Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 October 1892 — Page 3

AWOMANS INFLUENCE

BY LULU JAMISON

CHAPTER XV—Continued.

The Colonel met them at the diningroom door, and Nell, approaching rather cautiously, gave him a half-expectant, half-questioning, glance. Her fears were quite groundless, however, for as soon as he had seen Margaret, and heard that she was going to leave them so soon, he had no thought for any one else. “T don’t know how we shall do without you," he said, bending over her with kindly affection. “Bertie told me you were going, end I have been anticipating my own loneliness. Have you grown tired of us so soon?” He look her face between his hands and regarded it with a gentleness in which a variety •of emotions found expression. “You are in a hurry to leave us, Margaret,” he added, sadly. “Ah, no,” she hastened to answer, as her eyes grew dim and a painful flush bverspread her cheeks. The gentleman did not answer for a second, during which his - face worked with feeltng and a tender light filled his eyes. “You are a.brave girl,” he said, rather unsteadily, at last; “a true, brave girl. Heaven will bless you as you deserve. •Don’t let that scoundrel come near me; I might be tempted ’’ “You are so hard on him, Colonel. Dop’t-T-” “Don’t blame, him, I suppose. Ah, Margaret, you are like the rest of your sex—always ready to defend the man Who breaks your heart. Well, well, I’ll not be hard, for your sake, but when I think .Never mind; we’ll miss you, child—every,pne of us. Don’t quite forget your old lriends; you won’t find the new ones h§ff%o true. ” Again Margaret’s eyes grew dim, and she found herself incapable of an answer. Alice, noting her distress, broke in with some light remarks, which Nell took up, notwithstanding her uncle's formidable presence, and discussed volubly. Under this respite Margaret regained her self-possession, and began to speak quite calmly. No further allusion to her going away wao made during the meal, though each one seemed quite' talkative. Nell particularly airing her opinions freely, and receiving no reproof for her temerity. But when the time came to say goodby, and Margaret was ready to go, the Colonel, disregarding the hand she held out to him, clasped her in'his arms, and tenderly, almost reverently, kissed her . brow. ■

“I knew it would be hard, ” she sobbed, breaking down completely. “I knew this would he the hardest of oil.” “No,, it sha’n’t be, Margaret,” he said, putting her gently from him. “i do not wish to pain you, child, even for a mom At. But I ain very deeply moved to 6ee you go from us under such’ circumstances. Your bravery and devotion will have its reward —be sure of that. Remember me when you need sympathy or advice, for I would not be worthy the name of friend if I could not show my affection in time of adversity as well as prosperity; and I know that not even your own father could be more anxious to help you than I am. ” For many long days Margaret carried in her heart the memory of his kind words and sympathetic voice. As she rode home through the winter afternoon toward the chain of beautiful hills which shut in the quiet, peaoeful village, her fancy tinged with indescribable melancholy every surrounding object, and the melancholy lingered long after her eyes had ceased to look upon the scene that had engendered it.

CHAPTER XVI. A NK yr FRIEND. “Margaret, I think I shall bring Wileon to dinner to-night. I met him yesterday and he asked about you. He has fceard.Bertie lauding you to the skies, and naturally he is anxious to see the paragon. ” “Really, that is too bad of Bertie. I don’t pose as a paragon, Brian, and indeed I don’t care to be one. Ido want to meet Dr. Wilson, though, and If you will only correct his false impression, I wish you wodld bring him this evening.” "I’ll bring him, but I’ll leave you to correct or prove his impressions. I know you’ll be equal to the emergency in either case. You should really ap?reoiate the compliment he pays you. don’t believe I ever heard him express a desire to meet any one before. ” “Really? Why, I feel quite vain. I hope he isn’t a cynic.” “ Oh, no. It is rather indifference, I think. He isn't particularly sociable; that is, he doesn’t care for visiting. People follow him up, though, like the deuce, and he’s considered quite a catch in the matrimonial pond. Any number of anglers would be glad to land him. The power of money, you see. Well, I must be off. I sha’n’t be home to lunch. Good-by. You won’t be lonely?” “No.” Every day Brian left Margaret with this question, and every day she answered “No,” but always after he hai gone she felt she had answered untruthfully. She was lonely—very lonely. She found so'little to interest her—so little to fill the long dull mornings. Brian sometimes came to lunch, but as often he did not. Her afternoons were spent in seeing the sights of New York, shopping, or calling on her few friends, and her evenings at the theater, when Brian would take her; but more often at home alone when he had some engagement which he could not possibly defer.

From these engagements he would return late in the night, with the heavy, stumbling steps which told their own story, and which always struck so heavily on Margaret’s heart, as she waited sleepless and anxious. This was the record of the ten days she had spent in New York, and she seemed as far away from the reward the Colonel had promised her as when she left Elmwood. Under other circumstances she could have been, not precisely happy, because she was too thoroughly a child of nature not to miss, with an intensity few could understand, the restful, peaceful influences of her country acme. Yet she could have found contentment in this charming little apartment, with its comforts and luxuries. Its situation was convenient and delightful, In the heart of the city, surrounded by places of Interest and amusement, and near the various clubs, r7here Brian was fond of spending hie lime. Bhe was in. tbe oenter of bustle and Ictivity. From her window she oould

hear the throbbing pulse of a life that was never still—the ever-sounding orchestra of a busy city; the mighty roar of the elevated trains, with their noisy, whizzing echoes; the sound of the heavy drays passing over the cobblestones; the lighter rumble of carriages, and the long, line of pedestrians, made up an ever moving, ever changing panorama of human life, hope and upon which she gazed with feelings that brought her own loneliness and isolation more keenly before her. “How was she to fill the long hours that must pass before dinner?” she asked herself. “Should she go through the stores and see the beautiful things the shop windows displayed so temptingly?” That was not interesting when one had no companions to exchange opinions with. The crowds wearied her, too. She felt so utterly alone amidst the busy throngs, where a friendly glance seldom, if ever, greeted her. At home it was so different; there she could see a familiar face in every passer-by.

No, she would not go out to-day, she decided at last. She would stay at home and read and try to emulate the contentment of spirit which prompted Norah under all circumstances to sing cheerily over her work. Yet it was a bright day to spend indoors. The sun, which always seemed to her prejudiced fancy to shine through a yellower, thicker atmosphere, lay warm and golden on the house tops opposite. It tempted her with its cheeriness. But, pshaw! where was the pleasure in walking sedately over the hard pavements? How could that compare with a delightful gallop over the hills at home? Ah, those glorious rides! Why couldn’t these tall walls crumble away? Why couldn’t the paved streets, this horrid noise and din by the touch of some farr.v’s hand give place to the familiar hills and fields? Not for long; only for one day—just one day. How she would use every hour of that day!

fche would have her usual ride on Mollie’s sleek back. They would canter away through the cool, still morning. She would feel the invigorating air against her cheek, and the glad sense of fresh, new life tingling in her veins. Bhe would go to The Cedars and talk with Alice and the Colonel, and laugh over Nell’s ridiculous nonsense, and feel so happy. She would run in to kiss the children as they pressed their little faces against the rectory window, and she would find time for a few minutes with Mrs. Martin to ask her how her rheumatism was, and hear if • the old man had been out since his sickness. Ah, there was so much she would do if she could be at home to-day. Nanny came in to remove the breakfast things, and she asked twice for the orders for luncheon and dinner before Margaret heard her. “Indeed, I don’t know,” she said, at last, trying to fix her mind on these household details. “You and Norah exercise your ingenuity to-day. I’d particularly like a nice dinner, as Mr. Leign will bring a friend home with him. Men must be fed, you know, even if the world goes to pieces. It is their falling to think more of their dinners than anything else, and we have to humor it. So you and Norah must do your best.” Quite late in the afternoon Margaret rather suddenly decided that she could stand the house no longer. So, preparing herself for a walk, she was soon upon the street. Wnen she arrived home it was nearly dinner time, and secretly upbraiding herself for staying out so late, she began to dress as quickly as possible. “I should be dreadfully sorry if Dr!’ Wilson should come and-1 not ready to receive him,” she confided to her reflection in the mirror. “I shouldn’t know how to excuse myself. Well, it is rather late, and if they have come I cannot help it.” When she entered the parlor five minutes afterwards she found, not Brian, but a tall, fine-looking man who arqse at her approach, with an air of chivalry perfectly in accord with the noble face.

That face impressed Margaret at once. Not so much with its beauty of feature and expression as with its firmness of character, its strength of intellect, and the ennobling influence which high endeavor and strong purpose had left upon it. Instinctively she felt a quickening of her sympathies and feelings, an indefinite attraction toward this man, whose very appearance compelled her admiration. During her scarcely perceptible pause in the doorway, the stranger, with a swift but critical glance, had taken in the sweet face and girlish form. Then he started forward with the half question, half assertion: “Mrs. Leigh? lam not mistaken." She held out her hand with a smile of welcome. “No, you are not mistaken,” she said, with the easy, gracious manner that made her personality so winning. “I am Mrs. Leigh, and you are Dr. Wilson, I know. I am very glad to meet you, and doubly glad to welcome you to my home, because I really cannot feel that you are a stranger, but rather an old friend whom I have heard of and talked of so often,” Her words gratified him very much. “You honor me too highly,” he answered, pressing the hand she offered him. “To be numbered among your friends is a privilege I esteem most deeply. Brian and I have been friends of such long standing that the pleasure I feel of meeting his wife is twofold.” “I’m afraid you find his wife very remiss,” put in Margaret, flushing brightly, and seating herself in the chair he placed for her. “She must really ask your pardon for not being at home when you arrived. Her only excuse is a very whimsical disposition, which took her out so late that she could not get back at a reasonable time. ” “She is fully excused," rejoined Wilson, meeting her smiling glance. “We got here about ten minutes ago, and Brian left me to make himself more presentable, he said. I was admiring some of your curios when you came in. I knew you at once. Bertie’s description is so accurate, and I’ve had the picture of you in my mind. ” “I think Bertie is inclined to exaggerate sometimes, Doctor. Still I hope you have not found the original very disappointing.”

“Quite the contrary, Mr 3. Leigh. Brian tells me that you have only been in New Yoik a very short time, so I suppose you have not had sufficient opportunity to see how great and important we are. But you have visited a great many places of Interest, no doubt?” “Yes, quite a number; though very far from all, lam sure. Of course it is a great city, and no doubt a delightful one, and lam ridiculously unappreciative; biilt »deed, I like some less preplaces better. It is all noise and uproar to me. Do I quite shock you? I’m incurably devoted to country life, you see. I cannot enjoy any other. I hate any other. There, that’s dreadfully childish." He regarded her face with an intent, rattier puzzled, glanee. “Yetyou have established yourself

very delightfully/ he Mid, as if answering an argument in bis own mind. “I fancy you must intend a long stay.* “Yes, it may be. That is, I don’t know. I hope It depends on circumstances, I think." She spoke rather disconnectedly, and, anxious to divert any impression her words might make upon him she hastened to add: “Don’t misunderstand me, please. I don’t wish ysu to think I actually dislike the city. I find it interesting in many ways, but I have not that fascination which, some people feel for it. I was born in the country, and all my associations hold the memory of green fields and bright skies. I think that must account for my tastes. I know that brick walls and paved streets tire ray eyes, and I feel a longing to rest them on something that is not here. Sometimes I am almost determined to go to Elmwood just for a day. It isn’t lar from here, you know; but then I remember that I should have to leave after the day was over, and that would be hard. So I think I must always put that thought aside. Brian is so different in his tastes; he likes this busy life. He finds the country dull and lonely, and Elmwood has not the same attraction for him that it has tor me. He simply endures it, but I—well, I could live there forever, because it is home and— I love it." The last words were spoken in a lower tono, but Wilson understood the meaning they held, arid his next ramark was in a more feeling vein.* “We will have to teach you to love New York for something moro than its paved streets and brick walls. We Gothamites are very proud. We think that all things good and delightful are to be found in this, great noisy city of ours. ”

Margaret smiled. “You have many desirable advantages, that is certain; but while you are proud of your wealth you should not forget your poverty.” “True. And we have enough of it. The condition of the poor in this city Is miserable in the extrome, and perhaps, what is more incredible, the most opposite conditions of prosperity and want exist in such close proximity. I was most forcibly impressed with this fact a few days ago. I was passing along one of the streets just off from I lfth avenue. There were elegant mansions all around me, and handsomely dressed children playing under the eyes of watchful nurses. Yet a little further on I passed into a scene so different that I could scarcely credit the testimony of my eyes. Within an actual stone’s throw of splendor and prosperity, poverty, misery, and sin were running riot. It is terrible to think of it. A physician whose practice lies amid such scenes is obliged to see so much of the heartI aches of life.” . “I suppose so,” returned . Margaret, 'with a sigh. “Such an experience wouldn’t do for me at all; so much wealth on one side and so much want on the other would make me lose my faith in God. It is dreadful to say it, J. know. I have taken myself to task foi even thinking of it, but my sense of justice cannot be reconciled. There is some wise decree, -no doubt* 'in what seems so unwise, but Tell me. Don’t you ever feel like taking the world to pieces and making it over again?” He smiled, amused at the question and the expression which accompanied it. “I have often thought it might be changed to advantage, but I do not know that i could manage it successfully." [TO BE CONTINUED. |

“He Laughs Best,” Etc.

Richard Crowder is one of the travelers who find a cordial welcome in Chicago at every visit, and he generally brings along the latest and happiest flights of imagination of the boys on the road, and frequently spins a tale as uniquely humorous as any of them, of his own invention. Here’s his latest: “I once frightened 200 colored people almost to death. They were holding a protracted meeting in a little tumble-down church near Nashville and the excitement ran high. I attended with some other bad boys, misbehaved and was fired out. I determined to break up the meeting. I procured some phosphorus, and the next night, before the crowd assembled, drew skeletons, death’s heads and devils all over the walls. I then concealed myself in the loft, armed with a long hollow reed; while my companions, provided with sheets and masks, hid themselves in the grove in which the church was situated. That night the church was packed, and religious fervor reached its climax. The preacher was picturing the horrors of hell and the hideousness of its master, and the sinners were shivering with apprehension. Two large lamps, hung in the center of the low room, furnished the light, and by the help of the hollow reed I blew them both out. The preacher stopped in the middle of his exhortation. The walls blazed forth with horrors traced in burning, snaky outlines. There was a convulsive gasp, a scream from 200 throats, and a stampede. The preacher went through a window, and, though a rheumatic, outran all his parishioners. Then my ghostly confederates appeared, uttering dismal groans. Scores of terrified blacks, unable to run, lay down and groaned with an agony of fear. The joke was too good to keep. My father heard of it. He was a Presbyterian divine and did not believe in trifling with sacred things. It is said that he laughs best who laughs last, and the colored people came in on the subsequent cachinnat ion.”

Offensively Prudish.

There is very little probability that the play written by an American lady, which the English Examiner of Plays has refused to license, contains anything either “gross or coarse, indecent or indelicate,” although the Examiner affirms that it does. The fussy personage who says what shall and what shall not be played in Great Britain is very arbitrary and has made some huge mistakes in his day. Perhaps this insolent accusation of an American woman may turn out one of the greatest of them. As for grossness and indelicacy, everybody knows that English audiences will stand language and allusions which would not be tolerated here. A very old-fashioned but most effectual way to clean a carpet is to rub it thoroughly with a cloth dipped in one part of oxgall and three parts or water, taking care not to wet the carpet more than is absolutely necessary. Not only will this treatment remove stains but it will revive color. The oxgall is, however, most malodorous stuff, and in order 1 to avoid the atrocious smell it is better, if possible, to carry on the process in the open air. It takes at least twenty-four hours to get rid of the smell. To wait too long for any guest is a rudeness toward those who have arrived punctually.

ON A NEW WORLD’S SHORES.

rhe lint Lnidlnf In America of Christopher Columbus. It was an important day in the world’s history, a day fraught with vast possibilities for future ages when the eyes of Columbus first beheld the new world. And now that we are to commemorate the event by holding a great World's Fair in the land which be discovered, anything pertaining to the voyage and discovery is of more than ordinary interest. Fridays are regarded as unlucky days, yet it was on Friday, August 3, that the pioneer Atlantic navigator

ARRIVAL OF COLUMBUS' FLEET AT SAN SALVADOR.

set sail from the sunny land of Andalusia on that voyage whicji has Immortalized bis name, and it was on Friday, Oct.! that virgin forests of one Of the outpost islands of the American continent greeted his anxious gaze. It has beep the fate of Columbus

events in his life are the subjects of controversy, and thus we find doubt existing as to the island upon which he first landed. Following the more accepted opinion wo shall , call it San Salvador, the name Co- ; lumbus applied to ■ the Indian island l of Guanhaoe. Believing that he had touched on an island at the extremity of India, Columbus called the

ROYAL, BANNER.

natives Indians, a term that has since been applied to the aborigines of the entire new world. It was with an overflowing heart that Columbus knelt on the virgin soil and returned thanks to God for his safe voyage and with mingled feelings of admiration and triumph he planted tho royal standard of Ferdinand and Isabella on' the sea-shore, thereby taking possession of the island for the Spanish sovereigns. The simple-minded and naked natives fled at the approach of the Spaniards, but soon returned, making signs of adoration, for they believed that their visitors had descended from the skies. The Spaniards experienced a mutual surprise, for the Indians differed from any race of men before known to European civilization. Soon the most friendly relations Were established and the Indians exchanged various products for the trinkets of the white men. Gold,

EMBARKATION OF COLUMBUS AT PALOS.

however, was the cbject in which the Spaniards were chiefly interested and they made many inquiries of the natives as to where gold was produced. Invariably the latter pointed south, and as Columbus fancied he lay off the mainland of Asia he concluded that the place they referred to was the Island of Cipango, believed to be Japan; that he was near famous Carthay, with its limitless wealth, and the regions ruled over by the mythical Prester John. Thus two days later Columbus began cruising amid the archipelagoof islands, now known as the Bahamas, in quest of Cjpango, and Oct. 16 came upon*an Island which he called Santa Maria de la Concepcion. Here the natives were as simple and naked as on San Salvador and regarded the Spaniards as people descended from the sky. In succession he touched at the islands of Exuma and Exumeta, where he was received with transports of joy by the natives and then set out for Cuba which he promptly identified in his mind as Cipango. Oct. 28 he arrived in sight of the enchanting island and anchored in a river to which he gave the name of San Salvador. In writing of the island Columbus said: “It Is the most beautiful island that eyes ever beheld, full of excellent ports and profound rivers.” After exploring part of the coast and holding converse with the natives he became more fully convinced that he was on the borders of Cathay and he dispatched ambassadors to seek the Grand Khan. During the absence of his envoys he met with the humble potato and subsequently with the tobacco plant. When the messengers returned without having found his royal personage whom they sought Col umbus after taking on board several Indian men and women, to be trained as interpreters, set out in quest of the island of Babeque, a region said by tbe Indians.to be teeming with gold. He took an east-southeast course, and this fact had a great effect upon his subsequent voyages. Had he continued on his former course he would have learned that Cuba was an Island, not a continent, and he might have seen borne by the Gulf streams to Florida or might have discovered > Mexico. Not. 19 Columbus put to

'•ea-for the mytntearl Babeqnet, and the following day the Plnta, under i Martin Alonzo Pinzon, deserted blm. This had a moot depressing effect upon the great navigator, yet he pushed on until Dec. & he reached the eastern end tyf Cuba. The following day. he advanced in sight of beautiful Haytsi, which ho called Hispaniola. Of the natives Columbus wrote: “If anything was asked of them they never said no, but ratlier gave it cheerfully, and showed as much amity as if they gave their very hearts.” Another writer says: “It is certain that the land among these people is as common as tho sun and

water, and that ‘mine’ and ‘thine,’ tho seeds of all mischief, have no place with them. They are content with so little that, in p, large country, they have rather superfluity than scarceness, so that they seem to live ir> the golden world, without toilv living in open gardens; not intrenched with dykes, divided with hedges, or defended with walls. They deal truly with one another, without laws, without books, and without Judges.” December 22 the grand cacique, Cluancanagari, visited Columbus, bringing him presents, and asking him to proceed a little further eastward, and anchor opposite his residence. Two days later Columbus set out for the residence of tho Indian chief, bat, during tho night voyage, one of his vessels, the Santa Maria, was forced upon a sandbank. Gmncanagari wept when tho news was brought him, and immediately ordered all his _ peopple who had canoes to' unload the vessel. In a little time the cargo of the vessel was landed, and although it was of priceless valuo to the simple-minded natives not one cent’s worth was stolen. No-wonder Columbus wrote to Ferdinand and Isabella: “So loving, so tractable, so peaceable are these people that I swear to your majesties thdfe is not a better nation nor a better land. They love their neighbors as - themselves.” The cacique, learnipg that the Spaniards sought gold, gave all that he possessed, even presenting Columbus with his coronet, and ho dispatched some of his subjects iijto tho interior to procure the coveted metal for his visitors. The holiday life of th< natives and Ithe beauties of the cli mate induced many of the Spaniards to express the wish to be Allowed to live on the island, and Columbus had forthwith a fortress constructed from the remains of the wrecked caravel. This fortress with the adjacent Indian village and harbor he called La

Navidad (The Nativity), in memory of their having escaped when the caravel was wrecked on Christmas Day. Columbus was now anxious to return to the old world. One of his vessels was wrecked; one had deserted him and its fate was unknown; there remained only one crazy bark to bear the tidings of success across the Atlantic. Should it perish the secret of the discovery of the new world might never be known and Columbus would go down in history as a brainless adventurer. Accordingly he threw a garrison of thirty-nine men into the fortress of La Navidad and took his farewell of the generous Indian chief and his

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS.

kind-hearted subjects. The parting with the garrison was affecting. The handful of men thus left in the wilderness of the new world gazed wistfully after the light caravel as It glided over the waters. They were consoled, however, by the thought that wjthin a few months they would welcome other vessels to be sent by Columbus from Europe, but this welcome they were destined never to give.

It appears that Henry M. Stanley makes even a worse failure as a stump speaker than he did as a lecturer. He should let his wife do his political campaigning for him.

M’KINLEY VINDICATED

A TRANSACTION IN WHICH THE FOREIGNER PAID THE TAX. The Pearl Button Intent Kxplrot—Protection Picture*—A Wall-Paper Trust— The Overtaxed Foreigner-Labor Commissioner Peck Repudiated—Shooks-ills Audiences. Sample MoKlnleylsin. Proprietor (to salesman in large Wholesale house in London) —Did that Chicago merchant call this morning? ■ Salesman—Yes, and leit a big order with us. He will call again to-morrow to get his bill and to settle his account after wo have deducted the duty which we will have to pay to get his goods through the custom house,. He says you always pay this tax for him. Proprietor—Oh, yes; we must keep his trade. Have you made out his bill yet? Salesman Yes; two bookkeepers have been at work on it. Hero is the aecountAmount. Duty. 10,000 yards alpaca, 27 inches wide, at oeuts.... SBSO Duty at 7 cent* per square yard and 40 per oenl $865 20,0(4) yards corduroy, 27 Inches wide, at 10U cents 3,300' Duty at 14 cents per square yard aud 20 per oent 2,7G0 10,000 yards aßtraklian,24 Inches wtde, at ft 4 cents 5,400' Duty at 4»H cents per pouud, 22 os. to yard, and flo per cent 10,200 40.000 yards ootton velvet, 22 inches wtde, at 13 cents 8,200 Duty at 14 cents per square yard and 20 per cent 3,682 8,600 yards Bilk striped ootton (Italian), iu inches wide, at 161* cents 6,940 Duty at 10 oonts per square “yard and 38 per cent 0,079 $20,090 . $23,595 ■> •” 0 " **',3oo Duty loss amount of hi 11.... $2,908 Proprietor (biting his Up) —Blast that McKinley bill! Are you ceptah) th#reis no mistake? , w r , (l ’ • • Salesman —Tho duties are complicated, but tho bookkeepers vertlied every,, item by means of the lust United Stales. Senate Report on Rates of Duty, < i Proprietor—lt’s un outrage lor a rieh. nation like tho United States tp.,collect. Its taxes over here. We werp' poor enough on this side of tho wu.li r before tho McKinley bill reached,opt after our last, few crumbs. If this trade keops up f must lower your salaries ugalnst the end of the year, for it all comes out of tho laborers In the end. It is no wonder all Europe is groaning slnoo 1890. Salesman —But suroly you- are not going to pay this duty? It would) be hotter lo burn your goods rather than to pay this merchant $3,000 to take them. Proprietor—Yes, yes, I know. But we dare not do or say anything against American protection just now. If we did the Americans would be told that British gold was being used lo compel thorn to adopt free trudo, and that would ouly convlueo the foolish voters there that they were ben.eillod by protection, and make them oling to it all tho longor. Hero is my chock for $2,905. Give It to him and tell him we will always be glad to have his patronage, though we would naturally prefer that 'he take goods that will leave a balance iu our favor alter we have paid the dutios.

protection Pictures.

Tho Carneglo Company to pay Its workmen “the difference in wages, Is proteotod from $8.82 to $150.80 per ton an steel billets. The actual pride that it pays its workmen ranges from $1.05 to $1.95 per ton, on billots protected by a duty of $20.10. It has oertlllod to Congress that itwantß and will eolloct tho protection of $20.10 and pay it to Its workmen, In addition to paying them foreign wages. But It actually hands them only $1.95 per ton; steals $18.21 pays no foreign wages, and gets its labor free of oost. Androw Carnegie received $5,000 per day as his slmro of this theft from the wages of tho workers of the mills, and his partners received as much rnoro, but thoy were not satisfied. To steal more of this trust fuud of $20.10 belonging to thoir workmen, of which they arc but the trustees, they reducod tho pittance paid of $1.95 per ton, increased the hours of labor, and hired 300 mercenaries to shoot down the workmen who forcibly resisted any further theft from “the difference In wages” belonging to thbra. What is true of the protected Carneelo mills is true of every proteoted mill. Tho employer has absolute pauper labor, supported by public contributions, and his profit mainly cones from what he steals from the fund paid by tho peoplo for their support.—T. E. Wilson.

Mr. McKinley Should Explain.

Tho lessoning volume of our agricultural exports requires an explanation from McKinley. The August returns show a diminution in exports of breadstuffs of $7,750,000, as compared with the same month last-year. Mo/fiover, the price of wheat averaged in August of this year only 84 cents a bushel, as against 100 In August, 1891. Now, McKinley hiis assured the farmers of the West that their great sales and high prices of last year wore directly due to the benign methods of taxing money out of tho foreigners' pockets and Into theirs. But his law Is still In force, and the question arises why it does not continue to perform Its beneficent functions. We' hope it will not be answered that better harvests in Europe have slackened the demand, for that would seem to Imply that the McKinley bill do s not, as claimed for it, ovorride all natural laws, and would also call to mind Ihe fact that last year there was an extraordinary demand for our agricultural products. This would have fallen out to the profit of the Wentern farmer In any case.—New York Evening Post.

Pearl Button Infant Expires.

Every pearl button used in Missouri has three cents of McKinley tax on it for every cent of actual cost. And In face of this we have the following: “Chicago, Sept. 18. —Ignatz Zeisler, Secretary of the Pearl Button Factory, filed a bill in the Superior Court to-day asking a receiver for tho corporation, which was organized last March, with a capital of SIO,OOO fully paid up. Zelslcr represents that the manufacturing of pearl buttons is an Industry practically impossible in this country.” 'this comes just nine days after ihe letter of acceptance in which Harrison wrote; “Another Industry that has been practically created by the McKinley bill is the making of pearl buttons. Few articles coming from abroad were so distinctly the product of starvation wages.” We believe that the convicts at Joliet engaged in making McKinley pearl buttons are reasonably well fed. This being the case, why does this McKinley industry” go Into the hands of a roceiver? —Bt. Louis Republic.

His Unbiased Opinion.

The Tribune says that “candid and fair-minded men must recognize the general soundness of Justice Millsr’s judgment; he was a man of fine discrimination." Well, Justice Miller declared, in one of his most famous opinions, that—“To lay with one hand the power of the Government on the property of a citizen and with the other bestow It upon favored individuals to aid private enterprise and build up private fortunes

1* none ttre lees robbery- because It 'Undone under the forms of law and Ur called taxaUu*. This is not legislation. It is a decree under legislative forma. Nor is it taxation. Beyond a cavil thera qan be no lawful taxation which is not laid for public purposes." This is the Democratic doctrine proclaimed by a Republican Justice whose judic al conscience was above hts partisanship.—New York World, Bept. 25, 1892.

Amen!

“There is no honorable and permanent and successful place for any party in. America that appeals to the prejudiceaud tho passion and the ignorance ot the people, and bases its claims upon) the failures of the people thomsolves. That has been the history of the Democratic loaders for thirty years. Their arsenal and thoir armament has been the prediotion of failure of Republican measures and Republican pplitjcs." —Governor McKinley. And for once the Governor did not tell his hearers that the United Btatea is now taxing the foreigner. As to the other part of his assertion we are willing to wait until November to see If the grand Jury of the people will not bring an indlotiuent against Republican meadures in accordance wltji the claims ot Democrats. Tho poople may be slow to peroeive cuubob, but “you can’t fool all of the people all the timo."

Wall Papor-Trust.

The new wall paper trust has gained oontrol of all but two important factories and has advanced prices. It is said that it will close several factories to keep production down to the “needs" of the people. It will bo remembered that tho wall paporpool k’ttyt prices extremely high so that the people would not over-supply themselves with this article. Wall paper that sold for 40 oents per roll in 188(1, just before the pool went to pieces, Bold afterward lor less than 10 oents. Bomo of tho concerns in the pool made protits of 200 per cent. They wish to return to these good old times, and uro aided by McKinley to the extent ot a 25 per oent. duty, though our uxports are as great as our imports, and the ohanglng fashions and styles make both small, and a protective duty unnecessary, except In cases of extreme prices and profits.

Mckinley Shocks His Audiences.

Tho New York Tribune says: “Gov» ornor McKinley’s speech in PhiladolEhla had a fairly elootrlool effect upon Is grout atidlonce. Veteran pollticans assort that thero has not been an equully enthusiastic assemblage In Philadelphia slnoo war time.” This Is as It should bo. The same enthusiasm provalled In Vormont when tho Major was there a few weeks ago. These elootrlaul shocks appear to stimulate thought, and this Is what makes Democrats, as witness the result of the Vermont election. Thore is hope for Ohio now, that its Governor is returning to put In the most of his time shocking his people, by telling them that thoy are so well off, because, through what Is called the McKinley dispensation), their taxes are being paid by the pool’ foreigner.

Stockings.

Under tho law which was repealed by tho passage of the McKinley aot the tarltf tux ou ordinary stockings was 4(> per cent. Tho McKinley act has made tho tax, aocondlng to value, 64.59 per cent., 70.41 per cent., 69.57 per cent, and 58.99 per cent. In 1891 the people of this country bought foreign stockings that cost on tho othor side $3,380,724. Tho tariff tax on them was $2,349,190, so that for $3,380,724 worth of stocking the Importers paid $5,729,920, and those who wore the stockings paid tills enhanced price and the profits of the wholesaler and retailer reckoned on the whole, This Is what tho McKinley law has done for the wearer of stockings.—New York World.

Peck Repudlated.

The Philadelphia Tolegraph is a Republican paper. It ought to know a good thing when it sees it, for it certainly knows a bud thing when it sees it and ia not afraid to say so. The Telegraph says: “Peck hue made a mess for himself, and tho sequel abundantly confirms the observations originally made ia these columns concerning his rldloulous document. It was utterly unworthy of attention on the part of any Intelligent man, and tho Republican National Committee made a blunder little less than a crime in taking it up as a llrst-class campaign document. It looks very much as though Peck was likely to turn out tho Richard in the present instance.*—* Utica Observer.

Twin Safe Trust.

Eleven safe companies, with an aggregate capital of between $5,000,000 and $8,000,000, have formed themselves Into a trust. The combination will have “friendly relations” with the Her-rlng-Hall-Marvln Company, and these two great companies will practienlly control the safe manufacturing business of tho country. Ono of the objects of this trust is to give “stability to prloes.” Ono way this Is to be dono Is by closing six of the factories. No importations are likely to disturb the “stability of prices” because a duty of 45 per cent. Intervenes.

Mckinley's Free List.

A correspondent who describes himself ai “Ore on the Fence" asks us to publish a list of the principal articles on the free list of the bill prepared by Major Wm. McKinley, of Ohio, and tha business syndicate for which he works. Here is the list; Snails, uncut diamonds, catgut, acorns, dragon’s blood, leeches, dlvi-dlvi. birds, bladders and turtles. The “paupor labor" of Europe Is also free, but tne Major left It off of hts list. If our friend Is thinking of descending from the fence we can show him the best place to alight In.—New York World.

McKinley Compliments rhlladelplilan*. Major McKinley paid a great compliment to the intelligence of Philadelphians when tie spoke there the other evening. He said not a word about the foreigner paying the tariff tax. This is a significant and serious omission to tho Democrats, who may yet have to do their campaign work if the Major makes this omission permanent. Perhaps he has been reflecting on the result of the Vermont election since he explained to the Green Mountain boys his beneficent scheme for fleecing foreigners.

Since silk plush has gone out of fashion the silk mills in Bradford, £ngland, and in Bridgeport, Conn., have stopped making it. It doesn’t pay to make goods for which there are no buyers. But President Harrison made a great mistake in attributing to McKinley a result tor which Miss MoFlimsey is solely responsible. It often happens that great men stumble when they descend from generalities to particulars. Mr. Harrison would have been wise if, like Mr. Peck, he h«d burned his particulars. —Philadelphia Record.

The Over-Taxed Foreigner.

Protectionists are rejoicing over the industrial distress in parts of Europe due to the McKinley bill. This ia.-llke kicking a man after he has fallen. JThe poor foreigners were already over-taxed to sustain their royal families and their Immense standing armies before MoKinley called upon them to pajr out taxes. It is not surprising thap there is poverty and distress in Europe;