SULLIVAN epow in a recent interview iu predicting 1* 's's pro- j gross iu railroading, very pertiueutly stated : "Take, for instance, the Sew York Central Hailroad. Our traius liii;r!it almo.-t be termed tlashcs of lightning, but their rate is not a eir ouuintauce to tho speed we are now aiming ut. Then there ia the matter of safety. I neeil Hot aaatiro you that the safety of passengers is the luoat important thing a railroad man baa to with. This coming year we itpeot to attain what some people may cousittur a chimera--uauiely, purfeot freedom from rtak m the transportation of hu man Iteiuga by rail. We havi-, we b«- lluVe, solved the problem, and thai, I ■UoulU my, will make IWW au uu vtjualetl yeal in rallroatiiug. Iu the far as 111 the uuar future, roluautlo things are done, or are ttuing pro jected. 4 tuunal l<> Ihu summit of I Liu Juuglraii la oliv ut the llillitjt po» atbtf Tliu TniwHiUiwii IUil»») aud Ibe Houlh AIIHWI llU« u ' Ma»hu«- ulautl a(« two p»oJ«uU MM tbu edtf.i uf the lulur< lUutufiu. r air. » I» ui.a. I way aud tUu p><*try ul lailto»44im will Ui •*puiiuitc»4 iu tl»» ut* rualtoi tallfoa*! bitllUlug evitaiu to iimhm lu Japan *b«U Ihw t ItluaMt wai lut-iuMly abi'ill will MfflMtllf i« tft tM*A. THE QOOD WE AI.L MAY DO. Oh, the good we all may do, While the days are going by' There are lonely hearts to cherish, Whilo the days are going by; There are weary souls who perish, Whilo the days are going by! If a smile we pan renew, As our journey we pursue; Oh, tho good wo all may do, While the days are going by! Thore's no time for idle scorning, While tho days are going by; Lot your faoo bo like tho morning, Whilo the days are going by! Oh, the world is full of sighs, Full of sad and weeping oycs; Help your fallen brother rise, Whilo tho days are going by! All thp loving links that bind us, Whilo tho days are going by; One by one we leave behind us, Whilo the days are going by! But the soeds of good wo sow, 153 th in shade and sun will grow, And will keop our hearts aglow, While the days are going by! Oh. the good wo all may do,J Whilo the days are going by! —Eosa B. Holt, in Philadelphia American. OLD EIGHTY-SIX. PPEESSED with a heavy John°Sta£ tgart stood in ner of the terminus, out of the rays of the glittering aifd watched engine No. 86. The en gineer was oiling her, and tho fireman, as he opened tho lurnaco door and shovelod in tho coal, stood out like a red Rem brandt picture in the cab against the darkness beyond. As tho engineer, with his oil can, went carefully around engino No. 80, John Saggart drew his sleoves across his eyes, and a gulp came up in his throat. He know every joint and bolt in that contrary old engine—tho most cantankerons iron brute on the road, and yet, if rightly managed, one of the swiftest and most powerful engines tho company had, notwithstanding tho many improve ments that had been put upon locomo tives since SO left tho foundry. Saggart, as ho stood tljpre, thought of tho seven years he had putin on the footboard of old 80, and of tho many trioks she had played him dur ing that period. If, as the poet says, tho very chains and tho prisoner be come friends through long associa tion, it may bo imagined how much of a man's nfl'eotiou goos out to a machino that he thoroughly under stands and likes—a machine that is his daily companion for years, in danger and out of it. No. 80 and John had been in many a closo pinch together, and at this moment Saggart seemed to have forgottou that often the pinch was caused by tho puro cuss edness of 80 herself, and he remem bered only that she had bravely done her part several times when the situa tion was exceedingly serious. The cry of "All aboard!" rang out and was echoed down from the high arched roof of tho great terminus, and John, with a eigli, turned from his contemplation of tho engine and went to tako his place on the train. It was a long train, with mauy Bleeping cars at tho ond of it, for tho heavy holiday trallic was on, and people wero getting out of town by the liuudrod. The engineer had put away his oil can and had taken his place on the engine, standing ready to begin tho long journey tho moment the signal was given. John Saggart climbed into the smoking carriage at the front part of the train, lie found a place in one of the forward seift.s and he sank dowu into it with a vague feeling of unoasi ness at being inside a coach instead of ou the eugiue. Ho guz I out of the window aud saw tl»u glittering electric lights slowly slide behind, then more ijitickly the red, green and white light* of tho station lamps, and finally there flickered swiftly past the brill iaut constellatiou of uitv windows, showing that the towu had not yet gone to bed. At last tho ilying train plun ;ed into tho dark, niui Saggart pro-wiil his face egaiu»t thu cold gluts j of thu window, unablu to lultu oft' Ins feeliug of responsibility, although he kiit w that there was another wan at throttle. He was aroused ironi his reverie by a touch ou his shoulder aud a curt re quest, "Tickets, please." He pulled out of bis p.ieket a pas aud turuo I to baud It to tUu conduct or, who stood there with it glittering plated and crystal luiitt rn on bis arm. "Hello, John, is this you?" crie t thu conductor as soon »« he saw tin tano turned toward turn. "Hang It, man, you didn't lieud a pass traveling Willi uie," "I kuow it," «ai trouble," "Oil, I'd risk I tin Uoiil.lu," said tbu Conductor, planum ( b<' lamp »n tie I tfoor and takiuu Ills seal iu»lde tie I eiigihuer "I hoard ilhivl jfiiin worry to-day. It's too eu*aed bsl. Ii ' a luan had got drunk at hta post, a* ' yo i aud I bavu known *»m to 4u, it 1 wouldn't ba%u wmited au l..rd, but at | it* »"i»t your mk was only an viioi ■ ul judgment, an I tliwi k"ikiity riaily Uap|wnud I lid "Ui it*» to bar* tk- Itatiit ul pulling Imikll itifuugb- I I su|i|hmmi you aul site ba*« li*«k Is ■niui ilits titan tlttt witii not a word oald al'oul .1 "Uit, jfv», «sl'i Jui»i*. "Wf'ftt Iwee LAPORTE, PA., FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 1895. in man j a tight plaoe together, but we won't ho any more. It's tough, as you say. I've been fifteen years with the company and seven on old 86, and at first it comes mighty hard. But I suppose I'll got used to it." "Look here, John," said the con ductor, loworing his voioe to a con fidential tone, "the President of the road is with us to-night. His private car is tho last but one on the train. How would it do to speak to him? If you're afraid to taokle him I'll putin a word for you in a minute and tell hiin your side of tho story." John Saggart shook his head. "It wouldn't do," ho said. "He wouldn't overrule what one of hie sub ordinates had done, unless there was serious injustice in the caso. It's the new manager, you kcow. There's always trouble with a new manager. Ho sweeps clean. And I suppose he thinks by bouncing one of the oldest engineers on the road he'll scare the rest." "Well, I don't think much of him, between ourselves," said the conduc tor. "What do you think ho has done to night? He's put a new man on 86 —a man from one of tho branch lines, who doesn't know the road. 1 doubt if bo's ever been over the main line before. Now it's an anxious time for me, with all the holiday traffic moving, with the thermometer ut zero, and the rails like glass, and I like to have a man in front that I can depend on." "It's bad enough not to know the road," said John, gloomily, "but it's worse not to know old 86. She's a brute if she takes a notion," "I don't suppose there's another engine that could draw this train and keep her time." "No. She'll do her work all right if you'll humor her," admitted Stag gart, who could not conceal his love for tho engine, oven while ho blamed her. "Well," said the conductor, rising and picking up his lantern, "tho man in front may be all right, but I would feel safer if you wore further ahead on this train than the smoker. I'm sorry I can't offer you a berth to-night, John, but we're full clear through to tho rear lights. There isn't even a vacant upper on the train." "Oh.it doesn't matter," said Sag gart. "I couldn't sleep anyhow. I'd rather sit hero and look out of the window." "Well, so long," said the conduct or. "I'll drop in and see you as the night passes on." Saggart lit his pipe and gazod out into the darkness. He know evory inch of tho road—all tho up-grades and tho down-grades and tlie levels. Ho know it oven better in tho darkest night thnn in tho clearest day. Oc casionally the blaok bulk of a barn or a clump of treos showed for one mo ment against tho less black sky, and Saggart would say to himsolf: "Now ho should shut off an inch of steam I" or, "Now ho should throw her wide open." Tho train made few stops, but he sftw that thoy wero losing time— Bo was sulking, very likely. The thought of tho engino turned his mind to his own fate. No mau was of very much use in the world, after all, for the moment ho steps down another is ready to stand in his place. The wise men in the city who had listened to his defense knew so well that an en gine was merely a combination of iron, steel uud brass, and that a given num ber of pounds of sleain would get it over a given number of miles in u given number of hours, had smiled incredulously when he told thom that au engino hud her tantrums, and that sometimes she had to bo coddled up like any other female, and that evou when'a man did liis best there woro occasions when nothing ho could do would mollify her, and then thore was sure to be trouble, although John had added, in his desire to be fair, that she was always sorry for it afterward, which romark, to his confusion, had turned the smilo into a laugh. He wondered what 80 thought of tho new man. Not much, evidently, for she was losiug time which she had no business to do on that section of the road. Still, it might bo the fault of the new mau uot knowing when to push bor for ull she was worth and when to ease up. All these things go to the making up of time. Still, it was more than likely that old 80, like Oil)>iii's horse, was wondering more aud uioro what thing upon her back had got. "He'll have trouble," mut tered John to himself, "when she tinds out." The conductor came in again and sat down beside thu engineer. He said nothing, but Kit there sorting out his tickets, while Sug-iurt gazed out I of thu window. Suddenly the engi neer sprang to his fe»>t with hie eyes w idu open. Thu train was swaying j trout sidu to »idu, and goiug at great i speed. The conductor looked up with a I suiile. "Old Hit," he said, "is evidently I going to make up tor lost time." "Hhr uliiiild lie blowing down on •-rowing the 11. an I M line," answered j thu e uglSuer. "ilood hi-itvuual" In ! >'rind r» moiii. ut utt' r "tVu've gone 1 across thu tl. aud M. track ou thu keen jump." I'Uu e.u luetur sprang to his laet. I He know thu suriouaUuta of »uch a tiling. Kh'U the fastest etpruase* ! must slop ro«»m j on thu lurid thu tiuu ul another riilway. it i u litu law. "I'oMit't that )ay in if out know •itoti
  • p «| • urostiugf' "It i«n't that, ' sail H%g|i)|t. "H> i knows ell right ,»*»■* tn« train buys | kito a Ilia I 111 lad has taken tile bll l' it" uli t - 111, li«j ean't stop iter. iVitufw do you peas No. tt to u'rfbt? ' "it l'oinH«tl|t> " "Mutt's sit Wilts ali.ad In Ave tumults at titta lat« w» alii be run- Niti| en ber iiutu and b«r trnek. itbs's eleaye lain, au i w-Ws, aud Is able to be tip an I arouud i his latui Ue lays down olleu mid | rfst* re»i iu this lu-tttuvr lie thiuks | that the stirt jilus»Ui.s» ts brought oil |by the i»»e of tibatwu. Tbrea )ears ' as" he went uittety lay* wltn it sUuu, Ue says he -lues liil thin* .1..,, .. |l| e-M, k I i hliM li - -a- Mf'Wi ts t. i. nit that it will Naaily in lot I wtt t ii«- 1 WtUlMtil ku tells# HOW FARMERS FEBL. ONLY TWO PKR CENT. IN with SON'S STATK BELIEVE IN FREE TRADE. A Business Man Questions 100 West Virginia Agriculturists With Most Suggestive Results —"Wllsonlsm'* on tho Decline. My business takes mo into many farming homes in West Virginia, and for tho last two months I have been sounding farmers on the tariff ques tion. Went Virginians, as a rule, aTO truthful, and I would just as soon be lieve ono of them as any one else. Of 100 farmers questioned, forty were Democrats, fifty-fivo Republicans and five Populists and "nondoscripts." Tho fifty-five Republicans declared to a unit in favor of unqualified protec tion, as did also thirty of the Demo crats ; eight of tho remaining Demo crats believed in a conservative tariff, and only two wero out and out freo traders. Four of tho Populists had no views on tho tariff and ono said whatever Jerry Simpson and Peffer did was all right with him. Some of them told mo that while morally cer tain that freo trado would lessen the cost of what they consumed fully one third, thnt they still would bo losers in the glutted markots with their own products depreciated one-half in val ue. Ono farmer advocated a uniform tariff of 100 per cent, and tho appoint ment by tho Government of a commis sion to fix tho price of all articles con sumed in this country, this commis sion to bo in session every day, issu ing daily reports of fluctuations in tho markets. Now this inquiry elicited tho infor mation that only two out of 100 farm ers questioned, and selected without regard to politics, bclievo in freo trade, and takiug the late elections as a guide this pcroontago will hold good everywhere and will be taken as an indication that "freo tradeism" or "Wilsouifim" is on the decline, and, in fact, nover had any footing in this country so long blest with glorious protection. WILL S. GitEKNLiiii.'. Grafton, W. Va. CHEAP LABOR COMPETITION. The Southern Cotton Manufacturers l<*car Products of Japanese Mills. While some parts of tho Southern section of the country are rejoicing because tho new tariff may iuduee the erection of more cotton mills in those localities wlu re cotto.i is grown, be cause the mills can thero be more economically worked chiefly owing to tho lower vuluo of labor, thoy have suddenly awakened to tho fact that labor is cheaper iu other parts of tho world than it is in the Southern States, and tho Atlauta Weekly CoEstitution has thi-i to say: WHAT SII Aliti WE I>o wrra '.VPAN ? "Under our new treaty with Japan wo limy expect somo wonderful sur prises. "The Japanese are building factories in every town, anil they have just be gun to realize the fivt that tho mar ki ts of tho world aro open to thorn. They nro tho brightest, most in genious and skillful people on tho face of the enrth. Thoy can imitato anything, and their invention seems to have no limit. "How aro \vc goinpr to compute with thoßO people? Tliey are now studying the American markets uinl manufac turing tlio gooils most in demand here. Already their rugs and matting aro finding their way into nearly every American home. Whole villages in Japan make nothing hut rugn, and one firm employs 3000 hands. Their cotton factories now liavo 500,000 spindles, and the number is rapidly iucreusin r. Their ingenuity and uitistio tiisto enable them to turn out cotton fabrics as pretty as silk, and wo inii-t either learn tli -ir methods or give up competition with tliera. "fho Japanese m ike everything BO wonderfully cheap. They hell us a rug lor 8-.25, and out of this sum about sixteen profits aro made. A roll of good matting can lm bought for 81 in Japan. The very best female operatives in the factories work for ten or twenty oen < a dav, and tho finest m ilo artisans only get titty cents a day. No woman in Japan is too j oor to afford a *ilk drew. "The most beautiful books in the world are published in Japan, and the cot of printing, engraving and bind ing is only a triile. Wages are almost liothiiig, but the Japanese can live Will on what we would starve on. A workiugmut can furnish a cottage nicely for le»s than sl*\ and his rent ueed not be over forty cents a mouth, in fart, it is 'aid that a Young couple cuu begin housekeeping very comfort ably on 8">. &0, "l'Ue j rices ipioteil above are ou a silver basis, uttd if paid iu gold would be cut down one-half. Ho, win ii we are told that the best lU'tiu luechuuics gttt only fltty ueut* a duy and good clsrss only ieu c.-ut», wo should bear 111 luiud the fuel that they call be tin ployed t. r half that, if ptid HI C<'l.|. "Sow, what shall w »tth theao pi oplt t if they can live well ou nothiiiK and liuod our country with all kill Is of (or a sou#, we might a* writ close every tajloiy, mill, forgo and shop iu the laud aud ail goto INTUITU J How shall inlis I Iroet this tbluge ut eht dp goods 't Our workuisn l inn, t cuisit dowu to »«iiM Ml Uv* ileute is day and »eUt colludes at tw witty nsh a Mwbth lb tfold, of iluuhl. Thou lis""' "I Slivef. Il will IHi s«ld that Su eati I'M our talliisud bar out tk> mi i heap goo.U, hut that Would b« |i|u|«iUuS I' T plultetion's ssh*i at We i xuli'.t euina to that Willi .ot aUatt Ike llsDiiMlsllil "#» wniti ITHMMG iswlsi hat •• do fcet ««i>t llmmm Terms—Sl.OO-in Advance ; 51.25 after Three Months. aro too cheap tUoy will knock our peo ple out of employment, "If all this is to befall us, tho ques tion again comes up, what shall we do with Japan?" Perhaps it is well that "tho question ngaiu comes up" so soon after tho last election. If we have a low tariff, Japan certainly will flood this country with goods to be sold at so cheap a price that our factories must close unless our labor will consent to work for Japaneso wages plus the cost of freight. In answer to the question, "What shall we do with Japan?" it is just BB well for the Southern States to under stand now, as later,, that our only remedy against Japanese cheap labor and industries is protection for Ameri can labor and industries. If their cheap goods aro sold in our market?, then American factories must be closed. As tho policy of protection is di rectly contrary to tho doctrine of frco trade, for which our Southern friends have hitherto insisted upon voting, it may bo well for them to pauso beforo they construct many more now mills in tho South and re member that tho present tariff is but tho beginning of "tariff reform," tho sole aim and objoct of which is to establish freo trade. Possibly, though, whilo the Japanese manufactured cotton goods aro selling in tho markets of the United States, tho manufaotiuers of cotton goods m tho Southern States will not bo en tirely idle, because the markets of tho world will bo wide open to them and they may be ablo to sell their American made goods in other markets—in tho Japanese mnrket, for instance; that is, if tliov can find any labor in this country to work for the sumo rate of wages as is paid to Japanese, loss the amount of money that would have to bo paid as freight in sending our goods to Japan. If we want the trade of the markets of tho world wo must invariably work for less than .their wages. Clirap Foreign Shoddy <»oo:Is. Tho peoplo of this country liavo heard a vast amount, during tho past ton years, about tho excellence of for eign woolen poods. IJilly Russell, Georgo Fred. William, Josiah Quincy and tho other chloride of limo stntes men, who entered Democrat io politico to disinfect it, have piotured tho woes of tho people obliged to writ "tariff taxed" clothing filled with shoddy, when a Democratic tariff would enable them to wear tho finest of foreign woolens. It was represented that tho protective tariff tilled clothing m»do in this country with shoddy, though, ns a matter of fact, tivo pounds of shoddy are used iu Eugland where ono is used hero. Sinco January 1, when the Democratic tariff went into operation, a perfect tidal wave of for eign woolens has been pouring through the Custom House. They aro ch-vp woolens, too, au l cheap woolens aro what tho Democrats promised. But they are cheap because they aro good for nothing. They aro the worst lot of goods that ever found their way in to this country. Tho European man ufacturers have miscued on tho Amer ican market at their first shot. Peo ple aro a tritle poor after two years of Demooracy, but they do not yet wear clothing that will blow aw,v.- iu a fair wind.—Worcester (Mass.) Telegram. Labor Gusy Thoro, 1 'if' risa M I.nh >r Husy litre. J 112 ' ' i i 1 jdl'ji'; M' 1 '■ * - Ww^ (tout turner* lor I'ro e iUm, Tho coitou U J « meeting ut HUftvvport, 1.1. ( uU't u lapt. I r • ItllloU* ihut Lad Im».'u !"■• Ibyt i ) Nutiouul CuH«'U Uru■*•?!!• I •»' - tiV. A»»> tfi"» Jtmn»r\ tl ml !•'. pi'' I, luUnl, that »!iti elu:i ( i jw. r» Uuv nr«»ui/td u prut, t . iti in wUioii, of tfuur-f, luipt • thu.r btiliut iu »li« poliey »t i «•'' oliou for Hi • .«• irllci. Aud II |'t|i kiiil fur ulliti i u'iuslirii » iu utliii putt* ul ibu ci'iiuiry. lliu.' *« rtgal'l oi >l'« luiitnif ul MLi> ttj-"ii u* •• »»ry»trwu,< mi l I t»v|ifal in.J«.r«< Mi* lit i»i BU : ' ptiil' jul |'lut««|iluU wtlK-ll *»t *.l»". . I** M'illl l <■< !».»»«« *».!» t., I#* mm <4 I* m \ ' »h». imt, * J , Kfil J I »• ij<-1 t" . I 112 ieri it.ai«>iil4l.i ft M Mm> Uh of ii*i NO. 23. OVER THE ENOW. Bweet Milioent put on her furs, Nor cares how hard the north wind blows— So many hearts would capture hers, She has no lack of anxious beaux. Now jingle, jinglo go the bells, Fast burdened fields, past wood and shore— With joyous hope her bosom swells, And all the world is fair before. One summer day she chanced to moot Her escort, near the ocean's tido— But now he comes with coursers fleet And asks her to a winter's ride. Jingle, jingle go the bells, As oft the happy couple starts- - But only Cupid's record tolls The union there of hands and hearts. 80, lot the north winds roughly blow, Nothing shall cool their deep desire— Ifor love can melt the cokl and snow, And needs no outward flame or fire! Jingle, jingle go the bells, Until the merry trip is dono; The frosty road no secret tells Of two fond hearts that beat as one. Joel Benton. IICMOR OF THE DAY. Advertising is the root of all money. A game leg—The quarter of venisou. One man in a thousand—The Col jonel. A resolution is easier to pass than to keep. i An "invention of the enemy" is Inever patented. —Statesman. ; Selfishness often shows a very bad sooial taste.—Cloveland Plain Dealer, i "Figg is always setting a trap for his wife." "Jealousy, is it?" "Nope! mice."—lnter-Ocean. "History repeats itaelfbut that |is because it is getting old and volum inously garrulous.—Puck. Love shows itself by deeds; but it is often confoundedly hard to get a jwifo to sigu ono with you. —Puck. Men are either good because they have not been found out, or because |they are not married—Atchison Globe. "Dr. Whito is a specialist, is ho not? What is his sepecialtv?" "Ho has two—consultations and fees." — Vogue. A man has been known to stand in a corner all day, wondering at the world's idleness. —Cleveland Plain Dealer. The Diner—"Waiter, why didn't you keep your thumb out of the soup?" The Waittr— "Ob, it isn't hot."—Detroit Free Press. Microbes in the kiss, you say? ltight you are, my boy. Little germs of purest bliss, Bacilli of joy! —Harper's Bazar. One of the lessons of life which many people never learn is that it is not necessary to mako an ass of one self merely because ono has * magnifi cent opportunity. "Looking for work, aro you? asked the good lady. "Oh, not that bad, mum!" answered Mr. Everett Wrest. "Jist merely waitin' for it." —Cincinnati Tribune. Hairdresser —"Madam, what color do you wish your hair dyed? MisH Oldgirl—"Oh! I am not particular; auy color so you 'keep it dark. ' Smith, Gray & Co.'s Monthly. Tominv —"Paw, what is tho liffer enco between a vent ami iv waistcoat?" Mr. Figg—"The vest is the most like ly to liavo u big roll of bills iu its pooket."—lndianapolis Journal. Binly—"That man ahead of us is nil inventor out of luck." Fiuly—"How do you know?" Binly—"Why even the ends of his trousers' legs are in fringing."—Philadelphia Inquirer. Embarrassment and shyness fre quently differ from each other. When n young man is embarrassed for money, his shyness doesn't stop him from try ing to borrow some.—Philadelphia Life. A young lady singer asked a gentle man which of the two he would prefer, to bo blind or deaf. Ho answered "Deaf, miss, when I am looking at you, and blind wheal hear you biug." —Wisconsin Htar Journal. "I see," observed Mr. Chngwater, looking over his moruing paper, "they're making another effort to put a tax on bachelors." "Is that the single tax I've heard s > much about?'' inquired Mrs. Ohugwater. -Chicago Tribune. What a contradictory thing is man. When we are a boy and love molasses on our bread wo can only hive a little of it, but when we grow up an 1 can have all the molasses in the world wo do not care for it at all. 1 ortlan I (Me.) Tribune. "You ought to know better than to put small coins into your mouth, t.ai>l the old gentleman to the boy who had ju»t blacked hi* boot*. W here upon three richly apparelled ladies who were hurrying past to eatch a ktreet car pauaed a moment and looked iudiguautly at tlu speaker. Chicago Tribune. Ur». JtSmou l».i*U. 1 mw Mr*. J> tV«r«ou l'u\i» the other day, aaya the Sew York eorri'