SULLIVAN JHSB REPUBLICAN. W. M. CHENEY, Publisher. VOL. XIV- GOLD AND SIl-VEtt. Lite has two ages: The silver and goldenj A book with two pages; A new and an olden. Now stanJs before mo A little child, passing fairj * aughing eyes, full of glee, ch cheeks uud golden hair. ■its life all it seems, months, days and hours the suuboams, s Life's fairest flowors. olden head uing, ssing rare; "S --outh and age, •illng 'ms sago, DOWN. light from a j haußinp: lamp • upon the daintily id dinner table. Its 3 low centered npon the russets and colds of the chrysanthe * €/ mums in the Venetian _,.<tns jar, and more faintly illumined the faces of tho elderly man and wo man seated at either end, leaving in deep ajbadow the maid who moved round quietly. There was a suggestion of constraint in the atmosphere, the outward evidence whereof lay in the spasmodic attempts at conversation between the master and mistress in a •light uplifting of the chin on the part of the maid. "I saw Purcell Jones to-day," said Mr. Porter during a momentary ab sence of the servant. "Ha," cxolaimed his wife with in terest, "and 'ow is he? Where was it you seen him?" "He says he's baok at the old shop, and," impressively, "I tell you wot, Mariar, if ever I saw a man as—" here the return of the maid caused the sub jeot to be abruptly dropped. "Wot's this? Oh, fryoassed chioken, is it? Now a thing I likes, Mariar, is duok." Duck with sage and onion stuffing. We never'as it now." "Cook says she don't like to cook onions, Tony. Shejsays as 'ow she can't get the hoder off 'er 'unfa." "Umph," grunted Mr. Porter, and tho meal proceeded in silcnoe. When tho finger-bowl stage was reached and the door had closed upon the retreating figure of the servant, Mrs. Porter looked pathetically aoross the dessert dishes at her husband and heaved a plaintive 6igh. Mr. Porter returned tho glance with one of pro found sympathy. "Well," he inquired in a carefully modulated voice, "how has it been to day? Have you got on any better?" Care ill became the plump visages of the worthy couple. To judge from the surroundings their oircumstances were affluent. True, a strictly refinod taste might have taken exception to the alliance of tho purple and gold brocade curtains with the maroon wall paper, or have deolared both to war against the crimson satin gown that graced the lady of the house. A captious critio would perohance have pronounced the ornaments of amazing bulk in proportion to their intrinsic value, and have rebelled that the few paintings represented the "Kisß Mammy" School of Art alone. But these accessories admirably became Mr. and Mrs. Porter, whose portly presences would have struck an inhar monious note in a more aesthetically bedight dwelling. "Oh, Tony," Mrs. Porter replied. "If you only knew what I suffers with those persons in the 'ousel" "Well, my girl, you know I was against it. You would 'ave 'em. I said all 1 oould against it. You 'ad to 'ave your own way." "Yes, but, Tony, dear, you know Mrs. Pennithorne persuaded me. She •aid as 'ow it would be a Christian charity to give 'em a trial as domes ties; for the pore things couldn't get situations as governesses nohow. Hut I 'ave repented doing it, I must say." "They ain't been speakin' disrespec ful, Mariar, 'ave they? I'd soon put a stop to that, ladies or no ladies." "Lor, no, Tony, they ain't. But I don't lika somehow to order 'em about, and I always feels as if they looked down on me. 'Cause o' course. Tony, we ain't always been wholesale as we is now." "Never you mind that, Mariar. You're as good a lady as anybody; tud real stylish in you* ways. Now, I'm a plain wan, and wot 1 likes is to leave a quiet pipe in the diorin'-rooua, tnd to 'ear yon play the old toon* on the paynoforle like you used to, But (here —you won't play now, becauMi ;ou think they're sniggering at you iowaetairel" "I wouldn't mind that, Tony, il tfaer did their work well; but thej don't. This oae can't oook a plain chop. If >t wssu't for shams s sakt I'd take lbs 'eooking myself. Hue goes about with her eye giss.es drop iiia* lato saucepans, and a fla* Lokury book ia her 'auJ, anJ shl eau't boil a eabbage. Hhe ju«t a twelve leeeoas ia faaoy things auil thinks she knows all aU»at it." Mr*. l'©rt*r eraokad a walnut su<l shook hsr head sadly. "An' then lata dinner every uight, and thsui finger bowls and all that v«U. Mariar, 1 -lun'l want to urt >oui eaitn's, and I do like a bit of MjrM a hen Wve company, like the l>s«t a| BU . ji„. «v>i I »ay is, give we a gou I g„Mfoi tab Is suppe* wi»k a eaaek ul ZSSSm 112 tesy. les, el tiiek iii«. Afc— ••ilMtba NM M MAIM w** i Irish stew," 'murmured Mrs. Porter regretful ly, ••and she could do tripe and onions beautiful. NOTV what do you think this Christine said when I asked if she oould eook tripe and onions, thiukin' to give you a treat?" "I gives it up, Mariar. Goon." "Christine she says as *ow she 'ad never 'eard of it. Wot was it? And I was oastin' about in my mind for an explanation, when Mand she says, with a sort of laugh, 'Oh, it's the entrails of a ruminatin' animal,' she says, 'but I didn't know it was used for food;' and after that, Tony, I ordered white bait, and a loin of mutton and a pheas ant." "It seems to roe, Mariar, that you're losing flosh over this. You ain't the figure you was three mouths ago." "The thing that worries mo worst, Tony, is that the 'otise ain't near well enough cleaned. Maud she does her best, but she ain't got tho trainin.' She's afraid to do a bit of scrubbin', and she does all tie dustin' with gloves on." "Umph. Muffled oats catolics no mice,"sententiously remarked Mr. Por ter. "Take my word for it,Mariar we'll never feel the 'ouse our own till they're out of it." "AndJl'm sure, Tony," went on Mrs. Porter, determined to fully unburden her mind, "that they employ a chair woman surreptitious. 1 saw one slip pin' out by tho side door yesterday." "Well, Mariar, there's just one thing to do, and that's to give 'om warnin' at once." "Me, Tony? Oh. no, I couldn't. Don't ask me. Their third month's up to-morrow, too. If they was only dissatisfied now, and would leave." "Don't you count on that, my girl. They knows when they'ro comforta ble. They're here for life, except you summons up your courage and chucks 'em." "Tony, dear, you're a bravo man. Won't you, to please your Murinr, just tell them togo youiself?" said Mrs. Porter coaxingly. But Mr. Portor refused decidedly. "No, Mariar, nonsense. A man 'as no business meddiling with woman's affairs." Then, temporizing, "I'll toll vou wot'll cheer you up, old girl. You como into town to J morrow and I'll give you lunch and a treat to fol low. Wot'll it be?" "Oh, I know, Tony. Pork pies and stout, and we'll goto the Aquarium afterwards." Maud carried the heavy tray down stairs and dumped it down on the kitchen dresser. The apartment was decidedly untidy. Soiled plates lay heaped on the table. Two dirty sauce pans and a greasy baking-pan littered the steel fender. On the 6to'vo the kettle spluttered furiously and boiled over; but the cook, Seated in a ohair drawu close under tho gas jet, was too absorbed in a book to notice matters oxternal. Her cap was set awry over a mass of tawny hair drawn loosely back from a pleasant, studious face. Evidently hers was the artistio tem perament, full of ideals, showing an intense love for the poetic, but useless as regards mere housohold affairs. Her younger sister Maud was cast in a different mould. Clever, impetuous, desiring to command, sho suffered keenly under tho restraint of her present servitude. The knowledge th»t, while admirably suited to fill the part of mistress fate had apportioned her the role of servant, galled her bitterly. Having deposited the tray on the dresser, Maud cast a disgusted glance round the kitchen, aud sank discon solately into a chair. On becoming aware of her presence and attitude, the cook with an effort withdrew her thoughts from the volume and looked inquiringly at her sister through her | glasses. "Well, what is it to-night, Maud?" she asked placidly. "Uh, Christine, I'm sick of this," was the passionate reply. "Talk of the drudgory of governessing. Gov ernesses can keep their hands clean, aud look liko ladies at least.'' "But we know we are ladies, dear," interposed the milder Christine, "and governesses are often much worse off than we are here." "Governesses never need to come down to a blaok-beettey kitchen at 6.30 on a cold, durk morning, and kindle a fire—" "Cleaning the fines is tho greatest trial I have yet experienced," paren thesized Christine with a shudder. "This is supposed to be a 'good plaoe,' " continued Maud. "I wonder what a bad one is like?" "Well, wo might have had washing to do, aud windows to clean, au.t children to look after," replied the more conciliatory Christine. "I do think, Maud, it is because the work is so new to us that we are awkward and don't get on quickly," "But it humiliates mo to find that work which quite uneducated girls would thiuk nothing ol should seem so ditteult to us." "I certainly uever anticipated find ing auy difficulty." said Christiuu, thoughtfully, "though naturally what people have* been working at all their lives comet easy to them." "We are uothing but rauk amateurs, aud we must face the faat that a third of our salary—wages, I beg its pardou —l* squandered iu secretly employing a ehar womau." "I loathe aud detect caps and aprons, too," weut ou Maud, getting uu au I begiumug noisily to collect the disht s bv way of letting off her steam. "If the poatmau smirks at mo I feel mad, »ud when the greuu grocer's m*u tried tu kiaa me I wauted to murder soma body." "But Mr*- Porter is really kiu l, dear. Mho was quite animus when I ton bad thai cold last w«sk. Ouly I must oonlcs*. Maud, that 1 cannot re spe* ompleyois who*o oaly Idas of iliHiiw* U i«fi*Mito4 bjr Mm ' WMMUO." LAPORTE, PA.., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1896. "Too forget the histories in the library bookcase." said Maud, bitterly. "All unout. Come, let us make the best oI it," said her gentler sister; "yon must look baok and remember how glad we were to be able to come hero together, where there wore no other maids with whom we would have been obliged to associate." "Yes, and look forward to nothing but this endless cleaning and washing up all our lives. But to tell you the plain truth, Christine, I don't believe they're satisfied with us." "Oh! I never dreamt of that," ex claimed Christine, aghast. "What shall we do if they send us away?" "I don't really oare. I know it's silly when we are so dependent, but I don't feel as if I could endure this ex istence a day longer," and laying her head on the kitcheu table, Maud, the dauntless, who had so bravely endured their reverses, worn out by three months of ceaseless, uncongenial toil, burst into an unoontrolable flood of tears. Good Mrs. Porter's already per turbed mind was greatly exercised next morning bv the receipt of an epistlo from the faithful Martha, her late cook, stating that, as Martha's mother had now quite recovered, she purposed returning to town that day in quest of a situation, a niece who promised to become a clever house maid accompanying her. "I knows you are suited, but if you was so kind as to recommend me I will be truely greatful. Hoping as how you and Master keeps your usual health and with Humble respects, I remains, Your Obedient servant, "MARTHA GOODYEAR." "A most proper letter, my dear," commented Mrs. Porter, her ruffled vanity agreeably soothed by Martha's abundant recognition of the difference in their positions. "And a capital cook, too," grunted Mr. Porter, pushing aside his muddy coffee and sodden toast. "Marinr, you send off them girls, and get Martha and her niece to come 'ere, and I'll— I'll take you a trip to Monte Carlo." "Oh, Tony!" Then, with resolution: "I shall 1" But after her husband had departed for the city Mrs. Porter wavered and felt her oourage leak away every time she looked towards the bell. Her motherly heart sympathized with the girls. She knew how hard servitude must bo for them. Still she realized also that no 6ense of pity for othdH should prevail upon her to tolerate any circumstances which spoiled her home life. She delayed from moment to moment, liowevsr, finally going into her conservatory in the hope that a little quiet pottering tmong her plants would restore her montal balance. She had been engaged for nearly half an hour with sundry par oels of hyacinths and narcissus which she potted and tucked away under the staging in a mass of cocoanut fibre against the spring decorations of her house. It was an unusually bright morning for November, and as the sun beat warmly upon the glass roof, Mrs. Porter found the surcease she sought, and began to hum an air. A low but imperative tapping on the conservatory door leading to the lawn made her start, and turning qtiiokly she perceived an elderly gentleman standing outside, beckoning mysteri ously to her. Ho was not one of those ingenious individuals who sucoeed by dint of inward assurance and outward respectability in worming themselves into private houses with the intention of selling tea or gas burners. That Mrs. Porter saw at a glance; while thtough the railing of the front gar den she caught a reassuring glimpse of a well appointed brougham. So without more than a momentary hesi tation she opened the door. "Can I converse with yon, madam, upon a most important matter, with out danger of being overheard?" ho demanded. "Yes, sir," ropliod Mrs. Porter, "you ean. Please step in 'ere." "You aro Mrs. Porter, I presume?" Mrs. Porter bowed. "There are two inmates of your house in whom I am much interested," went ou the visitor, sitting down iu tho gurden chair offerod. "Yes," said Mrs. Porter, interroga tively, her curiosity aroused. "They occupy at present the posi tions, I understand, of—uUern !—cook aud housemaid?" "They do, sir." A sudden hope darted through Mrs. Porter's mind. Perhaps this gentle man required servants uud would take hers. "Have you been pleased with their attentions? Havu they—'given satis faction' ia, I believe, the term used?" "Ye-es. But will you toll me your j reasons for asking?" said Mr*. Porter, strictly on guard. "I may contlde in you, madam, that when my late nephew, linger Car rutners, died—l haviug had uo com munication with him for mauv years, as I entirely disapproved of hi* itn , provident manner of living—appeal | whs made to lue ou behalf of hi* two j daughters, my granduieoe*, who were, , us oue might huve anticipated, left | pouuile»>s. After careful eou*idera- I lion of tlie matter, 1 resolved to bold I out no helping iiand uutil 1 saw that the girls were prepared to help them selves. Keeping myself informed, 1 however, regarding their movements, I was gratified tu find that they had taken the noble determination to uoouiiy a menial |uisitiou rather than ihe dependent upon the charity of others. 1 ueed not say, madam," con cluded the oi l geulluman more con tidentially, "that I admired my nieces for their deotsratlou of independence ; hut, a* 1 make a point uever to do -tuythiug rashly, 1 decided to waitun til Ikree mouth* bad *l*n»*d, Ihta, if uuen taasuy I found that tkA kad «M| AUm • ttaUvs, to tfvr them the shelter of a home which thej would be fitted to adorn." "I am rejoiced to/ear it," said Mrs. Porter, warmly, "and I may say that in these three months there ain't ever been a cross word passed between them and me," whioh was true in the letter if not in the spirit. "Then, madam, may I see my nieoes, whose acquaintance I have yet to make, and at the earliest date that will suit your convenience I shall take the young ladies home." "Madam," said Maude's voice from the door leading into the drawing room, "a person who asked me to an nounce her as 'your old Martha,' h»8 called. There is a younger woman with her." Here was a happy ending of all Mrs, Porter's woe. "Ask 'em to wait, and I'll speak to 'em immediate," she called. Then turning to the visitor, she exclaimed, "Sir, X am 'appy to 'ear that vour relatives 'as the prospects of so bright a future. They 'as my warmest con gratulations and permission togo at once."—Black and White. SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. Some scientists now figure that the antediluvian people were enormously tall. The taste nerves are two thousand times more sensitive to quinine than they are to sugar. Gun springs are now tempered by electricity in Franoe. The process is rapid and satisfactory. Professor Scham, a German savant, figures that men and women would be healthier and more moral if they wore no clothes. The ground in the natural gas region of Indiana is said to be so permeated with the gas that it is dangerous to drop a match in a well or any sort of digging in the district. According to Gnlton the patterns on the finger tips are not only unchange able through life, but the change of the finger prints of two persons being alike is less than one chanco in 61,000- 000,000. In distributing telegraph wires for army purposes, preparatory to estab lishing communicating stations, it has been found that a great economy in time is effeoted by mounting the reel on a bicyclo. At a recent meeting of the Entomo logical Society, of Loudon. Mr. Stevens exhibited two larvre, supposed to be those of the death-tick beetle, whioh had been damaging oil paintings in his possession. It is said that many conductors of electric cars in Syracuse, N. Y., have beeu troubled with metallio poisoning from constant handling of the brass fixturos of the cars. Those who wear gloves are exempt from the trouble. Electricity has boon successfully em ployed by Dr. M. G. Jenison in check ing hemorrhage from the extraction of teeth. The current caused instant coagulation of tho blood, and gave re liof where the usual remedies were without effect. An electrical publication says that on December 1, 1895, the length of telegraph lines in the world was 901,- 701 miles, and tho total milos of wire used on the same 2,682,083, or enough togo around the globe at the equator over 107 times. The miles of line in tho United States Jauuary 1, 1895, was 190,303, with the miles of wire 790,792. A new application of caloium oaroide has been discovered by M. ltossel. By heating powered carbide with mag nesium in a current of air he succeeded in fixing tho nitrogen in the air, the produots being lime and nitride of magnesium. This compound immersed in water decomposes, giving out am monia. M. Bossel has also obtained combinations ot nitrogen with alumi* num and iron. A small living South American ro dont, not quite as big as a rat, has been found to be closely related to, and a surviving representative of, some of tho fot sil marsupials recontly desoribed by the Portuguese geolo gist, Ameghino, from the Santa Cruz bods of Patagonia. It is, therefore, supposed to belong to a new family, quite distiuot from all marsupials hitherto kuown. A Colossal Statue ol Berollna. The colossal statue of Berolina, tho allegorioal representative of the city of Berlin, in the Alexander Platz, of that eity, will soon bo unveiled with imposing ceremonies. It is tweuty-llvo feet high from tho feet to the crown, and will stand on a pedestal of red granite of equal height. Dressed iu a coat of mail and covered by a flowing gown, the strong but still well-rounded shape of tho figure is shown to best advantage. The left hand is held out as if esteuded to woloome, while vhs right is resting on a shield. Ou tho breast she wears on a long ohain a copy of the gold medal with the por trait ol King Frederick William 111, which wa« given by that monarch to the Muyor of Berlin, to be worn as an insignia of his ofHoe. Tho soulptor, l'rolessor K. Huudrioser, has been sig« unity honored by the German Emperor for the work.— New York Tribuue. What Causes Hot Wave*. Ffot waves ar* esusod by low areas : appeartug iu th* northwest and rnov | lug east and south, thus bringing nlmut warm wind* from the south, and j disappearing a* tho development of High aroaa in tho northwest. Oao of the accompanying phenomena ol bot »«ve* was hot winds eotuiug frmu tho Miiilbwoet, thoir cause being some vt hat obscure. Dr. Fraukealeld .late* I hat a* a rule thoy move iu nar row belt*, ranging from luo leel to ball a mile la wultb. No good oanso uiu ho assigned lev this, save, probe u <r,'looal toon#re#kf.—*t»t«n Colli' » at eft Qtt Obyicl LeSsow'jorlhotm^actuTe ULOTKN 6004S FL W¥ M wA WarMled n» theiUmUA.States > ; > - ~ * 33*,«+S H JM| UEXVLV) I ! |||F| || ! T lent AT BIUTAtN - H if I'L'l; |VV IQLEfI I &A \ Jlj| GOO IS." Sepuiibei JB9MI yl, 'j i Co -.'Qufluit 189*31 m m ——r • # .15,000H " it SO, 1 iilOv- - I.' l! LI ,x i'.y.vß-'ftm.i 1 1,,fii^' 1 1 I !,i r}-, ;■■■ kmley'^JpT t jS>Q YlTnavit ~ \ Q-Vlf S • Horn, do hands ttaJUJoolervTnillt the United Stoles, I tKe the prospect % RAILROAD EARNINGS. OFFICIALS GKT OFF THE TBACK IN MAKING PREDICTIONS. Democratic Administration Would Not Hurt Business, They Said —But Roads Earn Almost 91000 n Mile Less Than Before We Had Graver. lI.UI.nnAD MEN SERKHZ. President Robert M. Olyphant,of the Dola wure A Hudson Canal Company, said : "I eeo no reason why the result should hove any effect on tho condition of railroad in terests." Vice-President Martin Luther 3vkes,of the Chicago A Northwestern, snid: "I huve not thought of the result of the oleetion in its bearing on rallroil properties. They cannot bo nfY eteJ one way or tho other. Our man ufactories will not be shut down, nor shall we stop urowins crops, and the business ot thu roads must eontine. Railroads bonellt from th'.i prosperity of the people." Tbo foregoing statements appeared in the New York Sun of November 11, 1892, immediately after the election of the present Democratic Adminis tration. We ask Presdent Robert M. Olyphant aud Vice-President Luther Svkes to examine with us, tho inoome account ol railways up to June 30, 1895. We tako from an early re port of tho statistician to tho Inter state Commission, Mr. Henry C. Adams, tho following figures: UMLIIU\D EAUNIXOS PUB MILE OF LINK. Fi.-cuf year. Freight, 1 Mill *:2,0«5 $4.58$ IHU2 2.101 4,940 18i»3 2,12 J 4,900 Average 2,096 4,813 1894 1.061 4.00^ 18115 1,784 4,151 Average 1,873 4,077 Decrease, 1891-1895.. *228 $730 Pebident Olyphant has duobtlesa already realized the error he made in 6aying that ho could "seo no reason why the result (Democratic success iti the National elections of 1892) shonld have any eQ'ect on the condition ol railroad interests." The reason wai stated by Vice-President Sykes, be< cnuso "railroads benefit from the pro • perity of the people." As the people did not have pros perity during tho two years ol this Democratic Administration, they could not afford to travel on tho railroads, consequently the passenger earnings averaged 8223 per mile less for the 1894 and 1895 years than their aver* age during the three years ot MoKin< ley protection to the American p««< pie. The same reason, tho lack ol prosperity among the peoplo, ehcoked the demand for goods, radioing the quantity of freight to be hanled and, consequently, tho freight earnings of all railroads from nu avorage of $4,« 813 per mile down to 81077, a liss to the compunies of 8730 per mile under the Democratic Administration, mak ing u *n|al loss of #939 por mile. The statistician of the Interstate Commerce Commission, Mr. Henry C. Adams, fully realizes the cause and eflect, for he said iu his report: "It should be remembered, in order to understand tho treud of business reflected in these figures, that tho years 1891 aud 1892, especially the latter, were unusually prosperous years for the railways so far as the volume of traffic is concerned, but that the yrar 18U3 witnessed a great com mercial panic, aud that the years 1604 aud 1893 are properly characterized as years of commercial depression. "The most »iguificnnt fact ia tho above comparison, as throwing light upou (he eileet of commercial depres sion upon railway management, Is founti iu lite movement of operating es|MU«e«. Ju last year's preliminary report attoutiou was nailed to the fact that a reductiou iu operating expanse* follows rather tkau accompanies a de crease iu gruas earnings. The pres ent report seems to iudmate that when Ha- uisusgers of railways are forced to reduce uperatibg espeuaes the eut is made deal live ettd ttgal. Thus tho da rrein* iu lite operatiug eipeasea for Die dseal yesi l»«4, as auiapared with !•»«, wst tm mil* of llbs | Iks SSBSMWIS IV Terms—sl.oo in Advance; 51.25 after Three Months, with the fiscal year TSUI, was but 344 per m.le of line." This reduction in operating ex penses oaiuEod 94,000 railroad em ployes to lose their jobs. These mon, thrown out of work, had to tramp it when seeking employment elsewhere. They could not afford to patronize the railroads, hence noth ing to the passenger earnings. En forced ceonomony compelled them to buy less clothing, possibly less food also. Thus the freight earnings of the railroads were reduced. The haul ing of food and clothing for 94,000 men would represent a good deal of tennage. Railroad presidents and vice-presi dents, even if their salaries were not reduced, have had a little experience that will enable them to reason out tho whys and wherefores of good and bad times. They can help to restoro the good times by working for Re publican success in this {year's elec tions. Then the Sun's heading of "Railroad Men Serene" can be used again with more confidence. Balsc Bevenue First. The first step of the Republicans will be to increase the revenues of the Government eo that its inoome shall bo greator than it expenditures. No Government and no people eon pros per when the outgoes continually ex ceed the income. Increased rovenne will "strengthen the'eredit of tho National Government. Increased revenue will fortify the Treasury, stop excessive gold exports and give stability to the currenoy. Increased revouue will enable tho Government to resume the reduotion of its bonded indebtedness. That policy always sustained, and will again sustain, the credit of the Government and increase tho demand for its se curities. Increased revenuo and its direct effects upon tho National credit and National currenoy will impart confi dence to capital, leading to business investments, the revival of our indus tries, tho inoreased employment of fcbor and n new inspiration for all American interests. Burlington !Tau*k-F.vA Senator Halliuger lor Action. flenator Gallinger, of New TTamp. sbire, is unalterably opposed to|tho do nothing polioy. "Why," said he, "that polioy would bo utterly suioidai to us as a party, Thero may be, and doubtless are, diffi culties in tho way, but wo perfectly understood that matter when wo so licited votes last November, and it will bo cowardly for us to shrink from making an honest effort to rescue the country from tho direful effects of tho legislation of the la*t Congros*. Tho Houso of Representatives ha* an overwhelming majority. In that body all revenue bills must originate. "It I* the plain duty of the House to rend to tho Senate a tariff hill that will put a stop to tho increasing de ficit, Ido not believe there is a Re publican Senator that would oppose Mioh a > ensuro, and I firmly believe that Sen 'or* Jones, Peffer, Stewsrt and Butler will vote 'or it, aud possi bly some Demojrnts." When asked if ho did not thiuk tho President would veto suoh a bill Moni tor Gallinger promptly replied: •'Very likely so, but if ho does wo have douo our duty, aud the responsi bility will rest with a Democratic i I'resi lent. PoMilily he may not veto it, for we should rememl'or that tho tariff bill ol IMI2 w*s *igued bv Tyler, aud the Morrill tariff hill received tho higuatui jol Jaiue* Buchanan. It may bo that President Cleveland will be patriotio enough to help e*'.rio>»t« tho country Irom It* pre*en' deplorable financial eoulition, but whstUer hu is I disponed Iu do so or not, th* ttepubli e*n party, as represented in bath flouso* of Congress, eanuot afford to snv to the eouulry that they think it wi*u |olieyto **maiu inactive under Iks esistiu ( *ttte of fn 'ts. To > ouiia try will nut »ppf«v# tkat kintl ol timid •uu»<a*o*hip. '—*«# Y*»k Adv*s- I U*«f. NO. 21. Billions Against Free Trade. In defense of the Wilson law free trade papers are crying oat that the increase in imports, estimated at abont 870,000,000 for 1895, is a gain in tho country's wealth. But we are soring at the tap and losing at (he bungholo by substituting free trade for protec tion. In 1890, the year in which tte McKinley law was enacted, when tho President and both branobes of Con gress were Republican and protectiop was in the air, our factories produced ov>r nine billion dollars' worth of theee same goods which when Eent into the country from abroad are called "wealth" by free traders; while in 1894, the year in which tho Wilson law was enacted, when the Presidont and both branches of Congress were Democratic and freo Irade was in the nir, our factories produced but little over five billion dollars' worth of this kind of wealth, a falling off of nearly one-half from the product in the halcyon days of protection. Estima ting the alleged "revival" in produc tion at the highest possible figure for the current year, the balance against free trade will still be in tho billions. What figure do seventy millions of imports cut in wiping out a loss of bil lions? A. B. B. A Foreign Bale of Goods. A bale of goods from Europe it a depressor of Amerioan wages under a low tariff. Tbe American manufao turei without adequate protection must meet the European price or sus pend operations, and be can meet it only by reducing the cost of produc tion which is mainly labor cost. Add this to the faot that laborers of the cheapest, and often the most degraded classes are pouring into this country to make the competition sharper among wage earners, and it is per ceived that the right method of ad vancing wages in this country is, not to try to tlx wage ratoj by govern mental decree, but to build higher the tariff barrier against foreign goods and to impose severe restriction upon immigration.—New York Press, iwtlnj Stales' I Bp tor ie rjflwN nVj 'Closed «v«uw#[ vfoUcM \lobor% A7Totl> a( ?v J Mauulactiirers Want a Wool Tariff. Notwithstanding the popularity of Australian wools manufactures would prefer the restoration of the Autiea upon wool and ' •manufactures of wool" as they existed under Schedule K of the law of IS9O, rather than to continne one moment longer nnder the prerjnt law, the ad valorem schedules of which are so easily avoided that foroign cloth is admitted at the Custom House at a valuation which in many cases is not higher than the foreign prico of the yarb. The Government thus loses a large amount of its legal revenue and goods are ad mitted into the Amerioan market at rates of duty that fail to cover the difference between European and Amerioan wages.—Justice, Bateman & Co., December 3, 1895. Strik«S<*Uctoulr v m th«T _ Uaitrd StaliS LoSJtoEmpluatf.' ( J 1 s iItSIOOOWaM lw' ' J li.oM.j»o U»M Ipf I. 1| a iljt ,K .{■Mb V ' W X«ln«4 *»*«*«• £»rt,*-a #»>>«' tWji (l«Ma HSU' >2msi iifMr>Hhtii u -tr, J. K lw«r>l Hiuiiimu*. 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