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CIIAITEK XXXI.
"What l shame!" cried Diana Knollys,
Indignantly.
Kb on standing In lb station library,
Idly turning over the leaves of the In
dian daily pa(ier, while her father stood
chatting- with Colonel I'rinsep In the door
way. "What la It?" asked the commissioner,
with an Indulgent smile.
For reply, the paper tru tbnist Into
his hand, and a daintily gloved finger
fiolnted to the column which bad ronaed
ber anger.
The article waa beaded "Another
Helen," and dealt In a hslf-Jesting, whol
ly disparaging Teln with the quarter
master's "pretty daughter," who had
made auch havoc In the regiment; turn
ing her attention firat to a sergeant, then
a her position altered, to the Colonel
himself, and In hoth cases with the dead
liest effect. The writer went on to ob
serve that It was surprising such a prob
able aource of Information should have
lieen overlooked at the impiest. Who so
likely to be able to throw a light upon the
darkness which enshrouded the fate of
ber lnvr? From the days of the heroine
of Troy until now a woman had been Bt
1h bottom of every mystery, the motive
for every crime; and this Helen waa, he
had beard, as fair aa she who had been
the cause of that memorable ten years'
war and perhapa no less to blame.
Much more there was In the same
train; but Colonel I'rinsep, who was
reading over Mr. Knollys' shoulder, mut
tered such a wrathful ejaculation that
the commissioner was startled.
"Eh?" he queried, testily, looking over
bis gold rimmed glasses.
"1 beg jour pardon," said the Colonel,
"but I must agree with Miss Knollya that
nich libela-or rntber innuendoes, which
are worse, for libel can be contradicted
onirbt not to be allowed to be Inserted in
any paper."
"I never did like the Indian Argus, nnr
approve its views; but I must say I
think What do you say, Ii?"
"I am going to see June mid take her
for a drive jf she will come."
"Hut, my dear. I nm t.ot sure that I
cnre iilmt your being with a young bidy
who bus made herself so notorious"
"r rather has been rnmle so by cir
cuiiistrifi cs. ,V, pupa, 1 won't li1cn to
a word. You bine ninny let Hie have
Hit- own way. runl yon are not going to
tbsv art nie now."
"Ami I don't think any one could do
n n tlmor but ii'liniro so kind an net," put
in the Colonel, more moved than be cured
to i.))., iv "Id. o- e.ioit vou tire' 1 mIioiiIiI
I.ke to thnnk you an Mi Knox's fri-nd, I
only I hic not the word --nor the rik'bl
to do so," he mud. III a liv, shinned oee,
us be led ln-r to the inrriarc.
"Then don't both, r about thntll.ins me
lit !!," s!ie iiiiHiuTw!, Iirigi.tly. "1 as-
are you il is not i.-oodfiess al ail, only
vii ioiinej.K illi-i."lived."
"ilow so?" be questioned, smiling.
"I know nbo wrote tllllt letter to the
Arj.u. "I'd willi what motive it was
penned. The Writer hoped by that menus
to make people look shyly upon June, as
they would do, of course, If nil that lie
met was true. Hut 1 lueai! to circumvent
bun by showing that I for one disbelieve
ieiy word, and I fancy"-w ith a proud
toss of her head, which Colonel I'rinsep,
(.fang in utter unison w ith tin- sentiments
it expressed, thought iiilinilely becoming
"I fancy some good will follow."
"1 wish you would tell me who you
think it was who wrote it:" said thu Col
onel, fiercely.
"Think! There is not a doubt about it.
I am certain. Ion't you remember w hat
I told yon one night, at your own dance,
thnt if .Inne Knox refused Mr. lilount
lie would be avenged?"
"1 it he?"
"Of course it is;" and Miss Knollya
whipped her ponies into a sharp trot.
Poor little Jane! Surely no one had
ever paid so dearly for the royal gift of
beauty no one bad differed so keenly
mi account of her lovers!
When he went back Into the reading
r'Mitn, he found Mr. Knollya seated by
the table with the paper spread in front
of him, iierusing it intently.
"The w hole thing is in execrable taste,"
lie said, as the Colonel entered; "but I
ehould have given my opinion at the
time had I been here I cannot help
thinking that the Inquiry wai hurried
over, and that a little more trouble might
have elicited more Information."
Stephen I'rinsep was 111 pleased at the
turn the conversation had taken. He
Ihotight it had been settled once for all,
and well-nigh forgotten; but that letter
111 the Argus, and Mr. Knollya' evident
detf rininallon to follow up the clew il
appeared to give, would endue the mat
ter wilb a new Interest nnd give it a
fresh lease on life.
I .caving the library, be walked buck
toward the mess, pondering what could
In- done to avert auch an annoyance from
Jane. lie guessed what a blow It had
already been to her, and how she prole
nbly reproached herself though untie -ssarily
for having spoken, ns she would
consider, harshly of him bo shortly be
fore his dentil. What other reason could
there have been for her avoidance of him
self on the day of the funeral, and the
look almost of repugnance which ahe hud
cast upon him, except that she associated
him with what, In her gentleness of dis
fosltion, aha regretted?
On hia way he met Diana Knollya driv
ing back alone.
"Jane would not come," ahe Informed
him in a mock-offended voice, then added
seriously "Do you know, I believe aha la
fretting about something, about thla very
letter, no doubt, for aha looked ao whits
and worn 1 waa quite allocked."
"I dare aay"-fraTely; "It la enough ta
trouble any on, and aha la ao sensitive,
lint I am aura aba fait your kindness,
Mtea Knoll's, and I bop" with one of
fala winning em I lea "that yon won't b
aFT 1 "! ? ? Ml F iM
iji uu ura o " u o fs
discouraged by a first failure, and that
you w ill g,j and gee 1VT jgaiu."
"Oh. yea, I will do Uiat certainly! 8h
can't always be so impracticable, always
refuse," answered Miss Kuollys, hastily.
Well, she bad pledged herself to atand
by Jane at this Juncture, and would not
go from her word. Besides, ahe did not
believe that, even If Jane proved obdu
rate. Colonel I'rinsep would ever turn to
her. And she liked the girl for her own
sake and wished ber well.
"Home women have such luck!" mut
tered Diana, ruefully, thinking of how
Jane had once been a sergeant-major's
daughter, and now might be a peeress
If she chose; or, which might be an even
brighter fate for Miss Knollys did not
like Major Larron now the wife of
Stephen I'rinsep.
Mean while Colonel Trlnsep walked
away alowly, his gase bent dowuward;
therefore it might have been uncon
sciously he passed the mess gates, and
went on toward the quartermaster's
house.
Diana's last words were ringing in his
ears, and had driven every other thought
away. "She can't always be Impractica
ble; she can't always refuse!"
There seemed something of prophecy
In the unconsidered remark, which he
was fain to apply to bis own use. Khe
had been so long deaf to his spoken en
treaties and even more persuasive un
tittered prayers that at any moment she
might have discerned his love in his
eyes; surely she would listen now, the
cause of her forced coldness being re
moved. Just at first she might have felt
vexed with him as with herself, for the
fear and resentment she had expressed
about Jacob I.ynn; but her natural good
sense must show her that neither had
been to blame, and ahe would, if she
loved him as she bad loved him without
doubt during that short, bright period of
their engagement turn gladly to the pro
tection of hia love. Ilia name could
shield her from so much thnt was dis
agreeable, the attendant gossip and ru
mors that would follow upon the troop
er's death, more especially since that
article had appeared In the Argus. And
for his part. If every one turned agninst
and reviled her, lie would none the leas
joyfully take to his anna the one love of
his life.
As he turned Inlo the compound be
met Mrs. Knox.
"I was just going out," she told him
when the usual greetings had been ex
changed. "Hut 1 will turn back with
you. It was nothing of importance, and
I inn Nine it was very kind of you to
call: we have been dreary enough lately."
'It was your daughter I came especial
ly to see. Will you h i mo go and speak
tii her alone :
She looked up iii'i'oiiiigly into his far
and he smilcil sonic ,i bat sadlv in reply.
"Yes, I have come to iisk her again to
h" '"' "ifl
but w In ther I have a chance
or not I cannot sni .
".she loves you, I am sure," asserted
Mrs. Knox; but she did not speak so hope
fully as she might have done on such an
occasion six months ago.
K'ited at the prospects which re
opened out before her daughter, though
at the same time sorrou-j'uiiy convinced
that their brilliancy would be dijilaw'd
in vain, Mrs. Knox hurried on, and the
1 'olonel was free lo pursue his course mi
hindered.
The froiif windows of the bungalow
were open, nml at one of them June slo.nl
looking out; but directly she saw him
she sin link back, and when he entered
the room he found her tit the furlherest
lid of it with the handle of the door in
her hand, as though about to lice.
"Jenny, Jenny, what is it that has
come between us that you would avoid
me so?" he cried, staying some distance
off lest she should escape him altogether.
She leaned against the door, and her
faco was bidden from his gnze. Only a
convulsive movement of ber shoulders
showed him she had heard what he hud
said.
"Are you afraid of nie?" be asked, gen
tly. "Surely not. You know thnt my
feeling hiivi" never altered-that I love
you now even more dearly than the first
day I asked you to be my w ife. You are
bound by no promise now; you are free
at Inst!"
"(ill, hush, hush!" she moaned.
"What is there to prevent me pleading
my ennse again ?"
She turned to him so white and horror
struck an expression that involuntarily
he qunilcd before he'r'glance,
"You can ask that ?"
"Why not? i'ou loved meoiice," he be
tcan. "Do yon think I do not remember that
If
you ami i never met, .lucon i.yiiu
would be still alive?"
"I think you exaggerate," he remon
strated in hia quiet voice, which insen
sibly soothed her excitement; "his death
was an accident, and though we may
both regret il, I for one cniniol be so un
scliisli us to ignore the fact thai it makes
possible w hat you declared Impossible be
fore - our marriage, Jenny."
"( v r his grave?"
"I do not understand," be said, hope
lessly. "You must "
"1 know nil!" she interrupted liim,
meaningly.
for a moment or two neither of them
s o':e. Jnne, frightened nt her own bold
tii ss, stood before him with downcast
eyes and trembling lips, and Colonel
I'rinsep, more than ever bewildered,
grew angry as well. Nothing, he thought,
could Justify her conduct. She had al
ways been Inclined to trlHe with his love,
bringing forward first one, and then an
other exousa to prevent their marriage.
Now, when at last he might reasonably
auppose his probation to be at an end,
a fresh obstacle intervened, mysterious,
shadowy, and apparently not to be ex
plained. Ilia first Impulse waa to leave
and never aeek her again; but, aa what
waa meant for a farewell glance fell up
on her lovely, troubled face and swaying,
willow ly form, he relented, and waa once
mora under the potent spell of her beauty,
ready to aerve twice seven year If only
be might win ber ao.
"Listen to iaat Jenny!" b pleaded,
earnestly, "I have loved yon so well, and
with so little thought of self, thst surely
I deserve a hearing; and if there is any
act of mine you have misinterpreted, it
Is only fair you should let nie justify my
self if I can."
She looked into bis fae with such evi
dent dread of what it was that he would
Bay that for an instant he was discom
posed. Then, as she averted her gaze, he went
on gravely:
"At the same moment I first realized
my love for you I almost simultaneously
discovered that you were already en
gaged, iiinl I acivpted my fute-sorrowfully,
it is true, but w ith no hope of alier
tng it. If I implored you to think seri
ously before definitely fulfilling I he prom
ise you had made, it was, heaven knows,
with no ulterior motive, but from a wish
to secure your happiness, w hich I valued
more than my own. Afterward, because
I heard so much against Sergeant I.ynn,
and I myself proved some at least of the
reports were true, I went to you once
more, because I loved you so dearly, and
dared to think that you loved me. He
lieve me, it was not because of the man's
position, nor with the idea of templing
you from him with the advantages I
could offer; if he had been worthy of you
I would have been content to see you hia
wife, If he had been even lower in the
social scale. It was the knowledge of our
mutual love, and the wretched existence
you would lead if you married him, that
made me seek you then. You wrote to
Hergeant Lynn at my instigation, throw
ing yourself upon bis generosity."
"Do not let us speak of that," Inter
polated Jane, coldly; and It chilled him
even more to discover that ahe still wore
the big silver ring upon her finger, though
the presumable giver of it was dead.
Dispassionately as he had spoken, she
had not been able to hear unmoved the
atory of that time told, too, by him; but
as his words recalled the deceit which
had been practiced on her, all the scorn
alio had felt before revived; and more
than ever It appeared possible he might
be guilty, too, of the death of Jacob Lynn.
Her coldness communicated itself to
him.
"I have no wish to say anything thnt
will pain you. I w ill not deny that I was
to blame then, though perhaps not so
deeply as you think. Should you ever feel
curious to know how It happened, your
mother will tell you the true story.
"I am not curious," sighed Jane.
She would have given much to have
known nothing that could make Stephen
I'rinsep the less a hero In her eyes than
he was at first. Some sins might have
been condoned, but these of his were ao
despicable and mean that she hated her
self because in spite of them she loved
him still. It waa that which made her
fear him so, lest her Infatuation ao she
termed it should prove stronger than her
sense of what waa right.
"And I will not speak of the day," he
continued, "which should have been the
brightest in my life, and was the dreari
est. I went away shortly nftcrwnrd, and
tried my hardest to forget what was nt
once a pnin and shame; yet the first sight
of your sweet face, the sound of your
dear voice dissipnted all my resolutions.
I knew you were us dear to me as ever
1 hen gradually the impression grew up
on me that you were no longer bound by
the old promise, and that evening we act
ed together with me it was no acting.
Jenny I resolved to woo you again: and
again, just as I began to dream of u suc
cess, the more to be pri.ed been use so
haiilly won, you met me with the unex
pected blow that yon had pledged your
self anew, almost as falally us before!"
"When 1 did so," said Jane and the
words seemed wrenched from her by
some inner force she could not coinbal -"1
believed that I should never marry!"
"Was it so?" he asked, gently. At
times he coiihl have sworn she loved him
still, then again that look of dislike to his
presence, tinged, too, with fear, swept
over Icr face, nud be was fain to doubt.
"Tell me, Jenny, when you gave Unit
promise."
"The day you called for the first time
after your return from Knglund," she an
swered, in a low Voice.
"Hecaiise you thought that I no longer
loved you. ( )h, Jenny, it was you who re
mained so cold ami unconcerned, and by
your indifference drove nie to the belief
that you hail forgotten all that passed
between us so short n time before! I
had not forgotten I shall never forget
that I have hehl you ill my nrms, nnd
kissed you as a man only kisses the wo
man be loves, ami hopes to make his
wife. The aching sense of loss which w hs
ill my heart the day on which our mar
riage should have been is there now, and
will b" till I die, or until, Jenny, you re
lent! Do you owe me nothing for the suf
fering you have caused? 1 respected the
feeling of honor which made you refuse
to listen to me while you were engaged,
and even the generous kindness of your
second promise; but now. surely there, is
nothing now to part us!"
"Stephen, Stephen!" she murmured,
wistfully, momentarily leii nwny by the
fervor In his tones; but as, in answer to
her pleading cry, he stepped eagerly to
ward her, she shrunk buck, remembering
whut was between them. Yet bis words
hud net been without effect. Itelieving
him guilty still, she could miike some al
lowance fur th - crime now, gauging the
great neaa of the temptation by the great
ness of his love. And it had been an ac
cidenthe had not meant to slay him, she
wns sure, or he could not have appeared
so unconscious of wrong doing! She, too,
had been so much to blame, first in mak
ing such ii promise, and afterward in
sending the one lover to meet the other
with anger in his heart. She had taken
no thought of the jealous passion eudi
would feel against the other.
"Jenny, w hat nm I to think?" cried the
Colonel, as she moved away.
"Think," she answered, hysterically,
"thnt I would give nil I have to bring
Jacob Lynn to life. How enn I ever bo
happy iignln, knowing w hat I do?"
The door opened, nnd ns her mother en
tered Jane slipped away, only too thank
ful to escape.
(To be concluded.)
Hem I HorJiefort's Krralic Career.
No one hn known more ups and
downs than Henri Rocheforte, the
French rommunlt who is now an exile
In England. Reared In the grandest
houses of the noble faubourg of Tarla,
ho haa been condemned to death aa an
anarchist and a a leader of the com
mune. At one moment the Idol of the
people, the next day be would be al
most lynched In the afreet. Repeated
ly exiled, Imprisoned time without
number, sentenced to penal aerrltude
for life, escaping through a country In
fested by cannibals and subsequently
In an open boat tcroas the Pacific from
New Caledonia to Australia, tnere U
practically no limit to bta experiences.
DELUbED FA JIM KltS.
They on't understand what in-
TCRLST 15 PAID FOR.
By (itxtlrK I 'or 10 to 1 Ttiry Arc Sink
lug lxe,cr J nto the Mire Inrreoi.tiit
Their Kik- No IVueflt Can Coma t roue
a Change In the Medioin of Kxchanc.
The Silver league of Nebraska is one
cf the latest scheme; of Hryan and hi
frionds. Itu i.bioit is to spread free sil
ver iiicrulure and to support no candi
date fur the presidency in load who i
not a free silver num. T!:e league il
nonpartisan, its conirol being in th
bauds of four trusteed, one from each of
the four great parties.
It is a pity that the honest farmerf
and laborers who will be drawn intothil
league and the bulk of them are sin
cere could not devote their energies tc
something likely to Improve rather than
to a cause that will sorely make worse
their present condition. They are howl
ing against high rates of interest, bnt
are unnecessarily increasing those rates
by threatening to repndiat awlf of theii
debts, thereby increasing the risk of
loaning mousy in their slate. Tbey have
bnt to look across into Meiico or to
glance at any of tb other free si Wet
conn tries of tbe world to make certain
that free coinage ia not a panacea and
that farmers and laborers are aenally
worse off in those ooun tries than in gold
standard oonatriee.
Onr fanners and workingmen are
barking ap the wrong tree when they
are looking for their oppressors in the
branchea of tbe money tree. Tbe injus
tice, if any, dne to a alight depreciation
or appreciation of gold is infinitesimal
as compared with the injnstioe from
other causes. That this is true is evideut
from the very nature of things. Money
is but a medium or tool of exchange.
Exchange implies production, transpor
tation, distribution. It is in the proc
esses of production, transportation and
distribution that farmers and laborers
should look for improvement and not in
the medium of exchange, which is al
ready so nearly perfect that in most
civilised countries it does its work with
out friction and praotically without
ooat. Aa well hope for great reductions
in the oost of transportation throuah
better lubricants aa for an appreciable
ueueui iiiruugu suj uuaugv in mio lumi
nm of exchange. The money of today is
aa good as the grease of today.
Any one who has something to ex
change has no trouble in making the ex
change at market prices or ratios. If he
wishes to employ more capital, he can
always hire it at market rates of inter
est, providing he ha anything to ubo as
collateral or security. Without collateral
he could not, under any system of cur
rency, obtain the required capital. The
whole question hinges on the collateral,
not on the money, which is but a mere
incident to the exchange. A farmer who
mortgages his farm to obtain capital
docs not really pay inli ret-t on tho
money (which 1 ut one, iuim of rn;i
tul) which he obtains, nnd which he
probably polioses hut a f. w days or
weeks, but oil tho capital, iiiip'iMiieiils,
Imililinys, fci! is, ( !. ,
in this way. i
chimin t'i:n i;i'ih ria:I.' !
capital tiial is the :
whit li one man is will.,
ti.-o i f anoiiicr man's j i
relative ilciiianil for i.ic
which he hires
'-. i'.ilo ni'iMciary
iv.cr the lilrf! of
n'a;;c c f vnhio
i-; to pay for tho
. r. el. It is l!)'l
1 mi ) ply of capi
tal, not of money, (hat l..r..'c!y ill ;
mines rates of iutcic.-t under a ftahlo
monetary hj'tem. If the monolary i-ys-lem
be uiiHialile,, then tiicmrriiwi r must
not only pay a rate of intereM. con-o-Kpontling
to t ho normal hire of capital,
but ho must pay for tho lick incurred
by tho lender because of a possible
change of Maudiinl. Py ngitafing for
free coinage at 16 to 1 the farmers are
increasing this risk. They pay the fid
dler, but h'tnebody else (mine owner
perhaps) dots the dancing.
It is a pitiful Kiglit to sen honest
farmers thus wasting their time and
ammunition, hut it is a solace to believe,
as did Abraham Lincoln, that "you
can't fool all of the people all of the
time."
Danger ftlsrnals Flying.
The war scare has undeniably had a
bad effect tipon the iron trade, which
even before the president's message was
struggling through a critical period,
with some indications of a successful is
sue therefrom. The worst fentnre of the
flurry ia thr.t it has distinctly aggravat
ed the financial situation. Whatever
palliatives nay be applied, there seema
little hope that the root of the evil will
be touched. Until that is done we must
look for hesitation and distrust and a
dragging trade. For the great majority
of largo undertakings cnpilal must be
borrowed. Whether financiers be right
or wrong, our industries must dual wilh
the cold fact that new issues of securi
ties will he slow of sale so long as oor
currency is in ils present muddled con
dition. Few will venture out of the
harbor wilh the danger signuls flying.
Iron Age.
WbT Hay "Coin" and Mean "Gold?"
Continuing its appeals to oongress for
proper financial legislation, the Chicago
Tribune (Rep. ) fays of the greenbacks :
"They are not a safeenrrency under the
present state of things, and congress re
fuses to make them safe by giving the
president a certain means of getting
gold with which to redeem them when
presented. Instead of praising the green
backs, Mr. Cannon should try to protect
them. Is he in favor of allowing the
president to sell for gold bonds made
payable in gold and not in 'coin?' If
so, why doesn't he say ao!"
Ho Qnlbbllas.
"There is no mors important duty for
tbs press of both parties," the Balti
more Mews says, "than that of urging
naon the party leaders tbs imperative
ntoeatitjr at this juneUreof taking defi
nite groan! on tbe money question, so
last it may at last a settles parasa
Rntl, asWt oaase to be a meaao to
Irsde and to ta gasataJ prospMsity. " .
"FATHERS" AND BIMETALLISM.
Jefferson, Hamilton mod Jarkson Opposed
the Cheap Iollar.
Iii a note on the establishment of a
miutTliouia Jefferson in 1?1 wrote as
follows:
Tbe proportion lietween the value of pold
and i-iiv r is mercantile problem ult ;i't)ier.
Just principles will lead us to disregard
b tal proportions altoicthcr, to iiiijuln- into
tin n.arket price of gold in the several coua
tri - w ith which we shall principally be con-nc'-icd
in commerce and to lake an average
fro::i thm.
Iii a letter to Mr. Hamilton in Febru
ary, 17i2, Mr. Jefferson expressed bis
opposition to cheapening the dollar or
reducing tbe monetary unit. He said of
the dollar:
I very much doubt a rifht now to cliange
tbe value and wspeoinlly to It seen it. Jt would
lead to so easy a mode of psyinx off their debts.
Should it be thought, hovrsver, that con
gress may reduce the value of the dollar, J
should be for adopting for our unit, instead ol
the dollar, either one ounue of pure silver or
one ounce of standard silver, so as to keep the
unit of money a part of the sjbte-m of meas
ures, weights and coins.
Andrew Jackson in his mesrage of
Dee. 3, 1834, said of the result of chang
ing the ratio between gold and silver
and the consequent return of gold to
this country :
Tbe progress of our gold coinage is credit
able to tbe officers of the mint and promises
ia a short period to furnish the country witr
a sound and portable currency.
In his message of Dec. 2, 1835, be
aald:
It is pleasing to witness the advantages
which have already been derived from the re
cent laws regulating the value of tbe gold
coinage.
In his last message, Dec. 6, lHSfl,
Andrew Jackson described the elTects of
an inflation of the currency, and though
he was speaking of bank notes, not al
ways redeemable in coin, his remarks
are equally applicable to any currency
that is not worth intrinsically what it
purports to be worth and to any reduc
tion of the money unit, whether a pa
per dollar worth less than a coin dollar
or a silver dollar worth less than the
gold dollar. He said :
The progress of an expansion, or rather a
depreciation, of the currency, by excessive
bank issues, is alwys attended by a loss to the
laboring classes. This portion of the commu
nity have neither time nor opportunity to
watch the ebbs and flows of the money market.
Engaged from duy to day in their useful
tolls, they do not perceive that although their
wages are nominally the same, or even some
what higher, they are greatly reduced, In fact,
"' if s spurious currency
wUlnli au it. ., Limuru T"i mukn mnnfV filtOlind.
they are at first Inclined to oonslder a blessing.
It Is not so with the speculator, by whom this
operation Is better understood and is made to
contribute to his advantage. It la not until the
prices of the necessaries of life become mi dear
that the laboring classes cannot supply tbclr
wants out of their wages that the wages rise
and gradually reach a justly proportioned rute
. to that of the produuts of their labor.
Mr. Ingham was secretary of the
treasury in the cabinet of Andrew Jack
; sou. In lo.'SO the absence of gold from
i the circulation because the mint ratio
was not the ratio of commerce led the
senate to call on Secretary Ingham for
a report regarding the relative value of
gold and t liver. In his reply, dated May
'4, lhoO, Mr. Ingham showed that ho
preferred silver to gold, but ho did not
pri lend that a country could have both
m cniK orrcnt circulation and under a
sy.-teiti of lree coinage. This, he argued,
W:: impossible. Kach country had got
to ci ooko which metal it would take.
In this reply to the senate Jackson's
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r i xactly the proper equilibrium of
i:oid mid silver limy be ndjoMtcd I t
, li e balance in liable to be disturbed
w h'rh e:tn rn ilb' r Ive mil i - i o.t i -il nor
' by isil:tie:il J.' wi r. If the regnla-
rnil'-.i on the ii:o-t exie t ca.VuiaLion
ve vulva i for tl'.i time being, thu vi-
lie valii' S of gold and silver mu-.t
i, iMilSf the exiulMoa of each, n"d
no I.- talis morec-xnlii.l to pnbilO
i ti- i tbe other the adjustment
i . , nniii r any ciri-uinstane s
.- Mportntioti or melting muy Uv
: . ii r i viitiiaa u resolution vM' h
e-;e;ude from rtrecliition the less
- oiii. Tin- pri position that there
,-, on- ftainhinl in fact is self evident.
I.i-foiy of coinage abounds with mint
.im to keep gold and silver together
i s prohibit ing under severe penalties
rfation of eitiier, all of which have
ted every expectation of their pro
Thc a 'loption of one metal as a sland-
ui'e of property is recommended by
its Hi'nplicity. No change in the mint regula
tions can ever lie required, and it removes ev
ery pi'. xt for dishonest or unwise govern
ments to d.vhKse their coins.
HiB cobrossional committee report
marie by Campbell P. White in 1831
agreed with Secretary Ingham in favor
ing silver as the standard and in regard
ing two standards, or bimetallism, us
impossible. The report said :
The committee think that the desideratum
In the monetary system is the standard of unt
form value. They cannot ascertain that both
metals have ever circulated simultaneously,
concurrently and indiscriminately in any
country where there are banks or money deal
ers, and they entertain the conviction that the
nearest approach to an Invariable standard 1
its establishment In one metal, which metal
shall compose exclusively the currency for
large payments.
Nilverltes Loslna Ground In Louisiana.
Although Louisiana has been consid
ered a free silver state, there is encour
aging evidence that sound money senti
ment is rapidly gaining ground. At the
recent Democratic state convention Gov
ernor M. J. Foster, an outspoken oppo
nent of free and unlimited coinage at 16
fo i, was unanimously renominated for
governor. Iu deference to his views the
convention refused to indorse free silver
aud adjoin nod without adopting a finan
cial plnnk. This action of a representa
tive body of the controlling political
party shows that thesilverites are losing
their hold ct Louisiana. Governor Fos
ter is certain to be re-elected, and his
victory will be an admission (hat the
people of Louisiana prefer an advocate
of sound money to a believer in 50 cent
dollars and the silver standard.
Promise Versus Realities.
The proposition that a promise of tbe
government to pay money ia money is
jnat sa absurd aa the proposition that a
promise to deliver a bora is a bora,
anal yet there are eminent men high in
tbs pablic councils who belirv that tb
United States promissory note is actual
money sad that tbe stetate which oom
psls tbe people to reoaivs it as actual
mny is onstltntional and ongbt to b
eontlnoed In fore. Hon. Joan (i. Oat-1M.
TEACHING A FOOTPAD A LESfeON.
Ilow a Jtucnu Turk Man witli a Una
rcoirail a Wutili.
There is a man in ISucuu I'ark who
has ulwnjs been afraid of being rob
bed by footpads. A lew weeks ajfo
he decided Unit he would prepare hini
Bt If to defend bin property and person,
if attacked. Ho he purchased a levol
ver not an ordinary revolver, but a
loHi,'-l.nrrcled one. the sort the cowboy
curry out West, l-'or several r jrt.t s ho
carried the nun. ami the assurance
with which he walked no doubt fright
ened the footpads, for they left him un
molested. He was pleased with the
sense of security lie felt flol'i the
thumping of this weapon aain'sr hi
leg, and his fears were quieted, until
one nigbt not long ago.
The sidewalks were slippery and he
was picking his way aloug toward his
home, when a man bumped against
him. The offender was profuse iu his
apologies as he struggled to regain hia
foothold.
'It was purely accidental, I assure
you, sir," said he. "Certainly, certain
ly," replied the Buena Park man, "no
harm done," and they separated.
A moment later he felt for his watch;
it was gone. Then be felt for his gun;
It was safe, and Its shre and weight
gave him courage. He turned and
started on the run in the direction the
man had taken, aud before he had gone
a block overtook him. He grabbed blui
by the collar with his left hand, aud
sticking the pistol in his face, com
manded him to give up that watch.
"All right, all right; don't shoot," said
the trembling man, as he handed out
a watch, and breaking away, ran down
the street as fast as bis legs would
carry him.
"I'll teach you footpads a thiag or
two," shouted the Bueiiu Park man,
but there was no response, aud putting
the watch In his pocket started toward
liime. At each step he grew more and
more Indignant at the state of society
that permitted such criminals as pick
pockets aud footpads, and when ho
reached home he was very angry.
"What makes you look so ferocious?''
were his wife's first words.
"Been held up; fellow took my watch,
but I got it back again," he said.
"What are you talking about? You
left your watch at home this morning,"
said she, as she took from his pocket
the watch that belonged to the other
man.
The Bnona Park man Is still idver
tlslng for the owner of that watch.
Chicago Times-IIenild.
He Foun.l His Ideal.
A remarkable story is connected with
the marriage of Mrs. A. C. Acken, of
St. Augustine, anil W. S. M. Son-ell, of
(Joldeii, Col., which took place at the
home of the bride Tuesday afternoon.
The groom is 7S and the bride 71 years
old. Fifty years ;i:o Sorrell saw a
portrait of the lady, and vowed he
would lievi r marry until he found 1ho
original. Years passed without Sor
rell iliricovcriug his love, but he remain
ed true to his likeness and never mar
ried. Three years ago Sorn il, who had
acintireil wealth at (lolilcn. Col., learn
ed by accident that tin: original of the
photograph was .Mrs. Acken, and that
siie was living in St. Augustine, but
found I he lady bail a husband. lit' re
turned to bis Colorjilo home. Two
yenrsagnMrs. AcKen's hilsb'ind myster
iously disappeared, ami has no! been
h'.ard of since. When Sorrell learned
of Adieu's disappearance lie returned
to St. Augustine and induced Mrs. Ack
en to obtain n divorce on the ground of
aliaiiiluunioiil. The Until decree was
entered in her favor Saturday, and
Tuesday she gave herself to the man
who has loved her likeness for fifty
years. Mrs. Acken's wedding dress
was a fac simile of the one she wore
when sitting for the photograph that
charmed Sorrell. Louisville Courlcr
Jouriiii), The Witness Keinember.'cl.
Joseph II. Clioato is an expert in han
dling two-edged-sword repartee. His
skill is such that he seldom meets one
who Is able to hold his own with him.
He met his match not long ago while
trying a case before the Surrogate. An
old woman was being questioned by
him about how the testator had looked
when he made a remark to her about
some relatives.
"Now, how can I remember. lie's
been dead two years," she replied,
testily.
"Is your memory so poor that you
can't remember two years back?" con
tinued Chonto.
The old woman was silent, and Choate
asked: "Did ho look, when he spoke,
anything like me?"
"Seems to mo he did have the same
sort of a vacant look!" snnpped the
witness, with fire in her eyes.
Tho court room was convulsed, and
Choate had no furl her questions.
(J recti Bug.
A Soldier's Kit.
Kvery British soldier on joining tint
army is given u free kit, composed of
such neeesisarles as a knife, fork and
spoon, brushes, towels, shlrtfl, eocka.
etc., and also a great coat, capo and
head-dt'ess, according to tho particular
branch of the service he may join, but
the Issue of the clothing depends on tho
special costume worn by the corps to
which the man belongs.
The Knife.
The use of the knife Is very ancient,
and the first that we know of were of
hard stone. Herodotus tells us that
the knives used by the Egyptian sur
geons were likewise of stone. Yet the
use of the knife among ns as a table
utensil does not date back to a very
ancient epoch.
The Undiscovered Country,
A tenth of the world is still unex
plored. About th attestant
a girl fiddler.
on earth la
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