People's Pilot, Volume 2, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 April 1893 — Page 7

MY LASSIE. 1 knelt a golden head of hair That curls in waring masses: That In the sunshine glistens fair; That glints and glimmers here and there—--In truth a very sunbeam's snare— The envy of the lasseg. X know two eyes so dear and true, With glow both kind and tender: Compounded from the morning dew; From azure sky’s translucent blue, From williams sweet and dasies, too, And violet’s modest splendor. , -And teeth, I know two pearly rows, Two lips like rubles glowing; Two cheeks made pink by south wind's blows, .And skin as pure as Iceland’s snows; A heart that e’er with lore o'erflows; That e’er kind deeds is sowing. .And when I see those sweet lips curl, My heart how quick it saddens I Or smiling wreath those teeth of pearl. My thoughts are in a joyous whirl; For can I help but love the girl? Ane so my heart it gladdens. —Mail and Times.

ALITTLE COMEDY OF ERRORS

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lished by special arrangement! CHAPTER IX. jDuke—Then go you forth, fortune play upon your pyospercrtis helm. —All’s Well that Ends Well. Returning to the Clement house, Iforth retired to the privacy of his own apartments, intending to give himself up to a serious review of his position. He had brought with him the noon ■edition of one of the daily papers; and, suddenly recollecting it, he drew it from his pocket and glanced carelessly at the telegraphic news. “Oh, I see!” he exclaimed, with a sudden start of recollection. “The Daily Times; this is the paper that Warner connection with my friend Clipper. By the way, let me see if that •eulogistic leader is in it. ‘A Retrospective Glance’ —that is not it, of course; ‘A Word to the Wise’—that might refer to me; ah, here it is. ‘Our Candidate tor City Attorney.’ Now I shall see what my friend Clipper has to say about me." And he immediately became absorbed in the editorial, which ran thus: “It has always been tho policy of the Times to support the administration; consequently when, two yegrs ago,the popular outcry for ‘Noyes and Reform’—aided, as tho public has since had reason to believe, by such practical illustrations of reform as bribery, intimidation and Tiallot-box stuffing—turned the scale against the men whom we had supported and would gladly have seen filling the chief municipal offices, ■we accepted our defeat gracefully and commenced at once to fight the battles of the gentlemen who been fairly or otherwise elected. They started out with flying colors and such glowing prophecies of what they wore going to -do, that the Impression grew abroad that the millennium was about to dawn upon X . For a time all wont well, and the besom of reform with which the new administration had promised to sweep away all cobwebs from tho structure of city government was shaken vigorously in our faces. Nevertheless, the public waited in vain for any substantial results. A few policemen were removed from the force, ostensibly for neglect of duty, but really bemuse it had been ascertained that thoy had voted against Mayor Noyes! This was reform! A clerk was removed from one of the departments at the urgent demand of the city press, becauso of bis flagrant misdemeanors in office He had ■done efficient campaign work for the successful party, however, and in recognition of this service he was soon after put into a position ol trust, where to-day ho flaunts his incapacity and loose morals in tho face of tho public withthe defiant ‘what are you going to do about it?' which has always been the favorite taunt of auch pampered scoundrels. This also Is reform, with a very big R 1 A few such instances were ■enough for the Times. “We could not,even for the principle of publlo unity, defend an administration that pormltted and committed such glaring abuses of executive authority, and we therefore renounced all allegiance to tho reigning.powers, calling upon tho people to take the work of reform out of the incompetent hands to which thoy had Intrusted It and carry it on themselves, beginning at the seat of government, where they would And an abundant Held of labor. For this we have been assailed and falsified by the zealous friends of tho administration, whose championship has not been ‘like Dian's kiss, unasked, unsought,’ but, on tho contrary, has been knocked down to the highest bidder in the 'peremptory sale' •which their circumstances rendered necessary; but In our war upon the unblushing malfeasance in offleo which has already brought contempt upon X ,wo have had the cordial support of all good citizens. There are men In X to-day who feel the disgrace Into which our unworthy officials have brought us as keenly as if it were a personal reproach, and ■who are willing for the sake of public good to undertake the formidable task of purifying our local politics. Conspicuous among these tlemen is Ollin North,esquire, the distinguished •citizen who has honored us by becoming our candidate for city attorney. It will be rememered that the Times was the first paper in the city to suggest Mr. North’s candidacy for this ■office, though he now has the unanimous support of our reputable press, Irrespective of party. In consequence of our active participation in the movement that secured this gentleman’s nomination—and to no one can this happy result be attributed more directly than to •Col. Clipper—we feel a peculiar interest in the fortunes of Mr. North; though of course tho Times, cordially desires and confidently anticipates a sweeping victory for our entire ticket “Of Ollin North’s blameless record as a professional man and as a ciitizen we could not say one word of praise that Would not be heartily Indorsed by all our readers, whatever their party bias or affiliation. Socially, professlon--ally and politically he Is a man of unmeasured popularity. Ever since he first came among us, stow three years ago, a young lawyer with no credentials save a polished address, >a genial, ■courteous disposition aad a knowledge of his ■profession that soon placed him long strides ahead of even older and more experienced practitioners, he has possessed a strong hold on the regard of the public and an undisputed social position of which he may well be proud. Altogether, the candidacy of such a gentleman as Ollin North means something more than the mere elevation of one man to a public office and ■the stepping out of another, which Is commonly the sum and substance of an election. It means that the people of X , awakening from the lethargy in which too long they have indulged, havo determined to place In office men In whose purity theycan feel implicit trust and to whose after-record they may point with pride. Mr. North is conspicuously such a man. Of his especial qualifications for this office no one that has watched his professional career for the past three years can have any ■doubt; and the social prestige that he will carry with Mn into the office will do much toward elevating the tone of our local politics. “Voters, consider well tho situation. The greatest danger that can possibly threaten us is at our doors. A gulf deeper and wider and more Implacable than that which threatened tho destruction of Rome is yawning at our feet;it demands the sacrifice of our noblest talent, the prido of our social Ufa, the flower of our chivalry, ere it will consent to close. Mr. North, like bravo Curtius of old, stands forth as our deliverer, and Is ready to fling himself into the gulf, that our municipal government may be saved. The office can confer no honor upon tiim; he will honor the office. Since he has con-

seated to act as our candidate, not for the sake of any good that may thereby result to himself, but from the patriotic desire to take the control of our public affairs out of the hands of the unscrupulous demagogues who have already brought us so perilously near the verge of ruin, let us show oar appreciation of his service by ■niting one and all, whatever onr party, whatever our prejudices, whatever our feeling toward the other candidates may be, by giving him a vote that shall be as one voice—the unanimous vote of the elty.” The expression on Allan North’s face as he reached the conclusion of the article furnished a rather grim commentary on CoL Clipper’s enthusiastic eulogium. But when, after a few moments’ meditation, with that cynical little smile lingering on his lip, he tossed the paper aside, it was merely with the comment: “I must try to call on Col. Clipper today. After I have seen and talked with him I shall be safely past one more danger which at present seriously embarrasses my peace of mind. ’ Having settled himself in an easychair with a perfumed cigar which called up'a momentary amused recollection of Wee and the office, he fell to reviewing his second call on Mrs. Maynard and summing up the results. “On the whole,” he reflected with a self-satisfied little smile, as he lay back in bis chair and watched the blue smoke circling in delicate puffs and wreaths around his bead, “I may consider this morning’s call quite a commendable stroke of business. I find that .every hypothesis upon which I started out has been strengthened, every suspicion confirmed. The links are not yet connected, but I see before me a chain of evidence which I am positive will in time be complete. I have a much more confident feeling now in regard to my position with Mrs. Maynard, and my future investigations, so far as she is concerned, will be comparatively easy to pursue, if 1 proceed with due caution. I think when I next see her I will question her in regard to that letter of Mrs. Dunkirk’s, of which, by the way, neither of us spoke to-day. I can scarcely determine what use Noll hoped to make of such a document; though probably he had no definite knowledge of its contents and took it entirely at Mrs. Maynard’s valuation. If she imagines that it would constitute for her a legal claim to that fortune, she is greatly in error. However, I will be indulgent to the fancy, if it exists, and thus derive whatever benefit to my side of the case a thorough canvassing of the document may furnish. By skillfully arranging my questions concerning it, I may be able to gain some insight into her personal relations to Mrs. Dunkirk: not that this is material exactly, but it is relevant. I wish, if possible, to learn her whole personal history so far as it has any near or remote connection with this case. To be sure, I know the story set forth by Hunter and Ketchum, in which she is made to figure as a sort of juvenile adventuress with a chronic weakness for coveting her neighbor’s wealth, and consequently a soul not above the temptations that beset the lovers of filthy lucre. She is an orphan, so H. and K. maintain, the only child of a widow with whom Mrs. Dunkirk was once intimately acquainted, who, when her own mother died, leaving her a slender bank account, managed to gain admission to Mrs. Dunkirk’s household; in the hope, I am further assured, that by skillfully playing her cards she might become the childless old lady’s heir. Well, after living with Mrs. Dunkirk for five years, and presumably insinuating herself into the good graces of the old lady, she married this Maynard —Maj. Maynard—and they went abroad for a few months. This much I have learned from Hunter and Ketchum; however, I am not satisfied to accept the story on the mere strength of their assertion. I should at least like to hear the case stated by Mrs. Maynard herself. “Now,” North’s soliloquy ran on, “H. and K. stoutly maintain that there never was any legal adoption of Mrs. Maynard—Nina—what was her maiden name? Oh, Nina Kingsbury—by Mrs. Dunkirk; that her. position in the household during those five years was merely that of —well, a ward, though there was no legal guardianship, either. They admit that during that period of five years Mrs. Dunkirk made a will in which she bequeathed her fortune without reservation, except for a legacy of a few thousand dollars to one old family servant, to her young friend, Nina Kingsbury. Shortly after the marriage of that young lady, how-

HE FELL TO REVIEWING HIS SECOND CALL.

ever, some rumor revived Mrs. Dunkirk’s old belief that her brother’s daughter was still living, and could be found; and acting upon that belief, the old lady destroyed her will And now the mooted question is: Did she ever make another? Hunter and Ketchum say, ‘No,’ and they have kept to this denial through everything, but Hopkins and Shepherd, acting upon the instructions of Mrs. Maynard and my brothera Ollin, bring forward a document apparently genuine and well certified, and affirm: ‘She did make a second will, and here it is!’ Of the manner in which this forgery was handled by my colleagues, I can only say that it was merciless, but masterly. “Now, Mrs. Maynard was awar&, it seems, of the existence of that first will, and she also knew about its being destroyed; though how she came to be in possession of such direct means of com-

munication with Mrs. Dunkirk’s end of the line, and how she contrived to gain information which that lady would not be at all likely to furnish her, I cannot for my life conjecture. Here is the place where a missing link most be ■applied. There is evidently a third party somewhere! However, acting upon her own knowledge of the circumstances whenever, wherever and however gained, she proceeded, with the aid of my brother and that third person, whose identity I must yet discover, to concoct the conspiracy out of which grew this forged will. “At this point arises tho question: How came this forged will to be discovered in Mrs. Dunkirk’s desk after the first fruitless search for a will had been abandoned? This is one of the mysteries that I must try to solve. That Noll did not place it there I would Btake my lliat Mrs. Maynard did not do so, seems equally evident. Who, then, did? That undiscovered third person! Nothing could be more obvious. Now, where is the clew that shall lead to the discovery of that third conspirator? Mrs. Maynard must furnish it; and this is one result toward which I must bend my energies when I see her next. * * * Taking it all in all, this case grovrs sufficiently interesting! I anticipate even some degree of pleasure, from a purely professional standpoint, in tracing it all up; taking a more personal view of the matter—” At this point his thoughts, instead of pursuing the straight line of definiteness, began to circle dreamily around the many possibilities of the case. A vivid recollection of that last little scene with Mrs. Maynard came over him; there was a grave speculative smile on his face as he now reviewed it. “ I wonder how often these interesting little crises are liable to occur?” he mused, apprehensively. “Mrs. Maynard evidently regarded my proposition to take upon myself all the consequences of this forgery without revealing her share in the transaction as a particularly edifying exhibition of tenderhearted chivalry. Little does she know Allan North! Before I would languish in durance vile for lovely woman’s sake I should try to keep the laws of my country in something at least approximating an unshattered condition. That isn’t my way of showing devotion. On the contrary, I indorse the sentiment of the poet who sang in immortal verse:

' I’d sigh for her, * I’d cry for her, ‘ But hang me If I’d die for her!” or sacrifice myself in any other way! True, there’s no telling what I might do if I were in love—that semi-dement-ed condition in which no man should be held accountable for his actions. I never was in love but once, and that time —well, I’m none the worse for it now! But at first —By Jove! it was hard to believe that Myra could be false to me, that such a strange inexplicable shadow could come between us and separate us forever! Well, it didn’t break my heart! Fortunately that important organ isn’t made of such-brittle material; but it has hardened my character, increased my recklessness, intensified all my faults. At least my friends, with true friendly eandor, assure me that I have changed thus within the last four years; and I know only too well what is the bitter drop that has thus diffused itself throughout the whole draught of my life. The wound in my heart healed quickly and left no visible trace; but there is a restless discontent and longing there that nothing has ever satisfied. Myra! Myra! It is you that I want—you alone!” He started up and [paced, to and fro for several moments. In that brief time he seemed completely transformed, there was such forceful emotion, such passion and longing in his rapidlychanging countenance. But he was resolutely fighting against this mood, having sworn long ago that he would never yield to such weakness; and at last he conquered himself, though it was with sternly-set lips and a few hard lines in his brow. Resolutely forcing his thoughts from the bitter past to the present and future, he took out his memorandum book and wrote briefly the results of his first twenty-four hours in X ; then, having still an hour’s leisure before dinner, he decided to improve it by making his meditated call upon Col. Clipper.

CHAPTER X. Plit—l beseech you all, be better known to this gentleman. —Cymbelline. “I hope I shall find my friend Clipper in his office,” was the reflection with which Allan North started out, after carefully noting the address of the Times building. “What a facile quill he wields! I dare say he doesn’t exaggerate Noll’s popularity in the least. Noll is just the sort of fellow to take everyone by storm, and I have already had abundant evidence of the devotion that is showered upon him here in X ; a devotion of which I am just now the unworthy recipient—the lightning rod toward which run all the currents of electricity with which the political atmosphere is overcharged. The bright sunlight of popular favor is somewhat dazzling to my unaccustomed eyes; no wonder that so many public men, after basking for a long time in its rays, become so defective in their visual organs that they cannot tell black from white or right from wrong!” With these rambling reflections North pursued his way to the Times building, a large and pretentious granite structure on one of the principal business streets, and but a few blocks from the Clement house. As North approached he saw a group of gentlemen standing on the steps of the building, engaged in a heated and informal debate on some political question. It was evident from their vehement and threatening gestures, their reckless and extravagant expressions and the unceremonious freedom with which contradictions and epithet were passed to and fro, that there wey some decided differences of opinion in course of ventilation; and, as North passed calmly through the excited crowd with a gracious acknowledgement of their salutations, he said to himself: “The excitement is evidently running high. lam fortunate to be out of the active canvass. Verily, there ia no

one calm, so peaceful, so undisturbed as the blameless politician who places himself and is contented to remain in that haven of security, the hands of hit. friends!” As he stepped into the elevator North casually inquired of the boy: “Shall I find CoL Clipper in his office?” “Yes, sir,” the boy answered; and in another moment, after a rapid plnnge upward, the elevator was stopped at the third floor of the building, and the boy, throwing open the door, looked at North with so plain a suggestion in his expectant face that the latter immediately acted upon his unspoken hint. Finding himself in a wide, handsomely tiled corridor with sphinx-like office doors on either side which gave no clew to what lay beyond their ground-glass panels, North was somewhat in doubt which way to turn; but suddenly the door directly facing the elevator was opened and a very tall, portly, handsome man appeared on the threshold,

ENGAGED IN A HEATED DEBATE.

with a rather less impressive-looking individual, whom he was with much gracious hand-shaking and fraternal patting on the shoulder dismissing from his presence. At sight of North these parting courtesies were abruptly suspended. “Is that you, North?” came in tones of sonorous greeting the tall, portly gentleman, while tho other seized North’s hand and wrung it violently. • “I’ve been wondering where you were. Glad to see you. Come in.” “Well, good day, Clipper; I’ll see you again to-morrow,” said tho departing caller; and,while he made a rush for tho elevator, Col. Clipper, having transferred his hand-shaking to North, drew him into his private office and closed the door. [to BE CONTINUED.]

VALUE OF RUBBER TISSUE.

The Overflowing Mending Baiket Can Be Easily Emptied by Using It. Do you know, asks the Milwaukee Journal, that rubber tissue is a godsend to overworked housewives whoso work baskets are overflowing with garments in need of repair? This rubber tissue is a very thin piece of transparent rubber. It is sold at fifteen cents an ounce, which means a piece perjjups six or eight inches wide, and twenty inches long. The tissue will not cover up holes—that is, not satisfactorily—but it will strengthen thin or weak places, mend tears or cuts; in fact, repair any goods which has not actually lost a piece of itself, and it is nice for hemming. We will suppose there is a three-cor-nered tear in a garment. First out away the frayed threads, draw the edges together either with invisible stitches on the wrong side or by holding it with the fingers. Place a piece of the tissue, the right size, over the tear and a piece of cambric or any other fabric desired over that and press with a warm iron—quite warm, but not hot Press firmly and then remove the iron, and the mending is done. There must always be a surface between the rubber and the iron or the former will molt and stick to the iron. For hemming woolen goods which will not ravel, turn up the edge once, slip 1n a piece of tissue, and press. If the goods must be turned twice, baste the narrow turn with long stitches on what will be the inner side, slip in the tissue as before, and press it*. This, of course, does not apply to wash goods, unless you wish to renew ,tbe patch. It is very useful in mending umbrellas, in repairing sleeves which are almost worn through, in strengthening broken places in made-over goods, and in applying patches to the seat of the small boy’s pants.

Not Pure Reading Matter.

The advertiser was angry. He said he did not care so much for the fact that two names.in the reading notice were misspelled as he did for the position given the advertisement. “I thought I told you I wanted It printed next to pure reading matter," he said. “Certainly, sir,” replied the advertising clerk, “and I myself looked after it. There isn’t another advertisement on that page.” “What of that?” “What of that! Why, isn’t it between the two biggest pieces of news in the paper? What did you want?” “What I said, sir—a position next to pure reading matter. Now, it has a society scandal on one side of it and a divorce case on the other, and I won’t stand it, sir; I won’t stand it.”—Jury.

Emerson’s Advice to a Daughter.

Finish every day and be done with it For manners and for wise living it is a vice to remember. You done what you could, some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. To-morrow is a new* day; you shall begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old'nonsense. This day for all that is good and fair. It is too dear, with its hopes and invitations, to waste a moment on the rotter’ yesterdays. • The place in which the first Method!*. Sunday school in America was organized by Bishop Asbury, in Hanbver county, Va., is now owned and occupied by a colored man. A GOOD opportunity i* seldom met in a beaten track.

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

Lotti* Ingram, an eight-year-old schoolgirl at Whiting, was instantly killed a few days ago while returning from school while crossing the tracks, her head being severed from her body. James Wood, the nurse in the Eastern insane hospital, at Richmond, who was alleged to have killed Jay Blount, a patient, four years ago, pnd got a 21years’ sentence, waa released on bond and left for the home of his mother at Star City. Mbs. Calvin was thrown from a buggy while driving to Bourbon the other morning, her ponies becoming frightened at a stump in the road. She received several bad wounds about the head and shoulders. Her recovery is doubtful. Wesley Shotts secured a divorce from his wife at Crawfordsville last fall and then entered suit against Wm. Pyles for $5,000 for being the cause of the divorce proceedings. The jury quickly agreed that Pyles was guilty as alleged took but a few ballots to fix tho amount of damages at $2,500. Mary Dunn was deserted at tho altar at Anderson by Andy Hevlin. Chas. Lyzott, aged 16, living near Indianapolis, while joking and cutting up with his companions, was accidentally jabbed in the eye by a companion with an umbrella, the ribs injuring the eyeball. He died of bis hurt. At Madison, John Lostcller, for assaulting with intent to kill Philip Zapp, was sentenced to the penitentiary for two years. The dimg store of Stauffer & Co., at broken open tho other night and about SSOO in money, S3OO in notes and S2OO in jewelry stolen. Tho burglars stole a hand-car and came within one-half milo of Waterloo where they abandoned it No traco of them has been found.

Last September Dan Worth was hurt in a wreck on tho B. &O. railway while on his way to tho national encampment at Washington, and ho brought suit at Wabash against tho company for $lO,000 damages. The other day he compromised and withdrew the suit upon the payment by the railroad of $l5O. A. H. Benham was also injured at the same time, and was preparing a suit, but will not do so, as ho has taken their check for S4OO in full payment. An A. P. A. council has been organized at Lafayette. Two young men, Lester Gable and Ed Smith, of Columbus, were arrested at Spencer, charged with stealing half of a large sum of money which M. V. Haltom, a wealthy farmer, had drawn from tho bank and taken home. The boys enjoyed his hospitality over night and after they left the loss was discovered. Miss Carrie Deal, of Bedford, fell dead as she was leaving her homo to visit friends in New Orleans. The suit of Milo Pearson against Wabash county, which has been pending for nine years, was compromised tho other morning by the payment to him of SI,BOO. Nine years ago the iron bridge across the Wabash river at Rich Valley gave way and went down, when Mr. Pearson was crossing with his team, and he was seriously injured. Boon afterward he sued tho county for damages. The case was tried and a verdict for $3,500 rendered. It was appealed and sent back for a new trial, and tho case was to come up in a few days in Huntington county; but, as stated, the attorneys agreed upon a compromise. The costs are nearly $1,500. Mrs. Nancy Everly, eighty-four years old died at Wabash, the other day. For twenty-five years she 'has been under the hallucination that she was an ambassador from Heaven, and traveled the streets carrying a white flag and exhorting all to pass under if they would enter tho kingdom of Heaven. Frederick Drinkhabbt, aged sev-enty-five years, died on his farm near Vincennes, where he lived more than a half century. He was one of the most eccentric men in Indiana He went to town but twice in fifty years. Judge Taylor, of the superior court, in proceedings involving the legality of the law creating the board of children’s guardians, held that tho law is unconstitutional, in that tho circuit court has no jurisdiction over such cases; that the board is not a corporation, and can not bring suit as such before the court; that such a corporation could not be legal, and that tho contention of tho defense that the general guardian law conferred ample authority on the cdurt to act on the board’s application was without point Judge Taylor also held that the act of 1891, under which the board operates, is void, because its import is not fully set forth by its title; further, that if the court had to pass upon the act of 1889, which the act of 1891 pretends to amend, it would be held unconstitutional Under this ruling the board will be dissolved, but it is probable that an appeal will be taken to the supreme court The board has got itself generally disliked by its arbitrary action in tearing children from parental control The decision is the outcome of Shade Shutter's effort to gain possession of his child, whicji, he claims, was wrongfully and tyrannically removed from his care. At Rushville, Mrs. Wm. Redman died from a dose of arsenic taken with suicidal intent Charles Lysott, of Indianapolis, was hit in the eye with an umbrella rib. He died from blood poisoning. Joseph Wilson, a cattle dealer of Portland, had a leg cut off by a train there. He will die.

SMILES.

“Was Bogus’ money left to him?” “No, he made it himself until the officers captured his outfit.” ' Teacher —“ How is it, Harold, that you parse Boston as a common noun?” “Why, because it’s a common name.” “Matson must be a very happy mam; his wife dresses so plainly.” “Yes; but her temper is ruffled most of 'the time.” , Customer- —“ And these pictures are all copies from the old Artist—“Yes, ma’am.” “And this is after-" “A madam.”—Chicago Inter Ocean.

POINTS FOR THE PEOPLE.

—The people’s party stretches out its right hand of feUowship to the trades unionists and begs for the privilege of aiding them to secure their just demands. —The people's party of Wisconsin is growdng. In the spring elections it carried La Crosse, Ashland, Merrill and Hudson, and polled a very large vote in Oshkosh, the only cities in which municipal tickets had been placed in nomination by the people’s party. —While Cleveland is building up and consolidating a modernized Hamiltonian federal party, the Jeffersonian democrats and Lincoln republicans, north and south, are preparing to defeat this new mongrel federalist party in 1890. Shelbyville (Ill.) People's Paper. —Do the laboring men see the chains that are being forged for them? Every laborer, no matter what his calling, who stands aloof from labor organizations, is helping to forge the chains with which corporate greed will bind the masses.—Journal of Agriculture. —Those who havo fixed incomes, or annuities, as a matter of course favor a gold basis—their income buys more. However, since such people produce nothing and add nothing to the world, but live off the labor and thrift of others, let their wishes in this silver struggle be the last ascertained. Give labor the right to fix what they should bestow’ upon those who labor not.— Road. —Here’s to our friends in Cleveland, 0. At the late city election the candidate for mayor on the people’s party ticket, Gen. Ed. S. Meyer, received over 5,000 votes. In 1878 Cleveland polled 6,045 reform votes, but through sell-outs and fusionists they dwindled to about 200. The recent vote shows that Cleveland (the city) is on the right road and in the middle of it, too.—National Advance.

—Do you recall how the fraudocratio democrats made the w’elkin ring about the force bill? Of course you do. Do you recall tho fact that Cleveland's premier was the advocate of a force bill that was so ultra that even the republican party did not indorse him? Yet this force bill advocate is the premier of the present administration. Mr. Fraudoerat, where are you at?—Alliance Herald. —“Financial lunacy” consists in believing that a currency that vibrates with taery cashier’s “imprudence” and collapses with every, smash-up of a bank, can be improved. You are a financial “lunatic" if you declare that the law can issue and tho wisdom of men (honest men) regulate the volume of money—that is if you mind what the sarcastic dally newspapers say.—Granite Falls (Minn.) Reform Advocate. —The present and coming social crisis in this country is the result of an attempted seizure of the government and of the country by a plutocratic revolution, and of the resistance of the people to the attempted usurpations. One phase of this crisis is the open, brazenfaced attempt to prostitute the militia service to the interest of the plutocrats against those who resist them, and the boycotting of the militia service by the workingmen is the response of tho people to this attempt.—New Nation. —The “unearned increment" on acres is the value that attaches to them on account of the growth of the community built on them. It is rent (or increased price, which is rent). The unearned increment on dollars is the value that attaches to them by reason of the growth of the community in which they circulate, or by the export or holding out of use of some of them. The unearned increment on dollars is measured by interest (or increased purchasing power, which is interest). — Spokane Industrial World. —At the late city election held in Oakland, Cal., there were four tickets in the field—the municipal league, people’s party, democratic and republican. The municipal league ticket, with the exception of treasurer and auditor, was successful, the two offices named being captured by the populists, who polled' over 2,300 votes—a gain of 1,000 votes since the general election. The republican and democratic tickets were “not in it.” The Oakland Populist had a picture of a rooster in the succeeding issue, crowing over the result. —Americans do not stand alone in opposition to monometalism. One hundred and forty-eight members of the British house of commons voted against it, with 229 in favor. But England is the creditor nation of the world, and to it contraction of the currency is increase of wealth. America, under misrule of the old parties, has become a debtor country. Its people, states, counties, cities and nation, owe English capitalists. To the United States contraction of the currency means panic and destruction. —San Francisco People’s Press. —The Minneapolis Times has discovered through a correspondent of the New York Post who has been studying the “populist movement” in the west, that said movement is due to “a rapid and general spread of socialistic doctrines. ” Bellamy ism is the rage!” And on top of its discovery the Times “hopes” that the course of the present “reform” administration will be such that “political thought may by 1893 have returned to its normal channels.” This is not the language of progress. The Times is looking through the big end of the political telescope.—Granite Falls Reform Advocate. v —The Toledo decisions in the Ann Arbor railway strikes cases are astounding to many people, but like thunder claps they may clear the skies. We believe they are good law. Under present industrial systems man is a mere chattel. He has no more right to obstruct commerce than one has to lay a log of wood across a railway track. What is humanity that it should interrupt even the flow of dollars into thfe pockets of capitalism? Men are even less entitled to consideration than beasts. They are a part of the machinery of commerce. If the decisions arouse working men from their lethargy before it is too late, they will serve a more useful purpose than was intended.—Aberdeen (8. IX) Star.