TALM AGE’S SEBMON.
BANNERS HOISTED FOR COD.
SUNDAY'S SUBJECT.
■ if 41ml Wo Will Not 1 |j tlie Itanner
of Trutli Mini ItlfthtoniiNiioN* ami Not
of Avarice ami Kid,on" r*»lm» 30:1).
HATE war! In my
Loyiiooil we may
have r«a 1 the biog
rapby of Alexander
or of some revolu
tionary hero until
our young heart
boat high and we
wished we had been
born over a hun
dred years ago, juat
for the glory of
*'rilling down a Hpaslan. For rusty
sword* hung up on the rafters and bul
let* cut out of log hou*es in which they
were lodged during the great strife we
had unbounded admiration, or on some
public day, clothed In our grandfather's
soldierly accoutrements, we felt us
grave as Garibaldi or Mtlt.lades. We
f*ne wiser now, for we make a vast dis
prose of war. The roll of drum* and
the call of bugles, and the chomping of
steed* foaming and pawing lor the bat
tle; a hundred thousand musket* giit
leriUR among the dancing plume*;
‘ Cod Have the King” waving up from
clarionet* and trumpet* and rung back
from deep defile* or the arches of a
prostrate city; distant, capitals of king
doms illuminated ut the tidings: gen
eral* returning home tinder flaming
arches and showering amaranths and
'he shout of empires: that is poetry,
chilled and half-blanketed, lying on
the wet earth: feet »oru witt» the march
„ and bleeding at the slightest touch;
hunger pulling on every fiber of flesh
or attempting to satisfy itoelf with a
canty and spoiled ration: thirst lick
ing up the dew or drinking out of filthy
and trampled pool: thoughts of borne
and kindred far away while just on
the eve of u deadly strife, where death
may leap on him from any one of a
hundred bayonets: the closing in of
two armies, now changed to a hundred
thousand maniacs: the ground slippery
with blood and shattered flesh: fallen
ones writhing under the hoofs of un
bridled chargers maddened with pain:
the dreadfulness of night that comes
down when the strife is over: the
struggle of the wounded ones crawling
out over the corpses: the long, fever
ish agony of the crowded barrack and
1 hospital, from whose mattresses tho
fragment* of men send up their groans,
the only musie of carnage and butch
ery: desolate homes from which
fathers and husband* and brothers
and sous went off: without giving any
dying rr.<p.sag? or bending a Uis* to the
dear ones at home, tumbled into the
soldiers’ grave trench, and houses In
which a few weeks before unbroken
family circles rejoiced, now plunged
In th'- great sorrows of widowhood and
orphanage: that is prose.
But there is now on the earth a king
dom which has set itself up for conflicts
without number. In it* march it tram
ples no grain fields, it sacks no cities,
It impoverishes no treasuries, it fills no
hospitals, it b«reaves no families. The
courage and victory of Solferino and
Magentr without carnage. The kingdom
of Christ against the kingdom of Satan.
That is the strife now raging. We will
offer no armistices: we will make no
treaty. Until all the revolted nations
of the earth shall submit again to King
Einanuci, "In the name of Clod vve will
set up our banners.”
Every army has Its ensigns. l.ong
before the time when David wrote the
text they were in use. The hosts of
Israel displayed them. The tribe of
Doi.lrimin /iOeoiA/1 <1 (Imr Vi'ltli t lin in.
scrlptlon of a wolf. The tribe of Dan
a representation of cherubim. Judah
a lion wrought into the groundwork of
white, purple, crimson, and blue. Such
hags from their folds shook fire Into
'he h‘t rt8 of such number» as were in
the held when Abijaii fought against
Jehoram. and there were twelve hun
dred thousand soldiers, and more than
five hundred thousand were left dead
nit the held. These ensigns gave hero
ism to such number* as were assem
bled when Asa fought agalusi Zeruh,
• and there were one million tlve hun
dred and eighty thousand troops in the
battle. The Athenians luriled an in
scription of the owl, which was ibdr
emblem of w**'d«m. The flags of mod
v' rrn nations are familiar to you all. and
many of iheui so Inappropriate for the
i ha racier of the nations they represent
It would he ia.politic to enumerate
i turn These ensigns are streamers
borne on the point of a lance and on
tb« top of wooden shafts They are car
ried In the front and rear of arrule*
they unroll fioui the main lop gallant
mast head o! an Admiral's flagship to
ulktlngulsh It amoug other ships of the
>am« squadron. They are the uhje t»
-yf national prld* Th - lo*« of them on
tho lleld U I attain 11! Urn..
The three b,t Hera of the I amis boots
Iff the banner it piuclantollua. (be
• auaer of weptlt, and ' h* banner of
yt. tory. \N h< o a nation |i-l« its rights
tafftaped or Ita b*u»«» Iswltel when
its rtllseas bay* in foreign dims a bs-u
,.f pressed abd aa I ad** tun tty ba* bsott
.gsryd to I be inh ybttabl* o' the isp-tb
tb or kingdom a j»ra< litui <•* of war
« uttered On it* too of butt to, i ud
orrsssb and ettsinw boo*## and ret
> rue ogles* bags arc tw> tr*t«t*
> «ssf out tIt s ho look upon tb« m
s -alik* th# < >hst au<oatp*oMtt*iag
oar to da* la red Thor it ta that ths
* haikb of d *o >A<a «o!*om ?y« tto
m>i of Its dwtefstgo. as I deter win-" I
to g»t twirb »hais wha hw ” bosa tar
od ->-f raptita into lb* fc»ndas* ul
%stsa and tot»at upon the d**tra-*tfeao
at tfcomr mighty Wtuttg* abbh bat* Hi
h.-ag t» >ab«d tbs strtk amt bent apoa
too «v*<Mtoa of lb# isiNwi • r#»gti at
rasrvPt Ut the saw# af tirid *#t» *p m
kssu< of pro U.a* too
The church makes no assault upon the ;
| world. I do not believe that (lod ever '
madu a better world than this. It is
! magnificent in its ruins. Let us stop
I talking so much against the world. |
| (iod pronoun ■••d it very good at the Ice
ginning. Though a wandering child of
God, I see in it yet the Great Father's ;
lineaments. Though tossed and driven
by the storms of six thousand years ■
she sails bravely yet. and as at lu j
launching In the beginning the morn- .
ing starH sang together and all the sons
of God shouted for joy. so at last, when
coming into the calm harbor of God's
mercy, she shall Ice greeted by tbs
huzzas of glorified kingdoms. It Is not
the world aguinst which we contend,
but its transgressions. Whatever Is
obstinate In the will, degrading In
passion, harmful In custom, false In
friendship, hypocritical in profession
against nil this Christ makes onset.
From fair* profession lie would tear the
musk. From oppression he would
snuteh the rod. From pride he would
rend off the plumes. From revi nge lie
would exorcise the devil. Wliilo Christ
loved the world so much he died to save
It, he hales sin so well that to eradicate
the last trace of its pollution he will
utterly consume the continents and the
oceans. At the gate of Kden the declar
ation of perpetual enmity was made
against the serpent. The tumult roun
about Mount Kinui was only the roar
and (lash of God's artillery of wrath
against sin. Sodom on fire was only one
of God's fiamiag bulletins announcing
hostility. Nineveh and Tyre and .leru
aiem In awful ruin mark the track of *
Jehovah's advancement. They show ,
that God was terribly in earnest when ]
lie announced himself abhorrent of all
iniquity. They make tin believe that
though nations belligerent and revenge
ful mav ilgn articles of poare and come
I to an amicable adjustment, there shall
I be no cessation of hostilities between
| the forces of light, and the forces of
darkness until the kingdoms of this
world have become llie Kingqoms oi om |
I I,ord. Affrighted by no opposition, dis
couraged by no temporary defeats, !
shrinking from no exposure every
man lo his position, while from the top
of our schools und churches and semi
naries and asylums. "In the name of
! Cod we will set up our banners.”
Again, it was the custom In ancient
times, for the purpose of gathering
armies, to lift an ensign on the top of
some high hill, so that all who saw it
would feel Impelled to rally around It.
In more modern times the same plan
has been employed for the gathering
of an array. Thus It is that the Church
of Christ lifts its flag for recruits. The
Cross of Jesus Is o.ir standard, planted
on the hill of Calvary. Other armies
demand that persons desiring to enter
the Hats of war shall he between such
and such an age, lest the folly of ex
treme youth or the Infirmity of ad
vanced age b" a clog rather than an
advantage. JJut none are too young
for Christ’s regiment: none can he too
old. The hand that is strong enough
to bound a bad or trundle u hoop is
skilled «-uough to light for Christ, while
many a hand trembling with old age
has grarped the arrow of truth, nnd
with a dim eye close to it. taking aim,
has sent its sharp point right through
the heart of the King’., enemies. Many
oi yon have long ago bad your names
written on the roll of celestial troops,
and you like the service well, although
you now bear the scars of multitudi
nous cor.tlleti and can tucount many a
long march, and tell of siege-guns
opened on you that you thought never
would he spiked. Hut there may be
some who ha^e not yet enlisted. Your
being here implies that you are seri
ously thinking about it, and your at
tention makes me hope you are only
looking for the standard to bo hoisted.
\iri ii v/in not t. hiintlpfirl of t mi utltli
all the aroused enthusiasm of your na
ture, come hounding into tho ranks,
while "In til* name of God we sot up
our hauliers?”
Through uat .ral modesty do you hold
hack and say, "I will he of no advant
age to Chris': I am too awkward lo
learn the step of the host, or to be of
aay sen ice Ti the shock of battle?"
To you 1 make the reply. Try it. One
hour under Christ’* drill, ami you
would so well understand tils rules that
the first step of your march heaven
ward would make tho gates of hell
tremble on tli-ir hinges. We may not
1m as polished and trim as tu my Chris
tians we have known, and we may not
as well understand sharp-shoaling. but
there Is rough work which we can all
a<<ompllfb We may tie axe-men, and
hew u pathway through the lorests. Wo
may be > pade i on,and dig the trr'u hos
or throw up th" furtlf at ions. We do
not eare where we do not rare what -
If we can only help in the cause of our
KlUk aim shout si- loudly us any of
Iheiu at tin1 i-oiupldluti of the con
quest.
There are turn proft-rsor* who have a
very correct Idea of what Christians
ongh' tu be Vint nave m ii taenit «r»
of the church who were a* proud st
Mi*» oini lied as badly as Ananias. and
who wer« as toiil litpiwrlttj., a, Judas
j You at bat all that You say followers
of Christ ought to he Utuioi ante, hum
I feto, an<t .«elt d»» < t»*. wad iSrnmablr
i and patient «nd terfctv Inc Vmenl go
j th- > ougbi Con « *Slo the kHi* li ih o*
: i htiei Rt) beb'er ted ks |usl tha*
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Tkt r me mu a bow «t lit Christ •
Uiiio. possessed of seven devils. In some
instances it seems as though at conver
sion only six of those evil spirits were
cast out, while therr remaing still one
in the heart, the devil of avarice, the
devil of lust, or the devil of pride. Men
of the world. If yott would be trana>
formed and elevated by the power of
the gospel, now is tne time to come,
it is no mean ensign I lift this hour. It
Is a titre-bonored Hag. It has Itecn in
terrific battle. Draggled in the dust of
a Saviours humiliation from Bethlehem
to t'alvnrj. Kent by hell's onset, the
spears of « maddened soldiery, and the
hands of the men who said, "lad hint
lie crucified." With this ensign In his
bleeding hand the .Saviour sealed the
heights of our sin. With this he mount
ed the walls of perdition, and amid Its
very smoke, and (lantc, and blasphemy
he waved his triumph, while demon*
howled with defeat, and heaven
Thronged his chariot wheels
And bore him to his throne:
Then swept their golden harps ami
sung,
The glorious work Is done.
We go not alone to the field. We
have invincible allies In the dumb ele
ment* of nature. As Jolt »ald, we are
In league with the very stones of the
Held. The sun by day and the moon by
uigbt, directly or indirectly, shall favor
Christianity. The stars in their course*
are marshaled for us. as they fuugbt
against Hlsera. The winds of heaven
are now us certainly acting in favor of
Christ at. In reformation times the in
vincible Armada, In Its pride, ap
proached the coast of England. As
that pioud navy directed their guns
against the friends of Christ and re
llglous liberty, God said unto his winds,
"Seize hold of thorn," and to the sea.
"Swallow theta." Tiie Ixird, with his
tempos:*, dashed their hulks together
and spllute-ed them on the rocks until
the flower of Kpantsh pride and valor
lay crushed among the waves of the
sea beach. Ail urn our*. Aye! God
the Father, God the Son, and God tho
Holy Ghost aro our allies.
The Mohammedans, in their struggle
lo subjugate tho world, had passages
from the Koran Inscribed on the blades
of tbele admirers, and wc huve nothing
to fear if, approaching the Infidelity
and malice that oppose the kingdom of
Christ, we shall have glittering on our
sword* the words of David to the giant,
"I come to the* In the name of the Lord
of Hosts, the God of the armies of Is
rael. whom thou has defied."
Now the Church goes forth hearing
precious seed, hut ufter awhile it. will
he the siicaf-hlndlng, and reaper angel*
shall .shcut tho harvest home. Now it
Is tents and marching and exposure,
hut then in the ranks of prostrate In
iquity and on the very walla of heaven,
“In the name of God we will act up our
banner*. * * *
You know in ancient times elephants
were trained to fight, and that on one
occasion, instead of attacking the ene
my, they turned upon their owners and
thousands were crushed under tho
stroke of their trunks and the mountain
weight o? their step. These mighty op
portunities of work for Christ tuay ac
complish great tilings in overthrowing
the sin of tho world and heating to
pieces its errors, hut if we do not wield
them aright these very advantages will,
in unguarded moments, turn terribly
upon us and under their heels of ven
geance grlud us to powder. Rejected
blessings are seven-fold curses. We
cannot rcc.ipromise this matter. We
cannot stand aside and look on. Christ
has declared It. "All who are not with
me arc aealnst ine." Lord Jesus, we
surrender.
The prophecies Intimate that there
shall before the destruction of the
world be cnc t reat battle between truth
and unrighteousness. We shall not
probably see it on earth. God grant
that wo may see it, bending from the
battlements of lieaven. On the side
of sin slu 11 be arrayed all forma of op
pression anil cruelty, led on by in
famous kings and generals. The vota
ries of I’agau'sni. led on by then
priests. The subjects of Mohummcd
ism, following the command of then
bhleks. And gluttony and intemper
uuce and iniquity of every phase shal
be largely repieaented on tbe Held. Al
the wealth and splendor uud power and
glory of wickedness shall bo concen
tered on that ono dueittlvo spot, ami
maddened by ten thousand prevlout
defeats, shall gather themselves tip foi
one last, terr.ble assault. With hairei
to God for their cause mid blasphemj
for the battle-.ry, they spread out ove:
the e-;tth In bi-iare beyond square, um
legion beyuitU lea tun. while In so mi
over hanging cloud of hl.trknesa fou
spirits of bell watch this last struggh
of stn and darkness for dominion,
Scattered In tbs blast o* JaiitviVi
nobtrtis, plunder, and tin. uud rtatanl
furce shall quit tbe Held. A* the row
of tbe conflict sounds through the util
: verse all world shill listen The al
shall be full of wings of he neat) co
hurts. The work is done, and In th<
pi» seii-'e uf • world r«< tainted fir lb<
crown <>f .lesus, and staid the rrnmldt u
of tyrannies and the defeat uf Hatam
fart*, aid satUl the sn<ind of heaven'
a»- lawstMna 'he church skill rise u|
: in (ho imago of ont l,m t and will
Ihe crow* of victor> on her heal an
! ik# » eptet of fcntsiiiti la her has
i In Ike asm* a* Gad shall sot up tv -
! sinner* Then lliwaiata shall beeeas
vt,mat |lstt. and I he I*»fences .tfefiA'i
I and ih ureans lli< walking ple-e u
i hint who trot ih# wave rim of Halt
> lea, and Iks afeh* heaven* beerfe
t .(isohdtkg- haafd ehk'h •hall -trike ha I
1 Ihe sened wf to the earth tit
I (a reheohd again Is ike throne of Ih
I Vtos MV I a set at Ike Agar. > I»ps«
; g, - p|> hit ako alii »f»nd la tie »•
! si gs'gh* uf reai*t Ihe «**«» uf ik
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BETTER FOR SILVER.
REPUBLICAN PARTY WILL
STAND BY THE METAL.
InN'rofttiiig View* of iiitrojH'Mii IKi m«*t i* I -
Hutu Stcjidy Growth of Meittlmrnt *•»
Favor of ictlon Tl»© Ontjr IIo|M* of
Hllvrr.
(Washington Letter.)
Friends of Hi metallism here are
' greatly encouraged by the activity of
the republicans In favor of an Interna
tional conference. The resolution au
thorizing President McKinley to ap
I point delegates to such n conference
I and to <'all It If necessary Is being
pressed for action in the house, and It
Is believed will pass that body before
adjournment. The prompt action In
its favor in the senate encourages bi
metallists abroad und adds to their
conviction that the result of the late
election in the United States Is favor
able to International bimetallism, and
the only hope of silver. On this ques
tion of tlie effect of the laic election In
this country on the prospects of Inter
natlonul action, some very Important
views from prominent English, French
und Herman advocates of that propo
sition have been recently laid before
the senate. These statements come
from l.onl Aldenham, president of the
British Bimetallic league; Dr. Otto
Aremlt. honorary secretary of the Her
man Bimetallic league und member of
Uip Prussian diet, and Edmund D'Ar
tols, assistant general secretary of ih<»
French Bimetallic league.
These statements which arc of very
recent production are especially Inter
esting because they pren nt a view of
the situation in Enrols- an affected by
the recent elections in the United
States. It Is evident from the state
ments of these three distinguished In
lernational bimetallists of Europe that
there la a concent tu of opinion amotiK
the friends of bimetallism In that part
of the world that the result of the late
election In the I’nitcd States was de
cidedly advantageous to the prospects
of International bimetallism, l.ord II
. den hunt, president of the British Bine
| talllc league says In speaking of the re
1 cent contest In the I'nltcd States that
| Mr. Bryan’s platform was "Is-ss stable
j tliau It might have been because It
sinned against the canon ’union is
strength.’ That which won was the
cause of real sound money not the
English 'Gobi and gold only as the sole
legal tender.’ but that which Is now by
j common consent summed up In the
awkward word "Bimetallism”- free
coinage of gold and silver at a set
tled ratio into a full legal t< nder
money.” He adds:
‘‘Perhaps before long our newspaper
and leaflet writers may come to under
stand that when Major McKinley de
clared that he pledged lilmsclf to pro
mote international bimetallism, he
meant what he said, not what they
wished him to say. * * * The cause
of national bimetallism was defeated
at the election, but the cause of inter
| national bimetallism was victorious.”
i ixtrd Aldenham proceeds to discuss
the progress of the sentiment of bi
nietallbtm in Great Britain, and shown
that although in 188!) and 1890 interna
tional bimetallism was defeated In
parliament the sentiment has steadily
grown in that body until the House
of Commons on March 17, 1896, unani
mously adopted the following resolu
tion :
"This house is of opinion that the
instability of the relative value of gold
and silver since tin- action of the
) Batin union of 1870 has proved Injuri
ous to the business interests of this
CUUUiry, UUU ui^rn UlC RUWIU
mout the advisability of doing all in
their power to secure by international
agreement u suitable monetary pur of
exchange between gold and silver.”
Dr. Arendt. honorary secretary of the
German Blnietallte league, sketches the
progress of International bimetallism
in Germany showing that the agrarian
element is overwhelmingly favorable
to It, and that while the parliamentary
left is opposed to It, yet tile right is ab
solutely bimetallic, and the center
party is favorably disposed because it
is obliged to keep on good terms with
the rural voter. The pamphlet of Arch
bishop Walsh, translated for nse in
Germany, has won many to bimetal
lism. The German parliament, can. In
ills opinion, be relied upon as a strong
supporter of International lilnietnlllsni,
ibullish he is of opinion that without
> action by Kits la lid In some sense favor
able to bimetallism, tt Is doubtful oi
1 the concurrence by Germany in inter
> national action
Mr. Knninmt H'ArtoU, assistant gen
, etui secretary of the French liiin.-tulM.
- league, says that Interituliunal hlmetal
> It sin has made rapid strides In Fi nn. <
in the |*u*t few years, and c«,»imlli «
among the agrarian*, tie dose* hti
Mtuteoteut by saving
Onr hop** are to day much jfmatei
* than In May »»«•*. be.atm* we beb-s.
I in France that the A wet nan preuldsa
’ Gil *lM‘tWn bus iswtUted In i<-< • Giu.
' iu Kucotw generally. to Kuglsu.l pat
* iituurG th< iMfsiw Into which gtihi
1 luoltiom lali-»m has lead the world
1 Th# heated dt*. -watcMtc whMt areum
IWDOtl th* MOW taMMMW els. tlMW IN the
t titled tt**tc» haw shown ohm lumcti
* that intr cast loaallsts ate tar man
i,,|i> it s4vcnatss of ssmad tinm* i tha*
gold uiuttoWi- *attt«!« are htciuMc id tin
* stable nil «d *ichcase which they a 1st
i it, wu. hi* he Inter i.sin«nal as lawmen
■ I,* 1 wc. also atoic't 111 ■tandaiii* of tlw
* tt| I,!, (itsut a tit I-*. <>«!•• .g-* in 4
* fe, 1 wd t»«» m gafol Its •
the - piMlo.i tltat Fran** wilt be tswdi
and iin*iH-wt m .ic-wpsrat* with th,
' 1 Ml|i*d Mite- the t*stta sskm an
li* #iHft iH §*%*/! t*i M**v$$4t*-*44 <41 M
Id* t %%* |* *%?*»* il 111 *11*4 till*
I I II 44 N>*»* «fa
P **’<«) If* Ibild-UMl ill 4ft
1 cultural societies, representing 52,0i0
active members.
It may be added that in each case
the gentlemen whose views are quoted
l>y Senator Chandler, while extremely
| favorable to International bimetallism,
express the view distinctly that at
tempts by j single nation, no mutter ,
how strong, to establish bimetallism
Independently and without interna
. lional action, would be both unsuccess- ‘
I ful and disastrous.
G. II. WUXI A MS.
J -
iHogfthrr Too Uiiul*
lLouisville Commercial.)
It is instructive to notice tho pains
taken hy the l.ondou Economist to un
sure us that the low duties of the Wil
son tariff have not injured American
Industries. Of course the Economist
and other Hritlah thinkers are desirous
that our industries shall not. suffer,
and arc only desirous that the Wilson .
schedules should be continued for our j
benefit. While the disinterestedness
of the Englishmen awakens our admi
ration, vet we fear they are hardly cap
able of feeling that Intense sympathy
for us, and that earnest desire for our
material prosperity that we experience
for ourselves. We trust they will not
object to our change of the method of
collecting duties from ud valorem to
specific, because In the mutter of wool
en goods alone, reliable exports report
that hy flic* undervaluations our gov
ernment is swindled out of twenty mil
lions of dollars a year. It strikes us
this affects alike our Industries and
1 our pockets: but we arc thankful for
all the Information our English friends
; may give us, as to the construction of
our tariffs, in which, of course, they
cm have no possible Interest.,
Mop l In* Import*.
(New York Tribune.)
j Congress could declare by a short
bill, which It should not take a week
to pass, that It was about to make a
general advance of duties In order to
: raise an adequate revenue and to give
better protection to industries, and
therefore that all goods thereafter Im
i ported should he taken out of custom
houses or warehouses only upon bond
j to pay the additional duties when fixed
by Congress. Uy this procedure the
coming determination of Congress as
to rates needed ou particular goods
would go Into practical effect at once,
and the evasion of expected ditties by
! anticipatory Imports would be avoided.
Imports for Immediate sale, within the
two or three months possibly required
for the maturing and enactment of a
new tariff, would be no more embar
rassed than under the prevailing meth
od while a tariff bill is pending, while
Imports for future distribution under
new duties when enacted would not be
embarrassed at all. The home markets
would Is- to a great extent secured to
American porducers, and the demand
for American labor would at once ho
stimulated.
imtijc-f) ropuiut*.
There Jb a «eriou» division apparent
in the ranks of the People's party over
the proposition made by some of the
more advanced members of the organ
ization to abandon the sliver Issue,
which shipw recked Its hopes In the last
campaign. This Is, perhaps, hardly so
remarkable as might appear at the first
glance. Men who set up a fetich arc
always slow to perceive the clay In the
idol of their own construction, and in
asserting the purpose of the western
ers to udbere to the free coinage Idea,
Mr. J. A. Edgerton, secretary of the
Populist national organization. Is nat
ural and In character. The free coin
age Idea came out of the west and Its
fetich worshipers are joined to their
idols.
There were unmistakable signs of
tho decadence of the silver Idea before
the result of the election which showpd
an overwhelming popular sentiment
against It. If the campaign of educa
tion resulted In nothing else, It at least
made It apparent that there would be
nothing galuf.il by putting the nation
upon a lower standard than those com
mercial nation# with which the Amer
ican people must do business, and
there would be much lost.
•■No Hriiitfl) f«r I'arniMi."
(San Francisco Fall.)
The condition of agriculture in Kng
land has long been of a nature so dts
u itroua, both to land-owner* and lease
holder*. as to produce among them a
stale of chronic discontent. Itcgently,
however, affair* have gone from bad lo
worse and at the present time they are
In a condition so hope lea* that laird
Hnltahury I* reported to have declined
to receive a deputation of farmer* on
the expressed ground that he knew of
; hi* own knowledge all they had tu cum
| ptatu Of. but could see uo way of reui
I e«ly tug the evils
Had a* tltl* condition Is. It I* ren
I derm! worse by the fact that there
| seem* to be no hopeful outlook for tin
I larwing industry of KagUiul la the
I future The out* possible help would
| lie the ealaWi'huvrnt of * high plot-.
l|te tariff on tom products.
\ , .iuptitpifsi) remark* that den
i *|or IVffrr supports the good tw4a
' Htiivemea* taeeauwe be bill be ' direct 11
latere# ted la the condition of I be
j • nlking after lb* Hh of Mai eh Mm
much M* fvffer h editor of * "re
futm paper and will ride oh a free
11 po>» ever* Mure
The great*'*! tear Iw Ufa that ffo*
. »m « our I. • alt ref I to ml* ta tfeat hi
niss chaw** we Mi* ham* w# bfeay real
p U< no tba road ta pumper tty * lias
h i Ms»*
11
The A melt' *b flag will not be haw Vo
! «|. n M s-Hleb' # wh*t* M* h<*t*» t
,»4*i lent and dfeeiaya* ta W»e**t»r j at
* »l«v Ml t.oria (lilts lfe*M«r|l
Fop Mtal«t*r to l!nin»1l<
1V«^tiu»0Tox, March 13.—It is an
dcratooil that Mrf Irving 11. Dudley of
San Diego, Cal., is the choice of the
California delegation for minister to
Hawaii, and that his appointment has
been practically agreed upon by Pres
ident McKinley.
Mother MrKlnlrr IScturn t to Ciititou*
Wa*iiii*«Tox, March 13.—After a
week"* stay nt, the White House,
Mother McKinley and Miss Helen Mc
Kinley, the President's sister, left the.
city last night for their linin'- in Can
ton. Ohio. Cuptuin Heisliind escorted
them. _____
RELIEF FOR MR. M’KINLEY.
Tim J’rt-slitrnt Ahle to Do Home aork —
The Cabinet Meeting.
Washix'iton, March 13. —As this
was u cabinet day thcro was quiet,
about the White house during the
forenoon, and for the first time the
President was able to devote him
self to the accumulation of nnitlnw
business, the signing of paper*, etc.
The cabinet meeting lasted until
12:1ft, and Secretary bliss and Attor
ney Hencral MeKunna remained some
time longer. It was stated |msltively
that no change* in the status of Cuban
affairs were brought to UlO attention
of tlie meeting.
FOUR AMBASSADORSHIPS.
limy Hulun to buglaiiil, Porter to Craae*.
ftfrrrlain tu Dcrniany. Draper to Italy.
Wawii.T'itox, March I I. J’rcsident
McKinley's nominntionH of flu- four
ambassadors, which have been anx
iously uwuited for some days, are likeJy
to he sent to the Senate next Tuesday,
and tlicrc Is strong probability that
the list will bit ns follows:
Ambassador t*> Hreat J Iri tain —
Colonel John Huy of Illinois.
Ambassador tol'rauci limcral flor
arc Porter of Nciv York.
Ambassador to licrnmtty- Ks-Niw
rrnor Merriam of Minnesota.
Ambassador to Italy— lion. Williaris
!•'. Draper of Massachusetts.
Tllr S|. (.unis Mrlinol Hill ISissnl.
fltm;iMffi I ITS, Mo., Marrh 13,—
The house this morning reconsidered
the St. I.oiiis Civil! federation bill,
which it defeated last night, amt
passed it by a vote of ss to ivltliout
amendment. It only got -.3 votes last
night.
A IteiierMl'* Mon Mrnt In I’rliun.
I,os AxoKi.rs, March 13. Allen L.
Alford, son ofCeneral Alford of Tea**,
has been convicted of forgery and sen
tenced totwo years' Imprisonment.
Trl«(rt|ili nnfl 'Oleplimin Tasatloa
Toi’EKA. Kan.. March 13. The sen*
ale to-day passed the house hill pro
viding for ttie assessment and taxation
of telephone uiul telegraph companies.
Mr. Slierinsn'M (,'onflilenilal Clerk.
Wash mol ox. March 13.- MeereUiry
of Ntnte (Sherman has appointed WH
liuin II. tiaitre of Marietta. Ohio, as his
confidential clerk. It lias been tilled
heretofore by the detail of a civil ser
vice clerk Mr. Caitre was Associated
with I ’resident McKinley while he was
governor of Ohio.
Nimt Asa «( t'ouwut (.aw-.
.1 (-.i- KKllsox City, Mo., March ft. -The
Seuute passed the lloiwe bill raising
the age of consent to :.’l years. Tin
bill will go to tho governor to-day. and
will, it is said, be promptly .signed by
him.
IOWA PATENT OFFICE REPORT.
I)KM MoiNBa, March II. Master Paul
James, of Des Moines, has been grunted
a copyright, for an amusing publication
entitled "Paul James's Card Came anil
I Instructions,'' K. W. K. asks: "(fail
a person patent a machine for making
wire fence and sell county rights to
use the machine and then invent and
patent another machine for making
the same kind of u fence and sell thu
right to the second patent to make the
same fence in tin- same territory?”
Answer: improvements are always in
order, and it has been said "The room
for improvement is tile largest room in
tin- world.” A person mu, invent and
I patent two distinct machines for mak
' mg tiie same kind of u fence and law
! fully sell the right tor each iuthesaroc
; place to itiffmM persons, .so each
, purchaser lias the rigid, to iuuke the
! fence in the same territory, provided
j there is no patent on tin* fence, or, if
' patented, each lias bought n right to
make such fence. Valuable informa
tion about obtaining, valuing and sett
ing patents sent free to a»j address.
Thomas (5. ash J. liAi.cn Onwio,
Solicitors of 1‘atcntk
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