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The StOICS and Shops of the Quoemt Oap-
iLl\l in the World.
TIRED lRAOERS tQUA1TED ON TIlE flOOR
' ; rho i1rcintit ) ' Union nnd ,
Jhrehnlt nnl Cornn Trwt.-
Inz".rA , Joolutorc Rnl Free I.uneb
Counters-One of the JClng's
IcrqnItc.
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The city at Seoul Is now flet with Japa-
IIe80 troops , ant Japanese merchants are preparIng -
parIng to open store8 ant go Into business.
The wl lo country Is to bo reorganized on a
motern ( basis Other merchants wilt loon
come In , and the buslncs methor1 at the .
" . Coroans will bo chane& They arc the queer-
et business men at the worM , and their
ehops anti stores arc like nothing else on the
taco at the globe I SIJen many days In ,
going through them last summer , ant In .
chatting wIth the merchants. They are the
gautlest merchants on the p11net , They keep
their horsehair hats on when In their stores ,
, and Instead at standing up behind the coun-
' t _ , tern , they squat cross-Ieggell on the floor and
: , smoke Icng pipes while they talk to you about !
trade and otTer you goolls. Often they alluat
; outside their stores , and both stores and mer-
: ' chants are so unlko anything In AmerIca
" thnt It Is hnrd to describe them The atores
are located on the three main business streets
; - of the cly , These are dirt roads about ns
wide ns Pennsylvania nvenu In Washington
V They are lined with mud huts thatched with
; straw , to the front at which there Is often a
t : tramowork or booth-like awning , which juts
t out over the street , and In which , on boards
era SIJrend out the goods they have for 8a12.
. Hero and there little tents have been built
UII In the streets , and there are hundreds of
big-hatted. whlte.gownell squatters , who have
planked themselves down on the road , with
their goods spread out before them and who
soberly smoke a they walt for their custom-
, crs. There Ire hundreds at boys who part
. _ their hair In the middle , and who look like
Iko
J girls In their long gowns , going about pell-
( lung candy nHl chestnuts. They have n
hind of 1box which Is swung from their
. . shoulders , and which rests on their chests ,
' anti the candy peddlers carry scissors and cut
oC their long strings of taffy Into such sticks
ns you wnnt. These boys yell out that they
have taffy for salo. They Ire shrewd Ute
telows , and they ply their business In all
parts oC the city.
, ' TIE COlAN DAZAAnS
" Seoul Is , you know , a city at 300,000 people ,
, J and It covers about three square mies , Hght
. In the center of the city there I a point
where tIle three business streets como together -
gether , and at this point there Is a temple
about as big nR a good.slzed cow shed , which
holds the great bell , or town clock , of the
capital This bell rings the opening and cbs-
jng of the Corean dlY , and Its knell sounds
the beginning and ending of the dny's work
and business. I Is rung just at dusl' , and nt
this , tmo thin great gtes of the city are I
closed. The stores are supposed to shut up ,
' " , r . anti the men to go Into their houses and give
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f- the women a chance to take moonlight walks I
; unmolested. About this bell are the biggest
f business establishments at Seoul. They
are In large one and two-story buid-
Ings , which look n good deal like gann-
} rIca and which are cut up Into lit.
. Ute
: . to bits at closet opening out upon
; , halls. Each o these buildings Is devoted to
the selng of one ' kind at goods and the
leading merchants who deal In hem have '
each one of these closets , and they squat on
. ' . cushions just outside of them , ready to bring
: out their goods when the customers come .
Glass Is hardly known In Corea , and there C
( I . Ire no windows , and the closet Is a dark as e
, a pcke . , Th rD Is no display , at , gods , and I
, , you ask for what you want and the merchant
. brings It out One at the buildings will have ,
, > nothing but cotons , and there may be fifty '
merchants each owning ono of the cioset-Iko I
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. stores within It. Another buildIng wIll con
tnln nothing but silk , and others wi bo devoted -
voted to the sellIng of hats and paper. The C
merchants of different classes have guilds ,
and they fix the prices. Every yard of sill
and ever shot of paper sold In Seoul has to
I pass through the guild and pay Its taxes be-
taro It can bo sold There are six great t
guilds , and each at these guIlds pays a good
round sum to the government for the con
trollIng at Its branch or trade. I n retai :
dealer Is found with a pleo at goods which '
does nOt bear the stamp at the guIld the
guild can fine and punish him without ref -
terence to any other tribunal , and All at the
, petty trader throughout Soul havE to buy :
- through thE guids , The six greatest guIld ,
are those which control the trade In Chlneso
. silk , cotton goods , hemp cloth , grass cloth ,
Corenn sl , and paper , and tt wi be surprising :
prising to know that the whole at Corea Is 1 :
divided up Into unions , and that the porter ;
1lVO their trades unions , and there arc ped- !
dlars' unions and all sari of working organ -
Izations.
tons.
A I.ODC INTO A COIEhN STOrm.
; The average Corona store Is not much bigger -
b gor than a dry goods box , and about this
great bell there arc courts surrounded by such
: stores , which , open out on a ledge or porch C !
about three feet wide , upon which the mer _ ,
. chants Elt. A merchant could hardly tur
- around II one or these' ' stores and I you
. would tale I piano , pacltlG box , and
I lIne' it. with Ihelyes and run n board along
- In trout at It about two te'et from the ground ,
you would have a Coroan store. The chile
business Is In cloth , ns thE Corean : probably
spend more on clothes In proportion to their
% Income than any other people In the worM ,
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$ and the cotton trade Is n big one. The common -
mon people all wear cotton , and I was told (
that they IID the American goods much bet
. , tor than the Englsh , for the reason that they :
c are better made and that they Ire at fine r
- material ! , The Corean silk Is fairly goer , nn , }
they usa n good real at Chinese sik , I remember -
, member one fur store which I islted. I
, . WA not more titan five fEet Equare but It i
, was full of costly fur garments , which the
t richer at these people wear In the wintei
J _ Among the curious articles which IL had tor
, solo were trameworlls at wicker , which these
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r People wear during the summer inside their .
yr garment-s to keep them away tram their pee
lens and allow I thorough circulation at eli ,
There were wicker shirts nlul wicker cult
and wicker frames which fit out over the (
- stolach , oil so light that the weight or them
.lBQt II ; anu HU pnB Qlqndalirwl : oq plno , a
worklnnshllJ ! as a Panama hat
. BIGGEST IOOK STOIB IN SEOU {
-'r I sPent coma time In going among the
book stores nlul picture shops , and I fault
, the merchants hy no means anxious to stl l ,
especially when I had General Iak , my Interpreter I.
- terpreter , with cue I was warned to pay
for everything on thee spot. end I found ties t
thee nobility of , Seoul and the leigh ofcial
"Ith whom I vai supposed to be conneted ,
hall I habit of takIng what they pleased nnd
never coming back to pay for I I realy
believe this was the way they looked on me
. r until I offered thel the money , They always I.
; ways asked three times II much nl they ex.
IJected to take , and everything II done by
dlckerln I bought for about 60 cents a
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book which was frst offered to me fur $3 I ,
and tleit was at the biggest book store In Seou
The books are nil laid lint on the floor. The y ,
leave flexible leaches , end are more hike inag L- '
zincs titan books Many at them look Ilk : e
: blank boolts and account books until you
open them , and you find them floll wih
Chinese or Corean characters. 'fhe merchant
Iloe1's his accounts with a paint brush , tbE (
clerics keep their hats on , and the averae
t cleric Is satisfied It lee receives his clothes
and toad for his family and hllSllt , I
bought n Careen fnt reader , and later on I
visited a Careen printing eslabllhment t ,
There were no movable types , anti thee pag I
'hich were to be printed were engraved on
board. Thee IJrlnter laid one of these bour let
down on two blocks or wed , then mlCI
k some lampblack and water on n list Piece ef
- - marble aced smeared this over the page. Ho
Prr ? then laid n proof sheet on It and llunde.J It
. down Into the ( lngraved tl , and this co I-
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' Illuted the priuttng.
ONE OF TIlE KINO'S
01' TiE PERQUISITES.
; The king gets a big Income out of Creln
, . ; paper . It II all cicada by hand , and It brln .
, about I celt' a sheet , cache sheet coutalnlng
about eta Inch Ilapr , I judge , U eight page
? at this newspaper. I went throtegie
> paplr. thrulh a paver
factory , which 1 just outside at Seoul , aloug
l the banks ot n alream. SOle paper I. made
at bark reduced to pulp , and oil thl old 11aper
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isof worked over I Is ground up Into a sort
at a mush , and when It IA all In bits a barn-
bow o frame Is thrust Into the mush , and that
which sticks to the frame Makes a sheet at
pa per. I Is bleach In the sun , and I R
st rong as cloth Now , the king gets his per-
centnge out of the first sale , and h& makes
apa great deal of money out ot his examInation
papr ! All ofcl are supposed to be
aw arded by cvi service examinations , and
at certain times ot the year the students , by
th e thousands , come from all puts at the
country , each carrying two or three of these
aheel at paper They are admitted Into one
! art at the palace crounlls and there squat
do wn under umbrellas which they bring with
th em , and write essays In poetry They have
to wear I certain kind at a cap , known lS a
scholar's cap , at this time , and each essay
covers a sheet at this pnper. I must have
just so many verse and just so many lines
to each verse , and the students don't know
w heat they are going to write about until they
get inside , the grounds. The subject Is ,
hoisted up on a palo just outside at a pen In
which the king and the jUdges sit. After the
writng Is through each student folds up his
es say In a peculiar way ant throws It over
the fence at the pen. I Is carried up to the
king and Is spread out on top of I pile of '
papers which grows to large proportions before -
fore the examInation Is through. Only a few
pass lt these examlnntons , and the rejected
papers are alt sell by thee king or by his
ofcials , and , there are hundreds of houses In
Seoul which are carpeted with these oM ex-
amlnnton pnpers. I wore n rnln-coat made
ob f oiled paper whIch hall been originally used
by a Corean student for one at thole essays , .
anll I trotted about through thee streets with
a lot of Confucian doggerel on my back , The ,
paper stores are found In different parts of
the capItal , and they do a big business. This
paper takes the place of glass , and It forms
the window covering at Corea . ,
TIE SHOE STORES.
One at thee largest at the guild India about
the t great belt Is devoted to the selling of
Rhoe ! These are of many varIeties , and
Eome are quit expensh'c. Those for the Ia-
dies are made oC pink , blue and red leathFr. '
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whie the men usually . wear black slippers
with soles or white woo abut an Inch thick. .
The cmmon people wear straw shoes , anti
these are made by thee bushel , anti are car-
rlell by porters nil over the country. I tool
a picture of one with about GOO pairs on n
pack on his back , and I saw peddlers squat-
tng down on the road here and there with
these shoes before them. They cost about 1
cent per pair , and are Um cheapest article
at f clothing In Corea. Most thIngs are cx-
travaganty dear. General Pak showell cue
hats which cost $1 [ apiece , and he bought a
new gown In order that ho mIght go about
wih me In style which cost him $10.
FREE LUNCH COUNTEItS .
Think at free lunch counters In Cereal !
\ 'ehI , they have them In nil parts at the
cOlntry , and there Is many a dirty little den
In i Seoul outside of which a clay oven Is con-
tnualy cooking tree soup , and where you
can get n bIt at dried fsh or a raw turnip
without charge between drinks. The Corenns
are less temperate than the Chinese , and I
think , ale , than the Japane3e They Ile
lutoxlcatng i lquors , and I met many reeling
through the streets , and now and then saw ,
anD aEleep by the roadside , dressed In his i
l eng white gown and lookIng for all the I
world like a corpse In a shroud. I saw a
number of fights and General Greathouso-
rather to delightedly , I thought-once said
to t me :
"Why , these people are just 1'0 our peac
ple at home They drink and they fght and
the ) ' go upon spree They have many other
things t In common with us , and they are decidedly -
cidedly human. "
There are many saloons , and the sign of
these Is a basket which Is hung on a pole ,
above the door and which Is cf the kind
through which the beer and other liquors arc
s trained when they are made. This basket
Is I usually about eighteen Inches long and
eight Inche In diameter , and you see them
al over Corea. '
THE DRUG STORES.
The drug stores do not sell liquors , and
they have very few fluids of any kind Their
meicine ! consist at powders and herbs , end
patent medicines are a yet unknown In
Corea I believe a great big business could
b dons in both porea and phlna by taking :
patent medicInes out there anti advertising :
them I'S wonderful cure-ails , using the "be-
fore and after taking" signs , especialy _ ThE '
field Is a virgin one , and It ought to be i
worked. 'y went Into one drug store In Seoul
which was wale wIth cabinets containing ! .
drawers about six Inches square fled with
al kinds of naussous berbs There were
bag of medicine hanging tram the roof , and
thee druggist was squatting on the floor with
hIs l hat on , making more medicIne. Doth the
Chinese and the Corean beleve In big dcss. ,
They don't think i powder Is : worth anything
unless It Is big enough for a horse , and their
great cure11 I ginseng. This 10 cOlslder
a weed In America , but It' Is one at the most L
valuable products at Corea , and the king ha I I
the monopoly ot It. He has great farms
which are watched nt night by men who sit L
on platforms whIch have ben built , up In
them to keep the people tram stealng the
crop . The roots are shipped off to China ,
where the kIng has his own ofcIal to watch ;
thee sale and see that he gets his share 01
the profits. I is , In , short , worth almost itt C
weight In gold. Some at this herb Is shippd I
tram AmerIca tD China , but Is not con.ldere I
a good ns the Corean ginseng. The wed
Is used as a tonic , and It Is believed t have
wonderful strengthenIng properties.
THE CABINET SHOPS
The Coreans do some very god cabinet
work , and about the only thlnSI you can
buy lilT l the country which are worth crring
away arc brass cookIng utensils and bu-
reaees Thee brass Is wonderfully flue. I
shine like gold and Is made In little foundries -
dries , which I ( more like blacksmith shops
than brsR worka. Everything Is done by :
hand The bureaus are al trimmed with
brass , and the funniest article of household : i
furniture Is the Corcn cash box. Every :
mnn has his own bank of this Idnd. I Is I
often bund whit brass , and It Is made at
oak wood about two Inches thlcl" aced the
lock to It weighs several pounds. The
money Is kept In thIs box , and Is carried
about on the backs of coole or by servants ,
when a man goes shopping , and In the wInter
It Is talt1 and put Into the Corean safe de-
pcslts. .
TIE COnEAN SAFE DEPOSIT.
, The Core ls have perhaps the best sate
deposit system In the world , but It Is one
that works only during the winter. All
their money Is In the shall at Crcn cash ,
which Is made In coins of copper and bran
about lS big as nn old-fashione red cent ,
wih a square hole In the center. I takes
60 coins , or 3,000 cash , to make nn Amerl
can dollar , antI about $20 Is a good load for
a man , aced $0 would break down n bullock.
During the summer the Cereal capitalist
lends out his money for ( per cent and upward -
ward I mOlth , very. judiciously placing it.
In lice wInter , however , there Is liable to be
cold and romine , and It mhhL bo stolen , or
his debtor mlgl not bo able to pay , 10 , ns
thee CII weather approaches , ho draws In
his cattle anti puts It Into his ! safe deposit
vault until spring ; . Every 'Corel hns his
own vault. It Is hIs
vllit. usually front yard
which Is walled aU tram the street. lie has
his servant dig up this to a depth of about
olght feet and then the first cold , frosty
night he spreads out a layer at this cash In
the halo and covers It with a coating at
earth , lie has water thrown upon this , so
that lea ( cash Is embedded In mud , aced It
Is watched until Jack Frost freezes It tght ,
Thee next nlsht there Is another layer of
cash and n second coating of mud . This Is
trozen and so It goes on until there Is a
sold trozen mass at cash and mud , lying
two or three feet below the surtace at thee
ground. On the top at this the ground Is
also frozen and the wInter Is such that the
mlrchant can sleep without tear until sprIng.
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n , K. Munkllrlck , II Jo/ler' " \'eekiy.
Old vieet.'r ts I surly soul ,
Ununt , haggard , grim , and gray :
Jls tlullJer blast aweep from lies knoll
All that Is green und gay . knol
hut iecle't he a 1'ct still ,
Ot sweet acid gentle nrt
/\nte
Whl teell I\ kind / aced gentle thrill
Of IHIhlno In hl : &ntc . thri
\hn he dcplets lee dreams wlnd-tost
' rrtIuns
'rho flowers ot sunemt'- train
In arabesques ot oPeerkIng tl'OSt
nplnklnl
Ullon the wlndoIIne1
'fhu cming IUlmtr bonnet Is to b II
smal , fiat affair , worn wel back on the
head , similar to the extrema evening bonnet
occasionally scoot at thee theater ,
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By Brci
Author of "Tllo Luck of J
of Rn111 11
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CIAPETI III. COCLUSIO.
Although Brent wu convinced a soon a
h left the house that he could not accept
anything tram the Dompolnter Influence ,
and that his IntervIew with Susy wa rult- [
le ! , he knew that he must temporize. While
ht did not believe that his playmate would
wilngly betray him , lee was uneasy when
ho thought at thee vanity anti Impulivenes
which might compromlo him-or Dt a possIble -
sIble jealousy that mIght seek revenge . Yet
ho bad no reason to believe that Susy's na-
'turo was jealous , or that abe was likely lo
have any cause , but the tact was that the
cl imax at Miss Faulkner's reappearances
when they were together affected him more
strongly than the real climax et his Inter-
\Iew with Susy-wh " 'O her offer . Once
out at the atmosphere at that houe.e. It struck
him , too , that Miss Faulkner ' 8 almost ns
luch of nn alien to It ns hlmset He won-
dere,1 what she had been doIng there. Could
It be possible Ihat she was obtaining In-
tormaton for the south ? But he rejected
the Idea ns quickly as IL had occurred to
he len. Perhnps there could be no stronger
prcot of the unconscious Influence thee young
girl already had over him ,
no remembered the liveries at thee dlplD-
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matc carriage that had borne her away , and
ascertnlned wihout difficulty that her sister
hall married one cf the foreign ministers ,
'and that she was I guest In hIs house. But
ho was the more astonished to hear that
she and , her sister were considered to
b e southern unionIsts , and were greatly
peted In governmental circles for their sac'
rllclng fidelity to the flag. Ills Intormnnt
s ofcial In the State department , added
that t Miss Mathldn might leave been
a goo deal of a mndcap nt the outbreak of
the war , for the sisters lead a brother 11 the
confederate service , but that she had change
greaty , and Indeed within a month. "For , "
ho added , "she was at the whlto house for
the first time last week , anti they say the
president talked more to her than to any
other woenan. "
The Indescribable sensation with which this
simple Information filled Drant started hIm
more than the news Itself. hope , joy , fear ,
dlstrus and despair alternately thried him.
He recalled Miss Faulkner's almost agonizing
glance of appeal to him In the drawing room
nt Susy's , and tt seemd to bo equally con-
sistent with the truth at what he bOil just
heard , or some monstrous treachery antI do-
celt of which she might bo capable. Even
now she might be a secret emissary of some
s py within the president's family ; she might
have been In correspondence with some tral-
tor In the Doompolnter clique , and her Implor-
Ing l glance only the result of a fear of ex-
p osure. Or , again , she might tea truly
recnnted after her escapade at Gray Oaks ,
and eared only his recollection at her as
the l go-between at spies Anti ret both ' of
these presumptions were Inconsistent with her
conduct In the conservatory. I seemed Impossible -
possible that this Impulsive woman , capable
of doing what he had himsel known her to
d o , and equally sensitive to the shame or joy
of such Impulses , should bE the same heartless
woman of socIety who had so coldly recog-
nied and parted tram , hIm.
But this Interval of doubt was transitory.
The next day he received a dispatch tram
the War department ordering , him to report
himself for duty at once With a beating
heart he hurried to the secretary. But that
ofcial had merely left memorandum with
his assistant , directing General Drant to accompany -
company some fresh levies to a camp of oc-
cupaton near the front for "organization. "
Brent felt a chi ot'dlsappolntment : Duties
at this kind had been left to dubious regular
army veterans , hurriedly displaced general
ofcers , and favored detrlmentals. But I I
Was not restoration , It was np longer inaction ,
at on nd It was at least a. lease . , , tram ' ' ! shln.-
on.I was , also , evidently the result at some
Inluence I , but hardly that at the Doom-
pinters , for be Imew that Susy wished to
keep him at the caplll Was there another
, power nt work to send him away tram 'Vah-
Ington i ? His
previous suspicions returned ,
Nor were they dissipated when theo c1eie of
the bureau placed a letter leforo' hIm wIth
the remark that It lead been Intrusted to him
by a lady , wIlI the request that I should
bo delivered only Into his own hands. "Sho
did not know your hotel address , but acer-
tamed you were t call hero. She said It
was of tmportance. There Is no mystery
myster
about It , General , " continued the oiflclal ,
with a mischievous glance nt Drant's hnnd-
some , perplexed face , "although It's tram a
very pretty woman-whom wo all know. "
"Mrs. IJoompainter ? " suggested Drnnt ,
with affected hlghtenesa.
I was a maladroit speech. Thee oMclal's
ofcIal's
lace darkened _ 'Vo haves not yet beome a
postal department for the Boompointers .
Doomplnter.
General , " he said , dryly , "bo\vever great
their influence elsewhere. . I was geat
rather different style or
dllerent woman-Miss Faulk-
ner. You will receive your papers later lt
your hotel and leave tonight. "
Drnnt's unlucky slip was still potent
enough to divert theo ofcial' ' attention , ptent
would have noticed the change la his vis-
Itor's face and the abruptness at his de-
parturc.
Once In thee street , Drant tcro off the cn-
velope. But beneath It was another , on
whlcll was written In a delicate , refined
hnnd "Please do ,
: not open this until you
reach your desUnation . " unt
Then she knew he was going ! Acid this
was her Inluence ! All his suspicIons again
returned. She knew he was going near thee
lines , nnd hIs very appoIntment , through her
influence , might be a plot to sere her anti
the enemy. Was this letter which site was
Intrusting to 'hln the cover at a missive to
leer southern friends
souther , which she expected
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ir lT1th"I " "J l\ ( f .
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IN THE CONSEHVATOHY ,
him to carry as a return for her own act
at selt-sacrilce ? Was this the appeal she
bad been making to his chIvalry , his graIl.
b'at-
tude , his honor ? Thee prpiraton stood In
beads al his torehead. What detect lay
bidden In his nature that ' seemed to make
hun an easy' vlctrn at these Intriguing
women 1 Ho had not even the excuse of :
gallantry . Less susceptible to the potencies I
of thee sex titan ) most mcn , ho was still com
peled to bear that reputation . He remem-
bored his coldness to Mla Faulkner In the I
SInaI days of their meeting and her effect
upon his ceubalterns. Why had she selected t
him from among them , wben she could leave
modeled the others like wax to her purposest
Why ! And yet withe the
question came
wih to queston cale a
possible answer that be hardly dared to I
think at : that In Its very vagueness leemell t
to fill him wIth a stimulating thrIll and I
thri
hopefulness. He qulck ned his Ilace. lie
would take thee letter , and yet bo master le .
himself when the tme came to open it.
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That tme came tree days later , In his I
tent on Three Pine .
creasing As ho broke
open the envelope be was relieved to ficed : ,
that It contained no other enclosure. and
seemed Intended only for htienself. I began
abruptly : Ii
"Whcn you red theta you wilt understand
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10ulnl Camp , " "Two t 1
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Ir , Etc
by the Author. ) , 'I 'I
why I did nol speak tG'lrou when we met
lat l night ; why , I C\hrldreaded that you
might speak to me , 1iqwing what 1 ought
to tel you , even at WCwln , place and mo-
m ent-something thnt ydei t { ' could hear tram
me alone. I did not kn/ ' you were In Wash-
Ington i , although I knew you were relieved :
1 had no other way at seeing you or sending
to you before , and I bnly came to Mrs.
I ioompointer's party In the hope at hearing
news at you .
)
"You know that ely brothel was captured
by your pickets , In company wIth another
o mcer. lie thinks that ' ,
ofcer. Jo you suspected the
truth , that ho and hIs friend were hovering
near your lines to effect the escape at the
spy. But ho says that nHhough they failed
to t help her ( he did cacape , er was passed
through the lines by your connh'snce. lie
sys that you omci to know her : that
f rom what Hose , the mulatto W,11 told
him , you and she were C\'lenUy old frlenlls.
I would not speak or , this nor intrude upon
your private affairs , only' that I think you
)
ought to know that I head no knowledge at
It i when I was In your house , but believed
her l to bo a stranger to you. You gave mo
no intimation that you know her , and 1 be-
le\'ed l that you were trank with me. Out I
should not speak ot this nt nil , for I believe
thlt IL would leave mndo no difference to
me In repairing the wrong that I thought
I heel done you ; only that as 1 am force by
circumstances to tel you thee terrlblo end-
Ing i at this story , you ought to know I all.
"My brther wrote to cue that the evening
attr you left the burying party Picked tip
the boy at what they believed to be a mu-
late l womnn lying on the slope I was 10t
Rose , but the boy of that very woman-the
real and only spy-whom you hat passed
through the hues nt daybreak. My brother
thinks t site wn accidentally kIlled In the
first attack upon you br her own friends ,
and so tel a double martyr. fleet only 1) '
brother anti hIs friend recognized her through
her l blackened face anti disguise , and on the
plea that she was a servant of one of their
trlends , they got permission tram the dlvl-
situ commnnder 10 take her away , anti she
waR burled by her friends anti nmong her
people In the little cemetery of ThrEe Pines
Crossing , not far from where you leave gone.
My brother thought that I ought to
tel you this ; It seems ' that be
and his trend had n strange
sympathy for you InJ.wha they appear , to
know or guess .ot , , YIlr.cJ ! tons , wili thnt
woman , and J think howhfOUc.h , ! 'bvllit
he tlo Inr \vas"'y \ ur'l 'dndss ind "chlvlry
to him ere n'cc unt at his' sister. nut I do
not , think ho ever knew , or will know , how J
great Is the task that he . has Imposed upon
" : '
me.
"You know now , do ' you not why I did
not speak to you when we first . met. I
sEemed so Impossible tD , do It In nn atmos-
phre and a festivity that was 50 Incongruous -
gruous to the dreadful message I was charged
wih , And when I had to met you later-
perhaps I may have wronged you-but I
seemed to me that you were so preoccupied
alI Interested Wlti otlor things that I
might perhnps only bo wearying you with
something you cared little for , or perhaps
already knew and had quickly forgotten.
"I had been wanting to say something else
to you when I had got r ! at my dreadful
messnge. I do not know I you still care to
hear I : but you were once generous enough
to think that I had done you a service In
bringing a letter to' your commn der. Although -
though I know better thnn any one else the
genuine devotion to your duty that made you
accept my per servIce , from all that I can
hear you have never had thee credit of tt
Wi you not try me again ? I am In more
favor here , and , I might yet be more success-
ful In showing your superior how true you
heave been toyour trust , even If you have lit-
the talth In your friend , Matlda Faulkner. "
For a long time he remaIned motionless
wIth thee letter In his hnnd , then arose , 'or-
tiered his horse , and galloped away.
There was Ito difficulty In finding the
cemetery of Three Pines Crossieig-a hillsIde
slope , hearsed with pine and cypress , aced
starred with white crosses , that In the distance -
tr.nce hooked like flowers. Still less was
there In fInding the newer marble shaft
among the older lichen . spotted slabs , which
bore the simple words : "Alice , Beecleam ,
Martyr " A row confederate soldiers under
still plainer and newer wooden headstones ,
carved only ! with initials , . lay : nt . her feet
urant sank on Ills knees besldo the grave ,
but he was thrilled to see that the base of the
marble was stained with the red polen at the
fateful Iy , whose blossoms had been heape,1 ,
upon her mound , but whose fallen peals
, y dark and , sodden In , decay.
101' long he remained there ho diet not
know And then a solitary bugle trol the
camp seemed to summon him lS It had once
summoned him betorennd ho went away
-as he lead gene once before-to a separa-
ton that he now knew was for alt ticece.
Then followed a montl oC superintendence
and drill , and the Infusing Into the little
camp under his instructions the spirit which
seeme,1 to be passing out of hIs own life
torever. Shut 11 by alien . hills on the borderl
land of the gnat struggle , tram time to time
reports reached him of ' thee biter fighting
and almost disastrous successes of his old
division commander. e Ox4ers \ came from
' commander'.1 p.\ers . preparaton or
his raw levies for thee flt" and n faint hope
sprang Ul In his mlnl.Jlut following It
calM another dlspatcll ; oI erlng Ills return
to the capital. J J fl .
He reached It wih Ilelher hope nor tear ,
10 benumbell had become1les , spirit under his
last trIal , anti , wheat ' scorned , to be now the
mocllery of his last ' &dnIIco ) to his wIfe .
Though It was no longe I t question at her
life and safety , lee kn ! _ I\hat \ he could , ti
preserve her memory from stain by keeping
her secret , even thougf ' I $ divulgence might
clear his owec For that'r ason he had even
hesiated to Inorm & es at her death , In
the tear that In her thoughtless IrrespnsI-
bity and impulsivecei& she might be
tempted to , use It In his fever lie had made
his late appointment ' \e \ for wihholding
Iny , present efforts to a 'lst Idea , lie even
avoided thee Boocn1ointt& house , In what
ho believed was pnrtlyejaety ; to the memory
of his wlCo. Out he oW 10 InconsistencIes
,
In occasionally extending his lonely walks
to the vicinity at a foreign legaton , or In
being lifted with n certain expectation at the
sight of Its liveries all the nvenue Titers
was a craving for sympathy In his heart ,
whIch Miss Faulkner's latter had awakened.
MeantIme ho lead reported hhnsel for duty
at the ' \ 'ar department , with little hope ,
however , In that formality . But ho woe surprise -
priced the next ray when ( lee chief of , the
bureau Informed him that his claim was before -
fore the Ilresident
"I was not aware that I leach , presented any
Iny
claim " he said , I little , heaeeghthly .
The bureau chIef looked up wIth some sur-
prIse. This quiet , paten t , reserved man had
once or twice puzzled him before "Perhaps
I shoull cay 'case , ' goneral" ho said , dryly
"But the IJersonal . Intere'st of thee highest
executive In the land strikes me as being :
desirable In nnythlng "
"I 1 only mean that I have obeyed the ( orders
at the department In rEportng myself here ,
now and before , " Bald Dralt , with leas leel-
.
InR , but none the less frmntI ! "and i
should imagine It was not tbo duty ot a
soldier to questIon them , which I fancy a
'elalm' or a 'case' would Imply "
lie had no Idea or taking this attitude before -
tore , but the disappintments Of the past
month , added to this frt ofciI notice at
his disgrace , had brouh forward again that
dogged , reckless , yet halt scornful , Iletermlna-
ton that wls part at hIs nature.
The official snelled . " 1 suppose , then , you
are waiting to hear tram lee president , " he
said , dryly.
"I 1 am waiting orders tram the ( department -
mont , " returned Jrant , quietly' , "but :
whether they originate In the IJresldent or
I cocnmeeneler-In-cieief or not It does not seem
for 10 to Inquire. "
Even when he reached his hotel this half-
, ,
savage indifference which had taken the place
at his former Incrttude ( head not cheulegt'd .
I seemed to helm that ho hiatt reached the
crisis at his life when he was no longcr
responsible , but could wait Iuperlor alike to
effort or expectation , And It was wIth n
merel' dispassionate curlosl ) ' lent ho toul1
1 note the next moring informing him that
thin } Jresllent would lee hIm early thnt dar.
A few hours later lee was Isherd through
the public rooms at the whlo haisI to n
more secluded spot of thee household , The
messenger stopped before a iad est door and
knocked . I was opened b ) ' a tall figure , the
IJresldent himself , Ho reached out a long
arm to Irant , who stood hesltntngly
on thee threshohl , grasped his heated , aced led
him Into the room. I Iced a Ringle large ,
elaborately draped window and a mngnilcent
ledaloned carpet , which contrasted with
thee otherwise almost appalling simplcity of
the furniture. A single plain , angular desk
with n blotting pad acid I few sheets at
large foolscap paler upon It , a waste paller ,
basket , nUll tour IJlnln armchairs compietell
the Interior , with I contrst ns shllJle and
leoeecely lS its iocig-lincbed , blncll.coatcd OCCI'
pant. Releasing thee hnnd at the gEneral
to shut the door which opened Into another
nlJartment , the president shoved 11 Irmchalr
10\nrr Irnnt and sanlt somewhnt wearily
Into Inother before the desk. Out emily for
a moment : the ( Ion ! shamblIng lmbs did
not seem to adjust themseves easily to thee
chair ; the high , narrow shoulders drooped
to limed a more cHlfortable lounging attitude .
shitng front sldo to side , acid thee Ion !
leg moved dlsl1ersel1y , Yet the face that
vita tured toward Drant was humorous and
tranquil.
"I was told I should have to send for you
It I wished to see yotc , " he said smilingly.
Already molfed , aced perhalls ngaln falling
under the previous Infuences oC this slngulnr
mnn , Orant began somewhat hesitatngly to
explaIn I ,
"You don't utlerstanll , I was something
new to my experience here to flied an hIe-
bodied American ctzen wIth I genuine ,
healhy grievance who had to hlve It drawn
from him Ite n decayed tootle But you leave
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been' hero' berore. I seem to remember . your
,
tacel' . ,
, prant's reserve had gone. Ire admitted
le
that lie lead twice sought ace audlence-but-
"You dodged the dentist ! That
I dodgd dentst was
! wrong " As Brent made a slight movement
I of deprecation ' the president contlnteed. "I
understand ; not tram the tear at givIng
pain to yourself , but to others I don't know
that that Is right , either. A certnln amount
of pain must be suffered In this world , even
by one's enemies. Well , I have looked Into
your case , General . "
Drlnt. He took up apiece
piece of paper from his desk , scrawled with
two or three notes In pencil. "I think this
Is the way I stnnds. You were commanding
a position nt Gray Oaks , when information
was receIved hy the department that eitheer
througll neglect or complicity spies were
passing through your lnes , There was no I
attempt to prove your neglect ; your orders ,
the tact at your personal care and precau-
ton , were all before thee department ; but It
was also shown that your 11 to , tram :
whom you were only temporarily
tempornrly
separated , was a notorious secessionist : that
before the war you yourself wend suspected ,
anti that therefore you were quJo capable ;
of evadIng your ow orders , which you may
have only given ns a blind. On this Infor-
mnton you were relieved by the department ;
Of your command Later on It was discv-
ered that thE spy was none other than your
:
own wife , disguised as a mulatto : that after
lfer
her arrest by your own soldiers you con
nIved at her escapennd this was considered I
conclusive proof at , well - , let us say , your
treacbery. .
"Dut I did not know It was my wife until I
she was arrested , " said Drant icnpulsively .
The president knitted his eyebrows humor -
oe'sly "Don't let us travel cut of the record ,
general You're as bad as thee departmecct ,
The queston was one of your personal : I
treachery , hut you need not accept the tact
that you wT justly removed because your
wIfe wan a spy Now , general , I nm 1\ old I
lawyer , and I don't mind telling you that In C
Illinois we wouldn't hang a yellow dog on C
that evidence before thee department Dul
when I was asked to look Into thee mattec
by , your friends I discovered somethIng of : r
more Importance to .
you. I bad been trying
to find a scrap at evidence that ( would juatif3 P
the presumption that you had sent Justy
ton to the enemy. I round that It was beset i
bsed
upon , thee fact at the enemy being In posses
stun of facts nL the first battle at Gray Oaks
which could only have been obtained tram
our side , aced which led to the federal dls-
aster ; that you , however , retrieved by your
gallantry. I asked thee secretary It he was
prepared to show that you had sent the , in -
foe cr.etion with that ( view , or that you had I
been overtaken by a tardy lense of repent-
ance . . ho
Inco. Ie preferred to consider my sug-
geston as humorous. nut the Inquiry led to
my further discovery thnt the only treason
able correspondence actually In evidence was
found upon the bOdy at a trusted fedora
ofilcer , and had been forwarded to the di -
vision commander , iitet them \ '
lut them'IS no wrItten -
ten . record of It In the case. "
eagerly "Why , I forwarded IL myself " /ald Brace
"So the division commnnder writes , " said
the president smiling , "and he forwarded I
to the department , But It was suppressee I
In somE way , liege you any onemles , One -
oral Brant ? "
"None that I know at. "
"Then you probably leave. You arE younj
and successful. Thlnl at thE hlntrEcs younl i [
other oCcers who naturally believe them
selves better thnn you are , and haven't a
traitorous wIfe Stii , theo department may :
heave cicada an example at you for the bne -
fit I. " of the only man who couldn't proft bne- :
"Might I not heave been , sir , that tile sup
presion was for thee good , report of the serv-
Ice-as the chief offender was dead ? "
"I am glad to hear you say so , General , for
I Is the argument I have used succesafuhl I
In behal at your wlte. " successUly
"Then ' you know Il all , sir ? " said Drant I ,
after a gloomy pause .
"All , I think Come , general , you seemed I ,
just now , to be uncertain about your enemies C.
Let me assure you you need not ho so In regard p.
gard to your friends. " ,
"I dare to hope I leave found one , sir , "
said Brunt , with almost boyish timidity .
"Oh , not me , " saId the president , with I
laugh of deprecation , "Some one mucb more
potent , "
"May I know his name , Mr. President ? "
' . "No. For It I a woman You were
nearly ruined by one , general. I suppose it' ' 5
Is
quite right tbat you should be saved by one e ;
and , at course , IrregularlY , "
"A woman I" echoed . hireecet
"ru ! One who was willing to conCeu
herel a worE spy lean ( your wtfe-a double
traitor-to save youl Upon my word , general e.
eral , I don't know If thee department was tar
wrong ; a man whit such .an alternately un- :
settling and convincing effect upon a woman's
highest political convictions should be tinder ,
some rtntralnt ' , Luckily . the ( department
knows nothing of It. "
"Nor wOll1 anyone ever leave known from
mo , " Mll Brent eagerly "I trust that she
Ilt not think-that you , Ilr-dlll not for An
instant believe that ( - "
"Oh , dear no. Ncbody would h1VO believed
you I I was her free confidence to me ,
That was what made the affair IO tl cul
to hiacetile. For even her bringIng four dispatch -
patch to tht division commander looked bl
for you-suet you know ho even doubted Its
suth . "
authcrntieity.
"Does sheoes Miss FAulkner-know the
spy was my we ! " hesitated Brent.
Thee president twisted himself In his chair
so a to regard Irant more gravely with
his deepest eyes , and then tholbtuly ! rub-
bed his leg. "Don't lot u travel out at the
record , General , " lee sid , after a pause.
that as the color surged Into Brnnt's check ,
lee raised his eyES to the ceiling , IU1 said
In a hal humorous recoltcton :
"No , I think that tact was frt gathered
from ) 'olr old friend , Mr. Ilooker . "
hD " ! come ookerl" here said ? " Drnt ! ullgnanty , "diii
. "Pray dcn't destrcy m- faith In Mr.
: looker , general , " s 11 the president In hlH
wear ' , half " '
weary' humorous deprecatIon . "nm't ;
tel me that In ) ' at his inventions ore ( neal
Leave me at least that
lagnllcent liar-
the one perfectly intelligible witness you
pereety Inteligible YOI
ha\'e. For tram thin time lee first appeared
here with a grle\ance need a claim for n
commissIon he has been nn unspeakable Joy
to me and a convincing tetmony to you .
! Oher witnesses heave been Ilartsans and lire-
judleeci. Mr.
JIlcell Hooker bas hence frankly true
to hllselt , low else shoul t leave known
; of the care ) ' 01 took to IIb.gulse yoeernelt ,
, save the honor cf your uniorm , and run
' thee rick of being hot as n unknown spy nt
'our wlCe's side , except trol hIs lagnllcent
\erslon of his part ice I ? 10w else should
' I leave : known the story at your discovery at
thee CalCornl1 conspiracy , except for lila ace-
prclE portra'al of I , with himself as the
hero ? No , yoee lust not forget to thank
: tr. hooker-when you leet helen. .
" ls9 1.'aIIUer Is at Present . more accessible -
sible : she Is calling oct some melbers or
you I ) ' fancily with her lee ? the next room , Shal I leave
Br.l roe witlc a pale face anti a quickly
the'obbiceg heart. as thee presideeet , glaemclecg
at the , clock , tccetwistee.i leineseit frocci the
Chair , aced sleock heleccself out at ttell length
anti so , gradually , to lila feeL "Your % vishe
for active setvice Is granted , General hlrant , "
he snid slowly , "anti yoee will at niece rejoin
yoccr old divIsion cocceenaceder , who is now at
tlee heeaej of' then old Teceic ( areecy corps , lint , "
ice said , after a deliberate icouse , "tleere are
certain rides need regeciations of your servic
that evee I caccemot with decent respect to
your dcpartcecent. override.oce will , theere-
fort' . , , , , , . , , , en , . , , . . . , . . , . . . , . , . . , , . . - .
andy ; it ; ; : ' ' "
The slightest ihteslc tleat came to liraect's
cheek quickly hcassed , Med there wets only
thee ueeeeelstakable sparkle of renewed youth
ice Ida frank eyes as lee satl : "Let tue get to
the front agalee , Mr. I'restdceet , and I care ceot
Thee presidecet snelied , and , laying his heavy
heaced eec Bracet's ebeouiiier , peesleed heicee gently
toward thee door of thee Ineeer roocce. "I wns
only about to say , " lee added , as lee opened
thee door , "theat it would be necessary for you
to rejoin your promeeoed ( corceeceander as a
iceajor geteeral. Amid , " lee contiteteed , lift-
lug hcis voice as leo gently pusheed heIs guest
lute tlee roocn , " Ice leasci't even tleanked nec
for it , Miss Faulkner ! "
Thio door closed belched heleec , anti ho stood
for a moneecet dazed , and still leearlng thee
distant voice of tbce president lee thee rooen
he head just quitted , welcoming a ecew vIsitor.
But the room before helen
, opening into ci comeO
servatory , was empty save for a single figure
( heat turned hialt.tlneldly
, leait-enisehclevoualy
toward hint. Thee saceec quick , syteepatleetic
glance was in belie tleeir eyes. I-jo moved
quickly to her side.
"Then you knew
theat-theat-woman was
my wife ? " ice said hurriedly , as lee grasped
her hand.
She cast a half-appealing look at bela face-
a hnlt-Irlgletened one around tleo roone and
at an open door beyocetl.
"Let us , " alec said "
" faintly , "go Into the con-
servatory.
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0
S 5
It is hut a few years ago thettt thee hecemble
clerorclcler of these pages moved wills a won-
dcrlng crowd of sightseers In thee gardens
of the wbit house. His attention was at.
tracted by an erect , handsocue , soldierly looking -
ing man , with a beard acid neoustaclee slIghtly
streaked wltic gray , who , wIth a stately hotly
on lila ann , was pointing out the various obJects -
Jects of Interest to a boy of 12 or 14 at
tieeir side.
"Anti zcltbouglc , as I told you , this heousa is
reserved only for thee president of thee Uemited
States antI hebe family , " saId the gentleman ,
smIlIngly , "icc that lIttle conservatory I pro.
posoti to your neotleer , "
"Ohm , Clarence , how can you ? " said Lice
lady , reprovingly , "
"Yen knew it was long
after thatl"
THE . END.
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T11L WLD MONQP J
BOSTON , Mass. , Jan. 16.-To the Editor
of The Bee : Thee gohel Et.acedartl Is the great-
eat of all monopolies because
of the limited
supply as a measurer of values. It no more
deserves thee ecame of
money thace sliver ,
yhciche lees been its co-Worker over since the
two metals have been called
money. Thee
exclcesive use of one Without the ohcer ( has
always brought about commercial disaster ,
aced always \viti , gold from Its scarcIty , and
silver frone Its abundance , The advocates oh
thee scarcer , those who bold it , are always
claneorous for thee demonetization of thee more
abundant metal. So we caei only conclude
! bathe gold aced sliver should b produced
in tebucedance at thea sacecee tune , then there m
would arise a decnrend theat seine scarcer ,
more valuable article , like dIamonds , echeould
be thee measure of values. Any article oh
tcnlversal thesire. assumes a ne nopohy until I
some ubstltute displaces or steps in to heehi : e
do its 0111cc. Corn , for instacece , because 01 r
tIne partial failure of thee crop In l8'Ji , ad.
vareceel abnormally in Chicago. As soon am e
It. becacne known tleat wheat would fetter
hogs cceore cheenpiy titan corn , doeu'n goes hic C
prIce of corn , whIle wheat remains at un .
changed prIces. Tleere was ceot eerie enouglc ,
wheat ounce to thee rescue. Thea two togothem :
are culliciecit to do the busieiot , That Is , it L
gives tieo niece who has hogs to fatten
competition product and sa'es helcee frore
hianleruicrcy , So gold in its scarcity deneandc
a leigleer price , buys too mcccli of thee rena
duct of labor ; couple silver witie It to dc
crease Its buying capacity , and thee protluc
or toil rises anti saves It from baeekrupcy. ( E
But , theo gold moecometalliat. ecays , we are
producIng $ i60,000,000 of gold annually , ant
In twenty-five years thee $4,000,000,000 o f.
silver now deed as money with gold can let c
replaced by gold. hence theere will be ni )
necessity of teeing thee Pulley silver after thea t
( line. Yes , it all thee $160,000,000 protlucee
is reut into colic , aced if lice world ectaneli S
still coeremerclally for twenty-five years , bu
thee best atatlaticlans claim tiuel only obou t
33 icon comet of ( heo gold product h colcccej
Hence it would take aovpcety.hlvo years i c
produce acid replace silver with gold , ecu
by ( heat time theo world ceeay demand $ iU,000 ,
000,000 of metal cleuney instead of $8,000 ,
000.000 as ceow , which Is about half each ;
gold and silver ,
Then again theo cnonometallist says we enl :
want a scecahi per cent of gold heleinci ( hei
fiat neoccey ( lete nations may issue , tied tIe
lheet money vithe cleecka , drafts , etc. , will ci
( Ice busijcc's. Up to time time of thee Ihacing
failure tItle ieapcr or credit cycetceec cud voii
but that ( allure opened time eyes of thee won' '
anti showed too much paper for the cneta
nmoney , Ileiiee ( lee scraceeblo for gold , ace
nearly all the nations are buying it.
Whey our vaceic during thee past two years ?
Becatese thte foreIgn natIons aaw too nmuc :
silver anti leaper coeceparetl with our got
supply , We have produced in lieu counr
sauce $2,000,000,000 of gold , thicie it we noc
head , or even halt of It , we wouid be the
fittest mention on ( leo face at thee lubc I
goid , as we should be , anti as we are I
everytteiceg else. It is the notion tiecit hold a
tl.eo gold ( teat cape compel icetercmatloecci ; helene
( aihisin , anti as ( ida nation is rich ice every : :
( icing theat cocncmeaccds gold , why clot ieu'
( he gold ? \\'e \ must leave moro eaoceey froc c
some cocerce until our revenues again icr a
sulhlclecet to metoet gteverneeeeeet expeceses , ci
whey sleould coregrese not peea a law gtvice
thee secretary of lice' treasury autleority
sell $ M0,00O,00Q gold becieds abroad , and lieu a
cicow thee world i e eeceecn to heave. our uccomee
equal to the best of any nation , % Vhtle ( id
authority vested in thee hcueeecis of thee secre
Utry of ( lee treasury , in ney opieetore hen weeeel
not leave to cecIl 50.000,000 heeforo gld woul tl
flow In to us tromee all quecrieric of ( lee glob C
because such a peeve would eatatehlahe oct
credit beyond any possible clteutbt. Thee efft'
tide hccfluc of gold whIch would be draw a
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front the otheer nations wocehtl show them thee
inability of gold alone ice a neceiscerer of 'eel.
tees. As yst they have lcardly seen this be-
caceso since the Baring failure the nations
have been drawing geld from tea. It we
draet' this metal away from ( been again , they
ceeust of necessity look tee silver as a coworker -
worker with gold.
The motto thet the fittest only survive now
pplies to ueconey as well as to any other
matter. Gold alone as money is not ( he
fittest from Its limited quantity : silver , front
its buelk anti ateundanco , The two together
ececuka ( ito ideal metal money. No financier
of repute would question ( ho ability of Eng.
land to force bimetahiieeec , She has ( Ice golti ,
but not ( ice luccllnatioee , if we had thee gold ,
as we heave the inclination , thceee we couclul
leave buenetalhlsen. Oemr goiceg to free coinage
of silver is Just wheat England wants us to
tie , as ticen she voulti drain ccc of cli our
colceetI gold need also the leroticect of oter
medicos. Theis coeentry hotter buy , borrow , pro.
duce and accuenutelate $1,000,000,000 of gold
and force btcceetccitisne ratlcer tItan surrender
ocur position as the first nation in Lice world
by adopting free coinage of silver ,
NothIng stucceeds like success , So it. eccay
be ceec'ssary to euccunculato as much gold as
we heave silver. Then we will be ab1 to
back tep our cloecinucci for lecterneutioccal hi-
iccctnliisnm , Thceuc , if tIme natineca still heave a
dear oar to our icetition for teincetailisen , let
ems heave real bheceetahilsuce at our owee by
'ncttlng fi0 cents vaitco in gold In tleo middle
of 60 cents value in silver , 'Flits corcebina-
tion coiec would remnice with us , Our foe-
eigec baiseecea cocehi be 1iaitl tee buhhiouc wheon
trade is tcgahicst tea ,
J. M. llEMlS ,
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t .lziJsc.ci. s0U1 ,
lletrper'e. flezar
Ito hiatt a cocci ( or ceetcaic , ( here wnee ceo dii , .
icutlecs that-
Acm ear viei'hc cotmiti detect at once a natural
( mcci cc tint ,
lie ccev'r eceissed a single clcamece to hear net
etc tied Plety
\\'ees cit time opera every ecighet , acid every
iecntiee ec ,
he'd mIle of ftcgucea fluid noetceneces witle thee
greatest sort of ecuse ,
Of nenjors edith of neimmoes , of soicraceos aced
leIgh C's.
He'd tell you imo' lIce trilogy' shuould leroic.
t'i'ly lit' stemeg ,
Aced nfen ( wlcittii secntchmes froecu lIce Got-
terLiaececcierteecg ,
he'd stores of Piedisauet ecceeceories of siucgers
Ice hued ccet't
Amid tleose i'd lent eciconeetered heave their
clebmets to cceeeko yet ,
On Verdi cend Oct \Vemgrcer ice wna trudy cecost
adroit ;
Ihc'd even cicada ti pilgnlcecngo one aetesoct ( o
littytetetic ,
lie hcuee Herr l'eederowcmlci , anti tepon a. win- '
ibtew sill
Could iemcitate Voee Bedlow with Ieiiceettnbhe
skill.
H ache tccorniecg act nwnkeeeing , wile ihcegers
itciti hilt ; tiemeeeebs ,
H e'd Play' teieoee the bedieosts 0. graced
symecheheocey for drums.
I ce fact lie lived for enicecle ; but Ice lend ceo
sintth' hid.
A ll ciceeslo celeased lila inceer soul ; Ice deemed
cite ceceetsecre bad.
l Out best of emit leo raid lee loved thee xylo-
Phenecic beat
0 1' thcose thmcco-oegaees that go routed fc'ocee
street to street.
A nd net I theoteglct nbout Icine , wlcen I lecard
thmett hem. , heath tileti ,
I couici ceot lecip a. feehiccg of extraordinary
,
pride ,
T o tielcelt thee age ice which I hiweti head in
its little Ipnee
I 'rodeecetl itt last without cc. doubt at truly
headiest ceinn ,
F or thmoccghe. I think cdl enortals love . the
xylopieoceiobeat
O f those piano-organs tidal gu rotund from
street to street ,
I t takes a cecetci of heoeeesty , such nec we
rarely know ,
C ombined whit ceervo to stand erect anti tell
the public so.
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IMPERIAL
HAIR IEGENERATORI
Pefcctly restores a. rich , lustrous
, _ _ _ _ color , makes the Ieatr heencticy , and In
t , clean. Steamdng , salt , or Turkish
flaths , lo not eetteet it. It is ns not.
_ _ _
Urni tee natuee ; does not Icetcrfeee
wiele curling ien1 crimping.
$ COLORS :
,
. 1. maccc. ie. 1tglet Ciecesteeqt
, ' 2. Derk drown. te. Gocd hiloeetlo.
_ _ _ _ .4. 1t1ileeeee 1croen , 7. ishe Uloemd , , .
4. Odumtcetet. l'nlcol.rO. * n.oo
A. tno atunitle bottle of the flneat rouce , "Inepe- '
ns at Veceus Tent" will be snt on recelit of 2-cent
s tamp.
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292Fifth Avenue.N.Y.
IN OMAhA :
SHERMAN & McCONNELL ,
1513 Dodge S1 , ,
DOCTOR
SEARLES. . . . ,
& SEARLESI
.9 , i chronic ,
Rervons ,
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We cure Catarril , all diseases of the 6
Noste , Throat , Chest , Stomach , Liver ,
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anti methmio aged ; iaek of vdeee , vIgor nndtveakene,1
preensturecy lee approaching old age. Al ! yellil
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flr Searleec 'uiiel tteirlee 1.110 Feenreetmn ,
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4iEw1
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( ietrkeeens ; Neghet l..oetscs ; idyil Jrccecu , ' : Jzick or
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' . .onaUpatioee , ( JUAit'cNTJ1l1 csucet ocely by
footman Drug Co. OenaleL ' '
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, eeg tee emacthceutle history datfmug bc4 000yoars.
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Price 110 ocactac. Sold by cell drmeggiceta.
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t3 V12' 'iURE. lIT. , CIIWAIJO , ILL ,
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' the Features Seed it.eeieey'
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