SULLIVAN REPUBLICAN. W. M. CHENEY. Publisher. VOL. XIII. General Schofleld wants the United States Army increased to 100,000 men. In some of the Paciflo Coast States a horse is not worth so much as a sheep dog. William Carrol, of Brooklyn, who has 107 years' experienoo of the world's affairs, says that it is steadily growing better. _______________ With the exception of Belgium, whose debt has beeu incurred for in ternal improvements, every European National debt is in great part a war debt. ______________ The New York Mail and Express re marks: "It is a hopeful sign when more than 1,000,000 industrial work ers receive an advanco of wages aver aging about teu per cent., during the first half of the year 1895. And tho figures aro official." A prominent physician thinks it amazing to seo so many people travel ing for their health with a rapidity that sug{ -)sts they have been shot out of a gun. He thinks it rather remark ablo that so few of them kill them selves iu trying to get well. The first practical attempt to raise journalism to the height of a learned, acknowledged profession in Germany is being made at Heidelberg Univer sity, where Professor Adolph Koch, the histoiian, is delivering a series of lectures on tho history of journalism and of tho press. Tho capital employed in bauking in Ihe principal countries is as follows: Great Britain, §1,020,000,000; Unitod States, ?2,055,000,000 ; Germany, 81,- 425,000,000; France, §1,025,000,000; Austria, $8:30,000,000 ; Ruasia, $775, • 000,000; Italy, 3153,0)0,000; Aus tralia, 3125,000,000; Canada, 8175,- 000,000. The Atlanta Constitution observes: The new directory of St. Paul gives tnat city a population of 190,000, whereupon tho Miuneapolitans ex claim : "Oh, wail till you hear from our directory man. He's not slow. He will ri'eto the occasion." With these rival cities it is a question of which direc tory comes out last, or, as Colonel Carter, of Western Texas, used to say: "I liko to hear the other fellow lio first. I then know just how far I must goto annihilate him." How many of tho people who uso the "pump-handle" handshake know its origin? asks tho Pathtinder. A Wosterner hit the idea of its discom fort when ho said it was"for nil tho world like shakin' paws ovor a barbod wire fence." The truth of tho matter is that it was originatod by the Princo of Wales when "that august person ugo" was Buffering from a boil under tho arm, necessitating tho awkward movement. Doesn't Shakespearo say, "New customs, though they be never BO ridiculous, nny, lot them bo unman ly, yet uro followed." Speaking of the harvest outlook, the Now York Herald says that winter wheat fared very badly, but the loss is considerably repaired by spring wheat, the average condition of which is 102.2, and for all wheat tho average condition is 7C.2—figures which indi cate that tho total wheat yield will be over 400,000,000 bushels, from three fourths to four-fifths of an average harvest. Tho nverago condition of corn is 99.3, and the acroago 107.8, as compared with tho area planted in 1894. Tho largest corn crop over pro duced in tho United States was 2,0C0,- 000 bushels, in 1891. But if the present estimates of tho Department of Agriculture prove to be correct tho corn crop of 1895 will broak ovon this record. The New York Ledger maintains that the secret of China's downfall is in her insulation, which has lasted for thousands of years, and strongly re pelled all exterior induenoos. Sho marked time while the West marched past, and her rude awakening has come from Western forces via Japan; that is thoexaot truth of the situation. Perhaps the agonies she has endured in the late war may be the birth-throes of a nobler National existence for China. Certainly, if the rulers were not so blind, there is not a more patient, quiet, endoring man than the Chinaman, and unpopular though it may be to say so, wo believe that the last word has not yet been spoken, nor the l*st gun fired, in the struggle for Asiatic supremacy* The Jap is the Frenchman of Asia; theChinaman is the German* Germany knew the bitternoss of Jena, and saw Napoleon enter Berlin. But she also knew how to wait, and Sedan followed oa Ber lin. History has always repeated itself. If China really awakes, sh« wjJJ be heard of in an irrepressive style, THE OLD CHUR3H BELL, j High up o'er the heads of tho people That pass like vague ships oa tho street, It haugs in its home in the steeple, That throbs with tho wind's rhythtnie beat; What hoods it tho world or its noises ? What reeks it of traffic's loud din? Of tears, or tho clamor of votce.-i That spoak of tho light hoarts within? Enough that its duty is ringing In every condition of weather, Enough that its mission is bringing Tho spiritual household together; Enough that it strikos for tho hours That speed iu a ne'er-ending chain, And chimes over nuptial flowers, And tolls for tho funeral trniu. Enough that it spoaks to the mothers Iu clear, uniuistakablo tones. And fathors aud sisters and brothers, From all tho earth's populous zones; Enough that it brings to tho altar The ones who havo strayed fmm tho truth, As well as tho weak ones who falter 'Mid trials unknown in their youth. So there, while the pale stars are marching, And rivers roll onto the sou, And heaven's blue vault is o'er-arching, The bell in its bolfry will be; \ud theu, when its mission is ended; Aud turned is the last burial sod, Its echoes full-touod will l>e blonded With trumpets that call us to God. --Alfred E. Hostelley, iuNow York Observer. AN ANNIVERSARY. / \ DAIR SELKIRK —! ' —ar.d I were quietly 1 ( married in the dear (' i W little church of our syj ~/7k \ native village, and K/j Jiy as Adair had al *7 f/A\ ready secured eni / r:rL- V ployment in a dis- I ft /> taut town of somo ui \j importance, we left / 'shortly after tho I cercmon y f° r our / ' 1 n ' uro home. IS* Y >1 We secured board ' ' in a private family, and lived iu this way until the birth of onr baby boy, who came to gladden our hearts ten months before the opening of my story. Soon after this important event wo rented a cosey little cottage in the suburbs of town, and after securing the service of my old black "Mammie," settled down in an humble establish ment of our own. We had lived thus about six months, wheu the third anniversary of our mariage rolled around. Wo decided to celebrate the ocoasiou by inviting Adair's besv .'rieud, Oscar Davenport, and his wifo (who had been a school mate of my own), together with our minister aud bis wife, to a 5 o'clock dinner ; after which we anticipated a delightful evening together. Old Maminio and I were in a flutter of excitement over tho prospocts of giving our first entertainment, and wo sparod no pains in arruuging to havo everything served in our best possible style. In order that this might bo dono I engaged the services of a waiter from ono of the hotels, and ho was to present himself at the cottago at noon. The morning of tho third dawned cloudy and cold. A thick mist filled tho air and tlrj clouds threatened a heavy rain before noon. As I kissed Adair goodby at 8 I had many fore bodings of a sad termination to un anticipated day's pleasure. Just as tho clock struck 12 the door bell rang, and as Mammie left the ico cream freezer to answer it she said, with a sigh of relief: "Well, dat waiter's on time, and I's pow'ful glad on it, 'cazo turnin' dis here crank ain't no easy job, I tell you. Ho sho' is welcome." In a faw minutes sho returned, fol lowed by tho boy James, and handed mo a note which had just been loft by a servant from the rectory. On open ing it I read as follows: "DEAII FKIEND— Mr. Clarke was taken sick suddenly in the night. Early this morning I called in our physician, who pronounced his case to bo moro serious than wo at first, supposed. He will require careful nursing for sevoral days, BO it will bo impossible for UH to be with you to night. We send our best wishes for a pleasant ovening and for many happy returns of this day. Your friend, "ANNIE CLAIIKE. " Just then the raia came down in a etoady patter, and with a sigh which gave expression to my disappoint ment, I went over to the window and stood gazing out into the gloomy street. "Come, now, Miss Crossio, honey, don't bo a 'dulgiu' in no sich sor'ful thoughts. Jist turn your mine back fer threo years, and think uv how happy yon was dat night as you wont er ridin' up to do chu'ch do'. Mars 'Daro'll be hore presently, and of'n do oompany don't oomo he and do baby'll bo here, and we'll 'joy our own selves jist as muoh as ei'iJ dey all had been here." 1 saw much wisdom in Mauimie's remarks, and immediately resolved that I would not allow the disappoint ment to oast a shadow over tho third anniversary of my wedding day, and began a romp with baby, who sat tied in his high ohair bythe table amusing himself with the big kitchen spoon. Thus some time passed pleasantly away, when James announoed the table was ready for my inspection. The afternoon was now far ad vanced, and after changing my dress I seated myself in the little parlor, with baby asleep in my arms, anx iously awaiting my husband's return, as I knew he would make every effort to get off from the office at an earlier hoar than usual. Presently the wel come sound of his footsteps greeted my ears, and soon he stood beside me. "Isn't it too bad," I said asl tucked baby away on the sofa, "that we should have such a miserable evening If or oar first effort at hospitality?" LAPORTE, PA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1895. "It is, indeed, my little wife, bat it is just qh well bo—a greater disap pointment is jet in store for yon. I have received instruotious from Mr. Benedict to meet his partner in the city to-night on important business for the firm. In order to catch the train I must loavo you in half an hour. Dav enport is to accompany me; therefore you need not expeot him or his wife." I felt on the verge of a flood of tears, and my face 'must have given expression to my feelings, for my hus band drew mo close within his arms and said: "Don't give way to those feelings, but listen to mo. I have some good news to tell j-ou. The property I owned in Marville has at lust found a purchaser, and as real es tate has gone up there I received for it S3OOO in cash. The money came to me by express this evening, and as I had no timo tc go back t to the bank, I must trust it to your care for the night." So saying, he placed the package in my hands. "I shall be in the city only a few hours," he continued," and will return by tho night express, so you may look for mo about 2 o'clock in the morning. Don't mako up your mind to bo mis erable whilo I'm gone, but retire early and sleep well, aud dream pleasant dreams about how you will spend some of the money you havo there." He was soon gone, and I watohed him until he was out of sight; then turn ing from the window, I threw myself into a large armchair before tho fire, and did just what Adair had told me not to d>- Vburst iuto a flood of tears. Afte indulging myself in this fem inin' Veakness for about twenty min ute / felt equal to tho task of break ing the news of great disappointment to Mamraie. When I had told her of Adair's return and depnrture.her phil osophical turn of mind caused her to remark : "Well, honey, man he 'poses, and God Ho desposes! Sho'ly dey ain't no tellin' what a da.v'll bring forth ! Here we is done been er work in' all day—fer what? Jist to teach yjU a lesson in pachunce ! and dat you musn't set yer heart on nufliu' in dis life ! Well! el'n we wants to git these things put away 'fore dark, we'd bet ter git about it. Jemes you kin jist fold up de table liuen, auil put up do silver, and I'll tend to puttin' up de vittles." It took us but ft short time to undo tbe work which had occupied us all three tinco uoon and after having paid Jauies and dismissed him, I re turned to tho parlor where baby still lay sleeping. As tho raiu was still falling iu tor rents, I resolved to remain down stairs uutil Mammie had finished her night's work and would bo ablo to accompany mo up fctuirs. I have nover been o timid woman ; but that uight, as I sat alono listening to the wind whistle about tho house corners and driving the rain drops furiously aguinst the shutter?, a feeling of great uneasiness took possession of me—a strange foro boding of approaching evil. In vain did I endeavor to shako it off. When Maramio came iu we made a tour of inspection to see that the house was securely fastened, and then we ascended tho stairs to my own arpartmcnts. Thanks to Mammie, a bright lire was burning iu the grato, and when tho lamps were lighted baby opened wide his eyes and announced his intention of keeping awake. At any other time I should have been iin putient at his obstinate wakefulness, but to-night I gave him all the en couragement he needed. While baby and I engaged in a great rout)), Mam mio nodded to us from her seat in the corner. It was twelve o'clock and still baby seemed not to grow tired. Iu leuuing forward to place him on tho carpet before me, I distinctly heard a noise in the direction of the bed. Turning my eyes that way I es piod a toot protruding from uuder the mosquito bar that fell in folds to tho lloor. My breath almost left me, I folt myself grow weak and fuint, but som moning all tho courage iu my nature I went on playing with b»by. I thought of the S3OOO which my hus band had given me, and I felt sure that if any one had overhetrd our conversation at tho tirno he gave the money, that person also knew that Adair expected to reach home at 2. It was then nearly 12, and th« robber would soon grow impatient with wait ing, come out from his place of con cealment uud demand of mo tho money, and, perhaps, murder us all. Some thing must be done, uud done quick ly. After turning over in my mind many plans of escape from our hidden enemy, 1 decided upon this scheme: "Mamuiie," I said, ''l hear a noise downstuirs at the kitheu window. I believe somo one is trying to break into tho house. Wake up—get tho candle, and we'll frightem them off. Here is Adair's pistol; you take baby und give me the candle. lam not afraid. Now follow mo—but wait! I have S3OOO about mo that Adair loft in my keeping, and I must conceal it in this room for fear of accident I'll just put it on the shelf in the closet here until we return." So saying I opened tho oloset door and pretended to hide away the paok age. Coming out, I closed the door tightly, and, followed by Mammie, went nut into the hall, olosing my bedroom door behind me. I then hurriedly whispered to Mammie what I had seen, and bade her take the cau dle and goon down stairs with bsby, who still kept up his ohatter. I took a stand at the door and listened until 1 heard the oloset door hastily open; stealthily I turned the bolt of the chamber doot, rushed toward the closet, slammed and looked tho do r, at the same time oalling to Mammie to return. As the closet had boon fitted up for the reception of our silver, given to us as wedding presents, I knew tho lock was strong ; and as the burglar ha«l been surprised hv hi I u'wut U'w no tools that would enable him to ef fect his escape. Therefore I armed myself with Adair's pistol, and Mam raie and baby and I kept watoh over my prisoner until we were relieved at 2 o'clock by the arrival of my has band. Going out into the street, ho sum moned a polieemau. The burglar was brought out handcufifod and carried away. I was not srrprised to reooguize the waiter James.—New Orleans Times- Democrat. ltrousrht to Light. At a general election in Engluud, a candidate personally unknown to the voters of a certain borough was asked by party leaders to stand for it. Ho belonged to a good family, and was a barrisier of promiso iu Loudon. His path to success was open, as the borough belonged to his party. But whon he mounted the platform to address the electors, after a sentence or two he suddedlv beoame pale aud confused, his eyes fixed on a board op posite ou which was sorawled with charcoal, "Forty pounds!" Ho stumbled through a short spoech, and then hurriedly left the stand. A few days later he rose to speak iu another town, and again the myster ious words written in black on tho wall confronted him. Again he left the platform, and that night retired from the contest for the seat in Parlia ment. Not long afterward ho disap peared from public life, and retired to an English colony where he hid him self on a ranch. The words, it was found, referred to a theft comuiittod iu his youth, which ho supposed hail beeu forgotten. Alexis Piron, the Freneh poet and satirist, sought for many yoars to ob tain a seat among theForty Immortals in the French Academy. Ho was roo ognized among tho poets of his day, and was confident of his ultimate ad mission, when a vile ode, written wheu ho was a boy, was brought to light, and ho knew that the loor of the Academy was closed iu his face for ever. Iu both of the great political parties of this country there h.vo been in stances of moneminent iu mental abil ity, wbo have failed to[rec-oive the high political honors, becut'-o of the shadow of eouic fault or felly of their earlier Jays. Behind all the liappinois of life, bo hind even God's love, tlicf 1 is such a thing as law. "Who breaks i* always pays tho penalty." God may. furg'vv> him, but tho linos on ■- V-: taint in his soul, remain to toll of Ijo vice of his early dayj.—Youth's Com panion. Metal Workers ot Asia. Among tho half civilized peoples of Central Asia are many artistic workers iu metals. One of theso Nations or tribes, tho Burates, is famous for in laid work. Tho Bnssians call those workmen "Bratskaya llobata." They uso gold, tin and silver for inlaid work on iron. The art has been practiced by thom for thousands of years, and their skill has been recorded iu the ancient folk songs of Asia. A writor describing their work say thoy ham mer tho silver, gold or tin very thin. Then the part of tho object to bo iu laid is made rough with a hummer, tho surfaco of which is roughened like a tile. Templets of birch bark serve to cut tho metal iuto tho proper shape, which is laid upon the heatid object and lightly hammored into tli3 rough surface, theu heated to a blue color, and tho inlaid metal is hammered smooth with a polishod hammer.— Scientilic American. Write tliecrlul Letters. The popular womau doos not write doleful letters; she waits till sho is iu a better frame of mind '- sforo begin ning them, for she realizas that there aro burdens enough iu life without adding to them by inflicting possimis tio epistlos on her friends. If sho writes a letter of condolence it soeius to come from the heart, for if it doos not sound that way sho will not let its coldness further grieve a bereaved one ; and if sho sends con gratulations to a bride or a mother she makes a poiut of recollecting or looking up sumo rousing good wishes that have the ring of genuine inter est. One woman drops a fragrant Dower iu a letter, not to a gushing school girl, but to an old lady or a tired mother of an exacting family, and by this bit of sentiment—not sentimeu taiity—keeps her memory green iu tho hearts of her friends.—New York Herald. The Poison ot the Oriiithoriiynchus. The hind feet of the ornithorhynoh tis, "the mole with webbed feet and the bill of a duck" that puzzed zoo logists so much for a long time, aro provided with a solid spar counected with a gland. Have wo here r. poison gland? From some apparently trust worthy account., that have reached him, Mr. Stewart thinks we have. This gland is at loist venomous at a certain season. A dog was wouuded by one of these .-.purs throo times, and the symptoms tho first time wore thoso of pain and somnolence, but there wore no convulsions, titubatious or tremb ling. Upon the two other occasions, the symptoms wore less pronounced, and even null, thus indicating habitu ation. The poison has proved mortal to the dog in four cases, but in man the symptoms disappear without caus ing death.—Scientific American. A I'rimliivn Confessional. It was a custom of the Crow Indians that the members of a war party when taking the trail should confess their immoralities to each o her. The most solemn oaths of necrecy were taken, and women were never admitted to the ifOl'i't Mi.Melieh thus established, —New York Worl I. SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. In civilized countries the averago age at which women marry is twenty three and one-half years. What is left of potato palp after tho starch is extracted is used, among other things, in the manufacture of boxes. M. Tassinari, a Paiisian scientist, finds the smoke of tobacco to bo one of the most perfect germicides and disin fectants ever used. It has been found, on investigation, that the cucumber has a temperature of one degree below that of the sur rounding atmosphere. Trunk wires to connect London by telephone with Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dublin have just been erected by the British postoffice. A small elcctrio lamp is being used instead of a bell in some of the tele phone exchanges in England. The call for connection lights the lamp. Diamond dust was supposed to be poisonous by tho early cbomists, but it has been settled that thero is no poisonous matter in the diamond. Two cases have recently been re ported of interference witb electric signals on a st~. a railway by tho ground current from an electric trol ley line. Ono of the most striking of tho ex periments in a recent lecture before the Royal Institute of Great Britain showed frozen soap bubbles floating on liquid air. Schiffen k Kircher, of Grunstadt, Bavaria, have discovered a new min eral compound which IH plastic in water, but become extremoly hard when dry. They call it apjrrito. Tho concrete foot,;ig of St. John's Cathedral, New York City, is mado of one part cement, twc< parts saud and threo parts round. #i' >oth lobbies. It is made and mixed b* machinery. Tho Berwind-Wui-O Coal Com pany, of Osceola Mi'is, Penu., have a new mine turnii'-j out 11,000 tons a mouth, in wh'io no mule was ever employed. Electricity does the hauling. ) An electric lire alaca now boing in troduced in Switzurlaid aots automat ically through tho | xpausiou of a metallic rod under This makes nu electric connect io'4 ftl *d it is said that the alarm is so sj .sitiv<; that it is putin operation bj-J ding a lighted match near it. Bodies do not jriso ' Lake Geneva, t-'tt'itzerlusi' 1 in !<"- 'J Ji seventeen "uaj r 8 1 and rrtSjTffrifall. There is said to bo an underground connec tion botwoeu Lake Gouova and the chain of great lakes, aud some people have a theory that bodies are often carried into the larger lakes and never recovered. Attacked by Whales. Captain Mitchell, of the steamer tug Thomas J. Smith, whicli arrived here | from sea, having in tow tho bone-laden | Italian bark, from Buenos Ayres, which sho picked up to tho southward of Fenwiek Island, reports having been attacked by a tremendous school of whales while eruisiug forty miles southeast of Cape Henlopen. The whales surrouuded the tug for a period of four hour.'', blowing largo streams of water into the air, which com pletely shut out all view of the stir rouu'iiugs. Captn n Mitchell says that in thirty jaar*' service at sea on tugs he never before saw such large whales, nor were they ever known to congregate in such numbers so close to the land. It was a serious time on board the frail tug, and all hands were badly scared, as these monsters seemed infuriated aud dashed along tho sides of the boat with great force. Captaiu Mitchell ran tho eu gines full speed aud attempted to get clear of Ihe school, but tho huge marine animals followed the tug, al most swamping her with the immense volumes of water they threw on board. Finding that any attempt to get away from thgm was futile, Captain Mitohell loaded up a largo horse-pistol he ha 1 on board and began tiring iuto them, but tho bullets took no effoot. One monster ho put six shots into, but it only infuriated the animal still more. I It was about 3 o'clock in tho afternoou when the loader of the school headed off shore, and soon tho whole number followed and disappeared.—Philadel phia Press. Drowning Boy Saved by a Do;,'. A large Newfoundland dog savod a boy's life at Baltimore yesterday. Tho boy is Howard Connanbaugh, eight . years old, and the dog, formerly a tramp, is now cared for by Edward Lynch. The boy and tho dog were romping on the dock iu tho morniug, when tho boy accidently fell over board. Thero is twenty feet of water in the dock. The big Newfoundland spw the boy fall, and just as he ca'.ne to the surface spraug iuto the dock and swain to the fast-siuking boy. Tho boy clutched the wooly hair on the dog's neck, which kept* him atloat, and then the dog started to swim with his burden to tho other side of the dock. A man rushed to tho rcscne, and when the dog readied tka place, jumped into a rowboat and mauage.l to pull both the dog and the boy out of the water. The dog became a hero in the eyes of the people who had been attracted to the scene, aud he was given a first-class dinner for his heroism'. —Baltimore Americau. A Theory About Musical Prodigies It is believed by some who have ex amined the histories of so-called musi cal prodigies that thoy are developed by making when children the discov ery that the tips of their fingers will produoe on a piano the same time and tone they make with tho tips of their tongues in their mouths.—Ne# York I World. Terms—sl.oo in Advance; t1.25 after Three Months. LOOK AT THE LOSS! WIIAT TEN MONTHSOKTHK WIL SON BILL HAVK l)ONK. Foreign Trade Against Us to the Kx tent or sl7o,ooo,ooo—Secured 975,000,000 Less Business in the Markets of the World—A Loss of $93,500,000 to American Labor. The advance statement of our statistics of imports and exports for the twelve months ending June 30, 1891; and 1895, affords opportunity for some very interesting study. Tak ing first of all our exports af Ameri can products we find that they com pare as follows: EXPORTS OF AMERICAN* PRODUCTS. Year ending June 30. Value. 189 SSC9,< 58,158 189 793,553,018 Loss to producers $75,505,1-10 During ten months of the 1895 year the Gorman tariff has been in opera tion, the wall of protection has been broken down and the markets of the world have been thrown wide open to us; yet we sold §75,505,140 worth less of American products and manufac tures in that time than we did during the preceding twelve months. Turning next to our imports of foreign goods, these have been $94.,- 185,302 greater during the 1805 yesr than in 1894, as follows : IMPORTS OF FOREIGN' GOODS. Year ending June 30. Vtllue. 1895 $731,900,319 1894 047,775,017 Loss to labor $84,185,302 In this respect the object of tho Gorman tariff has been partly attained, although tho free traders have not given away such a large 6lico of our markets a? they had hoped to do. However, the'y have made a begin ning, and, if allowed to do so by tho American people, they will continue their work of destruction to American industries aud their robbery of tho many American wage earners for the benefit of the few foieign manufac turers. We next compare tho imports of goods admitted free of duty with tho following result: IMPORTS FREE OF DUTY. Year ending Juno 30. Value. 189 *372,575,931 1895 . 303,230,927 Decrease $9,345,004 This shows that under'ltie Gorman tariff, which was supposed to give our people an extra abundance of this world's sharo of free goods, wo have actually received $9,345,000 worth less of free goods than in 1894. Thus an other free trade promise is proven a falsehood. Now let us take the imports of duti able goods. These compare as fol lows : DUTIABLE IMPORTS. Year ending Juue 30. Vnl lie. 1895 $308,729,392 189-1 275,199.080 Loss to labor $93,530,303 The get increase in our imports of dutiable goods reached $93,539,306. It must bo remembered that this amount of gain to foreign producers and manufacturers occurred practi cally during only ten out of the twelve months that they were enabled to broak into our markets, beoauso our wall of protection had been torn down. When wo come to figure tho increase in dutiable imports for a full year of the Gormandizing act we shall un doubtedly bo ablo to show that tho value of that portion of our market which tho free traders gave away to foreigners aggregated fully $100,000,- 000 for the year. However, dealing with the fiscal year, and showing our total loss through tho decline in our export trade, together with the larger amount of foreign goods that have sup planted American goods, wo arrive at tho following aggregate of loss: TOTAL LOSS, 1895. Through export trade 475,505,140 Through dutiable imports 93,530.3.10 Total year's loss ■4109,035,440 The American people havo paid, in round numbers, $170,000,000, accord ing to the Treasury department statis tics, for experimenting with tho rule and ruin polioy of free trade. This is the result of tho first year and, prac tically, of but ten months in the year. It was a costly "chango" that the peo ple voted for. Our Trade in Corn. Since that breach was made in tbe wall of protection, at the end of last August, we exported in the eight months from September 1, 1894, to April 30, 1895, just 18,391,804 bushels 01 corn. During tho first eight months of tho MoKinlev tariff, from October 1, 1890, to May 31, 1891, we exporte 1 14,582,820 bushels. The increase in our exports was over 3,800,000 bushels during the Gorman tariff period. The amount of money paid us for corn exported during tho JlcKinley tariff eight months was $9,252,- 180. For tho larger quantity shipped abroad under the Gorman tariff wo received $9,421,484. Sup posing that corn was worth just as much to farmers under the Gorman tariff as under the MoKinley tariff, then they sold 3,800,000 bushels for $172,300. This was at the rate of about four and a half cents a bushel. This represents the prioe paid for the extra quantity of our American product that tbe markets of the world have been willing to take away siuoo our wall of protection was broken down. Is it worth while to grow corn for the sake of shippiug it abroad to sell at four and a half oeuts per bushel? This is a problem that confronts tho American farmers. NO. 47. 'Wo^ SOB GOES ABROAD. BEES SILKS IN PARIS. AND SEES JOHN BULL'S SHOT?. RETURN'S HOME AND BUYS AMERICAN GOODS. AiIERICAN PATRONIZES AMERICAN LABOR. AND TIIEN SHE LEADS THE WORLD. It Takes tiio Cake. As representatives ot corruption, deception, intrigue an I uu-American• cisiu, the seooud Administration of President Grover Cleveland has never been equaled in the history of the United States. Free Wool Benefits. The ninth month of the Gorman tariff gave ua total imports of manu factures ol foreign woolen goo Is worth 93,001,113, ns compared with im ports worth only $1523,159 in May. 1891.
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers