SULLIVAN REPUBLICAN.
W. M. CHENEY, Publisher.
VOL. XIII.
Of the whito population of America
only eight per cent, are nnablo to
read or write.
Tho legislative assembly of Victoria,
Australasia, has possed a bill imposing
n tax on tho unimproved value of
land.
There are in tho United States at
present 6,000,000 farms. About one
half the population of tho Bcpublic or
over 30,000,000 peoplo livo on them,
and these dwellers furnish more than
Beventy-four per cent, of tho total
value of the exports of the country.
Italy proposes to encourage the na
tives of Abyssinia to emigrate into tho
valleys of the Nile and open up tho
Soudan to civilization. Tho Italian
colonists on tho high lands, now that
the possession of Kassala has opened
now horizons, would protect and en
courage the native emigration.
The new State officials of South
Carolina aro unusually young in years,
even for tho South, says the Now York
Advertiser. Tho Governor is thirty
one, the Adjutant-General twenty-live
and the Attorney-General only twenty
four. Governor Evans is the young
est man ever elected to the Governor
ship.
The figures of tho New York Build
ing Department show that in the last
fourteen years §325,000,000 havo been
spent in building flats and tenements
in New York, and the St. Louis Star-
Sayings estimates that at least $50,-
000,000 of this amount has been
wasted in needless brickwork, which
only obstructs light.
In the course of a recent speech Ad
miral Field, a Tory member of tho
British Houso of Commons said:
"There is no such thing AS equality in
this world and there will not bo in
heaven." The Liberals among his
constituents have challenged tho Ad
miral to produce his Biblical authori
ty for the latter clause of this asser
tion.
It has been ruled by Judge Drew,
of Boston, in tho caso of a man
churged with highway robbery that
ho was not guilty because after first
demanding money from a woman with
a threat of death if sho refused ho
made a polite request for it after the
purse was produced. It is hold that
this was a voluntary act on the part
of the victim.
Tho Japanese alphabet of forty
eight letters is written in four dif
ferent characters, one of which is re
garded as especially appropriate for
men and another for women. Works
of scienco and higher literature of an
official nature aro written in tho
Chinese characters. At present, adds
the New Orleans Picayune, Japan is
writing tho history of tho Japan*
Chinese war in characters of blood.
According to tho New York Sun,
American cheeses used to be sent
abroad by tho thotuaml pounds
twenty years ago and returned by the
same steamship line properly labelled
as English. It is perfectly well
knowu that most of tho popular for
eign cheeses aro more or less success
fully counterfeited in this country,
and it would bo interesting to know
what proportion of the largo ex
portation of American cheeses return
as foreign.
The fatteuiug of livo stock on cot
touseed hulls aud meal is becoming
quite an important feature in South
«ru business affairs, announces the
Manufacturers' ltecord. It promises
to add materially to the prosperity of
the South, and to enable that sectlou
uot only to suppiv its owu wants for
good beef, but to rhip fattened beeves
North lu competition with the Wist.
The cattle can be fattened on cottou
seed meal aud hulls at a total cost of
about ten cents a day, while it is esti
mated to cost at least twenty ceuts a
day iu the West and Northwest,
where hay, corn and other food»tuffs
are used.
H is said that the Chinese are the
greatest gambler* 111 the World, (laiues
of chance are the very breadth of their
uostrils, aud they eauiiot live without
them. It I* the one pastime in a life
of unceasing toil, but the evil doe* uot
assume serious |»hntw» -• iou# ■>
foreigners do not Ute Idle Willi lliolr
Hstu«.». A Chinaman iu«y m raru in
ktaueta lose hi*all when amoug
Lu country mm, but ll h» docs he
gu«S contentedly l»S4»k to tt «rk Mil
day and i* not, liku uiu»t ruined gnu
ld»r», tncaoacitxt d lor boats! (oil.
II I* when the rilfr.i't of .. i i ul ,„
st>kallowi>l '•» 'eke a !<>u l »u l to
utlil/lr ritlio -e « "'< »" »» • t>4U* ■
fur the gratification «112 th*ir <•** put
thai w de*. r- a l muebiof »*
» tou* 111
WHEN THfc SKIES CLEAR OFF.
The prospects will bo brighter,
Tho burdens will bo lighter,
An" t»o souls of us be whiter
When tiie skies eloar oIT.
With sweeter roses sprlnsrin*,
An' sweeter birds u'slnjjln',
An' all tho bells a-rlngin'
When the sklosclear ofll
Tho sliver—it'll jingle,
Till your fingers tingle, tlngio ;
Olil frionils'll meet and mingle
When the sklos clear off.
An' trouble, liko a feather.
Will gosillin' out the weather i
We'll sing nn' daneo togotner
When the skies clear ofT!
There's a sign o' light a-comin';
Aa' you h< ar tho wagon hummiu';
You'll bo mnrehln' to the drumaiin'
When the skies clear oIT.
No mailer what's tho troublo—
It'll break jest liko a bubble,
An' you'll drive In harness doublo
When tho skies clear off!
—Atlanta Constitution.
A MYSTERIOUS CLERK,
Nadvertisoment
of the following
tenor appeared in
one of the daily jonr
nals of a prosperous
nm * ra P idl y growing
»\ American city some
l\ years sinco :
ACCOUNTANT—The
/ra/IH\ services of nn accom-
Sjh : .y * si]) pllshed and competent
ljsl person are desired by
(k| the advertiser to take
Yii chnrge of the books and
wav correspondence of a
flourishing business.
Liberal salary nnd permanent position is
offered to one with proper credentials. Ad
dress.
A hundred candidates for this place
presented thomselvcs at tho establish
ment of Mr. Corlis, and among the
competitors thero camo a modestly
attired person, who more than tho
others seemed, at first eight, accepta
ble to the proprietor.
The address of this applicant was
quiet and pleasant. His whole ap
pearance that of an earnest, well-dis
posed man, who was desirous to get
along in tho world.
lie brought with him and presented
to Mr. Corlis a few brief letters of
recommendation from persons resid
ing eastward, aud exhibited a draft
for a limited sum upon a responsible
banking house in the town. His story
was situplo and Btraightforward, nnd
his manners were altogether prepos
sessing. He wrote a fair business
hand, his credentials proved oatisfac
tory to the not over-cautious Mr. Cor
lis, and he was engaged.
Ernest Maywood—for thus the ap
plicant signed his name—proved a
model clerk. He tnust have been somo
thirty years of ago when ho entered
tho employ of Mr. Corlis. Ho might
have been five years younger, por
liops. Ho reaped tho experience of
forty, at least, for he was cunning in
accounts, and his knowoledge of the
ramifications of debt and credit was
extraordinary.
His varied qualifications were quickly
brought into requisition, and his em
ployer very soon camo to esteem him
for his accuracy iu mercantile mat
ters, as well as for tho cvery-day good
ness of character that marked his con
tinually upright aud honest courso of
conduct.
Mr. Corlis had a daughter, his only
child, in whom were centered all his
hopes. The father thought he saw in
the character of his new clerk busi
ness qualities most desirable, and he
believed him to be a man of integrity
aud worth ; and at tho end of a twelve
month he secretly determined upon
bringing about an intimacy betweeu
Ernest and his daughter, with a view
to making him bis partner in trade at
the fitting moment, und subsequently,
if possible, to nuiting his daughter
with him in marriage.
Maywood had once or twice been the
guest of his employer at dinner, where
he had been introduced to the fair and
agreeable Miss Ccrlis, and an eveniug
or two had been passed by him at hor
father's house ; but nothing occurred
to offer tho pareut auy hope that his
employe had beeu affected iu any
wisu by his daughter's charms.
Thus the months passed quietly by,
Maywood contiuued ou in the same
ploddiug, indefatigable, untiring rouud
of duty, always at his poet, ever devo
ted to his master's interests, and more
thau satisfying the expectations of the
thriving Mr. Corlis, who waa fortunate
iudeed iu the selection be bad made
iu his now confidential clerk.
"Ernest," said his employer to him
one uioruiug, "I voluntarily increased
your salary, a twelvemonth since, be
cause you merited it, though yuu did
not lueutiou the subjeet yourself. Two
year* ago to-day, yuu comuienceibser
vice with ine. The bal«ao* sheet ex
hibits a haudaome profit upon the last
year's buaineaa, to which result yuu
have largely contributed, directly aud
ludireetly. I now propose to offur
you an iuterest iu the buainess, and
front this date, if you agree to it, yuu
shall become a partner."
The offer was a liberal one. The iu
ootne derivable from such a share of
the proliu would have quintupled
May wood's earnings. tin the part of
his employer, il was the opening wadge
fur his future plan »l marry in# iita
daughter well, and to hie nind. Hie
■lncision —a decimation iuatautly,
but Iraukly and kindly given, as
toil tided the generous Mr, t 'or lis.
Maywood said lie was eonteut as he
waa I Ilia salary was ample, and wa«
a full equivalent for hie bumble ser-
V lev*. Ha dill Uot deatre It I Iter eased,
lie had no use for niuney than bis
pi see now y tabled biut lie had no
wish to lueur additional reewuuslbtli.
liee. He waa happy, and if Mr Uorlia
waa satisfied, so waa be. And thero
the Matter dropped.
Mayauwd euntinited in Ibe perform
aaee ul bia duties, and Mr. Curtis
LAPORTE, PA., FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1895.
quietly awaited another opportunity
to carry out his long-cherished plan in
reference to his daughter's prospects;
while Miss Oorlis lost no fitting occa
sion to second her parent's views and
wishes.
"Time flies with Bilent wings." A
twelve-month passes swiftly. Another
year elapsed without making any pe
culiar change in the relations of the
parties about whom we have written.
The city where our narration dates
was located upon tho river, and upon
its front street were situated the
stores occupied by Mr. Corlis. Nearly
three years had passed sinco Maywood
had been installed thoro, when a
steamer came down, on its way to New
Orleans.
A rival boat was in sight, closo be
hind, and it wns the custom for these
craft to halt en routo at tho landing
in front of Mr. Corlis's warehouses, to
take or leavo passeugers. As the fore
most boat rounded up at tho levee,
her engineer neglected to "blow off"
her surplusage of steom, desiring to
retain it for a dash with his competi
tor when he loft this halting-placo.
The result of this neglect was tho ex
plosion of one of tho largo cylinders,
by which accident a dozen persons on
the deck were fearfully scalded.
The sound of tho crash immediate
ly drew a crowd upon tho levoe, and
shortly afterwards the shrieking suf
ferers were brought on shore.
Mr. Corlis and Maywood were among
tho first who reachod the river's edge.
Body after body—maimedand scathed
the river's edge. Body after body—
maimed and scathed and blackened—
was borne from the boat, and May
wood and his employer were actively
busy in their olliccs of kindness to
tho unfortunate, when tho figuro of a
plainly dressed man was brought out,
writhing in his lost agonies, and fear
fully mutilated. Mr. Corlis approached
him as ho camo forward in tho hands
of the tho crew who wero removing
him, and Maywood followed closely
upon the steps of his employer. Tho
fatally injured and dying man opened
his eyes as tho clerk camo up, gazed
fearfully at him, and shrieking tho
broken syllable, "May—l" expired!
Maywood started back, horror
struck 1 For an instant ho wa9 para
lyzed ! That faco and voice—that
last glance! The clerk was bewild
ered, and motionless as a ttatue —and
tho body was taken to the leveo.
Maywood in the confusion fled.
Subsequent search for him proved
futile. He]disappeared instanter, and
all efforts to find him, or to loaru of
his whereabouts or his fato, wero
alike in vain. After weeks of una
vailing inquiry, tho belief of his em
ployer settled into no very satisfac
tory channel (though ho feared that
Maywood had either fallen from the
boat, amid the terrible confusion, or
that ho must havo committed suicido,)
and his placo was filleq in the count
ing-hoftse, whilo tho business of tho
establishment went on as before.
What disposal tho bookkeeper had
mado of his surplus earnings, from
time to time, if he had any, or wheth
er ho had saved uny portion of his
pay, was unknown to his lato em
ployer. Inquiries were instituted,
and all the means at hand likely to
afford auy light upon the singular and
sudden disappearance were availed of
—but to no purpose. Maywood was
gonu!
Six years, with their round of joys
and sorrows, pains and pleasures,
changes and fortunes, had passed
awny, after tho accident relatod, when
one ovening there halted boforo tho
door of Mr. Corlis a carriage, from
which alighted a lady and gentleman,
who inquired if tho merchant wero at
home. They were shown into tho
drawing-room, and the cards of "Mr.
and Mrs. Ervino" were sent up. Tho
name was .not familiar, either to Mr.
Corlis or his daughter.
"Ervino?" said tho father, "Er
vino? I do not recoguizo tho name,
daughter."
Mr. Corlis soon after entered tho
apartment, followed by his daughter,
aud the strangers rose to pay thoir re
spects.
"Mr. Ervine," eaid tho merchant,
"I am happy to meet you. But,
really, I do not recollect—
"No," said tho stranger, "I never
had the pleasure of meeting you be
fore. This in my wife, however," he
added, presenting the modestly-at
tired lady who accompanied him.
"She says you will probably recollect
htr."
The lady advanced, offered her hand
to Mr. Corlis and his daughter, and
said: "Surely, Mr. Corlis, you havo
not forgotten me?"
"Maywood !" exclaimed father and
daughter together.
"You are right," said the lady,
calmly.
"Hut how is this?" asked tho mer
chant. "When did this chauge oc
cur? A woman!"
"Sit dowu, my dear sir," said the
lady, ealutly, "ami t will at ouoo un
ravel what must have seemed a most
mysterious proceeding, in your esti
mation: but which, auder the circum
stance*, could uot bu otherwise.
"Nearly twenty years ago I married
a uiau of whom 1 knew tuo little, aud
who proved bim»elf utterly unworthy
of the eoulbleuce and love of her whom
he glostljf deceived. Wfor« aud after
oar ttuioti. Hit habits were dissolute i
he auou became a continued inebriate j
our prospectively happy home shortly
Itecaine aseeue ul Continuously riotous
dissipation i hi* little pro|*»rty, with
my owu. was squandered, aud, before
live years had passeil, wu were home
less, penniless, frieudle**.
"VI licit I could no louder bear up
uitdur the cruel treatment to which I
was subjected, I luade a tins! appeal
to liliu lu hi* drunken wrath he
forced tue violently away trout him,
aud in despair I iUd froiu tho sseue
of my early miseries. I adopted my
maiden name ul Ma) wood, procured
the blln* ol etedettev wnitU you have
•awn, aud having ae<|«4ii«4 A kiwei
edge of books and accounts in earlier
years assumed the habiliments of the
ruder sex, believing that I could thus
better earn a sustenanoe.
"I came here, entered youT service,
saved a few hundred dollars—and you
remember the terrible ooourrenoe
whioh immediately preoeded my dis
appearance?"
"The accident on the steamer?"
"Yes. We wore hurrying about
among the wounded, as you recolleot,
when the figure of one of the dying
sufferers approached us."
"Yes, yes, I remember."
"That man was my husband."
There were tears in the eyes of the
little coterie who listened to thiß sin
gular tale of woe.
"I recognized him, and he half pro
nounced the name of Ma-rv, my bap
tismal name, as I hurried about amid
the frantic crowd ou that fearful oc
casion. Stunned with the recognition
under such circumstanoes, bewildered
by the trying position in which I thus
suddenly found myself placed, and
fearful of the results of exposure, I
knew not what to do, or scarcely what
I did.
"Ho did not survive the acoident,
however; and, two hours afterwards,
in homely female attire, I claimed his
unfortunate remains. None recog
nized me in my plain apparel, and
surely none could suspect that the
veiled and humble woman who fol
lowed the corpse to its last roeting
place was in fact the bookkeeper of
the well-known Mr. Corlis.
"I left town forthwith. Through
your kindness and liberality I had
been able to lay by a considerable
sum of money, and I departed for the
West, and, once more among total
strangers, I continued the resumption
of the habiliments and habits of my
sex. With tho means at my com
mand, I continued to live quiotly and
respectably, until somo two years ago
I met this gentleman, who offered me
his hand. lam now Mrs. Ervine, and
this is my husband, sir."
As may well be imagined, a liappy
reunion succeeded this denouement of
tho long-timo mystery which had
shrouded the sudden disappearance of
Mr. Corlis's bookkeeper. And tho
reader may bo assured that Mr. and
Mrs. Ervino were not only very wel
come in the rich merchant's family,
but that tho newly wodded pair be
came tho futuro fast friends of "May
wood's" former employer and his ex
tended social circlo.—New York News.
A Bog's Intelligence.
G. Kugg Thompson, tho eix-yoar
old son of Dr. Thompson, of Glons
Falls, is tho owner»>f a large St. Ber
nard named Nero. The animal has a
li«ht-browu coat and weighs about
150 pounds. Nero is an unusually
intelligent dog. He has a great hoad
for mathematics and cau add, sub
tract, divide and multiply with sur
prising celerity. Let u certaiu num
ber of persons onter a room. Then
let half the number depart, nnd Nero
will notify his master by barkiughow
many thero are loft in tho room.
Should others onter tho room aftor
Nero has notified his master of tho
number present, ho will quickly nnd
accurately indicate tho new number.
Some of tho problems worked out by
this canine wonder would prove difli
cult for a teu-ycar-old boy to demon
strate. An interesting example of
Nero's ability as a mathematician is
showu wheu a series of figures run
ning from one to nine is placed on a
blackboard. As each figure is set
down, either iu rotation or at ran
dom, tho dog will signify by a bark
the number.
On one occasion Nero entered a ho
tel with tho doctor. A number of
guests were standing, sitting, or tnov
iug about a room. When asked how
many persons wero present, Nero de
liberately walked about until ho found
four men behind a counter. Then he
sagely trotted back to his master and
annouueed tho correct number, fif
teen. Ho informed his master how
many of tho number wero sitting aud
how many standing.—Troy Times.
The First I'atlffit,
A few days ago tho little son of a
well-known physician was entertaiu
iug a playmate at his father's house.
As ehildren will, tliey ransacked every
nook and corner of tho building.
Their curiosity led them t3 explore
the recesses of a closet iu wltiuh tho
doctor koeps his iustrumouts aud other
personal effects, among which is a
complete skeleton. The strange boy
was frighteued wheu he tiri-t beheld
tho griuuiug remnant of what once
had beeu a human being and started
to run away. The doctor's sou, how
ever, had seen the skeleton so often
that ho entertained for it only that
feeliug of coutempt begotten by
familiarity, aud iu a little while sue-
Cccded iu so allaying the tears of his
eoiupauiuu that the yutiugster began
to haudie the tbiu« and rattle its dry
buues. "Where did your lather net
it? ' he ttually waked. "I don't know,"
was the reply ; "but 1 guess it was his
first (latleut, for he's had it au awful
loug tiiue."—liiitte Miner.
Mlxel I'l* Ihe (tables
Oiibertien humor has been exem
plified by WU incident at HoUttiport,
England. Last week bu ths took plao<r
lit twu faiuilie* living iu tho same
button, iu uuu usee twin* arrive ! uud
uue baby in the other. A* a joke the
three Imbles were placed in one bed
tu make the father uf the twins be
lieve that Itis wife had given birth lu
triplets- I'.very thl'M pa**ed ult plea*
autly aud satisfactorily until th>i
**iark" wi.s explained aud the busl*
tiese uf rest -nuti the lalaiits to their
respective mothers bogeu. li re a
•t rloua dlfHeulty presented Itself, fur
ibe atteudauts were unable to say
which was which Th« 'l-ieuliliceli <u
ha* hut Jet been *ati*fsct U fily
lubed. Chicago lieraid.
HEAVY LOSSES.
WHAV DEMOCRACY HAS DONK
FOB AMERICAN INTERESTS.
Uanlc Clearings Throughout the
Country Last Year Were the Small
cat Since 1885—Under Protection
the Greatest Prosperity Prevailed.'
The returns of the bank clearings
throughout tho United States daring
1894 show that they were the smallest
since 1885, proving that the business
of the country retrogressed a deoade
last year under the threat and in-;
nuguration of a policy of free tmde. 1
Tho total clearings during this period'
are us follows:
TE> YEARS or BANK CLEARINGS.
Amount Ot
Year. clearings.
IR9I $44,995,611,293
1893 58,616,833,135
1892 61,595,498,420
1891 56.312,344,509
1890 59,585,636,458
1889 55,700,192,284
1838 49,192,055.291
1837 51,144,077,112
18S6 48.800,868,750
1835 41.255,629,074
During 1891 only 13 out of 69 cities
showed increased clearings as com
pared with 1893. The decrease at New
York wos 22 per cent., at Philadelphia
10 per cent., at Boston 9 per cent.,
Chicago only 8 per cent., NewOrloaus
13.4 per cent., Nashville 21.8 per
cent., and at Atlanta 6.8 per cent.
Of course the largest volume of bank
clearings in tho United States was
during 1892, at the timo of onr great
est prosperity under protection. In
tho following year, however, as soon
as we were threatened with free traile,
the bank clearings decreased by eight
billions of dollar:', and in the follow
ing year, 1894, there was a further
decrease of eight and a half billions of
dollars, making tho total loss in tho
volume of trade transacted throughout
the country amount to $10,500,000,000
less during 1891 than during 1892.
According to sections ot tho country
the bank clearings during each of tho
past two jears have been as follows:
Section. 1894. 1893.
Now Eng1and...54,803.742,577 *5.322,271,620
Middle 28,4:13,856,890 35,6.89,956,218
Western 1,904,892,118 1,977,891,674
Northwestern.. 5,472,158,409 6,040.894.513
Southwestern.. 1.820,969,070 1,829.292,095
Southern 1,((05,118,489 1,704.073,333
Far Western... 955.373,680 1,080,130,727
Total U.S 44,995,011,293 53,510,883,135
Dropped Out o! the Boat.
Bo Honost About It.
Tho Savannah, Oa., News rejoioes
that on December 81, 1894, tho last
remaining rato of duty provided by
tho McKinley law gavo place to tho
Wilson tariff iu tho wool schedule,
taying:
"The rate on woolen goods is con
siderably reduced by the new bill,
and the effect will be gratefully felt by
consumers when they goto buy.
Under the Democratic bill manufac
turers aro given free wool, hence thoy
will bo able to nvike better aud cheaper
woolen goods tiian beforo, and thus
be better able to compete with im
portations. There will bo bharp
competition, of course, ull of which
will ho of benefit to the great majority
who buy. Cheapened coats and cheap
ened blankets was Democracy's New
Year's gifts to tho people."
The Savannah News is quite right
wheu it says that tho rate in the
woolen schedule is considerable re
diiood, aud also thut there will be
sharp competition with woolen im
portations ; and really its dream of
ciie.ip things may be realized meas
urably, aud these cheap things will,
unquestionably, be free trade's gift to
the people, llut the News vhotild be
honest euough to itate that the thiugs
given by the Democracy are stolen
goods, tllched by a pertldiou* aud dis
honest party from a large class of our
people, who even now are suffering
most serijusly because of the theft.
The («ri|t 1* Here.
tills
A UrMUU lor 11,
There ate million* of poor imam
( loved WufklU-iMt'll Milt IT luu iu this
Miiuirv today from odd, who are it a
tide to Iniv the eh ■»(> uooleit* of the
tin *p Id mxU I t» u. . r Yuuir lom
.if worlk IS Ibe remit of the theft ul
UlfcVvl-Mid. liwltuau WU*v4t>
Terms---SI.OO in Advance i 51.25 after Three Months.
Less Roads Under Free Trade.
The Railroad Gazette gives the fol<
lowing account of the extensions oi
oar railroad system in 1894:
Railroad building in this country
would certainly appear to have reached
its lowest ebb, when the total new
mileage built in one Tyear amounts to
only 1761 miles. That is all the new
railroad that has been built in the
United States in 1894. That figure is
lower than any that has been reached
since 1875, when the net increase for
the year was 1700 miles, the amount
built being somewhat greater. The
new mileage reported for 1894 is ap
parently the smallest aotual amount of
new railroad built in any year sinoe
the Civil War, and it is muoh the
smallest percentage of increase. Tak
ing Poor's figures of the amount of
railroad built at the end of 1893 (177,-
753 miles), the railroad oonstrnoted in
1694 has added less than one per cent,
to that total.
Father ol Protection Talks.
The tariff was claimed by those in
power to have been excessive on for
eign trado and productive of too
muoh revenue, but the protracted
agony and Caesarian delivery of the
tariff reform bantling, and thl pro
gressive Treasury deficiency thus pro
voked, far transcends the sentimental
agony of a surplus, whioh long ago
ceased to vex any financiers. It is al
ways something too much, whether of
a surplus or of a deficiency. Two
years ago some thought we had too
muoh of MoKinleyism. More now
think we have got too much of Wil
sonism. The tariff pendulum swings
to and fro between protection and
freo trade,tiring out even tho President
in dreaming dreams, alas! of "iron
and coal." —From Speech of Senato'
Justin S. Morrill, of Vermont.
Nothing But Ruin.
With cotton at five cents and the
price drooping, Southern planters are
in a state of bewilderment and con
sternation. Bankruptcy and impov
erishment stare them in tho face if the
present rate, which they assert is be
low the cost of production, be main
tained. In liko manner the wheat
produoer sees ruin confronting him in
the continuance of low prices for
grain. Tho Southern planter and the
Western farmer, tho two agents who
wero largely instrumental in ordering
in 1892 a roversal in industrial and
protective policies of tho Nation, are
now suffering directly from the evils
of underconsumption. Manufactur
ing interests were the to feel tho
effects of busiu-cr. uncertainty and the
losses of wago earners. The great ag
ricultural producer?, South and
West, are now learning to their cost
that tho marked deelino in the pur
chasing power of a prosperous Nation
roacts necessarily upon cotton plant
ers and wheat farmers.
If cheapness of food nnd clothing
wero the main factor of National pros
perity, Americans would now have
full cause for gratitudo to Democratic
tariff meddlers. But when flour is
low. and cotton sells below tho cost of
production, and every other commod
ity is cheap because tho supply runs
far beyand the demand, they need not
bo thankful. Tho practical experi
ence of tho last two years lias taught
Americans that, whatever may bo the
truth about free trado or tho protec
tive policy, nothing can take tho place
of National prosperity under which
all classes of the population are em
ployed at good wages uud ali indus
tries aro in full, unimpeded operation.
Those are tho conditions whioh devel
op the purchasing power of every con
sumer an<l mako the American market
the main safeguard against overpro
duction at home and abro.id.
THE EMPIRE STATE.
Her Mnnutucturlni: Interests More
Valuable Than Foreign Commerce.
Now York is callod the Empire State'
because 'sho surpasses every othei
State in population, in wealth, iu the
extent of her manufacturing indus
tries, in her commerce, in her moneyed
institutions, in educational facilities,
and in the enterprise and intelligeuci.
of her people.
New York Stato has 85,84(1 manufac
turing establishments, whioh employ
an aggregate capital of 51,130,101,193.
They give employment to 850,884
hands, that are puid annually SiOtl,
84ti,G42 iu wages. The cost of raw
material used annuully amounts tc
$871,0111,085, uud the value of the pro
duets of these factories umounts tc
$1,711,577,071, which is $>2,072,861'
more thau the entire assessed value of
all the property of tbe city ol New
York in 1894.
The number of factories in New York
State increased 23,101 during the do
oade from 18*0 to 1890; there WHS an
increase of $015,914,019 iu the capital
invested ; of 318,551 iu tbe bauds eiu
■ployed; of $208,212,013 iu wages paid
of $191,051,540 iu the material used,
aud of $030,881,075 iu tbe value o
manufactured products.
Tbe growth of the manufacturing
industries of New York duriug tbe last
oensus decade surpasses auytliing that
has ever occurred iu the history ol
anpr country of like population And
this euoruioue gruwth lias taken plaoe
under a protective tariff.
Tbe products of ibe factories of New
York Htate aloue amouut to $104,<
903,973 tuurc thau the uutire exports
and important tbe whole United Htate*.
The amouut paid fur raw material ic
these factories, annually, is s2lo,OtfM,
934 more than our foreign imports, iu
iliOO tbe amount paid iu wages to em
pioyes iu theso factories was ouly
112 IM, 148,5119 lb »u tbe tuts
amouut uf our foreign imports, ll
would be le*» lew to the people uf this
coiitttiy to elo > our porta entirely to
foreign cum mote tdau to ruia tbe
wauufaeturin .4 m lustriee uf tbis
Htate.
NO. 22.
TIS EUT A LITTLE THING.
'Tls bnt a Httle thing to smile
Approvingly once Inn while;
To speak a word ot praise, of cheer,
When things seem rather chill and drear
To sometimes fondly hold and press.
Borne hand caress.
'Tls but a little thing togo
And strive to sootho another's woe,
To gently stoop and whisper low.
you understand, you feel and know-
That you will help him all you can
To be a man.
Tls but a little thing to bear !
The daily trivial wear and care
Without eomplatn or needles 3 fret-*"
'Tls but a little thing, doar—yet
'Tis Just suoh simple loving deed®
The Father heels.
—Kathleen Kavunagh, in Picayuno
HUMOIt OF THE DAT.
Half a loaf is better than no vaca
tion.—Life.
It is all up with tlie centipede when
he is knocked off his feet.
Family ties—The ono your brother
is always borrowing from yon. —Puck.
There are conspicuous exceptions
to the rule that short accounts make
long friends.—Pack.
It can not bo said of the profession
al bankrupt that "his failings lean to
virtue's side," —Fuck.
The longest pole won't knock the
persimmons unless the right kind of
a man has hold of it.—Statesman.
After a bank cashier has feathered
his nest ho fancies that he has plumed
himself for ilight.—Galveston News.
Suffragist—"l tell you the women
are advanoing right along." Gay boy
—"Yes, the married ones; single ones
never get beyond a certain stage."—
Boston Courier.
Mr. Cawker (after his wifo has read
several pages) "ls there any news
in your mother's lotter, dear?" Mrs.
Cawker —"I haven't come so the post
script yet."—Truth.
Bobby—"You ought to r soe my big
sister. Everybody says she's a beau
tv." Johnny—"l bet she can't hold
a candle to my sister fer looks. Why
my sister sold twenty-two tioketa for a
charity concert."—Good News.
"What are you writing, Hawley?"
"A story. I'm going in for iiction."
"Really? For a magazine?" "No.
For my tailor. He wants his money,
and I'm telling him I'll send him a
check next week." —Harper's Bazar.
The one unnoticed point which tho
present flood of illustrated Napoleonic
literature has made moro prominent
than any other is that throughout tho
great Corsican's whole early life ho
needed a hair-cut. —Buffalo Express.
Mrs. Houser—"Have you any idea
what 'speaking terms' means, Mr.
Houser?" Mr. Houser—"Certainly,
madam. Anywhere from S3O to 8100
per night, according to tho promi
nence of the lecturer." —Buffalo Cour
ier.
"I see," observed Mr. Chugwater,
looking over his morniug paper,
"they're making another effort to put
a tax on bachelors." "Is that tho
single tax I've heard so much about?"
inquired Mrs. Chugwater.—Chicago
Tribune.
She was a new telephone girl—
"Whut number, please?" "Ono hun
dred and fifteen." "I didn't cateli
that." "One hundred—" "Yes?"
"And fifteen." "All right. Here is
100. Fifteen is busy just nov* J ' —
Harper's Bazar.
Contributor—"Pretty poem, isn't
it?" Magazine Editor —"Yes, very;
but wo can't publish it." Contribu
tor—"Why not?" Magazine Editor
—"Why, anybody can tell at tho first
reading preoisely what it means."
Somcrville Journal.
"I don't believo you can road minds,
doncher know," said a chappie to ft
professional mind-reader. "Oh, yes,
I ean," replied the latter, pleasantly.
"Bring around somebody with a mind
and I'll soon prove that 1 can."—
Pittsburg - Chrouiole-Telegraph.
John's Wifo—"John, I wish you'd
saw up some wood for tho house."
.Tuhu—"l wish you wouldn't n*k iuo
to do suoh work, Maria. Sawing
wood's a thing that even the poorest
tramp refusos to stoop to, aud yon
kuow me."—South Boston News.
A little three-year-old girl went to
a children's party. On her return
she said to her parents: "At tho
party a little girl fell off a chair. AH
tho other girls laughed, but 1 didn't."
"Well, why didu't you laugh?"
" 'Cause I was tho one that fell off. '
—Tid-BiU. _
Ileal Cooker) Teaehiuf.
Butter aud new-laid eggs tlguro
largely iu cooking schools, and a* tho
teacher lias not to imy for them, aho
wntea eloquent aud insists upon such
a lavish use of both that were her les
sons generally acted upon there wunl.l
soou bo a mighty tamuie in tho laud.
But the poor don't come; tho rich
ean do without suoh teaehiugs, for
others do their work ; aud only a few
ladles iu the middle classes with very
inquiring utiuds put iuau appearauoe.
"Lot th«> teacher," »aid a poor wo
uiau, "colile to my house aud show me
how to cook there, *ud then I shall bo
oblige Ito her." Here is tho tc>t oI
(food, cheap cooking--to cook with
lltllu tuouey ; a siuall, soioklug tire ; a
miserable oven 1 a couple of sauce
pans, aud uo settles, aud soluelluiss
more nioiitht to fee I thtu food to put
iuto them. All the Y»ar Itoiiud.
All ll'dllilthup'* IMltfetiee.
The \r*hhiiUop of York has cou».
ph ted his self-imposed task of visitiuif
the aiiulu of the d'M parishes m hi*
diocese, I'tiu work has occupied tin o« m
years. Mauy of Ilia I>SI ishes had uot
previously Iswk visile I by a prelate
of th» Church wtthtu living memory,
Loudutt iviwntat/k.