solutely fixed by law, so far as
the purchasing power is concerned, and as the values of gold and
silver vary, neither being stable any more than the value of wheat
or corn is stable, I believe that legislation should keep pace
within a reasonable distance at least, of the varying values, and
that the money should be kept as nearly equal as possible. Of
course, there is one trouble with money to-day, and that is the
use of the word "dollar." It has lost its meaning. So many
governments have adulterated their own coin, and as many have
changed weights, that the word "dollar" has not to-day an absolute,
definite, specific meaning. Like individuals, nations have been
dishonest. The only time the papal power had the right to coin
money--I believe it was under Pius IX., when Antonelli was his
minister--the coin of the papacy was so debased that even orthodox
Catholics refused to take it, and it had to be called in and minted
by the French Empire, before even the Italians recognized it as
money. My own opinion is, that either the dollar must be absolutely
defined--it must be the world over so many grains of pure gold, or
so many grains of pure silver--or we must have other denominations
for our money, as for instance, ounces, or parts of ounces, and
the time will come, in my judgment, when there will be a money of
the world, the same everywhere; because each coin will contain
upon its face the certificate of a government that it contains such
a weight--so many grains or so many ounces--of a certain metal.
I, for one, want the money of the United States to be as good as
that of any other country. I want its gold and silver exactly what
they purport to be; and I want the paper issued by the Government
to be the same as gold. I want its credit so perfectly established
that it will be taken in every part of the habitable globe. I am
with the Republican party on the question of money, also on the
question of protection, and all I hope is that the people of this
country will have sense enough to defend their own interests.

--_The Inter-Ocean_, Chicago, Illinois, October 27, 1891.

MISSIONARIES.

_Question_. What is your opinion of foreign missions?

_Answer_. In the first place, there seems to be a pretty good
opening in this country for missionary work. We have a good many
Indians who are not Methodists. I have never known one to be
converted. A good many have been killed by Christians, but their
souls have