An Irishman's Example

A man, wlio was evidently a toiler presented the following letter and a bag of gold in Assistant United States Treasurer Jordán at the sub-treasury in New York one day recently. Dear Sir - I have been an adopted citizen of tliis country for nearly 15 years. I carne from Ireland here. The country lias been good to me, as it is the friend of every laboring man. Its institutions and its freedoin I love. It is iniperiled as 1 think, now by a class of men who would ruin its credit and reduce its dollar in wliich my wages are paid to nearly 50 cents if they liad their way. Since this agitation of the curreucy question has begun it has scared a great many people, but r.ll I have 1 owe to niy country. Therefore I desire to show my confidence in the government and in the good people of this country by depositing in the sub-treasury all of my saving wbich I have accamulated amoun to .t8'20 in gold, during the 15 years I have been here, to sustain the credit of the government during this perilous time. White the Kovernment issues all kind of currency, silver notes, treasury notes, I know that the bullion in the silver is worth about 53 cents, and I also know that by keeping the reserve of gold in the treasury tlie government will be enabled to maintain all the dollars it issues at par with gold. I therefore desire to make this offering to the treasury, and thereby show my appreciation of the government so free and so beniflcent to me. Verv trulv vours.