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MCNG CANNIBALS.
T'A'O women hive recently dlstin
L'lllll"i I ln-:ill'l Vl-H ill till' Fast,
Miss Kingsl.y ami Mr. .1. 'Jorge
Ho rt. both f England. For two year
Mis Kliigshy Inn been traveling in
Wi-t Africa in the
Caboon country of
the French Congo
v," --.-', tii. country "f I'"
;. i:i:u. The gre.it-
'.', 1 1:1 rt of the time
tin- I'aitswecs, who
ire cannibal. C,o-
i'S. 1 ..e..ee M I, ,,!(.
fii-'ftiX big game, such
iri- 'V ' e , , i .... .. .
ilvf 1jrr lv- is elephants. liip-
h hiM.-i.i.l. pulaml anil the like
abo.llld. Ill I lie deep tvecKSos of the
forest a dwarf race was found. These
people poKon their aitiuvs by sticking
thcin In corpse three days old. Corpses
Here encountered stuck all over with
arrows and looking like hedgehogs.
Mm. Scott's tm vt-IiiiiT was In tin- Shan
state bordering on China. Most of tin
time wan spent among a tribe called
Wild Wa. These people n rt lic'iil
hunti-rs nml ciinnlbalH. In x'icakinK of
lii-ml hunting Mr. Si-ott s:iyn: It Is
trarilcd fUNi-iitlal, to Kii-nn gooil cropii.
tliat pacli village miwl fi't, at i-ast. out
Mnincr'n hcml; or falling In this a
brail lM'loni:ini; to one of t iu-ir own pt'o
Ilc. In I'l-bi-nary nml .March of each
year tlicMc people go off on liead limning
exintlliiiuiM. We hail not been loin.' in
the country before we were inaile pain
fully aware of these practices. In one
lay we came across no Icis than three
le.vl lnxliox lyitij; across the path, one
horribly inanj.'le(l. The Was live up In
sheltered parts of the hills at an altitude
of live or six thousand feet above tin
hen. Their villages are very curious. Hit.
tinted, as a rule, far apart, I hey are siir
raiiudoil by eanheii ramparts covered
with bush and ctianleil by a deep ditch.
To enler the villaces the traveler has
to t'o throiitfli a lone, narrow tunnel--
ofleli liNiyariN lolitf
--so low that we
o It 1 d II o t (,'n
t h rouli without
Moopliij; tt nd so
narrow that two
persons could not
pass Wltliollt toilcli- k V. - (i
At tl... vlllasv$$U
end tliese tmiii.-l.:'-MV?s Yk5
are closed by lienvy jkrifY
wooden iuorM,viill.fCjjJ.Vj
leadini: to these ' ( .'T T J ' '
tunni ls are Ioiik' nits. j. o. si oi t.
avenues of trees, with heavy timler
crowlh. Aloim these dreary paths re
rows of posts nltoiit four feet lii;h, w ith
ledges on whlcli tire exhibited the
hkull.s taken, by the Inhabitants.
InartiHlic frowilinu,
if ton we find every wirt of curio,
from the horrible and crotwjue to Hie
realistic, iiii;ini.'ei in reception and
family rooms, of course where space
is limited one must do the best one can,
but, all the mime, thero are many bils
if brlc-ii briie that would be much more
tiu;reeable If less prominently exhibited.
To Jumble Indian, Chino.sc, .Japanese
and all manner of articles info one
place, and In such close proximity that
they eoiilinunlly elbow each other. Is
like coloiiiy.inu the different sorts of
people under one roof mid compelling
them to live there, whether they will or
no. The liicoiii:rulty, lifter a time, be
comes painful, and It seems as though
in their own way the articles would
ipiarrel with one another as violently
as would the human specimens of the
same species were they thus crow ded In
together.
Kec plnu a Cnnary Hinl,
It Is essential for the (food health of
a canary bird to keep the cane perfect
ly rleitti and Mrewu with fresh gravel.
I'rcHh water for both drinking find
bathing should be given every morning
and (luring the moulting season a bit
of Iron kept In the drinking cup Is excel
lent. Never hang the cage In 8 room
without a Are, but on mild days the bird
will be greatly refreshed by the air
from an open window. The cage should
never be less than eight Inched in diam
eter nnd twelve In height. It should
have perches at different heights. The
canary, which Is the usual house blr.l.
thrives during the winter on a diet of
small brown rape Heeds, obtained dur
ing the Hummer, and occasional hIIcch
of Mveet apple. Occasionally a few
poppy or canary ceeds nml a cry ll'tle
bruised hemp seed may be added.
Hair Frizzing and 1'ronnfcet.
The majority of women in;. he a great
mistake In crimping their hair. Tor
home red son or other an overhanging
cloud of curl or frlz.cH has a way of
bringing out all the little lines and de
fects that nature or time have stamped
In u woman's face. This Is ipille con
trary to the old tlmi! notion. Then It
was taken for granted that the tighter
the curlft the prettier and more becom
ing the woman. Hut modern taste de
cree differently. "If you want to look
young and natural rather than fudeil
and artificial," said a woman the other
day, "stop crimping your balr. I know
of no ill re r way to bring about the
effect, at least. Just cull to mind the
well, not the elderly, but tbo do longer
youthful women that you know, and
think bow ugly, Inartistic and artificial
they look with that mM of frlzftoi
o?er tbclr faces. And how aoft, natural
and becoming airtight hair It to any
wamaa at any ag or atata of health.
Vt umaaarHy tightly drawn, atraak
I back hair: it may be hnise and ptiTy. j
( you hoose, and ulwajs, of course, j
iiri.iiiL''-l with an eye to artistic and
Individual effect, but unci imped, un
curled and imfrizzed." New York Suu.
Honlljr Kiiown Her Own Nome.
So far as known licrtha Koenig. of
7S Christie street. New York. Is the
onlyaue human being who ever lived
for two years within a block of the
r.owery without learning the name of
that or any other street in the Kasteru
metropolis. I'.erllia, who is 17 years
old, came from ltouinauia two year
j; it.
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IIKUTHA KOKMfl.
ago and went to live with her grand
mother at the address given above.
Her astonishing Ignorance would per
haps never have become known to the
public hinl not her grandfather fallen
out fit a window a few days ago. He
died as a result of his Injuries, and the
girl was called as a nliness at the cor
oner's Impiest. It then developed that
she did not know the name of the city
or xtrvct in which she lived. She had
never heard of the I'.ible or of the
Savior, knew nothing about the nature
of an oath, and, more iistoiimhing than
all else to the New York people present,
never liea nl of the Itowery. Of course
she could not speak a word of lOnglish.
The girl seems to bo possessed of aver
age intelligence, but Is simply sleeped
In profound Ignorance of common sub-Jis-is,
no one having taken the trouble
to Instruct her in any way.
A Woman Work for a Year.
A busy wife, tired of hearing her bus
baud declare that woman had nothing
lo do, made up a Utile statement of the
way she had spent her lime for one
year. She had two children and two
servanls. Here are only a few of the
Items which Hileneed the husband once
for all: Number of lunches put up,
1.1. "7; meals ordered. itUi; desserts pre
pared, 17'J; lamps filled and trimmed,
rooms dusted (a nine room house),
IV-ioll; dressed children 7W times; visllH
received, N7!i; visits paid, 1 T ; books
read, s; papers read. ."iH: stories read
aloud, Z'.l: games played. ,'!-'!i; church
services attended, 2"i articles mended,
l.i'H!; articles of clothing made, L'u;
loiters written. !-!; hours at the piano,
'.KiUj; hours In Sunday school work. 13 rs;
sick days. -1 1 : amusements at tended. In.
- Si. Louis Clobc Iiemocrat.
Womt-ri unit Their I.ovt m.
It Is easy enough to tell a man l y bis
frii nils; but it is iui ossible to tell it
woman by her lovers. One rei.son for
this is thi.l a licm usually shows him
self to his fellows as he Is; but It is im
possible f c his fellows to know how he
shows himself to a woman, no long us
he is In l'.v;- with her. In that blissful
condition tlie rude, ofThniul man of
business becomes to his mistress a pie
lure of clumsy courtesy; the coward is
capable of feats of valor from which
a French cuirassier would shrink; the
mean, tradesmaiily person w ill stop be-f.-'i'e
the shops of Jewelers, hesitate,
and tit last enter; the rake will honestly
regret the hearts he believes that lie
has broken, and, for the moment, stead
fastly put'imses to lead a new life.
t'luk Sutln mid Apple (irern.
Another stylish cloak was of palo
pink satin brocaded with a light flow
ering pattern of convolvulus leaves in
various artistic shades of green, and
n few half ripe wheat ears. This was
lined throughout with pale apple. green
satin; the shoulder rape was edged with
fulled pink chiffon.
t ling at the Fulr Sex.
He -Are you going to the opera? She
No; I have such a cold I cnu't speak
above n whisper. Yonkers Statesman.
Musi think," Krauleln Rosalind, I
was dreaming about you last night."
"Indeed: What dress did I have on?"
Fllegende lilaotter.
She - I fhlnk I will do the cooking
myself awhile, lie 1 I'm ! That was
what you wanted me to take out more
life Insurance for, was It? -Indianapolis
.1 on run 1.
"1 want a quarter from you for that
starving family on Koltle alley." "Mer
cy! I can't spare a cent. My dress for
the charily ball will cost me fiw."
Clcvcland Press.
Mrs. I'e Fadd-Thc latest fashion Is
to have tint piano built Into the wall.
Mr. Do Fadd (wearily) Well, that's
sensible. lct's wall up ours. New
York Weekly.
Old (iraybeard It's a pity to keep
such a pretty bird In a cage. Mrs. Du
Style Isn't It a shame! How perfectly
eiqulsltely lovely It would look on a
baL-TId Hits.
She And you really attended tho
Queen's reception In Iindon. The men,
I suppose, atand uncovered In the pres
ence of royalty? "Yea, but not to the
Mm eitent aa the worsen." Ufa.
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K 1 ) L C A T 1 0 X A I X'O I X' I N
NOTES AEOUT SCHOOLS AND
THEIR MANAGEMENT.
Comparisons I'tUffa FcliooN In the
Count rjr ll.Mtricta and Thim.- in leu n
Bud C it its i.ini- on Which Yeuuu
Men rhoiil.l I'uruc KrioulL-le.
Ungraded vs. irndrl r-chooli.
Kvery now and then some one, some
where makes a comparison Im-Iwccii the
schools in tlie country district, where
terms are short, salaries low and the
teachers' tenure often brief, and the
schools of lo .vi.s and cities, w h re f rms
are long, salaries fair, and where teach
ers are practically permanent. These
comparisons generally result adversely
to the long term schools. Here i what
a school director said several years
ago: "our children barn as much in
six months as yours In ten. Their w hole
time is given to school work while the
schools arc in session, while your chil
dren in town are absorU'd in all kinds
of amusements."
Tlie second port of his statement I
think is true. I am sorry that I must
acknowledge this concerning tlie town
schools. What about the first state
ment? Let us see. At the time this as
sertion was made there were two or
three girls from our schools teaching
In this director's district. Those girls
they were not women were not much
older than their pupils, in some cases
not so old. Why were these outsiders
employed? Were they employed from
philanthropic motives? I think not.
Were they employed because the young
ladies of the rural district found an
easier way to earn their pin money? 1
think not. They employed teachers
from towns because there were none of
their school girls qualified to do the
work.
The people who make these com
parisons leave out of the problem one
very Important factor, viz.: that during
the long vacation a vast amount of
what was gained during the brief
school term, has been forgotten when
the next term begins. Tliese com
parisons are often made to shield dis
tricts with short terms. If a few In
fluential people, a director or two, can
Impress upon tlie people of tlie district
that their children learn as much in
six months as the children of the neigh
boring town learn In ten months, Un
taxes can be kept down by keeping up
OLD PUPILS IN A CHICAGO NIGHT SCHOOL.
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rr i iii it -train i Y
the old salary and the short term. Some
times, however, another element comes
In that may not be so easily met. The
Idea that the instruction In tlie tin
graded seohools is better suited to pre.
pare pupils for the duties of life. This
Is tlie view that, a Michigan school
director takes of tlie case, lie says:
"It Is a strange commentary that In
our ungraded schools throughout the
country children attending school from
four to six months per year for a period
of from six to eight years are belter ed
ucated and prepared to enter upon the
ordinary duties of life than the ma
jority of children after the full course
of eight or ten months per year."
If tills statement Is true, If It Is true
to any degree whatsoever, long term
schools should set about to llnd out the
reason. Is It because the ungraded
schools take a narrow course and thus
study some things so that they know
them wlille towns have such broad
courses that pupils leave schools with
out knowing any one subject? "Or
dinary duties of life" may have many
meanings. If It means lo do work that
requires no thinking I believe that a
short term pupil or possibly a person
who can scarcely read, or write his
name, Is ihe best living machine to do it.
Are tlie town schools a practical as
they should be? I'o they eiliu-sle
pupils away from manual labor? I'o
they educate girls to despise house
work? Persons who advertise for
clerks or copyists at starvation wages
anil those who are looking for "help"
for tlie house at fair wages, could an
swer this question far better than the
I'tilted States Commissioner of Kduca
tion. I believe that we lose lio per cenr. of
the educational energy that we put in
to the schools, but tills cannot be reme
died by Invidious comparisons. Much
of It can be remedied by a thorough re
examination of the underlying prin
ciples of education, and nn earnest In
quiry as to what kind of training we
need for the active dudes of life. Not
what was needed years ago, but what
Is needed now. Kducatloiial News.
Cause and Effect In Geography.
It Is a growing belief that knowledge,
to be of any worth must be related to
other knowledge. Many teachers of
geography may teem to graap the con
viction Just ateted In an Impersonal
way and not comt to a full realisation
at tba fact that they are still going on
in Oe tame old fashion In teachlnr
.. !,, ' .op!ls Pihh'island
;..i in ii.'! arel t:i.. le&son
I), j.iv. ! in the I.."- i pa it "f
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l: 1. . - . - ;; . l:.l I'e i 1 a I C'llille ...
t i'.u , i li i :ie sin.!;, i .i -) y s : : a nd
coM.lrV '.I (' gl-i'i.'. the,! i hey III IV
pie', e, ,. in :i , i -. : !; M i.Jt Will i'e
...mi-i-i! ;,g the j . i - 5 : ! - - i : i . s aii I
oci-npaiieiis of iii y I .. ,ii 1 1 by nviing
the eh-vati n, latitude, proximity of
in lt i it, -i 'lis. a i i i he seas and s-e:itis.
I To make Ciis matter u:ideist ""I. a
fill ijlle-liolis Kpolied by I lie teacher
may show in r w!."thcr or nt the mat
ter of cause and ei.ect dot s not play an
Imporiam part in her work. Our les
son to-day. let us say. is Texas. Very
much of tlie State, the book tells us. Is
dry. Comparatively little rain falls in
Western Texas. The rain fall about
the J i: I r of Mexico Is greater. Why is
this? Has the lesson on the prevailing
winds of the temperate .ones anything
to du with it? Has rain-full anything
to do Willi the occupation and produc
tions of '1 oxas? If so. what? Contrast
Texas with Florida and. applying the
same quesiions, what would be the an-
' swer?
Suppose the class Is studying Russia.
Is It of any value for pupils to know
the effect of a large body of very cold
water touching the land on the north?
if so. what Is the effect? How long are
tlie summers of Northern Russia? Why
j are they so short? What of the surfai-e
i of Northern Russia? Can corn be
raised to any advantage there? If so,
why? If not, why? Can evergreen
trees grow there? If so why? If not,
why? Can trees like tlie birch and
maple thrive in Northern Russia? If
so, why? If not, why? Why do not
the Russians cut down tlie forests of
Northern Russia so that the land may
be cultivated? Whore tire the fur
bearing animals of Russia found? Do
animals that produce fine fur naturally
live In cold climates or in warm cli
mates? Have you ever seen a Mexican
dog? Compare its coat of hair with the
coat of hair of an Fsqulinaux dog that
many may have seen. What makes
tills difference? The interior of Russia,
like the Interior of tlie I'tilted States.
Is subject lo extreme beat and extreme
cold. Why is this? What lesson in the
forepart of the geography lias anything
to do wlili giving the learner some en
lightiuent on tills subject? In what
part of Russia do we find the best crops
of grain? In what part of Russia
would fruit, like apples, grow and
thrive? Why? Why do not ap
grow and thrive In Minnesota? Why
do not oranges grow and thrive in Mis
souri? Why do not apples grow and
thrive In Florida? What effect has
ellmalc on tlie productions of the soil?
, There are many quesiions In geo
graphy that cannot be worked out by
the laws of cause mo1 effect; but there
are many that can be. Knowledge that
is properly related and that conies not
altogether from remembering what is
on the prinled page has more of vital
Interest In it. It comes to slay mid
gives power to the learner. Lessons
learned "out of Ihe book," appealing
only to the memory, are usually dull
and stupid.
It Is not the intention of ihe writer
to tell how lo teach geography. The de
sign of this article Is simply to cause
the individual who reads it to ask him
self or herself this question: "Are iny
methods based on Intelligence Ihut will
cause the pupils to see something In
the relation of past lessons or past ex
periences to the present lesson? -Missouri
Swhool Journal.
Too Many Students.
Lawyers and doctors tell us there ar
wo many law and medical students that
the profession will be candiilnnsly
overcrowded in the next Ive yinrs.
Painters deplore the swarms of amb'
Hons men In rlie studios, and assure us
there will be no room for them In the
future. As for writers, they lament
about the overstocked condition of tlie
literary market until one is quite tired
of hearing about It.
It Is Iherefore with some trepldalio.
that I make the easily substantiated
statement that tlie Increase III tlie mini
her of students In tliese callings Is stna'l
enmared with their increase In tihnt of
architecture. About fifteen years ago,
for Instance, there were sometimes half
a dozen Americans studying In Paris,
sometimes one. For tlie last five years
there have been from forty to sixty,
while Americans have been frequent
ing, besides, Ihe schools of RerMn, Vien
na. Florence and Rome. To take an ex
ample nearer home, six years ago the
long-established Schixil of Architecture
of Hie l'nlverliy of Pennsylvania con
tained two students; this year there
are over a hundred; and so It goes from
the Atlantic to the Pacific. Moreover,
this Increase of numbers does not In
clude those who are getting their train
ing In offices without going to the tech
nical achools at all. John 8tewardon,
In January Mpplncott'a.
After a woman baa tlatf up a bundle,
there Is no string left In house.
ron sound .money.
CLEVELAND'S STRONG ARGUMENT
FOR 100 CENT DOLLARS.
W Twice lailrd to Ktablis liiuetallir
Currency V. h-o the .tlt-tal Were Near
Kach Other lu Value Attempt at Free
oiiiKge Nuv Would Itetult In 8ilver
tUonouietulliom and In Great Financial
Ii. resit.
Ptesideiu Cleveland, in his message
to ci. niters, reviews at considerable
length the history of our greenbacks,
the great Deed i.f retiring them and the
urgent need of changes iu our banking
liud currency laws to give us a snffi
t;ciit, Kufo and elastic currency. His
lec'iiitueiiilations agree Mihsiatitially
not iiuiy w nli those i if Secret ury Carlisle
and Comptroller Kcklts, but w ith those
of many eminent autliornies uu this
subject. They should be, utnl we hope
have been, lend l j all good and ati'i
ot ic citizens. We, however, piopose now
to cail renewed attention to his excel
lent discussnu of the free coinage ques
tion. It is one of the most conviiieit-.g
arguments t-ver made against cin-.ip sil
ver dollars. Wo reproduce bi low tht
jjreuti r part of this discussion :
While, I have emit uvorol to make a
plain statement of the disordered condi
tion of our currency and the present
dangers menacing our prosperity, and
to suggest a way which leads to a safe
financial system, I have constantly bad
in luinil tlie fact that many of my conn
trytneu, whoso sincerity I do not doubt,
insist that the cure for the ills nc.v
threatening us may be found in the sin
Klo ami simple remedy of the free coin
jge of silver.
Were thero infinitely stronger reason.
than can be adduced fur hoping that
such action would secure for us a bi
metallic currency moving on lines iJ
parity, an experiment so novel and haz- I
anions us that proposed might well sta;r
jor those who believe that, stability )
in imperative condition of sound money. ,
No government, no human eonni- ;
vance or act of legislation, has ever been !
able to hold the two metals together in
(ren coinage at a ratio appreciably dif
ferent from that, which is established iu
the markets of tlie world.
Those who believe that our independ
ent free coinage of silver at an art ifi
;ial ratio with gold of Hi to 1 would ro
nton) the parity between the metals, and
:unsequent ly between the coins, oppose
an unsupported and improbable theory
to tho general belief and practice of
other nations, and to the teaching of the
wisest statesman and economists of the
world, both in the past and present,
and, what is far more conclusive, they
run counter to our own actual experi-
'eiiccs.
Twice in our earlier history our law
makers in ut tempting to establish a bi
metallic currency undertook free coin
age, upon a ratio which accidentally va
ried from tlie actual relative values of
the two metals not more than !i per
cent. In both cases, notwithstandiug
greater difficulties and cost of transpor
tation than now exist, tho coins, whose
intrinsic worth was undervalued in the
ratio, gradually and surely disappeared
from our circulation and went to other
countries where their real value was
better recognized.
Acts of congress were impotent to
rreate equality where natural causes de
cree (1 even a slight inequality.
Twice iu our recent history we have
signally failed to raise by legislation
the value of silver, lender an act of con
gress passed in 1R78 the government
was required for more than Is) years to
expend annually at least 24, 000,1100 in
the purchase of silver bullion for coin
age. The act, of July 14, 1800, in a still
bolder effort, increased the amount of
silver tlie government was compelled to
purchase, and forced it to become the
buyer annually of 54,000,000 ounces, or
practically the entire product of our
mines. Under both laws silver rupid.'y
and steadily declined in value. The
prophecy and the expressed hope and ex
pectation of those iu the congress who
led in tin; passage of tho last mentioned
net, that it would re-establish and main
tain tho former parity between the two
i metals, are still fresh in our memory.
I In the light of tliese experiences,
which accord with the experiences of
other nations, there is certainly no se
cure ground for the belief that an act of
congiess could now bridge an inequality
of 00 per cent between gold nnd silver
at our present ratio, nor is there the
least possibility that our country, which
has less than one-seventh of the silver
money in the world, could by its action
alone raise not only our own but all sil
ver to its lost ratio with gold. Onr at
tempt to uccouiplish this by the free
coinage of silver at a ratio differing
widely from actual relative valnes
would bo the signal for the complete de
parture of gold from onr circulation, the
immediate and large contraction of our
circulating medium, and a shrinkage ii
the real value and monetary efficiency
of all other forms of currency as they
settled to the level of silver monometal
lism. Kvery one who receives a fixed
salary and every worker for wages would
lind the dollar in his hand ruthlessly
scaled down to the point of bitter disap
pointment if not to pinching privation.
A change iu our standard to silver
monometallism would also bring on a
collapse of tho entire system of credit
which, when based on a standard which
is recognized and adopted by the world
of business, is many times more potent
and useful than tho entiro volume of
currency anil is safely capable of almost
indefinite expansion to meet the growth
of trade and enterprise.
In a solf invited struggle through
darkness and uncertainty our humilia
tion would be Increased by the con
sciousness that we had parted company
with all tho enlightened and progressive
nations of the world, and were desper
ately and hopelessly striving to meet the
s trass of modern commerce and compe
tition with a debated and unsuitable
currency aad in association with the few
weak aa4 lajfard nations whloa have
silver alone us their Mar.durd of vulne.
All history warns us against rash ex
perinvits which threaten violent
elian; in our mi netary standard Bnd
the ueji ia' ii :i of onr currency. The
past is lull of ie.--i ii8 teaching not only
the ecou-.mic (lungers, but the national
inimuialiiy th;a foi.i v..s in the train of
such experiments. 1 will not believe
that the Aineiicuu people can be per
suadu! af n r sober deliberation to jeop
ardize then- nation's prestige aud proud
Handing by encouraging financial nos
trums, nor that they will yield to the
false allurements of cheap money, when
they realize that it must result in the
weakening of that financial integrity aud
rectitude which tbas far iu our history
have been so devotedly cherished as one
of the traits of true Americanism.
Our country's indebtedness, whether
cw ing bj- tin- government cr existing be
tv,e(ii individuals, has been contracted
with ti fe.eiice to our pre -cut standard.
To il'-cree by act of congress that these
deb's rhall be payaU iu less valuable
dollars than those within the contem
plation and intention of the parties
Vtis'ti eon' ructed would operate to trans
fer, by tbeliiit of l.iw, and without com
pensation, an amount of property and a
volume of rights and interests almost
incalculable.
Those w ho advocate a blind and head
long plunge C free coinage in the name
of bimetallism and prcfessing the be
lief, contrary to all expeiicnce, that we
could thus establish a double standard
and a concurrent circulation of both
nietu!:! in our coinage, are certainly
reckoning from a cloudy standpoint.
Our present standard of value is the
standard of the civilized world and per
mits the only bimetallism now possible,
or at least that is within the independ
ent reach of any single nation, however
powerful that nation may be.
Tin re is a vast difference) between a
standard of value and a currency for
monetary use. The standard muslneces
sarily be fixed andcertain. ThecurJ'ency
may be in divers forms and of various
kinds. No silver standard country hasa
gold currency in circulation, but an en
lightened and wise system of finance se
cures the benefits of both gold aud silver
as currency and circulating medium by
keeping tlie standard stable and all
other currency at par with it. Such a
system and such a standard also give
free scope for the use and expansion of
safe and conservative credit, so indis
pensable to broad and growing commer
cial transactions and so well substituted
for the actual use of money. If a fixed
and stable standard is maintained such
as the magnitude and safety of our com
mercial transactions and business re
quire, the use of money itself is con
veniently minimized. Every dollar of
fixed and stable value has through the
agency of confident credit an astonishing
capacity of multiplying itself in finan
cial work. Every unstable and fluctuat
ing dollar fails as a basis of credit, and
its use begets gambling speculation aud
undermines the foundations of honest
enterprise.
I have ventured to express myself on
this subject with earnestness and plain
ness of speech because I cannot rid my
self of tlie belief that there lurks in the
proposition for the free coinage of sil
ver, so strongly approved and so enthu
siastically advocated by a multitude of
my countrymen, a serious menace to onr
prosperity and an insidious temptation
of our people to wander from the alle
giance they owe to public aud private
integrity. It is because I do not distrust
the good faith and sincerity of those ,
who press this scheme that I have im
perfectly lint, with zeal submitted my
thoughts upon this momentous subject.
I cannot rehain from begging them to
re-examine their views and beliefs in
the light, of patriotic reason and familiar
experience, and to weigh again and
again the consequences of such legisla
tion as their efforts have invited. Even
tho continued agitation of the subject
adds greatly to the difficulties of a dan
gerous financial situation already forced
upon us.
Three Children Klliling on the Ice.
AitMoMsatill.
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I'nlted 8tatn Carreucy Statistics.
The Reform club has just issued what
promises to prove one of the most valu
able referenoe pamphlets in its series
"United States Currency Statistios."
It js designed to meet the needs of those
who wish to have at hand, in compact
form, the most reliable statistics availa
ble upon currency topics. It consists of
82 pages, crowded with just those sta
tistics to which students of currency
questions have most occasion to refer.
While, as its Dame implies, it is de
voted mainly to statistics relating to
United States currency, it also includes
comparative data as to foreign countries
at every important point A number of
ingenious diagrams add interest to tbe
work, and full references to statistics
not possible to be included offer sug
gestions to those making special inves
tigations. The pamphlet can be obtained for S
cents from the Reform club, 6 William
treat, New York city.
A Maw riaffM.
Just aa tba Georgia free si Wet people
are in tbe midst of their calamity groana
tbe price of cotton eoeses p to plafit
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