SULLIVAN REPUBLICAN.
W. M. CHENEY, Publisher.
VOL. XIII.
Tb9 average of human lifo has in»
creased five per cent, in the past
twenty-five years.
About two per cent., or one penny
in fifty, which reaches tho United
States Sub-Treasuries is thrown out
as a bad coin, being either damaged
or a counterfeit.
Think of tho money lying idle in
Europe when the Russian loan of $75,-
000,000 was subscribed for forty times
over, iu twelve hours, exclaims tho
St. Louis Stnr-Sayings.
The farmers of the gas belt iu Indi
ana have organized to protect them
selves against bold th loving of livo
stock and grain. It is estimated that
there will be 10,000 members.
Cottage homes, in which to houso
pauper children and pres?rve them
from the work-houso taint, havo been
provided by tho Sheffield (England)
Board of Guardians at a cost of 8150,-
000.
Tho Queen of Sweden, who has
always taken an interest in Swedish
hospitals and the nursing of the sick,
had tho first experiments mado in
Sweden with tlio new cure for diph
theria.
Bussia is advancing rapidly in mili
tary civilization. For an instance,
the Si. Louis Star-Sayinga relates, that
the lance shafts of her Cossacks aro
now fitted to be used as punt poles or
as the handles of ecythcs with which
to cut hay on tho march.
From returns received at tho British
War Oflico it is estimated that tho
number of noncommissioned officers
and men entitled to tho Queen's medal
for long and meritorious service, run*
ning from twenty to thirty-four years
in many cases, is over 30,000.
The New York Advertiser is remind
ed that General Washington was the
victim of merciless political attacks
when ho was President. General
Gates once alluded to him us that
"dark, designing, sordid, ambitious,
vain, proud, arrogant and vindictivo
knave." Political denunciation seems
to have grown docidedly tamo in theso
jotcr years. „ •
The surrender by the Mosquito In
dians of their rights under tho treaty
of Managua leaves Nicaragua in com
plete sovereignty over tho Mosquito re"
serve, and puts an end to Great
Britain's pretentions to tho right ol
protectorate over the reservation. The
New York Mail and Express states that
no 'fear remains of British inter
ference with the Nicaragua Canal Com
pany's right of transit across tli6
isthmus.
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
Hamlin has issued an order to Collec
tor Kilbreth, of New York, directing
that, until further notice, the inspec
tion of luggago brought by passengers
on transatlantic vessels shall not bo
stopped at sunsot, as was dono upon
the recent arrivals of the Teutonic
aud Wosternland. Hereafter, if tho
inspection has been begun boforo sun-
Bet, all the luggago must bo passed
without interruption, thus saving pas
sengers unnecessary inconvonionco.
An ostrich farmer in Southern Cali
fornia says in tho New York Sun that
tho ostrich farming experiment is not
au entire success, although not a com
plete failure. He was one of tho first
to engage in tho business of raising
the big birds for their foathers, and
expected to realize a big fortune
quickly. Ho says that, while much
money has been derived from the sale
of feathers, the birds do not increase
as rapidly as was expected. Then,
very many aro so vicious that it is im
possible to remove the feather* with
out killing them. He still hopes that,
as the farmers gain moro experience
in the management of the ostriches,
the business may becomo us big a suc
cess as was at first expected.
A damage suit, in which the jury
found for the plaintiff, has becu closed
in the St. Louis County Court, at
Clayton, Mo., which, it is believed, has
no preoedent in tho conrts of the
United Statos or Euglund. The case
wan one, relates the Atlanta Constitu
tion, in which a father claimed and got
a verdict for SSOOO for the death of
his son, who was killed by a railroad
train. It was proved that the boy was
etauding alongside the track when tho
train rushed by at a high rate of speed
aud that he was hurl.id to tho grouud
aud forced uuder the cars by tho cur
rent of air mado by the swift motion
of the train. Deep iuterest has been
manifested in the peculiar and new
foature iu tho ease, tho outcome of
which in the higher courts is likely to
open up a new field of action for dam
ages against railroads.
THE RIDDLE OF WRECK.
Dark homlocks, seventy and seven,
High on the hill-slope sigh in dream,
Wlrh plumy heads in heaven 5
They silver the sunbeim.
One broken body of a tree,
Slabbed through and slashed by Ugbtning
keen.
Unsouled and grim to seo,
Hangs o'er the hushed rnvlne.
A. hundred masts, a hundred more,
Crowd close again it the sunset Ures.
Their late adventure o'or.
They mingle with the spires.
But one is lying prone, alone,
Where gleaming gulls to seaward swoep,
White sand of burial blown
In sheots about Its sleep.
When lightning's loashed and soa Is still,
Ye saeriflclal mysteries dread,
Scapegoats of shore anil hill,
Your riddle may be read.
—Helen Gray Cono, in the Century.
LOVE IN A SNOWSTORM,
BY M. BABINGTON BAYLKX,
[S HE was a little
Puritan maiden,
with honest gray
eyes and a sweet,
bashful face. Her
parents called her
Dorothy; her
frient l 8 > Dolly.
She had been
v brought up very
W Btrictl y. and it
was n °t without
■ Wlflilp.'Ml misgiving* that
' her family allowed
her to visit her rich nncle and aunt in
in London, but they could not woll
refuse tho invitution.
Dolly had been in London only one
short week, and she was bewitched
with everything sho saw. She loved
her uncle and aunt, both of whom dis
played strong affections for her, and
indulged her in a freedom she had
never tasted before. She was delight
ed with the substantial old house, with
its largo rooms, big fireplaces and
comfortable furniture. Moro than all,
she admired London itself. The busy
streets, with their palatial shops; the
colossal buildings—St. Paul's, the
Abbey, fho Houses of Parliament, tho
broad, quiet squares, which seemed to
have been dropped down at random
among the wilderness of houses; the
gay restaurants and the brilliant, fas
cinating theatres. She particularly
liked it at night, when illumined by
counties* lights, whose reflections
glittered on tho pavement; and when
tho black durkness of tjie sky, unac
companied by the deathly silence that
it brought in tho country, seemed
rather to enhance tho noiso and bustle
of tho prodigal streets. There was
something romantic about it all. It
thrilled her, sho knew not why. Her
heart beat faster, her pulso bounded
more quickly. She felt more alive
than she had over felt before.
Thero was another souroo of pleas
ure. Never beforo had she been
thrown into the company of so en
gaging a young gentleman as her
cousin Tom, tho only child of her
uncle and aunt. Ho was Dolly'* sen
ior by tomo half dozen years. Had
Dolly's parents suspected what man
ner of young man lie was, they would
have made a special jouruey to Lon
don to bring their daughter home.
Fortunatoly, thoy were ignorant.
Thero was nothing really bad about
tho lad. He had a very good heart,
but ho wanted steadying a little. He
was exactly the sort of dashing, reck
less, freehanded young Englishman
that a handsome, manly feTlow be
comes when placed in circumstances
of wealth andfreodom. The first time
he saw his cousin Dolly he decided
that sho was a very pretty girl, but
shy, and that it would bo worth while
to draw her out.
Ho found it not easy; and that, not
withstanding tho fact, had he known
it, that there was in Dolly's heart an
intenso willingness to be drawn out by
coiißin Tom. But that shyness of
of hers Jjwas a fashionable barrier.
Sho could not chatter; the thing was
impossible. Her silence had boon in
bred so long that it had become yart
of her anatomical structure; and Tom,
in spite of all his convcsrational tal
ents and social polish, frequently
found himself reduced by it to a cor
responding state. On the other hand,
if Dolly could not spoak, she could
look. Sho had extremely eloquent
eyes; eyes that spoke far more than
her lips. Tom soon beflfon to watch
those eyes and to love them. He no
longer attempted to make hi* cousin
talk; her eyes rendered conversation
unnecessary.
One afternoon, in the first week of
January, he sauntered into his moth
er's sitting room, and there discov
ered Dolly, sitting, like tho historic
Miss Muffit, on a buffet in front of the
fire. Her fingers were busy with
some crochet work. Tom drew a chair
to the fire.
"Aro you going out to-night,
Dolly?"
She lifted her eyes from her needle.
"Not to-night."
"Not. Are you sorry?"
"No."
"I suppose your'e getting rather
tired of it. You've been out pretty
nearly every night lately, haven't
you ?"
''Yes. I'm not tired of it, though;
I like it. But auntie and I are going
to have a quiet eveniug to-night, and
I shall like that just a* woll."
There was a pause.
"Are yon suro you will like it just
as woll?"
"I beg your pardon ?" said Dolly.
Ho moved on his chair. "Well,"
he said, "I waut you to come out
with me to-night, if you will."
She looked at him in auiuement.
"Out with you? Why, where to?"
"The theatre," he responded.
Pleasure shone in her face. She
LAPORTE, PA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1895.
gasped with delight. "Oh, yon are
kind! But do you think auntie will
allow me?"
"I'll ask her," said naughty Tom.
It was really very wrong of him, for
Dolly's parents would Lave been scan
dalized at the idea of their daughter
being seen in a theatre. However,
tbey were not there to see it. It never
occurred to Dolly that it could be
wrong for her togo after Tom had
proposed it, and so, as Tom's parents
raised no objections, they started in
due course. The only condition im
posed on them (and the sequel proved
it a sound one) was to wrap up well,
which they did.
How Dolly enjoyed the performance
it is unnecessary to relate in detail.
She did enjoy it immensely ; and she
frequently turned to Tom and thanked
him so earnestly for his kindness in
having brought her that Tom began
to feel the ecstasy that follows virtu
ous conduct. Her enjoyment robbed
her, for the first time, of her shyness.
Her face glowed with an unusual ani
mation. There was a color in her
cheeks and a sparkle in her eyes that
had not been there before. When a
shy maiden does wake up to anima
tion she is ten times more dangerous
ly attractive than her vivaoious sis
ters, who sparkle all day long. Tom
thought his cousin's face more
seductively sweet than he had imag
ined it could be. He warmed toward
her. He no longer wanted to draw
her out, to flirt with her. He was in
love now, all tho way.
They made no haste out of the the
atre, with the result that, when they
reached the street, there was not an
available liausoui.
"We'd better walk on a bit," said
Tom. "We shall come to one pres
ently."
There had been a heavy fall of snow
during tho performance, and the pave
ment of the Strand was all slushy and
sloppy.
"It's rather unpleasant under foot,
Dolly," said Tom. "You'd better take
my arm."
She did as she was bid, and imme
diately experienced a curious sense of
being owned. It seemed to her that
she belonged to her cousin. While,
as for Tom, the soft touch of those
small, gloved fingers on his coat sleeve
gave him more pleasure than all his
previous flirtations rolled into one.
When they came to Trafalgar Square
Dolly gavo a little scream of delight.
"Oh," she criod, "how pretty!"
It was pretty. Tho whole square—
fountains, statues, and all, wherever
the snow could find a lodging—lay
draped in white. Tho portions that
were free from snow looked doubly
black by contrast. It was a study in
white, with just a little black to help
it out. Overhead fleeoy clonds scudded
rapidly, and a full, bright moou stared
down at tho glittering panorama. The
squaro was as light as day.
"Oh, how beautiful! 1 didn't think
London could look so lovely!"
Tom looked at the speaker, and
thought her lovelier than the scene
she admired.
"Yes," ho said, with his eyes on lior
face, "it is beautiful, very beautiful
indeed."
"Oh," raid Dolly, "let us walk
home. We don't want to tako a cab
on a lovely night like this. I wouldn't
mis* the walk for tho world. It isn't
far, really, is it?"
"About a mile," said Tom.
"Only a mile. Oh, that is nothing.
Let us walk. Shall we?"
"Decidedly, if you wish it. You'd
better tako my arm again," for in her
rapturous admiration she had slipped
her hand loose, "the streets aro
pery."
They walked on for three or four
minutes. Suddenly Dolly's foot
slipped. Tom, with remarkable pres
ence of mind, preveuted her from fall
ing by putting his arm ronud her
waist. That was a new cxperieucc for
Dolly. It had never happened before,
and she was overcome by tho strange
ness of it. She didn't snv anything,
but she blushed, and her faco looked
exquisitely pretty. I don't thiuk Tom
was to be blamed very much for bend
ing down and kissing it. Ho should
not have done it, of course; it was
wrong; but the temptation was con
siderable. Dolly released herself in
dignantly, pushing him from her.
They walked a short distance in awk
ward silence.
"Dolly, aro you angry with mo?"
No reply.
"Dolly"—very humbly—"l'm aw
fully sorry; but you looked so pretty
that I couldn't help it."
Still a severe silence.
"Won't you forgive me, Dolly?"
Tho gray eyes were fixed on the
groufffl, and tho pretty lips were
pressed firmly together. He caught
her fingers. She tried to pull them
away, but it was useless.
"Won't you forgive me, Dolly?" he
said again.
She found her voico at length.
"I wish you wouldn't make mo say
things. Of course, I forgive you, but
—you oughtn't to have done it."
"I am really very sorry, Dolly," he
said, repentantly.
Then the snow came dowu.
There was no mistake about it,
either; it did come down, with a ven
geance. The flakes were nearly as
large as a inau's hand, and the sky
was full of them.
"Dolly," said Tom, firmly, "you
must take my arm and hold it tightly.
We are going to catch it."
She took his arm, and ho hurried
her along as fast as he could. It was
no use. The snow pelted their faces
so severely than in less two minutes
they were nearly' t numbed with the
cold.
"We must shelter somewhere till
tho violence of the storm is speut,"
saijl Tom. Ho looked about him for
a convenient doorway. Fortunately,
there was one near. He placed Dolly
inside it, so that the iuo« could not
get to her, and stationed himself at
her side.
"Are yon cold, Dolly?" he said.
"Not very, thank yon," she replied.
"Aro you?"
"1? Oh I it doesn't matter about
me, dear. You are the important
member of this small community.
Are you sure you are not cold? Will
you have my muffler?"
He commenced to take it off.
"No, indeed!" exclaimed Dolly,
preventing him. "Do you think I
would take it from you? But it was
kind of you to offer it—very kind I
You are kind to me."
"Kind!" said Tom, warmly, "Who
could help being kind?"
He pressed more closely to her.
Outside the snow was descending
heavily.
"Dolly," said Tom, speaking low,
"havo you quite forgiven me?"
Sho smiled, but did not say any
thing. His arm stole round her
ugaiu. She mado no effort to repulse
it. He looked at her face. The cold
had turned it a dead white, but it was
beginning to glow again, and he
thought it had never looked prettier.
"Dolly," ho whispered, "I love
you."
Her heart bounded. He loved her I
Oh ! tho blissful thought!
"Dolly," he whispered again,
"could you care for mo ever so lit
tle?"
"Yes," she murmured.
Their eyes, aud then their lips, met.
After that I dou't think either of them
minded tho cold much.
They were prisoned in that sancti
fied doorway au hour beforo the snow
abated, and then it took them another
twenty minutes to get home. They
were received with rejoicings.
"We thought you had got lost,"
said the master of the house.
Dolly ran straight into her aunt's
arms, and burst iuto a fit of sobbing.
"My poor child!" said tho lady, ca
ressing her, "you are overwrought;
aud no wonder. Torn, you haven't
taken proper care of her."
"Oh! but he has," said Dolly, smil
ing through her tears. "It isn't
that."
"She lias promised to be my wifel"
said Tom.
The rest isn't worth telling.
A Useful Python.
Once, while passing through a Dutch
farm, writes tho author of"Three
Years With Lo Bengula," iu Africa, I
went up to tho house to buy some
eggs, standing iu frout of tho door
was a large barrel, and while passing
I carelessly tilted it up to seo what
was inside, but promptly let it dowu
again, us there was a big python un
derneath. Tho Dutchman told mo ho
had shot at the suake some months
previously, aud a f ew grains entering
the head, the reptile appeared to be
como stupefied and unablo to movo
quickly. Ho then dragged it home,
and extracted the fangs, and it gradu
ally became tame. The python, which
measured sixteen feet, was allowed to
crawl about the place at night, never
attempting to get away or do any dam
age ; in fact, they found it useful for
killing rat* and vermin. By day it
was kept under the barrel. The chil
dren fed the suake, and played with
it. I saw one of the little Dutch boys
drag it out, and pour two bottles of
milk dowu its throat, aud then give it
six eggs, wh chit swallowed. When
thoy teased tho python, it made a hiss
ing noise and reared up on its tail;
they were not a bit and
would catch hold of it by the head,
and drag it along the ground over
their shoulders.
Usefulness ot Diamonds.
Diamond powder aud chips, and
eveu the fiuest dust, are of great value
iu tho mechanical arts. Brazilian
diamonds are now put to a novel and
interesting use. A thiu disk of steel,
seven feet iu diameter, has spaces at
iutervals of about one and one-halt
inches. These spaces are filled in with
pieces of steel that exactly fit, and
into these are set the diamonds fixed
iu countcrsuuk screw-lieads. They
are arranged iu groups of eight, and
aro so placed that they do not follow
one exactly after the other in the cut,
but each liue takes its owu course.
This circular saw is used for cutting
up blocks of ktone, aud so efficient is
it that in less thau two and one-half
years it has to cut out four hundred
and twenty thousand square feet ol
stone, at a cost of a triflo less than
two ceuts a square foot. In this time
it has been necessary to renew twenty
of the teeth, the average cost of which
has been about two dollars per tooth.
—The Ledger.
Rules lor (iuiu Chewing.
The visible working of the jaws in
chewing gtim is not a plonsaut sight,
and that it exasperates sensitive peo
ple beyond measure is not unnatural.
A Buffalo coachmau lost a good posi
tion the other day because he would
persist in chewing gum on the box
while driving. The s. verest criticism
levelled at certain rogiineuts of tho
Massachusetts Natioual Guard at a
recent inspection was that mauy pri
vates and some officers chewed gum
ou parade. Tho only persons who
really ought to be allowed to chew
gum are policemen, ou uight service
only, and members of football team*
in actual conflict.--Buffalo Commer
cial.
All Eye to Business.
* A proposul having been mado iu
London that boxes Hhould bo erected
iu public thoroughfares for the reeep
tiou of orauge-pecl aud matches, re
calls the story told of a youug gentle
man of excellent principles walking
with au emineut tuirgeou. As th«y
neared hi* bouse, the lad kicked away
a piece of oraugu-|)oel that lay ou th *
pavement into the road. The sur
geon said, "My dear boy, what ar<;
you about?" aud replaced it exact!;
opposite his owu door.—Argoujut,
LABOR'S CRY FOR PITY,
THK DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
DEMOCRATIC PROMISES
AND PERFORMANCES.
Worklnj»men Have Dcen Betrayed by
the Party of Deceit and Destruc
tion—Vanished Murkets In Ex
change for Former Prosperity.
God pity our poor workingmen!
Yep, pity them for the cruel position
they find themselves iu. Deluded and
misled to believe that a change in
the Government would not only give
them constant labor at advanced
pricep, their aching hearts were, in
fancy, soothed by seeing in their
imaginations the'wenltb from the pock
ets of the rich rapidly becoming
their own. It proved worse than a
dream. Pity them for being led to
believe that their wives and their chil
dren could then wear better clothing
and sit down to better meals. Pity
them for all this; but let the party of
deceit and destruction beware, for at
the nest Presidential election the bal
lots of laboring men will be arrayed
in such overwhelming numbers as
never before against Democracy, Free
Trade, Good Times, Soup Houses, or
whatever namo its friends wish to be
buried in. Those ballots will be cast
for the party that sprung into exist
ence in Lincoln's time, for the party
that saved our Nation when it was
divided against itself, and carried it
along through those four years of
bloodshed, and which has been con
trolling our Government from that
timo till 1892. The party took con
trol in tho most trying time of United
States history, but she left us the
most prosperous Nation on the face of
this earth.
That we have been deceived by vot
ing into power the free trader is
proved at a moment's thought. It is
so plain that a fool, though blind, may
see it. Where are our markets gone?
When the farmer takes his well fed
beeves, his grain, prodnce or fruit to
markot, where are his onoe good
prices? Hiey have vanished in ex
change for Democratic promises, and
the farmer must bo content with one
half the amount of cash, plus the
knowledge that the sooner he can
bid his good friend Grover an ever
lasting farewell, the sooner will he bo
prosperous again. Where is the
whistling of engines calling the labor
ers to one more day of noble, manly
toil ? Where are the throngs of hap
py people pushing and crowding
their way to the furnace, the faotory,
the workshop? Gone! All gone with
the happy past, but to return, bright
er and sweeter, after the bitter prec>
out.
Wo were told by a free trade lady
speaker that tramps were unknown in
Democratic times; but never before
in the history of Utah has the little
city of Ogden been compelled to feed
twelve hundred of them in one day,
as she has done for the past few days.
An object lesson is this, one that will
rise up in onr memories in the com
ing Presidential campaign and tell us
which cause is just. Utah is a Terri
tory ; hence her voting affeots our Na
tion at present but little. She was
onco thought to be Democratic, but
she has proven herself Republican,
and when admitted as a full fledged
sister State will send her Senators and
Representatives prepared to battle for
protection to American industries.
J AS. S. PBUBX.
Willard City, Utoh.
Rest lor American Labor.
While President Cleveland was very
timid in his reference to the tariff and
tariff reform, or free trade, in his last
message to Congress, his Secretary of
the Treasury, Hon. J. G. Carlisle,
bobbed up as a semi apologist, and
bis remarks, coming as they do from
a leading disciple, are interesting.
He said:
"The raw materials used in the pro
duction of commodities for the use of
the people in their homes and in their
various industrial pursuits should be
free from taxation, in order that the
burdens of labor may be lightened."
Mr. Carlisle is extremely frank and
honest, much more so, in fact, than
the gentleman who sits at the head of
the cabinet meetings. Mr. Carlisle
believes that raw material should be
free from taxation; so do many other
free traders, but they do not study
the reason why raw material should
be free with anything like tho frank
ness of the Secretary of the Treasury,
who gives the reason "in order that
the burdens of labor may be light
ened."
Of course, when onr raw materials
are free from taxation and are free
from a tariff duty, they will be im
ported from foreign countries, where
labor costs next to nothing, being
brought over here in most instanoes
as ballast, free of freight charges.
"The burdens of labor" may be light
ened in this country under such eir
oumstances, and every dollar's worth
of raw material that we get from
abroad must mean so much less raw
material supplied in this country, un
less the American wage earners con
sent to take the miserable pittance that
is paid to the men and the women who
work in the European mines or to
work longer hours for tho same money
that they are now receiving. But in
this case "the burdens of labor" would
not bo "lightened." They wonld bo
intensified. So that it is clearly not
Ike intention of Secretary Carlisle
that American raw material should l>e
used in making American goods. He
wants to import raw material from
abroad "in order that the burdens of
labor might be lightened" by afford
ing less employment for labor in thia
country. Iu other words, ho desires
that American labor should take a real.
On the Other ft!*.
Early last fell between fifty and
Terms—sl.oo in Advance ; 51.25 after Three Months.
sixty ladies and gentlemen living in
St. Louis were invited to visit the
springs at St. Glair, Michigan, where
they were highly entertained and had
a trip on a steam yacht np the river.
Daring this trip the captain called the
attention of the party to a smoke
stack, 100 or more feet high, saying:
"See that smoke coming from the
chimney? That factory has been
closed for eighteen years and last
week was the first time since 1876 that
it has been in operation."
A conple of prominent St. Lonis
citizens, who are strong Democrats,
immediately jumped np and said:
"What can McKinley say to that?
Here we have started a factory run
ning that has been idle for eighteen
years."
As soon as they had finished their
little jubilee the captain quietly re
marked: "Gentlemen, that factory
is on the Canadian shore." It was
then the turn of the rest of the mem
bers of the party to laugh.
On returning to the hotel when the
proprietor was tol :1 tho story he stated
that he was buyiug all his milk and
cream in Canada, because since the
Gorman bill became law aud milk and
cream are entered fr j of duty into
the United States can now buy
these dairy products u cent cheaper
than he could under the McKinley
law.
American Shipping.
The Fithian ship bill, as originally
introduced into Congress, simply au
thorized the purchase of any vessels
bnilt in any foreign country and their
registry free of duty as vessels of tho
United States. A subsequent amend
ment to tho bill provided that such
ships should not be used in our coast
wise trade.
It has not yet been explained how
any such vessels when flying the Ameri
can flag, when bought with American
money and owned by Americans, can
be prohibited from trading between
any one coast port aud another in the
United States. It would be decidedly
unconstitutional to attempt to restrain
the movement of auy ships that might
be flying the Stars and Stripes in
American waters. Tho object of tha
amendment of the bill looks like a
blind to deceive those who objected
to the original incasuro and who aro
now engaged not only in our coast
wise trade bnt also in our lake and
river commerce.
The Tennessee Centennial.
Hon. Joseph E. Washington, mem
ber of Congress from Tennessee, has
introduced a bill into Congress to aid
and encourage the Tennessee Centen
nial Exposition at Nashville iu 1896.
The bill has been referred to tho Com
mittee on Appropriations for a report
as to the advisability of giving finan
cial aid to such an enterprise. Wo aro
very glad to notico tho signs of pro
gress in Tennessee, aud we have no
doubt that a very interesting exposi
tion will be held there, showing how
the State has advanced and prospered
during thirty years of protection,
though the result would doubtless
have been more gratifying had Ten
nessee earlier taken advantage of the
protective policy which has been of
such advantage to the moro North
ern States. However, now that Ten
nessee has fallen into line in the march
of progression and protection, we ex
pect to see more rapid strides in its
prosperity. —American Economist.
The South as a Coal Producer.
Of the 83,166,088 tons of coal pro
duced in the Appalachian or Atlantic
seaboard coal field, in 1892, practi
cally 23,000,000 tons —to be exact,
32,908,585 tons, or twenty-seven and
a half per cent. —wero from Southern
mines. The value of this coal at the
mines was $20,983,543. Its produc
tion gave employment to 37,837 per
sons an average of 210 days iu the
year. With the exception of farming.,
coal mining probably gives employ
ment to more persons in tho chief
coal producing States of the South —
Maryland, West Virginia, Tennessee
and Alabama—than any other indus
try, and anything that interferes with
the prosperity of this industry causes
widespread disaster iu these States,
not only to the miners and those in
terested, but to especially merchants,
farmers and railroads which depend
so largely for their prosperity upon
coal mining. There must bo no frco
coal.
Who Is tlis Boss J
The country should understand that
another general or extensive tariff
revision is not contemplated by tho
Democratic party iu tho near future.
—Senator Hill.
But both President Cleveland and
Professor Wilson have promised furth
er tariff revision, saving that tho Gor
man bill was "but the beginning" of
"tariff reform." Who is the boss?
Ills Xeasure.
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A WINTER THOUOHT.
Old Winter Is a surly soul,
Ouunt, haggard, grim and gray;
His trumpet binst sweeps from the knoll
All that is green and gay.
But Isn't he a poet still,
Of sweet and gentle art,
Who feels a kind and gentle thrill
Of sunshine In his heart.
When he depicts In dreams wind-tost
The flowers of summer's train,
In arabesques of sparkling frost
Upon the window-pane?
—ls. K. Munklttrlck, In Harper's Weekly.
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
Tell us not in mournful numbers
Life is but an empty dream.
When we've had mince pie auJ doughnuts,
Turkey, cako and real Ice cream.
—Chicago Inter-Ocean.
McSwatters—"l hear Ilogo, the
humorist, has broken his back?"
McSwitters —"Well, that's it funny
snap!"— Syracuse Post.
The centre-board of a yacht is most
important in a race, but on a pleasure
trip the side-board is most thought of,
—New Orleans Picayune.
She—"These horrid photographs
don't do me justice at all." He—"My
love, it's not justice you stand in need
of, it's mercy."—New York Ledger.
A rose by any other name
Might bo as fragrant. Stlil,
We'd all be just as penniless
When settling up tho bill.
—Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Twenty per cent, of tho Chicago
women who registered did not vote at
tho late eleotion. It, is evident that
Tuesday is bargain-day in Chicago.—
Rochester Herald.
Teacher (to class)—"ln this stanza
what is meaut by the line 'The
shades of night were falling fast?'"
Clever Scholar—"The peoplo were
pulling down tho blinds."—Tit-Bits.
Bome o' these days tho tide will turn,
Though the river looks loug and dim ;
But while you're wiiltln' you d better learu
To swim, my boy. to swim !
—A luuta Constitution.
Intimate Friend—"Has your hus
band's love grown cool?" Sarcastic
Wife—"Oh, no. lie loves himself
just as much now as he did when we
wore married twenty years ago."—
Somerville Journal.
"Did I understand you to say that
Thompson was a farmer?" "Good
gracious, no! 1 said he made his
money in wheat. You never heard of
a farmer doing that, did you?"—ln
dianapolis Journal.
"Answer by return male," was the
way the letter wound up that Miss
Footlites received from Mr. Sudden
rox. "I wonder," said she, "whether
ho means by the messonger boy or by
post."—lndianapolis Journal.
In a snburban Boston pulpit last
Sunday morning this notice was read :
"The pastor will preach his last ser
mon this evoning, and the choir bas
arranged a special praise servioe for
the occasion."—Philadelphia Ledger.
Tho pen may be mightier than tho eword,
But many a man Is willing
To bet that his little typewriter
Is over so muoh moro killing.
—ruck.
Traveler (to train-boy) —"Got any
funny books—Mark Twain or any of
the humorists?" Train-Boy—'"No,
sir; but I've got a couplo of London
papers containing couimeuw on tho
American elections," —Chicago Rec
ord.
Minnie—"Did you hear about Mol
ly's fiance falling off the trolley car
and breaking his arm?" Mamie—
"Yes. I wonder if he will sue the
company for damages?" Minnie—"l
guess not. I shouldn't wonder if she
does though."—Cincinnati Tribune.
Father (to son who is just going out
in the world) —"And remember one
thing—never marry a gal as is richer
than yourself. When I married your
mother I had five dollars and she had
twelve and a half, and she never ceased
to throw it np in my face yet."—
Judge.
Diamonds Arc Hard.
After perfect rnbies and emeralds,
and perhaps after great pearls, oomes
the diamond in value. This, too, has
a range of colors, the most prized be
ing red, blue, greeu and water white,
while brown or gray tinges are not
quite so highly esteemed. The Koh-i-
Noor, of 102 J carats, ranks low in point
of size with some of the world's great
stones—for instanoe with the Great
Mogul, 279 carats in weight. Diamond
is the hardest mineral known, brittle
though it be; acids do not effect it,
audit is also the only combustible
gem. It has high refractive and dis
persive powers ("fire"), and some
specimens become phosphorescent by
the action of light. It usually occurs
as an eight-sided crystal.—New York
Times.
He Dotes on Dog.
Tho Cleveland papers report the
ourious case of Mrs. Charles Umlauf,
of that city, who had her husband ar
rested for alleged assault and battery.
It came out in court that tho cause of
the domestio unpleasantness was her
refusal to cook dog for Charles on the
family stove. Her energetic re
monstrances against his efforts to con
vert the children to his c'.vn views as
to the toothsomeness of that viand
provoked him to violence. Charles
pi omined the jnstioe to keep the peace
in the family, and was let go with a
oaution from the bench. Subsequently
hi- told a reporter that he had been
eating dog flesh for seven yean past
and prefers it to chicken. —Atlanta
Constitntion.
Profits la (he Dmjr Badness.
"Speaking of profits in the drag
business," said a Broadway druggist,
"my lease is for seven years, and has
fonr years yet to run. If I don't is
tire with *IOO,OOO clear from this
store my figuring powers are very
faulty."-- New York Snu.