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NOT TOO LATE.
She wai but seven. I was nine;
H I loved hor madly, and sho know It,
; “ I knelt and begged her to bo mine,
y Sho said she really couldn't do IL
f 7 At thirty-eight lior hair Is (fray,
Her roses brighter bloom than ever;
Mg.® To-morrow Is my wedding day:
f,'TIs late, but bettor Into than novor.
- 3. Hon ton Wilde, In Munacy’s Magazine.
| the Actor’s Story.
BY JOHN (OLKOTAN.
CHAPTER XIV—CoN-rist-EU
' And tbo two men wont at it bam
■- tner and tongs. Doompstor had mot
W- , tals match for the first tlmo In hli Ufa
and In a quarter of an hour ho lay on
Hi; v his back, bouton within an inch of his
lyi Ufa
Tho poor little pointer porcolvod ‘a
f • divided duly," he came and snarled
at-tho victor as If going to blto him.
p,'v, then apparently he altorod his mind.
and licked his hand. After that ho
$0 wont over to his master, and licked
Mf the beaten giant’s face.
Without another word Jamieson
turned his back, and strodo over to
fkiy* the lodga When ho got there ho
•aid to tho woman. ••Your muster has
been badly beaten, and wants assist*
■' anoe. You will find him lying in the
glen out yonder."
Then he walked back to Aberdeen,
V muttering. ••My poor friend! That’s
one slight installment on your ao
count anyhow!’1
Up*' --
l CHAPTER XV.
Only a Tramp.
Night was falling at the Uairlooh
House when a conveyanoe drove up
and slopped at the hall door. The
. driver got down, and began to bring
g j forth sundry boxes and to load the
cart with thorn. By and by a woman
U ; came out of tho house and got into
w a the wagon. Then they timed toward
the city. Saddenly the horse camo
to a full stop. It was now quite dark.
- and tbo car lor. who had a • •drappio
In hi* ee. ’’ endeavored to urgo the an
imal onward, out in vam. Tho
sagacious brute trembled violently.
«■- whinnied loudly, reared back on his
haunchea and Anally concluded not
? «* to budge another foot Obviously
sK there was nottiing for it but for Dun
I' cun M’Tavisb to get down and see
; what was the matter. In getting
down ho smashed his lantern and
' ■ the light went out Sco ho couldn’t
—fool he did. In nmoment he called
Out to the woman In thn nm-l
“Kb. Jcaunio! Here's a mon leing
a’ but dead. Na wonder Jack
woutdna budge. He was aye a gey.
$ , ’cute beast. Come down and gi’e a
bond, woman—we’ll na leave a Chris
ten to dee while there's a wee bit
squeak for bis lifo.”
They lifted the man into the cart,
and Jeannie supported the poor
If creature's head on her lap little
dreaming for whom she did that
Christian ottice; but when tho light
* foil on his pallid face at Dr. Miller's
door, and she saw who it was.
all the blood In her heart
stood still, but she didn’t come
Of a fainting race—besides, she had
t » something elso to do just then.
, “What what!" she exclaimed, “the
mistress was aye rlcht! He Isna dead
after ’a—the pulr. bonnle laddie.
: Doctor! aome butt the noo!” she
■ screamed like a madwoman. When
**} she told Miller who the broken-down
; wayfarer was he instantly had poor
Curly brought la and put In the best
bed in the house. Restoratives were
employed, but it was long before con
:; solousness supervened.
On his return from Strathmlnea
Willis found a message from the doc*
, tor. requesting him to call immediately
at Breadalbane Terraco Jeannie
came rushing to the door to meet him,
crying bittorly. and exclaiming. -We
has fun' him—we hae fun’ him! but
»'■»» oh. pulr laddie, how .hanged! Thank
• v" God, my bonnie dearie dldna live to
see it! It would hae broken the helrt
o’ her—as it has mine!”
Before Willie had time to speak, the
had urged him forward into an adjao*
ont bed-room, where his poor friend
lay shivering In a fitful, fevered
* sleep Great hollows were In' his
cheeks and beneath his closed eves.
A profusion of long, curly, spow
white hair streamed over his brow
*nd round hts thin, worn neck. Good'
> heaven! Could it l e possible that this
vuuv n 1VI1 Ul
S';*;
the once bright, winsome Curly.
Long afterward Jamieson learned
that as soon as Donald left the asy
lum at Kew the .poor fellow started
on foot for the North. Drenched
with rata and half starving, he fell
down fainting in the streets of Bir
mingham. Ue was taken up by the
police and charged with being drunk.
Fortunately, the inspector was an in
telligent man who immediately sent
for, a'doctor, on whose tertiQcale
Curly was ‘removed to the pauper
lunatic asylupt. •**
After a sojourn of some months he
was die barged. Thanks to his kind
physician he was assisted on by the
mail as far as Newcastle-on-lyne.
From thence the manager of the
theater sent him by coach to Edin
burgh. On Inquiry there he found
that Willie had gone to Aberdeen
weeks before. Not a human being in
his native city recognized la*, the
shabby. broken-down, prematurely
old; man the former spruce cornet in
the Midlothian Volunteers. He was
almost glad tbat it was sa and he
slunk out of Edinburgh as daylight
^IL resuming bis weary march north
\ ard; nor did be halt tilt he found a
tasting place in a friendly barn by
tbe wayside which sheltered him un
til daybreak. He had some two or
three shil'ings still left which kepi
him from absolute starvation. For
tunately the weather was fine—to by
night he slept in barns under hay
ricka or. indeed, wherever he could
And shelter. At length he reached
Aberdeen. When he inquired at'the
theater for Willie he was told that he
was staying at the Gairloch House.
Galrloch House!” ho exclaimed
S '
••That Is whore she llvea Oh, no!
It can’t bo—that's Impossible."
Ho resolved to write to Jnmloson at
once, but his impatience would not
allow him to wait He would go im
mediately. Then his pride stepped in
—he did not wish her to see him thus
changed and worn—thus ragged and
wretched. There could be no harm
anyhow In going near the placd—in
looking upon the spot that enshrined
all ho held most dear, so he walked
toward thd Gairlocn Houd.
There stood the house and the
garden, exactly as ho had loft them
two years ago — nothing seemed
ehangod except himself. Yes—she
must bo changed, too. else she would
not have sont him that cruel reminder*
of his woaknoss and degradation. Yet
perhaps, on tho other hand she
meant to release him from the shame
ful compact into which he had been
ecorccd—perhaps she—*<>01 alas!"
he thought, 'who doubtless remains
young and beautiful as ever, while
r
At this moment a tall spare man
left tho house, and came rapidly to
the spot were Curly sat. The poor
wretch could contain his patieuce no
longer, bo ho accosted the stranger.
"1 bog pardon, sir." said he. ''but
Is Mr. Jumioson still staying at the
house yonder?"
"Mr. Jamioson is not staying at the
house" replied Mr. M'Crawiey Git
tena for it was he. "nor lias he stayed
there since the day of the funeral?”
•Tho funeral! What funeral?
Whose funeral?"
,, "Miss Flora M'AUistera."
"Flora M'Aliisters!"
"Ay—she was buried three days
ago," And so the limb of the law
passed on.
Curly stood looking at his retreat*
ing figure till it faded altogether into
tho mist of evening; then, without a
sigh or sound, he dropped like a stone
on the highway, where Duncan M'Ta
vish and Jeannie M'l’herson found
him lying some hours later.
CHAPTER XVI.
Elspeth's Weird. '
As far as care and kindness could
alloviale Curly’s sufferings they were
alleviated, and gradually ho came to
himsolf. Ily degrees he resumed his
old relations with Willie, and at last
he wss enabled to get about, loaning
on the other's strong arm.
Several weeks elapsed, and Jamie
son’s slender resources were running
short but fortunately the time for tho
commencement of his engagement at
f Itcrvrtur WDJ r1rnu>in>v viaoh i
Dr. Miller wished Curly to stay I
with him, but he pleaded so piteously I
not to be left behind that Jamieson
couldn’t find It In his heart to say him j
nay. So after arranging to send ha'.f
his salary every month toward the
costs of the lawsuit Willie decided to :
leave Abordeen for Glasgow on the
following day. His wardrobe had
been stored at the theater and about
twelve on the morning of his departure
he was standing at the stage door in
MarUchal street giving the uecessary
directions for his luggage to be for
warded. when he felt his arm clutched
violently, and Curly, witn a wild
scream, ejaculated: **Lpok! look! at
Death on the pale horse!"
Turning round he saw Ileempster
riding down the streot his eyes blood
shot and his face aflame. Whether
he came to seek Willie with murder
ous latent or whether the devil got
the better of him at the sight of the
man who had beaten him. can never
be known till the day of doom. Cer
tain it ia however, that the moment he
saw the two young men he put spurs to
his horse and rode luriousiy at Jamie
son. With his heavy riding whip he
struok him a tremendous blow on the
head, which brought him to his knee,
aud would most certainly have split
his skull open had it not been for his
tell ehimney-pot hat Reversing his
grip and passing his hand like light
ning through the thong. Deempster
sent the heavy buckthorn head, with
its cruel fangs, hurling through the
air. Had that blow reached its aim
there would have been an end at onoe
of Willie Jamieson, and consequently
this story would never have been
I written. At that very moment how
[ ever. Curly, with something of his
old alertness, at the imminent peril
of his own life, sprang upon the
bridle of the horse and backed it As
the huge brute reared in the air the
tremendous impetus of the blow
nun? ueempster forward, and he felt
head foremost on the curb of the
pavement, with a sound that was
heard at the other end of the street.
As he fell one foot remained Inextric.
ably entangled in the stirrup iron,
and the horse galloped madly round
the corner to the right dragging the
body of the dead man after him.
And thus it came to pass that Curly
was avenged, and. that by his own
hand and deed, the Laird of Strath,
mines fulfilled Elspetlx M'Diarm ids
weird!
CHAPTER XVIL
Face to Face.
Jamieson's engagement in Glasgow
extended, on and oil for some years
during which his modest income was
mortgaged for law expenses so that
he was able to gave little or nothing.
Curly's acting days were over; but he
wrote a. beautiful haqd and em
ployed. himself Jin copying parts,
MSS., etc., for the theatre. Of
course he didn’t make much by this;
but he contributed some small portion
toward the household expenses
always hoarding up a little treasure
for an especial purpose. Tear after
year, as regularly as the Uth day of
May approached, he disappeared.
Generally he returned about a month
afterward and assumed his place
without a word Willie guessed
. pretty well where he had been; but
they quite understood each other/ and
no word ever passed between them on
the subject
They grew older, and the world
grew grayer and gloomier for both,
and the caso of 'Jamieson and Miller
vs M'Allister and others" continued
to impoverish the poor player. ... _
Mr. M*Crawley Glttona baring
exhausted every artifice that petti
fogging and chicanery could suggest
was at length brought to bay. and
tho final hearing came on. wh'ich re
sulted in a verdict for the defendant
Tho very next day Jamieson gave
notice of appeal. Then commenced
affidavit* interlocutories and I don’t
know what alL Anyhow, the whole
i thing had to begin de nova Of
j course the Iawyera as usual, took
i their time over it But there is one
| comfort you can havo a good deal of
i law fora little money in Scotland—
' L a, compared with the cost of the
i article in Kngland.
While this precious lawsuit dragged
its slow length along, Jamieson was
acting in Manchester. Liverpool Bir
mingham, Sheffield. the York
circuit etc. Wherever he went
Curly accompanied him. cAt last en
gagements were difficult to obtain in
England, so the friends returned to
the Land o’ Cakes. But alas! *a new
generation had arisen, which kne w
not Willie." Yohnger men had
stepped into his shoes and poor Jam
ieson had to retire, and take a back
seat until he sank to Da as we had
seen him the night before leading
man at the Theatre Royal Paisley.
* • * * *
And now comes the remarkable co
incidence to which I have before re
ferred.
As Pike got to this portion of his
narrative we reached the summit of a
hill at the bottom of which, some
two miles oft lay Stuart Town,
through which we had to pass during
almost the last stage of our journey.
As we paused to contemplate the
prospect and indeed to take breath,
for we were both a little blown, our
attention was attracted to a solitary
foot passenger, about three or four
hundred yards in front who came
walking along briskly toward us.
Despite his shabby clothes he had
the air and manner of a gentleman.
His figure seemed wiry and elastic;
his hair fell about his neck in a pro
fusion of snow-white silky curls; the
collar of his shirt was turned down
over a frayed black silk handker
chief. revealing a singularly beautiful
neck; he carried his head erect; his
eyes seemed fixed on vacancy, and his
wholo manner was so engrossed and
preoccupied that he scarcely observed
us until within a stone's throw, when
to my astonishment l'ike gave a long;
low whistle as he exclaimed:
[TO BE CONTINUE'1.]
ALWAYS READY.
Sawaroff Took Off One Spar When He
1 Wanted to Sleep.
Suwaroff, Russia's great military
commandor, was a little man. iusiff
nificant in everything but that intangi
ble power of mind and character with
which physical strength is never to
be compared, says Youth's Com
panion.
Ho had been slokly in his youth,
but became hardy under the stimulous
of cold bathing and the benefits of a
plain diet. Buckets of cold water
were thrown over him in the morn
ing. and his table was served wittf
faro which guests would fain hpve re
fused. but dared not. lest he should
think them effeminate.
He despised dress and delighted in
drilling his men in his shirt-sloevea
sometimes with his stockings literally
down at the heeL
But bis hardihood of life and action
had its effect on the men he com
manded. He was often up ifcnd about
by midnight and would salute the
first soldjer whom he saw moving with
a piercing cock-crow, in commenda
tion of his early rising.
During the first Polish war he had
given orders for an attack at cock
orofcr, and a spy in tho camp carried
the news to the enemy. The attack,
however, really took place at 9
o'clock on the evening when the •ar
rangement had been made, for Su
waroff. suspecting treachery, had
then turned out the troops by his well
known crowing.
The enemy, expecting the event in
the morning, were entirely unpre
pared and fell easy victims to his
forethought
••To morrow morning,” said he to
his troops on the evening before the
storming of Ismail ‘an hour before
daybreak I mean to get up. I shall
wash and dress myself, say my pray
ers. give one good cook-crow, and
tueu eapiuitj isiutm.
It was hardly possible to find him
off the alert.
"Do you never take off you:
clothes at nlehtP” he was as iced.
••No" said he, "but when I set
lazy and want to have a comfortable
sleep I generally take off one spur.”
HIS MISTAKE.
Why He Wanted to uain Strength to Do
the Job.
He knooked at the kitchen door
timidly and asked {or something to
eat.
"You can have It if you will aaw
some wood for met" said the lady.
* i shall only be too happy, ” he re*
sponded. "but I mutt ask you to
give me something to eat first for ]
am weak from hunger.”
She had her doubts about a bargain
ot that kind, but she took him in and
set him down before a large slice ol
left-over steak.
He attacked'lt at once with a knife
and fork, but alter a few minutes laid
down his implements of war. .
"You will excuse me. I hope,” he
said rising.
"What's the matter?" she inquired
in surprise.
"1 made a slight mistake/’ he re
plied, as be wiped the perspiration
from his brow with his sleeve. •■]
thought I needed to eat the steak tc
give me strength to saw the wood bul
I find I need to saw the wood to give
me strength to eat the steak, . and L
! you will be kind enough to show ay\
the wood-pile I will—■"
She did not wait for him to con
clude his peroration. She swooped
down on him. and as.he went out th(
gate be breathed a sigh of thankful
bom that he had escaped so easily.
TO THE TWO HOUSES.
THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE TP
CONGRESS.
Brief but Plain Talk In Reference to the
Financial Difficulties that Beset lTl—
The Country's Troubles Charged Cp to
Unwise Congressional Legislation—The
President Recommends Repeal of the
Sherman Law as One of the First Host
Important Steps—Early Action Essen*
tlrl to the Country's Welfare—Our
Reeds of a Stable Currency.
The President’s Message.
Washikqtos, D. O... Aug. 8—[To the Con
gress of the United States.]—The existence
of an alarming and extraordinary business
situation. Involving the welfare and pros
perity of all our people, has constrained me
to call together In extra session the people’s
(epresentatlves In congress to the end that
hrough a wise and patriotic exercise of the
legislative duty with which they solely are
charged present evils may be mitigated and
dangers threatening the future may be
averted.
Our unfortunate flnanclal plight Is not
the result of untoward events nor of condi
tions related to our national resources; nor
Is It traceable to any of the afflictions which
frequently check national growth and pros
perity.
With plenteous crops, with abundant
promise of remunerative production and
manufacture, with unusual Invitation to
safe Investment and with satisfactory as
surance to business enterprises, suddenly
flnanclal distrust and fear have sprung up
on every side, and numerous moneyed insti
tutions have suspended because abundant
assets were not Immediately available to
meet the demands of frightened depositors.
Surviving corporations and Individuals are
content to keep In hand the money they are
usually anxious to loan, and those engaged
In legitimate business are surprised to find
that the securities they offer for loans,
though heretofore satisfactory, are no long
er accepted. Values supposed to be fixed
are fast becoming conjectural, and loss and
failure have Invaded every branch of busl
I believe the things are principally charge
able to congressional legislation touching
the purchase and coinage of silver by the
general government.
This legislation Is embodied In a statute
passed on the 14th day of July. 1890, which
was flie culmination of much agitation on
the subject Involved, and which may be con
sidered a truce, after a long struggle, be
tween the advocates of free silver coinage
and those Intending to be more conserva
tive.
Undoubtedly the monthly purchases by
the government of 4,500,000 ounces of silver,
enforced under thd statute, were regarded
by those interested In silver production as a
certain guarantee of Its Increase in price.
The result, however, has been entirely dif
ferent, for Immediately following a spas
modic and slight rise, the nrico of silver be
gan to fall after the passing of the act, and
has since reached the lowest point ever
known. This disappointing result has led
rection of free silver coinage.
Meanwhile, not only are the evil effects of
the operation of the present law constantly
accumulating, but the result to which its
execution must Inevitably lead Is becoming
palpable to all who give the least heed to
financial subjects.
This law provides that In payment for the
4,500.000 ounces of silver bullion which the
secretary of the treasury is commanded to
purchase monthly, there shall be issued
treasury notes redeomablo on demand in
gold or silver coin, at the descretion of the
secretary of the treasury, and that said
notes may bo reissued. It is, however, de
clared in the act to be *’the established pol
icy of tho United States to maintain the two
metals on a parity with oaeh other upon the
present ratio or such ratio as may be pro
vided by law.” This declaration so controls
the secretary of tho treasury as to prevent
his exercising the descretion nominally
vested in him, if by such action the parity
Curbed.
between gold and silver may bo disturbed.
Manifestly a refusal by the secretary to
pay these treasury notes In gold, if demand
ed, would necessarily result iu their dis
credit and depreciation os obligations pay
able only in silver, and would destroy the
parity between the two metals by establish
Ing a discrimination in favor of gold.
Up to the 15th day of July, 1893, thse notes
haa been Issued in payment of silver bul
lion purchases, to the amount of more than
|147,0j0,0J0. While all but a very small quan
tity of this bullion remains uncoined and
without usefulness in the treasury many of
the notes given in its purchase nave been
paid in gold. This is illustrated by the state
ment that between the first day of May,
1892. and the 15th day of July, 1893, the notes
of this kind issued in payment for silver
bullion, amounted to a little more than $54,
000,0)0, and that during the same i&riod
about $49,030,100 were paid by the treasury
in gold for the redemption of such notes.
The policy necessarily adopted of paying
these notes in gold has not spared the gold
reserve of $100,000,000 long ago set aside by
the government for the redemption of other
silver purchases, and has as a consequence
for the first time since Its creation been en
croached upon.
Wt have thus made the depletion of our
gold easy, and have tempted other and more
large amounts of gold which have been re
cently drawn from our treasury and ex
ported to increase the financial strength of
foreign nations. The oxcess of exports of
5old over its Imports for the year'ending
une 10,1812, amounted to more than $J7,^0J,
000.
Between the 1st day of July, 1891, and the
15th day of July, 1893, the gold coin and bul
lion In our treasury has decreased more
than $132, 01,0 0. while during the same
period the silver coin and bullion in our
treasury Increased more than $147,(30). Un
less government bonds are to be constantly
Issued and sold to replenish our exhausted
gold, only to be again exhausted, it Is an.
parent mat me operation or the silver pur
chase law now in force leads In the direction
of the entire Substitution of silver tor the
■old In the government treasury, and that
this must be lollowed by the payment ot all
(overnment obligations In depreciated sil
ver.
At this stage gold and silver must part
over to the exlcuslve use ot a currency
greatly depreciated according to the stand
ard of the commercial world, we could no
longer claim a place among nations of the
first-class, nor could our government claim
a performance ot its obligations, so far as
such an obligation has been imposed upon it,
to provide tor the use of the people the best
and safest money.
If. as many of Its friends claim, silver
ought to occupy a larger place In our cur
rency and the currency of the world through
- , , ----through
general international co-operation „nd
agreement. It Is obvious that the United
States will not be in a position to gain a
nearing In favor of such an arrangement so
long as we are willing to continue our at
han8ed*° ®ccomp**®“ the result single
The knowledge In business circles among
our own Mople that our government cannot
make Its Bat equivalent to Intrinsic value,
nor keep Inferior money on a parity with
superior money by Its own Independent ef
forts, has resulted In such a lack of confi
dence at home In the stability of currency
values that capital refuses Its aid to new
enterprises, while millions are withdrawn
from the channels of trade and commerce,
to become Idle and unproductive In the
bands of timid owners. Foreign Investors,
equally alert, not only decline to purchase
American securities, but hasten to sacrifice
those which they already have.
It does not meet the situation to say that
apprehension In regard to the future of our
finances Is groundless, and that there Is no
reason for lack of confidence In the purpos
es or power of the government in the prem
ises. The very eglstenco of this apprehen
■ion and lack of confidence, however caused,
is * menace which ought not for a moment
to be disregarded. Possihly If the undertak
Ing we huve in hand ware the maintenance
of a specific known quantity of silver at a
parity with gold, our ability to do so might
be estimated and gaged, and perhaps, in
▼lew of our unparalleled growth ana re
apurces. might be favorably passed upon.
But when our avowe'd endeavor is to main
tain such parity la regard to an amount of
allT«ff Increasing at the rate of ttt.cOOgQOO an
nually, with no fixed termination to such In
crease. It cun hardly be said that problem la
presented whose solution Is free from doubt.
The people of the United States are enti
tled to a sound and stable currency and to
money recognized as such on every ex
change and In every market In the world.
Their government has no right to Injure
them by financial experiments opposed to
the policy and practice of other civilized
states, nor is it justified In permitting an
exaggerated and unreasonable .reliance on
our national strength and ability to jeop
ardize the soundness of the people's money.
This matter rises above the plane of party
politics.
It virtually concerns every business and
calling, and enters every household In tho
land. There Is one Important aspect of the
subject which especially should never lie
overlooked. "At times like the present
when the evils of unsound finance threaten
us. the speculator may anticipate a harvest
gathered from the misfortunes of others,
tho capitalist may protect himself by hoard
ing or may even Hud profit in the fluctua
tion of values; but the wage earner—the
first to be Injured by a depreciated curren
cy sind the last to receive tho benefit of its
correction—Is practically defenseless. He
relies for work upon tho ventures of confi
dent and contented capital. This failing
him, his condition Is wlteout alleviation, ior
he can neither prey on the misfortunes of
others nor hoard his labor.
One of the greatest statesmen our coun
try has over known, speaking more than
fifty years ago, when a derangement of our
currency had cau-ed commercial dlrtress,
said; “The very man of all others who has
the deopost interest In a sound currency,
and who suffers most l>y mischievous legis
lation In money matters is the man who
earns his daily broad by his dally toll.”
These words are as pentnent now as on
the day they were uttered, and ought to Im
pressively remind us that a failure In the
discharge of our duty at this time must es
pecially Injure those of our countrymen
who labor, and who, because of their num
ber and condition, are entitled to the most
watchful care of their government.
It Is of the utmost Importance that such
relief as congress can afford In the exlstlhg
altuatlon be afforded at once. The maxim,
'■He gives twice who gives quickly," is di
rectly applicable. It may be true that the
embarrassments from which the country la
suffering arise as much from evils appre
hended as from those actually existing.
We may hope, too, that calm counsels will
prevail, and that neither the capitalists nor
wage earners will give way to unreasoning
panic, and sacrifice their property or their
Interests under the Influence of exagger
ated fears. Nevertheless, every day's delay
In removing one of the plain and principal
causes of tho plain state of things enlarges
the mischief already done and increases the
responsibility of the government for Its ex
istence. Whatever else the people have a
right to expect from congress they may cer
tainly demand that legislation condemned
by the ordeal of three years' disastrous ex
perience shall be removed from tho statute
books as soon as their representatives can
legitimately deal with It.
It was my purpose to summon congress In
special session early In the coming Septem
ber, that we might enter promptly upon the
work of tariff reform, which the true Inter
ests of the country clearly demand, which
so large a majority of the people, as shown
by their suffrages, desire and expect, and to
tne accomplishment of which every effort
of the present administration is pledged.
But while tariff reform has lost nothing of
Its Immediate and permanent Importance,
and must in the near future engage the at
tention of congress, it has seemed to me
that the financial condition of the country
should at once and before all other subjects,
be considered by your honorable body.
I earnestly recommend the prompt repeal
of the provisions of tho act passed July 14.
1890, authorizing the purchase of silver bull
ion and such other legislative action as may
put beyond nil doubt or mistake the inten
tion and ability of the government to fill Its
pecuniary obligations in money universally
recognized by all civilized countries.
Grover Cleveland.
Executive Mansion, Aug. 7,1893.
WHAT NIRVANA IS.
Meaning of This Much-Misunderstood
Term—The Extinction of Personality.
The word “Nirvana” has been
much misunderstood, says the Paris
Revue. To get a clear comprehen
sion of it you must bear in mind the
doctrine of Buddha According to
him, in order to attain the supreme
end, you must understand exactly
the four truths, which are: The
nature of pain, its causes, its termi
nation, the way which conducts to
this termination. Pain is birth, love,
fortune, ol^ age, death—in a word,
everything which constitutes the
personality. The cause of pain is
the sensation which produces wants,
the thirst for action and for living.
The termination of the pain comes
when this irresistible thirst, this in
dividual activity is completely ex
hausted. The way of salvatisn is
the means of extinguishing this
thirst, of putting an end to this
activity. You attain salvation by
passing through four states.
The first state is that of conversion,
of the knowledges of truth. The
second if the last but one preceding
the new birth, in which the individ
uality is in some sort reduced to its
minimum. In the third state, which
is the last of corporeal life, the be
ing is no longer capable of desire or
hatred; he has become “venerable,”
arhat; and his last word expresses
that he has got rid of all aspirations,
of all idfeas of permanence, of all
feeling of his own wisdom, of all
trace of ignorance^ V/hen he has
reached that point he dies physically
and enters into the fourth state, Nir
vana. This word is generally
thought to mean absolute material
extinction. Such an interpretation
is not exact
*» I HUH AO VUV V A UAUV* VAVTU vi avvtT*
lty, and consequently, ef personality,
and nothing' more, since life is but
an illusion, an appearance, a par
tial manifestation of the substance,
of which existence is a palpable fact.
But whether the substance exists
or not after the vanishing' of our
personality is of no importance; We
shall no loager be subject to pain, to
evil, to good, to the frightful yoke of
life. The elements which compose
onr individuality, detached at last
from each other, will enter into the
absolute repose from which they will
go one by one to form other beings.
Chawing the Cad,
Cows and other ruminating ani
mals have several stomachs. Into
the first of them the food passes as
,it is eaten. When the animal has
finished its search for food it lorces
a part of - the food from the first
stomach back into the mouth and
chews it leisurely a second time.
This portion of the food is the ani
mal's cud. Almost always the cud is
vegetable matter, though.whenacow
has “lost her cud" the artificial cud
provided by the owner contains some
animal matter, as a rule.
A sad Cun.
Mrs. Bllder—Is your son, who has
gone to New York, a good worker?
Mrs. Meakley—Oh, yes; he is very
industrious. Why, in the last letter
heeent home he said that on arriving
in New York he met a man who
worked him for all he was worth.
But his wages must have been poor,
for be sent home for more
'JSMsSaaw
*»5i2ta»Sh
zssat ?£»£?£•
ctTist, however, is ercuw ?[!he°
sustain, and is therefore'^'
winkle. The geolo°u.„ mpei;'
great ridges an/forrows '?^'1'1
tuer continents and river uh60
they compare this foldh,f0f ^
crust with the wrinkling nfth"‘*
a dried apple, Wh{M,th* ski|
wrinkling- or folding . “ie. pr<x-e
mighty movement of “*£“<•«»
the equilibrium of the rock’s^!51
in consequence earthquakes Z*1
«“*“• greater or lei 3?
untU the “^librium is jg r^‘
/ j «»*• the Coant. r,lcn.
i»tt. city of nSK, »;«
cruit was put on guard duty
the principal streets in the cit.
thought it his duty to challeng/i
one who came along, just as lf‘
in camp. % and by a well a
citizen approJched. -‘Halt! Vh
there?" says Mike. “A dtb
answered the man. “Advance S
and give the countersign!” ‘i
don t know the countersign ”
citizen; “and if I did. I think iu
strange and unusualthat itsh<w
“ m a public place like ,
"Well, be jabers then,” said 1
••ye don’t pass this way till ye>«
‘Boonker Hill!’ ” -Bunker Hill*
the man, with a grin. "Rijjht’i
on!” said the sentinel at “present,1
the citizen went on about his afli
Argonaut._
Mailing a Book for Ono Cent
I wonder how many people in
ington who handle the Congress!
Record every day are aware that!
joys a unique distinction in the nu
of postage rates? I have certainly
nessed with my own eyes a hui
times the efforts of strangers h
city, who have bought a Record to
home, to get it properly weighed
stamped. Their trouble is thr
away. In the view of the postal li
Record is a Record, regardless
weight; and any Record will goto
part of the United States for ones
no matter whether it is a big book
taining an eight-hour speech by S
tor George and a house debate over
the pension question, or is boiled d
to a single sheet, holding only
prayers of the two chaplains and a
on two lhotions to adjourn.
Field’s Washington.
Catarrh Cannot Be Cared
With LOCAL APPLICATIONS, u they
not reach the seat of the disease. Catsn
a blood or constitutional disease, and in <
to care It you must take Internal reme
Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken Internally,
acts directly on the blood and mucous
faces. Hall’s Catarrh Cure Is not a q
medicine. It was prescribed by one ol the
physicians In this country for years am
regular prescription. It is composed o(
best tonics known, combined with the
blood purifiers, acting directly on the
cous surfaces. The perfect comblnatii
the two Ingredients Is what produce*
wonderful results In curing Catarrh,
for testimonials, free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props, ToW
Sold by druggists, price 75o.
Jokes and Their Admirers.
The woman who talks had the
who writes jokes in her tentacles
he was squirming.
“Heally,” she said ebulliently. “
do yoyj ever manage to write all t
things? I couldn't do it to saw
life.”
“No?” he replied, evasively.
“No, I couldn’t and sometimes I (
even see the point to them.”
“No, I presume not.” he said, n
sadly. “ You know it requires quii
much talent to see the point to a |
joke as it does to write one.”
Snake Charming.
In India and Africa the char
' pretend the snakes dance to the ®
but they do not, for they never hea
A snake has no external ears, and
haps- gets evidence of sound
through his skin, when sound ca
bodies in contact with him to vm
They bear also through the nerr
the tongue, but do not comprei
sound as we da But the snake s
are very much alive to the motion o
charmer, or to the moving drums
of his confederate, and being alar
he prepares to strike. A dancing c
and no other snakes dance, is simp
cobra alarmed and in a posture o
tack. He is not dancing to the m
but Is making ready to strike
charmer._
Three Harvest Excursions South «t*
Wabash Railroad.
On Aug. 22nd, Sept. 12th /.jntidie
ae Wabash will self round trip W*
11 points in Arkansas, 1
ixcept Memphis), Mississippi an
ixceptNew Orleans), at one fare, pt
nod returning 20 days .from dartot
or tickets or folders g>T‘“*L dt^1(
t lands, climate, Ac., call at Wat*.
102 Farnam Street, or write CuIT0,
Northwestern Psss. Agent, Omahs,
Good Housekeeping ior ° j
fall complement of valuable an
eating papers, among
account of Miss Farloas
Chicago Fair, and some of tn
seen there; another mstallm
serial, “A Noble Girlhood, and
sensible article on “Hcklmf ^
serving,” by Jg^nd T
a discussion of bervanls
Quarters,” by Mrs. Oliver BelU|t
a sound commendation o «.
Food,” by Isabella Gardner,
a notable paper on./0“‘Ibv-'
in connection with city ho ’ ^
ton Norton. '■'There is a good
Mrs. N. A. M. Koe, two
music, innumerable sugpe ^
housewife, together w,t
poetry and ikh®. us£a,lm>j£?an con>P
ments. The Clark ". « i
publishers, Springfield, Mag
The road to heaven is all “Ph
□an who looks back
Great Britain has bu^ „on®Te™4W
aal, while this country has qvct
Many large bells are no* beta* ml
teel instead of bell metal
Electricity presages the early e®
on of the mule.
The World’s fair b»td ^
igers is all torn up overtne^ ^
ween Mrs. Meredith a_
Senator Washburne say8 ^ptl
lot immediately push his a»
iill in tho senate.