Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 41, Number 45, Jasper, Dubois County, 14 July 1899 — Page 7

The Cause of Free Silver. I

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THE MONK Y SITUATION.

yiMLTALLISM IN TRANCE.

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i to 1173 the principal -bln:iiiii nf KiM i- was Prance.

:,. in tin- vc.ir UÖ3, opened its i 1 lie free coinage f ttli met- , tbe r.itf (r ratio, as il is called) , ii and one-huff numn of aUm w of gold. In IMsstaly. Belgium Switzerland entered Into treat" , i : : .. iy which tin v nil agreed ,.;n money f Um hw dt nomins- . Rod at UM same r.it.o, to-vvit: . ii ami in -half ounces of aUvcr ..f p.! I. ami the money Uro : uiih t be legal t. ndef In ult matrons, A fen v.in later , . joined then, und tin- live mConstitute what in known as tintin 1 nion." i7M Um United Btatea, then .iv a confederation, adopted Um or binn taiiir standard, prorid for iK.th gold ind nilver eoiaa of legal fender, but without anv ial coinage, tin- country baring no

mint. In 1792 n mint was established, sr.'l the coinage of lo1h gold and ailur was sothorbted at ÜM ratio of fifounees of sUvar Inane of gold, i in- reader will carefully note Um . nee between thla American ratio gad that of France. At Um French ; an ounce of goM coined Into tne mi n amount nf Booney as fifteen and oi . half ounces of stiver. At our mint ;,n ounce of ro!l was equal to fifteen ... ..s of silver. Compared with tin Preach mint rate gold was worth three per cent, less for coinnj'e purjtoscs in thi country than it was in France, m hit silver was worth three per eent. partly oaring to this fact and port iv to trade conditions, oar coinage I l-.'M was piite sm.-ll. but with the ;.iinn of Um jrenrs WMisif, we . .1 i me eaeh yens, elan coining i ..n.-iih ral.V amounts of silver. P.ut tbs gold did not remain in circulation brre eery long. Being worth three per ent. more for coinage In France, H u.is naturally attracted to thai coon try. ITnen ne bad to make specie payment in Barops no sent gold In preference to Silver, been ose it would go three per cent, farther la buying ods or pa) Ing debts. This made pdd w arce in our curn : y. To remedy it. in 1934 our ratio i I changed; but instead of adopting Preneh rat of fifteen and one-half i one. we Jumped over it to sitei ::. isjtirf sceurately, 15.988 to one. sixteen to one i near enough for general ..lacuss!. The conditions of coinage wen now reversed, ii stead of gold being worth three jx r eent. Jess at our mint than r.i iraixt.it was worth three per eent. mora. An ounce of poid in our coin ;,'e was equal to sixteen of silver.

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. 1 1 have ial I themaalve ti.at money will rule cy all summer. I he above, says the Peoria Journal (rep,), is .-iuij.ix a confirmation of wbat has been predicted all Along in Umso columns that sooner or later a money trust would be forme! in New ork that would hot only fix the price of all securities, Midi a s'oi !.s. honds, mortgages, ete., but t' ii the jirie of any marki tal.l.- eOOVUMdity i:. the country. Nothing, in fact . is simpler, II re i- the iiiimIu Operandi as tleseribed by tmr l'eoria contemporary : The principal officers Of the New York -toek exchange arc n n wbo are in the main identified writh nearly, if not 'iuite. all the largo life associations of lbs country. The tie leading life no soetatMns can control something like thousand million of ready money at almost a moment's BOtice, The man who desires to borrow anv consider-

Slie Ni v York l'r nliicli isuncom fonsnkhsgly refkuhUeaa sad therefore nut shsrgsshls with political prsjtaUos in its commi nts, takesexct ptioaMto tinMOOnl expressions by fitBnttrT Hanna regnrdii g lbs rlmigro in sieU sarvioos txeuiptiou and na;.s he "will r.ut lind hi ... a iu a.vi.ni s Hi laihipandsnt nasi lepubUoan senUnkent." The iressadujib th it the "step backwai 'i' n.ih! he n (ie u.e of u an aid to seeurisg a pn si Isntial nemlnstlna. the politicians viewpoi nt l ing unauin oui. on iht ,u. ttion. Hut. it dsulai cs. "IhiMi who srs Intereatsd un lbs repnblieaa party frum other tmw polnta than Um polit ieiana' rsgard the gcttlag of eotes at the polls to sleet eandldatss as of bearisr Importanes to the party and country than ttin' lelipat t vote in eoarentlon to lKiininate eaadidati s. And WhiM the Step backward' can lie ssed to pet aeJegotea, it can hardly be inaiie to M-rw: any ot b r purp m: than S loss oti s at the pulls. This New York republican paper truthfully says that the AincrfeaB voters are mjportrs of the civil m rice prii.-i'ii . and it claims that becau.v of i;v champioBabipof these principles the republican party has (rained the. confidence and aid of thousands of ot-rs who otberadas wtra not in Um strongest sympathy vith tiiat party. To tak- this "stj bach ward," then, was to larits balieeera la a better civil mi f Ice to loi.k eist arht re than to the present xccutive for what they stek. The '"practical politics" arpunment, sceonlinjf to the contention of the NewYork I'rcss, uiiijht have a lej? to stand on if the "practical politicians" believed that it vras absolutely im i- -ary to n -

no::..:., i- Mihmkv, and that the only

aide Sttm of money . a. f.,r ii.-tanie. a ! possible, m.iv to secure that renomina-

quarter of a million dollars, on any of

the leading railroad securities or industrial trust stocks makes Iiis application fur a loan. The "board of audit" recently spfmiated by the "board of gorernors" f the New York -t.M k exchange, front among their on a cumber. tie the pri. c of the securities offered aa collateral. For example, let thCSS collate;:. I- be U. & ). Itoch or C. i A. si.u k. or la fact the Stock of any other i'.r-t-i lass road. The stock N ouotcil to iiav at or

tifin nun by the civil service "step back

ward." liiit the "practical w!itieians" think it is a fomgono conclusion t lint he will he renominated. To oehii u- the purpose of "practical politics." sas the

i republican paper, "it v as not DCCesSMUry i to backslide on the civil serrioe quest loa

i and sacrifice the otcs of civil service

, folk

Th.r is sound sense in this, and it is

commended to the careful OODsidera J tion of the d legates to the Ohio rcpub- ; lican state convention who so heartily

a similar figure. I he board of audit I commended the president for his "iudi-

ßxes the price ofUhest ck upon which sjons modifications of the civil service

rules reccntlv proniulirated." The New

money i to ! loam d at 'w. -slur Is the talus' quoted os the open board. For j every glfjOOQ worth of ttK'h sti ck the ' horrower possibly receives $790, An ibs., lute blil of sale is BUtde of the MM and the borrover lmw - :t niemnrandusa that he can hove the seeurili s win I) he pays jT." . Instead, how I cm t. of receiving 1740 be is paid that 1 amount less the interest, which is de- : ducted from the loan at the time it is I made. The interest ranee all the ; way from .'o 3 per eent. to 12',;, per ) cent, jmt diem. Tl.' da aftir Uos- , well I'. Flower's death it is said that ! money actually brought as Mch as pei eat. per diem in New Y..rk. and this is said to 1 n full ex lanatiou Of the notable fact that there was

no panic. Men w ho sp eulatc in stm ks

BRUMMERS DISCHARGED.Workrra for Vlehlnlej In II Üb V iii W.l iiuul o,--UlUI lllB. M Kinley was elected president la is.... through Um bueuMsef the money

power.

'J rust s poured out the money neces

sary to l,iiv votes to liic ex i em in ui

least $3,1 00,000, as admitted by repuoli an h a... , ai -I it is I elitved by intellect. t democrats that live times tkut

sum was epem.ci.

One of ihe leading features of the cam-.. ga was the elf'. .its of the army

of commercial travelers, known collo-

quialiy : s i.i uuimers, to secure ballots forhtcK ialey.tba alkqgnd sdtranot nftnat

of prosperity, What reward has been

i veil t. i.u- army d drui..iners fT surr lues raaderodf Tl i ai invar to this quesUoju may lie found i:i the testiniony before the industrial commission of V. I". Dowe, prealdent of the Cssiuaerclal Traet lers' . social ion. The figures h" submit ted show that the organization nf tue trusts bud resulted iti throw in:.' ;;5,' 0 s.ilesiuen out of employment and in reducinp the s..'.-.ri.s f '.). 00J more. Preal d ent Dowe estimated that the annual los to the salesnaeaoa account of loss of employment and reductions ag g regaled 180,000,000; to the hotels, 9t,000,000, and to the railroads. $27.000,000, because .f the loss of patronage l'erh:ip8 the commercial travelers may now repret their display of zeal in behalf of a man wbose election lias named loss of employ ment in many and red Me tinij . .f salaries in most cases. In makinp his statement, the witness said: TIM sTreat tobSQCO combines threw out about 3,iK0 salesmen; the Continental TobaeCO company telegraphed thediscbsrga of 250 in one day; the Baking Powder trust has dispensed with all excepting half a dozen men. I know of two salesmen discharged by the trust who were formerly in the employ of the Clove hind Baking Powder company, one receiving a salary of $3,000 a year, the other 14160. Their routes, with those of other discharged salesmen, tire coxered by one agent at $is a week." In 1 '.; the drummers had to work for Mi Kir. i. y under dureaa and in fear of losing their situations. Now a large per cent, of them have been discharged regariilcss of what they did. They will be heard from iu 19 o. Chicago Democrat.

HEDRF.WS IN FIERY FURNACX CARRIED AND H A PIT

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Inlrrnalliiniil Sumlu School l.raaoa fur Jul) iu, 0M Veati luinn-v a : I - '- Vlein.ir r , I Ii- ISt.

Yrk republican paper is doubtless right when it says "the party must suffer more or l.ss now. and a gnat deal more later, when, more pressing questions having been disposed of. we are sailed upon for a reckoning of the 'step backward.'" Cleveland Hain Dealer.

THE PHILIPPINE SITUATION. Krltlirr "11,-nr nie n t I mlln 1 1 on" ..r Su-e, f ul ( oniiiel. I!ut Gurrrlllit War.

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WI.MT III i 1. IM II ..'III II .1 s , .1 I . rtlll.II - , I , .... ' 'are forced to have quick loans in or o ti ft n and a half. Ihe mo.eineuts , ... . , , ., ', . ,

of specie were modified accordingly

r was now the more ! for export, because

three Oer cent, more

-iber was now the more desirable

it would

money at

French mint rate than it would

here. Bat, as formerly with gold, il.ere was always some silver coined sad some in circulation: s.. ibc L'nited btates was in the fullest sense a bi- :. .. tabic country. I he American psopls at all times had a right to the free coinage ami full use .f iioth metala as money. The amount f the Coinage was immaterial as afI ting the principle. We had the right to cola it ami use it after it was .I. This is the essential principe of bimetallism. The right existi g, both metals will necessarily Im- ' I to the best jiossible advantage, i iier is bettet for export, that metal will In exported. If gold is better for ex I tort, that is the metal which will to. p,ut wbielicver is exported the -t largely, it will always lie for full value iu return, and that which re

I : at home will be pood and honest '

rj lor the transaction of OUT bust ih To restrict the right "f frceeoin--of either metal means fall in of property exchanged for money this ha followed the demonet iatloa of silver since 1U. 1-alior has been the gratest suiTerer.

der to make both ends meet andijuick

loans mean a high rate of inti rest. Tin-

money situath n has l u carefully roin people. canvas-. i. na the Wail street Journal nut htii .!:

says. With a total volume of g lOyOM in circulation it is son difficult Ni control the m:rh t when $1 ,( 1,01 0y 000 f that volume is i:m!rr the control of rive or six large corporations From SOW on a hvi y game of fair will ! played with trust s. .-ui itii . Uliuoi State lb gist t r.

AHhongh the war in the Philippines is Mr. McKif.Icy's own-eiingn-ss never having declared it the American people are fighting and paying f..rit. T bey ar- theii f. ire i i. tili il to tail and trustworthy information conci ruing it. A double ci ns. : ship, at Manila and at Washington, keeps this Information

Hut these facts an

VALUE. The hUtetaate V nlur ,.f nit Article Hu X ti ll. I.-'iion iu li (in. lie re Ial I III'.

The Trnlli of It. A republican papet sa.s that the Uag s of tin iron workers have Im, ii adW 1 in that they arc now as high athe) were in lr:. and all this gooo work has b. en done by the iron am st.-ei trust. Weil, there are an ami ntbn il i js Una trust baa dona, it has Increased the priee of its product, in som. things acarli doubHag laena, but Um wages have i..,t IMen advanced ia pr portloa. l! has ,1 lots Of Mlial l'la,u" discharged the labor r then m. It has lixed them so they get 1 Wag! s ,.t .,11. 1, has let out a gnat Ml Iran Ung sah -men and they an hunting another job and can't find ii The in n :,,,, stec men have been doing well Bouah dnriaa the hard times

'iid ..t the cleat ot Um loaf diprtanjoi J latrinak v., am-tde sills out for $15o.ou0.00(. nnd Ji ..,1 and

n..s, ,,. nrr no( mntifif,), but Ihm : d a biggst and stronger combination nnd now promise to hold the en 'ire world by the throat and contiine to roh p by means of n trust and a ari(T. They nre paying as high watr they old in 1S'.2. but are making BVS timeaas mach money. They nre trying 0 hide their stolen (roods under a ten PCT e. : v sdvaaee in the wages of la hor. N. ti.- m formtet.

The definition of the term value ha lieen a greater stumbling block to stu- ., .nts of the nion. y question than any other one thing.. 1'or instance, the IVtroit Tribune cays: "The intrinsic rains of the silver dollar is SC cents, und its commercial value is 100 cents." 1 might add. by the same rule, that lioth the commercial ami intrinsic valm of gold is 100 cents. Nature's vabics inherent values. Intrinsic values, are real and cannot be mentioned iu dollars ami et nts. w bile ComUM trial values arc artificial, nnd can be mentioned in SO other or at least any but simii ir tt r;..s. and are incapable of being given

an . Xpri RsloB, e KCl pt

MsnjMMy, Stupid ffrsons are rMirn dlssnt'.sflH with themselves. Chicago Dally öa

in ti rat s i hat are

also artificial. Nature made nothing in vain. SO that everything, including tim- and space, has ii.'riusic value, v.l, ile very Jew things have commercial value. Tin re is no excusi t'..r classifj ing the two valui s togethi r for tin si IdoSS or tur go hand in hand. A bushel of wheat has the same real value whither the price is ten cents or ten dollars. 1 l ings which have the most real v .l .. have the rcQSt comaieicikl value and vice versa as in the cas. of air. water, etc. Or tike the case of the m tab: I nc poll ml of gold is Worth on the ir.arket Itu.OOO tiounds of iron, but in intrinsic value

iron is immeasurably in the lead bO rauns if it Wi IS not for iron we wouUl

have tu go back to the SttMM age.

is r ul. iinehaii.'eable,

existed before man

nmf iifKiti the tage, but commercial values waited the BOmittg of man and are as ansteady ami tickle as most of ids productions. Therefore. I have "oneludrd thnt the man who in anv way c !.: ts the two values or even intimates that intrinsic value has necessarily arythimr to dwith BOm Mt rets 1 value does not undertsnd th- question of values and is not a safe teacher upon the money queation. S th Hunt.

Tht t rentnee of baWA Mony is not of n-ture but of law ristcti.

1. The war has now Ir.sted for irt'.i days, or U days longer than our war With Spain. Wc hold, after t his period, less of the territory than Spun occupied u:id less than we held in August of last year. The rebel forces are nowmore "troubli some" tbau at any former time. The war has cost nearly 7 o men killed, ',:, u wounded. 1 o,l; I invalidated. It has cost 16 1,000,000 in money, and is costing nearly $300,00$ a day. Our losses in the lighting in Cuba which resulted In the surrender of Santiago and the end of tbs war with Spain were SboUt 130 killed and l,3o0 WOU tided. Our losses in l'orto Kieo wire three killed snd 10 wounded. B. There have been sent to Hen. Otis HyDJM men. Some 4.. 0 more are uniler sailing oni rs. The president has decided, it is said. pii tly to enlist the 35,ti. voiutitei rs he was authorized by congress to add to the army for teuiporary usf. 4. Aeeordiug to the liest xpi rt testimony it will take from 1 . i to 150,üoo troojs to siiUlue the Fi lipinos and fluid the principal points in the islands. B, The rsiay season "ill BOO n put an end to campaigning. "Flf ty per cent. of our men will lie incapacitated by sickness and the ttrritorv overrun will have to lie a handout tl : Manila will be in a state of siege apain." This is the testimony of Dr. Meyueston, late of (o n.

Ot is' staff anil health i .thee r of .Manila.

6. The prisitb nt's peace comniisaion htn total fallara, OWlag largely to its inability to ronaaicrany terms except un-

contlitituaI surrendes' and absoluta sub

mission to the "sovereignty of th United States."

This is not a pleasing picture. It is

neither "benevohtit assimilation nor

successful coniiest. It has all the np

I arance of a foolish and fut ile ami endless guerrilla war. If Mr. McKinh v can

"crush the insurrection ly an .v.r-

w helming force." as his supporters are urging him t do, it is luaulftsUy ths nertof wisdom for him to do so. There

a is neither honor nor profit in permit

ting this mint cessaty nnd un-American

war to dr:i on into another year. N.

Y. World.

The censorship over the telr graph

lines at Manila is oue of the develop nuntsof our newitnierial form of got ernment which is particularly elgnlfl

cant. A SSreful icrutinvof all mail and

telegraph matter going intti the Philip

pines is entirely protier.ntid asou-navy

occupies the OOari attd our fOrSOS have the cables in 1 heir put MSSioa K can ns-

II v be milt taitutl. Bat why is the out

bound matter to ruthlcssh cut t"

j i.se? I'ittabtirch t ost

REAPING THE WHIRLWIND.

$seoaMteaa ttoa Hmm iirouaht

l'tirth iia Leatttlnsnte 1 rult.

Havemeyer's statement that the re

publican tariff is the mother of trusts is not new. hut it is true unmistakably.

undeniably tru. Protection is assure

ty a breeder of the trust evil as is tilth the begetter of disease.

One republican organ which has of

late been denouncing trusts in a Pick-

wiekian sense said recently that behind

the democratic outcry against trusts w as the concealed motive to destroy the principle of protection in our revenue laws. The democrats have never made anv concealment nlnut the matter.

If-';, tsllr A.lnju.i fr..m Peb. utt'i Notes. 1 OOLOE TKXT. Oar Oof ohafj aaj srv is bis to deliver ssvOsa. 3 ;17. RIIAD lie t i.t.r) Charter. I.IUHT Pit' M OT libit StlCllTfRMS.

s"ismnlas of DaUvsrasea. Voaeph, N'.jah, 1 1 saskls t . Peter, Paul sr.! Hb ll .32-40; . P.ev 7 11-17. prumlsen Iss. v3;2; PS. . I M .. J-IC Beek V' '-'. t Cor. 4:i:-l; ; item ni; Jst. I44.U; ivt. id; imi PLACK IN liiai.j; i ti.- i i:v ...n sft- ' er th conjuests decrlbl In 2 Klnae ii:l-:t. 2 Chros. :ll-:i: Jer. 21:1: Kcl-l PROPH ET8. Jeremioh st Jerualn. Kxckiel Wbo l.vc.j h) ti - river t l.tl ar. In Uabylonia. rerhai" the r ")l cat si from the Ruphrates to the Tlst u. miles from Babylon. Dsnlet In Dabyloa, T!.Y! i: Tl.e .:.ite : i;:.. .Ttsln, but J. roh- , ably between :-:" P. '.. fMJoa Uttel II. ... . tl. .ii of Jer i. -aUtii l.y Nouciadneaaar, and tbe complattoa of hi aea aneeui uv. r noat ot tbs the seenm world. PLACE. Ths plain .f Dura, wttbla lbs llmit of Babylon, l.t re a innui.d of br. k ; :. .-t t.ljfli DOW exi-is.vv i... i. .j.ert tl.;:.ks was i .ol a i.l.v tl... n. it -t.,1 ..I t:..s c. .. -al m...c. , j tscr.ni.er' incttonarjr of inii, 1- I HPI.EItS. - Nehiifl n.lt.exrar. kir.g of I o.nhvi.m I.:..-j;i i. '.edeklah. last kins of

! JuJah. I'hsraoh llojit ra. king of EgypC i Ttm seven Im men of üreeeo iSulon. etc.) i nuurun t this partes. KXFLAKATOB7.

Introductory. bebucnadeesaar had just returned from a t ri umphant campaign against his enemies in the west and south against Kgy pt, Syria, and Arabia and he tt lebrutci his return by the erection of a colossal image and u grand religious festival. The image was made of gold, probably not of solid cold, but of wood or clay covered with plates of gold. The great image of Pel is said, in Pel and the Dragon (v. 7), to have been of clay within and brass outside. Apocrypha. "Ne buehadnctaar, .. other despots who sutler from the vertigo of autocracy, was liable to sudden outbursts of almost spasmodic fury. We read of such storms of rage in the case of Antiocbua Eplphanee, of Nero, of Valentiulan I., ami even of Theodo bins. The double insult to himself and to his god on the part of men to whom he l.a.l show ii such conspicuous! favor transported him out of himself." Farrar. I. The Faithful Three Arraigned Do foes the King. Vs. 14-1. 1. "is it true?" Is it of purpose'.' i)i.l you intend to refuse toy command, or was it a misunderstanding that can be passed over? V. 14 "Wc ure not careful." Old Pngh.-b for anxious, solicitous. II. ., We have no need. (1) J'.ecausc it would be useless to reply to the king iu his present temper. They could not change him. (f) Their actions had answered him already. (3) Their minds were made up, and nothing could change them. V. "Nebuohadttcasar fud Of fury," so that his "visage wan changed" with his passionate excitement. II. In the Fiery Furnace. Vs. 10-C3. "lb at the furnace one n ven times more:" Bzpreeaing tbe Bereenew of the fury burning in his heart, and rendering it Impossible thnt any could le rescued from such Uair.es. The fact is mentioned to show the greatness vt the deliverance that followed. V. 21. "Bound in their coats," etc. "Herodotus describes the Dnbj lonlana as wearing n long undergarment or shirt of lint n, which reached down to ths feet. Over

1 hey have always from the beginning

of their party history opposed claaa leg , litis Um v wore a woolen gown or tun c.

htlation, and Use principle of protection shutter than the other (bats in A V.?l

embodies the most llagrant form of

class legislation. They have alvvay s op-

posed a protective tariff beenuas that is the aaoatt prononneed form of legalized robbery. When the republican party went Iefore the country advocating a policy which takes from the turnings of the many tribute for the poeketa of the few. it planted in our public morals the false tent t that it is proper to force the consumer to pay the manufacturer a price beyond that derivable from com

petitive profit solely to reward him for being in the manufacturing business. The republican party planted the wind of protection and the country is renpinir the w birlvvind of trusts. Mr. 1 1 a ream yet argued logically w hen be took the ground that the cure of the trust i'v il cannot he effected without removing its cause. Tbe democracy proK)scs, if intrusted with power, to eliminate the protection feature from our laws and place the tariff on a purely raven na tanfa. While doing this it win attack tru-ts with every form of remedial legislation derivable from the federal and state functions of government. St. Louis Republic. POINTS AND OPINIONS. When the president has time he will oblige a goiid many people by explaining' why lie deiaved overhauling the civil m rv ice so lung if the country was suffering under its rules.- Kansas City Ti me. Mark Twain should hurry home and hustle if he wants to retain his position as the great American humorist. Some revnbUenn wrOtS an antitrust plank for the Ohio platform. Omaha Wnrbl lb raid. Bnvlag observed tbS satisfactory and BOnefleeat influence nf the spoils BJStSM hi army management and opt rat. on. President MeXinlei considered

it his solemn duly to begin the break-

Ing down of the entire merit system. Detrptt Free Press. Mr. Depew makes a center shot w in n be ioclarei thnt trusts titstrnlbm the control of wealth. That, nfaeeeaaf ty, muet raise prices, reduce vviwrcs and promote idleness. Bis declaration thnt there is at preoent ooatrary tfferi wüi not be commonly at ecpfed. Both Mr. Hanna and Mr. Depew np spoh-get.'a nnd exjlntiiitnry in their treatment of the triirt KUbJeet. Their plena nre in avoidance. Mr. Depew has furnished n eonetnslvs rtnnn why rontt will be a fi(jl I tag issue this y ear nnd nest yi Br. He has been frank enough to express the great danger to the people the- .. I i r tt ttr-i.-es ln.1 tl. lr.wnrvtr it

I wages. -Cincinnati Enouirer.

and a short hood orcape over tlu ir head ami shoulders. This description is exactly borne out by the sculpt ures on 1 he monuments, '(nuts' are the long undergarment; hoseu' is the cape that was thrown over the head and shoulders for protection from the sun. ami bound round the head with a fillet, exactly as to this day the Peilawee and Syrians wear the ketieh of silken or WOOtea stuff, nnd fasten it round the I., ad vv ith u camera-hair oord.-Canou rristram. V. 115. "The fourth is like the Son of (od:" As the article is wanting in the sacred test, it is more correct to rend a BOB of the gods (as in K V.J Only udivine being, the king knew, could live thus in the lire himself, or preserve others there. No fhjubt iu reality it w as the Son of God, who. as "the angel of the Lord," at various times appeared to the (Hd Testament saints, lie it is who BMjrbe found in even tiery furnace of life into w hich His servantsarc thrown. III. The Deliverance. Vs. 2i-:. Of, "Come forth, and come hither:" Neb ucbadaessar makea sure that what ho sees is real, und not a mere vision. V. i'T. "TbO princes . . . nuU these men:" The dell vera nee was public, unmistakable, and proved by many witnesses. V. us. JUessed be tbeOod of Hb nd mstw' etc. The king revOgulsed the power of the Jew's lio.l, and His readiness to defeat! those who obeyed Him. The miracle would make such an impression on the princes ami people that the king could more easily treat the Jews more kindly. The effect on the exiles was also good. It would enrich their faith; it held before them noble examples; it would enable them to realize the power nnd goodnes of toxi; it was one of t be force that during the exile entirely cured them of idolatry, and prepared them for the return ami the rebuild lag of their city and temple. Doubt less a Iso it raised them to a higher place BmoUg the people, and enable. I them to serve their (iotl with less opposition nnd persecution. PltACTlCAf Them arc still en Ctcd golden 'mr.rrt, .lefcre which the world tonunettda us to bow down and u uuhlp aurrtsa. pleasure, wealth, popnlarity, sinful owe torn, palatable doctrines, an easy, lax morality. We sometimes have to do right, even when it seems disobedience to our country's orders. Doing right Is the best vv.iy 1o preserve our country.

There nre still fiery furnaces for those who refuse to worship the gold- I i . . i 1

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ait ri hut ed it t.i oar aaespectes masting. We lud been friends until our walks in hie widened apart, lie bseSBM SIi srcliitest n.i gsootstof and I had ahaani ataaV iao. Win ii tiie rah t a. ind l-ef re a h o. !-.me

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mi m want Ha led bm throags saga ami n...in tlut aanned old and gru.d t . tnjr Amt rimn ei, and then closed ths door of s oy dm and we were bJoBSi i , ijea, aid fellow, res mut kaeo rtruek tt rieh,'1 1 vtmuted, mul he looked at BM, I khag n little. "Haven't JfOS hc.inl?" he ankcd. "N la word aim t the old sum nui cut up in tbs wreck, snd Dsn Ward being the next of lue, SiBM ni f..r the fortinie that should hive be.:, v I renlil I. h Kitatirj?!)', kr. srbuj wl.at a bk all Uua had beSU to 1!. ti. lb- laushed nft'.y, and his hands moved in the old, .-t'.. . v iv I had so often noticed w In n he had 'in ilium important to tell me. "Vu nOM away before I took the contract ;o restore the i.'d jtiace?" he saal. Yss" 1 answered, with aaMthiog Kbo I lap, Had tbeg added inult to mjury? Had they dar. d "At Brat tht offer hurt me, and then the man in me gave w:iy t what you used to call the artm'.ie inttinct. Hadn't I been tl. n I. .nit of lt.. p..Mb. .! 1 1 - a.', the-..' vear?" "Put to d . it for another man fur him. Ihn'-' 1 interrupt, d. "We.l, he really StMsldn't he'p if. "U know, tbOUgh it vh not until later that I was able to take tluit pluiot j.liieul view of it. It wan only that 1 leva .1 likiwood too well to have it spoiled, and- I w-nnttd to get away from the city, for Dolly's father

eil, lie olo ! I 'W. ...I at. 1 a.. .t: K - with it, and so Dan, und not 1, was in hih favor vv ith him." "It was hard wbtS you have had every reason to lilfUOt t for pour own," I perlist ad. "V. , but there w.is the btggSr 'rouble Using me up," he said, smiling softly. He sat i-till then; still, except those ret-le-hi i.dsv ; slimier and whit- as a vv .man's t'n. v were, and 1 knnv by their moving that I? i i;'s si rv was a hard "lie for him to tell. "Vou don't believe in ghosts in the re turn of the disembodied spitit, do jroUj Dak?" "Well, no, Pen. I suppose 1 am matenal. My profewion " "I'.ut vou'il believe my story. lie looked Up With hi sweet, calm sun. e. "Pi rteialy I Will. Am I to hear it now"He fbneed at the clock. "Ves. I'll tea you ii 'vv lie fore Doiiv comes" D :;:" "V .u have the last of the Mary first. The 'marrad and Benny ever after, yOS know. Well, you see, we went down to IikewooJ, nnd tl.e men lived at the vUUgl So! I. Put I put u at the old place, vuUi OeatOB atitl Hannah to take care of me Poor old things!

; (iver and over they described the l.omble ' scene to inc. 1 BM Maly reai hcd bOBM in i tone for the faaersli you anew, and for the

the will, which eonid sot be found. "p .r a v ear. w hi le v ear, I w rkcd. never once grOWiSi tired ti the rnOUUStS vvoods, Incta!' and lain : . A year and the aniurereary ai my adapt, tl lather's death was til hand. Ah! the p.e. aSS a wonder of bt aaty now-! "it happened that I was at work in the o'.d maaa room, the long one along the south vv,t:g. p. wan midnight, and 1 was busj ith uiy drawings. Now and then a Splash of ram came with the wind through the window, and the hs'ht, the on!v one it) the mom, flickered and east atrsaga abao os on n.y papers. "I had lueasiirtd the wall and was turning sway w Ii. ti solltet hing on the pillow ceegbt my e.V. , and I stood still. My blood fi .. is :.. . it r .: , ami up i t... . and n feet s sw Uhs k ad. "On the pillow lay the head of Mr. (Juth ne. The line, grim old face, with its in, acrutabk eyes atl thm Upa, ths br w and abinisg white ha.i all Lbia, but tbs l.a.l onl)-the head severed from s body that I did n. t see. T beard a votea, a low, aobbiag t ice, bw div soul ana faint with licbsaiag fear, and t did BOt hi UP the Bords. I tiiggend to a chair, my t.m maieil even on the lace tliat lay upon the white pillow. Bat only my even were alive. I onaM not har it tiiera were words. Tl-.e light os tbe table flickered and went out and I was alone w ah that. "Hannah came with the coffee 1 always have it midnight when I am at work. Mia rrhghtid my lamp a ml inovi.l it .ii', ot ths drait. I glanced t ths bed. There waa notiung on the pUloW. Hannah U ked sharply at me and went away. I vv alkived tlie black coffee, iihI went over to the table where luv Wo.'k la). "Po -. ntly. as I sat listening, I heard a low, baiting step. I knew the sound. A lundtatiagi basvy sn-j- the step af an nb MOS WSOM feet arc tired of earth's way a. I turntsl my head, and I HW . rost ag tht room ihe i vvr limbs i.f a mat: - the feet and UgS to tbs knees. 'They were going from nie. "Near the vv ill at the side of the bed they stopped A laah of lightning dazzled in., and when I looked aga 'i tiny ware gone, but tun. ..I teward me were a pair of arm, hau. thakisg aim etui slender yellow hands, floating slowly, slowly across me. I ft I: then on my face, the cold, clammy fliigcr, the icy palms. 1 felt ihem draw me from lay a at and BS to the Bull at the nde of the w d. "And :l n I saw them move doubtfully, carefully ..v.r the dark panels with the hesitating, uncertain motion that belongi to old people when MBSStioB ha grows dull. "I was numb with horror, but I stood there saakisg like a dying th.ng, and I felt my own hands lifted and na then suing over the pane's, guided bv those ..tin I hands. AfuI a panel moved, and I heard a rustle aa of aid papers, and a thud, snd then 1 sank dow a ami des B to "For day I WW dead to things of . .nth. Put at Inet I began to be ablate trace Dolly's face in the darkness that erveloped me, and her voice was the tirt I heard. It Wasahs who held my luirols one day when I waliet ter, ami told tnc that in my work I had s SmI f found the w il . snd old p i;" rs thst proved thai breved tbe secret I had slaaya sespeetea. I told you long ago." Ha left off, a sort nf hreat hl ss look came to loa law "I ha fW. vou are Mr. Üsthrie's aea

said, tpnctly. "Ye. Put fher can't fsd

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where the pa rs m ) d.i. n P -:t-inge, D. k I havt had the walb sMrebed agahl smlagun. The old r- in l a been rslaedal the aea ft K. I eamot go haeh and i m nre here, Doili and I. and Ukawend watte faff us. Ah, siie i rent I I "IVn. are imi hiding frets me here in the firelight'" and Dal' . mil ' srt-d Polly, fluttered in.- N ). Time, ivn.ocra.