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A ft sfe mm- lu-'j WEI.I, WITH THE SHIP, As the ship speeds beneath the silent •ky, O'er the vast expanse of the moon lit sea, AMI one lies quiet listening dream ily, How sweet It Is to hear the watch man's cry: "All's well—the lights are burning bright!" And then to sleep In safety ttoro' the night When Hie ship fights her gallant, steadfast way, Amid the sounds of tempest and of rain, 'Tls sweet to hear the watchman's voice again,' As one Jles sleepless, longing for the d«y: "Airs well—the lights are burning bright!" Ah, what a comfort Jn the stormy night! Three lamps there are—Faith, Hope and Charity, Whjch we may light to' keep our souls from harm, In our long soyaglng through storm and calni And sweet It is, while on life's restless •e, To hear the watcher, Conscience, In the night. Whisper: "All's well,—the lights are burning bright!" Mary Hi. Simms, In New Orleans Times-Democrat 7, THE LUMP OF COAL. A Narlac Efiied* That Tkrtlte. The cattle-boat' Goshawk's midday lights had shown her to be in latitude 12 degrees .34 minutes south by 80 de grees42 minutes west longitude, which meant that she was coming up to thgt dangerous collection of reefs •and rocks known as the Abrolhos Shoals. The chart which covered them was from a French purvey In 1861, and as any amount of unrecord •., ed changes might have been wrought -since then by that minute mason of the deep, the coral Insect Captain sv OrlmBhaw was very much on the qui vlve so long as his ship was in the neighborhood. For, being a wise mas •. ter-marlner, he depended but little on either1' the chart or the Abrolhos Light itself. But If the captain did uot fancy this particular patch of the sea for reas ons relating to navigation, the third engineer did for purposes of bis own. In short, he hoped to earn the ship's insurance money and a couple of hun died ponuds for himself somewhere in •t the vicinity. It was an excellent lo callty for a plausible atory about the Goshawk running on some uncharted shoal and sinking as she backed into deep water. 80 when he was relieved 1 of his half watch at 6 o'clock by the chief engineer, he went straight to the engine-room mess table for his tea, carefully forgetting his blue jacket where it hung on a rail on the for ward side of the engine-room bulk head. Having partaken hastily and sparingly of the bad tea and potato hash supplied, he turned into his own ... room, locked the door, and arranged a pair of trousers to bang so that one of the legs might cover the keyhole. Then be knelt, though not exactly In prayer, beside his sea chest, and pro ceeded to unpack it till atJength he ... y^.reacheda small, wooden box with a sliding top.* At first sight it did not appear why his hand should tremble a little as he pulled the lid aside aud drew from .Its well-wadded cradle a very commqn-place lump of coal. It was exactly like any other piece of coal about the slae of a large fist say the mate's—and it had all the Jetty sparkle and shine of the newly broken article. The only difference between It and the other lumps In the bunkers was that $200,000 worth and a few men'* lives lay in its nascent possibil ities. On closer Inspection, however, It re vealed one little peculiarity, a little square projection such as any lady or gentleman who does not use a stem winder may see in his watch any night of the week. Tom Tudor's own watch key, which he now tried upon it to see If everything was in proper work ing order, fitted It exactly as a matter of fact "Another hour and It will be pretty nearly dark. That will be my time," .• be thought to Himself with anything but a fiendish chuckle. As yet he was considerably removed from the villain teres atque rotundUB of a sanguinary fiction. Of a truth he was conscious at the moment of a curious sickness, a tickling in his stomach which not even the recent potato stew could ac count for. No, it was the thought of :. the coming appalling moment of flairie and death—and the captain's dnugh ter. Curse the captain's daughter! TObsn he had entered Into this nefarl-' .ejus contract with certain unnamable people at home, he had hot counted on this disturbing element That he, hard-hearted and hard-beaded scoun drel as he was, should feel this im mense tenderness for a pretty ailing girl, away with her father for a voy age on account of her health, was an aberration beyond all calculation. Was it love? It worried and pricked him, and It awakened old unwelcome chords In the atrophied sense of fit ness which had been his conscience. Yes, It was love, and—bless Alice, the captain's daughter! "If she hadn't been so hard on me last night I could never have done It," ran his.thoughts, waking a fierce ten derness In his sallow, handsome face. "A touch of her hand and the Gos hawk would hare stemmed the Thames Blver again! Suppose the ship sank in a couple of minutes, be fore they bad time to lower the boats! There are sharks about! I don't mind sending an old fireman or a trimmer to hotter furnaceB. But the flop of the brutes ronnd her sweet body! It's horrible. I can't do it after all!" He bent his forehead against the raised lid of bis trunk. "But I'm talk ing meeting house rot' The cursed thing is calculated to give the ship half an honr.. there'll be lots of time tor everybody to get clear except the poor fellows who get blown to atoms from the stokehole. Then the weath er's quiet and we're right,n the track of ships—certain to be picked up with in forty-eight hours." He dandled-the black mass on his lingers. "Five turns of the key, and then five minutes Defore the explosion, every turn a minute! If I push the job through I'll never tackle another. By tbe powers I wish we were all safe In the boats!" He replaced the grim handful of doom In Its cradle again, replaced It in its box, and went up to the windy deck. The heat below laid a fiery (Mild on b|s throat and brain. liiaiimTOi "it A slice of yonng moon, with a few attendant stars, slowly climbed Into luminance against the last ardors of the sunset as he leaned moodily against the deckhouse. How the miserly hour caught up its golden coin of minutes and fied! "Time-time, tlnje-time, time, time," sang the watch bell monstrously soon. "It's got to be done!" he muttered between his set teeth, as he stepped unsteadily out of the moonlight along the engine-room passage, once more unpacked the fatal lump, turned the key five flmes, aud with a flying heart descended the steam ladder to the engine-room, the bomb ticking In the loose breast of his shirt as he went "Hullo, Tudor. Forgot youf Jacket?" sang out the chief, as be stooped over the rails and tried the heat of his bear ings. "Aye," replied the third engineer, as he passed. In the fierce tunnel of light from one of the open furnaces the nude stokers, and a trimmer piling forward the coal to them from behind, seemed like gnomes of some Eastern legend. Poor chaps! A chatter like the sound of a sewing-machine from the thing In his breast Beemed to chant their requiem. He slipped the black thing of evil below an end of one of the boilers, caught up his jacket and ran on deck. Under the shadow of one of the after lifeboats he stood, sick with terrible expectancy, awaiting the end with his gone! Three! Then a little figure in white came forward out of the darkness of the poopdeck. It was the captain's daugh ter. "Is that you, Mr. Tudor?" she said, sweetly. "Tea," be replied hoarsely. Three minutes and a half gone. "I want to tell you how sorry I am for being nasty with you last night I —I didn't mean It." "Alice, Alice! Quick, for pity's sake. Can you love me even a little? Quick, quick!" "What's all this hurry about, Mr. Tndor? Put that watch in your pock et What a question!" But' In Her face he saw something sweeter than the silver moonlight which revealed It Four minutes and a haTft With a bound be was in the passage again, slipped noiselessly past the chief, who did 'not sec hiin, his back being turned, caught up the accursed tiling under his jacket, and like a flash tore up to the deck again. With all his strength he threw the Lump of Coal far Into the dimpling sea, and sank on the deck, the per spiration running from every pore. Then with a terrific rattling thunder an Immense flower of fire arose out of the deep, a great, sudden billow snatched at the ship, JiCaved her aloft like a cork, and raced whttely away Into the moonlit distances. Then all was still, save for the fretting and fuming of the sea as it slowly settled again. The whole ship's company came peering on deck In a dazed state of alarm. The captain sprang on the bridge beside the mate and shouted some orders unheeded.' But nobody except the girl in white noticed, the broken man lying prone in the shadow of the deckhouse.' Like a sudden hideous revelation the explanation came to her. His wild eyes, his sudden question, the watch In his hand, his mad, headlong race be lpw, all /yas clear now. Unnoticed In the general panic, she crossed the deck to him. He was lying face down, on the cold Iron plates of the deck. She touched him on the shoulder and he looked up with a white face. "I know it all, Tom," she said brok enly. "May God help us both." "God help us? You help me, Alice!" Tour love could save me yet, per- "I loved you all along. But after ibis"—she sobbed. Presently she spoke again. "Now get up and go below. This must never be suspected, even by my. father. It will be safe with me. I still love you enough for that" He kiBsed the skirt of her dress and press ed her hand like a benediction on his head. When Captain GriniRliaw reported the phenomenal seismic disturbance he had encountered in the neighbor hood of the Abrolhos Reef, it created a considerable sensation In the scien tific world. And from the records of the registry In a certain church, with in, hearing of Bow Bells, there is the best of reason for supposing that Alice Grlmshaw's love persisted and was al lowed the best opportunities for saving the soul of the third engineer. New Ofleaw'i Water Ballast. "The report that the cruiser New Orleans is dangerously topheavy," said an old sea 'captain now In the government short service, "seems to have grown out of the fact that her water ballast was a trifle light The remedy is simply letting In more wa ter, and the incident Is chiefly valua ble as showing the Immense- superi ority of American-built ships. Water ballast on a modern war vessel is a good joke. Ballasting is a corrective measure intended to overcome too much buoyancy. If a ship is properly constructed it oughtn't to be over buoyant aud oughtn't to need ballast of any kind. The presence of such a thing Is. conclusive evidence that the designer made a mistake in his calcu lations. Every inch of nu armed cruiser should be occupied by some thing useful, and the space taken up by the water tanks Is dead waste. The New Orleans, as you will remember, was built by the Arinstorngs for the Brazilian service, and while she Is a Ane craft, she is distinctly Inferior technically to those constructed in this country. None of the American-made ships carries a pint of water-ballast." —New Orleans Times-Democrat. Tense of Bwarltr. "Eudora," said Mr Cumrox, "I have been several times annoyed by the way you see fit to worry about my gram mar." "It's awful," said his wife. "You use commas where they don't belong and you forget all about your periods. You'll lose all your friends." "Eudora. let me remind you thai I have money enough to float any scheme I take a fancy to. A man may lose on his punctuation,' but when he enjoys my facilities for capitalization lie Is bound to have, friends that he couldu't lose If be tried."—Washington Stnr. Discretion. "So you think they'll send Oom Paul an ultimatum," said one diplomat "I shouldn't be surprised," answer ed the other. It's a great deal safer than tending soldiers."—'Wasblnjfton FOB THE PARIS FAIR UNCLE SAM'S HEADQUARTERS AT THE BIQ SHOW. Architectural Style Resembles That of the National Capitol—Washing ton and McKlnleyBtatnes Repose Side toy Bide—Description of the Building* The United States national pavilion at the Paris exposition will be one of the most ornamental buildings on the grounds. The accompanying picture Is the first accurate representation of It for the "faked" pictures which have appeared In some of the papers gave no adequate Idea of anything save Its general contour, which has long been known. It Is on the Quay d'Orsay on the left bank of the Seine among the buildings of the great powers, and Is one of the best locations at the exposl- The Interior decorations of the build ing are In charge of an art commission composed of George B. Post, Charles A. Coolldge, John B. Cauldwell, C. F. McKlm, John La Farge,' Daniel C. French, Howard Russell Butler, Charles L. Hutchinson, Henry Van Brunt, Halsey G: Ives, R. S. Peabody and Henry Walters—a galaxy of ar tistic and archlfeotural experts whose Intention Is to make It the finest ex ample of decorative art which the United States has thus far produced In any. exposition. NEW CENTER OF POPULATION. Census of IOOO Will Find It Near East ern Illinois Line. What will be the center of popula tion of the United States In 1000, as re vealed by the coming census. In 1890 it was a rural spot a few miles south of Greensburg, Ind., within the retail commercial radius of Cincinnati. What point will mark the center of popula tion next year? The entire distance which It has traveled In 100 years, since the taking of tbe first census. Is 505 miles. The average rate of Its western movement has been 50.5 miles each ten years. At that rate the center of population In 1900 will be at the Intersection of the 89th parallel of latitude and the 87th degree of longitude, at a point about three miles southwest of Bloomfield, Greene County, Indiana, twenty-five or thirty miles east of tbe Illinois State line. The exact location of this point can not be determined until after the cen sus of 1900 has been taken. Many are of the opinion that the western move ment will be less than heretofore, and I some even aeciare that the Bast has outstripped the West during the past ten years In the matter of Increase of population, and that the center will not move as far weBt as 50.5 miles. Government officials who are informed concerning matters relative to popula tion believe that the center will remain In' Indiana, and that Its location will be somewhere In the vicinity of Terre Haute. In 1850 the center of population of the United States was at a point al most due south from Parkersburg, W. Va. Ten years later It moved over to the southeastern border of' «*. •and for thirty years remained In thnt State. In 1870 It was near Cliilllcothe. In 1880 It dropped down almost to the center of Cincinnati. Ten years later it had crossed into Indiana, and will probably remain there until Illinois shall claim It in ffce twentieth cenlnry. It Is noticeable that this center has al ways followed closely the thirty-ninth parallel of latitude. It Is a further fact CUrlous enough, that the majority I UNITED STATES BO ILDING FOK PARIS tion. The plan Is square with a large central dome and rotunda, which will be used as a general meeting place of Americans during the exposition Three sides of the rotunda have rooms 13 by 36 opening out of It That on the left of the main entrance will be used as a lounglng-room for gentlemen, that on the right for ladles and that In the middle as a parlor for both ladles and gentlemen. The second story will be given to the States, where people who so desire can rest and register their names. The third story will be re served for the private offices of the commissioner general and staff. The fourth floor will be given to the States and used In a similar manner to the second. The bnilding Is 85 by90 feet and 160 feet high from the lower level. There will be two electric American elevat ors. The style of the exterior of the building Is classic, and while different In design from any of the buildings at the Chicago fafr yet the feeling there prevalent has been kept and will be In marked contrast to the present French buildings, which are not so architect ural In treatment The main entrance Is under a large portico which spans the esplanade, and under this every visitor who walks to the other national buildings will be obliged to pass. In the center arch of this portico, facing the Blver Seine, will be French's statue of Washington, while'a bust of President McElnley Will occupy a niche over the door. In the front of the bnilding on the river bank will be a boat landing which will be highly ornamented as a classic barge. All the boats of the American line which con nect with the American trolley system at Vlncennes will make a landing at this pier. of the large cities of the United Rtates, as well aB of Northern Europe, are either on or reasonably close to the thirty-ninth pai«HeI. In determining the center of popu lation of any country, the population Is first distributed by "square degrees," as the area Included between consecu tive parallels and meridians has been designated. A £olnt Is then assumed tentatively as the center, and correc tions in latitude and longitude to this tentative position are computed." In 1800 the center was assumed to be'the intersection of tbe thirty-ninth paral lel with the clghty-Blxth ueridian west of Greenwich. The population of each square degree was assumed to lie located at the center of that square de gree, except In cases where it was .manifest that this assumption would be untrue, as, for example, where 'a part of tbe Bquare degree was occu pied by the sea or other large body of water, or where It contained a city of considerable magnitude wblch was lo cated away from the center. In these cases the position of the center of the population of the square degree was es timated as nearly as possible. STYLISH EFFECTS IN FAbL illLLINERY. MHUM "The whole world Is after |onr mos ey, or the things you bate bought with your money. It Is the trying to keep them, that makes them seem so pre cious. "I live to broaden and enjoy my own life, believing that In so doing I do what Is best for every one. If I had run after birds only to write about them, I should never have written any thing that any one else would have cared to read. I must write from sym pathy and love, that Is, from enjoy ment, or lot at all." A Testimonial. Spelling Is not the only difficulty to be encountered by the beginner on a typewriter. Any one who Is learning to use the machine will appreciate the following, from Pearson's Weekly: "How do you like your new type writer?" Inquired the agent "It's grand," was the Immediate re ply. "I wonder how I ever got along without it" "Well, would you mind giving me a little testimonial to that effect?" "Certainly not Do It gladly." So he rolled up his sleeves, and In an Incredi bly short time pounded ont this: "After Uslrig the amtomatig Back action a type writ er for thre emonthan Over. I unhessttattlngly pronounce It prono ce it to be al even more than th Manufacture Claim? for It Dur icg the time been In our possession e. 1. th ree monthsl id has more than paid for itfelf In the saving of time an dlabor. John $ Glbbs." "There you are, sir." "Thanks," said the agent and moved quickly away. Justice In the West. "Heard a couple of good ones on this trip," announced one of Detroit's trav eling men. "At a little town In Okla homa court was In session, and I drop ped In while waiting for the train. The prosecution had taken the testimony of a stationary engineer, and the at torney for the defense took hold. •Where were you the day this thing happened?* he inquired. 'Runntn' a Injun.' 'What tribe did he belong to?1' "The day before a case bad been tried in which a man had climbed to the top of a freight car laid up on a siding. He had no business there, but loosened the brake. The car started down grade, gained speed rapidly for five miles, and then turned a somer sault over an embankment His col lar bone was broken and' he got a ver dict for $500 because a smart lawyer convinced the jury that the railroad was guilty of contributory negligence." —Detroit Free Press. Couldn't Fool Her. She was evidently new at house keeping and marketing, but carried herself with an air Intended to Im press people with the opinion that she knew all about It and wasn't going to be Imposed upon. It was at the Bonsecours market before a fish stall. "Lobster, madam? Oh, yes!" said the dealer, with, deference. "Very nice ones this morning. Here Is a first class one, madam," he said, exhibiting one In Its shell of glistening emerald. The alert .customer tossed her head and exclaimed: "Ob, no! You can't fool me with any of your green, unripe lobsters! I want a red one!"—-Montreal Star. Mrs. Rockefeller's Hobby. Mrs. William Rockefeller's hobby is for carnations, one of the greenhouses at her country place at Scarborongh on-the-jaudson being devoted exclu sively to thelr: culture. She has re cently received 200 Malmalson carna tions from France, having paid $2,000 for -the plants. She Is said to spend thousaadsof dollars every year for the plants she Imports for her pleasure. To Hake Glassware Shine. Tumblers and wine glasses should be washed In hot water and rinsed In cold, and should be drted with a clean cloth as soon as possible, and when perfectly dry robbed with tissue pa per. For cruets, decanters, etc., tear bp some clean newspapers Into pieces about as big as 10-cent pieces, put in to bottles, half-filled with warm water CENTER OF POPULATION MOVES WESTWARD. Railways and Immigration have been the great factors In pushing tlie center of population westward. Another mat ter which affected It was the acquisi tion of Texas and the Gadsden pur chase. In calculating the center of population Alaska and our more re cent .acquisitions are not included. A NATURE-LOVER'S WEALTH. Desire for Wealth-Bought T.uxnrlea nn'Krror of Mind. The following extract from an Inter view with John Burroughs, recently published in Success, contains things thnt are well thinking about "I consider tbe desire which most persons have for the luxuries that money can buy an error of mind. It means nothing except a lack of higher tastes. Such wants are not necessary wants, nor honorable wants. If you cannot get wealth with a noble pur pose, It Is better to abandon It and get something else. "Peace of mind is one of the best things to seek—and finer tastes and feelings. The man who gets these, and maintains himself comfortably, Is much more admirable and successful than the man who gets money and neg lects these. The realm of power has no fascination for me. I would rather have my secluBlon and peace of mind. "This log hut with Its bare floors, Is sufficient. I am set down among the beauties of nature, and In no danger of losing the riches that are scattered all about No one will take my walks or my brook away from me. Flowers, birds and animals are plentifully pro vided. I have enough to eat and to wear, and time to see how beautiful tbe world Is, and to enjoy It give bottles a rotary motion. When clean, decant and a little practice throws out the paper. They will be as bright as new. To clean glasses— wine glnsses especially—which have become discolored on edges, use cigar ashes, friction and a damp cloth. Foreseeing Disease. In a recent lecture on electricity Pro fessor Ellbu Thomson related how Bos ton physicians had been able, with an X-ray tube, to detect the presence of the microbes of pneumonia in the lungs before any symptoms of that disease were felt by the patient, or were even perceptible by ordinary pathological examinations. Misfit. President Kruger, according to a story In the National i.aview, has bis own opinion about office-holders. Two of the president's young rela tions applied to him for office. He con sidered awhile.* and said, "I can do nothing the high offices of the state are in flrm hands, and for little clerk ships you are too stupid." When a man hears that a boy has been drowned he fears It may be his boy, the same as he fears it may be his house when he hears afire bell. After all, there Is nothing a woman enjoys so much as widowhood, provid ing her husband's life Insurance was not scrimpy. Be thankful for what you have and console yourself with the thought that what you have not would render you miserable If you had It After people have bad a great deal of love, they wonder why more poetry la not written about peace. A widow doesn't feel entirely bereft so long as she has enongh money In tbe bank to buy a cow. A man always wonders "what his wife wlU say after the company has departed. It Is a good Idea to trust very few people those who are not dishonest may be careless. People begin to "watch" a widow within three nwnths after her but- THEY NEED NOT WORRY. Republican newspapers are devoting a good deal of time and space these days in trying to show that the Demo cratic party Is splitting up into a dozen factions. The wish Is father to the thought, says tlie Kansas City Times. There Is some "back talk" in the Dem ocratic ranks, just as there always has been and always will be. That Is be cause they are free and independent men, and that is why they always will be. Btft when it comes to doing politi cal business with the Republican par ty they get right into line under ti common banner and tight for a com mon cause. The idea of the Republi can press is, of course, to make their rank and lUe believe that the party will have a walkover next year and thus encourage them to stand fast—not run. Now, there is pleasure iu admitting that all Democrats do not think alike on aU questions. Thinking people do their own thinking. That is the rea son why loud talkiug is occasionally heard in the Democratic camp, but there Is just one voice when the bugle sounds. Of course the Republicans are mystified when they see how self-as sertlve and Independent Democrats are, but that is because they have a man to do their thinking for them. —Denver News. Pilrrtntaed Votes. Mark Hanna, hating had such gre.. success in his campaign of money in 1890, is now engaged In Belling out his business enterprises preparatory to de voting all of his time to politics. Per haps Mark Hanna thinks that a ca pacity for spending money In a politi cal contest is all that is necessary for success, and that in 1804, he, the great briber of the couutry, may be able to purchase for himself the Presidential chair. But the people of this country make a distinction between a bargain hunt ing political hack aud a man who has won popular esteem through long and able public service. That McKinley owes his present position to the ex penditure of vast sums of money is ad mitted even by the Republicans them selves, who are now boasting of the wealth which Is to be poured out In an attempt to re-elect him. But Mc Kinley had been a prominent factor in politics for many years, was anima tor of such plausible address that he had.caused multitudes to regard him as a statesman. Mark Hanna possesses none of these popular characteristics. He is a crude, boorish, offensive creature who "con ciliates with an ax," and whose flaunt ing of money in the faces of the people Is an Insult and a challenge for defeat. —Chicago Democrat Kvidence of I.eader«hlp. The essence of strong and successful leadership is displayed in such results as followed Mr. Bryan's visit to Chi cago. He once more shows himself to be a chieftain who confronts and van quishes what others would avoid or temporize with. It is such men who compel, rather than court, success. The vexing problems which personal ambition is nlways raising to jeopar dize party ascendancy, are minimized when such a leader lays his strong, de cisive hand upon them.—Chattanooga, News. It Worries Them, The Republican newspapers profess to be greatly worried that Bryan ac cepts pay from those who Invite him to travel about the country nnd make speeches. The Republicans have so long been In the liablt of having the trusts and monopolies' pay the expenses of their statesmen that they have come to regnrd that as the only proper thing to do.—Cleveland Recorder. Where la the Gain If Mr. Hoot Is to be a colonial secre tary simply, nnd the administration of the war department is to be left mostly to Adjutant General Corbin, It is pretty hard to see just where we have gained by Alger's resignation.— Indianapolis News. 4 tand by Monroeism. Any departure from our traditional course, which Europe could seize upon as an nbaudouiiient to MonroelBm would lk» pruvely qetrifaental to our peace and prosperity. In the present feverish attitude of some of our states men with respect to territorial ag grandizement aud (he partition of weak and helpless people among the strong of tlie earth, it is well that in telligent and conservative citizens should point out tlie increasing neces sity of holding to the essential prin ciples under which the republic has developed. -Philadelphia Ledger. As Repnblicnu fees It. All is not harmony aud rose-wreathed peace in the Republican camp. Im perialism is uot accepted joyously and unanimously by either the rank or file of the grand old party. Former Sec retary Boutwell, long a trusted leader in the Republican party, has the temerity to institute a comparison be tween McKinley and Jefferson Davis favorable, strauge to say,, to the latter. In a recent letter which has been given to tlie press, Bputwell says: There lias been no such departure from American hleas aud principles in all our history, not even by Jefferson Davis, as is now in progress under the lead of the President. Jefferson Davis did not eon template the destruction of the republic he only contemplated its division. Pres ident McKinley is transforming this re public into an empire, and the permanent establishment of our authority in the A GENTLE HINT. Mark Hanna is their thinker Just now, and they are the doers. When he smiles they all smile, and when he groans they all groan, and when he cries "copperhead," "traitor," and the like 'they set up tbe snine kind of a yell. Democrats have strings to them which tie them to the principles of the party, while the strings which are seen on Repub licans have Boss Hanna at tthe other end of them, and when he pulls they Jump. To Hanna tbe Republican party is an aggregation of wheels'and cogs, with himself as the chief crank manip ulator. So also may he be said to be the Republican press censor, and he obliges the party's organs to run things In the matter of telling the truth just about as Otis runs things In the Philippines. Meanwhile they need not worry about the Democratic party. It will be in evidence at the right time. JL Philippine Islands is the consummation of the undertaking. Had a Democrat made such a com parison as this, the cry of "treason" would have been raised by administra tion newspapers. Under the circum stances, however, the organs devoted to McKinley remain silent. Evidently they deem discretion to be the better part of valor nnd ignore the bitter at tack. Boutwell ought to be considered pret ty good authority In regard to Repub lican politics. He has been a Repub lican Congressman, Senator and Sec retary of the Treasury. Democrats w^ill not care to add to the anguish of Republican Imperialists by insisting on an administration reply to Boutwell's remarks. Where la a Better Man? Those in the old Democracy who want to put down William J. Bryan would better flnd a man to equal hir his clearness of statement, courage aud convictions, and'disinterestedness of motives, to say nothing as to the ability to advocate and to illuminate public questions. The Eagle is not in love with the man's principles, but ev ery American should be proud of his abilities and of his character.—Brook lyn Eagle. Cause of Philippine Trouble. The plain truth Is that the deplora ble situation in the Philippines is whol ly due'to Mr. McKinley's unauthorized, un-American and unfortunate procla mation of sovereignty and demnnd for submission, and to the weakness, the wobbling and the perverse fatnity which have characterized his conduct of the war. Any attempt to place the blame elsewhere will be as futile as It is foolish.—New York World. till Tack a War Secretary. Sir. Root is just as unfit for the place as Alger was, though his unfitness is different in kind. The man wanted nt tills critical juncture at the head of tlie war department is a great admin istrator or a man familiar with mili tary affairs and requirements, or, bet ter still, a man who combines both these qualifications.—New York World. The Farmer Catches It, While the prices of agricultural prod ucts have gone down from the figures of a year or two ago, the prices for trust products, the necessities of farm life, have largely Increased. This cuts the farmer both ways. He pays more for what he requires and gets less for what he produces.—Pittsburg Post. Irish nve Had Knnn?h. That the Irish societies should or ganize for the purpose of opposing im perialism nnd English alliance is not at all strauge. The Irish hnve had a taste of both—and have found it bitter enough.—Grand Rapids .Democrat. Eurlul Will Come lnter. Of course, it can be said that the ad ministration is well planted, now that it has taken Root.—Kansas City Times, lHepatchea that Never Came* Iu the Philippines the sword la mightier than the pen.—Chicago Jqw- OrliimlKed TrcoHan. What does the American Bankers' Association propose to do for the Amer ican people? Their New Orleans re port (1801) declares: "The govern ment not being a producer cannot issue a sound currency." Yet the first sixty millions of greenbacks were always at par the globe around nnd never were unsound. Then the Atlanta report (1895) solemnly affirms: "The value of every coin that was ever made has de pended upon lie weight of pure metal in It" The well-known fact that the trade dollar has nlne-huudredths more pure silver in it than the standard sll ver dollar aud was worth as money twenty cents less, answers that falBe hood. And to-day the silver dollar 1 will buy nearly twice its weight In 1 pure silver in the open market. Not satisfied with these treasonable: utterances this American Bankers' As sociation must needs assail the green back decision ot the United States Su preme Court, rendered by a full bench, eight out of uiue justices concurring. Atlanta report (1803) is a palpable falsehood: "Under tbe Uotlon of law established by the Supreme Court, men are compelled by force of law to ac cept the promise of a dollar as a sub stitute for a true dollar." These arch conspirators throw off the mask In the Chicago report (1803) thus: "In order to accomplish this, first of all silver purchase must cease', without this it is absolutely useless to Institute other re forms. Then our legal tenders, the greenback and treasury notes, must be retired. This brings us to the ques tion, whnt shall till the gap thus ere ated? There is but oue answer. The present tendency In all the great na tions of the world is toward the bank currency. Bank currency Is what we, too, must depend upon." The national banks boldly propose to usurp the con stitutional functions of the Federal government nnd every sunn and paper that lends them aid and sympathy In their plottlngs is equally guilty, says M. V. Butler in the Mississippi Valley Democrat. The Detroit report (1887). after denouncing all government In terference, adds: "The function of government is to govern. The legitl 'mate function of banks Is to Issue cur rency, receive deposits, buy paper and make loans." These "sound money harpies" in their Qhlcago report, 1893, claim that their national bank blackbacks, with from twenty to thirty per cent, more than their face value of government debt be-. hind them, are over-secure, while stiver and greenbacks, with the constitutional power and wealth of the nation behind them, are unsafe. If we had free sll ver, 16 to 1, unlimited coinage and al lowed the national banks to manlpn late the currency, In a short time the country would he in the soup worse than ever. The Chicago report (1893), speaking for the revolutionists, explains "The Bame agency (an official organ) would be their best method of Influencing leg islation. It was an avowed object of the association to struggle for the repeal of certain tax laws. In this they were successful. They influenced legislative opinion. It is comparatively easy for them to gain the ear and confidence of the administrative officers of the na tional government Some of their members are high Federal offlelals. The treasury department stands al ways with Its ear towards the man agera of the financial Institutions of the conntry. But it is not so easy for them to win the confidence and ap-1 proval of the legislative brancliea of government A great, deal of effort" must be put forth to gain the attention of Congress." This national banking octopns has become a very vampire of oppression that is slowly but surely »uf the life-blood of the republic, poii Jng and paralyzing the patriot Ism -nd Integrity of the nation. Its baneful Influence Is everywhere recog nized. seen and felt. Gold Standard* It becoming very evident that tbe Republican currency tinkers are not going to make a strong fight for Con gressional action favorable to the sin gle gold standard. With their usual duplicity the Repub lican politicians will palter In a double sense. Their masters—the money kings—dfemand gold as the standard, but there are other masters to be con sidered and the 6,600,000 voters who cast their ballots for bimetallism In 1896 give the money tinkers pause. William J. Bryan, in his speech de livered recently at the Auditorium, treated with keen sarcasm the double dealing of the hypocritical Republi cans. Among other things, he said: The fight iu 1896 was won on the money question. It was the money question expressed in a specific manner that afforded us the means of distinguish ing the believer in bimetallism from the believer in the sold standard. And If they tell you to-day that events have vin dicated the gold standard, yon can an swer them, first, that when Mr. McKin ley sent a commission ail the way to Europe to get rid of tbe gold standard he admitted that we were right In 1886 when we said the gold standard was not satisfactory. Some of you may be so prejudiced that you cannot do justice to Mr. McKinley, but I am so fair-minded that I can give him credit for sincerity when he appoint ed three distinguished men and sent them all the way to Europe to cry out In ev ery market pl'tce: "Help, help the Amer ican people out of the hole that the gold standard put thorn into/' Not only can you polut to the fact that the commission weut to Europe as an evidence that the gold stuudard was not then satisfactory, but you can point to the failure of the commission as an evi dence that independent action is abso lutely necessary to secure success. But it is just the sort of thing so ably satirized by Mr. Bryan that the Republicans are again contemplating.:. —Chicago Democrat Pauper Wage* in America. Comes now George K. Holmes of the Agricultural Department and submits statistics showing that the average per capita wages of farm laborers in the United States are $225 per annum, or about 62 cents per day, without board. This official admission of pn" per wages in the United States Is liable to make trouble for Mr. Holmes. Un der the new civil service system the Secretary of Agriculture will probably discover that some man with more political discretion can do bis work better.—Indianapolis Sentinel. It Mdn't Work. Weary—Madame, I haven't had any thing to eat for three days. Mrs. Hardup—You're doln' pretty well, but I've Just been readln' abont a man who fasted fer four weeks, and worked every day at that.—Cleveland bMdtr. mwm KiS 1 4