SULLIVAN JSIFE REPUBLICAN. W. M. CHENEY, Publisher. VOL. XIV. Korea is becoming almost as erratic and turbulent as a South American .Republic. Tho great exodus from Canada to the United States has becomo a party issue in the Dominion. Building ground comes high in London. Lately a plot of fifty-soven square yards in Lombard street sold at $6500 per squaro yard. The Distector of the United States Mint estimates, and behoves his esti mate to be within tho mark, that the world's production of gold for 1895 will amount to $200,000,000. The great decreaso in the percent age of diphtheria mortality in New York City for 1893, as shown by tho Board of Health statistics, is-a strong argument in favor of tho anti-toxino remedy. The failure of several water-power eleotric plants from dry weather sug gests to the Atlanta Constitution the necessity of a small steam power in re serve in case of works using nearly all their available water power in ordin ary dry seasons. Chinese rainmakers dress a dog in comic attire aud carry it through tho ttreets, in tho belief that the laughter excited will cause a pleasant £rame of mind among the gods and induce them to end a drought. The Chinese claim that their rainmakers are as success ful as the American and far less ex pensive. A French scientist has recently dis covered a means of increasing tho illuminating power of ordinary coal gas about fifteen times. The increase is accomplished by supplying a small l>ut constant current of air to tho finme. A tiny electric motor is fixed in the body of the gas lamp which is a diminutive ventilator. The motor is run by a current supplied by a couple of small accumulators. The flume has a remarkable brilliancy, and lamps have been constructed on this pattern with an illuminating power of 830-candle power. The young King of Spain saw his first bull fight tho other day, an nounces the Now York Tribune. His mother, who has a horror of tho brutal sport, postponed the event as long as possible; but even she was unable to override the ancient court precedent that prescribes attendanco on bull fights as part of the education of a Christian monarch. Tho little chap viewed tho sport without betraying «uy enthusiasm, and departed without rewarding tiie successful matador, in accordance with custom. And some Spaniards, therefore, fear that ho may bring discredit on his order and rnco by taking a stand agaiust the National sport when he growj to' man's estate. Spain now has in Cuba of £O,OOO men. This is a force greater by 10,000 than the whole British army in India. The entire population, white and colored, is only four times as great, aud its proportion to the nam- I ber of whites capable of bearing arms is about that of ono or two. Barely does history record an instance where a country so small has been invaded by an army so great, and when it is i remembered that the Spaniards con trol the whole administrative and in dustrial machinery of Cuba, and that they have the more or less effective sympathy of a not inconsiderable local party, tho New York Times thinks their lack of success is a startling commentary both on the military skill of Spain's Generals and soldiers and on the merits of the canse for which they are supposed to be fight iDg' The New York Independent pub lishes oue of tho most rt marliuble dis coveries ever made in American his tory. It is nothing less than tho oldest document in existenoe of the period of the Dutch settlement of New York. It is a long official journal kept, in the winter of IG3I-36, by Arent Van Corlear, one of the leading men in the colony, who made a visit to the villages of the Iroquois con federation, consisting of the Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, Cavugas und Seneca Indian tribes. This journal, which has lain lost in a garret in Hol land for two hundred and sixty years, has been found by General James Grant Wilson, and brought to this country, and the translation shows it to be of extraordinary interest for the history of New York and the geo f-raphy of the region between Albany und Utica, which was then wholly held by Indians. The conclusion of tho journal consists of a list of ludian words with their translations, making 'ho earlioat Iroquois vocabulary •> flu- publication of which is dc •mother week. IN THE FIELDS. Tho reapers—they are Blnging in tho fields of golden grain, And (i morry song arises on tho mountain anil tho plain; Aud it's ho ! for life and living, for no bless ing heaven denied, And a song of glad thanksgiving goes in music to tho skies! The roapors—they are singing, for tho har vest smiles to God, Whoro the heavenly bonodiction gave tho color to the clod; Thero is gladness in tho morning—thero is gladness in the night; For tho corn ts hanging heavy, and tho cot ton Holds aro whito! ?ho roapars—thev are stngtng, for tho sum mor days aro post, ind toil is crowned with plenty, and with sweet reward at last! And it's ho! for life and living, for no bless ing heaven denies, And songs of glad thanksgiving go in music to tho skios! —Atlanta Constitution. EFFECT OF A STORY. ERHAPS it was M partly her fanlt, or may be it was all his fault. Any way, they had just i a quarrel, one I . J nnt little affairs in which neither one "—nor the other will give in or acknowledge being in the wrong, but thinks it the duty of the other, equally blameless participant, of course, to first say, "I am sorry." And it was their first quarrel, too. Then he falls back on the old re sort and says,"l am going to the club." He gets his hat and coat and is about to open the door to step out when she holf repents and asks him not togo, but to stuv at home with her, "at least one evening in the week." But he is either obstinate to her ap peal or does not hear her, for he closes the door with a bang and leaves her alone, to return, perhaps at midnight, perhaps at dawn. Then she takes the usual course, throws herself on a lounge and cries. He goes directly to the club. There ho meet a few of his friends and they sit down for a smoke. Thus they sit for perhaps half an hour, when the entrance of a rather fat individual seems to creato quite a oommotion among the smokers. He is besieged on the right and loft to como and join them in their smoke and RobertLang don wonders who this rather stout in dividual who enjoys such popularity can be. "Major Hunt, one of the most capital story tellers we hove had for some time," answers one of his friends, in reply too laughing query lrom Laugdon. "Wait until you hear one of his stories; you will think so, too." "Major, this is my friend Lang don." The Major has hurdly made hinself comfortable before ho is asked to to tell one of his stories, and after a while yields to the entroaties of tho crowd and begins: "There is not an army post in the country, or in the world, which has not some little romance interwoven in its history. But one which I espe pceially remember is ono in which the faithfulness of woman, as 1 will ■jail it, played sbch an important part as to fix the story in my mind for 3ver. "It was about five years ago, at a Western fort, that this incident hap pened. Wo had there o young private who came, I believe, from tho some where. I never did fiud out exactly where ho came from, and I have even forgotten his name now. He seemed to be an indifferent sort of n fello.v, rarely joining tho rest of the men in their larltß, and keeping pretty much to himself. Ho was a handsomi young man, too, nearly six feet tall, if I remember correctly. It was his mysterious manners which made us wonder what he did with himsolf dur ing his spare moments —that is, when his time was not required by Uncle Sam. We tried in vain to find out. All that we could ever learn of him was that he was always in his mess room during these intervals, and his companion privates there said, 'He reads and reads all the time,' that's all. Army life did not seem to agree with him very much and we oould not see why he ever entered into it. Still there was no one in the fort with nerve enough to ask him the questions we wero so anxious to have answered. He was the oue mystery of the fort. Perhaps you will wonder why we offi oers should take any interest in a common private, but bofore I am through yon will see who that was. "What was also a mystery to us was how ho had managed to become well enough acquainted with the quarter master's daughter to be seen occasion ally out walking with her. Her name, you must remember distinctly, is Genevieve Hntle. She was the belle of the fort. I do not believe to this day that there was hardly a man in that fort at that timo who would not have stood even Indian torture if sho had eo wished—but don't be alarmed, gentlemen. No such thought would ever have entered that girl's mind. And then sho was very beautiful. Per haps this had something to do with it. Those among us who had beeu sick had especial roasons for feeling grate fnl to her, for as soou as she heard o.' a case of sickness she seemed to be on pins and needles until she received consent from her father to nurse the sick one, whether ho was officer or private. In truth, her kiuduess and charitableness to all made adorers uut of half the men in the fort, aud the other half were dead in lovo with her. "Now to get down to th« story. One day there came tho announcement that the Indians hail on the war LAPORTE, PA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1895. path and that the men should be got ia readiness to leave at almost any moment to hunt down a battd of rov ing bucks, who were thought to be in oar neighborhood, before they had maoh chance of robbing and killing the settlers. One morning the com mand came, and a troop of cavalry was dotailed togo oat, and, if possi ble. bring them in. Tho matter had now taken qalte a serious turn, for the few bucks who had started tho dep reciations on a small scale had been joined by the others, until several hun dred of them had gone on the war path in dead earnest. It happened that the mysterious private's troop was the one detailed togo out first on a sort of a reoonnoitering trip, and if on investigation it was thought necessary to send out more men they were to re turn for reinforcements. "It was a busy scene at the fort that morning. Soon the bugle sounded, the men leaped into their saddles and moved up to the gate of the fort. It was a proud moment for the men who composed that troop, for it was their first actual expedition after the enemy. Then camo the sound of the buglo ngain and the men wore off, with tho cheers of their comrades ringing in their ears. "We in the fort hod many anxious hours that day and night, wondering how the expedition would turn oat, though we little thoaght that there would be any serious results. They would probably return, we thought, with the whole band of redskins as prisoners. We had no idea tbat the red imps would dare defy them or much less fire on them. "During the night a terrible snow storm set in, however, and wo kept anxious watch to see if they would give up the chase on this account and return to the fort. Bht no. The night passed away and dawn still saw no trace of the men. The storm seemed to becomo moro furious with tho ad vent of day, and the blinding flakes mado it impossible to see many feet outsido the fort. Then misgivings re garding tho safety of the men began to take form. AVe had now almost for gotten tho Indians, and our only thoughts were of the men and how they would manage to return to the fort in this terrible storm. Abont noon there was a lull in the wind and snow, and couriers were sent out to see if any trace of the troop could bo found. They might be wandering a a few miles outside tho fort, wo thought, unable to find their way in. Tho searchers returned, however,after a fruitless search, saying that it was impossible to find any trace of them, not knowing exactly where to look lor them. The ground, of course, having been oovored by the snowstorm after their departure, it was impossible to follow in their tracks." "About 3 o'clock in tho afternoon, however, we were rewarded in our watch by seeing a dark mass off to tho west, and as it drew nearer a shout went up from tho watchers, as wo dis covered our missing troop. "When the men rodo into fort again they wero ,plicd with questions as to what they had done during tho terri blo storm. But the queries were cut short by tho announcement that they had been pursued by at least throo hundred ludians, who hadpourod bul lets into the little troop tor a while, and that one man was missing alto gether. Then for tho first time wo no ticed that many of tho men were cov ered with blood. They had not been out of the fort five hours, they said, when they wero attacked by a bond of redskins most unexpectedly, for they bad no idea that they wero so near tho fort. Thoy seemed to havobeen wait ing for them, for their retreat back was cut off by half tho band, while tho rest kept up a fire on them from am bush. They managed to got out of it without the loss of any men, however. A hot fire had been kept up on both sides while tho retreat lasted, and sev eral on our side had been wounded, nud, as some of tho men insisted, the Indians had lost quite a few to the happy hunting grounds. They at lost gave up the ohase when tho storm set in. The 'mysterious private' was missed when the troop emerged from a strip of woods about twenty miles from the fort. He was wounded dur ing the fight, and had evidently Riven up tho flight from exhaustion. While the men were telling this we stood about and wondered what would bo done to find the poor fellow, who had now undoubtedly passed into another world. 'Tho storm had again oommeneed with seemingly added fury, and wo realized what a dangerous undertaking it woald be for anyone to set out with the intention of findiug tho poor fel low's body. We retired to our quar ters afte. hearing no end of narrow escape stories from Home of the pri vates, to await orders from the com mandant as to tho next move. "We had all given up tho idea of going after tho body by nightfall— that is, all but one. "Before my time for arising tho next morning thero came to ray ears tho loudest cheering, mixed with shouts, that I have ever heard in all my lifetime. I hastily dropped into my clothes and ran out to seo what was up. Near tho gate I saw almost tho entire population of tho fort, so it. iL' tned to mo, most of thorn en gaged in cheering aud shouting over something. Beforo I reached tho crowd it partod and two persons rodo toward me—the 'mysterious private' aud Genovievo Hutle. As sbu pissed ue, standing almost glued to the spot with surprise, she callqd out, 'Pleas ant morning, Major,' just as though she had oome in irom a morning's pleasure rido. "That girl had actually ridden out of tho fort at dawn to tlud that young scamp, who did not seem to bo hurt at all—save for a few scratches such as tho rest of the troop* bad reeeivod. Shu ha 1 nut him, fortunately, ri Ii :i toAnrd the foil, cr HuJ Know* what might have become of that brave girl in the snow. It surprised me a little perhaps, to see her so happy after such a dangerous undertaking.. Bat that was, of coarse, natural then, as I did not know what had passed be twen them on that ride. "Daring the absence of the yoang fellow one of his comrades had oheek enough to examine his effects—to find ont who he was and notify his rela tives of his death, so he said, but as I believe, to see what the dace it was that kept him so busy daring the evenings. Bnt the big stories the man expected to tell of what he fonnd are still untold, for he found 'only a lot of books, principally law books, newspaper clippings ot testimony in trials and a lot of other useless trash,' as he expressed himself. What the deuce the fellow was doing with theso was more than he conld imagine. Then a great light burst upon me. Im agine n private in the service of Uncle Sam giving up all the pleasures of army service—very few there are— for the sake of studying law, ahd you have a view of our 'mysterious pri vate,' with the mystery cleared up. "Well, as you have perhaps already guessed, they both left us a few months later. The young fellow's en listment expired, and I guess he was pretty tired of army life. He went to New York, I be'ieve, taking the belle of tho fort with him. I have strong reasons to bclievo that this was settled during that rido into tho fort. I heard of him once since then. One of his friends at the fort said he had quite a law practice down East here. "The Indians were rounded up af terward and subdued. They were scared, I guess, by what they had done, and—" "What's tho matter, Langdon, not gcing nlready, ore you? The story did not effect you so seriously, did it? Why, man, I actually believe there are tears in your eyes!" "Well, no--but—l roally havo to go now. I havo an appointment at home and I'vo got togo now, or I am liublo to be late. Whether Robert Langdon had an appointment at home or not, does not matter much. Sufficient is it to say that he did go directly home, where he found his wife on tho lounge, just where she had thrown herself as ho left togo the club. A sob greeted him as ho approached her. "Genevieve, can you forgive me? It was all my fault, and if you'll for give mo, I'll never do it again." Sho turned up her tear-stained face to him and he bent over and kissod her, wondering how it over entored into him to bo so cruel. "No, it was not your fault, it was mine. I actually drove you to that horrid club, when I know you don't care togo there." "Well, wo will not fight about that •just now. Do you remember Major Hunt at tho fort? I heard him tell a story at tho club to-night—a story of how a young girl at a Western fort, a few yoars ago, rode out into the snow to rescue a man who had got iost from his troop, and how sho brought him in safe and souud. Shall I tell it to you? I remember it, word for word." "No, you need not, and if you're not going to stop your everlasting talk about that I am just going to get angry again ; now !" lie stopped.—Chicago News. Transplanting Teeth. Among tho wonders of modern stir gory there is nothing more remarka ble than tho transplanting of teeth. Some years ago a dentist on tho Pa cific coast created a sensation by ex tracting a tooth from the jaw of ono person and inserting it in tho jaw of iiuother. Since that timo the opera tion has been repeatedly tried, but with not altogether satisfactory re sults. At least twenty-five per cent, of tho cases have failed of success. Considering that the oxperiment is iu its iufancy, this is encouraging. The method is to select the tooth required for the purpose, jiains being taken that it is of just tho size and Bhapo to fit the space of the one removed. The crown is severed from the root, which is thon deprived of its pericementum and shaped to suit the operator. A thorough cleansing of the nerve canal is next in order, then the apex of the root is filled and hermetically sealed with a tiny platina tube carefully fitted into the nerve canal. After the most careful course of antisoptie treatment the socket is prepared to received the new root, which is se cured in placo and so covered that it is safe from shocks and pressure. Aftor about six weeks, or when the union has taken place, provided the opera tion is successful, a porcelain crown is attached to tho root and the patient has a fine, strong aud natural-looking tooth.—New York Ledger. A Babe Hum Fond ot Bicycling. A lady in Reno has a baby less than a year old which has inherited a pe culiarity. Tho child has boen very puuy aud appeared to bo constantly craving something. Ono thing after another has boen given to it and evory means known to professional nurses was used in an endeavor to satisfy this craving. Tho mother is an oxpert bicyclist und is very fond of riding. It was remembered that before the birth of the child she had au almost irresistible desiro to tako a spin on her wheel, and it was thought likely that the child had beeu marked iu this respoot. About two weeks ago a basket ar rangement was attached to a bicycle, tho child put iuto it aud given a ride of a mile or two. A ohauge was im mediately noticeable in its condition, and daily outings of this character have resulted iu a complete cure of i tho littlo one's poevishueis, and the ! child It is r ipi 11 v "rt'ec I strength ami il u nud• In. I. .t u :it. —it lit i (N't v. j liu/ette. SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. Over seven thousand varieties of microscopic sea shells havo been enu merated by naturalists. The perfume of the nutmeg flower is said by some naturalists to have an intoxicating effect on small birds. The ivy-leaved lettuce opens its leaves and flowers at 8 o'clock in the morning and generally closes again by 4. A Canadian experimenter preserves wood from the boring beetle by soak ing it two or three months in a satu rated solution of lime. Tho Southern Pacific Railroad Com pany will use crude petroleum from the Los Angeles oil fields as fuel for a number of their locomotives. One legal ohm equals 1.0112 British Association units; hence, to trausform resistances expressed in British Asso ciation units to legal ohms, the nu merical values have to bo reduced by about one-tenth per cent. It is reported that a vein of iron ore has been discovered in Midland Coun ty, Michigan, lying from a few inches to a few feet under the surface, run ning for a distance of one and one-half miles before coming to the end, the vein being eighty rods in width. In the case of musk, as it oomes to the refiner, the odor is so pungent and unpleasant that those who have to ex amine the pods in which it comes have to wear cloths over their mouth and nose, and in some cases inhalation of the odor produces bleeding at the nose. Behring's law says that tho blood and blood serum of an individual which has been artificially rendered immune against a curtain infectious disease may be transferred into an other individual with the effect to render the latter also immune, no mat ter how susceptible this animal is to tho diseaso i^»^jestiou. Among the latest foreign rivals to cordito is "normal powder," which is manufactured in Sweden, and which, its owners say, is moro reliable than cordite. They offer to bear the ex penso of competitive trials between this and all the best known rifle pow ders in Europe. They claim also tnat by "normal powder" remarkably even velocities and low pressures are ob tained. The cotton thread used for the fila ments of incandescent lamps is parch mentized before carbonization by passing it slowly through a solution of sulphuric acid two parts, water one part, and finally washing it in water pntil every particle of the acid is re moved. The parchmentized thread, after drying, is reduced to a uniform diameter by drawing it through dies, after tho manner of wire drawing. Acme ot Ingratitude. A well-known auctionoor, inter viewed in London recontly, tells this story: Wo had tho conduct of a sale of the library and effects of a gentleman well known iu his day for his speculations and his varied career as their result, and the usual crowd attendod tho auc tion. Tho first day's sale possod with out any incident, but in tho second day's procoodings a remarkable inci dent occurred. Just before the first lot of the books was oT.-red a gentle man walked into the room and asked tho auctioneer if he'could purchase the library iu itentirety, so that tho books should not be disturbed. There could bo no objection to this as tho li brary had beeu previously valued, aud its price was named by tho The would-be purehasor drew his check for the amount and tho library was his—for a few minutes only, for he said, "I am unknown to tho man whose book* you hive just sold, and I wish you to u*ml them back to him with my card." The gentleman who made this gon* erous gift was au engineer aud con tractor, aud a member of a firm of world-wide celebrity. Sorno yoars aftorward I mot him on Brighton Pier, and reminded him of the cir cumstance. Ho then told mo, to my astonishment, that therecipieut of the books had in no way acknowledged the gift, which, to say the truth, was more remarkable than tho generosity of his benefactor —New York Mail and Express. Brought Tiicni Back. A Now York man bought his own despised horse back at an auction sale not many moons ago, and now a talo to matoh it comes from London. A man with a passion for good bargains in second-hand furniture failed to se onro a wife who shared it. When the house got BO full of relics that there was no room for more, she selected a few pieces which sho thought would not bo missed and sent them to An auction room to be sold. Tho even ing of the day of tho salo came, and with it a return of all thoso pieces and a few more. Her husband had hap~ penod in on tho sale and, not recog - nizing his own furniture, bought it over ngain nt a bargain which made the torms of the original purchaser sink out of sight.—Detroit Free Press. An Enormous Steamer. Tho Westmoath, a new freight steamer recently launchoil at Walls end, England, is a wonder in ship architecture. Sho is 405 ieet long, fifty-six feet beam, 31} feet moulded boam, and has a carrying capacity of 10,500 tons dead weight of cargo, or 14,500 tous by measurement. Tho eu giuos are triple expansion, with 18 * pouuds pressure. Tho bottom is double, nud the construction is a sys tem of oallast tauks. It is supposed that the vessel is practically unsink ablo ; but there havo beeu so many ac cidentx and failures in this line that even tho most aiiuvttino believer* iu wntor-tight compartments have grown hkoptiei'. -New York Ledger. Terms—tl.oo in Advance; 51.25 after Three Months. UJSt'LE SAM'S SICKNESS. We regret that our artist has, been compelled to bring Uncle Sam's seri ous condition so forcibly to our atten tion. There is evidently a failure of circulation in his system. He has al ready suffered from three serious at tacks, the last of which impaired his vitality to such an extent that Uncle Sam is still a very sick man. Uncle Sam's advisers, not satisfied with the treatment which was being administered by tho family physicians, called in the services of Doctor John Bull, giving him ccmplote control over their patient and curtly dismiss ing the doctors who were formerly in attendance. By tho injection of strong doseß of gold cure, Doctor Bull was enabled to restore Uncle Sam's vitality to a normal condition, but weakness has again shown itself. His circulation has becomo seriously impaired as the following 6tatisics show: WHERE IS THE McKIXLEY CASE* Ps] ~ $$ Ulowcn Goods Tflcde in Bradford oni Iftarketed in the Untied. Stales;, g! Hoiu'do hands in Woolen TMW oj tie United Stales like tiie prosed] iS/eptemper 189 H; to Qugust ■ 1895.'> 112: \ . "Value J334,^54 i- onr^Tins Wi\ i .If iii, « j yj| 95 v§j i lb RE [(Si Nljf.ll Igi Wi I|| fii«jri3Ro 5M ll'l 9«. - V-J ! , . i •: aß^naacffikiifasi 'r'iY'*m Tlic Ha? I'icker Itusv. Wo are informed that upwards oE sixty per cent, of the orders for tho spring trade ia woolen clothing liavj been placed abroad. Taking tho cen sus statistics of 1890, and applying this sixty per cent, loss of business, would give us 787 factories closed, 47,610 handj out of work, $17,087,358 less money earned in wages in the woolen goods industry, and $49,362,- 201 less money paid for material used —the wool of tho farmer. Perhaps the result might not be so bad. We might .be able to snatch some of the trade at the last minute by nsiug shoddy in stead of wool as tho Yorkshire manu facturers do. Business must be quite lively with the Eurupeau rag picket, Won't Buy Onr Provision*. We are capturing the markets of th) world in great shapj. Our provision trade exports show that we shipped abroad to the extent of $3,106,000 less last month than in September, 189-4. We sold over $800,099 less cattle, $1730 less hogs, $125,009 less canned beef, $300,000 less fresh beef, $55,000 less salt beef, $55,009 less tallow, $1,800,000 less bacon, $130,000 less hams, $13,000 less oleomargarine, $43,000 less oleo oil, and $447,700 less cbeeso. This is a remarkable rec ord of captures in one month. It is a record that farmers will appreciate. Strange that tho freo trade papers don't make muohof it. Whyso silent? It«riln'« Industrial KxlilUMlmt. Berlin is to have an industrial exhibition next year whielt. it 1* thought. will iittrw; a la.ve o'>rman ntten-lanoe. There wdi In an interesting feature liketh-it of -'Old 1. n don" at tha last exhibition >,t South Keiis'n-.-- ton. It will represent "Old Il rlln' an tit with t>y the pf-llea id that day ngnlu*; th" bargliers. Th > I'e • «ti Crop. Tlifl "r i|> o f T -tat will !>•» V b« ai> v.. Ilm average. KittmaM by dealers plaee the 'umlaic crop at about 11,000,000 |»ouud*. I'rv. vullldk pticue four ceaU, per pound. NO. 8. CIRCULATION OF MONEY IN THE UNITED STATES, Ootobor 1,1893.. ..*1,701,939,918 $25.29 Octobor 2, 1891 1,655,038,982 24.07 Oefobor 1, 1895 1,585,593,509 22.72 Decrease sinco 1893. sl, 116.346,109 $2.72 A loss of upward of 8116,000,000 ia circulation, within n couple years, would kill many people, but Uncle Sam's extraordinary strength and re soiuces have enabled him to pull through, although his reserve forco has again fallen below what is usually regarded as a safe limit to sound health. The agony that Uncle Sam appears to endure is probably increased by the knowledge that, in his weak and helpless condition, Doctor John Bull has pocketed a ten million dollar fee. There is a mingled look of pain and disgust upon his honest old counte nance. He will recover, however, with better treatment from wiser counselors. The Free Trade Machine. The Thraat -No' Withdrawn. Tho Democratic press of the conn try is seeking to turn aside the eyes of the people from the issue of tariff for protection. The profession is made that tho tariff issue is at an ond. But these papers have not told ns when and where it wan that Mr. Cleveland retracted his deliberate threat, made when he denouuoed tho Gorman-Wil son bill as "party perfidy aud party dishonor," that he would enter tho raaks as a private soldier and fight to overthrow the Gorman bill and substi tute free trade. Nor does it upp:«ar that Mr. Wilson, who is tho acknowl edged exponent of the Administration'# views upon this question, has retracted his throat to make uuceasing warfare upou the Gorman bill. ltnokrt Out or riimpMn*. There will b> au auction snl« of pumpkins at Helved ere, Penn., the proe «e Is of wbl>*h will l>e used to buy a new library for tho Methodist Church a: that place. I.wt sum mer each memli -r of tile ehure i wn« sitppli" I with five pumpkin needs for planting. On the dav set for this work tba memlimr bid I a praver ni' -ling und Invoked th« divine IdonOii.'-4 on th-< - »■!, th« soil and th" plan li.pt. The Imrv wt ainountel to upward of 1000puini'klns, au>l It hi these tint will b« auotloueu vlt.