The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-05-26

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0uence brought to bear upon MIR. hayes Dy
tho national banks-banks know how te
WELD An ipfluence--the bill would have
become a law. The Times says:
TIA now reported that Secretary Window
Ia convinced that the debt could have been
ref,nded at 3 per cent; in other words that
the bill which Mr. Hayes foolishly vetoed
was perfectly sound and practicable. With
fours selling at rate which makes them
worth 8 90 Der cent to investors and four
| and halls ut price which produces 80, 1t
il no wonL or that light begins to dawn upon
the minds which permitted themselves TO be
beclouded by tho national banks. But Mr..
Windom really ought to tell the country
how. with all this illumination, he has
nevertheless agreed to pay 81 per cent to
lenders who are perfectly willing to
take per cent. Those who are
Obliged to make up this annual payment
would really like 10 know.
The following remarks and figures as TO
the gold supply and circulation in our
country, from the New York Evening Mail,
are interesting:
Tho report Of the directors of the Mint as
to the gold circulation OF the United states
has peculiar interest in connection Win tne
monetary conference now Ia progress In
Paris 1t is already accepted as a TACT mat
no agreement upon basis OF lnternstlohsi
coinage of silver can be effected by inc con-
ference, owing 10 the unwillingness OF Eng
land and Germany to bind themselves by
compact with other nations. But Engisna
| has not such monopoly OF gold Us TO lus'l'
| fy her pretentions of independence OF her
| : 4, 4ho noa nf r
ais as money. The gold of the United
States, including coin and bullion, compares
with that of two other nations as follows:
United states.. .s2a9 G " u COO
France. .927 100000
Not only has England far less gold than
France, but she has been losing 1t rapidly,
so that her present store must DO somewhat
less than represented by the figures given
above, which were obtained in 1880. The
United States gain since July /, 1879, and
the gsin 10 gold circulation are as follows:
Gaiu of gold. ........ ......... WIZ o0, v00
Gain In circulation ................. 1lO.tO0,UOo
Our gold circulation is far less in propor-
ton than that of England and Franc, which
is explained by the fact that their gold CONS
are of smaller denominations than ours Had
not our mint turned out larger proportion
Of small gold coins, an increase OF $l4o 0oo'
coo in gold circulation wculo not have been
effected during the last two years. were
our 81 and So legal tenders to be withdrawn,
the circulation of beth gold and silver would
be much increased, and tho demand for w 6O
gold inns would be especially large. 1t
aprserSs from the statistics at hand that this
country and France when desire tho sdop-
ton of n international standard for silver
coinsge are well prepared for the policy
necessitA.2d by England's refusal to partlci'
pate in the monetary conference. 1t may
not be many years before England Will
perceive the wisdom of establishing uniform
standard for silver coinage, even II she re-
stricis silver to use rs subsidiary coin.
The stomach seems to be the highway to
mans kindliest feelings, to his closest and
most undivided attention, to his generosity
and to his faith generally. Lobbyists who
want legislative favors, diplomats who want
to secure concessions, all go to work by first
giving bsnquets, and tickling the gastronom-
zeal and bibulous tastes OF those they are
seeking services from. A street preacher IN
New York, according to the Esvening Ex-
press, is using the stomach as road to grace.
The Express says:
DR.. John w. Kennion has discovered
new and practical method of carrying the
gospel 20 the unconverted. He is a street
preacher, and believes in entering peoples
hearts through their ssomachs. Yesterday
afternoon he set up pulpit and cabinet
organ in South street. and attracted crowd
of Migrants with the promise of coffee and
bread at the conclusion of the services. He
did not give them fret, for be said that If he
did his audience would 90 away. judging
from the ravenous manner in which the poor
wretches ate the bread and drank the coffee,
il appears highly probable that DIR. kennion
will have still larger congregation next
Sunday. There is great deal of praciical
Christispity in this method of obtaining
hearers. A man or woman is not inclined TO
listen believingly TO the words Of Scripture
with their promises of reward in a
better life so long as bis or her stomach lie
empty in this. The unfortunate people to
whom DR.. Kennion addressed himse wer Q
of the dissolute class found along the docks,
but they managed 10 keep quiet and refrain
from ribsldry during the praying, pre- ching,
ard sing OF course they did not understand
very much Of these three, but they knew
that something TO eat and TO drink
WA W lOiiOWs AuN Nhcy "easSN ANA 49,
is IL not Just possible that some of the gospel
seed planted 10 this rough soil may have
taken root, There Is no surer way TO bring
man to the realization that Christianity is
one of The fundamental laws of happiness
than by showing him that protesting
Christians sre fond Of making others happy.
1t is generally thought that poets and
writers of fiction in their works portray their
characters. We don't know whether this is
90 or not, bat We wonder If the editor Of The
New Orleans PicsJune was writing bio
graphical sketch Of his own youthful days
when be penned the following:
Any tescher Of experience will tell you that
tbe boy 10 his crude condition Is almost inva-
riAbly = preEsr.csior, more than likely a
bully where be il The stronger, and generally
cruel. selfish and indolent De has The wiid,
bunting instincts; be robs birds nests and
pillAges the Orchard; he breaks the wings Of
butterflies and beats bis younger brother; be
plays trusnt and Lies about IL; almost bis
only virtue IL biz physical ooursge. q.
course there are exceptions 10 this a. 70 All
rules, and The fond parent msy take comfort