SULLIVAN JSBtik* REPUBLICAN.
W. M. CHENEY, Publisher.
VOL. XIV.
Fifty-fonr members of the new
House of Commons, about ono in
twelve, havo written books.
London has decided to convert into
parks and playgrounds for children
tho 173 disused graveyards in that
city.
They have found out in California
that peach stones burn as well as coal
and give out more heat. They sell at
tho rate of $3 a ton.
Secretary Morton shows that Great
Britain is our best customer. Our ex
port trade to England alone is greater
than with all the rest of the world put
together. - ,■
Perhaps the new woman is responsi
ble for the falling off in marriages in
England. For tho first quarter of
this year only 10.fi persons in 1009
married,'which is tho lowest rate on
record.
There aro one thousand secret or
ders in New York City, remarks the
Observer, and they havo not a single
woman member, and three hundred
churches, tho membership of which is
three-fourths women.
Moro than 100 canning factories
have been started in North Carolina
this year, and hereafter there will
probably be a great increase in tho
number of factories with each recur
ring fruit season throughout tho
whole South.
In casting about for a suitablo title
with which to characterize the pass
ing century, it is not improbable,
suggests tho New York Telegram, thai
tho "Ago of Speed" will bo fouud
to be tho most comprehensive.
A glance at the news of tho day shows,
in addition to fast vaehts, the trial
trip of the fastest express train that
has ever been run in America, a meet
ing of the three fastest four-year-olds
that have ever run on tho American
tiaek, the training of the fastest ame
teur sprinters for the international
athletic contest, tho fastest cable
message over handled by any of tho
cablo companies, and tho attempt of
the St. Louis, ono of tho fastest of
they ocean greyhounds, to break her
own record.
Toronto, Canada, seems, to Harper's
W cekly, to bo ono of the most regu
lated cities in tho civilized world,
Sunday is kept thero like a suit of
best clothes. Thero are no Sunday
newspapers; the street cars don'trun ;
nothing goes on except interest.
Even the tides in Lake Ontario omit
to ebb and flow on tho Lord's Day.
On week days you can ride on tho
loronto street car 3 for four cents a
ride, and if you aro going to school
you can rido at half rate, no matter
how old yon are or how big. The
street railways pay the city a just
rent for their franchises, and the re
sulting revenue is very largo and
saves taxes. Nevertheless, it is as
serted from time to time that Toronto
is losing in population. Tho good
people don't care, for they say thoy
would rather live in a good city than
in a big one, but covetous persons
who do business or own real estate in
Toronto grumble, and say the town is
too good to succeed.
The Chicago Times-Herald observes:
"Albert Bach, who suggested before
the medico-legal congress that phy
sicians should have the right to de
stroy the life of a person afflicted with
an incurable disease and suffering in
tensely from it, is not the first to ad
vance the proposition. Tho subjeot,
repulsive as it is to the imagination,
has been discussed by more radical
European scientists, who would also
dispose of the congenitally insane
and persons deformed from birth and
liable to protractod pain. Their sug
gestions have never amounted to any
thing more than a temporary sensa
tion. It may be conceded that in a
few cases, such as acuto mania or hy
drophobia, whero the patient is suffer
ing from a pitiless malady without
hope of relief short of death, the phy
sician has taken tho responsibility of
ending tho agony by administering an
overdose of opiates. It is well known
that during tho war surgoons some
times gave the coup do graco to tor
tured victims of battle. But what a
responsibility thes-e well-intonding
practitioners take 1 What an unholy
function to gain the name of phi
lanthropy or science! If tho prac
tice is common or if physicians gener
ally approve of it they keep knowledge
and approval to thamselves. Their
offense is murder under all laws,
human and Divine. Tho sanctity of
lifo is paramount to every other con
sideration, aad it would bo indeed de
plorablo if tlie right to slay and fear
bot should bo delegated to any chss
of men, either by law or by common
consent."
SWEET PATIENCE,
Ob, trifling tasks so often done,
Yet over to bo done anew!
Oh, cares which come with overy sun,
Morn after morn, tho long years through!
We shrink benoath their paltry sway
The irksome calls of every day.
Tho restless sense of wasted powor,
The tiresome round of little things,
Aro hard to bear, as hour by hour
Its tedious iteration brings;
Who shall evade or who delay
The small demands of overy day?
Tho boulder in the torrent's course
By tide and tempest lashed in vain,
Obeys the wave-whirled pebble's foroo,
And yields its substance grain by grain;
Po crumble strongest lives away
Beneath the wear of overy day.
*- + $ 11 « r»
We rise to meet a heavy blow—
Our souls a sudden bravery fllls-
But we endure not always so
The drop-by-drop of little ills!
Wo still deplore and still obey
Tho hard behests of ovory day.
Tho hoart which boldly faces death
Upon tho battle-lleld and dares
Cannon and bayoi.ets, faints beneath
Tho needlo points of frets and carer;
Tlio stoutest spirits they dismay—
The tiny things of overy day.
And even saints of holy fame.
Whose souls bv faith havo ovorcome,
Who wore amid the cruel flame
The molten crown of martyrdom,
Bore not without complaint alway
The petty pains of every d ay.
Ah, more than martyr's aureole,
And more than hero's heart of lire,
We need the humble strength of soul,
Which daily tolls and ills require;
Sweet Patience, grant us, if you may,
An added grace for every day.
—Elizabeth Akers Allen.
THE MISSING WITNESS.
HAD just taken
H possession of the
I worst room in
"i? Diggs's tavern
-S '"<■ --A T i froung
J, lawyer on my first
fern circuit, and Diggs
k' s best nc
*" * b commodations for
the old stagers—
when tho words,
"I say, Bill," and
* Tom Mansfield
burst upon mo at tho same instant.
Tom and I had been cronies from
the time wo committed our first juve
nile trcepnss on Deacon Boxley's
watermelon patch till we afterward
studied the action of that name to
gether iu Judge Thompson's office.
"I say, Bill, I'vo «ot a case, and
want your assistance."
"Ah!" said I, in a consulting tone.
"A will case," ho continued, "full
of the nicest kind of points, and tho
prettiest woman in the world for a
client."
"What about feos?" I inquired.
"If wo succeed there'll bo plenty of
money; if we don't, it will be a noble
cause to fail in."
"That's what they said of tho dash
ing young chop that broko his neck
trying to mako two-forty time with
the chariot of tho sun, but it didn't
mend his neck."
"Confound your mythology; busi
ness is business. Let ma stato tho
case."
"State away."
This was it:
John Andrews had settled in tho
country when it was young. He had
grown with its growth, and was the
proprietor of half a dozen farms jand
"ono fair daughter."
His wife, the partner of the earliest
and severest portion of his straggles,
had died many years before, and his
daughter had become the mistross of
his house whilo yet a child. As Effie
increased in years her father pros
pered ; and when at length he found
himself tho possessor of wealth, the
ambition, so common under such cir
cumstances, of elevating his daughter
to a station in lifo above that in which
she had been reared became a ruling
passion. The first thing was to buy
her a splendid education; and, like
other not over-good judges of the ar
ticle, he was governed in his clioioe
more by the gaudiness of the coloring
than by tho quality of the texture.
At the end of the usual period Effie
was sent home "finished." A house
was purchased in town, of which Effie
was made the mistress, and at which
Mr. Belden, a young gentleman of city
antecedents, and far too nice to havo
anything so vulgar as a visible call
ing, became a frequent visitor. He
had just brains enough to think of
providing for the future by a schemo
of which Miss Andrews and her appur
tenances constituted the central fea
ture.
But one difficulty remained to be en
countered. How to conciliate the
rough old woodsman—thero was the
rub. He had permitted his daughter
to amuse herself with the young dandy,
much as he would have allowed tier to
play with a poodle. But could ho
have brought himself to tolerate the
idea of her marrying anybody ?
When Belden reported at headquar
ters and implored tho paternal sanc
tion of his suit ho received no Buch
thing; "on the contrary, quite the re
verse. "
When Efflo tried to talk her father
over, for tho first time in his life lie
flew into a passion with her, and she
dared not renew the subject.
But Love, tho littlo pagan, pays no
respect to tho fifth commandment.
The officious interference of parents
and guardians only renders him tho
more impatient and unruly.
Effie, after protesting she couldn't
poesibly think of such a thing, and af
ter many vain attempts to conjeoture
wha\* people w«uld say, at last, with
graceful liesitaucv, consented to elope.
Rage, frenzy, despair aro weak
words to describe the emotions of
LAPORTE, PA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1895.
John Andrews when he found his house
had been robbed of its ohiefest treas
ure. His first impulse was pursuit. It
was night when he set out. Mr. An
drews's horse stumbled, precipitating
his rider to the ground and falling
heavily upon him. He was taken up
insensible, and carried to the nearest
house. A physioian was called, who
pronounced the injuries of a most seri
ous character.
As soon as consciousness roturncd
be dispatched n messenger for a
nephew of his, a lawyer of not very
good repute, residing in a neighbor
ing town.
Whe Jackson, the nephew, arrived,
he was left alone with his uncle at the
latter's request. At the end of an
hour the doctor was summoned and
requested by Mr. Andrews to note his
signature to a paper, to wbich he then
affixed his name, deolaring it to be his
will.
On his nephew's suggestion that an
other witness was requisite, Mr. An
drews named MaoPhersou, a Scotch
man, and requested the doctor to send
him in.
MacFherson, it seems, had been sent
on some errand ; but as soon as ho re
turned the doctor communicated Mr.
Andrews's message, and went himself to
attend a sick call in the neighborhood,
not deeming his presence there im
mediately necessary.
When he came back ho was aston
ished to find his patient dead.
By the will, which was published
some days after his death, the entiroty
of his property was devised to his
nephew, who had attended him in his
last illness. Everything was indue
form. True, MasPherson, one of the
witnesses, pursuant to a previous in
tention, had sailed for Scotland short
ly after tho funeral, aud was not pres
ent before the Judge of Probate. But
his handwriting was proved, and the
evidence of the remainig witness was
quito satisfactory.
Poor Effie's grief,when she received
the intelligence of her father's death,
was too profound to be deepened by
tho news of her own disinheritance.
Under all the circumstances, one
would havo thought that tho young
husband would have been nuromitting
in tendorness and sympathy toward
his sorrowing bride, who had sacri
ficed so much for his sake. And so he
would, had ho loved her, but de did
not.
Tho fact is, his wholo heart and
soul and mind were occupied with a
previous attachment—not for another;
tho farthest possible from that—its
object was himself. This affection,
which was of the most ardent descrip
tion, had met with a blighting disap
pointment in his wifo's loss of fortuno;
and with her unceasing grief and
continued self-accusation—she offered
no reproaohes to him—ho had but lit
tlo patience, and soon gave her to un
derstand as much.
At length he was found dead in his
bed one morning, after a night of ca
rousal.
Effie's cousin, instead of making any
provision for her whoso rights ho had
most unrighteously supplanted, left
her wholly dependent on others, and
had sho not found a homo in tho
house of an old friend of her father,
she might havo gone shelterless.
Tom MansQeld, who had oasually
made the acquaintance of tho young
widow, became warmly interested in
her cause, and, guided probably more
by sympathy than judgment, had com
menced an action to contest the will.
And this was tho caso in which ho
wished my assistance.
We sat up nearly all night in con
sultation. There was a point which
wo both thought a "beautiful" one,
and wo devoted our principal efforts
to strengthening it.
Ours was the first case on in tho
morning. Arrayed against us were
three of the oldest aud ablost practi
tioners of the circuit. Jackson had
plenty of money now, and was himself
no fool in "putting up" a case.
I felt not a little nervous. It was
my first case of any importance.
My courage revived a little when
our client came in, escorted by Tom,
who introduced me as his associate,
and handed her to a seat near oar
table.
Almost immediately the trial began.
The evidence varied but little from
tho facts already detailed. The at
tending physician was very decided in
his opinion that tho testator, at the
time of signing the paper in question,
was in the full possession of his mental
faculties.
The signature of tho absent witness
was sworn to by Mr. Jackson himsolf,
who furthor testified that the deceased
had requested MacPherson to witness
the instrument, at tho same time de
claring it to be his will.
At Tom's instanco I subjected this
witness to a searching oross-examina
tion, but ho stood fire like a sala
mander. He swore Ihat the testator
had not only dictated every line of
the will, but had heard it read, and
had twice read it over himself, beforo
excouting it. I gave him up in des
pair.
At length tho evidence closed, and
I rose to present our point.
It was putin the shape of a motion
to direct a verdict for the contestant,
on the ground that the witnessos had
not subscribed in the presence of each
other.
I was about to adduce arguments
and authorities, when tho judge inter
posed :
"Tho rule you claim undoubtedly
was tho law, and should bo so still,
but a statute has changed it. The wit
nesses need not now sign in oach oth
er's presence."
A hasty examination proved his
Honor was right, and our main point
was done for.
To our great relief the court ad
journed;for dinner. We were to sum
up in the afternoon. That task, on
our side, was assignod to me, but I felt
it was hopeless. I was determined,
howover, to take what satisfaction 1
could ont of Jackson by abusing him
as roundly as the 'rules of the court
would allow. And, after all, who
could tell? Tho jury might take the
the bit in their mouth, and giye us a
verdict in spite of the law and evi
dence. Besponsibility becomes amaz
ingly light when divided by twelve.
On the reassembling of oourt I was
a little surprised as well as annoyed at
Tom's absence. Could it be he was
leaving me in tho lurch, and staying
away to avoid tho mortification of our
final defeat?
I had just risen to addreas the jury,
when somebody pluoked mo by the
coat.
It was Tom, his eyes fairly gleam
ing and his whole frame in a tremor of
excitement.
"What's tho matter?" I whispered.
"MacPherson's here,"
"•Vhat! tho other witness?"
"Yes; just arrivod."
"But will it help us to call him?"
"Trust me for that. Put him on
the stand at once."
"What shall I ask him?"
"No matter; you can't go far
wrong; if you miss anything I'll
prompt you."
In a few words I explained to the
court our reasons for wishing to re
open the testimony. Jackson turned
pale, and whispered to his counsel,
but they shook their heads; our ap
plication was ono that would be grant
ed, of course.
"Call your witness," said the judge.
"Donald MaoPherson!" shouted
Tom.
Tbo witnejs, a brawny Scot, ad
vanced to tho stand and was sworn.
"Mr. Macl'herson, look at that sig
nature and tell us if it is yours," I
said.
"It is."
"Do you know the signature to tho
right of it?"
"Yes; that's the signature of Mr.
Andrews."
"Did you see him write it?"
"No; but I am weel acquent with
his hand."
"Were you requested to witness
that paper?"
"Yes."
"By whom?"
"By Mr. Jackson."
"Did Mr. Andrews say nothing
about it?"
"No; he wa3 dead whon I came
in."
There was no cross-examination.
"I submit tho ease without argu
ment," I said, resuming my 6eat.
Our senior opponent was one of
thoso lawyers with whom it is a mat
tor of conscience to show fight to the
last. Iu a brief speech ho admitted
it lo be essontial that both tho wit
nesses should have signed their name 3
before the testator's d*i' h, but claimed
that, inasmuch as tho testimony of
Jackson and MacPherson was in direct
conflict on this question, it must be
left to tho jury.
"Certainly ;" answered his Honor.
But when ho had concluded his
charge thero wasn't much of Mr. Jack
son or his testimony left.
Tho jury gave us a verdict without
leaving tho box.
Torn, lam sorry to say, behaved
very unhandsomely in tho division of
tho spoils.
Although I was liberally p»id, ho
took tho widow and her wholo for
tune for his share.—New York News.
A Case ol Identification.
A prouiiucnt uptown mail tolls the
following story on himself. Ho says:
"I was in Chicago a short timo a..? 0,
and knowing that I would rooeive
through the Poit Olllee a money or
der within the next day or two, I went
around to the Fostoflloe to identify
myself to them in advance.
" 'I am expecting a money order to
the amount of —,' I said to the clerk
in that division, 'and my name is —.'
I showed him some letters addressed
to mo from other parts. •Now,' I
continue J, 'if I am not the man I
claim to bo I must havo killed him,
and am now impersonating him.' The
clerk laughod, but I thought that vis
ions of more Holmes murders were
floating through his mind. Well, the
order came on time, and when I oalled
to get the monoy the same clerk was
at the desk. He took one look at mo,
sized mo up and without more ado
counted out the money and handed it
to me, saying : 'Oh, yes ; you're tho
fellow who murdered the man.
Philadelphia Record.
The Upas Trco Myth.
Tho nonsense about tho poisono us
exhalations of tho upas tree were dis
sipated long ago. It is, however, a
good old myth, with many variants in
folk-lore. Professor Weisner belinves
that the upiis tree is the Antiaiis toxi
caria, to be found in Java. There is
one species, the innoxia, which is
harmless, whereas a drop of the isi
pisated juice of the toxioaria will kill
a dog. Anyhow, there are quite a
number of the so-called upas trees
growing in the botanioal garden of
Java, and you may walk around the
grove in tho most comfortable man
ner.—New York Times.
Working Under tho lied ol the Thames.
For months men have been working
deop down beneath tho bed of the
Thames, in tho very heart of London,
in tho construction of the electrio rail
way from tho oity to Waterloo. The
only opening is in tho middle of the
river, and through this the excavated
earth is removed. Tho workmen have
now passed beyond tho rivor bed on
either Bide, und are making their way
under tho oity.—Tit Bits.
Meaning ol Clown.
Clown was at first a tattooed per
son. In Britain aud France the coun
try peoplo retaiuoi tho habit of
tattooing or of painting the facos in
imitation of tattooiug long after it
had been abandoned in the cities.—
Baltimore Herald.
FREE WOOL FRAUD.
FARMKRS IjO.SK $430 A YKAR IN
ORDKit TO SAVE $7.20.
Practice Works Very Different From
Democratic Promises Wool
Higher In Foreign Markets, but
Cheaper Here—Facts That New
York State Farmers Will
elate.
Many newspapers have republished
a significant tabic prepared by Messrs.
Justice, Bateman & Co., wool commis
sion merchants of Philadelphia, show
ing tho comparative value of wool on
October 1, 1891, one year after tho
passago of the MoKinley law, and Oc
tober 1, 1895, ono year after tho pas
sage of the frco wool Wilson-Gorman
law, as follows:
Comparison of prlcos for loading grades of
Amorican wool October 1, 1305 (about ono
year after tho passago or the Wilson Free
Wool bill) with prices for tho same grades in
October, 1891—about o») year after tho
passage of tho MoKinley law.
.*o C
—« Wort G)
Sg teg (d-J If
rt .oj lis -2
American Wool, 3 *
Philadelphia ami Cos- %® ® C
ton Prices. 6 J/"3 O S
log a
* *Ji «
XX Ohio washed SOJfs. 18 }4<s. 12
Ohio medium washed... 36c. 21c, 13
Ohio coarso washed {}{
blood) 33 •. 22?. 11
Ohio fine unwashed
lud. A Mo.fliounwashod.2oc. 12c. 8
Ind. A Mo. medium un
washoi ('j blood) 27c. 15ej 12
Ind. A Mo. coarso (}{
blood unwashed) 25j. 17,1£ c.
Oregon A Col. line, shrink
70 por cent 18'-^o. 10c. B'<J
XX Ohio scoured 65c. 39JjO. 25.4'
Ohio medium scoured.. 60c. 35c. 25
Ohio blood scoured. 41c. 29i. 15
Ore. A Col.line scoured. .Cic.
a newpaper defender of Grover Cleve
land's ruinous free wool policy said :
"Any newspape** disposed to bo fair
in discussing wool values would havo
A GREEDY BEDFELLOW.
taken into consideration tho fact that
during tho past two years tho price of
all agricultural products has been un
commonly low. In that period, for
example, cotton reached tho lowest
rate on record, though cotton is not
protoctod by tlie tariff at all. Wheat
likewise reached its minimum figure.
Every country iu tho world has been
affected by this decline in tho valuo of
agricultural commodities, and wool
has furnished no exception to tho
rule."
Such a statement is tho product of
an unduly stimulated imagination for,
in point of fact, foreign wool is not
only no lower than in October, 1891,
when tho McKinlcy iaw had been in
force for one year, but is higher in
the markets of the world, as will bo
seen by the following table of London
market quotations for eight of tho
leading London grades of wool that
are most like Amerioan wool:
L, O fa d
So So
•° "3 "2
eg o g
Foreign Wool,
London I'rices. d q .r
d -i
O.S cl, 3 «
Port Philip groasy (simi
iKr to XX Ohio) 11%<1. 12d. J^d.
New Zealand crossbred
greasy (similarto Ohio
medium) ll„'£d.
English Shropshire hog
gets (similar to Ohio
quarter blood) ltd. J2d. Id.
Capo grease G,' 4 'd. ..
Port riiilip scoured tad. 24d. Id.
Now Zealand crossbred
saoure 1 19 J. 20J. XJ.
E'lglish Shropshire hogs
scoured 14J£d. lfid. I}{
Fine Cape scoured lfj'g'd. 15^d.
Since this table was prepared for
eign wools havo advanced. American
wools aro unchanged.
Another defender of Grover Cleve
land's policy which is rapidly slaugh
tering tho seventh largest Amerioan
agricultural industry says:
"Tho farmers of New York never
could havo imngined how poor they
havo become until told by the Repub
lican State Convention that the Demo
cratic party has 'robbed' them of
'millions of dollars through frco wool
and the reduction of tho tariff upon
agricultural products by tho Wilson
Tariff bill.' As to wool, sheep grow
ing in New York, as in all tho old
States, not excepting Ohio, has stead
ily declined for many years in obedi
ence to National laws that no amount
of protection could overcome. As
population increases in tho older
States land becomes much too valua
ble for sheep raising. In accordance
with this law the number of sheep in
New York fell off under protection and
is ttill declining. The protectionist
explanation of this declino is that tho
duties were not high enough. But
tho sheep culturo iu this country
would have moved from tho dearer to
the cheaper lauds had tho dutioi been
made prohibitory."
If New York, Ohio and tho older
States havo lost millions of dollars an
nually because of the laud becoming
too valuable for sheep raising, why is
Terms—Sl.OO in Advance; 51.25 after Three Months.
FREE WOOL MEANS FOREIGN WOOL.
W : Foreign \oooV Marketed *.« Ac UiiUftute fe
oniv"' 112 S'/ih •
w"? K^Fisco!
ft : ! |.! I 895 '^ijje
i'6ormarl "la/jj
TIIAT SHODDY TARIFF.
i ... iii rr'
Sihoaiiy
A > w 1 " " x } *
Produced Countries
Rscoltjearwdinq Jun»3o imi T)|orl«UA in lilt' - „
, '694"f'" United States
<*£-- W3,002.
*j*jj >
(Scoie): •'•«'•. .'•; poljars:; t; J-.yQoIIotj :•': • /■.■. Dollars :
' V
Fiscol .year, ending June 30
1895 ~ . |
Gormpn^^f
that under tho froe wool polioy of
Grover Cleveland the loss on wool and
sheep has amounted to millions of dol
lars in the Territorial sections, whore
sheep havo increased in number. The
following table, showing tho effeot ol
tho free wool on tho valuo of flocks,
is taken from the Department of Agri
culture, and it is limited to tho only
States whero land is cheap and whore
tho sheep have increased:
The Effect of Free Wool on Valuo of
Flocks.
Tho official reports from the Department
of Agriculture show the following:
VALVES OF FLOCKS, JANUARY 1.
1895 1894. 1893.
Montana.. £4,227,400 $4,891,893 £0.528.500
N.Mexico, a,692,898 3,689,169 4.101,948
Utah 2,998,885 3,098,480 5,036,022
Oregon. 2,945.905 4.433,403 6,903,182
Nevada... 1,310.067 1,164,162 1,347,092
Colorado. 1,984,958 2,396,295 3.105,803
Arizona... 901,081 1,209.681 1,306,978
N.Dakota. 616,701 754,073 1,173,699
K.Dakota. 632,969 759,642 1,066,608
1dah0.... 1,299,770 1,753,981 1,910,655
Wash'ton. 1,304,360 1.989,796 2,328,130
Wyoming. 8,004,107 2,606,284 3,300,255
Total... $22,824,801 528,746,861 $37,108,932
Decrease from value In 1894. .$5,922,000
Decrease from value in 1893 . .14,284,131
The Boston Commercial Bulletin of
August 24 says:
"These States comprise the region
that produces what are oalled 'ter
ritory" wools. On March 1, 1893,
fine territory staple was selling in
this market at 60 cents tho scoured
pound. On August 12, 1894, just be
fore tho passage of the Gorman tariff,
it was soiling at 40 cents. It is worth
to-dny 33 cents.
"In two years the value of the
American ilook has dropped from
8125,909,264 to 5C0,685,707, thanks
to tho sucoesß of our free wool friends
in the eleotions of 1892. On account
of tho slaughter of sheop, and tho
shortage of the clip, somo growers re
ceived more for thoir wool this year
than last. None ot thorn havo re
ceived anything approaching tho
prices paid whon wool was not tinder
the blight, as it has been siuco March,
1899, of hostile control by the National
GQvernment."
In 1893 the farmers of Now York
Stato averaged 200 sheep eaoh. Thoy
can oasily seo how they havo been
robbed by a glance at tho following
staloment:
Tho averago production of clean
scoured wool by each farmer in Ohio,
Michigan and Now York States during
President Harrison's Administration,
and under McKinloy's law protection,
was COO pounds, tho valuo of whioli
was 60 oonts per pound. Under Cleve
land's Administration and Gorman
tariS free trade tho value of tho same
his been 30 cents per pound. The
net gain to eaoh farmer by reason of
cheaper frco wool clothing (allowing
three ponnds of pure scoured wool
to eight annual now suits ot clothing
to each family) would bo $7.20, Giv
iug credit for oheaper clothing, tho
net average loss ou the wool and
sheep by reason of free wool has been
NO. 4.
8-422.80, as the following tablo will
show:
Jlarcb, 1803, and previous,
G'X) pounds scoured wool at
MeKluloy price, CO cents.. ,$3G0.00
October, 1895, and previous,
600 pounds scoured wool at
AYilson law price, 30 cents. 180.00
Loss on wool SIBO.OO
Mnrcli, 1893,:ind'prevlous, 200
sheep, at £'4 SBOO.OO
O.'tobur, 18U5, nud previous,
200 sheop, lit $2.75 653.00
Loss on s'aosp •>>.... $250.00
Total loss on wool anil
sheep $130.00
Clothing, eight suits at 3
pounds on each suit, 24
pounds, McKiuley price, 00
cents $14.10
Clothing, eight suits, nt 3
pounds on each suit, 24
pounds, Wilson law prloc,
30 cents 7.20
Saving on eight suits of
clothing by free w001.... $7.20
Net loss to each wool
grower by freo trade in
wool $122.80
The snme paper said:
"But the worshipers of the McKin
ley tarill idol aro rapidly diminishing
among tho farmers of this country."
It"the worshipers of the McKiuley
tariff idol" aro diminishing, why did
many hitherto Democratic farmers last
year join the Republican party?lt was
to repudiate Qrover Cleveland, ond all
that he stands for, and for nothing
else. They ranged themselves with
the Republican party for protection.
If the coming session of Congress
don't try to give them protection Butfi
cient to protect, these former Demo
cratic farmers will have no further
use for the Republican party, and
thoso Democratic newspapers know it.
This is why they aro shrioking BO
loudly that MoKinley protection is a
dead issue. They want it to bo a
dead issue, otherwise they are beaten.
These former Democratic farmers
want the law that made the American
people under General Harrison's Ad
ministration not only the most pros
perous iu Its history, but the most
prosperous people in all the world.
ABANDONED WAR MATERIAL*
Quite « Quantity Found on an Unlnhabit*
etl Island.
Recently a quantity of arms, ammunition,
etc., was found on an uninhabited island,
known os Grassy Cay. off the southern odge
of the Andras Island, one of the British Ba
hamas. The attention of the United State#
State Department authorities has been un
officially called to the matter by tho British
Embassy in order that they might ascertain
the source of tlvise abandoned munitions ol
war. It is pr.«umed that they were intend
ed for the Cubau insurgents, and were tem
porarily deposited on Grassy Cay. The
matter has been referred to the United States
Attorney at Key West for investigation, on
the theory that tho articles may have been
shipped from that vicinity and Illegally
landed on British soil. The names appear
ing on the paukages are given, but for prn
deutial reasons are withheld from publica
tion. The ease* contained twelve Remington
carbines, a quantity of medical stores, 1000
cartridges, 19,60.) rounds of Remington am
munition and 19,600 rounds .Of W inchcstaf
ammunition.