Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 41, Number 43, Jasper, Dubois County, 30 June 1899 — Page 7

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FOURTH

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ITTM; AMt.rt MM at four And cr.pt downstairs to the bl( front door. And ! n tin- walk tu (hu Karden Kate. Af.d . lure he start - d tact-1 i rate.

- nip cracker nnd roarlr.j k in i. ! the nnjshiMir. tv-ry on- ; I the cat out of all her sens.-. a Jm s;at off the ptCBSl ftt.ee. 10 lir.akfast with MM Idack ye. Hooray, for the Fj-urh of . ci. hurry nr.d frantic haste, n vi r a minute bad he to waste; out uiiain to the fray be sprang .. d things loo.se with a mighty "1 n!" i:d spluttered and booit.rd and bad, llabai rattled and w indow smashed; .. nJI frtnf at.d sore and lame, it 1 tousled, to lunch h- came. . wölk n Ups htm the Joyous cry: : I i; .d If the Fourth of July!" it day. tilt the twilight' close, v d r-amoke from the garden roae; ly long. In tbe heat and dust. :. I rt "li i rur I" and "lai it." as the shadows beU to creep, i vv himself In a senseless heap. I h.is'tr d a r.d minis hair. :ht h;m in for the doctor 'a care; e ti.at n'.KM. he wis heard to sigh: :. every day was the Fourth of Ju. !" I. r..i..n. in I.. A. W. :u!ilti.

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I "S going to bs the una nest kiu! f a Fourth of July. Nu balloon on the common ami no firework. Tbej i not even g'di tg to ring Iba churcli

I teecaUM that little ol KSton, McVie. is loo lary, I supjiosc." I'rumau Blufocd. gem-rally known ;; Iiis BOO ad us True Blnt, teas ;ly announcing Ibis dismal news I Uob Tripp had Tenncy tide, iu hi father's store. "Tin rc'a no patriotism in ( !u rn fei!.

all forgotten bow our fatlmrss

foughl und bled." said Fob Tripp, who o read iin'.liinp but stories of Latte, and meant to tight something w In n w up, if it were only Indians.

"It v. ill lie as still as hum! ay. I know

VI, :.t is the Fourth of Julv, without a

! aaJd Tenney Cole. !t fjectedly

I ti 1! you. hoys, something ought to

e ! nt !" said True.

That was what the bovs liked nlx.ut

'rue. He was alway s ready to dn some

hin Jf. Older people Wert inclined to

pink lie was a little too ready to dc M'bief, hut the boys were generally to follow whcreTriielidthcw.lv. "U B might ring the church hell," said lhat wasn't much lodo,ItobtkotMrbt; I andod rather tame. Still.it Would -e fun 1o wake the atupid Cherrytn Id e out of the naps which they hml i business to he having on Fourth of .' . J morning, and startle the elect Itn, who had decided that there should ' : o ringing of bells. How could we get into the church ?"

Tenncy Cole, who as (if a jinict am of uiind. a I; In. if course," replied True, y. "You can't expect to ham all ' fun without well, without liear- - " ri ething ah ut it afterward. We ircak a window in tl porch; and ve once got hold of the rope. Wouldn't we make people think the bell " - bewitahed! They'll I. lame Sandy McVhi for not lieingon the watch, too. M vi uM he a good joke on the old raseal. He's got us into enough trouble by telling of ua." 1 1 ..r s father was eonutig from the ark J :irt of the store, so the boys low - their voices and walked quietly U1 at the doer wlnle behind the coun'er, fr tu the stooping imslurc in which : - bad been measuring for himself a "f molasses, arose Sandy Mc ie. 1 hed after the boys, with till the : h wd little wrinkles in Iiis face lrawtbenwalfaa up bate hand knots. food joke on the old rascal, eh?" tterad, Tharsh aa lai aay Inaaw- ' 1 w a joke mny turn out. mv tine You're fixing a Fourth of I ' elel, ration for yourselves that'll ori than you bargained for, if I'm 'i staken." bajrt went on. nil aan)aaaM 'y McVie had been a listener

' "t'versntion ih.it was certainly Ml Tended for his ears, "h would Iwagond thing if we could y "to the church afithoat breaking a w." saiil T..t,r.... i ..ii .

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be no danger that lie would go there fatal und ilifccovtr the ubsence of tbe lu I . That uftcrnoon Sandy MeVit and his ami, a stout lad of IS, paid a visit to the chun-h. Anhie, the son, aaani out. looking ery warm and tir d. "le tter hate let them do it, and then make them smart for it. than to take, nil that trouble. " he giaibhwl "Or just o,vc tin ir fathers a hint of .hat they are up to." "aUnta tbaj arc so fond of jokes. I'm willing they should have a bit of a one," said the sextfm, rubbing bis hands, gtaafnibjr. Tbe i 1 oateh it fast enough for bit aking the church window." li j McVie stoic out f the hoaaa that night after dark and h liver I the ebareh k y into True's handa, naaabr ing in return nu amount of candy und torpedoes that bud cost a larpe share of tin; Ikvs' Fourth of July aatittfa. Bat thev v re all satisfied that it .. -

here Ifi I.M.k." replied True. "And my mother said 1 might stay all alfihl Wtth my ciiiin over at lUirrovvsv ille. She won't axpaat am baa t a 1 to-tnorrow, and your folks will think you've stayco with li. e. Aavway, tiny would never think we were up in the church ateeple." "i'.ut when she knows we're lost. K'.sv Mi , will teli. if she hau't ain U4ly." said 'lenney. :n- won't. Sb. 's 1im much nfniidof her father to tell that the gave us the key." averred 1 rue. "I'.ut he'll lad out that Ihe key la gone, and then he'll mi - pe t that we are hi n ." aahj l'l.i.' .v, who was determined to look on Hie liright side. "Next Sunday, may Im '. shall be b read to daath before thaT amid Bob, who was not proving himself as brave as hi- desire for lighting had lel his comrades to suppos. i lio bciv must have pot wind of

y well spent, for they had learned what we meant to DO, -r the tongue

from sad experience that the results of breaking window were ntvr utnusinp. It wasnlwMit half-past four o'clock on the morning of the Fourth when the three boys unlnckeil the church floor. It w.is very tii't for a Fourth of July mom Inf. Now- and then came the b:.niiiip of a gun. the f bit Jopping of li r- crackers and torpedoes, anil the dismal ahtit k of a Sah horn; but tin rt WCra very few people astir. ' This stupid old town w ill ret a making up in a minute now. And paonlo c bt to thank us. It's a burning shame to have it m still. Yon may Insure they'r- making thing lively over at Utirruw sv ille by this time." Hoi row svilli' was a tow n on the other side of the river, where the Ikivs meant to assist in the celebration afti r tl.iy had waked Bp ( berry fit Id. "Tiny won't thank us, jroq know," said Tenncy Cole. Doyi m ft r are apprecJated.M "I don't aipeat it will be just exactly thanks that we shall get." said True, driljr i as he turned the key in the lock behind them. "Anybody that's afraid had In ttcr back out now ." Nobody backed out. Six hands seized the bell rope. There was "a long pull, a strong pull and a pud all together."

wouldn't have been taken oitt of the , bell." said Tenney; "ami do oue could I lc mean enough to k p us hi ro for king on the Fourth of July." "Sandy Me Vie is adSan enough for anything," de land hob; "and erhaps j they have only taken the tongue out to

, n pair it, or something of that kind

Sandy McVie un anw bih ar- se at f ve

I O'clock and took a w alk uro tml the

church. There w::s no broken window

"So thaj gave it up, the young rascala

nnd have probably gone over to For

! rowsville to lo their celebrating," said the sexton to himself, and felt a lisap-

poinunant thai bo ahoald be denied the

I gnm aatbnaetioa ol bringing the joaafi

I rascals to justice. "Well, t herrvtield

j will be the jiiiet r for their bi ing out

of it to-iiay." he lidded, to console him

s.lf.

If not exactly out of Cherryficjil. they

were certainly too far above it to inter

fata with its ij iiet. A faint echo of di-

taat ronrth of July nohwa eaano tnnta

hingly to their cars nowand then. The

minutes lraggel nlot:g heavily. They h id no means of telling time, and an

hour seemed like a day: but night final

ly came, the dimness deepened to attar

darkness, and. stretched upon the floor

they all fell asleep. Being boys, they

eouio siec-i ait!.. . !i -,r was

Wr pfn

8A.TT X VIE HAP BEEM A LUTENCB.

loai McVie now. Let's ask her

her fath.-r keeps the k

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nsaglng on a nail in the closet, un- - -at." replied the little girl, on t T'tstioned. ' t you pet it fjrijs. Kosy. and

" noj Doay know

it. if we pavt voti

I " ati m lot of candv y.u ever saw. 1 ""ch of torpedoes for to-mor-

vas n very small jerson, with s large appetite for candy, to sar "bR of n atrnnv tir. ii .

wn .. luniruniK " prapat amount of aotaa the

'"IIHTini-. 1 . .

oi ner country s Indep. , ,: Her um r.r...o i.:.. .

v- im rniinu lurlnp prospect, nnd she nodI 'Mtically her willingness to mv . ; Ihe errand, fin It was settled " 1 " HHrohl bring them the kev !Tht. fer her father had hnnp

1 oat In the closet, so there would

I!ut BO sound followed. They looked

at each other in silent amazement and tried it again. Thty could feel that the

lull swayed backward and forwnidi but it lhl not riiiL'. What oooid bs the

reason V "BoMntbudjr must In ia laaffk d it ! ex claimeil Bob. "We'll go up and see what's the mat ter, anyway," said True.

A long. hng flight f steep and nar

row stairs led to the first landing in

the church steeple. IU'Vond that was

a ladder leading to the bell loft. There was a trap door which tluv pushed

open, ami all scrambled Bp to the loft

"If bars isn't a go! The tongue is

gone from the bell!" cried True. "Now who do you suppose did that?" "Ron must have told on us. I just

wish am haln't given her all that candv." lumrntt d Tennev.

The gn at bat) hung tin re empty, powerless to arouse any Fourth, of July

enthusiasm, and looking as sad as if it

realized its dumbness.

"I should just like to catch the fellow

that did that," said Uob. flourishing his

tist at an imaginary foe, as he did so. un

fortunately striking the trap door w ith

his elbow, and causing it to fall with a

crash. It was Hotnewhat lark in the

loft, now that the trap loor was ah maa

the onlv light cnmina from a little

round window, like a porthole in a SSO

ael, far above their bends.

"Lift up the door. Hob. We may as well go down. Whoever took that tongue out wouldn't h ave it where we could lind it, you m.'vy lie sure," aaid True. But when Rah tried to lift the door, lo and behold! It stuck fast. The iron ring w hick had once served a a handle was broken off. and there was no way by which they could get a Kiithciently lirm hold to pull w ith any considerable amouut of strength. They triel to pry it open with their kr.iv sa, but only sueFaaitd in breaking them. And time

wan wearing away, and the liorrowsville celebration must be g:tting to Mid its liv liest. "It's of no nse to holler. Nobotly could hear us," said Tanaajr, despairinglv. "It's a pretty plnee to spend the Fourth in!" uni.l ob. with n gronn. "How long do ym sufipose it will be be-for-hey mias ui at hi-in. tad come Ifl look fo- ua?"

"Whx. ther'd never tklak of coming

hard and keen gnaw ing reminded them that they had gone bi eakf.istles. iinnerlcss and suppcrless. When True awakened, a little ahaft of sunlight shone through the small window, away up in the dimness of the steeple. It dam-cd up n the cobwebs that overed thedusty beam- until they looked ;.s if made of gold thread. A gr-at. hmg-lepged spider was dragging a baplsas fiy into his web. The spider's w l had bona partially torn away, and the dust had been brushed frun thin uns in the corner near it. There was a little scaffold in the -irner overed With shavings and chips, 'v:dntly left there when the last repairing w as done. Bat somebody had been up in that corner lately. I low otherwise -ot.!d the ilut have bona braabad away and the

spider's web broken? True w indem! idly what anybody eotdd have len there for. and tln n a stuhlen thought Ktruek him that sent the Idond rushing to his head, and made him f r a moment feel faint and dizzy. In another moment he was climbing up those beams nimbly as only n souirrel or a baaeasjU climb. He put his hand under the heap of shaving and chips, and it touched something Tery hard and eoht. He

flash, d o!T the chips ai sbavinps with

which it wss eovereil, ;uid lisclosed the haH tongue. True wanted to shout for jov. but he

knew that he iicotlcil all his strength

just now. und restrained himself. He

could not have lifted the haäJ tomoie

, even if he hud not been obliged to cling to a baaai with one huml, but he could Iravv it along to the edge of the scaf

folding, and then with one mighty ef

fort, he pushed it off. It cam- to Ihe

floor with a crash that seemed aa if it

might urouse all t'herry field, and cer

tainly did effectually urouse the two

sleeping boys, who sprang to their feet.

JCob wiih a vigue Impression that it was the reprt of a cannon, and that hia

time had now aaM to iipbt wmiething.

It ws a happy moment when they renli ed that the licll tongue was found, though Tenney did grumble that they "ought to have been smart enough to find it yesterday." True thought that If he hadn't been nwnke w , n that sunbeam struck the corner. th-v never would have found It. for who would have thought that MjrtMMfn would carry it away up thrre to hide HI It wns no small undertaking to replace the tons-ue In the bcl!, but. after

much lifting and struggling, it was d.ne. howevir i hi n tljey all pulled with s will, and a etat that siatssi deafen, d them came from Ihe beil. Sleeping ( berry held wns aroused iu a very few miiiutea, and akd. in ataasetueut, wl.jt was the matter. 1 he new fire aaghN as taken out with a ruah and clamor, ltut where was tlie fire? People ran wildly about and nobody I to kaaaa, The moat mystified Ma vva- old fhMMtf ie. who ran out of the I . in a maze of liewilderiuen. Bad d. .dared that the bell was bewitch, d .,vv else could it ring without baagaaf And baaj could aay hnman h .... gat into the church when the door was s.eureiy locke!, and r.o window bmhCB, as anybody could see? And still the bell rang wildly and clamorously, as such a sober-minded obi churcli bell was never know n to ring before. Tho spirit af half a dozen Fourths of Ji.iv s.etu to jiovsess it. People on the outskirts of the town i gaa to tblnh that the m kotasaa had re;., ut 1 of nit celebrating the Fourth, Blld were u : 1 1 . i i g a:-. ends by cede brat hsg the Stb, KM ti.. y som hurriedly driving into the village to see what was the matter. At length somebody more courageous than Baädy Me Vte insistnl upon g' ing

into the church to investigate, and Sandy went to p" the key. The discovery that it was gore put a newface upon the. matur. and Sandy's suspicions reverted to the boys whose plans he had overheard, and he volunt'.nd to break oj n a window and lead the search. Kosy McVie st that tlme was pulling tho bedclothes over her head, and wondering what would become of her. and t' tolviaaj nev. r agr.in to touch a key or anything else that she had no right to, for all the candy in the world. Candy was good. but. oh. how bad was the terror she was suflVrifig now ! And Bony is j...t likely to forgot her resolve, i. tl.ov.-h she was r . r ' .: The boy s agiatd that they svouM "never le so mian as to tell on a girl, anyway." and they were always supposed to have stolen the key from Sat.'y McVie'a elooat themselves. When they heard the fOOtatapl of their rescui r the hoys ceas. d to ring the 1 ill. It was easy enough to open tbe trapdoor from lM.-neath. While the boys were wondering anxiously whether it ever could le opened, Sandy Mri. 's head popped up out of it like S Jsckta tbe-box. Fob's father came m xt, and Fol who meant to l.ght Inliians threw his arms around his neck ami cri.-d. Bob's father had suffcrtd some Stucicty nUmt him. but thought 1 had stayed at Forrownville. with True. Every liody agr e! that the 1kvb had

! B sufhcitntly punished by their im-

.nmcnt and the lo-sof their Fourth

of Julv fun. Even Sam Is McVie sairt

he g S...J the, wouliln't be .-.j t to

du it at . I.."' But ha uiay have been

T.iesvl at softened by the compliments liich True paid him on his skill in diag the bell tongue. The boy s didn't care to say mtich

alsmt th '.r adventure. Thev felt ns if

the trick they had tritd to play had

been tun ' d upon themselves. When Tru 's F. iwsviile cousin askd him what kind of a Fourth he had hid. he

replied, can kessly:

"Oh. a sky-high on!" It 1 h was certainly truer than the

cousins, who had their own opinion of Cherrvf!d celebrations, believe!.

But thise three bojm vvill never ring not her church hIl without leave.-

Sophie Swctt. in OoMca Days.

yw- . e-c-e-s-c-t-s-s-f t t-M t-c te-t etc. e ; etc cc- e c c & e -av The Currency Question. -53 3 S 5 3-5-5 5-5 3 5 "S 3 i i 3 3-3-5 3 5 3 5 33 3 3 3 33 33 3 33-5)333 9 3S

SIRANGL DOCTRINE.

A "w all sireet orsuu sa I lo re la Uli I IU. rn I 1 v e Need fur Hurt- 11 r nur .

Some very curious developments are taking place in Wall street awatlopaanata that aaataat be accounted for by at.ything we have seen or heard from that ajaarter during tbe past few yea i . Mtya the Atlanta Constitution. Weg.c cno instance out oi several. Tin Ni vv York Journal of Commerce remarks editorially that "tin: vast transactions low going on and the volume of busimss that must come in autumn, must impress every observer with a sense of the irajitrative need if a larger volume of paper an ncy, ami of some means of expanding the aggn gate supply ot circulation iu response to the requirements af Commerce, whether these be temporary or p r at." There you have it! And we v. t.ture to say that no reader of the Journal of Commerce has piariously Lit upon such a statement in his favorite newspaper for BMtay longyiars. Nat urally, therefore, to lind it there now. doJy spu :..! out in the editorial aeUUBUS and standing for the views of the editor, is calculated to cause the thoughtful reader to rub his eyes. W hy. 2u years ago a demand for more pajKr money was roundly denounced in Wall street aa "financial heresy." To propose it was to solicit abuse. Tin rc was a mighty small lifference in the view of Wall street letwtcn betraying your country and advocating "intlation." Four years ago, the coinage if silver dollars w.is "inflation." Six years ago t bt re was a loud complaint of the overabundance of money. The hanks in the money at titers were gorged with it; the gold organs called attention to the situation in order to show that there w an overBupply on hand; end the treaanry reports were ipioted to .show tho trenn t.dous increase in the money supply. More than That, the ab'..- dir .tor of the mint, who can W depended upon at a pinch, musti rd ail the fugitive liguics in the multiplication table to showthat the prospect ifi i' er SSC of gold production iu this year woald ba aaJfe cicnt to cause the ".-ilv. rites' to open their eyes. We are told that the money outstanding the banks and "among the people" has been increased "some $ .00.000.000 in the la-st three years." in the face of

nil shese claims, and at a season when the demand for money is net most ;...- tive, the Journal of Commerce comes forward with the dot laration that thers Is an 'imperative need of a large r volume of paper rorreacy," ani likewise, au imjMTative need of "some means of axponding the angragata sapfdy of circulation in raapoensc to the requirements of commerce." W. II. this is precistdy what we have been enntending. only we have insisted thai the in. r. sat in circulation should be in the shape of sjH-cie. s..v.r money . ir notes based

on money of final payment.

Imtept-nHrner liny. FMn out th flag, tha starr flaa. The banner of the free! Th- symro: of the !nrl we Jove, The land of liberty' Our fathers with their willing blood Dapttsed that banner aar. 80 let It stream. Its stars ((lean. On Ir.dt -vndi ace day! r- !T. brass n-w Enci.md'a rwajgad abacs Washed hjr Atlantic's waves. To Waters lards whose peooly strar.da The fair Pacific lavea From Minnesots'a swamp and swales To southern hummocks ray. 1 ? out afar the strlpea acd atars On lud. pend. nee day! F:tnjr out the Has. the dear old Sag, Tbe ft.. tc our prandsirea won! The (tnblem of the land ws love. The ..ird of U"asnic:on! The bloo-i of h rocs thrills our hearts

Ar.d Mos us haste away, o co-necrsie with nttirf ststa Our lndcpender.ee day:

. '..rk. :r. N T. bif.

iiy

O II

lie Is Happy.

Ill 1 i f LVT!

It 1- no

wunder, when the recent declarations f the gold organs are considered. that a New Eag-and paper bal rging to that nhus should read with amaze-

mrnt the proposition of the Journal of commerce, should top it off with the inquiry: "Is Wall strict going over to Ilryan?" and should ieclare that it ""sounds like a sentence taken from the stump deliverances of some iiopulist

orator." We gather from this New England paper that such projw -.it i ms are ; ne.t effective even when thev come from s onservative a source as the Journal 1 if Commerce, for it prays that the currency reform movement may "bo delivered from the patronage of th-s-c poptilistic speculators." The Journal of ' C;mmcr-e a "populistic ap-eulator!" Weill wha next? We may well regard it as a very encouraging sign that such financial organs should jwrceive and , recognize, the necessity of enlarging the money supply. Wall street will inNt. of eoursc, that the new supplies shall come from the banks, but the people, we think, w ill lie in lined to believe thai the crclit of the government is better than that of all the banks put tog-tin r. That pjestion. however, is not

very pertinent st the moment. The main thing is that the Journal of Commcrce should lie willing to echo ihe dathnathja ttsat there is an imperative need (f an increase in the volume of eurMMar,

THE APOTHEOSIS OF DEBT. Course at tarn "flannslsso" of Twsna t)-l lie liar. k. I I'rev.iit Inn Much I'rospe rltjr. In 1-' j Hugh MeCulloeh. then secretary of the tieas .ry, reported the people of the l.'nited "Mates 'prsctieally out of d bt." 1 los alarming statement created consternation everywhere. The eatl'iok for the future of the country under toeh threatening conditions was appalling. It could not be denied that. in. der tl.e circumstance s then prevailing, the people would not only keep out of debt but would soon become forehanded. Mr. MeCulloeh, himself, took a pessimistic view of the situation and B de no hesitation In say im that if the financial condition then existing were allowed to continue, corruption of moral and other evil incident! to soleaaey were inevitable, ' ( billed by nppr. In 11 inn I as to where BQjch a lrift I t bad the nation," Mr. MeCulloeh promptly took steps to av rt the certain cahtmity too much wealth la ths hands of "the ignorant and irresponsible masses" was sure eo bring ubout sooner or lat. r. 11. btgaa at once to contract the too n-dtindant curr-ncy, which, as everybody knows, is always a "menace to prosperity." This method of guarding ngainst disaster, was. however, resisted by many misguided pi . pie a ml it became a p parent that some other plan must be adopt1 to prevent OE 1 1 tu 11 lat ion by the 'masses." and to dissipate that at this juncture John Sherman, the financial oracle of the patiod was called in for coiisnltation. It did did not take him long to liscover nnd point out the cause of all the trouble. It was plain to bin that the farmers wer- ;- tting too much for their crops. He demonstrated that for every $100 WWth of goods bought in foreign markets UM worth of American products w; s - ported to pay for it. This left a "balance of trad." in favor of the Fnited States of .;0, which our customers wore obUgwd to pay by shipping to ihis OUUUtiy that amount in gold. This was intolerable. If it wen;, on it would plainly overwhelm the COUatry With wealth, the burden of which it would be iinpo-vjijU to sustain. Some way must be found to obviate this appalling langer, by reducing the price of those products at least one-

I half in order to rev ana these alarming

conditions and to shift ihe "balance of trade" to the other side, or disaster was certain. It was plain that by reducing the price of the product! of American farms 84 per cent, then for every $100 worth jf foreign goodl bought. on! 175 worth of those product! would be esaported to aay for it and there would be a "balance of trade" of f:'5 against ns to bapoid in cold Instead of $50 in our favor to Is- coUactto. 'I'his was bitter. This might be ailed the Bhernann lystcm of financo. Under thai enlightened svstem was evident that

the farmer would not bt able to raise produce at the pricn which would then obtain and the 1 -s-sity for borrowin! saoncy could not hi evaded. Soon even body would ! In debt nnd happiness nnd prosperity assured, It was left to John Sherman to secure the necessary legislation to bring about this ideal Condition, and it was with this ob ject that the VtdBt of Is":;" was perpetrated. The net passe' y congtl S! fully accomplished the LJsvt intended. It has brought the farmer! and producers to their present env labia condition of hopeless and evrr-increas-ingdi bt, which seems to afford them so much gratification and pleasure. It is ev ident that t hey desire no chatire. for they continue to vote to Maintain d perpetuate existing happy Conditions, STFTHKN BT.ACKl'OOT.

CHANGE IN THE ISSUE.

Ir Alteration la ltoo Will lie Drop. pln( of Ihr Mnsk by tlie 4...I.I Men.

Why dof s th kej 00S prasj-l an4 smlfct. As t t'. woodshed be retires? 1 caus aince early dawn he's rxn Kesj-oniiti.e for lghien Urea Co!dm tiya. Ihr Muhl llrfmre the Inirlk." Ha sepss Ilea with twtarlr.g tonaot Because the old church bell is rung liy some mischievous if. Nor taiaka he of that olden time When, just aa midr.ight s atroka weoM

chltn. Adomn the Ilehtr.lr.f -rod he'd climb To r:n that Uli himself. L. A. M Ku.letin.

Ills llrvrnge. sraa it th' tho'nei

TiiLIng Kafferty An"

thot invinted foirecrackers?

Won I. ung (proudly) lssir! Kafferty (smiting heavily) Thin tsLc that, yer Mongolisn brute! M sr.t down on a lighted bunch a Uum yinterday. -ioldin Davs,

llle In Prices. We hsve seen that free silver would nbe afflaaa, but this would not go so far as to work any injustice to crditors generally. The tremendous demarnl for silver cr-ateI by a country that OajaaJa in productive energy England, liermany and France combineil. Would enhance its exchanre power over pnxluct greatly, and thereby lower the price level of silver lands. Trices would rise, however, till the owners of silver bullion could buy no more here with it than in oth r silver lands. Then when their general price level and ours met the tendency of silver prices, whether up or down, would depend en the amount of It that wou!d ecmc to the- world's mints. Doubtless swe would even hen have to use va! quantities of paper to ki . f prices Stahle.

The . .,1.111,. Lsar. According to the gohlites there Is getting to Is? so much gold in the wwrld and i is haaotaiag so common that the people don't wnnt it. and vet they itiM-t that the single gohl stnnd-

nr1 shall be established. U ;J,i5 ",)( n.

estr Is it "right" to force upon the people such n eaaaasow. nrtiehi ns a legal tender for debts past, present nnd future? of !! the llnrs in the world th" goldltfl linr is not only the

most tatsrratiag one, but tbe imooth- J countrr. Blthi rta lh bara appain J

There is only aat change that can he

made in the issue for 1 That i the

dropping of the ni.:-k l.v the gold men.

In btat' after state the repuhlicaa party is repudiating the St. I.ouis platform, abandoning all pretense of lavoring birnetallisni. and declaring broadly for the gold standard. That, of ourse, is what the leaders really meant in 19'',, but they disguised the fact and deceived many honest men. It is now bar just where the party orua niat ion stands. It is a practical certainty that if Franco and India w ere to signify t licit willintrness to join ns in an nereemenl for the restoration of silver, iherepuls lican party would not accept t ni'ver baits red that it would, that is, abacs the election of McKinley. If Hit British government bad ir-cd to open the Indian Bllnt, tad l iair e had agltod to open hers, we do not believe that Mr. McKinb-y would have accepted the jirop osition. The inlhiciu'cs behind him would not have allowed it. The claim would Immediatelj have baea saasil that the Uaited Mates. Trance and India would not aflake a stlflicicntiy stroll) combination. If nil of Furope had agreed, excepting only Kngland, il Would still have been insisted lhat bibatnUtsBri could not ha safofy unier taken. ihe administration is abso

lutely committed to the gehl standard and the probability is that in IfOO thaft will lie no effort st disguise, Tbt. onl ehaagt al kaaaa will baia its piratei e'earr.css ami cartaiai Mini Uenr Imrrlinn lolhrs. Ily order of I he MBpS POt of Korea tht members of the Korean h tr.ti"n il Wa-diington must In ran ft sr wear cloths ing feu ui red bv the enstom t Ih'i

snd most Impuden

in oriental -rarb.- N. V. Sun.