M TAIM AGE'S SEEMOfl ,
II "OOSPEL FARMING" SUBJECT
IS OF SUNDAY'S DISCOURSE.
lag Prnm the Text "I am the True Vine
I SI and ary PfttUcr T the Husbandman"
III John XV : l l'louinc and Soirlns
19 ' that. Wo May It cap the Good Thing *
! of Life.
II
19 = = Z3 HIS last summer ,
f P
19 ! . • - \Jl } % havInS gone in
19 f. * &P 3&B different directions
I / \ : • $ $0&\tcI over between five
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I • • * $ $ iwM' and sIx the sand
I g Wmmk milee of harvest
I j lK ul33n@ flelds' * can hardly
I I . * r3 K ° Pen my Bible
I j , ' * Wttt $ wIthout smelling
I W lekf ' the breath of new"
, Z = z * mown hay and see-
I lue the golden lighter
or the wheat field. And when I open
my Bible to take my text , the Scripture
9 lea * rustles like the tassels of the corn.
' , We wer0 nearly all of us born in the
9 -country. We dropped corn In the hill ,
9 and went on Saturday to the mill , ty-
9 * lnS the grist in the center of the sack
9 - so that the contents on either side Lhe
| , horse balanced each other ; and drove
' the cattle afield , our bare feet wet with
! J the dew , and rode the horses with the
\ \ halter to the brook until we fell off ,
'
m aUl hunted the mow for nests until the
m \ 'J ' feathered occupants went cackling
I j j , away. We were nearly all of us born
B 1n the country , and all would have
if -stayed there had not some adventur-
H ous lad on his vacation come back
HI ] wItu better clothes and softer hands ,
Bfl a"d set the whole village on fire with.
IS , ambition for city life. So we all.un-
n9 derstand rustic allusions. The Bible
BfS , s ful1 of them. In Christ's sermon
on the Mount you could see the full-
R9 blown lilies and the glossy back of the
119 crow's wing as it flies over Mount Oli-
IIP vet. # David and John , Paul and Isaiah
If ' And in country life a source of fre-
H quent illustration , while Christ in the
B I text takes the responsibility of calling
El ! * , , j God a farmer , declaring , "My Father
35 ' • J Is the husbandman. "
II | ' Noah was the first fanner. We say
| 1 I j nothing about Cain , the tiller of the
H | j * I "soil- Adam was a gardener on a large
11 v • scale , but to Noah was given all the
| j k acres of the earth. Blisha was an ag-
h f riculturlst , not cultivating a ten-acro
M . * ° tj f ° r we find him plowing with
m \ twelve yoke of oxen. In Bible times
| | j ( the land was so plenty and the inhabi-
H tants so few that Noah was right when
H be gave to every inhabitant a certain
| I ' portion of land ; that land , " if culti-
I j vatecL ever after to be his own posses-
II ' slon. Just as in Nebraska the United
I j I States Government on payment of § 1G
I j , j years ago gave pre-emption right to
| | ' 1G0 acres to any man who would settle
§ I there and cultivate the soil.
1 | | All classes of people were expected to
IE -cultivate ground except ministers of re-
Wt ligion. It was supposed that they
am -would have their time entirely occu-
§ 1 pied with their own profession , al-
111 though I am told that sometimes min-
! 1 I Isters do plunge so deeply into world-
i llness that they remind one of what
I j Thomas Fraser said in regard to a
I I "man in his day who preached very
I j -well , but lived very ill"When he is
J i out of the pulpit , it is a "pity he should
* | ever go into it , and when he is in the
f i pulpit it is a pity he should ever come
| j out of it. " ,
13 ' They were not small crops raised in
II those times , for though the arts were
I I rude , the plow turned up , very rich
% 1 soil , and barley , and cotton , and flax ,
jk and all kinds of grain came up at the
|
1 ! call of the harvesters. Pliny tells of
I one stalk of grain that had on it be-
I tween three and four hundred ears.
I ; The rivers and the brooks , through ar-
, i ' tificial channels , were brought down to
'
s . the roots of the corn , and to this habit
j ' of turning a river wherever it was
wanted , Solomon refers when he says :
If * "The king's heart is in the hand of the
H Lord , and he turneth it as the rivers of
II -water are turned , whithersoever he
If -will. "
W | \ ' The wild beasts were caught , and
II then a hook was put into their nose ,
9 and then they were led ovr the field ,
9 -and to that God refers when he says
9 to wicked Sennacherib : "I will put a
9 Tiook in thy nose and I will bring thee
' 91 "back by the way which thou earnest. " '
; 9 | • And God has a hook in every bad man's
nose , whether it be Nebuchadnezzar or
Ahab or Herod. He may think himself
I Tery independent , but some time in
{ his life , or in the hour of his death ,
he will find that the Lord Almighty
has a hook in his nose.
. This was the rule in regard to the
culture of the ground : "Thou shalt
not plow with an ox and an ass to
gether , " illustrating the folly of ever 1
I putting intelligent and useful and pli
able men in association with the stub
born and the unmanageable. The vast j
, Tnajority of troubles in the churches
i and in reformatory institutions comes
from the disregard of this command
' of the Lord , "Thou shalt not plow
| with an ox and an ass together. "
I I There were large amounts of prop
erty invested in cattle. The Moabites
paid 100,000 sheep as an annual tax.
Job had 7,000 sheep , 3,000 camels , 500
yoke of oxen. The time of vintage
was ushered in with mirth and music.
The clusters of the vine were put into • ,
' the wine press , and then five men j
would get Into the press and trample j
i out the Juice from the grape until their I
j garments were saturated with the wine
an. had become the emblems of
slaughter. Christ himself , wounded
until covered with the blood of cruci
fixion , making use of this allusion
when the question was asked : "Where
fore art thou red in thine apparel and
thy garments like one who treadeth the i
| , wine vat ? " He responded : "I " have
"
| trodden the wine press alone.
| In all ages there has been great
1 Tionor paid to agriculture. Seven- |
1 eighths of the people in every coun- •
9 , try. are disciples of the plow. A gov- j
9 1 rament is strong in proportion as it
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ie supported by an athletic and in
dustrious yeomanry. So long ago as
before the fall of Carthage , Strabo
wrote twenty-eight books on agricul
ture ; Hesiod wrote a poem on the same
subject "The Weeks and Days. " Cato
was prouder of his work on husbandry
than of all his miltary conquests. But
I must not be tempted into a discus
sion of agricultural conquests. Stand
ing amid the harvests and orchards
and vineyards of the Bible , and stand
ing amid the harvests and orchards
and vineyards of our own country
larger harvests than have ever before
been gathered I want to run out the
analogy between the production ot
crops and the growth of grace in the
soul all these sacred writers making
use of that analogy.
In the first place , I remark , in grace
as in the fields , there must be a plow.
That which theologians call convic
tion Is only the plow-share turning
up the sins that have been rooted and
matted in the soul. A farmer said to
his indolent son : "There are a hun
dred dollars buried deep in that field. "
The son went to work and plowed the
'
field from fence to rence , and he plow
ed it very deep , and then complained
that he had not found the money ;
but when the crop had been gather
ed and sold for a hundred dollars more
than any previous year , then the
young man t took the hint as to what
his father meant when he said there
were a hundred dollars buried down
in that field. Deep plowing for a crop.
Deep plowing for a soul. lie who
makes light of sin will never amount
to anything in the church or in the
world. If a man speaks of sin as
though it were an inaccuracy or a mis
take , instead of the loathesome ,
abominable , consuming , and damning
thing that God hates , that man will
never yield a harvest of usefulness.
When I was a boy I plowed a field
with a team of spirited horses. I
plowed it very quickly. Once in a
while I passed over some of the sod
without turning it , but I did not jerk
back the plow with its rattling de
vices. I thought it made no differ
ence. After awhile my father came
along and said : "Why , this will never
do ; this isn't plowed deep enough ;
there you have missed this and you
have missed that. " And he plowed it
over again. The difficulty with a great
many people is that they are only
scratched with conviction fwhen the
subsoil plow of God's truth ought to
be put in up to the beam.
My word is to all Sabath school
teachers , to all parents , to all Chris
tian workers Plow deep ! Plow deep !
And if in your own personal experi
ence you are apt to take a lenient view
of the sinful side of your nature , put
down into your soul the ten command
ments which reveal the holiness ol
God. and that sharp and glittering
coulter will turn up your soul to the
deepest depths. If a man preaches to
you that you are only a little out of
crder by reason of sin and that yon
need only a little fixing-up , he de
ceives ! You have suffered an appallin ?
injury by reason of sin. There are
quick poisons and slow poisons , but the
druggist could give you one drop that
could kill the body. And sin is like
that drug ; so virulent , so poisonous
so fatal that one drop is enough to kill
the soul.
Deep plowing for a crop. Deep plow
ing for a eoul. Broken heart or nn
religion. Broken soil or no harvest
Why was it that David and the jailer
and the publican and Paul made such
ado about their sins ? Had they lost
their senses ? NoThe plow-share
struck them. Conviction turned up n
great many things that were forgotten
As a farmer plowing sometimes turm
up the skeleton of a man or the an
atomy of a monster long ago buried
60 the plow-share of conviction turns
up the ghastly skeletons of sins long
ago entombed. Geologists nevel
brought up from the depths of the
mountain mightier ichthyosaurus oj
megatherium.
But what means all this crooked
plowing , these crooked furrows , the re
pentance that amounts to nothing , the
repentance that ends in nothing ? Men
groan over their sins , but get no bet- !
ter. They weep , but their tears are >
not counted. They get convicted , but
not converted. What is the reason :
I remember that on the farm we sel
a standard with a red flag at the
other end of the field. We kept our eye
on that. We aimed at that. We plow
ed up to that. Losing sight of that we
made a crooked furrow. Keeping our
eye on that we made a straight fur
row. Now in this matter of convlctioJi .
we must have so me standard to guide
us. It is a red standard tnat God has
set at the other end of the field. It
Dther end of the field. We kept our eye
that you will make a straight farrow.
Losing eight of it you will make a
crooked furrow. Plow up to the Cross.
Aim not at either end of the horizontal
piece of the Cross , but at the upright
piece , at the center of it , the heart of
the Son of God who bore your sins '
and made satisfaction. Crying and i
weeping will not bring you through.
"Him hath God exalted to be a Prince '
3nd a Saviour to give repentance. " Oh ,
plow up to the Cross ! <
* * *
Again , I remark , in grace as in the J
farm there must be a reaping. Many
Christians speak of religion as though
It were a matter of economics or insur-
ince. They expect to reap in the next
world. Oh , no ! Now is the time to ;
reap. Gather up the joy of the Chris-
: ian religion this morning , this after-
loon , this night If you have not as
nuch grace as you would like to have ,
hank God for what you have , and
pray for more. You are no worse en
slaved than Joseph , no worse troubled
; han was David , no worse scourged ,
: han was Paul. Yet , amid the rattling ]
) f fetters , and amid the gloom of dunt t
jeons , and amid the horror of ? hip-
ivreck , they triumphed in the grace
) f God. The weakest man in the i
iou6e to-day has 600 acres of spiritual
" . * n " i m | . _ _ _ J.I , , , . . . , . -
joy all ripe. Why do you not go ana
reap it ? You have been groaning over
your infirmltiea for thirty years. Now
give one round shout over your eman- .
clpation. You say you have it so hard ;
you might have it worse. You wonder
why this great cold trouble keeps re
volving through your soul , turning
and turning with a black hand on the
crank. Ah , that trouble is the grind
stone on which yoji are to sharpen your
sickle. To the fields ! Wake up ! Take
off your green spectacles , your blue
spectacles , your black spectacles. Pull
up the corners of your mouth a6 far
as you pull them down. To the flelds !
Reap ! reap !
The Savior folds a lamb in his bosom.
The little child filled all the house
with her music , and her toys are scat
tered all up and down the stairs just as
she left them. What if the hand that
plucked four-o'clocks out of the mead
ow is still ? It will wave in the eternal
triumph. What if the voice that made
music in the home is still ? It will sing
the eternal hosanna. Put a white rose
in one hand , a red rose in the other
hand , and a. wreath of orange blossoms
on the brow ; the white flower for the
victory , the red flower for the Savior'3
sacrifice , the orange blossoms for her
marriage day. Anything ghastly about
that ? Oh , no ! The sun went down
and the flower shut The wheat
threshed out of the straw. "Dear Lord ,
give mo sleep , " said a dying boy. the
son of one of my elders , "Dear Lord ,
give me sleep. " And he closed his
eyes and woke In glory. Henry W.
Longfellow , writing a letter of condo
lence to those parents , said , "Those
last words were- beautifully poetic. "
And Mr. Longfellow knew what i ? '
poetic. "Dear Lord , give me sleep. "
'Twas not in cruelty , not in wrath
That the reaper came that day ;
'Twas an angel that visited the earth
And took the flower away.
So may it be with us when our work
Is all done. "Dear Lord , give mo
sleep. " ,
I have one more thought to present.
I have spoken of the plowing , of the
sowing , of the harrowing , of the reap
ing , of the threshing. I must newspeak
speak a moment of the garnering.
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WHEEL HUMOR.
"I was told you wouldn't insure bi
cycle girls. Won't you insure me ? "
"Not on your life ! " Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
She Do you know this bicycle re
minds me so much of you ? He How
Is that ? She I always have a dick-
sns of a time getting it started.
Cleveland Leader.
"I see they are applying ball bear
ings to a great many things now. "
'Yes , they have a ball bearing sign
iown where I keep my watch. "
Washington Times.
"I want the bicycle number of The
Scottish Quarterly Review , " said he to
: he newsdealer. "I don't think The
Scottish Quarterly Review has issued a
aicycle number , sir. " "No ? How -ery
nuch behind the times ! " Pittsburg
Chronicle-Telegraph.
An elderly lauy m Cleveland vicious-
y "swiped" with an umbrella a scorch
er who missed her by about two inches ,
mil the spectators applauded. An um-
jrella is very well , but there is some
thing to be said in favor of an ax.
Minneapolis Journal.
She ( on the way over ) Just to think
: hat this big c-hip is absolutely mvler
: he control of the man at the wheel !
He Oh , that's nothing ! The man on '
; he wheel at home claims to have powf f
jr enough to control the whole nation. '
• Philadelphia North American.
]
BITS OF KNOWLEDGE. ]
An ordinary silk hat weighs only <
seven ounces. j
The value of bicycle exports from I
3reat Britain , whole or in portions ,
ivas last year a million and a half '
iterling. <
Luminous inks may now be used to
? rint signs to bo visible in the dark.I I
Sine salts and calcium are the mediums '
generally used. *
It is reported that a white whale was *
; een recently in Long Island Sound.
Phis animal is rarely seen outside the t
Arctic regions. i
The synapta , a water insect , is prot
'ided with an anchor , the exact shape J
3f the anchor used by the ships. By I
heaus of this peculiar device the ins
sect holds itself firmly in any desirpd i
ipot. t
Up to the beginning of the fourteenth
: c-ntury the poiies of Rome were cent
ented with a single crown ; and in 1303 f
he first double one was assumed and I
n 1364 the present tiara , or triple one , fi
ras adopted.
It is said that a large well known *
> ank has an invisible camera in a gal- \
ery behind the cashier's desks , so that Cl
it a signal from one of them any sus-
jected customer can instantly have his t
> hotograph taken without his knowla
h
: dge.
dge.When E
When the Trans-Siberian Railway is
l
: ompleted in 1900 , it will be possible
or a globe trotter to encircle the globe
n thirty days. Over the new route he '
will be able to reach St. Petersburg n
: rom London in forty-five hours , and " '
irrive at Port Arthur in 250 hours. ' ,
Three miles an hour is about the
tverage speed of the Gulf Stream. A1 v
: ertain places , however , it attains a -j
speed of fifty-one miles an hour , the „
sxtraordinary rapidity of the current jj
jiving the surface , when the sun is 0
shining , the appearance of a sheet oJ ; )
ire.
ire.The
The Mexican government has amendt .
: d Its patent law so that an inventor j }
n order to keep a patent in his possest ]
sion , has to pay a tax. of $50 for th <
irst five year3 , $75 for the second five sears
-ears and $100 for the third. Mexico { ]
lees not believe in encouraging inven-
ion.
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I AND THE VALUE OF FARM LANDS , 1
' Thopopocrats appear to have a mania
for attributing all ills In our body poli
tic , both real and imaginary , to the lack
of free and unlimited coinage of silver.
Among their numerous claims one of
the boldest , perhaps , is that farm lands
have depreciated in value along with
the depreciation of silver bullion. As
a matter of act the decennial appraise
ments or valuations of farm land and
town and city real estate in the state
of Ohio show that Instead of th.e . value
going down there has been a decided
rise , proving that the assertions of free
silver advocates are utterly talse on
this point as in other directions. Even
if land values had depreciated since
1873 it would not prove that the act of
that year caused it , but when they
have actually risen in value It com
pletely refutes the free silver as
sertion that because of the lack of free
and unlimited coinage of silver land
ha3 depreciated in value.
The records of the state prove that
the farm lands of Ohio are more valu
able now than when silver was de
monetized in 1873. The reports of the
auditor of state speak for themselves
and are proof positive. The valuation
of land for taxation is made in Ohio
every ten years , and it is only neces
sary to compare the valuation in 1870
with that of 1890 to show that land
is higher today than when we had free
silver. In 1870 valuations were made
in an inflated currency. In other
wordd , gold was at a premium of 15.2
per cent In 1S90 all currency was at
a parity and the valuation was on a
gold basis. In 1870 the valuation of
farm lands in Ohio , exclusive of the
real estate in the towns and cities ,
was $503,351,297. This was in the in
flated war currency , gold being at a
premium of 15.2 per cent , so that the
real valuation of farm lands of Ohio in
gold was ? 430,936SS9. In 1S90 the
valuation of land , exclusive of the real
estate in tov/ns and cities , was $725 , -
042,254 , an increase over that of 1870
of $288,705,365 , or more than GG per
cent. In the same period silver bullion
has fallen in value fully 50 per cent.
These figures are for the entire state of
Ohio. But to impress the fact more
forcibly below is given the valuation of
land in several of the representative
counties of central Ohio , the figures in
farm lands , they have gone to the far
west or to the towns and cities. Thus
the demand for Ohio farms has de
creased and with it their selling value.
That this Is true is proved hy the fact
that the fall in price has occurred in
the last fifteen years. If it had been
caused by free silver it would have be
gun earlier and there would have been
no such increase in value between 1870
and 1890 as wo have seen occurred.
Columbus State Journal.
$ SOUND MONEY DICTIONARY , t
BANK , originally a bench upon
which the merchant weighed money ,
metals or other things. Now , any
place where money is handled as a
commodity.
BIMETALLISM , the theory that , if
both gold and silver are coined free
and in unlimited quantities at a fixed
ratio for private owners , the coins will
circulate concurrently in a councry.
It has often been tried and invariably
failed. If the coinage ratio be more
favorable to silver than to gold ,
judged by the true or commercial
ratio , gold will disappear. If unjustly
favorable to gold silver will disappear.
BULLION , originally bulla , a seal or
stamp. Latar , and now , money metal ,
stamped or unstamped uncoined.
Bullion Is bought where it commands
the least value and sold where it com
mands the greatest.
CAPITAL , surplus wealth.
CENT , from centum ; Latin , hun
dredth part of a dollar.
CIRCULATION , amount "of money
in use.
COIN , stamped metal used as money.
CREDIT , expectation of money
within a limited time.
CURRENCY , that which is given or
taken as having or representing value.
DIME , Latin , decimus , tenth , a
tenth of a dollar.
DOLLAR , from a dale in Bohemia
where there was issued a pure and
honest coin at a time when the coinage
generally was debased.
FIAT MONEY. Fiat , Latin , let it be.
Paper or other substance intrinsically
Dtin moro favorable to cilvcr. We M
should Ioso our gold. * | 9
currency which a M
LEGAL TENDER ,
government permits a debtor to niter > | H
and compels a creditor to receive. . *
where money la /
MINT , a place
comes from Juno ' A
coined. The name
Monota , Juno the adviser , adjoining *
whoso tcmplo on the Capltoline liil ) | % |
the Roman mint was. , !
MONEY , a thing universally recog- IJM
and ttm
intrinsic value
nizod as having
of other H
value
used as a measure of |
things ; also a commodity. * | | fl
PARITY , equality of purchasing , >
power or debt-paying power. <
PECUNIARY , referring to money. .
- \M
which gold mens-
RATIO , the rate at
ures the values of other metals. To- JW
day one ounce of gold measures that §
thirty-two ounces -H
Is , will buy nearly
of silver. The ratio is , therefore , 1 to
32. Gold is always the 1. , - ] 9
SEIGNIORAGE , the charge for 1M
stamping money. When coinage Is free 4M
there Is no seigniorage. IB
SILVER CERTIFICATE , a treasury y
receipt for silver dollars actually dc-
posited. The receipts are not nominalMM
ly legal tender , but are practically so , j #
being accepted by the government for }
customs , taxes and other public dues , % M
being thus kept at par with gold , th& §
gold equivalence to be lost if we II
abandon the existing gold standard. IJM
They will then represent only the in- 4W
trinsic value of the pure silver in the §
silver dollar and will fluctuate In pur- * rffB
chasing power according to the market j
demand for silver bullion. That is , instead - H
stead of being worth , as they are now , %
100 cents to the dollar , they will bo 'j H
worth 53 cents , more or less , to the | I
dollar. I I
SIXTEEN TO 1 , the demand of owners - |
ers of uncoined silver that the government - f
ment give them the equivalent of an #
ounce of gold for sixteen ounces of !
silver , although they cannot get the JH
equivalent of an ounce of gold from fH
any other source for less than about C2 | H
ounces of silver. f H
STANDARD , that by which something - | l
thing is measured. Standard of value 1H
that by which value is measured. Jold H
is the univercal money standard of H
value because it is not only held by H
mankind as the most precious of money
metals , but because all other kinds of H
money are rated according to their H
equivalent in it.
SUBSIDIARY COIN , small pieces of I
money metal having only limited legal
tender power. l
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BLOCKED AT THE TURN ! 19
; ach cr < = e showing a healthy increase in
; he twenty years :
County. 1S70. 1S90. Increase.
franklin $12G27,2S3 $10,525,370 $3S9S,0S7
Delaware . . . . Saj2.S71 9S9,230 3,9io78 :
airlleld S.S41.7S0 11.113,770 2,271,990
Arette C.737,120 9,9i't.GS0 ' 3.212.tf0 :
SiTamp'sn . . . . 7.95S.920 H.KG. 'IO 3 219.72)
lark 7,537,380 10,552,200 3,3 4S2 >
iiad" son 5,723.r0 9,373 41G 3 , 79 , 5 S
'ickaway . . . 10 2SS. 20 13.037,240 2.74S.72
ckins llC43t'Sl 15S57,1G0 4,313.173
Although the increase in the valua-
ion of farm lands in the above-named
: ounties has been at a healthy rate ,
ho increase of town and city real es-
ate has been at a higher percentage
lecause the growth of population in
) hio in the twenty years has all been
n the towns and cities.
Notwithstanding all the assertions of
hepopocrats to the contrary , the state
ment that farm lands in Ohio have fall-
n in value since the "crime of ' 73" is a
; ross falsehood , as the above figures
aken from the official records of the
tate show. Fair-minded people willet
; ot tolerate such misrepresentation and
he revolt against it has already come.
It is one of the peculiar features of
he present campaign that the facts and
guros are on the side of sound money ,
'opocrats do not try to disprove the
gures. They content themselves with
ue spun theories and attempts to sus-
ain their position by bold assumptions.
$ ut mere assertions without any foun-
ation in fact carry no weight. The
gures" of the state's records are posi-
ive , are not only made on facts , but
re the facts themselves. They cannot
e denied or disputed , and sincere peo-
le will accept them in preference to
he wild and sweeping assertions of
lie popocrats. If , as they claim , the
ick of the free coinage of silver in
liis country has caused all values to
rep , how are they going to reconcile
, ith their statement the increase in
lie valuation of farm lands under the
mited coinage of today over the
aluation under the free silver laws of
570 ? It cannot be done. All of which
iss to prove that the alleged crime of
aving no fre-e and unlimited coinage
f silver is not at all intimately con-
ected with the value of land.
It is true the value of farm lands has
illen since 18S0 in Ohio , but that has
een duo to the opening up of immense
• acts of cheap land in the west and the
reat emigration to that setcion. In-
tead of farmers' sons remaining on
ic home farms and seeking to add to
aem , thus increasing the demand for
worth nothing forced into currency as
money and not redeemable in money
metal , therefore not properly money.
DOUBLE STANDARD , the proposal
that in the same country at the same
time two yardsticks can be in use , one
thirty-six inches long , another eigh
teen inches long , each to be called a
yard. Gold is the yardstick thirty-six
inches long , silver a yardstick eighteen
inches Ions : .
FREE SILVER , a popular way of de
scribing the privilege sought by own
ers of uncoined silver to take it to the
mints or assay offices of the United
States and get in exchange standard
money at the rate of 81.29 per ounce of
silver , although the real value of the
metal to-day is a little over 60 cents
per ounce. The owners of the bullion
will make the profit and the govern
ment and the people be the losers. Sil
ver will be no more "free" than now ,
and nobody will be able to get a dollar
then otherwise than now , that is , by
giving labor or some other commodity
in exchange for it
GOLD CERTIFICATE , a receipt by
the government of the United States
for not less than $20 worth of gold ,
coined or uncoined , deposited in the
treasury and returnable on demand in
exchange for the receipt. These re
ceipts are not nominally legal tender ,
but the government has made them
practically so by accepting them for
payment of duties on imports. None
are issued when the gold in the treas
ury falls below $100,0000,000.
GOLD RESERVE , $100,000,000 gold
coin or bullion held in the treasury to
maintain the specie payments and the
parity of all legal tender American cur
rency with gold.
GRESHAM'S LAW. When both |
metals are legal tender and have equal •
privilege at the mints , the cheaper will
drive the dearer out of circulation.
The law is as old as the currency , but
was not named until after formulated
by Sir Thomas Gresham 300 years ago.
August 1G , 1893 , in the House of Repre
sentatives , William J. Bryan said : "We
established a bimetallic standard in
1792 , but silver , being overvalued by
our ratio of 15 to 1 , stayed with us and
gold went abroad , where mint ratios
were more favorable. " If we should
not open the mints to free and unlim
ited coinage of silver at 16 to 1 , as Mr.
Bryan advocates , the ratio would be
TALE , the thing told on the face of
the coin its declaied value. ' 9
TOKEN MONEY , coins lawfully current - M
rent for more than their real value.
TROY WEIGHT , twelve ounces to I
the pound , supposed to have taken its
name from the goldsmiths of Troyes ,
a town of France , southeast of Paris.
UNIVERSAL STANDARD OF \
VALUE , gold , because all other commodities - |
modities of the world are measured by
their relation to it. Eighty per cent
of the world's business is done on the
gold standard of value. Even in silver - -
ver standard countries , where gold is f
not seen , prices are fixed by the gold *
standard , and the silver money fiuctu- 1
ates in value according to its relation '
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to gold. Pawtucket Post \
A'
l JOS 2 HALF. I / ,
Pat How do you stand ' '
on th' silver i
question , Moike ? - ' - |
Mjke-Me ? Sixteen to wan is moi - .t2
platform.
Pat-Tis , is it ? Wei , me laddv- f *
buck , if you and the long-phiskered -
cranks win , oi'm thinking that by next rf
winter ' *
iverybody's platform will be ,
Nothin' to ate ! "
TU Couldn't Ilitvn He , Kentucky.
A Kentucky tramp called at ae si- *
dence and solicited food. The house
wife gave him some saleratus biscuits
The tramp thanked her and then , step
ping off a few yards , threw the bis
cuits at the
windows
of
the house ,
oreaking tne glass in
every one of
them Then with the
remaining bis
cuits he put the family
to flight.
The l.r < i ( Wn.
People who think the "
"bicycle craze"
is on the
wane will
open their
wh.n evea
they read an
sale , by a New York announcement of !
firm
, of od W K i
cycles at $18 each brought 40oS eager
purchasers to the store. The crush wa " ?
so great that after
I
several
persons had
been nijured the proprietors . I
werQ
obliged to stop the sale. j i
Moses Brown of Boso ha3
the credit f WM
of making the first deposit of gold bul ! fl
hen tobe coined. ia lm bc B
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