SULLIVAN .4GS*SS> REPUBLICAN.
w. M. CHENEY, Publisher.
VOL. XIII.
Pauperism is on the wane iu Ireland,
but is increasing alarmingly in Eng
land.
There were ICOO patents issued by
Jhe United States Patent Ofllco for
eleotrlcal inventions during the year
1894. =
Tho detailed report of tho Health
Department shows that Brooklyn is
hcalthior than jiny other of tho world's
great cities.
Tho trolleyizing process goes on,
notes tho Now York Recorder. New
York Central is to rnn its excursion
business between Buflalo and Niagara
Foils by trolley.
John Sohultz, of Lautenburg, West
Prussia, has invented » now kind of
paper, but tho authorities will not
allow Its manufacture because what
ever is written on it may bo washed
off easily.'
The French idea that Franco is a
good country to live in is illustrated
by tho fact that the French immigrants
to this country in the last fiscal year
numbered only 3G62 persons—2ll2
men and 1550 women.
"The advantages of kit-sing," says
Dr. A. E. Bridges in tho British Medi
cal Journal, "outweigh its infinitesi
mal risk; for it provides us with mi
crobes useful for digestion." Even
tho strongest advocate of kissing will
admit, opines tho New York Tribune,
that this is a somowhat growsotne and
unpleasant view of osculation.
Thero is still money in roal estate in
New York City, as is shown by a tran
saction of two ydung brokers, Flake
and Dowling. Last December they
bought tho old building on tho south
west corner of Nassau and Liberty
streets for 8934,000. They sold out
tho property recently to a syndicate
for &1,150,000; a profit of $300,000 in
threo months is not so bad.
Secretary Morton declares the
plow has been less improved than any
other agricultural implement, and
that it pa'cks down tho furrows it
turns over, making them impervious
to rainfall. Ho regards this matter of
such importance that ho has Chan
cellor Canfleld, of tho Nebraska Stato
University, to ask the 1 GOO students of
that institution to try to invent a now
plow.
About ten years ago Rushden was a
little villago in Northamptonshire,
England. Largo shoo factories were
established there aud the pluce rapidly
grew until now it has 10,000 inhabi
tants. Tho introduction of American
shoes at prices which English manu
facturers cannot meet has given Rush
den a severo set-bock, and tho Chicago
Times-Herald predicts that it is likely
togo down as rapidly as it sprung up.
-V well-known European engineer
who lias been exploring the Panama
Isthmus for many years reports that
ho has discovered a routo along tho
Toto, Javiosa and Tuyra Rivers by
which tho two oceans can bo con
nected by a ship canal at a total cost
of not moro than §18,000,000. The
most important work on tho routo
would be a tunnel under tho Cordilleras
two miles long, which could bo built
| for $11,000,000. Only two tidal locks,
ono on each sido of tho mouutain,
would bo roquired.
Tho London Si>octator praises Lord
Boseberv for granting a pension of a
hundred pounds a year to William
Watson, and thinks ho might also have
conferred tho laureateship on him
without risking tho condemnation of
any judgment worth considering. It
regards Swinburno ns Watson's onty
rival, and thinks that not even the
richness and melody of Swinburne'*
early plays could outweigh "tho lofty
nud einularly crystal beauty of Mr.
Watson's elegiacs and tho delicate
humor of his more familiar verse."
Tho recent voto in tho British House
of Commons ou the navy estimates
was moro than ordinarily significant
and impressive, declares tho Now York
Tribuno. Tho estimates, as is well
knowD, aro unprccedontedly large.
They provido for an increase of naval
strength so vast as to startle even those
who aro most familiar with the "bloat
ed armaments" of Europe. They com
mit Great Britain definitely aud em
phatically to tho construction and
maintenance of u fleet larger and njore
powerful than tho combined llects ol
any other two Powers, if not, indeed,
of all tho European Power?. They
are such as would a fow years ago have
aroused against them tho opposition
of a formidable party in both House
and Nation. Yet on this occasion not
ono man of serious importance raised
his voice against them, and they -./ cut
through tho Houso with only ihjrty'
two dissenting votes.
ADVICB 13 CHEAP.
"Got ap, young man,"the poot wrote,
"And broathe tho air so swoet;
Pat on your light spring overcoat
And walk beforo you eat;
With lambkins In the early morn,
Go sport upon the green!"
Next day the poet oil forlorn
Arose at ten fifteen.
It it 3n easy job to givo
Advice—wo all can teach-
But such on awkwarcl thing to live
And practice what wo preach!
Of kindly precept none have lacked
So far as I have seen;
But words by good example backed
Are fow and far between.
The country stands in neod of tlioss,
Who do as Enoch did,
And while thoir woary jaws repose
Walk right sido up amid
The mad, disoordont surging throng
That treads the pavoinent blocks—
Buch mon do more to orush out wivng
Than ono who simply talks.
We have too much of vocal noise,
Too great a waste of breath,
This life is robbed of half its joys
And talked almost to death;
If more would bravely do and dare
Tho laud of hoavenly bliss
Would havo a fow recruits to spare
From those who dio in this.
—Nebraska State Journal.
LOVE AND HONOR,
AnTtinn EDWARDS, EDITH GBAVENET. RICH
ARD ESMOND.
Boene: Miss Grnvenev's drawing room.
RTHUR (summing
r " |nßflbr u P) —And eo you
must help me, my
l^enr 6' I knew
you would say it
ij(\ should malco uo
V\ difference between
us. I expected that,
of eourse.
Edith (looking down, and playing
with her engagement ring)—lt'sratber
hard, after not seeing you for two
years, Arthur.
Arthur—lt's rather hard on me, ba
ing away for two years and looking
forward to coming homo and every
thing, and then to come home to this.
Edith—l understand that your fath
er did forgo tho check, and laid the
blatno on old Esmond, and now his
sou has got tho letter your father
wroto hiin on his deathbed and pro
poses to clear his father's memory.
You would do as much, I suppose?
Arthur—Yes, of course. But wo nro
Jn such different positions. You seo
the Esmonds are quite out of society.
Besides it's all over now—so many years
ago, and it's very hard onjuo to havo
it all raked up now. I liuven't done
anything. It's very hard on me.
Edith—And on your mother and
sisters. I seo that quite.
Arthur—Yes, of course, that was
my first thought. I didn't think it
necessary to mention that they were
my first thought. But as I was say
ing, Richard Esmond hug no ono to
think of but himself. Ho is tho only
child, and his mother is dead, and he
has no friends. Ho is only an usher,
and no ono would think any tho better
of him if it was cleared.
Edith—He has some friends. You
know, ho visits here.
Arthur—Yes, I know. That's why.
• • • Nothing would be casisr than
fov you to get him to givo "up this
idea of clearing hia father's name.
Tho mau died twenty years ago, and I
do wish, for my poor mother's sake,
and the girls', of course, that my
father ha.l let sleeping dogs lie, and
not written that incriminating letter.
Why, I should never bo able to stay
in the placo if it were known, and wo
could not bo married for years, and
everything would go wrong. You
will, Edith, won't you?
Edith—Yes, if you wish it. Richard
has lived in tho place, though.
Arthur—Ws; but don't I tell you
it's nil blown over t*venty years ago?
What's tho good of raking it all up?
Edith—You really wish me to try
to get this paper for you, Arthur?
Arthur—Yes, dearest. Why, how
pale you arc 1 You mustn't let it up-
Bet you—a little thing like this. It
will bo all over directly. • • •
There ho comes down tho road now,
with his confounded swagger. I
can't understand how a man can havo
grown up with a manner like that,
when his father was convioted of
forgery.
Edith—Couvictod, Arthur, not
guilty.
Arthur—Well, 1 said "convicted,"
dearest, didn't I? • • • I say, bo's
coming in at tho garden s:ate. What
shall I do? I can't meet him.
Edith- -Hide behind tho screen then.
(He hides behind scrcon.)
Richard Esmond enters. He is tall
and thin, and turns bored eyes on the
world through double glasses.
Richard- I am hastening to keep an
important appointment. Are you very
busy? May I stay and chat for awhile?
I have something'l should like to ask
you.
Edith—Tho world is full of coinci
dences. I also havo something I wish
to ask yon.
Richard—Something serious? Ye?,
I see it in your eyes. Give mo a
moment to prepare myself. Two
Eerious subjects in one morning ! Tho
prospect appalls, and in July, too!
Let us talk o! something light for n
few moments. Tho equalization of
rates or—well, wo might have a re
freshing little talk on some set sub
ject, perhaps, as the suburban debat
ing societies do.
Edith—Let me bo spared tho
"anguish of fierce debate !"
Richard (deprecatingly) —Not fierce.
On snch a morning as this who could
debate fiercely? I have be-m thinking
of writing an articlo for the Fort
nightly on the influence of the County
Council on modern lyric poetry.
Edith (smiles in spite of herself,
but twists her hands nervously)
Mr. Esmond, are you ever seripus?
LAPORTE, PA., FRIDAY, MAY 24, 1895.
Blohnrd—l am serious for the nine
long months of the soholastio year.
But now, when each lamb has gone to
its own fold, tho shepherd wreaths his
crook with garlands.
Edith—And his conversation with
flowers of speech. Hate you had a
good time with tho boys this term ?
Richard—The lambing season has
been excellent. Two of them, almost
mutton, as ono might say, passed for
Sandhurst. Tho Oxford Local has
showered its culturod bays thick upon
us. And now—for I perceive too
plainly that you aro anxious to be rid
of me—what is this serious thing that
you wished to aslt mo?
Edith (promptly)—lt is this? (A
very long pause).
Richard—Well?
Edith (with increasing agitation)—
Is it very much moro difficult to say
than I expected.
Richard (gravely)— Don't distress
yourself. Believe mo, nothing is
worth it.
Edith (desperately)— You know that
I am going to marry Arthur Edwards?
Richard —I have heard that you are
engaged.
Edith —Ho is very unhappy.
Richard —lndeed.
Edith—Your father—
Riohard—Oh, that old story! His
futher forged a check and let my
father bo blamed for it. It killed my
father, who happenod to be a phenon
enally honest J man. Old Edwards
wroto a letter on his deathbed and sent
it to me telling me tho truth and urg
ing me to clear my father's memory.
A most sacred duty, surely.
Edith —Arthur Edwards is very un
happy. It is a terrible thing for him
that this disgrace should fall on his
mother aud sisters,
Richard—Wo aro to be perfectly
frank, I suppose. (She nods.) Then
let mo add that from tho little I have
seen of Mr. Edwards, I imagine he
would feel far more keenly a disgraco
falling on himself than one falling ou
any woman in whom he had an inter
est.
Edith (with an involuntary glance
toward the screen) —You mustn't say
such things to me.
Richard—Of course not; I beg your
pardon. And what is it you want me
to do?
E lith (rising and walking about tho
room) —Ob, it's impossible. I seo now
that it's quite impossible. Mr. Es
mond, you don't know how contempt
ible I feci. I was going to ask you—
yes, I really meant to ask you to de
stroy that letter nnd to eavo Mrs. Ed
wards and tho girls—oh, yes, and him,
too, from this disgraco.
Richard—You wished to ask me, in
fact, to leavo this slur oiL-wy dead
father's nama for tho sake of these
other peoplo who aro nothiug to me?
Edith —Yes, I did. lam sorry 1 I
did not ask you, though. I don't ask
you.
Richard—l am glad you havo not
asked me; though, on reflection, I
don't kuow why I should bo.
EJith —Thero is nothiug moro to bo
said. It can't bo helped. You are
perfectly right.
Richard—My dear lady, thero aro
somo things which are dearer to a man
than his honor. My father loved the
woman George Edwards married.
That's all.
E.lith —Then what aro you going to
do with tho letter?
Bichard—Ah! you remind mo! You
remember I said I had something seri
ous to any to you. I wishod to offer
you tho letter as ft wedding present.
(Another pause. She turns her head
away. When she looks at hiia ngaiu
her eyas are full of'tears.)
Bichard I detest serious conversa
tion, ns you know. But there is ono
think 1 should liko to tell you. I
havo kuown the truth about this ever
since J was fifteen. My father, when
he lost his good name and most things
thdt mado life worth living, retained
a few treasures, among them the sheet
of paper on which Edwards had prac
ticed tho forged signature. Ho left
this paper to me and charged mo to
keep silence about it—as he had done.
Edith (half increduously)—Thon he
had proofs, and ho never cleared him
self?
Edith—But yonr father's wasted
life? The blight upon you? Your own
lonely life? I must not take tho let
ter. You must show it and the other
proofs and clear yourself and your
poor, poor father.
Bichurd —And so defy his wishes
and make his sacrifices worthless?
Edith—But your own honor?
Bichard—Honor is a catchword. It
wants defining; but however you de
line it, thero aro some things which
uro more to a man than his hdnor.
Edith—But you—
Bichard—Don't look so distressed.
I only mean that I lovo you and that
all one's life would be very littlo to
sacrifice if ono could lay it out judi
ciously in such a way as to add a littlo
to your comfort. Pleaso don't try to
look indignant. There is no earthly
reason why I should not tell you this.
Otherwise you would never have un
derstood, and I have a quite uureaaon
ablo wish that you should understand.
(Sho hesitates, then gives him both
her hands.)
Edith—l am very sorry, very, very
sorry—
Bichard—And I, believe me, am
very, very glad. I havo had such nu
opportunity as fulls to tho lot of fow
men. I havo been able to tell yon
what you aro to me in the presence of
the coward who sots u woman to fight
his battles and skulks behind a screen
to wait for the fruits of victory. (He
points to the mirror in which Edwards's
crouching figuro is seen reflected.
For a moment no ono moves. Then
Esmond takes tho papers from his
pocket, puts them in her hands ftnd
walks out. She stands looking after
him with the papers in her band.
Arthur comes out looking rather red.)
Arthur -Oh 1 I know you would do
it. How clever of you I It was a
magnilicout pieco of acting. (Edith
looks at him.) Come, don'l look so
miserable. It's all rigl\t now. Hero,
give me the papers. (Ho takes
them.) Come, give me a kiss. What
are you looking so glnm about 112 Was
it because he said that about the
soreen? My dear girl, it was only a
guess. He couldn't possibly have
seen me. Besides, we have got all the
proofs here, and no one wonld be
lieve a word he said. Why, what's
tho matter? Come, you ought not to
grudge a kiss io your promised hus
band. Don't think any more about
him; it was like his impudence, but
he is beneath your notice.
Edith —Take your letters and go.
They are all you will ever have from
me. For the rest of my life I- shall
think more of him than of anything
else in the world.
Arthur—Oh I but Edith, eome.
Edith (stamping)—Go, I say. Here,
take your ring.
Arthur—l believe you mean to marry
that swaggering cad.
Edith—l shall marry Richard Es
mond, if he will stoop so far, but it
will bo a poor match for him, for he
is a prince. (She goes out.)
Arthur—l suppose now he will start
a school of his own with her money.
He always did have tho greatest luck.
—New York Press.
Hunting the Seal.
The Eskimo in his "kaiak" is in
deed great, for he faces the roughest
seas, dodges the heavy waves, and
some of the more expert "kaiak" men
reoeive a heavy roller by capsizing
and receiving the blow on the bottom,
righting themselves afterward. The
skillful fisher rights himself with the
paddle, which is two-bladed, or with
his open hand, while some can do it
with the clenched hand. "I have
seen," says Nausent, "a man take a
stono in his clenched hand before cap
sizing, and oomo up with it still iu his
hand." Nor must wo forget that ho
has to tow his prey besides performing
some of theso feats, and a hunter will
sometimes bring three or moro seals
to laud safely.
His chief weapon is tho harpoon,
which he throws either with his hand
or tho ingenious throwing-stick; it
has an easily detachable head with a
lino and bladder attachol. Besides
these, he has lances aud bird darts,
all being kept in readiness under
loops of leathor on top of his "kaiak."
Surely he must be cool and daring, for
ho must not miss a wounded and
enraged seal, nor must tho slightest
hitch occur in tho lino when the prey
rushes away with tho hurpoon. Tho
greatest achievement in tho hunter's
art was to bo ablo to dispense with
bladders, and to let tho seul tow tho
"kaiak" man by his waist.—The Spec
tator.
Mirrors in Folk-Lore.
In the pleasant regions of folk-lore
tbe mirror holds a fairly prominent
place. To break ono is considered an
unlucky affair, n notion which is one
of the most prevalent and persistent
of modern superstition. In many
parts of England, seven years of trouble
is considered tlio penalty for such an
accident; but the still more seriotis
Scottish people regard it as a sign that
a member of tho family will soon die.
In tho south of England it is looked
upon as a bad omen for a brido on her
wedding morning to tnko a last peep
at the glass before starting for church,
and the struggle between superstition
and vanity is no doubt very keen.
The Swedish girls arc afraid to look in
the glass after dark, or by artificial
light, lest they should forfeit the good
opinion of the other sex. Most peo
ple still appenr to regard it ns a bad
omen to sue the new moon fpr tho first
timo through a \yindow pano or re
jected in a mirror.
In some districts thepraetico of cov
ering tho looking-glass,or removing it,
in the presence of death still exists.
Tho reason for this is not very obvi
ous, though Mr. liaring Gould says
there is a popular notion that if a
person looks into a mirror in the
chamber of death he will see the corpse
looking over his shoulder. Such
superstitions seem to suggest a near
approach to tho primitive modes of
thought of tho men who fouud mir
rors in stones and glasses in the run
ning brook.—Chambers's Journal.
Superstition in tlio Wilderness.
Strange tales li*vo com'o from the
Sourdnaheunk region this season in
regard to Jack Reed's depot-enmp O*J
the road leadiug to Strickland's
Mountain. The camp is built over
tho grave of a man who was killed in
some unknown way, and tho woods
men say tho place is haunted. At any
rate, on every moonlight night in win
ter a listener standing outside tbe
camp cau hear tho souud of rolling
stones that apparently aro grating,
grinding, rattling, plunking over oach
other, as though sliding down a steep
bank. Diligent search has been made
for tho source of this strange noise,
but so far no one has solved the
mystery. Old lumbormen remember
that tho camp has been consideiod to
bo haunted for many years, and the
sound of the rolling stones has been
heard on many a moonlight night in
the past. Many lumbermen who aro
on their way into tho Sourdnaheunk
region prefer to push by the depot
cymp and take a night tramp rather
taju sleep ovor that grave and hear
those grinding slopes.— Lewis ton
(Me.) Journal.
The Shortest Skipper.
Captain Whiting, seventy-two years
old, live feet tall, with shaggy eye
brows, long iron-gray whiskers and an
unusually mild manner,created a alight
sensation on tho Maritime Exchange
by his appearance yesterday. He is
tho shortest skipper ever seen in port,
and his vessel, the Liverpool, is the
longest four-master that has arrived
in years,'—Now York Mail «ud Ex
press.
THE MKRRY SIDE 01? LIFE.
STORIES THAT ABE TOLD BT THE
PUNNT MEN OF THE PRESS.
With Three Men on Buses—A Mis
understanding—Got tho « 4 Thro>v
Down"—A Blatter of Fact, Etc.
Ah, the papers may teem
With royalty's gleam,
And laud the counts, princes aud earls
Who wander across -
With thoir protlt or loss—
To wed our American «lrls;
But long ere the rose
By the garden wall blows,
This extravaganza will flit.
And a wrenth we shall bring
For the uncrowned kinvc
Who batteth a home run lilt!
—Cleveland Plain Dealer,
dor THE "THROW DOWN."
Jack—"l proposed to May last
night."
Tom—"How did you come out?"
Jack—"Head first."—Town Topics.
A MISUNDERSTANDING.
Barber—"Shall I go over tho chin
once more, sir?"
Customer —"No; I'd heard it all
beforo you told me."—Harper's
•Weokly.
HIGH.
"I understand that your picture re
ceived the highest consideration at the
exhibition."
"Yes," replied tho mournful artist,
"it was skied." —Washington Star.
A MATTER OF FACT.
Customer (with a handful of woru
currency)—" These greenbacks aro
tough."
Cashier—l beg your pardon, they
are legal tender."—Detroit Free Press.
FRANK, BUT NOT FLATTERING.
Joseph—"lf I should die, would
you get another feller, Mury Jano?"
Mury Jane—'There liaint no other
feller around here, Joseph; or I
wouldn't wait for you to dio." —Puak.
THE PHfSICIAM.
Mamma—"O Jaok, the baby has
swallowed tho contents of this ink
bottle. What shall I do?"
Uncle Jack—"Why make him eat
two or three sheets of blotting paper."
—Truth.
HAVING GREATNESS THRUST tTON HIVI.
School Visitor- "Now thou, boy
number one, who wroto 'Maobeth?'"
Boy Number Ono (trembling vio
lently)—" Please, sir. I didn't."
School Visitor—"l know you didn't;
but who did?"
Boy Number Ono (with a spasm of
virtue) —"Please, sir, I don't wanter
be a telltale, but it wuz Bob Buster,
over in do corner seat. I seen him
a-doin'of it."—Judge.
WANTED A PLEASANT EXPRESSION.
Mr. Grumps—"Good morning. Do
you take pictures by tho instantan
eous process?"
Photographer—"Yes, sir."
Mr. Grumps—"Well, this is Mrs.
(Grumps, my wife, you know. I want
her pioture taken."
Photograper—"Certainly. But aro
you particular about having it instan
taneous?"
Mr. Grumps--"Of course. When
you get things ready tell her to look
pleasant, and then snap off the ma
chine before tho expression fades
away. You've got to be quicker'n
lightning. "---New York Weekly.
A BENEFACTOR OF HIS SPECIES.
Fran von S., well known for her
kindness and generosity, was waited
upon the other day by a well-dressed
gentlemau, who spoko to her as fol
lows :
"I wish to draw your attention,
madam, to tho sad case of n poor
family. Tho father is weak and ad
vanced in years, the mother is bedrid
den, and their live little children aro
clamoring for bread. Tho poor creat
ures aro about to be turned into the
street with their wretched belongings
unless somebody will uudertako to pay
their arrears of rent, amounting to
thirty marks."
Frau von S. ut once went to fetch
the money. Handing it to her visitor,
she said:
' "Now, sir, I should liko to know
who you are, as you soem to take so
warm an interest in theso poor peo
ple-"
"I am thoir landlord, madam!"—
Wochenblatt.
HE WANTED TO KNOW.
It was a farmer-looking man, with
ouo arm in a sling and a bandage over
,his eye, who wanderod into the office
of the superintendent.
"1 was in that ther littlo smash-up
down nigh Pluukville, "said tho farmer
looking man, and then he 6miled^
"I guess ho can bo lixed up for not
more than 850," thought the superin
tendent.
"Yas, I was there," continued tho
visitor, with 'a chuokle. "Jist sailin'
along, smooth as grease, listenin' to a
hook-nosed feller tellin' a funny story,
when all of a sudden —korblip I That
there 010 car went sailin' so high that
1 could 800 the gray hairs in tho
of tho moon, and then
>she come down. How sho did come
.down ? And when I eomo down too,
there Kot that hook-nosed feller with
|his hook-nose ohauged to a pug; uu
other feller, 'bout seven loot high,
was hung across the bollrope liko a
snake hung up fer ruin, au'l ovor in
the woodbox was a fat woman jammed
in so tight that sho couldn't holler—
oouldn't do nothin' but make faces. By
gravy, it was tho funniest time I ever
had in all my life. And so, I thought
how much extry yon thort I'd orter
to pay for the fun yon gimme."
The superintendent sat there with
Lis mouth open for so long that the
farmer-looking man grew alarmed and
fled. —Cincinnati Tribune.
Terms—sl.oo in Advance; 51.25 after Three Months.
A GENERAL PROTEST.
ALL SUCTIONS IN.IURF.DBY FREE
TIJADK LEGISLATION.
Not Only the Sugar Planters ot the
South, Hut the Farmers of tho
West Are Up ill Arms Against
the Policy of Free Trade,
Tho New York World regards the
movement of tho sugar planters of
Louisiana as "no surprise to thoso
who have watched tho drift of Ameri
can politics during the past ten years,"
and says that it is the beginning of a
movement that "must goon for a
number of years to come."
The World is right in this nnd in its
further prediction that other States
in tho South have the samo element
of citizenship as that in Louisiana,
now hostile to Democratic principles,
and that realignment of industrial
forces must change the political make
up of tho South. The World consoles
itself in the belief that what its party
loses in tho South in tho near future
it will gain in tho great cereal-grow
ing States of the Northwest, upon tho
assumption that these States will
favor tho policy of free trade after
trying the effect of the present tariff
rates.
The temper of that section of tho
country will be fully revealed in tho
future elections, but up to tho present
time we can seo no reason for the ful
fillment of the World's expectation.
On the other hand, thero is amplo
reason for strong Western protest
against the policy of free trade. Leav
ing out of consideration tho serious
injury to the wool industry and tho
dreadful impairment of tho consuming
capacity of tho laboring classes all
over tho country, the result of free
trade legislation, wo have but to point
to tho vital losses sustained by ,the
agricultural interests, chiefly iu the
Western States, which tho World ex
pects to espouse its cause, as follows:
During tho first four mouths of tho
operation of tho Gorman tariff thero
were imported in tho dutiable schedule
of articles of food and live animals
511,09(),419 moro than in tho corre
sponding period of tho previous year
under the McKinley law. Tho shrink
age in exports of tho products
ot agriculture for the first lour
months after tho passage of tho
free trado tariff, when compared with
tho exports of the samo products in
the corresponding period under tho
McKinley, law, amounted to $30,158,-
3.01. Theso aro items of practical loss,
amounting iu tho nggregato to $41,-
251,780, covering a period of only
four months. The lot.? iu domestic
trudo cannot bo definitely computed,
but we know that during the period of
depression since the beginning of free
trade agitation it reached into billions
of dollars.
The West will not long tolerate a
system which is literally devouring
her substance, but, along with tho
States of tho South which in the last
election made such strenuous efforts
to shake off freo trade ideas, sho will
see the true value of protection and
bid adieu forever to freo trado heresy,
which, whenever ami wherever tried,
has operated so seriously to hinder in
dividual and National progress.
Australian Wool Movement.
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The Free Traile Way.
Tlio civilized world is, in fact, ap
parently threatened with a calamity
somewhat (similar to that which over
throw the Roman Empire—that is,
tho seizure of tho powers of Govern
ment by semi-civilized men or civilized
men acting under their direction, and
tho management of States without the
benefit of recordod human experience.
—New York Evening Post.
Every one who has studied tho his
tory of tho Koman Empire with auy
care knows that tho calamity which
overthrew that empire was caused by
freo wheat. The free and lavish im
portation of wheat drove tho Roman
farmers from the Campagnia and filled
Homo with the very rich, their 'syco
phants and slaves, liomo went tho
way Englaud is going. It is tho freo
trade way.
Why the t«ol! Uocs.
During the six mouths en Jin * Feb
ruary 21, 189-">, tho dutiablo iui;n>rts
at New York amounted to 31*21, 9t'58,-
14S, as compared with .'531,143,988
for the dutiable imports during tho
eoi responding six months ending
February 21, lSi'i. Under tho Ger
man taritf, for the half year, Now
York has bought from foreigu coiitries
340,500,000 worth more goods than
he did before the now bill became a
law.
Cotton Wor»cr* luUresti'd.
During the first five months of tho
Gorman tariff, ending January HI,
thero were imported nt New \<irk
over 15,001),00!) square yards of
bleached cottons as compared with S,-
871,000 square yards imported during
the corresponding five inotitha a ye.ii'
earlier.
NO. 33.
Textile Trades ami the Tariff.
In January, 1804, wo exported 22,*
365,003 yards of cotton cloth; in Jan
uary, 1895, but 11,470,540 yards.
The great shortage was, of course, iu
our shipments to China. The ship
ments to Brazil, howover, declined
from 1,415,300 yarils to 452,567 yards.
This deoline in exports, it must bo re
membered, is in tlio face of a declino
in prices, which under other circum
stances would onconi age exportation.
To sum up the showing as rogards
textiles of the Government figures for
January, tho facts are :
1. Our exports of American woolens
show a decrease, not an encouraging
increase, as intimated by tho Depart
ment of Htate.
2. Our imports of foreign manufac
tures of wool show a huge increase
even over the record of January, 1893,
and in value they aro nearly four
times those of January, 1894.
3. Our exports of cottons for tho
month show a decline of eleven million
yards, one million of which represents
the loss of the Brazilian trade.
4. Our imports of cotton for the
month have risen in value from $2,-
610,259 in January, 1894, to $4,585,-
702 in January, 1895.—Boston Com
mercial Bulletin.
Free Trade Wages.
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England Feels the Curse.
Are cheap goods a boon to the pro
ducer? In other words, is free trade
a blessing or a curse to a Nation ot
manufacturers? Tho question lias
been asked with some force by Mr.
Blatchford, author of "Merrio Eng
land," a gentleman of beautiful ideals
but childishly impracticable methods.
In arguing this question of free trade
Mr. lllatchford has, beneficially for
bis cause, put his Arcadian dreams be
hind him and has dealt with this world
of strife and struggle as ho finds it.
Free trade, half a century ago, was
the panacea for all humau ills. Under
free trade everybody was to be happy,
healthy, wealthy and wise. To even
now hint a word against it is consid
ered rank blasphemy by the older
6chool of political thinkers. But the
young men everywhere aro asking
thomselves if wo have not given the
drug sufficient experiment; or, at all
events, whether the surroundings
Lave not changed and tho conditions
altered to an extent sufficient to
render a new treatment advisuble.—
To-Day, Eughsh paper.
The Farmer Feels Tire J.
The American farmer is getting
tired of Democratic sneers at the lioiue
market. He has been studying tho
subject in the light of practical experi
ence. The demand for his products is
undiminished, but. ho feels the effect
of tho scarcity of cash through slack
work and small wages, occasioned l>y
tho operation of the new tariff law.
The farmer prDbabiy feels most sensi
bly and keenly any impairment of do
mestic industries. The fields nre de
pendent upon the factories. They
work together and usually benefit
each other. Tho foreigu market buys
now from six to eight percent, of our
farm products, whi'e the slurred and
despised home market consumes from
ninety-two to ninety-four per cent.
Tho more this home market is pro
tected in its varied sources of vitality,
tho better it is for the farmer. Ho
has no chauce in Europe except iu
times oi war or famine.—Burliu-ton
(Iowa) Hawk-Eye.
What is Nee leJ Xinr.
The promised activity of trado
which was to follow the enactment of
the Gorman tariff his been very slow
in its movement, bnt according to tho
best Democratic authority the slug
gard is now in sight. Activity in
trade ought to bring a train of bless
ings, but unfortunately this trade ac
tivity is in foreign goods and in non
manufacturing centers. Activity in
trade of this kind brings no relief to
the multitude of our unemployed,
whose pockets have been so pitilessly
emptied. What is most needed now
is activity in our great m iuufacturing
centers, but this cannot come in full
beneficial volume so long as that in
strument of robbery, the Gorman
tariff, remaius upon our statute books.
Not Always 'lru - *.
'Cardinal Manning said that soma
people implicitly assume that whatever
is true of England is universally true.
Unfortunately the assumption is not
always correct, notably now when
England is having a great deal of in
dustrial good luck through tlifl very
bad industrial luck of the United
States.
Want the Worts and Wago-.
In 1890 and again in 1392 wa heard
something about the the "tariff being
revised by its victims." Since the
tariff has been revised tho victims have
made np their minds that thero is a
good deal more in a demand for work
at good wages than there is in a low
tariff and low wages nti 1 no demand
tor labor.