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2i r - _ --- ,,.7J \ TE.I ESTlABLISHED 13 NEBERRY, S. C.., JI WEDNEDAY , J t Ni2 82 RCE$.0AYA A REPLY TO COL. KEIT. Dr. O. B. Evans, of Kinarde, Ijefend. Gov vrnor Tillmau's Adminiatration. Editor Herald and News: In your issue of the 8th iust. I notice an "ap peai' to the citizens of South ('arolina from Col. Keitt. Such appeals I con sider not only an attack on Governor Timjin,._but on every tan who voted fbetirn two years ago and who sees proper to sustain his admih.stration to-day. Col. Keitt comnares Gov. Tillman to an 'ignorant cobbler" unable to "draw a straight line." Let him ask "Coo saw people" whether Tillman draws a line straight enough to keep them within the bounds of honesty and obe dience to the laws of South Carolina. I think they will tell hin that he is the best "political carpenter" that ever attempted to strengthen the "farmers' platform" or drive a nail into corrup tion wherever found. Col. Keitt attempts to prove, and pretends to believe, that the Governor is apolitical ignoratus, and bases his charges on the assertion that he does not know the .ifr'rence between the returns of property for taxes and the assessment of property for taxation. This charge is so absurd that I doubt whether any school girl in South Car o1ina over twelve years old would tnaae it. I do not think Col. Keitt can state an instance where Tillnan or the Attorney-General has attemipted to change the returnsof any individual or corporation when honestly made. Does Col. Keitt mean to say that there is no appeal from these boards of equalization even when the returns are known to be fraudulent! Col. Keitt well knows that every farmer is taxed on every dollar he has in vested or under his control, and he knows equally as well that no corpora tion make their returns in accordance with tile full amount of property they own or control. To equalize this dif ference between the farmer and the "moneyed powers" is the aim and ob ject of the Farmers' Movement, and must be the same with every officer eleeted by that movement. Cul. Keitt accuses the Governor of ignorance in regard to the transfer of real estate, and attempts to illustrate it by the recent transaction in regard to Agricultural Hall. lie says if "chips and whetstones had been of fered as payment they should have been refused." Was not somethhg far more worthless than either "chips or whetstones" offered as payment for this property? It is true the title was vested in the State, and it was the duty of the Governor, as guardian of the State, to see that the State held possession until all parties performed their part of the compact; but the mo ment fraud was attempted on either side:tbe transaction was void, though it was discovered but a moment after all papers had been signed and trans ferred. The Governor's prompt action in this case met the approval and sanction of the Sinking Fund Com mission and pebple generally. The Governor and Si-king Fund Commis sion acted as agents, and in their en deavor to protect the State from fraud *ctd within the bounds of their au thority, and it is therefore arrogant and"abiurd to assert that they are in dividually responsible. In regard to the appointment of Jones and Gary to temporary seats on the Supreme Bench I refer Mr. Keitt to the Attorney-General's view of the matter. Let him digest it well and be -will be convinced that the Governor followed in the fo)otsteps of his prede cessors and in the line of the constitu tion. The most serious (charge that Col. Keitt brings against Vov. Tiliman is that ..he is a "Godless man." What does he base the charge on? Simply an assertion niade in the heat of a po litical debate. Will Col. Keit t kindly state what he considers a "Godly man"? Will he tell us what his reli gious persuasion is-to what church he belongs-or does he consider all men not of his persuasion heretics? If hie will answer these questions I wili know his "standard" of a Godly man and will apply it to B. IR. Tijlm an. Col. Keitt appeals to the people to throw Tiliman over if they wish to save. the State's credit, and predicts "wars and bloodshed" if they do not. Why is the credit of South Carolina somewhat impaired? Simply on ac count of just such "appeals" to the passions and prejudica of man;.not to his reason or common sense, but to the basest elements of his nature. Col. Keltt slings his venom right and left, regardless whom he defiles. Does he. for a moment suppose that such scur rilous attacks on the citizens of South Carolina, through their adijinistra tion, can make himt respected, or ele vate the standard of the State's credit or honor? The sooner the Colonel recognizes the fact that the people are no longer tunder the control of ante bellum fossilites the better it will be for him. There can be no danger from such appeals so long as they are L confined to tbe county or State, for the people know these writers too well -know they are mad, hut harmless. ~ut when sent out of thbe State, and -read- by parties ignorant as to the truec nmotices of such alarmist, a great deal I of harm may result. If the credit of Sonith Carolina is ever damaged, or the b)loodshed predic-ted by Co'l. Keitt comes to pass, he and such like him must be held responsIble. Any one to read-his article would suppose that wve were on the verge of ai bloody war and anar hy was on a b~oomt. If Col. Keitt's studies in the history of mani kind for forty years have taught him. anything it is that thbe mtost p)otett reformations hav-e been bloodless. Just such a revolution is on us now, and t wo years ago ('ol. Keit t was with it body and soul, but was "left," He now attenvts to ahuse an element which he c..n no longer hope to inftu ec or contro). (ol. Keitt is neither a Democrat nor a Republican, but is waiting for the Third party, and doing all lie can to hasten its advent, regard less of consequences or the means~ he uses to accomplish his purpose. This being the ease lie has tno right to ar raiugn the Democratic party. If (ol Keitt will review his studies in historyj he will find that sometimes just such "appeals" as his last one acts like a boomerang. and often, whmen rebounrd - ing, stamps its author with the .--ar ( (1 traQitor. 0. B. EvaN.. [Fronm thle Detroit Fr.ee Pre'cs.] As a pleasant-faced woman passed the corner Jones touch~led 1. i- hat to her and remarked feelinaly to his coman i lon: "Ah, miy boy. I oIwe a great deal to that woman.'" '"Your mzother': was the~ query. "INo, me landladly." 7'1I :EW .i I:)TFI.: INTO T r el:). For that i:e:aon 11r. sul.i van ii.'.tl 3Mr. GIrti in (re-uville. ( *Xi.ENIvI.I.I:, S. C., .lun1e 11.- -.1. 'i. Sul!ivan, a native of thi, place :.ini : .On-it-ltw 'f the klta John \\ .t shot and kill:d lernan G. (i :th.. m:eiber of ti:e (ltv ('u::cil a: l a prominent citizen;nt rtitna a:er a D'(clock this l mornig. The killing occurred on The (sfah westerii corner of Main 'nd ('ot!Pe streets, ad was witnessed iy inaby persous. The 'eaus whi~ch led '.up to the nu:der were of a trivia! charac ter. Mlr. (:iireath was a n.entbr of the Bu:comibetreeteIthodist clurel , and yester'day after:oon was in the garden of the parsonage with the pastor, the Rev. J. Thomxas Pate: Mr. Oilreath's ,oachrnaU w.as doing sonie ploughinig for the Ii:inister. While walking arouud (-1 the fresh Iy phl,ngid ground 31t Gil-reathI kicked up an old lot:le and carelessly tossed it into the next yaid, owned by Sullivan's mother-in-law, and where Sullivan resides with his wife and three riildren. This act of Mr. Gilreath caused the killing. Th r ien mnet yesterday and Mr. Sullivan became abusive, and. it is said, told Gilreath "fix himself," that "the gage : down and will stay dowi betw\eett us." They met again this morning, and ullivan told Gilreath he was no gel tieman. Gilreath replied with the same expression. Sullivan told hiim to go away. LuliiW1i followed hilr), and, as he was about to step in his buggy. shot him in the back. and .f red again1 before Gilreath fell to the gro ind. Both balls took effect, the last one in the head, and the first in the body. Gilreath never spoke again. He was a half brother of MayIr W. W. (il reath, and a first cousin of the Sherifi. Sullivau is well counected, but once got into a difliculty with his fatheraudslhot hini. He is in jail, and will be closely guarded. He is about 50 years old. GiIreath was 40 years old, and was well to do. "FELONIot'.t AND wILL:'I. 'Mt UI, SAY THE COI ONER'S . t'ItY. [The State.] 0REENxVILLE, June 1..-The coro aer's jury, investi4ating the killing of R. G. Gilreath by J. Mims Sullivan, this morning rendered a verdict of felo nious and willful murder. Sone of the urors desired to express the verdict in stronger words. The funeral services of Mr. Gilreath will be held to-morrow afternoon at -5 'clock. A serious cutting aftray occurred here last night. Warren Bill and Bearden Jennings had a Auel .ou Echols street with knives. Bull was badly cut in four places, and was weak froni loss of lood when taken to a physician. .Jen aings was only painfully cut. rusE NOTE wiIe!t JIAS L.EEN 1A DE TML ENCUSE OF- T11M KiIJLlNG. [Special to News and Conurier.2 GREEN VILLE, Jdne 14.-The funeral ervices of Alderman Gilreath were beld to day. The largest doncourse of people ever known on a similar occa tion attended the services. The ci ty :ouncil, tire departrment and police turuedl out. Counsel for Sullivan, the sayer, claimned that a p)istol was found a Gilreath's person, but this dloes not ffect the case. as Mr. Gireath, if lie ad alpistol, made no ef.Wrt to use it. Sullivan's counsel have made pulic the note Sullivan received a shiort time before the tragedy. It is as follows^ "G REE.NvILLE, S. C.., .Jutne 14, I1r.'. Mr. J. Alims S.,llivan, cityv--.ir: You took occasion to insult me yesterdlay in the pr eece of a minister, which was very disrespectful to him and entirely unalled for, and to erow ver loud on your own dunghill. Now, sir, if you come out, or nmeet mte any where you may designate, I am ready to settle.the matter with you. No.gentlemnan woujd off'er or accept an insult in th.e pr~ese of a minister, but I shall endeavor to fully satisfy you upon seeing you. Yours, etc. H1. (. GitaIEATri." Ten iminutes after the note was re eeived Mr. Giblreath laid ben kili&d. Cospicuous ini iuterest amnd titeli ness amtong tIe magaz1 :i a rticles of the month is the comiprehensive pay.r upon "Pope Leo XII1L," by Riced B. Kimball, LI.. D)., w hich opecns the July number of Pranik Leslie's TPouldi monthly. D)r.Kimblallisketcheseclearly the sit uatiou of Italy. and thet ChAurch a thet time Le) X il I. bh.e:pnme ope:ii then proceeds with a masterly review of the ecclesiastical and dipMma;ti 0;a reer of the venerable Sovereign P'ont i1 Acompanying this paper is au idmi-I rble reproduc'ion of tie new portrai{ of t.he P ope, by 'hart ranl. Anot 4her notabl'e contribution i- "Fa nine s rkein Russia,'' by Tihoima's D 1xnn el lx and Valerien Gribayedill decibin and illust rating conitemporar sce-uner in the \ olga provies. Othr ntr esting articles, with cop.'xu pietoria. embelisme~nt, are: "Lady ldrs.' days'' by Frederick S. D)anel; "E ploing Talamanca,"' by (dail,.balles "How the Birds ('ame to.:th %Aeem Mountains,"' by~ Nelly Ilar: WVood worth; "A bdul-l lamid 11.. ie .Sultat of Turkey," by T1. D)'Apery;anxd "Etch ig with Fire"-a thiorou.gh accounlt 0 the uuiue art of which Mr. J. Wililan Fosdick is the foremiost xpouent-by Franklin Smith. There are half dozen excellent short short stories; am F:ttai W. Pieree's serial. ".\ teitrlb 'ase," is birotught to a dnamnatie~ eonclui I'L.tiI"JO:c.ll OF THE NATIONAL MI I'ULICAN I'AI:TY. Protec:ion PIrincip,le, Reafirmed- -. Sllvt .i r.:ddI- IIfortt Election,4 Luiandedl. Iiarri,.on Com,endedt. \Ve realliri the American doctrin oi r tectin 11. We call attention to it :rowtlh al,road. We maintain that tb pr."=perouS condition of our country i Iarge'.Vly due to the wise revenue legikh ;ion of the ltepublican ('ongress. WV ielieve that all articles which cannot t produced in the "nited States, exeel luxuries, should be admitted free duty, and that on all imports comnin into comipetition with the products < American la.bor there should be levie duties equal t) the ditference betwee wage? a"'oad and at home. We assei that the prices of manufactured artich of general consumption have been r duced nuder the operatious of Ii tariff act of S1s9O. We denounce t: efforts of a Democratic majority of t: House of Representatives to destro ou r tarif' laws as manifested by the attacks upon- wool, lead and lead ore the chief products of a number Stat. and we ask the people for the judg ont thereon. We point to the success of the R publican policy of riciprocity, undo which our export trade has vastly it creased and new and enlarged marke: have been opened for the products 4 our farms and workshops. We remin the people of the bitter opposition the Democratic party to this practic: business measure, and claim that ex< cuted by the Republican administr: tion our present laws will eventual give us control of the trade of tL world. The American people from traditio and interest favor bi-metallism and ti Republican party demands the use both gold and silver as a standar money witbsuch restrictions and ur der such provisions to be determine by legislation as will secure the mail tenauce of a parity of the values of tl two metals so that the purchasing an debt~ paying power of the dolla whether of silver, gold or paper sha be at all times equaL The interests < the producers of the country, its farn ers and its workingmen demand tht every,iollar, paper or coin, issued b the government shall be as good as an other. We comm.end the wise and p: triotic steps already taken by our go ernment tosecure an international cot ference; to adopt such measures as wi insure a parity of value between gol and silver for use as money throughot the world. We demand that every citizen of tL United States shall be allowed to ca. one free and unrestricted ballot in a public elections and that such ball< shall be counted and returned as cas that such laws shall be enacted an enforced as will secure to every citizel be he rich or poor, native or foreig born, white or black, this sovereig right, guaranteed by the constitution A free and honest popular ballot, jut and equal representation of all people as wvell as their just and equal protei tion under laws, are the foundation ( our Republican institutions and tli party will never relent its eflorts unt the integrity of the ballot and tl purity of elections shall be fully gua an teed and protected in every State. We denounce the continued inhuma outrages perpetrated upon America citizens for political reasons in certai Southern States of the Union. We favor the extension of our foreig commerce, restoration of our mercar t.ile marine by home built ships, an the creation of a navy for the p)rote tion of our national interests and tI honor of our flag; the maintenance the miost friendly relations with a foreign powers, entangling allian< with none; aud. protection of the righ of our 'ishermen. We reaffirm our approval of tI Monroe doctrine, and believe itn ti achievement of the manifest destiny the Republic in its broadest sense. V favor the enactment of more stringe. laws and- regulations of restriction criminal, pauper, and contract immn gration. We favor efficient legislation by Co 1gress to protect the life and limbs employes of transportation compani engaged in carrying on interstate cor merce, and recoir id legislation I respetive States that will protect er loyes engaged in State commerce, rhi~ing an~d manufaeturing. Th'le Republican party has al aa Ibeen the champion of the oppress< Iand recoiznizes the dlignity of mnanhoo irrepectIve of faith, color or natiomi it: it ..ipathizes with the cause home rule in Ireland and protes againt the persecution of the Jews Russia. The ulti mate reliance of a free pop~ mar governmwent is the intelligence t b i ple an d the maintenance 'redomi among its men. We therefc dea m aew our devotion to the lI en o thought and conscience .: - and p)ress, and approve: agn iand instrumentalities whli roatribute to the education of the ci drn of the land: but while insisti: upon he fuilest measure of religio lbery we are opposed to any union church.and State. W Ve reaffirm our op)position declar thelieublcanplatform ,i 1888 al .omnbinattions or capital organiz in trusts or otherwise to control ar t i-ail thme condition of trade amo our citizens. 'We heartily ondorse t mtin alre ady taken upon this subj< andm a-k for suchi further legislation umy: be required to remedy any defel in existing law.s and to render theirc forceent more complete andi eilTecti, We~ approve the policy of extendi ties the advantage of ihe free deliverv service now enj<vd by t hie r:hi . r cities of the eountrv andi reaflirmi x declaration coiltainned in the -:W&ii can platform of 1sS,, pledgit'_ . re. tion of lettor poi.tage to o:t 4ni it '.. earliest possible moment csista S with the m:intenance of the postotie e department and the hig.t (As f s postal service. We commend the spirit and evidence of reform in the civil serv'-e and t ie e wise and con:itent enfforceinent by th( it Republican party of the laws regu:,t ,f ing the sale. The construction of the g Nicaragua ('anal is of the highest iiii ,f portance to the American people 'Is a d means of national defence and to build n up and maintain American commerce rt and it should be controllul by the s United States government. Territories: We favor the adltission ie of the remaining territories at the e earliest practical day, havin:; die re gard to the interests of the petep!e of the territories and of the tunited sales. ir All federal otficers appointed for the territories should be selected fromt hon111a ) fide reside::ts thereof and the right of ir self government should be accorded as far a. practicable. We favor the ces sion subject to the homestead laws of r the arid public lands to States and ter t ritories in which they lie under such congressional restrictions as t if disposition, reclamation and occupai d cy by settlers as will secure the maxi mum benefits to the people. The World's Columbian Exposition is a great national undertaking, and Congress should promptly enact sti v reasonable legislation in aid thereof as 1e will insure the discharging o: expense and obligation incident thereto; and the attainment of results comnien surate with the dignity and progress ) of the nation. d W sympathize with all wise and i legitimate efforts to lessen and prevent d the evils of intemperance, and promote 1 mortality. Ever mindful of the services and d sacrifices of the men who saved the life r of the nation, we pledge anew to the 1i veteran soldiers of the Republic a >f watchful care and recognition of theiir y just claims upon the grateful people. Lt We commend the able, patriotic and y thoroughly American administration of President Harrison. Under it the . country has enjoyed remarkable pros perity and dignity, and the honor of the nation at home and abroad has 11 been faithfully maintained, and we d offer a record of the pledges kept as a it guarantee of faithful perforniane in the future. REID AND THE PRINTERS. "rh Worst Eneny Organized Labor If as gad to Contend With." t.; d NEW YORK, June 15.-The state ment made by Chauncey M. Depew 11 that e differences between Whitclaw n Reid and New York Typographicail 3 Union No. 6 had been adjusted, and athat the union had requested his can ?didacy, is a topic of munchi dlicussion. It was stated by an ollicer of the uniion to a United Press reporter to-diay that e MIr. Depew had spent some time iwith Mr. Reid at his home in O)phir e Farms last night in regard.to the mat -ter, but that. no settlemnent had beeno reached. n The UDited Press reporter's inform E ant said there was very little likelihood n of a settlement between the union and Mr. Reid being reached. The members n of the union say that if its committee - at Minneapolis gave Mr. Depew to uni d derstand that a settlement bad been ~ reach~ed between Mr. Reid anod the e union, it placedl the union in a false f position and exceeded its authority. IAt a meeting of the International se Typographical Union in Philadelphi:. t yesterday, a resolutiotn was offered coni demnoing the New York Typographical le Union No. ii for its allege~d action in ie rcommnending the nominilationl of of Witelaw Reid for theVice Presidency, e wvhom the resolution characterizes as it ''the worst enemy that organized labor o has had to contend with." ~ Actiotn on the resolution was deferred until the union cited could be heard n- from, after an attempt to table it was of defeated. es CAN Tis HIE TRIE.-I5 THlE THIlJWNE ri- OFFICE NOW~ UNDER THlE TYPO G3(RAPIC(AL~ UNION? n[Citncinnati Euqtuirer.] in MINNEAPOuIs, .June 12.-Dturinmg the last fewv days of the convetntion a nomi ys her of New York printers arrived here. aassuring the leaders that Mr. Reidl dnow stoodl alt right with the Typo 0 graphical Union oif New York ciry. of Within a wveek Mr. Reid had miade a ts union office of the ribune.C Ini lsS ni when Harrison was first at candidate, a big eff'ort was made to accomplish this u- sam thing, but it was without avail. of Gen. Harrison also insisted ilpon Cotl. of John C. New making a union oflice of re tihe Indianapolis .Jouirnal, and the coio .b- nel had to do it, though nmuch againlst of his will. ili Labor orators who were speaking Lh throughout Indiana for the Repiublicani i- nominees insisted upon this, and one ag night after Col. New twice refused, the us stafr'of p)rinters were walked ont oif thi of Journal office and a force of uniion pirinters, with the old unition foremn of ed that cotncern at the head, walked ini. to Mr. Reid then would not even dis ed cuss such a thing, thiough a tLew uday bi- aghe gladly did it in anti'.ipation oi n~ securing the Vice-Presidential nm he nation: and an inldustrial bat Le ol yt twelve years' standling is at ain end. as 21s Living Up) to it.) e. [Atlanta Journal.] The motto of the P'eople's pearty in] l:,ver te t r :I5mut ITax . li ': e State Debtiu and tom th le !-:.tr IlI:ahi andl Nw: n )u pagtte : ! the report of the 111nytroller t e ".ai to\\'. T. ('. , State Trea4 1rer'. :-t:te- tha t th e lrinci;11al ef the f .miei d?. bi of the oil tle :;].t of l-t,iber, 17;1, w a i.574.S:;i.G2 and the p- i-ciaIl if the unftinied debt of the ln ) 1 - 1 , f thle ian e o t i s statted that l',rowli tConls-l, due .July, (;reen t!-ols, due .J ul. 1-:1, alo,unt to ..':9..-P. Total, ulne JU1ly, l'9:, These bo 1ds must be refunded or paid on or before July. I::, or tlie State wi!l be discredit ed. Tie Legi:lature inl I.' ' 9 aud I I'0, by a:ts :iuthorized the reftundin.l; of this det : nto 41 per Cent. hUondl. Mr. \V. T. C. lates. State Treasurer, in his report to the last Legislature says: "I complied with in.-truction given Ie in the aet." ':til July, 1592. this ofliee is re strirted to the syteml of exeban.,iig the new -1 per cent. Brown consols, but little progress li:s been made in exc'hanigihng. Only G:9,:;2;.79 of new 4 per cents. have been exchanged for an equal amount of Brown consols. The above figures and facts show that the tailnre to make the exchange is is complete. The time for the State to meet her il. gations is near at hand. The credit of the Slate is in eminent peril. What are we to do" .et each citizen of the State think well on it. Let us counsel frankly and act wisely before it is too late. The writer sug gests the following solution of the prob The National Baik circulation on the 25th of September, i:I, was $1:;1, :;_:;:;o1.20. How did they get it? by the deposit c;f $150,':;5,i00.0I registered bonds of the United States with the comptroller of the currency. All these bonds and circulation are based on the credit of. t lie governnleut. Let South Carlina deposit her bonds-now iuter est bearing with the comptroller of the currency. and take out $43,00ot,000i legal tenders p.Sing only for the paper and primting. Nothing more. These legal tenders will be based on theentire property of the State assessed at -1;,24_2',7:i and endorsed (by the United States, whose wealth is increas ing at the rate of $l. I).tttu0,ttuu a month. The eccurity will be perfect. Let these ..411,1o1,10 be put iu the State Treasury First let the State debt be paid which State Treasurer Bates states in his re port to the Comptroller G-eneral, page 172, aggregated on the :;lt of October, 1S91, the sum of z;,962,_5,.84. That will save in round numbers each year $4H),0o) interest money. The total expenditures (if the State Government ending October :t1st, 1S91, was $1 i~,e 7Sl.89, as shown by the re port of thle Comipt roller G3eneral, pag~ 159'. After pay ing the State dlebt $:;;;,0 00in ronund numbers will be left in the State Treasury. Let one-half of this, 316.x,50u, be loaned to the people on real estate at :2 per cent. per annum, properly restricted and secured for twen ty years, thieinte-rest and one-twentieth of the principal to be paid into the Treasury each year. This amount wilj be ini circulation all thle time. As oni pron pays it in the Treasury anothei will borrow it. The State will get an nually about $500I,000 in interest on thii sumi. Let the other hlalf, $1 i,59Q(,00, be loaned on non-perishable products at : per cent. for one year properly rest ricte and secured. That will give the sys tein an elastic pow~er that will preveni the contraction and expansion of th( currenicy by any cinmbination of men It will bring into the Treasury $500u,00( interest money-total interest nione) The total expenditures of the Statt (overnmzent ending :21st of October 1891,l was $1 ,'iS7,. 9-. This include! te initerest on the puiblic~ debt. Tt meet the expenditures of the Statt Governmnent the people are anniuall2 taxed for what is needed. Take $400, o00 from $1,(i87,0S1 .M', which will bi saved when the pub.lic decbt is p'aid an< we will havc 5'i7,u'81.S9 as the expen 5es ofi the State (Governiment . To mnee it there will bie $l.Oi'o,IiII interes imoiey ini the TIreaisuryi. A surplus $:;1 91 s.11. Allowing $7;(.000 to 01 Ierat- tihe State Treasury with an agenc; la every countly there will be a clear sur pu-s of 0.:l1.1 in the treasu.r; whih an be apphded to edlucationii te pepe The abiive li.rures an fact-- are inlu-'nt rovertib le and the cor c u:-on; a re i rresist ible. I f the systen of F'inace proposed is :dlopted we wil enjoyi the flowing resultV No mor taxis will lbe coillected fromri the peop1l to mueet the expen~isos of the S ate (o r;ineut. T'he-re n ill bo- no use for Auditor: andt Trieiasurers. TIhos < :lices will b. aolb-hed andi :-alaris savedl. The ii: teee-t oi money will lbe fixed at :sp cni. pr antin. Inisteadl of its goin in the eiWers of *Ibankers it will intoi the treasury <.f thie people ain used fir itheir bieeit. \ien! the syt tmi estbished the per -apita eiret lti-in can be lix:d andih te mioney i I'. The mnly an e iver dleri il- ithr wvill he , 'afety volv T'. bii:- -an be- retirai at any timne b. l ani . lTey wtill be pYtfect ly sate, thr ihi b tobe rep1re-entatives of pr p-riy and a,ro redeeed everyV till they pa.- fromi thle hiands if one- pe-rs into the ha:iis of anoither. I t w i:i- iurish onur ple l, at a 10 r,t. i it ;,t'-et .it h mto:.v aiin,!e 1 develop to the full ;he v:t resource5 of the countrv. We can thenn erect fa:cto ri". and i i:s of al kinds and work up all our raw raterial at hoe and ship the goo d-. kee>ingall tie profis atnotg our own people who aviUl have full empiloyne.t. The pres=,nt (epressed condition ofthe people v-ill be a thing of the past. Prosperity and content mnent will bless the Ia0l. Mankind will be 'ifted up. In :t few years the sweet and mnel low tones I f ou r (h rist ian Church bells will be hoard oil every h ill top and through ever valley warm ing and cheering all hearts to virtuous deeds, and showing to :lhe world that we have advanced to tho next station on the great highway. As sure as night follows day, so sure a contraction of the volatne of money is followed by a shrinkage in all values, falling prices and depres<ion in all busi ness. If the contraction is great, calam ities the most dire will follow-even to the breaking up of the f rane-work and general disintegration o= society. An increase in the vo ume of money has the opposite elflect. All values in crease, prices rise, activity prevails in every business, new enterpri-es spring tip, and if the volume of mtioney is well gaged by fixing the per capita circu lation and kept apace with the increase of population which can ) easily done, universal prosperity and contentment will result. Money is a creation )f law, there is no intrinsic value in it. It does not de pend for its value on material, but on its legal tender qualities given to it by the laws of the government. It is not property-it is only the repre sentative of property--au instrument to facilitate the transfer of titles to property from one person to another. There is no need to borrow money, we have the property. Let it be issued on it. This is a duty of the general govern ment under the Constitution of the United States. That instrument, Ar ticle I, Section 1", says: No State shall "coin money, emit bills of credit." The sole authority to do so was granted to the general government and denied to any State: hence State banks are ille gal. A State cannot _onfer the exer cise of a power she is without author ity to exercise herself. Each State by her ratification of the constitution of the United States surrendered her right to coin money or emit Bills of credit and granted the sole authority to do so to the States through the general government. Congress alone, the legis lature of sovereignty, can order an issue of money and it is the duty of that body to do so when called upon by a State in the proper mtnner. 'fhe press has brought us the news that some of our Congressmen conten plate offering a bill in Congress asking that body to order the printing of $34) per capita for each S;ate. This is not the way to proceed; it will utterly fail. The request must come tip from the the State, throtugh her legislature, to insure success. If a ->ll is presented without such a request the question can properly be asked how do you knowv your State wants it?~ If a State makes the request such a q1uestion can not be asked, and no xvalid reason can be givan for a refusai:, as the sole att thority to issue money is granted to tire States through the general govern muent and denied to the States sepa rately by the Constittution of tire Unit ed States. The system of finance proposed in stead of being based on one or both of the mietals, which is class legislation and wholly wrong, is based on proper ty properly restricted arid secured--as money has no intri:sie value and is simply the representative of property it should be based on property. This the systemr proposed does. Citizens ol the State think calmly and well on the suggestion. The writer has given twc years of rigid thought to the subject. If you favor it go to wvork without delay arid let us press it to suceess. It will be the beginning of a glorious futture for otur country if adopted. ) YE.sox S. Kn.:ttrT. Enoree Plantation. -KIipling's Story of an Interview. [F-roml the Detro t Free Press.]3 An Australian papler said very humaorotusly; "'Rudyard Kipling lannde( on this Island at 12 ('clock and at 1211. he had forniulated an Aust ralian poll c." "Yes, that is very fus nny," said Nip lirg, ''but it is not true. This is hov it was: A voung rer orter corinered nr just after I bhad landed. I treated biin kindly, but I said, hfirm!y, that I wa not to be interviewed. "I'' have rio thought of initerviewin; y on.' replied the reporter n~ ith a toutcl of sadness in hris voitce. I arsk a muel C reater favor than thrat. ' It t urned out that t!.ie reporter w.as: man with a theory who had b)eenl per Ssistently sat dowmn tupon by hris superior on the press. lIe rad] an Australi:o policy thiat he knew wourld be of tl rg 'reatest benetit to tire -ounntry. N pape wouhlr print it. His umodlest ro quest was that Kipling wotild let him dut forth iris theory as thle scheme c the yotung nrovelist "They will prim it," lie s:aid, "if I give it a- comiin. fromi you. aead." -'So the yotiu tteporter got inr fonr mortel columns t(lilng Ihe ~pel Australia how to rt;r threir counrtry. ''"I never read 'he article," cointinuIe - Kiphnig, '"but there must have bee e smnie amazing theo ties in it, fri,m th i storm it raised. I hope- that young nra realizes my forbearance in standhinrg a 'thle tinmneri ted ab u se heaiped u pon mn A VICTII.1 OF ISCOVEY. Thm Grin--ho.t pper a' an Article of Food :'l i iult of scientific Invetigation. enlville 'News.], Ili pars that the grasshopper is no iore to be a burden, and the old fable in wlh:cli he was recorded as a fri% o usnc play ii all the summer and free!zing in the winter and generally useless, don' go any tuore. We have alway-. ben soniewha dubious over the fale anyhow. As we remember, it vas intended to en'rast the unproti table career and unhappy fate of the idling, singing, jumping grasshopper with the industry, frugality and com fort of the patient and laborious ant. We have never been quite able, how ever, to avoid the concluson that be tween the two the grasshopper had the beat of it. He enjoyed himself half the year anyhow, while the ant worked hard all the uruner for the privilege of going down in a hole in the ground and remaining there all the winter so that he could come out in the spring and go to work again. The ant miay enjoy it in his own way but he always impressed us as being very busy doing mighty little and as not having much fun. However that may be, they are going to put the grasshopper to work now in this couutry as an article of diet. They have been eating him in Palestine a long time, although it is rather a curious and uncanny combi nation, according to our standards of gastronomic taste, to butter him with wild honey. Our agricultural depart ment has been experimenting with him, however. A newspaper article tells us: "Experiments have been made by the scientific corps of the department of agriculture which prove that grass hoppers are both palatable and nutri tious. Gentlemen employed in the in vestigation, says the Washington Star, have tried them in many styles of cookery and have declared them to be delicious. Unf.edged grasshoppers boiled for two hours, with butter spices, and salt added, compose a broth that is scarcely distinguishable from beef broth, though pos3essing a peculiar and indescribable flavor of its own. Fried in their own oil, or roasted, they have a most agreeable nutty taste and crispness. Ground and com pressed they will last fresh indefinite ly. "Persons who have looked into the subject assert that. insects might furn ish to mankind important contribu tions of food whi:h are at present un used and despised. It has been ascer tained by the government experts that young wasp grubs fried in butter are a most agreeable delicacy. On every farm the nests of these insects are ruthlessly destroyed, whereas a little knowledge would show the much allited agriculturist how to de rive from them a wholesome dish for his table. Young wasp grubs, fed as they are upon the sweetest juices drawn from fruits and flowers, natu. rally possess a most delicate flavor. Perhaps the best way to prepare them is to bake them in the comb. "S,ome very imp)ortant uses for grasshoppers have recently been dis covered. There would seem to be ne reason why they should not be applied to commercial advantage in the event of a plague this year. Not long age four quarts of liquor, p)ressed from hall a bushel of 'hoppers' under a cheese prs,were shipped in a glass jar from Spirit Lake, Iowa, to Prof. William K. Kedzie, of the Kansas State agri* cultural college. He made a completE analysis and by distilling the juicE with sulphuric acid obtained a color less, l:1ipid soiution of formic acid. Now, this acid is very valuable, having a presenit market quotation of 110 cenite an ounce. It is not only employed ir medicine to a considerable extent, bul is also utilized in the laboratory to re duee the salts of the noble metals gold, silver and platinum. Hitbert< it has always been extracted from ret ants, but the possibility of getting it it large q1uantities from grasshoppers sug gests a method for employing thos insects to art unlooked for advantage An interesting feature of th1e analysih was the discovery of a certain amnouni of copper inl the liquid. This mneta h as beeni found in the blood of othe: animals, p)articularly in that of th< horsehioe crab,, which always furnishe: a trace of it. It is not suggested, how ever, that grasshoppers would assay: silieit amiounlt of copper to thne tor -to miake it worth whlile to smel "I ncidentally to lhe expierimnent: cndlucted byv tile division of enitomJob) gy respec:ting thne edlible qualities of in ret, umber of trials were made 0 a bver:g prt icu larly novel, wbriel mih etermned 'arnte-ade.' It wa: an ii tat ion of lemonade maanu fac tured fromr antls. They were miashe<( jup a few hundred at a time, in a mor tar w'ith apestie, a;od the liquid fron them,i after being strained. was mixed u t like lemioni juice, with water ala sur Thle resultinog beverage resemi bIl- lemtorrade so clo'sely as to be sea rcel; di=s-ingu=ihale from it. The reason why i ve'ry easy to explain. Formi acid, is the nearest approach to eitri acid which gives lemon juice its f:vor kow:n to the chiemiist. rThe I n,iuotrions! ant an rd the grass hopper who is atlways his own walkin dl'igate and 0n stri ke ar.e evidently t meilet on1 comm~lon. groundi with th; :1youngi buit energetic and inspiri n wap. Wec are to fry and eat therm an di ill formlic acid fromi them arnimak them inito lenionade anid even, perhap: m ii:ne copper fronm their vitals. to the grasshopper. His fate is sealed. So long as he was supposed to be en tirely useless except as a visitation of an angry Providence he lourished abundantlv. He came in clouds and destroyed crops. He was burned by the acre, ci ushed by the ton and every thing in the way of fowl or quadruped that would eat him was turned loose on him and encouraged to gorge. But now that it has been discovered that he can be made useful to man he is going to get something the matter with him. So soon as the western far nier begins to abandon wheat in dis gust because the grasshoppers cat itand go to cu tivatiug and propagating the grasshopper and fencing him in and branding him and gathe'-ing him for market or consumption that hitherto unatllicted individual will develop a variety of diseases-blight, ft cholera, or pip, or foot rot, or poll evil, or glan ders, oryellows, or potato bugs, orHes sian flies, or something of the kind. Every year we will get reports of the grasshopper crop, of the existence of strange troubles in it. The next thing to happen will be a tariff on grasshoppers. Just as soon as our statesmen discover that the grass hopper can be eaten by the farmer or otherwise utilized they will put a tariff on to proteu:t Lim from the degraded pauper grasshopper of Europe or the East, make him as expensive to the consumer as possible and encourage the creation of trusts, corners and monopo lies in grasshoppers and the construc tion of artificial or adulterated grass hoppers. Tbere will be no more fun for the festive insect. He is to be made useful, and will consequently be the victim of diseases, afflictions and ad valorem duties. The turn of the flea may come next. A FAWN DIES OF GRIEF. Peculiar Affection Between a Pet Deer and an Ox. Four years ago this spring Horace F. Albright, of Knob Mountain, caught a male fawn in the Compton woods and petted it until it followed him to his home, more than two miles distant. The little animal, says a Scranton, Pa., correspondent -f the New York Tri bune, soon answered to the name of Dick, and in a few weeks became very much attached to one of Albright's calves. At first the calf was shy of the fawn, out Dick chased it around the pasture, cornered it up and licked it on the head until it tecane fond of him, and after that they were almost con stantly together. Dick didn't pay the slightest attention to the other calves on the place, and during the summer and fall Dick and the calf fed and played together in"the fields and woods near by. W hen the cattle were "yarded" in the winter, Dick stuck close t . the calf and lay down in the straw with it. and if any of the other animals came near his chosen comnpan ion while they were resting under the shed, Dick would bristle up and drive them away. The calf grew to be a steer, and a year ago last winter Mr. Albright began to work him with a mate. He was driven on the off side, and Dick iwalked by him whenever the team was at work. He licked the steer on the head and neck, and the steer did the same thing to him. If Dick hap pened to wander away in the woods to browse while Mr. Albright was lagging, thbe steer would low for hiim as a cow does her calf, and Dick would come bounding and bleating through the brush, and he and the steer would lick each other as though they had been separated all day. Dick never noticed the other steer in the least, and when Mr. Albright began to stable the steers Dick made such a fuss over being kept out of the barn that Mr. Albright en larged the off one's stall so that Dick could Pe with his companion at night. The affection of the buck and steer was never lessened in the slightest; in fact, it became stronger right alonig, and Mr. Albright allowed them to be to gether the year round. Three weeks ago, while Mr. Albright wa drawing a load of logs down the mountain, the off steer lay down in the road and began to groan and froth at the mouth. Mr. Albright immediately unyoked him and tried in vain to get him to stand up. Dick was walking by his side when he lay down, and the moment the steer began to groani and roll, the buck got down on his knees, licked the steer's face, ile tted mourn fully and showecd remarkablesympathy for t he suffering brute. The steer grew worse, andl in a few minutes stretched out on his side and died. The buck coutinued to moan and liek the steer's head, and Mr. Albrigh'. left him there, drove the ot her to the foot of the h ill am'i wvent ott to get a m-mx to help him skin the dead animal. When lie re turned Dick was still on his knees by the steer's head. HeI was bleaing pite ously and lickingt the face and neck of his lifeless comnpanion. Si r. Albright drove hini away several timxes, but lie came back repeatedly, and seemed to be d,-temninecd to stay by the carcass. Then ho-v started to skin the steer, ad'.athey had removed the hide from t he head and chopped the horns oflf, thLe buc:k bleating furiously, stamn pedl his hoofs, bounded back and forth anid acted as though he was crazed with grief. Thle spot was half a mile from SMr. Albrighit's place, and( every (lay > Dick visited it, sought every where on the farm for the steer, refused to eat, and became so thin and we.ak by last 1Saturday thxat hi couldn't walk. Mr. eAlbright tried to force down his throat, ',but it wks ussless, and on Wednlesday morning he found poor Dick lying