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TilE POBTET.
A Story of the Inner Vision of t1N
Highlanders , Commonly Called
the Second Sight.
By GEORGE MACDONALDA
CHAPTER 1.-Continued. (
At the same moment Alice started
from her sleep , and , springing to her
feet , stood an instant listening. Then
crying out , In an agonized whisper.
"The horse with the clanking shoe ! "
she flung her arms around me. Her
face was as white as the spe Ctra1 moon
which , the moment I put the candle
out , looked in through a pane beside
us ; and she gazed fearfully , yet wildly -
ly defiant , toward the door. We clung
to each other. We heard the sound
come nearer and nearer , till it thundered -
ed right up to the very door of the
roam terribly loud. It ceased. But
the door was flung open , and Lrrrd Hilton -
ton entered , followed by servants with
lights.
I have but a very confused rentem-
brance of what followed. I heard 1t
vile word from the lips of Lord H1- !
ton ; I felt my fingers on his throat ; I
received a blow on the head ; and I
seem to remember a cry of agony from
Alice as I fell. What happened neat
I did not know.
When I came to myself I was lying
on aa wide moor , with the night wind
blowing about me. I presume that I
had wandered thither in a state of unconsciousness -
consciousness , after being turned cuf
of the hall , and that I had at last
fainted from loss of blood. I war ; unable -
able to move for a long time. At length ,
the morning broke , and I found mysel :
not far from the hall. I crept back a
mile of two , to the bates , and having
succeeded in rousing Alice's old nurse.
was taken in with many lamentations
and put to bed in the lodge. I had a
violent fever ; acid it was all the poor
woman could do to keep my presence
a secret from the family at the hall.
When I began to mend my first question -
tion was about Alice. I learned , though
with some tlificulty-for my kind at
teudant was evidently unwilling to tell
me all the truth-that Alice , too , had
been very ill ; and that , a week before ,
I they had removed her. But she either
would not or could not tell me where
they had taken her. I believad she
could not. Nor do I know for certain
to this day.
Mrs. Blakesley offered me the loan of
SMIIO of her savings to get me to Lon-
don. I received it with gratitude , and
as soon as I'was fit to travel , made my
way thither. Afraid for my reason , if
I had no employment to keep my
thoughts from brooding on my helplessness -
ness , and so increasing my despar , and
h r determined likewise/ that my failure
should not make me burdensome on
i any one else , I enlisted in the Scotch
grays , before letting any of my friends
know where I was. Through the help
of one already mentioned in my story ,
i I soon obtained a commission. I + r.oln
the field of Waterloo , I rode into Brussels -
sels with a broken arm and a saber
; cut in the head.
1 As we passed along one of the streets ,
i through all the clang of iron-shod hoofs
on the stones around me , I heard the
ii ominous clank. At the same moment 1
heard a cry. It was the voice of my
Alice. I looked up. At a barred wind -
d dew i saw her face ; but it was terribly
1 changed. I dropped from my horse. As
'I soon as I was able to move from the
it
hospital , I went to the place and found
it was a lunatic asylum. I was permitted -
ted to see the inmates , but discovered
no one resembling her. I do not now
believe that she was ever there.
For years and years I knew not
whether she was alive or dead. I
sought her far and near. I wandered
over England , France and Germany ,
hopelessly searching ; listening at tables
d'hote ; lurking about mad-houses ;
haunting theaters and churches ; often ,
in wild regions , begging my way from
+ house to house ; I did not find her.
Once I visited Hilton Hall. I found it
all but deserted. I learned that Mrs.
Wilson was dead , and that there were
only two or three servants in the place
Sometimes I condensed my whole
being into a single intensity of will-
that she should come ; and sustained it ,
until I fainted with the effort. She
did not come. I desisted altogether at
last , for I bethought me that , whether
dead or alive , it must cause her torture -
ture not to be able to obey it.
CHAPTER XL
THE PHYSICIAN.
T was now Captain Campbell of the
Scotch Grays , contriving to live on my
'half pay , and thinking far more about
the past than the present or future. My
father was dead. My only brother was
also gone , and the property had passed
Into other hands. I had no fixed place
of abode , but went from one spot to another -
other as the whim seized me-some-
-times remaining a month , sometimes removing -
moving next day , but generally choosy -
y ring retired villages about which I knew
nothing.
I had spent a week in a small town
on the borders of tTales , and intended
remaining a fortnight longer , when I
was suddenly seized with a violent ill-
h ess , in which I lay insensible for three
weeks. When I recovered consciousness -
ness I found that my head had been
; laved , and that the cicatrice of my old
wound was occasionally , very painful.
Of late I have suspected that I had
some operation performed on my skull
during my illness ; but Dr. Ruthwell
never dropped a hint to that effect.
. This was the friend whom , when first
i I had opened my seeing eyes , Isbeheld
i sitting by my bedside , watching the
effect of his last prescription. He was
one of the few in the profession whose
love of science and love of their fellows
combined , would be enough to chain
them to the art of healing , irrespective
ive of its emoluments. He was one of
the few , also , who see the marvelous
in all science , and , therefore , reject
nothing merely because the marvelous
may seem to predominate in it
He attributed my illness to the consequences -
sequences of the saber cut. and my
recovery to the potency of the drugs
lie had exhibited. I attributed my illness -
ness in great measure to the constant
contemplation of my early history , no
longer checked by-any regular employ
ment and my early recovery in equal
measures to the power of his kindness
and sympathy , helping from within
what could never have been reached
from without.
,
After I had so far recovered as to
render it safe to turn my regard more
particularly upon my own case , ho
said to me one day :
"You would laugh at me , Campbell ,
were I to confess some of the bother
this illness of yours has occasioned me ;
enough , Indeed , to overthrow any conceit -
ceit I ever had in my own diagnosis. "
"Go on , " I answered ; "I promise
not to laugh. " r
"In your case , " he continued , //the
pathognomonic , If you will excuse medical -
ical slang , were every now and then
broken by the intrusion of altogether
foreign symptoms. "
I listened with breathless attention.
"Indeed , on several occasions , when ,
after meditating on your case until I
was worn out , I had fallen half asleep
by your bedside , I came to myself with
the strangest conviction that I was
watching by the bedside of a woman. "
"Thank Heaven ! I exclaimed , starting -
ing up , "she lives still :
As soon as my friend would permit
me , I set out for Scotland.
I made the journey by easy stages ,
chiefly on the back of a favorite black
horse , which had carried me well in
several fights , had come out of them
scarred , like his master , but sound in
wind and limb. It was night when I ;
reached the village lying nearest to
my birthplace.
When I woke in the morning , I found
the whole region filled with a white
mist ; hiding the mountains around.
When I had finished my breakfast , I
went down and wandered about among
the people. Groups of elderly men
were talking earnestly ; and young men
and maidens who had come to be
fee'd , were joking and laughing. They
stared at the Sassenach gentleman , and
little thinking that he understodd every
word they uttered , made their remarks
upon him in no very subdued tones.
I approached a stall where a brown old
woman was selling ginger bread and
apples. She was talking to a man
with long , white locks. Near them
was a group of young people. One of
them must have said something about
me ; for the old woman , who had been
taking stolen glances at me , turned
rather sharply toward them , and rebuked -
buked them for rudeness.
"The gentleman is no Sassenach , " she
said. "He understands everything you
are saying. "
This was spoken in Gaelic , of course.
I turned and looked at her with more
observance. She made me a courtesy ,
and said , in the same language :
"Your honor will be a Campbell , I'm
thinking. "
"I am a Campbell , " I answered , and
waited.
"Your honor's name wouldn't be Duncan -
can , sir ? "
"It is Duncan , " I answered ; "but
there are many Duncan Campbells. "
"Only one to me , your honor , anti
that's yourself. But you will not remember -
member me ? "
I did not remember her. Before long ,
however , urged by her anxiety to associate -
ciate her present with my past , she enabled -
abled me to recall in her time-worn
features those of a servant in my fath-
er's house when I was a child.
"But how could you recollect me ? " I
said.
"I have often seen you since I left
your father's sir. But it , was really , I
believe , that I hear more about you
than anything else , every day of my
life. "
"I do not understand you. "
"From old Margaret , I mean. "
"Dear old Margaret ! Is she alive ? "
"Alive and hearty , though quite bed-
ridden. Why , sir , she must be within
near sight of a hundred. "
"Wliete does she live ? "
"In the old cottage , sir. Nothing will
make her leave it. The new liar wanted
to turn her out ; but Margaret muttered
something at which he grew as white
as his shirt , and he has never ventured
across her threshold again. "
"How do you see so much of her ,
though ? "
"I never leave her , sir. She can't
wait on herself , poor old lady. Anti
she's like a mother to me. Bless her !
But your honor will come and see her ? "
"Of course I will. Tell her so when
you go home. "
"Will you honor me by sleeping at my
house , sir ? " said the old man to whom
she had been talking. "My farm is just
over the brow of the hill , you know. "
I had by this time recognized him ,
and I accepted his offer at once.
My horse was an excellent walker ,
and I let him walk on , with the reins
on his neck , while I , lost in a dream
of the past , was singing a song of my
own making , with which I often comforted -
forted my longing by giving it voice.
I was roused by a heavy drop of rain
upon my face. I looked up. A cool
wave of wind flowed against me.
Clouds had gathered ; and over the
peak of a hill to the left the sky was
very black. Old Constancy threw his
head up , as if he wanted me to take the
refit , and let him step out. I rernern-
bered that there used to be an awkward -
ward piece of road somewhere not far
in front , , where the path , with a bank
on the left side , sloped to a deep descent -
scent on the right If the road was as
bad there as it used to be , it would be
better to pass it before ft grew quite
dark. So I took the reins , and away
went old Constancy. We had just
reached the spot , when a keen flash of
lightning broke from the clouds overhead -
head , and my horse instantly stood
stock still , as if paralyzed , with his
nostrils turned up toward the peak of
the mountain. I sat as still as he , to
give him time to recover himself. But
all at once his whole frame was convulsed -
vulsed , as if by an agony of terror. He
gave a great plunge , and then I felt
his muscles swelling and knotting
under me , as he rose on his hind legs ,
and went backward , with scaur behind °
him. I leaned forward on his neck to
bring him down , but he reared higher -
er and higher , till he stood bolt upright -
right , and it was time to slip off , lest
he should fall upon me. I did so ; but
my foot alighted upon no support. He
had backed to the edge of the shelving
ground , and I fell and went to the
bottom. The last thing I was aware of
was the thundering fall of my horse
beside me.
When I came to myself it was dark.
I felt stupid and aching all over ; but I
soon satisfied myself that no bones
were broken. A mass of something layy
near me. It was poor Constancy. I
crawled to him , laid my hand on his
neck , and called him by his name. But
lie made no answer in that gentle , joyful -
ful speech-for it was speech in old
Constancy-with which he always
greeted uie , if only after an hour's ab-
sence.
I needed all my manhood to keep
from crying like a child ; for my char-
,
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i
er was my friend. How long I lay
beside him , I do not know ; but , at
length , I heard the sound of wheels
coming along the road. I tried to
shout , and in some measure , succeeded ;
for a voice , which I recognized as that
of my father's friend , answered cheeri-
ly. He was shocked to discover that
his expected guest was in such evil
plight. It was still dark , for the rain
was falling heavily ; but , with his directions -
tions , I was soon able to take my seat
beside him In the gig : He had been unexpectedly -
expectedly detained , and was now
hastening home with the hope of being
yet in time to welcome me.
CHAPTER III.
MARGARET.
Early in the afternoon I came In
sight of the cottage of Margaret. It
lay unchanged , a gray , stone-fashioned
hut , in the hollow of the mountain
basin. I scrambled down the soft
green brae , and soon stood within the
door of the cottage. There I was met
by Margaret's attendant. She led mete
to the bed where my old nurse lay
Her eyes were yet undimmed by years ,
and little change had passed upon her
countenance , since I parted with her
on that memorable night. The moment
she saw me she broke out into apas.
sionate lamentation , such as a mother
might utter over the maimed sfength
and disfigured beauty of her child.
"What ill has he done-my bairn-to
be all night the sport of the powers of
the air and the wicked of the earth ?
But the day will dawn for my Duncan
yet , and a lovely day it will be ! "
Then , looking at me anxiously , she
said :
"You're not much the worse for last
night , my bairn. But woe's me ! His
grand horse , that carried him so , that
I blessed the beast in my prayers ! "
I knew that no one could have yet
brought her news of my accident.
"You saw me fall , nurse ? " I said.
"That I did , " she answered. "I see
you oftener than you think. But there
was a time-when I could hardly see
you at all , and Ithought you were dead ,
my Duncan. "
I stooped to kiss her. She laid the
one hand that had still the power of
motion , upon my head , and dividing
the hail , which hai begun to be mixed
with gray , said : "Eh. the bonny gray
hairs ! My Duncan's a man in spite of
them ! "
She searched until she found the
scar of the saber cut.
"Just where I thought to find it ! "
she said. "That was a terrible day-
worse for me than you , Duncan ! "
"You saw me then ! " I exclaimed.
"Little do folks know , " she answered ,
"who think I'm lying here like a live
corpse in its coffin , what liberty my
soul-and that's just me-enjoys. Little -
tle do they know what I see and hear.
And there s no witchcraft of evil-doing
in it my boy ; but just what the Almighty -
mighty made me. Janet , here , declares -
clares she heard the cry that I made ,
when this same cut , that's not so well
healed yet , broke out in your bonny
head. I saw no sword , only the bursting -
ing of the 1)100(1 from the wound. But
sit down , my bairn , and have something -
thing to eat after your walk. We'll
have time enough for speech. "
"You said , nurse , that some time ago
you could not see me. Did you know
nothing about me all that time ? "
"I took it to mean that you were ill ,
my dear. Shortly after you left us ,
the same thing happened first ; but I do
not think you were ill then. "
"I should like to tell you my story ,
dear Margaret , " I said , conceiving a
sudden hope of assistance from one
who hovered so near the unseen that
she often flitted across the borders.
"But would it tire you ? "
"Tire mime , my child' " she said , with
sudden energy. "Did I not carry you
in my bosom , till I loved you more than
the darling I had lost ? Do I not think
about you and your fortunes , till , sitting -
ting there , you are no nearer to me
than when a thousand miles away ?
You do not know my love to you , Dun-
can. I have lived upon it when , I dare
say , you did not care whether I was
alive or dead. But that was all one to
my love. When you leave me now I
shall not care much. My thoughts will
only return to their old ways. But I
want to hear your story. I am hungering -
ing to hear it"
"But , " I whispered , "I cannot speak
about it before anyone else. "
"I will send Janet away. Janet , I
want to talk with Mr. Campbell alone. "
"Very well , Margaret , " answered
Janet , and left the room.
( TO BE CONTINUED. )
' Cure for Sleeplessness.
A physician , in speaking of the various -
ious methods of inducing sleep , said :
"I've tried then all-putting a cold
towel on the head , bathing the feet hi
hot water , counting up to 1,000 , drinking -
ing a glass of milk and so on , and the
best thing I ever found was simply
this : When I have worked all evening
and find myself at bed time in a state
of nervousness or mental activity , 1
go to bed and place my right hand
directly over the pit of my stomach.
Whether it is the animal warmth of
time hand acting on the stomach anti
drawing the circulation from the head ,
or some nervous action , I can't say ,
but I know that I fall asleep in a few
minutes. I believe that in a large
I
majority of the ordinary eases of sleep. ;
lessness this simple remedy will prove
effective. I have recommended it to
many patients and they report sure
" Record.
prising success.-Chicago
Aids to Speed.
If it is true , as reported , that tin ,
sulky in which "Alix was driven her
great mile" at Columbus was made
of aluminium and weighed only 21'
pounds it is another case where increase -
crease of speed is due less to improvement -
ment in horseflesh than in racing ap-
pliances. When a lowered record
means simply better tracks or better
sulkies it goes for something , but it
does not represent its face value.-New
York World.
Then She Fainted.
Looking up suddenly she beheld the
bearded face of a man , with a gleam.
Lug knife between his teeth.
Then she fainted.
It was no wonder , for she had been
carefully reared and had never seen
any one eat pie in that manner. In.
dianapolis Journal.
I
The total annual value of English
match manufacture has been estimated -
ed at from 1,000,000 to _ ,000,000 ,
and England is now the greatest pro
ducer of matches
- - - - - - - - - - - -
i GRAND OLD P A. TY
BRITISH INTERESTS FOSTERED
IN WASHINGTON.
What John Bull Lost at Yorktown lie
I Bogalning With Mr. Cloveland's
Able Asslstanco - These Dllnneeota
Democrats-A Lost Idol.
1lro tie a British Colony ?
The commercial vigilance of Great
Britain never sleeps. It is always
awake , ready to take advantage of
every opportunity to extend the trade
of the united kingdom , to guard
against dangers that may threaten
that which has been acquired. The
attempt to hold the American colonies
in subjection to the British crown was
an attempt to retain a promising mar-
ket. Defeated in that first attempt ,
British ambition sought to accomplish
its purpose along different lines. But
its aim was the same , and that purpose -
pose has not from that day to this
been relaxed.
Political independence filled the
American people with pride , and they
thought that they had made themselves -
selves free. In fact , they were so for
awhile. But Great Britain did not
sleep. It never for a moment relinquished -
quished the hope that some day it
would accomplish what it sought to
accomplish when it resisted the struggle -
gle of the American colonists for political -
litical independence. To-day it is an
open question whether it has or has
not 'succeeded. It is not idle to ask
if we are in a commercial sense a
British colony.
It was a fortunate day for Great
Britain when , with the aid
of the Democrats , it succeeded
in placing Grover Cleveland
in the presidential chair. That
British influence had a great deal to
do with his success does not admit of
question. Thousands of men in the
East who take their political ideas
from England supported Mr. Cleveland -
land because he conformed to the
British standard of statesmanship. Ho
was British in his ideas concerning
the tariff. He was British in his
theory of money and his policy concerning -
cerning the monetary affairs of this
country. IIe was British in his views
concerning our foreign policy , and especially -
pecially our relation to matters in the
Pacific. Ever since ho has been in the
White house this time , and it was
largely so during his first term , lie
has been an ally of Great Britain.
Always he has taken an un-American
stand.
Among the early acts of congress
after the adoption of the constitution
were two that were of the highest im-
portanco. One was to establish a
protective tariff in order to stimulate
American industries. The other waste
to establish a mint and open it to the
coinage of silver and gold at a fixed
ratio. In less than twenty years
after that Great Britain demonetized
silver , and ever since it has been an
advocate of a single gold standard.
For nearly the same length of time it
has been an advocate of free trade.
Both doctrines were in British inter-
ests. Both were contrary to the interests -
terests of this country. Both tended
to reduce the world , and especially
the United States , to commercial and
financial dependence upon Great
Britain. Both were in line with that
policy of sleepless vigilance by which
Great Britain has always sought to accomplish -
complish in a commercial way what
it could not accomplish by force of
arms.
In all this England has been aided
by that school of Eastern politicians
of which Mr. Cleveland is the most
conspicuous member. These men
have forced upon the country the
British monetary policy , and they
have almost forced us to a free trade
level. The fact that we are not upon
a free trade level is no fault of Grover
Cleveland's. Their great argument
in favor of gold monometallism has
been that it placed us upon a monetary -
tary level with other nations , says the
Denver Republican. That Great
Britain is chiefly considered in this
connection is shown by the fact that
everyone of these men say that we
cannot afford to do anything for the
restoration of silver until Great Britain -
ain consents to open its mints to that
metal.
Again , the reciprocity policy was a
great blow at British commercial su-
premacy. Of all things done by the
Republicans it was the most abhorrent
to the Democrats. A vigorous American -
can policy in time Pacific is contrary to
British interests in that quarter.
Ever since Mr. Cleveland came into
office the last time our national policy
in that quarter has been one of inac-
tivity. With Mr. Cleveland and other
mugwumps a vigorous American spirit
is looked upon as evidence of a lack
of culture. Surely there is reason to
ask if this country is a British colony.
A Lost Idol.
It's an unkind fate that destiny has
had in store for the Hon. Roger Q.
Mills of Texas , author of the Mills
bill and other important measures.
He arose to a position of eminence
seldom gained by politicians not well
known as campaign tacticians. And
then the Democracy dropped him. Or ,
rather , it dumped him ignominiously
on to the party hearse and had him
taken away amid ungrateful cries of
reproach. Later , the fallen statesman -
man went into that mausoleum of
I
greatness , the senate. - Chicago
Record.
of One to approve.
It is remarkable that not a newspaper -
per in all the country has a word of
praise for the present congress. It is
the most thoroughly discredited legislative -
lative body that ever assembled in
Washington.
It ; 1th Coming True
The Chicago Herald wants all protectionist -
tectionist Democrats to join the Re
publican party. The Herald probably
noticed that quite a respectable number -
ber did that early in November. Its
wish as to the rest may be gratified
within the next two years , if the
Democratic leaders and organs continue -
tinue to talk "tariff reform" nonsense.
The Minnesota I ronnnck mnnto.
The Minnesoto Democratic association -
tion was much in evidence a your ago
or less , when it branded the fourteen
Democratic senators , who wore not
willing to swallow the Wilson bill in
all its naked loveliness , as Benedict
Arnolds and Judas Iscariots , and unworthy -
worthy to bear the name of Demo- ,
crats. Some of the aforesaid senators
oven felt called upon to declare upon
the floor of the senate that they were
not Judas Iscariots , nor Benedict Ar-
nolds , nor any other words of like ef-
fect. The Minnesota Democratic association -
sociation was very highly elated with
its accomplishment.
It had succeeded with its address in
attracting a great deal more attention
than it had over hoped for. A great
deal more than its importance war-
ranted. But it had raised a breozeand
was happy accordingly. But the Wilson -
son bill went to its ignominious fate ,
just the same , and , in the fullness of
time , in the first week of November the
voters of Minnesota trampled the Democratic -
ocratic association in the mire and dirt
-figuratively speaking-with great
unanimity and thoroughness. But the
Minnesota Democratik association is
not discouraged. It believes in perse
verence if not in the persoverenco of
the saints. And so it comes up as
jauntily as the unfortunate events of
last November will permit. The Minnesota -
nesota Democratic association desires
to be heard , says the Detroit Tribune ,
and so it elevates its mouth at , an angle -
gle of forty-fivo degrees , takes a full.
inspiration , and fires its pnuematic-
dynamite shot over the country as
follows : "We must dcclara openly
and boldly for free trade. " All right ! '
declare away ! If you think that is
what the country wants , and what it
voted for , that is the thing to de.
That will suit us first rate , because ,
if you do , there will be less Democrats -
crats than there are now. "We must
take up the work of education again.
We taught the people that protection
is wrong. We must teach them that
free trade is right. "
Yes , you taught the people that
protection is wrong ; but time people
did not accept your teaching. Quito
the reverse. They taught you something -
thing in regard to their views and
wishes. They taught you that they
had no use for the Democratic party ;
they taught you that they did not
want more free trade but loss ; that
they did not believe in a policy that
closes American factories and lights
the fires in foreign shops and forges.
But , dear Democratic association !
don't for a moment think that time
earth won't revolve unless you periodically -
ically send your free trade yawp over
the roof of time universe. You are too
much like the ubiquitous small dog
that periodically chases the limited
express train out of town and then
trots complacently back , wagging its
tail at the tremendous achievement.
Your pronunciamento is magnificent-
but it is not war.
On the Other Foot.
What's this ? The cotton planters
of the Yazoo Delta , in the great
Democratic state of Mississippi , hold-
jug a convention for the purpose of
agreeing upon a reduction in the
wages of their hands ! Why , what's
to become of the country now ? For a
long , long time these very planters of
the South have been telling the country -
try how infamous Republican employers -
ers were to reduce the wages of their
men. It shocked their sensitive
souls to have Northern wages re-
duced. But the boot is on the other
foot now , and it seems to pinch the
Yazoo Delta pretty hard.--Philadelphia
Inquirer.
Let him Use liis "lnaooenco"
It is stated that Mr. Cleveland will
use his "infiooence" to bring about
the repeal of the discriminating duty
on German beet sugar. While he is
about it let him use his "pull" with
congress to bring about the repeal of
the discriminating tax against the
North known as the income tax.
Loyal Americans are as much entitled
to his consideration as alien manufacturers -
turers , although it may be hard to
make him believe it.-N. Y. Tribune.
If Ito Began to Correct Himself-- !
A short time ago President Cleveland -
land declared in a public utterance
that "thousands of neighborhoods
have their well known fraudulent pen-
sioners. " As the result of months of
zealous labor the pension department
has found less than two hundred
fraudulent pensioners , 118 of which
were frauds of notaries , attorneys ,
witnesses and impostors. Will Mr.
Cleveland be fair enough to correct
his slanderous statement ?
I he Gold Cure.
Secretary Morton's theory of fm-
proving the soil of farming lands is
that the currency ought to be established -
lished more firmly on a gold basis.
How the farmers ever succeeded in
raising anything at all without the
aid of our practical agricultural department -
partment is a deepening mystery.-
Kansas City Journal.
Can't Go Helots tbo Bottom.
One of the foundations for hops in
the iron and steel industry for the
year to come is the knowledge that
during the two year's of Democratic
times prices have reached an absolute
rock bottom. There- can be no further
decline , while the prospects all favor
better prices and greatly increused
operations.
i'rovet One Thins ; , tnvrray.
The fact that Jude Lyman Trurn ,
bull , who frames Populist plat.
' forms , wrote an amendment to the
United States proves nothing except ,
perhaps , that he won't write any more.
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