Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 33, Number 36, Jasper, Dubois County, 22 May 1891 — Page 3

Weekly courier,

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-flit Llulfce -r i nt vallct,

y-dto cmthr Boasta when a child, !fv,., yuciMvr day were hMn, say aa

beaaty mgr yssag beset b-

irem a

3

jcsr. .a -

!rti;

j,:!U I lor to wm Uwh ta my sses.

L,teat o.' all Mewem, tsss I thought.

f((j "-" V5l!

urht tbem was ny

rh tnrMUw Illam fHklBMl t

I ttws "". me, r aweet M

it-sr,

jicijU summer km wealth f saaety

teller luiea Wlkr Wd did rear

lU:.cl tb liiic at the ratter "KK-a.

vrj:J not h'.dc ton fr from ekUdUk y.

-jriU taey Ui wii, KoomUNt aaad toe

'itcu tarb'iCio like mm raw arias.

ttrtfCcW ',r nosers wats miss te pluck

t'y. row 1 rtlad me e( a ttajr mound

nrifrs vuck tweet noes crowd tMr pearly

(rsz rich fiafreaee ee tbs atr swasd.

H, coarocr's amile of burled sorrow lelU.

tTry Maytime these white Mioplc

fibers,

lsolo",y growing, yet to purely sweet.

itiie mo meuga irom inoae ir fair

llflerc ycith and MBMr ever live mm! meet.

HE GOLD TRUST MINE.

ir. Spindle's Trip Wast In Sear oh

of Information.

1.2

Ft

HE gaunt figure

of Muj. Scent-

penny was la

miliar to the

citizens of Mid

dlcfield. For reasons b e & t known to him

self he had

great antipathy

for labo

either mejital

or physical. He

enjoyed an in

come that al

lowed, among'

other things,

jug of extra good "whisky to be kept behind the bar at the

ra for his sole use. Ilia external

inhnents bothered him little so long

internally, tiicre were no unsatis-

i demands Ilia thoughts were al

io wander with the vagrant

-for Mai. Scentpenny was a

er. rrom a, lack of practical en-

fnt liU mind such as it was

iad itself with all conceivable

if future wealth. He was in the

Banking periodical riH to

Xam. Pro

wpuly la the ereatmc of a balmy

iano attention was paid to the tv major, so it was currently

rf. kP entered m the lum as a

il X.i buxom widow.

Lsttial tniiinuilitv was dbtarbed

pectof a realisation of his

Ivpus. rtor was he alone With

masy of wealth, for. at that tmr-

tiaiu, a score of worthy citizens

iiWleficld were gr.'atly affiuted.

t ccnnnotion was eaual rv & 1 Jn.

aan of irroat suavitr. who intro-

W himself as" the second rice ptvnd-

i(fi uw -Uold Trust Mininir Com-

fcof Colorado," ami who intimated

tlb shattered health required that

waperatc in Middlefield, and in no

locality. Of course he was oblbred

H)3ietnw to keep his mind oecu-

ana that "soimsthinir" was the

Mr of a history of a yona man wlio ir.Tes.ted a few hundred ia the

. and who, in the course of three

K saw his name in the newspapers

"""" iaKu ami icaaing spiral abominable trast.

r5 ieeond vice president, Mr. Sharp'5 USe his own nhraco i.n

I . . , ----- I -w ,

pkmjrof it," when he exhibited

ctrent refiiiest of ten nromi neat

r-. uie samples of ore he carried,

-mm, ior his own amusement.

I "cr "Old cnottcrh t cvnr,c

w become stockholders in the

iwr, and had the funds at hand to

ceir ambitions. Others made ef-

w realize money on their nosses

tin i . 4 .

r ro ue let in.

if

-iiarpiue ofTered no mcMnir

F first, but nnally, after a jfreat fc hail been brought to bear

tm, communicated with the sen

""vnw Ann BUNWI

cAUTiocai.r. ;t0' hUCOmnnntf au1 i.n.ln.,1

r, a1-r -st for sale. The

n-h.V. v ilwre were a lew

livl1" 7 'Tcre-t,-v informed each stockholder that he waa i OS( nn.1 . 1. i

rm 7. vw4 avc a lew

tym ura j net. lie

Vitif it i"""- in t i '"fret mhen f vtock W-ot the fat that v

ladaaa lsa Ua ttiirassaj ht Um hnk. a4 wm aot at aU aavxioas to hv veat it Jfaj. SeentpeaRj Xtamm areatly aitaehed to the mioiaa; maBate d formed him that Mrs. lWinui w.

fmiiif to aeriomay eouwidei tin: ad

xisamuiy ol askina; the Gold Trust

.Miata towpany to allow her to he-

owe a stockholder. Mr. Sharpalc

rvMiuy eompreaeaded ta MtuaUoa, and, as a direct result of his schemes.

m major waa now oa his war to ih

widow home to prerail upon her, as

ineno, to lurest her money la the

eomiany.

r l'roadmaa and her daacbler.

Kiiaa, had finished their household

duties for the dar and were knitiW

when the major applied the polished

umm anocxer to the front door. He found a comfortable chair, an amiable

widow and her aorlirhUy damrhter

f 4 - .

xwaiuati aim. 2o sooner were the formalities at an end and he was ready to speak upon the subject ni..ost his

heart when the knocker announced the arrival of another caller, who

prored to be Adam Spindle, a peda

rogue and rival of the major for the

hand of JKrs. J'roudman.

"V I , . .

" " r, iikc irenenus in war.

Jui , - I . I . . -

wirvmmingi; cunous plans ol action. The major and Jir. .Spindle had

wieir Meas as to how to wia the widow.

The firmer bclwred in concentrated effort, the latter in eonfusinar advances

ami retreats.

Alter a few comments oa ordinary topics the major fonnd himself alone with the widow, Mr. Spindle and Eliza

hating gone to take a stroll in the moonlight The major spproached the subject cautiously. lie recounted the numerous instances where banks had failed, suggested that bid crops were frequent visitors, enlarged upon the necessity of making Elba, the sweet child, a lady independent ia every respect, and worked himself up to the highest pitch when he expressed the hone that the declining years of his dear friend. Mrs. Proud man, would he blessed with elegance and ease. Then he brought on "The Gold Trust Mining Company" ia regal style. The Colorado press, including the Xountaia Skipper, Slippery Pass Signal, and A Unround Punches, had published columns about the mines and their enormous outputs. The company was worth millions, and, of eounw, stocR was scarce. He was an intimate friend of Mr. Sharpflle, and that gentleman would, if Mrs. Prondmsa wished to

procure it, so manage affairs that

lour thousand block would be at her

option in the course of six weeks, hut

not before. Of course he was inter

stcd in Iter welfare as a friend, noth

ing more.

Mm. I 'rood in an had ambitions and

listened attentively to all he sakL Hk

sincerity could not be doubted, and the

investment, to all appearances, seen

to be a safe one. In truth, let it be

stated that the major was fully

rlaced of the absolute truth of all he

uttered.

Mm. Proadmaa, after thaakiarhim

for aw oaort ia her

woaMtalw the

naU

tosaeare the stock at the a.

ptrstiou of the six weeks.

This information sc elated the major

watne eouta scarcely contain himself

for joy, and uttering a few unintelligible

worus made bis departure. He already

fancied himself the husband of Mrs. Proitdman, rolling ia riches, four meals

and an extra ration of whisky per day,

whi a spanamg leam oi roadsters to

engage Mis leisure moments. He hastened to the tavern, awl securing a scat behind the whitewashed store.

dosed his eyes to all worldly obieets

and let his fancy seek its elysiam.

Shortly after lie left the widow's

home, Mr. Spindle and Eliza returned from their strolL Elisa scampered away

to ner room ami Mr. Spindle had the

field to himself. Mrs. Proudmaa had

great faith ia him and took him into her coaldence. Mr. Spindle was, to

say the least, conservative and held

mining companies ia much the

isrht as he did Satan; hut he listened

attentively.

-irs. i'rouumaa," saw ne, alter a

!oag pause, during which he was work

ing out a distance tabic in his mind, "I would advise you to ro slow ia the

matter. Our friend, the major, is visionary. I aaa going away ia the

morning, and will be absent at least

five weeks. Do not purchase any stock in the Uokl Trust Mining Company Ha

ul you have heard from me. "Where are you going?" i squired Mrs. Proudman anxiously. "Do not Ktm me now for an answer; simply await advice from me." Mrs. Prowl man agreed to this and early the next morning- Mr. Spindle appeared at the railway station, and takingthe ticket agent, aa old friend, into his confidence, purchased a ticket to (not even the a rent could tell) ami was miles from Middle tie Id before the gal-

Tae "visitor" aa m

aaa a had soaah ami -- --

eaUaadtaatUsdajra were aamhsmd. He exetassd hiaasslf for la trading- ami passed fragrant cigars usd a flask rand amoar the msa, waleh act made him a welcome guest at the caoin where he took lunch with the miners. One nsoraimg- Mr. Post watered mto a eoarartatioa with him. and learned that ha was an ia valid who had been ordered to spend the season among the moun taint of Colorado. He was wealthy, disinterested ia mining; and claimed the state of Maine as his home. Mr. Pose took kindly to aim and mm

him a complete history of the "Uold

Trust Company," as aa argument that

aay maa with a small capital, some pluck aad hardened coaseicuee, could jrrow rich rapidly ia the mining hasl-

CUTLERS WfTH CHC1X. Awtriwm fmililt'-TSliU KmIA. Iwl.

.-rnlM' JU-

to them 1ht rartlmats

that ha

In sttbstsace the history was this: Theeompsay had bcea orgaaiacd by oae Mr. Sharpflle aad himself. Mr. Shsrpftle was la the cast selling stock oa the strength, of a lot of Snesamplea from the big mines of the state

n

Mosxtxa jkrrm sioaxtxc ix

TAtX.

the sioux-

He, Mr. Pons, worked the other

end the mines. They had located several mines, but were working- one only. The ore was poor, but they had the mine "salted" in ease inr InrMiAr

desired to inspect it. In the event of r- Charles S. Landers had come before

such an occurrence, rich ore would be " WTS mI man committee to ask found at every turn. Mr. Sharnfile or "creased duties; and the seaator

was mcetimr with areat success hi dk- I extract from the testimony of this

At Um recent protection banquet ha JTework there was oae little matter which deaervca to he mentioned as aa illustration of high tarrUF chk. At thk "thoroughly American dinner" it was a kind of school-boy fad to have everything American, "the prod act of American labor, from American aw ferial, made in American shops, ohtaiaed from American field, streams aad forests, and from American

ysrds.M The table knives used st this feast of the protective lords of industry were made by a firm of Gmneetieut Yaakees. The story of these Uble knives is thus told in the New York Press, Robert V, Porter's high tariff paper: A seat eonevii was xmblitrf wpoa tb taW k'ifve. mans(aeturd ly Iuinlvr, Krsry A Ctsrk. of r HrKatn. Luna L'poa th pwlteh tleel blade nppearvd the name f ts arm uU tae thorouahly !ner m- ! CtJni lo the Amerlean ;eopl" Under the bnenent MeK nley tariK law ths gve wr s wmr a great deal more to the people of this eonntry than the empty

vurn i tier Mf MT," wblek ii staiab upon tne eatlvry whlek hm herein

mre tn Israjely mm Hit. The (rmr werdu are full nt patriotism, the Utter hat

aa empty Monor.

.ow, while these enterprising Van

kees are using the protection banquet

10 auveriMe their knives, some people

may recall the fact that this firm ws

nearu oi jasi year m ine senate tar iff debate in a way which does no great credit to their ensiacter as "cutlers to

the American people.

In the list of banqueters at this feast

or the high tariff lords appears the name of "Charles S. Landers, New

xinwin, vonn., ne being the senior

member of the cutlery firm of Landers,

r rary dark. Last summer when the

hardware sections of the MeKlnley bill

were under discussioe this Mr. Landers

was used by Senator Carlisle as aa ex

ample for exposing the falsity of the elaims often made before the w ays and

means committee by men who pretend to be on the verge of rain and yet sell

their wares to foreigners at rreatlr re

duced rates. Mr. Carlisle stated that

u att. sM that

piehahOili wemM

posing of his artistically designed stock certificates and both would retire

from the company in the course of a few week. The stranger took a fit of coughing aad excused himself for the balance of the day. lie was missing oa the following morning; aad when a week elapsed and he did sot appear Mr. Poss concluded that the cough had finished him. The following- copies of telegrams received aad answered by Mrs. Proud-

aad dippings from the Middleackl

nnbaeqnaat rests smite

fully: 5e Mm. VteessMB. lsV-

me Biht IHmt OSmysar is a IaasttmeateaeetM mtse

HhalMMMMac. I am net rilatn ts MMhas-

toeeefm,, Srwou.

Oemeat

iaS fltotttasMa

JaeeX.

SnvsvMM. Oct.: XaaMarMNkbrac Year

XML 1'MOCDK.VX.

ScvaaroK. Jaae Si IS .

To 3ts. Preeteaa. JiMdleaeU. Yt-:

Wast ansBwdUoa. it any, as aeeaadc st

lataat Mead, JCsJ. Seatsaay$ Kn.vnLX. MiaaeuriBta. June M. la.

Mr. SfMdte, Wlrertea. CM.:

The aMters asme sm twee catered hi the

MackhMlc dtftsttr aseer mat nt Mr. Stars-

Xm. lnotrujuc.

lant Maj. Scentpcnay was astir.

The Gold Trust Mining Comptnj-'s

plant was located not many miles from ij ilvert on. CoL, away p a mountain

above the Umber line. A half dosea men, under the direction of the superintendent, Mr. Poss, were engaged ia

digging into the mountain side. Vague rumors of rich finds ia this mine were

circulating- ill neighboring camps, and the statements of the men working the mine, as well as the elaborate articles

that appeared from time to time in the mining journals, ereated a great Interest in the hamlets located ia the imme

diate vicinity.

Bright ami early one morning Mr.

Pose Botfoed a maa climbing the

Mountain. The stranger stopped when half way up ami, seating- himself oa a bowlder, lighted a cigar aad began to

n-l a book that he carried under his

arm. Mr. I'om patu no aeeu to wit un

til the following- morning, when the

stranger appeared at about the same time ami repeated the ceremony. MomiiiT after morning tlt'w individual

climlied the mountain, each succeeding-

twentr-foar hoars finding Mm nearer

the mine, until at last he found himself within a short distance of where Mr.

Pet and hm men war werMaa;.

Extract from the "Society Review"

in the Middle field nsaaer of August 34, 18 : "Cars ac iarKaUea are eat fee the wedetsg st Mr. AaaaaSshMtte sad Mrs. Berths Proudaaa, both weU-kaewa aeeJety ksdera ia this tewa. The happy eeeote will take their wrfdeaaeAt'Kaehhr Kset, the old km et the ferfcfe." In aa obscure corner of the same issue appeared the following: StLVBaroK. CjL, Aaf. at SaeehvL The OeM Tract XMu Oomasay saieoded oyers-tkmsts-eay. lavrntigatioa prevas that It u a Mar swindle. Mesar. Ssarpal aad Ps. the rejecters of the scheme, hav md the samtry. Warraats are eat far their amt. Frank J. Martin, in Detroit Free Press. RURAL URUGUAY.

A Ceantrr Ptvoted rriaeitwMr Cattle

Excursions across the territory of Uruguay reveal nothing of very great interest to the tourist. The landscape In parts is pretty; some finely-situated

estaaehM are to be seen along the

banks of the Uruguay; the vicinity of

the Kto Xegro. too, is especially inter

esting and characteristic of the fertile

manufacturer showing what gloomy

tatK ne wen indulged in.

Before the committee Mr. Landers

had said: "I am a manufacturer of

table cutlery at New Britain, Conn.,

aad represent before this committee what is left "of that industry in the

United States." Another morsel from

the testimony of Mr. Landers waa this:

"As stated here last night by CoL liradley, in this Solingen district the Ger

mans manufacture very cheaply, and unless we are protected they will drive as out." To which he added: "We have got to have this protection. I

aace given the facts aad do not to argue the questtoa."' The peuliitiro duty em maw

all -fame asm namlitmt. aJPl

i ami a it tea

to M pat seat. withstanding the existing- high Protection Mr. Landers hsd nothing hat tales of ruin to tell before McKialey's committee about the table knife industry in this country. One company had been "sold at auction and realised to the creditors 20 cents on the dollar." "In regard to the coccerns which have existed be went on," there is not one single ease where any concern, even supported by auxiliary business, has paid an average of 8 per cent, on the capital. The average interest paid probably does not exceed S per cent"

And then Mr. Landers rang the eharges on the old story of ruinous competition with foreign labor; yet he

bad to confess that wages were higher

m free trade hug-land than m protected

Germany. The extent of this ruinous competition may be seea from the fact

that our imports of all kinds of table

knives for the year 1S9. the figures of which were used ia framing the tariff

bill were only WO,000. The duties

collected on this amounted to $t$,00Q.

mt. iamers siaieu tnat were were

about 5,a0 men engaged as laborers ia the table cutlery business. If these

figures are correct, the people of the

country pay a tax of S110 to protect

each one of their laborers reckoning

the tax only on imported knives, aad taking no account whatever of the increased cost of domestic made knives

by reason of the tariff. During the senate debate last August Senator Carlisle took up the tesmony of Mr. Lander and ht in some light upon the transactions of this "cutler to the American people," which showed

dearly that he was using' extra inducements to beome a cutler to foreign people. The senutor read a news paragraph from the Hardware, a trade journal, as follows: "Landers, Frary

t iu MsmaMAaaeaMMMi mmiim w

he aaall pro

of the emtoaa ho aaa to ahow

hrn exported theaa lor sale alaroaeV

la the lataat cxmort edttkm of the

Xew York Kayiaujiriaf and MiniaaT Journal is a list of Awsrieaa maaafaes. nres with the apeeial dmeeant trade to forakgn buyers. Tkds list forty two eoluasmi of ctaaeh mriated asattsr, aad gives the diaeoaat wa table eatlery for export at ts per cent. In the Reform club'a pamphlet oa export dhvcoaata, baaed last jcar, the follow ing statement is made: Oa knives, forks, aaooas and other flat ware listed at tie, the price to the dealer in the "home market' ia 14. M; but a buyer for export, regard leas of the quantity he mar take, pays only tS.T for the same articles. The largest manufacturers of these goods have consolidated their interests, aad ia thia way control prices as well as though a trust hsd been formed That the public generally may not hseoma aware of this, the goods are sold with the stamps of the old companies, aa though no change had taken place. And such are the protected "eetlee to the Amerieaa people P

WOOL DUTIES 0OMPARC6.

KMONAL AMD LfTaWAJtY,

The Tartar tm Wat aad Wseteaa ha stureee -The XoKlawr IMrttaa Ceanaaved WMh Th-Kvea Tarney'a Tartar fmr Lawar Than Oar. A table has bcea prepared by the French tariff commission allowing the duties oa wool and woolens ia the various nations of Europe. Ja the following list nearly all European countries are riven. Russia Wise omitted owW

to the ehsaging and shifting eharaeter

ot its customs laws. The duties are for

A street avaaeher, John Uuttaeit, ia Ihnssdea. parsisU ha walking- ahoat kt a kmg, white, wookm robe, sandals and a wrcatii of groea leave on hk head. Tim poiiee eaiasvored to baterfera, hut Uuttaeit pointed oat the costumes af earn maa, poio players aad bicy dints aad aafcsd if his own was not as decsat aadasQsaar. And he won hU esse. The taaJoa correapoadeat of PoetLosa says that when Robert Browning waaaahsdtotaaattmpreaideeey of the Baailah aheiiev societr. at the time of

Its formation, he thought that if be acquiesced he would be indorsing; sli Shetiey's action; therefore he at ease refused the request, oa the ground that ha "could not uphold Shelley with regard to his treatment of his first wife" Royalty is magnificent but sxaasive, If the following figures are to he relied on. It is said that since Queen Victoria's secession to the throne, the royal family has coat the nation S1T3,11S.US. The prices of Wales has received about lT,lv,0a of this, while the empress of Germany has made awsy with H,m',SSS, the duke of Connaugkt tl, S,, a,ul the Princess Louisa Mas..

Mr. Coraelln Vaaderldlt usually takes a avMiacridewStbchte.boys, all ef whom are foad'aad'feariem'horfts . mea. Alfred, a lad about ten years of age, is the eraek whip of the family, aad rides aad drives much aad well, especially at Newport. All of the children are fond of mueie. Oae plays the banjo, another the the violin, and Gertrude, a miss still in her teens, is a favorite pianist.

It was the ever sweet and kind

-twiunf t,n- aUjT IC l w Tr weet aad kind weight of 100 kilos (m pounds) ha the duchess of Portland who persuaded her r!e"tI?C!AmriciM,-: . husband to build a ItomnSaTThls

raw wool

pans oi tne territory, wnten preseat a r r bam- knt r-rr HMnw;.

similar comWnatioa of water, wood f fu-tr WMn. .St. .?

aad rolling prairie Rut, after all, one soon wearies of looking at the same

kind of view hour after hour, league after league and province after prov-

I varied sometimes by fences of aloes ' and cactns- t'.ie eucalyptus, the poplar aad other trees' are also planted to i form fences as in Chili; the roads, where

one sees long teams ol mea toiling along with huge wagons, are as terrible as those of the Argentine; the prairies are dotted with innumerable herds of cattle and horses; occasionally yoa see two or three peasants wearing brown ponchos riding aad driving animals before them; at long intervals yon see oae or two raacbos, or huts, where the peasants live. In the Argentine the raacbos appeared miserable enough, but in Urug-usy I saw many even more primitive, mere huts of black mud with a roof of malae straw, a floor of ltAalMi aaj-tk a akiorwav. bet mud. ml-

ways a window. The eabma of the

Irish peasantry giro some idea of the Uragaayan macho. It k a comfortless, unhealthy, rheumatic dwelling-, less civilised than that of the Kkbuos aad more carelessly built than the moat ordinary bird's neet Theodore Child, k Harper s Msgaalnc,

their western consumers with their su

perb cutlery. They were compelled during the spring- to employ about two hundred new hands to be able to keep up with the demand for their well famed goods." And it was just this maa who said he Mould hare to go out of busineas unless he got higher protection! Hut Senator Carlisle added a still more crushing mow to the foregoing. Holding up a sheet of paper he sahi: "1 hold in my hand a bill, and I call the attention of the senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Aldrlch) to this sentence.

eonsmcuousiy printed in red ink upon

the lace o: it. 'amis is a mil of goods sokl by these same parties.. 'For immediate cash ith aa agreement on the part of the purchaser that the goods shall not be sold in the United States. Custom house certificate to be furnished if required. "So that they sell these goods for exportation," Mr. OarKsk continued, "at a lower price than they sell them to American efttocn for home consumption, and compel their parchaser to eater into a imputation, spread oat coasp4ceouly upon the face ef the receipt which he get for the money paid for the goods, that he will net setl them m the United States, aad

Great Britain Free, both

and manufactures of. Germany Raw wool, free; combed wool, M cents per 190 kilos; yarns, divided in S classes, from 75 cents to 9 per 103 kilos; tissues, divided ia 13 classes, from m to f 11S.40. Austria Raw wool,. free; yams, divided lu 12 classes, from TS ecats to f 10; tissues. t to 9100. Itelgium Raw wocL free; yarns, 94 to 31; tissues S to 10 per seat, ad va

lorem.

Denmark Ran- wool, free; yams.

94.80 to 110; tissues, SO to fsT.40.

Spain Raw wool. 90 coats ner 100

kilos; grease wool, SS.4C; washed wool.

4.?0; combed. J.W; yam. to fT3;

tissues, f 130 to 9170.

Greece Kaw wool, free; dyed yarn.

9S4.-SQ; tbvmee, divided ia 18 classes, Si.30 to 51S7.M.

Italy Raw wool, free: rams. IS

classes, 9t fc 915; tissues, 13 ckaaoc, ft to $150.

Norway Raw wool, free; yarn. 95.t

tissues, f7,0 to 900.M.

Netherlands Raw wool, free; yarn, i

per cent ad valorem; tissues. S per cent

ad valorem.

Portugal Raw wool, per cent. : vara.

a, to 9BZT.W; tissues, 93 to

wool free:

4a 90; thaoea, IS classes, 9U to

wool, free: wcoL dves.

elt4yara,94to9;rlaeuaa, 99 teem

-ataw wooL free; vara. 94.10

to 9. 19; tanama, ta.ee to 191.10.

Raw wcoL t tt cents

per 109 kilos; yam 1TK ecats to 99c tk-

sues, 99 cents to too.

Turkey Eight per cent ad Talorssa. France Raw wool, free: dred and

combed wool, 55; yarns M classes, 93.79 $41.90; tissues, SO classes, $& to flM.

Extra duty is added to this when goods

are not directly imported, which k

known as surtaxe d'entrepot, to which

raw wool is also subject.

A comparison of our own duties oa

wool ami woolens with those of Euronen

countries will show what a radical dif

ference exists in tariff matters on the

two sides of the Atlantic. While all the

principal nations of Europe admit wool

tree, wc charge rates ranginr in ad valo

rem equivalents from 90 to 120 per cent To make the comparison more effective our wool and woolen duties must be stated, as Kuropeaa ditties are, at so much per 103 kilos, or M0 pounds. Our duty of 82 per cent ad valorem on carpet wools is equal to about ti cents per pound on the importations of last year; and 3;f cents per pound k equal to 97.70 per 100 kilos. The MeKinley duty on clothing wool is 11 cents per pound, and thk k equal to 94.20 per 100 kilos. Our duty on washed wool k

32 cent, equal to $48.40 per 100 kilos, and on scoured wool the duty is 99 cents, equal to 972.90. per 100 kilos. With these enormous duties compare the highest wool duty in Europe, that of Spaia, oa washed wool 94.S0 per 100 kilos. The contrast between our daties oa woolen yarns and cloths and those of Europe k also very striking. On the grade of woolen yarns valued at 30 cents a pound the MeKlnley daty (S7.V cents a pound and 35 per cent) k equal to

9t&90 per 100 kilo. Compare with this

the highest duty on yarn in Germany.

9 per lou kilos, in Austria $10. in France 41.0, in Spain 972. The highest Me

Klnley duty on yarns (on the grade worth above SO cents a pound) k more

than $155 per 100 kilos.

Woolen cloth is taxed by MeKinley

from 990 to St 4 per kilos. The kirh)t

duties levied by leading- nations of Ru

rope arc those of France, $130 per 109 kilos; Italy, 9150; Austria, $100. and

Germany, $115.. The lowest duties on woolen cloth show ns in a much less favorable light. While the lowest MeKlnley duty k 990, the lowest dutr in

Germany, Austria and Italy k 99, aad

in k ranee 915. Only aueh uniNrosrres-

sive countries as Portugal aad Greece

have duties higher than ours. Evea Imlf-lmrbarous Tlrkev is content with

only S ner cent hd valorem, while some of MeKinley "5 duties on woolen goods range above 150 per cent In the important matter of taxation upon the clothing of the people MeKlnley l daces us in a moat unenvkbie light among the civilised nations of the world.

hospital oa his as-

state by the sale of jewels with which

he presented her oa the arrival of their lHUe daughter, Dorothy, a year ago. Now, in celebration of the baby's first birthday, she has gives a feast ia her magnificent' rooms to the children on the estate, with a very substantial memento of the day to take home wkk them. M. Kenan k accustomed to spend six months or more ia meditation oa s literary work after he has collected hk material. Then he goes into the eoua-' try, and spends three mouths or more ia writing out the composition which already exists in his brain. He corrects aad revises with great cars, and before hk volume is published, often has as many as tea proofs of each page. In striking contrast to thk method k mentioned that of Miss Mary RWilkins, the popular writer of New England stories, who writes without eopyinfr her work. The most serious attack made on the authenticity of the Talleyrand Memoirs k that of M. Aulard. arofessor of history at the Sorboses. He argues that, from internal evideace, parte of the papers have beea appi osnd. aad that the gaps have beea ilamuQj eoa-

ttoaofTallsyvaasdsriovaiiaanm aa the lbMahad varaj.a tCggS

their amblhmtkm far a aaaay iha, The das 4a Brogik to ami lt7mw3 Oa evasively fa Prof. AehxreSuintf. hmjrc te produce the nilgiaal msaa

HUMOROUS.

A mcc.Ungof the Bright Wire Goods asMicialktt or wire trust was recently held in New York. It is said that "a distinct understanding was reached" and prices were advanced. The assoektion k reported to be on a firm bask aad prises, ,k said, will ho SavWaKWgHVafdL

Tramp "Will this dog bite 1

ski tramp?" Hired Girl "Just

quick as a fat young one. Gitr Epoch. From a Contemporary. "With the exception of a twenty-penny piece the unhappy man gave no sign of life" Fliegende lilaetter. Nancy (to Iter cousin from the city) "Can you climb trees?" Maude (first visit to the country, in pained surprise) "Haven't you an elevator?" She "I'll never marry a man whose fortune hasn't at leaM five ciphers hi it" He fexnltingly)-oh, darling, mine's all ciphers. Washington Post Tatesey "Oh, for an opportunity to do something heroic! Something helpful to my fellow-beings!" Mrs. Tatesey "All right John. Here, hold the baby while I wash the potatoes." "I'm going to tarn otit the gas," sakl the old man, coming Into the room where sat hk daughter and her young man. "Thanks," sakl the unabashed young man. "I was jast going to do it myself." Itoston Herald. Tom "My dear, Mary forgot something thk morning when she set the , table." Sally "What was it love?" Tom "The nut-crackers, for these potatoes of yours." (Ami she has been a

month at the cooking club). Talisman. Wife "Did yoa post that letter I gave you?" Husband-"Certainly." Wife "I wish you hadn't There is something I want to add to it" Husband (producing lctter)-Why didn't you say so before? Here It te." Brooklyn Life. Barred Ont Cleverton "How k It you don't go out in society any more?" Dashaway "I went to a gurinsn not long ago, ami I wrote for a society paper a description of the dresses worn. Since then (sorrowfully) I haven't bcea invited anywhere." Cloak Review, A Last Wish. He (trembling) "I have one last wi wish to ask you bebefore we part in an anger for ever!" She (sohbingly) "Wha what k it Geo George?" He "Wi will you me-meet me next Th-Thursday as a-Hsual?" She "I wi will George:" Yankee Wade, In Swltaerland. Sexton (shewing a pile of skull)s "Here yon see the collected heads of those who have dkd la our village: two thousand in all." "And do yoa think us stupid enough to believe that? "Why, the place hasn't more than five hundred inhabitants all toW.' Fliegende Ulaetter. George "Crack, I love you devotedly. Will you be my own little wife?" Grack (demurely) "0 George! Thk k so sudden. I shall be pleased to be a sister " George "Stay, spare hhi that chestnut excuse," Grack (eontinning): "In-law to ymtf two little brothers." Then he strained her te hk ready-made vest so forelbly that ha broke his walcbglass. Smith, Gray fc Ca s Monthly.

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