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(CHAPTER XIV. (Continued.) When she returned Ellen wag retailing little bits of news that the bad beard from Colonel Severn the night before, and Mr. Bowyer was talking more bright ly than he had done for some time. After ward Ellen went OTer "to the m riting table. She had determined to beg Colo nel Severn to say nothing of what she bad so thoughtlessly admitted the night before. "Dear Colonel Severn," she wrote, "what I said last night was said impul sively and without thought. It might in jure me irretrievably were it to liemme known that I had been an actress. May I rely upon your kindness to keep it secret? I wish I could tell you all: but that is impossible. I can only throw my self upon your generosity and trust you will think as well as you possibly can of Yours sincerely. ELLEN VAIUK." She slipped the note into an envelope and directed it. An opportunity to send it came sooner than she expected. A man arrived from the Abbey with a basket of flowi re iind fruit; n iI. intercept ing him. she emptied the contents her self and gave him the note to take back. No answer came that day. Ou the fol lowing morning, about the time a mes senger usually came from the Abbey, Eilen went down the road until she met the man. "Have you a letter for me?" she asked, stopping short. ".No, miss" touching his hat respect ' fully. "The Colonel went to Imton yes- tenia j ; but the butler said as how he'd send your letter on with some others." Stopping, she buried her fai-e among the ' sweet-smelling flowers. ne magnincent white lily raised its head above the rest, - and Ellen took it in her hand. "What a beauty!" she said, admiringly. "Stewart says it's the biggest he has - ipver reared. The nMiMter saw it the other - day when 'twas only in bud, and he said, 'You must send that to the Ihmer House the young lady there is fond of flow- era.' " f'l W'N carry it myself." she said, and motioned to him to go on. She sighed, and laid the lovely blossom softly against her cheek. Then wfapther startled by her own action or some sud den thought, she flung it from her, and, walking on rapidly, left it to wither on the ground. CHAITKli XV. A few mornings Inter, its Elleu came out of her bedroom. Mrs. I'riolo emerged from hers also, and called her by name. She was in .1 violet flannel dreasing fown, and capless, and her disordered srray hair gave her so unusual an ap pearance that for the moment Ellen scarcely recognized the prim housekeeper who was ordinarily seen only in the stiff est and most conventional attire. "What is the matter?" cried Ellen, in mirprise. "I've had a dreadful night. The rats never let me sleep a moment hardly. They're bad enough always, bot last night they were beyond all bearing." "I have never been troubled by them at all," said Ellen, adding, with a puzzled look. "I have never heard yon complain before. Are you coming down to break fa StV "No, I'm too worn-out. I want you to tell Mr. Bowyer the reason why I could not come. 1 must have an hour's sleep before I dress." Ellen took especial pains that every thing should be as nice as, if not nicer than, usual that morning; but Mr. Bow yer came down in a cross humor, and was difficult to please. The housekeeper liad been with him so Ions, and never be fore had anything occurred to keep her fruin the morning meal. He fnmed and fretted about it. and could talk of nothing else during the breakfast. "We must Hud something to get rid -of the lasts'." he declared, impatiently, -once or twice." Then Mrs. I'riolo came down, looking much as usual in spite of the air of in validism that she had adopted, and the subject of the rats was resumed. "I'm sure I don't know what is to be done," said Mr. Bowyer, hopelessly. "A rat-trap is the only thing I ran think of. That is a very slow way of getting rid of them; but what els can any one etiggest?" Mrs. I'riolo looked at Ellen as she spoke, and, wearied of the discussion, the girl answered somewhat impatiently: "Why not lay down poison?" "Why not?" said Mr. Bowyer. "I will write a note to tbe chemist at tireal haven, and you shall go in yourself." At the same moment the gate closed, and the postman came along the path. There were two letters one for Mrs. I'riolo and one for Ellen Wardo. It was the first that had ever come to Klk-n, but she felt no doubt whence It was, even if the large bold handwriting and the device of Iondon club on the thick square envelope had not told her. Blushing violently, she took it from the man, and proceeded to her room. The fresh antnnin air awept in and lift ed her short curls, cooling her hot far as be opened the letter that had com it last. Its first perusal disappointed her a Utile wltboat reason she confessed, with Mlf-sjpbraidlng for why should abe have expected More from him, or much ? It was a kindly letter, and a friendly one. Anything beyond would hare been frnlf lass, aa welcome even, she told herself, wHa a touch of baatenr; then, raising It Jnm the ground, to which It had flattaMd from her hand, she read it through again. "My Dear Miss Warde: Your note was forwarded to me only this morning, and I hasten to assure you that you have nothing to fear from me. Anything you have ever told me I consider sacred, and will guard more jealously than any se cret of my own. I only wish I might take the whole burden on myself, and leave you free. "A telegram from Charlie, reminding me that it was his birthday and begging me to spend it with him, took me away quite unexpectedly. For the first time I had forgotten it and this bis coining of age too.' We are too uew to the country to celebrate it in the nsual way, as I should have liked to do. A few days at most will s.-e me back. Will you believe that I am already anxious to exchange the gayeties of town for the quietude of the Abbey and the privilege of an oc casional visit to the Ifciwer House? I should be glad if my boy could accom pany me, but I feel it is too much to ask of him yet. I hope that Mr. Bowyer's health is improving, and that you your self are well. I'ntil we meet, which will be very soon, believe me, your sincere friend. GEOUGE SEVERN. "!' S. I have become quite a frequent er of theaters, which for certniu reasons I view now with different eye. If any thing, 1 have gone to an opposite ex treme, and am inclined to fancy that every woman who has tried the stage is what I know one to be." This time she read between the lines, and was conscious of an undercurrent of tenderness that sent the blood coursing through her veins and made her eyelids droop, though none could see what ber eyes might have betrayed. Friendship was a pleasant thing and sweet; but love was far, far sweeter. She was a mere child in the ways of the world when unwisely she gave away her heart unask ed, though not entirely unsought. Now she was a woman, and with a woman's unerring intuition knew that the man whose letter was in her hand now press ed closely to her bosom, now to tier lips was her lover, and beloved. CHAPTER XVI. "Here's a letter from Severn, Ellen; he's back, and coming to see us this after noon. Some Australian a Mr. Wray, I read it is with him; and he wants to bring him. too, if 1 am well enough to re ceive a stranger." "And are you well enough?" asked the girl. "I am about the same as usual; but a talk with some one from the old country will never barm me. It will be like a breath of Australian air, keen but exhil arating." The little sitting-room looked its best when Mr. Bowyer entered about four o'clock, to enjoy the treat in store for him. It had been the subject of his con versation all day. Voices were heard outside; the next moment Colonel Severn entered; and, having greeted Mr. Bowyer warmly, and Ellen with an involuntary empressement of which she could not but be conscious, he turned to indicate his friend. "Mr. Weare a countryman of yours," he said. A momentary pause, during which Mr. Bowyer was wondering where he bad seen before the dark-looking face and tall slight figure of the young man Intro duced. "We met about a year ago, when I was on my way back from India," con tinued Colonel Severn; "and I was lucky enough to come across him again while up in town this time." The stranger interposed. "I think the luck was all on my side," he said, in a voice that, pleasant as it was, struck two of the hearers with dis may. To Mr. Bowyer It was perfectly familiar, though he could not remember where he had heard it last. "Tbe Colonel saved me from drowning when coming home; and really I believe he has saved me from something nearly as bad now. Ixmdon, to a stranger who knows none of the celebrities or institutions, is one of tbe dreariest places In tbe world." "Have you never heard," asked Mr. Bowyer, "that It Is a dangerons thing to rescue a man from drowning? There ia a superstitions idea that the act recoils on yourself, and is your own undoing." "Oh, If we stayed to listen to the teach ings of superstition !" smiled Colonel Sev ern. "Perhaps it might tie well if we did sometimes," returned Mr. Bowyer. "How often ft seems aa though a benefit con ferred engendered a feeling of ill-will, rather than gratitude. "I hope it is not so. Nay, I am sure it cannot he," answered the young man, warmly. Mr. Bowyer had spoken bitterly, yet even as the words fell from his lips he knew that tbe thoughts they clothed emanated from Mrs, I'riolo's brain not his own. He dared not glance in Ellen's direction, lest he should meet her re proachful gaxe. When the granger had first spoken Ellen had shrunk hack into the shadow of a dark curtain, clasping Ita heavy folds convulsively for support. Her brain waa in a whirl, and each word of Mr. Bow yer's last speech stabbed her like the sharp Incision of a knife; yet ber very suffering gave her momentary strength. Wearily she crept away, her eiit unno ticed by anyone save George Severn. "From what part of Australia do yon cuius?" asked Mr. Bowyer abruptly, and revel ved the brief reply: "Sydney." In a niuiuent it flashed across tbe old man's mind he bsd seen bis visitor be fore. He was uoue other than that Ger ald Wears whose bnde bad been taken from him in so horrible a fashion a month before his wedding day, and for whose sake Elaine Warrington was supposed to have committed a crime. At that uiomeut a shrill cry was besrd outside, aud Mrs. I'riolo threw open the door. "Here's Miss Ellen lying ou the ground in a dead faint!" she cried. "Whatever can have hapened?" It was Severn who made the first move to cross over to her side. She had fallen senseless across the doorway. He knelt dow n and raised her brad un bis arm Mr. Bowyer appeared helpless with dis may, but Gerald Weare came near aud looked down at ber with an expression of somewhat stereutvped pity. Then an involuntary exclamation broke from his lips. It was only tbe ejaculation of a name, as though he had suddeuly recognized the senseless woman. Mr. Bowyer jumped up from his w-at as though electrified Mrs. I'riolo retained possession of all her faculties. "You've known the poor young lady be fore," she observed to Mr. Weare. "Don't you think we bad better place ber on tbe sofa? But Mr. Bowyer interfered. He was determined that Ellen should not return to consciousness before them all, and per haps betray herself in her first bewilder ment. Violently agitated as he was, h managed to express clesrly his desire that the girl should be taken to her own room at on re. Obediently the Colonel gathered her in his arms and bore her up the narrow stairs, wishing the distance greater still in spite of her dead weight indeed the wild elation that filled him at the close contact precluded all idea of fatigue. CHAPTER XVII. Returned to the Abbey. ,George Severn and his guest, after dinner, smoked their cigars in almost absolute silence, each being too absorbed in his own thoughts to notice the abstraction of the other. Of the two the Colonel seemed the more per turbed. He was wondering where and bow Miss Warde and Mr. Weare had known each other, and what would be the result of their chance meeting. Another thing puzzled him. It was certainly not a surname that had escaped Weare's lips on first recognition, but it also was not "Ellen;" it had a longer, softer sound. He thought it must have been "Elaine." The subject of that afternoon's incident was not broached until Mr. Weare said, as they stood up to say good night: ,'Ty the bye, w hat was the tiHine of the old gentleman we visited to-diiy?" "Mr. Bowyer. He practiced as a law yer in Australia. I believe." "And and the yonng lady?" "She was Miss Ellen Warde. his niece." "Have thpy been here any time?" "About six months. Good night." said the Colonel, curtly, closing the conversa tion. The next morning Colonel Severn look ed older and more sallow than usual, after a sleepless night. He found his visitor down before him, and pacing the terrace in front of the bouse, apparently having passed as restless a night as the Colonel himself. They were in the middle of a conversa tion which they endeavored in vain to render animated when the under-gardener returned with bis empty basket from the Dower House. Colonel Severn's quick sight immediate ly detected a letter in the man's hand indeed be had half expected that Ellen would write to him. He made a hasty movement forward, and hail snatched it impatiently before the man had time to explain that it was not for him, but Mr. Weare. UeliuquNliiiig it at once, n sharp pang of jealousy made him unable to do more than stammer out an opology. Then he turned abruptly on his heel and went indoors. Gerald Weare, how ever, showed no ela tionindeed the anxious expression on his face became intensified as he broke the seal aud read the letter. When he came to the end of it he tore the pncr into shreds and followed his host -into the bouse. No allusion was made to the letter dur ing breakfast: and when the meal wus over Colonel Severn asked his companion what be would like to do. "Would you mind," asked Gerald Weare, deprecating!)', "if I went some, where on my own account this morning? There is something I ought to do some thing that has turned up rather unexpect edly. In fact." "My dear fellow, don't explain," Inter rupted the Colonel, hastily; "I wish you to do exactly as you please." "It is more than good of you to allow me to come and go unquestioned like this.1" exclaimed Weare. "The fact is. Miss Warde and I are not strangers; we have met before, and " "And you naturally wish to see her again?" "Yes that is just it. I will walk over there now, if you will excuse me." He rose, and with a nod and smile of farewell, left the room. George Severn remained alone, moodily smoking. He understood at last. This was the man Elaine loved he called her "Klaiue" in his thoughts already the name suited ber so well, it beca me familiar at once. With a half-smothered groan Severn rose and flung away the cigar. Maddened by the thought that already probably they were together, be snatched up bis bat and went oat with no destination in view. He walked on rapidly, bis eyes fixed on the ground, scarcely knowing In which direction be waa going, when suddenly, passing through a narrow lane, be stum bled, and. Instinctively looking up, saw a little way in front of him tbe flutter of a petticoat. A second glance snowed him that the woman waa Mrs. I'riolo. She was bent nearly double, creeping on slow ly in tbe ahelter of a hedge, evidently play ing the spy. But on whom? In tbe center of a large meadow full of grazing cattle, under tbe shadow of an old oak, stood Ellen Warde aud Mr. Weare. There waa nothing lover-like in their attitude, he could see; but they were talking earnestly. Was the housekeeper trying to discover their secret? Quickly yet quietly be walked on, and laid hia band firmly on her shoulder. "What are you doing here?" There was a suppressed scream aa the woman, rising from ber bent position, twisted her neck round to tee who waa her assailant When abe found it was the Colonel, her face cleared a little. What she bad been watching so Intently would surely be no pleasant sight to him. "Mweetheartinf," she whispered, mean ingly. "They have mads rapid strides in their acquaintance, if they met for the first time yesterday." "Whether they have known each other before or not is no business of ours!" de clared the Colonel, sternly. "You will come with lue to the Dower House at ouce. I intend to ssk Mr. Bowyer if be allows his housekeeper to act the spy upon his niece." "She's no more ids niece than I am.' She's " But her communicativeness was stop ped at once by a gesture, and Severn's uplifted hand pointed out tbe way that she was to take. "Wry well, I'm ready enough to go if you like; but are you sure" maliciously "you're doing her a good turn? I don't want to make ujisi-bief; but, if I'm forced to speak. I'll say out all I know." An expression of doubt ou her hearer's face encouraged ber to proceed. "Why. you don't think." she went on, boldly, "that Mr. Bowyer would keep her another moment in bis house if be heard all I could tell 7" "I think you are a very w icked woman!" eiclaiuied Severn. "What for watching those two just now? Why, all women are interested in a bit of love-making; curiositv is no sin! M iss arde Bud I are good friends euougti if you will only leave us alone." Severn bit hi lip and tugged at his dark mustache in deep perplexity. She might be speaking the truth it might in jure Ellen were be to Insist upon bring ing this before Mr. Bowyer. "After all, they're doing no barm," went on Mrs. I'riolo. "She's fond of him. no doubt, for she has kept some flowers he gave her years ago, and has painted a picture of him, too." "Silence, woman! Go!" thundered out the Colonel; then, as she turned ohedi ently, be walked away in the opposite direction. Would it have comforted him could he have been au unobserved spectator of what took place at the meeting which circumstances had prevented from being so secret as had been intended? Elaine had arrived first, and stood lean ing against the gunrlcd trunk of the old oak. waiting for the other. She was as white as a sheet and trembling In every limb when at last Gerald Weare arriv ed. He sike first: "To neither of us ran this unexpected meeting be anything but painful." "It is very strange that the whole world is not big enough to bide in" dreamily. "What made you choose this plan-?" asked he. "It whs Mr. Bowyer's idea. He said that I should be safer in an English vil lage than traveling about and meeting different jH-oplc every day." "He was right quite right. It wa the merest chance or would you call il destiny ? that brought me here." "You won't betray me?" eagerly. "1? No. Do you think nie such a cur? Heaven knows I have no desire to revive the past I only want to forget! Do you know" in awed, low tones "when I saw you lying there senseless in that dimly lighted passage, I thought for a moment you were Ada." "Risen from the dead?" "Yi-s, risen from the dead to comfort anil innsole me the Ada who loved me, telling me so in artless, childish fashion every hour; not the Ada wbe loved an other, and was marrying me only for my money." A low cry escaped the girl's pale lips: she sprung forward and caught hold of his arm. "You know all that? Who told you?" "I discovered it for myself. You may be sure no one else had the common hon esty to open my eyes." "But when when and how?" "What does it matter?" he asked, roughly shaking off her hand. "Soon enough to prevent my breaking my heart when w hen she died." Elaine shuddered. The subject was too terrible a one to be pursued. "I begged her so often to be true to her self and you!" she whispered at last. He stood over her and looked down straight into her eyes. "Do you know they used to tell me that if if I had not sought Ada 1 might have won Elaine? I wonder if that was true?" To be concluded.) The Lady or the Woods. Because of the grace, sllgbtness. and elegance of Its figure, the lilrch tree baa liecn well nil mod the Lady of the Woods. Though not much used In the tlmlx-r trnde. It Is nevertheless employ ed In a variety of other ways. The birch hark canoe of the Red IihIIrii Ijhk never Iweu surpassed In Imnts of tills class. Its silver stem lias lx-en tapped for its sugary sap. from which a wine lias ticeii made; Imit Iihh lieen brewed from Its tender shoots, ami tea litis Ix'cn prepared from Its leaves. There Is starch enough In its bark to form a rude kind of bread for the semi-savage folk in the icy North. It yields au oil, which gives to Russian leather Its agreeable odor. In Russia they use the wood for rooting, boxes, jars, shoes, car riages, furniture and spoons, of which last named article as uiany as thirty millions are made annually of Its brunches. Excellent brooms are made of Ita twigs, aa many a boy can tell, having often figured In wbat has been called "a bad quarter of an hour." In deed, does not "to birch" mean "to chastise?" Taxation In Ionlon. The way tbe London tax rates have increased In the last century Is Illus trated by these figures: Warren Hast ings, while bis trial was going on, lived In the house at the corner of Park lane and Oxford street, now known ns ! Park lane. Warren Hastings bought tbe bouse from Iord Ba tenia n for 4i. 000 and aulMiequently sold It to Lord Rosehery. great-grandfather of the Inie premier, for $M.24.1. In 1797 Warren Hastings paid "duty on windows, com mutation tax, duty on houses, servants, horses and carriages at 10 per cent.. 1225: land lax. KM; parochial rates for St. George's, Hanover aqunre, 1201. 2r,; parochial rates for Marylebone, IX.10; total, IA24.35. The present owner of the house la Murray Smith, a partner In Messrs. Hiultb, Elder Co., and lie baa Informed Sir Charles Lawson that he pays: Parochial ratea. $1,2Hl.fl0; In habited houae duty, 1248 75; Income tax. llNG.r; total, $1,714.03. It Is a very wis woman who knows bar own husband at a masquerade ball SHALL WE TAKE 1 KJfjt .,vl . -," VtmJLsT7i ("Coin st School In Finsnoe" by Georgs B- Boberts.) Alarmed Passenger on tbe United State (to the pilot, Coin): "Aren't yoa taking us into a frightful abyss?" Coin: "Don't be alarmed. There ia just ai good boating below as above. " A NATURAL RATIO. Is There Ob IWtwecD the Talus of Sllvsr ud Oold?-lf So, la It 10 to I? Mr. J. J. Mott, chairman of the na tional committee, of tbe free silver party, recently organized at Washington, in flict on a much abased public a long appeal for votes for ftee coinage. This latest official utterance of the silver) tea is Dot much wori-e than their former wails over the terrible suffering caused by an imaginary scarcity of cart wheel dollars, and is only notable in that it boldly asserts that gold and silver exist in the earth in almost certain fixed pro portions, and that the natural ratio be tween the two metals is therefore 16 to 1. "This ratio," sayu Mr. Mott, "has continued aa arranged by man under the natural order as he found it" It was aooeptad by mankind as a part cjf the grand plan npon which the world was to move, and approved by the philosophy and common sense of all ages. If it were true that when tbe earth waa created tbe amonnt of silver found in it was 16 times greater than the gold, this would be no reason w hy one metal should be worth 16 times as mnch aa the other. Tbe labor oust -of producing anything aud the demand for it is what regulates its valui. There is no natural measure of values, and do fixed ratio be tween two metals or any other products, so that there is no ground for the claim that tbe value of an onnoe of gold was designed by nature to be tbe same as that of 16 ounces of silver. Mr. Mott must have been using the newly discovered X ray to peer into tbe Innermost deptba of tbe earth, if he really knows that gold and silver exist in "almost certain proportions." It is a pity that be doe not infoim tbe publio Just where all those bidden metals are and how many tons there are of each. Perhaps ba is waiting nntil oongress passes a free coinage law, when ba will uncover the masse of silver which be knows so much about And perhaps, great and wise aa a chairman of a silver party most be, be doesn't know any thing more about tbe metals in tbe earth than be does of tbe currency question. "Tbe grand plan npon which the world was to move" seems to have got badly out of joint in these days. If a natural law can be sat aside by worldly minded business man, who say that as the commercial value of silver is 80 times less than that of gold tbey will give no mors for it, natcrs must feel lighted. But there is a bare possibility that STee Mr. Mott hasn't been told all of the world's plans for moving. Aa for tbs "philosophy and common seaas of all ages," it is a little curious that in soma of the ages silver waa val ued at eight to one of gold. If the yield of tbe Sooth African, Australian and American gold mines should prove to be aa large as is confidently predicted by eminent geologists and mining engi neers, tbe ratio might again drop to those figures. Would the "philosophers," of whom Mr. Mott is evidently one, stick to the magic 16 to 1, or would they adopt tbe commercial ratio, whatever it might ba? Tbe silver party may get a few votes in November, but ita following will cer tainly not ba increased because of tbe practical wisdom and arguments of its national chairman. Bvtls Msis rrteas. But tb quantity of gold and silver In tbe national coins corresponding with a given ram oaonot ba made lass than beretofar without disturbing tbs bal ance of Intrinsic value and making ev ery aor as? land aa wall aa every bushel of whea of actaal lass worth than in time past A geaoral revolution in prices. at nominally and ia anpoar- aoald not fail to distract tbs Ideas of ton ouniBi unity aad would ha apt to read dianontaat aa wall among those who live on tbe Inoesaa of tnair money aa axaonf poorer claim of the people, to whoia the nirmarlas of lifa would nam to have baisme dearer. Aasoag the evils attendant on such an operation arc these: Creditors both of tha pajblM aad of individuals would loan a part of their propartp. Public and private debt would receive a wound. Taa effootlv reveaoe of tha govarn sasat would ha dimtaiahed. Thar la soataaly aay point in tha aooaoaay of antinl affairs af greater atomaat than tha aatfcna praaanaUanof tha latrlaaJa varna af tha moasy salt On this tha security aad steady vain of property aamtially depend Alexander Basall- Want Cease Oat la tha Open. If tha free ilvrits ar no ooafldant that laap ropraaaat tha people, why do Ihty Mba tha iana aad eim to ha W atalUsaj? Whattaaaad far ia tha (rat aad aalimitad mtotiJk af si War at la to I. Why aoa't they rtaad by thair aosanr AUaata JaaraaL THE PLUNGE f Th "Psrltr" lMlaslon. Four years bro silverites. Democrats or Republicans, joined with the feoldite of their renpoctive parties in accepting declarations in fuvor of "legislation which shall iusore the maintenance of tbe parity of the two metals." Tbe quo tation if found in btlj D-mocratio and ' Republican national platforms. This ' will-o'-tbe-wip of a promise worked," 1 even on the broad stage of national poli tics, but it cannot be expected to work , again. Hilverite and goldites. Demo crats or Republican!, have shown that tbey are equally tired of further jug gling with the subject, and tbe next time each party will insist that the truth as to its beliefs and intentions shall be squarely told. ' The hollowness of these promises of legislation to put gold and silver on a parity has been proved by the complete failure of either party to attempt it. Since the promulgation of the national platforms of 1 b93 the silver men's scheme for free coinage, or silver mono ' metal lism, has been the single legisla tive proposition put forward anywhere, aud with free silver coinage not a dol lar in guld would circulate ou a par with silver. The gold men, who believe in main taining tbe gold standard of our cur rency and in saying so, have offered and will offer no legislation whatever to in sure or to create a parity between gold and silver other than the makeshift parity existing, under which nearly $600,000,000 of silver are maintained on , a parity with gold. None the less they t offer n rtiange, from what we have, of priceless vslue. They offer the prosperity which spriugi from a sure aud stable monetary standard, the indispensable foundation of industrial confidence and enterprise. They constitute tbe over , whelming majority of the people of the 1 United States, and if either the Denio ' cratio or the Republican party fails to ' pronounce their sentiment in its plat form this summer it will be despised for a coward and beaten for its folly. New York bun. Why Do Asrthlng For Mlverf "The government must do something for our silver" is an expression beard even among those who are opposed to free coinage at 16 to 1. But tbey give no reasons why the government should . be called on to favor a particular metal Why should the men who are engaged ' in digging silver have any more claim I to public aid than the men w ho dig clay , for bricks? One product of labor is just as useful aa the other, or if there is any difference it is in favor of tbe bricks. Yet we never bear of an agitation to get the government to help the brickmakara. Tbe value of the eggs produced anno , ally in this country is fir greater than : that of all the silver rained. But any ( one who would propose that a bounty bould be given to tbe owners of hens I would be laughed at Why should a scheme for giving bounties to the own I era of silver mines be more seriously I considered? Is it because the Utter con tribute funds to keep a lot of cheap money spoolers in tbe political arena? Chairman Barmy Os-lnln. As is prcoably pretty well known, I am ia favor of sound money and opposed to tha free, unlimited aud independent coinage of silver aa proposed by the free silver people. Furthermore, I believe that those who favor sound money will oonstitnta a majority of tha next Demo cratic national oonvutiou. To make tha majority decisive, however, it will ha aeoaaaary for the friend of sound money to go to work. It will not do to lot mat tan drift aud to let that issoe take earn of itself. They ought to ba prepared to discus tha matter intelligently and ia good temper with those who acid oon flieting or opposite views. It ia a ques tion that Is to be reasoned out MothiBaT will ha gained by making face at thosa woo oiansr wita ua. i do not fear a b from oar oonvuntion, and thara will no (tenner of it if wise coanaals shall prrrali-Wilbam F. Harrity.Cbasrman National Democratic Ciamlttac. "" asst aovw m o.i 41. Manse, Il will pay laborer aad farmer who ara favorably I noli and toward (no eoin H o tady tha reason for tha alHano bntwnaa tha free silver poop I of tha watt and certain xaaaafaatarati af tha aat One of tha reason mentioned by tha maaajactaran i that oar mtmttm tunn cannot, with present prtoM far labor aad raw malaria), com pat sue oamfullp with frt silver aouatrta. Fat lata plain Kngluh, waga and price, of raw meUriaU-largaly fttm prodaoto -ara bigbar ia th gold thaa IntaaalU m standard oountrtat. It will ba to th advaataga of oar fim. thwafora, if thi mmmkSUtnmt llvarbama. Sappoalnf Z2k2Z aat la tra. whatdo wratavanZ ad faratan aat