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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.
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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
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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. Cesmng sasmesly to fmo
an: "H ahe iamllTeTiiliiii eao asm
OmOT e m ,
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Bhnlinkyk Sobody knew sal or man
Mr. Msrriaaa hmaaoaf tne tniks ihak
nnythlng. thot Mr. CW-felsaf does not
nppcavs Mr. afank-uB's plsrtaran.
Erinrnedy knows ahot Mr. aWa-anoal
dens not Mc Waatomeo new sawn
aBTSaTsTna" anonvw 4"Tn"rnW w aVnnlnBTBPsnenv Wm omaTnon
thot he deen not. The hriereo nv
then, thot Mr. Minmnn k te heffina
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