THE SI013X COLNTY JOURNAL.
L J. II BIOM, Fl.
BAERISOX,
5TBRASKA-
Prejudices are like toe knots in tbe
glass of our window. They alter the
shape of everything that we choose to
look at through Uu-iu; they make
straight thinks look crooked and ev
erything indistinct.
Sympathy produces harmony; It
smooths off the rough edges of con
flicting characters; it brings the cheer
iness of the hopeful to chase away the
fears of the deluding: It draws rein
forcements for the weakuess or the
want of some from the wealth or
strength of others.
Elegance of language may not be in
the power of all of us; but simplicity
and straightforwardness are. Write
much as you would seak: speak as you
think. If with your inferiors, sicak no
coarser than usual: If with your su
periors, no liner. Be what you say:
and, within the rules of prudence. say
what you are.
The wish to succeed Is an element
In every undertaking, without which
achievement Is Impossible. The ambi
tion to succeed Is the mainspring of
activity, the driving wheel of Industry,
the spur to Intellectual aud moral prog
ress. It gives energy to the individual,
enthusiasm to the many, push to the
nation. It makes the difference be
tween people who move as a stream
and people who stAnd like a pool.
According to the Arctic explorer Nor
denskjold, Siberia will occupy the place
of America as the great producer of
cereals when the Czar's great railway
1s completed. This prophet fails to take
Into account the intelligence of our
farmers, the Ingenuity of our Inventors,
and the superior form of our govern
ment. More Is expected of the long Asi
atic railway than is likely to be real
ized. No man, says the Philadelphia Re
cord, has ever Reen a Quaker beggar.
The members of this religious society
look after their own Indigent quietly
and delicately, and none but the com
mittee of relief know the names of
those assisted. The late Joseph Jeams,
a Quaker of Philadelphia, left $200,010 j
to be devoted to the charity that begins i
at home. Yet the Quakers are not le- 1
hind any other sect In deeds of general
benevolence.
The best lesson a father can give his
on Is this: "Work, strengthen yur
moral ' and mental facilities, as you
would strengthen your muscles by vig
orous exercise. Learn to conquer cir
cumstances; you are then independent
of fortune. The men of athletic minds,
who left their marks on the years In
which they lived, were all trained In
a rough school. They did not mount
their high position by the help of lever
age; they leaped into chasniR. grappled
with the opposing rocks, avoided ava
lanches, and, when the goal was
reached, felt that but for the toil flint
had strengthened them as they strove,
t could never have been attained."
A person who has no object in life
Is apt to run a vagrant aud useless
career. A man who alms at nothing
cannot reasonably expect to hit at any
tnlng. In military operations there Is
always what Is called "the objective
point" The objective point is the point
to be made, the thing to be done. All
the forces of the army are concentrated
on the making of that point; and. when
that point Is made, success follows. In
one sense life is a warfare; it Is a suc
cession of campaigns. And every one
should have bis objective point a
clearly defined purpose and work up
to It with undevlatlng persistency.
This Is the only way be can succeed.
Japan had a frightful shock In the
destruction of thousands of people on
the Island of 1'esso, which has lteen
submerged. The disaster Is to be class
ed with phenomenal submarine convul
sions. In 1876 a tidal wave swept the
Fcclflc Ocean from Peru northward,
westward and southward. Its origin be
ing traced to the upheaval of the bed
of the ocean between Peru and Chile, a
region familiar with submarine and
subterranean disturbances. In 1818 In
the same region there was a wave fifty
feet high and black with the mud and
lime of the sea bottom. All the ship
ping within Its reach was broken to
pieces. Tbe loss of life was never esti
mated. Whether tbe recent ware at
Yeeso Is traceable to tbe same causes or
not remains to be seen, but It Is accept
ed as true that throes of the earth In
and near Peru are of sufficient energy
to send an oceanic wave across the Pa
cific. Tbe lines extend like wave cir
cles around tbe spot where a stone bas
fallen Into a smooth lake. Tbe wave of
1MB reached tbe shores of Japan, New
Zealand and Australia. Events such as
"' .these show bow pony is yet tbe science
of meteorology. Doubtless, conceding
to It a potentiality corresponding to
that of other experimental sciences,
met bods may yet to be found not only
to notify the approach of l cyclone to
tbe dwellers on tbe prairie, but the
menace of tbe ocean to those who popu
late tbe Islands and those who go down
to tbe sea In ships.
The recent burglaries and hold-ups
la Chicago nave shown that the new
wosmn baseness Is more than a news
ftps Joke. Tbe real slgnBcance of the
nsnsstts. robberies and feneral tbug
C'zm wBfek hart bees prevailing for
CSt mesa Is that In every case where
' rV roan u hiToived she snowed
aae na outcast saaa is era wm wtm ammann-
its be n&bal of fcstorkraely ran
away. A re-ord of the i-as.es in w'ul'-a
thugs ere slatted over the head with
jrasol. pounded with paper weigaw
or absolutely knocked out and taken
! into custody by muscular and militant j
1 ft-uialen would practically Is a list of
all the rolherie where a w-mn wax j
i within reach of a weupou vf defense.
To Mrs. Lizzie Ranoiis. who, without
even a broomstick or a rolling pin.
captured two desperate thieves, having
first carefully pounded them almost into
insensibility, belongs the lion's share J i
the honors of war. But all aktng the
! line the fair sex, like the historic color
ed troops, fought nobly, to their own
great glory and to the consequent
shame and humiliation of the so-called j
sterner sex. We may now take off our
hats to the new woman, not merely a I
a courtesy, but In rei-oguitkm of n.-r ;
pre-eminent prowess. '
j It its reported from New York that ex
pertinents by Tesla and Edison have
been rewarded at practically the same
time by the discovery of a system or
systems by which the X ray may be
utilized as an llluminunt more intense
aud whiter than the arc light. Te-d Vs
discovery is said to be the perfecting
of a vacuum tube system of electric
i..ihtl3g without wires, and one that
'. cau le made ready soon for practical
commercial purposes. Ellison's dis.-m'-ery.
made almost simultaneously, is il
scrilved as the similar use of a Cnsikcs
tube to pnsluce Illumination. It is said
he has found a new fluorescent sub
stance, similar to tuiigstate or calcium,
with the crystals of which he coats the
Interior surface of the tube, thus chang
lug into a brilliant white light the
rays that pass through these crystals.
; Edison says of bis discovery that prac
j tically all the electric energy is tnins-
formed Into light, that little heat it
produced, and that the lamp system -
be used on an ordinary Incandescent
circuit. It Is proliable that Tesla and
Edison have happened on practically
the same discovery, differing only in
detail, and the public will watch With
Interest and profit the rivalry In per
fecting it that will follow. The scien
tific explanation baa been given ex
1 -lnslvely to the Electrical Review. The
i Review says editorially with all the
fads before It: "We cannot besitiie
j to express our positive conviction that
! the Introduction of a more erfect il-
luminant is near at hand." This posl
tive statement by so high an authority
In the electrical world commands re-spei-t.
There seems little nsim for
doubt that the problem of a 'more per
fect Uluminant" has Indeed leeu solved.
The present system of electric lighting,
still so new to the world and a revela
tion itself, apparently will not tie given
time to come Into universal use be
fore the rush of science shall have .1' -placed
It. The century Is close to the
end, but the rival wizards In the work
of bringing Into subjection the glint
force of nntureappeardestined to cradle
the birth of the new century lu a maze
of new wonder.
Paul Potter.
These boys who draw on slates and
whose time and thoughts tire constantly
running to pictures sometimes turu out
to be great artists and leave splendid
name tiehlnd them. In the great pic
ture gallery at Tbe Hague, which Is
at once the pride and Joy of all true
Dutchmen, hangs, among other master
pieces, the most famous animal picture
in all the world. It is culled "The
Bull." It was painted by a very youn.:
man. whose name was Paul Potter,
aud who was only '1 when he signed
this canvas. There are few painting
better known, and It Is acknowledged
by art critics to be the most complet.;
work that any cattle painter has ever
done.
Though this IKilchinau died at tho
age of JJ, he left behind him 1-10 pic
tures that were all out of the ordinary,
while some of them were painted lw
fore he was 16. He made, when he was
18, a wonderful etching that attracted
attention In the old town oftIMft, aud
an artist in those days had to do excel
lent work to secure notice at all. Pot
ter's works are greatly prized and are
found In the principal galleries of the
world. You may see them in the Na
tional (Uillery in London; the Beri;:i.
Dresden and Vienna museums; the Her
mitage in St. Petersburg, the Louvre Ui
Paris, and all the art institutions of the
artist's native land. St. Nicholas.
How to Sleep Best.
The proper position of bed with re
gard to the point of the compass that
Is, whether we should lie north and
south, parallel to the earth's axis, or
east and west, across It Is the puzzling;
problem propounded by Sir Benjamin
Richardson in an English publication.
If the head Is turned went there Is a
tendency, It is said, to send the blood
rushing to that organ. If the head
in east the feet are affected in a similar
way.
8lr Benjamin thinks that 'if we
should lie in the line of the axis duo
north and south It would be most prob
able that the rotation of the earth would
produce do special effect on the blood
In Ms course to or from the head." As
for himself, be bas tried all position
and sleeps best when bis head Is turn
ed towards tbe United States. The ouly
objection he has to it Is that Hie sun
wakes him tip a little earlier than he
likes
. JBIeotrio I Ightlna-.
There are about 120 public electric
lighting, systems In operation In tbe
United Kingdom, of which nineteen
belong to .London. No less than fifty
four systems are now run by the mu
nicipal authorities.
Miso of the Hon.
Tbe sun, If hollow, wooM bold Mi,
000 earth globes, snd sn eye capable of
hourly viewing 10.000 sqaare miles
would require 55,000 years to sec all Its
surface.
If yon owe tbe Oddler fa I sod square,
pay btm promacly, aud don't groin hie.
SOLDIERS' STORIES.
ENTERTAINING REMINESCENCES
OF THE WAR.
Qrspkt Aewul th Stmtas Scmm
WnmW mm tb Battlrfl! u Ib
Cams fsmil ( thm BWbelUoa SUetl
Iiprl at m Thrlllla Ktur.
Custer at the surrender.
Every war has lis ideal hero, and tbe
conflict betwen the Stat was no ex
ception to the general rule, for then
was not only one, but many heroes,
writes a Confederate soldier li the
New York Sun. j
There were, however, two, one wear- j
ing the blue aud the other the gray,
srouud w honi clustered a halo of chival
rous daring aud romaui-e, which will
ever clinu to the names of Custer ami
Stuart. It Is of the former of these two
that we propose to relate a characteris
tic Incident.
The night of Sunday, April 2. 1M55,
will never 1m forgotten by any ex-Cou-federate
who was encamcd In front of
Fort Harrison, on the north side of the
James River, eight miles from Rich
mond, Va.
For several days before a heavy can
nonading heard in the direction of
Petersburg had Indicated that some
thing unusual would soon break the
monotony which had reigned supreme
ly In the Confederate camp on the
north side for nearly four mouths. Hut
whether another bloody struggle to cap
ture the fort named would be made or
whether another retreat would le
sounded was soon decided In favor of
the latter.
About sunset on the day of which we
are writing orders were Issued to cook
three days' rations, and be In readiness
to march at midnight. Orders were
also given for the strictest silence, as a
whole corps lay In front of us only a
quarter of a mile distant, and for It to
have been apprised of our departure
would have meant disaster to the small
force of only 8,000 men In their front.
Silently but quickly at the appointed
hour the line was formed and the
march taken up In the direction of
Drewry's bluff, about two miles distant.
This point was soon reached, and here
a pontoon bridge was laid, and the
troops marched over by twos to the
south side.
Day was uow at hand and of course
sleep was out of the question. Also, It
was now become a questiou of speed
between the two detachments of the
Union and Confederate armies respec
tively, the former straining every
nerve to prevent the Confederate from
overtaking the main army under I-ee,
and the latter using their utmost en
deavors to do so.
The race was kept tip without Inter
mission for three days aud nights. Our
troops never slept over two hours at a
time during that period. Their rations
were exhausted and they devoured ev
erything eatable which came in their
way, without so much as subjecting It
to tbe suspicion of fire.
But In spite of every exertion the
boys In blue gained upon and at last
overtook us about 11 o'clock a. m. on
April 6. It was not the Infantry, how
ever, but a detachment of cavalry un
der Gen. Custer.
Preparations were at once made to
receive the charge which we kuew
would follow.
The battle began by a vigorous shell
ing of our wagon train, to which no
reply could be given, as we were with
out artillery. The Confederate Infantry
was massed behind a hill which com
pletely shut It out from the Federal
commander. A heary skirmish line
was thrown out on the hill in order to
deceive him and allure him into the
trap.
As everyone knows, (Jen. ("lister nev
er would "take a dare." He at once
formed his lines for a charge and on
they came. How gaily the trumpet
sung. How merrily the boys rode to
their death as they came on at a swift
trot, amid the bwming of cannon, the
rattling of sabers, and the heavy thud
of their horses' feet.
Arriving at the top of the bill they
were met by an appalling Infantry tire,
aud many a gallant trooper "bit the
dust." The action was short, sharp and
decisive, aud (Jen. Custer soon recalled
his trooi. It was in vain to throw a
small body of cavalry against a solid
mass of veteran Infantry.
But the end was near only a matter
of a few hours for at 5 p. m. the Union
Infantry arrived, the battle of Sailor's
i Creek followed, and (Jen. Sheridan
took 8.000 prisoners.
So much as background to the pic
ture; so much as a setting for the Inci
dent we now give, aud which ever after
endeared the memory of Gen. Custer
to every one who was a witness to It.
The morning after tbe battle tbe pris
oners were ordered to fall In line. Soon
Gen. CiMtter and bis staff appeared on
tbe scene, and this was the signal forsn
outburst of uproarious applause. The
sky was fairly darkened with caps
thrown in the air, the band played
"Yankee Doodle," and altogether It w
a sight to sadden tbe captive Confeder
ates, more especially as they beheld
eighteen of their battle flags, which had
bra torn with shot and shell on a hun
dred battlefield, now adorning the
train of the conquerer.
Gen. Custer seemed t raaie this,
and with a delicacy of feeling and mag
nanimity of spirit which only true chiv
alry can appreciate, as soon as the
'applause bad subsided snd the hsnd
ceased, he turned to Its lender and said,
"Give the boys (meaning the prisoners)
Dixie."
As tbe sweet strain of tbe Con fed
erate war song rolled In waves of liquid
melody through the air Gen. Custer
took off bis bat snd waved It as a sig
nal, and the splause wss deafening.
Tbe Union huzsa and tbe rebel yell,
blended Into one and shook notes as
well as hearts 'and bands, across the
bloody otiann.
Year sfterwsrd. when the chival
rous ( usier rode gallantly to nls death
In his last charge. It sent a thr.ll of pain
throughout the length and breadth of
our land, for In his death one of the
most daring and unselfish of men had
perished, nor can it be doubted, had he
t e-ii spared, he would have been one
of the most potential factors in bring
ing alsiut that golden era:
Wheu heroei o' the blue and gray
Shall eib to each due homage psy.
And coro with all their martial ixmli
The irls. base and venal bou!.
Who tbuniied the conflict they had bred.
Ami lived, hut to mttliiiD the dead.
A Tribute that Means Something. .
There could be no surer sign that the
old wounds are healed and the old blt-
terni is passing away than the refer
ences of Southern newspapers to Presi
dent Lincoln, incident to his last birth
day. That he should be loved and held
In esteem by those whose Iteliefs he ex
pressed and whom he led to victory is
not surprising, but that his memory
should be honored by those whom he
strenuously opposed, and who owed to
him the downfall of their dearest ho-s,
Is not alone a remarkable testimony to
his greatness; It Is quite as much a
token of the honesty aud magnitude of
the Southern people
In thus recognizing the purity of Lin
coln's character they honor themselves.
A writer lu the Atlanta Constitution
says:
Much of misapprehension on the part
of the South regarding the character
and career of this great man has been
removed by the faots of dispassionate
history. Lincoln hits licen shown to be
a genuinely great mao, with a lofty soul
and an honest heart. Gentle and ten
der as a woman, he hid also the rugged
virtues of a Romai tribune. No act
of cruelty stains his fair fame. With
opoortunlty to be a tyrant, he stissi for
liberty, and fought with the lance of a
knight In a fair and open Held.
rVhy should we of the South begrudge
to him the meed of his fair funic': When
Northern men can build a monument to
Li's, and their orators praise his genius
and character with unstinted eulogy,
it is time for bitter aud narmwmiuded
partisans to be relegated to the rear.
The brave and true recognize worth
and sublimity of character everywhere,
and an.' willing to crown the hero with
his merited honors, eveu though his
sword was drawn in the buttle against
them.
The Vlcksburg Commercial Herald In
an editorial said:
Lohj; ago the Southern people became
acquainted with some of his elements
of greatness, that caused general ac
knowledgment that his death, so deeply
mourned In the North, was profoundly
calamitous to the South. AnJ now there
Is growing up In all minds of all sec
tions, or rather without regard to sec
tion, a recognition In Abraham Lincoln
of a grand character, a great and a good
man. Such development and growth of
change la the estimate of a man by his
enemies Is wonderful and awe-lusplr-ing.
It suggests the thought that tbe
hand of Divinity shaped such a char
acter for the great work to which he
was so strangely called.
Coming out of the deepest obscurity
and of the humblest origin, tils walk
through life has been tracked and
marked In. Its every stage and step. The
whole of bis life's record lias been laid
bare, and It Is the simplest truth to say
that no other character of history bas
come out of such a crucible so absolute
ly unalloyed. He has been shown to
have been equal at all times to I he occa
sion and Its demands, standing success
fully the severest tests to which mortal
man could be subjected.
Elevation from tbe lowest and hum
blest station to the rulershlp over a
mighty nation failed to turu his head or
swerve his principles. Ever true to
duty, honest and Just toward all in tri
umph or adversity and trial. I In coin
stood unshaken and settled In bis fidel
ity to right and fixity of purpose. The
strifes ami contentions of personal mo
tives, the envy and rivalries of his co
workers and lieutenants, did not reach
or involve him. With such an adver
sary. Is It strange that the South failed?
A Soldier' Krl rht
Col. Johnston, of the Union Veteran
I'glon, tells of an Incident during tbe
war that nearly frightened htm to
death. It was at Ship's Island. He
was detailed to "lay out" a man who
had recently died, aud together with
two whers he carried the body to a
deadhouse. As they entered the house
they were Just placing the body at one
end w hen they heard a slight noise.
The room was very dark and close.
Col. Johnston, then a mere boy, light
ed his lantern and pin-red Into the fur
ther comer, where two other "laid out"
corpses were resting. He observed one
of the forms move.
Almost frozen with terror he watched
and saw the shroud rise, and from un
der the white sheet a face appeared.
A grizzled head loomed In the yellow
light of the lantern and ponderous Jaws
opened in a wide yawn. It was too
much for the young boy, and with a
scream he ran from the deadhouse In
to the nlgbt.
As he ran he fell over a tent guy
holding tip a hospital tent, and he
thought surely some ghost had grabbed
him.
It was bis worst fright of the war.
Buffalo News.
A IHMible-Headed Turtle.
L, K. Hudson tells about a freak tur
tle be found on the shores of Lake On
tario among a lot of newly batched tur
tles. This turtle was Just emerging
from Its shell. There were two beads
and necks to It anrl each head was
a p rent ly Indeoend'-nt of the other,
and each seemed io have contrary Ideas
of tbe proper way to go. Both beads
would be asleep, when one would wake
up snd stsrt tbe body off according to
Its own Ideas. That would rouse the
other bead and then there would It s
mix -tip of uiotieaa It d:d after
wale..
The cheap money devil tempts the farmers with prouiiM of prospority,
bnt the men he delndes will find that be leads tbe.n only to ruin and povsrty.
Now, as in the pa?t, the tempter timlii willing dupes who will leurn, whu It
U too late, that free silver prosperity is ouly a mirage
SUCKER STATE S!1 VERITES.
Impatlrnt rimluia of S!ten to )n Shoot
er at IVorla.
The Illinois Democratic state conven- j roj, ,,,, v.M rai-the price. f silver
tion added byissri'-y and double dealing!, joy r,ts a:i nonce, and the silver in
to the silverite doctrine ' f ri pudiatiou i American dollar would Ik- worth 11
tu tur nil' tn ... .,,,, .. ..(... '
and dishonest dollars when it dwlarr d ;
iu its platform: "We favor the soundest ;
aud safest money known to man. ; n.nun IL P. Bland in Kw York
We demand the n-js al (.f that Kepub-; ;or), ,,f juy- 1, lh'.ifl.
lican and pluMcratio legislation which ! jf T()U j,.,. neighbor who thinks
demonetized silver and retluci d it to the jMul is u creat statesman, and who is
level of token money, distroying by ; filing to buck his opinion with money,
one-half the stork of real mom y. ami w),o would have anything to lose
We demand tbe immediate restoration',,.- ;., ,)irr,u,., the free coinage
r f the fn and onlimiti d coinage of
both gold and silver as a standard money
at the rate gf 16 ounces of silver to 1 of
gold of equal filieiicKs, with full legal
tender power to each mctul. " This dec
laration for free silver was termed "the
bimetallism which was made the basis
of our monetary system by Hamilton
and Jefferson. "
Of all kinds of frauds the cuntir.g ; bo j1)W,.r OBe year after thun one year
humbug is the worst. The sincere but - t).,on, , rmwtttKe ,)f H fri. coinage act.
mistaken silverites, who admit that free j Third. That the price of silver will
coinage at I to 1 would put this conn- jj ,,, b0 CfntK mmn, whr,n ,
try on the silver basis, are deserving of irve coinaK0 -t bas been in effect six
far more respect than the men who have j months or one year,
the impudence to talk of "sound and! j.'()Ur,h. That at no time within one
safe money" in connection wi-h their iy,iur aft(,r m) 8, j to , j,.
60 cent dollar scheme, fcvery man who ; t)0mi, a-law wm ua American silver
is old enough to vote knows that free j do,ar u, worth nmrh u, T- ,ut
silver, with the bullion value of the two ! of ,h Ta)m, (jf Rn Alnerican gold dollar,
metals at a ratio of Ii0 to 1, means silver j ,, J(m MIiot geteveu bets, give odds,
monometallism pure and simple. Tlns.Tnp )rjre nf iivf.r j() d(.t4.rmiu'd
is the standard of Mem o. Chum and s mainlv by tbe cost of production. All
India, where its frequent aud violent j thp R),'v(.r , worl, nsp ,. prr
nuctuations ana decreasing purchasing
power testify to Its "soundness nl
safctv." Is that the kind of money the!
American people want?
It will be somewhat difficult to secure
the repeal of "the legislation which de
monetized silver and reduced it to the
nasis oi ton-!! money, sine mere is no
such legislation on the. utatnte books.
What the Sucker State tlnaui icin re-
fernii to wa probably the jegisla-
"a up ,ha fVl1
i0o0.000.no of full , gal .cider s, ver
'P?utZ- "to"f 1i'il!'tr wli"'h
mimev, a
nil m . ii ill ill I it ill f.i KiiiiMiiii irr
-,0,000,000 oi snosiiuarj
coinage. As there was mf SO 000.0(10
of silver money of all kinds in the coun
try in 1873 and less than fH.OOO.OOO
full legal tender silver coins, it is lntnl
to see how "the stis k of real mom y has
been destroyed one-half." Since mi in
cn awt of 'i40,0O0,0O0 it considered a
contraction of the currency, it is easy
to understai'd how the crosseyed silver
ites can believe that forcing fciii.VoOd,
I00 ill gold out of circulation would
give us more money.
"The bimetallism of Hamilton and
JefTciHon'' was the coinage of gold and
silver at a ratio which was as nearly its
possible the commercial rutin between
the values or the two metals, lu expert.
. . , , , .
etice it was found that whenever one of
the metals was overvalued it disHp-ared
irt,u circulation, the cbcajier money
only lieiug lined, so that the country was
always on either the geld or the silver
standard. Under present conditions,
with the bullion value of silver SO times
that of gold, it would be impossible to
keep gold in circulation, and the coun
try would go at onco to a silver basis.
Americans who favor real bimetallism,
under which an almost equal value of
gold and silver money is now kept in
circulation, must work and vote against ijf "'y J"" f" our rcu a
ii... . ,m., ; t U't only our entire volume of gold.
rarm WafM and ProSta.
Ex-Governor Boies of Iowa says that
he. caiuot pay the preseut rate of wages
and make his 3,500 acre farm. pay. He
says that no farmer who has to hire his
help can make money at farming under
the gold standard. Ei-Congressman
Baiid says tbat wages of all kinds will
rise under free coinage.
It would naturally be inferred from
Boies' statement that he wants free
coinage to lower farm wages so that the
big fanners can make money out of the
labor of others. Bland's opinion evi
dently is that free coinage would be a
gissi thing for the farm laborer and
therefore, so far as wages are concerned,
a bad tbing for tbe Isms farmers.
The two leading free coin ago sdvo-
rates should get together. It might also
be well for farmers and "farmhands"
to investigate th, conflicting state
nicnta.
Tka Mnalh't later.
"The south especially is interested in
'fhe maintenance of a sound currency,"
iiieiiirjet(tti ;tws (Detn. ) says. "The
south wore than sny other section
should support the gold standard. The
south will suffer more than any other
part of the conn try from free silver coin
age. The north and east will be abis lo
lake care of themselves when tbe del
!g comes. "
t J&h
Sum tafr IU.
"Pilvcr is 1H W wcrth ulvut 69 cents
an .unce. Tlx cilvi-r bullion in a dol
lar is worth ehciit i4 ccliK 1'n-e silver
all AtniTi' mi ottiiar WOUC1 I"' it
j Uu. w(,rj,i v,.r ,.Ten without
v,.nim,.llt ,,tamp it." Kx-Coi
a
Boveriiment stamp on it. r.x vou-
cyclone, bete are si. me of the perfectly
safe bets you can make biro:
l'ir-t. That free coinage would not
in one year raise the price of silver to
f 1 per ounce. (You can bet i any
ntimls r rf years, but would have to
wait longer Is -fore the bet could be set
tled. )
Second. That the nriceof silver will
; (,nm, at lrM than 75 and pn,!ai,lv less
i than 70 centoper ounce. No legislation
can raise, except for a short time, the
price of silver. It is to Is- hoped that we
will never lie forced to make this fool
ish free coinage cxs'riment, but if we
do we should, if we can find takers, re-
; col,p . ollr nain j,)W.9 hv w.
itiK m ,h fnPVitablt
, ,
j tr ruioly
It is TTnfstrta'nt 'to remember that
fr(,. ,.(lil!;,KO m,,tIlf! (u0 ri(iht of wry
'owner of bullion to present the same to
. . . . . ..
; ,., ,:,,. .,. ,h r , s , .
; H ,.(111(,,, Wlt)l(mt ,.,,.,,.,, inlo nJoner.
Under the free coinage of silver, the
owner of 'ili1 grains of pure silver
would be permitted to turn it over to
the United States ;;iiut and bsve it
roiniil without charge or receive there
for (.lie silver dollar. More than this,
under fn-c and unlimited coinage, this
rit-'ht would le extended to the whole
world, and the amount cf silver coinage
w r.hi be limited only by the capacity
of our minis aud thcoutputof the silver
iniijcs. -
If I have made myself understood a
to the meaning of free coinage and
'the ratio, " w e are now prepared to dis-
f.nuu ..,!. -UI.....I. ....I.. t... . ;i.
mini iniiuiiiuiui. tile ti uniuuiir Ol
- . . , ...
MjiiitiiK uir uuiitn t)l IIIU t..Illietl .-IBII'S
, to the free and unlimited coinage of sil-
i ver by this country alotici at the ratio of
Ifl to i. For myself, after the most ma
ture deliberation, I have been uuable to
! reach any other conclusion than that
such a step would be attended with the
most serious consequence to the country
iund involve all our people in a common
disaster.
In the first place, the free aud unlim
ited coinage of silver at 16 to 1 would
, but every rtol lar of paper money redecm-
able in gold and cause u contraction of
i ,be curr,'' y and a resultant panio the
Hike of which has not been seen in this
generation. Senator J. U. Burrows.
Only Sm Oh Slda.
A silverite newspaper says, "A bushel
of potatoes, a dozen of egjrs and a pound
of butter can be bought in many por
tions of the western reserve of Ohio at
the present time for 2 cents." And
this fact is stated ask reason for free sil
ver. Would the farmer be any better off
if he sold his 2 cents' worth of potatoes,
ggs and bntter for 68 cents in coin
worth 60 cent on the dollar and hail to
Bay I'i in silver coin for every dollar's
worth of value that he purchased at the
ye m"A
in the markets? Chicago
nro"'cie
,
, " " K'
Ih" """imorti Sun points out that
j our goocr times have in the past al
ways been times when forei nen km
investing money freely among u. It
was not altogether or chiefly our own
savings that made business brisk. It
ws the continued influx of foreign
gold. Now we are unfortunately isolat
ed bi the threat of the silver basis and
shall be bottled up industrially if we
shall see actually reach it Our theo
rists kill the goose that laid the avldea
if."
