SULLIVAN REPUBLICAN.
W. M. CHENEY, Publisher.
VOL. XIII.
Spain puts out 3,000,000,000 corkl
per year.
Berlin has no slums. Even in tha
poorest quarters the streets are paved
with asphalt, and are kept faultlessly
clean.
Tho holding of Pure Food Exhibi
tions in all our large cities is doing a
great work in calling attention to the
immense benefit to mankind conferred
by tho plucky, sagacious men who
have first produced a pure article, and
second, made all tho world want to
buy it.
Evidence is accumulating, states
the New York Mail and Express, that
Marshal Ney was not shot, as the
Bourbons ordered, but that ho was
really the American schoolmaster who
dwelt in the Carolines after tho fall of
Napoleon. His alleged preservation is
attributed to tho connivance of Wel
lington.
A wide-awake member of the South
Australian Legislature has made a
profit of 875,000 on a shipment ot
onions to the mines in Western Aus
tralia. Ho probably had had soino
experience of the wsnts of people on
freshly opened gold fields. His ex
ample has been followed by a number
of other enterprising traders, and ac
cording to lato advices there is quito
a smell of onions about tho famous
Coolgardie fields.
By tho time Alaska is ready for sot
tlement its resources will probably bo
much improved, which is far better
than to have a great wavo of immi
gration to destroy them. The Siber
ian reindeer taken to Alaska are in
creasing rapidly, and this domesticated
animal will be an invaluable help to
settlers. If tho waste of fish and game
along the coast could be stopped, the
Chicago Herald believes, the big Ter
ritory would be in excellent shape.
Tho famous Berlin professor, Vir
ehow, is a most outspoken opponent
of the Darwinian theory as applied on
tho Continent to tho descent of man
from a lower order of creatures. At
the International Anthropological
Congress at Innsbruck, of whioh asso
ciation ho is tho veteran President,
the New York Observer states that ho
again poured out his vials of wrath
and scorn on tho advocates of this
theory. He claims that Darwin him
self originally abstained from apply
ing his theory to tho descent of mon,
and that only later the apo theory
was adopted. "Men might as well
have invented a theory of tho descent
of man from a sheep," continued Vir
chow. He regards the problem in
volved as ono that can never bo scien
tifically solved.
Tho Board of Supervisors of the
Boston Public Schools has reported in
favor of vertical, instead of slant,
handwriting. The report states that
the adoption of vertical handwriting
in a number of European schools has
proved to be a remedy for various
physical defects, and that it has tho
indorsement of a number of interna
tional hygienic congresses. The
Board therefore makes these recom
mendations: "That vertical penman
ship be introduced at once into a cer
tain number of schools designated for
that purpose, and that it be permit
ted in all of the schools. That all pu
pils, in writing, face tho desk so that
a line joining the shoulders shall be
parallel with the front edge of tho
desk. That all paper U6ed in teaching
writing be ruled with a single lino, as
for ordinary correspondence."
A Vienna scoundrel named Shapira
has been working a green goods swin
dle on the greedy and credulous of
that city with great success. He has
improved on the American game very
decidedly. His schemo is to sell
only gennine notes. Of course the
buyers had no trouble in working
them off, and soon his wares came into
great demand, and he received orders
by I the soore. All meetings for the
delivery of the goods were arranged to
take place at solitary spots on the
frontiers. When the orders were for
email amounts, Shapira allowed them
togo, as baits for moro business, but
when the sale was large, the transfer
wonld no sooner be consummated than
polioemen would appear and arrest
the parties, confiscating all the money,
The swindlers wonld bo held, but the
swindled would be allowed togo, a 9
having suffered enough by losing
their money. The polioe, who were
confederates of the swindlers, would
then return the money to the office of
the firm. Some of the dupes caught
onto the scheme, but they were afraid
to complain, as they wero criminally
connected with the transaction. When
rumors of his crooked work reached
the ears of the authorities, Shapira
absconded. Ho was arrested recently
is Rotterdam.
WHICH P
Which are the bands we love the best,
Those that are folded between our own,
Or those that move us to strange unrest
By feathery touch that flown?
Which, ab, which, do we love the best,
Hands caressing or hands caressed?
Which are the eyes we most adore,
Those reflecting our every thought,
Or those whose glances our hearts Implore,
Whose Are will neither be tamed nor taught?
Which, ah, which, do we love the best,
Eyes adoring or eyes adored?
Which Is tho heart of hearts we prise.
That which sways with a passionate power,
Or that which yields us a sacrifice,
Gentle and generous, day and hour?
Which, of all, do we hold above,
Hoarts most loving or hearts we love?
—The Century.
AN OLD MAN'S DARLING.
EATE SOMERS,
my old school
mate and dear
friend for years
after we entered
upjn our lives as
////,I matrons, invited
mo to B P en< l the
.s XyjHL ,/jT summer with her
at Stßr Point » a
<m\ little sea-coast
,m\ \||m village, named
IllfSil 1 * rom a P eculiar
'/J''™ il M'MJSg' c °nformation of
It K \ Tm/f'' i ft Sß e<l rocky
r\ /w ' P III"V points which
ilLi stretched into the
ocean in the shape of a mammoth
star. Kate had lost her husband and
only child of contagious fever during
the winter, and I was alone during
the absence of my liege lord upon a
business trip to Germany; so we were
desirous of avoiding the crowds at
gay watering places, and spending a
summer in seclusion and comfort.
Star Point, Kate wrote me in June,
after she had been there three weeks,
was almost a solitude, where wo could
sew, read, write and chat without fnor
of intrusive visitors, aud whero sea Ar
could bo enjoyed without the necessity
of ton or a dozen changes of dress in
one day. So one July morning found
us sauntering along the little strip of
beach between two high rocks, talking
quietly. As we stood looking out upon,
tho water, calm aud sunny, rolling in
with curling waves, there passed us.'
the prettiest trio I have ever seen.
The central figure was an immense
dog, black and shining, with long
curling hair. Upon each side of him
was a golden-haired boy, of three
years old, dressed only in a close-fit
ting suit of scarlet flannel, which left
the round white arms and legs bare.
The little chubby feet pattered by tho
side of tho great dog, the little hands
holding fast to his shaggy black sides,
till with a merry shout the boys
plunged into tho water, and swam out
from shore. They were buoyant as
little ducks, sporting in tho waves,
and evidently at home there, but the
great dog watohed them constantly,
ready to catch either, if the curling
golden hair should sink for a moment.
"Did you ever see anything so
pretty?" I cried.
"I knew you would say so," Kato
answered. "I have seen them every
morning. They live in the cottage
you see beyond that great rook, with a
young mother as pretty as themselves,
and an old man, who I presume is their
grandfather."
But the occnpants of the cottago
were nearer than Kate supposed, for
as she ceased speaking, a suppressed
chuckle behind us made us both look
round with a start, to faoe the pretty
young mother and the venerable old
man, who said respeotfully :
"Beg pardon, ladies, for laughing,
bnt," and a broad grin spread over his
whole faoe, "those are my boys. This
is my wife, Margie."
Margie blushed and droppod a> cour
tesy.
' 'John is so proud of the boys," she
said, as if apologizing for her hus
band's tone.
"Well he may be," I said; "they are
beautiful children. Are you not afraid
when they are in the water?",
"Oh, no; Bover goes with thom al
ways, and they were taught to swim as
soon as to walk."
"The ladies are wondering, Margie,
how you are my wife, and not my
daughter," said the old man. "You
can tell them while I go down to the
nets. I'll bring the lads in, if the
ladies will rest after their walk."
Margie half bashfully led the way to
the and gave us each a seat in
the neat Bitting-room. When we were
near the house we saw that it was a
pleasant sized dwelling, made by
throwing two little cottages into one,
and the furniture and appointments
proved that the ocoupants were in
easy circumstances. With true coun
try hospitality, Margio offered us fruit,
cake and milk, and Kate, while eating,
delicately led the conversation back
to the point where John had left it.
"Well," said Margie, blushing
prettily, "John seems always to think
that it looks odd for me to be his wife,
when 1 am but twenty-four and he has
turned seventy; but nobody that
knows him can wonder at it. Yon see,
my father lived in the half of this cot
tage, when it was two houses, and
John Martin, that is my husband,
lived in the other half. I was bnt a
bit of a girl when my mother died,
and I used togo with father and
Uncle John, as I called him then,
everywhere. They were both fisher
men, as all the men are around here,
and both made enough money to live
on in comfort. But twioe a week we
took fish to market at M—, whoro the
train stops, four miles inland."
Kato nodded to signify that she
knew the locality mentioned, from
which point we had been driven in a
sab hired at tho town, to Star Point.
"You may have notioed," said Mar
gie, "a large brick house oa the right
LAPORTE, PA., FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 1895.
ot the road, just after 70a leave the
town?"
We had both notioed it.
"Here father and Unole John al
ways stopped to leavo freeh fish as we
went to town, and I was very often in
vited to stay all day to play with the
children, Anna and Frederick Hall. I
must tell yon here, that my mother
was not from this part of the country,
bnt had lived in Philadelphia, and
had come to Star Point for her health
the summer she met my father and
married him. She had a sister living
in Philadelphia, and when I was ten
years old, my aunt wrote to father to
send me to her for a few years, that I
might have an education.
When Mr. Hall heard of this, he
made arrangements to send Anna also,
and for six years we wero at boarding
sohool in the city, my home being at
my aunt's during the holidays. She
was very kind to me, and I was very
happy, bnt I was very glad to come
homo again to father, Uncle John and
the soa. I can never tell you how I
fretted for the sea. But in the six
years that I had been away, father had
grown very feeble, depending more
and more upon Uncle John, and grow
ing weaker every year.
"So it was that I began to carry the
fish to M—, and wo started a little
cart and pony for the journey to and
fro. I was young, and when Fred
Hall, who was only five years older,
began to smile at me, and find excuses
for lingering at the cart, began to
to the cottage for partic
ular fish on days that wero not market
days, nobody found fault. 1 was but
a poor fisherman's daughter, it is true,
and his father was a wealthy manu
facturer at M—, but we were all
equals in position, for this is a primi
tive place, aud I never knew auything
about high aud low, or money making
one better than another, excepting
while I was in Philadelphia.
"But though Fred Hail was young
and had been to though he
wore handsome clothes and had money,
I never cured for his fair whiskers and
bright face as I did for Uncle John's
white hairs and gentle voice. I never
thought of love. I only knew that I
was happy with Undo John, and mis
erable away from home. I was seven
teen when, ono morning, I went with
Undo John to fish from a rock we call
the Camel's Baok hereabouts. There
were but few who fished there, for it
is a dangerous poiut, though the fish
are plenty in the hollow beneath it.
Yon see, it was a high arching rook,
and hung over the water, which was
very deep directly under it. To pull
up a net or a line, ono must almost
hang over tho edge of the rock, and
below the waters suck tho fish down,
so that it requires a strong arm to
pull them in.
"Uncle John and I, however, often
fished there, though ho nover allowed
me to pull tho fish in. But upon this
particular day Fred Hall joined us as
we were going across tho sands, and
Uncle John kept a little aloof. Ho
thought wo were lovers, and never
kept very near mo when he fancied
Fred was courting. And I did not un
derstand thon why this vexed mo. On
this day it nettled me more than ever,
and when I felt a strong pull at my
line, instead of calling Undo John to
help me, I leaned over tho edge of
the rock and trie 1 to land my own
fish. For a moment I sucoeodcd in
holding tho line, then there was a
sudden strong jerk, and losing my bal
ance, I went over the Camel's Back
into the water. I could swim, but in
falling I struck my head against a
point of tho rock, and lost my con
sciousness.
"Fred stood still and screamed, but
dear Undo John, never thinking of
his own danger, ran round tho rock,
and, at tho base, plunged into the
deep water after me. I cannot tell
how we escaped, but I was dragged
ashore by Uncle John, and Fred had
sense enough to run to the house for
the pony and cart. It was many days
beforo 1 could go for fish again, bat
in those days I knew that I loved John
Martin, that for his sake I could leavo
all tho world, if it would make him
happy. But I knew, too, that he
looked upon me as a mere ohild, his
old companion's daughter, and I
blushed at my own presumption in
thinking he would ever love mer.
"I dul not know then that John
Martin had once been a gentleman of
wealth and standing, had traveled in
Enrope, had studied in foreign col
leges; but I did know that he was un
like any of the other fishermen at
Star Point, even my own father. He
first taught me to speak correctly,
avoiding all the provincialisms of the
people around ns, and he would tell
me of sights abroad, that I supposed
he had read of, instead of having seen
them. Once he told me that a false
love, a false friend and sndden loss of
worldly wealth had first driven him
to Star Point, but that he had found
rest and peace here, and hoped to die
here. I never asked him any more.
"I was getting well of my injuries,
when my father was taken suddenly
very ill, and for two years I nursed
him, through a gradual decline of his
whole system, till he died. When he
died there oame a desolation into my
life beyond even my orphanhood.
"I must leave Star Point. My aunt
wrote me to come to her, promising
me a loving welcome and a home.
Fred Hall, in the faoe of the approach
ing separation, asked me to be his
wife, bnt John said nothing. Day af
ter day I lingered, keeping with mo
the woman who had attended to our
house after my father's illness required
all my time. Day after day I saw John,
with his pale, sad faoe, bis tender,
subdued manner, and he never spoke
the words to keep me beside him.
"With a breaking heart I felt that I
must go. The stifling oity, the rou
tine of fashionable life at my aunt's,
the exile irom home and the ooeao, all
pressed upon me, and Fred arged his
suit whenever he oonld.
"Weary and heart-sick, I weal one
day to the Camel's Baok to bid fare
well to the sea, for I had resolved to
go away the next day. I was standing
on the edge of the rook, when, looking
down, I saw John Mar tin. at the base,
sitting upon a rook, his head bowed
upon his hands, his whole frame con
vulsed with deep sobs.
"I knew then he loved me. I can
not tell how I knew it, but I was sure
then, as I am now, that he was weep
ing for me. It took me but a moment
to skirt round the rock and stand be
side John. I never thought atoat be
ing unmaidenly or bold. I never re
membered that he had not spoken one
word of love to me. I only knew that
the coming separation was breaking
his heart as well as mine. I knelt
down beside him, and put my arms
about his neck.
" 'Oh, John,' I said, 'don't let me
go ! Keep me witjh yon.'
" 'Margie, little Margie,' he said, 1
would gladly keep yon, if I could.'
"Ihen he looked in my faoe, and
said:
'"No, no. I am an 1 old fool, dream
ing, mad 1 The childloannot love me.'
"But Ido love you," I said, ding
ing closer to him, "and you love me.
And now nobody can take me
away."
"But, Margie," hetsaid, very grave
ly, "there is but one way you can
stay. You must be my wife, or I can
not keep you here."
"I know it, John," I said. "Your
wife! To cook for you, sew for you,
love you!"
"But Fred Hall?"
"Fred Hall!" I said, contemptuous
ly. "He is nothing to me, John. You
are all the world."
"Your aunt?"
"She oan adopt somebody else."
"You see," said Margie, laughing
and blushing, "I was doing all the
courting, but there was a look in
John's eyes that told me he was plead
ing against his own heart, and that
he loved mo even when, for my sake,
he thought it right to send mo away.
"He insisted upon my going to
Philadelphia for a year, to test
own heart, and then, when I
homesick and wretched, ho oame to
me.
"Ho knew then I loved him for all
my life, and he loved me, dearer even
than he had loved the woman who was
false to him in his youth. So we were
married, and camo to Star Point, to
the home where I was born, and whero
I hope to die."
Here the sound of laughing voioes
reached us, and looking out, wo saw
the golden-haired twins, all glowing
and driping, coming over the sands,
ono astride of tho blac': dog's baok,
the other upon his shoulders.
The old man was-prancing liko a horse,
the dog barking and trotting besido
him, and tho twin boys shouting end
laughing till tho air rang with their
merriment.
Wo rose togo, thanking Margie for
her story, and firmly convinced that
there was one woman in the world
who, for true love's sake alone, is an
old man's darling.—New York News.'
Four Feet ot Snow in Eight Honrs.
"I have seen four feet of snow fall
in eight hours," said Conductor Cobb,
of tho Maine Central, Thursday, "and
yet it was so light that you could
wade through it just as you can through
water.
"It was in the Sierra Nevada Moun
tains—a sort of frost-liko snow that
falls in the night, burying everything.
Twelve feet away from another man
you can just see him, with a sort of
halo a wound him as though somewhere
the sun was shining through the storm.
In these storms it is impossible to tell
directionior distance. One is simply
lost when only a short distance from
camp.
"In the morning we walked down
into town. One man went ahead
breaking the snow, which came nearly
to his armpits, as he moved through
it. He would tread until tired, when
he wonld drop to the rear and some
one else would lead the prooession.
As we walked into the valley it grew
less, and down below in the town there
had been no snow and.all the time the
sun or tho stars had shone. Snob a
snow goes like the dew—disappears,
evaporates."—Lewiston (Me.) Journal.
A Remarkable Family.
On a pretty little farm high np
among the hills of Calhoun County,
Alabama, 1000 feet above the sea, lives
a most remarkable family. Their
name is Sadler. The family consists
of a brother and four sisters, and the
youngest has already turned her
ninety-first year. The oldest is several
years more than a century old. None
of them has ever married. The Sadlers
were born in the Old Dominion State.
In 1831 the family moved to Alabama
and Calhoun County, about fifteen
miles east of Annison. Two years
later they beoame possessed of the
property on whioh they now live, and
there erected a log house, whioh domi
cile they have since inhabited con- %
stantly. Years ago ths father and
mother died, the former at the age of
ninety-one, the latter at the age of
seventy-five.—Chattanooga (Tenn.)
Times.
Coin Dies Destroyed.
Sledge-hammer blows, delivered by
powerful employes of the Mint, on
Wednesday destroyed the dies in use
during the last year. There were 512
in all, and of these 71 were for double
eagles, 97 for eagles, 32 for half
eagles, 4 for quarter eagles, 12 for
dollar pieoes, 21 for half-dollar pieces,
50 for quarter-dollar pieoes, 36 for ten
cent pieoes, 80 for five-cent pieoes,
and 108 for one-oent pieoes. The dies
are steel, and to destroy them it bet
comes necessary to heat them almost
to whiteness. Then they were taken
from the fire and placed upon an an
vil and two blaoksmiths with sledges
struck them upon the faoe. —Philadel
phia Times.
LET LABOR LISTEN.
—*E ANNUAL ADDRESS OF THE
AMERICAN PROTECTIVE
TARIFF LEAGUE.
There Has Been No Faltering: In the
Battle Waged for the Industrial
Welfare of Our People—The Rev
olution Against the Wilson-Gor
man Monstrosity Proved That tho
Voters Favored Protection and
American Markets for American
Products.
The annual address of the American
Protective Tariff League, prepared by
Hon. Joseph E. Throop, of Pennsyl
vania, at the request of the Board of
Managers, is as follows:
To the American Voter:
Since our last annual meeting much
has ocourred to justify the organization
and continned work of tho League.
The protracted discussion of the
tariff by the enemies of the protective
system, who had been intrusted by
the vote of '92 with the entire control
of the Government, and the wide
spread suffering which resulted
through their vicious distortion of
facts, had a tendency to cause the
more timid protectionists to become
discouraged, and they soemed willing
to compromise on almost any terms.
Somo Senators bccuino so alarmed, as
the condition of the country continued
to grow worse under the strain, that
they feared to resort to extreme meas
ures to prevent the passage of a tariff
reduction law, lest their constituents,
in their anxiety for "peace at any
price," might not sustain them.
We felt this depression, fear and
uncertainty, but knew that the battle
was for tho industrial wolfaro of our
people and tho country, and wo
strongly urged Senators to resist tho
tariff reduction to tho uttermost, be
lieving that a fow weeks of uncer
tainty were far preferable to several
years under a bad law. All did not
resist as wo had urged, and tho rosuit
is tho burden of a mongrel tariff law.
This law affords inadequate protection
to our workingmen and industries,
fails to renew prosperons timer
and does not afford eDough revenue
to meet tho expenses of tho Govern
ment.
The League bod to contend against
the discouragements referred to, but
its officers felt that the cause which
wo advocated was the people's cause
and that the appeal should be made to
the people's representatives. Efforts
to gain needed support were system
atically pushed; means of reaoliing
the people
country were largely increased; facts
showing tho results of tariff tinkering
were carefully gathered and widely
circulated; wholesome truths were
constantly presented to the thoughtful
voter to show him tlio dangers which
confronted him. The wisdom of this
course has been fully vindicated. Tho
revolution which took place in the
public mind, as shown in November
last, has never been equaled in our
political history. Catch words or
phrases no longer blind the people.
Such slogans as "Tho Tariff is a Tax, '*
"Robber Barons," "Taxing the Many
to Enrich tho Few," etc., no longer
have effect.
The newly invented pnrase, "Tariff
agitation must bo suppressed because
it injures business," is a purposely
misleading snaro of the enemy. The
people know that all American intei
ests grew and wero made stronger
during tho discussion of the law of
1890, moro and moro as il was made
manifest that safe protection of otu
industrics would prevail, and not n
single American interest was injured;
on the other hand, after tho election
of 1892, as it becamo more and moro
certain that protection would be weak
ened, industry after industry felt the
blighting effects of threatened free
trade, which culminated in the pas
sago of tho Wilson-Gorman mon
strosity.
The people are in favor of protec
tion. They are determined to have
the Anurican markets for American
products. If those who should be
their leaders and champions lack cour
age, the American voters do not.
Now that a calm review of the situa
tion can be taken, it seems proper to
express clearly the views and policy
of the supporters of the League. We
believe that our country has varieties
of soil and climate enough to produce
nearly if not all that we, as a people,
need, and that hidden beneath the
surface are mineral resources sufficient
to add to our comfort and wealth. We
believe in developing these under an
American policy and an American sys
tem of wages. Wo believe in con
sidering first our own markets, the
best in the world, and protecting
them ; then we favor trading with for
eign Nations whero the result is trade
and not simply purchase—in other
words reciprocal trade. We know
that if we produce what we need aud
sell it within ourselves, we, as a Na
tion, have both the prouuets and the
money—the wealth—wh le if we per
mit other Nations to produoe and sell
to us, we may have their products,ba*;
they will have our money.
Protection laws are not sectional
unt apply in their benefits to aU por
tions of our land. The people by their
votes have indorsed this lav/. s\>r the
first time in many years the "Solid
South" has been broken and protec
tionist Senators hava been elected
lrom tho South to help restore the
United States Senate to tho friends of
protection. The people have learned
hat no wall divides the North from
the South, the East from the Wes\
The tariff laws which have encouraged
industries in the North are necessary,
and they are equally applicable to in
dustries south of the Potomao and
Ohio, and west of the Mississippi.
They have learned that protection
law*, while tending to build np indus
tries, do not work to their injury by
Terms'— SI.OO in Advance ; 81.25 after Three Month*,
raising prices to an undue level.
Neither do they foster "trusts." But,
on the contrary, by promoting the es
tablishment of industries they thereby
inerease competition and the result is
our industrial independence as a
Nation with safety to the consumer.
The advocacy and discussion of a
lower tariff have invariably brought
ruin and destruction but, on the con
trary, the advocacy and discussion of
protection have brought success and
stability to every American interest.
We do not believe in a tariff for
revenue with incidental protection,
bnt we do bolieve in a tariff for ade
quate protection. Wo know that the
wisdom of the friends of protection
•will, in the future as in the past, be
oapable of devising means to supply
all the revenue that is needod to main
tain the public credit.
We have full faith in the patriotism
and wisdom of the people. Wo will
push forward the work of the League
in all sections of our land, feeling
that, in the end, the policy of protec
tion will be restored in full effect and
that some of tho immense losses that
we have suffered will be regained.
The Fnneral in August.
The Funeral in November.
Who Can Buy Their Uoods!
There are now. and wo are thank
ful to know it, very many importers
and importers' agents who believe in
protection. Heretofore they had been
of the opinion that freo trade in this
country wouid make it an absoluto
paradise. They forgot that with our
factories closed, our people idlo or
earning less money, thero must nat
urally be less money to spend. But
they know it now. We believe that
we are oorrect in stating that there is
not one importer in Now York City
whose sales during 1893 and 1894 were
within twenty-five per cent, of his
sales in 1892. Even now, with "tariff
reform" an established faet, their busi
ness is not so brisk as it used to be.
The reason is obvious, even thoso who
make it a point to buy nothing but
foreign goods are moro careful about
their expenditures, and every day tho
importers are becoming moro thor
oughly convinced that their business
was more prosperous under protection
than it is under the first step toward
free trade. Protection is gaining
friends and free trade is losing thecr
izers.
A Little Sugar in It.
Tho Legislature ot North Carolina,
which has beeu under free trade con
trol for the past twenty years, and
which was at the last election wrested
from that party, has been organized
by Republican protectionists. Wa
are glad to see that tho new control
is going about its business with an
admirablo directnoss. As it is now
the free traders loso both United
States Senators. Senator Ransom
loses his seat, but under the new ro
gime his mica industry is safe. Dis
appointments are not always all sting.
l.o'i It Woihs Round.
Are cheap things good for anybody't
Yes, apparently, fcr the ma™ who wants
to buy, but eeitainjy not for the man
who wants to sell, nor yet for tne man
whose labo.* is a facto.- in producing
the thing sold. Bm?e everything is
produced by Jabc.-, r.n cheapening
system can benefit it,and incidentally,
labor being a consumer, all of those
activities with which it has business
relations suffer together under tho
reigu of cheapness.
Cheapness Everywhere,
Eagerness of the merchant to sell at
educed prices is indieated in almost
every advertisement we read and the
cards of invitation hanging upon good«
in every shop window indicate any
thing but prosperity. Change in tbj
conditions cf production means change
in almost every department of legiti
mate business; hence the present de
pressing influences flowing from the
Gorman tariff into all the industries
in the land.
Just About Right.
Governor McKinley vciced the feel
ing of great multitudes of voters when
.ie said: *
"The people ave tired of this lariff
tingering, bond-issuing, debt-increas
iog, Tieasury-depleting, business
paralyzing, wage-reducing, Q ieen re
storing Administration.
NO. 21.
ANOTHER SPRING^
If I might see another spring
I'd not plant summer flowers and walk
I'd have my crocuses at once,
My leafless pink mezerons,
My chlll-velned snowdrops, choloer yet,
My white or nzure violet,
Leaf-nested primrose; anything
To blow at once, not late.
If I might see another spring
I'd listen to the daylight birds
That build their nests and pair and sing,
Nor wait tor mateless nightingale;
I'd listen to the lusty herds,
The ewes with lambs as white as snow,
I'd And out music in the hall
And all the winds that blow.
If I might see another spring—
Oh, stinging comment on my past
That all my past results in "if—
If I might see another spring
I'd laugh to-day—to-3ny is brief;
I would not wait for anything j
I'd use to-day that cannot last—
Be glad to-day and sing.
Christina F.ossetlL.
fIUMOK OF THE DAY.
Gossip puts two and two together
and makes whatever sum it desires.
Cobblers report that business with
them is mending.—Hartford Journal.
A man's second love is generally
worth more money than his first*—
Puck.
In striving to get ahead of others
look to it that you do not fall over
yourself. —Puck.
When Cupid breaks the ioe between
two people, he never puts up the dan
ger signal.—Puck.
Nobody can help noticing the short
comings of the man who is always be
hind time.—Pallas News.
The man who "has his price" will
be very oareful about showing his cost
mark.—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"They sell water in Cairo." "How
interesting! And do they have tho
milk ticket system, too?" Puck.
The would-be meddler with "green
goods" is reminded of his youthful ex
periences with tho sour apple.—Puck.
The difference between a man and a
horse is that tho latter never goes on
a raco track until after he's broke.—
Statesman.
The older a man is when he gets
married the sooner he commences tak
ing his lunch at noon downtown. —
Atchison Qlobe.
Fred—"Was that a Boston girl you
were talking to a minute ago?" Ar
thur—"Yes. Didn't you hear mo
sneezing ?" —Life.
A drop of ink may command tho at
tention of hundieds. Particularly if
it is on your polished shirt front.—
Rockland (Mo.) Tribune.
Weary Waggles —"Dere sev'ral
courses Pd like te persoo." Tiredy—
"Wot er dey like?" Weary Waggles
—"Dinner courses."—Syracuse Post.
"Does your daughter sing?" asked
Mrs. Jingleßilt. "No," replied Mrs.
Oldfan. "We have taken great pains
in educating her not to."—Washing
ton Star.
Customer—"What in the world is
that unearthly howling overhead?"
Clerk—(smiling)—"There is a pain
less dentistry establishment upstairs,
sir."—Statosman.
Tough—"l want a dozen eggs, on' I
wants 'em bad, see?" Grocer—"Go
to that grooer across the street.
Everything he keeps is bad."—Phila
delphia Inquirer.
Editor—"ln writing up the foot
ball gamo why do you say it was hotly
contested?" Reporter—"l don't see
how it could bo otherwise, whjn it
was played on a gridiron."—Norris
town Herald.
"Here," said tho new missionary,
"here are some tracts and sermons,
translated into your native language."
"Thanks," yawned tho King of
Ebwpka. "By the way, have you a
translation of 'Trilby ?' "—lndian
apolis Journal.
"This may be justice," said tho de
feated defendant, "but it strikes me
as beingnpretty fishy verdict." "That
shows that it is justice," retorted the
plaintiff. "One of the most conspicu
ous featuros of justice is her scales."
—Harper's Bazar.
"It is wonderful what progress has
been made in the way of machinery,"
remarked Mr. Figg. "leee that there
has been a machine invented that can
make a complete pair of shoes in six
teen minutes. Why, that is even fast
er than Tommy can wear them out."
—lndianapolis Journal.
A Queen's Curious Ways.
Madagascar's Queen, according to all
accounts, has many curious ways and
traits of chnracter. She is always
dressed in the latest Parisian style.
Her private expenses are met by a
fnnd called the "haeina,"* to whioh
all who come into the presence of her
Majesty are required to contiibnte a
five-franc pieoe. It is tho duty of the
youngest member of the royal family
to present a hat, into whioh the coin is
dropped. Moreover, whenever the
Qaeen travels tho inhabitants of all
tho towns and villages she visits are
expeeted to contribute to the same
fnnd either in money or kind. She is
very fond of games, particularly of
lotto and billiards, and she flatters
herself she can fly a kite higher than
anyone of her snbjects.—Chicago
Herald.
Wood Pulp Tubing.
Tubing made from wood pnlp is
coming into nse for underground
purposes, owing to its high electrieal
resistance and its freedom from the
aotion of earth-return currents whioh
seriously injure gas »;nd water pipes
in cities where electric cars use the
ground to complete their oironits. It
ia also free from difficulties due to
expansion and oontraotion.—Chicago
Herald.