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1 . NOVEIHIVER II. 18JM. 1.1 OUTER'S ' TOUR OF ENGLAND Uccollectlons of a Visit to the University Town of Cambridge. "THE YOUNG BLOODS AT COLLEGE Crowing Sentiment In ttt or of Hlmotnlllsrn 1'rof. 1'oi.wotl Il cuinc the guei- tlon Itaro Kcclctlaatlcitl HnlldlnRi. CAMBRIDGE , fin gland , Oct. 27. ( Special Correspondence of The lice. ) A day at 8t. John's college , Cambridge , with Prof. II. 8. Foxwcll , fellow of St. John's , professor o' political economy , Unl- Yerslty college , London , and the most ad vanced ( Clentlflc student of blmetallsm In .England , was a day never to be forgotten. The memories of It and of the old uni versity town will , I hope , never bo effaced. It was a glimpse Into a phase of life which o many cultivated Americans so often long for but cannot obtain In the nolso and bustle of our newer , more energetic and perhaps Jn some respects more hopeful civilization. The perfect calm of the clolslers , the In describable beauty of the autumn foliage , the Interne green of the college award , the rich brown of some of the Tudor Imlldlngs , ths architectural beauty of many of the courts and now and again the sweet tones of the chapel bells , which "Make each several hour give forth A sweet sound ere It lly. " And through It all runs the ancient , peace- lul Cam , overhung by a low , gray mist , high above which , as It flows Into the Ouse , rises the magnificent tower of Ely cathedral , made world farnou * by the painter Turner. The atmoiphcro was soft and Just a trifle misty , the sun gently struggl.ng through the gray overhanging clouds as I stepped off the express train from London and was once more In venerable , hUtorlc Cambridge. Cam- 1 ridge , to at least a half dozen of Its most 1 arncd fellows hastened to assure me , still prides Itself as much on its learlng 03 Its modesty. Unlike Oxford men , Cambridge Kraduatw are chary of displaying the knowl edge ob'alned In this place of much learning. Not learning , mind you , In the sense of the American vlllfler , who describes his own college In the same words because "every -fellow brought some learning to It and took none away. " Heal , solid learning which makes men wise , but not showy. It might 1)3 possible for Oxford men to point to Cam- irldgo men who were none too modest , but I will save them the trouble. There was , for Instance , tlentley , that famous student of Queen * , who Is credited with having said 'When I arn dead Wassc will be the most learned man In England" Yet another t'amhrlJgo man asserted that them were i.iany bad lines In the Acneld which he would never have allowed to appear In a poem cf his own. Exceptions , however , only prove the rule , and , as a rule , Cambridge men carry their learning lightly and \\.th becoming modesty. And well they may .after having lived within the shadow of so inuch learning , wisdom and greatness. Even If a young man does not learn inuoli , a few : years gentle knocking about with these Cam- lirklRo lambs takes the bounce out of him. The skit of the young Oxford man In the T > lay of "The New Woman , " which I believe you have had on the other tide , would not apply to a > oung man from Cambridge. Ho could never bo led Into such a trap. Inclining to brag a bit about taking the first prize for a poem the Imperturbable aunt asks : ' 'How many competitors had you ? " "Thoro were eleven , " was the proud re sponse. "Can It be possible that Oxford produced eleven worse poems than yours ? " was the prompt rebuke for his conceit. The philosophy of life can surely bo leained In this venerable old town "Inhabited l > y things called doctors and masters of art a town flowing with syllogism and ale. " Here , certainly , as Dr. Doran once told the learned men of the Ijrltlsh Association for the Advancement of Science , the ablest master will find the name and memory of a greater than he the profoundest philosopher will meet with the effigy of him who laid the foundations of his philosophy , wantIng - Ing which his -superstructure wou'd not have been raised. To use the words of this delightful writer : "Healer , If In corcolt of thy power , unbonnot hero to the weal physicians who were before theo. Minstrel , however skilled In sweeping the lyre , the glorious shades of the most tuneful of all poets will encounter you here. In whose presence It behooves you to bo humble minded. The measure of the glory of Cam- brldgo Is full and overflowing. In the names of Dacon , Milton and Newton we may resume the history of English In tellect. " Even the nevor-do-wells of the university , of whom It might bo said. "All the damnable degrees Of drinking have you staggered through. " liad wit enough to wrlto some of England's most racy and most brilliant plays. Divines , physicians , philosophers , playwrights , Inventors - ventors , poets , statesmen , historians , mathe maticians , martyrs , reformers , scientists , cx- Tlorcrs , cluster about the several colleges of Cambridge and look down from the walls upon a generation that should bo grateful for having Inherited so much wisdom and th&nkful for the wonderful foresight of those "who founded thcso educational bulwarks for the English speaking race. CHANGED CONDITIONS AT OAMimiDGE. The Cambridge students of today strike the stranger as a splendid lot of healthy , earnest young men. The descriptions of Cambridge life at the end of the last century which have been given us would not hit the mark now. In those days beer drinking and roysterlng and dog fancying and horse riding occupied most of the time of the young lords , more angles being de scribed on billiard tables than In the class rooms. This sort of thing Is very much looked down upon nowadays , and the boys who make display of their wealth are by no means the most popular. When the young princes wore sent to Cambridge the prince : of Wales left positive Instructions that their companions wereto bo absolutely selected from the students whose morals , capacity and Industry stood highest , and that under no circumstances should they associate with the fast set of ycung extravagant lords and rich men's sons , who sometimes boasted that they would not have to live by their learning. Economy , decency , manliness and earnestness seem to bo inculcated hero as much as book learning I was told ty several fellows that from 150 to 300 per annum was ample to meet the. entire expenses of a young man at Cam bridge. That more than this sum was not only unnecessary , but undesirableOn the ship coming over I met the sons of a rich : Philadelphia Iron master , Just from an American college. The stories those younff men told me of the extravagance of eol- lega students In the United States. If true , were enough to make UB out of conceit with ; the higher schools of our own country. Compare the simple rooms of Cambridge students , and Cambridge professors , too , for that matter , with some of the suites of our own college "swelldom , " And yet what irn procession of great men these little rooms , with their narrow staircases , low doors and dlomond-pancd leaden window casements , have seen. Our rloh men , most of them men of simple hab ts and tastes , wouU do well to follow the present generation * of wealthy Englishmen , and Insist upon no Vulgar display at college. Let them think of tbo splendid young men Cambridge ikm turning out at a cost per annum of from 4760 to $1.000. The first mentioned sum , * o the faculty says , preferred. Hut I am struggllr , * to talk about blmet- alUm as I nnd It here la England today. I have come from London on the Invitation of IVof. Foxwell to lunch with him und In the evening dine with lira fellows In he famous and spacloui old dining hall re for centuries the undergraduates havefed. . seated on the long , oaken benches clothed d.In their college gowns , while the fellows , look ing still more somber , have enjoyed the good Hvlng of the college on a sort of platform under a tllas of carved oak. Surrounded by so much that It fascinating and InterestIng - Ing and suggestive of all that Is strongest and grandest and best In the history of ( be English people , U requ res real courage teas eat down to such a latter day discussion as that of blmetallsm. It vva a hard struggle OroisInK from the cloister on tvev < t side ot the "Urldga of Sighs , " I found utjr way to PitFoxwell's rooms , tha clinic windows of which gtre charming view * of the college grounds , Hero may be found one of If not the most complete libraries on political economy In the world. I'rof. Foxwell ranks In this branch of modern study very much as our own Dr. John S Hillings does In modern medicine and surgery , Ho Is absolutely up to date. As Dr. Hillings has gathered from all countries of the world the current medi cal literature , so has Prof Foxwell garnered all current literature on political economy. In both Instances , of course , the superstruc ture has been raited upon a rare and com plete foundation of the classics of their re spective branches of learning. Prof. Tox- well Is a young man , that Is , not over 40. He Is a brilliant conversationalist , Interested In almost every conceivable subject , a student of people as well ss of books , of the ex perience of nations rather than of thrones , a delightful companion , modest of his learn ing and with hardly the ardour of the class room upon h a garments. He Is the tort of a man , I should think , that wins not only by his scholarship and power In ad vocating a cause , but by his personality. He Is not the man who would be content to rest his case with an able lecture , attrac tively delivered. There Is a practical side to I'rof. Foxwell which would see that the right people were got together under the right c rcumstances. He Is one of the most active and earnest forces In the growing de mand for blmctallitn In England outside of the college. He lectures , he dines out , he visits , he Bees people , and literally devotes all his spare time from a busy and exacting career to the cause which seems to bo so near hi : heart. It Is with him a labor of love. And here In England U has been hard labor and Incessant labor to get where the blrnetallsts are today. While that eminent statist and tutelary guardian of Ilrltish statistics , Dr. Robert Ulffen , sits In Whitehall gardens and de clares bankers and financial men of Eng land will not listen to blmetallsm , the younger and more enterprising are taking the bit In their mouths and listening with undisguised attention to college professors and statesmen who have broken away from the obstinate unintelligent Inertia of the average London financial leader writer. To day I nnd , nnd In this Prof. Foxwell en tirely agrees , supporting blmetallsm the leading living professors of political economy in England and Europe , Indian statesmen and finance minister ; tho. principal exchange bankers and merchants , who have a profound and practical knowledge of the subject , members of Parliament of all shades of politics , from Mr. A. J. IJalfour , Sir. W Houldsworth and Mr. Chaplin , to Mr. Jacob Hrlght , Mr. George Howard , Mr. Samuel Smith , Mr. Leonard Courtney. Mr. n. L. Everett , Mr. S. Montagu and Mr. Vosey Knox , some ICO In all , three ex-governors and present directors of the Dank of Eng land ; the finance ministers of nearly all the leading nations In the world ( Germany nnd Austria are only waiting England's lead ) ; the manufacturers of Lancashire and York shire , of Dundee , Lelth and Glasgow , the most enlightened agriculturists , like Mr. Heneagc , Mr. Clare Sewcll Head and Mr. R. L. Everett ; and last , though not least , the leaders of the trades unions In Lancashire find elsewhere , Bristol Included The Man chester Guardian , the Manchester Courier , the Financial News , the editors of which lit derstnnd the question , are among the leadIng - Ing organs In the press on the side of silver. The opponents are Lombard street bankers , the gold monopolists and money lenders , and Eomo highly paid or highly pensioned trea&ury and Uoard of Trade officials : the city editors of the Times' , Standard , Dally News , Economist and Statist , whose purview of this subject is , as Prof. Fovwell said tome mo , limited to the next settling day on the Stock Exchange , and whose Insignificance is sheltered under the anonymous edltorlil "wo , " but who , If they signed their vcnoihous articles , would bo appraised at their true value against uch authorities as Prof. Fox- well. Nicholson and Sedgwlck , Sir Louis Mallet. Sir D. Darbouf , Mr. H. H. Glbbs , Mr Grenfall and Sir William Houlds worth. "Will you , " I asked Prof. Foxwell , "kindly define for American traders the present atti tude of the English blmctallsts ? " "I may add that English blmetallsts find themselves In complete agreement with General - oral Francis A. Walker In regard to the settlement of existing monetary difficulties. I do not know that I can better describe their position than by saying that the views of leading blmetallsts here , whether In the world of business and politics or at the universities , are practically the same as those of what Is sometimes called the "gold" parly In the United States. That Is to say , we are opposed to all purchase schemes , all intro manipulations of silver , all partial and local attempts at Its demonetization. Noth Ing lesa than International free mintage of both metals appears to us calculated to bring about a lasting and final settlement of all the very serious dlfllcultlcs Into which the world's trade has been plunged by the fateful demonetization of 1873. We can sympathize , of course , with the sufferings and the In justice which have led to the extreme de mand of your populist and western parties , but we do not bellovo that anything less than International blmotaltsm will give a general feeling of monetary security ; and unless public confidence Is rostoreJ temporary palliatives wld not have any very sensible effect. They will probably bo followed by mischievous reactions and will prove , In the long run , to have only resulted In postponing the true and durable settlement. " "You mention General Walker. How do political economists In England regard him ? " "It Is difficult , " replied Prof. Foxwell , "to put Into words , and It would be hard to ex aggerate the very high opinion which is en tertained In this country of General Walker and his economic writings. Ho would bo generally regarded as the greatest American publicist , and he ts perhaps the only Ameri can economist of whom It can bo said that his writings have profoundly modified Euro pean opinion. There can be no doubt that the appearance of his celebrated work , 'The Wage Question , ' marks an epoch In the his tory of English thought upon that Important subject. In this book he once for all dis posed of the old wage fund theory , with Us dismal outlook for the laboring classes , and substituted for It the more humane and nat ural mode of viewing the position of labor which is now universally held by econom ists. " "I believe one of our dlstlnculshed states men , Hon. W. C. Whitney , has been In Eng land this summer making some observations of blmetallsm. Did you have the pleasure of meeting him ? " "Yes , I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Whitney and must say that I liked him very much. Ho appears to be an exceedingly clear-minded , conservative man , anxious to obtain all the Information pos sible In relation to the blmotallc movement In Europe. So far as I could gather his vlovvn on the monetary question were very much In agreement with the cau tious conservative views entertained by our leading blmetalLsts. I think such men as Mr. Ualfour and Mr. Whitney view the ques tion from very similar standpoints. When this question again comes under considera tion In Europe I firmly believe we shall find such men as DaUour and Whitney working together In general sympathy and agree ment. " "Aro there any other of our public men who take an Interest In the work of the Illmctallc league In England ? " "Yes , we received the following cable at our International conference this year ; " \Vo desire to express our cordial sympathy with the movement to promote the restoration of silver by International agreement. In aid of which wo understand a meeting Is to be held tomorrow , under your lordship's presi dency. Wo believe that the free coinage itof both gold and silver by International agree ' ment at a fixed ratio would secure to man kind the blessing of a sufficient volume nof mctallc money , and , what Is hardly less Im portant , would secure to the world of. trade Immunity from violent exchange fluctua tions. " John Sherman , William Allison , aD. . W. Voorhees. H. C. Lodge. G. F. Hoar , D.N. . W. Aldrlch. D. D. Hill , E. Murphy. C. Price. O. II. Platt , A. D. Gorman. W. P. Fryo , C. K. Davis , S. M. Culloni , J. M. Carey , United States Senators. "This was Erected , " continued Prof. Fox- well , "with deafening applause" "Why are you a blmeUtllit , Prof. Fox- well ? " was the next question put to the Cambridge professor. "The current system known as blmetal lsm. " said Mr. Foxwell. "depends for Its explanation upon what , beyond doubt. Is one of the most beautiful results of modern eco nomic analysis. Indeed , It was this Ingen ious theory of substitution , brought to inny notice by the Into Prof. Jcvons , that first attracted me to the study of the compound of blmetallo standard. Hut the main Inter est of the subject does not lie In these theo retical considerations , fascinating as they al- wavs are to the expert. It Is the economic and social bearings of monetary questloc * that give them their real human significance For myself , at all events , I was not seriously Interested In the proposals of the blmetal lsts. until while Investigating the causes of Irregularity of employment , I began to real ize how Infinitely they concerned our Indus trial and commercial prosperity , and the condition of labor. Union * I am entirely mistaken , the present state of monetary chaos has most Injurious effects upon our foreign trade and our productive Industries , and , In any case. It will not be denied that In terests of national Importance are Involved In the monetary policy of the near future. I doubt. Indeed I sny this with some de liberation whether there has been any eco nomic controversy agitating- this country during the last fifty years , except the con troversy of free trade , whose practical Issues were so grave and so wide reaching. " PIIOFESSOHS AND DIMUTALISM. "I understood you to say that professors and teachers of political economy In England are generally favorable to blmetallsm. Is there any reserve to that statement ? " "Fully a year ago I said that they were generally favorable to blmetallsm , and at any rate accepted the theory upon which the practical working of that monetary system depends. I can speak now with more con fidence In regard to both points. It may be partly owing to the natural development of opinion , partly to the vivid light thrown on the situation by the striking monetary events of last year ! but whatever tho. cause , there can be no doubt that economic opinion has distinctly advanced In the direction of the views which we advocate , and there Is a greater disposition to aid In giving practical effect to those views. Our ranks have re ceived a notable and weighty accession In the person of Mr.'Leonard Courtney , whoso recent speech In Cornwall you may have seen. British economists are practically unanimous upon what Is really the funda mental point , viz- That the monetary dif ficulty will never be settled upon a perma nent and satisfactory basis until silver Is again brought Into use as standard money upon the basis of an International agree ment. There are differences of opinion amongst them , naturally , as to the precise ratio between the metal which will give the best guaranty of stability ; but I do not think thcso differences will prove to be serious when we como to the practical settlement of the question. " EFFECT OF GOLD APPRECIATION. "Mr. Courtney recently observed that the appreciation of gold had more than neutral ized all your efforts to pay off the national debt slnco 1873 , even Including the relief afforded by Mr. Goschen's conversion of 1888. Do you believe this ? " "I certainly do , " replied Mr. Foxwell , "and more than that , the same thing happens in the case of every private debt , every advance and mortgage. H la for this reason that the American nation , and especially American farmers , are In favor of blmetallsm They are an active , Industrious , enterprising com munity , nnd , therefore , a community of bor rowers Hero your census statistics In rela tion to Individual mortgage Indebtedness In struct us. There you show a fixed charge of $100,000,000 annually on the productive powers of the nation. H takes nearly double the amount of grain and farm produce It formerly did to meet this fixed charge. Every farmer who has raised money on his lltte | property finds that the weight of the loan becomes Increasingly oppressive as prices fall , and he naturally objects to be made the victim of an artificial contraction of money. The manufacturer Is In the same po sition , and I need not point out that any thing which Increases the burden ot the fixed charge payable to capital cannot be for the advantage of labor. In fact. If gold continues to appreciate business will become so ruinous and hoarding so profitable that the parable of the talents will have to bo reversed. The really wlso man will bo the man who buries his talent In the earth. " "But you are a creditor country , so urges Mr. GlfTen , and , therefore. Interested In every thing which Increase * the value of the gold duo your capitalists ? " "I might reply , such falsification of con tracts Is base and Immoral. It would be un worthy ot a great country to make fraud the aim of Its monetary policy. Even Shylock only pressed for his pound of flesh. But , as generally happens , the Immoral Is also the Inexpedient. It has been urged that It U not to the Interest of a creditor to crush his debtor. This Is undoubtedly the sound as well as the generous view. England's great est Interests rests on the solvency of her debtors , and the prosperity of her cuitom- era , both of them sapped and endangered by the Inslduous process of the appreciation of gold. " And now I come to ono ot the most Im portant and pertinent answers given by Prof Foxwell , because , upon It to a very large extent , I regard hangs the strongest argu ment , both In favor of blmetallsm and a Judicious protective tariff. "How do you answer Mr. Gladstone's and Mr. GlfTcn's continuous statements that great progress has been made under a gold mono- inetallc policy' " "Of course , " was the prompt reply , , "pro gress has been made , for a bad monetary system cannot neutralize all the forces of civilization that are working for Improve ment. But the rate of advance has greatly fallen off. I do not wish to be misunderstood hero. Prosperity cannot be brought about by monetary conjuring But if you play tricks with money you may seriously retard prosperity , for the simple reason that you discourage enterprise. The real reason why we prefer steady , or rising , to falling prices Is that the former condition stimulates , the latter contracts production. The In creased production U , of course , the real cause of the prosperity. All classes ulti mately gain by H. and especially the workIng - Ing classes , who form the great majority of consumers. Even the creditor class will profit In the long run. They will find com pensation for the fall In the value of money. In the greater demand for their capital caused by the general prosperity. In any case It would be absurd to sacrifice the In terest of the producer to that of the In vestor. It England has become a great creditor country It Is because she has been a great producing country. She must make her capital before she can lend It. " I thought as the earnest British political economist uttered these words that If they cculd hava only reached the American work men In their full meaning what a blessing tt would have been to our country In these days of Increasing production and prosperity , which came to an end In 1802 , or If that grand statesman , William McKlnley , now concluding his remarkable campaign In America , could have heard these words spoken within the sacred precincts of British learning how he would have rejoiced to find the greatest economic thinkers of England thus recognizing the force of the argument of the greatest practical statesman of the New World. FALLING PRICES. Again , on this question of the fall of prices , Prof. Foxwell said : "The recent coal strike and the demand for a 'living wage' may aeive to remind us of the serious social dlfllculty Involved In a fall of prices. niM first , no doubt , the loss la borne by the employer , but as the margin of profit melts away trade becomes depressed and cmplcy- ment contracted , and money wages have tone fall. If prices are to fall continuously no power on earth can prevent some fall In money wages. It Is all very well to Iny that wages must govern prices , not prices wages. But prices are governed by the monetary supply and unless the unions hem Induce Parliament to remedy the monetary contraction they will find It vain to attempt to maintain prices. It will bo said , perhaps , that when prices are falling the lower BO will buy as much as the old wage did th higher prices. This Is true , but It Is not cxisy to Ret men to understand It. Nothing Is more difficult In practice than the adjust ment of wages to a falling scale of prlcos. Economically It looks simple enough , polit icallyIt may mean revolution. So If we look at tbo cry for a 'living wage' In nets sense this Is reasonable enough. There Is nea minimum of comfort below which It Is neither right nor economical to work human beings. " All honor to Prof. Foxwell ; that a British political economist should so boldly enunciate this doctrine Is Indeed a sign that the old Manchester school of economics has seen Its best days. The Cobdcn club today does not number among Ua members a single political : economist of any consequence or standing. The men who , like Prof , Foxwell , are up tend date have long slnco consigned the old and antiquated fictions which Prof. Sumner and David A. Wells preach at home to the sepulchers of exploded thrones , common errors and fallacies which the credulity and suplnlty of mankind have permitted from time to time to flourish. Politically It has Indeed meant revolution In the United States. One consequence onof the further appreciation of gold has been to Intensify the agricultural depression uil over Europe , and ( specially lit England. Most erof the land charges are fixed and they weigh ' more heavily upon the land owners as gold rlsea In value. So , again , rents will become more onerous > and further reductions muat follow In short , the active pfodWer In every branch of Industry runs tlM Ylsk of Undine himself , as years ga on , ovft-lccidcd and In the end crushed by the weight .of an ever Increasing burden. ' "In short. " said 't'flrt. Foxwell , "tho root evil of the present"tnonetary situation Is the continued appreqla on of gold , depressing as It does the enterprise- the Industrial class , the great bofnAvors , without really Improving the pqsltttart of the comparatively Inactive clans , the Janders of capital. " "Aro you making milch headway ? " "Yes , we have doW'better ' this year than ever before. You would bo surprised to find the number of prominent people taking up the subject and looking Into It carefully. Once they do thlsowef'capture them. Mr. /lalfour has been a tower of strength to us Mr. Courtney Is likewise nn acquisition. Sir Henry James , one of the most popular men ! In England , Is'how on our side. Lord Itosebery admits It Is nn Important ques tion. Still , wo don't feel much like brag ging. There Is nothing your busy man dis likes so much as to be squarely faced by Inconvenient facts which compel him to reconsider a familiar course of action , per haps even to grapple with an unfamiliar Idea. It has been Bomowhat unfairly said that It requires a surgical operation to get a joke Into a Scotchman ; but any one who has tried both feats will admit that this Is child's play compared with the effort re quired to get a ne.w Idea Into an English man. The Englishman resists Ideas a entrance. Upon this characteristic It Is easy to piny. And our opponents do play upon It , as you Americans say , for all It Is worth. They are trying to spread the Idea that It la a hopeless " complicated question which the farmers "of England can never master and that all college professors and other monetary cranks are trying to Jolly them Into believing. In a country llko England the feeling Is most difficult to overcome. " "And now , " said Prof. Foxwell , taking out his watch , "we have talked enough blmetal lsm for ono afternoon , more I fear than your readers will care to read. If you like good music come with mo to King's College chapel and hoar a pretty anthem and nn organ nnd singing that will make you forget political economy and statistics. " Soon we were seated In ono of the rarest ecclesiastical buildings In Christendom , wherein , the stonework , woodwork , and glass work contend which shall deserve most ad miration. The soft rich tones of the organ standing nearly In the mlddlo of the chap reverberated through the building. The chapel ts still lighted by Innumerable can dles The daylight gradually faded away and the peculiarly rich tracery of the windows dews changed until It looked like a mass of gema and then , as darkness enveloped the chapel , almost disappeared In the superb vaulted roof. An hour of such muslo and singing with the shadowy surroundings was well calculated to bring calm to the most active mind. In the presence of thcso magnificent and unqualified edifices of bygone - gene centuries even up-to-date polltlca' economists may well bow with profound re spect and reverence Latter day architects copy and Imitate these marvellous structures , but , unllko the thrones of political econo mists , they can not bs knocked down and pulverized by each succeeding school of > economics that flourishes for a generation only to bo sent kiting to Jupiter and Mars by the next. These old specimens of an art almost lost stand llko mighty giants amid the pigmies ofrinodern architecture. ROBERT P. PORTER. ! ( Maud I hope you are not going to marry that Mr. Korter. Kate Really , I didn't think It would mak& any difference to you dear. If 'I didn't. I iVHavo you ever loved another , Tom' " said Miss Gusli to her Intended. "Certainly , " replied ho. "Do you wish written testlmon lals from'my previous sweethearts ? " "No , George , " she said , "I can never be yours. " "Then I pro rejected , " he moaned "No , dearest , not that , but I am a woman suf' fraglst , and. cannot' ' Be any man's. You however , may bo mine If you will " Rev Dr. Edwarjlfl Bepchor and wife Brooklyn celebrated the sixty-fifth anplver sary of their marriage recently , and the ven erable Mrs , HenryAVard-JJeecher dined with thwn. t ' 'So you wish my daughter for your wife ? ' "Partly that , madam , nnd partly that you may be my mother-ln-Iaw. " At the marriage of Miss Elizabeth Fairfax Galnes of Warrenton , Va. . the other day tc Chief Justice -Thomas Smith of New Mexlcc four clergymen officiated , and there wer twenty-six bridesmaids. Isn't It rather pathetic that when a hus band who has been married twenty year : pavs his wife a compliment on her goo > looks It makes her so happy that she ha ; to go and tell all the neighbors what ho said Don't nSK the man who was married In May twenty years ago whether or not ho be lleves In the old superstition that May Is nn unlucky month for marriages. Mrs. Dlmplotoo I would llko hotel life , bu I am so lonesome all day while my husbant Is at the office. Mrs. Cheltenham Wh don't you keep house ? Then you can spon your spare time In thinking what you wl have for breakfast. A "young prince , " who advertises In Vienna paper that he desires to wed , Invite proposals , so to speak , for the marriage con tract and he stipulates that she must bi handsome , Intelligent and of a fine figure He specifics that the last named shall not b less than $1,250,000. The engagement Is announced of Miss Lul Bechtel. daughter of the late George Bechto ! the millionaire brewer of Staplcton , State ; Island , to Hudc Kcppler , son of the lat famous artist , Joseph Keppler , of Puck. Fares A. Ferzan , who conducts a Jewelr ; business nt Atlantic City and elsewhere , wa married In the Syrian church In New York o Sunday evening last to Miss Sassool Malool and while the ceremony was going on friend were firing guns and pistols from th windows until the police , oblivious of th correct form for a sweli Syrian wedding , stopped the fusllade. The Alabama glrla who formed an ant smoking club , the by-laws of which forbad them to so much as kiss a man who "molted has gone to pieces. Its president ha married a lawyer who stops smoking enl : long enough to sleep and cat , and Its secre tary la engaged to marry a roan who smoke between courses at dinner. So perish ill tyrants ! ItKLIOIOVS. Brooklyn's claim to bo called the City o Churches has passed away and the honor now given to Philadelphia. The centenary of "the London Mlsslonar society will bo celebrated- next year by t effort to send out 100 new missionaries. A minister's salary In Morocco Is about shillings a day , but they acquire Imnvens wealth , the result of pppresslon and extortion Rev. Prof. Henry i Preserved Smith , wh , with Prof. lirlgRs. jvas suspended from cxer ; - cislng the duties of.Jils. chair because of h 113 views In regard to oo testament criticism ts staying with hl $ . .family In Venice. Intends wintering Rabbi Wolff Wllinerfi late ot Eden Stree : synagogue , Baltimore ) has retlgned from ho ministry and entered'J'Johns Hopkins 'un verslty as a student l f flomance languages. An English clergyman has been teachln two courses of sermons entitled "Rebellion , Rags and Ruin' ' and1' ' "Repentance , Robes > and Rapture. " The Presbyterian. " spy's ' : Societies tor doing - ing all sorts of thing ! continue to multiply. Ono ot the last Is. > "for doing good to all men , wherever It can' ' " " ' By and by wo shall have a society foretelling the truth and It will cost $1 to beldW'tp It , We would pay the Initiation fee for two or three persons whom we know IfTffeywould live up to the ; constitution. WJUM . , IA' OLlt VAU3I IHHIbK I'ICTUUK , Allen Car > ' - Now the hickory with Its hum Cheers the wild nnd rainy weather , And the shoemaker has come With his lapstone , last and leather. With his head HBwhite as wool , With the wrinkles getting bolder , And his heart with news aa full As the wallet on his shoulder. How the children's hearts will beat. How their eyes vll | shine with pleasure , As he sets their little feet , liaro ami rosy , in his measure ! And how behind his chair They will steal , eravi > look * tu summon. Ax he ties nway hlu hair From hl forehead , like a woman. When he tells the merry news , I How their eyes will laugh and glisten ! I While the mother binds the bhoes I And they gather round und listen. SUSPENSION OF A PRIEST Details of the Latest Trouble in the Oatholio Dloccso of Lincoln , AN INTERVIEW WITH THE VICTIM llm t'nso of I'nthrr John IX KngllMi I'.x- 1 > I.illicit and Fiilso Accmitlims 11 n- Furniture from llii tliii ; . A tow days ago a Lincoln paper published what appeared to be an oillclal statement of the reasons why Bishop Thomas nonacum suspended Father John II. English , pastor of the Catholic church at David City. Neb. father English , It will bo recalled , was pas tor of the Hastings church for ftve years , and was removed from his charge by the bishop on September 1. The short time allowed to make the change prevented the pastor from packing tits personal belongings , and they were recently shipped to David City by members of his old congregation. According to the Lincoln account the sus pended priest packed up nil the furniture In the Hastings parsonage and stored It nway for shipment. Ills successor nt Hastings complained that the house was almost stripped of Us . " belongings. "Dlshop nona cum was In Colorado at the time , but he In structed Father English not to icmove the goods from Hastings until he had \lslted the parish and decided upon the rightful ownership of the furniture. Father English failed to obey him , but Instead had the furni ture removed to David City at once. The Hastings contingent , which was very angry over the action of the father , sent the bishop word this time nnd asked him to have everything - thing restored to the house. The bishop again wrote Father Cngllsh and told him that unless the furniture was restored to the parsonage at Hastings by a certain date ho could consider himself suspended. The date rolled around and the furniture had not been returned , and the father was ac cordingly suspended by his own lack of ac tion. " The assertion Is also made that some of the furniture taken Is shown by the father's handwriting In the parish books to belong to the parish and that ecclesiastical laws re quire that personal property shall bo spe cially noted In the parish books. The Impression conveyed by these asser tions do Father English a gross Injust ce. Those who know htm best In Omaha and throughout the state declare he could not be guilty of the petty accusations published as the reasons for his suspension. And this belief Is borne out by a statement of the eabe made by Fattier English himself while In Omuha this week. "The Sunday preceding my departure from Hastings , August 23 , " said Father Cngllsh , "I announced to my parishioners at mass that I would be obliged to take my leave September 1 , and that steps should be taken to get together and remove my personal ef fects so as to make room for my successor. I requested the ladles to assemble after service and take such action as might be necessary to that end Tlili I did for the reason that the ladles of the congregation had special charge of the house and church. They held such meeting and appointed two of their number as a committee to separate such articles as belonged to me from the others , and to dispose of them a : I might direct. "In this connection I might say that when I first went to Hastings I was earnestly and solemly assured by the bishop that In all human probability that parish would bo the scene of my life work. In view of this repeated assurance , and of the then Im poverished condition of the parish , I pro cured from my relatives funds to a con siderable amount. For this I have never been reimbursed. In addition to this num erous articles have been presented to mo personally by friends during my Incumbency , and were in every sense of the word mine. And then the parish was largely otherwise In debt , and the members of It clearly real ized that Its property was , both legally and mordlly , Impressed with a trust In my favor to the amount which was coming to me. However , I urged upon the committee , as my dsslre , that In doing Its work , that If any doubt aiose with regard to the ownership of any of the property such doubt should be resolved In favor of the congregation "The committee selected such articles as In tfiolr judgment belonged to me and stored them In a. I ouse In Hastings , pending my ai ranging for their removal to David City. In making the division I took no part. Whatever was done was done by the com mittee of the congregation. The property remained In Hastings from the first to the last of September , and no question was raised during that time as to the propriety of such action "On the 29th of September I received from the bishop's secretary an order directing mo not to remove the property from Hast ings. The property arrived in David City on the night of the 29th , consequently I could not comply with the request. Thus matters rested until the 12th of October , when I received an extraordinary letter from the bishop removing me from the parish and commanding me to appear before the diocesan court at Lincoln , on November 29 , to show caiiEo why my suspension and the withdrawal of my faculties as prlebt should not be final and permanent. "The bishop Is not satisfied with the In dignities heaped upon me at Hastings. Em boldened by the success of that removal and filled with conceit as to the extent of his power , he seized upon the silly pretext af forded by a dispute over a few articles ol small value , and cruelly and maliciously de prives me of my faculties. Willing In all things reasonable to render him duo obedi ence , In tills case and under these circum stances obedience Is no longer a virtue. "Tho unreasonableness of the bishop's order with reference to this personal prop erty Is at once apparent. Ho might have specified In his letter the furniture about the ownership of which there could be any doubt In his mind and not Inflict such a needless burden on mo as to pack and send all my effects to Hastings , and then have them examined and then repack and ship thorn to David City. Apart from the damage and harshlp to me , it required the ex penditure of considerable money , which I did not have. I advised the bishop that the effects were at David City and tlio dispute could bo easily settled there. " Father English Is not concerned about the proposed trial. If It la permitted to go on the outcome can bo stated in advance. The court Is organized by the bishop and his will Is the will of the court. But the suspension Is contrary to ecclesiastical law , which requires that an offense shall be proven before the proper court before punish ment can be Inflicted. In this case sentence Is Imposed before guilt is proven. The case of Father English Is a sample of the many which have dragged the diocese of Lincoln Into public contempt. The prede cessor of Father English at David City , an elderly man of great piety , was precipitately ] removed from the parish and was not per mitted to remove even his bc-oks , the treasures of a lifetime. Three priests have left the diocese within a short time and their successors are liable to follow soon. Of the forty-six priests In the diocese oniy twenty-two were educated for the dloceie. Theao men cannot be suspended and de prived of their rights canonlcally under the laws of the church The remainder are transients , I. e. , priests educated for other dioceses , and their atay under Dlshop Ilonacuni Is entirely at his option. Ills will Is the sole law governing them , Father English does not projwse to beer driven out of thedlocesu - under a cloud or otherwise. He proposes to stay with the bishop In peace or war , and give the latter sonic years of anxious experience before his threat to drlvo the father out of the diocese la realized. It is a mistake to suppose the celebrated case against Bishop liormcum Is settled. Action on the charges In merely deferred for the reason , aa stated by good authority , that Delegate Satolll's powers arc Insufficient tent deal with so grave- case. The documenti enlarging his authority are believed to been on tliolr way from Home , nnd after their ! arrival the complaining priests are confident of a vindication. Oregon Kidney Tea cures nervous head- aches. Trial size , 25 cents , All druggists. MORSE , Monday , November 12th , B9I. Sixteenth nnd rarnntn , What's waked up the store s t he n e w s - papers bulging with pe extra advertising pages fi 1 I e dwith startling display ? MORSE'S must have been short-comings in the other stores , else there'd be no occasion for old ones to plead their goodness now more ' and more of you are finding us out to your pleasure busi ness doubled in 3O days you'll help us double again this month , the help is mu tual we'll help you help us. Blankets we are selling a manufactur er's stock of blankets at the 'price for blank ets at the rrill and in sorne cases at less than cost to make. Ours are , honest goods at honest values , full weight and size. full sized blanket , G7c the pair. Extra size blanket , $1.23 the pair. California blanket. J3 4T the pair. Cxtra eruy blanket , S3c. It's not a question whether you can af ford to attend this sale , but whether you can afford to remain away. Trust your eyes and fingers , look at and ieel of them , Left IGth entrance. Men's winter under wear on sale Mon day. Every garment represents extra good value Men's fine heavy mixed shirts and draw ers , 47c the garment. Men's heavy ribbed underwear , woolen good ? , colors blue and mode , both fast , 75c the garment. Men's fine soft fleece lined shirts and drawers , in natural colors , 7Cc the garment Men's tan und black hose , fast color , 2 pairs for 25c. Men's tan fast color hose , 3 pairs for 25c. An extra double sole , fast black hose , 3 pairs for OOc. Scarfs. The new fall shapes and colors , your choice tomorrow. Saturday. 25o each. We have just re ceived our new scarfs for men , in all the lat est novelties for this fall. See the line we are selling for BOc. The types won't teH of china beauty o r crystal elegance , no way but to see it ele vators broad stair way and street en trance to this half-acre show room. It's new and novel to have china treated so hand- sonely It's novel - - The china business we've made W - - e leave it to you to say-- it's the best in town. Second Floor. Crockery Department. Smith , Ford & Jones' elegant , seml-porce- laln , 100-plecc dinner sets , In two dlftercnt patterns , new designs and decoiatlons , at J7.I8 You'll pay $10 00 for the Bame elsewhere. 3 btvles of A. D. coffee cups and saucers , 25c ; value , 40c. 3 styles of sugar and cream sets , 25c ; value , 40c. Cream pitchers , 9c , 12c and up , worth more. Come and see , we're too busy to dwell hero now , If you want the stuff that is so freely adver tised as bargains , we tell you frankly you can not get it here-- we'll not sell goods we can not truthfully rec ommend. Dependable goods , at lowest prices , is our motto. Third Floor , right elevator. Butterick's Patterns , Publications and cut lery. December goods now on sale. Third Floor. Ladies' , Misses' , Chil dren's and Infants gar ments Saturday. We place on sale a sample line of ladies' Golf and Tourist Capes at a sav ing of about 38 per cent to you. No two alike ; blues , blacks , browns and fancy mix tures. Call early and secure first choice. Fur capes , largest line , newest styles , lowest prices In the city. Do not buy a garment without first seeing our choice lines and values , . You've learned by this time to expect what we advertise. We assure protection to all buyers on every thing sold under our roof. Hnd Main Aisle. Notions , small wares and toilet articles. This is a very important de partment and w o guarantee a saving in it to you. Crochet cotton , shaded , cream , white , Sc. Knitting cotton , 4c. Novelty nnd feather edge braid , IGo box. Hooks n nil c > cs , lo card , n.irnlng cotton , Ic. Itnstlni ? thread , DOO-ynrd spool , 30. Hair pins , Ic. Safety pins , all sbcs , 4e. Twin dross ftnvs. 7e. llest velveteen facing , 19c. Ammonia , large bottle ? . He. Colgate's nssoiloil soaps. f > c. KnglMi Tooth Powder , 17c. Japanese bankets , He , two for Gc. Corded ruchlngs , f o yntd. Cream of Flow MS , I7c. 13sp > 's Crontn , 17c. Comparison will give us the trade will save you the money why not consult your inter ests and compare our goods and prices with what you've been used to seeing and buying elsewhere. Winter Underwear. Ladles' fleeced vests nnd pants , finished seams. 2Gc. Ladles' llceccdcsts nnd pants , natural and ecru , 35c. Ladles' extra line fleeced vests nnd pants , finished seams , heavy weight , COc. Ladles' half wool vests and pants , fleeced , 48c. 48c.Lidlcs Lidlcs * line nonahrlnklinj wool vests anil piintH , silk flnlMied , 7 ! > c. Chlldrcn'n rHibed vests and pants , llceccd , finished seams , winter weight. 250. Children's union suits , black , xvhlto and imtuiul , $300 suits at half pi Ice , $1.50. Hosiery. Children's black hose , extra heavy weight , 23c. Hoys' blcj cle hose , double knee , heel nnd toe. extra value , 2.r > c. Children's fleeced hose , fast Mack , 2oo. Ladles' llecced hose , fast black , ribbed top , 25c. Ladles' fast black , woolen hose , ribbed nnd plain , 25c. Ladles' silk fleeced hose , fast black , 35c. Ladles' line lOngltsh cnshmerp hose , fast black , high spliced heel and iloilble wile , DOc. Take-Oft Department. Left main Isle. This department was crowded Saturday as it has never been be fore The assortment is still complete. You'll find silks and dress goods , flannels , notions , chinaglassware goods from all over the store worth two - - t h r e e times the prices. Sat urday's price was 31c ; Monday we take off 3cMonday's ; price 28c. Come and take off some bargains. Tarnam street aisle. The best , not a small assortment , but a complete variety of desirable new tcxturcu In prints , ginghams , outing flannel , at low prices , also complete stock of sheetings and LOttons. Dress Linings , The newest of new goods , the lowest of low prices , the choicest of choice fabrics. We have silesias , perca- lines , sateens crino lines , canvas , grass cloth , hair cloth and cambric at lowest of low prices. You'll hear from us again Monday we're working hard for your interests by selling you good goods cheaper than other stores do. Received late Snturady evening , on salt Monday , Soul Cloaking Plush , GO Inchcf wide. THE MORSE DRY GOODS CO , Sixteenth and Farnam. HIE DESIGN'S ' THE TIIISG , Design Is to furniture what seasoning ts tea a salad. It makes or mars Its perfection and This chair fairly brUtlcw with design. It Is a study In outline. The picture gives no conception of tlio size ; IL Is not a large , un gainly "Comforter , " but ono of those light frames that lift so easily , roll so readily and are the delight of every visitor. t The covering , as shown on our floor , II merely a figured muslin , co that you maka your choice for the upholstering from , our magnificent line of coverings. There U no flnlah In the way of gimp or fringe , but the edges are bordered with solid mahogany mouldings , giving rich and beautiful finish. The frame Is old mahogany. Such a chair Is an Inrtlspemviblo In thl arrangement of any drawing room. It corn * bines beauty with a high degree of comfort , And U takes little spaco. Charles Shiverick & Co. FURNITURE of Every Description. Temporary Location , 1'JOtt mill IL'OU IJonuluu Stroofc HILLABI ) HOTUL BLOCK.
