CHATTER VII.
About 4 o'clock oq a lazy July after
non. in the Tear of erai-e eighteen hun
dred and seventy-five, and two yearn after
the advent of John Satterthwaite at
Cheaden, the neat omnibus, painted in
chocolate and gold, whk-h bad been sub
stituted for the old time-honored stage
coach, came lumbering along the High
treet and pulled up, aa was its daily wont.
at the door of the Satterthwaite Anna
Hotel. A gentleman alighted and was
received in very hearty atyle by mine
host while Mr. Coachee tossed a leather
valise to the porter who stood by.
The landlord's practiced eye caught
the lettering upon the aide of the valise
"E. H-, Chicago" and, being utterly ig
norant of the whereabouts of that flour
ishing city, except that it waa in "furrin
parts," be treated hia guest with so much
more respect, on the general possibility
of his being a Russian prince, or a min
ister plenipotentiary from his majesty of
the Sandwich Islands, or a defaulting
city treasurer from "the States."
In truth, the stranger was Mr. Edward
Handford. an American gentleman known
in his own country as the successful and
genial general manager of the Creat lie-
cidentai Railroad. Because he held that
very honorable and responsible position.
It mnst not be supposed that he was nec
essarily old and sedate, for thirty-five
. years was the full extent of his sojourn
ipon mother earth up to that July after
noon. He is now taking hia snmmer vacation,
but has by no means "drifted" to Ches
den. In a short time he Is comfortably en
sconced at the ancient mahogany of the
Satterthwaite Anns, doing ample justice
to one of those substantial English, din
ners which the old landlord is too rarely
called upon to serve in these degenerate
days of rapid railroad travel.
At last his appetite is appeased, and,
with a Chicago cigar between his lips, Ed
ward Handford ruminates upon his pres
ent location and surroundings. It would
be difficult to decipher all his thoughts,
but, as he sits with his eye fastened upon
a shred of paper drawn from his pocket-
book, we may go backwards a little to
discover the true motive which brings
Jhim from Illinois to England.
Just one year before, Edward Hand
ford was on his way from Chicago to the
Thousand Islands, by way of the great
lakes. The passengers on the steamer
were very few. but included enough to
.make the trip a memorable one for bim.
A party, consisting f an elderly lady,
a younger iady and a bid, traveled the en
tire distain-e. Handford met them at
meal times and was considerably impress
ed by the younger lady, who, though evi
dently of a somewhat haughty disposition,
was brimful of fun when with the lad and
with the captain of the steamer. But
Handford was not even disposed to take
advantage of the freemasonry permitted
"to fellow tourists, and never made any
overtures to conversation. On the last
4rj of the voyage, however, fortune or
what misfit have proved serious misfor
tune favored him.
As the steamer drew near the myriads
of islands in the St. Lawrence, t lie young
lady mounted the railing at the side of
the boat, and with her field glass attetnpl
ed to obtain a better view of a distant
island. Handford stood near, and when
the boat gave a sudden lurch, causing the
Jady to lose her balance, instead of fall
ing heavily to the deck, she alighted
on her feet, supported by bis strong arms,
yuite unembarrassed, she thanked him
very heartily, and walked away. That
evening they reached Alexandria Bay,
and in the summer moonlight Handford
found himself upon the piazxa of the huge
hotel, very near his accidental acquaint
ance of the morning. He approached her
-and ventured to commence a conversation,
but found the young lady decidedly re
served; so much so that when he, rather
bashfully for a man of his experience,
ventured to tender his card, it was politely
refused with a cold "good night."
That was the lust Handford saw of her,
and although very anxious to lenro some
thing more of one who had made so deep
an impression upon him. he thought it be
neath hiR dignity to ask any questions of
the hotel people. So he returned to Chi
cago for a year's hard work, knowing
nothing except that the lady was from
England.
He had picked up in the salon of the
steamer, after the lad who was with the
young lady's party had been writing, a
scrap of note paper on which was emboss
ed, in silver lettering, the heading
"Chesden Hall.
Buckinghamshire."
That is the identical piece of paper now
lying bef.ire Edward Handford on the
fining table at the Satterthwaite Arms.
His thoughts, which we will not attempt
to penetrate, are soon lost even to him
. self, and guided by his host, he ascends
the broad oaken staircase, and sleeps
through the night in a bedroom whose
walls, could they but speak, might tell
strange tales of three centuries of "com
ing anil parting guests." '
CHAPTER VIII.
The next morning Handford was np
betimes and before breakfast had learned
all about Squire Satterthwaite and,
thong h scarcely surprised, be was at least
unexpectedly (lad to discover himself
ear an old friend and patron. So before
fee sua was very high be was sauntering
aaer the 1m old beeches of Oheaden
Park, nre of a welcome from his former
friead and hoping for he scarce knew
what besides.
Belt the squire had become suflcteatly
Mfllcised to attend Qnarter Session s. and
was at that time playing the part of a
county Justice at Aylesbury, so that
Handford was compiled to retrace his
steps and await, as patiently as he could,
the morrow.
American-like, without pausing to con
sider that he was trespassing, he strolled
off along the by-ways of, the Park, and It
was not very long before he espied a
white dress worn by his scqnaintance of
the Thousand Islands.
We all know mostly from experience
how eager we are, when thousands of
miles from home, to claim acquaintance
m-ith those whom we should never dream
of addressing upon the streets of our own
town. Handford raised his hat and ut
tered a rather cordial "How do you do,"
but be received a decided rebuff for his
pains, and bis warm manner was speedily
chilled by the extremely icy bow which
he received in return.
"Do you not remember me?" said be.
"Hir," replied the aristocratic maiden,
"I think that Is neither here not 'here.
We have certainly never been introduced
and I am not in the habit of talking vith
strangers. Poasibly you are
not aware that you are trespassing?"
Of course Handford might easny have
explained that the owner of the Hall and
Park was an old acquaintance of his, bet
under the effects of the young lady's re
pulse he waa in no mood to do so. He
merely made his bow and beat a retreat.
Now, Edward Handford, like a true
Westerner, was making the tour of Eng
land by all the odd and unfrequented ways
that he could discover. Because he had
found a few old towns strung along thirty
miles of road still free from the encroach
ments of the iron home, he had chosen to
include it in his line of travel, finding the
smart little omnibus with its four dapwr
horses a pleasant variation to the railroad
trains. After bis sharp repulse in the
park, he would probably have boarded the
next train bad there been a next train,
but there was not. lie could not proceed
on his way until late in the afternoon,
and before that time he had concluded
that he would wait and see Mr. Satter
thwaite. He managed to pass the afternoon pret
ty well interviewing the landlord aud the
natives who lazily sauntered in aud out
of the rambling old inn.
"By the bye," said the landlord to Hand
ford, "they was a young gent from Atner
iky stayed here just a year agone. Yes,
sir, he just come and slep' here over night
and in t'marning footed it over to Bar
kumstone to catch the Lunnon train, sir.
Dunno much about your country, mister,
so I can't say as to whether be come from
your parts or not. Looked like a born
gent down on his luck, sir, though I must
say the young fellow behaved 'andsome
by me, so be did. He went off in sii h a
hurry that he left a overcoat with a cou
ple o' letters in it My missis read they
letters, but I niver bother myself with
sich-like things. Coat's hanging up in
the clothes closet now, sir; mebhe if you
was to look at the names you might know
the party?"
Merely for want of something better to
kill the time, Handford followed the land
lord into that worthy's private sanctum,
where the coat was produced. From a
pocket two soiled envelopes, each contain
ing a letter, were withdrawn. Both were
mailed at and both were addressed to
points within the United States. One
was very old and bore the inscription:
"Harry Spencer, Esq., 2U02 Fifth ave
nue, New York city." The other was of
more recent date, and the superscription
rend:
MR. HENRY RICHARDS,
"Bluff City, Nebraska."
The first name was totally strange to
Edward Handford. The latter be remem
bered perfectly well. It was the name of
the brakoman who had behaved so. well
and bravely in frustrating the evil de
signs of the would-be wreckers of the
Pacific mail.
But then, thought Handford. Richards
was a very common name, and the coat
was much more likely to be the property
of Spencer than of Richards. So Hand
ford turned on his heel and soon forgot
all about the envelopes and their super
scriptions!. After that small Incident the day drag
ged wearily, and our friend was half re
solved, when the omnibus rolled up, to
pick up his grip and shake the dust of
Chesden from off his feet. But he stayed,
and that evening the squire, on his way
home, ran plump against Handford at
the door of the hotel. Of course the two
men were heartily glad to see each other,
and Mr. Satterthwaite insisted upon drag
ring Handford up to the. Hall for dinner.
Dinner was waiting, and so was the
young lady who had so persistently de
clined Handford's friendly overtures. But
if she was surprised or vexed at beholding
Handford as a guest, she did not sho' it
and, after being formally introduced, nei
ther he nor she made any reference to a
previons acquaintance. The girl left the
table early, while Handford and his host
sat over their cigars until nearly day
break. A week passed sway, and Edward
Handford was still at Chesden. Indeed,
every day had found him at the Hall,
more or less of the time being spent in the
company of Miss Satterthwaite for the
squire bad introduced the young lady to
hia friend as "my daughter."
Handforcl was in lore. He had guessed
is much a year before, and now be was
sure of it
A the end of another week be felt that
ha mnst be starting before very long for
busy Chicago, pleasant and enticing as
were the attractions of sleepy old Ches-
dsa. One course of action he was quite ,
resolved irpon. which waa rhat be would
tell this beautiful girl of his Jove fr her.
She could bat refuse to accept it at the
wurst, aud keenly as he knew ha would
feel such refusal, it would be better than
leaving Euglaud in doubt aud uncertain
ty. The last evening of his visit arrived, and
upon the broad marble-flagged terrace of
the ancient hall, with the myriads of
summer birds singing their vewper songs
in the beech woods, Edward Handford, in
a mauly fashion and without waste of
Words, made his nrC confession of love.
The lady listened, because she could not
very well do otherwise, and then quietly
and gently, but with evident feeling, re
plied :
"llr. Handford, from the first I was a
linle afraid of this. Possibly I seem to
flatter myself too much, yet, I riet. I
was afraid this might occur. aud I b
you will at least do me the justice to ad
mit rhat I did my best to evade an ac
quaintance with you. To prove, however,
that I do not lightly regard you or your
friendship, I will frankly tell you why. I
am already married. I can say no more
than this. I was married before we came
to t'hesdm. and it
ves a vsst amount
of questioning as well as idle gossip to
let folks know me merely as Miss Satter
tbwsite. No one in Eniciand knows other
wise, aud I tell you because you have my
utmost resieet and regard, and I feel that
when I say 'No to your request I should
give you a sufficient reason for so doing.
Good-by."
With that she extended her small white
band devoid of all jewelry except one
plain gold ring which Handford took
and silently pressed to his lips. That was
all.
Edward Handford was bewildered ss
he walked down the broad avenue through
the park and, when be finally collected
his scattered thoughts, imagined that he
had been badly treated. He was a good
man. was Handford, and a generous one;
but, like worse men and better, in bis love
be was selfish.
He did not see poor Emily in the quiet
of hr own room, as she sat with her
shapely head resting upon the window sill,
while she wept bitterly far into the sum
mer night. To bim she was but a haugh
ty, cold-hearted woman a woman with a
history, perhaps, but none the less heart
less and cruel. As yet he could not know
her as she really was an unhappy and
disappointed girl.
CHAPTER IX.
When Edward Handford returtu-d to
the Arms that night, he resolved to do
one thing at least He would leave Ches
den the following day, and try to forget,
as sgteedily as possible, that there was any
such person in existence as Emily Satter
thwaite or whatever her name might be.
So he rose with the sun and occupied
the morning by a farewell tour about the
quaint old town aud in saying good-by to
bis friend Mr. Satterthwaite. At 4
o'clock in the afternoon the stage pulled
up. and the landlord, loth to part with so
profitable a guest, escorted him to the
street.'
"l!ood luck to you, sir," said he. "Speak
a g'id word for the house when you can."
"That I will," said Handford cordially;
."good-by. old fellow!"
As the t's were talking there alighted
from the little omnibus a very smart and
active young man, carrying a hand satchel
and followed by a porter with a genuine
ma!l-si7.ed Saratoga. His luggage, his
style of dress, his features aud his car
riage proclaimed him to be an American
youth. He gazed upon Handford, who
calmly returned the stare. Each was
confident that he had seen the other be
fore, but only the new arrival was able to
place his man. He remembered Hand
ford as a Chicago railroad official with
whom he had once transacted some busi
ness. A for Handford, he mixed up
Emily's story, the letters in the cont pock
et at the inn. Harry Sjiencer. Henry Rich
ards and a multitude of probable and im
probable people.
The younger man broke the silence.
"I!ez pardon, are you not from Chi
cago?" "Yes." replied Handford. somewhat re
lieved.
"My name." continued the young fellow,
"is Brett Max Brett of Chicago. Did
I not transact some oil business with yon
once? I'm glad to meet a fellow Chi
cngoan anywhere in the world, if only for
a moment. Sorry you are off."
"1'tn glad you spoke," said Handford;
"it would have been a pity not to in this '
out-of-the-way spot. At home we lis ve
our tiffs and quarrels, but nbroad, you
know, a 'Yankee is a Yankee wherever a
Yankee meets a Yankee.' "
"Homeward bound?" aked Brett, as
the fresh team bounded off with the 'bus,
Handford standing on the step at the
back.
"Yes direct!" replied Handford,' wav-:
lng his disengaged hand. "Come and see -me
when you return."
"I will, my friend." muttered Max, "and
sell your company a big bill of oil on the
strength of this rencontre."
When Max entered the Anns he found
the table already set for dinner, and the
landlord assured him of a square meal at
5 o'clock sharp. When Brett finally set
tled down to dinner mine host eyed him
curiously, aa if the mere fact of acquaint
ance with his late guest made Max aa im
portant and as liberal a patron. As for
Max, whom the reader already knows as
a keen observer of human nature, he was
In want of reliable information more than
anything else. He studied and probed the
old landlord for all he was worth, so that
by the time his appetite was appeased he
knew just how to ppx eed to business. In
a few minutes they were chatting away
as though they had known each other lor
yearB. t
"Who owns the Hall?" asked Max. I
"Master Satterthwaite, In course, and
a out and out gent he is, too, if ho be
from Arneriky!" i
"That's aa may be," said Max. "You
say he has a handsome daughter. Does
she receive attentions from any young '
gentlemen in these parts?"
"Now, that's summat aa I don't know J
about My missis thinks Miss Emily ,
don't care for any of 'em, unices It's Mr.
Handford. Some do say as how he made
fast running in that direction while he
was here." ;
"Is that so: Well, do you bare many
guests from America?"
"No, sir. I-et me think, and mebhe I
can call 'em all to mind. First one was a i
young gent that came about a year agone. I
He just stayed over one night and went
off without hia overcoat There's some
letters In the coat, and you might know
the party If yon read them."
"Yes," replied Brett "I certainly might
know him."
The landlord stumbled off, and after a
deal of trouble returned with the coat
from which he withdrew the two old let
ters. Max Brett might have been agi
tated as he read tbe superscriptions, but
f so. he nerer betrayed bis emotion.
Just then a fcmd noise In toe rear of the
house attracted the landlord's attention
and be hurried off to learn the cause of
the disturbance. Mai was quite too much
of a gentleman to so much as entertain
the idea of learning the contents of the
letters, but knowing that tbey might
prove valuable documents at borne, he
k-pt them, and when the landlord return
ed, the two letters which he found in the
old coat pocket were sot those which
Handford had examined.
Max, in au off-hand manner, said that
he guessed the letters were of do account,
aud the coat was carried back to its peg
in the cket Then, aa the evening was
unusually fine. Max donned his bat and
sauutered out for a stroll.
(To be continued.)
THE LION'S ROAR.
A Great Physical KfTort la NeceaaarJ
to Produce the Fall Effect.
Dr. Livingstone noted the odd rmein
I. lance of the lion's roar to that of the
ostrich. Mr. Milluls says that though
j the roar of the latter is not no loud, It
bus exactly the same tone as that ot
the lion. But the ostrich always roars
bis lest, the lion Tery seldom. This Is
partly l-ca use a "good" roar needs a
great physical effort. The whole In
terior aud muscles of month, throat
stomach and alHlomen are, for the mo
ment, converted Into an organ of ter
rific sound, aud the sound due make
the enrth tremble or appear to do so.
But the attitude Is not that usually
drawn, Unless be roars lying down,
w hen be puts bis head up, like a dog
Itfrklng, tbe lion "emits his first moan
In any position, then draws In bis neck
and lowers his bead with extended
Jaws, right dwn to hi forepaws. as
If Hixiit to be violently sick; while at
the same time the back Is ;i relied, and
the whole animal bears an nppearnnce
of concentrated strain."
This Is Capt. Mlllals' phonetic ren
dering of the aound, taken when listen
ing to three lions roaring their best:
" M oa n roa r r-o- a - r ron r n m r ron r
-grunt grunt grunt grunt (dying
away i."
Why Hons roar, when It ought to
pay better to keep silent. Is not yet
explained. (en. Hamiltou was con
vinced that tigers hunting in company
roar to confuse and frighten the deer.
Possibly tbe Hon roars, when prowling
uround a camp. In the hope- of causing
some of the draught animals to break
loose; at other times It appears to Ik
a form of conversation with others at a
distance. Spectator.
.Man of Prodigious Family.
A half breed Indian who comes
across the Canadian border with snow
shoes, moccasins, and baskets to sell
may be seen almost any day nliout the
streets of Sarannc Lake, says a Rut
land correspondent In the New York
Sun. He occasionally makes excur
sions to this city. His tin me is Mucom
Imt, bis father having been a French
man. The tribe to which lie belongs
has a reservation twelve miles situate.
The tribe Is descended from the Five
Nations. The reservation is known as
Cnitghnnwaga.'
Macomber's grandfather tl 11 last
week, aged lO.'l. leaving considerable
wealth. He lind married three time,
the first two wives being dead. His
first wife bore bim six children, the
second fifteen, and the third the same
number.
His grandchildren, groat-grandchil-,
dreu, and great-great-grandchildren
i number over 1.1 Km. Of thirty-six chll
' dren twPtity-elght are living, as arc
most of the grandchildren, great-grnnd-!
children, mid tbe great great-grandchildren.
The trilK claims a portion of Ver
mont known as tli Mlssisquot Valley.
Chiefs and great men of the Five Na
tions have appeared before every ses
sion of the Legislature for half a cen
tury deiiiaiiding remuneration.
Kio-t fur Kaeh Name.
"Hang Theology" Rogers, the dls
tlnguiKlied Eiijd'iFl) ph.iunthroplst who
died recently at 77, got his nickname
from calling out "Hang economics!
Hang theology!" at a school lnnrd meet
ing; where theoretical questions hin
dered progress. His Independent and
energetic character may be Inferred
from this story of his youthful days:
A new Isiy came to school dressed in a
light blue Jacket faced with velvet,
white trousers and waistcoat, and a
turned down collar and frills. Rogers
went up to bim and asked him uls
name. The lwy replied: "I n in Charles
Stuart Vane, Viscount Seahnm, and
my father Is the Marquis of Ixmdon
derry." Whereupon Rogers kicked
him three times, one for Vane, once for
Seahnm, and once for Dmdonderry.
Horses Kegular nt the Itath.
The horses which are URod on the
Kennebec rice fields are so accustom
ed to droppinghrough the ice that they
don't seem to mind It They are yanked
out a little roughly, to be sure, but they
take their medicine like tbe chickens
belonging to the family that was con
stantly moving, which, every time they
aa w a covered cart atop In front of their
house, would turn on their hacks and
stick their legs Into the air to be tied
together, ready for transportation.
Hstticr Mixed.
A San Francisco Argonaut contrib
utor writes from Ixwer California that
be has Just been down on the Gulf
Const, where be went In a Chinese
Junk commanded by a Dutch captain
to examine a Mexican mine for an En-
gllsli company, and that on the trip his
Irish cook drank up all tbe Scotch
whisky.
Victor Hao Died llloh.
Victor Hugo, who, like Lord Ten
nyson, attained the age of 83 years, lind
personal estate In England to the.
amount of !J2,12fl. Dr. Charles Mack
ay's property waa rallied at 2,t!30, and
that of Ellm Cook at 0,037. Matthew
Arnold's estate amounted to 1,041.
If you are able to take advantage oi
the present, yon need not wort about
tbe past.
OEUMiJS-AMfilllCANS;
THEY ARE ALMOST UNANIMOUS FO
SOUND MONEY.
r&rtj Ttas t Veto
Colas Thmw Warm a Lars Per-
ssefas at tbe Tatars ut This Cavalry.
Mr. Gusfav H. Schwab is president .
of the German eiety of New York
city and U therefore la touch witb
Germans and German-Americans in thu
country. Being also a prominent bos
iness man, be is familiar with the view
of Germans on the financial quest ion. In
an interview on May 14 he said: I
I am convinced from my knowledge
of my German-American fellow citi-;
sens and their ways of thinking thai,
the raet majority of them in the coming
political contest will entirely disregard j
party ties and will rote for thut party
which declares for the uaintenuuen, be
yond a possibility of doubt, of the (told
standard of value, and that they will
not giro their suffrage to any candidate ;
who may be suspected of a leaning to
ward free silver coinage or toward any
compromise with the dilver people.
They considi r that the paramoonl '
question before the country at present it
the integrity of our. monetary system,
and their votes will go to that party
which they believe will nphold tb
errantry's financial honor, regmdless ol
what their views may be on other isilit
ical fjucstions. Previous experience lia
shown that German voters ( u qn'-sticni
relating to or affecting the standard ol
value have always stood for common
honesty, and that they have uniformly
opposed all forms of financial heresy
When, 20 years ago, the paper luriiev
inflation question was agitated in Mis
souri, the Germans of that state were
arrayed on the side of sound money.
The Germans of Illinois are on record
as always having been on the right side
of the jnoiiry question, ami as uevci
having la-en !ed astray by cheap money
propaganda at any tima A German
business man, cashier of a large bank in
Chicago, who has a wide acquaintance
with the small bankers and merchant
throughout tbe wt, tells mo that he
hits had occasion to hear expressions
from his German countrymen for yt art
past on the question of a monetary
standard, and that lie. has never yet
found one who was not in favor of the
gold standard and opposed to the free
ooinage of silver.
His opinion is that the German citi
zensof Illinois are unanimously opposed
to any impairment of the present gold
standard. I
It is a fact, universally known, that
the sound cwy victr.ry in Ohio in the
gubernatorial campaign of lh'", in
which Kutucrford B. Hayes ran on a
Republican hard money platform
against William Allen on a Democratic
paper money inflation platform, was
due to tbe firm stand taken by the Ger
mans, who, disregarding party lines,
turned the scalo In the election in fitvoi
of honest money. This fuct was conced
ed at the time by the Republican pre
of the state, and the Democratic candi
date voiced the sentiments of his party
leaders when he gave utterance to hi
lacerated feelings after the elect ft by
exclaiming, "The Dutch are d d an-
rcliabla " The German voters arc err-,
tainly not to be relied upon when they
are asked to prostitute the country'
financial honor at their party's bidding.
In the stale of Wisconsin tho German
have taken the same united stand in
favor of sound money, and the same
may be said of Michigan, Iowa and
Minnesota.
The entire German newspaper press in
this country, with few exceptions, it
emphatically for sound money, as it ha
been in the pust and ran be depended
upon to prononnce in favor of the main-
tenance of the present standard of value
and fur the party that represents thu
principle, regardless of previous party !
Affiliation. Several important German
Dcinorratio papers in the western states
have already threatened to bolt theii
ticket if a free silver plank should be
adopted. As an indication of the gen
eral sentiment of tho German press I
refer to the position taken by the largest
and oldest German newspaper In the
south, The Demokrat of Louisville, in
the last state election in Kentucky. Al
though always Democratic up to that
time, this paper bolted the Democratic
free silver candidate and urged the elec
tion of the. Republican sound money c;ui
didate for governor.
The importance of the German vow
will be apparent when the numerical
strength of the German-American popu
lation in the pivotul states is consider
ed, The returns of the census of 1SD0
show that the state of New York then
contained 972, 00o Geruum-Americans,
Ohio 641, -107, Illinois 690,588, Penn
sylvania 472,423, Michigan 270,268,
Wisconsin 661,ti34, Minnesota 244,034,
Iowa 201, 03 aud Missouri 297,01)5.
Whatever muy be the decision of tho
national conventions on the money ques
tion, this issue will lie fairly, squarely
and most thoroughly placed before the
German voter in the course of the cam
paign, and as to the nature of his re
sponse I do not entertain any doubt
The Tail To., taiall to Waa; the Dag.
The total population of the silver
mining communities, including all those
who are directly or indirectly dependent
on silver money for a living, cannot ex
ceed 700,000. Why should the interests
of the 70.000,000 people of the United
States be sacrificed to the supposed in
terests of this small fraction of their
number? Isn't it a pretty insignificant
tail to wag such a stupendous aoge St.
Paul Pioneer Press.
Wllllaa to Corraat Mistakes,
About the only argument the free sil
ver papers effer in advocating the Is
suance of flat monev is that flrnntai-r
Carlisle and The Courier Journal have
changed their views on the money qoas
ticm. To their credit he it aaid Tha
Courier-Journal and Sacretasry Carlisia
argM mm qoestion. uexlofton (Ky. )
Son.
A Fraa Bllvar mpdrrasrt l--a. Ps
tk. B.St . !,. Waa -
What is it makes some people poor?
Tbe crime of 173.
How did that U-r1me',cao pertyT
By striking down one-half of the mon
ey ot the oounlry. . i
How much silver money tbara W
the United States in 1173?
Less than ho,o00,OO0.
How much have we now?
Six hundred and twenty-five million
dDort this increase of about $550,000,
000 look like a reduction in the volume
of our silver money?
So Senator Stewart say.
What causes floods, cyclone, drought,
weevil, bollworms, grasshopiiers, go
phers and other evils which injure tbe
farmers' and planters' crops?
The gold standard.
What will make the oows give tnrs
milk, the sheep grow more wool, the
hog weigh twice as much and the hens
lay bigger eggs?
The silver standard.
Name some of the silver standard
oouutriea.
China, Iudia and Mexico.
Are the people of those countries more
prosperous than the American farmers
and workers?
No; tbey are a great deal poorer.
Why has not their silver mouey made
those countries rich?
Ask something easier.
If there are more poor people in silver
standard countries than in gold using
nations, how would free coinage of 60
cent dollars abolish poverty in the Unit
ed States?
That is one of the things that nobody
can find out
Hllvar aad tha rail la Prima.
The Philadelphia American, a pap'
published in a sound money city, bol
devoted to tbe oause of free coinage, re
peats, in a recent issue, the stale old as
sertion that it is the adoption of the gold
standard which has caused such a mark
ed decline iu prices. Without going into
the general question of the effect which
the quantity of money in a country bal
on the prices of goods, it is only needful
to point to the fact that prices have fall
en just the same in countries on a silver
basis us in those using gold. Wheat it
cheaper in America than it was soms
years ago. It is also eher in India
and Russia, both silver standard coun
tries in fact, it is largely the competi
tion of their low priced wheat which has
brought down the price of American
wheat.
Can Tho American explain why tbe
cheap silver of Russia and India has not
kept np prices in those countries? If
using more silver would benefit our
farmers by giving them higher price,
why has it not done so where silver is
the only money used? How can we ex
pect that a bushel of wheat will buy
more goods, if measured by silver dollars,
when it is found that iu countries which
have always had the silver standard
wheat brings no more than in America?
These are questions which tbe be
lievers in sound money have been asking
ever since the present agitation for fn-e
coinage was started. Is it not about time
that the silverites tried to answer them?
Tha Mlcr Politician's ItoubU Standard.
SCHEME TO LOWER WAGES.
The following is the suggestive head
ing of an article in The Sun of Lexing
ton. Ky.:
TO I.OWKH WAUKS.
Schema to Roduea tha I'mj of Laborer
Without htrikoa and Lockout.
OtpnrUile the .Mom-y It'll a IfMfh They Art
I'aid, and tht HuuU It O-otulned.
Tha Paopla, Not tha Politicians, Will Wlsw
' The Journal has always stood for
sound money and coutended that the re
sult of the discussion would be the tri
umph of that doctrina It did not do
thi in the spirit of prophecy, but be
cause it was convinced that the good
sense of the people, could bring them ta
no other conclusion. The politicians may
manipulate and make a great showing
on tbe free silver side, but when on
comes to talk to the people at large,
when tho question is presented to them,
there is but one result possible, Mil
waukee Journal.
Must Coaaldar I ha Oaranaa Vaia.
It may be iu this crisis that the Oer
man will play a specially important
role. In the east the are altogether
sound npon the silver question, and in
tas west the preponderanoa of (jrermaA
arntimaiit is sound If Um oonraetiouft
perosiT that they will bar to ttekr
with tha Germaa vota, tha lnfloatim of
toat to will not b lost -Haw torkat
Uaata-Zeitojig.
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