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THIS discourse of Ir. Talmage is
one of mighty con trusts and the
dimness of earthly eyesight, as com
pared with the vividness of celestial eye
sight, is illustrated. The text is I. Corin
thians xiii., VI, "for now we see through
a aiass, darkly, but then face to face."
"The Hible is the most forceful and pun
gent of books. While it has the sweet
ness of a mother's hush for human trou
ble, it has all the keenness of a seiwiter
and the crushing jmwer of a lightning bolt. ,
It portrays with more than a painter
power, at one stroke picturing a heavenly I
throne and a judgment conflagration. The j
airings of th.s great harp are fingered by j
an me spienuors or ttie tiiture, now sounu
ing with the crackle of consuming worlds,
now thrilling w ith the joy of the everlast
ing emancipated. It tells how one forbid
den tree in the garden blasted the earth
with sickness and death, and how another
tree, though leafless and bare, yet, planted
Anfaivn ... ii ..;..i,i - ulull I
more man antidote me poison oi me turn.-.. ,
It tells how the red. ripe clusters of (,od s ,
wrath were brought to the wine press, i
and Jesus trod them out. and how, at
hurt, all the goljeu chalices of heaven
snau glow wan tne wine or huh awiui ;
vintage. It dazzles t'ie eye w ith an Kze-
sieis vision or wneei ami wing uuu ore ,
and whirlwind, aud sloops down so low :
mat it can put its tips to tne ear or a uy.ng
-child and say, -Come up higher.
Aiid yet Paul, in my text, takes the re- -
porisibility of saying that it is only an in- I
distinct mirror aud that its mu.s.011 shall
sup.-nded. I thmk there may be one j
Bible m heaven, fastened to the throne.
Just as now, in a museum, we have a ,
wiup ujtu irma en u.ourviu ur
S'inereh, an! we look at it with great in
teret and say, "How poor a light it must
have given compared with our modern
lamps!" so I think that this Bible, which
wa a lamp to our feet in this world, may
'lie near the throne of God, exciting our
interest to all eternity by the contrast be
tween its comparatively feeble light and
the illumination of heaven. The Bible,
now, is the scaffolding to the rising teni
jiie, but w hen the building is done, there
Is? ao use for the scaffolding.
I Finite Vision.
"The idea I shall develop to-day is. that
in this world our knowledge is compara
tively dim and unsatisfactory, but never
theless is introductory to grander and
more complete vision. This is eminently
true iu regard to our view of God. We
hear so umch about God tbnt we conclude
that we understand him. He is represent
ed a haviug the tenderness of a father,
the firmness of a judge, the majesty of a
king and the love of a mother. We hear
about him, talk about him, write about
him. We lisp his na in infancy, and
it trembles on the tongue of the dying oc
togenarian. We think that we know very
much about him. Take the attribute of
jercy. Io we understand it? The Bible
bkmfcoms all over with that word mercy.
It speaks ag:tin and again of the tender
crcie of God: of the sure mercies; of
the gnat mercies; of the mercy that en
dureth forever: of the multitude of bin
mercies. And yet I know that the views
we have of this great Being are most in
definite, one sided aud incomplete. W ben.
at death, the gates shall fly open and we
hail look directly upou him, bow new and
surprising! We see upon canvas a pic
ture of the morning. We study the cloud
iu the sky, the dew upon the grass and the
husbandman on the way to the held. Bi au.
tiful picture of the morning! But we rise
at daybreak and go up on a hiii to see for
ourselves that which was represented to
08. While we look the mountains are
tran"?"red. The burnished gates of
. heaven - wing open aid shut, to let past a
host oi uery splendors. 'J he clouds are all
abloom, and hang pendent from artwirs of
alabaster and amethyst. The waters
make pathway of iuiuid iearl for the light
to walk upon, and there U luonJng on the
sea. The crags uncover their scarred
visage, and there is morning among the
mountains. Now you go home and how
tame your picture of the morning seems in
contrast! Greater than that shall lie the
contrast between this Scriptural view of
God and that which we shall have when
standing face to face. This is a picture of
the morning that will be the ruuming it
self.
Christ' Kicellence,
Again, my text true of the .Saviour s
excellency. By image aud sweet rhythm
of expression and suiriii.n,- antithesis,
Christ in set forth his love, his compas
sion, bis work, his life, his death, his
resurrection. We are challenged to meas
ure it, to compute it, to weigh it. In the
hour of our broken euthrallment we
mount np into high experience of his love,
and shout until the countenance glows,
and the blood bounds, and the whole na
ture is exhilarated, "I have found him!"
And yet it Is through a gluss, darkly. We
see Dot half of Uat compassionate face.
AYe feel not half the warimh of that lov
ing heart. We wait for death to let u
rush into his outspread arms. Then we
shall be face to face. Not shallow then,
tuit substance. Not hope then, but the
fulfilling of all prefignrement. That will
be a magnificent unfolding. The rushing
out in view of all hidden excellency, the
coming again of a long absent Jesus, to
meet us, not in rags and in penury and
4eath, but amidst a light and pomp and
oatburatlng joy such a none but a glori
ted Intelligence could experience. Ob, to
gate futl upon the brow that was lacerat
M. apoa tbe aide that wa pierced, npon
Ibt feet that war nailed: to stand close
p la tko presence of bin who prayed for
an oa tbt aMontaln, and thought of ns by
la aaa, and afontsed for aa la tbe gar
ftaa.Ma' died for us in horrible eractaiioo;
Malf bjsa. to oaibraet bia, to tabs bi
aaw Mai bis foot, to raa oar finger
Ian ait sear of aoclsat oaferiiig, to
iff 1 TSs to mr Jesas! Ha gavo Mat-
self for me. I shall Dever leave his pres
ence. I shall forever behold his gh.ry. I I
shall eternally hear bis voice. Lord J.-sits, I
now I see t!i! I behold where ibe blond
started, where the tears coursed, where
the face wan distorted. I have waited
for this hour. I shall never turn my hack j
on thee. No more looking through iuier- ;
feet glass. No more studying thee iu
the darkness. But as long n this thrne j
stands and this everlasting river flows,
and those garlands bloom, aud thi--
arches of victory reujaiu to greet home
heaven's conquerors, so lone I shall in
thee, Jesus of my choice. Jesus of my
ions, Jesus of my triumph, forever and
forever, face to faceT'
The Puzzle of Life
The idea of the ten Is just as true v ben
applied to God's providence. Who ban
not come to some pass in life thoroughly
inexplicable? You say: "What does this
mean? What is God going to do with me
now? He tell me that all tilings work
together for 'good. Thin does not look
like it." You continue to study the dispen
sation and after awhile guess almut what
God mean, "lie tueaug to teach me this.
1 think he mean to teach me that. Per
haps it in to humble my pride. Perhaps
it u to njake me fep mun deu(rnu(.nt.
Vrhall!i , tnvh mp the umvrtain,T or
ife ,. ,iut affM. a u is ou!y a guwRtt
loi,kin lhrouK)s e glaliSi darkly. The
j,ib), ug th.r( Kha!1 ite a Raljsfae.
tory unfolding. "What I do thou knowest
not now, but thou shalt know hereafter."
You will know why God took to himself
that only child. Next door there was a
household of seven cbildr. Why not
take one from that group instead of your
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ill which there was only one heart beating
r,1M,usive t0 ,oursv Whv did U(k gire
,.,, a chil) f jf hp m;,ant JO k
away, hy fill the cup of your gladness
.rjDUJjing if hp mut t0 d.,sh it dwnv
wby a!low a tie (pldriu of your hf.art
, , . . , , t , ,
every fiber of your own life seemed to be '
;,-.,,,.,, ..hn.r-
nn(n)r ham, tQ ,(lnr yim apHn miti T(U) j
ljIpt,(iijJ? and UhUei, VuUr dwelling
d!at(i j,ur . bajrtwli your llt,art
broken? Do ywl gUplwr that God will
p,, that? Yo, lle wi makp it
plainer thgn anv mttthl.mati(.a probl,.m-
as p!ajn M ,hat )wo am, two makl f(((jr
athe li(. f tbe Uirmit. you wiI
that it waH rij!htall ri)rht, ..JnM and
, h .
saintr'
Here is a man who cannot get on in the
world. He always seems to buy at the
wrong time and to sell at the wont disad
vantage. He tries this etiterpri-se and
fails; that loisincHs and is disapiHiinted.
The man next door to him has a lucrative
trade, bnt he lacks customers. A new
prospect opens. His income Is increaed.
But that year his family are sick, and the
profits are expended in trying to cure the
ailments. He gets a discouraged look. lie
comes fa it Ilk as to suece. Begin to
expect disasters. Others wait for some
thing to turn up; he waits for it to turn
dow n. Others with only half as much ed
ucation and character get on tw ice as well.
He sometimes guesses as to what it ail
means. He says: "Perhaps rii hes w ould
spoil me. Perhaps poverty is necessary
to ke'p me humble. Perhaps I might, if
thiiigb were otherwise, be tempted into dis
sipations." But ihere is no complete s
lution of the mystery. He sees through
a glass darkly and mut wait for a higher
unfolding. Will there le an explanation '
Yes; God will take that man in the light
of the throne and sny: "Child immortal,
hear the explanation! Yon reiiM-nilicr the
failing of that great enterprise -your mis
fortune in 1W7, your disaster in lhil".
This is the explanation." And you will
answer, "It is all right."
Mysteries of Providence,
I see, every day, profound mysteries of
Providence. There in no question w e ask
oftener than Why? There are hundred
of grave iu Oak Hill and Greenwood and
Laurel Hill that need to be explained.
Hospitals for the blind and lame, asylums
for the idiotic and insane, almshouses fnr
the destitute and a world of pain ami mis
fortune that demand more than hiimau so
lution. Ah, God will clear it all up. In
the light that pours from the throne, no
dark mystery can live. Things now ut
terly inscrutable will be i.lumiued as plain
ly as though the answer were written on
the jasper wall or sounded in the temple
anthem. Bartimeus will thank God that
he was blind, and Lazarus that he was
covered with sores, and Joseph that he
wns cast into the pit, and Uaniel that he
deniiefl wrth lions, aud Paul that he was
humpbacked, and Iiavid tbst he was
driven from Jerusalem, aud that sewing
woman that she could get only a few
pence fr making a garment, and that
invalid that for twenty years he could not
! lift his head from the pillow, and that
w idow that she had such bard w ork to 1
earn bread for her children. You know I
that in a soug different voices carry dif- '
feretit parts. The sweet and overwhelm- !
ing part of the halleluiah of heaven will j
not be carried by those who rode in high j
phices and gave sumptuous eritemt'i-
meuU, but pauper children will sing it,
Irt-ggars will sing it, redeemed hod car
riers will sing it, those who were once
the offscoiiring of earth will sing it. The
halleluiah will Is- all the grander for
earth's weeping eyes and aching heads
and exhausted hands and scourged hacks
and martyred agonies.
Again, the thought of the text is just
w heu applied to the enjoyment of the
righteous in heaven. I think we hava nut
little idea of the number of the righteous
in heaven. Inlidels say, "Your heaven
will be a very small place Compared with
the world of the lost; for, according to
your teaching, thp majority of men will
be destroyed." I deny the charge. I sup
pose that the multitude of the finally lost,
as compared with the multitude of the
finally saved, will be a handful. I sup
pose that the few sick people In th hos
pital to-dny, a compared with the hun
dred of thousands of well people In the
city, wonld not be smaller than the num
ber of those who shall be cast oat in suf
fering, compared with those who shall
have noon them the health of heaven. For
we are to remember that we are living in
comparatively tbe beginning of tbe Chris
tian dispensation and that thia world I to
be populated and redeemed and that ace
of II giit and love are to flow on. If thia
he so, the multitude of the saved will be
in ?at majority.
A CmmUm atalMtwaV.
Taae U Um vtHmtttm tfctt k
to-day sembled for Worship, tvt them
together and they would mke but a mU
audience compared with th thousands
aud tens of thousands and tea thousand
time ten thousand, aud the hundred aud
forty and four thousand that shall stand
around the throne. Those Hashed up to
heaven in martyr fires, those toed for
many years upou the invalid couch, those
fought in the armies of liU-rty and rose as
they Ml, th(se tumbled from high scaf
foldings or slipped frutii the mast or were
washiij off into the sea. They came up
from Corinth, from I.aodii-ea, from the
Heil bank aud Genuesuret's wave,
from Kgyptian brickyards and Gideon's
thrashing floor. Those thousands of yean
ago slept the last sleep, aud th-e are this
moment hav ing their eyes clo-d, and their
limbs stretched out for the eputcber.
A general expecting au attack from the
enemy stands on a hill aud looks through
a held glass and sees in the great distain e
multitude, approaching, but has no ides
of their iiumlsTK. He says: "I cannot tel'
anything about them. I merely kisiw
that there are a great number." Aud so
John, without attempting to count, says:
"A great multitude that no uiau can num
ber." We are told that heaven is a plai of
happiness, hut what do we know alsmt
happiness? Happiness in this world is
only a half fledged thing a flowery paih,
with a erieut hissing across it; a broken
pitcher, from which the water has drop
ped before we could drink it; a thrill of
exhilaration, followed by disastrous reac
tions. To help us understand the joy of
heaven, the Bible takes us to a river. W
stand on the grassy bank. We see the
waters flow on with ceaseless wave. But
tlie filth of the cities are emptied into it,
and the bank are torn, and unhealthy
exhalations spring up from it, and we fail
to get an idea of the river of life in
heaven.
The Kcunion of fiejiven.
We get very imperfect ideiA of the re
unions of heaven. We think of some fes
tal day on earth, w hen father and mother
were yet living, and the children came
hime. A gixid time that! But it had this
drawback all were not there. That
brother went off to wfl and never wa
heard from. That sister did we not lay(
her away in the freshness of her young
life, never more in this world to look upon
her? Ah, there was a skeleton at the
feast, and tears mingled with our laughed
ter on that Christinas day. Not so with
heaven's renniotis. It will is- an uninter
rupted gladness. Many a Christian par
ent will look around and fiud all his cbil
dren there. "Ab!" he says, "can it
possible that we are all here life's perils
over? The Jordan passed, and not one
wanting? Why, even the prodigal is here.
I almost pave him up. How long he de
spised my counsels, but grace hath tri
umphed. All here, all bere! Tel! the
mighty joy through the city. Iet th
liells ring, aud the angels mention it ia
their song. Wave it from the top of th
walls. All here!"
No more breaking of heartstrings, but
face to fa.-e. The orphans that were UftHhat believe value la intrinsic In any- j
pKir and in a merciless world, kicked and
cuffed of many hardships, shall join their
parents, over whose graves they so long
wept and gaw into their glorified Counte
nances forever, face to face. We tuaj
come up from different parts of the world,
one from the laud aud auother from the
depths of the sea; from lives affluent and
prosperous, or from scenes of ragged dis
tress, but we shall all meet in rapture and
jubilee, face to face.
Many of our friends have entered upon
that joy. A few days ago they sat with
ns studying these gospel themes, but they
only saw through a glass, darkly now
revelation bath come. Your time will also
come. God will not leave you flounder
ing in the darkness. You stand wonder
struck and amazed. You feel as if all the
loveliness of life were dashed out. You
stand gazing iuto the op-n chasm of the
grave. Wait a little. In the presence of
your depaned and of him who carries
them in bis bosom, you shall soon stand
fai-e to fai-e. Oh. that our last hour may
kindle up with this promised joy! May
we lie able to say, like the Christian not
long ago, departing, "Though a pilgrim,
walking through the valley, the mountain
tops are gleaming from enk to peak!" or,
like my dear friend and brother, Alfred
Cookman, who took his flight to the throne
of Owl. saying in his last moment that
which Iihs already gone into Christian
classics, "I am sweeping through the
pearly gate, washed in the blood of the
Lamb!"
Copyright. IVtS.
Kfrnrt Sermon.
Human Ills. Men often think that If
they could chano their circumstances
even slightly they would i.ciiie trou
ble, but this Is an illusion. The kk
recover health, the iKir ln-come rich,
the lowly jr.iin tb eovHed Kxitloni of
honor, awl their eom-nion testimony Is
that, having gain! thesw advantages,
their burdens are no les hen vy. Iter.
W S, Perkins. Universalis!, MerMen,
Conn.
Gooilnn). There is no end to ths
plan of saving i-oile in o'.bfr way
than by making them good, but the
vi;ul question Is whether pxidncwfl con
stitutes salvation. This la th otio
riuesiion in theology. In this, our ev
pry-day life on tbl world, the good
man lis the saved man? lie has the re
siMwt of the community ami the love
of tils friends. Kev. W. S. Crowe, Epis
copalian, New York City,
Little Things A sudden change and
conversion are not likely, perhaps not
powiblc, but a gradual chnn-M'e Is. A
small advance Is possible tiny by day.
Little by little the Imp-roveim-int of tho
race Is writ. We Blgb for great results
at otw-e. We forget that it ia the Little
thing's which count. We forget that
faithfulness In the little things of lifs
makin the great deela iKSKil)le. Her.
David Phlllpfcon, llebtow, Cincinnati,
Ohio.
Woman and the Gospel. Woman bad
much to do, perba u much as man,
In tbe spreading of tbe koix1. The
story tluit remains to u of the first two
centurliw of Chriwtlandly Is largely a
tory of noble women. Trudeotla, Pom
ponia Graeclna and other uoble Ladies)
were great helpers of SS. Peter and
Paal. PrlscllJa awl other women 0
the same age are remembered In the In
scriptions on their tombs In the cata
combs. Rev. Win. O'Ryma, Catholic,
Denver, Colo.
Goldsmith '' wrote 'The Vicar of
Wakefield" In six week. It la eai4 to
hare been a U7"f Ua own rsoollxv
"lOW "OL& HICKORY" JACKSON
STOCK Nn".
New Time.
MONEY A CREATION OF LAW.
The sold trtKt Is flooding the country
with false literature. There Is nut a
fetish worshiper of gold, from Sher
man down to little Kckebi. who does
wt assume that bullion Is money and
fcrgue that the iiio.-t costly bullion is
the only material Ii'- for coinage. Some
of the most distinguished bypm-ritea
Or financial Idiom, such a.s ex President
Harrison, ox-President Cleveland aud
.1. t ; 1. ..r 1... 1.,-
.ue io.in.ieu,, wage, i
trinsic value of gold. If they lire
luy Ignorant tl'.itt they do not know '
ttbat the ititnriiic qualities of a thing do
Wsit constitute lis value, they must ad ;
tnit that everythir.s having Intrinsic
qualities will always be of the same
value so long as It po-es.-i the sunn- ;
ntrlusic qualities, aud that there ran .
be ao fluctuation Iu the price or value
of commodities having Intrinsic quail-
ties. It Is only those blind teachers !
who are employed for gold ruouooly !
thing. i
The great masses of the people under-
t and thU question very much better.
They recotmlze the fact that the value j
of a thing is what somelxxly will give ;
for it; In other words. It Is what It will
feU-h. They understand very well that
the price or value of a thing is fixed
and determined when two parties ex
change a commodity for money or one
commoditv for another; awl that value
Is the comiiaratlve worth of the two
articles as estimated by the buyer and
seller in making a contract. In the
board of brokers the value of a railroad
stock U determined from day to day
by w hat t'ie buyer will give rimI what
the seller will take. When the minds
of the buyer and sc-ller come together
tne price or vajue or a in;n is tieter-ith"
mined. Th.s being tbe case. It lit Insult-
'ng the good sense of Intelligent people
for the great hypocrites of the gold
Maudard to assume and ib-clare tliat
he value of gold Is Intriniic, which la
equivalent to saying that If all the
mountains were gold an ounce of gold
would btiy the same amount of wheat
as It now will. It wo'ibl be well if the
country would treat these hypocritical
or idiotic teachers occasionally to a roM
bath awl bring them u their senses.-
Silver Knight-Watchman.
Briefly but folly Ki plainest.
The following brief explanation, tak-r
en from the Texas Ileiald, Paris, Tex
of the Initiative and referendum makesi
the whole Idea plain even to any onw
who never before heard of it;
We are frequently asked to explulc
the Initiative and referendum, hence
consider 1; prudent to ;ve It in priut.
The Initiative is a constitutional ptv
vision enabling th citizens to orlgt
nate laws when tbey desire. If any
one w.iiiU a new law, he get it draft
ed, draws up a petition asking for the
i:iv.-. and clreuliitcs It among his fellow
citizens, if a certain number of th.
voters, ay, one t welih, altix their
names to It, the petition Is scut to the
Legislature, who can not alter the pro
posed law, but are obliged to send ih.
question of It enactment to lhe polb
at the 111 xt ebf tlon. The cllizi tis thet
vote yes or 110. The initiative is also ol
equai use to force the rc"nl of bad
laws In the same way.
The refirndum is a eoristitutionn
provision designed to prevent the en
acUneul of luw contrary to the Inter
est of a Itrijorlty of the people. If nut
one think that a law which has beet
paiseil by the Legislature Is bad h'
i-8ti Hod'-r the referendum within 1.
given time sign hi name to a petltlor
asklnji that the law l-e referred to ih
people. IIu then circulate the petitioi
among bl fellow citizens, aud If a ce.
tain nunilHT of the voters, say, otK
twclfth, afl'X their names, the quos-'o!
la lent to the polls at the next election
and the majority of voter deride It t.
a vote yes or no. Tut principle. !'
the Initiative, ia well known In Mass.-:
chusetts. Almost every year question
elu'tt constitutional changes arc refei
red to the people for decision. Th
Mquor question Is annually so rrferrw'
In tbe New Kn gland town meetings tic
principle In: for a long time tx-cn p
fall play. AU that Is now there requlr
ed la to extend It to tbe Laws of tb
State and c.tlea.
The referendum, then, protects tbi
fit, ieus from bad lawa which the Ley
Mature may enact, walla the iniflaUv.
WOULD SETTLE CUBAN QUESTION
t-cable, the people to get laws, estabi
itfthed which tbe Legislature refuses to
enact.
MiKinley Prnnnnrtd.
The New Time Is severe In Its denun
ciation of I"re-i(leijt McKinley for hi
policy in Lhe Cuban matter. It charges
that the "!u!ormil!orml mouey -lenders"
are responsible for the death of 2.V)
American sailors, and iliat their Ajnerl
can agents prefer a dUhonor&ble pence
rather than a war resulting In Cuban
, .,, -M.a!tnn of
real-'"""1 " , ,
4'), .!,( m or PianiSD Domn. in an
editorial entitled "A Ix-fenweles Na
tlon." Frederick V. Adam dV-cLares:
"The navies of tlw world have b-eji
built and are owned by the money pow
er. Men of war are the floating con
stables which collect debts and force
the payment of Interest on bond. You
cannot argie with an armored cnilwr.
Yon cannot reason with u torpedo tiost.
The United States hould proceed to
spend not ls than Jl.fMi.OnOxKi In
coast defenses and in the constmetioo
of a navy. It Khonld Issue green I Kicks
for this purpose. On this work several
hundred thousand men would find em
ployment. If we have to fight tbe mon
ey power, tbe sooner we get In shape to
greet its fleet Uie better it will be."
The liana;"' of a Rmall War.
If a .war with Siialu were large
enough to force tbe United States to
resort to the exercise of the sovereign
jiower of the nation to create lo-:al ten
der money without regard to the ma
'erlal upon w hlcb It is printed or stamp-
l ed, it would not be an unmitigated evil
v mean u tne Lnneii rvaien couiu oe
forced to !ue full logal tender money,
free from all promises, of redemption,
, more glXHi would be accomplished than
evil of any war which would be
liossible between the I'nJted State and
any foreign power.
tst.ite Control of Railroads.
The referendum has resulted in pop
ular approval of the proposed State
j purchase of the rallromU of Bwitzer-
land, at a cost of about $200.oo.ai0.
1 Tbe vote was .TS4,14ii in favor of to
177.1M against. The referendum ho-
; ,b"1 'T"1 l1B'Ml
ibJ the Nations! otmel! by a vote of
W to 20. According to recent official
returns there are ti.'MH miles of railroad
open for traffic In Switzerland on tbe
Ave principal lines.
The Government
l projecting a lonn for the purchase.
Administration Is Kesponnllils.
A supine and weak administration !
responsible for tbe affairs In Cuba and
the Maine ilsnster. Congress two year
ago recognized th" belligerency of th
Cuban patriots and the. KxecuUve re
fused to carry out the wishes of th
peoples represent at Ives. If he hud,
we are confident (hat Cuba would b
free today, am! no sacrifice of life
would have resu'ted. Silver Knight-
S atchman.
Why C'pbn Can't lie Free.
It Is hinted that tbe Cuban bondhold
em will pay any Indemnity Jhe United
State should demand for the destrtie
ioi of the Maine Why would they
not pay ?J.'KH),lX)f) in order to save
..'(00,0Xi,0Hi? If war with Spain should
occur Cuba would become Independent
and the Cuban bonds would not b
worth burning up.
Hrlef Comment.
11 aeeps tne uepuuucan paper
mighty busy these days convincing th
people what 8 uleken of a man Presi
dent McKinley is. ,
The tidal wave of McKinley prowper-
tty In New L'ruglund is the largest ami
thickest and saltiest and wettest ever
known In that section.
The blowing up of the Maine la a ter
rible cataslorphe, but it isn't 8 circum
stance to the blowing up the Itepubll
?an will get this fall.
The Uiugley deficit Is now pcgginji
along In tbe Ufty million, with a re
spectable cl.aiK'e of making a century
before the year is out
Mark I latum give tbe lle to those
who term ulm a plutocrat. There Is,
after all. n line of demarcation between
n plutocrat and a corroptionlat.
It la rumored that Ilanna west to
Sow fork to consult tbe flnondara
jbont raising a war loan of $000,000,
00. I not tbl a temptation to tbe
moneyed ar'.atocracy to hare war ta or
Ur to Lavas! Mu-lr Idle Isaah la
l.tilil un.l Filver t ola.
Is tiiere gold enough to furuisii tho
: ...... ...(
people tt i': Hie IKlTrtJl) i-m
medium? Tiinm g to lhe rlo't of the
rs-t-.r of Hie mint for lXH. we fcid
on pne.'.Ti that the world pnxlnctlwn
f gold for the years ism. iv.cj ina
IV.i:: .itn.illtued to si.tt.li".""". or su
1111111a. aveiage prodw-tiou of M4,lMk-
si On y:iL.- C:t of the same reiKn It lo
how 11 that ibe annual comuninion 01
.old 1, 1 he arts is f.V'.177.:Vsi. Tim
ea.T for coinage purpose.. t;i.',!Ml,3G.
If gold Is to be the money of the
... a: 1... ,lt...Liv frl.A
world, we uan uun. iy u.
1 mount of gold available for colne
r iu
iirpo-eS t tne n.fiiinuu .
vuirl.I. IJ.-it It would give u au annum
e.-iiie In the c(icula:iug mcliuni of
oeir.s iM-e caiilin. provld n wine ol
the.-to. k on hand was 'ost or droycd.
Hut ihe advocate of the gold sland
rd iusUi that it is not fair to divldo
ih: avullal.'e supply by the total pop
nlat'ou of the world, because. th-y say,
k large proportion of the people of the
world do not um- gold us money. ery
. ..... ,.f tl,
well, siljip fe oiny one i... ii v. -people
use gold as moi .-y; then the an
- ual percaplta lui-r.-ase In cln-uiatlon,
provided ii iiu- of tbe stink t,n bawl bo
tost or des'royisl In any uia uier, would
be i i-eti's.
liut woti'd there not be some lot
from abrasion nti,l accidents? Tbe di
rector of ti e mint, Iu the tabU-s here
tofore referrwl to, publislnfii In 1M2,
sIkjws that the world's production ot
gold since 1 i'.C anniunts to $H,204,:!0V
(ssj, and that th- total supply of mon
ey in existence Aug. It".. lHSO, was J-V
f,J,'ilJ.".HSI.
This shows a tremendous los of gold.
particular! w hen we take Into const
.-ration the fact that more than two
thirds of the JX,(sH1,ihki,(X)0 worth, oi
gold was produced within the Ins hun
dred year. There can In; no question
that with a single gold slaiwlard tiware
must Ih- a constantly diminishing vol
ume of money.
Rutin of 10 to I.
It 1 sometime akcd why did not
on.' ratio control the market prior to
1H":S? Tbe sn-swer is that there wer
then otb"t linptirtnut nations, with
l'niwe In the b-ad. coining sliver at a
higher value than we gave it. But
those mints being now closed, that (Lbt
turlil'.ig liiHueiK-e is removed and OUJ
ratio would In all proWibllit y conurol
the market. It Is alv. snfd that the
opening of our mint at 1 to 1 would
keep Prawn aud other countries from
opening th!r at lo1. That is not a
serious objection.
If those coiitur-Ie really want to re
sume coinage ao agri--meiit upon the
ratio would !? an easy matter. We
could rhnngi to l.V and the difference
would moretliiin pay for the rex-olnage
of the entire mass of our sliver dollars
Or the countries which formerly coined
at l.'.'i, could resume at !:. gradually
replacing the o!l coin wiih m-w. Tlw
former would be the belter and more
probable action. There Is much force
lu the suggestion that to raise the ratle
to 20. '24 o' '.V2 would greatly diminish
tbe iiumlsr of money mints, raising
their value, lowering prices, and In
creasing the burden of all debt.
Those who favor fret coinage by this
country but d.-slre a change of ratio
a ; very few In numlier and have noth
ing definite to ofTcr. Wo have neves
yet encountered a man that we believ
ed to lie sincerely In favor of independ
in' action by the 1'uited States who ad
vocated a change of ratio unless It waa
to l.'Vj, and tho.se whom we have met
favorng that ratio arc almost without
exception ready to udopt l'J to 1. With
them It Is merely a question of prefer
cuce. -Chicago liipat( h.
Notion H'iui;lit and Hold.
Every point the stix ka fall, robbing
he many of their iiatd earned invest
ment,, the producers of fair prices, the
Ui borers of good wages, or possibly of
employment, creating disaster, closing
miils. stopping factories, wrecking tbe
hearts ami hopes of millions, wrecking
the Industries of our nation, these gold
maiiipulutois, these stock gamblers,
these financial Neros fiddle while they
make their millions, while their nation
!s prosiratul, and the common people
of a common country are robbed. Trea
son Is a white crime compared to tb
black infamy of their tnson m,ty b5
met In the open with bulb-in and bayo
i ois. but this insidious crime benumb
ihe victim 't would destroy. America
is In the python's grip.
And when these American Caeasra
po-M-ss everything, they go on the mar
ket as "bubs," betting that stock will
rise which are certain to rise, for they
have decreed to r.-'inse nnd recall the
liiiiiiisoued money of their nation; gold
Is or.l.-i-ed back from Kuropc. the fact
of returning "coulldence" In (hi giant
"coiilidetict- gainif" Is widely advertis
ed. erei!:t Is c(ond(.,j. m,. money vol
ume expanded, and by every point that
rocks rls. these manipulators make
millions, fui they own ever) thing. Was
ever a nation bought and sold before In
a miinner 1'ke this? Chattel slavery
sold Individuals, but gold slavery sells
an entire nation at once. In tbe lump,
so to speak.
If ail statement tbst are Ix-lng made
as to the pre!dcur. attitude upon the
monetary question are to lie believed,
be must lie the greateat "wobbler" of
the nineteenth century. Mr. Henry W.
PealHxIy, of Hostou. declared the oth
er day Hint President McKinley gave
hi unqualified approval to the plans of
the monetary commission. What with
recommending Gage', bill, having on
of hi. own, and confiding to Renatoro
Wolwtt and Chandler that be la "all
right" on bimetallism, tbe PrsaieVia'
will need a II Modal chart to atoor jrti
tr oo. -Buffalo Time.