Li5sS52KS 12 THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 8. 189SL1 FACTS FOR FARMERS. McKinley Champions Protection's Cause to Nebraska Grangers. FEEB TRADE FALLACY BEFUTED. Enngerotts Tendencies of the Democracy Plainly Feinted Out. OPEKIHG OP THE WESTERN C1HPAIGN Beatrice, Neb., Aug. 2. Fifteen thou sand people at the Chautauqua ground! this afternoon listened to a stirring address by GoTernor William McKinley, of Ohio. Special trains this morning brought in throngs of people from Kansas, Iowa and Missouri to hear the great protectionist. Business in the city was almost suspended, and everybody witnessed the immense pro cession which preceded the Governor's speech. All along the line of march the buildings were decorated for the occasion, and the parade and demonstration were the most elaborate ever held in the State. Promptly at 2:30 o'clock McKinley began his address. The Governor received an ova tion. He said in introduction: I havo come here upon the invitation or tho Chnutanq.ua committeo to discuss before tills assemblage the question of tariff and taxation, which has given to it added im portance this year, because or tho sharp divisions among the people as expressed In the latest platforms of the two leading par ties of tne country. I learn that on this platform you Invite the first discussions and welcome men of eery phase of party and political belier; that all the parties except the Republican have been heard, and you have been Mnd vnouRh to asslzn to me tho preentatlonof Republican belief and con viction upon the great i'sues which divide the parties this year. I will not discuss fur ther issue, but the living one, the one which affects the revenues of the Government and the occupations and employments of the people. I suppoe that no one will question tlmt citizens of other countries desiring to bring their products in tnis country can do fo, only upon the conditions this Govern ment mij prescribe the terms of tbelr adi mission here to be fixed by lis as it may t-ceni best to no. This plain principle will lie admitted by all. The question of differ ence trill be the conditions to be prescribed, and t'lii difference marks the divisions among our peopio and between the twogreat political patties of the country. I rrn Trader Itold-r Than Etit. Governor McKinley then said that the latest national Democratic platform is a bolder recognition of free trade than any of its predecessors and went on to analyze it. llie report as it came from the committee, r-aid lie. declared that when customs tax ation is levied upon articles of any kind produced in this country, the difference between the cost of labor here and labor abroad fully measures any possible benefits to labor. He continued: Tlmt was stricken out and this difference in favor or the American worklngman Is no longer to be recognized by the Democratic party in its arrangement of the tariff. .gain the sentence, "but in making re ductions in taxes. It Is not proposed to injure nv domestic Industry," was stricken out, and in their revised edition they take no ctre of any domestic industry. Azain the report declares that "from the foundation of this Government, taxes col lected at the custom houses have Deen the chiet source of Federal revenue: such they must continue to be." That is stricken out, hicii indicates most strongly that the new leiders of the Democratic party propose to abandon their old policy of lalsing revenue from customs and lely solely npon direct taxation for the revenue needs ot the Gov ernment. They give up their old theories f titatlon, and are ready to accept the land laT scheme nf Henry George, or adopt tl system of direct taxation which Thomas .lefferson declared too odious and onerous tci te thought of except in a great national emersoncj. nt Regardful of Labor or Cjiplta!. Again the committee report declared "so th it every change of law must be at every step legurdfulor the labor and capital in v nlvcd." That, too. Is stricken out, and any change of law hereafter Is not to be regard ful of labor employed and capital invested lu the great Industries of the country. A:rnln, "the processes of reform must be subject to the execution of these plain dic tates of Justice." Ttiatwas stricken out. No quarter is to be siren, but all our vast enterprises must nirrenrter without terms to the demands of tho tariff reform. Then they denounce Republican protec tion as fraud and robbery, and declare that (.wniiress has no constitutional power to en lot co and collect tariff duties protectiroln thclrnatuie. The constitutionally of a pro tective tariff has not been seriously ques tioned in more than a hundred years. The policy was recognised In tho second act erer passed by the Congress of the United States i Consress participated In by many of the fremersofthe Constitution. The preamble f that act declared it to be "for the support of the Government, for the discharge of tebts or I ho United States and for the enoonr ajement and protection of manufacturers." That law.ps.ssed by a unanimous vote in the Senate and by a malorlty of five to one In the House, was reported by Mr. Madison, ABSOLUTE DISCRETION. WRITTEN FOR THE GEORGE Author oi "LIGHTS O' LONDON," ""TALES OF TO-DA.T," "DRAMAS OP LIFE," Etc., Etc. "Spyers & Co., prirate inquiry agents. A large staff of experienced detectives, male and female. Suspected persons matched. Confidential inquiries of all kinds undertaken. Absolute discretion." Day alter day the above advertisement appeared in the Daily Telegraph, and day alter day "Spyers & Co." sat in their little effice on the third floor of a house in West minster and waited for their absolute dis cretion to be put to tbe test AVbere the Jarge staff of experienced de tectives, male and lemale, were concealed Mas a mvstery. Spyers & Co. only had two i-mall rooms as offices one was the private office and the other was a "clerks' office," but there was nothing in the clerks' office but a desk, two old second-hand chairs, a dilapidated umbrella stand and a map of London, yellow with age, and absolutely out of date. It is possible that the large staff of male and female detectives were kept in the coal cellars as a means ol preservation, or it maj bave been the custom of the firm to leave its staff outside in the street all day and give them instructions by a code of signals from the window. These are professional matters into which it is not perhaps advisable to inquire too closely. Such eminent detectives as Spyers m. Co. would naturally take especial pains to prevent their staff learning too much of their business, and overhearing too much of their conversation. It would be necessary to do this in order to insure that absolute discretion which is the prond watchword and prominently advertised trademark of tbe firm. Merit does not always succeed in this world, and in spite of their superior quali fications and their "absolute discretion," afterward President, and was approved by George Washington. Th Confederate Constitution. If a protective policy Is In violation of any constitution it is not that of the United States. It Is a manifest violation of the Constitution of the Confederate State J.,. Possibly that is what they mean. Happily for ui, however, we don't recognize that In strument, and never did, and we are not operating under It. Free trade gives to the foreign producer equal privileges with us. Upon what prin ciple of fair play should he have themt It invites the product of bis cheaper labor to this market to destroy the domestlo product representing the higher ana better paid labor of ours. It destroys our factories or reduces our labor to the level of theirs. It Increases foreign production, bnt dimin ishes home production. We cannot have free trade in this countrywithout having free trade conditions. The Democratic platform demands it upon these conditions and is bound to bore It at any cost. The world knows what these conditions are. The farmers and worklnemen of England know what they are. Thousands of men who have worked on both sides of the ocean and under both systems know these condi tions. To introduce them here will bring widespread discontent ; revolutionize values. It will take from the people who work for a living heart and hope and home. It will be self-destruction. Mr. Cleveland Joined the choir of calamity in his speech of acceptance. I fear be has not consulted the market since 1890. He had In mind the campaign prices then prevail ing and seems to nave been unadvised of what has ocourred slnoe. He had not then read the leport of the Senate committee appointed to Investigate the effect of the new tariff law upon the consumer and pio duccr and the it ages of labor. The Unanimous Senate Report. This report, which Is signed by Aldrich, Allison, Ulscook, Jones, Harris and Carlisle. Is unanimous, and showed a decline In the retail prices of 211 selected articles of com fort and necessity. The report shows in every part a constant tendency to lower the prices of necessaries and comforts of life. The report also shows that while the cost of living has deorcased here. It has, during the same neriod. in England increased. As to wages. It appears that the wages In the special industries selected averaged In the United States 77 per cent greater than in Great Britain, which is under a democratic free trade revenue tariff. As to the farmers, to whom Mr. Cleveland so plaintively lefers, this report says that the average price of all the agricultural pro ducts except flaxseed, w hen put at their proper relative importance, were 18 67 per cent higher in September 1S91, than in June 1889 May I not, in the light or this report and the facts everywhere obser able, re mind Mr. Cleveland that in tbe year 1892 e are confronted by a condition and not a theorj T The truth is that the protective. tariff bas cheapened every manufactured product, not by cheapening labor, but by its higher rewards, securing from labor its highest efficiency. Substantially everything which Iirotection direct'y affects has been reduced n price except labor. Governor McKinley quoted from an arti cle by Edward Atkinson in the Mav forum to corroborate. this statement, fie also quoted from a Bermuda paper the proceed ings of the colonial parliament considering the American tariff, and showing that its burdens were being borne by the Bermudan producers and not by the American con sumer. This indicates, caid McKinley, how for eign countries regard this tariff Similar discussions are going in Canada, France, England and other countries. He con tinued: Creation of Xcw Industries Under the new tariff old Industries have been stimulated and many new industries started, which are now estimated to have given employment to from 200,003 to 250,000 persons, and It is a fact well established by reports from all countries that at this time, while depression and anxiety exist in their industries, there is prosperity in the United States alone. Notwithstanding the cry that under a pro tective tariff we cannot sell abroad if we (lo not buy abroad, yet during the lat fiscal year we sold abroad nearly $203,000,000 more than we bought abioad. This was tbe ex cels in our favor which the for eigners paid to us, and which we have at home circulating among bur people. The report or the Treasury shows that dutiable merchandise has de creased under tbe operation of the newlaw irom $478,671 844 the fiscal year ended Jfcne SO. 1891, to $369 399 130 the yar Just past, "4 de crease of $109,291,903. The free Usfhai In the same time inci eased $91,759,793. More than one-half the value of all our Imports is absolutely free. The value of our exports or merchandise the past fiscal year was $1,030 333,626 an increase of $135,851816 over the previous year a wonder! ul Increase of our foreign trade under a law which was to close the foreign markets to us. Our ex ports never before reached that point in a given year in all our history. Custom House figures effectively refute tbe oft-told story that protection has de stroyed our foreign trade. Under the tariff law of 1890 our export trade Increased 15 per cent, and tbe exports or Great Britain in the same period under a Democratic tree trade tariff decreased 5 per cent. Matters of History, Mot Theory. What protection has done and what a Democratic revenue tariff has done are mat- j tersoi History, jrrom 187 to 1861, under a free trade revenue tariff, the balance of trade against us was more than $31,000,000, and there were but two years of the 14 when the balance of trade was in qnr favor; whtle in the 15 years from 1876 to 1891 tbere were but two years when the balance of trade' was against us. We were then under pro tection 13 years when the balanoe of trade was in our favor, and that balance aggre gated $1,619,165,213. Which period was the most profitable to the American peopiet McKinley argued at length in refutation of the Democratio assertion that the farmer would be benefited by a revenue tariff, and said protection is a positive benefit to the DISPATCH BT R. SIMS, Messrs. Spyers & Company found them selves after three months' partnership in anything but an enviable position. The rent of the offices was overdue, Mr. Spyers' overcoat was beginning to show signs of wear, his boots .were going over at the heels, and he found considerable difficulty in ar ranging with Mrs. Spyers the petty details of their suburban housekeeping. He began to regret that he had ever been tempted to leave his old employers, a flourishing firm of inquiry agents at the West End, and start in business for himself with the company. The "company" was Mr. Wilkins, a young fellow of five or six and twenty, who had been a solicitor's clerk, and who having been dismissed for revealing professional secrets -to a "newspaper man" in search of paragraphs, had invested his savings, some 50, in a partnership with Mr. Spyers. Spyers and Wilkins had been in the habit ot usine the same public house of an even ing, and there they had struck np an ac quaintance which eventually led to the taking of the two little rooms aud the in sertion in the daily papers ot the advertise ment which appears at the commencement of this narrative. And now alter three weary months of mingled hope and despair Mr. Spyers and Mr. Wilkins, both at the end of their re sources, were smoking their pipes in their private office, scowling at each other, curs ing fate and wondering what .they conld do to put a little money in their painfully empty pockets. "We mnst do something, Wilkin's!" ex claimed Mr. Spvers, "we can't go on like this you know." "Yon needn't tell me that," growled Mr. Wilkins. "I can't help thinking, Spyers, that you've treated me badly in this matter." farmers of this country that tbere is no class ot citizens more dlreotly advantaged by it What farmers want are consumers, and the more consumers and fewer com petitors he has the better it is. He wants those consumers steady aud regular, and has . such in the 65,000,000 of con sumers in this country, who are the best and most profitable consumers on the globe. "The Democratic leader of to-day seems to think there is some peculiar sanctity about the foreign consumer that doesn't attach to the domestic I don't. I preter the domes tic consumer because he is the best, he con sumes more and has more money to pay for his living than any other consumer in the world." The major said: No More Farmers Needed. The agriculturists of this country do not want more farmers; they -want more people who do not raise their own food and whom they can supply. Every new Industry In creases the farmer's home maiket and furnishes him what he most wants profit able customers. It Is no fault of the tariff law if tbe farmers of tbe United States do not supply every agricultural want of our entire population.. We framed that law to give them this market, and to encourage Industries which would Increase the con sumers by Increasing the factories and the demand for labor therein. Governor McKinley quoted from utter ances by Mr. Gladstone and Cardinal Man ning to show that free trade England has in many parts not only a stationary, but -a de creasing population, and said there is noth ing in the condition of agriculture in the country to induce our farmers to exchange what they have got for what it offers. In conclusion Governor McKinley said: Tiled by any test, measured by any stand ard, we lead all the rest of the world. Protec tion has vindicated itself. It cannot be helped by eulogy or hurt by delamation. It has worked out its own demonstration and presents in the sight of the whole world its matchless trophies. Our own experience shows that It is best for cur citizenship and our civilization, and opens np a higher and better destiny lor our people. The day of re pentance will come when we have made a change. PICKED UP A HAED CUSTOMER. Arrested the Men Who 11 anted to Sell Him a Snlt. Detective SolCouIson arrested two clever thieves at the Union depot yesterday after noon. They had just alighted from the west-bound mail when they fell into the hands of the officer. The detective was stationed about the depot and was on the lookout 'for sharpers whom he expected would arrive on the train. The two men attracted considerable attention by their peculiar actions and the, officer concluded to shadow them. He hurried to the corner of Eleventh street and w hen the men came up they engaged him in conversation. Pres ently one ol the men offered the officer a fine suit of clothes which he agreed to sell at an exceedingly low figure. The officer became suspicious and placed both men under ar rest, charging them with larceny. The clothes are of the finest material, and were evidently stolen irom the house of a well-to-do person. Tbe men gave their names as Marion Geirger and August Meyer. They claim that Altoona is their home. An effort will be made to find the owner of the goods. No Barbarous Method employed in curing piles with Hill's Pile Pomade. No cutting, no lUatuies, no cau terizing, but a simple and positive cure for piles, or we would not givo you a printed guarantee with each package. Price $1, six packages $5. Bv mail. Tiy it to-night. For sale by Jos. Fleming & Son 112 Market stieet w Very True. 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Tickets good on regular trains same date at 1.30, 7:10 and 8.10 p. v. Bate Is $10. Tickets good 1J days, with privilege of stop off at Philadelphia on re turn trip. IOff K VTES TO D1YB. August 2 to 6, Inclusive. The Pittsburg and Western Hallway will sell excursion tickets to Denver, Col., good to return until October U. Bate Irom Pitts burg $21 35. Kansas City and return, same dates and limit, $17 S5. rittiburg Is a Great Center For transient room renting the year round. If you have a room to rent don't fail to in sert It at once in The Dispatch cent-a-word advertising columns. "How?" "Well confound it all you don't think I'd have given you 50 to furnish this den and advertise in the papers it I hadn't been led to believe that you bad a connection. After all I found the monev." "And I found the brains." "Brains arc no good if we haven't any clients. That's what you were to find." "Clients will come if we wait" "Quarter-day has come and the landlord won't wait Spyers, old chap, I don't think this is a particularly good game." "Lots ot men make money at it" "Well, if they do they must be cleverer than we are." "No.luckierl I'll back myself against any detrctive in London to work a case when I get it If you can't get it what are you to do?" Mr. Wilkins looked steadily at Mr. Spy ers for a moment, and then, putting his pipe down, he said quietly, "Make it!" "Eh?" exclaimed Spyers, "make it; what do you mean?" "Look here, Spyers, I've been thinking over this affair a good deal lately for I've seen ruin staring us in the face, and I've come to one conclusion." "And that is?" "That we are a couple of darned fools." "Speak for yourself," said -Spvers, haughtily. "Sorry to hurt your feelintjs, old chap, but it's a fact When cases haven't come to ns we ought to have gone to cases. We've been too respectable, too modest; and it's une to iry me otner tacK. "What do you propose to do?" "To get a bit to go on with. Yon know why I got the bullet from Clark & Co.. don't yon?" ' "Yes. you were overheard talking In a public house about the Delbec divorce case before the petition was filed." "Exactly. I now propose that we take the Delbeo case up again." "But nothing more has been heanj of it The wife never filed the petition." "Quite so tnere must have been a rea son. What we want to find out is what that reason-was. I saw enough of the cor respondence while I was in Clark's office.and I heard enough to know.that there is a mys tery about this case, and I think it will pay us to find it out; at any rate there can be no harm in trying. I can easily find ont from a pal of mine in the office what has hap pened since I left, and then we can start on the job at once." Mr. Spyers thought a minute, and then he said, "What makes you think there ii any money in It, Vilkins?" "This. 'Delbeo is a rich man and a well known man, and the marriage with this woman was a tecret one. He himself has never divulged it, and the world still be lieves he ia unmarried. There must be a LATE NEWS IN BRIEF. An alleged wild man is agitating lewis county, Ey. The cruisers Charleston, Boston and Baltimore will go to Honolulu. The liberty or the Bulgarian press will be restored by decree on the 13th. An International exhibition or feminine arts was opened in Paris yesterday. The report of the death or the chief of tho Waphoton and SIsseton Indians, is false. Le Canada newspaper of Ottawa, Ont, has published another article clamoring for annexation. Winnepeg people are very angry over the smallpox quarantine declared by the Goveinor or North Dakota. The Illinois K. of L. will" decide on the 9th whether or not they as an organization will support the Peoples' party. The situation at Coal Creek, Tenn., is becoming threatening again. There may be a fight yet between miners and troops. A secret national Polish printing press has been discovered in Warsaw. Three bundled arrests have been made In connection with the discovery. A 11-year-old son of Farmer Heed Itobin son murdered Mrs. Uendrlx, a poor widow employed on his father's farm, near Mifflin, Tenn., with a hoe and a hatchet. The Chinese crew which the steamer City of Pekin brought over, but w hich was lefused permission to land at San Francisco, will be taken back to their native land. A United States commissioner at Wal lace, Idaho, has begun tbe examination of the 160 prisoners confined there. FUteeu men were examined and released on bond. It is teported In London that the British Minister to Stockholm assisted the King to intimidate the Noiweglans by saying Salis bury would leruse to deal with separate consuls. French Republican Journals regard tho results of the triennial elections held In the province for members of tho councils gen eral on Sunday a crushing defeat of the enemies of tbe republic. Two hundred G. A. R. men defied the school directors of Franklin, Hi., by raising a flag over the schoolhouse after they had refused the school ma'am permission to do the same. The directors have been asked to lesign. Kostmaster Kamly, of Edgefield Junction, Tenn , near Nashville, was cut to death yesterday by a boy named Jessie Blood worth. The boy seemed to be enraged be cause there was no mail for him. He is still at large. Twenty cases of unlawful co-habitation against Mormons, several of whom are romlnent in tbe Chuioh, weie dismissed Ion day in the Ogden United States District Court on motion of Prosecuting Attorney Tarian, the Indictments having been made almost without any evidence. Canada will not take any action in the canal tolls dispute until the United States Government is heard from. If President Harrison issues a proclamation bringing the retaliatory act Into effect the Dominion Cab inet will send a protest to Great Britain against tbe violation of tbe Washington treaty. In any evont Canada will not adopt a policy of leprlsals Colonel Simons, United States Marshal at Cincinnati, sent a deputy to Hamilton to bring back one William Decker, who had Deen arrested iorpassing counterieit money. Mayor Larsh refused to suriender the pris oner. The deputy marshal will go to Hamil ton again for the prisoner, and then If the Mayor does not change his mind there will be a clash between the Federal and the Slate authorities. Db Witt's Little Karly Risers. No griping, no pain, no nausea: easy pill to take. A Few Hasty Words Before breakfast spoils the entire day. It may be you are severely con stipated, troubled with indigestion. No appetite for breakfast, feel hot and flushed. You feel either low spirited, or you display a nasty tem per. 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A week after this interesting conversa tion had taken place between the members of the firm of Spyers & Co., Mr. Wilkins bad, thanks to his former friend and fellow clert, succeeded in bringing his information with regard to the Delbec case "up to date," and having this information in their possession tbe partners had decided upon playing a little comedy, and had throughly rehearsed it Mr. Delbec was a member of Parliament, a man of about fifty, who enjoyed consider able reputation as a social reformer, and was in great request as a speaker at subur ban meetings and e. favorite chairman at penny readings. He was an eminently re spectable man and was "generally credited with serious views and an unblemished rep utation. There had been rumors and hints of a skeleton in his cupboard, but as nothing definite was forthcoming on the subject, these rumors had gradually been dismissed as inventions of the enemy, and eventually had been forgotten. During the Parliamentary sessiou Mr. Delbec occupied a flat in Queen Anne's Mansions, Westminster, and thither one I morning Mr. Wilkins wended his way. to insure nimself a reception, be had on the previous evening written Mr. Delbec the following letter: "Sir Some information of a peculiar kind, with regard to a'matter of great im portance to yourself,' has lately come to my knowledge. I will call npon you to-morrow morning, and shall bo glad if you can ac cord me an interview. "Faithfully yours, "William Wilkins, "(Private Detective)." This letter had the desired effect On handing his card to the servant, Mr. Wilk ins was at once ushered into a room and in formed that Mr. Delbeo would see him at once. Mr. Wilkins was not kept waiting very long. He had barely time to take out his -pocketbook and glance over his notes to re fresh his memory on certain points before Mr. Delbeo entered the room. "Nowsir." said the M. 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We base this assertion on our observation of over thirty years, in which time a very laisenumberand variety of Skin Distant have been reported to us as cured, by the simple use of Heiskell's Ointment, without the aid of Internal remedies. Many of these were cases of long duration, that bad resisted the treatment of tbe most eminent medical talent In this and other countries. Heiskell's Ointment seems never to have failed In a single lnsttnce. Sold by Drngilsts, or sent by mall. Price 50 Cents per box. Bend for "Hints for Kitchen and Sick Room," Free. . JOHNSTON, HOLMWAY fc CO., 31 Commerce Street, Philadelphia. ARTIST AND PHOTOGRAPHER, J6BIX1H STREET. Cabinets, S2 to per doxaa; petltei, 81 per dozen. Tel houo 175 1. apS-ft-MWTStt formation which is of importance to me. Pardon me if I put it plainly. Have you come to give me this information, or to sell it me?" Mr. Wilkins smiled. "I see that vou are a man of the world, Mr. Delbec, and a man of business. I will confess candidly that my reason in calling on you is that I believe I can be of service to you. Naturally, if you avail yourself of my services, I shall expect to be paid for them. That is how I get my living." "Good; now we understand each other. What is your information?" "Bead that," said the detective, and he handed over to Mr. Delbec a letter which had evidently been in his pocket for some days. The address at the top and the sig nature had been carefully cut away. "You will understand, sir, when you read the let ter why I have removed the name and ad dress. Mr. Delbeo read the letter, and it evi dently made him very angrv, for his face flushed and when he had finished it he flung it on the table. "This is an infamous business!" he ex claimed. "What does it mean?" The detective rose and took up the letter again. "It means, sir, that the writer of that letter has instructed me to find out certain particulars concerning your private life. I didn't like it, sir. I 'felt it was not like what we call a clean job. and I thought I would come to you and let you know what was going on behind your back." The M. P. looked hard at the detective. "I don't quite understand your motive now," he said. "You are betiaying your client, you .know." "Oh, no, I'm not I wrote at once and declined the job. I said it was not in my line and it is not" "Well," said theM. P., "it is certainly a very disgraceful thing. It is a monstrouB thing that a man can be followed and his private affairs spied into like this. By heavn, it I find anvbndy following me about I'll go to a magistrate. Can you tell me what it means?" , "Can't vou euess?" Mr. Delbec hesitated before he answered. "It isn't a matter for gnessing," he said,, presently. "I want to know for certain. " "Then I can tell you, for before coming to you I looked into the matter and ac quired certain information. The writer of this letter is a solicitor. He is a solicitor fo'r a lady who has described herself as your wife and has instructed him to obtain cer tain particulars in order that she may com mence proceedings for divorce against you." Something very like an oath escaped the Hds ot the social reformer. 'She can't do it," he exclaimed, rising and pacing the room. "She can't do it, she threatened year ago, and It never fffL HEW ADTEKTISEMENTS; B. & B. THESE NEW, HANDSOME BLAZER -AND- ETON STORM SERGE SUITS! Navy and black, are proving their merit, if many sales may be taken as proof don't you think big sales the most conclusive proof any store could give? Jackets, half silk-lined, jaunty and stylish in cut, perfectly hanging skirts, io and 11.50. The fineness of twill, well-shaped Jackets, Girdles and Skirts of our special 16.50 navy and black Storm Serge Eton and Blazer Suits catch the eyes of customers at sight; they sell themselves; all sizes, $16.50. Blazer Suits in lightweight navy cloth, $8.50. Lot Ladies' Tan Blazers, 1.50. Ladies' Tan, Navy and Black Blazers, $2 and 2.50. One lot Ladies' Navy and Black Blazers, embroidered collars, worth $4, now going at 2.50 each. You'll find money -saving prices on every article in every department on SECOND FLOOR, as well as in the almost thrown-away (as to value) offerings down stairs. Come for them. BOGGS & BUHL, ALLEGHENY. au3-61 THIS INK IS MANUFACTURED BY j. harper Bunnell co., k myHO-7-D WE'D rather take $5 to 10 less for our Made-to-Measure Suits than to carry them to next year. You'll find $20 and $25 Suits better value than ever. Same can be said of the $5, 6 and $7 Trousers several dollars reduced. I I Ell ANDERSON BLQCK. came to anything." "Then you are married! Come, sir, if I am going to take this case up for you and protect your interests you must give me your entire confidence." 'Andifldon't " "Well, it won't make very much differ ence, because I know that you are married. Acting in your interests, sir, I ascertained exactly what had been done. The lady has given her solicitor proof of your mar riage to her. Now as you are married to this lady all I want to know is whether you mean to let her file lur petition or whether you would like to prevent it "Of conrse I should prefer to prevent it," replied the M. P. "I don't particularly care about its being known that I married this ladv. I made a fool of myself, or rather she made a fool of me. I discovered that she wasn't exactly the sort of person a man in my position ought to have mar ried. I found out certain things which made me very uncomfortable long before the honeymoon was over." "it was a secret marriage, tnenr "Yes. I tell you I made a fool ot my self. Before I knew where I was I found that I had fallen into the toils of a very dangerous young woman, and fearing a scandal, a breach of promise, and all-that sort of thing, I consented to a secret mar riage, and we went abroad immediately altenrard. "Abroad I found out certain facts with regard to her past career which were not particularly flattering to my amour propre, and discovered that we were not likelv to lead a happy life together, and so we agreed to separate. I undertook to make her an allowance, and I have done so. Since then she has sent me several threatening letters, and a year ago I understood she instructed a solicitor to commence proceedings for divorce on some ground or other; but hear ing no m6re of it I fancied she had thought better of li Now you say she is going on with the matter?" "Certainly. The letter I have shown yon should convince you of that Her solicitor is employing? detectives to make her case a good one." J "Bntgrouhave declined to act" "Yes and so the case has been given to another man." "Ah do you know that?" "Yes the man who has it in hand is a private detective named Spyers." "You are sure?" "Yes he was a partner of mine once. We quarreled and separated. There is a bitter professional jealousy at the bottom of my coning to you, sir. I should like to check mate this man Spyers, for he behaved verv badly to me:" "How can you checkmate him? Besides there is nothing for him to find out the charge against me is absurd." SCT ADVETJSESHKNTS. ram m -FOR- . TWITY-F1YE GITS! Who Says Buttons? We want to call the attention of the ladies to pearl buttons "not pearls of great price." It's but one of the many bargains offered in all depart ments this week, and we cannot em phasize it too strongly. Did you ever before hear of a couple dozen finest pearl buttons being offered at a quar ter dollar? We think not. NOW YOU THINK! Briefly stated we have 500 gross, or 6,000 dozen, pearl buttons, best made, finest pure white and shaded, with shanks and 2 and 4 holes, plain and fancy carved in 20, 22 and 34 line (the most desirable sizes). 2 Just 1-2 Price. The McKinley bill has advanced the price of these buttons, but the figure at which we are selling this lot is lower than the same quality of buttons were ever sold for previous to the passage of that celebrated bill. Two dozen for 25c all this week, if they last that long. BUT ONE OF MANY. As above intimated our button bar gain is but one of many. Unparal leled values are offered in all depart mentsvalues that you can't obtain at any other house in the city. Wo would about as soon give goods away as carry them from one season to an other. It's something we never do. Prices on Summer wear of all kinds and descriptions are down to a point that competitors haven't touched as yet. Come and be convinced that we can save you money this month of August. 510, 512, 514, 5(6, 518 Market St auJ-JCwr & Jr "There is a lady's name mentioned in thil letter, sir." "Yes but it Is monstrous to mix her up in an affair of this sort It is scandalous. She is a ladv I haven't seen for years cer tainly not since I made this unfortunate marriage." "Then you don't mind the case going on. You can defend it" "Well, candidly, I would rather the case did not go on. Of course, this woman wonld loi. but a divorce case is always unpleas ant and I don't relish the idea of being mixed up in one." "Then let us stop it" "How?" "Leave that to me. If you employ nnt act in your interests I think I can silence the lady." "You know something?" "I know nothing, but I think there is something to be found out Come, what would you give to have the case stopped?" "Five hundred pounds." a "Very good, sir, that's a bargain. In the meantime I suppose you won't object to pay expenses out of pocket?" "Certainly not What do you want?" "Fifty pounds on account" Mr- Delbeo went into another room, and Eresently returned with a check in his and. , "There is the fifty pounds." "Thank you. sir. If you will allow me I will give you a receipt" Mr. Wilkins drew out a receipt and hand ed it to his employer. "One word. sir. The ladv mentioned in this letter where does she live?" "Whv do vou want to know?" "Because my first task will be to find out what the other side is doing. If I know the address I can find out if her residence ia watched." (2b be Concluded To-morrow.) TVIIEN THIS ENERGIES FLAG Cse Horsford's Acid Phosphate. "Dr. T. a Smith, Charlotte, N.G, says: "Is is an Invaluable nerve tonlo, a delightful beverage, and one of tbe best restorers when the energies flag and the spirits droop."; From Pittsburg to Denver aad Return S21 SB, Via tho Popular Route Penn sylvania Liner. Tiokets going and returning via urn route will be sold August a to 6 inclusive as above rate; tickets going one route and re turning another west of Chicauo and St Louis at moderate additional cost Return coupons valid until October 13 inclusive. Proportionately low rates from principal ticket stations on Pennsylvania lines, tloket agents ot which will furnish details upon application. Tho c t la Nominal In comparison to returns you get by adrer . Using yonr vacant room la the "to let rooms"cent--word columns of Tne Dlspatoa. DOM M 25c BROWN i r & (
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