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About The Sioux County journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1888-1899 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 24, 1896)
Ml " ? h h i t I ' if 'I P m . I', . lit i " i - FREE SILVER IN INDIA O MAS REDUCED LA ION TO THE VERGE Of STARVATION. mmrj White Hot SM L la the present ilver campaign one of m stock claim of the whit metal ad To ll that in India ilver furnishes a currency. That the people of that try are happy with it; that they are tooi and jetting an increasing share of the world' trade: that while -Saver has fallen when measured by gold, M ha not fallen when meaaured by other products. The claim cover a wide aage and are intended to prove that Silver on a strictly silver basis make aa ideal currency for a happy and proa Sereus people. The silver men hare been unfortunatf -i-: xt : , . . i f.. ,him gass Iao loan Hi tha frt w h.i Oat of nn . Tail. n dim JirtKii H la ra uipir iui ... r.'r sjatry. Mexico lie too near our door ' 1 "'1 l 1 i . J . . 1 .1 . I ..... r laoor anu ine mmaie classes iu mm backward land i too easily accessible. India a a guide for America is an equally unfortunate electlon. Like ev ery other free silver country it i a land of ignorance, with the great man of it C potation in wretched depth of poverty yond the conception of Amerii'an. For all but the privileged few life ia M of endfcas struggle for mere exig ence, and the gaunt spwter of famine is ever ready to stalk through this sore atricken land. ,L.L. llauser, a tea merchant of ehi oaft), who has spent the greater part of the last thirty-five years in India, where he ha a branch bouse and is interested In tea and-;in several agricultural- ma chine of his own invention adapted to India, being a close student has made a careful study of conditions in that land and this. Long residence has given him opportunity to carefully watch the vari olic changes which the past quarter cen tury has brought about. Seated in his library, surrounded by curio gathered in a life spent in the Orient and with official and private publications concern ins the country at hand for ready ref oreace. Mr. Hauser talk most enter tainingly. 'There is no gold coinage in India. The nit of circulation is the silver rupee, which has no fixed value. Its worth va jijM from day to day according to the yrice of bullion or bar silver in the Eu ropean market. To appreciate the ehauges in the valne of the ruee. its equivalent in American money in 1K."1 was M cents; 52 cents in lxttl; 47 cents in 1X71; 41 cents in 1X81 and 87 cents in 18M. The depreciation in recent years . as been rapid: in 18!1 worth 31 cent od in 18! only 25 cents. "The subsidiary coins are anus, 16 be ing equal to a rupee; pice (copper) 4 equaling an ana'; pies, also copicr. 12 equaling one ana. The lowest f irm of currency are cowries, a kind of shell, 384t being counted as equivalent to a ruiee. or 25 cents of our money. These cowries are used by the poorest people to purchase salt, firewood and the barest necessities of life. It is a fixed law in nance that the poorer the people the Jjeaper the money and the smaller the denominations into which that money i divided. -'It is." a stock argument among silver men that the value of silver when measured by all other prod ucts has not fallen. This is an as sumption that id directly contrary to the facts. In India,- a strictly silver using eonntry with no gold coinage, the pur chasing power of silver when measured by other products has declined at such rate as to keep pace with the decline in the value of silver when measured by gold. In other words the purchasing newer of the money of India has fluctu ated and depreciated according to the changes in the price of silver in London. This fact entirely upset the claim of the white metal men that silver is a stable atoncy metal and that it is gold that has Moreciated instead-of ailver that has de precis ted." Taking down a large blue bound book titled "Prices and Wages," compiled by the Assistant Secretary of 8tate for In Mu and issued by "the Finance and Com merce Department," Mr. Hauser turned H series of tables showing the pur chasing power of the rupee over certain ataete products for a long series of years. Ths' tables cover every market cen ter in India and show the average pur- -h.iag' power of the rupee in each for many years. Selecting Cawnpore as a typical market it is shown that in 1871 : oae rupee -would purchase 48 pounds of Wheat; in 1SH1. 4k) pounds; in Ii2. 2H Minds. Of rice it would buy 34 pounds k 171; 31 pounds in 1MN1; 22 pounds ill 1KKL. Of barley it bought (!2 pounds in 1KT1: ,5ft pounds in 18M; 'M pounds in 1891. Of grain (equivalent to oats) it bought 48 pounds in 1871; 40 pounds in 11: 38 pounds in J8U1. "These tables show, and my own per sonal experience corroborate them, that as the price of silver went down lessei amounts of goods could be purchased for a rupee. The same result would follow the degrading jof our own currency to "the Bilver standard. The greaf hard ship of., such a decline in the value of Miiey,or what is another .way of put ting it, such an inflation of prices when measured by a debased standard of noney, is that all prices do not fluctuate iu the same proportion, and the wage of jlabor change but slowly. This make drh fluctuations bear most heavily upon those who are least able to Iwar such a burden, the people whose daily bread wpeiicls u;on their daily labor. Their wages go up slowly if at all. while their necessities of life advance rapidly, mak tef. it impossible for them to purchase nrmucli. This has taken place in India ntil a large part of the population of that unfortunate country are perpetually on the verge of starvation. "To apprecate the desperate situation of the natives of India and to see how the decline in silver has reduced them (extremities, let us consult this otlicinl tcpnrt and see what it says about wages. fcIt gives the wages per month of "able fcodicd agricultural laborers' in Tiiit d States money at Lncknow as H.&l in . 4871. $1.23 in 1881, 1.48 in 18!ll. At Bombay,. $4.23 in 1871, $3.!Xt in 1HK1. MJXt in 18!l. At Cahdtta 1.88 in Sn, It" cetits in 1881, $1.38 in 18!1. Vftb the single exception of Komlmy, whore the European population is large, farm laborers now get less than they reived in 1871. With cost of living Wither and wages lower farm laborers re certainly not enjoying many blessings Iron a depreciated currency. Let' see ww other laborers are doing. Take the following monthly wages, again from Ifcis oflieial report, and e how three utoascs of skilled lalmr have fared an 4h detireciated currency similar to Iwwt which Mr. Bryan ask this conn tfy to accept. Wage of masons, ear- ' mis and bricklayers:' I'M I. , $S.1 as . 1W. ' I. TOT 13.14 2 8.71 II. 'W 11.84 4.M 5.BS .......... .. a. .., II. IB ..... ...i.. Ml "T'W hUMwr item to hare fired ' S ' ml . uwh wruvi rm nmuo -:r 1 1 4ir hhorera, aod advaociu aricea 1 aMrioMry wage are griadhy nil i i w upawr aao tower Hf By hrtwt wptrimn I f t.tt rate of warn aeid a ten t Jim m Mia ia vraotkaCr ) r m Jm Vwt .Ortf4a jwnra ,- t.JU Co Mt of errTtio tha laborer ha to eat ha greatly increased. "This i one. of the beautiea of a depre ciated silver currency watch the white metal advocate fail to point out to our waaswofiw-f when they aek them to vote for ailver, yet they are results that will invariably follow any ajiareciation of the currency, whether in InoU or the United State. "If the voter of this country could be made to understand the poverty, squalor and suffering which i calmly accepted in India a a necessary part of exist ence, and see that these condition grow worse as their money become more and more worthless, the possibility of any sil ver vote amung workitigmeu,-or among any class ontside of those directly in terested in silver, would be remote in deed." , THE PSICK OF WHEAT. IU DecliM I Dm to the Iatr4 actios of 1. Wor-Mavi Kg MaehlMa. The advocate of the free coinage of ilver have made many disciple in the Wet because they have told the farmer that the demonetization of silver was the cause of the fall in the price of wheat, and tbey have said that if silver were restored to its rightful place in our monetary system the price of wheat would rise to (1 a bushel or thereabouts. The prevalence of a belief in this argu ment ia a curious illustration of the will ingness of men to accept theories w hich promise to them what they want even when they have the proof of the fallacy of those theories at their doors. All the Western farmer ha to do if he wants to learn why the price of wheat has fallen is to go into his barns and look at his reaping and threshing mschines. It is not many years sim-e the first reaper vii put on the market. It would do the work of several men and it reduced the cost to the farmer of raising his crop of wheat. Then the reaper and binder was invented ind soon came the combi nation reaper, hinder and thp-sher. which still further reduces the cost of raising his product. In 1888 wheat could tw produced on the big Dakota farms for 18 cents a bushel. There is a para graph going the rounds of the newspa pers this summer describing a combina tion harvester and thresher that has recently been shipped to a farm at Ya kima, Wash., to be used in harvesting a big crop of wheat. The machine will cut a swath twenty feet wide, will thresh the grain and put it in sacks ready for the marVet as it moves over the field. A the labor cost of a product fixes its prii it was inevitable that the price of wheat should fall when labor saving machinery was used in its cultivation. The West ern farmers have welcomed every inven tion that reduced their labor. They have lint been backward in buying the reaers and binders aud threshing machines. They have ussl steam engines for pow r and have burned the straw for fuel to make the steam, utilizing every particle of the product; but they have forgotten that all these tilings have forced the priiv of their product down. They seek a remedy now in tlie free coinage of sil ver, which they are told would double the price of their crop in dollars, but which would certainly cut the value of every dollar in two and leave them in a worse position than that in which they find themselves today. They are just as mistaken as the sawjers of England who burned the first sawmill run by water power that was set up and hanged the proprietor. These men did not seek a de tmsement of the enrrency. Tbey object ed to the introduction of labor savmg ma chinery because they did not know that it would ultimately increase their wages and improve their condition. The West erners have accepted the labor saving ma chinery which has been the making of that region and they want to keep their products at the price that prevailed before the introduction of the reapers. Brook lyn Eagle. THE WONUtHrT'L HKTAX. "Who Is this Mister Bryan. p. That some folks call him grest?" "Hp thinks," the father made reply, "That he's a candidate." "And does he look like other folks. And does he drink snd eat?" "His looks and acts ire common, and He walks upon his feet." "He has no wings, then, hss be, pa, To cleave the ambient air!" "He has no wings, my son, but he Has wheels beneath bis hair." "And can yon hear them rnmhle. pa. The wheels of which you spesk?" 'They do not rmnhle much, my son, They are the klad that squeak." "And did yon see and hear him, pa This wonder from the West?" "That I did both, my weary look, I fancy, will attest." "Then tell me of the silvery soug This warbler tins lo sing." "He simply saved his arms and yawped, liut didn't say a tblng." Cleveland Leader. Who the ' Toilers" Are. Who does Candidate Bryan mean by the "toiling q asses." in whose be half he presume to spenk?. 'Does he moan that only t.llers of the soil (cine under that head Doe he mean that, the 5."i00,U0O periiins engaged in mana factnring. njiniiii and mechanical in dustries are not toiler? Does he mean that the 3..'MNfl ierons eng-i-ied in trade and transpiration do not belong to that class? Doe he mean that the Its'l.O's') teachers in schools and fpi versities. the HO.tiOO ministers of the gospel, the 120,0s) physicians and sur geons and the mu titude of other per sons engaged in professional service in the United States sre not toilers? L.jcs he mean that the 4..'S.(SSI men sod women engaged ia domestic and per sonal services are "plutocrats" and drones? Such is apparently the drift and intent of his issertion. It is time that such demagogic twad dle was dropped. The "toiling m:MsW consist of the great bulk of the Ameri can people. The ntunber who are tot toilers are, as scarce comparatively as common sense in tne ranks of Populism. New York Cotaoiircial Advertiser. BY ilU(H). I'm a Popocratlc candidate On a Jingo, bun,, buncombe plnn. From the coast of Maine to ttie Golden Gate, There's scarcely such another man. I'm the brand-new freak wish the limber Ani I travel all ibe land shout. With a gold-bug psiidy stuffed with straw. And you ought to see me punch bis snuut. I belt him here and I licit him there. Till the sound Is bonw across Hie sea. And Queen Victoria tears ber hair Till she's just as bold as bald can he; And the English syndicates all quail, v As I beat the unicorn about; And the Hon squats upon his tall for fear I'll come aud twist It out. From Msard Point to the Baltic shores All KuroDe soon will stand sghast. When they find the lords of the sliver ore Hsve got a cincn on rne minis it last. Then we'll bnlld a great financial wall As high as the Unlit of.llarnegat. And we'll close the door against them ill Except a bole for the free-trade cat. And whit care we though our gold be made To tike It mgnt scrims ins sesar We will just repeal the Isws of trade And ran our msrkets is we nleise. Then the silver cranks shall about thereat. wita tne ton oi i. nin ana Jipin; "Btf laiuu. thit, from the bounding Plitte. And nine bee koosli Melllcan maa." Memo, lu laeliiopolli Journal. H Qowtaa Um JMM. It ia erktent that JBMktal qOotatioa la not OaaawaM Bryaa'a iferte A; few mrt a)a hw , 9?mm W k tU Wi5.o. wWaka. lis 1 I w won pointed out to him anal it waa ex pected that ia the future he woahi earn fully verify hia excerpt from the faad book before uttering them. But he has gone on from blunder to blunder. Hia latest misquotation placed Demetriw in a false light. Kvery Sunday icwihiI scholar is aware that it waa not Dcmc trina who made the famous eaclama tioq: "Great ia Diana of the Ephe sians.' but the workmen whom be called together. Of course, owing to circum stance not under hi control, Demrtriu is unable to come out in a card and act Mr. Bryan right. They used to tell a story of "Prince" John Van Bnren which may interest Bryan. John also waa a little shaky when it came to quotations. On. in the course of an addres to a Sunday school, John undertook to tell the children the story of Jacob and Esau. In the middle of bis narrative the man who sat behind him on the platform polled his coat-tail and whispered: "Be careful, John; you are getting the hair on the wrong man." Rochester Post and Express. CAUSE OF HARD TIMES. Foreigner Withdrawing Mosey la Foot of Free Coloa aot Populism. Financiers tell us that the vault of Eurojie are full of idle money and that foreigners, who bare more clearly per ceived the dangers of free coinage than our own people, hive been withdrawing money frim this country for years. The older civilizations of the world do not offer favorable opportunities of invest ment and until our people show a prom ise of honesty this gold will continue to be boarded in Eurogs-an banks and safe ty dcjiosit vaults. Those who are attributing the hard times to the present monetary system of the I'nited State have only theory upon which to base their arguments. The country never enjoyed I more pros- isrous era than during the four year of larrison's administration under the same sound money standard. In fact, all through the '8(s times were generally gixid. The election of a man pledged to destroy the protective feature of our revenue system and the presence of an overwhelming majority of "revenue men only" in Imth houses of Congress, mak ing certain the repeal of the McKinley tariff bill, first excited distrust and in security among Cie manufacturers and capitalists of the country. Nothing is so timid as a million dollars except two millions, is common phrase cmlsidying a great truth. The want of confidence itfvomiiig general cnpital became scarce. Foreign investors withdrew their funds. Credit was hard to get. Failures fol lowed ami down the tolwiggan slide we went until the people were eager and reaily to accept any theory, no matter how hair-brained or visionary, as a so lution of the impending difficulties. Then it was that those malcontents found their seed sown on fruitful soil. Tillman in South Carolina. A It geld in Illinois and Bryan Is'jond the Mississije pi exercised their baleful influence to excite clnss against clnsa, the employe against the employer, the West against the East. They have been instrumental in breeding discontent, in causing strikes and creating a condition of affairs that must ultimately lead to anarchy. When the Chicago rioters stopped the govern ment mails, stoned trains and attacked those who did not sympathize with them in their lawless actions, a leader of this movement and the governor of a great state denounced the federal government for interfering with their destructive de signs. It is such men as Altgeld who have done more to prevent the return of pros perity than anything else. The people must crush out now and forever the ele pielit of society represented by the candi date of Populism. It will . not do to merely defeat them. They must be over whelmed. Then and not until then will the dawn of prosperity reappear. Then as the silver lunacy fades from the pub lic view and general confidence returns, our markets will again fall under the control of nntiir.il developments and the gold now stored up in the vaults of Europe will return to America to be in vested in our various enterprises, creat ing a hew demand for labor and all in dustrious people will prosper. Elmira (N. Y.) Advertiser. Want More of This? The election of the Bryan ticket would mean four years more of the industry wrecking. hilHir-robbiug, business-killing Wilson-Gorman tariff. It would mean fonr years more of imjioverished rev enues and increasing deficits. It would mean four years more of what we have had during the past three years. Have not the people had enough of this kind of experieiii-e? How is it with the farmers? Whnt is the Wilson-Oar-man law doing for them? Let us briefly cite; It knocks the farmers" wool market out with free trmle club. It knocks off 20 cents per bushel on every bushel of onions he sells. If knocks iff 2 cents per pound on his butter. It knocks off 2 cents a pound on bis cheese. It knocks off ? cents a pound on hie hams and bacon, It knocks off 18 cents on every bushel of his barley. It knocks off 10 cents on every bush el of his apples. It knocks off 3 cents on every dozen of his eggs. It knocks off f0 cetits on every one of his sheep. ' It knocks off 8 cetits on every bushc) of his oats. It knocks off 9 cents on every b'ish el of his wheat. It knocks off 10 cents on every gallon of his honey. It knock off t'-i per bead on his cat tle and $15 r'r head on his horses. It knocks off 10 cent on every bnshe! of his potatoes. It knocks off 7 cents on every pound of his hops, aud 5 cent on every bushel of his corn. It knocks off 'Z on every ton of bis hay. It docs more knocking off than this, bnt this is enough to show that it is time for the farmers, as well a the re resentatives of all other American industries to go to the polls and knock out the party that proposes to continue in force the Wilsoii-Gorman tariff law. The knocking off figures here given show the difference in the duties on inv orts under the Republican protec tive tariff and the present non-protective tariff. They show thnf the farmer is hard hit h$ the Wilson-Gorman law, and that is what ails him today. The sooner we get back to protection the sooner will all American industries revive and prosperity be restored. Plenty of Gold. There is no scarcity of gold. In the forty-five years from 1851 to 18MJ the totnl production of gold has been $5, 870.382.2r:), which 1 nearly twice the totnl production of the world in the 368 vear before in ltwr the nroduc tion of gold w 1205,00(1,000, and for 1WXI It Is estimated by the di reel or of the mint at 9220,000,000. This produc tion la fa in exceaa of what the mine of 'California and Australia turned out at the time of their greatest productive- The rtrodoetlou of ailver bn creatlr Increased ince I860. The trouble with silver, aa aseney for general transaction. ia that no coin can be made of It larger thafl fl. A maa caa carry fiooo of fM la Mi pocket aa eaatty aa be eaa aniay pO of aUrer, LsMsiarilie Com' GOWNS AND GOWNING WOMEN OtVt 'MUCH ATTENTION TO WHAT THEY WEAR. rUf Olaacea'nt Vaatcfen Foauialask, rriTelowo, Mayhap, nasi Tot Owere ia Use Hope that the Komotaa Pro To B antral to Wsnrto4 Womankind. Ooooia froOa Onr Ootnaaa. Mew York correspondence: L'CIl that la orna mental about fall dresaea will be of ribbon, and ao novel device for laying on such trimming are at a premium. But the recently popular ribbon collar are to be retained, and ilnce they are to be very like thoae that we have been wear ing, a change In the weave and color of the rib bons used la no ticeable. Women wtiowe desire for con stant change 1 so great a to make them uureconclled to this, may turn tbelr collars around till the bow Is un der the chin. That bow make the en tire circle of the neck about once In ten years. First It was right In front, then under one ear, next at the back, tben under the other ear, and now It may be In front again, only tbls time we have kipped one ear in the circuit. The bow under the chin ii not a generally becoming as Is the smooth collar and the bow In the back, but the coming fancy will tie It In loops that extend prettily to either side of the chin. Even this framing of the race will fail to please a great many, and these may put the bow at the back and be entirely correct The favored colors are at first rather a startling lot Mirror velvet appears FASHIONABLY nKHIHUOSg P. In all aorta of beautiful solid shades, which hare a bloom upon them that softens what, at ft rut view, seems to ba a shade of almost primary vividness. Coral red, emerald green, brilliant pur ple, blight chamois yellow, startling blue white. Ivory, corn color, amber, cream and all the shades of yellow, save only the band) butter color that we learned to dislike sen son before last are among the new solid shades. A black aud white check ribbon with a wide satin or velvet edge of some one of these already named brilliant shades Is one of the novelty effects. Dresden coloring-! and dvslgua wtll be a drug on the market. They will, of course, be away down lu price, liecnuse: fickle Dame Fashion h:is turned up her pretty little nose at the very thing she could not seem to get enough of a little while ago. But.dtvsdeu rlldxiu will make a dainty finish to petticoats, will finish off a liftle negligee jacket, will serve as inside ruftlu to a house dross, and will be Just the thing for tunny pur K)ses where silk Is serviceable nnd dressy and where the very latest color tug and effect Is not Imperative. So take advantage of the low prices and sele"t. To-day's first two pictures present at tractive methods of using ribbon th.it advertises Itself as Lew and up-to-date. In the first example the ribbon. Is em erald gfNjn satin, and the skirt's seam and hem are piped wllb It. A puffing of wider 'rlblwn lu the same shade trims A OAWIloaOCOH SDOOBITIOa. the jack la front and back, and big bawa araaauant Um ribbon collar. Wbaa tlw bow ia worn baoaath tha chin, tt to ka oaa daabia loom, Bfcaral tailto to tba fabric trtaa- Two gm ttoaia ajv pat oa JiaoHsr yaat abora tks rsaaT. aasj allk cwS isMnC. from taw wrhM to wail atoor the olbow. Baahea have bar iweocntaod for arr eral most tha by tbo woO-laformod, ani will be generally warn this winter. In tbo second Ulaatratioa tha saih was white satin ribbon, and tha collar and bow upon the sleeve war of -the same. Then gathered ribbon showed between the puffs of tbo ahtrred yoke. The material her waa figured cballie, and below the shirred yoke of the good waa a richly embroidered girdle-like portion. Bell epaulettea of pleated chiffon topped the fitted ateerea. An indication that aaahea will soon have a rush of . favor Ilea In the fact that so many made ones are offered. These consist of sash bow made and attached to a folded sash belt Borne very heavy and rich brocade weave saabes will be SHOri.PEBS MASKED BY ri.RATED CAPS. tied. The great ditllculty in tying a sash Is that heavy rlblwu drags so at the knot that there Is a sagging whore the tie Is made, and Just now spicK and pan exactness Is the rule. The new lace trimmings, too, are very attractive. If they do not abound In as striking effects as those of ribbon. One Is shown In the third picture that is par ticularly pretty. It consists of draitery and epaulettes, with wrist ruffles to match, and Is put upon a dress of black surah. A draped vent of old rose silk covered with uioussellne de sole is In cluded In the Jacket bodice, whose fronts and basque are finished with bias folds. Taste buttons bold tli-e wired collar together, a rosette of black satin ribbon Is put at each side an-1 puflings of the same show on the sleeves. Thi hat la Indicative of a change In millinery styles that Is tak ing us back to genuine Gainsborough effect This means wide, graceful brims, crowns low or high as yon choose, and for trimming a sweep of graceful plumes, or one heavy spray of blossoms, or a handsome knot of rib bon. Imagine one of the girls whom you have always thought a little slow and positively homely, not a bit of turn to her rather thin black hair, feature long, high forehead, aud eyes "nothing In particular," mouth "old" that Is, the lips thin and the curve down at the corners, the chin rather long and tlilu. Well, this Is the girl who will cut you out entirely for beauty this season If AGATX THE KPACI.KTTES WIPKX. slie Is half as sensible as homely girls usually are. Though sleeves that are tight from waist to elbow are worn, they are not entirely iir sight, for the upper portluu of the arm should he masked. The method of doing this that Is shown by the final two pictures Is a popular aud attractive one. Iu the first dress It con slsts of triple epaulettes of accordion pleated shot taffeta; In the other, tha epaulettes are green silk, belt and col lar matching. It-jtli are suitable for afternoon reception wear, but the sec ond can be worn longer than the other, so economy Is lu Its favor, A gray green woolen suiting was the fabric of the first, the skirt being plain and the bodice having a bnck of suiting. The front Is whllo silk covered with shirred and puffed white chiffon, and the boned corselet belt Is entirely of shirred chiffon with points at the top and bottom. The bolero Is pink and green shot taffeta, la entirely covered with rich lace and la edged with che nille marabout Wood brown suiting glvea the skirt of the other costume, and IU bodice la red -nu green shot allk. A red chiffon Teat and an em broidered chiffon Jabot ara tba remain ing trimmings. OopriaUt, law, , Tha Dnlvsraltf praaa at Oxford baa aapllaaeaa for artattaa 1M diCaraai OTPEIUNCE TALKS. THEJtUHj TWAmO HOULD BE DaafaTnnt . Alwaya Xarfc- la tba . Flowtaa atowt-Xaw srltM aasl J .IagaaaHal.Paa nUvoBoen Draawaa Down a th Dosnon Brink. - ' Na-Whiakj Ado Go. Tha edltar of the Murray (Ky ) Led ger makes this public announcement of his conversion: "All contract for whisky advert laed in the Ledger have expired, and from thla date no whleky advertisement hall appear in these columns at any price. If the saloon people wleh to ex patiate on the merits (7) of any pecu liar brand of ther damnation, they can look elsewhere for a medium through which to extol Its virtue. The Ledger makes no claim to eanctlneatkm, but when a saloonkeeper tells us that a six-dollar ad. In the Ledger has sold for him tl,200 worth of whisky, It makes us feel that we have been In a small measure responsible for the damage done,' and we promise to 'sin no' more.' " Another paper says: "Our opinion of Kentucky editors continues to Improve. The example of the editor of the Hustler of Jackson might well be followed by the proprie tors and managers of many city and country papers making loud claims as respectable, moral organs, and yet who regularly advertise the products of the brewery and distillery for money." The Hustler, upon receipt of a propo sition to print the advertisement of a large liquor firm, replledltbnt the ad. would go in free of charge If the edi tor were allowed to write It himself. He submitted the following: "Hell aud damnation put up In bot tles from a quart up to a. barrel, sent to any address on receipt of price. Our stuff Is the best, at least tne devil says so, and he knows. It will make a man steal from the blind, wreck his home, lie, cheat, burn; In a word, if there U anything mean It can't make him do, Just name It" His kind offer has not been accepted. American Issue. Pon't Give Brandy. The moral effect of early acquaint ance with .scientific truth Is Illustrated by a little story .which the Ilev. Dr. Plumb tells in the Boston Transcript: A millionaire bre.wer, a Senator In an other Htute, said to Mrs. Hunt: "I shall vote for your "bill; I have sold out my brewery, and am clean from the whole business. Let me tell yon what occurred at my tablev-' A guest was taken dangerously 111 at dinner Insensible and there was a call for brandy to restore him. My little boy af once exclaimed, 'No, that Is Just what he doesn't need! It will paralyse the nerves and muscles of the blood-vessels so they will not send back the blood to . the heart.' "When the liquor was poured out b give the man, the lad Insisted on push ing it back. " 'You will kill him; he baa too much blood In his head already.' "How did you know all that?" hia father afterward asked. " 'Why, It Is in my physiology af school.' " It seems the tcxt-liooks, preiared by such men as Trof. Newell Martin, F. R. 8., of Johns Hopkins University, had succeeded In giving the lad some def inite information which was proving useful. "Senator," said Mrs. Hunt, "are yon sorry your lioy learned thaf at school?" "Madam," the map replied, raising hia hnnd, "I would not take five thou sand dollars for the assurance this gives me that my lioy will never be a drunkard." A Sharp Hejolniter. Some years ago Rev. E. Kluuipu, now . of Elm, Wnyue County, Mich., whlUt seated Iu a village store, accosted a saloonkeeper with the remark: "Come over to tue church to-night and hear me lecture on temperance." The reply was: "I won't;' you said whisky sellers were robbers." "I didn't," replied Mr. Kluuipu. "What did you say?" "I said you were worse than a rw ber. I said you took my Innocent boy, and sent me home a maudlin fool. I said you took an Intelligent man, and scut a lunatic to the asylum. I said you took a respected citizen, and sent a criminal to prison. I said you took a kind father, and sent a Ueud to throw his family Into the street. I said you took a loving husband, and sent a de mon to kick bis wife. I said, you took the Immortal soul, and sent It to. hell. 1 said you were worse than a robber." Sharp and yet terribly true.;", Union ftlutial Notes. I-ondon consumes yearly 45,000,000 gallons of malt liquor, 8,000,000 gallon of wine, and 4,500,000 gallons of spirits: News-of the drought In Khama'a coun try, Bechuamtland, tells of groat lose of cattle and suffering among the people of the brave Christian temperance chief. Gifts of money for neccesarlee are being sent from England. The synod of the Dutch Reformed Church In Johannesburg has entered Into a cruaade for total prohibition of the sale of Intoxicants to -natives.' In one mine alone no leas than twenty per cent of the native are dally Incapaci tated for work throogb Intoxication. The Synod of the United Presbyterian Church of Scotland . baa condemned and protested against the cultivation and aale of opium In India (exoept for medicinal purposes) and Its export to China. It racomvanda ministers to In t oral and ffde their Meats with raf- tmaa ta ayeatVO f taw trafie. i. x -
