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Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-06

Carrahan-'7Th' foreman down at tn
new place phere Oi'm wurrlSin, is purity
kind. He towld me TEX me chico av any
tools t. wurrk wild an OF TUX me pick. "
-Iudaa
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-06

"I was in an elevator once that fell
fifteen stories to the basement" Dear
me; how did it feel?'' 81 was never so
taken down in my life Truth.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-06

The Microbe War-"We are going to
give up having Johnny get an educa-
ton. For what reason?" "Well-we
can't get him sterilized every morning
in time to go to school. Puck.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-06

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how diplomatic she vas growing. On
the last occasion that she had a faA
vor to beg from him she had no
thought of a fitting time. She was
growing wiser.
After luncheon to-day" she decid-
ed.
And that resolve to control her own
Impotence and study her husbands
humors was one of the wisest resolves
she had ever made in her life.
After luncheon there was generally
an interval Of quiet in the castle. Most
of the ladies went to their w rooms;
some of the gentlemen went to the bill
lizard room, some sought the library. AS
good fortune would have it, Lord Car
aven went to the library alone. Hildred
followed him.
Are you going to write d letter."
she asked.
Yes, unless you will be kind enough
to write it for me-" he replied. 1T
seems to me a sin to exert ones self
on such a day as this" and the hand
some earl proceeded leisurely to seat
himself in an easy chair and watch
his wife while she wrote for him.
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DREW BACK THE SPRAYS.
land go to ruin-that the farm was not
bringing in half what it could be made,
to bring-that-. Well, 1 have not pa
thence to repeat all he said. If this be
true, he has deceived me-and, by my
earldom, l 10Y he shall not deceive me
twice."
She had hardly dared to hope for
such ready answer-such hopeful re.
sponse.
will O listen to me- she said,
while l tell you more?"
Yes, I will ~listen," replied the earl,
with gloomy face.
She did not spare him. She told him
how his estate was worse cared for and
more mismanaged than any other in
England-how the poor cried out for
help and did not receive it, the sick and
the sorrowful for relief and did not get
it-how the wretched homes caused fe-
yer and rheumatism and a host of mis-
eries-how the laborers on his estate
were worse paid, worse lodged and
worse fed than on any other-how the
tenants were more heavily burdened-
how his name was spoken with curses,
not blessings.
ITO be C%ontinued.)
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Grccnbacks are the Best Money.

While the wa revenue bill was UNI
der consideration in the house many
speeches were delivered. extolling the
greenbacks-the none of the great
plain people. Among the many we
take the following extracts from the
speech of Hon. J. f. Kelley of South
Dakota:
1.-The g~recnbacks were and are the
best money this or any other country
has ever known. They saved the ma
ton when no other money would or
could save it. They circulated among
the people without any gold back Of
them to redeem them when the coun-
try was in the darkest hour of it's
peril. when the country was at war
with itself and rent in twain by inter-
nal instruction.
"IhisWas a war where energy. per-
severance, intelligence and manhood
faced corresponding clements; where
Greek met Greek. The war continued
for four years, and the grcenbacks,
though a damning exception clause
had been placed upon them at the die.
tation of the Wall street ravagers by
which they were seriously handicapped
in their noble work. circulated all the
time.
They paid the soldiers in the bat
tletield and the farmers in the grain
fields, the clothier for his goods and
the grocer for his provisions. while the
gold in the country was all held by a
few Wal street spectators AS COM
modify. 1t did o circulate at ALL.
was up 40, so, perhaps 100 per cent one
day and back the next. Nobody want
ed it or cared for it except the mer-
chants, the importers, who, by reason
Of the exception placed on the green
backs, which made them non-lcpaI
tender for duties on imports, were
obliged to go to the gold gamblers and
pay them the desired premium on gold
before they could get their goods from
the custom house.
After the greenbacks rendering this,
service to the country: after war had
ceased. and peace and plenty again
blessed our land: when our stability
was no longer threatened and we had
been recognized as the richest and
most powerful nation on the globe.
the command of the Wall street vul-
lures came forth to destroy the green
backs. and $50, OOO. 900 of them were
actually retired and DESTROYED, to-
gether with over $3.50, 900, 900 of 100
notes. All of these answered the
place Of money.
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under 5000 marks: three Der cent on
all incomes from 1900 to 10000 marks,
and on incomes above 100, 900 marks,
four per cent.
avaria imposes an income tax OF
n per cent. and collected, in 1892,
therefrom 2.llO.OOO marks.
Baden has an income tax of two per
cent.
Bremen has an income tax of four
per cent.
Austria has a graduated income tax
ranging from So to 90 per cent. and
collects a large part of her taxes from
this source.
Italy imposes an income tar of from
IL to 20 per cent. and collects there
from $40. DOC. 600.
Switzerland imposes an income tax
also.
In all Of the countries imposing an
income tax, SO far as | know. perma-
nent resident foreigners have to pay
the tax. and it is said that in En- gland
not wen permanent residence of citi-
zens of other countries is required to
lay the foundation f1r the tax, but
~sojourners, after a certain stay, are
assessed on their incomes.
1t is sometimes urged that it Will
not be wise to impose an income tax,
because some American citizens would
leave their country and settle abroad
to escape it. carrying their wealth
with them. and VIC would thereby lose.
This is not probable, because they
most likely subject themselves
to similar " heavier impositions in
the country Of their adoption But
even if they did. those citizens who
would give up the free institutions of
their own country and deliberately
become the subjects of monarchy rather
than contribute their fair share to
support the government whose free
dom and fertility have enabled them
to accumulate their fortunes would
not be an irreparable loss to any
country,
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crossing. She looked up at him with
a smile, saying to herself that she
must bring the whole artillery of her
smiles and grace to bear upon him.
Should you like a companion for 2
short timer she said. Il like this
old library in the afternoon; the sun
shine slants on the wall. I often come
here, and, looking around me, 1 med
ltate on the glories of the dead and
gone Caravens. They were a noble
race; no wonder that you are proud of
them
Il am proud of them confessed the
earl. Il am graceless enough, but I
love the honor of my house"
And no wonder. | was looking the
other day at some of those portraits
in the eastern gallery. They were noble
men, those ancestors of yours; some
OF them have kingly faces. All, they
may talk of worth and money. but l
would rather have the proud distinc-
ton of noble birth like yours than all
the money in the world!'
would your, he asked, dreamily.
THAT seems strange"
Il do not think SO. We all value
most highly that which we have not"
she replied, simply. 1T must be an
incentive to a noble and glorious life
to have such ancestors as yours"
An expression of deeper earnestness
than sh: had yet seen came over his
face.
Il am an unworthy successor to the
honor of the Caravens," he said. II
thought it would all be different when
l began life"
And why was it not different?" ask
ed the young wife.
II cannot TELL" he replied. II think
Incidence has been my ruin. l have
never yet taken a real interest in any,
thing"
That is strange" said Hildred: but
it does not follow that you never
will"
The window at which they were sit
ting was open, and long tendrils of
white jasmine blew in. Sometimes
they touched the earl's face, and it was
under the pretext of removing them,
lest they should tease him, that his
young wife drew nearer to him. 1t
might have touched any mans heart
to see how she watched his face, how
she kept her eyes fixed upon it, lest
by word or deed she should irritate
him. She drew back the long SPRAYS
of jasmine.
The view from the window was a
beautiful one, extending over the pleas
ure grounds and the green undulating
woods. The wind hat came in so
gently was laden with the breath of
flowers. Hildred looked at her hus-
band, and then, half kneeling, she took
up her station by the side of his chair.
What it cost her to make that ad-
vance no II but herself knew. Her
face flushed, her heart beat. 1t seem
ci to her a bold step. If Lord Cara
ven felt n surprise, he was very
careful not to show it.
Your ancestors were such noble
men," she said. II had no ancestors,
yet I would never do a mean action.
Where do my instincts of nobility come
from? And you, Lord C~araven-you
call yourself an unworthy descendant
of these great men. Why?'
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replied, with q smile; and the an
swer would have but little interest for
YOU
"Everything hat concerns O in
terests me- she rejoined, quickly.
why should it not?"
II have not been SO kind to you,
Hildred,' he said, that you should
feel interested in me-
Perhaps we have both made mis-
takes she returned. Il think l can
guess what you would say. You mean
that you have done nothing great and
glorious"
1t may be So" said the earl. She
looked up at him, with all her heart in
her eyes.
There is one thing to be said," she
remarked. You may not have done
any great or brilliant deeds, but ycr
have never done a mean one"
II hope not" he replied.
Nor" she continued, quickly,
would you allow a mean or unjust
deed to be done in your name-would
you?"
No. he answered, so decidedly that
she was filled with great content.
She ventured on a further liberty,
one that touched him. She laid her
hand on his.
Il knew it, she said, Il was sure
of it. l knew that you might seem in
dolent, that you might be unfairly in
tluenced, that you might perhaps at
times be misled, but l feel quite sure
that it was against your code Of hon
or, against your wish and will, against
your ideas of right"
What is against them, Hildred ?" he
asked.
She was silent for a few minutes,
and then she laid her hand more ten
derby upon his.
Thank you" she said, for letting
me speak to you. l was half afraid
at first, but now you give me cour-
age"
Her sweet humility disarmed him.
If she had been proud, naughty or pet
ulant, there would have been little
chance to plead her case. Her gentle
ness touched him. For the first time
in his life he took her hands and
clasped them in his own.
DO not be afraid of speaking to me,
Hildred,' he said.
She had SO much at stake that she
trembled. He saw her beautiful face
grow pale, and her lips tremble.
"Hildred," he said, gently, you pain
me. What is it you would say?
Speak to me without fear"
Then she took courage. She raised
her Eyes to his.
Il know of a great act of injustice
that is being done in your name, Lord
C%araven;" and in her own forcible Ian
guage she told him the whole story. He
listened in silence.
DC you assure me, Hildred," he sail
at last, that this is true?"
TT is perfectly true" she replied.
THAT Blantyre has taken that bribe,
and has refused in my name to renew
Moore's lease?'
Yes, he has done that"
"Then," said the earl, with unusual
decision, his reign will be a short one.
He told me that Moore was letting the
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Leading Nations Have An Income Tax.

Leading Nations Have An Income Tax.
Congressman Benton McMillin. Of
Tennessee, in advocating an income
tax as a means of raising revenue, said:
We are restoring to hat method of tax
which is extensively adopted by most
of the leading nations of the world.
England has an income tax of 7 pence
in the pound. The exemption is a
hundred and fifty pounds. She has
had an income tax all the time for fifty
years, and most of the time for a hun
dred years. There is no power in the
British Empire to break down this tax.
Most of the states constituting the
German Empire have an income tax.
The exemption in Prussia is 900 marks.
The income tax is n per cent on all
incomes between 900 and 200 marks;
two per cent on incomes over 200 and
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CHAPTER XXXH.

Err ~promptitude
pleased him; her
desire to meet his
wishes gratified
him. The letter
she had written
was just what he
wanted. T h e
young wife smiled
to herself at the
thought of how
vel she was DrO-
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lHE QSOREKS DAUGHTER.
BY CHARLOTTE N. BRAErE.
BY CHARLOTTE N. BRAEME,
INTERNATIONAL PRESS ASSOCIATION.

CHAPTER XXXI.-(Continued.)
I'VE went to Blantyre, my O John
and l.. He told us that he would Lot
renew the lease. At first we thought
that he was mad; it seemed to us hat
the very stone by the wayside must
rise up and cry out against it. He
said that we must leave Bromhill. My
on John looked at him and answered,
The Moores have always lived at
Bromhill. and always will. We shall
see about that said Blantyre. Il have
a more eligible tenant in view, aud
you will be compelled to leave whether
you like it or not.' This to a Moore
of Bromhill, my lady! think We were
too stunned to speak. We went out
of his office, and it seemed to me that
the earth and sky were meeting. Then
we heard afterward that Peter Harro-
gate had bribed the agent with a fifty
pound note to persuade Lord Caraven
to refuse us the lease. My lady, it is
a crying injustice. We are sons of the
soil, We have made the farm what it
is. If the earl sends us from it, he
l. oSAu AlC " LILY 6ldNc. L olloillN
die on the threshold, l could not live
one day away from my house. He
must not do it, Lady Caraven. The
bonds of long generations must not
be so easily broken. He cannot send
his old retainers away in that fashion
men whose fathers died in the SER
vice of his ancestors, men whose bod
les have been interposed to meet the
blows intended for the lords of Cara
ven. What is fifty pounds compared
TO that?'
NO" replied Lady Caraven, grave
ly; 1T must o be-"
"They told me- the old man contin-
ned, that the young earl is careless,
n that he leaves everything to Blan-
tyre. You will plead for me, my lady:
you will remember that an old, white
haired man has left his life in your
hands-for I should die if | left my
home for one day. Ask for justice for
me, and, if the agent must be bribed,
l will give him twice fifty pounds; ask
for justice for me as you hope for
mercy"
All pale and trembling, she rose
from her seat, frightened at the re-
s~ponsibility that he had placed upon
her, remembering how her last petit
ton for merciful consideration had
been received.
"You may leave your cause in my
hands," she said. Il think 1 may
promise hat you shall have justice"
He raised his trembling hands and
blessed her, and Lady Caraven went
indoors with a weight at her heart.
Not least did she feel her great an
ger against Blantyre, this man who
influenced her husband for evil, who
advised him and counseled him in
wrong-doing, this man who committed
all unkind and unjust acts in the
name of the earl. Then, with her
vivid imagination, she was not slow to
picture the painful scenes in the farm
at Bromhill. 1t seemed to her al
most cruel hat one mar should have
SO much power over another. She re-
membered her last defeat, and shud-
dered when she thought what another
would cost her.
She must set about her present I'M
dertaking differently; she must be
more gracious, more winning; she
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His Childhood.

He was perfectly bald, AID he was
losing his teeth: but he still went to,
see the Musical Comedies.
Il don't care tuppence about YOUR
ballets,' he cried: Il don't want to see
-er-lower limbs. But give NE these
ladies decolletes. Give me these opu-
lent busts."
AS before limited, he was rapidly be-
coming an infant in arms aga:n.-Pick-
Me-Up.
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THE BOND QUESTION.
A FEW EXTRACTS FROM
SPEECHES THEREON,
How Some Members of Congress Regard
the Scheme to Inf1ict 5000, o
Worth of Bonds Upon an Already Suf-
fering People-Income Tax.

Secretary Gage expresses doubt as to
the ability of the people to subscribe
for bonds and their willingness to
TAX them at 3 per cent. In his too
evident haste to aid his friends of the
banking fraternity he seems to have
lost sight of the fact that the people
Of this country are inbued with a
spirit that he does not possess-the
spirit of patriotism. and this spirit will
lead them to buy bonds even if the rate
is low, and especially would they do
so, and gladly too, at this particular
time.
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PLEAD FOR ME-.

TLEAD fOft ME-.
must cOndescend to plead. She had the
life of a white-haired old man, the
happiness Of a whole family, in her
hands-there would be no roo for
self-she must be more patient. She
remembered Longfellows's beautiful
words:
Bear a lily in thy hand
Gates of brass cannot withstand
One touch of that magic wand"
She would lose no time in puzzling
reflections, but do that which had been
asked of her. She would go, Oily in
hand,'' and refuse to leave her hus-
band until her prayer was granted.
She smiled to herself as she thought
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Ito be C%ontinued.)

Cleanliness may be next to goodness,
but it takes lots of advertising to sell
soap, nevertheless
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The turning of a non-inte bear
ing treasury note into bonds. and then
passing laws to pay the interest in
coin, and interpreting coin to mean
gold, experimenting this with the ere
alton of the national banking system,
and then striking down silver, consti-
tutes one of the greatest outragcs upon
the rights Of freemen the world has
.ver known, and has. without doubt.
brought more distress and suffering to
this country than did the war, with
all it's horrors and losses. Represent
ative Lamb in opposition to the bond
bill.
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Somewhat Modified.

"Iou say that am the first man YOU
have kissed!" he exclaimed rapt,,rous.
ly.
This week. she added in an explain.
atory tone. "You must remember that
this is no the first time we have had
good sleighing this winter"
1t is never wise for a young man to
get the idea that he is the only one
who drives a gentle horse to a narrow
cutter.-Chicago Post.
You Bet.
Ned-He married the girl l was en-
gagged to.
Fred-Well, don't worry, you'll get
over it before he does.
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None of the suggestions offered.
says James Norton, Of South Carolina.
take into consideration the free coin
age of silver or the benefits to flow
from that financial policy. The limpy
lame system of money Of the United
States promises no good to her people
in peace or war. A system that gives
a circulating medium of 81, 726, 376. 659
and ties up in the public treasury
$670,2l3, 649, a system which claims
S34o, DOC, 900 secured by a gold deposit
of 500. 600, 900 and cannot show $780,
000.0 900 of the same currency in circu-
~lation, a system which gives a banking
machinery with power to issue near
5000, 600 900 aud only gives $500, 600. 900
of circulating medium, and a system
which now demands an issue Of
5000. 00O. 900 Of bonds to fight a
war with Il defunct and effete mon
archy, is "a delusion and a snare" and
ought to be remodelled in the interest
of right, justice, patriotism, and the
people.
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DC not let your patriotism lead 20,
TO forget that you are Still engaged in
the task Of freeing yourself from the
thraldom of the money changers.
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In the opinion of Ferdinand Brucker,
Of Michigan, this scheme or attempt
to bond the country at this time for
5000, O0O, 900, or for any sum. is an out
rage upon the people and taxpayers of
this country. Under the guise of pat
riotism what do we see? And it is not
the first time, he said. that the livery
of heaven has been used in which to
serve the devil. The money power.
the bond-holding syndicate, think they
see another opportunity of fastening
firmly the gold standard upon
the country. If they can secure this
bond issue and from the proceeds
thereof retire all the greenbacks or
treasury notes now outstanding, and
allow the national banks to issue all
the currency, and reduce silver to
fractional Or subsidiary coin, they will
have fastened upon this country the
gold-standard system so firmly that
the present generation will not live to
see its overthrow.
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1t is at times like these, says W.. Il.
Zenor, Of Indiana. when the nation is
in the throes of a great public stress
or under the shadow Of a great public
calamity that the Shylocks gather like
vultures to prey upon the vitals of the
n~ation-to ply their vocation and feed
and fatten upon the spoils Of war and
the blood Of it's patriotism. The
money changer and Insurer, the bond
]speculator and gold gambler, have
each theit parts to play in the great
drama of war, and the country that
energies from the smoke and battle
of conflict and escapes the tolls and
rapacity Of this rc1norseless foe of hui
mankind may we'll congratulate itself
upon it's fortunate record and the
splendid exception it has established.