GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.
VICTORIA'S JUBILEE THE THEME
OF TALMAGE'S DISCOURSE.
The Ktoojaeat Preacher Par a Fine
Trtbste to England's Beloved Ruler
and Kaforces the Lesson of Her Life
'-The Greatest Coronation.
Seraioa in Nebraska.
Dr. Taluiage has been attending the
Chautauqua at Beatrice, Neb, He lec
tured Saturday aud preached Sunday.
Text, Esther t., 3, "What wik thou,
Qnmi Ewtber?"
Thin question, which was asked of a
ljutva thousands of years ajfo, all civilized
Tw;ious are this day asking of (Jueeu Vic
toria. "What wilt thou have of honor,
of reward or revereu-e oVservice, of na
tional and international, acclamation?
What wit thou, the queen of the nine
teenth century?" Ail nations praise God
for rhe beautiful and the glorious reign
of this oldest queen amid many centuries.
From 5 o'clock of the morning of 1X17,
when the Archbishop of Canterbury ad
dressed the embarrassed and weeding and
almost affrighted girl of is years with the
startling words, "your majesty," until this
sixtieth anniversary of her enthronement,
the i-iyer of all good people on all sides
of the seas, whether that grayer be offer
ed by the aoO.OUO.OilO of her subjects or
the larger oiHuber of million who are not
her subject, whether that prayer be sol
emnized in church or rolled froin great
orchestra or poured forth by military
hands from forts ami battlements and in
front of triumphant armies all around
the wrld, has been and is now, "God we
the queen."
Beginning with that scene at 5 o'clock
in the morning in Kensington palace.
Where she asked the Archbishop of Can
terbury to pray for her, and they knelt
down., imploring divine guidance until this
hour, not only in the sublime liturgy of
ter established church, but on all occa
sion, gibe has directly or indirectly de
clared, "I believe in God the Father. Al
mighty, maker of heaven and earth, and
jn J asus Christ, bis only begotten .Sou."
I declare it, fearless of contradiction, that
the mightiest champion of Ohriiftinnrty
to-day is the throne of England. I !-
tieve that no throne since the thrctie of
David and tSie throne of Ile.ekiah and
the throne of Esther ha-s been in such
constant touch with the throne of heaveu
ts the throne of Vx-toria. I'roiii what I
know of her habits she reads the Bible
more Ihan she does Sbakspeare. She ad
flvires the hyums of Horatio Bonar more
than phe does Byron's "Corsair." She
has not knowingly Admitted into her pres
ence :t corrupt man or dissolute woniaa.
To very distinguished novelists and very
celebrate! prima doniMi-s she has declined
reception because they were immoraJ. All
flip coming centuries f time cannot re
voke the advantages of having had sixty
years of Christian womanhood enthroned
lli the palaces of England. Compare her
court surroundings with what were the
court surroundings in the time of Henry
VIII., or what were the court surround
ings in the time of Napoleon, ia the time
of Lows XVI., in the times of men ami
women whose nanus may not be mention
ed in decent society. Ala! for the revel
ries, and the worse than Bo'.nbazaar
feasts, and the more than Herodian
dances, and the scones from which the
veil must not be lifted. I hail her, the
phristtan daughter, tho Christian wife,
the Ciirhitkn imthcr, the Christian nuecii,
and let the church of God and all benign
nd gracious institutions the world over
pry out, as they come with music and
bannered host, and million voiced huzza,
and Che benedictions of earth and heaven,
'What wilt thou. Queen Esther?"
y A Noble Life. t.-
Another thing I call to yur attention in'
this illustrious woman's career is that she
k a srjHvimen of high life nncornipted.
Would she have liveiJ to celebrate the six-'
tieth fufiiiversary of her coronation and 1
the seven ty-eight'h anniversary of her
birthday, had she not been an example of
good principles and gisl habits.':' While
there have lieen bud men and' women in
exalted atatiou and humble station who
hare carried their vices clear on into the
eventieM and eighties and even the nine
ties of their lifetime, such persons are
very rare. Hie majority of the vicious
die in their thirties and tciver reach the
forties, and they are exceedingly si-arce'
in the fifties. Longevity has not been tin;
characteristic of the most of those who
bare reached high places iu that or this
country. In many cases t their wealth
leads them into ind'i licences, of their hon
ors make them reckless, or theitr oportu
B'itie of doing wronare multiplied into
the overwhelming, ami it is as true now
as when the Bible first presented it. "The
wicked iive not out half their days."
Jongwity is not a positive proof of good
ness, but H is prima facie evidence in
that -direction. A loose life has killed
fcillidredsi of eminent Americans. 'A loose
life is now killing hundreds of eminent
American nd Europeans. The doctors
are try kind and the certificate given
after the ditttiiigiiisiied man of .dissipa
tiir in (iead, says, ''Died of congestion of
ttie brain," aiflwmgh it 9'as deiirinm tre
mens, or "Died of cirrhosiis of the liver,"
aJthough it was a round of lilMTtinisin.
r "Died of heurt failure," although it was
the vengeance of outraged law that slew
bim. ' The temptations of aoeial life
among the auocesnful clawse have Item so
freat that every winter is a holocaust of
knnvu.i nrves, and the beaches of this
tossing sea of high life , are constantly
atrewn with physical a'ud . mental aud
Biora! -"bipwreck. Beware, all ye success
ful m.
(Jueeu Victoria's habits, self-flenyiug
and aiwost ascetic, nnder a gorjd I'mri
1mmi account for her niflgnificent lon
grvity. It nwy be a homely leon for a
HaK-wiiuai aoiMversary in British pal
mers, hut it ia worth all the millions of
sVtilant itw (fdebrstion will cost, and the
bortmsa convocation of (he representa
tfres Irvm all the armea of the planet, if
(be natioiw) will leant the satutary lesson
f Kood hours, plain food, outdoor cxer
, flap, tea sons Me abatinen: and common
mmp habits. That whrich Paul said to
sV iailer is ioat aa appropriate for yoii
ad for me-."Do tbyaWf no barm." And
' IH me aa no people on fakir of Great
-CaVtaia onaatt to ba toore Hutrraatod kv
CM quoen'a jnMlee tfcssn onr nation. Tb
CffxiM of moat of onr ancestor were
rtcftad hi Great Urtakia. They played in
("rhood oa tfc baoki of the TJiamea or
Oljrdc ar ba Kbaotioa. Tak frftm
1 t ataa aVa Wai Mood and tba Hootch
wi tm atraMM of mf Mf would he
t. CMst Crttaia la ovr rraad
: rLiMC taf woorta ffcat
ried the genius of Atnerv an iDlep)deni-,
and fur swhile there was bfHi-r estrange
ment, Imt rhe family quarrel lias endel
ami all ha been forgiven, and we shake
hands across the seas.
A Long Relitn.
Again, this fnteruatimal 'oc-sion im
pTee me with the fact that woman ia
couijietent for isWifica! government when
Cod calk her to it. Great fears have been
experienced in thin ciujjtry that woman
would get the right of suffrage, and as a
eonKequence after awhile wouiajs might
gej into congresovional chair and perhaps
after awhile reach die chief magistracy.
Awful! WeH, better quiet your pertur
bation, as you look across the s-a, in this
anniversary time, aud behold a woman
who for sixty years has ruled over the
niightii-rtt empire of a'A time and ruled
well. In approval of her government the
hands of all nations are clapping, the
flags of all nations waving, the batteries
of all nation booming. .
Isik hTe! Men have not made such a"
womlerful success of government that
they need be afraid that women should
ever take a turn at power. The fact is
that men have made a bad mess of it.
The iuot damtmbly corrupt thing on
earth is American politics after meu have
had it, all their own way in this country
for 11 years. Other things being equal
for - here are fools among women as well
as among men I say other things leiiig
equal, woman has generally a keener
sense of what is right ami what is wrong
than has man has naturally more faith
in Cod and knows better how to make
self-sacrifices and would more boldly act '
against intemierance and the socia.1 evil,
and worse things might come to this I
couirtry than a supreme court room aud
a Senate ;bamber and a House of Repre
sentatives in which womanly voices were
sometuives heard. We men had better
drop Koine of the strut out of our pomp
ous gait and with a little less of super
ciliouttess thrust the thumbs into rhe
sleeves of our vests and be less apprehen
sive of the other sex, who seetn to be the
lord's favorites from the fact that he j
has made more of them. If wxman had !
possessed an influential a.nd controlling
vote on Capitol Hill at Washington and
in the English Parliament, do you think
that the two ruffian and murderous na
tiotts of the earth could have gone on un
til this time with the butcheries in Ar
menia ami Cuba? No. The Christian
nations would have gone forth with bread
and aieuieiue awl bandages and nuhtary
relief until Abdul Hamid would have had
no throne to sit on, and Weyler. the com
mamling asassdn in tluba, would have
been thrust into a prison as dark as that
in which they murdered I)r, Hulk. I am
no advocate for female miff rage, and I do
not know whether it would be liest to
have it, but I point you to the queen of
Great Britain ami the nation over which
she rules as proof that woman may Is po
litically dominant and projwrity rtign.
God save trie quen, vvlwtlier now on the
throne in Buckingham palace or in some
time to come in American White House.
Another Coronation.
But I invite you not to the anniversary
of a coronation, but to a coronation itself
aye, to two coronations, Bnmght up
ns we are, fo love as no other firrm of gov
ernment that which is republican and I
deniocratk-, we, living on this side of the
sea, cannot so easily as thnse living on
the other side of the sea appreciate the
two coronations to which all up and down
the Bible you and I are urgently invited.
Some of you have such morbid ideas of
religion that ym think of it as going
down into a diirk cellar, or out on a bar
ren common, or a a flagellation, when,
so far from a dark cellar, it is a palace,
and instead of a barren common it is a '
garden, atoss with the brightest foun-
tains that were ever rainbowed. and in
stead of flagellation it is coronation, but
a coronation utterly eclipsing the one
Whose fcixtietih anniversary sliow being
celebrated. It was a great day when Da
vid, the little: .king who was large enough
to thrash Goliath, took the crown at
Kabbah a crown weighing a talent of
gold and encircled with precious stones
and the people shouted, "lying live the
king!" It was a great dy when I'et
rarch, surrounded by twelve iitrician
youths plothed in scarlet, received from a
senator the laurel (Town, and rhe people
shouted, "Iong live the poet!"
It was a great day when Mark An
tony put upon Caesar the mightiest tiara
of all the earth, and in honor of divine
auihority Caesar hao it placed afterward
on the head of t!he status of .Jupiter Olym
pus. It was a great day on which the
greatest of Frenchmen took the diadem of
Charlemagne and put it on his own brow.
It was a great day when, aliont an eighth,
of a mile, from the gate of Jerusaletn,' un
der a sky pallid with thickest darknesa
and on a mountain trammeled of earth
quake, and the air on fire with fhe blas
phemies of a mob, a crown of spikes was
put upoai the pallid and agonized brow
of our Jestis. But that particular coro
nation, amid tears and blood and groans
and shivering cataclysms, made your own
coronation possible. I'aul was not a man
to lose his equilibriiim. but when that old
missionary, with crooked back and hi
flani"d eyes, got a glimpse of the crown
coming to him, and coming to yon, if
you will by repentance and faith accept
it. he went info e-s1sieK, and his poor
eves flashed aud his cruoki'd back traight-
cited lis he cried to Timothy. "There m
laid up for men crown of riglrteousnes," j
and to fhe Corinthians, "These athletes j
run to 'obtain a corruptible, we an incor
ruptible.' crown." And to rhe Thesa
loniana he sjieaks of "the crown of glory,"
and to tilie I'hilippians he says, "My joy
and crown." The inot)e i'eter iitchj
Hie inspiration and -nW ojtt, ! ''Yfc'. slu!H;
receive a crown of glory that fadct.h not
away." and St. Jo'm joins in the rapture
and says, "Faithful to ffc frtV,'"! Tnt'dl
give thee a crown of life," and elsewhere
exclaims, "Hold fast that no ninn take
thy crown." Crowns, crowns, erowns!
Ymi did not exis-ct in coming here to-day
to be invited to a i'-oronation. Von can
scarcely iH-lievc your own ears; but in
the name of a pardoning God and a sacri
ficing Christ and an omnipotent Holy
HpirK and a triuinpbant benveu I offer
each one a croM n for tlie asking. Crowtwr,
crowns! How to get flic crown? The way
Victoria got her crown, on her knees. Al
though eight (hioliesse ami marquises, all
In cloh of silver, carried, wr train, and
the windows and arches, and roof of fhe
shltcy shook with Hie "Tc I)eum" of the
organ in full diapim, rfie Imd to kneel,
she haj to come down. To get the crown
of pardon and eternal life, yon will hare
to kneel, you will have to come down.
Yea. History says that at Ikt coronation
not only the entire ' asctnWy wefrt' wWh
profoinid rtnotion, hut Victoria waa in
tears. Mo yon-wil) have to have your dry
eyes moistened with tears, in your case
Mrs of repentance, rears of joy, tears of
enrooation. and fon will feel Ml (Tying
ear witt Jeretaiaa. "Oh, tkmt mj Wad
j were asters and nuue eyes fouutaiua uf
i tears."
t All the splendors of esrth and heaven
are to be enwreuthed iiHo one frial for
j our Lord's forelM'ar-on, biasing glory,
I WJr UttAill( It I IS 11 1 "IH ,.p ri j,, T-l iu
1 perfume, one down namug. up rolling,
oirtirading magniticcmf, and so on his
head shall be ma.uy crowns. Already the
crown woven out of many cro-wna is being
put uisn his brow. His s-arred feet are
already asviwiing the alirone. A careful
statisticittu estimates-tluu. in there
will w. 174,tXMJ,(SM) jeopie iu the 1'nrted
State, and by the present ratio of unit
ing with the church Hsi.MsUstu of them
will be church members. NTiat think ye
of that, ye jn-wsimists insijirexl by the
. devHV The deadit 'failure in the nni-
veive is the kingdom of satan. The
grand-tit throne of all time and all eer
uity is the one that (Thrist is now nwrvurt-
ing. The tiKmt of us will not see rhe con
I summation in this world, but we will
gaze ,m it from the high heavens. The
njoruingof that consummation will arrive,
and what a stir in the holy city! All the
towers of gold wis ring its arrival. AU
the chariots will roll into line. The annia
of heaven which John saw seated on
white horses passing in infinite cavalcade.
The inhabitants of Europe, Asia, Africa,
North and South America and of all isl
ands of the sn, and ierhaii of other
world, will join in a priwessiou. The
conqueror ahead, having on his vesture
and ou his thigh written "King of kings
and Ixird of lords," and when he passes
through the chief of the twelve uplifted
giites, all natious following, may you aud
I te there to hear the combined shout of
Church militant and church triumphant.
Until the choirs standing on "the soa of
gljs mingled with fire" shall sound rhe
triumph in more jubilant strains, accom
panied by harjsrs with their harps and
trumster8 with their truniiets, the hun
dred and forty and four thousand joining
into the chorus, I think we will utick to
Isaac Watts' old hymn, which fhe 5,KN1
natives of Tonga, Fiji and Samoa sang
when they gave up their idIatries for
Christianity, and I would not be surprised
to see some of you old berm-s of the cross,
who for a lifetime have leen toiling in
the service, beating time with your right
baud a little tremulous with many years;
Jesus shall reign where'er the sun
Doe l is successive journeys run;
His kingdom stretch from shore to shore
Till wins shall rise and set no more.
lA"t every crtsiture rise and bring
Peculiar honors to our King; v
Angels descond with xongs again,
And .rurfh reieat fhe loud ameii.
Short Sermons.
Capital and Labor. The interest of
the laborer is Dot served by crippling'
mid injuring capitnl. The capitalist Is
one of the people; lie must not ls.J limk
ed upon as a criminal and an enemy.
Unless this foolish war upon jiroperty
and upon the higher wants of civiliza
tion conies to an cud the whole body
jmlitic-will suffer. Hev. F." M. Millar,
Congrcgationalist, Chicago, 111.
Hero Worship. Hero worship Is a
characteristic of every age and nation.
It is a man's natural Impulse to wor
ship the heroic. Aud Just aa the world
applauds and admires the bravery of
the soldier or national hero, whose acts
achieve benefits for succeeding genera
tions, so ought man o'er all the world
to rejoice i i and commemorate the
death and resurrection of Christ. Rev.
A. L. Mardcn, Presbyterian, Philadel
phia, Pa.
Christian Work. Let Christian peo
ple build, not for the present, but for
the future. Let them so build that as
generation to come walk Into their
temples and see the rites and cere
monies perfornved they will feel at once
that they are heirs, direct and legiti
mate heirs, of the past generations, aud
that their work will be transmitted and
taken up in due service by the genera
tions that are to come. Archbishop
Kiordan, Catholic, Ran Francisco, CaL
Emotion Not Religion. Beligion
worthy of the1iaine is an expression of
the highest sanity. Religion in one
form or another must Ikj the ceutral
axis of a worthy life. But mere emo
tion without purjoseof action Is not re
ligion. Excitement of the nerves for
tlie mere pleasure of excitement has no
ennobling Influence. It tends to
weaken the will, to enfeeble the mind.
to produce that condition of spiritual
lassitude which shows itself in chronic
conversion. Rev. D. S. Jordan, Uni
tarian, Oakland, CaL
Heal Religion. Religion is for use
and service. Iu it Is Justice, brotherly
kindness and truth. The knowledge of
God's presence in the every-dny life la
the need ot the hour, a religion that
sanctities the store and the otlice, a re
ligion that runs into the business of
Monday and Tuesday, making you as
careful aiwut your credits and debts
u you are .on Sunday about your
pralse and prayers. The trend of re
ligious thought to-day ia in the right
dlrction. Hev. Dr. Harcourt, Metho
dist, Philadelphia, Pa.
Tyranny of the Trusts. Over against
the tyranny of the lalxirlng men stands
the tyranny of the trust. To-inorrow,
wheu the artisan awakens, he steps to
his stove and kindles his fire with a
match made by a match trust; hi
breakfast is cooked with oil furnished
by an-oil trust or with coal bought by
the Reading coal combine; the artisan
will drink coffee bought of the coffee
trust; be will sweeten his coffee with
sugar from the sugar trust; eat oat
meal bought of the oatmeal trust; put
on a coat made by a new clothing truat;
and when night come more than forty
trust have taken toll from the poor
man's meager wag. Rev. N. Hillla,
Independent. Chicago, 111.
The latest enumeration of the aster
oids, or small planet, circling around
the aun between the orbits of Man aud
Jupiter, allows tluit up to the cioae of
18JW no less than 420 had been discov
ered, The number of new onea found
last year was twenty, but sosoetliuet It
turn out that the uMom-d dtocorery
of another asteroid Is really only U
rediscovery of one that had beoo mi
before. They cannot be ideutlflfld by
their appearance, alnce, except few
of the larger ooca. tJbey are mere ipecki
of lUrht, and the omly way to keef) track
of them la by atodylDf tba orfctta la
which tbey tnrL
DIRECT LEGISLATION.
SENTIMENT FAVORS INITIATIVE
AND REFERENDUM.
Eabject la Now He In a; Given Thought
ful Consiclrratlon-Kclstion of the
Gold Standard to Low W aiees-Tariff
Lagialation Cannot Help Co,
Is Attractlna Attention.
Sentiment in favor of dire-t legisla
tion the initiative and referendum is
steadily gaining graund, and as the
subject is given more thoughtful con
sideration it has more devoted adher
ents.
The question has been submitted to
the voters lu South Hakuta as a pro
posed constitutional amendment and
will be passed on at the election uext
falL It applies to municiiKiIities, as
well as State, and provides that 5 per
cent, of the voters may Invoke the in
itiative of a measure or demand that a
law be referred to the people.
. The Legislature of Nebraska passed
a law establishing the system lu cities
concerning which the following jiartic
ul.irs apiMnr In a recent correspond
ence of the New York Sun. The meas
ure Is attracting widespread notice:
"The right to propose ordinances for
the government of any city or munici
pal subdivision Is vested in the voters
of the city as well as the Mayor and
the Council. The word 'ordinance' is
defined as Including also all orders, re
solves, agreements, contracts, aud any
other measure within the powers of
fhe legislative authorities of the city.
It Is provided that the proposal for leg
islation shall contain the full text of
the ordinance promised, and, to bt
mandatory, must be signed by nt leai,t
l." per cent. 'of the voters of the cj!y
making the same. At least ten of. the
1 crsons signing the proposal sliall
make oath before a competent . olicer
that they are duly qualified' votes and
that they Ixdieve all the other jersons
Tt ho signed the proposal ane fiiialim-d
and that the signatures are jrentilrie.
This proposal shall be filed with the
City Clerk: but if 20 per ceut. of the
oters shall request that the ordinance
proposed shall be submitted to the
voters to be voti-d on at fl peeial elec
tion, the Clerk Khali obey their wishes
fttid call the eleclloii. If no special
ejection Is asked foe, tin. proposal shall i
b- submitted to tie.1 oters of the city
the first reguL'ir flM'thm held after
tie expiration of tbitvy days from the
filing of the propositi, unless the coun
cW meanwhile maki s it a law. If the
proposal receives a 'majority of the
votes it sliall become a law. This Is
the initiative.
"It is provided, for the referendum,
tbit no ordinance for the government
of any city, except as specially pro
vided, f.ball go into effect until thirty
d?ys af'er the passage of. the same. If
In the interim a petition signed by at
le.st 5 l-or cent, of the voters of the
city is fihil requesting its submission
to a vote of the people, it shall "lie sub
mitted. If the number of signers celfc
leficuts 10 per cent, of the voters, a
rpkrial election shall be held within
t Verity days; if less not until the next
regular election. Excepted from the
operation of this section are all ordi
nances r iating to the iinriiediiitw pres
ervation of public peace or health. 6r
items of appropriation for current 'ex
penses of the department of the city
which do not exceed the "corresponding
appropriations of t be jt receding' year,
nit of which must be pked.by a unan-
into us vote. ' ;,'f "
"The Mayor and CjurJI ishall hare no
p-wer to. enact an;-'ord)iwiu-V which
shall In. any manntr 4lt?r,i taodffy, re
pair or render nugtltory ordinances en
acted by n; direct viie of tlie p'ople,
ctcept by a 'two-tldrdfc S ate, aDd then
rot until a year after enactment. The
Mayor and Council have power to sub
mit to a vote of the electors jrt a special
or general election any ordituincvs they
may Initiate. Any one falsely certify
ing to the qualifications or signature
of signers shall be lined not more than
or Imprisonment not more than
otfe year. Similar punishment Is to be
meted out to the inn n who signs any
proposal knowing that he Is not a qual
ified voter. Any cj-rk who fails to
comply with the pulsions requiring
his ollicial action ip submitting ordi
nances Is liable to ti fine of $5,000. As
a saving clause, however. It Is pro
vided that this act shall not become
operative In any city until accepted by
the voters In th manner provided for
the submission of ordinances. Author
ity, however, Is given to the Mayor
and Council of any city to adopt it by a
majority vote without submission."
The legislatures of Kansas' and
Montana failed by a few votes to pass
any direct legislation law, but in Isith
of these as tvcll ns several other States
the bsue l assuming such projmrtions
that the iople will' at no distant day
demand i.t their legislator this right.
It Is tlv first foundation principle of
a government by the people, and wher
ever agitated it Is bound to win.
' Ponnllsts or I'rinclnl".
Republicans . and Democrats must
certainly be Impressed, with the earn
estness and courage of the rank and
file of the Populist party. The masses
of the old parties never complain, no
matter what their prominent officers
and leaders do. Here In Missouri Oov.
Stevens vetoes a bill to require the rich
money-lenders to give In their property
to the Assessor. Not even a whisper
of a crnplalnt from Democrat any
where. The Missouri legislature de
feats the bill to prevent the demoneti
sation of silver by private contract.
No word of complaint from tbe Demo
crat, notwithstanding tbe Chicago
platform declared again! such con
tract. Other Democratic legislature
defeated similar bill. No complaint.
Bat tbe rank and file of the Populist
party an In tbe reform movement In
tod corneal, mad bene It la that Umi
HE'S DOINQ SOME
,
4 - .
is so much criticism of prominent Pop
ulists by the masses of the People's
party. Let no Populist fear that this
will deter men from Joining us." The
people who want reform will be glud
to know that Populists are not meek
followers of men, but brave followers
of principle. Missouri World.
Tariff Connot Help Ua.
Republican financiers pretend to have
great faith that the Dingley tariff bill
will prove a isdent power In bringing
prosperity to this country.
With a - naive disregard for tlie
teachings of history they are con
gratulating themselves that prosper
ity is waiting "just around the fir
ucr," and when the tariff bill Is-contes
a '.law this bind xvill flow with mlik
and honey. Tiiey.-refuse.to Investigate
the true causes of business depression,
and foolishly believe that by .contract
ing the currency and enlarging the
taxes they can set the wheels of In
dustry in motion.
Let us glance a moment over the
pages of recent history and see what
lesson they have In tliem. Rradstroet
gives facts and" figures .which show
that the decline of values in this coun
try is coincident with the decline of
silver. ,'
When tbe McKlnley turiff went into
effect in lWX) the decline hi value .had
set In. T;he tariff was high, the high
est ever made up .to that date. Did it
stop the decline in prices? When, the
McKlnley law was passed Hradstreet's
Indication of values was 11-1.171. In
'throe months it fell to 101.741. After
nine "months had elapsed It had gone
down to bT.Ho-'i. When an entire year
had passed it stood at M.Ofil.. In Octo
ber, lM't'A It had sunk to .Sij.-Vi-l. A yar
later, in October, 1S03, the record was
Ki.S8, and in Octoler, 1MM, it had
tumbled to 77.501. "'
' It does not appear from these incon
Irovertable statistics that a high tariff
brings Increase of vnlncs. There can
bo no doubt that the tariff remedy is
a quack nostrum, and the stronger the
dose the weaker the fntient ls-coincs.
The currency Is all wrong, and that
Is the cause of business depression.
Discrediting silver and trying to force
tlrf.i great nation to a gold standard
are back of all this decline in values.
The remedy cannot lo found lu high
tarifffor not only history but common
sense acknowledges that no nation can
grow rich through taxation. " Estnl
'lishing the gold standard will simply'
make matters worse, for men cannot
do business on a limited capital. The
free and unlimited coinage of silver is
the only thing that will bring back
prosperity, restore value and set the
millions of Idle and suffering men In
ths nation once more hopefully and
successfully at work. Farm News.
Gold and t,nvr Waves,
There are many wageworkers in the
Republican party; there should not be
one. Every vote oust 'or Itepublicanism
Is a vote for lower wage.. ,
To demonstrate .this assertion It Is
only necessary to quote the language
of leading Republican organs. The
Poston Commercial Hulletln lit a recent
editorial says: "It looks as though. In
spite of the efforts of one great polltl
al party, wages in. this country- were
slowly but gradually getting flown to
the European basis. .The fall Jo com,
modify values, cheap foreign hibor
and the diaappenranco of large jirofi Is
in business because of the' big trusts
or combinations of capital rife th liking
this decline In wage not only possible,
but Inevitable."
What the Hulletln says la .(rue nnd
fhe result will le aa It prophesies un
der continued Republican ritjo. The
single gold standard Is the standard of
Europe, and that Is (he standard
which tbe Republicans are laboring to
establish In the United States. If
wageworkera want European wages
and desire to be reduced to the level
of European laborers they will contin
ue to cast their vote for Republican
candidates.
If, however, they desire a return to
the system of a flr day wage for a
fair, day' work; If they wish to Ikj
considered a men and not a ma
chines; If they wish their children to
have an opportunity to iie In the
HARD THlNKINO.
scale of life, tlmy will vote for men
who champion a currency that will
give the farmer, the merchant, tbe
mechanic and the lnljorer a chance
to make money and not b-ave that
undertaking entirely In the bands of
the bankers.
Which Is Patriotic?
The new tariff says that 1 shall pay
$2.50 tariff for the privilege of buying
a knife worth $1. Congress says 1 will
become prosperou. by paying J2.50 for
a $1 knife. W 1 buy a knife like it,
made lu this country, I do not pay the
$2.50 to the Covernment. but pay it to
the home rnouoioJist, who can charge
uie same sum u ne pienses. ,ow wnai
am I to do be patriotic nnd buy the
home article .and let the -Government
starve or support the Government by
buying the foreign article and let the
home monopolist starve? Is the man a
patriot who supports the Government,
or must be support a corporation to be
a patriot? Darnd if I know where I
am at. And then, again, suppose a
fellow is too poor to buy a knife at all
what is be? Appoo! to Keasou.
Medical Kflects of l-llectrlclty.
In-a recent communication to the So
eietc Interim t.loiialeks Ebciriclo)u! con
cerning the therapeutic and physiologi
cal effects of high-frequency currents.
Mr. i'Arso'nval allowed the powerful
inditive effects which can le obtained
with ih cue current. A atriklng exp'ri-tn-ent
coibtt of placing three lamp in.
tension, allowing the current to iay
through the IkkIv. The currilta
csilise no sensations nnd n nmn lvhioed
v ' .
Jn a circuit doe not feci that bo ia trav
ersal by tbe current, which brilliantly
lllum'nate the lanq s. The princij.wil re
sults of this electrification arc an atig
monf.itioii of the oxidation in tlie or
gHiihcn and art ln-refe in the produc
tion of boat. A Ktibjevt who, undi'T or
dltui ry condition, elintinaifn wveriWn
to tweuty-iie liters of carixjiiic ac-ld
Iht hour throws off thirty-seven Htor.
nt-r having Ix-en nbniltbd to thn
action, lligh-fr-qiiency current do not
a1 solely ujs.n tin- aurfiui of the Isxly,
btit.!ilst profoundly utsui the Interior.
All of tlie.e resuks have is-en obtainel
uiKn; a npmlier of ubJH-ta by, Mr.
Alo4loll ami Mr. Clrrln. -
.Mr. 'fArnon-vnl citel, In closing,- tho
flct.Ioii'- exetv-ised uwoti uimiUa .hiwI
liai-tovitt by tlicne.ireiitK', t. The .uii-,
crols-s and btiHUI are inodliiAl and the
toxliM are killi-d"an)l "Snihs formal to
va-cine. Mr. d'Artsonval and Mf. Char,
rin hope by thia'tnctlwul to arrive at a
dl A treatment for the Interior-of" the
1km lie of patients suffering witlrrymot
Ic'dbufifltV'Aud ctiM-rlmenta-to li nd
have begun. EUvtrlcal 'orid. - - ,
The All-Conquering Wheel. :s
The subjoinod letter, pupllshed by
the American, Field, la said to 1C ajl
order sent by a Kausaa man to a bb
' "Deer ira: I live on mi farjn neaj
Hamilton, Kas., am 57 years old and
Just a little sporta. My beffew in In
diana bot hiaself a new bicycle and
wnt me hi old one by frate, and iv
learned to tlde sume. It a pile of fun,
but my blslcle Jolt considerable. :A
feller come along yestorday with a bb
slide that had hollow Injun robber.. tiret
stuffed with vljid, ' Ho.let't me try hi,
sen and ml. It run like a kusliln! Ho
told me you ell Injun robber Just fh
same aa blsseu. How much will H Iks
to fix mi no up like hlanen? Mine Is nil
Iron wheels. Do you punch the hollow
hole threw the Injun robber, or will 1
have to do It myself? How do yon stick
the ends together after yoii got II
done? If your Injun robber Is already
holler will It come any cheaper empty
I can get all tho wind I want out br
In Kansas free,
"ERERNEEZER Y, JENHOS.
"P. How much do you charge fol
tbe doodad you stuff the wind Into the
robber wth and where do yoq start?"
The 5-cent silver piece, familiar to
our fathers, was authorized by Con
ores April 2, 17H2, and It coinage wa
luMriin llin miiiia ' 1 I..
discontinued Feb. 12, S73.
The eye of the vulture is so construct
ed that It I a high power telescope, en
abling the bird to see object at an r
inost iucredihU dlstanca.