Democratic Press, Volume 2, Number 87, Decatur, Adams County, 11 June 1896 — Page 3

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CHAPTER IH.—Continued * Ou. d»v the linn of William Rose * • Company hired a new clerk. He <aiue from the Went, ami lied the manners, carriage and address of • thorough. wellbred tenth man. Nor «a» hi* appearance deceptive. He "■»» a thorough gentleman and it did not take Max Brett very lung ■ a I HMM • I kindred spirit. From a mere buslneim acquaintan *• their companionship ripened ■ into true friendship. and before the close I of the first month th had tak-| ' en Up bi* residence in the mini*' flat with , Hr tt. Mrs. Dupont. the genial landlady, 1 exhibited uu unusual intereat in this her ’ latest i ntron, but. m cutanou with Max, ' she e o.ild b arn but one thing about him • -his name was Henry Richards. The evenings of the young men were now spent in mutnal ple.iwir- sad enjoy* 1 ... • ra gh Max found R. hard • unus i t!’.' ■ li.s'nt and reserved, and that ■ ,n : , n i which prompted ths observing Brett ; > imagine that his friend’s quiet | s’imi. - was not merely natural bashfuln,..s, i r ainly. Richard- wns particular 1 ly reserveci in the presence of ladies, but Max 11 a notion that it was only that Richards was afraid of being drawn into a conv. rsation in which he might be tempt. I to say more than he desired. That li ■ friend could disclose facts con- j eeriimu himself of more than ordinary in-; tens; Brett felt morally certain. Per- 1 haps Brett’s greatest failing was his inqilisitive di»|*osition. but with ail the- - questioning and croo»-<| uvationing »kill at his .-..m; and he was utterly unable to glean a single item from the past history*, of his new friend. It has Is <-n hint»*l that Brett had with praiseworthy foresight, taken care to stand well with his landlady, in whom he found a first-rate friend. Land-' ladies as a class have ls**-n much reviled and slandered by the jocular press and the growling public, but many a young man has proven that there are some splen- . did exceptions to the genera! rule—if it is the rule to fiud in the landlady a spwiea of female vampire. Mrs. Dupont was Is .th refined and intelligent, and her pleasant, kindly face was but the index to a large and warm heart. Consequently her interest in those who made their home under h.-r r ,of was not .assumed nor the result of common feminine curiosity. * One afternoon, as Max was returning from his work at the office, he met Mrs. . Dupont in the entrance to the flat. He tipixd his hat w ith a pleasant "good day , and was about to pass on, when the landlady addressed him. "Have you seen my new tenants. Mr. Brett 7” "No," s. d he, "who are they?" "A.-. ung lady with her mother- New York iH-ople." "Ah!" said Max. with a merry smile. ; "Tell me all about them, please." "They ame here yesterday. The young lady is remargamy handsome. She is a very tine singer, and something of an artist. I behove. Her mother has leased the apartments for six months, so that we shall have every opportunity of becoming acquainted with our new neighbors.” "And still.” said Brett, "you have not mentioned the name of this fair adu.oou the the Dupont colony?” "Annetta Spencer, but " Here their conversation was interrupted by footsteps on the stairs, and they both look, d up to see who it might be. A tall, slender figure, wrapped in a heavy gray cloak, appeared, displaying the graceful outline and movements of a young woman. Her hat la sure index to a woman’s taste and judgment! was very simple, but elegant and faultless in its very simplicity. So that ho might not obstrui-t the pas sag.-, and that he might at the same time view, umds-’.-rved, this strung.* lady, Max stepped into a recess on one side of the hall. When the girl reached the lowest step she paused a moment to question Mrs. Dupuit in regard to a certain address. thus giving Mr. Brett the opportunity of studying her features. In the short time at his disposal he noticed (and never forgot) a pair of large, expressive blue eyes, a luxurious mass of wavy golds*n hair, a perfect Grecian nose that was delicate in its perfection, and a pair of thin, firm lips that denoted, as In* knew full well, a strong moral character ami a ■steadfast purpose. "Well." said Mrs. Dupont, amused at Brett’s enlliusiasm. which was quite apparent. although unspoken, “what do you think of her?” “I think," he replied, very quietly, “that she is n indy.” But by the way in which the young man uttered that last word anyone could nave known that Max Brett meant inr more than the general use ol tin* term lady commonly implies U|s.n the surface. He meant all that the word should imply all that it implied when nt I tered reverentially by loyal knights in tin -,ld day ■ ' t chivalry. True, Max Brett was u nineteenth century Auieri. au and a man who appreciated the hurly-burly ol life in Chicago; but Max Brett was none the less a gentleman. "By th.- way, can’t you help me do something for poor Richards/ continued Brett. "He is getting quite melancholy.’ "Bring him up with you to my .rooms to-morrow evening. Perhaps I can induce Mrs. Spell.s-r and her daughter to take tea with me. A social evening will do us al! good. But what seems to be the trouble with Mr. Richards.' "Don’t know. Wish I did. When he a awake lie won’t say a word about him* 4 self or his belongings, though in his sleep 1 have occasionally heard him murmur of his sister and his mother and also of a

woman or girl, who, I should judge, is in England. Once 1 caught him iu the twilight gazing Intently at a miniature portrait, which he thrust hastily into his pocket on my approach. But here be is. Good-by." Richards took Brett by the arm, and they entered their joint sitting room together. "Brett," said Richards, abruptly. “1 have just arrang.sl with Rose & Company to leave them-at once. In fact, 1 am through with them, and I intend to leave Chicago this night.” “What is the matter?" inquired the astonished Max. "Nothing wrong? No one sick?" "No. no. 1 am going solely to plena*' myself." "Can't yon postpone your departure for I a short time? 1 just promised to drag , you out to spend to-morrow evening. Bet I ter stay. Let’s have supper and talk things over afterward." "My dear follow.” said Richards, wear ily, "it's no use. I've got to go. 1 cannot ; explain, and it would do no good to either of us if I did. If I ever see you again, a* 1 sincerely liAp*- I may. I will tell you ol myself. Suflira it to say. at present, that I I am paying the penalty of an old misstep. You know all the old sayings. Brett, about ‘wild oats,' and so forth. The good Book says that ’th**-** who sow the wind must reap the whirlwind' —well, the whirl wind has struck me. That's all. (jut come,” he added, "let us take one more meal together." It was not a very merry supper which the two friends sat down to, for these young men. so entirely different in disposition and temperament, had grown much attached to each other, and neither of them liked the idea of this sudden parting. At S o'clock Richards shisik hands with Max. picked up his gripsack and started off. He had been gone nearly two hours before Max stirred from his comfortable chair. He missis! his old companion a* much as if their friendship had extended over six years Instead of six weeks, and ho was quite at a loss what to do next. He began to pace up and down the sitting room, ami it was not long before his eyes resttsl upon a miniature portrait—doubtless the very one which Richards had - > hastily hidden from his gaze. Max picked up the picture and examined it, and a curious sensation thrilled him as lie read and re-rynd the inscription on the back of the jeweled ease which held the ,iortrait. Glancing nt his watch, Brett re .whet! for his hut and left his apartments iu a violent hurry. CHAPTER IV. Among the "old timers" in rhe "Dupont colony, ’ as Max Brett had facetiously termed the flat, an invitation to spend an evening hour with the genial landlady was always accepted with a goo<l deal ot pleasure. Mrs. Spencer must have gained a knowledge of this fact, for she promptly risqsinded with a cordial acceptance for herself and her daughter when Mrs. Dupont asked her to join her at "five o'clock tea." Thus, when, on the evening after their conversation in the hallway. Max entered (of course without bis friend! the cosy apartments reserved by the landlady, he found the ladies from New York already there. He found in Mrs. Spencer a wellpreserved old lady, who isirdially extended her hand and smiled ui»>n the young man very graciously when In* was Introduced. But when Brett was presented to the younger lady she responded by rhe most’ formal of cold and formal hows—a recognition which s,*enied to Intimate that she eotisiden-d she had been inveigled into tin* acquaintance of a Chicago man against her wishes and without her concurrence; indeed, the <-oldness of the girl might have congealed the blood in the veins of almost any other man but Max Brett. But Max was hardly the sort of man to show disapiHiintment even when he felt it. He was too thorough a man of the world and naturally too buoyant to be embarrassed by rhe whim of a woman. Yet the markial contrast between mother and daughter rather battled him. clever and suecessfiil student of human nature as he w:t M . an,l lu* residved to take a little time in attempting to form this sphinxlike young woman's mquaintanee. Brett was a persistent young man. however, and he had not the slightest intention of giving up his efforts nt the first setback; but it was not until after tea was over that he again ventured to directly address Annette. Now. Mix Brett was a very clever young tnnn. Possibly he would have made a good general, for he knew quite well that, in attacking n young lady, ns in attacking a city or fortification, the first Imisirtaiit matter is to discover a weal, point. For the time being Mux was an oil man -and. up to date, n most successful and valuable employe of Rose A: Company. But. if he was able to, it wns his privilege as an American citizen to dabble in and talk about |sditics, religion, music, painting, the drama, the money market or literature. Brett could <lo nil this, and more; he was tilde by a few quick strokes of a pencil to produce on a scrap of paper or iu the fly-leaf of a I a funny caricature or a correct portrait, ami ho was always posted on the latest comic and sentimental songs, which he could sing in a pleasant baritone voice, necompaiiying himself well on the piano. So. as tin* evening wore on, the two older Indies having settled down to compare notes as to the latest knitting stitch, Miss Spencer's formality relaxed and the coolness, which

•h» bad at first osetnrd determined to display, warmed considerably. In fact, lung laiforv Mrs, Hpeliecr suggestial the necessity fur breaking up the little party, Miss Annette and Mr. Mux Brett were routed very closely together «o closely that the crisp, short hair of the young man frequently got in the way of the wavy golden hair. "Lov<* at first sight" Is rather out of date, they nay, and yet there was something ninrveloiHly like it in Mrs, Dupont's parlor that evening, the victim being no other than our lively young man of the world. Mr. Max Brett. Ami be, who had more than om-e boasted that he wouLI never strike his colors to any worn an, Imt would remain forever n free lam-e and a rover, did not even try to deny the fact to himself. Indeed, after lie had said good-ulght to his hostess and the Spencers, and while he puffisl nt a cigar ns he rocked himself gently in his favorite arm chair, In* thought It would not be half a bad plan to go right ahead and make an unconditional surrender to the gir! with the wavy golden hair. CHAPTER V. 'l’he pleasant evening in Mrs. Dupont's parlor was but the forerunner of many other meetings between Max Brett ami Miss Spencer, and day by day— OS the days merge*! into weeks— the bom! of friendship between them strengrhene*!. They were thrown so much together and Max was ao persistent that several evenings each week found the young man awaiting the pleasure of his "golden haired idol,” as. with some pardonable exaggeration, lie was wont in his own mind to call Annette. The young lady s****m*sl well pleased to receive his attentions, while Mrs. Spencer at al) times exhibited a lively interest in Brett's welfare, for whi.-h he felt grateful. And yet, although Max know that his own regard for Annette wns quickly ripening into a strong and ardent affection, he fi-lt that "love making" was almost impossible with Annette. With all her frank friendliness there was a something which seemed ever to intimate that lie must keep at a respectful distance. love cannot always nilapt itself to circumstances. nor can it be easily shelved and f.,rgott**n. Max was in love, although ho had all his life desired not to be. Not only so; now that bo was in love, he discovered that he harbored within hie bosom an imp of the green-eyed monster! Yes. the jovial, light-hearted, happy-go-lucky Max Brett was jealous, and for the life of him he could not himself understand, mni-h less explain, why In* should be. He had never attempted to breathe one word of lon* into Annette's ear. yet when he peered into the depths of h**r large blue eyes he could s**c (or imagined that he could seel a world of love shadowed Igt a cloud of sorrow nnd doubt. This p rplexed Max. who. cosmopolitan and experienc'd as in* was, was a perfect novice in the manners and customs of the vassals ami serfs of that merciless .-lutocrat. Cupid. Being of a rather original and imaginative turn of mind, he worked Annette’s apparent sadness up into a mass of probable and improbable circumstances ami situations, that wouhl have reflected seriously upon his sanity had In* ever dared to make them known to his friends. He ls,r** this mental discomfort, which was rapidly becoming acute mental torture. for several weeks, and when a month had passed began to weigh his *-ham-**s. and one evening, very simply. Max told Annette of his love. Yery quietly; the answer * am*-- the very answer w hich Max had ho|*ed would not b<* his. but which he hml all along dreaded. "Yon ar** kind am! generous," said sin*, "but I cannot must not —en<*uurage your love.” Then* was silence for some moments, a silence which was broken by Brvtt. “Will you tell me why?" he asked, in a voice which sounded very much subdued and disappointed. "Sim-e you ask me —and bi*<-ause you have honored me as mm-h as a man can honor a woman yes. I will tell yon. though it is a story which. I f<*af. will not greatly interest you. I'or two years my mother and I have guarded the secret which I am alsiut t<» confide to you. but I feel sure that it will be safe with you. Shall - go on?"

"Yes. if you will." said Max. "you may rely <>n my honor." •*!',,r years." si*** proc****d**d. "th** Spen-*-**rs wer** a happy and unit***! family, living in New York city, where tuy father was a Hucicssfu) business man. I hail an only brother. Harry, who was kind, affectionate ami dutiful until he was almost a man. when he f**li into hail company. H** frequently iume home intoxicated. ami 1 think his bad behavior hastened our father's death. At any rate, poor father died suddenly, leaving his business to Harry. Then for a while my brother kept very straight ami was his old self. But th** large means at his disjsisal offered too many temptations, and from bad he went to worse. Meanwhile he hail b****oute engaged to be married to a beautiful young lady, tin* only daughter of a wealthy meri-hunt ami old friend <>f my father's. Tin* day of t.he wedding upptoaidnsl. but Harry did not improve in iiis haliits. H** married tin* young ladyhut disappeared tin* next day mid has not been heard of sine**. M hat became ol him we do not know. Mother ami I have h-anl nothing taut would give us the faintest clew. But we an* determined to find Harry or learn his fate, and as we have foiled by staying in tin* East, we have ram** on to Chicago to pursue our investigations from lliis point. \\ *■ cannot afford to employ detectives though we have done that Imt «*• fully expect to warded with some information before very long. Only, my’friend, nMrriagv for me is out of tin- question until *1 succeed in Homo ilpgree.” Max Brett certainly mhiiired and loved Anm-tl** li** less for this statement, of her unselfish determination. "Let m** aid you. If possible,” he said. “Surely. I am iutori'steil, now? Th*'sootier We sueei'ed. tile sooner 1 may entertain som** hop**, may I not?” Annette smiled quietly, but mad** no reply. "Hiivf* you a photograph of your brother?" a ski'd Max. "Yes; 1 will show it to you." So saying, she proibi*'*'(l from a small writing case the photograph of a strikingly handsome young man. Brett gazed upon it iu amaz.omcut and only by an I'fi’ort prevented himself from uttering a loud ejaculation. But Annette noticed his excitement ami exclaimed: "You have semi him?” "Yes," in- replied, "right here iu Chicago. But 1 am certain he is no longer in tile * ity. ami where he is I have not the faintest notion. (If course, 1 may Is* mistaken. Imt 1 think not. 1 shall make it my business to find out. In n day or two I iuteud to start out ou n voyage of discos-

try, for I rtdnk I can arrange vrifti rfia firm for an extended leave of übiteuea You may rely *>n ui«, Annetta." That evening Max held n council of war. followed up by a session <>f emumlttee on ways nnd means, in both of which deliberative assombllva he had it pretty much his own way. In one ham! he held th** miniature left behind by Henry Richards mid In the other ha grasped th** photograph of Harry Spi>tK'**r, which he had latrrowed of Annette. Th** face In the miniature wns that of Brett's isiusin, Emily Hatterthwnltv. Tin* photograph of Si*cm vr wus also thu portrait of Richards! This was a pretty good starting p*dnt for a little amateur <l**tei-tlve work. Brett was just th** man to put two and two together ami thereby arrive nt a total of four. He resolved to go to work immediately- first by visiting his cousin Emily, who now resided In England, nnd. secondly. by hunting up Richards, who was • well, somew here. Two days later. Max Brett packed hi» satchel, bade farowell to Annette and left Chicago. But hr was delayed tnorr than once in executing his plans, and it was several months before ho was able to complete the first part of his program by interviewing Emily Hatterthwaite. CHA ITER VI. It is a remote corner of the world, very remote indeed, where un American cangot be discovered, but whether a denizen es Mexico or St. Petersburg, it Is characteristic of him to prefer bustle nnd "go." go that one wouhl hardly commence a search for a typical citizen in an English epuntry vilhig**. Anil yet the most important man it (Jhesden. nnd by long odds the richest, at ttie time of our story wan a hnndred-eent-oa-the-dollnr American; un<i if Chcaden v-.'is not an an*-i**nt British borough, there nr** no sm-h places. Years before, John Xntterthwaite. toil ing in his olH* in the heart of New York c'ty, made up his mind that a home in Ohvsden was w< rth a good deaf of hard > boy in- tad via • I England with his grandfather, who to k him t > Chesden and allowed him the hall where the old gentleman had been bora seventy year' before; showed him the broad a<-r » which had once belonged to the Sattertbv ,iites. nnd th** parish church where whole generations of dead and gon** Satterthwait* lay *-ov**rc*l by marble (Monuments and brass effigies. He even saw that the swinging sign board of the largest inn still Istre the legend, "The Batterthwaite Anus." When young John returned from that visit and, trending in the footsteps of his father, started in commercial life, it was with the firm resolve, if such a thing were possible, »>f ending his days iu tin* home t.t his distinguished am-estors. Bravely and right well he carried out his resoluton. While he was still in the forties be paid a prim ely sum for the oh! hull and th*' noble park which surruund**d it, and once again a Sattertliwaite came to Is* looked up to as the most importan* person in t'hesden. It ‘nattered little to the natives that hi* was by birth an Ameri*an. It was enough for them that he came of th** old stock, and it was easy for them to |H*r**eive that Joan Satterthwait* was a gentleman. "Blood tells, every time," said the burly landlord of the Satterthwait*' Arms, as he discussed the new squire with his guests. And it did tell, &*> that John Satti rthwaite. *>t New York ami < ’nesili-n. was not more warmly v.elcomcil by the plols-ian townsp*siple am) by h;s tenant frnm-rs than by the arlatocracy of th. county. * Inly one thing trouble**, the county people, i'spe* ially mothers with large families of grown boys. John Satterthwaite'a household was presided over by his lovely daughter a f;«si-:ntiting young lady, quite of marring* able ng** ami doubtless richly endowed with worldly wealth, who evidently did not wish to marry ami who persistently repelled the proffer***! attentions of a dozen **r so young liu<-kinghamshire sqniros who fell desperately in love with her on sight. (To be continued.) OLYMPIC GAMES AT ATHENS. Will Be Held in un Amphitheater Holding ;it*,(MM> Persons. Considerable interest Is shown in th revival *>f the Olympic games, which take plai-e at Athens. Greece, iu April. Th** I'aimthen!*' Stadlou at Hymettus is now being fitted up for the aecommoihttioii of iKMMiii persons. Mr. Averoff, a wealthy Greek merclmnt of Alexandria, has donated SKKIJKO for this put pose. The Crown I'rince of Greece and his brothers are much inter**sted iu the event, and the entire fund raised in Gree<-<- for th** rebuilding of this noted amphitheater amounts to *l'.!.">,oiHi. The King Ims promised to award the iiriz.es of silver tdive wreaths, and spis-lal cominemortitlve postage slnmpti will be issued by the Government, the procceils to go to the Olympic fui»d. It Is intended to finish th** Stadlou in marble, but only pan of it will be ready for the sisirts In the spring. It la said that when th*' structure is finished thu seating capacity will be 70,000. It forms a natural hollow between two of the lowest spurs of Mount Hynifittus, the sides sloping up to a height of from sixty to eighty feet. The Interior ipacc. In-form of a horseshoe. Is 070 f**et long ami !»•!> fe**l wide. From this spot a splendid view of Athens ami the surrounding country can be had. Including the May of Salamis. Foot races and gymnastic contests w 11 take pin* ** in the Stadlou and also the finish of the twenty-ndle race from Marathon. There will also be a bicycle race on the I'haleric I’ltiln. half way between th** city ami the seashore, swimming nnd rowing nines I-.-i th*' ro»det**iid of I'httleron. and ya* ht rro os iu the Snronie < lull. —New ? ork Si.n. Ethics in a Reformatory. A ('lass in ethics Is one of the novel educational features of the Massachusetts State reformatory. It is conducted <!>n a plan devised by President Hyde of Bowdoln College. About IDO of" the more intelligent prisoners are members of the class. The usual procedure of the class consists of a lecture by the Instructor or a paper by some member, followed by a general discussion of the topic. The debatet are said to bi* spirited nnd earnest, and the effect on the prisoners excellent.

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HISTORY OF M'KINLEYISM. At every prot* i*tloiilsi gathering and In every prot*s*tl**niat **rgati assertions , nre constantly b**ltig mini** niqatt th • effort* *>f ls>th th** McKinley and Wil son tariff law* In which facta are elth ; er wholly *llsr*-giir*l*sl or an* so manlp nlatis) ns to mislead all who may is*. Induced to pla**** the l**ost faith lit them. For Instance, nothing could be morei audaciously fills** than the general ns sumption by protectionist writers and speakers that the people of the t'nlted States were never so prosperous as during the years when McKinleylatu wna in full operation. Tills statement has been repeated over ami over again, even on the floor of Congress, deoplte the fact that every jierson who has arrived at the tig** of discretion knows that It Is not true. It Is worth while to take a retrospective gl'illee nt some of the events which occurred during the dosing year of the Harrison administration—-that being the time usually selected by the sjs*llbinders as affording th** liest examples ' of the happy contentment with which tin* McKinley method **f making people rli'h by taxing them Inspired Its henefl-' claries. This much vnuut***! system of | producing |s*a**e and plenty had then been in full swing for two years. If a tariff verging on the prohibitory could li..**' brought about I ta tb'inl r-sult> the year ls:c should have 1 a year of im-onipa table prosperity. The actual facts, however, show quite the contra ry. In I**! the surplus which was In the treasury when President Cleveland vacabs! iils otil**e iu 1-ssy had entirely disiipp*'are*!, while th** national revenue from I**s!i to IMI2 find fallen short of th** expenditure by nearly the same amount; and it was only by seizing th** truNt fund of s.'.l.iso.isiu which had Iweti d**]>oslti*'l by the national banks t*> secure th** redemption of their notes that Swretary Foster was enabled to avoid an issue of lionite. The importation of the raw materials necessary to th** successful conduct of the business of manufacturing had become difficult ami expensive, ami in some cases im|«*ssilde. Wages had b****n steadily going down till, in th** latter half of istg. the illscontent of lalior had lieeome so tier**** that in many places It amounted to insiims-tion. In June of that year the Iron Lengm* «lis*-harged 1.500 men lu'cause they were Knights of Lals*!*, nnd the Homestead ateel works closed, throwing fi.ixsi ( ,*n out of work. In July an attempt was made to land I'liikerb li men at Homestead; several of them wer** killed, ami. on the loth, th** national guard of Pennsylvania was railed out. on th** 11th then* was a Imttle lietween union and noli-unl miners at (Veur d'Alene. Idaho, iind number of men were killed. Martial , law was tleelansl. mi*! on tin* Kith I’res- I blent Harrison, by proclamation, called [ on all jiersons in insurrection in Idaho j to disperse. On th** !sth warrams were ' issued for th** Homestead leaders I chargol with tin* murder of Pinkerton I guanls. Ou th** 22*1 th** iron-workers i at Duquesne struck, and on the ,’ioth 1 troops wen* summon***! to that point. Aug. 1 th** building trrulcs In New York went on strike, and all buildings in tba* city stoppisl; but lack of funds ami th*'. vast numlier of Idle men ready to tak** ■ their places comfs-llel many of the men to return to work, ami the strike failed, on the 13th the miners in Eastern l Tennessee rebelled against the com- 1 petition of convict labor, and liberated th** convicts in order to get rid of them. On the 1-lth the switchmen on the Lehigh Valley Railroad struck, ami during the next two days troops were hurried Into Buffalo, on the 17th the strike extended to th*' \V* st Slior** ami New York Central switihuieli. ami more troops were culled out. on the I'Jth and 2'tth one thousand Tennessee miners attacked the militia at Coal Creek and defeated them, on tin* 23d the switchmen on tin* Delaware. Lackawanna and \V*-st**ru Railroad and also ou (In* Buffalo. Rochestur and Pittsburg Railroad struck; these strikes failed. During th** remaining days of August till the employes of Carnegie A Co. ami of Schoniburger. Speer & Co., of Pittsburg, struck: these strikes also failed. During September th** grand jury returned true bills for murder against I**7 Homestead strikers, and th*' Coettr d’Alene miners were tried for conspiracy, and four were <x*nvieted. On Oi'tobcr 12 th*' yardmen of the Big Four Railway strm l» nnd on the 27th another liundml armed deputies wore seat to llomesteinl. On Nov. 5 a general si l ike against a reduction j of wages was ordered by the Amalgamated Connell of New orhiilis; it i failed on the 11th. On the 17th mid 18th 1.500 men abandoned the strike j nt 11omost**ad ami applied for reinstatement; they were taken buck on signing an agreement not to join tiny i labor organization. The month closed ' with the Strike of the electric wire men j nnd the failure of the Stone City (111.1 Bunk for half a million of ilollnrs. The most slgtlificiilit event of November, . however, was the cleeilon on the Bth, j whi'ii the public discontent wns ex- ' pressed by (lie casting of 1,5<M».000 votes for absolutely new parties ami pl'ilieiples. During Deei'tnbi'r tin* t**h* graph operators on the Risk Islnmf Railway system struck, ami o/xiu men were discharged from the Chicago packing houses, owing to dull business. There were heavy shlpmelits of gold, mid n fall in the price of industrial stocks In the New York market. Here is a very incomplete account, much curtailed for want of space, of

t *nr *s»u*ini*»a *»i in*' uuriiicss o* u*,- | country during tin* crowning yc.'ir ot j McKinley Ism, But IMC wus not the I **nly y**ar of trouble and disaster. Th** evil eff«*cta of Republican policies, j il mine la I and economic, wen* felt b*»th | liefore and after that yeiir. Tin* *'uli mlnntloti cairn* in the panic of 18!i3; nu*l it was not until <sinfldi<nc<* had ! been rcstor***! and Industry relieved by j the iibrogtitloit or reduction of thw duties on raw materials, that business ' ls*gan to resume Its normal condition 'of prosperity. Practicsl people would do well to reiuetnlier that like causes i produce like results, everywhere and always, and that what .MeKlnleylstn did In the |sist It will certainly do in the future If they sliall suffer thomm*lv«>h to Is* deluded by the Iles nnd i sophistries of its advocates. Plflndel* pliln Re*-ord. ••Prosperity” for Farmers. The census reports show tiiat In the twenty years from 1870 to INDO the value of the farm hinds In the great, wealthy nnd thickly jiopuliited Blatt ' of New York fell from fL272.875.7thl t« j F.5W.127.2N1. a decline of more than y3OO.(MM*JKM>. B<*tw*'en ISBO and 18t!C ! the total npiulier of farms *levn*ased ' from 241.058 to 220.223. a reduction of ' 14.835. No further testimony Is ms**led to ' show that tin* farmers whose lands hare thus d*s-risis»s] In value ami those •. who were force*) to give up their farms I could m*t have been prosperous during : the ]H*ri*sl refernsl to. All falr-mimled ; men will ngre** that falling values ami fewer farms are signs of a depress***! ' The significance of these facia ap- . pears when It is r**ineml«*r***l thnt from ■ 1870 to 18*10 the country hml .*» high , | protective tariff, which taxed every.lthinff tim Danners used, and dl» I' aged foreign trade. All the time tii.it , | farm values wen' shrinking the blessed . ' tariff was getting In its best work. , ■ How do tin* American farmers like the : results? , Th** McKinley Isioniers an* howling that the restoration of the high taxaII tlon |H»li**y will bring prosperity. Before accepting these delusive promises would it not Is* well for s* nsi'de men ito ask: "If twenty years ot protec- ’ tion brought only depression to such 11 n great farming State as New York . I what reason is there to b**li**ve tlur ( more protection would have a differen effect? Trifling with the Truth, i The American Economist, organ <*l I 1 the l‘rot*Mtivc Tariff League, weepl I i briny tears over the alleged declim* o! , the Synu’us**. N. Y.. salt industry mid* i i the Wilson tariff. Claiming that then . iris b****n a falling off in production since 181*2, owing to the a i■* loion of th< salt duty, th** Economist says: "Yet ; the «*ost to the consumer has not been reduced." tff I'ours** if the priee of «ah hits i.ot II been r**du*'**d there would be no reason ■ [ for complaint on the part of the Anicrb i can salt piis!uc* rs. But It so uappeut i i that there are trade journals will* h I make it a business to collect a a 1 pub- ■ lish statistic!* of prices from .tear to J year. In its last animal review of thu prices of tin* principal articles .<f eonsum|rtion Bradstreet’s quotes the record of th** price of salt p**r sack a * follows: I In 181*1. sl.<*s: 18*.!2. si: is!>;:. $1: l.stH. .B*l ( -**uts; 18P5, so cents. These figure! show that the prices of salt are now I 20 p**r cent lower than under the M*** ! Kinley law. Y*‘t th** Economist brazen- ! ly asserts that tin- *-**st to the consnmei has not ls*en r<*du*'«*d. This is a fail sample of protectionist truthfulness. Following *> Blamed Poor Mother. A Nebraska farmer who had lost it calf went in search of th** runaway and found it with some stray steers. 11** tried to drive it home, but th** f*«*l Isli calf run after one of the steers and went galloping over the prairie. Tired, hot ami dusty, the farmer stopped and sbisik his list at the calf, shouting. “Keep on. then, darn you. you'll soon fiud what kind of a bkimed tuotliet yotl'vs took up with." The foolish farmers ami workingmen who are running after McKinley may not listen to reason aismt th** desert into which the liigh-tariff prophet Is leading them. But If they keep on they will mighty soon Hml what kind of a blamed mother they are following. Live nn*l Let Live Illustrated. A Rhode island woolen nianufactur* I er has raised the wages of his enii ployes from lot** 15 per cent. He tnadt 1 a cutdown almtit two yeatu ago In or i dor to keep his employes at work amt ■ his mill in **om*tant operation. But now that business is again Ixsindng | tills trill* ilis**lpl<* of live and let live has ' ri*wanlisl those who st*md by him at a sacrifie** by sending checks to them i covering I in* stun lost by tin* cutdown I during tin* Hull perks!. This sort of I voluntary profit-sharing mid loss-shar--1 fug lietween mill employers mid their ! “hands" if made universal wouhl soon leave socialism with notliing practical to contend for.- Boston Globe. The Heritage of ttiieecaafiil Men. The ruthless politician who poaches j u|s>n th** preserves of favorite sons mi*. ' publicly humiliates them in their own I States Invnrltibly leaves it crop of heart burnings behind which may ripen lute a harvest of regrets for him later on.— Kansas City Times. The Formers Lose by n High Tariff our farmers lose doubly by a protective tariff, because they have to pay exorbitant ]>ri* os for clothes mid tools mid they nre cut off from the market* of the world.—Kansas City Times.