SULLIVAN JSS& REPUBLICAN.
W. M. CHEHEY. Publisher.
VOL. XIV.
Hot* than one hundred writers have
written the life or Mr. Gladstone.
During the pist fiscal Tear the num
ber of arriving in this
country was only 255,536, which waa
less thaa any tea's immigration since
IS7V. '
A Chicago paper thinks that the
trouble with SIE Francisco is that
■"it is too ditUst from the center of
tiings." Ia San Franciscothey think
that things are too distant from the
center.
Judge Risks, of the United States
Circuit Court of Ohio, bis decided
th&t the Comptroller of the Currency
on make an assessment on stock
holders of insolvent National Banks,
and that the assessment can be re
covered by a suit at law.
The total railway capital of the
world is $3s),000,000,000, of which
Great Britain owns one-sixth. The
total mileage of the world is 400,000,
and of this the British Empire has
70,000, employing 400,000 men and
carrying annually 900,000,090 pas
sengers.
"Bwe yen seen the fact stated in
the newspapers that Russia has begun
to buy her armor plates in this conn
try," «ks the New York Herald, "and
has it come to your ears that Japan
will probably hive some of her new
battle ships built here? Those two
facts are worth noting. We are a great
country."
In England a distinction is made
between a "village" and a "town,"
the dignity of town being applied only
to those placas which are large enough
to support a weekly market in tho
public square, to which the farmers
of the surrounding country bring for
sale an! barter their butter, eggs and
other produce.
Young women with fortunes to in
vest in titles would do well to try Po
land, suggests the Saa Fraaciso Ex
aminer. In WariiT alone, with a
population of 5)0,000, Ihera are 3J,-
■ -*> persons belonging to the heredi
tary nobility, and J_.> 7 "personal no
bles"—people entitled to tha distinc
tion by reason of oSiee or discovery.
A curious fact discovered by Penn
sylvania's Dairy and Food Commis
sioner is thjt much of the raspberry
an! strawberry jam pat up so neatly
in little jars contains a very small
quantity of thi fruit from which it
should be made. What appear to be
the seeds of the berries, explains the
New York Po3t, are introduced into
the preserves by using plenty of grass
teed.
Somebody has unearthed a book
wiitten by Bartholomew Anglicus,
about 12i*», of whioh ona of the most
Ku.u>icg chapters is on the children
ol his day. Of these he writes : "They
dreal no perils more than beating
with a rod, and they love an apple
more than sold, and make more sor
rowed woe for the loss of an apple
for the loss of a heritage. They
desire all that they see, and prav and
uifc with voice and with hand. Iliey
keep no counsel, but they tell all that
they hear and see. Suddenly they
laugh, and suddenly they weep. Al
ways they cry and jangle and jape ;
that unless they be still while they
tleep. When they be washed of filth
auou they defile themselves again.
When their mother washeth and
c.jwbeth them, they kick and sprawl
and put with feet and with hands, and
withstand with all their might." All
of which makes it appear that those
1230 bovs were the same then as now.
Ihe San Francisco Chronicle ob
serves : Mrs. Craigie, the novelist,
known as "John Oliver Hobbe*," has
some •ensil>l.» i *'.i» on tin.' folly o.
Anurioan gii'U in.irryiui; Eojjlisaineu
or other foreigner*. Whatever may
be the virtuis of the foreigner, his
training has been so radically tlitter
ent from that of an American that
there can be uo sympathy between
him and hia American wife. The
Aiuer.cau girl has been bred to expect
ueference from men in private as well
n. |{| public. Too often she expects
mute than she »ho:ilJ, for the tenden
cy of tue American fatuc* is to si>oii
bw daughters by o»vr iu
tu«lau».l the luelhoU is to tea.-h girls
that their brothers are superior, ami
that oticUuuce u the caniiual virtue
IB woneu. lu.toail of waited
u ou by her husband the Aiutriuau
«Ij i uiar«><.u au KfttfluhillMl 'lu
toVvrkwh'-tt too tale that she is e*-
|t cater to the t*»t » ..I her
ti*u to r- ukr ill .p. i »l
Mtttvc wufcievsr be see. lit to <l. iu*i»d
,t Hha gwta no J»l«wui«., auU*uaiity
j ip.et. Tbw m*y •®«- m * "wall wai.
t ,,, bill it b< . b«iii thi' 1 »•'
übuact HUM ill ishn , ttl"i«l ""»*
tttfMl
SMILES.
Smile a little, smile a Ittt'.a,
As you go along,
Not alone when life is pleasant,
But when things go wrong.
Care delights to see von frowning
Loves to hear yon sigh.
Turn a smiting face upon her.
Quick the dame will By.
Smile a little, smile a tittle.
All along the road;
Every lite mu * have its burden,
Every heart its load.
Why sit down in gloom and darxner?.
With your grief to sup?
As you drink Pate's bitter tonic.
Smile across the cup.
Smile upon tho troubled pilgrims
Whom you pass and meet;
Frowns are thorns, and smiles are blos
soms
OS for weary teet.
Do not make the way seoru harder
By a sullen face.
Smile a little, smile a little.
Brighten up the place.
Smile upon your undone labor;
Xot for on* who grieves
O'er his task, waits wealth or g.ory;
lie who saailes achieves.
Though you meet with loss and sorrow
In the passing years.
Smile a little, smile a little.
Even through your tears.
—Ella W. Wilcox, in Youth's Companion.
A COWBOY'S LOVE.
BY LESTER KETCIICM.
BILL
stumbled, almost
fell, recovered
" himself, then stood
stock-still, and,
112. fcw turning his head,
» looked appealingly
into his master's
r * T "What's th' mat
teh. Bill?" asked Sam. "Casta shoe?
Blessed 'f ye hain't," he continued,
a r ter dismounting and examining the
foot the horse held up for inspection.
"Ought 't've had ye fixed up more'n
iwo weeks back, ol' boss." He took
out his knife—a sort of pocket black
smith and carpenter-shop—deftly re
moved the rest [of the nails by which
the shoe hung to the hoof, put the
shoe in his pocket, then stood up aud
scratched his head.
This was serious business. Here he
was, over sixty miles away from home
(and inn hurry to get there), in a
sparsely settled portion "of the coun
try, and without the slightest of
whera or how hs w*s to find n
place where he might {get that shoe
reset. True, hejhal no business rid
ing an animal that required the ser
vices of a farrier; but Bill was not a
native horse, aud, having worn shoes
when Sam first got him, he had been
kept shod ever since.
It was twenty odd miles back to
Taborville, whence Sa:n had started
that morning, aud he disliked the
idea of returning that distance just to
have a shoe set; so, after somo min
utes' hesitation be decided togo
ahead and trust to luck; and after
walking about three miles (a p.unful
task for a (co.vboy), he "met up with"
a man traveling in tho other direc
tion, who, much to his relief, told him
that there was a cross-roads just
ahead in the timber, with a store aud
sw blacksmith shop situated close by.
Sam thanked hiiu and passed ou,
but presently, much to his surprise,
the str tuger turneJ and galloped back
to bim.
"I thought IM tell ye," ho saiil, !
"bein' as vo're a strangeli, th't ye'd j
best not dally 'raound that pluoj iioue <
—au' don't drink nothin'. Ye see," |
he went ou to explain, "they's be'n !
fellahs turned up u rnissin' th't was
heerl of last, right 'bout yere. Noth
in' wa'n't never proved, but it's n
purty good placo t'r t' ftght shy of, I
reckon."
"Good! Yon bet I'm right glad ye :
tol' me—l sho' am. I dou't think I'll !
dally none whatevah."
Then Ham and the friendly straager
parted, and Sam found his way to tha ■
crossroads.
The blacksmith was at work when ho :
came alouur, but assured hiiu he would
atten Ito Bill "in a jiffy." Four or
rive man were loafing about the place,
aud they at ouso proceeded to take
uote or, aud comini-nt upou, Hill's
good points—a fact that Sam would
have duly appreciated had lie been
able to convince himself that their at
tentions were altogether disinterest
ed. As it was, however, he viewed
with suspicion all their overtures to
ward strikiug up an acquaintance, and
toiiud it difficult to treat them with
I ho civility that Southwestern courtesy
demands albeit thu-y were, to all ap
pearances, just as honorable aud up
ri :ht citizens as himself. In fact, they
looked jn->t like the average frontiers
uian who.se time, for the moment,
hangs heavily ou his bauds, and but
for the warning of the friendly string
ir, Suiu Stires would doubtless have
"mixed free" with them. As it was,
even, he luadverieuly udmittud that he
was going to K1 lUo, and «a< lit a
hurry to get there ; but he si-uiibly re
lUM'd all invitations to "likker up,"
ou the gfouu I that it di (n't atreti
with him.
I'he blu-k.ini Ill's "jiffy" lasted until
alm>-.t six o'olooa, all I whilst he was
engage I ou Bill's toot, tho loaters
wandered out, one at a time, aud di»-
appsare 1 up the hillside, presumably
IU the directum of a house, aud this
reminded Ham that it was supper tnue,
an l that he was hungry.
e 'Built »upj-« h tiim, strangeh,"sal I
t ji, blacksmith. ail'idi uly, as tumuli
div iiiiug his elu ui "s t ho-ights. **Us In't
«m in (t.ih eoiHi up an' , r«/.« »tin *»•
•it, alt' let th' |ou go t'r a bit* '
"t ain't do 11, parduer," ••a u re
pit' i, some a hat hattily, tHsruby «uH>
tin. una the »tUer in a e» rt uu suspi
t „l„ I). Id .n.i. ■ •a fi
that ha wa« a u»huual'» w - <
LAPORTE, PA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 1896.
deputy)—"'cause ye see, I got It' be
a-moviu' right peart, an' gittin* t'
Bin. 'Biiged t* ye, all th' same. I'll
jes' go ovah t' th' store an' git a snack
w'leye finish th' job.".,
There was a little, faded, sharp
featured woman behind the eounter in
the little store, and her keen black
eyes studied Bam critically as she pro
ceeded to serve him with the cheese
and crackers he called for. Presently
a tall, big, square shouldered fellow
came in and stood by the door, and
the woman went and joined him. They
conversed in low whispers for about a
minute, and Sa:n, dimly suspicious,
glanced at them two or three times.
The last time he saw that they were
looking at him. Then the woman,
with a half laugh, shrugged her thin
shoulders and said, aloud, as the big
man turned togo out:
"Quien sabe? Quien sabe?"
The moment tho big man was gone,
however, she hustened to the baok of
the store, looked into the bar room,
apparently to make certain that it was
unoccupied, then came up to Stires,
who was hastily gobbling his lunch,
and asked, in a whisper: "Strangeh,
be you a dep'tv ?"
"Me?" No, o' co'se not. What—"
"Co'se," said the woman, with an
impatient gesture, "I might'a'knowed
ye wouldn't say 80, ef ye was. Look
vere," she went on, hastily, coming
closer and laying a hand on his arm.
"Y'ro in danger, mister. Le' me toll
ye, w'ile I've got th' chanst, th't ye
wantuli git out o' this real quick—an'
say, don't take th' Rio trail fur.
Leave it a mile out, an' cut 'cross
to'ds Amity Fo'ke heah me?"
"Yes'm, I sho' do; but whut—"
"Don't stop t' ast no fool questions.
That big fellah 's Nei Flynn, an 1
yere's w'ere 'o hangs out a lot. They'll
git ye, ef ye don't look out. I'm
tellin' ye this, 'cause—'cause—well,
nevah min\ Only, git a move on."
Sam lost uo time in seeing that Bill
was properly "fixed," and, getting
started, he took tho strange little
womau's ndvico and turned toward
Amity Forks, thereby preserving, no
doubt, a whole skin. He asked him
self, many times, why tho woman
should havo taken the trouble to warn
him, but was unablo to find any rea
son lor it.
As a matter of fact, the womau her
self could have given no reason be
yond that essentially leminino "be
cause."
The fnce of Ned Flynn haunted Sam.
Why, it is impossible to say, for Sam
Stires, liko tho rest of his family, was
not all imaginative. There was noth
ing remarkable H'JJSV the face of
| Flynn, the outlaw, excepting that it
I belied the character of its owner,being
a square, honest face, with two clear,
honest blue eyes, while Flynn—well,
everybody within a hundred miles of
the line knew what he was. Neverthe
less, that face bothered Sam all the
way home nud for two or three days
afterward, and ho could think of no
reason for its oon-itaut appearance be
fore his mental vision until, ono after
noon shortly after his arrival liome.
ho siarted out for tho ftuston placo to
see Mat. Then, as ho forded a creek
near the Huston ranch, he remem
bered the man ho had met thero ono
time, who, ho had been told after his
arrival at the house, was Harry Arm
strong, his much-heard-of but nover
before-seen rival for Mat's affections.
And he remembered now that tho
stranger's faca was tho face of Ned
Flynn, outlaw and "rustler."
After making this startling discovery
j ho rode more slowly, iu order tore
; cover his mental equilibrium. He
; was in doubt how to act in the matter,
j for ho was by no means absolutely
i cortuin that ho was carroct, an.l he
know that to tell Mat of his discovery
and then tiud that ho was mistakeu,
would jeopardize, if not ruin, his own
chances with her. Wherefore, ho re
solved to proceed with caution, nud
to assure himself that he was right be
fore going ahead.
"Say, B.»rt," he asked, in a oonfl
dontil tone, of Mat's brother, wuo rode
a mile or two with him on his home
ward way lato that night, "who's this
j yere man Armstrong, anyways?"
litrt Huston laughed. "Git tin'
scuirtof 'iiu, Sam? Didn't s'pose he
was worryin' ye at all, I sho' didn't."
"Oh, 1 don't car' p'tie'lar," said
: Sam, hastily, with a gesture of depre
! cation. "Ou'y, I'm jes' sort o' cur'us
j 'bout 'im, that's all."
"Wa-al, fact is, I d'no's I know
much about th' diuk," confessed liart.
".Seen 'im oucet, didn't yo? Wa-al,
all I know 'bout 'im, th't 'e's got a
ranch uveb on th' Peoos, an' 'notheh
one oveh b" th'Two-Mile— ol' Watrous
place, yo know. Say's 'e's goin' t'
-ill aout th' I'neoi place, an' move
oveh t' this country afteb th' fall
raouud-up. Seems t' taea party good
1 soht o' lellati, an' aj's like 'e's got
dough. He's some eddicated, too."
"M-bm," grunted Sam, as though it
was immaterial, all this information
u(miitt his rival. And he said nothing
! more to Hart ou the subject, but cer
tainly "kej/ a-thiukin' a lot," as he
would hive expressed it. lie must
mane »ure tiiat his surmise was cor
rect, and th'-u well, Mr. Armstrong,
or Pivuu, or wbatovt-r bis name was,
would not only be decidedly out of the
r'i'i'iiny, bat was m a fair way to eon
• nit one of his visits at the Huston
pine 'ii the ead of a reata.
lint be lore Ham had time to tbiua
out tuu best plau for assuring himself
o' "Aimtllulig'l" identity Willi Sail
! ynn, he learuu 1 that that guullem-ta
»a» i xptctu I, in a lew days, ou a visit
to Mat, and this information, volun
teered by It art, whom be met on the
lunge, decided Haul—who had b- at
ihu point of decitiiuu for about • •
si .«i « —on a ctMirsa oi aetlou, and lite
> i.> it day liu rode over to see
\<t he rode <:p to tbi Uoitae, ho i»o
Hi-' I that it IU llm-I singularly 1
.. Uvj«d tUv "I dl»«" alt
away, and that he could again post
pone asking Mat the question he had
so long been wanting, yet fearing, to
ask. But Mat herself met him at the
door.
"W'y, howdy, Sam 1" she ejaculated.
"I'm right glad t' see ye! Didn't
know, f'r sho', but what 'twas some
one a-comm't' carry me ofifl"
"I've a right good notion t' do it,"
said Sam, with what he considered re
markable audacity—and then he failed
to follow up this opening, but asked:
"Be ye all alone, Mat?"
"Ish'd say alone I Maw 'n* paw's
gone t' taown, Bart an' ev'ry han's
aout on th' range, an' even ol' Man
uela's done skipped—went ovah °n th'
creek to a Greaser fun'ral. But go
an' put Bill up an' come in. We'll
have suppeh, right soon."
Sam soon returned to the kitchen,
and sat there, with eyes and mouth
open, watching Mat as she flitted
gracefully about the room preparing
supper. He took in every detail of
the tail, lithe figure, the pretty face,
and tho thick tawny hair, with its lit-,
tie curls that clustered about her neck.
He wondered if she would ever let him
handle those curls.
"Well, come 'n' graze, Sammy," she
said, finally."l reckon they ain't but
us two t' eat, this time."
,'Wondeh whut she'd say ef I sh'd
tell 'er I wish't it was jest us two
al'avs?" thought Sam. But he did not
say it, being very timid, and very hun
gry, beside. After supper, however,
they sat out in the "gallery," and Mat
gave him an opportunity to speak.
"Seems funny, don't it, f'r jest us
two t' be a-settin' yere?" the girl said,
smiling at him frankly.
Sam swallowed spasmodically; his
throat hurt him.
"Why not f'r al'ays, Mat?" ho said,
finally, in a husky voice. ".Mat,
darlin', s'pose mo 'n' you fix it up t'
be t'gethah f'revah? Don't —don't
stop me," he went on, as the girl rose
to her feet and would have spoken.
"I be'n tryiu't' say it f'r two yeahs.
Mat, will ye marry me?"
The girl had one arm across her
eyes, and was sobbing. "Oh, I wish't
ye hadn't, Sam! I wish't yo hadn't 'a'
spoke! I hain't treated ye right,
Sam, 1 hain't. I—'
"Wh—why—"
"I s'pose I got t' toll you, Sam,"
sho said, more steadily, but with eyes
averted. "Ef I got t' tell ye—oh,
I Sam, I was married t' Harry Arm
; strong last winteh, w'en I was ovah
| ou th' Pecos!"
| Sam sank limply back in his chair.
"Ye don't mean it; ye sho' don't
mean it, Mat 1" he, gasped. But tho
girl nodded her head affirmatively,
and bit a coiner of tho handkerchief
sho held to her eyes,
j "1 cain't b'lieve it. Mat—l sho'
;oain't!" said poor Sam, plaintively,
i "Le' me think."
So engrossed were they that they
bad not hoard tho sound of galloping
hoofs, and both were startled when
some one reined np suddenly, almost
in front of them, and cried, hoarsoly :
"Good God! Mat, where can I hide?"
"Ned Flynn!" ejaculated Sam,
starting to his feet dazedly.
"Harry!" shrieked tho girl, as the
man, pate, bareheaded nnd disheveled,
! threw himself from bis drooping horse
and staggered toward them. One side
of bis fuoe and nock was covered with
blood.
The girl sprang forward and threw
; her arms about him. "What is it,
Hurry? What is it?"
"Nothing," said the man, grimly—
. "only they've sent out three posses
: after me, and I'm caught. There's a
lot of 'em just behind. If 1 could get
; over tho Two-Mile—"
! Sam started forward. "Haow fur
b'hind are they?" he asked, in a queer
; voice.
i "Bight on my heels," replied the
other man, with the calmnoss of do
jspair. He sat with bis head buried in
""his wife's lap, aud did not look np,
sicmiug to caro not at all what hap
pened next.
I Then Sam did somethiug that sur
; prised himself "Git inside, you two I"
' be said, roughly, and tossed his hat to
Flynn. Then ho ran and leaped into
' tho saddle the other man bad just left,
| jammed his spurs into the weary
i horse's flauks, and, with a wave of
tho hand, was off toward the hills—
aud not a quarter of a mile behind
him, when ho struck the road, were a
half dozen horsemen.
I They caught sight of him crossing
the road ahead, and, with loud yells,
raoed after him.
Sam knew that the horse ho rode
could not last long, but he still had
time to think of what he had done,
and what would bo done to him. lie
know what generally happened to per
ilous who aided tho escape of men like
Flyuu—but he rettecte.l, grimly, that
: be bad his revolver ou, aud they should
never hang him, at least.
I But —why had he done it? He did
not feel sorry, really, but he could
! not comprehend bis own action.
"Ping!" They were shooting at
| him noiv, and the bullets were ttyiug
uncomfortably close. If be could only
j reaou luu timber I He glauoed back,
and it gavo hiiu a pang to see bow
rapidly they were gaining upon him.
11 in horse stumbled, fell, ana threw
' him ; but he was back iu the saddle iu
, a momeut aud urgiug the poor creu
t ture ou. Agaiu be looked back. Due
of bis pursuers suddenly baited his
I horse, dismounted, aud, with hit knee
1 fur a rest, began pumping lead after
the fugitive. Ouo—two three shots
| unseed him. He hoped he wai draw
ing out of range. Then —
"What's th' matter wi' that?" asked
ibu ui»u who had dismounted, as he
uaiae up aud joined the reel. It was
.lam's cousin, Wiiintires. "Through
th' book, hey?" And he turned the
body over. "Slick an I —good heav
•ll»! It's Hum! You fuilabe don't
S'|JO • hu'd l><» in with—"
• * 'I I Olio ol
l iuoinr. 'hi. •ii.,n n' liinui
but tU>« x u 4 u *• u't iu it,"
And np at the Huston place, other I
members of the posse had closed in
upon the house, dragged Ned Flynn,
outlaw, from the arms of his shrieking
wife, and, without any useless delay,
were jnst at this moment giving him
the punishment he had so long and so
riohly deserved. —San Franoisco.
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.
No insulator of magnetism has yet
been found.
- A dry heat of 250 dogrees destroys
germs of infection.
The skeleton of an averagewhalo is
said to weigh no less than fifty thou
sand pounds.
Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, ißsaid
to be an excellent winter refuge for
consumptives.
When water freezes it expands with
a force which Trautwine estimates at
not less than thirty thousand pounds
to the square inch.
At last hydrogen is liquified. What
was once pure theory is now an estab
lished, substantial fact. Every known
gas has been forced from invisibility
to visibility.
The Russian Army authorities are
about to establish a scientific branch
of the service. Tho object is to work
out the applicability of electrical
discoveries to war purposes.
They aro building locomotives in
France now in a form to present as
little hold as possible to the air, which,
it is claimed, is an important factor iu
diminishing the speed of fast trains.
The Fourth avonue street car line.
Now York Citv, after long experiment
ing with storage batteries to run its
cars, thinks that it has an article that
fill the bill, and is about to equip all
its cars.
The length of tho day varies in
different places. In London the longest
day has sixteen and a half hours ; at
St. Petersburg nineteen and in
Spitzbergen the longest day lasts
three months and a half.
The water animals were lower in
organism aud older iu existence than
the air breathing animals. They
naturally found ther existence easier
than did the animals exposed to tho
vicissitudes of the atmosphere.
J. E. Gore, writing on the "Size of
Solar System," says that "enormously
large as the solar system absolutely is,
compared with tho size of our own
earth, it is, compared with the visible
universe, merely as a drop in tha
ocean."
A new lead for deep sea sounding
carries a cartridge <v uicu explodes on
touching the bottom. A submerged
microphone receives the sound and
tho depth is estimated from the tim
occupied by the lead in siuking to tho
bottom.
A heavenly census is now being
taken by tho Paris Observatory; to
count the stars tho heavens are photo
graphed in sections. Some of these
sections BIIOW only a dozen stars, while
others of tho same dimensions show
over 1500.
! There are being showu iu Sheffield,
; England, samples of compound cum-
I pressed solid petroleum, tho invention
' of Paul D'Hutuy, a French navnl'eu-
I gineer, who claims to h'-.vo solved tho
! problem of solidifying petroleum and
low grade bituminous oil. Under his
process ho states that three cubic feet
: will represent the bulk of a ton of
coal, and will last combustible as long
as fifty tons.
American UU Uauie lor England.
Colonel William Boot, of Liramio,
Wyoming, recently received an order
from tlio representatives of some
wealthy British sportsman owning big
preserves in the Scottish Highlands
for a number of elk, <leer and moose,
to be shipped to Saotlan 1 for restock
ing the preserves. He has in former
years Deemed and sent over several
similar consignment of big gauio to
Great Britain and the Continent. The
deer, ho says, stand the long journey
well, but elk and moose Beem more
delicate, have to receive the greatost
caro and the most, carefully selected
food, and after all frequently die ou
the ocean trip. Ho will hunt in the
northern part of Wyoming, whore elk
and moose still abound, for the ani
mals to till this order. It is a much
harder task, as may well bo imagined,
to secure these animals alive an lin
good condition than simply to stalk
and shoot them. Mow York Sun.
Diuoverol a Pigmy Tribe.
Dr. Donaldson Smith, of Philadel
phia, the explorer of Somalilaud, has
reached London in the bast of health.
Dr. Smith ha.l a narrow escape from
being killed by a rhiuoocrous while on
his way to the lakes, but he pushed
onward and succeeded in exploring the
couutry, discovering many new tribes,
the members of one of them being un
der tlve foot high. The exploration,
Dr. Smith said, had been successful
from a natural history puiut of view.
They had discovered a number of fer
tile districts au I new tribes, and had
located several doubtful rivers. They
only lost six people killed during tilt)
whole journey. Dr. Smith will return
to the United Slates in January,—
Chicago Times-Herald.
At Law Over a IT,'.
A $l5O lawsuit ov r u Sl.'i'i pit? hi*
justli en ended m Miuhigautown, lud.,
au I the towu treasury is out the former
amount. A moiitn ago the City Mar
shal tuipouu le I n pig belonging to a
farmer uuiutd llillis. The farmer re
fused to pay the $1.51> pouu I char go
and leplevined the pig. The towu
sued biui, Slid utter thiuo tfUli tit-'
Circuit Court the other day gave a
verdict for iiillis, withal.ill damages.
Wore than half the people in town
*ere summoned *■> witm-Mua, ami tho
t ital annumt of Money lout over thu
, run to a pietty high figure. --N» »
Terms-—BI.OO in Advance; 51.25 after Three Months.
HAPPY UEI3BOYS.
BRAOKOKO'B WOOLEN BOOM
INCREASES SALES OF
THEIR i'APERS;
Increase of $0,000,000 In Shipments
of Worsted Coatings British
Labor llusy While Americans Are
Idle—Demand for Hags and Shod
dy, But Not American Wool.
BRADFORD, November 30, 1895.
Hush! Silence! What is that I
hear? Not the street urohin, carry
ing under his arm his usual bundle of
evening papers and shouting in every
one's oars the final result of the morn
ing or afternoon races; but with a
changed chorus he rings forth most
sonorously, "Bradford Trade With
America! Heavy Business Main
tained."
What hotter cry could the newsboy
have in his eagerness to sell his bundle
ot news? None whatever, for nothing
touches tho "guick" of Bradford's
heart sooner than to know what is her
position in regard to her American
trade. If prosperous sho will respond
with a smiling fnce; if the reverse
then you may expect a frown and a
scowl. Having glanced through the
American Consul's latest production,
it was soon evident that we were sail
ing still in deep water?. However,
let us take soundings and see how
matters stand.
"Can I vet report any declino?"yon
ask solemnly. Noue whatover; for
October returns step forth and claim
a third position. The occasions re
ferred to were July ard August, when
the totals were £534,301 and £606,880
respectively, while October returns
show a no mean total of £517,279.
But the reason of the total exports of
July and August being so much iu ox
cess of those for the past month is to
be found in the fact that immense
quantities of raw material were sent
out in those month?, and, on this, of
course, tho labor employed is infini
tesimal as compared with manufac
tured products.
This to a true hearted Yankee, with
a feeling of concern for his own do
mestic factories, cannot be lightly
passed over ; for in manufactured fab
rics October jumps into tho second
place and not the third. Really it is
in this department where all the
weight of argument comes in, for if
one could see as large an increase in
the exportation of raw materials, it
would speak volumes for your do
mestic makers ; but the result being
the opposite—u..idt>- up fabrics—in
stead of raw materials, it must tell
powerfully against domestic mills. I
say again, that while the principal
manufactured exports are below Au
gust, yet they aro considerably above
July figures.
Look for a moment at worsted coat
ings, stuff goods and woolen goods.
In July there were sent to your feido
goods of these descriptions to tho
value of £360,110; in August j£425,-
682, and in October £408,540. And I
make bold to affirm that, if there had
been in October five Thursdays and
five Fridays, as there were in August,
October shipment-) would have been
the biggest ever yet chronicled. Why
is that you ask? Simply because tho
principal cargo vessels leave Liver
pool at tho week's end, and on tho two
days previous, Thursday and Friday,
three-fourths of the declared ship
ments are made. This I know for a
fact is the prevailing custom among
our Anglo-American shippers.
Worsted coatings—and what an
amount of labor is spent in producing
this class of wearing apparel—gives to
American makers another hard knook.
Last mouth's shipment of this class
3f goods is the largest since the new
tarill came, into operation. Think of
it, £182,16!) worth of goods in four
weeks. This meaus £15,542 worth per
week, and .£'5747 per 27 working days
leelaiol. If orders for this amount
bad to bo given out to 27 domestic
factories it would mean just a little in
avety department of manufacture.
The shipments of worsted coatings
ilone for each oonsecutivo month ore
worthy of recapitulation. Let every
reader look at them squarely and
toberly and study out what they mean.
IHIPMKNTB OFSIIIPM ENTH OF
WORSTED COATINGS WOUBTED I'OATINiIH
UNDKI'. OORM.VX ACT, CSDF.H M'XINLHY
18'Jj. TARIFF, 1894.
£. s. d. t'. S. c'.
fan... 151,513 tilOJan .. 17,00! 8 4
Feb... 46,041 2 3 Feb. j» 29,957 0 9
March 115.0f'2 1 4 March 19,657 17 3
i ril. 116,500 2 «April.. 14,429 4 7
Mil v.. 164,998 11 11 May . 14,328 11 1
Julie. 115,987 411 Juuu. M 16,770 511
July.. 127,11(1 10 5 July . 22.152 12 8
A.uir.. 160,986 0 lA.ni;... 21,809 5 9
Sep... 172,484 15 2 Sep... 33,671 011
Oct... ]M'i,lo9 1 4 0ct.... 57,187 19 5
rotal. c 7,476.478 17 0 TMal.. .£238,608 6 8
Gigantic increase of foreign ship
ments of worsted coatings alone in
ten months' timo of £1,237.870
lis. Id. ! Bnt in thu words of the
apostle of old I would exclaim:
And what shall I say more? for
the time wonl 1 fail mo to tell of stuff
goods with their Samson like streugth;
uf shoddy woolen goods with their
Gideon like courage; of cottou goods
(Italian manufactured linings, etc.)
with their David like fortitude, etc.,
etc. ; which, through their oheapuesa
mid adulteration, have subdued the
Auu rieau dom.stio lactones. Aud
these all have obtained a good Cou
buiar report, li'ivo ''.\fised satelv into
our markets to clothe the tiaoke and
adorn tho persons lro:u whom your
dome <tio maker* have the right to de
mand their nrst support ami patron
-11(.c. Vankkic.
A UeuKirratle Idea.
It remained for a Democratic Sec
retary of the Treasury to speak "of
thu peril* tu which the country is ex
po*e 1," as the N'ew York Times put.
it. We tho i.<ht that all "perils" Ltd
vanished with thu removal of thu parly
ol protect ioi(,
NO. 15.
, . CAPIT«-^_
' [J ,-v L t
1M «|f
I ißT<rrf)i« <5 «ri« pircnit** v i'\) • ,i|
■ ; v.;' v j
lb i •£ vg
x l
6T<rtln qf <m«>w»iit C" KPsj|i
. Ittc«t)i«*^"iwe>trt«iit" ■' | , 'y.
2 Toffis'of wfijT|p *
jDecrease '?]l[
OilNiTie* years -H
L Jftt Eflrning&oj the Capitol and SufflluYqf .
" " Bonlg ' 112?
moS^'
farpiT^£opocit'S T gf r , _<
J. . w»; "k\
SOO DoUars tief* Hccf . fin '
j«- :ni"- £4-851
n« t<- r"
jBT 1 12" ! i
UOO Dollars "pc/Utcr"**
1 12&~ J£?"
£t i 8 348 350 J
30an5lars-pTrSe(iY, I 3;i ~
&r ; i
1 0 ;
2J)O DollarsTper ift I ' !
A» |r —I
>|lS-
N.
190-
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Increase k H j,
M years S% SV--
LJSrtroqe' toWage Earners inu
jhmfujacturingT j
Facts lor Free Trade Liars.
The Ananias anil Sapphire of fron
trade journalism have loat none o?
their natural gifts with the defeat of
their party this month. In fact the
occasion for the demand of their pe
culiar products has been intensified.
The people must be deceived again.
The truth must not be in them. A
oloak must conceal any semblanoe of
•verity. Therefore, the Now York
Times and the New York Herald, two
of the most intensely un-American pa
pers in the country, have resumed
business on their old platform of false
hood, deceit and misrepresentation.
They often have much to say about an
increase in our exports of manufac
tures of iron and steel. It would bo
honest to say something about tho in
crease of our imports of iron and steel
manufactures, hence the omission.
Here are tho facts:
TRADE IN" IRON F.XD STF.F.t. 000D8.
Nine months ending September 30.
Increase,
XBSM. 1895. 3805.
1 Imports f14.58t.142 $18,500,214 *3.923.072
Exports. 21,882,776 24,851,031 3,108,855
Increase in trade against U?. 9 mo?. £451.227
While our export? of iron and steel
goods have increased by $'1,408,85 >,
our imports of iron and steel goods
have increased by $3,923,072, the net.
loss to us in this trade being $454,227
for tho nine months of this year. Thirl
has been brought abont by tho breach
in the wall of protection. But. Ana
nias and Sapphira won't admit it.
Wages Broken, Bnl Xi> Opening.
x /
The Value ol Mule*.
isnj. i c P".
Nii'nticr S.SU.fiIW .n'; 1 !-' 1 !]?
Total value. «74.<W.070 *110.92<.*34
Value per head 4>J\s">
Department of Agriculture reports
give the foregoing farm llgures. Ninoe
MeKiuley protection.there was au in
crease of 15,401 mules, a decrease of
1,1)51,23(1 in their total value, thn
loss being 828 ou each mn'e. This is
the difference between protection au.l
free trade times.
\> liut lie Nexloc'.s.
The New Yerk Times recently de
voted upaarl* ot a column of leading
editorial to"The IWvenue—The Pres
ident'* Duty." It forgot to mention,
»* Democratic paper* have uiuro th in
I.uc« averted, that "The I'resideut**
tlnty" lis- oeeu more notioeahle in tuu
omission than the Mtiim!s*iou.
tu imparl*>l Spurt.
The v<-r> m wt pr imuluij sport thl« wint*r
'«• a *llr • i »«i»} fi » n th'« Kmii'h
wuturiir,' |i u -w, nu I evryb xly who visits
Florida !?■»•«» 'hrliui»tux. pr<iiioi|tioliii{
It tUt*.: a iiivutlutt of tii«9 a-'f