Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 42, Number 35, Jasper, Dubois County, 4 May 1900 — Page 3

I OA sr:, Puuilelier. I I INDIANA

GREAT SCHEMES. I m KolnT to write great poem. MM day, , v ,, n wtf ii 1 will not mr, j'usi n.'.w koiik" Hilmes uri' In the wav: I'll bfH'" tt week frum Tuesday, l h. m "re pkAVMWi too. I mean to paint, My plan, as vet, a1-" Ä lit 1 1 faint. Hut my Mtlona are Nftlly new and quaint, Ah yiiu'll a week from Wednesday. a great drama I have In mind. , mi ri .a I a plot can "'"I. gtrlkln odgtwU. rt 'lii. 1. Perhajis a ereeh from Thur.-.uy. T hop to low a i"tock oonoera. Enormous dividends I'M seen, Till coupon bond! I'll have 'la burn," Almut u. Kr from Krida;,. or no- I'M Just Invent a toy. Home simple gmenek to Ivb joy To ei'h enraptured ulrl or boy -1 11 Ofk on l"t BOBt Saturday. I can't 1 1 14 which scheme to ehoosa. i ,,., idea si ems too k I to lo ,e. Meanwhile I'll tuko my Sunday inoeaa iv. nmr'i only Monday.

. i,,r J.nks. In tho Woman's Home

i lonuMUilon.

.... -MA. AM. AU, Jtfc .SM. Olfe .UfetaBkslfih

1 A Million Dollar Fire

5

By H L. Dawea

i.c.-'JRvv.- t- JB c ÄJF

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entered

morn ing

WHEN Thomas l'roitiw mi oflice one Octobei

vmh aeu 1 little thought th dav

would prove to be the Mat eventful Id the livs of threw men. i had aided Praetor financially in several proaaiaiug business venture, .,,1 they all wound Up la disaster, which v- '1 DOt ilue to utiy inisuian- ., roei : on his part, b1 to combination of uatortuaote eircun tan oca. After the last collapse I'm. lor oh- .;..,! n ..it nut ion at a salary which

iv Kunnortcd his family.

Went 0 (or fclMMt two year-, when Itii employer failed and Ton was again stranded. He had bean withnut en ploymenl about a tnontl . a hen ha called 1 my olHee thai October morning. I gave htm some pood advice and encouragemeat, Rad mal to him was more KUbatantiai, Rome dollars to relieve Uia immediate neeessit lea. Proctor caressed kii gratitude in I i, homely fashion, and added, eat-neatly: "Perhaps this is the tuning of Ihe tide, Mr. burrows," and 1 replied: "1 hope so with all my hi art."

iug to a group of iura holding a large 1. 1.... La .1 : i . ...

ui'iimii nil'. i) tii lie,t iu Us. "s God!" groined ogi.t lmrpe; "itb . ulcid tu jump fron Ihia height. H makca me dlaxy to thbtk of lt.H 1'loclor Hat ai i i. oi us 1 In- iiriiterki-

lal cue mi. ber, and taikad to ua as calmly us if diacui lua a business scheme in

nij private ofboa, "It's a eaaa f roast or jump." said lie, a.s w b eatUf t OgCl hi for a final conference, "tbat'i tin wtwla tbiay la a

uutiuii. iiii'iiui) reueemlof xeatura iu the CUM- is t hut each ol lUMUaCbOOM the way it niils him best to die. l't-r-aoaaUjj it nakea Utile differeBOo to bm. Daatb l Bra lau't rvully so horrible as it oppeara, und aa for jumping you a ill lose roaaclotiaaan h"i,r befora ,vu reach the fTOUBd. After All, mv cube is much worse t hau J. ours, Knt leiiu-n. Your families w ill he well provided for, but Uod only knows what will hiconie of uiy wife and children when I'm gone." "See here, young in: ii." Oglethorpe exclaimed, grasping Ton by the arm, "1 can't be roasted in this hell-holc like a rat, and to jump is still WOrac! by, man all vc, I'd iv a million do lurs a BllilioBi do wm hear? to be landed safely on the -round:"

l glaaced at Tum for an instant foraettlaa our perilous aituatloBand not. d that, unmindful of Ogbtthorpe, be aaa gatiafj intently tooae aide; then iudd nlv his face lighted up it h a ; lean of hope. "All right! 1 accept the contract. o time bow tor any buainesB formal'

ities. ahake baada ob it. xou witneaa this, Mr. burrows," said be, nodding his head in my direction, at the same time extending lm hand to Oglethorpe, Thai hastily grasped each" other'a hand, and l bore witaeaj of the itraag et buaiaeaa tranaaetloa on record. "'that's as bintliii- if draw n up by

a regiment of lawyer-" exclaimed Oglethorpe when the simple eeremoiiy was completed. Then be added: "M. arord la good for that amount, never fear, if I gel ut of this place alive." Pushing the milUoaalre aside roughy. I'n.ctor ran to a c;:-e of draw c:s under the counter a fen feel away.

.i .1 ma nil mmi u

I hii I wu "PI"1 -

white card wnicn do re m up geadi "1'ish lines." it was only the Hoik of a aecond to pi.ü the draav r out and select a heavy. itrOBg line. aboul i he iie used In eodftahlng. 'I h drawer undertu ath w as labeled "Sink- , i -." and from th.s he grabbed lead

ii k r. which h deftly la tenec to me

end of the line, l'rom the wall lie tore

down a s Ian whicb read: "iNoamoKing

t thai lime

allowed;"

wrote in plain r . auick!"

t he back of i his cat i be

letter

Hitch .u a

I was a i'; rector n n

large ti inaportatloa company, and thiaklag that possibly l night aectara l : ition there for pay J OUUg friend We started on a search at once. (in the way downtown we stopped at a . olesade house to buy a bainin , Bead to a friend in Florida. the ( Icrk informed us that as the hammock season was oer all their m had been packed away on the top Soor, so we ascended to the fifth floor in the elevator and then climbed

two flights of stairs, eatcriag a room, occupy lag the whole area of the buildin p. clerh "as busily engaged with a gentle man whom 1 reoogalaed as Hon. Moses Oglethorpe, multi-millionaire, the ri. heat man in the state. The clerk w. i.t downstaiis for Bomethlag, leaving m aloac millionaire, a merchani and a jMior man. Suddenly we were startled by the clanging of gOBga, tooting of hordes and eommotioB la Iheatteet. We all rttahed tO the window, drawn thith r by the natural desire inherent in the breaat f the average Aaterieaa

the rush of the tire en-

exi: in We

m wit nee

giaaa, "tlreai Scott! geattetnea i i i oat, excitedly, "' he iir 'Iiis builtlinal 1 smell smoke!

inlisl gel out!" UTe ill rushed to the door, Prortnr reaching it tirst. As he Bvraatg It open be was driven baek by a sheet of Rome and smoke. "Xo Chane to escape by the stair?." Mid hi : "perhaps there's a lire es rape; you stay here while I take u

look,' and with that he ran 1 the front, aide and rear windows, hen be rejoined our little group the answer was plainly written on his face la that time of awful peril aid danger Tom Proctor eras cool and eolleeted, so we naturally looked to Mm to lad some avenue of escape. Ten minutes before he was the nrnst Insignificant peraoa la the room. pen ni leu bankrupt, roalialag his own Insignificance more keenly beeaaae" ol the presence of a modern Croesus. A f w momenta had ehaaged the standing of the two extremes ol out trio, I nd Proctor had jumped t o the I red Of the class, for wc were in a it in where brains were of nam -'''"not than dollars. 'I" carefully examined the room, hoping to find n skylight, but was Hnsucceasfal, Then he BOUghl the windows nruin, thinking he niijrht ,! cover a coping or cornice by which could rt ach some adjoining buildlag, but with tho mii me hoiieles re

sult. Then We ran to the windows to see It there Ktj ;,., bailee of help from 'he firemen. A cry of horror reached 111 tan M the crowd in the street Mgbl sigh! of us.

I.rene n rBlacd ladder; again t f the building, but our

sank, for the ladders reached

elj the window of tin. fourth floor. One cry reached our ears, but it 1 ided like death sentence. Borne ne, evidently u fire e'üff, roared through a trumpet: "Jump! it's your nli ehi uec!" st tat same time point-

sf..i,in tin. viril faai to the line

near the h ad be rushed to the wtadoa followed by Oglethorpe Bad imelf. We watebed thedeaeeal of thai white mmuimi all li hraathlesa interest . for

our iives were in the balance and time was precious. Three miuIh hanging to 1 cod line nnil n piece of common everyday eardboard Ä man OB the ladder seir d the card aad readiitaaw ge. Waviaghlaband upward to signify thai be understood. be ran nimbly down t he ladder, darted acroes rtbe rtm t to a ladder t ruck, and with the help of comrade seicd B cod of rope, which the fluag oa the grouad directly Under our window.

To prevent the line from eaanng on the stone trimming under the aria don sill. Pro.-tor leaned far outv.ard ami carefully obeyed the command to "haul." ' I bis i- I kind of I lisb worth tish-

lag for,1 cried be, with enthusiasm; I "sort Of I goldfish, hey. Mr. OfTc thorpe? Ah. my beauty, now pee gol you fast !" he exclaimed, as the end j ,,f ihm rooe alinned into his hands.

i- -. . ,

1 believe that rom nan oceu ... s. ., a aoophe Of voyages when youngster and evidently the old aailor utatiaal returned the moment he got hold of that rpe. He yanked it in over the w indow sill band -v. r baad till i' fair? bammed. When t he last fathom fell a1 onr fed Tom gtmbbed it and with a quick nun of the hand- tied a loop, which 1 think sailors call a "bowline." Slipping this bow line over Mr. Oglethorpe' head and down to the hips, he said to him. teraely: "Sow, then, Mr, Oglethorpe, you're to it in this bowline; hold out 0 the rope w it b I .loath grip. Deal be afraid; von CBB1 fall

out if you try. Mr. aurrowi an., , wiM lower von down, and all you have

to dO la to keep yourself aWBJ from I the building With your feel. VoU ; may bark yoar ablate, bul that's aothin.. Lively BOW, there's not U mo-

Boenl t" leaaf1 Alter a few Biore instructions und

no little urging, the man 01 money laboriously crawled over the Bill; vve slacked away on the rope and his head disappeared from view. Wc had ;, turn Of the rope around a steam ..; ,.l had no difficult, in holditiL'

i'.i" -

if 1 was drotioin- bit a bottomless

pit in the intern.. I regions lb foie I knew it 1 wiiii standing on mother earth once more wiib Oglethorpe

theking my arm otT. We toked apward, axpectiag to sc Praetor climb dowa the rope. To thej surpriae of every one he pulled it up a third titae. "What'd the fool r.oingV" exclaimed the fire chief standing near by. "Why dm, 'I he slido down thai rope? Queaa he'e lent hie heiid." "lie Knows What he'- a I mut," Bald the millionaire. "Look!" To aar anuutemenl the rope dropped from the window with knotabtlt nboet six feel apart,

"by Jovet" exclaimed the enter, "that .- a trieb worth kaowlag, Wonder how he did it i n sue b a ah rt t imc" W'e saw Ten's fi t come through 1b WladOW, where he had to maneuver a moment to wind his 'gS OTOUnd the rope; then be slid dow n from one knot to the next eaalty sad gracefully, dfav dalaiag to use the ladder, ami flaally laaded within our midst with the cheery BalutBtloBI "A 1 1 present or BO counted for! I heard Oglethorpe whisper to the

chief a contribution to the firemen i relief fund of 1 1,000 for the possession of thai rope, which was duly accepted.

and it was afterward generously divided with Tom and me. Tom called to see me the next day, Billing and happy. "I've got the million all right, Mr. Burrows," mid he, "and have been walking on air ever sine.. Have to pinch myself to make sure I'm not dreaming. Tin- papers laid it on so thick that 1 had tO laeak I hrOUgfa t Illbach street! tO get lu re, people stare so at me." In the qulel of my private office he explained to DM BOBM of the details of

the escape from the burning building, Which slo w that brains count iu an emergency, "It was this way." said be. "When mir imaitlnn -i-eiiied boneless and it

i i looked as if we w. re doomed to a horrible death, Oglethorpe bc-t his head and acted half eraxy, and you, Mr. Burrows, were in a tranc. dued like. Twice before in my life I bad looked death Molare in the ey e. und learned by experience that one stands the best chance for his life by keeping coo!, with his wits on the qui vive to take advantage Of any favorable method or means of e-ea pe. "L'nie -s the lire Was go' ten under eOBtreJ within uhort time, rope was our only hope. Then 1 remembered a !-tory. Von nay think it a queer time to think of such a thing us a story.

aevertheteM it did its pari toward our salvation. It was the tale of a prioner confined ia a high tower. A friend OUtslde shot an BtrOW through the w iadon ; attached to the arrow a a

a silk thread, to the thread n cord, and to the ord a rope. All these the prisoner pulled up successively, and when be secured the rope bia escape was easy. "About tho instant that story was running through my brain Oglethorpe offered the mil. ion dollars ami I CBUght Bight of the sign 'fish bines.' That solved the problem. Von know the rest. "Kut right here I would like to justifv m s . i f concerning that million. I don't want you to think 1 took advantage of Oglethorpe because hi life wain danger; I merely profited by his geaerous offer. It Wai mutter of business, pure and simple, and the fact that he pai.i up like a man la proof t bat be con si ien t It a square deal." "How .bout thai string of knots in

the rope." I asked. "I'm very curious to know how you did it, ai.d 10 BM some of the li return." "Oh. that's a simple triek I learned

at sea." he replied. of half bitches, pa

rope through the center of 'I"' coil, and it comes out with knots ..lout a fathom oi so apart.' "by the way, Mr- BurroWa, that was ihr turniag of the tide, after alL" Ami I aaawered: "Well, i should so'" Boston Globe,

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.

Lessos la Ibe imrraillaaal Bert fas May a, lUOO-Jrasa Wsralag aas latillas.

Prepared by !f C. I ntngton-1 THK LKHtJON TKXT. Matthew UM tt) ra Then besran Me to upbraid ths clUse aberalB most of till mighty w.wka wsrs done, because they reiM.Dlsd not. g, Vm aato thee, i horasln: wos unto tne. Hethsalda! for If the mlshty W M which were done In you, had been dons in Yyr and Sldon, they would have rsBSatad lonif ago In sackcloth and ashea. But I Bag unto you, It hall b... mors tolerable for Tyre and Htdon at tho day of judgment, tbun for you. 2S. And thou, Capernaum, which ars exalted unto Heaven, shalt be BfOUBBl down ... s.,11 r,,r if thu mbrhty workf.. which

have bSSa Uone in thee, had be. n done In Hodom. It would have remained until this du y . ;i ,.., i !v unto vnu. That It ahall b

more tolerable for tho land of ÜM.Join la the day of Judgment, than for tl.ee. :ü At thru time Jesu answered and said. 1 thank Tbee. o rather. Oord of Heaven and earth, b.'eauae Thou hast hid these Illings from the wise and prudent. und hast revealed tt.em unto baue gvea so. l ather; tor SO it seemed t,,,od In Thy wtk'ht. All things are delivered unto me or my Father; tunl no man knoweth ÜM 00,

out the f ather; neitner kho. ... ".. " ,h- rath, r, save the Shu, and Ho to ohoaaaoevei the feor. win reveal a Come unW me. all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and 1 will give gOO rest. a) Take ray aaoo you. ami kmra ei t.,r 1 MB BSSSk and lowly In heart; sad ye Shall llud rest unto your ..als. 3u. Cr my yoke la easy, and ru burden Ugt. m ,, .

that labor ui.d an. heavy laden. And I will Iva you rest. Matt, mav This lesson tOllOWB closely UpOBthf l.t lesson, and indeed the passage ia

In relation to the same incident. Mat- ! thew'a record of the conversation of ' the disciplea of .lohn with Jesus cloaei

v. ich Matthew 11:14, DU d'sus auwa, and very appropriately i "lb- that hath can to bear, let him hear." It is with thib versa that the present lesson really the Maater ent-aks now

1 not so much of the work ot John aa of

His own. la reading the passage, note: trralxnrnent ol a Ckaeratlpn va. lr.-iä Aralgnmeni ol Galilean cul-s ... vs. w-ti

J-f,- i xpressi s a tirtiit t o j- - The Invitation of Jeua ...va. a-SU Arraigament of a Ueaeratloa. - am that halb eat to hear, let him heart One might think that BUcb a almplc : thing need cot be said, but many tili. a throughout the Goapela the same thing Li n il. rated. Joha bad doae a aotable work; but few were affeOted. John bad preached gn at aermoaa; many heard. aud applauded or criticised, but few ! heeded. John was the messenger of i be loag-peoauaed Meealah, a "voice" J in the wilderness and si nt to prepare I fee way of ' I i Lord and to make His ; paths straight: and vet the people had i but little prepared their hearts for the ' K deemer. The people Jesus likens to i ...:.!.. i. Their attention is lixed

ffaBali9939-949399 9999?a9V awiaawaaaw'aaaBja The Monetary Problem.

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A GOLD STANDARD. The Couatry la at UhM Tied to the Vlcioas Byalem Troe laaport I Aclloa.

ply is to spread la made eufhclrntly large so that -.t will spread but thinly, and that the relief which we are now experiencing from the increased production of (p.l.l will not last very loug.- Nat bMMtl Watchman.

"You make a Bail - the end of the

I l.v the

W hen brow n foand

no- to tot Be tae t rap

n't hough b

tile Sir

hearts

Oglethorpe'- Weight

was a heavy BUMS, Presently nej heard a tremendous Sheer from the crowd below, which told HB that Oglethorpe was safe. R innl lg lO the window, vve saw him descending the bidder with the help of tii ciuun. Tom hauled up the rope again and in an instant I was re: iy to deacend. Hia laatrnctloai to no were the same as to Oglethorpe, only he added: "If I don't gel out of this alive. Mr. l!ur- ..... mam hoc that llessie and the

Itablee

. . - - r - -

aaeastly over his ahoubier to the rear f the roast, where the Bamea were just beginning to break through. I made n feeble juolest I incant it. too that it VOU only right that he thould ge next. He replied alnoat angrily: "Stop your Roasenae, Mr, Burma . tad gel cat1 of that window! I'll take tWO turns at'iund thi:. steam pipe. OB M i hold JOB all right. :ind you'll be on the ladder la n jii.y." I fcave I dim recollect ion of twist ing and turning, nt the same time falling down, down, till it seemed aa

CaaRhl a 'wild Man In tt'ett VsWBa, A wild man was captured in the h'lls nearOreeaup, t4ynafew days ago. He had been seen a number of ti.n by differeal peraoaa, hut all afforia to capture him had proved frultleas until Lewis Hrown. a farmer sei no of his strongest wolf traps at a eine where the man had lin n aleeping. lie

V!I I MII. 'lit 111 hot Ii 1 : .it - l t he nose

and right hand him he was tfS

from hia Boae, but s hen he i

brown he set Up a most dismal bowl and attempted to run. He was r -leased and confined in a stable be longing to Willi. no Rice. For Bevern! days he would BO! :peak. but vv a dually induced to I ilk. He mid hie name was Levi brovcr nnd that b iraa raiaed mar Wnrfteld, on the Big gundy. He appcara frighteaeal when strangers approach, but quiets dktWt when he Bud - thev do not int. nd 10

hurt him. His nails on

his hands and

feel nr. like

the

t alon

if an engl

,,,id h i - C impb tcly COI errd WHO hair. He lohl the correspondent that he had sepported hlraaelf by lahing snd cntchinff game with 1 la bauds.

Lcuiaviilc Co urier-Jouma L

Peraoa a I Is snaeraed,

! Two men were arguing upon

nut st ion of the need ol u g

vou ace mat i.essi.- k,.ile- rei Z that million " lb .glanced j S'

i.i r a 1

and

the and the

discusion w B Md en rm I I , Look here. I'crg-ieon." said one of the two. at last, "whv ure vou BO titter in your opposition to refaraatag the baagaageT' "Becanir " replied the other, bringing bia B ' down with empkaaia, "1 hate jai luvt ited 111 la new dh tionary '" Mr. lerguson't argument, it msy rs added, is B0l without force. There are man) OthM persons ren.ty to buck it up OH Hie same ground. Vouth'B Compau.ua

upon trifles, and the things oi God are

neglected, uobu 'a warning a no cua invitations are unheeded, aiul they gd

mi piping and fu-siiig. Aria ganeal of Galilean Cities. Bul Jesus was not content with this gencral warning. H amkealtapelfUaBd appliea it tO the cities, towns and villages near Which He is at this time. Be nentioaa ChoraaiB, Bethsalda aad Capernaum. These three towns are n little group at the head of the lake of Galilee. They are not probably picked out because of their special warned0 iB, but more likely because his hearers had their homes in them. It brought the application of His truth very close to them. W hat was the failing, the sin, of these people'.' It wa the refusal tO repent. "If." Jesus says, "the mighty works, which were done la y OB, had been done in Tyre und Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth nnd ashes." "If the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had bet a doBC in Sodom, it would have remained unto this day." Verne "i dearly teaches that our re

sponsibility for right-doing Increases with onr greater light, We are not told thai oar responelbilttj is less if we refuse toaee the great light, bather WC arc tO tech :o the utmost to lind out what Go4 wills, and then to act acCOrdingly. We may say that is not s.i much the light that actually gets into our hearts, an the light we maj have

that gauges our responsibility. Jesus Impresses a Oreat Truth.

Versei j:j io fTde aot aeen, on a bum reliction, to be so nr.. eh of a prayer as the form of expression would Indicate, but a statement of fact. It ia true that in the prayers of leaaa nany a great truth has been uttered. Hut Lere WO have no iin.ication that He changed His att'c ee. or tinned from addressiogthe peoph to speaking with Uod. it waa simply aa appropriated and impress, ve manner Of stating n great principle. That principle is that ii is not to the worldy-wiee that God rev, als Histnch. God gives accordli g to the capacity of the reeelvt r. if the things of this World crowd out nil thoughts of eternal matters, 1h n there ooroon for greater blessings. the things of itl are rev;. led "unto babes." This is not the sur.-.e word ns

"children" in verse Hi. There the though i hi of the heedless, Inthepreacnt connection it is the thought of the itaMnitanm and 1 rn st f lilt, ess of the

child nature. Paul Bays ha pats away "child iah things." but hedoes not mean thai he puts away t h 0BC eh ra.t er ; st aa Of tha young heart which the Master has so much prai- cd. The fafital ion Of Jaaaia, What a relief it is to think that tlnnigh Jesus had began by ottering "atoeaf Be .., readily tnrai aad conclude! with one of t he ti adereal nnd most prealoaa lavltattntii ever riven to erring rc nn-

klad. It Is for the -in laden nnd these atrtemg for the BBiattainabiB to rest, riie yoae the fiavionroffcra nakea bar ten lighter. Jeaaa ttsUaMtea teaa aie Inn; r!rtuea that Will relieve nnteh of the irnchle. annoyance nnd burden of life. Thev ere meekness nnd lowüness of heort. Wde nnd sei f-seek!ng are tobe banished, then will come peace nad reet.

com mil hielt

The preiident'a signature to the monetary bill placed the United States legally upon a gold standard. The true import of the step just takeu ia riot yet apparent ami its baneful effect may not he felt immediately. It is a step nevertheless that must sooner or later be retraced unless our people choose to go voluntarily into perpetual servitude to the holders of the vast indebtedness, public and private, atanding against our people. Thi h.trialution ia the seal of the

authority of the American people. In the last election BftOO.OOQ, upon that isaue alone, declared against auch a measure and in favor of the restoration of bimetalli in by thf United State alone, while vi r 7,000,000 voted to maintain the status quo until foreign nations could be induced to join us la aa greeneal to maintain Open mints tO the unlimited coinage of both gob! ami silver.

It is true that a small percentage Of those who supported McKinley upon the above pledge were conspirators against the people und had made a Been t bargain with the HannaitcK that, in consideration of campaign fluids to be furnished by them, the u, vi!i not to be hei1. but this

ins." v. ' - - - a class was numerically email, probably less than one per cent, of the voters who supported the republican candidates. A closer analysis of the vote ahowa that Bryan received not less than l.y o.OOU majority of the VOtOfl of the intelligent thinking people of the country. This fact is at once apparent when we realize that about E,0l 0,000 colored men voted for McKinley and that hia majorities were phenOBV eaal in the few states dominated by rornor.-.tii ns where the weak and help

less laborers were brutally intimidated by the threat of starvation for tln inM'lvi's and families. In 1806, when the election occurred, the gold supply of the world was not phenomenally large. No Klondike or (ape Nome had been discovered nnd the y ield of Colorado and South Africa was stnaii compared with the present. At that time falling prices prevailed throughout the world and a conHai ting Bamey volume, depreciating the

value of labor and nropertv and en

hancing the value of money, was Interrupting enterprise and tratisferling the property of debtors, to ereditors unjustly. It is at this time that the Hannah. I now admit that a pledge was made that they now claim tO have redeened by the passage of the mon

etary bill. To whom was the pledge mnde In 1S06 to establish a gold standard .' No such pledge was made in any platform of nay party except by the fewt levalanditea who assembled at Indianapolis. No pledge was made in the republican platform to retire the greenhacks nnd treasury notes and make room for national bank notes, no pledge was made in the republican platform of ISM to reduce silver to token coin on a par with paper, to be

redeemed in gold. Therefore it is interstinir to hear the Hnniiaitcs now

claim that the passage of this hill is the redemption of a pledge made at thnt time, because it will cause the people tO ask the question: To whom

was s ich a pledge made? if it. were not for the BaprecedeBted yfeM of gold fron the mines at this time the paiaage of this bill would nu an the destruction of industry and n shrinkage of values that would be

frightful tO contemplate. The evil effects' of the bill are postponed by accidents that could not have been known to any person in ls'.if,. The gold combination who secretly plotted to con-

tiscate the property of the world through contraction Ol lhe money supply, to whom the Hannaites made their BOCret pledges to past this bill, did not know that a Klondike nnd a Cape Nome would be discovered, or that the mines of ( 'ripple ( reek would develop lato such a treasure house, neither did thev know that the cv-

BBldc process, w hich was in an experimental stage at the time, would so cheapen the production of gold nnd correspondingly Increase the proflta of mining: that the Witwateraraad

reef in South Africa, which was hnrdIv paying expenses and was but slightly developed in 18ft, WOUM under the impetus of the cyanide process heroine the greatest producer of the yellow metal the world has over known.

The money sutudv baa increased ri"

through the abnormal production of gold until gold alone now turn lake o as much money as gold ntd silver togetbee WOUkj have furnished in 1890. This condition has not only B treated

the universal fall in prices that had been going on for a quarter of a century, hut has actually caused a slight advance In prices. These unforeseen nceidentn hnre- defeated for the time being the scheme of tne gold eOBtraettOBlsta nad have nfTonlcd relief to the business world.

hut. we warn the people that tne nt

temnt to force a

India, the ndoptloti of the gold stand

ard by Japan and the attempt! that are being made to put a gold ettrreney into South American nnd other countries will more than offset the Increased IQpaty .is soon as the work la well under way. nnd that the financiers who have been forcing the gold atandard upon the world will see to It ehat tne field over which the new aup-

THE MONEY STANDARD. Why the Debtor la Ho Vitally lata cated la the Heatoratlea t Stiver.

A money atumlard fixes the general range of juices, that is money valuer. It operates equally upon everything that is bought or sold. 1 f t here were no indebtedneas the nominal price of any pec lee Of property would be immaterial. The only alue of money ia in ita pbwer to purchase. In the absence Of debt a money standard which made the price of wheat 25 cents would ba, just aa advantageous to the farmer as one which made it a dollar, because the purchasing power of 25 cents under the one standard would be aqua! to thnt of one dollar under the other. He would be just as rich w Ith a farm rated in money at S30 as with the same farm under a double atandard rated at $1,1A10. EVBB ns to debts, the character of a money standard is of no importance so long' as t hey are paid under the same standard us that Bader which they were contracted. It is a change of standard ooerating upon pre-existing

debts by altering the terms of the contract which does injustice. If there were no indebtedness, eTen a change of standard, while it might be inconvenient, would not violate any principle of justice. It is debt, and debt alone, which makes a change from a double metallic standard to a single standard of gwld dishonest. ' Of course there are certain demands called "fixed Chargen which, so far as they are lixed. bnve in this respect the same economic force ns debts. They are defined by Baying that practically they do not vary with ot her prices byreason of the scarcity or abundance of money. Taxes and street carfares are illustrations of a quite numerous class. But tiny are fixed, not by any force of monetary law. but by incidental consideration-, mainly by CUBtotn or some form of monopoly. I'nder normal and just conditions they should vary with other thing's in liecordance with the money supply. Debts are navable. however. In dollars, and.

unlike anything else, the obligations w hich they impose vary necessarily and directly with the relative cheapness or

dearaeea of the unit ol account asnxeu by a money standard. t". J. Hilycr. in National Watchman. INFLATION.

Provldea for EsaeOr Tha Ita Advocstra Iteeeatly Dnuairrd.

Over 400 applieatijns for chartere for national banks tinder the new financial law have been made and most banks now in existence have prepared to issue circulation up to the full amouut of their capital. This means a sure and great inflation of the currency . What will result from this sudden increase can be easily surmised by those familiar with such matters. Speculation will run riot and when payday comes there will be a great panic. Another feature of the new law ia the fact that it is going to cause a congestion of money in the. treasury for the reason that war taxes are counted and this money cannot be used to pay oft bonds unless they ure nairchased in the open market nt B premium. W hen it is realized that the excess of

receipts for expenditures Is from baV 000, 00 to $10.000.000 a month, the evil of this surplus becomes at once evident. It will prove a standing temptation for the subsidy schemes ami private enterprises will try to loot the treasury for their own enrichment. Tha merchant marine subsidy bill la a fair example of this sort of enterprise. Practically the gold hill has fastened a perpetual national debt on the people of this country. Holders of outstanding bonds which mature within nine years can exchange them for the new bonds running o0 years .mil the government can find no way of nayiag off its debt, no mntter how much money it may have in the t reasury . Thus, while heavily taxed, 1 be people nre prevented from paying oft the nat ion a) debt . With laflation as one result of the gold bill and n perpet uat ion of the national debt ns another evil, the measure is certainly condeaned as one of the most ill-adv ised ever passed bv con-

ALL HUMBUG. IteenMlenn PrntrilRtloii on Oehalt of Uimt-talllani Not Admitted to He Mere I-'oolery. The Chicago Tinea-Herald (republican) sayn that the resolution for international bimetallism in the republican national platform was inserted only to deceive the voters. Congressman GrOBVenor (republican) said in the house that the civil service reform plank in thai, platform

cold currency upon " mere foolery. ... .i.i! C,,,....,........ ibei-tteiict ( rrvnnitVf fte

an), who drew the currency bill, says the International bimetalllam nmendment to it is a mere humbug and that bimetallism can never he mode possible while that law stands. The republicans have fooled moat of the people for a long time. Ian't H time to get rid of the party ol huaa-bug?-Hlinoia State Beglater.