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Evening journal., 1893-07-24

than those materials are worth, OF
precisely their value as junk. No mors
no less
These three things the government
may not do, namely: The aovsrnms It
should not provide work aud secure
pronts FOR private enterprises; thu
government should not supply plenty
Of cheap money the government should
not establish. oversee and maintain
special industries.
These three things tho government
does provide. namely; Protection to life
and property and a guaranty Of the
pursuit. Of happiness to every man in
bis own way the government does sfir
seals. guaranteeing the 6Ted quantities
Of the various measures; the govern
ment does pay its own debts by pro
viding a currency, for settling or
measuring the peoples debts, payable on
demand, in gold
II the government were not Dor
rover, and had not debts, It could not
issue notes ut did not guarantee to
pay its obligations, OF whatever kind. In
commodity Of recognized convenience
and commercial value all over the
world those obligations, Of whatever
kind would be held on par with the
commercial value Of that commodity
whatever ones preconcelved notions.
or wishes, or sentiments, or interests, or
faelfuoa rpay ~ ,hnut .fl-.. q. ...-
tin or paper, his common sense must
teach him that the actual standard for
the measure OF value In this country is
a gold dollar
All financial and commercial dealings
are regulated by that standard and all
debts, public and private, are payable in
gold dollars, or on the basis Of the gold
standard. That Is the inexorable un
alterable law Of commerce..
II Congress were TO decree an arbl
trary change Of that standard. by pro
posing TO default on gold, and redeem
its obligations In silver dollars. silver
would not be enhanced, but the relative
value Of everything else would be-
doubled. The ELECT would be precisely
the same as II decree had gone forth
that the bushel measure should there
after be two pecks, and the government
would pay It's debts, in wheat at that.
one half rate
Wages, and payments Of all sorts
would have TO BE- re adjusted Incon
ceivable complications and losses would
result 10 creditors Those OF the debtor
class who might happen to own the
cheaper standard wheat, would be able
TO scale their debts per cent
Thus the propositions Of the silver
lunatics, the cheap money men, and
those who in any manner whatever ad
vocate fiat" money, currency not
based on intrinsic value, are either
absurd or dangerous.
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lie solEMN FAsT oE Ae.
Observed BY Faithful Israelites Yesterday
fn Their SyDagozues.

~ AAoih o1bHko8uees
The Hebrew fast Of Alb closed last
night At sundown Services were held
saturday and Sunday In the synago rus,
Third and skipley streets, and the fast
was strickly observed BY dsvout Jews
The synagogue was draped In black. In
the evening and morning the Book Of
Lamentation OF jeremiah and many
other eublims but eorroWful compost
tions were chanted
A comforting service was read In the
afternoon, also embracing mstchless
sentences by the great prophet Isaiah,
and from the book Of Psalms At dark
after the fast was over the faithful re-
paired to their homes and partook Of
food and drink, from which they had
abstained for fully twenty four hours
This fast had forerunner exactly
three weeks ago. on the 11th day Of
raWuz, which marked the breaking Of
the first tables OF stone by Moses, the
destruction Of the walls Of Jerusalem by
Nebuchadnezzar, 424 B c., and the
taking Of Jerusalem and the beginning
Of the seige to the Temple by Titus in
In the 10th year of the common era
During the three weeks between the
two fasts the orthodox Israelite indulges
IN no pleasures, marriages are not per
formed and every denial OF pleasures of
the mind and the palate as well as dis.
regard 10 personal appearance practiced
On tue last nine DAYS these denials
become more vigOrous-no meat being
eaten during the interval, save on Sab
bath-which day dare not be interferred
With on any account
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A schooner aud Four Men Lost.

wreokage picked up a. sra, forty miles
north vest Of Beaufort. Nor h Carolins
by be schooner Unity R Dyer. which
arrived at the former port from Phls-
delphia. seems 20 settle all doubt as 70
the loss OF the schooner Charles, bound
from Bogue Inlet to Philadelphia with
naval stores The wrecksge consists OF
q water barrel. and Is recognized ~
belonging to that vessel The Charles
was m command Of Captain Ireland. aud
had a crew o. three men. who, no doub
have been lost with their vessel.
The Dyer is Kent county boat and is
named after Dover family.
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Ant ofIron rna Tree.

A year or two ago a vicious fellow near
Bangor drove a spike into a sawlog and in
this way smashed up a mill saw to spite
the owner. But a recent happening at
Welland, Ont, shows that such substances
may get into logs without being put there
for spite. a mill saw struck an oxshoe
imbedded in a timber about four inches
from the surface. How it came there is a
puzzle, for II had grown into the wood An
owner Of the land where the tree grew re-
members that way back in the thirties
some numbering was done there in which
oxen shod with iron were used, but none
since then. IL is believed the shoe was laid
mp on a limb close to the trunk and the
tree in growing took it in.--Lewiston Jour
nal.
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IhE REAL srANnARn

As matter Of fact the government Is
flushed when II shall have done for thu
currency Of the people what 81 does f,r
any other measures Of value or quality.
namely The gallon. the ysrdstiek. the
weight, put its seal. certifying 70 aocur-
acy and honesty, upon them. What the
government really has 70 DO is 70 stamp
a coin 80 that 81 shall pass current as in
trinsicaiiy worth 20 many grains OF the
metal. which Is the accepted standard OF
commercial measure by the merchants
and bankers al over the world.
The only exception 70 this occurs when
the government becomes borrower and
give its notes 20 the people-the lenders
--promislug to pay st some future time
or on dtnsnd Those notes are subject
% the same laws Of credit that govern
tho value Of any other notes. II they
are payable, on demand. IN gol5 in silver.
In wheat, IN peaches, or in Indian ponies,
they will represent. sccurafely, our
faiih 10 the governments sbility 20 ful.
fli It's contracts. and the market price Of
the commodity fpscihed. There is nc
superhur,an power, as many imagine. IN
the stamp or imprint Of the government
1t represents ability 70 pay only.
Just now except for the promises Of the
banks Of issps and Of the government IA
redeem with one hundred cents worth
Of gold, the silver. paper, nickel ard
copper currency, on which those promises
are STAMPED, would b worth no mofs
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Tho First Posts.

The first posts are said to have originated
IN the regular couriers established by Cy
rus about $50 B. c., who erected post
houses throughout the kingdom Of Persia
Augustus was the first TO introduce this
institution among the Romans, 81 b. c.,
and no was initiated by Charlemagne about
500 A. ID. Louis XI was the first sovereign
to establish posthouses in France owing tc
his eagerness for news. and they were also
the FIRST institution Of this nature in Eu.
rope This was Ia 1870, or about 2,O0C
years after they were started ia Persia.
In England In the reign Of Edward ~
Q4sl) riders on post horses went stages oi
the distance OF 20 miles from each other in
order 10 procure the king the earliest intel
ligence Of the events that passed In the
course Of the war that had arisen with the
Scots. A proclamation was issued by
Charles in 1881 that whereas 20 this time
there hath been no certain intercourse be-
tween the Kingdoms of England and Scot
land, the king now commands his postmas-
ter of England for foreign parts to settle a
running post or two between Edinburgh
and London to 60 thither and come back
again IN six days. Chambers Journal
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"Kansas Cyclone" on tho PsninsuIa.

EAsToN, July 24.-The problbitionists
held large open air meeting on the
courthouse square, IN Easton, last even
ing R h 4 Councell presided On
the platform were Rev T. ID
Valiant. Rev. c d Harris, Rev
J M Sindall and others The speaker
II the evening was Martin Van Bureu
B nnett, Of Kansas, known I'm the
newspapers aud among politicians as
THE Kansas Cyclone He advocated
strenuously the principle Of the Prohi
billion party ana aimed to show up the
shortcomings and failures OF the Demo
cratic and Republican parties Mr.
Bennett is typical Western orator.
with a good, strong voice. plenty Of
humor and a repertoire Of funny stories.
He Is lawyer and a Methodist preacher
Before joining the Prohibition party be
was a Democrat, and was on the Sey
mour and Blair electoral ticket in
Kansas.
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netter rhan n Lnun 11onor.

speaking about tornadocs," observed
travelling man, I'm tell you Of the
strange antics Of one l ran against while ]
lived in Kansas"
~ didn't know you were ever in that
state" replied man from Williamsburg.
"Oh, yes, / was. At the time l speak OF
had house in Wyandotte with quite a
wide lawn in front. ! watched the grass
grow with painful misgivings. for / was
opposed to working the lawn mower. You
know how that is yourself" he said to the
man from Williamsburg.
With silent nod the latter ncknowl
edged that he did.
We'll the grass kept getting taller and
taller, and every day my wife would max,
some remark about how our lawn looked
compared with the neighbors' One day
the neighbors who lived opposite me asked
me what I'd take for my crop. and then
concluded that something had TO be done
| sat on the front porch trying to work VI
enough courage TO tackle that grass, wher
along came that tornado. We all rushed
for the cyclone cellar. When we yentured
forth, we expected to find the house gone
into the next county, but 1t was there all
right But the grassl You won't believe
me, but the grass was trimmed as close az
brand new mower could have taken Il
of, and the cyclone had even carried away
the cuttings | suppose the reason the
house wasn't touched was that the edge ol
the twistor just reached to the end Of the
lawn. But tornadoes are queer critters You
can never tell how they're going to strike D
-Pittsburg Telegraph.
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rntaiism In Timo OF Rat,lo.


We were at Smokers Gap. The Eighth
corps under the White Wolf, ~ the Indiani
loved to call General Crook, had crossed tn,
Shenandoah at Island Ford. The sun wen
down In a ssa " delicious crimson, ant
eysn the most cautious Wers % influenced
by the metaphor ef peace suggested by th,
heavenly stiffness that they began to regard
as needless ths precautions taken by oui
chief, the White Wolf
Fires were lighted on the river hank; cof
fee, the soldisr's slixir Of life, was prepared
and drunk. The twilight crept slowly on
aud was deepening into tho cleaning when
stafr officer rode down from an old farm
house in front Of US with report that Gen
eral GallRtin jenkins was advancing upo1
" with a heavy force
A few minutes later there was a scatter
ing fire, as Of pickets, and mounted officer
was ordered 70 call In our skirmish line
Just before mounting the young fellow
detailed turned to me and said:
u feel strangely today. / wisk you'd dc
this for me. / cannot explain my reluc
tance, but nono who know me will think
me afraid
His face was ashy white; his lips looked
dry. saw that he was i'll. Mounting his
horse, / rode rapidly to the skirmish lins
and gave the order to fall back.
On my return l found this young officer
seated at the foot OF tree, propped up
against it. His eyes were fixed on the sky
above him, and between his parted lips wa'
a bubble Of crimson foam. A bullet had
passed through his chest, and he had but 8
few minutes TO live
What premonition had possessed him
from what mistaken motive lac had chosen
this place OF safety, which proved so treaeh
erous, will never be known. He was killeo
by q sharpshOoter from such distance
that his death might be considered acci
deRtal Atlantic.
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AEsuRp AssuNprlons-

Grsut man the privilege Of assuuiar
hls own prenlss and be can build .
surs sstruetnre Of argument to Justify
any Absuroity conceivable. Though
fsllacious, untruthful and ridiculous
sueh an argument may be perfectly
logical The fault is with the premise
That Is founded, not on fact but on
imagination, sometimes, indeed, on ig-
norarcs
A case IN point is presented by the
siver lsnsties and those who have silver
bullion to sell. The latter class assumes
Evening journal., 1893-07-24

TnH results of the sherman bill have
been iust what the Democrats predicts "a /;
they al voted against IT, Senator sher
man says be has been rsady to vote FOR
its repeal since the day it Was passed
President Harrison says II was ITEM
psrary expeolent" The Democrats had
the same opinion OF the Mckinley biz.
passed a. the same time, by tie same
men, against the same opposition. Seua.
tor sherman warned his party sgaiust
that bill saying Il was liabie 10 foster
trusts Secretary Blaiae got ex.
eted about it and called It 40
'iDfamous measure" that would
surely ds'eat the party. BE said slso
that Il would make nomination for the
Presidency worthless and that he would
not have 10. II rendered to him "on
silver platter" Il does not alter the
osse that President Harrison signed the
Mckinley bill eagerly, pressed be pas
sage OF the Force bill aud let the sher.
map Silver bill clip through as item.
porary measure Probably Blaine and
eherman are better politicians aud
greKter statesmen. However that may
be, here We are, and the little cool slv
man "isn't In A"
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THEER is no necessity for them and
the Reed rules will not be adopted. Que
mans business Is ~ bad as no business
a. All BY Congress II we cannot trans
act the business Of the country without
placing autocra;ic and absolute power TO
suppress debate and count msjorities IN
the speaker then We shall get on With.
out business That Is not the sort Of
business We wish TO transact. That
resolved itself into counting IN members
who were not elected, aud in the passage
OF that intimately related trlplet, the
Force bin, the Mckinley bill. the sherman
Silver Purchase bill The Committee on
Rules can be ordered by the House to
stop debate or alib1sierlng, sfter .
reasonable time shall have been allowed
and the speaker can act, - he should
act as the House directs. He should
not be an lriespontibls Car.
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DISCUSS cAReFULLY, eRAveLY

DISCUSS CAREFULLY, BRAVELY.
The facts concerning the pension OF
Justice Long, OF Michigan, are not fully
known yet, but enough is known 10
warrant a suspension Of the payments
pending searching investigation. OF
course there Is no sense aud no use in
discussing the csse Of Justice Long with
man who advocates any pension aud
every pension, just or unjust, legal or
Illegal But a discussion may be held
smong those who maintain that
pensions are not rewards for
patriotism, bat helps to wounded,
crippled and INDECENT old soldiers.
Justice Longs pension was raised
twice by Commissioner Tanner with.
out requests from him and with.
out examinations by surgeons. The
record OF the Pension Department
is that Judge Long was IN receipt
of pension at the rate Of $79 a
month for the loss Of the left arm above
the elbow aud a gun-shot wound Of left
hip, resulting ia total helplessness re
quiring the regular aid and attendance
OF another person While in this state
Of total helplessness' Judge Long Is per
forming the duties Of the Supreme Bench
Of Michigan, at salary Of $1,000 a
year. That presents an inconsistency
which often occurs
IL Is well to have the matter settled
ard this case presents many excellent
features There Is no doubt, in the
first place, that the two increases by
Tanner is Illegal favoritism. The laws
are liberal enough They do not need
any special fsvoritism from Tanner.
He was so foolish that President Har
rison dismissed him and summoned
the Rotten Raum in his stead II
President Harrison could not trust him
certainly the people cannot
But Justice Long was wounded, and
was represented TO be totally helpless.
II that is true, he Is entitled to pen
sion under the law, which he was
getting. but not 70 the Increases
which he. under the conditions OF get.
ting 5000 a year as an able bodied
justice had not the hsrdlhood to apply
for
Does man who is enjoying an ample
income deserve a pension at alil
What is the moral attitude Of such a
man who applies for one, and makes the
necessary oaths 20 get q penslonl
These questions must be discussed
smiably, with due care for the feelings
Of the honest snd noble old soldiers, who
fought for love OF country, aud not for
money; aud bravely, In the light Of the
scandals which have come into public
notice recently. and Of the inevitable
frauds that s64 600 pensioners and a
yearly expenditure Of $40. zoo. 0CO must
embrace
This discussion will neither iujure ner
offend the honest soldiers; the honest
pensioners court IL. The opposition
comes from men whose interests or
whose wisdom makes them un6t to de
eide the questions
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LoYE FRANKLY APPRoYEp.

Is nature dolgns 10 charm the eye
ith foW ers OF overy hue;
Rejoicing, though night they die,
W not be happy tOOf
Why not. why not.
Why not be happy t0oi
A thousand creatures nrisk and hy
And seek, aud spend, and woe;
shall we the common aW deuy
Why not a happy tOoY
Why not. WHY not,
Why not be happy too2
Squirrel and bee with rapture ply
. De arts their fathers new;
IL these rejoice. why 80 may
Why not be happy oO2
Why not, " hy rot,
Why not be happy too?
The beady brookHgO laughing by,
The birds sing in the blue,
The very heavens exult, anu cry.
Why not be happy tOOY
hy not, whg not,
Why uOt be happy toog
-Dnia Read G0odale
Evening journal., 1893-07-24

VINO is powerfuli He who can con
troll his passions Who is riehg He
who is contentsd with what he has 49,
Jewish Saying It IS q pernicious mis-
conception to esteem the man who con
trolls other peoples passions By induleinR
his own. powerful. Il is a fatal error
Tor = man to try to be rich BY robblng
other people.
Evening journal., 1893-07-24
oaiok WORK An Reoord,ns.

This morning smyrna man, who
wanted deed recorded Ia time for him
70 take the II is Delaware division cx
press walked, into the recorders Office
and made known his wants he was &C
commodated, Notwithstanding the fact
that there we're two acknowledgements.
He entered the Office al 10 o'clock. the
deed was recorded in thirty four min
utes, and before II o'clock the man
went 70 the depot rejoicing
Evening journal., 1893-07-24

NEARLY two hundred national banks
have closed their doors since the arst
Of January, 1928 against less than
atty for the corresponding period last
year Thus when the account shall
have been properly written up aud
balanced, It Is probable that the old
state banks may not oppsar SO much
worse after all The new state bank
Jaw. with proper safe guards may.
indeed, be better. Facts are mot bad
things
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The Indi...

The pleasant effect and perfect safety
with which ladies' may use the Califoi
mia liquid laxative Syrup Of Figs, under
all conditions, makes Il their favorite
remedy. To get the true and genuine
article, look foI the name OF the Cali
foruia Fig Syrup Co, printed near the
bottom Of the package
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TEERn should not be any demogosy
IN the examination Of the pension lists
That vii promote Injustice. II one
party rsaists an examination aud the
other party insists on Topping of pen.
sious, then many an old soldier NAV
DO ground between the upper and
lower millstones. No honest or fair
man wishes that.
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rho - - nf lho AZ rnmn

The first public test Of the air pump was
in 1854 by its inventor, Otto won Guericke.
in the presence Of Emperor Ferdinand OF
Germany. tGuericke applied the carefully
ground edges of metallic hemisphores, .
feet in diameter. 70 each other After ex-
hausting the air by bis apparatus be at
tached u horses 20 each hemisphere. In
vain did they attempt to separate them, be-
cause % the enormous pressure Of the at
mospheiv. Ihe experiment was great
success s-Exchange
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THE Morning News copied the
account Of tho "oecultstion Of Antares"
from the New York Sun without the cut
and without credit That reminds us OF the
Wakeman poem episode which has not
been explained OF course these are
little things but little things.
Evening journal., 1893-07-24

TIM Home Rule bill may be beaten by
small majority Ia the House Of Lords,
but that need not stop or interfere with
the movement or the success Of Home
huie Il depends on the Irish members
apparently, whether It shall bs defeated
In the House OF Commons
Evening journal., 1893-07-24

LAW and drugs are not necessary or
wise except as last resorts In both
cases Il is better to compromlse. On rest
and sleep 10 the latter case, aud on
amiabillty and the facts In the former
case
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that tits part Of the Ausinsss. or the
duty, Of the government to provide
the people with living; three-
fore II must buy silver bullion or In
some nannsr use itn credit. or power,
70 nAintain aud desrssss the surplus OF
silver bullion. in order to prevent them,
their employees, and friends from Itsrv.
Ing The former GLASS, having assumed
that It is the duty Of the government to
provide money for the people. selects
the worst--ths ehsspsst-msterisi, ex
espt pspsr which eau be used for
money, and malntslns that silver must
be bought aud issued TO the people
Nov. manifestly, Il Is not the duty
Of the government even to know
whsther ths profits OF sivermlniDR in
Colorado and Montana reach the ex
Peetations Of the owners Of the mines
OF not. The govern ment has no more to
do with the maintenance Of the profits
OF mining gsuged 20 suit the avarice aud
greed in that Industry, than It has TO
do With peseh-growing To advance
that proposition exhibits an intensely
foolish aud absurd misconception I the
genius Of the Federal government, as
constituted by the independent states
Of this Union
The proposition that It is the duty Of
the government to provide money has
the warrant Of the teaching and practice
Of great political party, which has held
itself Ia power for thirty years, by MAIN
tanning the fallacy that It is the duty Of
be government to provide profits for
he infant industries the protection
route, or robbery Both ideas emanate
from protee tlonism-the theory that the
government must take care Of the rich
and the rich viii get richer by profess
ing 10 keep the poor from starving
Evening journal., 1893-07-24

Ihere vas no trouble until Cleveland
was elected --GeorgstsWu Republican.
There never IL any trouble TIL the
burglar Is caught.
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NHAELr everybody who wishes TO
learn volspuk can be sAtisaed with the
Welsh language.
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VI ILMINGTON AND NORTHERN Raj.
w RlAD. rlme-tahle M aLLaol Jmnn Ih IAll.

W ILMINGTON AND NORTHERN Raj.
w ROAD. Timetable IN effect June 10 1888
tion. for =. q y. Junction, MOntchanin, Win
terthur, Guyei court, dranogue, Cossart,
Chadds' Ford Jun ton, focopson, West
vile and hi rme Hate stations, daily, ex
cept Su day. at Z O8 and $50 m 9e5, $50 and
SIS m; Sund' only, at o. a m; %, As
and so p. m.
For Waynesburg Junction. Springfield and
Intermediate tations, daily, except sunday.
at % m, 2 IS and 81 m. Sunday only
al 500 a M. 90 and 445pm
For Joanna. hirdsbOro. Reading and inter-
mediate stat ons, daily except Sunday, at 4 OS
m and 20 , m. Sunday only al 500 m,
and % p m.
A. G.. McCAUsLAND, Superintendent
BOWNESS BRIGGS. General Passenger Agt
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hEwAEE Of the man who objects to an
sxAuluAtion OF bis merits as a pensioner.
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tions still warmer. fair weather and southerly
winds will probably prevail. with q further
increase OF humidity, followed by local thur
DER storms. ana on Wednesday fair weather.
with slightly lower Temperature