SULLIVAN JSLFE REPUBLICAN. W. M. CHENEY. Publisher. VOL. XIV- Ckin» has to-day twenty-six ports open to foreign commerce. Taking the whole land surface of the globe into consideration, there are twenty-two and a half acres for each inhabitant on this planet. ~ silverware belonging to Queen "s table would keep her from for the rest'of her life, if the o the worst. It is valued 0. railroads have decided ' tracks, and will go ley are tired of paying v kill," explains the ne. wiped out, it ■'ssia of an \ 'hich Tur idemnity, .. i. Clares that he has ice that tho re- i , still rest in the „o Domingo, Havti. je remains transferred '95 were those of tho er's son, Diego. Louisville Courier-Journal (hat the question of keeping down the cotton acreage for 1896 is attracting a great deal of attention in the South. The cotton exchanges are urging planters to diversify their crops anil plant no more than they did in 1895. The Statemen's Yearbook for 18S5, an acknowledged authority on statis tics, gives the area of British Guiana as 76,000 square miles, while in the issue of 1895 the sagjo country is credited with an area of 109,000. No treaty is cite.l to account for this in crease of 33,000 square miles. This seems to the Pathfinder a matter for scientific investigation. Of the in crease of species thero is definite knowledge, but the mattar of terri torial multiplication is anomalous, in fact without explanation, unless it be due to alliuvial deposits along the coast. The New York Herald says that "the cable despatch of congratulation addressed by the Emperor William to President Krueger, of tho Transvaal Republic, which is worded in the ous tomary phraseology of messages from one Chief of State to another, is an historic document of far greater im portance than it appears at the first glanc? It is the recognition of the absolute independence of the Trans vaal Republic and a repudiation of the rights of suzerainty which England cltims to exercise over the South African Republic by virtue of the con vention of 1884, which provides that the South African Republic shall con clude no treaty or engagement with any State or Nation other than the Orange Free State, nor with any na tive tribe to the eastword or westward of the Republic, unless the same has been approved by Her Majesty the Queen. This passage is the sole foun dation for England's claim to suzer ain rights over the Boers, which is now denied in the German Emperor's message, issued after calm delibera tion in council with his Imperial Chancelor and with his Ministers of Foreign Affairs and of tho Navy." The Atlanta Journal says that "Georgia is to have another immense colony of Northern and Western set tlers, if the plans of four gentlemen who are now in this State materialize. The names of the members of the party are: Messrs. W. W. Taggart, of Breck inridge, Minn., who was in the last Legislature; C. H. Fairall, of West Branch, lowa, and a brother of Judge Fairall, of that State; John J. Gamble, of West Bramb, lowa, an 1 A. E. Sansburn, of Breckinridge, Minn. These gentlemen, who are all well known in their localities as busi ness and professional men of high rank, have been in nearly all of the States of the South prospecting for suitable lands on which to establish the colony whioh they have in mind. They have about concluded to negoti ate for a tract of 80,000 aores in the southern part of this State, having been more impressad with Georgia than with any other State in this seo tion. It is their purpose to secure this land and divide it into lots of farms, which will be sold or rented, at the ohoice of the settler. The move ment which started some time ago and eulminatod in the great Fitzgerald colony in Irwin County, has caused a - '.urrent of interest in the South rakened throughout the North d in Minnesota especially there a strong desire on the part of people to come to this section. The winters are so severe in the Northwest that the people are growing tired of the country." THE •• OUT-OF-DATE" COUPLE. ■ We are "so out of date," they say, I Ned and I; Wo love In an old-fashioned way, Long since go a by. He says I am his helpmate true In everything; And I—well, I will own to you He is my king. Wo mot in no romantic way ' 'Twlxt "glow and gloom;" He wooed me on a winter day, Anil in—a room; Yet, through life's hoursof stress and storm, When griefs befell. Love kept our small home corner warm. And all was well. Ned thinks no woman like his wife— But let that pass; Pt<rhaps we view the dual life Through roseate glass; Even if the prospects be not bright, We hold it true The heaviest burdens may grow light When shared by two. Upon the gilded scroll of fame, Emblazoned fair, " "nnnt hopo to read the name 1 IMW- - I proudly bear; But, liappy in their even flow, The years glide by; We are behind the times we know- Ned and I. —E. Matherson, in Chambers's Journal. THE POOR"DUCRESS. T was really very hard on < the poor Duchess, es vJ O o*" pecia'/ly after all tho toil and labor she had un oo«IA/grudgingly expended on ; I y her unattractive pro -i J 112 geny. Her lot had ol v* \ " ways been hard enough ever since she had been a Duohess; even before her wedding cake had grown stale she had been coping with difficulties, brutal difficulties which it required ail her strength of mind to face; and now, when a good share of those difficulties were laid to rest with Her husband, the late Duke, in tho family vault at Longlands; now, when she had just managed to retrieve the shattered ducal fortunos by bringing off the engagement of her ugly, dis sipated son, the present Duke, to Claudia Putnam, the richest American heiress of the season, now for this blow to fall upon her, it was really too bad. The only balm to her anguish was that it bad fallen at Longlands, in the wilds of Yorkshire, and that the whole thing might bo hushed up and hustled into oblivion without any one being any the wiser. She had gone to Longlaud to recruit after her super human expenditure of energy during tho London season; her only guest was Claudia Putnam, her son's fiancee, with whom bhe was busy planning alterations and renovations for the new regime. But the moment was robbed of all its savor by this horrible catastrophe ; this—what else could she call it?— this drivelling idiocy of the least plain and most hopeful of her six ungainly daughters. She would have kept the hateful story entirely to herself if sho could, but her heart was too full for silence, besides Claudia had her fair share of Yankee shrewdness—sho might suggest a brilliant solution of the problem—so, as they sat over a cup of tea in her boudoir, the Duchess opened her new trouble to her future daughter-in-law. "I'm afraid, Claudia, dear," she bo gan, "that we are going to havo ser ious trouble with Henrietta." Claudia wns very fond of the Duchess, so she tried to look sympathetic, though with Lady Henrietta, who was wrapped up in parish work, who wore impossible clothes and did her hair grotesquely, she had no sympathy whatever. "Dear me!" she replied, "I'm sorry to hear it; I hope she's not sick." "Sick!" repeated the Duchess, "I wish she were, or anything half so sensible. The fact is, she has been and got herself entangled in a most unbecoming love affair." Miss Putnam opened her blue eyes very wide, and set down her teacup with a jerk. "My!" she exclaimed, "and who on earth has been making love to Henrietta?" The Duchess lowered her voioe. "My dear," she said, impressively, "it is Mr. Gibson, the curate. She vows sho will marry him; isn't it awful?" "Rather awful for the curate," thought Claudia to herself; aloud sho said : "Have I ever met Mr. Gibson?" "Certainly not, dear. We do not invite him here. Ho's not a gentle man." "Then where did Henrietta meet him?" "Ob, in cottages, and at the school. You see, she likes parish work, and I encouraged her—it sets such a good example —and we've always had a mar ried curate before; however, when Mr. Gibson came I never thought of chaperoning her, because, you see, ho isn't a gentleman." "But I suppose Henrietta thinks he will make her a suitable husband?" "My dear," cried the Duchess, "she can't possibly think so. Why, his father keeps a saddler's shop! He hasn't been to the University. Oh, it's altogether dreadful, and she's as ob stinate as a mule about it." She broke off as the door opened to admit a young man in a shooting suit. He was a plain, insignificant looking personage, with an air of extreme self appro va.'. "I've just been telling Claudia about this stupid affair of Henrietta's," went on the Duchess. "And what does Claudia think about it?" asked the plain young man, who was Claudia's accepted lover, and who deposited his long limbs on the sofa beside her and tried to bestow a fes tive caress on the hand nearest to him. "I guess I'm pretty well taken by surprise," said Miss Putnam, drawing her hand out of her lover's reaeh. "3o'm I," said the Duke, plaoi-dly LAPORTE, PA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1896. "I'm dashed if I can imagine what he sees in Henrietta. She ain't pretty; t'other way abont, rather; she's got no money, and she's years older than he is. I'm dashed if I'd marry a wo man like Henrietta, even if I was a saddler's son. I'm dashed if I conld even feci spoony on her." Mies Putnam looked at him. She was going to marry a man very like Henrietta, and she did not feel very spoony .on him. She had accepted him for sundry reasons, love being by 110 means the first or foremost. "He must be an awfully vnsceptible chap," went on His Qraoe, "to lose bis heart to a girl like Henrietta. And he's so obstinata, too, about it; seems as if he really cared about her. I thought, perhaps, it was mostly am bition—her title and that sort of thing, yon know—and I've offered him all my influence in the way of a leg-up to preferment, but he won't hear of it. Funny thing, ain't it! Now, if it had been a girl like you, Claudia—" "Duchess," cried Miss Putnam, sud denly interrupting her lover, "J have an inspiration. You just send Hen- t- . ~I girt, uway. She can goto Jencuo, or anywhere else, for a month or so, and when she comes back the engage ment will be broken off. I'll manage h" I She wouldn't answer any questions. She said she thought she understood the exact lay of the land. They might leave it all to her. So to her it was left, and the next day Lady Henrietta was packed off to a married cousin in South Wales. « The following day, at Lady Hen rietta customary hour, Miss Putnam walked into the village schoolroom. She wore a dainty blue cambric frook, which fittod her a 9 no frock in Hen rietta's lifetime had ever fitted her. The little boys and girls opened their eyes wide to look at her, so did the school mistress, and so did Mr. Gib son, the curate, who was hearing the whole echool in its church catechism. "Good morning," said Miss Put nam, sweetly. "I am staying at the Towers. I have come in Lady Henri ! etta's place this morning. She has gone away for a few weeks, and she would like you all to know it." Sho looked around the room as sho said it, and finally fixed her eyes on the curate's frank, simple face. "I hope," he began hesitatingly, "that Lady Henrietta is not ill. This absence is so un—unforeseen." "Gness not," said Miss Putnam. "She isn't ill, she never was better in her life, but the Duchess thinks a j chauge will do her a world of good." "Her Grace is very cruel," mur ium ed the curate. "J beg your pardon?" said Claudia, blandly. "I was about to say," resumed the curate, turning to the expectant chil ' dren, "that as her Ladyship in unable | to come this morning, you will be de | prived of tho interesting object-lesson 1 sho generally gives you. I'm sure you i will all bo very sorry." "Oh, they shan't miss their object lesson," said Claudia, Btill more blandly. "I've promised Lady Hen rietta to givo it to them for her. ' The curate had been in tbe habit of staying for Lady Henrietta's object lesson—to keep order for her, he would hare said had the Duchess questioned him. So he stayed to keep order for Claudia, which was quite superfluous, for if her manner of ad ministering instruction was not of a nature to keep the attention of rest less children, there were her fascinat ing gown and her pretty trinkets, not to speak of the charm of her face, to hold her audience spellbound. And when tho lesson was over he had got into the way of walking with her Lady ship along the school lane and through the park. He escorted Miss Putnam today, because he wanted to ask how lung his liege Lady's banishment was to last. "I don't know,"was Miss Putnam's reply. "I suppose she won't come back till the Duchess chooses." "Tho children will miss her sadly," moaned the curate. "Guess sho must make it up to them,"aaidClaudia, graciously; "I've promised Henrietta to stand as much in the gap as possible." He gave her a grateful look. "Wnen shall I come and give an other object-lesson?" she went on — "to-morrow?" "Oh, no," said the curate; "to morrow's geography day. Her lady ship always gives a geography lesßon on Thursday." So Claudia put on another bewitoh ing frock, varied her trinkets and did her best with a goography lesson on Thursday. On Friday she wrestled with sums, and by degrees she learned the whole school routine. She also visited, under Mr. Gibson's escort, one or two of Henrietta's old women, who, he thought, would feel them selves neglected in her absence. Her fiance laughed at her. "I see what you are up to,"he said ; "of course, it's a clever move, but it's rather rough on a susceptible ass like Gibson." "Why do you call him an ass?" asked Miss Putnam, sharply, "because his father is a saddler?" "It's a splendid opportunity for you to make yourself popular in the par ish, dear," said the Duchess. "Of co..rs?, when you are mistress here, you will like to be popular among the people." "1 suppose I shall," said Claadia, musingly. But in spite of her inoipient popu larity she would not have the marriage I hurried on; she was equally deaf to | the Duke's impatience and the Duch ess's hints. | "There are such heaps of l-I-i., >to ' do and to think of before anything can be fixed," she said vaguely when her fiance urged the matter upon her. "Well, get on with the heaps of things, then," he retorted, "and don't piffle away so muah time at that con founded tchool." And Lady Henrietta was still in banishment in South Wales. Finally, Miss Pntnam's stay at Locglands came to a rather unsatis tory end, for she went away to London leaving the wedding day unfixed and the hangings for the new drawing room unchoosen. The day after her departure there were two letters for the Duchess, one from the curate, the other from Miss Putnam. She opened the former first, because she felt more curious as to its contents. "Madam," it ran, "although Your Grace did not seriously ontertaln my proposal for the hand of Lady Henrietta, I feel myself In honor bound to let you know that my eyes have been opeued to the folly and unsulta bllity of tha marriage for which I would fain have had yrnir sanction. I have written to Lady Henrietta explaining, ns far as I can, the folly nf our pnst, and begging her to for give mo if she be in any way a sufferer by our mistake. I am lenving Longlands at once, therefore the embarrassment of any further meeting will be avoided. Yours faithfully, W. GIBSON." The Duohess heaved a sigh of in tense relief. This was Claudia's do ing. Claudia was a right down clever She bad certainly spent a great deal of vaiuaoio j®..' n Henrietta's footsteps, but sflc, I s " enohantcd Mr. Gibson, and lifted a horrible incubus off the family shoul ders. She was really far too good for that stupid, muddle-headed son of hers; still she, the Duchess, supposed that a title was an infinite attraction to a born democrat, so things were, after all, not so very uneven. Then she took tip Claudia's letter. "Dear child," she murmured, as she broke the seal. "Jly denr Duchess," she read, and with each succeeding 11n'3 her dismayed astonish ment increased; "I'm glad I came to stay at Longlands before I took the irrevocable step to the altar. I don't want to say anything nasty or mean, but, really, I never did care about the Duke; I only accepted him be cause I thought you'd make up your Piiudto have mo for a daughter-in-law; I should have made him perfectly miserable if I rind mar ried him. Mr. Gibson finds, too, that ho made a groat mistake in thinking he cared for H-urietia. He explained it all to me, and lam quite satisfied. He and I are going to bo married befor • Advent. I shan't mind having a saddler for a father-in-law. Yours always, CLAUDIA PUTSAM." The Duchess threw the letter across the table to her son. "Read that, Southdown," she said; "we've got Heurietta out of bcr scrape most splendidly." It really was too hard on the poor Duchess. —St. Paul's. A Victim ol Reform. For twenty years an old clerk in tho appraisers' tuilding bad worked in the same little room. In all that time the single window which was intended to light the room hart nover been cleaned or opened, and was covered with cobwebs and dust. For twenty years the old clerk had worked by artificial light and the walls that were once white had turned blaok and grimy. During all the twenty years the floor was never swopt and the door was never opened except to let the old clerk in or out. For twenty years the old clerk worked away at bis desk, smoking an old pipe almost continu ously, but he would never let a speck of the old dust or so much as a breath of the moldy and fetid air escape from the room. For twenty years the old man worked in that room and was never sick a day. A short time ago Collector Wise ordered the window cleaned, the place swept out, the walls whitened, the old furniture removed and new substituted, and gave the old place a general overhauling. A ven tilator was putin the window and the transom was propped open, so tho room was well aired and lighted. The old clerk sneezed all day when he went back and sat in tho fresh air, and the light hurt his eyes so that be had to go over and buy a stronger pair of glasses. On the third day lie took his bed, and it was a week before he was out. Since then be has not been well a day, and he is bugging the Col lector to Btop up the ventilator, close tho transom and put a shade over the window.—San Francisco Post. Lodgm? in a Rope House. The latest addition to tho curiosities of St. Louis is what Secretary Saun ders of the election commission calls a rope bouse. It is a combination sa loon and hotel at Levee and Spruce streets, kept by a man named Peter son. Across the room tho proprietor has a rope stretched tighly, and in front of it and parallel with it is n row of ordinary wooden bottom chairs. Every lodger, upon payment of five cents, is given a chair and is allowed to sleep with his head resting upon tho rope. They are allowed to sleep until 6 o'clock in morning. Promptly nt that time the bartender is required to see that every lodger is awakened and made to move on. This is accomplished by striking one end of the rope with a bung starter. The blows have pretty much the same effect as striking the sleoping boarders on the head with a billy, and they generally move on. If this fails, one end of the rope is unfastened and the remaining sleepers are allowed to fall sprawling on the floor.—Chicago Tribune. A ltare Copper Coiu. Fred D. McDonald, a druggist, of Kennett Square, has just sold an old copper coin for 8200. The coin is very rare. It is of the date of 1783, and on one side has the bust of Wash ington and t'ae words "Washington and Liberty," and on the other "one cent." He took the coin in trade at his store for its faoe value, one cent. —Philadelphia Beoord. Scarcity of Cuban Cedar. There is said to be a scarcity of Cuban cedar for cigar boxes since the outbreak of the revolution in that country. A good substitute, and one o'.teu used, however, m oumbsr wood, ! which is dyed in the noruilar oolor. WirlY JOHN BULL IS REJOICING. ' IM ™ CIH FREt ™ 1894—£?,'c88,'119 13s! 7d! J «ifgP -^ aln *° over Mc-1 fA-a^T •Tobn Bull—"Well done, Bradford. One year's Yankee Freo Trade'as done over §17,500,000 better for you than their jlarsted Protection. If Grover hain't gono back on us haltogether, and don't sign their New Tariff Bill, you'll 'ave this snap for two years more." FACTS FOR FARMERS. SECRETARY MORTON'S ANNUAL RKPORT CAREFULLY REVIEWED. Capture of the Markets of the World Signally Failed -Foreigners Only Uuy Our Farm I'r oducts at Cheap Prices—Conditio aj, Not Theories, Coufront Farmers. It was with relief that wo received the annual report of tho Secretary of Agriculture for 1895. Having hunted in vain, month after month, through otir statistics of exports for some indi cation of tho capture of tho markets of the world by American farmers, wo felt sure that comfort could be gleaned from Secretary Morton's report. Wo gather tho following facts: During the 1895 fiscal year there was a decreaso in our exports of cattle of 39,236 head as compared with 1894. On the other hnnd we imported 63,716 head of cattle from Mexico. But tho wonderful stimulus given to our wool growing industry is shown in our ex ports of 350,808 head of sheep, an in crease of 300 per cent, over 1894, when only 85,809 were shipped abroad. Concerning the foreign markets for American meat products, Mr. Morton says that "prices for bacon averaged considerably lower during the year 1895 than in the year 1894." Though there was "a very considerable ad vance in the price of bacon" in the British market in the summer, "United States bacon did not participate to any appreciable extent in the general ad vance." During seven months of the year wo sold 15,680,000 pounds more bacon, but received 51,000,000 "less money for it. It is with bacon as with other of our farm products, the markets of the world uro willing to take them when thoy need them, not when wo want to selltheca; and at their price, not our price. Of our live stook trade in the British market Mr. Morton says: "Up to the present ye»r the United States and Canada have had an un questioned monopoly in tho supply of imported livo cattle to the British people; but now there is vigorous ana growing competition from Argentina, and also inoipient competition from Australia." Evidently this market of the world cannot be maintained for us, as other countries are trying to effect its cap ture. Again it is said that "shipments of chilled beef from the United States fell off during the first eight months of the present year 11,000,000 pounds." Of our oheese we learn that: "Through out the year United States ch ese has commanded the minimum figure upon the English market. We also shipped to England, iu eight months, nearly 117,000 owts. less than in the 1894 period. We supply that market of the world with only one per cent, of its total imports of butter. There is a great market for eggs in England, that oountry paying $12,280,91' T for foreign eggs in a year. But t'ue aoney goes to Russia, Denmark, Germany, Belgium, France and Canada. The United States gets none of it. Farmers can, during the winter months, reflect upon the importance ot these oaptures of the markets of the world, to whioh our free trade Seoretary of Agriculture has drawn their attention. Eiurlish Farm Failures, English farmers onoe tried an e*« port bounty. Next they tried free trade, and, finally, they have eorao to the polioy of protection to save them selves from utter ruin and annihila tion. This is a lesson to American farmers. Terms—sl.oo in Advance; S- 1 after Three Months. Willi Rraillord's Best Wishes, May your Christinas be unmention- SHODDY MADE £* b K>V.° d . TROUSERS. ono of uncheckered P r °serity. cf -—a* No Breeches of Delight I? Itinidifl and Love, kTlrilsH Thro' Life may you I|rlCut. where you go, SjwLJF| JU may Fortune XlrfWT strow Unmentionable glee. tsH* May • Joy and Peace, V-iJi- that uevercease, 'jjpjl On you he always And Cam and Doubt be *lfes== W llot '' Phiycd Out -H IP Vfrf Like Cast Off Panta- Jpp JJy loon*. Tn What a shame and 2UL fnnr insult t0 American inf. labor, when the ex u»pi | cudiiuu ports of shoddy made Wt-LL SHRUNK g oo( j s f rom England PRICE $ 1.00 aloue during the last eleveu mouths of this year reached following gigantic figures: 1801. 1895. Wool ... i' 140,552 £152,8,' C Woolen and worslel yarns.... 9.778 142,787 Woolen tissues 267.179 1,386,607 Worsted tissues 1,0:11,481 4,433,055 4.1,418,1)90 £6, 415,325 Increase . £4,906.335 YANKEE. Bradford, Eng., December 21, 1895. A "Robher Baron" Bill. Tho publication of tho October im port and export statement was a littlo late, no doubt owing to tho pressure of work at the Government printing office when it is issuing the depart mental annual roports. However, it is just as interesting as ever. It ena bles us to compare the effect of tho new tariff in helping our agricultural and manufactured products to capture the markets of the world. Taking the first ten months of each of tho years given, wo have tho following: TEN MONTHS' EXronTS TO OCTOUEII 3D. Products. 1891. 1892 1895. A'j'1'a1.5538,527,843 $566,438,540 $416,463,438 M'n'f'd. 111.068,716 125,150,207 161,572,431 Under tho McKinlev tariff our agri cultural expoits grew larger, being worth $28,000,000 moro in the 1892 than in the 1891 months. Our manu factured exports declined by $16,- 000,000. The McKiuley tariff' did not help manufacturers to eapturo tho m irkets of the world; it gave them the homo market. What the Gorman tariff has douo for tho farmers is to shut thorn out of tho markets of tlie world to tho extent of $150,000,000, in ten msnths, as compared with 1892. And it has not increased the homo market for firm products. But it has helped manufacturers to soli $40,- 000,000 worth moro of their goods abroad, by cheapening labor which forms tho bulk of the cost of produc tion. Tho Gorman tarift is a regular "Robber Barou" bill. Japan Injures Manchester. Tho cotton industry continues to boom abroad and starve at home. Tho latest Shanghai mail advices say that three cotton mills are being proceed ed with with all dispatch, egged on by the rumor-that one of the leading Japanese companies had decided to erect a mill at Shanghai to run 20,000 spindles. By next May it is expeotod that all four mills will be running. On our side the announcements are of mills stopping.—The Textile Meicury, England. Exports of Domestic Products. Harrison, 1889-93, annual aver age $891,091,727 Cleveland, 1894-95, annual aver age 831.305.58S Annual excess for Harrison .. $59,776,199 NO. 18. I'hinese Wool Competition, IMPORTS OF CHINESE WOOL. Ten months ending Price per Oct. 31. Pounds. Value. pounJ. 189 111,201.168 SU42,y:jG 7 1-10 cents 189 18,188,774 1,158,381 C 2-5 cents The foregoing figures represent the extent ot a new competitor to Ameri can wool. Last year in ten months we imported 13,201,108 pounds of wool from China. Thin year the quantity had increased to 18,188,774 pounds. The shrinkage of this wool ie light, less than forty per cent, in scouring, hence last year's imports took the place of 22,000,000 pounds of American wool. The price of this wool, 7 1-10 cents per pound in 1894, has fallen to 0 2-5 cents this year. This indicates that American sheep raisers must here after bo prepared to meet Chinese wool competition on the basis of six to 6cven cents per There is no theory about this. It is a plain, straight condition that exists, a condi tion that confronts American wool growers. Tai'ift for Revenue Itcsiills. If tho Gorman tariff were intended as a revenue measure, it was framed by men who were ignorant of the duty that they undertook. In almost every instance whero the rate of duty has been lowered, tho effect has been to diminish the amount of revenue while, in most instances, increasing the quan tity of tho goods imported. It must bo patent to everybody, even to tho free traders themselves and to thoso "placid old fogies" who constitute tho Tarilt Reform Club, that a tariff can not be "reformed" in the direction of free trado without creating a defi ciency in tho revenue of the Govern ment, unless money bo provided by some mode of direct taxation upon tho people. This must be done in a man ner that is not unconstitutional. The customs revenue for tho 1895 fiscal year was 825,000,000 less than for 1892 and $50,000,000 less than in 1893. This renders it imperative upon tho House of Representatives to pass a bill that will cover the de ficiency. A Word From tlie West. Tho safety of our Americau institu tions against foroigu invasion lies not only in a patriotic citizenship which at a moment's notico would create a voliiuteor army of dofense, but it also consists iu the great natural resources wo enjoy. Destroy the wool industry and what would be tho result iu case of a foreign war, with our ports blockaded and dependent upon for eign wool to clothe our army and out people? This is, iu my opinion, one of the strongest reasons for protect ing and fostering the productions of wool.—J. W. Babcock, M. C. from Wisconsin. Free Trade Flocks. In June, 1895, English farmers car ried 4,500,000 head of cattle. Throe years before tho samo farmers owned 5,000,000 head. Thus a decline of tea percent, is shown in thirty-six months. In 1895 there were übout 30,000,000 sheep in Great Britain. Tho falling off in English flocks during the last few years has been very marked. —An nual Report of tho Secretary of Agri sal ture. Woman May Practice U*. The Bar Association of Pittsburg. Fenn., decided to permit women to practice law. A resolution to exclude women from practising law was overwhelming defeated after a spirited dlsousslon of nearly two hours, at one of the largest meetings ever held bythe association. Chines* Expelled From Nteuwn Shiploads of Oblnamen who have been ex pelled from Nicaragua are fleeing to the lithmus of Panama.
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