peerless prophet in the clear light of
this telegram :
TREASURY BREAKS RECORDS.
SUM OF $1,190,225,224 OF AVAILABLE
GASH UNEQUALED IN HISTOKY.
[ Special Telegram. ]
WASHINGTON , Oct. 12. Nearly $1-
250,000,000 is the euormous sum of
money which the United States treas
ury has now iu its possession. This is
an aggregate of wealth never before
equaled in the history of this or any
other country. The exact total of the
amount hold by the treasury is $1,190-
225,224. Of this sum $796,547,089 is
held as a trust fund for the redemption
of outstanding notes and certificates ;
the gold coin and bullion amounting to
$150,000,000 , constitutes the regular re
serve fund ; there is gold coin and bul
lion in the general fund to the amount
of $78,899,276 , or a total of $145,549,088 ,
representing all sorts of available notes
and coin and $110,148,772 in national
bank depositories.
Included in this great governmental
wealth are $584,000,000 in gold and
$498,000,000 in silver , a part of each be
ing bullion and the remainder coin.
The subsidiary silver coin held by the
treasury amounts to $8,785 , 875. Frac
tional currency and minor coin aggre
gates more than $482,000.
It is computed by treasury officials
that at the end of this fiscal year , June
80 next , the government will have $70-
000,000 left clear , after paying all run
ning debts.
How the gold is hoarded ! How
money is rising five per cent , per an
num on farm mortgages ! How industry
is paralyzed ! Witness Starch , Cereal ,
Cold Storage and Packing House in
dustries in Nebraska City !
On the 26th of
SHADOWS. September , 1900 , an
aggregation of fer
vid orators invaded Nebraska City to
show its people the perils they were
threatened with by the Argo Starch
Manufactory. One of those automatic
gabsters declared his courage equal "to
speaking in the shadow of the Starch
Works. " And it affords The Conserva
tive immeasurable satisfaction , that
during this year the "shadow" has been
enlarged , expanded , by the expenditure
of fifty thousand dollars in new build
ings. Any peerless gabster desiring to
speak in a large shadow , will find it
here , and is invited to again somberly
prophesy in the shadow aforesaid.
WHICH THINGS ARE AN ALLEGORY.
Allegory is derived from two Greek
words , 'allos , other , and agorenein to ad
dress an assembly. It is a figurative dis
course in which the principal subject is
described by another subject resembling
it. Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress is an
allegory.
The title of this is taken from Gal-
latiaus. From it we learn that the
story of Abraham is an allegory , repre
senting two covenants or contracts.
These were two promises. One referred
to worldly business and the other to
spiritual prosperity.
Paul informs us that Agar ( Hngnr ) is
Mount Sinai , in Arabia , ( Covenant of
Mount Sinai. ) Possibly , there was no
such woman as Hagar. Possibly , it
was the outgrowth of the mind of
Moses , intended as an illustration of his
theory , like the characters in Pilgrim's
Progress. The principal subject is the
covenant of Mount Sinai. The other
subject resembling it is a slave woman.
The one may be a reality , the other
fictitious. Both may be fictitious , in
troduced to illustrate hypotheses. In
either case , the theory is the important
thing to be understood. The organic
development is this : There are three
ideas to be considered with reference to
man. First , life. Secondly , the ma
terial form which life developed.
Thirdly , the cultivation of the good
qualities of mind and body , and the ob
servance of the golden rule , will
eventually do away with all sorrow ,
pain and death , and make all perfectly
happy.
It is plain , from the reference to the
slave woman and free woman , that liber
ty is the principal medium through which
the happy result is to be obtained.
Then , let us leave our first works and
go on to perfection. Having the golden
rule to guide , and freedom to act , what
more is needed ? Let us cultivate the
mind ; learn all we can of what we
find. As knowledge is power , this will
give ability to minister unto others. We
are not to be helped , but to minister
unto others. With each one adding to
the comfort of others , need we take
wings and fly away to find heaven ? The
kingdom of heaven is within you. Give
it full dominion , and it will manifest
itself. JOSEPH MAKINSON.
Holdredge , Neb. , Sept. 29 , 1901.
MRS. PLATT AND FREMONT.
The Conservative has received the
following obliging letter from Mrs. El
vira Gaston Platt , the former mission
ary to the Pawnees , now living at Ob-
erlin , Ohio. It has reference to a state
ment in her published recollections to
the effect that she entertained J. 0.
Fremont in 1848.
"It was with much perturbation oi
spirit that I began search for proof oi
my assertion that General Fremont
visited Pawnee Mission Station in the
autumn of 1848.
"I find nothing in my private journal
nor in the reports of our missionary ,
Rev. John Dunbar , which he made to
the American Board of Missions foi
that year , which verify my statement ;
and on referring to the report of Gen
eral Fremont's expedition in that year
and 1844 to Oregon and Northern Cali- \
foruia , I see it could not have been true , t
and my only way out of the dilemma
seems to be to ask you to eliminate
from my paper all mention of the case.
"We received no dailies , weeklies nor
monthlies in those days , as our nearest
postoffice was three hundred miles -
away , and from 'three to six mouths
intervened in the receipt of our mails ,
which were then mostly letters ; so wo
could not know that General Fremont
was on the Pacific slope and any daring
adventurer ( "might have obtained a
night's hospitality in his name without
fear of detection.
"Were I a skilled limner , I could send
you my mind picture of the man , all
unshaven and unshorn , who sat iu our
cabin that autumnal evening conversing
freely , though of what he said I have
no ] remembrance , as both body and
mind were enfeebled by an attack of
nerve prostration , incident to the excit
ing scenes through which I had passed
on my journey to the station.
"Thanking you for your kindly cor
rection and asking that you" make fur
ther suggestions with regard to any
thing in my papers which will secure
their truthfulness to history , I am re
spectfully yours , etc. "
This explanation removes one puz
zling feature from General Fremont's
careerbut leaves a mystery in its place.
The picture of a shaggy impostor travel
ing about the west in the early 40's ,
trading on the Pathfinder's reputation ,
is a striking one to the mind of a stud
ent of frontier history.
FROM A SERMON OF MINOT J.
SAVAGE.
"Why , iu the nature of things ,
should there be anything but love and
friendship between man and beast ? It
is a constant source of amazement to
me as to what it is in us that makes us
feel we are not having the best of good
times unless we are killing something.
It is only a short time since live pigeons
were shot from the traps. Why must
we coin our enjoyment mtJ of blood ?
"Take the anylomania for the fox hunt.
Bravely attired men and women , a pack
of hounds , and one or two little fright
ened animals shunted over the land 'till-at
last the brush becomes the property of
some dainty lady.
"What is a preserve ? Merely a place
where animals and birds are grown to be
shot by this and that person. The keep
ers are sent to drive the birds within
range , while the men stand in their
tracks and a half dozen guns loaded for
them , with which to destroy them. "
