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SILVER DESERTS
Free SiiverItcs Are Left In m Dunn
dnry.


In spite OF all the free silver litera-
ture with which the people were del
uged last fall. and in spite of all the
campaign utterances Of Mr. Bryan and
the elaborate statistical Ia bles compiled
by the author of Coins Financial
School, wheat persistently refuses TO
go down the descending scale with sill
yer. While silver has gone down AZ.
cents an ounce within a month wheat
has steadily advanced and is now worth
So cents in New York
few days ago silver bullion expert
enced the most violent break of the
entire seasons decline. In London the
price dropped one-half penny per ounce
from the price of the previous day. sell
ing at 2JH pence per ounce, as against
21R pence month ago. The New York
price fell to 5jA cents, break of IA
cents an ounce from the preceding dav.
This makes the bullion value of the
silver dollar "A trihc more than AZ cents.
II is unfortunate for the free coinage
campaigns i'm Ohio, Iowa and Kentucky
that silver should take "A notion to drou
20 the lowest point ever reached Just a
this time, when the supply of wheat is
I
has steadily advanced i'm price But the
laws of nature are immutable. They
cannot be suspended in the interests
of the silver miners or the free coinage
propaganda. There is no more relation
between the price Of wheat and the
price of silver than there is between
the law of gravtation and the price of
corn.
That there has always been i'm this
country some mysterious partnership
between the prices Of silver and the
prices Of wheat is the basic falIacv upon
which the free silver craze was con
structcd. 1t was the exploitation of this
amazing deception that first attracted
public attention TO Coins Financial
school Around this monumental
fraud was built a superstructure of err
rors, misstatements and fallacious ar
gumentatiOn, all designed to support
the contention that the falling prices Of
all products were due TO the decline of
silver, which decline in turn was due
TO its decentralization" by congress.
1t was easy TO propagate this doctrine
last fall when there was an oversuppIv
of wheat in the world and it sold for 50
i'm all sections of the union. and came
very near bringing the nation TO de
based currency and to national dis
honor.
This cardinal fallacy Of the free sill
yer propaganda was repeatedly ex-
ploded by such men as Prof I.aughlin.
OF the University of Chicago; Hon.
Carl Schurz and many other eminent
statiSticians. There has been a down
ward tendency in the price of silver.
with occasional fluctuations. since 1874
while wheat has risen or fallen accord
ing to the size of the crop and the ac
tivity of the demand.
If the slump in silver continues the
Bryanites in 1900 will have to abandon
the whole argument and merely clamor
Tor Accent dollar perhaps a 3O-cent
dollar Chicago Times Herald.
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piece together the deductions which
might fairly be drawn from the inter
view. The first point made clear was
the undoubtcd guilt of the conspi,a-
tors; if they had committed forgery for
the purpose of imposing on Il single
customer, il was reasonable to conclude
that they had not hcsitatcd when the
necessity was far more urgent. An
ether deduction was of even greater i'm
portan"c. Fench and Sharplcss had
a confederate in Pragmorc. and here
vas vulnerable point If the notary
set price upon his silence. NE might
also Ice induced 10 speak. if it, were
made sufficiently profitable for him 10
do so. y third Inference was that the
original forgery ana the deed from
Gates bad disappeared; otherwise the
conspirators would not have been at
she trouble Of fabricating new ones.
Philip sat up late that night, study
ing the problem and trying to deter
mine what he should do next. but his
perseverance was rewarded only by thc
turning Of one more conjecture into Il
certainty. The note which had called
him 10 the attorneys Office was i'm
tyPeWriting, and IA comparison of its
mechanical inaccuracies with those in
the anonymous letter To Duncan proved
that both were written on the same ma
chine.
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TIE CURRENCY COMMISSION.
Republican Pledge. Are FnithfuIi,
FULFILLED.

The gold demCbcratic papers express
satisfaction at the presidents action on
the question of currency reform. They
ought to be satisfied with this. and they
ought also to be satisfied with the &C.
ton of the house OF representatives.
which, Immediately after the presi
dents currency message was received
passed bill introduced by Stone, OF
Pennsylvania, few days earlier. pro
viding for the currency commission
which the president had already iudi
Gated that he favored. The bill was al
once sent to the senate, where il was re-
ferred TO the committee on finance
There is promptness, an intelligence
and courage in this action which will
impress the country favorably. Here,
as with the tariff question, the repub
Leans demonstrate that they know
what the country wants, and how TO get
II. In the present instance there is. OF
course, possibility that the thing
which the republicans propose may not
he obtained. The republicans are not
in entire control Of the government.
They have the president and the house.
but the opposition elements-demo-
crafts, populists and silver ex-repub.
licans-are dominant in the senate
Here is fact which the country should
bear i'm mind. Those parts OF the gov.
eminent which the republicans hold
have taken decided action in favor o;
currency reform. Perhaps the senate
may defeat the project. Republican
esponsibility extends TO the president
and house, but at this point il stops
fnf Of q
in the senate, if there should be a fail.
ure, the republicans will not be nc.
countable.
In any case the course of the president
and house will help the republican party
in the elections of 1897 and 1898. Once
more the republicans have met popular
expectations. The republican triumph
last November showed that the gold
standard would be maintained. Their
reform plan reveals purpose to remove
the weaknesses and dangers from the
general currency scheme. and DESTROY
all chances in the future for a crusade
against the gold standard which would
DE as formidable as that which was de-
feated in 1896. All the resources at the
command of the republican party will
be employed to push the reform i'm the
senate The republicans may be de-
feated here, but if they are defeated
they will at least have kept their faith
with honest money men of all partisan
shades who voted the republican ticket
last year. Moreover, they will have rem
dered it certain that the same elements
VIII unite with the republicans i'm 1000
!! any issue menacing the nations finan-
cial honor and stability should he M
the front In that year.-St. Louis Globe.
Democrat
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were recent forgeries. The notary's at.
hesitation was genuine fact that at
once implicated Pragmorc- and if any
further damnatory proof had been
needed, it was supplied by single cir
oumstancc in the acknowledgment.
PragmOre had used "A rubber stamp with
"A dotted line for his signature, and the
words notary public" beneath il, and
the gumny ink OF the stamp was stan
fresh enough TO bc blurred by the
thumb Of the reader.
Philip read the papers leisurcly i
second time and handed them back 20
tn" attorney.
I'm sorry you went 10 so much
trouble" he said. II have given up the
idea OF buying inside, and have been
thinking more particularly of trying
something in the resident district"
Sharpless met him half way. AID
Philip thought ne surprised ilcctir.g
expression OF relief on the shrewL face
OF the awyer. "That'sa sensible change
Between MS. and leaving Mr. Fench out
cf the question, | believe there's more
money to be made in Cheltcuham
Heights than on broadway. I've scat
tered my own little bit OF capital
around ON the edges
Philip got away as soon as he could
dcccntly, and went back to his room 20
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OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.

cTIhc advance agent OF prosperity is
now admitted TO have been something
more than q campaign figure OF speech
81. Louis Globe Democrat
ETThcrc will be no chance for the
poPOcrats in the great agricultural
states Of the west this year The price
OF wheat is too high Cleveland Leader
tIThe last seen OF the Bryan presi-
dental boom IL had chewed the number
of its tag and was wandering west
ward IN the Utah desert Philadelphia
Press.
IHe is indeed blind who caunot see
that the new tariff bill will benefit in
dustrial conditions; that. in fact. il has
already benefited every body. - Sioux
City Journal
GIOf course the English newspapers
do not ike the new tariff law. We do
not blame them. IL means more work
for American workingmen and less for
our English cousins. - Toledo COJ
Blade.
ia democratic organ says: "The
republican party must either turn it,
increased taxes into higher wages on
take the consequences" The organs Of
deficit and starvation wages should not
worry over "the consequences" The
republican party is run in the interests
OF the American people, Chicago IeJeI
Ocean.
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y u
Loss AND GAIN.

y
1t was early in July when Philip
began the campaign of restoration. He
made up his mind in the beginning
that IL was TO be a race with death.
and, believing this, ne did not spare
himself. though the heat during the
weeks that followed was terrific. 1t
was dry summer. and in a drought
the climate Of the Chiwasscc. valley >
to say the least. something less than
i"igorating. For the first fortnight
Philip went about with the feeling that
the next day would finish him. Then.
as the barriers hedging him ON the
SIDE toward accomplishment grew into
respectable mountains of difficulty. a
winged spirit of energy. which was
perhaps. only am unused heritage from
his Woodworking father. began to pos
9ss him. breaking the bonds of habit
and lifting him out of the rut Of i'm
tro~pccti0n. One morning ne forgo.
10 count his pulse. and the daily analv.
Sis Of bis symptoms was omitted for
the FIRST time iu weeks: and that night
be slept with open windows. through
which The cool breeze from the noun.
TAIN blew across the bed. aud mo- harm
came of ~. lie was too busy to thinl.
much about his iufrmity nt the time.
but q week later NE stepped upon the
patent Weighing machine iu tho roo
.Huda " the Johauui-bcrg. and when
'he pointer failed 10 record the usual
decrease ne went TO his room anil
dropped thr half-u-ed bottle Of hNpo-
IHu- ulifp- into Tho ,rrnts That ,,...
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''.' .'' "'i-''u i'. sou, but j can't.
"''r I''P.' Won't jos. we block the
''. even "''' .'- 10 their in.
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SILVER is DOOMED.
senator Sanders, of Montana, Give.
His Opinion

Il hardly think" said ex-senator w
r. Sanders. of Montana. "that the dis
covery of large quantities of gold in
Alaska will tend to bridge the zap that
separates gold and silver.
1t matters not how much cold is
taken out of the Klondike field. silver
VIII never regain its od-time position.
AS standard it is doomed, but il will al
ways serve an excellent use as subsi-
diary currency.
The denouncers Of the crime Of "a
have shouted continuously that one-half
OF the worlds money supply has been
blottcd out. Even if that were true.
then the recent big gold finds will recon
CHE people TO continuance of the
single standard, for if we can get gold
H. sufficient abundance the deficit ere
ated by the crime Of 80 will ere long
Dc made good.
But, after all, it may be doubted
whether, even if the Klondikc mines
prove as productive as the most san
guine miners claim, the general con
ditiou of the great mass of our people
will be bettered 1t may be doubled
whether the California boom of 40 pro
duced any prosperity OF national ex-
tent. Prosperity is not the result of
such episodes. Money is abundant
enough now; the trouble is that il lies
stacked up in vaults, and will not come
out of its hiding place. It's the activity
o. money created by demand that
causes it TO circulate. and circulation
is hamPered by distrust. If the pco-
pie who have money were sure they
would gee IL back again business would
boom all over the United States. quite
regardless of the fact that biz heaps
az the yellow metal were being taken
out OF the frozen placers of the Yukon 8"
N "a Iirfrfgrt Is-,,4,I
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THRoUeH THg STATES

Nancy Mckee, 81 years old, OF Bloom.
ington. Ind, has sued Hiram, her bus.
band, 50, for divorce. alleging the use of
indecent language, besides cruelty and
failure TO provide for her.
In ST. Joe, No, where coats md whist
coats are discarded during dog DAYS.
On Ingenious chap has devised two
story straw hat. in the upper part Of
which he carries his cigars aud ma ches.
It's almost shame W publish H. in
these days Of easy transportation. but
the Charity Organization society OF
Grand Rapids, Mich. has three more
places for women than il has women
applicants.
D. F. Cadenhead. Of Carthage. Mics.
had some squash vines and sunfover
plants near each other in his garden.
and the squashes that have grown on
the vines resemble solid sunfowers
and are distinctly marked by sunflower
seeds. The neiRhbors say that they
ore the result OF a Cross between the
sunfiower and the squash.
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A CASE IN EQUITY.
BY FRANCIS LYNDE.
IcOpyrigh;. 1895. b., ;. b. Lppineo,, Col
BY FRANCIS LYNDE.
NIL
PRELlMINARIEs

PRELlMINARIES
Two days later, Philip was once more
established at the Hotel Johannisberp.
N-ith the hustle and stress of the new
C.ty already beginning to cfTace the
memory of the quiet days spent at the
duncan farm. The changes wrought in
'fc few weeks were almost incredible.
ne cncroaching flood of buildings had
spread out over the vacant spaces: new
structures of prcpostcrous height and
bulk reared themselves in localities
here Philip remembered seeing the
green grass of the meadow or the stub
nc OF last years cornGcld. The streets
were IN the chaotic condition which
pT"ced"s the laying Of pavcmcntS: the
gas and water companies rivaliug each
other in making the roadway imuaSsable
during the hurried trcnching for pipes
ald conduits. The daily auction sales
90 real estate continued. but they had
been driven from the busy business
center, and Mr.. Fcnch's ro~trum ap-
Yfared only in the suburbs OF Chcltcn-
nam Heights Arlington Terrace. or
: hiwassee-by- thc-Strcam
notwithstanding the pressure of Il
speculative atmosphere vehich might
Vcll have turned more stcadfa~t man
aside, Philip held steadily 10 the pur-
Y.osc which had taken him back 10
Gown. He examined the records i'm tho
did courthouse. and found that deed
In kilgrow'S name had been duly en-
tered with that drawn 10y Gates. and the
C1iy suspicious circumstance was that
both documents had been recorded on
. 4 In i,.I g D. 49,
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THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
International Lesson for August 80,
IsD7-sauI Opposed N Ephesus-Acts
ID.2I-.t

ARRANGED from Peloubet's Notes.l
GOLDEN TE%T.-Take heed. and be-
ware OF covctousness-Luke 1915
THE SECTION includes the remainder
OF the second missionary journey. the re-
turn home. and most OF the third journey
acts ISIS TO 2:3). Paui's account OF
Ephesian life (Acts 20IS-c5J and the
Epistle 10 the Epheslans
TlME.-The third missionary journey
extended over nearly four years. from A u
81 TO Is. The account in the lesson text
belongs In a. -. 81
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nrynn,- FrIcnIr Dc.ert mr.

The leaders of the silver party i'm Ne
braska for the last three months have
been manifcsting much uucasiness con
corning the lecture business OF Mr.. Brv-
an. \ conference Of the leading spirits
was held in Lincoln recently, and ID
was decided that something must bc
done at once IL Mr.. Bryan is ever to
make another presidential race. The
plan as adopted was that he should he
written 20 come home at once for the
fall campaign, as his services were need
cd TO elect the populist state ticket,
then TO groom him for governor ON the
fusion ticket next fall. and gradually
turn him from his present route into
position where he can make dipni-
fed race iu 1900 for the presidential
chair. One who was present at the
council said: 1t would appear that
The interest ia lesscniug i'm the silver is
sue daily all over the country, and if
Mr.. Bryan keeps on he will have moth
iER to tell In the next campaign The
worst sign Of the lack OF interest I'm
silver is the failure Of the farmers To-
attend the county conventions They
insist they are too busy 90 attend. and
laugh ct our advice that they should
keep mp the party organizations as
they began Immediately after the last
campaign closed" Chicago Tribune.
rIMr Bryan, while at the Reyscrs I'm
Nellowstonc park, declined an invita-.
ton 20 make % speech saying that che
lost almost every state he spoke i'm be-
+ fore election last faIl. and carried those
l he did not speok in This was q very
| rood ground for his dcclination 10
/ crate. but he probably had iu mind the
fact. also. that his spouting would be
/ very small potatoes compared with the
/ work IN that lire done by nature
/ through tbe :nstrumcntality OF the Rey-
sera--ChicagO Inter Ocean
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Bracelets provided with miniature
locks are frequently chosen as love
tokens. The girl wears the bracelet and
The lover retains the key.
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Patient But suppoen your diagnosis
should prove Incorrect?
Physician Oh, well. thyt would have
no injurious effect on the jiscasc.-I'p.
to-Date.
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INSURED az his titIo
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picked ont ore in "a troct r,rr,c,l,
known as I'm. C,t,. r.rn, WON ,n, rna.,
the whole history OF tn. tract in IN.
records al the courthouse"
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| neither III. time nor tbr inclination
/ \ plancc at your abstract ,youId b,
quite sufficient for my uurposc"
Snnrplcss s,v,,,r b,,l. IN his oh,i,.
and sIinn.d bi, I'.,,,I. i,toI ,i. -.
/ Il wish / could ohIig, ,ou" ho soid
but infer you',c had i'm. to do win,
property I'm Alabama Such tbinp os
an abstract of title is almost unknown
among people who can neither write
their deeds nor read them after they are
! written. / began just as YOU have, and
was glad enough. i'm the end, to fall
back on the records
Thorndykc knew this was an answer
that SharpIcS, would never have made
TO another lawyer. since an abstract is
nothing more than "A Observation-Disclosures
tory of any given piece of property
compiled from the records; but lac wa
too shrewd to bctray his profession.
and he made no comment.
Il suppose YOU were able TO satisfy
yourself that YOUR titles were nl
right?"
"Absolutcly: we guarantee to de-
fend our purchasers"
"Will you allow me to loo' at your
deeds for the tract in question ~"
Il should Ice glad to, but / can't do
that, either An the original docu-
mcnts are on nlc in the company Office
IN New York"
Philip was beaten for moment. but
lac rallied Immediately. will YOU
authorize my solicitor TO examine
thcm?"
Sharplcss lost his head ot that and
Thorndvke gained his poipt Cor
tainly not; such proceeding would be
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-21

When the courageous aeronaut left
Spitzbergen, on the 11th of July, and, with
his two companions in the great balloon,
quickly disappeared in the north, he set
the whole world speculating on the
chances Of ever seeing him again. Scien-
tiic men had warned him against the
dangerous undertaking, and even openly
declared that shorter and easier means of
committing suicide were to be preferred TO
the balloon route. Every body admitted
the ingenuity and completeness OF the
Swedish engineers plans, but insisted that
the obstacles to be overcome by far ex-
ceeded the numerous and skillful precau-
tions OF Professor Andree.
Since the ascension of the balloon on the
11th of July news from Andree has
been very scarce. The Swedish gunboat
returning from Spitzbergen reported
briefly as follows: On the 11th of July the
day was clear and the wind favorable, and
the ascension of the balloon was quickly
decided on. About 2 o'clock in the after
noon Andrea gave the word "go,'' ard
the balloon shot up TO an altitude
of about 60 yards. 1t Travelled quickly
toward the north and before 8 O'Clock
was ont of view. Returning home
he gunboat met With southerly
and westerly winds and clear weather A
few days aflerward q pigeon was shot by
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-21

sailor on whaler and brought home.
1t reported the passage of the 50 deg.
north and fine progress northward.
This is the only genuine message from
Andree after his departure. All the other
pigeons, reported from nearly every part
of the globe, may safely be coun ed as
fakes or foolish fancies Any person ia
miliar with the capabilities of the homing
pige and the slightest knowledge OF
the Arctic regions will admit that a
pigeon message from Andree reaching the
civilized world depends on an accident.
The shooting of this pigeon saved the
message from Andree. No pigeon has
ever before returned from the eternal ice
OF the north. That is simply beyond the
possibilities.
II Andree has travelled straight north
from Spllzbergen and passed over and
beyond the north pole he would strike ex
actly the Bering Sea or the eastern penin-
suia of Asia or point on the American
continent near Point Barrow. In that
case we would have heard from him now,
and his adventurous undertaking would
have succeeded beyond the expectations
of the most sanguine.
But according to the reports of the
Swedish gun boat the wind blew from a
western direction, also carrying the ball oon
toward the east. In that case he would
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-21

time in which he would accomplish the
trip, and, in the worst case, he would
come back after two years.
We may rest assured that all the nations
interested in Arctic explorations will
anxiously wait for news from the daring
aeronaut. And when the proper time
comes these nations will not rest satisfied
with waiting only. With united efforts
from Sweden, America, England, Norway
and Russia great system of searches
may be organized. But we have reason
to hope that this may not become neces.
sary.
There are a great number of people
going around prophesying disaster for DR..
Andree and naming him fool. If DIR. An
dree should perish they will be ready with
their Didn't l tell you SOP" But #
he should come back safe and sound, we
will all without exception greet the noble
ard brave Swede. and the evil prophets
will have TO turn TO something else and
condemn things about which they know
as little as about DR.. Andree and the
greatest aeronautic undertaking OF the
century. ELIAS RUUD.