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ADOPTS THE .GOLD STAND-
ARD.
After Four Years of Investigation Japan
Decides to Discard Silver.
On March 1 it was cabled from Yoko-
hama that Japan had decided to adopt
the gold standard at a ratio of 82% t0
1, the new standard to go into Operation
in October.
This act, on top of many previous
ones, moves Japan completely out of the
ranks of the semi-civilized and into those
of civilized and progressive nations. It
was not taken hastily, but after two
years’ consideration of an exhaustive re-
port made by the Japanese currency
commission, appointed in 1893.
This commission found that, while
certain capitalists, especially those em-
ploying many laborers, were benefited
by the falling silver standard, the
wage earners were injured from the
fact that their wages did not rise as
fast as did the prices of what they
had to buy. The report pointed out
what every rational trader ought to
know—that a silver standard country
can trade and compete with gold stand-
ard countries only after paying the loss
on exchange in foreign trade. However,
as the greater part of Japan’s trade was
with Chinaand India, the two countries
of Asia still using the silver standard,
the disadvantage on this account was
not considered great.
The silverites have lost with Japan
some of their best capital. Of course
they will tell us how “British gold”
was used to bribe the government into
betraying. its people into the hands of
the money power. They cannot, how-
ever, much longer tell us that we are
unable to compete with Japan because
she uses the silver standard.
The truth is that Japan got tired of
being a second rate nation and of work-
ing with second rate tools, and, after
careful investigation, concluded to get
rid of free coinage at ordinary ratios,
which drives gold out of the country as
fast as it can be coined and which re-
sults in the single silver standard, and
to adopt the gold standard at a ratio
with silver which will permit'the use of
both metals in her trade. It is a. wise
step. J apan is only one of four or five
nations which have adopted the gold
standard during the last 18 months.
The Sound Money Propaganda.
The decision of the silver men to con-
tinue their fight for the 50 cent dollar,
despite the emphatic verdict of the peo-
ple in November, is appropriately fol-
lowed by the organization inNew York
of a sound money league, which is to be
national in its character and in the
scope of its work. From this time on
till the next presidential election the
dissemination of money facts and cor-
rect views as to money is to be contin-
ued.
The most efficient agency of the last
campaign was the sound currency com-
mittee of the New, York Reform club,
and its publications, each given to
some one phase of the currency ques-
tion, were invaluable to speakers and
writers. A sound basis for currency re-
form was thus laid in the minds of thou-
sands who were groping after the truth.
These publications, it is stated, are to
continue. An effort is to be made to
widen the field of operations by a class
of writings of a more popular character.
In the south and west particularly hon-
est thinkers are to be supplied with ma-
terial for progressive thought toward
sound conclusions on the money ques-
tion.
Much was done in» six months of
1895 to uproot the erroneous ideas
planted in five years of populist agita-
tion. Errors had flourished simply be-
cause they had not been confronted with
fact. 'Now monetary truth is to be as
systematically inculcated as fallacy was,
and the result cannot but be. most
wholesome—Baltimore Sun.
Bryan In the East.
Mr. William Jennings Bryan is going
about the country preaching the same
doctrine that he preached during the
campaign in which he figured as a nom-
inee for the presidency of the United
States. The activity of the free silver
forces is not to be winked at. They are
good and persistent fighters. They re-
alize the fact that new men are entering
into citizenship every year and that
some of them may be won over to their
side of the currency question. They pro-
pose to hold the ground they have and
to secure more if they can. The free sil-
ver advocates should be met more than
half way in this fight that did not end
with the victory won by the sound
money forces last November. —Trenton
Gazette.
An Ancient Mark Down Sale.
Hewitt—Cattle were once used as our-
rency.
Jewitt—And I suppose when you
went to a mark down sale you saw a
card reading: “Marked Down to One
Calf. Former Price One Cow. ” '
l
The Question of Branch Banks.
If small national banks 211 e to be 011-
'couragci in the 111013 spor '33:: :rttled-
portions of the. country, the q Lirstion
arises whether they slngizfid be {purely
local c.13‘».111.z.1r11‘s or bunches of the
great nitticoclit‘n banks 110 old Unit-
Cd Statifil bung: 11111}. Ul‘ill‘. (iiCS which, by
virtue of their 0 anclicri ‘ ill: a 131' go
central inS'Lli uti'on, had come
u“ '1 1 ‘1'
tages over the local box {5 mitl 1 v lich
they competed,
0:13 instance the objects I. f .1511 -‘,~
local hostility
and
but w 011‘ in 131(“0 than
0 state
legislation. This spirit c
to a bank located in 2.1:.
perhaps another state,
which sti 1 so riivc and
in part for lll‘ e opposi
banks.
But the (‘1. periencc of England and
Scot-1r“. n,d. Canada and Australia, is
strongly and 1*. *niformlyiu fav‘oi of 111g
central banks M 1th 111 any ‘.1“.1nchcs. The
ianks of Cannda‘ .2 is able ham aintain a
singular uniformity in 13:1 rates of in-
terest in the great 0011112 1110.11 centers
and in the remote agricultural regions
because the banks of M outrc :11 1‘11 .lTo-
onto have their 111 F‘llCllOS in Mdniir‘ba
and the Pacific region and can transfer
the suiplus capital of one locality to
meet the deficiency in another as it can—
not be done by wholly independent
banks. The conditions in Canada. are
very much like those of the United
States, and the success of the Canadian
banks in doing what we recognize the
importance of having done is entitled to
great weight in our considerations. In
Scotland it is well known that the
branch system has greatly favored those
agricultural interests which in our own
country are so much in need of financial
accommodation.
The preponderance of financial testi-
mony is decidedly in favor of the branch
system, most of the Opposition to which
comes, or would come, from local finan-
cial interests, jealous of strong outside
competition. There is a feeling of dis-
trust of all banks which is born of ig-
norance. It increases rapidly with the
niw
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11: 'lCll llC-C . It
11011 to branch
increase of a bank’s capital and the ex-
tension of its operations.‘which are sup-
posed to prove the bank to be a monop-
01y. —Iron Age.
Bryan’s Mistaken Policy.
Aren’t Bryan and his friends making
a great mistake by continuing the-dis-
cussion of the silver question at this
time? It is nearly four years until the
next presidential election, and the peo-
ple can learn a. whole lot about silver
and the effect of cheap money upon
wages and savings in four years. They
learned much that Bryan didn’t want
them to know during the \four short
months of the last campaign. It is no-
ticeable that in the states where the ques-
tion was most discussed the majori-
ties against Bryan were heavy or his
majorities were unexpectedly small.
It the silverites will think of the great
amount of work done in the states west
of Pennsylvania, east of Colorado and
north of Tennessee and reflect upon the
result of the election, they will, if they
are wise and want to win in 1900,. con-
clude to drop educational work and to
proceed on some less dangerous line. If
Bryan and his friends would stop talk-
ing about silver for three years, it would
be difficult for the “goldbugs” to get
people to listen to their convincing argu-
ments. If our hard times should unfor-
tunately continue, Bryan might step out
a few days before the 1900 election and
say, “I told you so,’ ’and a. majority of
the voters, without having given the
matter much thought, might conclude
that perhaps the “crime of 1873” was
responsible for the lack of prosperity.
But if they study the question for four
whole years they will be certain that
neither silver nor any kind of cheap
money ever brought prosperity to any
country, though they have often brought
hard times. The wage earners will un-
derstand that 16 to 1 is anunderhanded
scheme to lower wages and the farmers
that they cannot, by juggling with cheap
money, get any advantage of the rest of
the world in the matter of pricesof farm
products. This educational Work ‘must
be stopped short, or the cause of free
silver is lost.
No Free Silver Bimetallism.
The free and unlimited coinage of sil-
ver, when it does not preserve its parity
with gold, cannot be acondition in true
bimetallism because in its effects it is
directly antagonistic to the system.
Whenever practiced, it alWays results in
monometallism, and silver at that. Such
is the case now in all silver countries,
as Mexico and China, and such was the
case in the United States in the 40 years
prior to 1834. " .
Large Currency.
Sneak Thief Sam—Pity ’twuz erbout
Jimmy! He wuz making big money, and
the perlice broke him all up. '
Footpad Sim—Big money, wuz he?
What wuz his lay?
Sneak Thief Sam—Coming silver dcl
"lars.
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. ing and enjoying life after the
A DOG NAMEI) DIMPLE
If ever there was a. case in ' which
the intentions of nature were quite
set at naught, it was when my cousin
Eugenia began to bring herself up af-'
ter her own pattern without the
slightest regard to the cutting of the
cloth. Nature had meant her 3 for a
kitten-girl, or a dove-girl, anything
that w as made up of curves and soft
ness, while she preferred to be a com
position of angles. . n»
Therefore, in place of dancing, flirt
man-
1101' of: a girl with big', blue, confiding
eyes, whose dimples and freckles
seemed made for kissing, she propped
up :1 book to read as she swallowed
1101' hasty meals, apart from the fam.
ily it“ possible, studied from morning
till night, frightened the men by 1101
erudition. despised pets, played tennis
simplv for exercise, rode a bicvcle so
as to get quickly from one place to
another , and made all giilkind feel
themselves more puppets and dolls.
But 110w had the mighty fallenl
Eugenia had purchased .‘1 dog and
given it the name of—Dimple. No
wonder that, not daring to jeer. we
were silent.
However, when the (log arrived we
were obliged to admit that be justi
find his name. Of all the dear, roly.
poly little dog-babies that ever I saw.
Dimple was the most fascinating, and
the very first wag of his tail excused
Eugenia's backsliding.
“When Dimple grows up." auntie
lmd foolishly said one day. apropos of
nothing. and Eugenia had turned up-
on bet with lofty scorn and informed
1101' that the on gaging morsel at that
moment busy in the demolition of one
of my newest and longest evening
gloves. “would never grow any more,”
the man from whom she bought him
having assured her that he had quite
completed that port of his education.
Which doubting, we were neverthe-
lcss silent. ’
Two or three days after this mis-
take of my aunt’s, Dan came out to
dinner and deeply annoyed Eugenia
by picking up the soft mass of fur by
his neck and remarking!
"When this fellow gets over being
a puppy, he'll be quite a dog, Eu-
gems-"
“He is not
full grown,”
icily, and then added witlf
perity, “I have no sort of
for puppies—of any kind.”
My brother threw back
some 1'10‘1d and laughed
heartily
“May I inquire the age of vour full-
grown dog, my cousin?”
"He was six months old when I
bought him, two months ago.”
“ flight months old: You dear little
goose, if he is onehalf that 1 shall be
astonished. These mastiffs—”
“He isn’t a mastifi.”
“Indeed! And what is be?"
“A Sicilian poodle.”
“O-oh!"
The pool of laughter which greeted
this dignified response was quite too
much for Eugenia. She picked up her
dog and departed, red with indigna-
tion, leaving Dan the only person in
the world who ever dared to tease her.
to apologize to auntie, be by her for-
given, and I fear, encouraged to 10-
peat his ofiense.
I1 rom that time we noticed that Eu-
genia was more or less uneasy. Once
I caught her,holdlng a yard measure
suspiciously near Dimple, but she
dropped it at once upon my approach.
After a few weeks there was no use
disguising the fact; that full-grown
dog was rapidly increasing in size; in-
deed, he seemed to enlarge during his
slumbers and wake up a full size big-
ger than When he went to sleep. _
It began with his legs, which so ex-
tended themselves that, had you seen
him in a collection of freaks, you
would have suspected him of being
on stilts; then the little round body,
so absurdly mounted on its thin sup-
ports, began to swell out.
Eugenia grew very grave. She
would sit for hours over her books,
glancing furtively from time In time
at Dimple dozing by her side—fm no
had grown much too large for her
lap—as if they had never been intro-
duced. One day she forgot to go to
her lecture at the proper time, so
busy was she trying to induce Dim-
plc to crowd himself into the sump-
tuous basket which had been pro-
vided for his babyhood. So carewo’rn
did she become, indeed, that we never
alluded to the dog’s growth.
As the months rolled on, the singu-
lar in‘aptuess of Dimple’s name be-
came positively embarrassing, for
though auntie and I could have
laughed over it, and made it a perfect
godsend in the way of a spur to lun-
guishlng conversation, Eugenia, feel-
ing that she had been duped, regard-
ed it as so keen a morti-fication that
we avoided the- subject with terror.
“What has become of your pretty
little puppy, Miss Eugenia?" asked
one unwary swain; and, as if in an-
swer, the door was pushed open, and
in stalked a great, lean, long-legged,
big-bodied, solemn dog, wagging his
tail slowlv. ' '
He walked up to Eugenia,
a puppy, Dun; be is
our cousin responded,
some as-
tolerance
band—
but
his
low
laid his
head on her knee, thcri turned and
winked at her questioner. Oh. yes.
he did, he winked deliberately, then
raised one'huge paw and put it down
on Eugenia’s shoulder, with an air of»
patronizing proprietorship that was
positively maddening. It‘w as too
much for my cggsiu; she fled precipi-
tately, but not in time to avoid the us-
tonished exclamation:
“You don't mean to say
ster—is Dimple!"
That moment settled Eugenia's fate.
that 111011-
The masculine nature had asserted it-p
self, and Dimpler— thht absurd name—
had practically said, mildly, 7 1111‘
firmly,—
“Come Eugenia, I have had enoug b
l.
,one slavery to another!
7‘ . .4
You bought me, you
if you
of llll“ nonsense.
took me, ‘for better, for worse’;
meant to have a plaything and have.
found a master, so mgch the better—or
worsehfor you. One thing you may
understand, I do not mean to be- ig-
nored any longer.”
Eugenia would shut herself up in
her room to study. Dimple would
come to the door and knock with his
tail; Eugenia would take no notice of
him. Then he would scratch, not a
gentle, pleading little scratch, but a
deep, determined gouging of auntie’s
pretty woOdwork. Then Dimple.would
bowl. such a how]! long and loud and
oft repeated, and Eugenia would fly to
let him in. a tragic expression on her
pretty, despairing face.
After a week of these proceedings,
on one of the daily walks on which her
keeper conducted her, she bought 2
whip, which she smuggled home, hid
among her laces and produced next
morning when. her doc-1‘ was being torn
to pieces. From my room I saw 1101'
plunge desperately out, seize the dog's
collar and .lift the whip, but it never
descended.
Dimple lifted his head. caught the
weapon in'his powerful jaws, closed
them upon it, dropped the pieces on
the ground, smiled indulgently up into
Eugenin's face, took her dress in his
teeth, and led her down stairs to make
ready for a walk—which they took.
When Dan came home from Europe
auntie and I met him at the steamer,
and 011 the way home we told him the
story of Eugenia's fall. How she had
been obliged to give up her college
work—to the great improvement of
her health and temper—bow she had
grown brown and rosy from long. aim-
less walks with her guide. philosopher
and friend. How we had sold him,
senthim off to board, given him away,
and“ how after each banishment be
had returned so promptly and unfail-
ingly that Eugenia had accepted the
inevitable and begged us 'not to inter-
fere again between them.
Dan laughed until there were tears
in his eyes, and exclaimed, “Poor little
girl!” more than once; but be readily
promised that he would not tense Eu-
genia about her Old Man of the Sea,
as he at once dubbed the dog.
Dan and Dimple were friends at
once. When the dog first appeared,
Eugenia. poled and flushed and paled
again, glancing rather apprehensively
at my brother; but he seemed quite ob-
livious, spoke cheerily to the big fel-
low. patted his head looked deep into
the intelligent brown. eyes, and man
and beast undeistood each other per-
fectly. Such good times as we had
that summer,
ple, Dan and I! In previous years we
had been obliged to count my cousin
out of everything, for the resting time
of summer had for 1101' been full of
work; but now- she lounged and
played and joined in all sports, as she
never had before in all her sweet, selfa
Fwilled young life, was among us and
of us for the first time.
There had been three days of steady
min, and, tired of seclusion, on the
afternoon of the third day, I wrapped
myself in my macklntosh and went
out for a walk, leaving Eugenia,
housed with a slight cold, to look after
Dan, auntie having gone into the town
for the day. As 1 came home the sun
broke through scattering clouds, light-
ing up the world with rosy glory. The
storm Was at an end,’ the fair promise
of the morrow was in the soft air, in
the twitter of the birds, in the fresh
perfume of leaf and flower, in the
golden beauty of sunset.
Eugenia and Dan had come out of
doors to enjoy the loveliness of earth
and sky, and stood with Dimple on the
veranda. Suddenly the dog stretched
himself to twice his natural length,
took my cousin’s skirt in his teeth and
nodded to her that she was to come
with him.
“No, Dimple, no, dear,” she coaxed.
bending over him. “Don't make me
come to-night. I’ve had a cold, you
know, I really ought not to go: you
will have to wait, doggie, dear.”
Doggie dear did not intend to wait.
He shook his head and her dress and
growled softly. I walked slowly to-
ward the house and watched the con-
flict, Dimple ordering, Eugenia plead-
ing for mercy, my brother smiling at
the two beneath his mustache. At‘last
Dan spoke.
“Dimplei” the dog raised his eyes
but kept the skirts between his teeth.
“Let that go, do you hear me, sir?"
Then, as. Eugenia put her ghand out
quickly. “No, I am not going to hurt
him; he. will understand in a moment:
he has plenty of sense. Your mistress
is not going with you, Dimple: she is
not going now or at any other time,
with you or any one else, unless I give
her permission. She is going to be my
slave new, old dog, you’ ve had your
day 99
Eugenia had lifted an astonished.
startled glance to his face as he spoke,
but dropped her head low over the dog
as he went on without break or
pause,—
“She loves you very: much Dimple,
we all do; you have trained her well.
and~we are all very much obliged to
you, but you needn’t worry yourself
about her any more—I’ll take the en-
gagement. You don’t believe me, sir?
See here,” and right there, in the face
of me and all the world—if it had been
there to see, nursie always said he was
“a hold one” when we were children—
Dan drew my cousin to him. lifted and.
kissed her sweet blushing face...
There was along pause. Then Dim-
ple loosened the skirt. rose to his feet,
and with n reproachful glance at Eu-
genia and a submissive wag of his
tail toward Dan, led Eugenia into the
house. . '
“Oh. dear,” ' she murmured, her
bright face lovely with blushes. “from
Am I never to
be free again?”.
' “Never,” calmly answered
brother. ,. _. . “-
i
my
auntie, Eugenia Dim-‘
But-
ENORMOUS WEALTH IN BEER.
$300,000,000 Are Invested in the Brew.
iug Business in America. '
Few people are aware of the‘wealth
or magnitude of ope ‘ations of the United
States Brewers’ Association The capi-
tal of the members' IS estimated at $105, -
788.®3. That it takes a small army of
workmen to get out the product of hops
and malt ior thirsty Americans is
shown by the fact that: the brewers have
in their employ 35, 000 men.
The most closely united, powerful and
wealthy trade society in America is the
United States Brewers’ Association.
Within the control of the membership
of this association there is at least the .
sum of three hundred millions of dol-
lars, which is practically united in one
immense capital for the growth, ad-
vancement and protection of the brew-
ing interests of the country.
The thousand membél‘s of the associ-
ation, of which Leo Ebert of Ironton;
0., is now the President,a1-e from every
State and Territory in the Union. And
as the work of the association shows,
each of the seven hundred of those who
are active in its aifairs is alert to the in-
terests of the trade. in close touch with
the general and political sentiment of
his own State, and ready to devote his
individual efforts, influence and wealth
to the purposes of the society.
Out of this fact grows the Wonderful I
power that the brewing interest has
wielded in politics, legislation and in
control of great transportation compa'n-
ies.
Mr. Gallus Thomann, manager of the
literary bureau of the association, who
isthe best possible authority, fixes the
amount of capital invested in the busi-
ness in this country at $165,788,903.
This is made up from $143.195,911 in:
vested in breweries and $22,592,992 in
malt houses. These figures are sup-
ported by the internal revenue reports,
which, unfortunately, are usually too
far behind date to be reliable.
When to these figures are added the
other property of the brewers in real
estate, stocks and chattel mortgages,
received by thousands from their im-
pecunious customers, the sum of three
hundreds of millions of dollars is con-
sidered a safe estimate of their united.
capital.
HE WAS THE “BUFFER.”
Sang Froid of a Typical English Sentry
on Duty.
A certain popular general takes great
delight in talking to young soldiers, es-
pecially when he is not recognized.
One day a Lancashiro recruit was post-
ed as sentry on the general’s quarters.
One of the servants gave him something
to eat. A moment later, a short, elderly
man, attired in a. tweed suit and gaiters,
with his billycock tilted over his eyes
came up.
“What dost ta. want beer?” said the
sentry. >
"Oh, I belong here,” said the stranger.
“And what are you doing, eating on
sentry?”
“Naw, I’m? not. If'tha. had been two
minutes later I would have been fair on
ta job the knaws.”
"What have you got—Bread‘ and
212111?”
“N aw; guess agin.”
“Bread and Beef?” »
“New, it’s not; guessagin,” said the
sentry. »:
“Well, then it’s bread and mutton. ”
“Eh! that’s reet. Wull tha ha a
bite?”
»- “Thanks, no, ” said the stranger, “but
as you don’t appear to- know me, try
and guess who 1 am.’ 4
“Eh! that’s reet. Tha’s general’s
groom.” .
“You’re wrong; try again.”
“Well, the. moight be general’s but-
ler.”
‘ “N 0; but you are getting nearer.”
“Eh! thow moight be tn’owd bufier
hisself. ”
"Right, ” said the stranger.
the old buffer himse.
“Eh! gasped the sentry, shaking
violently and holding out the food
“Howd this while I gie thee a chuck
up (Present arms). ”
The general turned away to hide a.
smile he could notsuppress at the sentry’s
confusion. A few day’s later, at his
inspection, the general said he had not
men at different times and places who
failed to recognize him, and hoped it
would not occur in the future. Our
Lancashire lad, who expected to get
severely punished, was heard to say:
“He’ 3 not very big, but he is ever, inch
3 soger, tha. kuows.”—-London Wouny
Telegraph.
a TRIBUTE TO KATE. FIELD.
Touching Incident Showing the Respect
of Colored Americans.
Shortly after the announcement of
Miss Field’s death a touching incident
occurred which showed the place her
name holds among the common peOple
of her country. 1
Two American negroes, laborers in
Honolulu, came to Dr. McGraw’s resi-
dence and ofiered to assist in anyway
possible in caring for the remains. They
stated that they"had no money, they
could not buy floral tributes, but Miss ,1
Field had always been a friend of the
negro and had done what she could to
improve the condition of the race in
the Southern- States. They would like
to do something as a. mark of apprecia-
tion and respect.
As kind hands had done all that could
be done at that time Dr. McGraw thank~
ed them and gave assurance that their
kindness would opt be forgotten. Dur-
ing the noon hour before the funeral on
Wednesday one of them went to Dr.
McGraw’ 3 house in his working clothes
and asked if he might have a last look
at the earthly remains of the woman
who had done so much for his race.
Although the casket had been closed
and sealed, the doctor remembered his
promise and granted the 1equest.—-
Honolulu Advertiser. .
“Come off the porch,” said the fish-
\ zrman, as he removed the scales from a.
specimen of the -finny tribe—Kearney
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