fat her. and h aved him by the artifice which was to simple that jverhiifs it was all the more remarkable on that account. And then, ii PTedT ' M 11 may eem, Xiv.n. the daring boy. without casting aside his staff or sack, took the same BcrtlotM leap, tin father uttering no protest, for lie felt that such danger were a part of the profession he had adopted. Xivin accomplished the perilously delicate feat successfully, Bfl4 climbeu after his Cttktf w it Imut accitb nt. Shortly after, the dead chauioi wa found, and late at night ihev rrach'd their home in the mountain valley fax belovt. -tioldeu Haj.

Supt rfieial thii kers write and talk about a conflict between labor and e.ipitai. They cluss all employers of labor aa capitalists and the employes us laborerThis ela.-s itii at ion is erroneous and misleading. A I persons engaged iu productive puravltB or commercial enterprises koloag to one class and all persons BBfafi d in deuling in money and securitiea b- I. ng to another das. In the proscctiti n of business anil industrial pursuits of every kind there must be employ rs and employes, all working to the ai u i end. and a conflict botOHMB tin ni is unnatural and unfortunate, because their general interest is the same. The manufacturer must have laborers and the laborers must have manufacturers, to the end that the business to be managed and the labor ci nnectcd therew ith performed. A conflict between employers and employes and a conflict between union ami non-union workers are cot flict between men who have a geueral interest in common. When times arc hard and prices fail we regret to see divisions and contentions bit ween those working for the common good of all. The contention between employes and employers: and the contention between the unemployed and the employed divide the forces of the gl Ml mass of mankind struggling for justice and equality again t the money type which preys upon tbl in all alike. The re should be no contention between the industrial classes to give the common enemy a chance to divide and conquer. Dnlcra in bonds ami speculator in money also have a common interest, but their intcrent is diametrically opposed to the interest of the producers and the men in business. They all th ai in the same kind of property, and they coinbine for the purpose of enhancing the value of money which is the property In which they deal. The bonds and securities in which they invest and trade re simply money future?. If they can increase the value of money then enrich themselves without cost or sacrifice. Inasmuch as the purchasing power of each dollar depends upon the number of dollars in circulation they accomplish their purpose by making money scarce, which according to the law of supply and denial d makes money dear. Why does the broker buyup and corner a stock if lie does not do it to make stool: dearer and compel other who are obliged by contract to deliver stock to him to pay a higher price icr it? This is why the owners of money and obligations payable in money unite in a solid combination and extend their operations throughout the civilized world. The sole purpose of their combination is to reduce the volume of legal tender money to the commodity gold. Tl.ey know very well if they can wholly demonetize silver and confine the standard money of the world to gold clone their property (gold) must continue to advar.ee, while the price Bf property of all other kinds and descriptions must continue to decline. There are f.l.fiOO.OOO.OOO of full legal tender silver and $2,500,000.000 of uncovered paper money in the world, which must be destroyed before the gold standard can be finally reached. This furnishes the dealers in money a certainty of continual rise in the purchasing power of their money for centuries to come if they can maintain the gold standard. Xobody would complain of this If it affected only the dealBffl in money and l-onds. but unfortunately it affects the whole human family w hich Is engaged in business or productive en'erprise of any name or nature. Mi ney is the instrument of production, the tool of Industry, the medium of exchange, the measure of time contracts, the pricing instrument of all property, and without a constant supply equal to the legitimate demand industrial enterprise cannot prosper. Contraction cuts down the profits of the manufacturer, forces them to discharge their employes or reduce their time, or cut down their wapes. The reduction in the numlier of employes creates an nrmy of idlers who must suffer for bread. If those engaged in productive enterprises. Including manufactures and traders of every description as well Ms laborers, would see their own interest they would unite antl demand of the government a sufficient supply of money to secure stability of prices. They would not n How the money sharks to enhance the value of their property and injure or destroy the business of the great mass of mankind engaged in producing wealth. It must he remembered that the money t vpe has been in all nics heartless and cruel. Tin- pursuit of wealth by tiiirv benumbs the moral sensibilities and converts a person who would otherwise be kind nnd benevolent into a Shvlock nnd a fiend. For all practical purposes n usurer, although neither he tior those with whom he associates, realize the baneful part he is playing, fa an enemy of the human race. TVI.at la required Is a combination of business men of nil descriptions nnd laborers of nil grades against the common enemy who jugu't with money upon which 11 life In BBBOStatiOB absolutely depends. "A fenst is made for laughter and wine mnketh merrv, but money anwereth nil thlnffs." Tb thnt jnggleth with money tamper rith atll things which affect humanity and Is more dargerous than all other pncmVs. seen or unseen, which have iinpean d since the visit of the serpent to the fiarden of Kden - Stiver Knlght-Watchrran.

I It t- ( ii u ii I r t Iii I ree I it 1 Hatte Its lllht-r I BOa In a speech before the bouse of representatives, congressman Shafroth. of Colorado, made a very forcible argument in favor of free silver coinage. He pointed out that, under existing laws and without any impairment of contract or breach of laitb on the part of the government, free coinage would at once create a demand for silver currency to the amount of at bast $-',:,05,Oo0,000 a figure representing the exist ing "credit money "of the i a' . t . Tic very fact of t be t x; - -net of sBB an 1 in BM i -e volume of credit securities, he argued, proved Bonclusivi the r.tcessity for an expanded currency in at least that amount. In case free coinage should send gold to a premium and thus drive it from the country, as asserted by the single standard advocates, there would be a demand for $fi0ö,000.000 more of silver to take its place. Here, then, would be an immediate demand for $3. '-V. 1,000.000 in silver. In case It should be deemed advisable to retire the Cnited States treasury notes, $340.000,000 more of silver would be requin d as a substitute, and by including the national bank notes, a place for $231,000.000 more silver would be created. Thus silver could be employed to the enormous amount of $3,s:;s,00,000 without increasing the present actual circulating medium of the country to the extent of a single dollar. W ith such an enorm us demand upon ti.i c irnparat ively limited supply of uncoined silver in existence, there would be little danger but that the parity between the two metals could be easily established and maintained, even by unlimited coinage upon the part of th Cnited States alone. In summarizing the uses to which a silver currency could legitimately be put, he called attention to the fact that the debts of ihe people of the Cnited States amounted to $20, no i.OOO.OOO, onehalf of which was payable in lawful money of the nation. This would create a demand for $10.(hh).oOO,000 more silver witbw hieb todischarge these debts. He also showed that silver as a legal tender would discbarge state, county and city taxes to the extent of $500,000,000 a year, that it would pay import duties and internal revenue duties of the Cnited States to the extent of $jOO,000,000 a year, that It would pay the premiums on life insurance policies to the extent of $320,000,000 a year, and upon Are insurance policies of $158,000.000 a year; that it would pay the deposits in savings banks to the amount of $1,900,000,000, in national banks to the extent of $1.hOO.OOO, in state banks to the extent of $723,000,000, and loan ar.d trust companies to the extent of $5nft,000,000. and in private banks to the extent of $50,000,000. Taking these various sums together. It Is found that the peoplaof the Cnited States alone could use $18,500,000.000 ot silver without impairing a 6ir.g!e obligation or depreciating the lawful and legitimate value of a single existing debt or security. I'nder such circumstances, it is certainly absurd to suppose that a nation representing onefourth of the entire monetary power of tbe world, as does the Cnited States, would be unable to maintain the parity of -i'Td under a bimetallic system of finance, especially in view of the fact that it would have the moral support of other silver-using countries representing nn equal monetary power. Denver Times-S un.

LEGAL TENDER CURRENCY.

Amnnnl Repaired la Any Country Depends nl (lonr on the Population Knglaad's rolley. The per capita of legal tender currency required in any country depends not simply upon the population, but also upon commercial activity and disati - e nnd i is' of transportation to market. The Cnited States requires more per capita than any other civilized nation, in consequence of the extent of territory, intelligence and activity of tha people, but it actually has less. If tbe Cnited States, as shown by . C. Jones, bad only the average per capita of England, France and Germany, there would now be $50 per capita of arailablelegal tender currency, amounting to $3.500.000,000, instead of onetenth of that amount. A gold standard and currency contraction has been the avowed and persistent policy of Ureal Hritain for nearly a century. When, by accumulated wealth, she became the creditor nation of the world and was in the market for the purchase of raw matt rial and breadstuffs from foreign countries, her bankers and ftatesmcn perceived that her i . was to makt money scarce and dear. The result was to increase thereby its purchasing power, and. as her most eminent statesmen nnd leaders have declared, to enable her to purchase breadatuffs and raw materials at half price and ecure from debtor nations in repayment of loans twice as much as wa.t rei i .vt d B them when the loans were contracted. This was eminently successful, but not honeab H. Haupt, to Chicago Dispatch. hat llanna Wnnta. What llanna wants it just enough wai to justify his bond deal nnd the patri otic fervor of the men he expects to whoop so loud this fall thnt It will bo impossible to hear the evidence that he bought the Ohio senntorsbp. MirsiiiloDi Valley Democrat.

What was Hoar ur livposlaaj ailvae from IIb lr bl-l'a In FameHub Amouc Mallons. Krum the great gold discoveries In the middle of this century down to the end of the third quarter tbe word was content w ith its progress. Huge strides were made n invention, which revolutionized the conduct of human affairs, but with the beginning of th 4mrth quarter of the century thf.e were strange complaints. In l-.7t', there w as a select commit tee apointcd by parliament in Knglaml and a similar one in the Cnited Mates to inquire into the depreciation of silver. In 1878 and again in 1881 the nations conferred together upon the adI ibiltty of restoring silver to its ancient place. In 185 there was appointed in Kngland a commission on the depression of trade. In lssG there was a gl d and silver commission appointed in Great Hritain. In ls'J2 another Internat ionnl conference wan held. In 1895 Kngland appointed a commission to inquire into the depression of agriculture. In Im!" an international OOBgMM of agriculture met at Hilda I'esth and declared that agricultural depression prevailed in tin entire gold-using world. What is this new symptom in the affairs of men? Why was there prosperity in the third quarter and depression in the last quarter of the same century in answer we must consider one vital change which distinguishes the two periods. In the latter period, by the voluntary act of the civilized nations, practically all the new suppkp of precious metals has been cut off. One metal has been deposed from its debtpaying function, while of the other metal, gold, hardly enough has been produced each year to s-.ipply the arts antl make up the wear and tear of the existing coins. Thus, by one stroke, the increase of metallic money of full debt-paying power was practically stopped, and the inevitable result hegan. I'opu.ation was increasing, and production was swelling, while the existing monetary supply must suffice to do the added work. Aa auch decreasing supplymust measure also the increasing products it need not be said that these products measured in money became steadily cheaper. A period of falling prices began, which has continued with comparative steadiness. It is not denied that the staple products of the world have fallen yearly in money value, until they are now about on a half as valuable as tin v were 2 y ears ago. This statement, to those w ho view it carelessly, may s"-m a harmless proposition, but it involvea civilization itself. Without endeavoring to enter into extended argument, it may not be without profit to ask every business man to put to himself some plain and simple questions concerning the force of .ailing prices, which will be found at -he end. perhaps, of a still sadder experience to be mightier even than tbe cannon and the sword. According to the chart of prices, which is universally accepted, the average of prices of the staple articles of commerce fell during the year 18Ö4 ten per cent. Let it be asumed that y ou. at the be ginning of 1894, wrre a producer of cloth at 100 cents per yard in the market, which fell to 90 cents at the end of the y ear. At the beginning of the year you borrowed $10,00o, which would purchase, at 100 cents, 10.000 yards of the product. At the end of the year you pay your debt and must sell 11.111 yards at 90 cents for the purpose. Here, in some manner, there hasljeen taken from you 1,111 yarda of your goods, which at 90 cents a yard, represented $1,000 of money. Who baa gained this? Surely no one else than the money lender. With the fall in goods your 10.000 yards will exchange for aa many goods at the end of the year as at the leginning. In tbe exchange of goods, therefore, you suffer no loss, but when you pay your debt you find that money alone haa not shared the fall. When you buy money to pay your debt, you pay in goods 1,111 yardsmore than were due when you borrowed the money. Among your compnniona In industry you can exchange products on the same basis as before. Only one thing demands more at the end of the year, and that is money. Has there lseen, indeed, a great conspiracy of all the great staple producta to fall in price which money has not joined? It is, in fact, the banker from whom you Iwirrow who alone requires more protlncts in payment. Hy what right dm s he justify his gain? Has dead money any right which live lalvor oust respect? CKOICOK Kit KD WILLIAMS From a democratic standpoint nothing could be more desirable than the announced policy of Hon. Msrk llanna to glut bit vengeance on the Ohio republican convention at Columbus. If his programme be carried out If the Kurtz-McKisson delegates are unseated and (iov. Husbnell is insulted by being ignored in the platform there Brill not be enough left of the republican ticket this fall to furnish material for a decent wake. Iet Marcus prance gay -ly on. He cannot he ousted from his eat in the senate, hut he can work his own ruin as boss of Ohio. And a national boss who doesn't control his own state doesr.'t last long. Mark's fondness for a club as a political argument will accomplish his undoing and that is the consummation to be wished. Chicago Chronicle. Mark llanna hus advanced $40,000 with which to psy the Ohio troops. We hnve here more evidence that Mark 1 not only bigger than the government at Columbus, hut also that he is more plethoric tbsn fhe government at WaahUatont tit. Louis Kepublio.

D0LLARS THAT ARE DEAR.

Tka (iold Stauda rü lat'oaafaatlr Ins from tbe 1'eoule I.I We a, Ma la tbe ftltfht. They say you ought not to agitata. It is s poor cause that will shirk inquiry. The cause that dreads investigation needs it. Of cocrte, the burglar, with his pistol at your head, will advise you to be quiet until hia contemplated operations are peacefully performed. He is against agitation. Tbe testimony of the I.exow committee showed that Mr. ll.n i n.; yer and Mr. Si arles are against agitation. "Why, said they you receinhcr the testimony; I do not quote it literally, bat what they said in effect was this: "If this kind of thing keeps on, if every legislature that meets is going to appoint a commission to investigate capital, capital will gt timid, and capital w ill move out and leave you alone without any capital." "To be sure, tbe testimony showed thnt we formed this combination for the purpose of forestalling the market, of ruining competition and of placing t lie great consuming masses of the people absolutely at our mercy. That is true; but when it appears to be true It discourages us, and therefore you have got to stop this investigation business or it will have a serious reflex aotion upon the prosperity of the country. " Now, the greatest trust of all is the money trust. The people of the Cnited States are aroused. Demos has been asleep for a generation. He has awakened, and the continent shakes under hia tread. Let the oppressor beware, for the day of accounting is at hand. The common pnwiotistn of The American people can be depended upon when the issue has been once made clear. All great political questions finally come to wear a roornl complexion, and then they are soon settled. And they are settled right, or you and I must believe In a malevolent instead of a merciful Qod. They must bring books ray. whole libraries' to prove that sla'.rv was an economic mistake; arid the people went on with their business, and slavery grew. 12 vi t when some devout, earnest, alneere men drove home to the pobito conscieneethat slavery was morally wrong, from that moment the Institution waa doomed. We may also mnke long speeches and write thick treatises to show how the parity of the metal may be maintained and give crowded statistics of the production of gold and silver and the history of prices. But when the people of this great nation shall finally have made up their minds that the gold standard, as unperceived as a thief in the night. Is constantly stealiog from one man for the benefit of another, stealing from the man who Is least able to lose anything and giving it to a man who least needs to have anything bestowed upon him; whan they begin to see that the gold standard is an Instrument of oppression nnd moral wrong nnd without defense, then the American people will rise and put down not only the leather trust, the sugar trust, the coffee trust and all the other trusts in trade, but also the greatest trust of all. that trust which controls the money, the ultimata money of the world. CHARLES A. TOWNE.

OPINIONS AND POINTERS.

If ;he American people could conquer the goldbugs and interest-eating sharks as they can the Spaniards what a proud, happy and free people wo would le. Pittsburg Kansan. As a republican contemporary wiser than some others puts it, "tbe republican victory in Oregon shows which way the wind is blowing at the present time, not wftieh way it will blow five months hence." Albany Argus. Mark llanna is the only man in Ohio, in any political party, who would brazenly preside over a convention of his party after he had been utterly repudiated by the people of the city In w hich he sleeps, when not dodging pubIce officers to avoid a subpoena commanding him to appear and confess hia sins. Columbua (0.) Cress-Post. rresident McKinley holds nearly $200,000,000 in gold cornered in the Cnited States treasury, in order to prevent its price from breaking in London, though a break in London gold prices would necessarily mean a rise in the London price of wheat, cotton, provisions and all other exported farm products. Mississippi Valley Democrat. Roll together afl the brains in the McKinley cabinet and tbe result would not equal In weight, bulk or quality the gray matter reposing under Tom Heed's No. 8 hat. Hut heed is a failure, and no one knows it better than he. He has frittered himself away in petty partisan trickeries, and now the only thing of note with which he is identified is hia ability to count a quorum Memphla Commercial Appeal. The swine of the frusta are the worst enemies of the decent rich. They are the most dangerous foes of properly, the real sappers of tbe foundation of taw and order on w hich free instituBoni rest. Tbey breed and nourish class hatred. They are the only anarchists of whom there need be any fear at presen in the United States. Tbey are the industrious and ineunihly stupid promoters of revolutionary feeling.N. Y. Journal. Harms butted everything off the track as he went along until he cams in collision with the war sentiment. Since then he has been little beard of. He is again receiving n passing notice BB IBBBBB. of t'he charges of bribery which are being prosecuted against him in the senate. lie will doubtless ho whitewashed, but not until bis guilt has been confirmed n the minds of those who have followed the course of tho boss In hia race for the senate. Chattanooga New.