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'iX ' M -e . THE BED CLOUD -CHIEF A. C HDSUES, Pablister. ED CLOUD. NEBRASKA lOrpvriaiA Secured. All IHghU Jtatcrrtd.1 J)riven From Sea to Sea; Orj-JUSTACAFIN'. bt c. -a roar. TTtmAsmn bt Pr.uKTBsum or J. E. Dowxrr - CO., PUBU6HKKH, CHICAGO. CHAPTER IX. CojenjfCEn. And m it wus RCttled, "acttled by a unanimous vote," 03 bis father said, -jand he kissed his boy good-night and went out and bought the ducks and chickens, und arranged to have them jput on the fitenmcr in the morning. If the girls had been allowed a voice in - determining the going home of their parents the otc might not have been so "unanimous," for they dreaded be ing left alone in the great city, bnt Icnowing they could not detain their parents many days longer anyhow, and that their mother, as .she said, was tired and wanted to get home and see to things, they interposed but few objec tions. So the next morning good-byes "were .aid, with many injunctions on the part of the mother, and with kisses, and -diugs, cud tears, and promines to write often. The girls did not go down to the wharf to see them off, for they feared the getting back to their rooms; and .' besides it was better to saj good-bye where no stranger's eye could see the - tears which they knew would come at the parting; ami so tho.se to part at their lodging where they could have a god cry all to themselves just as sooii as th-jir parents and Johnny were out of sight. Mr. l'ar.sons left them all together at the last moment and Avent down to say good-lye to the professor in whose hou-c they were, and toward whom he felt kindly, as he was to be in some de gree the protector of his daughters dur- in": their stav at school. He found him in the hitting-room and shook his hand beartily. "Good-live, professor, good-bye,'' he ?aid. "Take good care of the girls; mother and I think a heap of em. You'll find "em good girls, too. profes sor, and smnrt: take after their mother -the girls do; both of 'em. Well, good bye: let ui know if anthing goes wrong with em anyway, and don't be -afraid that their bills won't be paid. I'm good for anything I contract for, I reckon. "Come another. Good-bye girls. '-Conic .Johnny, we must hurry or we'll miss the boat," he called from the foot -of the stairs, and a moment later they were gone and Jennie and Lucy were alone and having their cry out all by themselves. "1 don't know how we are to get home from town when we get there," said John Parsons as the neareil the landing that afternoon. "Erastus wasn't.to come for us until to-morrow night" " May be some of the neighbors will "be in,' returned Mrs. Parsons. "Most Jikcly they will; if not we wili manage porno way. It appears to roe as if I had been gone an age and 1 must get "home to-n ght A I have to walk. How -do you suppose Erastus is getting along all alone? ' " Oh 'lias is all right.' replied her Imsbund. "Don't you never fear for aiim. If he ain't capable of takin' -care of himself ther ain't no young feller around these diggins as is. Likely he's a little lonesome but he's .gettin' on well enough, never you fear; and home'll seem all the cheerfuler for our havin lecn gone. Thet's a pint I kin speak from e"-ericucc on. -fer 1 kept bach myself fer better'n six jvears. while 3011 and the babies was Lack in the States; and I don't never 'want to do it again." As our friends had hoped, a neigh- "bor was in town with his team, and gladly offered them a ride ouL He could not carry the ducks and chickens, however, and the were left with other -purchases for Mr. Parsons or Erastus to return for on the morrow. It was nearly dark when, coming -over the last rise, they looked down upon their own home, with the orchard -and vineyard and the rosebush that clambered over the wide porch, fairly covering it with wreaths of bloom, and gave a sigh of relief at their journey -ended. Johnny was already asleep in his father's Jap when the wagon drew up -at the front gate, aad Erastus, sur prised at their unexpected return, came out to meet them I am awfully glad you have got .bck," he said, as they catered the douse; "but I had rather you had de Hayed aaother day, or at least uatil lorsxag. I had promisea myself to 1 up all tne dirty oisnes m the bouse to-aigat if it took all sight to do it, aad now you hare come and caught me wkh it undone aad the house ia a ter rihlc fa." Mrs. Parsons laughed. "Didn't I atell you, John, that I ought to cone -nase and see to things, '' she said. "A don't kaow aaythiag ahoutkeep- wit juu vu ucik w Tcvrt, 3)roke hi Johnav. now fully awakeaed -and coBscious of where he was. "Three big white docks aad two little baaty chickeBS, Til bet my banty rooster cam whip your big Shaaghai!"" Oh, bo! so job are a sporttag maa from the city, are job?" retimed rMUa. takiag the lad'up and huggiag m Well, vou wait until you get your chickens home, aad if they ain't oe awfully tierce-looking Til put up may eld bob-tailed Shaaghai agaiast jourbaBtam reoster. aad at thebaata licks, yon shall have them both aad Til .get you a jack-kaife in the bargain, and V the Shanghai whips I'll have the 'tattta aad the white clacks! What do you say; will you de it?" This was a poser to Johaay. He had beea -very certaia that his baatam could -whip the big, clumsy Shanghai, whose cowardice was proverbial amoagthc -members of the family, aad who was -only kept for the ridiculous aapearance -srbich he cat with his leag legs and -taixiess bedy, for which latter oW Bose was geaeraJry held arceuataUe. bat the -ready aatmraBce wkh which Erastns ofered teback "c4dBe." asthey called the Shanghai, agaiBct the baatam, -aroused a fear of tee result; aad much as he coveted the jadc-kaife. he feared -to ti lotteg the baatam aad the decks, -aad bo amouat of mutmriag could ia- .. . oaa.' a.TLa Pv.ant ' to agree to the wager. Ha had UBta teechickeas were tuiaed loose m herayard, ead whea hehadaotually BOTt-MShMcmumflaU retreat befere the vicious attack which the bantam made upon himf"be claimed the jack knife and refused to remember that he had not accepted the offered wager. The vacation between the fall and winter term of school was so short that Jennie and Lucy did not attemnt to spend it at home, but remained in San j JTTiuei.sco, zmu utus were aim:ui iuuy six months without seeing am member of their family. They wrote e-ery week, however, and often more frequently, and were so well pleased with their school, and the family in whose honse the3 were was so kind, that those at home had no especial anxiety about them. They were kept supplied with money, and occasional boxes of home baked -lies and cakes, or a jar of f resti sweet butter was sent them by steamer, and every few days Erastus or Mrs. Par sons wrote to them, thu keening them fully advised as to all that was going on upon the ranch or among the young people in the neighborhood. Their father did not write he had never been much accustomed to write letters until he left the States and went to the mines; and here his opportunities for sending letters had been so few as to prevent frequent exercise of what little talent he possessed in that direc tion, so that now he felt no inclination to apply his stiffened fingers to the me of the pen, but was content to hear read the letters received week by, and With sending messages of love in tho- of Erastus and his wife; but as the time approacled for the return of the girls for the long vacation he was eager' for t their coming, and was at the landing 1 waiting for them more than an hour l-e-l fore the steamer was due; and when she J came, hurried on board the instant the I gang-plank was lowered. "How'd do, Jennie; how'd do, Lncv; glad 3ou're back again. Give your old. J lather a hug;" and he gathered them in his arms and put hi.s bearded face down to theirs for a kiss, and then turned away and drew the back of his hand across his eyes and led them on shore and helped them into the spring wagon. "Mother'Il be nionstrou' giad to see you"' he .-aid, as they drove homeward; "and M"ll Erastus and Johnny. An' the young folks in the neighborhood are arrangin for a picnic an' a dance in the woods for one day next week, a pur- pose so you can all see each other agin. " apect the young fellows are might anxious to have 3011 back in the neigh borhood, bein there am t huidly enough to go around anvwav. I gins was juta-tellin' mother only yesterday ;that if you girls hadn't trut vnur liouili: -t on coin to school another vear, I'd -'- " ...... .7. a heap rather ou stayed to home ami helped her to make the house cheery like, but if 3011 want to go back I ain't a-goin' to 'bjecL 1 reckon 'Kastus will Ikj gittiu marr'cd 'fore long. An' may be he'll bring h.s wife home; I'm sure there's room enough" in the cottage fer all of ut even if we were all to home, and I s'posc we cau't always keep vou girls. Even ef 3ou was to leave school for good, some of the 3-ouug fellows would be coaxin' 3011 awa3 from us." "Oh. no, pa; I am sure neither Lucy nor I have anv thoughts of getting mar- ; ried, have we, Lucv?" laughed her sis ter. "You don't mean to sa3 Ras is in love wi:h any of the girls though, do ou?" she continued. "I wonder who it can be. Fun 113, isn't it? but I never thought that he could cerget married, had 3ou, Lucy?" Luc said she had never thought of it. though of coure Erastus would mar ly some time, she supposed; nearly everybody did. Then she tried to talk of something else, but Jennie insisted on knowing who it was that Erastu- was courting. "Oh I don't know as anybody in par ticular.1 her father replied", "only he's ridin' around with the neighbors' girls some, and it's natural he should marry afore many years. He is a man now, and he knows we are savin' money to buy him a ranch with altT aspeH." "It will be mighty lonesome," he added, "if he should marry and leave mother and me: 'specially "if ou girls should go, too." The girls both protested that they never meant to marry; had not thought of such a thing. "You must not talk so, pa," said Lucy, "because we are never roing to leave 30U; but just as soon as we get through school will come home and stay always with you and mother." Jennie noticed that her sister's voice had a little suspicion of tears in it when she said this, and that she turacd her head and looked the other way when she spoke, but forgot it immediately in wondering if it were true that 'Rasreal ly had an one picked out to many, and if so, whom? She thought over all the girls in the neighborhood, and finally decided that it was Marv Jones. j Mar, she knew, had always liked Erastus. She liked Mary herself, and the two had been together a great deal, aad if Erastus was goiag to marry any bodv she Hoped it would be Mary. "There s J ohnn coming te meet us," said John, Sea., as the came over the hill and struck the little stretch of level grouad ia front of the cottage. "You bet he's got a good ee for see-in'-tbings. 'Spect he's been watchin' for us for aa hour. He thiaks a heap of his dad, den't you, Johnny?" be said, as he pulled up the ponies, aad reaching down, lifted the youngster iate the wagoa "where they could get at aim.' as the girls said; aad straight way they began to hug and kiss him, keepinc it up uatil he sauirmed away from them, aad getting ia betweea hfs father's kaees, iasiated oa beiag al- r lowed to drive. lira. Parsoas was at the gate waiting to welcome her girls back with a smile and a kiss. The old dog frisked about and barked as if he were still a puppy, fairly kcockiag Johnny down aad up settiBg oae of the traveling baskets which had been set out preparatory to dnviag the wagon to the barn. Johnnv would have cried, ordiaarily. at suck rough usage, but bow it would have appeared out of place amidst the gen eral rejoicing and so iastead of getting aagry or cning, he laughed aad tried to mount aad nac out uoe as ae 101 lowed the irls and their mother into the house. Erastus was at work in the oeias wnen tae party amveo. oui see ing the wagon drive up, he came in immediately- He was. as Hr. Parsons had said, a man bow. aearlv six feet tall aad with a maaly air that had just a shade of ea-abajrassraent ia it as he kissed the girls in tiira aad asked after their health. Lacy was a little shy of his carets, aad turned her cheek instead of puttiag up her lips to receive the salute; but Jeaaue greeted him with the old time smack and even repeated it twice be faro sto released aim. Taea she Broke ut wkh: Oh! 'Ras, father savs you're thiak iag of getting amarriedf I'-acVt Believe k. Ubotagh. bay, is k so? Are vou go iag to marry Starr Jones? 'Caase I know Mary always liked you, TaaugB she would aeverewa k. bay. 'stas, hi h really trae?" : Tk UmJ -- - fate aamceaf mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmai red beneath the Lrown tan. an.I h glanced at Lucy, and mo.ed awa toward the porch, and then he looked a little foolish and r.nally vexed; and then the idea appeared to strike him a-. being ludicrous somehow, and he ! laughed. j.uu kuuw wuw mail wai. ocu, he said; "I never cared forMary Jones, or any otner of the g.rls; and, besides, Mary is going to be married to Joe iironson. week after next, and we are all invited to the wedding." Oh. 'Kas. is that so? Why didn't yon write us about it?' said Lucy, sud denly turning and coming back. And then both girls began: " Where are the to be married ?" At Mrs. Jones', I suppose." We'll go, of course. Wonder what Mary will be married in?" Are the going on a wedding tour?" ' What day next week is it to be?" "Who Is going to many them?" "Bet I wouldn't have old Mr. Peters marry me; he is the homeliest man 1 ever saw. Be just like him to forget their names and marry Mar to some bod else." "Who's going to stand up with them?'" "Will it be at night or in the morn ing?" "Where are they going to live?" Has Joe got a "ranch of his own?" " Wonder how .Joe in maged it. any way; he used to bo awfully bashful." And a dozen other questions, without waiting for an answer. "Come, girls; come Erastns, dinner's all read, and our father coming in from the bam," called Mrs. Parsons from the kitchen. "Come and let's see how it will seem, to all eat together once more." As th -y passed out ahead of him, and all the time as they sat at dinner, Erastus kept thinking how beaut ful Lucy had grown. He had never noticed it before, but it seemed to him now that Jennie really looked plain be side her sister. V' .. 1 !... .1 !. T " CHAlTF.lt X. A SCItl'ItlSCI) KNGl.ISIIJfA!f. "Hi say! 'EIlo. the 'ouse! "Would you be kind enough to hac commodale us with a night's heuter tainmeni?" John Parsqns was renting in his arm chair, with Lucy and Johnny near by upon the porch, when his ears were tint.? clntrkt 'llwirn it'.in i-nrwtt lrrr in j th(J tonu of volce n which lhe w,s were uttered, or in the presence of the speaker as he turned and saw hirt. which on the instant prompted a thought of denyiug the request. Per haps it was that he was not in his usual cheerful mood. For some time after his return from San Francisco, when? he had heard tlio system of hydraulic mining described, and accidentally learned that arrange ments were being made by a company to begin work somewhere in the ad joining county above him, there had been days when he had lieen gravely silent, if not moody; but as several weeks passed and he heard nothing more regarding it, this feel tng had woru off, and he hail resumed his usual jovial look and bearing. But only that morning, while at the Landing, lie had learned that the supples for the mino were being seut up, and that the mime which was to furnish the water wiw al readv under way, and at once all his moodiness returned, and all that after noon he had been silent and thou -lit' ful; not even Johnny, who was his con stant com: anion when about the ranch, being able to draw him into conversa tion or bring a Muile to his face. The company which owned the mine, so he had been told, was composed, in part at least, of Englishmen; and i.l though he had no prejudice against th; English, and had once in his own mining days wotked in partnership w th an Englishman, and had now no reason to suppoMJ that the owner of the voice which he heard ask ng for a night's lo Ig ng had any connection with the compa ly upon whoe mining operations he was med tating -o gloom ily, yet the two facts that Englishmen were interested in the enterprise and that the party addressing him was an Englishman, somehow formed a con nection in his mind and trmpw-d him to do what he never yet had done re fuse to extend the hospitalities of h house to strangers in need of a night's lodging. As quickly as it came however this thought was dismissed, and he ad vanced to meet and welcome the stran gers. " I reckon you kin stay, strangers; an' welcome to such as we" have. May be it isn't as good as ye have seen, but then agin you may see wu if you are goin' lur up into the mountains. Jest ride yer animals 'round the back way and thev'll be seed to," and he opened the front gate before which the stran gers were sitting upon their horses and led the way to the gate opening into the bara lot " Light dowa," he said, " an' come ia." There were three men in the party; the oae who had acted as spoke-iman beiag, as his speech indicated, aa Eu glishman, aad one of the capitalist who were interested ia the hydraulic m'niag operations of which Ifr.'Parsoas had re cently heard. He had come out from taglaae to see for himself and his Kb glisn partaera if things were beiag properly amaaged, aad to get a better knowledge ef the actual value ef the claims held by the oompsav. He had stopped ia Mew York to con sul, with those who were furaishing the other half of the capital; aad the son of one of these capitalist had come oa with aim, aot exactly as a representa tive of any portion of the stockholders there, for they already had one of their number ia charge at the mines, but for the purpose of seeing the world aad learning something of business. His uame was James Anaclsey. The third member of the little party was Silas Ensign, a workman ia the em ploy of the Hydraulic Mininc Company, who had been sent dowa to Sacramento to obtain some bitof maduaery aeeded. or. to carry aa order for supplies, and who had chanced to meet with and was now guiding bis companions to the mines. "Hi say, but this is a 'orrid dustr country." remarked Mr. Jobbers as he alighted from his saddle. "Heasiga you see to the 'orses, aa thea vou cm come ia halso' be .added as he an Annelsey turned to follow Mr. Farsoaa who led the way to the pump. rporu-Bity was riven them to niter which they were reeuesed to iBeawing-room i at nose while their htretnraed to ststlneigBu earkar lor the jasoaaot heiac prneBt at me Whea Mr. Parse aa--B.nnaI tlaa tavat whTaa J- which Mr. Un U iaaikir has retn-rned wkh . BLIND BATS. T PabUe Debt lrtr That It Wm at the CIom of the War. A late monthly statement of the Sec rctary of the Treasury hows that the public debt amounts to $l,S9J13.7ro gold valuaton. In 1S55. after the war had closed, the public debt in round numbers, was -X,O3,000. greenback or curreacy valuation. It consisted ino-tly of greenback Treasun notes and currency bonds, wortk in gold an average of sixty-three cents on the dollar, making its total gold valuation but 3 1.7OO.OOO.OO0L From 11573 until 1879 the &-cretary of the Treasury and the contraction rjsumption organs, to prove that in stead of there having been a contraction of the currency there had really been an inflat'on. showed that the gold value of the -$750,000,000 of 1873 was worth con siderably more than the gold value of the ty00.003.0J0 of l6,i. Using the argument of the builionists and applying them to the apparent con traction, or reduction ot the public debt, to w.tthat. while the currency volume "was being nominally reduced, it was actually being iucreaed in value and purchasing power. So, notwith standing the public de'tt has been nom inally reduced. it- burden and pur chasing power has been increased over $200,000,000. Rest .re the present gold value of our publ.c debt of nearly 1.903.000.000 back to its currency value of 1865 and it would amount to $3,000,000,000. In 18G5 it was but 2. 800.000,000; actual increase. -200.000.-000. But the foregoing figures do not show one half the increase of the debt bur den. A debt, like anything ele. is worth to the owner what he can get for it. In the end the public debt must be paid by labor, and la or products, anil its size aad burden are not measured so much by the number of dollars it calls for, as'tiic amount of ftroducts. and the number of days of toil it takes to create the dollars. Although reduced nominally from .2.800.00O.0O0 to 1,909,000.003. let us see if the public debt sit any lighter, or as light, upon the shoulders of the peo ple as it diil in 18tio, before they had squandered upon it .5"'J00. 000, 000 in prin cipal and over -if 1.900. 000. 000 in gold in tere.t In 18(5 wheat was worth -$2..-0 per bushel and the average wages of labor was .?2.."0 per day. Xow wheat is worth less than 1.00 and labor down in proortion. In 1&G5. 1,120,000.000 bushels of wheat, or the ame mmiln-r of days labor, would have paid the entire public debt, at the pr.ces then ruling. In 1885 it will Lake 1,900.000,000 bush els of wheat, or the same number of days lalor, to pay what is left of the public debt, after having pa d on it in principal and interest an amount of gold equal to the par va' lie of the entire debt at the close of the war. The burden of the public debt, meas ured by the value of money then and now. has increased S-'OO.OOO.OO , meas ured by wheat it has increased by 780, 000,000 bushels, or two years produc tions of all the Stales and Territories. Measured by labor it has incre.'tsed by the daily labor of 2. iOO.OO men con stantly employed for four years. W ids the publ ceye hts been blinded and dece ved by the nominal reduction of the deb. It has bocn vastly incr ased. act lally, by the appreciation of its pur chasing power. Thus o r liuan e priests boast of the'r charity in put'i g into the contribu'ion box a penny with oue hand, while they extract a sh lliug with the oth r. These facts are not new. They have been reietcd hund eds of t.ras. sti 1 the people seem to be dc af, dumb and I bl nd to ever th ng political, or econo- ra e, except servile allejrian e to parly, and obedience to the crack of the mas ter s whip. Chicago Express. NATIONAL BANK PROFITS. The Knnnnim- Hum Taken From the Peo le t ftuppnrl Tlie Intitutinns. In an article in the Sciitinrl, of Janu ary 29 last, we took Mr. Emory Wen- dell. President of tin First N.itional Bank, of Detroit. M'clu. across our edi- th United States every condition nec torial knee for fa'selv a-ertiu2 in e-! es-an to reduce tho producing classes public address that profit" in National b: there inking. was no It ha- called forth s( many com ments from b th our friends an! oi onents that we propose to give anoth er dose of tie s m med c'ne. And n asmuch as Drmocrats have lein qu te consp cuons in their ci ti isms of our comments we will reprint xtract- from a speech by a prominent iJcuocrat. Mr. J. M. Bright, delivered in Con-rress as long ago as February, 18-4). The ex tracts which we quote are as fo'low: Permit me now to cab tie atten tion of this bodv tosom of the feature and operations of the National banks. aad the country w 11 see the cause of their excessive zeal to secure fin.incial supremacy. "First -I call attention to the ex- Deuae of the privilrgo conferr d on them by the Government The f ovt-r--m-nt paya them iaterest on thir 1-oads to mj- to hmTe b.n c-pecially eWaed te cre eure cirrulafeoB- At the same time the M9 aod pernetnate a coetiaually ia- Government wans tbtn metv per cent of the bonds in currence. with the privilere of dealing -n bills of ex ckaare. discounting and saaving notes, of receiving private and public depo-iits; at the same sfme ma e- them a legal tender for all debts due to or from he Cvoverament except customs, forcing tBal atSa-attB 1 m t aBB TiriiilSBT t-rel J-4ai J- -,- n . Z. v- .. -.- -, aavy. on penst jaers; at th same timo ! -- JWf-t4MBB-car ru waxz ntuift -La-am uv taxiag State banks of issu- out of etlst eace to rive them immunity from com petition. Let us now see somcthin'r of the 0tdiTkiead"Of thCSCSpIendid ! "Ided-see Ae following fact from tahles giving the dividends, earnings and surplus of national banks, as shown ay Spofbrd's Almanac aad fjom the report of the Comptroller of the Treasury: tael aeteratt ef Na- xaar UJ37K et ereats at saa-rata jearn .. W,nf.IT r Baaks a taeUaitcd !. tae kwt tfrtaea -rear. (Caeaatroltor's report isan. , SC-35,Tt Taxes pad te tae Statee fer -lx- 3-ajaM.mi cetreet exaeaaes far Taar. two tier eeat lUUL-ffi 6i-aw--eatAtflrsUseea-reaM.. tU5jaBjnj! Average aaaual easeaiej aad areat far autsea years aJSM.9B All of this eaormous amouat has been collected from the people. After nev- ing all the taxes and exa-iase the hanks have received a net nan-sal profit of nearly a0.g00.00i. If the Uaked States legal tenier aotss wore out of the war. and they end the aheelane control of the heyond f letXtaO.tQl fo heyond fl5.0W,Q0 Sol the t kuMnml aFw?fJfcenaB'aameBwm nenlvW W nTemTe "v sBm faf BSaBaaVeneaml 9eBw - CBaVaHamBBataammBW 'taamBBV-' half per cent, on deposit-, and onn-hAlf per cent, on capital tck beroa 1 the amount invested in Cnitol St it?s bond. And they are now aik ng Congress lo rvpral the laws wlrch impose thec taes- This would in elTt-c: give tbntn about $7,CO(ft0. the average amount of annual tax. which ther would still collect out of tha people, but utop it in their vaults. "Aga n. if the banks should be cr mitted to i--jue all the currency it would be disastrous to the country. The concentration of capital would en able them to bring the cotunierre of the country to their feet Scarcely a car load of wneat could be pureha-.iMJ and shipped from St Lou. to New York without a draft on a bank. The powers of contraction aad ex pansion would giv them control of all the va'ues of produrtioa and property. By contracting their curren.-y they could force a credit system oa the country and the concom tant evil ot high in terest, usury, extortion, mortgages, dis-tress-sale. bankruptcy and beggars'. Again, their political influence is of the most dangerous character, ai Snven in the bi:ory of the old United tates Bmk. Though they were char tered o have ojly a hnanclal relat.oa to the people and to the (Jo vern incut, vet they have not scrolled to enter the political lirld. In a speech which 1 de livered in Congress June 14. 1S76. 1 ad duced the proof that they Mere at that time assessed one dollar on the one thousand dollars of their circulation, as a fuud to secure legt-lation in their in terest By their facilities to communi cate by telegraph, and large resources in money, they appear to te endowed with financial ubiquity, and may bring within the spell of their influence the ballot, the bi-iich. the legislature, po litical conventions and even Congr;-. They have aspind to make and unmake Presidents of the L'nited States." Add to the above the estimated prof its during the last live years, and tho sum will be swelled to nearly $1,500, 000.000! And now, for the fun of it. let us seo how many workingmen it would take to accumulate this amount of "profit the same time twenty-one years. We will allow them ten per cent, "profit" on their wages, and give them $400 per year. This will make a profit of forty dollars per year; or $840 in twenty-one ears. And there are mill ions of workingmen anil farmer, in tho United States who will liear us out in the assertion that this amount is a liber al estimate. Mst of them can not even show that mu -h a cumulated profit It would lake, therefore, the "profit' on the tomjes of 1,773,600 men for ticcnty-onc years to make w.'iat Uic S'a tionnl banks have accumulated in the same time. Do not take our word for it: figure it out yourselves. If you find that we arc mistaken send us the figures to prove it and we will send you a new hat Figure it out some "noon-time" while you are "faring so sumptuously" on the content-; of the little tin-pail that your hard-working wife prepared for you. Figure it out. and while you are do ing it don't forget that one corporation, without a bodv to kick or a soul to damn, can accumulate as much as two thousand human beings who have Ind ies to feed and souls to save. Chicago Sentinel. LAND AND MONEY USURY. The Landed Arlstacracjr Which Oar Mjs tKi of Laad-Teaara Foatar. Tho land is a monopoly of all that the land will produce, while a monopoly of money is a monopoly of ail that money will purchase. Our system of land tennre which per mits unlimited accumulation of tho soil by the few. together with our policy in regad to our public domain, enormous gr.tuts to corporations and large ranges taken po-sessioa of by foreign syndi cates. L rapidly creating a landed aris t xT.-tcy in America such as has crushed out the liberties of the people in the older -"ountries of Europe. Add to this the legalized monopoly nf mnnv nnil tli r-nnovmin! hlrrh I r,,.c ft.rct ,i ., ,. ,inv to a state of absolute serfdom to aggre gate wealth. T e nature of the danger which threatens us admit! of but one remedy, th abolition of both land and taonev usury. Any finance irstem under wh-ch the c.rculating med urn enters circula ton. as a loan from private lenders, corr orate or individual, at aay rate of interest, must in the very aature ol things bankrupt any people. Tee money distributed ia this man ner becomes an interest-hearing debt as oon as it enters circidatioa. and it ia omy a question of time whea the entire volume will return to the lender ia the rfB of injemit. If th. iBteret moaev u continuallv re-loaned the debt will continue to grjw uatil it is large enough to absorb all the wealth of tSe iwnnlo If nn m.r'AMl tka uai rwaalt woJld - rcchej mere apeedily. Deht : !,. , , ..,:. eoatlaually creaiar lndebteda r . . If we would preserve lihenkw this curse of usurr Exchange. FOR BANK-GAMBLERS. Thero have rrcenlly aeen some start- 5 naaneuT-eo of tae Treasery u the interest of the bank-ramblers, te which the Sun calb atteatien. Secretary Manning u hurling ont the r4d frem sL .( a IA i ii si naanaT ara mA of the inkers, while ream aad nil. iag up tie silver which ought te he pit into circulation. Since Cleveland her im President the amenat of reld in tho TresjMirv decreased erer eleven miStene of dollars and the sterare ef silver has j increased nearly tea muueauu "it looks verv much as if Msansag was ua BeceMarily gxviar awaf to the hanks milliens of dollars of gold at -ear which ia a ooBtperatively ahart time will com mand a premkinTu The law allows tho Nation to pay the oMirutiea hi silver dollars, aad there k no ex-sreas or im plied agreement on ks part to pay ia geld. htiTniag sStsc, therefore, and paysng est raid. Is aa JendettasiMa squaa-4-rinr of the KntioBal reaoerces." AUthwof eoerse isin punejoooeef IreaideBt arvelsaiTs pelicT ef hostaky to the atfi-ereteOar which WeUspwyed In the letter wrioea W "--r to wak-nTeessruehkattUMheaarehebe. K the aeat Cs-agreas a oaasji at taac net-em of the Xreaamrj. roaBiil thon erer. nod aH tETawtUBaS of taoriBBHj wa ho erea Bavre tan nowuneW hVhnamef aho-TBenoaae of honaora Thi aiiai amaajlsB maa -'- " '" --- -juiMim rami GETTING SEA-SICK. Tba Macwaa-jw Wae Kaaarae ta DeawM-ratle Craft N ft Mar Ksall aratl aa Thvy W-r. The mugwumps who took pat-up; a ne mugwump, wno ioos page - wnn the lA-niocracy a lew month ago are getting ruef ally ca-Ickcvrn though um; iemocrauc craii woaiy lainy usucr '. wav. At lirt the mutrwu-an of in I Harper's Wcekiy ron declared that the . new stvle of thlnrr was -terv much la j hi A-:e the accommodations wcrr superb and the outlook for the voyagr j was cheering in a high degree. Th cxaft Is now fairly out at j-ea. the exhil arating conragt" which animatrd the mugwumM at the start begins to wm fmnt. and certain premonitory and In- 1 vuluntary qulm ia.pire them to dr- grr aal otapr. ia prcteae w clarc m wavering tone that afU-r all growing utalc. The fct that thfre s matter are not a bad as might have haxe 1-cen M-t -ral appolBtrarat fAle bren exjH-ctrd! Tbcy htvr not yet en- " and not rcvxAod which are tHjtially ua j tercd into the utageof utter collapse fit. and male and lnc U la ttw- fc- cf 1 thev are fcelinr rnVrt-lr the tir-t vmi-. proUst. uch a that of KtnW mi ! torn of th- inevitable malady. Kemo- dir. for political .v-.sickmAa will hko be in urgent demand. Hon royac to the mugwump-! Mr. C urtis may well act a, upoke man in affirming how the mugwumps feel at this stage of the trip. In tho lat iue of the "journal of civilUa-. lion he protetiU that tne lriena.-i 01 Civil-ervice reform" hold In rrfcrrnoe to the Administration the position of "appronn--; tfto-e of 'A actioas which are conformed to the principle of re form and condemning those trkiek arc nof." The picture is aot altorethrr rte-colored; the mugwump are able to admire only a part, while they de - plore certain blotches and iaaprrfeo- tion. Air. t urtis contention mjems to Ite that Cleveland has not prord falao in rvery reiject. but that k carvful ex amination of the record shows certain redeem 'ng joints on which charity may love to dwell. Of tho Administration he says: "Its conduct u not connstcHt. but those who an; sincerely interested in reform do not denounce" the Prvi dent a- wholly fal-e to It and treaeher- ous to his declarations because of Ill'r- t-M. i'it!J,rv M,r,t. ,...,..-.. x. r f ." ..'' . '. V.A4.. , notable exceptions? It Is a qualmy pinion indeed which in nuch a state of aflairs e.vpn'es satisfaction that the President is "not wholly fabe to his doclaratioii' The mugwumps will find the sea get- ting rougher and heavier the longer thev continue on loarL Preparations an leing made for tlie d scharge of tliousands of capable, trained and eilicient oflicials against whom no charge can Ikj made. Why arc they to go Oiit? As it is not bccaiiM! of unfit ness, or unfaithfulucM. or fa lure in the jM-rfonnance of duties, the sole ground for the removal of such officer mul lx that accordiug to the Cleveland stand ard they are "offensive partisans." What is "the nature of this test? Obvi ously it does not relate lo any opinion alout the tariff, banks, internal im provements, the silver question, or any other current policy upon which the position of the Democracy is divided, or unknown. It is equally clear that a man who broke hi oath of allegiance and to jk up arms in the effort to destroy the Union is not ranked by the Admin istration as an "offensive partisan." There Is nothing offensive' about cx rcbsls who --.till tx-lievn in the seces sion and State sovereignty notions of Calhoun. Jeff Davis and Lamar; and as partisan men of this strpe are entirely acceptable to the Ad ministration". On the other hand, faith ful and competent oflicials guilty of no fault except that aVcv believe in the Na tional doctrines of "Washington. Wrb str, Lincoln and Grant arr ranked aad treated as very "offensive partisans" indo-d. The test of "offensive parti sanship" is enforced in a manner that must command the approbation of Jeff Davis himself. In this way every principle of Civil Service reform is outraged, aad as a still worse result patriotism L raakrd as "offensive" and treasoa made the subject of reward. It is a beggarly apology for this disgraceful record that the President is '1101 wholly false." and that two or three exceptions can be named, which in fact only serve to prove the rule. It is a poor ground for mugwump enthusiasm over Cleveland that he ia "not wholly false" to his promise snd declaratioas. Surely thee worthies can not remain satisfied much longer wkh the proportions of a peaey-worth of bread so aa intoaerahle deal of sack. The tendency of political sea-sickness b to btow worse instead of better. CAtcecs Tribune. e BACKING WATER. A Washington dispatch nays that rostm aster-General Vilas fan nisim-a the resignation of J. L Meade of Haas, hurst. Miss., Just r ufulsasil as peet master; aad gives as tae ieasoa for this Boekdowa that k and of of the ef CeeaaA Coawtv m of J. fc . athhe pells. vets a of alargenmmherof papers aH try recalled to fac mthTae ITThi 1 1 nmsnaniij sf n deaonnjtd the pnimi It cna herCv he iaehtni thmt BWc Vila, if he Was SO ir- IO caseorkWnadferreOenk. aavaaanenb tok. The troth k. hi the fore of the so y leaner of tBeCeenet or BT t : JJJ ..H ..V r OM1i.-, M.V t..UlU "!". li; - .l l .Ut .!.. 1 1 Ilii .r,r ct-,1 il-.. u.1 .... !..- I 01 iioauikv mj uic.-a-.inB-uvor--THBifHi- gm l'ilkhurv. Montgomery & Co. are " K l- wbuiwb merely one drop in te bucket? What ', J'?-- & war a noUy. dntiaat. aa-fry I is tho'vtniict when uch amointmenU " J inipou-ut Uiloyal ro uorur. glrtae; iin tho ni1 mid rl...r nnlr mr, ,. t "er ' wi'htM and sympathies te tkte - - -.-.. ,. ....- v- . - HH a - . wmea meonag pnason -rneaamoae a t n s a .-. BfefaBg ae aT "naaaaramlanB open the reeeenaaondoaioa of TToi rotojji Baiai am atAaKMaT. Tno exeenav--taaw. bso rnaaaaaenav General has just hoard ef the MaanVwe Mi-aiaatHa. and of Meade's pan m the aAeir-is tee thin te he TuMiiiiI loenkii m ltlaV The news was puMkaed ia nenriy ererr news paper m the Unked hnalea Thoa m . "---------.-----aai WMtoheaaejSSaaaLeaiJMaaalaaa-. inedersd man's faeaa v. I over the norantasnot douot. that Bo thought, ami Bney theerhf, tmat yerthorTpehWr iflilii soaMfaakry he Pfj Sffpi,illjJ.v11 awsUaaa-i m. ajtaJI aaaaa-' aaaS UahsBl TTBTe aB-sajO) BBaBl ejaeearj bsbtb -------- nMUomwo wrr rim to TotmM0T'Gve?al to get oat of the scrape & be way aa coulL The AdmiatrtJe ka becked tUwta ia a number of leMaaec- la vary I- w Mem kaT - - the ane way. Mea have bna am!at- wbo . Rotoriowlr wSt thU alaxnt entry iRtrUIrra"- p--f-ou kaew k. , tarj wnp af-f-oiaw-u w --;at - m recoru, apprcsuy oy wayo --jeH-T--. to cv how much the pabl arenU patkatly bear. Whca it vtf foaatf that the public frit fHltragL J that. the Dvisocr-itkr prty wm rrikmly hurt, thra th rre-iWpjit bcked dwB and pleaded the baby act prVea4 iag that he d.d aot kaow what U otf;at to have known, aad what evrfybe4jr li, LajMr Bit tlksl IhU lf-40a(" kail b-"i iropo--l opoa by irwbcr- of Goa- MoBtrottx-rv. fro- far to wore tht co xr 10 prou thi tAcsiM of prrt-Bdcd lgora ie untrue; Uiat unfit ram an knowingly clioM-n. and thr ,dmlnttratin oaly bacV-s dowc whrn it i cum;!!-! . de no by rfrooatran-- from part m-agep- whom it dare aot rrfnc lo hnrd Iktrvit itwf. A RESURRECTED FOSSIL- Ta Aaawtafi t mt Mr. Maaiary a Aaaattaal AtfMra-r-tiat. Of the political fcmil which the proe- . - " " eat AdmuiLstraUoa ha re-urrccU! at4 ! presented to a wondrriag pubUc tarre , i nose more lntrrvtiBg than the Iiali- vidua! aiuwcrinr to the nam f Zack Montgomery, of Calif oral. The Ho 1 orame Zachanah U a native r4 Kca- tucky. and carried thenoe to Callfocala , while a till a young man the coaceav traUxl ewienccof th Kourboa dooma-w of that region a tliey pre ailc-d lcfar the war, anil he ha never for-rutt oae of them. During the rett-liioa he wae one of the mot roctferou nd ptlfer ou of the Califuraia r-licU rh tirat tnwl to drag that State Into a jKiUoa rebellion, and having nothiaj; for tin cXacratioB a4 raue of the Union but abu-c n- rxmctnlMr of tho ConfM-rae Cougrcvs who is now Attorney .7Brui ln thU California lhturuoa a badnhl anr congeaal spirit. nd had him v ixdntcd Asiistant Aturnv-GtM-ral l the Iutrrlor IX-partment. Murmurs hare arisen from the whole line of mug wump ncwspri-xr on aocouat of litis ap-K-iutmont lliry objf-ct to Mr. Montgomery, not a a secessionist, an it would Im'follvto do tint with the 5rcrnl Administration ln power, hut or his other Bourbon r aracteriataTav chief of which is hU b.ttrr hostility to our public school system. Mr. Garland KUpported the Bfalr bill lo give Na tional aid to education in the South. Ills new asMcte from California thinks that the public school system, "as now by law established Uuoughcmt the lenzth'and breadth of thr Am-rican Itcpublic, U a jkjUob fraught with --da of human miM-ry and death." Mr. Mnat Simcry linds. from the census tables, at there am five times as many crim inal in New Karland aa there are in the South, with the same population. He profess- to bebrve that the reason of this lies ia the fart that in New Km gland there are maay public sehoeU. while in the South there are few, utter ly ignoring the more obvious explana tion that in New England they catch and cap the criminals, while in the South they lrt them run loos-. We agree with our mugwump 000 temporaries that Mr. Montgomery's appointment was one not bt to "ho made. He may he a rood lawyer, bnt he Is nndrnlab.y n grant fool. Through the Industry of Justiee Field, of th: o ! ire me Court. Mr. Cler-dand was made amiliar with Montgomery's record and writings. but. with a stoicism whiek rrcoaciles him to the Keller-. HU burys and Hlggin- that are raoom meaded to his favor, he declined to re fuse a commkMloB lo Montromen for "eiHK m esp'T a wonmfS'rviir, miooes- s f a f w promistag. typtenl M-orboa Fhtloddplum Vsss. WATTERSON, Tne Mr. Wattersoa as a psaee maker le like a whale in a fish-pond. He wal. lows round over nig fee aad little. leaves all of them ia a state of fort. If he smiles oa one fellow at a front face he is apt to make aa un wmmv turn 1 whnrie of hi MrlTamdnll. wieldy turn aad knock aim over wkh a his toiL la an artieJe on tho party en the 9 kt toichthehos rionfieodtosaodwkk Ma m tne Geteramsat Me foliowe tost warn tho aaaaTtneo thot tho fsnrtv of 1. .. ,:. . . w ii . .. MsMe4ralBe.il BeateeB a-niiiyl aa KaasseslssasS Mala. nvamko of aawnana aniaesB ffaadsT and CartieJe. and gralalstiBg toe patty he drops am moilmnal Yusnarfc lo me enoet anal amee Mr nodaTl has leorned that he ykmal AdeaanamralioB. Box m th artsene. wmoh Is leoeledo iiaBfamiiat so Mr. laasT1. Mr. Wat- "WoJenW BBmrVVt mtm JawwaHnaattnal Inl asMC -nammVi Cmue.MeMaommgka4ht.MerrW son. TWCthmstisnotasonr-ia Best to eoholliilaafmiitoWhewye"Tsae kplneaWaa - ' r'T- fmat MrCnr ImU it 1a ok iag at hnehheet k Is av IHliBU ssamrtson mot Mr. Msrrkoo ht gfoatli iaoirnrte Mr. Maaaisg kin nlso aehorge Bant Mr. laadall hnanod bo Dsnnesntae obboos m tho met afaBBBVaamBSSiaaai aaaavaff UaWaaaBi BaaaBamnaBMnaet Bala OnakaVntne nknaKaJVB eamVm nrnwal VoTaafoBW nemrn emuTa Mahotaonef gsemiarisgdees not nmr op the aaimali m mo Jltma-jraiir 1 Bill 1 ii sihiac tTM Bat 'hm bow peseo-nniher does not stop there. 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