10 The Conservative *
WILL , SOUND MONEY FOKCKS DIVIDE ?
[ From the Staunton ( Va. ) Daily News. ]
The Washington Star , which is one of
the cleanest and best republican papers ,
nsks the gold democrats the following
questions :
"Why should the gold democrats put
xi p a separate ticket next year ? Why
imperil sound money success by a
division of sound money strength ?
Why not , as in 185)6 , make their votes
count for all that they may bo worth ?
If Mr. Bryan is renominated , silver will
again bo his issue , and again such re
publicans as are opposed to the gold
standard will support him. They will
not be as numerous as before , but in
whatever numbers they may bo they
will not make a nomination of their
own. They will make their votes count
double , by not only withholding them
from the republican ticket , but by cast
ing them for the democratic ticket.
Why should not the gold democrats do
as much for sound money ? "
The gold democrats have Rome ques
tions to ask the republicans before they
pull any more chestnuts out of the fire
for them : Why did you not , in the last
congress , propose and vigorously push
some legislation to fix the gold standard
irrevocably for six years at least ? Why
did you nut try to put the greenbacks in
such a position that they could no longer
operate to drain gold out of the treas
ury , and why did you not offer some
plan to supply a safe , flexible bank cur
rency that would remove the incentive
to crazes for some kind of abundant
cheap money ? Having disappointed
the gold democrats in all these things at
the last session of congress , finally ,
what do you propose to do at the coming
session to put the country on a sound
basis that needs no artificial props to
keep it sound ?
When the gold democrats see you do
something to win their respect will be
time enough to ask them to help you.
The celebrations
GOKTHK'S
I'KOl'HKCY. which have been
held in this coun
try and Germany in honor of the 150th
anniversary of the birth of the poet ,
Goethe , have served to call attention tea
a remarkable prophecy which the illus
trious German made about three quar
ters of a century ago. He foresaw the
peopling of the Pacific Coast of the
United States with energetic American
citizens , and his clear mind enabled him
to appreciate the necessity which would
arise for a canal across the Isthmus of
Panama. Following is the prophecy ,
and it is extracted from a letter which
Goethe wrote to a friend in the year
1827 :
"It can be foreseen that this young
country , with its marked tendency to
develop westward , in thirty or forty
years will have taken possession of and
populated the vast territory beyond the
Rocky Mountains. In that event it
would not only bo desirable but almost
necessary , that ships of merchandise as
well as of war should bo able to make
quicker passage between the eastern and
western coasts of North America than is
now possible. I consider it essential ,
therefore , for the United States to con
struct a canal from the gulf of Mexico
to the Pacific ocean and I feel certain
that they will accomplish such an under
taking. "
Everything has occurred as Goethe
predicted , except that the canal is not
built. Wo have developed westward
and peopled the Pacific Coast , but the
cnnal is still lacking. The need for it
exists as Goethe foresaw that it would ,
but wo fear he overrated a little the
energy of the American people. It is
true that in 1827 the future of the rail
roads was not foreseen by Goethe or
anyone else , and that the success of
railroad transportation has delayed all
ship canal enterprises , but the need for
cheap water transportation , if not
quite so urgent as the great German
thought that it would be , is sufficiently
strong to make the entering upon this
great national undertaking a necessity
of the near future. Oakland Enquirer.
COKN FODDKK.
Great Value of This Feed as a Substitute
for Hay.
[ From the Augusta Herald. ]
Mr. George Foster , Preston , Iowa ,
who has written some excellent farmers'
institute papers on the great value of
corn fodder or stover as a substitute for
hay , has recently advanced some ex
cellent suggestions in this line in a con
tributed article in some of the farm
papers. He believes that clover , old
and young , is a failure this season in
Iowa and the West generally. The
necessity of the case now leads many
live stock growers to turn attention to
the worth of corn fodder as a substitute.
He sets forth plausibly the claim that
corn fodder is as valuable for food when
rightly prepared as the grain , and it is
far cheaper than clover , as it is grown
in connection with the corn and is more
economically handled , coming as it does
in the autumn season when there is not
so much of a rush of farm work. For
many years he has cut his shocks eight
or ten hills square , which results in
rapid curing , and later enables him to
bale it in the field by horse power , load
it and sack or store in the barn in good
condition for feeding in winter. His
baler and loader has been exhibited at a
number of state fairs , and is generally
indorsed by many who have used it a
number of years.
It is urged that the corn should be
cut earlier than is the usual custom , as
soon as the ear is ripened and while the
stalk is fresh , which adds to the quality
of the fodder. With a team he bales a
shock at once , applying 5,000 pounds
pressure by means of the machine ,
which also loads it if desired. He has a
fodder fork especially adapted to bales
of fodder or baled hay. Manual labor
is reduced to a minimum , and handling
fodder in October by machinery is
pleasnnter than haying in July. He put
up 125 acres last year and will put up
more this season. He estimates the
cost of a ton of fodder as he prepares it ,
at the stack or barn , at $1 GO. His ex
perience should set all corn growers to
planning at once to make the most out
of the corn crop at this time , when there
is especial need of economy in providing
food for the live stock.
DISEASES OF THE MEMOKY.
A party of professional men and
women were sitting at table enjoying a
cup of black coffee. After drifting
from one topic to another some one
spoke of things and occasions that are
embarrassing. Said one : "When I am.
very tired , especially after losing sleep ,
I am not certain of words. Words that
I use constantly often have an un
familiar sound , and I hesitate. "
Another spoke of once listening to
the brilliant Matt Carpenter wrestling
with the word "isothermal. " He had
made speeches for a mouth every night
without cessation ; he was very much
exhausted , and some one in the audi
ence had to help him out on this word.
One woman who never spoils a story
for relation's sake , told a number of
very funny things that have occurred
to her when tired , and otherwise. One
particularly trying experience was
after losing sleep for several nights.
In a company of three or four , some
one spoke of Victor Hugo. This woman
spoke of his masterniece , "Les Miser-
ables. " All knowledge of the name left
her , and she simply saw the words in
her mind. She insists that she pro
nounced them six different ways and
every one wrong , which she defied any
one at the table to do. They gave it up.
'
A man , who used to be a good storyteller -
teller , said he had given up the habit ,
and confines himself to the most un
complicated statements , largely about
the weather. This because , when he
tried , he has been mentally stranded
in the middle of a story , much to his
annoyance.
The talk then drifted to the different
forms of "aphasia , " one form of which
afflicted Emerson in the last years of
his life. It is funny how physicians
will unwittingly drop into such topics
when they meet.
The true conservative is the truly
Biblical man , being made "in the image
of God , " he stands up in the image of
his own divinity and cringes not.