Decatur Democrat, Volume 37, Number 31, Decatur, Adams County, 20 October 1893 — Page 7

AT WABJWBSELR The Story of a Woman s Atonement, by Charlotte M. Braeme. CHAPTER I. A quaint, old fashioned, large, gray •tore house. 1 regularly built, with u gieen, sloping lawn that led to tho banks c f the Hivor Thames-a house that had once been the retort of tho Bthe young, and tho beautiful, but now lost its niostigo. Courtly es in rich brocades no longer ruttle.l through the stately rooms and the broad corridors. Knights with plumed casque t no longer rode from unu ng the trees. King’s Court wat deserted—it Had fallen upon evil days, and wat now known only ut “Tho Ladies’ Kow." ► No bright fl Hirers with girgeous colors smi e 1 on the lawn; no tame whito doves fluttered around the f »untain. Miss Tom leton, tic conductrr of “Tie Ijadies' College," con idored birds and fl tworsas “necessary parts of creation,” but she did not care to cultivate them. The windows of the house were all cl sod, the blinds wo ecaroful’y drawn. Sunshine was all very well in its way, but, as it caused carpets and curtains to fade, besides causing young eyes to brighten and young hearts to belt, it wa > m st carefully shut out. Hence gray shad w and white silent gl om reigned within King's Court, while the large rooms wore a'.l quiet and dull, and tho ticking of clocks and the creaking of doors co <ll be distinctly heard. At tho back there was another picture. First ettne a large playground—it had < neo been a courtyard—th< n a quaint old-fashioned garden, and an orchard whore tho trees la autumn drooped under the burden of ripe, rich fruit; and there the domain of Miss Templeton ended. The indication of this was a little ga'e, always carefully iccked, which led int > a kind cf coppice that epon.d out into bread, beautiful wo dland. A pretty brook ran between low banks—a brook that came from far away, and ran into the river -a brot k that would have m idea poet s heart leap for joy, so clear, limpid, and rapid wat it, washing over many-colored stones with a musical murmur that told of bright, far-off scenes. A cluster of alder t.eos bent over it, and a young giil sat under their sht.de. If Greuze had painted her with the glimmering sunlight fu ling upon her through the green foliage, the picture would have been immorta 1 . The b.-ook ripples, the lirds ting, the sun bhinis, and too flowers send up soft streams of frag anco all s.om in harmony with the fair froth loveline ts of tae girl, who cann >t yet have seen eighteen summers. Lovely though it be, the face is n t a very happy oae; the e is sumhina around it, but not in it. Tho girl lookad like a young princess. she wa, so charming, so dainty, so lai •. Yet life was all wrong with her, empty, dreamy and dull. There was paisiona e upbraiding in tho bright, proud eyes au she raised them to the blue heaven. “b >mo sigh for genius, for fame,” she murmured; “I ask ter love and money. Lot mj taste some few of the pleasures of tho world; tho warm 11.e within me or.o . out fi r tlem. Would that some •pint could stand before me and tell me whatever I wi-hed for thuuid be mine! What should be my first request? Made me a lady oi tit.e and wea th, I would say.” budae ily she paused—there certainly was a Vvice calling, “Mias Koyuer, where are you?" For one moment, rememce.ing her thoughts, she was half-frightened, and then she smiled. “It’s only John. Why are all servants named John, I wonder? And, as this is the last day of the holidays, and therefore the lust duy that I am to have peace or quiet, wuat cun John want me for?” Sue was soon to know. CHAPTER IT. Leonie Rayner rose from hor pretty no.k ut the water side, and turned to find the o d servant standing near her. “Mi«s Ra_,ne ," he raid, “you are wanted at onoj.” "Considering that I know n t one in the wide world, John.” she rejoined, with a lovely smile playing round her lips, “1 may ask, who wants me?" “Two gentlemen, and they buth look like lawyers; they askua for MS3 Leonie Rayner, ana said taoir ba.inea was ve y imp Jitant.” "1 will come," she said, with a deep sigh— “some messagu frem Miis Templeton, I suj po e.” She walkeu slowly to the house, and, as she loft the pict tre.-que spot wheie she had lingered througn the sunny June morning, the pcetry died out cf her face, and a hard, tired expression camo into it. SLe l icked i p at the closed windows and drawn bl.uds. “it is unfoitunate that the sun does not jay school fees,” she said, “then Miss Templeton would admit it.” She entered tho ba e, lonely, deserted ichool-rooms, where tho very goddess of du Inoss teamed to have taken up her ab do. A ttern-faeed, prim maid-servaat met 1 her. “Misj Rayner, have you been told that you are wantad? It's very awkwa d, gentlemen sitting in the drawing-.** viii, and W' wa ting to a range it. MLs Temp.eton will bo ce.e by seven.” It was only a servant’s insolence, yet it stung he until t<e fair face flumed crimson, the pa: sed on w t lout reply. Tnere was an innate nobility and refinement in Leonie Rayner that forbids her to enter into a content of wo.-ds; she went into the drawingroom. “How different it would ba," she thought, “if I were a lady-b-arder, and the e my visit >rs!” She opened the door, and hor wondering gh nee Lil <n two gentlemen seated, evidmtly very much at their ease, in Mi<s Templeton’s drawingroom. They looked at her in as'.oni.hment. Tho e.dor of the' two spoke to her first. “I whh to see Miss Rayner—Miss Loonie Rayner," he added. “I um tho only Miss Ra/ner at King's — Court," she said, and there wai a quiet dignity and simplicity ab. ut nor a, see replied. "You must pardon mo,” obse *ved tho same speaker, “I was n t prepared to see anyone so y ung as your elf." He was very mujh inclined to add "and so beaut fal," but he was a lawyer. and prudent. Tnon he to .eatrd himself and. seeing ths young girl evidently at a loss what to do, ho plaood a seat for her. “If Mis i Templeton could but see this,” she thought, with quiet amusement—"a governess-pupil receiving gont'emen visitors in tho drawingwlm" . “My business with you, Miss Rayner, is very Important,” cm tinuod the sp u»ker. “Pernaps 1 shi uld introduce m - self—l am Mr. Clements, of the fi.ni of (nementsA Mathews, of Lincoln’s Inn. We are lawy< rs," he added with a smile at her s m Holty. ‘Not knowing wh>t to say, she bowed. •“Allow mi, M s i Rajnnr. to introduce Mr. Dunscombe t j vou He has bee..

for Borno years past the manager of tho Charnlelgn estates.” She bowed again, still more bewildered. What should lawyers and managers of estates want witn her? “I must aik you, Mist Raynor, to answer my questions at fu'ly as y* u can," said Mr. 0 oments, “and not to conceal anything from me.” “I have nothing to conceal anfl nothing to toll,” she remarked "My life ha i been un uneventful one." "Toe future may have much in store,” said Mr. C.ements, smiling in 1 bowing. “Now, Miss Raynor, will you toll me, first, tho name of your fatrorr” “Cap! ain Albert Ray nor," she replied, pr< mptiy. “And your mether’s?" “Hor maiden na no was Alida Gloria mt. She was a French lady, born at Rheims." " Will you, as briefly as you can, toll us all you know of your parents, their lives and deaths? " Tho girl was tco simple and inexperienced to imagine that tnere c uld be any mystery behind those questions. “My father." she said, “was of a good English family. He wat a gentleman, but not rich; indeed, he had no money except his income as captain. My mother was a lady; she was descended from an old Royalist family that wa i ruined when sho was a child—the Clermonttof Rheims.” Mr. Clements bowed again, as though each word corroborated something he had hoard before. “My mother was very young when she had to g > out into the world as a governess. She was in a situation at Leamington when my father, Captain Rayner, met her, loved her, and mai*rled her." “And thereby," interrupted Mr. Clements, “10. t tho only chance he had in life. He was well known—a perfect gsntleman — handsome, refined; "he might have married an heiress.” “He loved my mother,” interrupted Leonie, her beautiiul face flashing. “Ye i, certainly; but that was the only chance life held for him. Will you centinue, Miss Rayner?" “If I do," she said, “you must spare me any further critic!.ms on either my father or my mother. ” “I really beg your pardon," returned Mr. Clements. “I rat .er admire Captain Rayner for what he did.” “They were married at Leamington, for my mother had no home and no friends. Despite poverty, my parents lived happily on.ugh u nil my father's regiment was <rder<d abroad. My m thor, for pecan a y ret sans, waj obliged to remain in England; my father died a hero's death far from his native land.” “He did," said Mr. Clements. “And then? ’ “After that my mother came to London an 1 lived by teaching F. o ich. She taugnt here at King s Court, < nl when ihe died M.ss Templeton took cha *ge oi me on condition that I should teach when I was able. 1 h-iVo lived hete over since.” “And that is the story of your life?” intenogated toe “Yes; I remember no inc’dont in it ia e my m< t ier’s death; the rest has ixe.i a drea y blank.” “Have you any pape s corroborative of what you say, Misi Raynor?" he a kjd, and again an expression of suppressed excit ment appeared on the lawyer’s face. “Yet, a small packet. There is a copy oi my fatner’s ma riage register, and one of my birth and of my mother’s death—that is all, I think." “ Will you let me tea them?" Sho rosefland went to her own room, where they we e kept. The.e was little woyder in her mind—her life had been too uneventful for that; she thought there was s:me bu.inetson hand relating to hor father’s death. She feund the papers and returned with them; sho laid them before Mr. Clements, who looked attentively at them. “Nothing could be more straightforward,” he remarked to Mr. Dunsc imbe; “it it the same story word for word.” “Yes, there is no mistake," observed hit friend; and then they both looked earnestly at the young girl before them. “I have strange news for ycu,” said Mr. Clements; “perhaps I ought to break it gently. Did you ever hear anything of your father s family?" “No," she replied. “Ido not even know tho names of his ro’atives.” “You have much to learn; but let mo tell you I have no besit. t on in saying that your claim is perfectly legal and clear; and that, instead of being Miss Leonie Raynor, a governofs-p ipil, you are Loonie, Countess of Cha nleigh, and mistre s of one of the finest estates in England.” CHAPTER 111. The words t oufided plainly and clearly in the silence— so clearly that tho young g.rl looked up at him bewi.dered, lost, dazed with wonder. “I dj not understand," she said faintly. “Lawyers are not accu-tomod to roman :e, my dear young ltdy,” remarked Mr. C.ements, smiling; ‘ria tSer do we deal in ] oatry; the plain, nard fact is, that I b diete y >u to be Lennie, Countess of Caarnleigh.” “Will y.m exp ain?” she asked, with ’ a fai.itCt.emble in her v< i ;e—her face had grown palo as death, and her lips quivered “The full explanation would occupy a who'e bunco of lawyers for many hours,” he replied. “I may toll you, briefly, that your father, t ie late Capt. Rayner, wa one < f the younger brat:ch of too family of C arnl'eigh. Toe late Earl of Cha-nl.i;h was a strange, mo dy, eccen riu man; ho died without making any will, and loft all his affairs in cornu den. Till i and estat j are net entailed in the m 1 u line; they descend limply to the next of kin, wheiherthat, next of kn be male or lemale. Tnat is one strange'law in the family; an-' other I*, that thepos etsorof the estate | can leave it by wi 1 to whic.i of his kin men ho chooses, provided ho has no sons cf his own to succeed him. 1 You understand?” continued tie lawyer, noting the great agitation of the girl. “If t< o late earl had been m irried, one of his sons—ot course the eld- i e .t —must have succeeded him; that is clear enough.” “Yes,” she replied, faintly, “that is clear.” “Rut ho never mariiud. And he might have leit all to any manner of the lamily wh he cho eto succeed him; that aLo is p ain on nigh. Try t > f.How mo.” Fo • le saw a film come. cVer the young gl- .’s brilliant e es, a though she were losing conscious-, lc s. I “I follow ysu clssely,” she said, but her voice was a faint, hoarse whipr. “But he died without making a will. He wai a rq. ody, strange man, who neve.- assoc'at ju with an ft t his family. I hardly t link he knew them. such an event as that which I have fu t mentioned occurs in tho c Charnieigh iam.ly, f’e next ot kin, whether male or fem lu, suceee’s. A long, ctrcfal conscientii u i examination of all c aims le .ds us to de. idj that you a e the nearest re a he of the deal exrl.” » j “Do you real'y bel’eve it?" she asked, trying to u< no al the quive ing of her ea ure and tie trembling of her hands, “is t .ere n > mislaku?” ”Wo do not make such mistakes in

our profession," was tho reply; “one | would bq fat 1. I She burled her face in her hands and ’ wept. The two men locked at hor in i kind ysympathy,evidently undoraUnling her emotion. I “But what s. a'l I do?” she inquired. | “I have never hud any money; I om un- | used to wealth and comfort; my lifo ' has been hard an 11 nely, dreaiy and dull—how shall I lour this groat I change?" | Sho pqphod back tho gdden-brown ha'r from lor whito blew, and anpoarod bjwildored with the thoughts that crowded upon her. "A cjuntesH in my own right—it is utterly impostible —1 cannot boliavoit.” “Nov e-tnele >s, it is true. I um not surprised fl at you should ba agitated —pjrhupi noyourg ladyeverhad mere | cau o; but you mu .t boar prosperity os well as vou have borne adversity. You come of a race that has always held honor first and courage next." “Dare I bel.ovoit? Dare I assure my hea**t of tho truth of all you have told mo?" She had risen from hor chair ' by this time, and was walking hast! y |up and down the room, “is t here any fear of disappointment afterward? I could not bear that,” she continued passionately. "I can go on living at I am, but to find all that I am ready to bjliovo now an empty, idle dreum, wou.d kill me.” |TO BB COKTISUBO.*, THE WORLD'S BEER. a The Total Amount Hrewed Is a L'ttle Short of 4,000,000.000 Gallons. The total quant ty of beer brewed in Europe, assuming an average for tho last five years, is 3,115,0 JO,CO J gallons, Germany coming first with a produci tion of 1,071,000,115 gallons of which J 044,752,505 galk ns are brewed in No. th i Germany, 344,830,305 gallons in BavaI ria, 70,t03,750 galk ns in Wut temberg, j 50,445,840 ga ljns in Ballon and 17,083,I 305 gallons in Alsace-Lorraine. Great 1 Britain comes next with a total of 874,192,2<5 gallons, while Austria-Hungary is third with a total of 308,880,075 gallons; while Fiance follows with about 225,0 0,000 gallons. These are the only countries in which the production reaches 100,000,000 gallons, but relatively to their population Denmark, with 49,D5,000 gall >ns brewed, and Norway with 38,3J4,9J0, have a much larger production than most of the others. But Russia, with its vast area and la*ge produces ; on'y (>5,892,870 gallons, while the quantity of brer produced in o'.hercounI tries is: Switzerland, 26.694,415 gallons;' I Spain, 23,<62,500 gallons; Turkey, I 3,150,0 X) gallons; Ita'y, 3,099,6(5 gal- | Ions; Roumania, 2,2z5,000 gallons: LuxI emburg and Servia, 2,092.5)0 gallons eac i, and Greece, 15 .3 5 gallons. The average quantity of baer brewed out of Europe is 83 ’,668,815 in the United States, 36,25 Q ,940 in Austialia and I 4,966,(120 in Japan. Fr< m the so ogoing it is seen that Germany and Great Britain alone brew a larger quantity of bver annually than tne United States. MOLASSES SAVES THE HOUSE. How the Natives of Mauritius Destroy White Ants. The black and white ants of tbe East are deadly enemies, and their enm ty saves many homes from ruin before the ravag >s cf the de-truc.ive whi e speI cies. The white ants, sometimes called termites, are a terrible pe>L They live largely < n wood. Tuey have big het d i a#d strong jaws, well fitted for gnawing. They will begin at the root of a great tree and gnaw their way up through the trunk and through the large b.*anchei until it beeomai a hollow shell and falls. Ofte i co.onies of these ants bu row under a house and gnaw up into the timbers. In Mauritu-,when acompany of these , while ants to tie themselves under a home to gnaw it down, the owner pours some tre-.ee or molasses on the ground near the read by which the ants pass to and fro between the home ant hill and the he use. The sme lof the tieaele soon attracts black ants, all of which are extravagantly fond of sweets, and these immediately notice the white ants pa sing beck and foith. One or two cf the blaek ants at cnce leave the treacle and disappear. These are mes engers. Later in the day a whole army of .black ants will appear, marching in a co umn many yards long. Taey maich in under tne infested home, end destroy every white ant in tie building. After a while the army c. mes marching out, and each 11 ck ant, carries a whito nnt with it. And thus is the h..us3 saved Where Girls Never Go to School. Girls in Iceland receive no educational advantages. Everything of that sort is lavished on the boys. Tne qqes# tion of providing for the girls has of late years engrossed much attention, but owing to the poverty cf the people and the miserable means of communi- > cation,slight progress has been made. The mother ha; been the universal school-mistress in Ice and as far as the girls are concerned. Instruction in reading and n ligion is compulsory. In the fall the clergyman visits every hou-e in his parish for the purpose of examining the children in reading and the catechism, and if satisfied with their progress he invites the parents to send the children of 12 and 14 years of age to him during Lent for further instruction in preparation for confirmation, whieh is compulsory at the ages of 14 and 16. Beware the Bite of Anger. A Vienna scientist has made a se’ries of interesting experiments with the virus of such insects as beesand waspi, and comes to the c.mclusion that tne effectiveness of the irritat ng substance , depends largely upon the mood of the lin i ct. A d *op of tho fluid tiken from 1 ti e poison bag of a dead hornet, for ; in tance, produces a slight itching, but nothing resembling the inflammation caused by a hornet sting with a much 1 smaller quantity of the same virus. The theory it supported by t le curicm fact that under the influence of„ rage the taliva of all sorts of otherwise I harmless animals can become virulent enough t > produce alarming and even fatal sympt ms. Death by bleed poisoning lias more than once io ulted from the bite of a wounded squirrel, a chipmunk, or a caged rat. A Railroad to South America. S'mo years ago a commission was appointed to inquire into the possibility of bu Id ng a railr. ad between this country a id'South Ame ici. The coms'mission has .jU't reported that the scheme is perf. ctly feasible, but ai the cost will be about SSO,WX) a mi'e it scarcely seems likely that oven the m ist venturesome - capitalist will into it. If the proceed line were built it would be possible to reach Rio Janeiro in a fortnight’s time. A Queer Superstition. I The Arabs have a superstition that tho stork has a human heart When one of these birds builds its nest on a housetop they believe that the happir.e is of that household is insured for, that year The great painter Razzi filled his home with all sorts of animals, and taught his raven to cry “Gome in" whenever there was a knock at ths door.

“DEAB WOBKI NOMAN” THE PROTECTION TO WHICH HE IS ENTITLED. A Writer IlrnionltrutOH MntliemaUoully U» AiMurdity of th" 1 * that Protection la for ths “ Dear Workingman Tlu> Campaign In <£blo. Doe« He Get It. ? Mr. Walter Sandors, of Montclair, N. J., has lieen d >uig s me figuring to learn tho actual pe cent tgo of protecti>n t> which our protected workingmen arc entitled, cn the claim of the manuheture s that it is all for the dear workingman." I’he problem is a simple one, and he has d unonst. abed mathematically tie absurdity of this protectionist plea. Following is his ink re.,ting le.tcr'in the New York I’Obt of Oct 4: Sib: If.there were not ho much humbug about it. the tender solicitude of protected industries on behalf of their dear workingmen a, exprenacd recently before tire WayH and Me»na Committee would be quite pathetic. I do not suppoee one in a thousand han ever considered what amount of protection is given to these various iU'inetries lor the protect ou ot labor, ao 1 have drawn up a few table*, and I wish every workirnmnao could read them and Judte tor himaelf whether ho haa been fooled lo:ig enough. Not only have the Amer.can manufacturers th# duties in their favor, but also the various other ekienses Incident to Import lug, au.h As commissions, freight, insurance etc. The elation these items bear to the cost value of course varies with the character of the goods being ou coarse, bulky goods it to 20 per cent., ranging down to from Th to lo per cent on finer, more compact articles. It is a very conservative estimate t> put the average at IS per cent., and I will show how it works out. The amount of protection to labor that the manufacturer gets under certain rates of duty and expenses on the foreign art cies depends upon the relative value between the material consumed, together with tbe incidental exp nses of manufacturing and the labor expended lu the production ot said article. I will work out one example in detail ana give tbe result of some others. Take an article which is made np of half materials and incidentals and half labor and subject to duty of (o per cent., and it works out in this way upon fl u worth ot foreign goods: Foreign cost mate*lai and incidentals.. .fM> Foreign cost labor JI I") Duty W per cent W Expenses, commission, freight, insarance, etc 10 $l6O Now the American mann'actnrer expends f<o« in material and incidents s, and bo has left 1110 which he cau (but do s he?l pay to his workingnnnas against the f**r igner’s labor cost of SoO: or. in other words, his labor is pro- ' tecteu to the extent of 120 per cent, over the foreign labor. , The variat ons ot duty are so great under the McKinley till that it would be an endless tasa to catalogue them all. but a few will suffice an.l as the rates exceed luo per cent, on many aitic e*. the calculations could be carried n.u:h further owards showingbov greatly favored the Am* man manufacturers are. The allowing calculations are made at various r*te<* ot duty an 1 wl.h to per cent, added for expenses, ami upon good** which comprise different re.ative vmues or labor ,-nd material, eic.: PBOTECTION THE AMERICAN MANUFACTURER HAS OVEB THE FOREIGN LABOR. Goods composed of *4 labor h abor I 54 labor Duty. and | and 54 material. maierial. 11 ,! material. per ct. per ot. per ct. per < t. ss iso w co ro to w n sw ito noK LU U> 22 J _ There ca eolations are made upon the supposit on ot theactud material routing aln>e iu both places ami will tn the main hord rood. In the immense list of articles ot every-nay Use there are vtry lew where the labor is more thanjo percent ot lhe total cost, oo that in aotua experience tbe high -r schedules of prot'Ction prevail, but here, »s in other features, the so-cbl ed p elective policy is fallacious I e- ■ ause in those very articles where more labor is expended tl e less plotection there is to labor, and on the con'rary the less labor the rnpre protection in corresponding ratio, all ot •rmoli goes 11 prove that this care for the workmi n is a mi gnittcent humbug, the manufacturers iippre luting that not upon a y cth'-r ground could they make their claims credible or acceptable lor a moment. If they were to ask outright for themselves sot that which thev no v get under the guise of pure philanthropy, how quickly the whole piotoetive fabric would go to pieces. One could go on with many int resting deductions from the study of these figures, but 1 will only refer to one fact which baa c 'tne und r mv experience. viz , the very great ease with which thr average American mauutactuier switches off in regard to his capacity to manufacture according to i he requirements ot the moment. To-dav he is interested lu lhe export business, and his sonr is tlie familiar strain of wonderfully adapted labor saving machln ry, superintelllgenl workpeople, improved methods, etc., which enable bln to turn out many times the goods in a given time as ths European maker, and with less force ot men, so he can successfully compete against all creation, a great deal of which i believe to be absolutely true, 'lo morrow he will be heard before tbe i Ways and Means Committee stating with equal fervor that he cannot stand up despite all bls advantages, against thqpauper labor ot Europe, and insis lug that in order to keep his factory g ing he must have 5 to HM per cent, bonus to distr,mite among his workmen, and fortelllng dread ul disaster if he does not get it. A vicious policy such as I believe this to be alwavs requires great versatility and in tenuity on the pi rt ot its advocates to sui port it. and I believe the inte ligent portion of tiie people or the United States are beginning to und rsi and it and will condemn it; and 1 have faith enough in the American o pabi ity to believe that without , overnmental piotect ou our manufacturers can hold their owa in a free co npetition with anv one, and that ih-yw.ll in the i nd win lu spite ot pauper labor or any- ' thing else bnt it oaks t > me as though at tne present they wore exercising their brains to get hb much the start of otuers as possible by outside asst.-t nee, tn 1 br grlng when it suits their purpose that they can come out ahead McKinley Couldn't Wait. The Republican campaign in Ohio was to have bagm at Akron on Sept. 12, but Gov. McKin’ey oculdn t wait, jle began it at Sjutb Salem on Sept. 5, Rot. far from Chil.icJtbo, tao home of the Hon. Lawrence Talbott Neal. Fifteen hundred peoples from Chillicothe came to hear Gov. McKinley, prc=uin-1 ably for the sake of enjoying better i tlie smashing of his arguments which | Mr. Neal will do when the Democi atic | canvass begins at Newark in a few i days. Gov. McKin ey spoke in his usual tariff-shedule manner, attributing all pro perity to protection and all advers-' ity to the Demccrats. He read from divers English newspapers, which, with ' a soundness of information uncommon to English newspapers discuseingAmerican politics, exulted over Mr, Cleveland's election as over tho death of protection; and then he read what is much more pertinent and important, a letter written by the Hon. Lawrence Talbott Neal last fall. "We stand.” wrote Mr. Neal, “unalterably c qnmit- i ted to tho overthrow of McKinloyisin in its every shape a id form." That is where the Democratic party ■ stood last fall and where it stands to- . day. The only difference between tlie situation then and the situa icn now is that then the Democracy was asking the people to authorize tho destruction of protection; now, the authorization { having been given, the Democracy is beginning the work, which will not be completed until there is no trace of protection in the statute books of tho United States. Mr. Neal and the Democratic party of Ohio and of tho United States are unalterably committed to the overthrow of McKinloyism, and still mean to overthrow it; and they have tho power to do so. Governor McKinley will find that Mr. Neal and the Ohio Democracy will meet him directly and without evasion. The Ohio election is to decide whether Ohio is for or against the destruction of MoKinleyism. Pulverize protection! Vindicate the Constitution!—New York Sun. Rquitsble Dlstrtbut'on WantetL It Is useless for any intalligent man to try and deny thatAmerioan manufacturers, under tho fostering care of a protective tariff, have made an enorm’its | lot at money. There is no desire on the

1 part cf the gen-iral pub! io to curtail these profit i to a ruinous extent: wht iw wanted is a more oqurtable distribution, forth i benefit of wuge-w. rkers and consumers, un I, wtien this p< int is reach* d, tie nieid'esomo occupation of the tariff-tinker Will ctaso. Bo will bo c< mpletily disarm id, and manufacturing otiiino s wi 1 no longer bo at tho mercy of c inscionceleis demagogues. Upon this point all intolligoi.t friends of protection ought to Ixi able t > agree, and now is the time for coming t > a thorough understanding anil permanent cot c'usion to this effect.—l’hiladelpnia Telegraph (Rep.); Horne Eronouilc Truth*. Our manufacturers, otpecially those well shiellod by tariff walls, form t.usts which exact tho highest possible price from the American consumer, while they continue ki sell their goods at far lower prices to unprotected for- ' eignors. This is true in regard to I agricultural implements, cartridges, I sewing machines, type-writers, taws, | axes, and many other kinds of hardi ware and tool’. It isp'ain that in.such I cases the tariff bocom >.s wnat tho Now I York Tribune calls “an instrument of I extortion.” The American Economist, ! the chief priest of higfi protection ■ which swallows its Bible whole, finds , sophistry thin enough to justify even I thia high-handed proceeding of tho , t iriff-fondled trusts. It has a column 'entitled “Ta: iff Quiz,” in which it cx’i pounds the great economic principles underlying McKinleyism. We extract : thtjJjllowing clear and lut id cxplana- ■ tion of this iniquitous tariff phenomena from it) issue of Sept. 29: "PROTECTION AND FOREIGN MARKETS. “No. 4.—ls you manufacture go ids in I this country and send th m abroad and I unde, sell so eign manufactures in for- ’ eign ma kets, what good, in such cases, ' does Protect.on do?—T. S. Owen, Cori respondent American Protective Tariff League, Lebanon, Ohio, September 8, 1893. “It has been claimed by the party of Free Trade that Protection prevents American manufacturers from shipping i American go: ds to so eign countries and competing with foreign manufacturers in so. eign markets, but this is only theory, as our statistics of export weil show. Protection does increase the price of gqpds, which is checked ' by domestic competition, but the ob- , ject of Protect ion wto enable our wage earners to find a good and constant emI ployment at wages better than the 't average rate pa.d for foreign labor. II Protection ‘in such cases’ as our cor- : respondent refers to, enables us not ' I only to keep t.ie foreign goods out of I our own markets, but also enables us 1 to enter the foreign markets and there i compete with foreign goods, while at I the ;amo time affording more work for , our wage earners at better rates of ! wages than are paid to the foreign laj borers. Protection enables m ire in- ; dustries, thus creating more demand 1 : for the products of each and enabling j factories tj run on full time, which cheapens the cost of product." Any sample wayfaring man who believes in Protection (and such are usually simple en nigh t j be caught on tin ho< ks without bait ) ought surely t) . feel tecu ein his position and studying this explanation. Suppose he analyzes it to extract from it as many simple truths as is possible: Protection does increase the price of goods. It also cheapens the cost of the product. It increases prices that wages may be higher. It cheapens cost to “enable more in- , du .tries.” ; It keeps foreign goods out of our markets. It also enab’es us to enter foreign markets and there compete with foreign goods. COROLLARIES TO ABOVE ARE: Protection increases prices at home : to raise wages, but higher wages causes I cheaper ctst of production and thus j it enab es us to sell cheap in foreign markets. Tais cheapness causes mare demand for our products and enables factories to run on full time. Therefore, Protection not only project < our dear l ibir from the cheap Lapor-of Europe, by prevent ng our markets from being inundated with cheap foreign goods, but It enables dear-labor goods to undersell cheap-labor goods in their own I markets. In time then, I Protection will depr.vo foreigners of : both Our and their markets and leave i them with nothing to do but to pay our I tariff taxes and to consume our protection goods. Verily protection of the McKinley-tax-the-foreignor-brand is the greatest economic di covery on record. It will not only up-build the industries of the nation that adopts it and bling high wages, prosperity, exemption from taxation and goed luck to all that abide therein, b.it it will strike terror into foreign industries and enemies and, at last, wipe them from off the face of the earth. O, th'u great and mighty McKinley, who hast discovered this law of the economic universe whose ai plication brings peace and g >cd will to all— except th* so unfortunates not under its protecting wings—to thee will wc sing songs of praise fcrever and ever. B. W. H. The Paradoxes ot I’ro ection. Our protectionist friends say, put a high enough tariff on a thing, and instead * f an increase of pr ce of the corI ic ponding thing made in this esuntry i resulting, us pe >p’e ignorantly think, the pi ice bog ns to go down feoome I mystt ritus reason; at tho same time, . the wages of the men engaged in its i manufacture begin mysteriously’ to go I up. And with lower prices for the i product and higher wages for lab >r, the t prosperity of the master, grows great- | er! It really does seem too good to be i true, and wo suspect it is.—lndianapolis News. ■ The McKinley Theory. The Minneap- lis Tribune ccmplains because the builder.* cf teat S ate are | using an Ohio sandstone. As the Ohio ! sandstone is cheaper than the Minnesota article tho difficulty might be overcome, did not the Constitution ! stand in the way, by a good stiff tariff !on the product of Ohio. According to i the McKin ey the >ry ths Minnesota I people would not only be proto, te 1 by this plan but the Ohio pacpie wou d be ccmpo’.lod to i'ay their sandstone t..x i —New York_WorkL The Largest Gold Nugget. I The large t nugget of gold ever found was dug up ut the mines of Ballarat, Australia. The proprietors of a “hole” had gone away to lunch, leaving a hired man digging with a pick-ax. Suddenly he st u.k s mething. The wo.kmau dug around it to tee what it wa* and then he fainted. I’rescnt'y the owners returned and, seeing the man Iving in the hole, they thougut he was dead. One of them jumped in, turned him over to sea what was tlie matter with him. and t then he fait.ted also. Both of them wte e dragged out and immediately digging wa* wi.dly begun for the nugget, which lay partly exposed. The ma s was so great that 'at fir»t they supposed that they had ‘ come upon a reef of pure gold. When they got it out it weighed 180 pounds anJ a few ounces. Its vulua wa* 541,OuO. Being sent to England, it was exhibited tbe e for a t me, and was finally molted and turned into sovereigns. .

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