Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 41, Number 50, Jasper, Dubois County, 18 August 1899 — Page 3

lUcehlu Courier. I. I ilil . I'l.lxUlivr. JASPFB I INDIAN

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If SSSMrf day were liumfay and all cf I f' VA .Te luv', r.J neither in tli- earth l . i, iw ror lit th fky ubove A I'luinl i- ever KsthcreJ to eclipse the lit: ht af Sons, i tie Mi. in Iba valley anj the rose mi the sh ' ii . vim bloossina ! tiy at.u lw tend w .11 evac ti : With the lei il'ii-"! note of natuic tl.ut t de utiiikter ever thrilled: If a tear af furrow nsvcr t ainc tu dim the laugfctas .-. T i.i n pteaaurvi would grow palling to the sense ly and by. Jf the sun oulil shine forever and the day was always fair, r 1 Nature eT a .ausbin mini, with ttowi-r In her hair: If I. f.- was naught hut pleasure, unknown t gloom atid pain. it 1 t.cre were no storms of trial and no sorrow floods of rain: If tbt .e WW as fruits f.jrblddi-n, no Joys to be dental, If t. heart WSS MW tempted and the SOSl w4 never tried : If ih. :. tt. ie no thorn) pathways, like tli bravest feet have trcd, ti.v ot w.-i.l I kiovv ' l.ffcrent ami v ai dr off irom CJud. It refulroi a night of darkness Just to ma ke the 'l.i y complete, Ar.J behind sch wall of trouble waits s benedict !on sweet: The: n a. einher "tl struggle up the hill. thoiiRh steep it lc, Th-t !: "i.. I it- Alpine ruKKc h.css lie fairest Italy: Each f ar rwcsivsd In fluhting; fur the a use of truth and rinht hall be a bade- of honor on the breast of )i.nir's knight: The, world may have its burdens and Its rlefj and tears untold. Bul I wer no cro : sorrow there iM bo no crown of gold. -Memphis Scimitar.

j Similia Similibus 4 By Charles Dwight Willard 4 , . I r.-TTTTTTTTTttTTtTTrrtTtt'l

T:;i; hovvd ns pave a dinner recent at which ten guests ttirt present. Litt! I loach told me about it, the i 'i da; after It oceurrt 1. with u great ei a of gusto, i fancy Boach (a not i '. tlr n to dinner eery freatM ntiy. Dor anywhere else for that natter, Iii . ceseivc curiosity, and hi dlspopltl ii to talk over affairs that an not l.i- own, noaJcea people nerrons about him, ami rentier his conversation just a lltl le tiresome. Sow time wss nothing unusual sbout the fact that the Lowdi us gave a iiniii r. Mai did not dunce, ami Mi s. I. iuilni dialikea cards, and neither ol then care much for music, t-o they have eoBtproanlaed on the dinner, a a convenient method f entertaining friends and of repaying social obilgn tiona. They keep an excellent cook, mal Mrs. Lowdea heraelf, so her hus1 oaee told ate, wstches every let. . of the event Has la a good Judge ; wines and an agreeable talker. Thej hare friendships among no end t clever people, and they are judicious in their arrangement of thetr guests. To ! invited to a dinner at the Low den i ut once distinction and plect l'i nl fortune, ami I liiil not louder at the enthusiasm of little Bosch "I sat between Mrs. (icn. tiumm and C'oui.t von IIaae," said he, "ami v talked" W ho else waa there?" I naked, look i ibonl in' , ami planning the quickest bu tin 'i of leape. li' gave me the list.clu eking tin m off en hi lingers to insure a correct count. v he proceeded, 1 liatened wiih mora and more interest, and when the tab v - ended, it anddealjf dawned upon in. that this was an event of a nm-t unusual character, nml one that I oausl i. iw more about bat not from Boach. "I ii. re jr'ns in ear," I exelaiineil. ami v. pr s ntl v put down four blocks Out of my way. Max Lowdea ami I arc old frienda, and mir fathers wire business t.ssoi ball n century n'o. I was coni lit that if 1 gart him a chanee. he would explain the mystery of this dinner, ami 1 telephoned to ask how soon 1 : Mrs. l.ovvdt n would be at holm an evening, I had a handf al of new opals to show them. Not to-night, nor i row nlghtl but the next, and 1 ' ittld be most wele une." in tin meantime I met anotntr of tl i uesta of that extraord i n aiy dinner, a Mrs. iioiin. whom I know but ftl.v. I knew her hushaiu!. howv o Itlbdaed, rrushed. nun h-inar-ried-looking individual, who oeeasiouwand rs unhappily about the i ma of the el ah where I live. I was making a Ball, and there were n pood n U il .v ptople tin re, and I was talking t' somebody, or trying to talk, or the twitter t,f B snii,n N()l,. a f -v reetaway made eonveraatton uiffi-

I, I met him recently nt n dini at Mrs. Lowdeaa,n the voice said it w... ibe voice of lira. Boppia. An ' "i anl look came into the "' "lV eoiiipanioii. M,e vvjo, not 1 it ningto me. which waa wall enottgfL, i waa paying no attention to what l I ' "It was a charming dinner a delightful set of people one olv. - meets at the Lowdeaa" i eould row the ulkethm that the peraon to m kont sh, sMlkr ,,:is . M f(iitn fcate aatohnow the how.it ns. b, , . Wl Who War then ? I n, am von kon Ibem n." Then came that 'list iMI,i f"' t Mcoml time 1 felt lh atrmaga thrUl thataomea with aa tun xpiaincd mystery, Jlra. Boppia twittered on, her sharp etlttllii' their e . .. 1

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1 sssuit tl ii v u a v is that we a great perfeetlj on tin mutters, we had h. n dimtnadag, ami then went off to i for i.ij bat. 1 was anxious to hum ihoal (he dinner, but not from Mis. lioppia I h Lowdena wen in the library when 1 called a t'tiv little den. which Was usually saered to Mas am! his friends; but on this oceaalott Mrs, Lowdanaraa then, seated at the desk, with a writ Ing-pad hi fore In f. "i)U are just in t inn'," she suit!, signal in g ut me with a 1 1 ad pencil, "to help us determine who beside yoanelf shall eome la dinner here next Wtneeday' "lit 'sklea j i i.v i if." repeated-; wtrulj I am in tint , if my presence has accomplished thai much." "Vu are just about alwaj - on 'he list . Old man." said LowdtB "1 slnuiio think v ,u would gran wean of our dinners," 1 started to say something about oasi s in the arid desert of social life, when Mrs. Lowdea laterruptadt "Come; give me a name." "I'ut low n little Boach," said 1. Mrs. Lowden pnssed the pencil ngainai her Una, MDo you reallj like him pretty will'.'" she asked, doubtfully, "Besides," she continued, with feminin1 disconnectedness, "he dined In re only last v t eh ; so it would not do, you know." "Of course," aaid I: "let me nee How about Mis. Hoppln"" "Mrs. Boppin!" cried the lady al tl"tlesk. anl hatr voie suddenlv took on a shrill quaUty, uit- foreign to it. "Oh. no, not Mrs. Hoppln. We had her, too. last Week." I meditated for a moment in alienee. "Gen, Gromm,M aaid, at length Max Louden started Hp and looked at me auspiciously. His wife laughed, "Isn't that Many, MaX," she exclaimed. "Mr. Bobinaon has pitched upon three out of the ten people that wc had to dinner last I hursdaj ."' "I'ut down Count von Baasse," Raid I, seriously. Mr-. Lowdea dropped her pencil and stared, Max rose from his hair near the tin place and broughl a decanter of Scotch and n bottle of seltcr and a lass, and placed them on the taboor1 1 ie at tay elnow. " I ht drinks ai t- on us," he said. " Ii" tol! ou about if.'" "Oh, several." said I. indifferently. "Where do you get thin Scotch?" There was a faint en from Mrs. owden. "Are people talking- " she asked. Mr. Max (rrabbed the poker, and began hammering a lamp of coal in the tin -

1 place,

"W hat difference does it mnke?" snid I. "I'eople must have something t talk about, und a peculiar affair like that" "But it was to t peculiar at nil." eclalmed Mrs. Lowden, and then added. Incoherently "that waa whj it was so strange." "I see." said I. though I really di.l not see ;'t all. but was. in fact, entirely mystifl d. "Whose idea was it. in th lirst place?" "I will tell you all about It." said Max. waving the poker in a threatening way. Probably I was more to blame " "Max. you mustn't! "cried Mrs. Lowden, with great vehemence; "we ought not to talk about it. Mr. Bobinaon wdi excuse us, I am sure." "Of course." s;, j, I, with threat dig nHy; l did not suppose it was ao bad as that." "Nonsense, Marie, aaid Lowden. "I am poin' t make n I an breast of the whole business to !; he may be able to help us out. But tell me. lirst

I of all. do vou think anv of them BUSI pect r "Not one." aaid I. with aph ndfd eon-

fldence.

"Thatth Hoaveg for that!" said Mrs. Lowden, "VOU may tell him. Max." "You ;iri' bachelor, Vcd," said Lowden, "Bad yOU probably have very little idea id the man.v ami complicated social problem that peoph who entertain evi u as little as we do must meet and solve. Now I used to think, in the Innocence of my pre-marital day s, that the whole s ial s-h me wa- based oil the di sire of certain people to niakc things pleaaant for certain other p'ple whom tin like ami admire. Cut bless Vour heart, my boy, that has no more to do" "Oh. Max." interrupted his Wife, "you ore ii-t lellintr this story the riLdit wav. Mr. Bobinaon understands well enough that everj social act has attached to it. inevitably, a class of people that are Somehow not catly what you might call " Bhe hesitated for the word. "DcMI-ahl.'." I StlCUeste.:. "She means the bores." said Max. "I im an." MM Mt s. IOWdea, with dignity, "those peoph' that do not seeni to mix well ith others." hxaetiy," I assented ; "the dhdate lntomM "It is perfectly tnv -tetioii ." runtintied Mrs. Lowden, "how many people of that sort manage to pet strinps on you. That is what Max calls it. Some of tin in tire distant n latives of vour own. others arc near relatives of your dearest friends. Sometimes they do things for von. before you can head them off, and tiny place you ander oh titrations that way. and sometimes they ju-t cold 'bltx dedly make demands thai you have not the courage to refuse." "And both von and Max are svmpa th. tit- by auture," 1 added. "W hat is a man to do ' id Lowden. "There is that chap, Bufui J, peet. You know him. all three went to school together, Of course, he is, from a social point of view, just about every -thing that a man might to he. hut when he came to my oftCC a little While ago, ami ramarked almost pathetieaBj that he i frt(ucntly heard his friends pp-ak of my dinners, but had nevi r been Invited lo one. althouc-h he waa in old friend very old friend well, I tumbled in it. and Maria was fsjfi uus." "But that was uo worse than the case

f Mi Rankin," said hit wife. "Vou wouldn't believe, srealal yon, that a woman would l ate the impudence ta actually dem and walL 1 s imply cannot tell it." "I underataad," tibi I; "the hold-up bnainesa Aourishea in every line of Ufa, Hut po on w ith the story." "lver time vv- have made up a dinier 1 i t lately," resinned Mrs. I.owib n "there has been II sort f u- VOW Might fall it a discussion " "Bow," interjected her husband. " lit t ween M i nml myself nh'.tti inviiint: some d these people, to to work them off. vMi know." "I understand," siiid , "You objeet. il to his particular frienda, and lie ob i - i 1 to y oai " "Vo, and we both hat! to Utfllet then "i pt opie .f the riht Mjrt. s Man finally Buggeated "Only in fun. you know, but Marie took it in earnest ." "Well, so litl you, finally. Max sii";geetod that wa nxnka np I list for one dinner to contain absolutely nothing hut beeta the vc-ry worst ones wi knew,1 "There were ten of them." snid Max. "all stars of the tirt magnitude." "Ifn. not including ourselves, comnaeuted Mrs. Lowden, with the instinctive arithmetic of a dinner-giver. "i would not think of including yen, of course," said I . 'There waa that Mrs. llickie, who tells von all about the various things her husband died of; und litti- Boach, vou know him, of cours-; and the ih pl ii he scarcely spoke above a whisper, while she just shrieked; and llax'a dear OU friend. P et " "( ut that," prowled Lowden: "he was paired off with Marie's particular fancy, Mrs. Kan Ida, They talked rItgion with great vigor throughout the meal. The sole tun M;ss Pollock. Who never says a word, sat next to fount von lliiasse. Did y ou ever read any i f his books?" "Horrible soggy," said I; "undip steil t kerman-EngUah." "Well, he is worse than his books." "It is a nhamc ti talk about people In sm h a way." said Mrs. Lowden, coverinp her face vvitli her hands: "when one has entertained them, too. That is why 1 did BOt want Max to tell about this dinner." "And ton. (itiinui nml his wife," bepan Lowden, oh. I know the lurl weB enough," said I. "But tell Bie, how did the affail pas off?" Mi s. Lowden gave a npFuroua httle laugh, ami tier hii-hami's features relaxed into a .Tin. "That is the strangest part of it." she said. "Nothing ever took place in this house thai was a bigger auccess than that. We expect our guests t( have a pleasant time, or we are disappointed, but we do t d look to ace them po Into ecataciri of joy, and fairly goroe w ith happini'ss, as these people did They ate enormously " "And drank.' interjected Max. "And that is one of the stir st sipns that people are enjoying themselves, but the queerest thing f all was the way they took t one another. matched them u with aomecarw " "Marie did that." said Lowden. "Tell them your .lan. dear1 "It i- perfectly simple." saiii she "I'.orcs are divldt I into two CUSSC tlioo who talk tOO tniich. or those w In. don't talk at nil: Little Roach, who prattles incessantly, took out .Mrs. tiumm, vv ho waa never known to sav anything except yes' ami no." Mr. lb ppln sat next to Mrs. Kiekie and listenecl most attentively to all hci troubles. It was lik' that all around the table. Mai and 1 bad nothing ti do but to si . up ami look pleasant." " W ti 1 1 a triumph said I. "What n splendid social ue ; v'inent! To entertain clever people is nothing -they entertain t be a selves ami one a not bei but to accomplish such results wilh such material- it was magnificent Would that I might ban been ther' In behold it. Tell in'. Mrs. Lowden, v. liv I was not i n Ited V" "Indeed, Mr, Bobinson," ami wared the lady, "we discussed askinp you, ami at on- t ime had about di elded " "Veil sec." cut in her hiisiianl. hastHy, "our first plan w.-.s to invite some very clever peoph- two of three to help us entertain the others." "Yes." assented Mrs. I.owden. with an cnu-mcss that seemed to cover a little confusion; "hut we changed that. ami left yon oat. Now, won't yon help mak' ni a list for a little dinner next we k v" l saiti nothing more on the subject of my invitation, but I eould not avoid tri v -inp the mutter some quiet thought Perhaps Max was right. It would h.,v bet n better not to have told the sto-v. San Francisco Argonaut.

TDE RIVER OF SALVATION.

lair r mi ll ul SiiiiiIh) School I riniu fur usual S". I 1 US I r I, I .I.I.I, 47il-lS Mcmor t rrir, 11. I8pelally Adaptrd from PatSttSSfa Notts. 1 OOLOEN Ti:XT. Whoso. vtr UI. ht aim taha water of lift, freely. iUv. Ul LIGHT KU .THi:il Ff'Itll'TT'HKS. -Th.- Tanale Ireiboi.-Kev. ii. i Cor. IJC 17; t Cr. C:li: K h 2:21; The, t i; Kev. 3;1J The River af Ut: faSCls, lltlS MX : John tOt-Uj It ggf Kev. Zi t: Utn. 2:lo; Psa. It, TIME This prophser was vrtttan in b. C. tn (Kzk. l".l). tl ts f.ty-llfth y rvt

I iyt kltl's ciipt ivlty, .'7. sad fourteenthsftI er the Ii ttructior. of JtrSS 1 1 m In Ci. It I was about llsa nldeÜa of th seventy yssra

captivity, PIACE. It waa wrtttta la Bsbrlenta, al Tsl-ablb or. the river Chthar, mar I ... ; j on. KM'LA N ATOB ti 1. '1 be Sonree of the Rivet of Life.

i Vs. 1, 2. V. 1. "Afterward:" Alt.-rtlie I angel had bimun bin the tenapla and ull ith (ielriils. " aters is.suc! out from I ander the threshold of the house eiistward:" 'The natural fact on vv hieb this I conception rests is this, that there vns s fountain oonneeted with the temple bill, the waters of which fell into the ' valley cast of the city, and made their I way towards the sea." I 'rof. Davids-m. j "At the south side of the altar:" Tun stream Hum rd not only from the teniI pie, but apparently from the Holj f Holies, .Hitl flowed close hy the alt nr of .sacrifice. The truth represented is I "that the presence of Qod is the source j from which the influence flow forth that renew und purify human existence" (Prof. Skinner), FX It llroadens ns It Flows. Vs. 3-5. : V. 3. "A thousand cubits:" There is no special sipn ifieance to this exact distance. V. 5. "W aters to s ini in, a river that could not he passed over:" broad and deep The word rendered river is the usual one for 'brook' or wady, vi, a at ream with its valley or gerga The I pic! ure of a iiroadetiitii.' stream symbolied t hat w b i la the rem v ul of the king

dom of Israel, on the return from exile, would have a small ami insipuiticunt bc'-iunitic. Loth in numbers and in

' prosperity, the spirit that would make

it B gratt kingdom would increase on j tad on to the end, the outward bless- j hips would beeouM mom abundant, the , true life of the nation would dee pan as

wall as broaden. This picture ha been i reali.e-d in history. III. The Tree upon Its Hanks. Vs. 0, 7. V. C. "Son of man, bast thou seen this?" Do you understand what you have neon so far? Then let us farther. V. 7. "At the bank of the riT were very many trees on the one fide 1 and On the other." Compare Kev. 22:1, 2. "There w as alway s a v jsion of better things possible, and in the last dayatha prophets cherished the expectation Unit that vision ouil be realized, ffhensll causes of ofTcnse are removed from Israel and Jehovah smiles on His people, the land will blossom into supernatural fertility, the plowman overtaking the reaper, the trasder of grapes him last aowath seed, the mountains dropping new wise and the hills melting" (Amos, 0:1.1). Prof. Skinner. Compare I'sa. 1:3. ; IV. It Causes the Hescrt to I'doSMitn ins the Hose. Vs. 8-12. V. 8. "Amlpo down into the desert:" The Arahali, the valley of the Jordan und the DtSd Bca extending south to the Led sea. The country between J cram lern and the Dead sea is the most desolate and inhospitable tract in the whole country, "bo into th s,;i:" 'The Dead sea, the witters of which are so fan , pregnated with various salts that ii' hsh or animal can live in them. "The waters shall he henltd:" Restored to their proper condition, made healthful. V. 0. "Lvcrythinp that liveth:" All forms f sat land Ufa, Whlthsrnaevti the rivers shall come, shall live:" The river of Ufa shell brinp life in uhnnlancc wherever it Sows. V, to. "The Sahen shall stanil iiion it from I'ngsdlt1 "I'otintain of the kid." situated about t he middle of t he west share of the I'enil sea. "Keen unto h'ncplaim:" "Fountain of I he two al v i s," ' not Idea tlfled, hut probably near the mouth of the .Ionian. The meat, i ul' is that there shall be fishing all nroiind the Iahe, because the fish are so abundant, "as the lish of the errat sea." the Mediterraaran. v.u. "hut the miry

places:" The marshes around the fra shall not be sweetened, but left as beds for ilippinp salt. Probably the aMtf Hon, which reservca f r sterility places to which the livii.p water docs not reach, indicates that the I i fe nnd health

are solely due to the stream which

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PENALTY OF ECONOMIC SIN. I. IIa That lnl Kollow In lite 4oll htauilarü Irnin Hute llut 1 ion oi . nri it

The univt i-e is ovtrntil l,v p neral und not hy special law,. A hut m am may sweep over the ocean, causiup the waves to (lus.il i.nii iUain, forming moan tain ami valleys on the bosom of the deep The land may be rakul by a almoon r the waters agitated by typhoon, ami yet the ocean will sc kits level ami the atmspht r its equilibrium, und the return of imruial conditions will cause no surprise. Lconoinic law is as immiitabli' as any law of plivbics, nnd disiiriicr in the economic forces is no more permanent than in tin fSjy si. ai. Disorder of Ithi r tic physical or economic forces may. however, prcxluce preat havoc while they last, the former causinp preat deitraetlon af iif? and pronerty, and the latter inter f iling with, nnd often BVSpending, the werh of product loa nml defy inp just ice in that of distribution. No law of phv ics ojiei.i'i s wit h more absolutCBCSS or immutability than tin law nndar which the money metals li.--trihute tlienist Ives anionp the nations ami people of earth, pi v inp to each nation its distributive sbar-. A nation's distributive share of the money mctais i that portion of the ST hols stock which will produce the commodities of the ration at a point which will prohibit similar articles b ill- broupht in from other nations and sohlet a profit. The instinct f pain is nnivemal In the race. and without C0Dpnlshn men will always sill where they can sell 1 arest and buy whan they can buy cheapes, in reaponae to baying and selling the money metals distribute themselves, moncv always seeking the market

! where It can be exclianpe! for the most

poods ami commodities always s kinr the market where they will exchangee for the larp st quantity of the money metals. Puder this law, whieh operates BS utierriii'.'lv as ihe law of cravitv, or

that of the equsliaation of the sttaoa phere, international price hvela are : mal. The burning sun may heat the sands of the desert until a simoon occurs, afbr whieh an equilibrium is rei atomd The winda may disturb the aari face of the ocean, causinp waves to rise j mountains hiph, but the law of pravi- ; lation will ri store t he ocean to its i rel. I So may the law under which the mont J 1 metala dittribate themselves ha laterJ rOpted by famiue, pestilcnct or war, I wd the internatioti.d price level for a i time be disarranged through oaa nation gaining ami a than ita distr ibativs share of the money metals while other nations are forced to ac -cpt less than th ir ' share, but smdi a condition is only 1 mporary and when tike CSUSCS of the dtsI turbance ja-s away all nations will I a pa in receive nml retain only their dis- ( Hi but i vc share, ami in t he ml oil debts must he liquidate)! up mi. am! ail ttleI mint.- must finally conform to a valui atloa of pronerty based upon the inter

national price b v 1. The harnaoaioua working of the law thai dlatriootes the noney metals r.iminp (ha nations may be disturbed bv lesrlalatioa of the different nations.

i When stuh hsppettS and the legislators are cither ipnorant of the law or for 1 anv reason nam statutes that set it I , at defiance, evil results are sure to fulloVV. Prior to 17.1 the stock of money j metal that fixed the world's prii'es con- , listed of gold sad silvir. but in that

year the United States suspended the Coinage Of silver, which was followed the next ytr hy similar action by France and Germany. Prior to this lime the coinupe ratio between the two ni-t.ils thai rub-d throughout the world was I.".1, ounces of silver to QOC wince of gold. I'.ut the lcni.il of free niatage to silver, by the greet earn Dterelal nations mentioaed, broke the parity betw.cn the two metals ami

nesed an economic dlsturbaaes la the j affairs of the worhl that has continued to multiply evils in its train from that time to the present. Prior to 1STP. sil

ver eonafJtttted the principal coin of (iernuiny, Austria. Busala, I'rance. Italy, Belgium and Switzerland, lie-

ptoect ds'fron, beneath the throne of 8if,e9 M ,,f ''1 than

a Peeeeeloeaa satfclaeat, Prof, Machte waa swir dd pstrisreh, with handsome I atorea ami hair fallinp in ringlets about his shoulders; no one who had seen him could possibiv forget him. One dsj he WM uccostttl in the tt recti of l-Minburph by a very dirt little bootblack with his ",shi tie vour boots, sir'.'" The professor was Impressed by ihe fllthinees of the hay's face, "i lon't wnnl a aMae, my lad." said he: "hut i f v o u'll ir" and w as h your face. 111 glee you aixpence.' "A" rieht, sir." wa- the lau'.- reply. Thea he went over to a neighboring fountain nml made his ablutions. "V II. my lad." aaid tha professor when the bey rsjuni back, "von bsve enrned your sis pence; here it is." "I dinns want it." returned the boy, with i lordly sirs "you tni Keep il ami get cr hair cut." San Francisco Argonaut, 'ihe tavntMa aleaea. Traveler is ihiw a healthful local it ? Will, i .at Imt. c have had but one deitth in nine years, and that was t he doctor. "Indeed 1 And what tid he die ttV ! arvutivu." thieugo Kvenitig .Ne wa.

God. (Com pure Isa. 57:30, 21.) Ililihi

Coin. '. JJ. This v i rse nlarpes on the I manslotll f:rtility and richness of thn redeemed desert, width "shall rejoice j

nnd blossom aa the rose. It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and alngtagi t he plory of Lc.mnun shall be (riven unto it. the excellency of Carinii ni.d .'-ha run; they shull see the glory of the Lrd, nnd the excillener of ear tiixi" (isa. MiL 2). Tkla

j vision of the transformed desert and . Dssd sen platsrad the chanpe whirh t (iol would work for the land then desolated ns the wilderness of Jul a, and lor the circumstances and hopes of the ' Jews, whose only symbol vmis the (lis-

ert. Tha d v,,rt should besoms n luxuriant garden The laud, barren of lift as the Dead sea, should he filled with the living. If they would only bellcwj Qod stid become Ria obedient ehildrta, thin idea! should Income the laal tS them.

Beientlfic knowledge baa been perverted to tin' turns of bladnastfl by I OfWta, Austria, mlieal student, whe andes voted toobtala lOOOfotteafMat s rich old lady by thfcetciBing to opes S bottle of BSaorted deadly bacilli in ht r room if she did not pay up. hen nrrested bottles atohri from the las terii!opienl laboratory unl eontainin the microbes af aerem slhsmasi wire found ill his, posess,oi.

Yang-Tu, China's delegate to tha peace congress, waa educated at Han 1 Sard. I

an ev'ii part with gold i'i the IZM talli

irculation of the I fatted Slate-. The siisp nsion of WUsagl by the nations mentioned and the hrealcing of the ai ity St Whieh the m ta Is i in ulaletl enaiod an aearnMNn daw ad for pold which has caused the penrral level of prices in the nations of Rurope and America lo coa tinea!!' fail from that time tr the present. Hut this was not all. Tin nntions that hntl discarded the use nf silver were the principal silver producing nntions, und Um silver product became preat ly di pt iated because it had to be transported to Asia before leaching its final market on SO count of ih minta of America snd Ean rope bcin' elosed npninst thai metal. The constant increase in the value of cold and the correspondinp disparity between pobl nnd silver disturb 1 t he Mhanpes of the world nml pave the nations of Asia nml such oth r countries as tili adhered toailvera preat ad vanta-.'e over llu ir rivals, whoatlhered o pohl i;l :i-. The pril since the damoaetlsstlesi of iHeeT in ihe United States has markiil the cunci ntr.iti n.

n wmnii into trie bands or tue moneyed classes st nn ev-r accelerating pace, anal has ennhled those w Iiom busiiii ss It In to Jucefle with the counters in which prices are reckoned, and fifjr.inrt whieh all CXOhsttgCS nrc made, to reap exlrnordinary profits out Of the misfortunes of nil other classes of society. Tha movement a trains t silver ss s

money metal originated with th money lenders ami the prent creditors of ths worhl. The creditor combination saw its opportunity to doublt OS treble ths purchasing power of money ami thus i rich th ii. .ws ) plundering socicty. The money lenders saw their opportunity to profit by the general wreckage und distress that would fdhra in the train of falllag prices and universal bankruptcy. These tens paw rful cluss s are msponslblS for the train of evils thst has 0OUM upon the world ilurinp the last quarter of a century, und that has wrcchcd the fortunes of so mnny enterprising untlde Serving Citisens of all nations und accounts for ths aaprsoedeatsd oonoan tratioa ol wealth into the bunds of the f vv. The evils that must follow in the train of the sinck gold stamlanl hate but just commenced, Ths fail in prices that has already taken plai t- within ihe last -i) years has b -u tinlil compared to that which muM take place in the future if this mad policy of restricting the standard anoaey f ths t;reat com man lol nations to tjoid alone isodhend to. in ls'j'i the creditor combination bad arninpctl to eM nl the pold standard ti Auatria, and it becanta necessary for them to st cure four hundred millions of p'-id for thli purposi . Preaidenl Cleveland, who was elected to hia high oflae at lh' instigation and through the support of the pold combination, threw open ths treasury vaults of the t nited States, nnd. contrary to law, aurnndered the option of the governs meat to pay its obllgStiona in either gold or silver and allowed the pold combination to raid our treasury. The bankers siiid ujvou this opportunity to create ait ;.stat i np panic that sw pt more than one thou-aml millions of w i alt h lato their coffers snd proat rated the business of a nation. The panic of ls'.ij did not prooesd from natural causes, but was purely an artificial panic resulting from the manipulation 'f the gold standard and a conspiracy betwen our administration ami the bankers of New York. 'Ihe lonp jieriotl of disIris that was sure tO follow the terrible rimc of 1893 was r lieved bj extraordinary and unusual com iiimis thai arc not likely to soon occur sgahl ' lo (. nited States WSS blessed with bountiful harvests nnd fa mi ne prevailed la nesrly sll other countries, causinp an unprecedented demand, which advanced prices for the products of American fai ics. 'I his unusual con!ition prevented a further export of pold from our shores nml turned the current in our favor. Fol lowing this came nn increased production of pll from the Klondike ami ihe Ann ricsu min s. w hieb aue nn atnd ths money aupplj snd brought relief to the American people. The action of ih- llritish Indian commission in determining lo fores India to tha pold standard. OOapled with the new desaand for pold from Japan, has increased the strain upon pold snd will cause all the great financial institutions f the world to adopt atringent ascas urs to retain th ir reserves f that metal. Ths result is that already Barops it paying s premium for gold aad is removing it from this country in spite of n favorable rate of xchanpe, ami the prospects nie that the exodus of gold which has set in will continue for an isdeftaita period. Normal crop conditions throughout the world vvill deprive the I'nittd Stati s of tin advantage that it has enjoyed d nrlng the past two yean in addition 1 the foregoing the t'niteil States has entered upon a mail career of lad ust rial combinations which an- capitalized nt four or five times their SCt aal value. Thil waterit.'.' of stix'ks and insane movement of combinations in restraint of trace is sure to caUSC ...1 artificial udvance of prices through the power of monopoly ami to check es ports from the United States ami invite imports. Added to this our people arc visitinp Kump- in enormous numbers aad spending btrgl amounts of money abroad. Next year the I'nris exposition will attract three r four times the number of An ricaah that usually make foreiga trips nnd cause the peinüt u r of a vast amount of American money in European cap

itals. So that the prospects of the silver question becoming acute In tha United States nml cutting a prominent figure in politi-s spain at linearly dayis nn assured fa-t. America beinp a debtor nation, so long nn sdminlstrstiof) is Is power thai vvill disregard tha law ami surrcadsr Ihe opt ion to creditors ihe I'nited States will bnvc to sland the brunt of the burden f the n vv demsnd for pold to supply Itussia, India und Japan. It is time for the business men, fai utcrs, professional mea snd nil other classes who do not live hy tending money snd w ho do not thrive upon ihe pcneral wreckape of BOetety 10 'pen tlit ir eyes to the ilnnpers thnt are before us. They should renn inler that as Usaa and tide wnit for no man, the Imma table laws of ecoaomln aanrasl I. dlsrt jarded without paying the iennlty. It docs not require a crcnt mind to comprehend that w ith n constantly hscreasisg population nml expansion of business and credit a thai prion must continue to f n II t the injury of nil BrOdUOSn and to tha benefit of nil -red-itors so lone ns monev eontlnUCS In

povv scarce and denr. Tree lastitWttOUS in the DttltSd Slates cannot snrvi.e If the gsM ataadard i samnaaed nr .. per manent polleyi Nation., I all htn.in. ih- MtSee ra. Running n newspaper is a pool nat like umpiring a baseball p Ame. AtcbV ton Cikibs.

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