Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 40, Number 50, Jasper, Dubois County, 19 August 1898 — Page 3
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Unveiling of the Monument to Francis Scott Key, Author of the National Anthem. A MEMORABLE DAY FOR FREDERICK, MD.
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Pukdkkick, Mil., kmg, la Francis 0041 Key. the athor of 'The Mar Spangled Hanncr,'' yva honored, Tuesday, in tliii., Iii native city, by tlie dedication of it handsome iiioii u lue n t erected ! the memory la Mount olivet cemetery. 'I'll preliminary cere monies included parade in which luilitury ami elvi organizations from all parts of the Mate took part, und which win witBOated ly thousands of residents and visitors. The baildlaga Rloag the line of murch were gaily decorated with tho Ii. U loua! colors. When the procession reach .1 the foot p the mOnWeat the order of exercises was proceeded with. Thla included prayer, vocal und instriiinental music, un oration by Henry Walterboii, of Kentucky, an address hy Mrs. Donald McLean, of New York, and an ode hy Kolgir .MeKin.ey. f lialtimore. The cord which released the drapery
covering t he iiiomiinent w asthcii drawn bj It isa Julia Mcilenrv Howard, grand daughter of Francis Scott Key. The address of Hon. Henry W'attciaon is as follows: lion. Henry Wal lern. iC iMNM The Key Monument association, to which in du1 tie art nf tar.ly justice whos. inplet ion c an- here to celebrate, litis r MM to M pr to.. I Of the si.,ve,s which has BTPWaed It l.ibor of loy. Witli.n soiiicthlin: less than four years frntii (be date of Its organisation, Ii has reared tins Maw fi.i itmi lawMlac ihiihuI! to um author .r the 'Star Spatiirl. -.1 BuMT." Be li'-nth it IB the mortal r. malus of Krauel Scott
Slur Sp,in.-.i Ham,, r ow, MM little to It was tin- rmuiiutloii of a Dulrloii,
f.TVor as sin. .-re Msi natural ..s It Was alsapla ami tiohli- Ii sprang fr.au om-uf thos.- Kjoi i.ms Inspirations T:lr imIMJ ID an author unl.i.lilen. s. i.-s ut our. upon the hearts aim min is of Dieil Th- in-, Usl.ili seflllt'tl to haw he. ii in-. BtSd forth.- very purpose The Wan ami the MW MM MM, ami tin- sou cairn aiel truly was s..iirf i,.-v,.r yi i,r ain ill such h. -ni-, eiplor i he pufs .,f f,,k lore to r. iul tint story uf popular BVasB, in vain to IM UM to Beea Um eesBosuata of um Be KU--II ..tt.oBul anthem is in ill.putf. The "MarMilalM" iui Blea1 mm Ma i.eha: to Um BMaloea of war ami burst furth in profus.- strulns aai BMhldl alxiw tu. cln ol aruis. hut it was att. 'nil. -d hy ihoae iSeatri ..i accessories which pre s hl nvi-r ami tiuiiisu-r to at i ii emotion anil seem lndl-.iieii.i.i. ...
dam lopniftit. ami it is Mi tared to mm tierivad asiiiucliof lu nthtisiiisiii from tin- witi.-cup as I roin the lrum-l.,-,it K. s MMM Me the very ehiia of MttM It MMroekM" MaaanM In tie- . ra.il, ol tin- ileep Its waddÜBa tilth m wen- tin- stur anil Strip, s it birth pro. laiiin il
loicoiuinir was neraiii.-.i hy shot ami bell, and, from iu bap Ml of Ira, a nation of trMMM claspei) it to lis MM It was to b- tlii-nee-forth ami forever fri'i-.tom s (ilorialn Kxoelala.
I In- story .,r I lit- Soiif. Ilinatunces which ush. re.l it
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HOU IIKNKV WATTI'.liSi N Kry ami his ift-. Mary Tayloe Key Hitherto unmarkeil. except In the hMBlttM) way. th.-ir final resting plan- on earth has MM at hist MMJMMd from ainotiK' the surrounilln trraves. to be at once an altar an.l a shrine, known avMMjtMM oaaraMi naanf mmIm m home, ami ooaaairaM to all h tra wherein the iov,,f hlH-ri dw IM Hit ln, lriitl.ui of i In atMlgaif One can not IwtptMaktag It somthitiK more thati a come Jem . that thlamoaumeai i- erected, an.l that t hese services an- hel.l at a moment w !.. u at4 alone is the country tnjfatfil in for. ifii war l.ut also ut a moment when the
wonts or i- immortal mumm rnag la u
memory nii'l st.irt to the lips of all the peoph
ofalltli, -'at's an I sect ions ,,f the I'nloti. Hut a little wini. nr.. this seeme.l a thitiL- IihinissU
Hie of realization .Itiriti ; the life of the K'tura
tiotl of an ti hich is pa ssiiik' awav Years of
aaUHtMred civil strife, w Ith their mmmm MB4
open dj ),at s or uoreeutM political controversy, win h never before thus aaded . nr,lu ever a jieople so promptly obey the laws ullke of ti v. race ami nature, from which, as from
s n e matric fountain, the American repuhi MMjMJ Nothinc in romance, or in poetry, surpass-
the wotnlrous storv of tills republic Whv
Vashuu.'ton. the Virginia planter, atnl why
j-ranKiin, the I'entisyi vania printer Another
nullit have been chosen to leiul the con l mental
until, s u brilliant ami disttnirulxheil aolilier
but as we now know . not only a corrupt ail-
venturer. but a traitor, who preeeilisl Arnold an.l who hail he been c uiiman b-r of the force. I Valley ItoMA would have lx-trave.l hl
adopted country for the coronet which Wash
ington de. pise, I. in many ways was Krankliu
an experiment und, as his familiars might
have thought, a dangerous experiment, to I
äppOUtod the representative of the MloalM In
l,otnion un.l in I'ans. as they knew, and
as we now know, ho was a stalwart
aeir-indulgeiit man. apparently little
given either to prudence or to court liness What was It that singled out these two men from a 1 others and designate,! IMM M be ll.e chiefs of the military and diploma' M aMafe lishtnents s,.t up by tho provincial gentlemen, whose declaration of Independence was not merely to MtaOIMO a new nation, but to create
anew worm it was as clearly tin uisp.tation
of the Alinight v us. a century lab r. Was tie
mini hi i. in, oin in i. rain, wiiom m- nan never arm. nti. I had reason to distrust. It was as
clearly the Inspiration of the Almighty as Hint In every turn of fortune, (out has stund by the
republic not leas In the strange vicissitudes of
the wars of I he revolution ami of IIS, than in
those of the war of sections. In the ral
mg up of Paul .lonca und Perry, of Pretile
and Hui!, when, discouraged upon the land, the MO was to send tonls fM-ople messages of victory, and in the striking down of Albert Sidney Johnson und Stonewall Jackson, when thry were sweeping all before them Inscrutable are the ways of Proililencc to man PhUOM pliers may argue as they will. ami. rationalism may draw its conclusions; but the my VMTtOM piwer uneiplalned by either has, from the be k' lining of time, ruled the destinies of men Hack of these foil 's of life and thought there is yrt another force c-ually inspired of t Sod and aajaoUi MMaUal to im aaaUniluo ol mmmi force without which the world does not move except downward, the foroe of the Imagination wh , h idealizes the deeds of men and translates their meaning into words It may lie concluded into words It may ! concluded that Washington at Monmouth and Franklin at Versailles were no; thinking a great deal of what the world was ilk.- to say. Hut there are beings so cotiaUtuMd that they can not act. I ley can only thltik and these are the Homers who relate in her de r 'sure, i he Shakesp ares w ho si ng In strains of heavenly music. Among UM progeny 'if tjjesc was Francis Scott Key I be Author of the Anlllelll. The son of a revolutionary soldier, he was born th.-t'thof An list. l . not far awav from tho spot where we are now assembled, and died in BaHlaMM tho llth of January, It3. His life of nearly sixty-three Nan was an unbroken tdvl of traniuil happiness, amid congenial scenes; among kindred people, blessed bv wedded love ami many children, and accompanied if the s'icaaaafaJ pu sun of UM laavaai proCMaMa h-- had chosen for himsi-f. tjoidsmith s sketch of tha Villa- preacher may not le Inaptly ,uote.l to describe his unambitious and unobtrusive caret r "Remote fr,m, towns he ran his godly rare, Nor. - hint changed, uor wished, tu change, bin placa."
i ue circumstances which ush. re.l it intoth
world, hardly less than the words of tMMMB, are full of patriot!. . exhilaration. It was during the darkest .lavs of our second war of lud, -DMdMMa An l.nglish army had mva,, l and occupied the s.-at ,,f the national government, and had burned t hi capitoi ,f the nation. An F.ligilsh IQUaUroa was in endlsputed (ossessioii of the l'hesaieuke buy. There being BOthias of interest, or value left within the vicinity of Washington to detain them, the Britiak went massing their land and naval law for other coniiuests. and, as their ships sailed down tho Potomac lrWilliam BaaaM, a prominent citizen of Mat yland, who had been arrested at aUMAM la Dp mt Marlboro charged with sum.- offetisr, real orfaneiiil, was carried off a prisoner. It vnit to secure the liberation of this gentleman, his neighbor and friend, that iVan.-is
Scott Key obtained leave .if the president to go to the Hritish admiral utnb r a Hag "f MUM He was conveyed hf the cartel boat axed for
tint exchange, of prisoners and accompanied by tin Hat' om. er of tie- government. They proceeded down the bay from Baltimore, and f 008X1 the British Beel at tbe moutn i4 the Potomse. Mr. Key was courteously received hy Admiral Cochrane ; but pm was mi enoounMfed as to the success of his mission until letters from the F.nglish otticers wounded at Hlanieiisburg and left in th - car.- of the Americans w.-ro delivered la t In- friends on the Hoel to w bom they had been written Thev Imre such t. siimonv to the kindness yvitli wlib h tney had MM tn ated that It was llsallv agree thai ir Hc.nies should he MMBMOdj but. M M advance tiioti Halt I M M a-ab.ut to la- made, it was reijuired that the party of Americans should remain under guar ! on boar I then own vessel until these operations were concluded. Thus it was thi the night of tie llth of September sn Kwitnessed the bombardment of Fori McHenry wntch his soil- was to rond.-r illustrious.' He did not iUit the deck the long night through. With tils single companion, the Hag oftlc.-r. he watched ever shell from the mo aMM it was fire. I until it f.-ll. - listening with breathless interest to hear if an explosion fol
lowed. Whilst the CMnoaading continue, I they needed no further assurance that the. i countrymen had not capitulated. "Hut." 1 QUOM the words of I'hief Just ice Taney, KpMt ing the account given loin by K y Itnmediatel after, itsuddetily ceased sotn - time before, lay and, as they had no cotnmunicat ion with any of UM MM I ships, th.-v did not know
whether the fort bad surrend r"d.or the attach upon it ha I been uliandolied. They paced the deck the residue of the nirit in painful suspense, watching with intense anxiety for threturn of day and looking every few minutes at their watches to see howr Mag they must wait for ;t. and, as so n as it dawned and tiefore it was I. ght enough to tijects ut a ills tutice. thrlr glasses were turned lo the fort, uncertain whether they shiuld see there the Stars and st r.M-s, or the flag of the enemy IHaaaad vigir that its prajeix w.re not la vain; glorious vigil I that it gave us the Star Spangled Hatiner! Hürnig UM Blfhl the MM ptlon of the poem MfM to form ItaeK in Key - m,nd With th-
early gb.w of the aaoralM. wh. n the long a.-ony of suspense had be. n turned into the rapture of MatlalMa. his Mallag round aapMaatoa la completed lines of y.-rse, which he wrote upon t he back of a letter M happ-ned to have in his possession. He finished the piece on the b nit that curried him ashore, and wrot" out a clear copythat same evening at Ins hotel In Haltitnore Next day lie read this to his friend and kinsman. Judge Nicholson, who was so pleiised with it that he carried it to the office of the Haltitnore American, where It was put in type by a young apprentice. Samuel Sands by nam", and thence issued as a broadside Within an hour after. It was clrculat ing all over the city hailed with drligli by the excited people. Published in UM succeeding i sue of the Vmericau and elsew here rcpiintoil. H went straight to Unpopular In art. It was quickly seized for tnusical ad iptat urn l-'.rst sung in a tavern unjoining the Holiday street theater In Haitimore, by Charles Hiirang, an actor. bOM brothof. Ferdinand Huratig, had set It to an old air. Its production on -the stage of that theater was the occasion .,f i,,iiliim-nin and unbounded cut husiastn Wherever it wus heard Its effect waselectrlc.il ami thenceforward it was universally acc pted as the national anthem. Us Kipre salon or Patriotic I e. ling The p.M in tells its own story , and never a
truer, for every word comes direct from a great heroic soul, powder-stained and dipped as it wer-. In sacred blood ". say. can you see by the dawn s early light What so proudly we hailed ut the twilight s last gloaming. Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous tight. O'er the ramparts M watched, w e so gallantly streaming"' The two that walked the deck of the cartel Pont had waited long They had counted UM hours M they watched UM course of the battle Huta deeper anxiety yet Is to possess them Thellringhasceas. il I Imltio, is silence' V'h, .i cannon rour.-d they knew that the fort held out Whilst the sky was lit hy messengers of death thev could nee the national colors flying above it.
men' The love ,,f woman, thest-nso of dty; the thirst for glory the h, art thmbhing that impels tin- humblest Ar. n, au to stand by bis c dors ft mi b ss lu the d. fens of Ills native soil and holding it sweet to Ule for it the yearning which draws him to it Hieii exiled from It M fo e ,iisl it ut oils and Its blessed memories, all ate . ml,, ..-.1 and symttolizt-d by the broad stripes uul bright stars of the MtMaM embl.-m ai iv.- a.'.oii lu the linea and tones of Key s anthem. Two or three iMgau the kiihir. millions join in th- chorus Thai ure singiug It In Porto Ku an to n, he and on the r .imparl s of Santiago and n, r, MM s. borne upon the wings of MWIBlag MM rail! Ml back from far-away Manila, the soldler s message to the soldier; the hero a shibboleth In battle, tin-patriot's solace in death' t.vt-u lo th.-lazy sons of peace w ho 1 ig ,,t hoin- t tin pleasure-seekers whose merry making tains the night to day those stirring s'rnlnw come ue a sudden truuiM-t call, ami above UM sounds of revelry, subjugate for tM BMMM4 M a stronger power, rises wave upon wave of aMlailOUB resonance the IdMT'f in i l--ss bit Martfnll tribute to his country and his country s flag. I be I ill ore of I be Kepobln Since the Star Sp u,. - d Itatiuer was wrl'ten nearly a century has . ,,me and gone 'I bo drums, and trampling, ,,f more thau half Its yens hav passed ,..-r the grave of Fruncia Sett Key lb r, ut lust be m .i. r,.r o...
at last his tomb is tit, y mud- Win u his e . s clos.-d upon the . lies of this life l heir last gae beheld the ensign of the republic 'fullhigh ad . HMM I. Its at ins und trophies streaming lu their original luster, not a stripe erased or polluted nor a single star obscured If happily they were spared the apeetacM el a severed Cm Ion. and a land rent by civil feud und drenched in fraternal Mood.'' It may be somewhere beyond the stats hlsgenile spirit now looks.lown upon a Nation awakened from its s e.-p,,f 0 a h and restored to Us greater and us tx-tter self, and known and hoaMSMt, as never before thr urhnut taw world. MThiint Key liMd thaM was but a single paramount Issue about which allother issues circled the t 'oust 1 1 ut ion ami th. Itilon The problems of the OBXtltUtloa ami the UalM solved, the past seen.-, turn w, t the future, ti, longer a huddle of patty soverignti. s. held together by rope of sand, no longer 4 b dy of BMmenary hnihaaaara aiMahlpplin rather Uia brand upon the dollar than th.-eaglo on the shield M longer a brood of provincial
UMVarda, baaglBa w.th bated breath upon the movements of mankind, afro .1 to tru-t them s.-ives away from home, or to put th-ir pi .ncipMe to the teat of progress and of arms, but a
nation, and a lender of nat u- a world p ,w. r which dursi face Imp rial MM upon its ,,wr ground wan repu'.iu -an. m. and with It tUaattt the future of eivilicati m. 1 1 is t he will of 1 , , , 1 . b t not man ga tis.n hetnotBMn gainsay until the word of Hod has been carrie I M the farther Meataadnof UMaarth; aot until freedom M tha heritage of all HUcreai urea; not until t h- blessings which He has giv.-n us are shared by His peop.e in all land,, n t until hut in lMMtMna ness. foster-d by 111 lern wealth und cht are. an I art. has t MpMtOd hl tire, and I. ..tin corruption ami cruelty have disappeared frona the government of .ineti. MM until that BOMTa suit.-d -Vnglo-saxonism which born at Kutmymede. was to end neither at Vorktown nor at Appomattox, has made, at one ind the same time, another map of Christ. ;, 1 ;i,id a ut w raoa of christians and rwMi aapaUv solllers of the sword und ,.1 th,. eraaa, even m afrtea and in Asia. as we have made th. in here in America. Thus au I thus alone and jumiiii lha Windsor Heaven blow, shall ft the spirit ir not the actuili y of t be hie seed symbol w,- hav come MM this day to rMrtf asham-d ,,f nelliing that I lod has s, ni ready f..r aMryl Biag that tiod may send I It was not a singer Of the lireside, but a MBUrthMM MM b r.-r. who put in f hearts the Anglo-sax,,ii simple Home Sweet Home. It was a po t not a Varrior. who gave to our fjtttoa UM iBlTt HMfir lean's homage to his flag Kven as th" Prince
of Peace w ho can.- to brill,' eterMl life was the
Son of it od. w.-re 1 1 II s 1,1 ., ...,.. I,,.
and. as ach of us. upon His kn , sends up a rayer to 11,-aveti (for "Hon HwOJl ÜMM.M may He also nuirmiir. and teach HMahlMrM to lisp, the sublime refrain of K.-v s Immortal ant hem "And the St ir Siangled Hannev. oh. long May M wave Oer tM laud of the free and the home or Uta brave"'
OUR NATIONAL CREDIT. aome NlKBlfleaBi I arts llroonht Uit by the 0- ailed Popilar Loan.
"The government bj borrowing $y,0r.ofJ0 With which to proa cute the war. Thla means un Intereet chargn or only 0J.0ofi.0u0 a year a mere bagatelle to a nation ho rich u this republic Is. All thla money la offered to the government five times over. The people offer practically all of It In mail subscriptions or l or less Hanks offer It on any terms that the government may make, und DM N York bunk has offered to take It and distribute It an oug ÜM i" ople without any fee or reward or any kind. There never was a more splendid national credit than this. And w in n we usk why, the answer Is ready. At the end of the civil war tho nation owed nearly $3.u', ow.hOU, and bad a terribly d predated currency. It has since enormously reduced luxation, and yet it hau made Its currency sound and has so rapidly paid Its obligations that Its bonded debt on Novembir 1, isüT. was only Is-tT.&j.tau. Onco In ull thoae raara was Ui re a thought of Increasing Hie bonded Indebtedness without a war neeee ny, yet vn with that lncrtoi.se of J42,(Mi,uo during Cleveland' time, the Interest-bearing debtor the country has been reduced to one-lliti'd of what it was. it Is the man who pays his debts that enjoys abundant credit. It In nfBf IM
ly the same with the nutlona." N.T. World. The foregoing aournls well auti tlekJOJ the yunit,) of the tLou"htk'sa, lint it will nut atuml u careful unaly t-is.
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THOSE CHARITY PARTIES.
I he
'rojeelors thoo I'l.m Ion f,,r I hi 111 hi-. Hut I bey Make I rouble.
"the rocl.et s' re I glare and bombs bursting in air
Uave proof through the Bight that our Hag was
still there Hut there comes an end at last to waiting ami atchlng . and as t he first rny s of the sun shoot
above the horizon and gild to t be eastern shore, behold the sight that glad li tis the eyes as il
catches the beam.
In full glory
st 1 1 am."
gleam of the reflected now
morning s first shines In the
The tyvo lair daughters of a W arren atrtraiM hottaabold were diacoMlajr Um entertainment tin v propQpntl fiotaw fef the 1 it'll.-fit of a littlfl Work ttf chant v in
yvtiich tlicv Brara interest ci!. an.l. as u matter of course, the old gcntlcinau lia.l to have Iiis say. "It's an infernal nuisance,'' he declared. "Tho house w ill lie in commotion fora week, not hing y ill he thought of but your p.-i-ty nn. I everything will be diaaiuraagod. That night are will ail be awake till well toward morning, ami the next day those who arc not sick will go about snarling' ami half asleep. 1 call it BOihiDK but toinf olcry." "Papa.'" said the eldest, don't you understand that Me are filing to help some of the poor ami that every cent M make Mill provide tln ut with aome comfort'.' What JTOtl should do ia to encourage us?" Mlou t talk silly. It's a good deal von girls care about this charitable featare of this social combination you're in. It's the boys and girls and .ar.ls and ilam i ng you w ant. No use trying to pull the wool over my eyes." "Very well. We'll try to do our duty even if you do try to make it hunl. We. at least, have some syinpat hy for the afflicted. " "i Hi, you have? Sweetly lisintercstcd. area t you." Mow- much did you take in at the last blowout?'' ".lust Si l .VI," proudly. Weil. I ll give you just iMbMfOff tlM cause if you'll not ititlict your eo work era 00 us. Now, hows rear charity?" "Mainmn. I wish to the land you'd 1 come down here. Pupa's BWIIbH per- 1 fe. tly awfoi,1 and she llounced out of j the room while he laughed sard, nncally. IK troit Free I'ress
r.ilnle.l 1'ariig 1 npbs. cour t judges are tine
for there, over the battlements of Mcllentv tin- Stars ami stripes float delimit on the bre. ,
whilst nil around evidences multiply that the
at Inch has fa id 'hat 1 he AtnericMs have suc
cessfully resisted it. und that the ItriMshur.
withdrawing their forces I'or then, and f ar
n.w. and for ail tun,, cum- the wor I of the
MtheM OK thus he it ever, when freeman shall stund Hetw.-en their loved h inn s and the wars desolat Ion I
Hlest with victory nnd jh ace. may the heaven-
rescued land lrais the power that hath made and preserved us n nat ion
lor
coni)tier we must when oaf cause It is Just,
And this tie oiirniotto, 'In tbsl Is our trust,' And llti' star spangled banner in triumph shall
w aye
(fertile land of the free and the home of the
bravet" 'l. Slur '.o'inc:. ,1 I to ti ro Was ,..r It...,
au beautiful, Oiaevw IU M ail the souls of Wcekljr.
1 llll. SIlg
s a I w aya a for- bid-
'litis with the
Poli
men.
An auction store
dinff place. The honeymoon often
grisiiii s last nartiT. It s tOtagh on the ball.Kinist when he laid s a drop too much. Some men who possess neither gold nor silver have lots of brass. . The optimist takes a day off when the rent collector comes around The composer can't publish his lirt capefl until he has pr d uct-.l a ietlWfi It is easier fora borrowed umbrella to keep lent than it is for the average man. hicago livening News. Ibe 1. 0... I Old l imes. Wife (looking up from a book 1 What BO you think of this'.' In the time of the I'toh in s a wife was always given full control ,-f her husband's property. II IM betl ; Y e s; Jbtit ill those days the fashions Derer 1 -liaiigvd. N. V.
fact that the people are almost
breaking t luir necks in u mad bcrutnlile to m cute govcriiinent LoiuIm at three per l ent, ia very far from being a circumstance uf congratulation. It proven concluhively ont of two things: Either general business must be estreaaely bad, ufTonling poor oppnrtuuitirs for the profitable investment of money, or there must be some PeeuHar or emotional advantages in a government bond ns an invest uieiit. No man w ill loan to the government ut three per cent, if he can do better and feel p.-rfectly aafe, Peraooa who urc timid who are afraid to assume any risks whatever in business, may content themselves with what they consider a sure thing at three per cent.
Now und then we titid a person whose fear of losing is such that he will not invest his money at :il!. Hut will simply hide it away. Thcsr, bowcet r. arc exceptional cases. When there is n grand rush to secure investments at rates so low. It should lead people to pause and Inquire into the reason of it. A generally low rate of interest does not indicate eit her general prosperity, or an abundance of money. On the contrary. It shows that but local is dull, that demand fnr Tit t iiey is alaelta it cannot lie profitably toreeted in product Ire enterprises, nnd consequently has become superabundant in certain places. In short, that money is plentiful in 'Jic liar, ds of the lenders, but scarce everywhere else. This is one of the simplest principles In monetary science, and it Is yet the most difficult for anyone to comprehend. I'nqttest ionalily the
credit of the government is good. Why should It not he? The g,vrrnment is hacked up nnd controls the entire wealth of the nation. A poverr.ment bond is n afe as anything In human affairs can be. Rut
that is not the only reason for the low rate, nor is it the ohlefo&e. The fact stated by the World that since the civil war t w o-thirds of our beaded debt has been paid is not the ? enson w hy the RUfOfJMBOOl can borrow ' money at t three per cent. Tlie EofjUah government can do the same nnd een better, although it makes no pretense of paylncr he principal of Its debt. Investors in bonds do not want the government to pay them, and the fact is well understood that bond w hich have a long time to run tre worth more than the same class of boadl which are payable sooner. V CO-year iinnd is Worth more than a ten-year bond. At the preaeat time four per cent. T'litcd Ptates bonds maturing In IOCS are worth about 12.". while the same sort of bonds coming due in 1907 nrc only Worth 111. There are two reasons whv
the government can so easily float Its three per cent, bonds, neither of which Is touched upon or referred to by the World. First, tinder the gold standard, which the World 00 strongly favors, three per cer.t. Is just about the same to the bondhoMcr as r. per cent, was 25 years ago, before the ancient standard of value Oral tampered with. That Is to say, it wil! buy about twice ns much on nn average of the
neces-sarics of life. For'hcsame reason
the people who produce these nrcessa
ries and have to sell tli"tn for half price
find it as difficult row to pay three per
cent, interest as thev formerly did six
per cent. Nay, more, for in many eases the fall of prices has entirely
destroy nl their profits nnd left them
unable to pay anything. The aecond is that, besides being exempt from taxes, the bonds can In used as 1 basis
for the issuance of hank notes, which
notes can also be loaned and bring
the lender aiivwhere from six to
twelve per cent. Interest. This talk
bout "poor people" all rushing for
bond is bo,h. Those who ore at tempt
Ing to justify the bond issue by points
Ing to the large number of small bids of $aoo or less assume that every person who takes a smnll bond is necessarily a person of smnll means That Is nltsurd There is nothing to prey en; a man worth $1,000,(S)I1 from buying a HM bond. There Is nothing to prevent him from getting num. tons fri -nds to buy bonds for him. That a very considerable number of the small bids re-
derstood that the clasaof men who are most anxious to hay ),()() , ) In bonds hsaued for the retirement of greenbacks, were alo the loudeat houters for "war bonds" to the same amount, rot only before they were necessary but before there was anything in the situation to indicate that such a necessity would arise. Rut thla ia not all. Theme bonds are a permanent investment, calling for a certain number of dollars. During the l ist quartet of a century "doliara" have doubled their value, L e., purchasing pirncr. They will buy twice us much. Should the same process continue for the next M yeare, as under the gold standard it is quite likely to, a $ oo bonii will become In effi c a $1,008 bond, and will require a much of the prodttCt of human labor to pay it i's .1 Jl. m ilm s now. l.lkelv all oti.er
defrndera of the gold standard ia dazzled and their judgment blinded by ti e spectacle of the government borrowing money at low rates. Very naturally men will accept a low rate of Interest if they are firen advantage in other ways which more than compensate them. The interest rate is not the only thing to be considered, whetber dealing w ith the mere loaning of money, or with the general butdneaa conditions. Suppose a man borrow 80d an l agree to pay back Sl.noo at the od I ( M years. Is the fact 'hat he only pays three per cent, proof that he has made an advantageous contract? Certainly, according to the World, because It sees nothing but the interest rate. Th a creditor classes everywhere are in fuvor of the golrl standard. Doea anyone suppose that they argue for gold because it forces their, to take a low rate of Interest? Preposterous! It 1 because they see, or think they see. an advantage in aome other way. Thia enn only come through a rise In the value of the money in which they are repaid. The World ought to have told it readers that the $847.000,000 of bonded debt remaining, of which it
speai.s. represents aoout the same
quantity of the staple products of the country, as the whole debt did when it was created. It should have been stated that the rebelliou war debt was mostly contracted under the "depreciated currency," which then existed, and that every consideration of national honor would have be.-n satisfied by its payment in th': aame kind of money that th? government received. It should have also stated that the depreciation of the currency to which It refers, manifested itself aimply In a higher range of prices something which every producer in the country is now longing for nnd praying for. Finally, It should have informt d us that the period to which it eCfers. a baa we a ere carry ing that enormous debt, and were cursed by a depreciated currency, wus the moat proi; eroua that the Amierlcan people every knew, that the tramp was an unknown quality la American Rocial and industrial life, am! that the people scarcely knew the meaning of the expression "hard times." H. F BABT1NA
NAAMAN HEALED. un.la School I. t-am.il in ihr latMfe nailonnl Serif fur u; u I Ii 1, laaflasfl aTtQaTB. lit 'HHnsed upon PeloUbat'S 81 ltct Notes.) 04 ILDKN i i:T - lb nl nn-. O Ixird. anJ 1 shall he healed; aavs me, and I shall be saved. Jer. 17:14. T1IK SECTION Includes the story of the healing ..r Nuunian m.,1 tin af flshaal in eoaaeettoa with It (t kihk, o.i-y? ) TiMt; B ' oa-0M (oessasea eaeaaih 40 t2-10 (revls .' i hron ) t.EUHl .N NOT KS I. The Sad fuse of the Da mus.ua tieneral. V. 1. "Now Nnaman (beautiful or pleasant to look iipobj, captaiu of the host : " The oiniiiaiul. r-in-cliief of the Syrian army. "Of the kinir of
Syria:" Iienhadad II., "Was a great man with his master:" lie had great talents, a afroaf personality ; he had done Blttoh for t he king, and yy;i therefore very highly esteemed. "Ily him the Ixjrd had givefl deliyi ranee unto Syria:" I'rubably from Assyria, by means oi Israel, whose force had unitid with the Syrian against tho common enemy. Hence it is said that .Tehovali bad given the delivc rancc "Hut he was a leper:" fat lepfoa there wa no cure in Syria; but there wan a prophet in Israel, and he could do for this general all that was needed. II. A Little tiirl Showa the Way to HcaHnf, Va. 2-4. I, "The Syrians had gone out by com jianio: " A jiart of the misery indicted by the Syrians on Israel was caused by the foraya in which their light-armed bands descended upon the country and carried off plunder and captive before they eoald be pursucdk .1. "And she said unto her mistress. Would (iod my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria:" Thia young girl must have oft. 11 heard of the miracles of healing performed by Kli-ha. and of his readiness to help those in distress. III. Naamnn Seeks Help from the Wrong Man. Vs. 5-7. 5. "And tho king of Syria said . . I will send a letter ui.tti the king of Israel:" Probably Jehoram, the son of Ahab. He thought this to tic the easiest way to reach Eliaha. "And took with him: To come before anyone without a gift when a favor was to be asked would bae been inexcusable rudeness.
ft. "That thou inayest recover him of his leprosy." Through 1 he prophet at I his capital. He imagined that King JeI hornm would of course know all about i such a man.
7. "Th. 1 clotbear
DEMOCRATS WANTED WAR. The BeaaMleaae re i mu ta Maue I'tillllenl npltal Out of the War.
eently made have been put lu by wealthy men can admit of noieasonnble doubt. As stated In another article, It Is certain that no matter who buy them in the first intnnce the hanka will ultimately own nearly all of them. Beery per on not densely Ignorant must know that it is not the poor people who are constantly demanding bond Issues. W ho ey er heard of an agricultural convention or a labor organisation asking for an issue of bonds benring Interest? It U the great bankers and financiers who have cspeci.il Interests to subserve, with a feyv special pleaders and now ami then a "smll fry" chap who tlilnks that It makes hli loos big to echo the crie of
'great financier." It la well un
With magnificent inconsistency, the republican party asserts that the war Of ' ;st Spain is a republican war, occasionally an administration organ admit that the democrat forced McKinlajf to flght. but on the whole the republicans have decided to make political capital out of the war. With this fact in view, the people should read w ith care, and remember after reading the following plank in the democratic platform adopted by the state convention at Springfield: "We pronounce the present war yMtli Spain Justified by every consideration of Justice and sound national policy; congratu
late the demoeraUe minority in congress for their firm stand in demanding the vindication of national honor, lndore the declaration of war on Spain and demand It vigorous prosecution in the cause of humanity " There is much history condensed in the paragraph quoted. Much that the republicans would like to ignore, much that Mark Hanna baa already attacked; much that Grosvenor has attempted to falsify, nut the statements are true In every respect, and will be accepted ns true by men who know w hat they are talk ing about, and who are not prompted to lie in the interest of the republican politicians. DeatOCrata favor the war with Spain. The democratic minority voted lor war measures. Democratic general and naval commnnder are aiding to con'picr Spain. Hence, the at tempts of the a.: in i istration to make this affair a "republican war" will fall entirely to
win political success for the republican party. PARAGRAPHIC POINTERS
The w rangle between Hon. John It. Tanner nnd Hon. llusaell A. Alger is another of those cases In which the public will look on with perfect impartiality, ooafldeat that no matter how hard the combatants welt each other neither Will get more than he deserve. Chicago ( hronicle. The exact status of our new possessions tniiler the Dingley law is. of eoarooi i qaeattoa for the future, but ei.!ently if t be v are to fully serve t he purpose of m-yv markets the channrls of trade to and from their ports must be ns tinobst ructed as it Is between the state. Phllinde'phia Record. The three per cent, bond recently issued by the government are now
quoted at 10. tat est ors are w Ping to
give up more than a year's Interest to ft t th. nt, The bond transaction is a
Constant reminder of the scandalous
disposition of the government credit
in the Cleveland administration. Honcls
wrre sohl then to rich syndicates far
below the mnrket price for similar bonds alrrndy out; and the syndicates
got the profit. Cincinnati Enquirer.
king . . . rent his Jehoraai lived in perpetual
terror of his powerful and encroaching neighbor. "Ho seefcetb a quarrel ngaiaai me:" a pretest for again inad ing the t ount ry. IV. EUaaa offers Balral ion from (iod. Vs. 8-K). h. -When EHaha . . . had heard:" He probably had hia boaae in Samaria, in another part of the city (Kings ;). -Let him come now to me." etc: Bowaoor alafal tho king bad been, and however powerless to help Kaamaa, y et true religion was not dead; and (iod would graciously show His power through His prophet. 10, "And lilisha tOBta mese-enger unto him:" Why did not the prophet come forth himself? It was possibly lo teach Nanman that the Cod of the prophet was the superior of the king Of Syria. MQo nnd viash in Jordan seven times:" The .Ionian was 25 or M miles away by the route he must travel. The reason for this prescrip-
I lion is evidently in the moral effect i of the cure, that the healing of the I body might b ad t o t he sa h a t ion of the soul. V. (iod1 Way of Salvation Kcjceted. - Vs. 11. 12. n. "Hut Naanian was wroth:" His anger arose from the very I reasons, on uceount of which the ; course of the prophet was best for j him. Tha ptaa waa too alaaple, it was ! abaard an the face of it. There was nothing in the .Ionian which could kelp him. it was alao contrary to hi j pride and love of display. He wanted something fitted to his station. "Strike his band over the place:" It I is a very common superstition that the hand of a king Wared over a son will cure it Vi. i. ...Is V.iy Accepted. Naanian CI OP Weed from His Leprosy. Vs. 13, fa 13. "And his servants (officers) came mar." gently soothing Naaman's rage and seeking to rootore bin to reason. "Had bid tl.ee do 0OCB1 great thing:" Perhaps some deed of prowess, befitting the "mighty man of valor." or some fatiguing Journej iy waj f pufTlaaaf a, "How auaek rataer fata. etc.: The ease and simplicity of the requirement was a reason not for objecting, but for obeying. It removed .ill . i tises. Moreover, he had to cross the .foi dan on his w ay home. 14. Thau he went down: The long day's journey to the Jordan, full of thoeujata and poralealtlee. Bat this day was good for his oul. "I.ike'unto the tlesh of n little child:" In striking contrast to it former foul and diseased condit ion. it now became fresher and fairer than was natural in a fullgrown man VII. Naa man's He turn. Winn Niiaman found himself cured he turned back from the .Ionian to Samaria In order to express bis thanks to the prophet and to booiefli him to taka seitne reward. This BHsha refused to tin. It would ruin the whole moral effect of t he cure. fiehazi coveted the gift, and in pttniahmanl for his hypocrisy the leprosy of Naiimati came upon him.
of
jelly-
only fish.
limit's Horn lllnats. ronscier.ee makes cowardi those who fail to obey It.
i'motionnl Christ iniir-, lik
float with the t ide. One's faith shows less what be ii than what he i trying to be. Hew are of proeperit luxury was the ii. a t h-knrll of Home's vigor. Knowledge and Wild OBI make a at rung team when hitched together. With Christ within, it matters lit tla What are the conditions withoutBarn's Horn.