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EARMERS WILL SUFFER PANIC FOLLOWING FR£E SILVER A WOULD AFFECT THEM. Foreclosure Proceedings; on tlie Part of Mortgage-Holders Would Follon-^Stiv Morl gages "lYoiild Ca!l Tot- Gold. ' . . It is assumed by' the supporters of Br.van and his policy in tlie agricultural states where his followers abouiid tlra,t have, mortgaged their property, would surely he benefited : if Bryan should be (feWhind the 53-cent dollar "substituted for the lOO-cent dollar. The purpose-of the silverites, it is admitted, is to com­ pel all depositors in savings banks, all holders of life insurance policies, all pen­ sioners, and all others who have invested savings by loaning them'directly or in­ directly to suffer a loss of about half of -every dollar which they own upon the plea that these dollars have a value twice as great as they ought to have. It is as­ sumed, however, that the farmer will not lose;, hut will gain. as much to send abroad to' purchase sil­ ver as to coin; none would be coined. It menus,!} sjain upon the character and credit of our republic., and I love Iter too well to fail to enter mv protest "against it."--louqgstown (P.) Telegram. M'KINLEY AND THfe' VETERANS. It ally Democratic '•> Kx-Soldlors will --- ^troua4 His Standard. -- The Democratic "old soldiers" are breaking party lines and rallying about t he guidon of McKinley1 in such numbers ifud with such an enthusiastic spirit that the effect cannot be otherwise than , ., , strong upon.the voters whom they have the farmers, and especially those whojj^, accustomed to lead in politics. Among these veterans are men who have been chiefs of the Democracy for twen­ ty-five years and more. Gen. Daniel E. Sickles is notable anions them and his influence in party councils in the city .'.of Now York is not exceeded by that of any man not hold ins: a high official posi­ tion. Gen. Franz Sigel will also suppirt McKinley and he tlie means, it is _ not doubted. . of recruiting the Republican forces among, the German Democrats of the East, Of Democratic veterans of lesser rank in the Civil war who will ] vote the same way a tons roster has al- i ready been made. /Generally speaking, the great majority of all the old sil- al committee, are very expressive of this condition of affairs. He says: "You would probably not believe it un­ less you understood the Populists of Ne­ braska as I do, but the fact rs that a very vigorous fight is being waged against Mr. Brytfn by the Populists on the protection question alone. A great many letters have l-cached here appealing for protective Jariff literature. Many of "'these' lettt 'rs cnTtre from .Populists;: whttitr I know, and they are all opposing1 Bryan on account of his free trade proclivities. The people of Nebraska believe in protein tion. and I believe that that issue„ will become dominant before long. Every day sees the silver craze growing less and less .brilliant in the West." Meanwhile the. Republicans, while al­ ways mindful, of the claims of sound money, will not forget those of protec­ tion.---Boston Traveller, ON THE DOWN GRADE. Western The farmers who follow Bryan have | diers will give the Republican ticket their been deceived. While it is probable that those who would suffer the most severely are the wor.kingmcn, the farmers would stand very near them on any scale that should uleasure' the misery of th,e people. • Undoubtedly the election of Biyali would he followed by. .a panic. This ••is admitted by the. silverites themselves. There would be a destruction of 'confi­ dence arid a paralysis of-credit.1 \ Would , not this affect the farmer'. ' Can the farmers isolate •themselves, and escape thi- effect of depression that is and must be felt by„ all other c lasses , speculators poSsihly excepted? Eyen it Bryafe should be elected, at least eight mouths would elapse before the silver, standard..could be ado.rit.ed by legislation, The panic which Vvould follow his election would depress the. prices of farmproducts; the paralysis of credit would deprive the grain grower of the sustaining power which "carries" his crops after they have been harvested and facilitates an ad­ vantageous distribution of them through­ out the' year. The demand for these crops in tla«v home market would fall off. owing to the condition of the working- men. What would be the experience of those farmers who have borrowed money and given mortgages 011 their holdings, many of whom hope to be enabled to pay off these mortgages at f>.'5 cents 011 the dol­ lar. |nvrhai»s overlooking the fact that they arc conspiring to rob th,c widow and the orphanV According to the govern­ ment reports, the average life of a mort­ gage in this country on farm property' is about four and one-half years. It is now Stated by Western men who appear, to be familial with the farm-mortgage business that a majority of the farm mortgages in force are due; that is to say. that th«• terms of them have expired and that they continue in existence because the lenders are satisfied with tlie interest received. Would these lenders, holding lyort- gages overdue, take no action it Bryan should be elected? Docs not the \\ est- ern farmer see that they would foreclose if payment should not be made? Would not the election of Bryan be followed by a: genera! resort to foreclosure pro­ ceedings 011 tin part of mortgage holder.' who cotild legally take such a .course? Would even the offer of a renewal of a mortgage upon t>'rnis binding the fanner to pay in gold prevent the lender from undertaking to reclaim his money? The . Bryan platform calls for legislation which snail prevent the making of sj^ii agreements. Could the farmers fairly blame the lend"rs for desiring to recover their loaned money in lOO-eent dollars before proposed and impending legisla­ tion should compel fliem to be satisfied with ."(.'{-cent dollars? What would be the effect upon the fanners, whether silverites or advo • it"s of hoi 1 est; hioiiey, TtT the ihevitable p:irue = conditions and thus foreclosure move­ ment? A nd if the silver standard should be adopted by legislation eight months or a y>-ar after the election of Bryan, does the farmer think he could then bor­ row more money without great difficultv? Does he think, on the whole, that the agriculturists of the United States can gain anything by a policy of robbery and repudiation which would make us de­ test ible tile world over? There are many farmers--a great many, we, believe--who see cleariy how great would be the injury inflicted upon our agriculturists by the election of Bryan. Tlie.se should strive to enlignten those t filers of t he soil whohave been mis­ led by hired agents of the mine owners and other demagogues.--New York Farmers will Xot Take an Epidemic Twice. Populism, appears to some a new out­ break of the hetlier forces, unmeasured and therefore , to be" feared. But a glance at its history removes much un­ certainty about its strength. It is a re­ hash of the Greenback party, which picked up. after the panic of 1873 the Anti-Monopolists and Farmers, and vari­ ous odds, and ends of old parties which had been dropped off during fifteen yeitrs, apd cast in 18Yd for" Peter Cooper for President 81,73T votes, of which 52,Ow were in Indiana..Michigan. Illinois* Iowa and Kansas. In 1880. with Mr. Weaver by brevet and did not take him into j of- Iowa for candidate, it east'- 308.5:78 uffrages out 06• respect to McKinley record. It , is natural that McKinley's war record should appeal particularly to fhe common, soldiers of the 'volunteer service because lie was not, only a good fighter and one who enlisted«early, but he re­ mained in the ranks. His title of major wa the- saddle. He marched and fought on foot' throughout the war as commis­ sary sergeant, seedtul lieutenant, first lieutenant and captain. All other Re­ publican candidates for President who had a military record. Fremont excepted, wore generals, ami when Fremont was nominated his rank was .that of colonel, 1127,230 McKinley stands alone as a sojdicr'of the" Farmer line. • ' That he was a good soldier "111 all that the word implies is an attribute which his old comrades agree in giving him. As much has been attested by his regi- mental highest officers who included at different, times, William S. Rosecrans. Rutherford B. Hayes and Stanley Mat* thews. More than this the mere fair-t that McKinley was with the TweCfty- tliird Ohio from 1 Sti 1 to 1805 and re­ ceived promotion on an average^ of once in sixteen months is proof of the soldierly stuff of which he is made. The Twenty-third was emphatically a fighting regiment. It was in action 'sev­ enteen times and lost in killed and wounded 57 men. Among those who made its record none havc^a higher ti t le to respect than WillianiMI cKinley. i even though his duties did n'ot include j regimental command and tliough other 1 officers of the Twenty-third ^hio gained j distinction of the highest sOlS".#' While the muster roll of the old army ! is sadly depleted by the deaths or thirty j years a great force remains to be count- i ed as a factor of high, if not first im- j portance in determining the battle of tli allots. Upon this, to say the Democra can make no inro; ( 'hronicii'. is entirely safe dpulist nominee -Sair Francisco Uogns Coiners l .so Silvei The treasury department is at -present devoting such of its energies as -,re found in the United States secret service, to the detection of a gang of counterfeiters who have adopted the somewhat novel method of using bullion as the medium from which to coin half dollars. Wheth­ er the counterfeiter or the band of ras­ cals is likely to be apprehended cannot be determined even by the off ic ia ls , though the false coins are found in so many of the large cities. The widespread circulation would seeui votes., of which about half • were in the states just named and Missouri. Then it ' 'faded out, casting duly 173.370 for Butler in 1884/jmtl• after more or less fusion with Ch^etand men in 1888 and cons olid a t ion* Wi th labor meir under the name I'liUffe Labof^party. polled only #btes. "Tneu, siiCceedd the »' alliance, polling a considerable j vote ijj a few states, and next-the Peo-; I pie's party gathered uy the siuuo pol.it- ' ical driftwood with a large number of j <#s atisfied farmers. The Omaha con- t vention. in July. 1802. nominated Weav- ) er. who had been the Greenback candi­ date in 1880, and proposed a national I currency of !?">(> per capita distributed J directly to the people under a sub^treas- j ury or some other plan. Coveniment j control of railroads and telegraphs, and government possession of land 110%,held by corporations. Through all the changes for twenty years the same idea lias pre­ vailed--unlimited paper inflation. • But in 1802. by means of vifpous bargain# with the Democrats, the vote was raised to 1.042.031, or 8.70Jfeer cent, of the total . This pasfr carried just enough states to show wfuit it would do if it could, and to make itself utterly detested by a large share of its own supporters. In Kansas it elected.' by the aid of Dom crats. Lewelling governor with 103,r>o7 votes in 1802. but could muster only H*.32!l votes for him in 1N04. and made no attempt to run a candidate in 180.". The disgraceful conduct of Lewelling is well known. In Colorado it elected "Bloody- Bridles" Waito governor h;- Democratic aid in 1802"with .~>4(MI plural­ ity. but was defeated with him as can­ didate in 1S04 by 18.(508 plurality. In Illinois Altgeld was elected as a Demo­ crat by 23.0(H) jilurality in 1802. but the state gave 1,4'J7 Kepublican plurality in 1804. the Republican vote being 5,">.(MMi more than was cast for Harrison in 1802. So experience in other states has taught thousands of voters1 the lesson that loss of confidence, prostration of business, disgrace and misrule tending toward an­ archy. surely follow wherever the Popu­ lists get power, and it would be a mar­ vel if a great proportion of the Repub­ licans. and of the Democrats also, who not NANSEN'STRIP NORTH EXPLORER SAYS HE NEARLY REACHED THE POLE. Claims 11» Have RcaC°hed a Point With* infe200 Miles of the Coyetfed Object-- Weut Four Degress Further than Any Forine^jExploijer. Arctic Adventures. The story of Dr. Nansen's attempt to reach the North Pole is interesting, like the accouftts "of previous explorations of •he same kiiid, in the sense that the world always likes to read about personal ad­ ventures in < remote and mysterious re­ gions. There is a certain charm in records of courage and endurance even when the results are not of any material import­ ance; and the results of these successive Arctic, journeyman hardly be said to have justified the expense and privation, the suffering and fatality that they have„iu- velved. Dr. Nansen claims to have pro- DEFINE THEIR CREED. to indicate that the counterfeiters havIM'01""' ' acted with this party had j been at work for a long time and have! funted against it with intense feeling. ! scattered the half dollars over a greater : ! ' uprising of farmers originated in | part of the country. There is little doubt i reliance upon demagogues of their j that many tens of thousands of dollars i , IXV11- and the worn-out and discarded ! a re in tliehands business hkmi.--whicli. ^ demagogut>>^--of--ot lu'r--part ies^--to cure . while they are really as good silver a ' ' the national coin, are not current. b< i-eived the stamp Time Paying Oft'the Mortgage. Tin- chief argument that is being used by the l'ree-silver men when trying to convert farmers is that free silver would thus enable them to pay off their mort­ gages sooner, even if the dollars had depreciated in value. The monc,\ which the farmer borrowed may have been paid to him in gold, if not, in money as good as gold; but he is told that he can pay off the mortgage iti money that is worth perhaps only half as much as its face value and let the creditor suffer. A fanner who is inclined to be caught by lhis kind of ?:i!L should go slow. It is not certain that if free coinage were established every farmer who has a mortgage on his farm would be allowed to pay it off in HO-cent dollars. There are thousands of mortgages overdue and thousands of mortgages that are subject to call. If there were any danger of the government adopting a free-coinage poli­ cy there would be thousands of mort­ gages foreclosed at once. Creditors have been patiently waiting during tlie hard times foT their debtors to get something ahead. They have carried their own mortgages from year to year. though interest has been defaulted. They have given extension after extension to the farmer who has had hard hick. They have been very patient with the mort­ gagor. But their patience would cease if the debtor attempted lo play a dishon­ est trick. They would shut their hearts to mercy if they found a farmer who had j Insuranci borrowed money that was good as gold attempting to pay it back with money tharwas only worth half as much. The worm will turn and so will the holders of farm mortgages at the very first judica­ tion of the enactment of a free-silver policy. c Where .would the fanner be then? Supposing the mortgage were - forfeited and he lost his farm, or if he was com­ pelled to pay off the mortgage in good money to save his farm.' how would he profit by this policy of repudiation which the free silver men advocate? . , Hundreds of thousands of dollars be­ longing to widows and orphans, and trust funds, have been invested in farm mortgages". Those persons are entitled to somr consideration as well as the farmers who -are struggling with poor crops and low prices. At present the creditors are considerate and disposed to give all the time desired, but if the farm­ ers of the country vote for free silver with the expectation of repudiating a part of their j'ust debt they will have only themselves to blame if their lot is more severe than now.--Syracuse. N. Y., Post. i cause they have not 1 S of the federal mint. The officials of the subtreasury in this 1 city received the credit of being the first j to detect the false coin. One of the I coin receivers was engaged in counting f a large quantity of silver which had been turned in. when lie saw a coin a little I thicker than the genuine, which in the process of counting had slipped out of I the line. He examined it at once and j in the scales it weighed several grains j heavier than a new coin. The piece had | been in circulation apparently for some • lime, for it bore all the marks of wear. | Though this was the case and the test I showed the coin to be unquestiouably silver. without any more alloy than is | used in the circulating half dollar, ir ! was a counterfeit without a doubt and was set aside. This discovery, however. I led to a systematically careful examijia- j tion of the other coins, and the discov- j cry that no less than six were spurious, i The profit of using the metal is only ^ about 101 per cent., while that of the | composition which is usually employed is" ; much greater. , If the silver coins had been stamped as I the government dies, the difference be- 1 twecn tlieni and the genuine half dollar 1 would not have been appreciable. They | would have been to all intents and pur- ; poses the same coin'as tlnvproduct of the j national mints. / I The •impression scorn's to 1' that the | coins are the work of a Western gang. and that the coins found in the suh- | treasury came Fast through the ordinary ! channels of trade. In all street th ] larger coin dealers have found j the counterfeits. Should the free silver party become j victors in the present campaign these j counterfeit half dollars, which hold about 28 cents' worth of silver, might be ! taken to the mint and recoined each into even | a silver half dollar, and the holder of it receive 3 cents in change. Thus the elec­ tion of Mr. Bryan would be of interest to this particular gang of counterfeiters. -- New York Herald. evils which were solely felt, but which no government could cure, and which were largely caused by the unwisdom of fanners themselves. It came in just the states where the frantic land specu­ lation had caused a few years before the craziest advances in land, so that a great proportion of the property changed hands at prices which made profits in or­ dinary agriculture impossible. The coun­ try was plastered over with mortgages given when it was believed a man could double his nfhncy by buying a farm. The farmers then proceeded to attack creditors by most*.unjust laws and de­ cisions regarding collections, and to de­ stroy the confidence and assail the credit of corporations, preventing extension of railways, and yet they were foolish enough to imagine that increasing devel­ opment of their states and larger pros­ perity would follow. When inevitable reaction came it not only prostrated mul­ titudes who had taken too large ven­ tures. but thousands who had been guilty of 110 imprudence, merely because they lived in a state cursed by Populism. Senator Cameron, when asked whether he would support Bryan, curtly an­ swered: "1 am a silver man. but not a fool." It would indict the common sense of Western farmers to suppose that after their experience of Populism and free silver Democracy they would try it again. That is one of the epidemics which men never take twice. The elec­ tion results prove that many thousands who had the disease have recovered com­ pletely. and the wild performances and utterances of Democratic and Populist conventions this year have been eminent­ ly calculated to cure many more.--New ] , ,f i York-Tribune. a Carlisle oil Free Coinage. I'lie president of the Connecticut Life • company of Hartford recently issued a circular letter to policy holders notifying them in the event that the government adopts the free coinage of onipany would be compelled claims in depreciated silver Words ol a Patriarch. The patriarch of the legions of sound money Democrats who have absolved themselves from allegiance to the party since the Chicago convention is certainly Maine's grand old man. Senator Brad­ bury of Augusta. The senator nvys prompt to renounce the platform adopt­ ed. and recently, in response to a re­ quest from the New Y'ork Herald, he wrote his reasons for so doing, using tlie following strong language: "In response to your request I have to say that I am and always have been a Democrat from principle, and 1 hnv uniformly voted the Democratic ticket lot seventy-three years, and 1 cannot with self-respect turn about and sustain a ticket nominated on a platform in di­ rect conflict \Vith the principles and prac­ tice of the Democratic party from its foundation to the present time. The .-platform means a depreciated currency of silver and government paper money worth fhe value of "the silver necessary to sedeem it. It means monometallism, as the coinage of silver at a ratio double its value would of course expel gold from the country, it being worth twice ] silver, the | to pay all 1 coin. ! F. W. Alsop of Little Rock. Ark.*,sent ! a clipping of this circular to the sccre- | tary of the treasury, with a request for | an expression of opinion on the subject. I He received a reply from Mr. Carlisle. | which is in part as follows: j In case f ree coinage of s i lver should l»o I es tabl ished in this country, 1 presume 111- } suranee companies and ai l o ther inst i tu­ t ions would cont inue to make the if :>av- | meats by checks and drafts on banks as 1 heretofore; in my opinion the whole vol- ! n ine of our currency would s ink a t once to j the s i lver basis , and these checks and draf ts would be paid in s i lver dol lars or t l ie i r equivalent , instead of gold or i ts equivalent , as is now the case. ] 1 presume no one supposes for a mo- j meat that i t would be the duty of the j government to a t tompt to keep t i le s tand- i a id s i lver dol lar coined f ree for pr ivate individuals and corporat ions, equal in value to a gold dol lar , or in other words that i t would be the duty of the govern­ ment to a t tempt under a system of f ree coinage to maintain the par i ty of the two metals . The dol lars would be coined on pr ivate account and del ivered to pr ivate individuals and corporat ions as their own property, the government having no in­ terest whatever in them, and being, there­ fore . under 110 obl igat ion, to sustain them bv guaranteeing their value. • ' ruder our exis t ing system al l s i lver dol lars are coined on account of the gov­ ernment and are issued by the govern­ ment in payment of i t s expendi tures and other obl igat ions and i t would be an act of bad fai th , therefore , to permit them to i leoreciate . Truly yours . J. G. CARLISLE. Populists and the Tariff". -Those--newspaper editors--who--are "Day Laborer" Talks Sense. To My Fellow Laborers: I want to say to you. if you can get a good con- trad with your "boss" t.hat he will trou­ ble Vour wages when you are paid 111 free-coinage silver, and if your "boss" is good, dead or alive, and will not break nor lay down on his contract with you. you might go and vote for free silver without being foolish. Unless you can get fixed so that you know for sure that your wages will be doubled. 1 cannot sec how you .can vote for anything which will cut down the value of the money in which you will be paid one-half the value i'. lias now. Let me tell you a short story. In the winter of 181 ii 1 and lS<i1 I worked in a porkhouse as a'com­ mon laborer. I got $1 ]>er day wages. Shoulders were selling at oi/_, cents a pound. The war came on. Cold and silver there was none. Our only money was greenbacks. It took about .$3 in greenbacks to buy $1 in gold. By and by shoulders sold at 1 cents. Sugar, coffee. Hour and other family supplies went up. too. Although thousands atid thousands of men went into the army. stUI the highest wages I got were #1.50 a day. To be in right proportion my wages should have been about $3.">0 per day. "A word to the wise is sufficient."--A Day Laborer in the Courier-Journal. Campaign Notes. Mr. Watson, who is one of the nom­ inees for vice-president with Bryan, hit the bull's eye when he said that Bryan was to "nip the, windmill" of the cam­ paign. while Sc'wall was to "run the pay train."--Philadelphia Times. In a contest for fhe existence of civil­ ization 110 man cairreniaiu neutral. Who­ ever-.-does not support the forces of order aids the forces of disorder.--Hon. Bonrke Gockrau. L. J. McParlin. in a speech made at Lock port, Pa., said that 300.000L men were thrown out of employment in the United States by the closing of the sil­ ver mines, in consequence of the crime of 1873. No doubt there are multitudes of peo­ ple who have the same impression, name­ ly. tliat the coinage law of 1873 put a stop to silver mining in this country. It is important that this utterly false impression should be corrected. The Tlie Tlold Democrats Issue a Declara­ tion of Principles. The National Executive Committee of the gold Democrats, ih session atyChicago, Las issued an address to the Democrats of the United States. This address is, in effect, the platform on wliichthe Nat ion a] Democratic party goes before the people. Another declaration of principles will be adopted, of,-course, at the national gath­ ering, m Indianapolis as .a part of conven­ tion routine, but.it is not overstatement of th« case to say that4n the main, it can do but little more than paraphrase tlie declaration issued from Chicago, v The Indianapolis, conference, evolved; the call for the national convention and no more. It was agreed thefe that the members of the party throughout tlie na­ tion were entitled to^statement of the reasons why certain IeSlers take issue with the piineiples enunciated in the Chi­ cago'convention--a statement, fuller and. more explicit than could be'embodied in a call for a-convention. Whereas the. -eon- j vention call prepared at Indianapolis was; a declaration of .war'by gol^ Democrats, i.t was designed: that the address to be pre­ pared by the Executive Committee should bt a call to arms. ALL LEAVE LQU1SVILLE. •' ' \«l National Meet of the L. A. W. Wai^. ' Success. Things not originally planned by eith­ er the race or entertainment committee in Louisville were plentifully served on [Saturday, the closing day of the L. A. W. '96 meet. There was a dramatic touch tj> the farewell' sceiits which, although it made the grand stand people uncomfort­ able, added a lively interest to current events. Rain and Cooper were the ele­ ments which sent spectators and hosts into a frenzy. The rain had given evi- dence^or several hours that it Was quali­ fying for a hot. campaign, but Cooper's net was a genuine surprise. Not enough Water fell to induce the holders of seats to seek safety away from the track, so all remained to see the outcome of the verbal sparring matches. Cooper was the first Tllfc FRAM. teeded four degrees further than any former explorer, and to have reached a point within about 200 miles of,the covet­ ed object. Looking northward from there, he says, there was "nothing to be seen t a Vast white wonder of ice. "hnni- )ck and hummock to, the horizon, like a a ot frozen breakers." The sight was a grand one, 110 doubt, but it was also a profitless one, practically speaking. PROSPECTS OF FRUIT CROP. atid Apples Indicate a Better Yield . Peaches a Reduced Due. " ,. ; The Agricultural Department's August report of fruit conditions is as .'follows*: , Apples-yThe general condition advanced during July from 04.6 to 65.7. a gratify­ ing indication of sustained crop prospects. This general average covers all kinds -of appbs in all sections of the eoubtry. Not­ withstanding a general condition of. 64.6. July 1, which was low as far as the crop of the countrywas concerned, it was specifically stated that "prospects for ex­ cellent crops" continued in States of the northern belt from Maine to Minnesota and in Iowa, with fair but comparatively' smaller crops in Ohio. Illinois and In­ diana. In the present report a very gen­ eral betterment is shown in that region. The condition is very uneven 111 Ohio, Illinois and Indiana, many counties re­ porting entire failure, while others report abundanc crops, which accounts for the T O M C O O P E R . GOLD ADVOCATES HOLD MEETING IN NEW YORIjL Dense Crowd Fills the GTe^t'MadJtyla Square Garden to Hear Speeche*-- Bourke Cockran Gives Reply to Re­ cent Speech by Candidate Bryan* & re iw NANSEN MAP SHOWING APPROXIMATELY IIOW DIt . N'AN'SKN HAS KCI.IPSED THE KECOISD8 OF AM. IMIKVIOPS ARCTIC EXPEDITIONS. insistent that the Democratic party shall cease its promulgation of the doctrine of protection, and who say that the tariff lias long ago ceased to be an issue, are referred to the condition out West, when1 the Populists are opposing Candidate Bryan on account of his well-defined fa­ vorable attitude towards free trade. Pro­ tection is very much of an issue with these Populists, and. Mr.1 Bryan and his% supporters will find it so to their cost. The words of Representative Mercer, secretary of the. Republican eongressioii- number of ounces produced m the United States in 18711 was 0.'!,207.000. The aver­ age annual product of-our silver mines for the five years following was 04,247,- 8(H) ounces. It has risen steadii.v from 1878. until it is now 105,000,000 ounces. There was not a miner thrown out of em­ ployment by the - so-called "crime -of 187H. Such rash statements as this by Mr. McParlin throw fearful discredit 011 the .sincerity or intelligence of the advocates of fsee coinage, and upon the arguments advanced bv theui. ... Dr. Nansen says that the Frain drifted with the ice in a weste.'.y direction to S4 degrees and he expects the vessel will eventually arrive at Spitzbergen. He adds that wherever they penetrated they found the ice broken. Large patches of water were also found, 3,800 meters deep. Belo.v the depth of 190 meters the water was appreciably warmer, probably owing to the Gulf "stream. Rocky scars, of which the explorers had no previous knowledge, prevented entrance into the Olenek River for days. In consequence ot the scarcity of dogs with the expedi­ tion. Dr. Nansen was compelled to turn back at 8(>.ir>. lie adds that if he had been provided with a sufficient number of .dogs i'nd canoes the pole would have been reached. The land voyage was most arduous, but extremely available scien­ tific results were obtained. In 189") L>r. Nanscn reached the north coast of Frail/. .Joseph Land and built a stone house in which- he lived the whole winter. The .la< kson-Harmsworth expedition arrived .1 1 auz Joseph Land the following •-1 -' K- Uere was the usual amount of hard- | ship and peril in the journey which led to this recent inconclusive result. On Feveral occasions there were narrow es- somewhat lower conditions of those istatci,. In the past a final condition of 75 per cent, or over has been followed by an abundant supply of apples, so that the excellence (if the crops of the present sea­ son, in this particular and extensive re­ gion. is plainly evident. I11 other parts of ihe country, with a few exceptions, the condition is low. Peaches--Present returns show a gen­ erally reduced condition. Of fh'e com­ mercial States the best prospects still are found in Delaware, Michigan, Ohio •ilid Maryland, while in New Jersey. Vir­ ginia, Georgia and California percentages indicate less than half a crop. In Dela­ ware the early crop was nearly ruined by cureulio and "yellows'" and fruit 011 the trees is badly stung there and in Mary­ land. though a fine product is expected" from the mountain orchards of the latter State. Iti Michigan and Ohio excellent crops are indicated.. Grapes--The condition of grapes is gen­ erally high. Some complaints are made ot rot. due to excessively moist season, but seemingly not extensive enough to much affect the general condition. AMBULANCE FOR OLD TOPERS. capes from death while navigating among j How Falva t ionis t9 Hope to Reach the the huge blocks of ice. there was much j wandering through snow and in intense cold on sledges drawn by dogs. One win­ ter was spent in a hut built of sttmes. c.rth and moss, and having a roof of wal- tus hide, tied down with ropes and cov­ ered with snow; and for a period of ten months bear meat and blubber were the only food. During weeks the mert'ury was frozen, the lowest temperature being (12 degrees below zero; and at one time the vessel of the party, the Pram, was firmly frozen in ice of more than thirty feet of measured thickness. These incidents show in a general way what 'difficulties were encountered, and what bravery and fortitude were required to overcome them. It does not appear that there was' any weakening on the part of any of the ad­ venturers because of these severe trials. p r . n a n s e ^ i n nis srtrnv, l ut if. remains, nevertheless, for Dr. Nan­ sen to explain why he left the Pram and all of his companions but one and made his way back to civilization. We are assured that Dr. Nansen brings back with him several maps and many photographs to increase our knowledge ol the region that lie visited:' He was gone three yesfrs, and there is ho reason to* bb- lieve. that is to say, that he accomplished anything of substantial importanceThe fact that he got nearer to the pole than any previous explorer counts only in a comparative way, and not as a decisive triumph. It can--tje*,sajd'. perhaps, that he has added something to the possibility of ultimate success in the case, and this will encourage other adventurous spirifs to make other attempts of that sort, and •n the course of time the pole may be reached. The appeal of the British Government against the acquittal of Capt. Lothaire, the Belgian officer who caused the Eng­ lish trader Stokes, to be hanged in the "CWiig'S regi011 for selling arms and ammu­ nition to the natives, was opened in Brus­ sels before the superior court of ihe Con- so State* - o. Jiriiiiltards of (.iothnm. The-Salvation Army has devised a new method of reforming, or. at least, of help­ ing men who have been unfortunate e 11 o ugh t o g e t drunk. It is called the ambulance liq­ uor cure. It will be tried in New York. The ambulances are to patrol by night -those parts of the city where the larg­ est crop of street "drunks" is to be I .EAOXE SYMBOL. r , found. One pretty army lass will drive and two more will assist the helpless victim of spirits into the wagon. He or she will be taken to the army headquarters, given a bed and a breakfa'st in the morning. If the lodger is grateful for this kindness and has a few f t 11 ts to give away, the.army will not re­ fuse to take the fee. This sort of. cru­ sading smrcks a little of kidnaping, but the police will not interfere with it. It will save the force some trouble, and the unfortunates the humiliation of an ap­ pearance in the police court. The ambu­ lances to be used will be distinguished from those used by the police and hospi­ tals with a large circle inclosing a car­ mine heart and surounded by the letter­ ing, "League of Love Ambulance." Sparks from tlie Wires. Major James C. Wofthingtoii. of the U. S. A., died at Louisville, Ky,, aged K>. Chairman Holt, of the Indiana Demo­ cratic committee, says the free silver men will carry the State, by 40,000. A dispatch: to th<5>Loudori Daily Tele­ graph from Rio Janeiro says that the Frine* Hermanos. engaged in the cattle trade, _have failed with 000.000 liabil­ ities. Deputy,ComptrollerJCoffin has appoint­ ed Joseph Rbacj£ of. S'rirthtield.-Miiin.. receiver of the Tirst, '.National' Bank of Minot. "N., D.'f which"recently'tailed. a • • * The ratification at Columbus of the ilepnhlic:!n ticket and opening of the Ohio rniin to cross the tape in the five-mile na­ tional championShip. but met with dis­ qualification by the judges. It was claim­ ed by them that Cooper had dug his el­ bows into Bald and made faces at him un­ becoming a rider. The crowd sa\v this and at once set up a cry of "disapproval, Cooper was hissed and Bald was called for, but Bald did not win. The cham­ pionship was hung on Becker's belt. Aker received second place and Nat Butler third. The most.popular winning of the meet ivas done by Walter Sanger ("old Wooden Shoes.") He is a big fellow, the most powerfully built of any man on the cir­ cuit, but his weight was a matter of in­ significance to his ad­ mirers at the close of the two-mile pro­ fessional handicap, when they carried him up and down 011 their shoulders in front of the grand stan d , while thja crowd of men and women stood on their W a l te r SANGER, seats and let San­ ger's name test the full extent of their lung power. The enthusiasm was cre­ ated originally on the opening day of the meet, when Sanger's appearance in the one mile was the signal for a chorus of calls for "Wooden Shoes.". Although vir­ tually he won the event, Butler, who had taken advantage of his«sprints and never tried to stir from his hind wheel, shot in ahead of him at the t.ipe. On the next day Gardiner won in the s^ame manner. Following the races the greater number of visitors packed their collars and sou­ venirs and took trains home. There were no disappointments, except, perhaps, lew of the riders aiid some of the manu­ facturers. G. A. R. COLONY A FAILURE. Madison Sqnare Gardch Meeting. The second uotr.ble demonstration of the political campaign in New York City was held Tuesday night under the auspices of the Democratic Honest Money League of America, in Madison Square, where "W. liourke Coekrar addressed an immense audience, with a speech entitled "In Op­ position to Repudiation." Mr. Cockran had been selected to answer Candidate Bryan's speech because of his opposition to the Chicago platform, and because of -the reputation as an orator which he had earned by his participation in the tariff debates of two Congresses and by his famous protest against the nomination of Mr. Cleveland, delivered at daybreak ia the convention of four years ago. The Elements; were kinder to Mr. Cockran than they had been to Mr. Bryan, for an afternoon sidower had cooled off the asf and made the night an ideal one, in pleas­ ant contrast to the sweltering atmosphere which oppressed the Bryan shouters. In place of the ,small platform from whieb Mr. Bryan had spoken was erected, a" big st&ge whereon were seated many of the vice presidents of the meeting, whose names made a list 300 strong, aad in whoise. ranks were included many of th'e most prominent business men. bankers ind railroad presidents of New York, and other Cities. . .. Eighteen thousand seats had befen placed in the garden and all of them were filled when Mr. Cockraa;advanced to the front of the pbttform'and was greeted by a tremendous cheer, men climbing up­ on their chairs and waving little American (lags which had been strewn through the hall. Maj. John Bryne. president of the league, called the meeting to ofder, and presented Perry I'.elmont, who made a r.hort speech by way of overture to Mr. Cock rail's effort. "When Mr. Cockran was introduced by Mr. Belmont the first outburst of the meeting came. As Mr. Cockran arose i" small group of men with a leader began to sing "My Country." Then, in obedience to signals, from various parts of the hall men aros.< and joined the chorus. Mr. Cockran himself started fcN?ing, but paus­ ed soon, as if he were not familiar wit?! the words. Mr, Cockran began his speech in a low voice, but his tones became clear­ er as he proceeded. His sentiments were liberally cheered after he had warmed to his subject, and his statement that the volume of money does not denote pros­ perity seemed to meet the approval of nis auditors, for they clapped their hands vigorously. Frequent outbreaks of cheers followed his periods throughout the ad­ dress. The Veterans at Fitzgerald, Ga.f Are in Hard Luck, ; An Atlanta correspondent says: The colonists, who are trying to build up the new town of Fitzgerald, Ga., are in hard luck. Last winter the town had 8.00C inhabitants and about 150 business houses, but the hot weather .lias driveu more than half of the settlers back to their old homes, where many of them will remain permanently. Disease and death have thinned the ranks of~the col­ onists, and they dread what the future has in store for them. It was a mistake for these people to set tie in a region where summer begins with April and ends with October. They can­ not endure the clitnate, and they are too far from the markets to make truck farming profitable. The natural condi­ tions of the place were bad enough, but fhe colonists have made them worse by building houses suited to a cold climate. Then they have their stables and cow sheds near their cottages, and in warm weather these conveniences are very dis­ agreeable and dangerous, liut some of the plucky citizens are determined to hold out and many of those who have left are expected to return in the fall and make another effort to overcome the adverse forces of nature. The (Jeorgians are anx­ ious to see the newcomers succeed, but they regret that they did not locate their town 011 the Piedmont slope in northern Georgia, where the climate enables people to work outdoors all the year round, and where malaria is unknown. The failure of Fitzgerald will-be regarded as a calam­ ity by the progressive Southerners, who desire to see an influx of white immi­ grants. GOVERNMENTS MAPS ISSUED. Many New Features Broncht Out in the Finely Executed Work. The big general maps of the United States, issued by the general land office for this year, have just been issued. The result of the work of engraving and print­ ing is one of the most complete and finely drawn sets yet issued by the Government. The feature is the division of the country into sections, marking the various ces­ sions and purchases from other Govern­ ments. 'The tracts covered in'the original thirteen colonies and- the Gadsden pur­ chase. the Texas annexation, the cessions of Louisiana. Alaska, Mexico and Florida are clearly set out for the first time. Com­ missioner Lainoreux is the Originator of the idea. Only a limited number of maps have been issued, and a large saving over previous years is made in the contract price of (52 cents each „to the Government. campaign was a stupendous' affair. , It Was nndt»r the auspices of the State Ex­ ecutive Committee and the Ohio League of Republican Clubs, and there jyas an immense influx of (organized.clubsMUiLnd- ncrents to the party from all over the State. The features of the day. Aye re a parade and a mass meeting under a inam- moth tent. Sensltor Sherman presided ni^d Senator.-elect Foraker and Gen. Stew­ art L. Woodford of New York were among the speakers. Kentucky gold men claim that McKin­ ley will have a majority of 20,000 in that Stat*.- . • Ex-Chairman Harrity of the.Demo- cratie national committee-Will retire from natioiiaPpolitics. ' r ' The Populists of Missouri have nomi­ nated. O. D. Jpneji of, Edinft for Governor ^4,a' full'p tta|e4iic^et| ' ' , . :. The Postmaster Geueral has "issued an order forbidding railway mail glerks tak­ ing an active interest in the campaign. " ^Missouri Populists have made an ar­ rangement with the Democrats whereby four Bryan and Watson electors will be put on the ticket. .4 THE SOLAR ECLIPSE. Northern Asia Has Been the Center of Astronomical Interest. An eclipse of the sun is caused by the moon passing between the sun and the earth, as shown iii the accompanying dia­ gram. During the recent eclipse the shadow of the moon first touched this earth at an unnamable town in Russia. Throughout the whole of Europe, except France and Spain, in Asia, above the 85th degree of latitude in Alaska and most of Polynesia 1x01/ DIAGRAM OK ECI.1PSE. (A. represents the earth. B. represents earth's orbit. represents the inoen. and E repre­ sents the moon's orbit. G, represents tha earth's shadow tliat makes an eclipse fo» some other plauet. the eclipse was a partial obscuration. But there was a favored belt, not more than 120 miles wide at the most, extending from a point in the North Sea across Nor­ way, Sweden, Lapland, Nova Zembla, Si­ beria, Manchuria and Japan, where the obscuration was total. • To understand the character of the eclipse, imagine a small, circular, non-hi- luinous body intervening between a larger luminous giobe and your eye, and near enough to the eye to obscure the larger body, as a peuny held near enough to the eye will hide a silver dollar, or au orange will shut off from the eye the big glass globe iiround an arc light. The shadow of the orange will be cone-shaped, large near the ..range and narrowing down to a point. So with the sun and moon, and" at the time of the August eclipse the shad­ ow, which began at the near side of the moon with a diameter equal to the moon's, was truncated, just before it was nar­ rowed to a point, by the earth, and fell upon the earth with a breadth of about 100 miles. It was as if the moon took a monster paint brush, molded it to a point, and, applying a little pressure, drew a narrow black line around that part of the t'ATII OF 'SOTAL KGLIPSK. earth which revolved within reach. The black line, or band, or shadow, marked the earth from a poiut west of Norway, 111 the ocean, across Norway. Sweden* Finland, Northern Russia and Siberia, the Pacif>c Ocean, and some of the norths ern islands of Japan. Of these last it fell Mopibetsu and' Yubetsu. From Yubetsu it Went on, falling upon mouatains t»,00<| «or 7,000 feet high, and continued over the ocean some hundreds of miles, and then vanished. Within this long, hundred- mile wide belt of darkness the several ob­ serving parties took st^ml. at1 different points,. The French. German and Ualiaa astronomers! made observations from Nor­ way', and Finland, near Varanger Fjord, at Yadso afia Va&io ia' FiplSad. ' J ^ * ** -4'|