People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 March 1895 — Page 3

Equal Opportunities for All.

BETSY'S SUCCESS

ISS ASH was a w \ maiden lady of so many years that she no longer hesitated to wear her own grey curls, Td] but she was very well off, healthy and upright as a dart, and but for > one peculiarity would have been a happy woman.

In these days, believing too little is the general stumbling block, an.l many people deny almost everything that can be mentioned, and are extremely proud of having faith in nothing. But Miss Ash reversed this state of things. From the hour of her rising to that of her retiring, the most alarming things were constantly occurring. The salt was spilled, there were awful cracks in the look‘no*g'’asses, and she picked up crooked pins. The bread and cake came cleft out of the oven, and the old servant heard steps on the stairs when no one ascended them. The street door-bell rang without hands—at least no o::o saw anyone outside when the door was answered. “homo put their faith in princes,” we are told. Miss Ash pat hers in fortune-tellers. She had always dono so from the days when they spoke confidently of “a fair young man, with his heart in his hand,” or a “dark-complexioned young gentleman what fears to speak his mind.” The dark young gentleman Miss Ash had always presumed to be Mr. Tompkins, who had let concealment prey upon his damask cheek for sixty years or so and then departed in consequence of gout.

But with all these weaknesses, Miss Ash was not a bad sort of woman. She did a great deal for the poor; was kind to her old servant; and had taken in, out of charity, a poor young French girl, whose father had died upon the passage to America, and who might have died herself, perrhapbut for the pity Miss Ash had upon her. She loved her nephew Dick, too; gave him many a present and kept his pockets well filled with small change. She instructed him in the art of table-tipping, in which, having even less veneration than most lads of 15, he soon became an adept, and so great a medium that he could offer his aunt communications in the formof cracks, snaps, tips or writing, from all the celebrated personages mentioned in history. As for the French girl, Esteßc. Isoir, she was superstitious too in her own way, but it was a fearful way, which made her shrink from peering into futurity. Meanwhile Betsy Baker laughed in her sleeve at the whole of it—-table-tipping and all; and racked her brains for so-me pretext by which she could turn her mistress’ love and kindness from t!ie French girl, who had, as she believed, stopped into her place, au.l might perhaps, deprive her of her long expected legacy. Now and then, however, even in this ghostly household, the real usurped the place of tlio unreal and

“I [?] AM NO THIE [?] ”

the actual present was wore interesting than the future. Suoh a time came wh *n Master Dick was sent to college awl cm me to pay his aunt a farewell vis t, an 1, since he had lut liis mother some years before, to be properly fitted out by her womanly bands. There were shirts to make sin 1 ties to be bought, handkere'i efs to hem and mark and a thou-and buttons to see to. Kstclte worked cldigently, and her dainty French needlework wa> a per feet marvel. She marked all his clothes and beautifully. "She sat in "madameV* room and stitched nrd Betsy llaker looke lat her malevolently, when she brought up the linen from the wasa: for Misi Ash praised the girl’s work, an 1 had sp >ken in the kit.oheu of her "beautiful black hair.” “Them French an’t any good, Miss Ash.” Betsy had remarked, “especially when they’re what I call charity folks.” lint Miss Ash had resented the remark, and now Uetsy held her peace. And Dick whistled and hanged abiut the house And the young and old women were at work up sta rs, and there was no more tab o-tipping or inquiries of soothsayers until a morning when a cab stopped at the door, and a big trunk was put on behind, mil l> ok kiss*.l ills mint ami was a;' 'wwi Mis* Ash. folding hei hands together at her belt, heaved a great sigh, and said aloud: “Weil. I must go and see Madam* Smith to- morrow, and aak hfr bow

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the dear boy is going to get on. Yon shall go with me. Estelle.” But Estelle cried: “No, madame, please; but I fear that madame, the teller of fortunes. ” Nevertheless, on the morrow Miss Ash went to Madame Smith. The seeress was in better condition than usual. The gin bottle was fnlL She smiled upon Miss Ash, and said: “Ah! I’ve been expectin’ of yon. The boy is off your hands now. I knowed you’d come.” “Wonderful!” said Miss Ash. Then the seeress reclined in a rocking chair, and was supposed to go into a trance. “I am a spirit from the realms above,” said the seeress, in a few mo ments. “I an’t come for to stay long, only for to give this friend a promise and a warnin’,” “Oh, deal!” said Miss Ash.

“The youth will become a vorgreat man,” said madame. "lie w ! climb the pinnacles of fame,and - k ■ he has dumb ’em, the voice of th.- :>• lion will select him for the future president. But there's a dreadful danger before you, although it may be avoided. You have took into your heart and home a foreign person. Beware!” “Now, there,” said Miss Ash, who sometimes argued with her spiritual guide, “there you are mistaken, Madame Smith.” “It an’t me,” said madame suddenly coming to herself. “It’s a higher and mightier power than what I am.” “Well, it’s mistaken, anyhow,” said Miss Ash. “She’ll turn out well.” “No, she won’t,” responded the spirit in possession of Madame Smith. “Look in your secret drawer when you get home and sec if your father’s gold watch is safe. She opened it last night after you were asleep and too!: it out. And she’s t> iwnud it or sold it. It’s gon.\” Miss Avh looked horror-stricken. She went home trembling and co d with apprehension and rushed straight to the secret drawer or her eserito r. Tin watcli she valued so was gone—her father’s watch which she had treasure I so lon And Estelle and her nephew Dick a’one knew how to open it. Even good Betsy Baker she had never trusted. Estelle was the thief. The girl sat sewin r. an 1 looked an at her with a smile when she called her. “My watch E-telle—-r; watch faih r’s great watch, that I showed you. Where is it? It Is gone!” “Aii. non D.ea!” cried Estelle. “Gon. ? liupossib’c! ’ Her face was not that of a guilty person, but M.ss Ash never doubted her mi’lt for on • moment. “Estelle,” sl e said, “the spirits have to dra - all about it. You took it. Gvo it back an 1 i’ll not punish yon. ’’ “Mu laine,” er e I poor Estelle, “I have it n t lam no thief. I—l take madame's wateii! impossible!” And tiier • were tears and prayers and vows, but no confession. Miss Ash would ha Vo believed no living tongue that bad told the tale, but an angel from ii aver, ha l revealed the truth an 1 she could not doubt it. After long hours, in which she strove to fofoo the g r! to confess, she took the course she had threatened from the first—called a policeman and sent the girl to pris in. “I must have the watcli back,” sho said, as she tosse 1 up .n the pillow. “A night in jail will do it. I shall never have faith in any one again.”

Uetsy Uaker lay awake also, giddy with triumph, yet half terrified. T tore was no fair-fae d rival in the house now. ' J’ut she was white-faced and miserable. At dawn, or a very little after, came a rappin * at the door of Miss Ash’s house. A policemita stood there, “About the yoang gal that took the watch, mum,” he ‘.aid. “Has she cornesse asked Miss Ash. “Not exactly,” replied the man. "Hut it points that way.’’, “I don’t wish to pr>s:en'e,” sail Miss Ash, “only to p-H the watch lack.” “Ah,” said the mm. “'V 11. there’ll be noneel. Sue's uo d." “Deal!” screamed iletsv [laker on the stairs. “;k*a ! Deal!” “tiling her .el f.” siu i the man. “Hut h r hair up in pulls, first, and made h r elf neat as a picture. Yes ra—dead.” Uetsy Baker gave ano her cry and threw hers, if screaming on 1 a floor She tore her hair g.ia ire i ii r teeth end howled an t aadco tvai , o i ; then she nverre.l that sii ■ saw s t n standJah'at h«-r eluotv and went o f again. Finally coming to hers.*lf, she put her hand into her pocket an I g.-vu Miss Ash a note, grease at the ed,3 and smelling of sin > :e. “I went to Mad: me Fmith'an I told her what t i say,” see hi . “I paid her to say it. As i r your \\ atoh, read tliat,. - ’ And Miss Ash, tearing the envelope, read tiie.su lines in D ck s m ij: “L'.kak Am.ntv—Pease forgive me. I've got your watch. I wanted one so bad. 11l take goo l care of it, and bring it ba k wh -n t>a g vjs me a new on •. Your a fectionate Dick.” Miss Ash read th * words and fainted away. She came to a a in, how *ver, and went to poor E.telle’s funeral, ami p!a tied fl iwors over her grave. An i Betsy Baker d d not die at once, as she would in a play,though she left t ie holts.* that da. - . But f irtunet.eiiingnad no charms for Mis 3 Ash any more.

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SUPPLY AND DEMAND.

APPLIES TO MONEY AS WELL AS PRICES. Scarcity of Money llai Closed Factories and Thrown Thousand* of Men Out of Employment Supply and Demand Work Both Ways. Yes; we admit what is said about supply and demandregulating prices. But why is money always left out of the discussion? A good crop of money would increase the price of everything else. A poor crop—resulting from destructive winds, Shylock reign, John Bull cattle in Congress, epidemics of yellow blight, hogs and gold bugs—increase of interest doubles our debts, and reduces the price of wheat, cotton, labor and everything else—except the price of lib- , . ItScarcity of money makes every day the situation of the American wage and debt slave more hopeless. If one man or a dozen could monopolize the production of wheat in this country they would combine to make it scarce in order to secure a high price. So it is with money. A few men have been allowed to control the volume of money, and they combine to make it scarce, so that they may secure all the produce of the country as interest.

As long as the production of wheat, etc., is not monopolized the money power wants it plenty. But the manufactured articles which the money power monopolizes, it wants made scarce in order to buy more of tho things which it can’t monopolize. Interest is regulated by the supply and demand of money. Hence the money power wants a short supply t create a constant demand. A shortage of the wheat, corn oi cotton crop increases the prices oi those products only. But a shortage of money not only increases the rates of interest, but reduces the price of every commodity in the market. , Money is the representative of everything produced, and the amount of it in circulation regulates the exchange price of all things—except com mon sense a id justice. Money serves in no capacity except in distributing the products of one section of the country or class of labor to another section or class and enablir.; the producer of one thing to swap what he don’t need for what he does need. Money is only a counter used in oi ■ improved method of swapping a sow and pigs for a suit of clothes.

CLUB ORGANIZATION.

Plan a* Outlined and Adorned by the Recent St. I.nuiH Convention. Last week a large share of our specially prepared reports of the St. Loui • conference was crowded out at the me ment of going to press, and some in portant features were omitted, much to our chagrin. The following important resolution on organization was adopt ed by the committee. We suggest to all reform papers to reproduce th s resolution in their columns and keip standing some weeks or months: “Resolved, That while we do no-t attempt to dictate to any state as to the plan of organization it shall adopt, we renew the recommendation of the national committee in favor of the organization of the Industrial Legion in every precinct in the land; and further recommend that no dues shall be exacted, only from legions that operate the rebate plan, and that in all cases where members are able, they be urged to send 10 cents per annum to headquarters; that all clubs or other orders that wish to change into legions shall send 20 cents for supplies, and that original legions shall send 50 cents, b t that no legion shall be denied a charter when it is unable to pay for it, and that these organizations shall be called People’s Party Clubs, People’s Party Ley ions or Industrial Legions, in order to suit the conditions in each state, and that rule 15 of the instructions of the Industrial Legion be drooped, and that all People’s party clubs or legions shall report to tne same headquarters, in order to avoid confusion and to perfect a systematic, organization.” The above was unanimously adopted by the national committee, and will be sent broadcs.st thro gh the country as the authorized method of organization. The committee on literature made the following report: “Whereas, there is an important demand for cheap and reliable literature with which we can reach the people, so that the people can be properly educated upon the principles of our platform; therefore, your committee would retom-mend that the chairman and the secretary of our national committee establish and publish from headquarters, at Washington, D. C., a monthly serial, and furnish the same to our committee and people at the very lowest possible price, and furnish such other literature to our people as is reliable and in line with our platformall to emanate from the bureau at Washington.”—Nonconformist.

SHERMAN THE SAVIOUR.

Honest John Comes to the Rescue si the Government. Now that “Honest John Sherman has taken hold of the thorny problem and and kindly consented to save the countntroduced a flnax.cl-.vl bill of his own. try, it will probably be in order to breathe freely.* Sherman has proved such a success heretofore as the financial guardian of the people, and so many blessings have flown from his marvelous performances in the world of finance, it is not too much to predict that his new bill will either cure or kill iw outright. Of course no scheme could be expected from the “lean, spare Cassius” of Ohio tiiUs d (I not provide for a toad issue, cs the objective point of bis whole existence eeems te be to «et new ban4e and

seems to bo a country plastered ove two feet thick with interest-bearin mortgages with himself and friends a the manipulators of the coupons at tached thereto. A fruitful crop ha been reaped by Sherman & Co. as th result of this policy and it would b» unreasonable to expect him this late ii life to relinquish his hold on so good i thing. Should your Uncle John eve get to heaven the first proposition h would make to St. Peter would be t lay a bonded mortgage on the peare’ streets and adjacent angels and giv him the sole right of foreclosure.Nonconformist.

"BLOODSTAINED GREENBACK.

The Only Salvation of the Common Pen pie from Bondage. Had the government issued mono; through the banks and not direct to tin people, during the war, the bank would now be five billion dollars riche and of course the people that imu: poorer. The banks see this and als see that in the next thirty years the must be deprived of five billion do lars profit if the government keeps it greenback money in circulation. Th calculation is quite simple. Money r ten per cent compound interest wi double every seven and 'two-seveut years. There is now $3 4H,000,000 c greenbacks that have been •outstandin; ever since 1863 —32 years ago. Thef greenbacks were printed iby the go ernment and paid* out to thja people th government owed, and for army sup plies. They were not issued to th banks. They saved their amount i taxes or bonds. Had they been issue to the banks the governmeS t would no had one cent by reason of their issui The banks would have loai led them t the people at an interest that woul have averaged at least tern per cen Three hundred and forty-t ix million at ten per cent compoim d interee would be double that amou :it in seve. and two-seventh years— ■’ ,X>,l2, 00,00 Six hundred and ninety-twc millions a ten per cent in seven and i two-seven years would be 1,384,0 )O, OCX ;. Th r.e hundred and eighty-four dollars seven and two-sevenths yva rs would l $2,768,000,000. Twenty-sev on hundre and sixty-eight million da lars at to per cent in seven and t’ /o-seventli; years would be $5,536,0 0, )00 dollar. Here are only four periods < <f seven ar.< two-seventh years each, oi • a total o i 29 1-7 years. The greeul jacks, however, have been in circa Jation ove: thirty-one years. Is it any wonder that th« great ban - ors are making a nesperatls attempt i have congress tax or bond t be people to destroy the greenbacks ai| i then issue the money through the Inn ks? Fi e billions lost by the momqy power by reason of the i:,de;itnden . i iction o.’ t! e government in issuing gw senaacks in the last thirty years. It 3 s nut at all surprising that banks me taking advantage of a lriend in the* presidential chair, to secure an act oi tx ogress retiring green La ks. But is it rut stran e t • t the people are not a.mmsed at the unarny cf the prspc dtion V A/hat is the matter witm them Are. taey stom.blind from p"rty projudi.3t t! Are .he, unscious of the power of tn e b.t■ lot ai d indirnati .n meetings? if the people would ai senile at their vaj ftous county teats and dec:ar > in :.o ui die tain tons’, against me measure ti\<4fc mandate would be obeyed. We presume, however, dli.it the reason of th:3 silence is teem* * the masses of the old parties are y * t i .norant on the money question ani : Ue Populists are giving the money p w..r m n rope so it will break its j.ock.—M.ssouri World.

THE LABOR MOVEMENT.

Wendell I'lllllipu «»lil the Laborers Demand Immcii i,:e Action. Now here I take issu* with the best critic the labor mover est has met: I reler to the Rev. S'. j nei Johnson of Salem, one of the tlihakarß who has spread out before the |>eopfle his objections to the labor njveiueat of this country. His first objection is that we will' hurry into po Jtics. Well’ now our answer to him j.d io the score of other scholars who have been criticising us’ is this: mention en’ we seethe benefit of going into politics. If we had not rusher into poiiiijs’ had not taken Massai ) usetla by ihe iou:corners and shaken nor, you would never have written your criticism . We rush into po/.itics because pol.tic . is the safety vaHve. We wK«uld discus.: as well as you, f.f you woi* c only gi. o us bread and Tic uses, fail- play a.if. leisure, and opportunities to travel. We could sit. and discus the question for fifty years* It’s a very easy thing t® discuss, for a gentleman in his study, with no anxiety abou/t to-morrow. Why the ladies and gentle-nen of the reign of Louis XV. and Loulu XVI., in France, sea/ted in gilded stuoous and on Persian carpets, surrounded with luxury, with the product;: cf In lia, and the curiouu manufactures of ingenious Lyons and Rheims, disc..-used the rights of man, and balance 1 them in dainty phrases, and expressed them in such quaint generalizations that ~effarson borrowed the Declaration of Independence from their hands. There they sat, balancing and ulscutslng siweetly, making out nc»w theories, and otaily erecting a spleadi I architecture *of debate, till the ang'ry crowd uroke open the doors, and ended tue discussion in blood. They waited too long, discussed about a half a century too long. You see, discussion is rery good when a man lhas bread to eat, and his Children all portioned off, and his daughters married, and his home furnished and paid for, and his will made; but discussion is very bad when—hear the children weeping, O my brothers; Eire the sorrow comes with years;" discussion is bad when a class bends under actual oppression. We want io\U: liato act! x Wo w-ulh ijufl 11,0 thU Issue from an outbreak of actual vlolsnee. Thorotoro wo jps lata poluh*.—Knm a I gy* *JaMoti a* Bomin.

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Eqaal Suffrage to all Citizens.

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