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lung Chulalongkorn must not take
ffense If the American paragraphers
cut off that "longkorn" and call hiin
"Chula."
The Greeks call their Dative country
"Hellas." If they keep on in their pres
ent course they won't need that last
ayllable much longer.
The doctors say that there Is no such
thing as appendicitis; but don't wor
ry, they'll find something else equally
as good for carving purposes.
The Minneapolis Tribune tells of
reporter who was held up by footpads
and robbed of $30. But It doesn't say
whom the reporter had held up.
Two French noblemen have agreed to
run a race to decide which is to have
a certain American heiress in Paris.
Making a dash for her dot, as it were.
Two thousand pretty, rosy-cheeked
Irish lassies have arrived at Kills Isl
and, and the entire New York police
force Is now on dress parade all the
time.
A California Japanese poet says ne
Bees '"maiden goddesses love-chatter
ing in the clouds." This seems to be the
latest revised form of that air ship
story.
Since that variety actress secure J a
$10,000 verdict for being shut up in a
folding bid in a Chicago hotel it is prac
tically impossible to get theatrical
folks to use any other kind of beds.
A Chicago alderman was held up and
robbed the other day, and the judge
had a hard time in compelling the jury
to find the thief guilty. They wanted
to bring in a verdict of "retributive
Justice."
A contemporary in Sparta, Tenn.,
aays: "We have heard it rumored that
there may be a wedding in this town
some time this summer." We shall
await later details with the most pleas
urable anticipations.
i One maple tree in Vermont some
limes yields twenty-four gallons of sap,
or six pounds of sugar. . New maple
pyrup in that State sells for $1 a gal
lon. It may be judged from the fact
that not much of it gets scattered over
the country.
A postmistress over In Ohio has lost
her government position by getting
married. This Is very illogical on the
part of the government; the young
Woman couldn't possibly have better
demonstrated her ability to manage
the males.
Anybody can be photographed as an
angel in these times. It is only neces
sary to lie down on a slanted piece of
plate glass with a sky painted be
neath, and then gauze and light draper
ies do the rest. But the artist will not
warrant the expression.
A theatrical paper announces that
"Miss Katie Partington, who has play
ed Topsy in 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' for
the last thirty-five years, has aban
doned the part because she has grown
too large to sustain it with ease." Too
large, mark you, not too old; they never
do that
Manchester and Liverpool, which are
only an hour apart by rail, are fighting
a great commercial duel. Manchester
has spent an enormous sum .to con
struct a ship canal to divert the trade of
Liverpool, and the latter city has put
$45,000,000 into a new system of docks.
' It looks wasteful, but rival neighboring
cities are not apt to agree until the
question of superiority is settled.
A learned professor who has been
lecturing on American music says that
an ordinary voice cannot give "The
Star-Spangled Banner," while "Yankee
Doodle," our only revolutionary gong,
should have perished with the others.
Besides, it was palmed off on us by a
British army surgeon. What a mis
take that surgeon must have made, in
the opinions of Burgoyne, Cornwallis
and Pakeubam!
St Louis Potrt-Dlpatch: Within the
past week two men engaged in con
tents under the Marquis of Queens
berry roles have died from the effects
W blows received. One was the heart
Ww and the other the chin blow. It
la Mme to ask bow long such exhibl
ttene are to be suffered to continue.
Tbey are not only brutal, but they have
been shown to be homicidal In many
eases. Public opinion should not stop
hot of demanding tie complete sup
pression of these barbarous public exhibitions.
Further theodolite measurement of
the flight of wild birds at a meteorol
ogical station near Boston Indicates
that wild geese make about forty-four
miles an hour, aud wild ducks forty
Clint miles, and that this, average
bright at which they travel Is from
1,000 to 1.300 feet. A higher speed has
been Inferred, from the fact that wild
birds striking a house often drive their
tCU down their own throats, but In
Utf am their Telocity can hardly he
Mft than a mfh minute.
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of tlM moat 4a te reefing auto-.-'
f-10r working within the limits of
' ' J Ctetea are those used by the
y Trrrrt- ;Wtttag . Md tying
1 C'.S Ci3 teMtJca. Tbeae
JO CZl la CotTHKTtlCitf.
and the two are capable of counting
Ave hundred thousand cards in ten
hours and wrapping and tying the same
In packages of twenty-five each. In
this operation the paper Is pulled off a
drum by two long "fingers" which come
up from Ih'Iow. aud another finger dips
into a vat of mucilage and applies itself
to the wrapping paper In exactly the
right spot. Other parts of the machine
twine the paper around the puck of
cards, aud then a "thumb" presses over
the spot where the mucilage Is, and the
package Is thrown upon a carry belt
ready for delivery.
Several more or less dangerous arti
cles of chemical manufacture are be
coming so largely employed for a va
riety of useful purposes now that some
restrictions as to their sale, convey
ance, and storage are imperative. Thou
sands of gallons of "liquid" carbonic
acid gas in steel cylinders under high
compression may now be seen every
day being conveyed in carts from place
to place, and similarly other gases are
stored under pressure In "tubes," as,
for example, oxygen, hydrogen, nitrous
oxide, aud so on, all of which may ex
pose the public to danger. Solid bricks
of metallic sodium, again (kept under
naphtha, of course), are every day car
ried from port to port as part of a
ship's cargo, and very serious acci
dents have occasionally arisen from
the intermixture of various chemicals
on board ship by the damaging effect
of a rough passage upon the packages.
Still another chemical substauce of
comparatively recent discovery is car
bide of calcium, which on simply be
coming moist gives off the exceedingly
inflammable gas, acetylene, which,
with air, forms an explosive mixture.
While American photographers have
been denying the possibility of photo
graphing in colors some French artists
and scientists have actually produced
with the camera pictures conveying
the colors of the original subject, and
this, too, in no crude manner, but with
the utmost fidelity to nature. Samples
of this work are now on exhibition In
New York and are pronounced genuine
and remarkable by the experts in the
science. The inventor is Villedieu
Chassague of I'aris, who has develop-,
ed a process originally suggested by Dr.
Adrian Dansac aud revealed for the
first time last winter. He uses a plate
which has been submitted to certain
treatment, after which the exposure
and development are accomplished in
the same way that they are when an
ordinary photograph Is made. Tl; pic
tures may be made either on glass or
paper. The only secret is he composi
tion of the chemicals used. This the
property of the inventor, but. of course,
as he intends to put the composition on
the market it will not be Ion Vfore
the pictures will be made wherever
photography exists. If the process Is
really perfected the climax of photo
graphic art must have been reached,
unless, Indeed, some future Edison will
combine with what has already been
done the reproduction of sound.
The flood situation in the South has
revived the old discussion as to the rela
tive advantages of the levee and the
outlet systems. The advocates of the
latter maintain, with a good show of
reason, that to attempt to wall up a
mighty river like the Mississippi will
entail endless struggles and expense
and can never afford altsolute security.
A correspondent of the St. Louis Globe
Democrat, after a careful survey of the
situation all along the river from Cairo
to Vicksburg, gives It as his opinion
and the general opinion of steamboat
men and planters, that "the levees must
go." This is easily enough said, but It
is not so easy to indicate'a plan which
at the same time will carry on the flood
waters and prevent the annual inunda
tion of thoiio..i:;ls of acres of tli:- richest
land in the world. The outlet system
seems to be simple enough In the ab
stract, but when its advocates attempt
to show just how they will care for the
flood waters and at the same time not
extend the ravages of the floods over
even vaster areas than at present
through the crevasses, they have hith
erto failed. In the meantime still an
other serious danger confronts the peo
ple of the river towns, especially of
Vicksburg. At the relief camp and In
the city there are now between 8.000
and 10,000 refugees from the flooded
districts of Mississippi and Louisiana,
and these flood victims are crowded to
gether in conditions that invite and
breed disease. After the floods subside
famine and pestilence may follow Id
their train and the last condition be
worse than the first.
Sea Water for London.
A bill has been prepared to lay be
fore Parliament and estimates made
for the work necessary to bring sea
water to London for use. In public and
private baths and for road watering
and sewer flushing should the authori
ties deem It best to make such use ot
it.
' The company to undertake the wort
is arranging to supply ten million g
Ions dally, taking the water from the
ocean at a point near Brighton, about
fifty miles almost: directly south af
London. The Intake pipe would rue
some distance out to sea, and near the
pumping station would be a reservoir
to serve as a settling tank, from which
the water would be pumped to a near
by reservoir on a hill five hundred feet
high. Xo more pumping would then be
necessary, the water flowing thence by
gravity to London, but there would
also be a storage reservoir at Epsom,
two hundred and forty feet above the
sea level, and water flowing from
there to London would have sufficient
pressure to carry It to the top stories of
high buildings.
The blggrst fool trick possible Is de
manding that the world be better than'
It waa ever intended It should be, to
Zrt ft reputation of h r good.
BLUE AM) THE GRAY
BRAVE MEN WHO MET ON
FIELD OF BATTLE.
THE
Thrilling Storiea of the Rehellion
Old Soldier and Sailor Belate Kemi
niacencee of Life in Camp and on
the Field-Incident of the War.
Letters n War Time.
: During the civil war the government
! expended infinite pains in forwarding
mall to the troops in the field, says an
old army man. We talk now of the
wonders of our post office organization,
but perfect as the system is it is not
more per .let than was the system
which carried thousands of letters un
erringly to the million or more of men
In distant camps In a hostile country,
even to the line of battle formed for at
tack. There was carelessness in direc
tion then as there Is now, but the ex
perts traced out the man whose name
was misspelled and whose regiment
was contused with some other and
whose company was not given, null!
finally the letter reached the right man
The custom then was for a letter to
.be addrcbsed to the company, regiment,
brigade and division of the army la
whieh the soldier was supposed to be.
Mail fur a certain division went to ih;
headquarters, was distributed to the
brigades and regiments, and by the
regimental headquarters to the com
panies, and by the company officers to
the men. It sometimes happened that
a letter in case of army reorganization
was addressed to the Fourth Division
, when it should have gone to the Third;
1 went to the Fourth Corps when it
should have gone to the Fourteenth,
but If the number of the regiment was
correctly given It reached its destina
tion. The government provided that
all letters from the soldiers should be
forwarded without postage if they bore
the frank of the adjutant or colonel.
This was a great convenience to the
men, because It was almost impossible
for them to seeing or carry postage
stamps. Packages of juijiers sent to
the boys were more conscientiously de
, livered than they are in these times.
In fact, the istal system of the army
was a wonderful thing. I rememlier
losing but one letter, and that was on
a train captured by John Morgan.
The pathetic side of the letter busi
ness came when the warm messages of
affection and love from sweethearts,
sisters and mothers came to the men
who had been shot or family wounded,
or who were raving with fever in the
hospital. The most trying duty of com
pany or regimental officers was the
handling of such correspondence. It
required tact, sympathy, and under
j standing of human nature, atid n heart
. full of consideration and tenderness.
I Occasionally there would come to a
man dead a letter full of reproaches
and petty complaints, written by a
woman whose nerves were on the edge
j and who complained to her absent hus-
band through force of habit. The plain,
blunt, misspelled words aud misshapen
letters seemed In such cases instruments
of torture stopped by the dead heart.
In one case of this kind the captain
wrote simply a formal statement of the
soldier's death, assuming that a woman
who could write so mauy petulant
things could have little sentiment or
warm feeling. He was surprised to re
ceive in reply a most touching letter
asking for all details and particulars
and explaining how precious was the
memory of everything connected with
the dead soldier. This letter revealed
the real woman, aud when we returned
we round in her home so many relics of
the men of the company ami such hero
worship of the huslmml who had died
in Imttle that recollection of the petu
lant, complaining letter went out of
mind.
There were many men in thf service
who could neither read nor write. We
had half a dozen meu of this kind In
our company, and It fell to my lot to
conduct the corrcsondence of some of
them. They were fine-looking, brave
fellows, and for several months not
many knew that they could not read
nor write. They affected a knowledge
they did not have. One day a burly
young fellow sidled up- to me In a bash
ful, confiding sort of way, and Inquired
If I could read all kinds of writing. I
supposed that he wanted to know If I
could read German or French, nnd I
explained that I could only re'ad En
glish, and he explained that he only
wanted me to read English written by
an Irish girl. Thereupon he pulled out
of an inner pocket six letters unopened,
which he had received from his daugh
ter. Taking up the letters In order I
read the most remarkabl chapters In
a young life that ever cane wltbln the
line of one mar's observation. This
girl was in the poorliouse. She began
by telling how comfortably she was
situated. In the next letter she admit
ted that she was not comfortable, but
If her father could send her a very lit
tle money she would not be miserable.
In the next letter she told of persecu
tion and trouble. In the next, which
came from another posiofflce, she told
the story of her running away from the
infirmary and of her seeking a home
among strangers. The letters were
girl's letters, but they told the story,
and the stout, strong fellow before me
cowered like he had been struck. With
the pitiful appeal in the last letter be
broke down.
The thought that he' badcarned
these letters all the tlijti'ishowlug
them because of a fnre pride, and
luniun nun juine pniy
rtng his oars
to ine appeals or nil
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liter, as he
ire In the
world that loved him;Hit
he couid have helped V
bought that
ad not waa
a very bitter one. I
the corre-
spondence at that pol
flrst let-
ter evidently failed
the girl. . I
wrote another, and
and Onally
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ninnlcatloii was once op- red relief wm
ready. The father could not do too
much for the daughter, and all ti'.x eav.
lugs went to her. Through InH nf.
exerted by the officers of the company
she was placed in school, and after the
war Is-came one of the most Int1ueiiTl.il
women in her circle in a Southern -ity.
OucrrUlas Feared bw Mntea. '
'The worst fright I ever had was
caused by a drove of young mules."
said Frank Jumes, who was one of
Quantrell's most daring night riders.
"A detachment of Quantrell's com
mand was suddenly and unexpectedly
unhorsed in Western Kentucky almut
the middle of the war. I was one of
them. There were ten of us in the par
ty. We hustled around in lively fash
Ion for new horses, nnd could not af
ford to be very squeamish aliut the
style of the animal or the means em
ployed in acquiring them, for the ene
my was close upon us and pursuing us
hotly. Along toward night we came
upon a pasture filled with a motley ar
ray of horses and we helped ourselves
to them. In the buiicn was an old
mare with a big bell tied around her
neck, (if course, we knew that ibis
meant she was the leader of the drove
lint we pressed her into service, any
way, and away we struck down i
rocky brunch road. You don't know
what a ris ky branch road is unless you
have had to travel over one in Western
Kentucky. It is no road at all. but sim
lily a level bank along a branch, or
small creek, that flows through a val
ley between the high hills, which In
most any other country would le call
ed mountains.
"Well, we were going licklty-spllt
down this rocky branch road toward
our command. It was soon after dark
but It was as black away down In that
ravine as the innermost recesses of tin
infernal regions are supposed to be
Though we were riding fast and mak
ing a good deal of noise, we could hear
a tremendous commotion In our rear.
We haltiMl to determine the nature and
cause of it. The uproar sounded like a
cavalry charge, and we concluded that
a whole division of Federal cavalry
was pursuing us. we resumed our
course under whip and spur, nnd loud
er grew the noise in our rear. It sound
ed exactly as if the enemy was gaining
on us at every lap, and I suggested
that we shy off into the bushes and
wait for the Yanks to come up. Then
we could surprise and rout them. On
the mad rush came with a mighty clat
ter of hoofs on that rocky branch mad
As the uproar grew louder and inon
distinct, we knew the enemy was near
ing us and we threw ourselves Into line
of battle.
"Pretty soon we heard the clatter
just over the brow of a hill from our
ljsition and we cocked our guns, ready
to throw a broadside into the ourushing
Yanks as soon as they showed thein
selves on the hill s crest. In another
instant a black mass could be seen
sweeping over the knoll. Then we
thought probably it might be some of
our own men, nnd that before sending
our deadly fire Into the mass It would
lie Ix-st to find out what composed It.
We shouted 'Halt!' at the top of our
voices, but still the mass continued to
sweep toward us. Then we fired a vol
ley Into it. The flash of our guns made
a brilliant red streak in the inky black
ness, and through it we saw a, lot of
young mules. They had broken out of
the pasture when they discovered the
absence of the bell mare, and their in
stinct had guided them in our direction
in search of her.
"I have no idea how many of them
we killed, but I do know that I was
was mad enough when I got over my
fright to shoot them all down, and
would probably have done so if it had
not bccii for the fear that the cannon
ading we had already Indulged in had
aroused the enemy and put him onto
the direction we had taken." St. Louis
Republic
Meflde and III Men.
General Horace Porter relates the
following anecdote of General Meade
In his "Campaigning with Grant" in
the Century:
General Meade was a most accom
plished officer. lie had been thorough
ly educated in bis profession, and had
a complete knowledge of both the sci
ence nnd the art of war In all Its
branches. He was well read, ixjssessed
of n vast amount of Interesting Infor
mation, had cultivated his mind as a
linguist, and sjmke French with fluen
cy. When foreign officers visited the
front they were Invariably charmed by
their Interviews with the commander
of the Army of the Potomac. He was
a disciplinarian to the point of sever
ity, was entirely sulsmllnnte to his su
periors, ami no one was more prompt
than he to olwy orders to the letter. In
his Intercourse with his officers the
bluntness of the soldier was always
conspicuous, and he never took pains
to smooth any one's ruffled feelings.
There was an officer serving In the
Army of the Potomac who had former
ly been a surgeon. One day he appear
ed at Meade's headquarters In a high
state of indignation, and said: General,
as I was riding over here some of the
men In the adjoining camps shouted af
ter me and called me 'Old Pills,' aud I
would like to have it. Htopxd." Meade
Just at thot moment was not in the lest
possible frame of mind to be approach
ed with such a complaint. He seized
bold of the eye-glasses, conspicuously
large In size, which he always wore,
clapjs'd them astride of his nose with
both hands, glared through them at the
officer, and exclaimed: "Well, what of
that? How can I prevent It? Why, I
hear that, when 1 rode out the other
day, some of them called me a 'd d
old goggle-eyed mapping turtle, nnd
1 can't even si4p that!" The officer
had to content himself with this ex
plosive expression of a sympathetic
fellow-feeling, and to take bis chancta
Hereafter as to obnoxious epithets.
THE END IS NOT, YET.
' STEADY
FALL IN PRICES
SIX YEARS.
FOR
Pro pert ty Uaa Likewiae Declined
Time for the People to Study Up
Government Able to Do Ita Own
Banking: some Facta on Finance.
The Fall In Price.
The decline in the proserity of this
country has been coincident with the
decline In prices. In the latest Hrad
street's curreut report of prices this
fact Is proved by figures enabling us
to measure our disaster. The figures
cover movements of prices iu ninety
eight staple article. They are as fel
lows: October 1, lS'iO 114.171
January 1, 1SU1 101.741
I April 1, 1S!H 10."..:i04
July 1, IS!! 1I7.H.J.J
October 1, 1S!1 !I...O.)l
January 1. 1NU2 514.2.17
April 1. 1K'.U !C7iil
July 1, lS'.rj fslU.T.I
October 1, 1S!I1! KH.r.74
January 1. l!);j ' iXl.Tii"
April 1, is:i:i
July 1, 1SUH
Octoh:T 1, 1N!
January 1, 1S!4
April 1, ls!i4
July 1, 1S04
October 1, 1S!I4
January 1, 1S',)3
April 1, 1S!C
July 1, 1S!I."
Oetolier 1, lo.M
January 1. lsoo
April 1, ISilii
July 1, 1S!M!
October , ls:i
January 1, s!i7 ,
April 1, 1V.)7 . .. ,
May 1, 1S!)7
101.7IKI
S.-..2.H!!
hl.."!7
ho.:;m
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, 77.r:ii
77.."jiil
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77,:n i
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7i.KSIi
C.7.1MI
i7.1.S2
72.1S7
75." Ml
71.01
74.WI
The figures ccvera period of six and
a Hair years from October 1, to
-May 1, 1 S07. The highest index num
ber Is that of October 1, IS! Ml, being
114.171. From that point there was a
steady decline of two or three poln
every two or three months, until Jan
uary 1, lSIM. the low point of 1(0.71)
had been reached.
The next quotation following that Ir
of April 1, K!i:i, Cleveland had been
inaugurated March 4, preceding, and
with hlui bad come a Demoaath
House and Senate. The country', which
had voted for a departure from the
Itepublican financial tiollclos which
had forced low prices and their con
sequent industrial prostration, had
taken courage aud prices advanced
The figure representing prices at the
beginnlug of April. Wti, was 101.7JM1,
a gain of more than eleven po'nts above
the figures at the beginning of lhat
year, showing the effect of the popt
lar belief that a sweeping chang; of
tmliey was to come In with the new
administration.
How the country was disjippo'uted is
too recent history to need retelling
here. Before Cleveland had been in
office two months It was known that
his financial policy was that of the
Republicans, with the addition t ha' Ml
ver was to Is? still further degraded.
Carlisle lcgan redeeming all govern
ment obligations in gold. The silver
bullion In the treasury remained mi
coined. And Congress, under the lush
of patronage, gave no sign of effect v
resistance to the Wall street conspir
acy.
Then the reaction set In. lie! ween
April 1 and July 1. INItS, prices dropped
from 101.71H1 to nnd from there
the drop has been continuous, with
one or two exceptions, as unimportant
as they were transient, until the hrist
marketing, unit or .May l, ivji,
than a month ago. was 74.103.
And the bottom Is not yet reached.
The tendency Is still downward. Some
day a historian will write the record of
this crime In burning words. T'u.'l
then we have these figures to tell ih
history of the ruin of a people. Fa ru.
News.
Time to Study Up.
Who made this nation anyhow? Who
built Its homes, from Its lowest hut to
its grandest palace? Who made Its
settlements, from Its smallest village
to Its mightiest city? Who built Its
railroads that span with glittering
threads of steel this vast continent,
and interlock as with fraternal bands
the various States of this, the great
republic of all time? Who felled the
forest and turned the virgin sod? Who
drew from nature's storehouse and
transformed to meet the needs of men
U that furnishes necessities or com
forts, or supplies the luxurious de
mands of advancing civilization?
Did Idlers do It? Did bondholder
do It? Did speculators do It? Not
much. These are they who toil not,
neither do they spin. These are they
who gather where they have not
strewn, who reap where they have not
sown, who get while they do not pro
duce, who curse and burden those who
toll, aud bless them not. These are the
classes who, since history has chroni
cled the doings of men, have, In every
land and in every clime, enslaved tli-jsc
who fed and made them ell they are.
These are Ihey who have wrecked and
ruined the inlghtv empires and repub
lics of the imst whose bleaching hoiita
sucw the highways of human progress.
To-day nine-tenths of our people suf
fer In this land of bouiidliya resources,
bee-Mise Idle creed and sham moneyed
aristocracy Jealous of Its power, en
trenched liehlnd lows made by them
elvcs, have stolen from God's children
I heir birthright to natural opportune
ties. How long are the many to toll
like slaves while the few revel in lux
uries unearned? How long are those
who add nothing io advancing clvdlxn
tlor. to live like princes and on the pro
ceeds of your toll while you and your
families struggle In poverty?
It Is tltno for the common citizen to
tudy np. Idlers amass wealth by
only a few methods. One Is laud spec, i
ulatlon. One Is Interest taking. One
la by railroad or.-r.r.. Due la by tel-
cgraph ownership. One Is by tele
phone ownership. One Is by nrslng
waterworks. One in ty owning light
rlarts. One Is by owning street car
lines, fine is by owning gas werks.'
One Is by niouojKiIizl'is lines of busi
ness which should be.p' U to all.
N individual or cm juration should
do any of these things. Private Indi
viduals and corporations formerly
owned the mall system and taxed the
people what they pleased for carrying
mall. They also owned the public
road, and taxed every one who travel
ed. They owned the school system and
none could get an education except the
well to do.
Part of these systems have leeii
changed to the great a-lvantage of th
public. The rest must be changed bo
fore Justice will reign supreme. V e
must be entirely free from public
debts, and no individual or corpora
tion should have the jiower to tax the
people on the ncewKlties of civilization,
Educator, Ylneland, N. J.
Facta on Finance.
The only countries that have escaped
the financial embarrassments of the
past ten years and continued to Im
prove Industrially have been silver
standard countries, while the country
that has suffered more perhaps than
any other is gold standard Australia.
Australia had more gold per capita
than any other nation exceit France
and Itelgium, and practically no silver
or paper money, yet she experienced a
financial storm far more severe than
that which we passed through.
Practically all the banks In Australia
suspended, ami were enabled to resume
only by forcing the depositors to tnka
bunk stock for their deposits.
Hud such steps ls'en taken by the
United States the cry of repudiation
would have been sounded on everv
hand, but It has come to pass thot any
thing that an Englishman docs finan
cially is eminently proper, so we havo
heard nothing of Australian repud'a
tiou, yet we are deterred from bring
ing financial relief to the world by the
cry "repudiation." Iord Lidderdalo,
formerly governor of the P.ank of En
gland, is perhaps the most distinguish
ed banker London has known in thU
generation. This great financier, at a
banquet given at the Mansion House iu
London last year, used this langung?,
"If the American people had the cour
age of conviction and adopted the dou
ble standard of gold and silver no mir
ter what the ratio, they would, Insldj
of a year, command the trade of ihe
East India straits, Clii'ia and Japan.
Unless England should follow suit and
adopt n bimetallic standard, she would
Inside of eighteen months, cease to be
a commercial factor In the market of
the world." Yet it seems that nothing
can move the American people to as
sert that financial manhood.
Ownerahln an I Cantrol.
It is now regarded a fixed certainty
that the anti-pooling (Wlslou of the
Sherman ami-trust law Is to be evad
ed, says the Hurtl'orm Exasincr. None
of the roads has yet Ik-cii Influenced by
it, and one railroad man says that there
are several ways to get around the law.
This shows how much there is In the
principle of government "control" rath
er than government ownership. It will
help to show the people that In order
to have control we must have owner
ship. Nevertheless, there should be no
blame attached to the railroad mana
gers for ignoring the law If they can.
On the basis of our selected program
It's wrong. If the railroads belong to
the railroad companies, they ought to
be managed by those companies as the
comiuiies see fit, without the Interven
tion of those who do not own anything
in them. It ought to be one thing or
the other Individualism or jclttl!sm
for striving to work out an economic
problem with a combination of ludlvid
ualiwiie and socialistic factors can ikv
er lead to anything but confusion.
Government Amply Able.
The government Is amply able to do
Its own Ni ii king business without the
intervention of a corporation. If the
United States can afford to loan any-
body money nt one per cent., It ought to
loan to the people directly. This sys
tem of loaning money to the national
Ixanks to loan the same money to the
people at a rate varying from 12 to 24
per cent., Is without j turtle? or comtnon
hotiesty. Let the government es:al
llsli and oK-nite Its own banks and
cease this disreputable conspiracy
against the American peojJle.-Iudex
Medicine Iodge, Kan.
Fakirs Heady to Quit.
AH over the United States there Is a
growing determination that the banker
who re-eives money on deposit must
my it back, and as that Idea gains
strength, more bankers are getting
ready to quit. When you drive out the
fakirs then will not be half so mauy
In the business. Running a ban it and
speculating off the money of depositors
has always heretofore lcen regarded n
great scheme for making money, but
there's a change not fur ahead. Ev-
clio nge.
The shape In which our party organ
ization was knocked by thu fusion tod
In Ihe last national fight, demands
straightening, and the sooner the bet
ter. The masses of the people are at a
loss to know what to do and are an
shift without wills. Li us have the
conference at all hazards, and let our
State executive committee Is'gln :ho
necessary work at once to have Ala
bama represented at that conference.
Alliance, Jlutlcr, Ala.
Japan has taken the right course to
secure prosperity. Twenty dollars of
American gold taken to the minis of
that country can be coined Into forty,
n.i is a run icgiu tender lo pay ,eht
nnd ti.xes. It Is not In the lunt Mir-
prlslng that they con ship good to
this country, and pay a big tariff. They
get their pay In gold and even at hnf
prices and with a big tariff. sliM they
make money through their new coinage
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