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HOW TO SETTLE IT.


Only One Way Out of the silver Question:
Says Congressman Warner.
Ex-Congressman John De Witt War
ner opposes ex-Congressman Richard r.
Bland in discussion of the money
question in the New York Journal OF
July /. Unlike many eastern mem, Mr..
Warner has high opinion Of the abil-
ity, character and motives Of theSilver
people. He thinks that both the leaders
and those in the ranks of the sixteen
to one army are earnest, indus4rious,
sober and God-fearing American eiti-
gems. who are smarting under actual
grievances as to the real cause Of which
they are greatly mistaken. We quote
the following as a part of Mr.. Warmers
views.
This proposed law to make people
accept silver is not asked for by any
body who wants silver. II Is just be-
cause people do not want silver and
will not take it unless compelled to do
so that our free silver friends want .
law to make them take it. The only
people who want the law are, therefore.
not those who wantsilver, but those who
want to get rid of silver, or who, owing
gold and thinking they can buy silver
mere cheaply, want to make their cred
itors take it instead. It may be said
that, as to future matters, we could
make special contracts calling for gold
That is just what they can do now in
regard to silver. AS a matter of fact,
large and increasing proportion of con-
tracts do provide specially for payment
in gold. 1t is significant that no one
hears of silver contracts. The reason Is
no one prefers silver except for the pur-
pose of forcing it upon SONS one else.
1.-The mort serious feature = che pres
ent situation is not SO much the pgedica-
ment in which we find ourselves - tho
apparent disposition in both parties not
to take the only way out, which, II I
may suggest it, is to accept the situa-
ton that the commerce of the world
has created for itself, to recognize its
general acceptance of the gold stand
ard, and, leaving to commerce the
things that belong to commerce, to re-
sist any attempt at interference either
by our own government independently
or by any combination between it and
those of other nations.
Personally believe gold to be far
superior to any other standard that IL;
even remotely practicable, but if our
commerce preferred silver should con-
slider It measureless impertinence on
the part of congress to interfere with
that preference. And so, certain as L
am that our commerce finds 1t more
profitable and natural to use gold as q.
standard, am all the more opposed
to any attempt by congress to int&rfere
with the natural course of business.
Bad as would be the effect OF
free silver, more and more of us are
concluding that few years of appre-
hension and financial paralysis. such
as we have had, would be more dam
aging than the actual experience Of
free coinage of silver, a trial of which
would at least establish certain factS
and destroy sundry delusions."
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pvNoENr PARAGRAPHS.

Mrs. Blank-"H do you like your
new girlr" Mrs. Dash-"She's q per.
feet treasure. Broke eight dishes yes
terday, and not one of them was cut
glass. "-Cleveland Leader.
-"She DOESN'T seem to have many
friends" "No. but it Is her own fault.
Every time she sees friend in pretty
hat, wrap or gown she gets one just
like it."-Chicago Record.
-Yeast-"I heard that Bealey said
he would trust me with his pocket
book. What do you think Of that?''
Crimsonbeak II don't think there's
anything in it."-Yonkers Statesman.
Emily (playing "house'')-"Now.
I'll be mamma, and you'll be papa. and
little Ben and Bessie will be our babies.
Willy latter a moment, anxiously)-
saint it about time to whip the chill
dren ?'-Tit-Bits.
Mrs. Brown-"I have been 80 an
noyed at my husband. He has been at
the club every night for week." Mrs.
Jones-"Why. SO has my husband, and
he said he hadn't seen anything of your
husband for a week. Life.
Old Lady-"Poor fellow! sup.
pose your blindness is incurable. Have
you ever been treated?" Blind Man
eyes, mum, but not often. 'Tain't many
as likes to be seen going into bar
room with blind beggar."-Hartford
Times.
-Teacher-"Suppose, Johnnie, your
mother cuts pound of meat into eight
parts, what will each part be?" John
ME Chaffi-"One-eighth of a pound
Correct. Now, suppose she cuts each
eighth in two. what will each part be
then?" "One-sixteenth Of q pound
"Just so. Now, suppose she cuts each
sixteenth in six pieces, what will each
piece be?" Hash."!Tit-Bits
what IL that fellow raving so for?'
asked the tourist. 'Missed the mid
night train last night" explained RUB
berneck Bill. "Well, well! have seen
men swear and cavort for five minutes
or so over missing train, but he is
the first ever knew to be at it ten
hours after the train is gone" HE has
mighty good reason, my friend. They
was more'n $65, 900 in bullion and dust
on that thar very train. "-Indianapolia
Journal.
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Cause Of Free silver Craze.

The causes of the free silver craze are
thought by the Baltimore Sun to be
"the Same which caused the greenbock
heresy 10 find advocates in so many
states of the union 20 years ago-the
feeling Of unrest and desire for o
change, no matter what, produced by
hard times, bad business and lack Of
employment-the desire, conscious or
unconscious. - debtors to scale their
debts by paying them in deprecated
currency-the vague idea that more
money In circulation means more
money In each individuals pocket, with
out reference to his means Or cpportp'
mtg - earn er sequize ~
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suddenly and with such force that the
dahabeah was nearly dashed aground
and the palm trees bent before the blast
1t was sandstone. The men threw
themselves fat on the deck.
"Unfurl the saill" yelled Mehemet
"Aloft, you dog" he cried to the boy
whose perilons duty it was to go to the
extreme end of the slender yard-arm.
The boy hesitated, as well he migliti
but there was look ON his masters face
that he dare not disobey.
"Cut loose" he shouted; and they
plunged forward in the night against
the current of the Nile.
1t was the act of madman-a daha-
beah in a sandstorm under full sail
but that cry of yale, YALE" had made
Mehemct madman. Fortunately the
Nile takes straight course for several
miles after it sweeps by Korosko; but
as Mehemet grasped the tiller he cared
not whether 1t was ten miles of cata-
ract. He saw the launch ahead, and the
thought rushed through his mind te
run it down.
But that couldn't be. The force OF
the storm on the large lateen sail made
every timber in the boat creak and
groan. The faces Of the crew had o
terrified look. With teeth clenched and
lips compressed Mehemet stood at the
tiller, and the bowling of the wind as
they sped on through the night seemed
to suit the pulsations of his own heart.
They were gaining on the launch.
If only the storm held out they would
beat it-or get wrecked.
On and on they rushed. They were
neck and neck when the dahabeah ran
lup nearly amidships on one of the hid.
den volcanic rocks that fill certain por.
tions OF the Nile. "Yale. YALE" came
the sneering cry from the launch.
Swing her broadside," yelled Hassan.
LET the current catch her." The men
were half paralyzed with terror, but
the sweeps were got out. The great
boat glided OFF.
The launch was now quarter of q
mile ahead, and the lights in the Greek
wine shops of Korosko could be seen In
the distance. The fierceness of the wind
seemed redoubled. AS the dahabesh
swept by the launch into the little natu-
raj harbor at Korosko there again rose
a satirical yell of ''Yale, Yale" But
this time it came from the Egyptian
craft-and Mehemet, who had rushed
his boat half ashore, ran madly through
the dust-driven street into the quaint
old fort, and cried in imperfect English:
II have got telegram"
That is how the sirdar of Egypt and
the Anglo-Egyptian army first heard OF
the late outbreak.
CHARLES LEWIS SHAW.
The flye-dcllar gold nieea weighs
| 1875 rrairs,
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II inventions continue to multiply at
the present rate, the day may speedily
come when man will have to sit with
folded arms while his work and even
his pleasures are turned out for him
by nickel-in-the-slot devices. Science
has lately given us marvel in the shape
of . card counting machine. Two of the
Iaost interesting automatic now work
ing within the limits of the United
States are those used by the govern
ment for counting and tying postal
cards into small bundles. These ma
chimes were made in Connecticut, and
the two are capable of counting 500, 900
cards in ten hours and wrapping and
tying the same in packages of rs each.
In this operation the paper is pulled
off drum by two long fingers" which
come up from below and another finger
dips in vat Of mucilage and applies
itself to the wrapping paper in exactly
tbs right spot. Other parts of the ma
chine twine the paper around the pack
OF cards and then q "thumb" presses
over the spot where the mucilage is,
and the package is thrown upon carry
belt ready for delivery.-Argosy.
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TO FOLLOW OFF THE BAND.

When Uncle Thomas comes to town
And gives a street parade.
And Little Eva and Marks. the CLOWN
March past in golden braid,
The old folk watch the antics then
From some secluded stand.
And wish they could be boys again
And follow of the band.
Grown men must carry dignity
And act somewhat discreet,
But when the band plays UP In @
They flock into the street;
They sneer at all the pretty noise.
But still we understand
They'd give dollar to be boys
And follow OF the band.
The joys that come along with age
Don't stack up with the joys
That overspread youths golden page
And crowd the lives of boys;
They'd trade their whiskers and thei
store,
Throw In a piece of land,
II they could just be boys once more
And follow Off the band.
duncan III. Smith. In Chicago Record.
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LABOR IN SOUTH AFRICA.

II Il Dear Because white Men Demand
Black Helpers for All work.
The English carpenter has "boy'
to carry his tools for him; the English
bricklayer has native holman to hand
the bricks to him. which he proceeds
to set. Work requiring skill is very
often done by whites, because they do
it much better, but white labor leans
on and uses black labor. So on the rail-
ways the stationmasters and guards are
white, but the heavy jobs which need
little skill fall to the blacks; so field
hands and those who actually herd the
cattle arc natives, though there arc
usually whites over them in a position
of authority.
In all new countries skilled labor IL
dear, but in South Africa 1t is exception
ally dear, because the skilled white man
insists on having blacks beneath him,
and black labor, though it is cheap, II
measured by the price paid for it, 10
really dear If measured by what it ac-
complishes; for it is unskilled and un-
certain, the native, except in few Of
the older parts of the country. not yet
having acquired that habit of steady
and patient industry which makes labor
effective. 1t is of course in the newest
districts. where the natives are still
raw and scarcely removed from a savage
state, that this uncertainty is most felt.
In the gold-ields of the Transyaal and
Mashonaland the supply of native work.
people often falls short, although at
johannesburg native can earn three
pounds ($15) month besides his food
and such lodging as he needs. The de-
velopment Of the mines is of course to
some extent retarded by this difficulty
OF obtaining permanent supply Of
labor.-James Bryce, M. r., in Century.
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would cause in the land of Mummy
and the Moslem."
A few weeks later Mehemet Bey, the
governor of Assiut, was sitting in the
garden that surrounded his adobe pal
ace when a telegram from Lord
Cromer, the British ambassador at Cal.
70, informed him of the defeat of the
Italians at Adowa, and, further, that
this defeat of the Europeans in Abys-
Arabs on the Egyptian ourposts, and
that Kitchener and Korosko should be
Immediately informed of it. The tele-
graph lines were down, and Mehemet
Bey thought hard and long as he gazed
at the slip of paper in his hand. Versed
In all the intricacies of Soudanese poll
tics, he well understood the significance
of the news. The Arab was at his last
ditch, the power OF the khalifa was
trembling in the balance; and he knew
better, probably, than Lord Cromer
that the Soudan would be set afame.
The governor stroked his beard and
thought. The reis (as the ship captains
of the Nile are called are all affecte
by the mahdist fanaticism. He couldn't
trust them. He looked at his two sons
who were lazily playing dominoes in
the shadow of palm tree He knew, as
does every oriental, the bitter jealousy
that always exists between brothers
whose mothers have intrigued for years
for the advancement of their own off
spring. This jealousy was intensified
by the fact that Hassan's ambitious
Coptic mother had persuaded her lord
and master to send her only son to far.
OF America to learn wisdom even
more wonderful than that of her fore
fathers, the Coptics, the direct descend.
ants of the ancient Egyptians. Heart
ily, therefore, the half brother hate
the English-spealing and American col
1ege-bred boy.
Come here" said the old man. Il
want message sent to Korosko. One
of you must take it. Who will go? Ii
means honor and advancement to me II
delivered at once. 1t means honor 4,
him who delivers it,
II will CO." answered the lad whose
mother was the scoff of her fathers
harem, an eager look on his duslxy face
II will CO." answered the Yale man; "a
have my launch"
II have my dahabeah," cried his
brother, ''the swiftest on the river"
sBut the wind may fall" said the
governor. He thought for moment
"You may go, and the race is to the
swiftest, as the English say"
He clapped ais hands. A Coptic ser
want appeared. A few words were rap
Idly dictated. A slip of paper was handed
each of his sons, and with characteristic
oriental phlegm he simply said; go
land be turned to his hookah.
Nv svH to The south the Fnsliss
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A Chinese Servant.

Finally All Sing agreed to como to us
for the trifiing sum of $35 a month and
al of his afternoons to himself.
me go see Joss afternoons" and go
to see Joss he did, or rather to some
opium-joint to smoke his pipe, with
the greatest regularity every after
noon. But, on the whole, he was .
good servant; he cooked well-all the
s'China boys" do that; he waited hor-
ribly-they all do that likewise. He
kept his kitchen In the most utter con-
fusion, but so had Dolores, and at least
All Sing was not afraid Of the rain.
One day as was giving him some
orders All Sing looked at me. MRS.
g., you husband dead or him run
away?"
my husband 10 dead"
''Ohi In California most times him
run away"
For which delightful comment on
the divorce system of southern Califors
MIA found it In my heart to forgive
All Sing many iniquities.
If you can put with an entire inde-
pendence of the Chinese with their
absolute responsibility and with theis
absolute unteachableness in every de.
partment except the kitchen, you ara
better of than with the Spanish. A
Chinaman is only too delighted to get
new recipe, and win practice with
the utmost patience till he acquires
perfection; but suggest to him to
sweep down the stairs and see what =
response you meet with.-Lippincott'A
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FARM PRODUCTS.

Prices Have Fallen Because of 1ncreaseO
Production All Over the World.
Q. Is it true that the price Of wheat
and many other farm products has fall
en- heavily? A. 1t is.
@. How are such declines, in wheat
for instance, to be explained? A. By
the enormously rapid increase in grain
growing area throughout the world.
@. Has this increase been especially
rapid since 1872? A. The increase in
grain growing area in this period, -
pecially in North America, South Amer
lea and Asia, has never been approached
in any equal period in the history Of tho
world.
@. How do we judge Of actual compe-
tition in the sale of wheat? A. By
the supplies thrown annually on the
worlds great distributing markets.
Q. What market in particular? A.
England. where most Of the buying mo-
tons go to purchase their grain.
@. What are the figures? A. As re-
Gently as 1880 Great Britain imported,
for consumption and reexport, $685..
024 hundredweight of wheat--a large
increase over the preceding annual aver
age. In 1895 it imported 81,749,95s
hundredweight.
@. What has made possible this 10
markable increase in wheat produ0
ton? A. The exceedingly rapid de-
velopment of transportation facilities
in newly cultivated grain countries;
among them India, Russia and the Ar
gentine Republic.
O. Has there been an increase In the
United States itself? A. An enormous
increase.
Q. How large? A. In 1875 there
were 26,3s1,512 acres of wheat culti-
waited in this country; in 1891 there
were 39,916, S07, an increase of 80 per
cent. The yield of 1875 was 292. 1885,
COO bushels, q heavy increase over pre-
ceding years. In 1891 the yield waa
Gil ,7s9, 900. Even last year, with q
greatly reduced acreage and partial
crop failure, the yield was 467, 10O, 900
bushels.
@. Has the yield Of other crops In
creased correspondingly? A. It has.
@. Give instances. A. The Guilt
waited area of corn in the United States
in 1871 was 34,091, 1877 acres; In 1891
it was 76,204,515 increase, 124 per cent.
The yield of corn last year was moro
than double that of any year prior to
1878. Both the acreage and the average
annual yield of oats have doubled since
1871. Our cotton crop in 1894 was 80
per cent. greater than in any year prior
to 1887.
@. Was decline in grain and cotton
prices under such conditions inev-
table? A. As inevitable as decline in
the price of clothing or furniture or
books or steel rails or pins when compe-
tition in their manufacture has extend
ed enormously.
O. Would free coinage help the pro
ducers of grain to large profit under
such conditions? A. Not in the least
@. Why not? A. Because If the NOM
inal price of grain were to rise through
imitation Of the currency the price Of
everything else would rise also. and the
| farmer would be relatively no better Of
than b was betoyse-N. 2, EveQiqG
{opk -
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A NEWS RACE UP THE NILE.
Fierce Contest Between the Rival
Sons Of an Arab Sheik.
Steam Launch and Dahabeah-How the
sirdar of Egypt First Got Word of
Danger In the soudan-Oriental
Jealousy Utilized.
rcopYaIoHr, 1861

A Yale sophomore, an Egyptian and
q sportsman-a curious combination,
but it existed in the person of Hassan
Ell Neil. 1t was the long vacation. On
the deck of the steamer which bore him.
after two years absence from his ia
theirs roof-tree, towards his native land,
was boat which he looked at long and
often, and with a quiet smile on his
clear-cut Coptic face thought of the sur
prise that the modern naphtha launch
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Harvest Excuraions.

In order to give everyone an opportunity
20 see the grand crops In the Western
states and enable the intending settler to Sc
cure home, the Chicago, Milwaukee & st.
Paul R'y has arranged to run series Of
Dakota, and to other states In the West.
Northwest and Southwest on the following
dates: July 81, August and IS, SeptembeI
/, ID % and October and 20, at the low
rate of two dollars more than one fare for
the round trip. Tickets will be good for 70
turn on any Tuesday Or Friday ns ~ within 1ns
rates, time Of trains and further details sp-
ply to any coupon ticket agent in the East
or South, or address Geo. H Hea6ord,
General Passenger Agent, Chicago. III.
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We need have no fear that the scient,
list and scholars will rob us Of the Old
Testament. One thing will render,
that impossible--the world will never
give up Jesus Christ He is tho first
and the last Of all.-Rev. c. R. Hemp
hill, Presbyterian, Louisville.
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DocroR (getting impatient) -sWhat do
you think yourself Is the matter with you'll
Patient -'Tncurable BOREDOM Doctor
trscsed habit Of talking q .. yourseif;s
Pstient-1Yes. Wellf' Doctor-sWell-n
He got no fee. Galignani's Messenger.
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The free coinage boat is pretty much
all whistle, and when this sixteen to one
whistle blows the paddle wheel stops.
Much noise and little work is the rea-
yon why the boat don't go.
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. A SUMMER NOTE
BOOK

That's the name Of It. It Il
beautifully illustrated and contains
Just the information you want, II you
are contemplating trip to Niagara
Falls, the wonderful City OF Buffalo the
thousand Islands of the st. Lawrence
River, the Adirondacks, the White
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mont, or to the old New England home.
You want comfort in travel. The
Michigan Central aims to give It to you
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elegant cars, q splendid dining car
service. In fact, rything on this old
and favorite line IL first-class.
"a Summer Note Book" 20 q. b.
HEUsHER, 11o Adams Street. It VIII
tell you just where to 20 and the best
way to get there.
o. w. RUGGLES,
General Passenger and Ticket Agent. i
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