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C. W. SHERMAN, Editor. lu a recent sermon JJishop Totter said: The growth ot wtutliii i,.- that greatest of all creative statesmen promontories over public- r a,U Vte of Amenca-thestatemanof the peo- l,! tim,, ti i ei" Pie-Thomas Jeiiemm. wl,o,o u.JvH-'' , . . ' lmrou !:,IfI,lt f"r ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY THE AWAKENING OF SILAS fiARSTOfl. i. Amonpr all who knew him, Silas Stars ton bore the character of a stern, hard man. But a stranger might have read his nature In his face in the cold, grey eyes, thin, closely-compressed lips, and severe aspect. Ilis neighbors in Bardsleyy said he never smiled. Certainly, he sniped very seldom and laughed evenly less frequently. No frivolity of any kind had he ever allowed to creep into his life. Ilis nature did not reuire relaxa tion. Music, dancing, play-going, cricket, football, golf, skittles he scorned them all. Life was too serious for siK-h follies. In one characteristic he took the greatest pride. Never in his recollec tion had he willingly broken his word. Pefectly straightfroward in all his dealings, scrupulously honest, he had marked out for himself a line of con duet from which he never diverged, and he expected his family to walk along the same rigid chalk-mark with steps as unfaltering as his own. The severe home discipline galled his only son terribly. When a lad is forbidden anj- amusement more excit ing than an occasional lecture at the assembly rooms, it would be strange if he did not relel. Tom Marston re volted, and the couseuences were seri ous. lie visited the theater. Some busy body saw him and told his father. Silas Marston did not storm, desper ately angry though he was. That was not his way. "Theaters are catchpits." he said. "If you go again I will turn you out of doors." Tom knew none letter that his father would most assurely do as he said, and for nearlj- twelve months he avoided the banned building on Bards ley t;r-n. But one morning a comrade Jeered at him and dared him to go. That night ho broke Silas Marston's law for the second time, and again he was found out. On his return his father met him at the door. "You have leen to the theater," he said, in the calm, cold, equable voice which he habitually used, whether angry or pleased. "What money have you V" In fear and trembling. Tom produced his purse and counted its contents with nervous lingers. "Sev-seven-and-ninepence, father," he faltered. Silas Marston placed two sovereigns in the boy's shaking hand. "Take these and go," he said. "I disown you." lie opened the door. Next moment the motherless boy was in the street without a home. If Silas Marston were in any way disturled by his son's absence, he gave no outward sign of it. He went to his business just as regularly as be fore, and was as constant in his at tendance at church. To all inquiries which were many, his answer was the samoq: "He disobeyed me, and I sent him away."' What had become of the lad he did not know. He had kept his word, and the satisfaction thus derived was strong enough to silence his conscience at least, so it appeared. II. Seven months had passed. It was the Last day of the Leeds Winter as sizes. Silas Marston had been sum moned on the jury. The last case on the calendar was one of forgery. The clerk called out the name of "Joseph Taylor," and the jailer brought up his prisoner, a lad of seventeen, poorly clad, and apparently half-starved. He trembled as he stepped to the front of the dock, and his face, as he glanced furtively about, was deathly pale. Suddenly, as his gaze rested on the jury box, he staggered, clutched at the dock railings and clung convul sively, while his face alternately paled aud crimsoned. So he remained, with his eyes cast down. Had a curious spectator been watch ing Silas Marston closely he might have seen that juryman's cold eyes lilate, and his mouth part slightly, while an ashen pallor overspread his features. But those signs of agitation were only momentary. Iiecovering himself in an instant, Silas folded his arms and, leaning back, stared at the boy with stony eyes that revealed no interest whatever. Doubtless it was a great victory. Counsel for the prosecution opened the case against the wretched lad. The accused, he said, had been in the employment of Messrs. Clifford and Rice as errand boy; it was also his duty to sweep up the counting-house. A forged check for 75. in favor of Mr. Darley, with whom the tirm had deal ings, had been presented at Clifford & Bice's bankers and cashed. When it was discovered that several forms were missing from a check book, sus picion fell upon the prisoner, who had access to the drawer where the book was kept, and had been seen in the company of a notorious criminal not in custody. He was accused and searched, when three blank forms, next in sequence to that which had been cashed, were found upon him. The body of the check had not been tilled up by the accused, nor did he present it, but he was charged with forging Messrs. Clifford & Rice's sig nature and the endorsement, both of which were excellent imitations and must have been copied from genuine signatures. The boy was asked to plead. He stammered something unintelligible and burst into tears. The gentleman who had been requested by the court to defend him rose hastily and pleaded "not guilty" on his behalf. Silas Marston frowned. "It's waste of time," he muttered to Ins neighbor on the left, the foreman of the Jury. 1 think it is," rejoined the gentle man; "but let the boy have a chance." Counsel for the prosecution called witness after witness, whose evidence made it abundantly clear that the ac cused was guilty, but that he had been the dupe of an older criminal, who had escaped with the plunder. Counsel for the defense, finding him self unable to contest the evidence, ap Dcale7 to .e court. "I understand," he said, "that the prisoner was sent away from home 1v a few months ago to sin-k or swim- He had disobeyed his ftber. a man of considerable means, who turned him out of dwors. 1 do not envy that man's feelings when he learns the consequences of his unnat ural conduct, and I maintain, gentle men of the jury, 'that it is he who should be standing in the dock and not his son." Silas Marston cast down his eyes. "The prisoner," continued the learn ed gentleman, "when on the brink of starvation fell in with a man. whose name has been mentioned, and who may yet have to answer for his share in this crime. For motives of his own this man i,ook lit.v on him and fed him. It was he who induced him to apply to the prosecutors for the situa tion of errand loy under an alias, and it was in obedience to his command that the accused obtained the blank checks and letters learing the neces sary signatures. The prisoner could not refuse: his gratitude forbade. "That the boy's uature is honorable and scrupulous I have proof. His father turned him out of doors to starve, vet I have failed to persuade him to reveal that stony-hearted fath er's name and address. He has re fused to bring disgrace upon his un natural parent by revealing his own ! name to his counsel. I have nothing : more to add. gentlemen, except to ask ! vou to take into account all the circum i stances of this case. If the accused s i father the real criminal could be ! called as a witness it would relieve niv feelings to examine him." He sat down. The Judge summed i up in a sentence, and turned to the jury, as if expecting an immediate ! verdict of "guilty." in. It was not forthcoming. mtil to and fro in the Whispers jury lx. in the dis- riiioc Afiifstrm took no part cussion. He had written his verdict on a slip of paper and handed it to the foreman. It was "guilty." Hav ing done his duty, he had apparently no further interest in the matter. "Well, gentlemen V" exclaimed the judge in some surprise. "We can't asree." said the foreman. "Then you had better retire." was the curt rejoinder. The jtirv at once tiled out of the box and followed an official to the room set apart for them. "Come. Mr. Maydue." said the for mal', addressing an elderly gentleman iw.iw.T-olont .n men ranee, "you are the on!v dissentient. We can add a rider .iw.r.iiiiiwui.iiii!' the bov to mercy, but. on the evidence, we must find him guilty." "Certainlv." added Silas Marston. in his most severe tone. "The prisoner has broken the law. and he must suf fer the penalty. He ought to consider himself fortunate that he is living at the end of the nineteenth century. It is not so long since the penalty for forgery was death." Mr. Maydue turned upon him in great indignation. "For shame, sir! I thank God that those horrible days are past. And you. sir. ought to thank your maker for giving you a different father to the brute who brought this poor boy into the world. I say he ought not to le made responsible, and I refuse to con vict him. (lentlemen." he went on. addressing the jury generally, for Silas Marston avoided his gaze. "I ask you to acquit the prisoner in mercy to the miserable wretch who turned him adrift, for if you do not, nothing will save that man from condemnation when he stands before the Great Judge on the last day." Pausing, he laid his hand on Silas Marston's shoulder, and. again addressing him. said: "Are you a father?" "Yes," faltered the wretched man. He was not prepared for Mr. Maydue's sudden attack, and the armor of cold self-righteousness and self-approval in which he had so long encased himself was anything but proof. "I lind it hard to believe you." Mr. Mavdue rejoined. - "But if you really have a child, picture it in the prisoner's and let your heart incline to mercy." Silas Marston sat down and covered his face with his hands. He was be ginning to awake. "Friends." Mr. Maydue resumed, turning to his fellow-jurymen. "I ask j-ou to find this boy not guilty. Let hiui have another chance. Be more merciful than his miserable father. Let that wretch answer for his neglect :iml cruelty himself. Do not let us do anything that will constrain us to stand beside him when he is called to account. Temper justice with mercy, and let the boy go." "You plead well, sir," said the fore man of the jury, "but I am of Mr. Marston's opinion. The boy is guilty, and it is our duty to lind him so. Mer cy is the judge's prerogative, 'i'he most we can do is to recommend: it. Are you ill. sir?" The question was addressed to S:jas Marston. He lifted his head. Hi.. mouth and eyelids were twitching he could not answer. At last he was awake. "Mr. Marston is ill," the foreman went on. Come' Let us settle this matter and co home. Now, Mr. May due, eleven of us an in favor of a con viction " "No. no." interrupted Mr. Marston, in great a citation. What! Has he won you over?" "Yes. God help and forgive me! I am the boy's father. All Mr. Maydue has said is true. I drove hint away from home. I failed in my duty. Let him go. I implore you!" The tears were streaming down Silas Marston's face now. His stubborn will was broken. Mr. Maydue broke the long silence which followed that amazing appeal. "Wliat is the verdict to be?" he asked. "Not guilty." answered the foreman, in a husky voice. Five minutes afterward Tom Mars ton was free. The judge discharged him without comment. He had long ceased to be surprised at the vagaries of jurymen. It is almost needless to add that the newly-awakened father took his sou home. A tiood Thing:. Lord Wolseley, the British commander-in-chief, in a public address. ! recently, said that he could not help thinking it was a good thing for the school children of the United States to be brought up in the conviction that they belonged to the greatest na tion in the world ,and must be ready to light for it, and he added that he would like to see every child in an English school taught to admire and love his country and tlte constitution under which he lived .so that he could be nrenared to maintain' that CQ?rt- ! tution against all comers. TARIFF AND SILVER. THE LATTER IS THE GREAT IS SUE THIS YEAR. I Tha Irnnnnniril lrnt-Ar tlonlS t Mnt Admit It Some Straws Which Show the Way the Wind Is lilowlns IMvld Injf the I'artles. Senator Carter has generally been regarded as one of the most conserv ative of the silver men from the mining states. It was this fact very largely, coupled with his astuteness as a poli tician, that led to his selection as chair man of the national republican com mittee. Therefore his speech in the senate on the 25th ult. was of the highest sig nificance. In substance and effect he charged the republican party with hav ing abandoned republican principles in supporting the recent tariff bill with its "horizontal" rise, and also with having been guilty of the grossest dishonesty and fraud in its interpretation of the silver plank In the Minneapolis plat form. Conceding that the plank was not an unqualified declaration for free coinage, It certainly did pledge the republican party to some affirmative legislation in the interest of silver restoration. Upon a platform quite similar Mr. Harrison had been elected, and it was universally regarded as a declaration that the re publican party should take a step for ward in the direction of silver restora tion. The result was the "Sherman Law." for which every republican in congress voted, and which was signed by a re publican president. It was not what silver men wanted, but it was better than nothing. And yet in 1S93, only a little more than two years after its enactment, we find an overwhelming majority of the republicans responding to the demand of a democratic president, and voting for Its repeal. The last line of legislation recogniz ing silver as a money metal was thus wiped from the statute books of the United States. In brief, the democratic party pledged to the free use of both gold and silver, without discrimination against either or charge for mintage, and the repub lican party pledged to bimetallism and the use of both metals as "standard money," have united and practically fastened the single gold standard upon the country. This was the main point of Mr. Car ter's speech, and Messrs. Sherman, Hoar and Gear struggled in vain to break its force. It is a highly significant fact that not one of those republicans opposing free coinage, while claiming to be bi metalllsts, ever thinks of proposing any legislation looking toward the restora tion of silver. Their bimetallism con sists of opposing everything which even Bqulnts In that direction. Whenever the extreme silver men are in the as cendency and a free coinage measure is in sight, these alleged bimetallists always have some counter opposition such as the Allison amendment in 1878. and the Sherman law in 1S90. Both of these were substitutes for free coinage. But when there seems to be no prob ability of a free coinage enactment, not a step in the direction of bimetallism are they willing to take. In fact, they favor bimetallism that Is absolutely unknown in monetary science. Senator Sherman sounds the key note for them, and, whether they agree with him or not, they are very careful never to suggest any opposition. His idea of bimetallism is expressed in the follow ing words: "I believe that the policy of the United States adopted in 1853, of coin ing fractional silver coins in limited quantities from silver bullion pur chased at market price, and making them a legal tender for small sums, is the only way to preserve the parity of gold and silver coins at a fixed ratio. This is properly called bimetallic money." His idea of bimetallism is gold as full legal tender, with free coinage of that metal alone, and small change in silver, coined on government account and made legal tender for "small sums." If that be the correct definition of bimetallism, then we have "trimetal lism" in this country, because we also have nickels, coined on government ac count and legal tender for small sums. In fact, we have "quodrometallism," because we also have cents of a differ ent metallic composition, being made chiefly of copper. All of these minor coins are struck on government account in small amounts, and are limited legal tender. So they embody all the con ditions which he says are requisite for "bimetallism." Mr. Sherman's idea seems to be that the all-important thing in a monetary system is "parity." If the gold dollar appreciates until it is actually worth $50 in products, and the burden of debt is increased fifty fold, nobody has any right to complain if other forms of money are only at a "parity," with the gold dollar. He apparently thinks that the sole use which people have for "dol lars" is to exchange them for other dollars at par. Senator Teller, quoting from the re port of the English Royal Commission, gave the essentials of true bimetallism j as follows: t A bimetallic system of currency, to I be completely effective, must, in the view of those who advocate it, Include two essential features: (a) An open mint ready to coin any quantity of either gold or silver which may be brought to it; (b) the right on the part of a debtor to discharge his liabilities, at his option, in either of the two metals at a ratio fixed by law. Tola le the definition that In sub stance is given by all bimetallists, and they do not intend that any gold stand ardist shall define bimetallism for them. If Mr. Sherman is right, there is not a gold standard country on the face of the earth, for they all use silver in small amounts and as limited legal tender. But genuine bimetallism means the placing of the two metals upon a pre cisely equal footing in the matter of coinage and legal tender, the difference in relative quantities being provided for by the "ratio" that is, the quantity of the one which shall be equal as money to a given quantity of the other. As, for example, sixteen ounces of sil ver to equal one ounce of gold. This is bimetallsm, and when Mr. Sherman gives his definition, as Sen ator Teller broadly intimated, he is either grossly ignorant or grossly dis honest. Senator Hoar very earnestly repu diated the idea that he was a "gold monometallism" Well, then, what does he mean by persistently adhering to a monetary system based absolutely upon gold, and which is defended upon the theory that the gold dollar is the only true and honest dollar? When did he ever propose anything different from what now exists? He denounces Cleveland as a gold mono metallist. and yet every vote he has cast upon the monetary question has been directly in line with Mr. Cleve land's wishes. Empty declamation in favor of bimetallism of an imaginary sort is never going to do any good, and when accompanied by adverse votes, it stamps the declaimer as a fraud. Absolutely the only difference be tween Sherman and Cleveland is that the latter wants to destroy the green backs directly, while the former would do it indirectly by locking them up, and making them issuable fdr gold alone. While neither Senator Carter nor Sen ator Teller made an actual threat of bolting, their language admits of but one interpretation. If the republican party does not take a firm stand for genuine bimetallism, there will be a bolt that in all probability will place it in a minority. It is impossible to draw any other inference from their utterances. At the same time It is equally clear that, constituted as the republican par ty is, with so large a proportion of its strength in states completely domin ated by the money power, it cannot possibly take such a stand. Hence a substantial break in the republican column seems inevitable. Those who have carefully studied this great question of money are firm in the conviction that it completely overshadows the tariff in importance. That while selling our great staples in the foreign market in competition with silver-using nations, no tariff can ma terially improve existing conditions. It is therefore plain that the silver question is to be the great issue in 189G, and those who conscientiously be lieve that the constitutional money of the country should be restored, must be prepared for independent action. Tut a Hollar's Worth of Silver Into the Doll AT. This contention is frequently heard, but it shows an absolute ignorance of the entire question. The very essence of the trouble is that by demonetizing silver the gold dollar has been made too valuable. It, in fact, has grown to be a 200-cent dollar. Now we are told that more silver must be put into the silver dollar, so that it, too, may become a 200-cent dollar. If the gold dollar had stood still and the silver dollar had fallen one-half, the demand would be just. But instead, the silver dollar has stood still (or nearlj' so) while the gold dol lar has doubled. This doubling has come from increas ing the demand for gold. The bimetal list proposes to diminish this demand by transferring a portion of it to silver, thus, as stated elsewhere, lowering the value of gold, raising the value of sil ver, and bringing them to a common level, somewhere between the present values of gold and silver bullion. To first lower the value of silver by shutting it out of the mint, and then propose to restore the value of the dol lar by putting into it twice as much silver, is not only illogical but dis honest. Reopen the mint to silver just as it was before 1873. Then if the silver dollar fail to sustain itself by the side of the gold dollar, the question of changing ratio, that is, putting in more silver, may fairly be considered.--National Bimetallist. The Marine; Failure. For a time the beneficial effects of the Sherman law were quite apparent. The monetary stringency then existing in Wall street was relieved by the monthly issues of treasury notes, and business improved. But in the latter part of 1S90 the great banking house of Baring Brothers in London failed, threatening disaster to the entire com mercial world. The Bank of England was hard pressed, and borrowed $15, 000,000 in gold from the Bank of France. Large blocks of American securities were returned to this country and thrown upon the market, and during 1891 about $68,000,000 of gold were ex ported in excess of imports. Still busi ness moved along smoothly. As gold was exported, the Sherman notes took its place, and while financial storms were raging in Europe, and even off in far Australia, in America all was serene. And so matters stood until Mr. Cleveland was elected, in the fall of 1S92. National Bimetallist. Don't let a fool annoy you; work him. In case you can accumulate a little sense yourself, a fool is a great blessing. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. 1 f LESSON III, APRIL 19 THE LOST IS FOUND. I Golden Text: "Likewise I Say Untw Yon, There Is Joy in the Pretence of the Angels or God Over One Sinner That Kepenteth," Luke xr, 10. rZfX UK LESSON for toda -V Includes verses 11 to to 91 In th. fiflaenth rllS-D- ' ter of Luke. The par able is on the return of the wanderer, the crown and the pearl of parables. It is a world of wisdom, and hope, and love condensed ti to a Jew words, aa a whole landscape is painted on the retina of the eye. It is a vis ion of the heart of God. "The three parables" of this chapter should be studied together, as each one Is completed by the others. The misunderstandings which might arise from the presentation of one view are corrected by the others. There is no one view of man's sin and loss, nor of God's love to sinful man, which can possibly present the truth on all sides and in all lights. Place in the Life of Christ. The last part of the third year of his public ministry. Dur ing the Perean ministry. Time December, A. D. 29, or early January. A. D. 30. Place Somewhere In Perea. The full text of today's lesson Is as follows: 11. And he said. A certain man had two sons: 12. And the younger of them said to his father. Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living. 13. And not many days after the younger son gathered all toecther. and took his Jour nevinto a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living. 14. And when he had spent all. there arose a mighty famine In that land; and he began to he in want. 15. And he went and Joined himself to a citi zen of that country: and he sent him into his f elds to feed swine. 10. And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no m.-,n cave unto him. 17. And when he came to himsU. he said. TTnw many hired servants of mv father's have brpTd enough and to spare, and I perish with hunzer ! 1". I will arise and go to my father, and n-ill say unto him. Father. I have sinned ae.ilnst heaven, and before thee, 13. And am no more worthy to be called mv son : make me as one of thy hired servants. 20. Ard he arose, and came to his father. Put when he was yet a great way off. his father snw him. and had compassion, and ran, rnd fell nn his neck and kissed him. 21. And the son said unto him. Father. I have sinned against heaven, and In thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son. 22. Put the father said to his servants. PHre forth the best robe, and put It on him: and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet: 23. And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it: and let us eat, and be merry: 24. For this my son was dead, and Is alive ra'n: he was lost, and Is found. And they b""nn to be merry. me explanations to certain passages In odiy's lesson are as follows. 11. Here we have a picture of what God meant the world to be. "A certain man had two sons." The householder Is our heavenly Father, full of love for his children. This beautiful world Is the home fitted up with every comfort for them. The two sons rep resent different characters and classes among them. 12. "Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me." The older son. ac--?ord-tni to Jewish law. Inherited a double portion fPeut. xxl. 17). The younger would thus nat urally inherit at his father's death one-third of his property. But he desired his father to anticipate the future and give him his share now in money or Jewels, "which is a common form of Investing wealth to this day In the East." Tristram. His father was rich, so that he could do it without suffering from poverty. "And he divided unto them his liv ing." His property viewed as the means of living. 13. "Not many days after." his thoughts soon took form in action. "Took his Journey into a far country." Perhaps Rome, or Cor inth, where were gathered every luxury and vice. "Wasted his substance with riotous living." The rtrtn-n pmilps of life are eenerally steep and short, and so one sentence 13 enough to describe this descensus Averni. down which the youth plunges so Insanely." Burton. 14. "And when he had spent all." which did not take long, "there arose a michty famine in that land." It was a famine of the soul, "as It pines for the father's presence and for the father's smile, longing for the lost Eden." 15. "And he went and Joined himself." "Literally, glued himself to," fastened him self upon: "to a citizen of that country." rep resenting either men hopelessly corrupt and worldlv. or. perhaps, the powers of evil. Cam bride nible. "He sent him into the fields to foed swine." the basest, most degrading work a Jew could do. 1G. "He would fain." He ardently desired, so hungry was he. "The husk3 that the swine did eat." "These husks are tbe pods ana seds of the locust or carob tree (Ceratonia silio.ua). a common evergreen tree bearing an abundant crop of fruit. "No man gave unto him." The friends he had made by sin had deserted him in his need. 17. "And when he came to himself," as one awakening out of an evil dream. "How many hired servants." those least connected with the family; even these "have bread enough, and to spare." IS. "I will arise and go." I will put my resolves into action immediately. "I have sinned against heaven." Against the author Itv and the principles of heaven, against good ness, and Providence, and God. He showed his understanding of the true nature of sin by putting this first. "And before thee." He had wronged his father, Ill-treated his over flowing goodness. 19. "I am no more worthy." He makes no excuses. He humbly confesses bis sins, and asks not rights, but mercies. 20. "And he arose and came to his father." Toward, not to. He did not come to his father; his father came out to him. 21. "And the son said." He began to con fess his sins, but the father cut him short because he knew that his son was penitent. f 22. "But the father said." When the far away wanderer came back to his early hme he found six things: he found a father a home, a welcome, a ring, a feast and as onR "Bring forth the best robe." "Literally, the first robe " "Put a ring on his hand." 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