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SULLIVAN JSHFE REPUBLICAN. W. M. CHENEY, Publisher. VOL. XIII. ' Americans are said to eat more than any other Nation. Tho trolley has invaded tho land of tho Pharaohs. Cairo, Egypt, is to have n system. Mr. Selous, the celebrated English traveler and huuter, says that tho great curse of tho British Empire in Africa is drink. Steam street railways are more common in Italy than in any other country. There are now nearly 2000 miles of suoh lines. Captuin L. S. Hinde, of the Belgian service in Africa, writes that in spito of their slavo trading propensities tho Arabs, during their forty years' dom ination, have brought the Manyema nnd Malela country to a state of high prosperity, "the landscapo soon from tho high hills of Ivassongo reminding ono strongly of ordinary arable Eng lish country." Ono of the proposed two-wheel or "bicycle" railways from Now York to Washington promises a speed of 120 miles an hour as a result of tho use of electricity and tho minimizing of fric tion. No doubt such speed is entirely within tho range of what will soon bo practicable, but it is etill very ques tionable, declares tho New York World, "whether sane people will ever bo willing to ride on auy railroad will ing to risk it." Tho wholo population of the United States could bo concentrated in Texas, estimates tho New York Sun, without bringing up tho density of her popula tion to that of Massachusetts. In fact if an area equal to that of Indiana were cut off from Texas the State would still hold tho entire population of the United States without crowding us a3 tho peoplo of Massachusetts are crowded. Delaware would havo moro than room for us all could tho whole population be crowded as aro tho in habitants of New York City. A plea is being made for tho observ ance of a "bird day" iu our schools, with tho hope that it will creato an en thusiasm and lovo for birds, and a lovo of naturo which now has its begin ning and ending in Arbor Day. If teachers are too busy to make that preparation noccssary for a successful observance of such a day, why may not tho women's clubs, as a writer in tho Outlook suggests, shed their sweetness and light on the school children occa sionally, and end the hour or two de voted to tho work by a simple after noon tea to their littlo guests? This surely would bo a practical work, in tho estimation of tho New York Post, quito worthy their efforts, as well as of the Sunday-schools, and an occa sional sermon from tho ministers on an important chapter of human con duct. A number of prominent New York physicians wero recently interviewed in regard to tho uso of hypnotism in their practico. They all admitted that they resorted to hypnosis when other moans failod, and that by this nreaus they often cured obstinate cases of insomnia and of dipsomania. Tho euro ot tho drink habit by hypno tism is no new thing, but it is a nov elty to find loading physicians resort ing to it. In tho same way some fa mous surgeons hypnotize patients who object to auiosthetics, and in this way perform opefations while tho sub ject is unconscious of pain. Tho sub ject is a very interesting one, and de spite the study made of it by many experts in medicine no one has yet been ablo to explain why ono person is an easy subject and another a diffi cult ono. A curious oaso of dual brain action is describod in Braiu. An insane pa tient varied considerably in his men tal condition ; in one state ho was sub ject to chronio mania, spoko English, was fairly intelligent, and was right handed; in another stato ho was sub ject to dementia, was almost unintelli ble, but what could bo understood was Welsh, and ho was then loft handed. In his English intervals ho remem bered clearly what had happpuod iu previous English periods, but his memory was a blank to what oecurrod during tho Welsh stagos. Ho pre ferred to writo with his right hand, and then wrote from loft to right, but if asked to do so, would writo with his loft hand, and thon tho writing win from right to left. Mr. Bruce, who observed tho case, infors from it that tho cerebral hemispheres are capable of individual mental action, that tho ono montally acti'vo at any timo can control tho motor functions, and that tho pationt livos two separate exist ences during tho two stages through which ho passes, tho mental impres sions in caeh cxistonoe being recorded iu one cerebral hemisphere only, DAY BY DAY. Walking with patienoe whero tho way is rough, Besting in quiet when the storm is nigh, Knowing that lovu Divine is strong enough To boar mo up, as weary days go by; Trusting that sorrow is but lovo's disguise, And all withholding, yet another way Of making richer by what lovo denios— So grows the soul a little, day by day. —Mary C. Seward, in Independent. GRANDMA'S HEROINE. BY EDNA O. BOBBINS. fHEN the now baby went to sleep "Maum" Penny turned tho other children, Teddy, Tom and Penelope, out of tho nursery that he might rest undisturbed. For a minute or BO they stood at the hall window feoling a tiDy bit lonely and friondless, then Penolopo thought of grandma, and, with one accord, they sought her room, told their grievanoe and begged for a story, and, as a fitting compensation for the loss of Maum Penny's society and tho freedom of the nursery, Ted dy and Tom settled themselves com fortably on a rug at grandma's feot, and wee Penelope nestled in her arms. "Tell ns a new story, please grand ma," said Toddy. "And not a Biblo story, grandma," added Tom, " 'causo they're for Hun day." "Tell us about a beautiful prin cess," said Penelope. "No," said Teddy, "don't tell a princess story. Tell us a heroino story. Did you ever know a heroine, grandma? A real, live heroine?" "Yes, Teddy. I believe I did," grandma answered gravely, then laughed as Teddy and Tom scrambled to their knoes, and all tho children looked at her in wonder and delight. "Was sho very, very beautiful and all dressed up in feathers and velvet nnd laeo like tho picture in Teddy's new book?" askod Penelope. "Did yon know her across tho ocoan, grandma, and did she run a boat and savo people off wreoks?" "Did they burn her, grandma—did you seo them burn her?" askod Tom with a vivid remembrance of tho fate of Joan of Aro. Grandma smiled at tho difforent ideas of a heroine, ilier, whou their excitement had somewhat subsided, Eaid quietly: "My dears, I will toll you the story of my heroine, and you shall decido for yourselves what it means to bo truly horoic. Tho baby is to be christoned to-morrow, and, as my heroino story has something to do with a christening of long ago, it will perhaps mako the ono to-morrcw dontly interesting to hoar it. Now I must not bo interrupted, to settle yourselves and be quiet." Tho children settled themselves down comfortably and grandma began her story liko an old-fashioned fairy tale: "Once upon a time, a long time ago—not in Europe—but herj in South Carolina, and not far from our own city of Charleston, thero was a beautiful, old-time house on a vast plantation. It was owned by Mr. Hugh Porter, and was called 'Porter's Hall.' Mr. Porter was a young man and an orphan with no brothers nor sistors, so ho found tho big place too lonely to be pleasant, and, leaving it to the care of his overseer and his slaves, ho spent his timo in New York City and in Europe. Finally ho mot, loved and married a very beautiful young lady of New York, named Lillian Farley, and immediately after tho wedding they sailed for Europe. Witli her soit, whito skin, big blue eyos aud curling, golden hair, my little Nell was beautiful enough for a heroine and her gowns of velvet and laco and her plnme-laden hats would, I have been told, have graced the most royal of princesses, but Lillian was no heroino for all these, sho was only a shy, spoilt ohild, dainty, delicate and fragile as a China shepherdess. They wandered about from p'.aco to place, now in France, now in Spain, then in Italy, lingering among tho beautiful, old ruins of Rome and feasting lazily about tho water-streets of Venice. From Italy they went to Switzerland, and they were in a little village at the foot of a giand old mountain when Hugh re ceived word that business required his immediate attention at home. "They had then been in Europe more than a year, and they had a lit tlo blue-eyed baby daughter, so Hugh was really glad to roturn for ho want ed to havo the baby christened in the littlo stono church near his homo whore ho aud many, many Porters be fore him had been christened. l!ut Lillian wept at the thought of return ing. Sho droadod the long ocean voyage, and moro than all else, sho dreaded living at 'Porter's Hall,' sur rounded by strange beings of anoth er race and color. "Her husband laughed at her prej udice aud told her sho would learn to love dear, old Maum, Dinah, who was black as ebony and almost as shiny, but with a heart of gold aud tho only mother his orphaned child hood had ever known. "Tho baby's nurse, a French girl, named Rose Pugnon, accompanied them on their return. Rose had form erly been Lillian's maid, and when they arrived at 'Porter's Hall,' Hugh advised his wife to reinstate her in her old office, and allow Maum Dinah to take charge of baby and the nursery. "But even Maum Dinah's kindly face, beaming with love for 'Massa Hugh' and his wife and baby failed to remove Lillian's deep-seated repug nance, and BUBO reigned supreme ill the nursery, LAPORTE, PA., FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 1895. "Sometimes when Rose was in at tendance upon her mistress, Maum Dinah was permitted to take oare of tbe baby, and the baby soon learned to know and love her. When baby had the colic, and all Rose's efforts to relieve her were in vain, Manm Dinah was called, and very soon the cries would cease and baby would lie in peaceful slumber oh Maum Dinah's knees. "Now in those days it was customary to givo to a baby a black child to be the playmate of its childhood, and the attendant, maid or body-servant when the child grow up. "Well, belonging to Hugh's uncle, who owned the adjoining plantation was Mattm Dinah's only grandchild, a littlo orphan girl, twelve years old, the blackest, the spryest and the neatest little colored girl that ever was seen, and much to her own delight and Maum Dinah's, this little girl, Penny, was sent as a present to the baby. "Penny arrived feeling very im portant and very happy, and pre sented herself, looking very fetching in hor gray, red dress and white pina fore, with her big eyos and white teeth shining, before her now mis tress. "Lillian looked with surprise upon this queer present to her little daugh ter. Hugh explained to her the cus tom and advised her to lot Maum Dinah tako charge of baby with Pen ny to assist her, but Lillian said cer tainly not, and bade Maum Dinah tako Penny to the 'Quarters' and to keep her there—on no account to allow her to come into the house. "Lillian's ill-health mado her a lit tle bit impatient, and all was so strange to her, so Hugh seldom opposed her in any way, aud poor Penny, her smilos gone and her eyes fall of tears, was lod away without even a glimpse of the baby she had thought and dreamed and talked so much about. "Rut Penny's interest in tho baby was not to bo so oasily disposed of. After a long cry over her disaj>point ment, sho left tho littlo room at tho 'Quarters' and set out upon a tour of inspection. Sho went up to tho house nnd stood under the nursery win dows, feeling very lonely and strango ; but when Maum Dinah appeared at ono of tho windows with baby in her arms, tho sight brought the grin back to her round, black face. Trufe, she could seo littlo moro than a bundle of clothes, but even that was bettor than nothing. When tho baby was taken _away from tho window Penny began to take noto of the surroundings, and she noticed that u limb of tho big livo oak treo against which sho loaned ex tended beneath ono of tho windows of tho nursery. Penny looked at it care fully, than grinned aud fairly hugged tho old treo for joy; tho limb was small, but so was she, aud sho could climb liko a squirrel. "It did not tako long for Penny to learn that Maum Dinah was alone with tho baby in tho nursery every evening while Roso was in attendance upon her mistress. "Ono evening whilo Maum Dinah sat with tho baby laying iu her lap, watching it lovingly and crooning to it softly, Penny buddenly appeared beside her. " 'W'y, chile! Weh yeh come frum?' sho cried under her breath; 'how yeh git in hcali?' " 'Neveh como up no stai' steps,' answered Penny with a grin, dropping upon hor knees the better to seo the baby. e "And so it earno about that Penny visitod tho baby every evening and learned to lovo her, and tho baby, who had not inherited tho mothor's preju dices, laughod and gurgled, kicked her littlo pink toes and grabbed with her chubby hands at Penny's kinky head. It had been deeidod that tho baby was to be christened on Easter morning, but it had not been decided what was to be tho baby's name. Hugh wished her called for his mother, but Lillian declared that she would never, no never call her baby Penolopo! " 'Why Hugh,' sho exclaimed, 'Penelopo is tho namo of that little black monkey your unclo sent here— would you really namo baby that?' "Thoy wero walking on the lawn when this discussion arose, and Penny, who was hiding behind a treo near by, heard Lilliau'd remark. 'Humph!' she mused, wrinkling her black fore heal and nodding her kinky head thoughtfully, 'reckon Pe-nol-o-po mus' be me, 'cause missis alius calls mo er black monkey.' And all that day Penny repeated over and over to her self tho namo Ponelope, Penolopo, ad miring tho grand, long sound of it and wishing it might really be the baby's nime. "When she paid her usual visit to tho baby thatoveniug, she asked Maum Dinah if her name was Penelope. " 'Yes, chile, but who dono tol' you so?' asked Maum Dinah ; 'I namo yeh that mys'f fcr 010 Miss,' elie added proudly. 'The day before Easter Lillian was far from well, but sho looked care fully after tho decoration of the little ivy covored stono church. "Back of tho chancel and tho pn!- pit the walls wero almost hidden in greenery, feru3 and palms, ivy and myrtle, and against this rich back ground tho tall, palo lillies loaned their I'tj.'ping heads. Night found her very tired und weak, and she leanad l»cr fair head against his brca t and said coaxingly, 'Let's call our baby Jean, Hugh, please; lot's call her for a heroine.' '• 'Jean, you know, children, is the French for Joan,' explained Grandma. "Hugh sighed, but consented. His girl wife wns looking so dolieste th it his heart misgave him, nnd ho t. hor that as soon as he could so ar range his business they would go North and remain till sho grew strong. So Lillian went to sleep con tented. "Hugh dropped into an uneasy slumber. Tho old clock ou tho stairs tolled out the hoar of midnight. Sometimes it seemed to strike loader than usual, and Hugh was awak ened by its clangor. While ly ing half awake, he fanoied he heard the sound of crackling flames and a strange roar filled his ears. He sprang from his bed and opened the door into the hall. The hall was filled with smoke, and the lower story seemed to be on fire. Hugh ran first to the nursery and roused Rose. Wrapping the baby well up'in blankets and giving her to Rose he bade her follow him. Returning to his room he carefully wrapped his wife in a blanket and, taking her in his arms, fought his way through the smoke and flames down the stairs and out into the open air. "By that time all tho black people from tho 'Quarters' were huddled, an excited, frightened, frantic mass, in ront of the house. The men wero confused and helpless, the women and children crying and screaming. Old Maum Dinah came forward, and Hugh gavo his half-fainting wife into her keeping, and though his face and hands wero blaokened and blistered, he started off to seo if anything could be done. " 'Attend to your mistress and the baby, Maum Dinah,' he had said, and with Lillian in her motherly arms, Maum Dinah called for tho baby. 'Tho baby! There was Rose, a frightenod, weeping creature, but no baby I "Lillian suddenly grown strong in her mother-love and anguish, rushed toward her and caught her by tho shoulders. 'Where is my baby? Rose, whero is my baby?' sho cried. " 'There, there,' cried tho girl, pointing wildly toward tho nurs ery windows. 'I was so fright enod. O, mon Dieu! I laid her back in ze crib I' "With a cry of awful agony Lillian rushed toward tho burning house, but beforo sho could enter, hor husband, knowing nothing of their baby's peril, caught and held her fast. Ho thought her delirious from exoitem ent when sho cried that tho baby was burning; but when ho saw tho horror on tho faces around him terror froze his heart and paralyzed his brain. "Beforo ho recovered Maum Dinah seized his arm and pointing to tho tree beneath the nursery|wiudow,cried : •Oh, wait, Massa Hugh; Penny will savo tho baby I' And then they saw a little, black figure, clad only in a short, whito gown, showing weirdly in the red light of tlio flames, creeping carofully along tho limb bo-' neath tho nursery window.* "Breathlessly they watched her. Sho reached tho window, aud without a moment's hesitation climbed into the room. Tho throng below stood with upturned faces, still and silent as though turned to stone; tho horrible roaring aud crackling of the flames alone broko the silence. The minutes seemed hours beforo sho reappeared with tho b»bv, still wrapped in her blankets in her arm?. "Firmly she held the baby in ono arm, and nimbly and with cat-liko caro she climbed out of the window and settled herself astride tho limb, then she slowly 'hitched' herself inch by inch along the limb till sho reached tho body of tho tree. Thero Hugh Porter's arms received both her and tho baby and bore them safely to tho ground, and whilo tho old houso burued shout upon shout of thanks giving arose to God. Penny, in hor littlo night gown, did not look much liko the ideal heroines of romance, not thoso real ones made immortal by history ; but children, I think sho was cno of tho heroines God knows and will mark for His own. "Notwithstanding tho terriblo events of that night, the baby's chris tening occurred on Easter morning and Penny, proud aud happy, carried her into tho church and stood near among the tall, white lillies, whilo the old minister baptizid hor in her own name, Penelope, and prayod that God might bless both tho baby Pene lope and her bravo littlo rescuer for whom she was named. "Hugh moved his wife and baby to Charleston, and Maum Dinah and Penuy, who refused to accept their proffered liberty, wero giveu entire charge of tho baby and the nursery. "Dear, faithful Penny! Sho it was who, more friond than servant, cared for hor mistress tenderly all tlio years of her suffering life, for she never recovered from tho effects of that terrible night—sho it was who closed tho tired, bluo oves at last, and somo timo, when God wills. Eho will closo the eyes of tho babysho so brave ly saved, for Penny at seventy-two is halo and strong, while my race, a3 you see, is noarly run." "Oh! Was it our Maun Penny?" asked Toddy, oagerly. "Yes, dear, and the littlo baby—" "Was you, Grandma!" chruused tho children.—Sunbeams' Young People. Measuring Cauuon-Uall Velocity. Tho velocity of a cannon-ball is now measured by tiring it through two screens, eaah one of which has au cloc tric apparatus connected with it. As the ball strikes tho screen tho circuit is broken and tho time at which it passed through each screen recorded on a clock connected with it by wire, so that tho difference iu the timo at which it struck eaclfscreen is accur ately recorded. All that is necessary then to work out the problem is to find how far apart tho screens staud Irorn oach other.—Now York World. A IVe'illar Ili-m iiv'iiau I'obbr.itlou. A peculiar method of cjlebratiug tho name of a member of the Reich stag who voted against eou.'rutulatiug tho rx-CUaneuU>r, —Chieijo l'imes llerald. THE MERRY SIDE OF LIFE. STORIES THAT ARE TOLD BT THE FUNNY KEN OF THE PRESS. The Latest Idol—Not In Stock—A Slur —A Champion Feat —Jus* Cause—Shorter, Etc., Etc. The statesman now becomes obscure, His glory has gono hence; The public's looking (or the man Who bats it o'er tho fence. —Kansas City Journal. NOT IN STOCK. Customer (in hardware store) —"Do you sell the Golden Rule?" Clerk—"We don't oven keep it"— Philadelphia Record. WHERE HE WASN'T. Cleverton—"Strange I didn't see yon at the theatre last night. I looked for yon between the acts." Dashaway—"Perhaps you looked in tho theatre, old man."—Harlem Life. THAT WAS DIFFERENT. She (tenderly)—" Sometimes I won der why you love me." He (assentingly) "So do I." Sho (indignantly)—" Sir!" Ho (explanatorily) —"I mean why you lovo me."—Life. A CHAMPION FEAT. Prospective Tenn nt (to agent) —' 'You say this houso is just a stone's throw from the depot." "Well, all I havo to say is I have a great admiration for tho man who threw the stone."—Life. JUST CAVSI2. "What perfect sympathy thero is between Mrs. Plainface and her daugh ter." "I should think so! How could sho help sympathizing with a daughter who looked liko her. "—Life, A SMTH. "I never borrow trouble," said Bil ton. "Well," replied the man who had onco lent him money, "there's never any telling how bad a man's credit will get to be."—Washington Star. AVITnoVT DOCBT. Hordso—"Don't those Chicago peo ple boat tho earth for being stuck on their own town?" Saidso—"Well, rather; tho papors there would print the story of tho end of the world as locs'- «jAvs."—ruck. SHORTER. She shook her Lead sadly. "My past is a sealed book," sho answered with a sigh. "Say, rather," ho implored, "say, rather, a sealed brochure." Tears of gratitude sprang to her eyes. —Detroit Tribune. BROWN-STONE. He—"Wasn't Brown's wife named Stone beforo she was married?" Sho---"Yos; audit, was a very suita ble name." Ho—"Whet do you mean?" She—"Oh, nothiug; only she throw herself at his head. "---Life. A BAR TO COMPLETE ENJOYMENT. "I suppose you aro looking forward to tho baseball season with pleasureV" said Hobbcs to his friend, tho baseball crank. "I don't know," said the crank, pathetically. "You see, my vocal chords are in wretched condition."— Chicago Record. DISCIPLINE IN THE lUNKS. First Lieutenant—"By Jovo, as wo wero going over the river on tho plank bridge it gavo way and the men fell iu." Second Lieutenant—"What did you do?" First Lieutenant---"! ordered them to fall out, of course. "—Pearson's Weekly. NO DISPUTE so FAlt. "Well, old man, this is the first timo I've seen you since your mar riage. Allow mo to congratulate you." "Thanks, dear fellow, thanks!" "Have you aud your wife decided who is to bo tho speaker of the house?" "Well, no; we usually occupy tho chair together."—Pit tsburg Chronicle- Dispatch. tJXUTTEIUBLE. "Do you not sometimes havo soul ful yearuiugs which you loug to con voy in words, but cauuot!" askod tho sentimental girl. "Yes, indeed," replied tho youug man."l was om <3 dreadfully anxious to send home for money and I didn't have the price of a telegram."—Wash ington Star. THE -LADIES' TERROR. "Why," thuudored tho King of Da homey, lowering his lield-glass, "is the left wing of the Amazons tiring without orders, and breaking into re treat?" ".Sire," auswered the chief of staff, "a courier auuouuces that a cow has appeared iu front of the liues at that point. "---Puck. THE LAST WORD. "The ostrich is a queer bird," said Air. Blykins. "There's no excuse for its behaviug iu tho way it does. When it sees au euemy coming it sticks its head into the Baud instead of run ning." "That's its nature," replied his wife. "I know it. But just tho same it isn't logical." "Oh, yes it is, dear." "How do you make it out?" "It's ornithological."—Washington Star. Terms—Sl.oo in Advance; 51.25 after Three Months, WOOLEN WORKERS. VORKIGX GOODS ENOUGH TO IN JURE GO.OOO HANDS. Over Five Hundred Factories May Close Their Doors—A Reduction of $20,000,000 In the Amount of Wages to Be lsarncd "betting Ourselves Out'' of Work With a • Vengeance. A summary of tho value of our im ports of all woolen goods during Jan uary ond February since the woolen schedule of the now tariff went into effect, compared with our imports daring tho corresponding months a year earlier, is as follows: IMPORTS OF WOOLEN OOODS. January and February. 1894. 1895. Increase. Value ....$8,529,431 i11.940,390 $8,410,959 It appears that during the two months wo havo bought $8,411,000 worth more of foreign woolen goods this year. This increase is at the rate of over a year. According to tho census of 1890, the jiroduct valuo of all woolen and wor sted manufactures in the United States WM 8212,700,000 a year. It is thus clear that tho increase in our imports of woolens under tho present tariff is almost equal to one half of tho entiro product of our own woolen and worsted mills in 1890. This is a very serious matter for our 1450 woolon manufacturers to con sider. In 1890 there were 122,914 hands working in our woolen aud worsted factories. Thoy earned over $44,000,- 000 a year. An increase in our im ports of foreign woolens at the rate of more than 850,000,000 a year moaus that tho earning power of the workers in our woolen aud worsted mills must bo rednced by nearly 820,000,000 a year, unless thero should be a sudden demand for tho larger quantity of for eign goods that wo are buying over fcnd above the rogalar supply from our »wn mills. We do not believe that this is tho ca3e. Tho outlook is a se rious ono for our wago earners as well as for the mill owners. If tho output, of our mills bo de creased by $50,000,000 a year, then the cost of production will bo higher for thoso goods that aro sold. Tha greater competition at the same time must make profits smaller. If our imports of foroigu woolons and worstods bo increased by more than 850,000,000 a year, aud our mills are compellod to restrict their output by that amount, thou frilly 550 out of our 1450 factorios will be closed. In stead of thero being §14,000,000 of wages earned and circulated, there Will only bo 825,000,000 earned and circulated, thus injuring local trade whore the factories are established. The process of letting ourselves out BO as to reach the markets of tho world must result iu also letting out tho valuo of our capital employed in our own woolen aud worsted mills. Its earn ing power will be loss. It will also result in letting 45,000 hands out of a Job and it will also result in not lot ting out for circulation nearly 820,- 000,000 of wages a year. The ovil re sults of free wool have not yet beeu fully experienced. Those who are iu any way iuterest «d in tho manufacture of American woolens should study the following table, which gives the quantities of tho different leading articles imported during tho first six months of the present tariff as compared with the corresponding six moatli3 a year earlior: QUANTITIES OF IMPOSTS OP MINCFACRUBES OF WOOL.) Sojitoui'jer 1 In March 1 Articles. 1391-93. 1393-91. Increase. Carpets ail I carp otiii^-'. sq. yds 339,350 153.933 135,371 CllotU, lbs 10,01)9,271 3,10(3,990 0,902,234 Dress goods, women's aud children's, sq yds 11,803,359 9,Gi1,323 '.'.224.531 Dress goods, lbs 5.900,021 5,900,021 Haas, muugo, Hook.-, noils, shoddy and wastes, lbs.. 1,073.381 31781 1.039,597 tfarns, lbs. . . 333,151 259.439 578,903 English Free Trade n Failure. I am inclined to think that iu our itaple trades—for instance, iutho coal trade, iu the iron trade, in the cottou irade, aud, abovo all, iu tho greatest jf all our trades, the trade of agricul ture—the margin of profit has entire ly disappeared. Up to the present time wages have not fallen at all iu proportion, but if tho present stato of things continues it is simply inevit able either that wages will havo to bo jonsiderably reduced or that works will be closed, land will lie idle, and the numbers of tho unemployed will be largely increased. * * * I find that there area number of people, aud I think an increasing number, who, under tho present conditions of trade, are coming to tho conclusion that oui free trade polioy lia3 been a failure, and who would, therefore, be ready togo back in tho direction of protec tion.—Mr. Chamberlain on British Depression in Trade. Canadian Lumber Agency. One of tho largest Cauadian lumber dealers is about to establish an agenoy in Pittsburg for tho sale of Canadian lumber. This is one of the results of the pauper tariff act which the Cleve land Administration has lovled upon the peoplo. Just how the introduc tion of foreign lumber is going to start up the American lumber interest is just as foggy as the boom of Ameri can wool by tho introduction of for eign wool. Nobody but a Democratic editor can explain it and nobody but au ass belioro it. —Meadvillo (Peuu.) Tribune Kepublican. NO. 35. 1 ACTS FOR UfiJIOCRATS. Tin Plate Truths for Free Trade Fanatics. Look here, you Democratic editors and stump speakers! A few short years ago you said tin plate could not bo made in {his country. You ridiculed every plant that *as established. You said they were erected for cam paign purposes. You said it was all being done for political effect. You lied about the matter and de ceived your readers and hearers. You said tin plate was not thon made and never would be made iu this country. Now what do you think of it? There are now 156 tin plate mills in operation or under construction in the United States. And there are more than fifty-eight projected. And now for some figures takon from Democratic records. The aggregato output of the mills now and soon to be in operation is 80,000 boxes each per annum. This means an aggregate output of 4,680,000 boxes in all. When the projected mills aro com pleted the total annual output will reach 6,420,000 boxes, or enough to supply the heme market. That, Mr. Demoorat, is a result of Republican protection. It is a'result achieved in gpito of Democratic falsehoods and sneering predictions of failure. It is a result of legislating in the interest of America and Americans. If thero were such a thing as shatne in the Democratic party it would hang its head at the growth of thi'j iufant industry. —Toledo Blado. That Rooster in Trouble. One Month Only. Lot us glance at the workings of cho Gorman tariff during a period of i mouth ouly. By comparing the de jreaso in our exports for nine months ending March 31 with our exports to February 23, a month earlier, wo have the following: PErnEASE IX EXPORTS. July 1. 1891, to— Value. February 28, 1895 .ijfiJ.7lG,sW March 31, 1893.. .... 79.066,314 It is clear that the month of March ijave a loss, iu round numbers, of §10,000,000 iu our exports over and above the loss recorded up io Febru ary 28, comparing the shipments of American products and manufactures for the curreut fiscal year with those of the precoe.liag fiscal year. Carry ing a similar comparison to our im ports, wo iiul it to bo as follo.vs: INCREASE IS IMPORTS. July 1, 1894. to— Value. February 28, 1895 *50.821,285 March 31,1895 ... • 54^655,413 Where the increase to February 2S, 1895, was nearly 000,003 more thou in the corresponding mouths of the previous liseal year, it was almost 81,000,000 larger by the end of March, showing that our purchases of foreign goods were 81,000,000 more costly to us at the end of March than they were at tho beginning of that month. Thus the total mouey los 3 iu our trade, both for exports aud imports, during tho siuglo month of March amounted to very nearly SII,OOO,OJJ. The Result ot Protection. Presidont Harrison paid off $296,- 000,000 of tho public debt and turned over to Mr. Cleveland's Administra tion 8124,000,000 surplus. Therewas not a moment from the inauguration of Mr. Harrison to succeed to the sec ond inauguration of Mr. Cleveland in which we did not collect for every day of every year sullicient revenues to pay every demand and obligatiou of tho Government.—Governor McKiuloy. The Principle the Sa'ne. Democrats pretend to oppose tariff and bounty, but we notice our lead ing Democrats are right on han.l to induce manufactures to locate here, even if they have to put up a good big bonus. We fail to soo a differeuco in principle. Peabody (Kan.) Ga zette. The Latest From Paris,