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:SN ’é‘{/}\/ L 2, b l seRL o . ' 7y TALE OF A CARAVAN' | V" CHAPTER VIL—CONTINUED. Matt shook her head again. Once more the yoiung man was lost in meditation. Dofibtless it was owing to his abstractiod of mind that he quietly placed his arm around Matt’s waist," and kept it there. At first Matt went very red; then she glanced up at his face, and saw that his eyes were fixed thoughtfully on the distant sand hills. - Seeing hestill kept silence, she moved - a little closer to him, and said very quietly: - o ¢TI didn’t tell William Jones that you —kissed me!” - T Brinkley stdrted from his abstraction, and looked at the girl’s blushing face. : . “Eh? What did you say?” ' “I didn’t tell William Jones that you " kissed me!” These words seemed to remind the - young man of the position of his arm, for he hastily withdrew it. Then the absurdity of the whole situation appeared to return upon him, and he broke-into a burst of boyish laughter’ —at which his companion’s face fell once more. It was clear that she took life seriously and dreaded sarcasm. . “Matt,” he said, ‘“This won’t do! This won't do at all!” ) “What won’t do?” o : “YWell, this,” he answered, rather ambiguously. “You are rather young, ~ you know—quite a girl, although, as « you suggested just now, and, as you probably believe, you may be ‘growed up.”- You must—ha—you must lookupon me as a sort of father, and all that sort of thing.” ) “You're too young to be my father,” answered Mait, ingenuously. S “WWell, say your big brother. I'm interested in you, Matt, very much interested,; and I should really like to get to the bottom of the mystery about . you: but we must not forget that we're . =well, almost strangers, you know. Besides,” he added. laughing again’ §;heerily, “you are engaged to be marfied. some day, to a gentleman of for“tune.” T ’ Matt sprang up, with heaving bosom and ilashing eyes. “No, I ain’t!” she said. “I hate bim!” ' » “° “Ilate the beautiful Monlk, of Monlkshurst! Monk. the: beneficent! Monk the sweet-spoken! Impossible!” . “Yes, I hate him,” cried Matt; “and —and—+when he kissed me, it made me sicle.” I ’ ' “iVhat, .did he? Actunlly. Kissed you?"’ ' ‘ ‘As he spolke the young man actually felt that he should like to. assault the redoubtable Monlk.. : “Yes, he kissed me—once. If he kisses me again I'll stick something intce him, or seratch his face.” | And Matt looked black as thunder and set her pearly teeth angrily together. : ' o “it dosvn again, Matt!” “I shan’t—if you laugh.” .o “Oh, T'll behave myself. -Come!”— and he added, as she returned to her place: “Did it make yon sick when I s kissed you?”’ ) ‘ . He was playing/with fire. The girl’s . face changed in a moment, her eyes melted, her lips trembled, and . all her " expression became inexpressibly soft and dreamy. Leaning gently towards him, she drooped her eyes, and then, " seeing. his hand resting on his knee, she took it in hers and raised it to her lips. ) " L ' ! I should like to marry you,” she said., and blushing, raised her cheek against his shoulder. L Now, our hero of the caravan was a true-Learted young fellow and a man of honor, and his position had become extremely embarrassing. - He could no longer conceal from himself the dis‘covery that he had made an unmistakable impression on Matt’sunsophisticated heart. Hitherto he had looked upon her, as ia sort of enfant terrible, a very rough diamond; now herealized, with a /S?hock of -surprise and . selfreproach,/that she possessed, whether “growed up” or not, much of the sus- < ceptibility of grown up young ladies. .. It was clear that his. duty was to disenchant her as speedily as possible,

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“But I'll come,” she said, smiling, “to-morrow; and T’ll come in my Sunday clothes, somehow.” ' f “Don’t trouble. On reflection,- 1 think you look nicer as you are.” : She lifted up her hat from the ground, and still hesitated as she put it on.

“Upon my word!” cried the artist! “‘those Welsh hats are very becoming. Good-by, Matt.” T _She took his outstretched hand and waited .an instant, with her warm, brown cheek in profile temptingly near his lips. But he did not yield to the temptation, and after a moment’s further hesitation, in which I fear she betrayed some little disappointment, Matt .released, her hand and sprang hurriedly away. g ' T “Upon my word,” muttered the young man, as he watched her figure receding in the distance, ‘‘the situation is growing more and more troublesome! I shall have to make a clean bolt of it, if this goes on. Fancy being caught in a flirtation with a wild ocean waif, a child of the wilderness, whe never even heard of Lindley Murray. Really, it will never do!”

CHAPTER VIIL THE DEVIL'S CALDRON.

It so happened that the young man of the caravan had two considerable faults. The first fault my reader has, no doubt, already guessed; he was constitutionally lazy. The second fault will appear more clearly in the sequel; he was, also constitutionally Z/{nquisitive. Now, his laziness was/ of that not uncommon kind which is capable of a great deal of activity, so long as that activity is unconsecious, and not realized as being in the nature of work; and its possessor, therefore, would frequently, in his idle way, bestir himself a good deal; whireas, if’ he " had been ..ordered to bestir himself, he would have yawned and resisted. Here his other constitutional defect came in, and set him prying into matters which in no wajy seriously concerned him. A little time before the period of his present excursion, when he was studying law. in - Dublin, and rapidly discovered that he loved artistic amateurship much better, he had often been known to work terribly hard at ‘“‘cases” in which his curiosity was aroused; and I may add, in passing, that he had shown on these occasions an amount of shrewdress which would have made him an excellent lawyer if his invincible objection to hard work, gua work, had not invariably interfered. LT No sooner was he left to his own meditations, which the faithful Tim (who had fortunately been away on a foraging cxpedition during the episode described in my last chapter) was not 'at hand to disturb, than our young gentleman began puzzling his brains over the curious information she had given him. The facts, which he had no reason to -question, ranged themselves under four heads:. o ¢

(1) Matt had been cast ashore fifteen years previously, at an age when she could pronounce the word ‘“papa.” It followed. as a rational argument, that she had been, say, one year old, or thereabouts: =~

(2) Mr. Monk had found her, and given her into the care of William Jones, and had since handed that worthy sums of money for taking care of her. Query: What reason had the said Monlk for exhibiting so much care for the child, unléss he was a person of wonderfully benevolent . disposition, which my hero was not at all inclined to believe? . :

" (8) Said Monk and said ‘Jones were on very familiar- terms, which was curious, seeing the difference in their social positions. Query again: Was there any private reason, any mysterious knowledge, any .secret shared in common,’ which bound their interests together? - _‘ : (4) Last and most extraordinary of all, Mr. Monk had now expressed his wish and intention of marrying the waif he had rescued from the sea, committed to the care of said Jones and brought up in ragged ignorance, innocence of grace or grammar, on that lonely shore. Query again,.and again, and yet again: What the deuce hadput the idea into Monk’s head, and was there at the bottom of it any deeper and more conceivable motive than the one of ordinary affection for a pretty, if uncultivated, child? The more Charles Brinkley pondered all these questions the more hopelessly puzzled he became. But his curiosity, once roused, could not rest. ‘He determined, if possible, to get to the midriff of the mystery. So intent was he on' this object, which fitted in keantifully with his natural indolence, that he at once knocked off painting for.the day, and, after breakfasting on the fare with which Tim had by this time appeared, he strolled away towards the seashore. He hadnet gone far when he saw approaching him a tall figure which he seemed to recognize. It came closer, and he saw thdat it was Mr. Monk, of Monkshurst. , This time Monk was ‘on foot. He wore a dark dress, with knickerbockers and heavy shooting boots, and carried a gun. " A large dog, of the species lurcher, followed at his heels.

Brinkley was passing by without any salutation, when, to his surprise, other paused and lifted his hat. ' “I beg your pardon,” he said. “We have met once before; and I think I have to apologize to you for unintentional incivility. The fact is—hum—l mistook you for a—vagrant! I did not know you were a gentleman.” So.staggered was the artist at this greeting that he could only borrow the vocabulary of Mr. Toots: “Oh, it’s of no consequence,” he said, attempting to pass on. ’ B’ut\ the other persevered. ;

“T assure you, Mr.—Mr.—(ll have not the pleasure of knowing your name) that I had no desire of offending you; and if I did so I beg to apologize.” :

Brinlkley looked keenly at the speaks er. His words and manner were greatly at variance with his looks—even with the tone of his disfigured brow, and his mouth twitched nervously as if he were ill at ease. .

Regarding him thusclosely, Brinkley saw that he had been somewhat mistalsen as to his age. He was considerably under fifty ycars of age, but his hair was mixed with gray and his features strongly marked as with scars of old passions. Ahandsome man, eertainly; an amiable one, certainly not! Yet h¢ had a peculiar air and power of breeding, as of one accustomed to command. = . L - Curiosity overcame dislike and the young man determined to receive Mr. Monk’s overture as amiably as possible. ~ “I dare say it wasa mistake,” hesaid. “Gentlemen dog’t usually travel about In sgravane Gl

.“You are an’ artist. I am informed,” returned Monks. : “Something of that sort,” was there ply. I paint a little for pleasure.” ““And do you find this neighborhood suit your purpose? It is somewhat flag and unpicturesque.” e “ rather like it,” answered Brinkley. |“lt is pretty in summer; it must be splendid in winter when the storms begin and the uneventful career of our friend, William Jones, is varied by the excitement of wre¢ks.” How Monk’s forehead darkened. But his face smiled still as he said: 1 * «Ttis ndt often that shipwrecks oc- 1 cur nov’ - I am glad to say.” | “No,” said Brinkley, dryly. “They used tobe common enough fifteen years ago.? - - e * Their eyes met and the eyes of Monk were full of fierce suspicion. - “Why fifteen years ago especially?” The young man shrugged his shoulders. ' “I was told only to-day of the loss of one great ship at that time. Matt told me, the little foundling. You know Matt, of course?” : o ‘ “] know. whom you mean. Excuse me, but you seem to be very familiar with her name?” ¥ «I suppose I am,” replied the young man. ‘Matt and I are excellent friends.” e : ! | Monk did not smile now; all his ef|forts to do so were ineffectual. With an 'expression of savage. dislike he looked in Brinkley’s face, and his voice, though his words were still civil, trembled and grew harsh, ‘“as ‘scrannel pipes of straw.” : ~ “May I ask if you propose remaining long in the neighborhood?” : “I don’t know,” answered the artist. “My time is my own, and I shall stay as long as the place amuses me.” . “If I can assist in making it so I shall be happy, sir.” ' -“Thank you.” o ‘ - “Do you care for rabbjt shooting? If so there is some sport-to be had among the sand hills.” ' . “I mnever .shoot anything,” was the reply, “except, 1 suppose, ‘folly as it flies; though with what species of fire"”’gﬁ\.‘t . CNGE -@ n‘.. .&) 3 48 BB sl 7 b, L) g ’ e Yo - %’fﬁw V' 2 1k'?‘&é{{, 7 R 4 A IR ‘.mil% S SES :ﬂ ! T ~2{~ 3 O\ % '.'§ ="'ﬂ [f § oSSR [T\ TRI NG )1B CEEN T\ T ; L : ‘;«L? \ 7 ¥ [‘. . ; 2] 3?;5.{“‘2'5"‘/ A e o f W A I ity w2y (107 &: \ ».\\ﬂ{(,( S 22y (W ) t{%’ : AU NV ¥ o I W o) 73 1l "l\l(lz‘, \ )\_‘L “ Y% 1&2‘4,‘ ISy SDy > - X : - ‘[ﬂ/lg ‘M /Awl/./ : ;-':’ ’ i ’ 7, ER iy p 7T , ,“I BEG YOUR PARDOY,” HE SAID. * arm that interesting sport is pursued,” he added, as if to himself, “I haven’t the slightest idea!” “Well, good day,” said Monk, with an uneasy scowl: “If I can be of any service to you command me!” . l ‘And raisinghis hat again, he stalked away . )

“Now what in the name of all that is wonderful,does Mr. Monk.of Monkshurst, mean by becoming so civil?” ~ This was the question the youngman asked himself as he strolled away seaward. He could not persuade himself that he had wronged Monk, who was in reality an amiable’ person, instead of a domineering bully; no, that suggestion was contradicted by every expression of the man’s baleful and suspicious face. What, then, could be the explanation of his sudden attack of courtesy? ' An idea! an insgiratipa? As it flashed into his mind the young man gave vent toa prolonged whistle. Possibly Monk was—jealous! - The idea was a preposterdus one and almost amusing. It was net to be conceived, on the first blush of i% that jealousy would make a surly snan civil, a savage man gentle; it wanld rather have the contrary effect, unlass —here Brinkley grew thoughtful—unless his gloomy rival had some sinistex design which he wished to cloak with politeness. . - But jealous of little Matt! Brinkley laughed heartily when he fully realized the absurdity of the notion. ' He crossed the sand hills and came again to the path which he and Matt had followed the previous day. A smart breeze was coming in from the sou'west and the air was fresh and cool, though sunny; but clouds 'wero gathering to windward and the weather was evidently broken. Reaching the cliffs, he descended them and came down on the rocks beneath. A long, jagged point ran out from the point where he stood and'the water to leeward of the same was quite calm, though rising dand falling in strong, troubled swells. So bright and tempting - did it look in that sheltered place that he determined to have a swim. -

- He stripped leisurely, and, placing his clothes in a safe place, took a header off the rocks. It was clear at once that ‘he was a powerful swimmer. Breasting the smooth swell, he struck out from shore, and, when he had gone Qi about a hundred yards, floated lazily on his back and surveyed the shore. |l The clifts were not very high, but their forms were finely picturesque. ‘ Here and there were still green creeks, | fringed with . purple weed; and l‘tlrge ' shadowy caves, hewed roughly in the side'of the crags; and rocky islets, cov- S ered with slimy weed awash with the lapping water. -A little to the right of { the spot from which he had dived the cliff seemed hollowed out, forming a wide passage which the sea entered ‘ with a tramp and a rush and a roar. Toward this passage Brinkley swam. He knew the danger of such places, for he had often explored them both in Cornwall and the west of Ireland; but he had confidence in his own natatory skill. Approachingtheshore leisurely, with strong, slow strokes, he paused outside the passage, and observed that the sea-swell entering the opening rushed and quickened itself like a rapid shéoting to the fall, turning at the base of the cliff into a clond of thin, prismatic spray. Suddenly through the top of the spray, a cloud ’ of rock pigeonsemerged, winging their flight rapidly along the erags. : . [ro on coxTINUED.] ' Lyonnaise Zotatoes. Cut cold-boiled potatointo little diceshaped pieces, add minced onion, fry ) in butter, season with salt and pep- | per, sprinklc withehopped parsley. and you will have lyoenaise potatoes. |

AN ABSURD SBYSTEM. Should Be Less Delay in Carrying Out the ’ * Mandate of the People. On the Bth of November, 1892, the people of the United States held an election which turned on the question of tariff reform. The subject had been -inder discussion for more than two years The issue was made as sharply as possible. The verdict of the people was unmistakable.. By an overwhelming majority they declared in favor of a lower tariff. ’ : In his message to congress President Cleveland says: - “After a hard struggle tariff reform | is directly before us. Nothing so important claims our attention, and nothing so clearly presents itself as ' both an opportunity and a duty—an opportunity to deserve the gratitude of our fellow-citizens, and a duty imposed on us by our oft-repeated professions, and by the emphatic mandate of the people.’ After full discussion our eountrymen have spoken in favor of this reform, and they have confided the work of its accomplishment to the hands of those who are solemnly pledzed to it. ““If there is anything in the theory of a representation in public places of the ' people and their desires, if public offi~cers are really the servants of the peo-’ - ple, and if political promises and proi fessions have any binding force, our - failure-to give the relief so long awaited will be sheer recreancy. Nothing ] should intervene to distract our attention or disturb our effort until this rei form is accomplished by wise and care-’ | ful legislation.” o ‘ , | This is perfectly sound doetrine. If | Mr. Cleveland had been inaugurated | and eongress had met last January, at ' the same time with all the governors | and legislators: chosen on: the day of | the presidential election, there would { have been na dissent from his statement f of the case. Republicans themselves ' frankly admit, that the people had ' given a “mandate,” and that it was an | “emphatic” one. It was then as clear that the people of the country wanted tariff reform as ‘that the people of Massachusetts wanted a republican for ' United States senator, or those of Misi.souri wanted a democrat for the same | office. i

A year has now.passed. One of the greatest financial convulsions in our history has oceurred. We are in a period of ‘‘hard times.” Many are out of work or have had their wages cut down, and are dissatisfied' with the existing situation. *lt happened that four or five important states were to hold elections for state officers in November, 1893. These elections resulted in republican victories. Immediately the ery was raised that a new. ‘“‘mandate” had beéen issued by the people; that they had served notice that they did not want the tariff reform policy carried out. . : o

Of course this is ‘an absurd plea. When the people of forty-four states have held an election upon the issue of tariff reform, the voting of three or four states a year later—turning largely, and in New York almost exclusively, upon state issues—cannot be considered as entitled to the slightest weight. At the same time it is true that the very raising of this ¢laim does? confuse the situation and is calculated to puzzle the weaker sort of congressmen, who are always anxious to ‘keep in touch with the people,” and who are told that the people do not feel now as they felt a year ago. : The anomaly is so monstrous that 1 there ought to be a radical reform. Two ‘‘mandates” at once are one too | many. The thing to do is to carry out every mandate as soon as possible after : it is issued at Washington, as is the rule at every state capital in the country. The present condition of things ought to result in an agitation which will bring about a change. A people sensible enough to run their state governments on the proper plan ought not to maintain forever so idiotic a system of federal-legislation as now prevails. It is a reproach to tlie common sense of the nation.—N. Y. Evening Post.

CUT THEM OFF. Let the iSteel Rail Manufacturer Paddle ' His Own Canoe—Let Rails Be Free. The Wilson bill is excellent so far as it goes. It makes raw materials free. This will reduce prices of ‘manufactured goods, enlarge the demand for them and compel the manufacturers to employ more labor at higher wages, 1t reduces duties and will lessen the cost of living without lowering wages. It will be a boon to manufacturers and laborers and a God-send to consumers. But in one respect, at least, the bill will not do all it should do. It will take much from trusts but it will still leave them good pickings. Take, for example, the steel rail trust. Duties on steel rails have been reduced from $13.44 per ton to 25 per cent.—about $5 per ton. But why leave any duty at all? It will yield no revenue except to the trust. There is not a shadow of a doubt but that steel rails can be, and are, manufactured in some of our largest mills for less than §2O, and probably for less than $l9 per ton. These are figures that could not be touched, by foreign manufacturers—at least in our own markets. Indeed, it is probable that if our manufacturers were not favored by duties they wonld soon be exporting more rails than are exported by any foreign -country. About the time the new tariff schedule was under consideration by the ways and means committee the steel rail trust let go its grip and prices fell from $29, where they had been for several years, to less than $22. After the 25 per cent. rate had been agreed upon the trust took a new hold and fixed prices at s2s—just below the point at which it would cease to be profitable to import. The duty will enable the manufacturers to charze about $5 more than they otherwise could do on every ton of steel rails sold in this country. It is worth tens of millions of dollars to the trust, but nothing whatever to the government. It will take millions out of the pockets of both the producers and consumers of grains, meats, ete., shipped over railroads, and return nothing to their pockets. : The one-quarter cent per pound duty left on refined sugar hasno foundation in justice. It will simply license one of the worst trusts on American soil to extract $10,000,000 7 per -annum from consumers. In no other country is sugar refined so cheaply as in our great refineries, Our exports greatly exceed our imports. During the past year this trust, protected by a duty of one-half cent per pound, has paid dividends of ] about $20,000,000 on an actual capital. of less than 850,000,000 and besides has laid by a surplus of between $5,000,000 and $10,000,000. e 1 - The saw, ax, cartridge and dozens of other trusts can still ply their nefarious business after the Wilson bill is {0 operation. They all export their!

products and give special discoutts to foreigners. They need no duty whatever and it will be an act of sham 2 to leave them one per cent. Wilson has dipped the wings of these vultures; he should ceut off their heads. Why has he not done so? Is the fear of entrenched corporate capital so great that even a party which represents the wishes of nearly two-thirds of the American people dare not lift its arm to strike the death-blow to monopoly? If so, it will be in order for another congressman to arise and inquire, ‘“‘where are we at?”’ B. W. H. ‘' AN EMERGENCY. @ = ' The Time Has Arrived for the Imposition of an Income Tax. i "~ One answer given by many congressmen to the World’s inquiries is that an income tax is to be approved only for use ‘‘in an emergency.”’ P Very well. Is not the emergency upon us? | , , -

The enormous pension roll, the looted treasury and the heavy obligations imposed by the extravagance of the Fiftyfirst congress absolutely compel the present congress to provide in some way for an increased revenue during the next few years. _ -

At the same time #he people have demanded and the party in power has promised that their burdens shall be lightened, @nd especially that the taxes upon the necessaries of life and the raw materials of manufacture shall be materially reduced. . ‘ -

If this demand is to be satisfied and this promise kept congress must find some means of increasing revenues from other than tariff sources, or it must sit still and let the treasury fail to meet its obligations, to the ruin of the national credit. .

It is to meet this ‘“emergency” that an income tax is proposed, and no alternative half so just has been suggested.. 'The history of the former iicome tax shows that a very moderate and easily borne impost of this ¢haracter, levied exclusively upon large incomes, will yield a sum ample to make good the loss of revenue from tarifl reduetion. - | :

Thereal question is: Shall we levy a little tax upcfn large incomes where it will be scarcely at all felt, or shall we continue to make ‘the people pay out of scant earnings a sorely felt tribute upon all the necessaries of life? Shall we tax luxury or want? A Shall superfluous wealth bear its’ fair share of the public| burdens, or shall they fall mainly upon the shoulders of wage‘earners?. - Lo ; What answer is a democratic congress going to give to these questions? —NY - Worldot oo 0 Lo

Stop the Uncertainty.

The new tariff. bill will have; it is to be hoped, the right.of way in congress at once until it is passed. - We say this irrespective of the criticisms that a closer analysis may develop. There is no denial from any source that the democrats are pledged to a revision of some sort. Literally their pledge is to “‘a tariff for revenue only,” and a revision that makes a shortage in revenue of §50,000,000 a year is hardly a revision *for revenue only.” %‘he ‘republican campaign orators are ‘entitled to the kind of a bill the people understood the democrats. would pass when they elected them into power last year. Such being the case, ‘as a change of about this sort is almost inevitable, let it be made with the least possible delay. | American .industries can ‘get along with either the MeKinley bill 'or the Wilson bill, if they are given a chance to adapt themselves to the case; but they can't get along prosperously with uncertainty. ‘‘lf ‘twere well done whén ’twere

done, 'twere well 4were done quickly.” Of the effect of the publication of the tariff bill on industrial *valu s, we quote the following from the circular published weekly by a republican banker, Henty Clews, who says: “Judging from the tone of prices outside of ‘industrials’ the general bill does not appear to have excited any distrust unfavorable to investments.” The ‘“‘industrials” are the trust stocks—sugar trust, cordage trust, etc.—and the country can view a decline in their stocks with equanimity.—The Voice (Prohibition). : ‘ pih

Before and After.

The unanimity with which the protectionist manufacturers assert that they cannot carry on their business under a reduced tariff is in striking contrast with the vehemence of the same men, two years ago, in ‘declaring that all their wares were as cheap as. could be made in any foreign country. With the possible exception of pearl buttons and tin plate, there was not a single manufactured - product which ’ protectionist authorities would admit could be imported and sold wunder Americam prices even without a tariff. At that time they were nervous about i the question of high prices gqnder the f McKinley bill, and affirmed, no doubt with truth in some cases, that the | duties were nullified by home competi- | tion and were not really added to the | Amertean ’ price. If what they said thenswas true, what they say now is false. On their own showing their bus- | | ines%voul‘d not be touched by foreign | competition under the Wilson bill.—N. | Y. kveniog Post. : | Dolze Cries “Wolf” too Often. l ~ Alfred Dolge & Son, of co-operative notoriety, threaten to move their felt- 1 ing machines to Germany and leave | Dolgeville a desolate waste if the Wilson bill seems likely to pass. ' The country would survive if they should execute their dreadful threat. But they will do nothing of the kind. They will get their wool free and a ‘‘protec- | tion” of 15 per cent. on their product if the Wilson bill passes as it stands, and they cannot do better in Germany. The Dolges are joining the procession of tariff-enriched bulidozérs, who repay a generosity, which they never de- | served, by threatening to do desperate 1 things. There is some reason to think 1 that they will not be able to frightegaf the present congress.—Chicago Herald. The Louisville" Courier - Journal - (dem.) urges the democrats not to be | frightened away from the task of tariff révision by threats of republican man- 1 ufacturers, that because of the depres- | sion in business they will reduce wages. - “Extensive reductions in wages,” it says, ‘‘have been made in branches of business in no way affected by the tariff. But when one of the darlings of monopoly is compelled toreduce wages, or does it voluntarily in order to increase his profits, he rushes into print l to suy that it is eaused by the prospect of a reduction of the tariff. Tariff re- 1 formers have long known that they | wwould have to meet this sort of opposi- |

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.. = International Lesi'sm; for January 7, 1894 | —The First Adam—Gen. 1:26-31; 2:1-3. . |Specially Arranged from Peloubet’s Notes.} INTRODUCTION. — With this lessoh we begzin not only a new year, but a new six years’ course. of lessons in which we shall iourney through the Bible, froin the creation to the new creation, from the garden of Eden to the eity of Cod. And we trace the guiding discipline of God through the whole history from the fall, through redemptiaqn to the glorious company of the saints. One great value of this history is ‘ that it is history from a Divine standpoint, showing God’s providence, His goodness, His | love, His training, His work of redemption. - i . THE BOOK OF (AENESIS.—The beok of Gen- | esis is still a great battleground on which the | combatants are contending more earnestly { even than when we took up this study seven years.ago. And the battle is still° undecided, Many questions cannected with the higher crit: | Icism and the relations of Genesis to science dre still unsettled. Learned, wise and good men differ very widely. o ' THE AUTHOR OF GENESIS was'chiefly Moses, using ancient documents and subject to revisions in later ages, as below. - 7 THE DATE was, therefore, about 1500 B. C., with the limitations noted above. We know from the late discoveries of clay tablets at Tel-el-Amarna, in Eg¢ypt, containing letters written between Palestine and Egypt, that the art of writing was well known as early as the time of Abraham. : e - THE LANGUAGE was Hebrew, which, like every living language, grew and changed as time went on. . ; o COMPOSITE CHARACTER.—It is generally admitted that the author of Genesis used a number of ancient documents in composing this. book. Some of these are very clearly marked in the book itself, as for instance: ‘‘The generations of the heavens and the earth,” at chap. 2:4, “The book of the generations of Adam,” - from chap. sto chap. 6:8. *‘The generations of Noah,’’ giving the history of Noah’s family till his death, from 6;9 to end of 9. One of the first marks of these documents to te noticed is the exclusive use of Elohim, God, in the first section, and the introduction of Jehovah (the Lord) in the next section beginning with 2:4. RECENSIONS.—We are to remember that there was no printing in those ages, but that each copy was made independéntly by hand, and in different -centuries, so that naturally there would be a remodéling of thelanguage, explanatory notes,and adaptations of ‘amciont names to the times of the people for whom the copy was made. . I This explains not a little of those later forms which lead some to give 2 much latér date than formerly t 6 the authorship of Genesis. We must remember also that'we have but one Hebrew manusecript of the Qld Testament a thousand ’ yearsold. . e . ' THE*HISTORY OF CREATION.

The Two Accounts.of Creation.—lt lies on the face of the narrative that there are two creation stories divided at the fourthverse of chapter 2.. Many of the higher critics insist that these are two accounts of the same events. and cover precisely the same period. By insisting on these things. they can find contradietions enough i the two accounts, just as a builder by . insisting that certain stones must belong to a/ certain place where they {?of not fit can prove that they belong to two different buildings. But the contradictions are chiefly created by the critics, and are not in the narrative. For 1. Itis unnatural thata writer, even though uninspired, who was able to write or compile such a book as Genesis should contradict himself in such an open and useless way. -2 On the face of them the narratives are not. intended to be parallel accounts, but the second one is an enlargement of a portion of the first, just as very commonly on ‘our maps there is placed in some corner & map of a small portion on an enlarged scale. The narrative in the first chapter of Genesis refers to the whole work of creéation from. the beginning up to the introduction of man, and is world wide in its theater of action., That in Genesis second refers to a special local group of animals contemporary with man in a special locality, that of Eden. 3. Science declares that the second . account is an accurate picture of the region where man' was intraduced at the time of his appearance. Thus,.Sir J. W. Dawson, R S., F. G. 8., says: We know that immediately before the appearance of post-glacial man there had been a great submergence of the land in the northern ' hemisphere, and that this was of sufficient duration to destroy ‘all vegetation, from the lower and more northern parts of the continents. From this submergence the .land rose, destitute of vegetatton, and probably, for a time, involved in mists and fogsbelonging to the continued preeipitation of a pluvial period. This isthe condition of things referred to in Gen. 9:5, and which was destined to give place to the new creation of Eden. 4. The second account does not declare that everything was-ereated in a certain qrder. The statement in Gen. 2: 19 does not say that God made animals after Adam, but states the fact that God made the anim\ out of theground, as in 1:24, as preliminary to ‘their naming by Adam. They may ‘have come again into that region after Adam’s creation, but, whencesoever they came, they werg created by God.

The Creator.—Two names or titles are given to God in these chapters. Elohim, the Almighty, the Omnipotent. It is plural in form, but with rare exception is used with a singular verb when it refers to the true God; though when used of false god the verb is in: the plural. The plural, Elohim, is (1) the plural of majesty; (2) it expresses the variety and fallnessof the Divine attributes; (8) it is possible that the plural noun with the singular verb implies the unity and yet the trinity of God; however little those who first: used the expression may have understood it. ! Gl

* Jehovah, translated Lord, @ and printed in small capitals, denotes the eternal; self-existent spiritual nature of God, and the union of the two declares that-the Lord of Israel was the same-as the Creator. o

&‘ AROUND THE GLOBE. , Turgrk are forty vegetarian restaur | ants in London. : ; - Jessup, Ga., a town of over one thousand inhabitants, has not had a death for ten months. . = - = STEPHEN LANGTON,archbishop of Canterbury, first divided the Bible into chapters and verses about the close of the twelfth century. e Miss Mary PoweLrn, of New Castle, Ind., has attended school for nine ‘ years without being absent or ‘tardy, | walking nearly a mile to the school ihotfse. . .- b x' ArGENTINE and Uruguay are the {’richest of all countries in horses and ' horned stock; Austria has the most shéep, Italy the: poorest horses, Portugal the poorest cattle. =-~ WinLiaM PENN’s grave is in- the churchyard of the little meeting house ' at Jordans, in Buckinghamshire, England, and Quakers hold a service there ‘annually, in memory of the founder of Pennsylvania. =~ = i I _ In several respects, China may be ' called the antipode of America. Its people drinle their tea cold and their | wines warm, wear white for mourning; - and a pupil, when reciting, turns his _back to his teacher.

'DISASTROUS PROTECTION. = A Policy That Has Brought Hard Times . Upon the Country. An esteemed correspondent and longtime subscriber ‘of the Free Press writes: ‘‘Your étory of the banker who made his eashier ‘stand the shorts’ be-. cause hoibok the overs’ is a good one. It is probably a fair retort upon those advocates of high tariff who have claimed that all our prosperity was the result of carrying -out their doctrine to say-that the doctrine should be held responsible for the distress as well. But do I understand you to contend that protection really is responsible for the present condition of things? If I recollect right—and I have read your paper pretty carefully—you have contended always that protection was not the cause of our prosperity. You are not bound, if the protectionist is, to admit. that it is the cause of adversity. Do you really think it is?” In the article to which our correspondent refers we did not express any opinion as to the influence which the protective policy and high tariffs had had in bringing about the lamentable condi‘tion of things from which the country is syffering. We aimed to show merely ‘that the advocates of protection were precluded by their past claims as to the controlling influence of their policy - from denying its responsibility for present conditions. That we made the point clear is apparent from the concession of our correspondent, who is, iy is scarcely necessary to say, a protectionist, though not an ultra one. . We have, however, no hesitation in declaring that the protective policy which has been so long pursued in this ‘country is very largely responsible for the present woeful condition of, our . business. - We have never conceded that this policy was the cregtor of pros--perity, it is ;rug'f but ghat fact surely does not' precludé s from claiming that it is responsible for adversity. . .No intelligent person who will consider the facts can fail to reach the conclusion that it is responsible. Not only ' is. our present condition very ‘largely the outcome of the protective - policy, carried out in such enactments ‘as* the MecKinley tariff, but it was inevitable from the first that i¥ should be the outcome. It 1s the purpose oi - protective tariffs to stimulate produc: tion in manufactures, and that has al< - ways -been its primary effect. One of the first of ‘the resulting consequences has been the diversion of labor from the country to the town with the incidental effect of enhancing the farm la_borer’s wages and the workingman’s “wages gs well, because these are prac- ' tically fixed either high or low by the prevailing rate of farm wages. ‘For a time there is apparent prosperity. Al the mills and factories are running at _high-presSuré to secure for each the largest possible share of the profits . guaranteed by the exclusion of foreign ‘competition through the tariff. It is ' soon found, however, that the ove stimulus of -the tariff. has resulted in - overproduction. Prices go down, ~and the- protectionist points to . this .- faet exultantly as oze of “the . benefits of “his policy. They ~ continue to go down, however, until ‘there is no profit for the manufacturer. Wages are lowered. Mills stop. Wori:- . men .are thrown out of employ. Men | . who have paid. for asmall lot in the city what would have bought them a |'forty-acre farm in the country iind . themselves without the’ means of sub- | sistence; and ‘after a brief stigogie U with pride, suffering and imminent ' gtarvation compel them to appeal for | help. to their more fortunate neighbors "o to public charity. There are huu- - dreds of thousands of men in the cities - of the land who but for the iniquitous | protection policy would be in the pos- ' session of comfortable homes on farms . of their own. They would be poor, . perhaps; but they and their families i would be in no danger of starvation or | pauperization. Other cases have un_quastionably contributed to the pres- | ent depression; but the protective pol- | icy and its crowning abomination, the | McKinley tariff, have their full shave .of responsibility. It was inevitalle | that they should have. The resuits ' which have followed were predicted l‘ when the measure was pending and la’fter it passed. - The country was con, | vinced before the McKinley act had | been in force a year -that its tendency . was toward disaster. The people rose | against it. Twice at the ballot box g'they condemned it, and yet, notwith- . standing this condemnation aﬁd the g sad showing ‘that it was merited, there are those who insist that the dgom de- . creed against McKinleyism shall not |be carried out.—Detroit Free Press. =

POINTED PARAGRAPHS. —.»—Factories engaged in the manu- . facture of anti-tariff-reform sentiment are not prospering. Their product is out of date.—N. Y. World. ——The people recognize the ¢clamor against the Wilson bill as a repetition of the campaign thunder which failed to scare them.—N. Y. World, ! " ——While delivering lectures to California students on international law ex-President - Harrison should give them the omne he has just received through his successor’s message to congress.on his management of the Hawaiian affair,—Louisville Courier-Jour-nal. L e s ~ ~—The people who are against the Wilsen bili were against democracy in 1892, but Cleveéland was given a popular plurality of nearly four hundred| thousand votes, and a clean majority of one hundred and ten in the electoral college.” Clamor and popular sentiment ‘are not always the same.—Chieago Times, .- .- ‘ o . -——Another calamity from tariff reduction apprehensions: Green B. Raum Jr.’s grocery has failed. The paralyzigg of infant industries among the Osage Indians seems to have got Mr. Raum down. Mr. Raum joins the melancholy procession headed by ex-Sec-retary Foster and Mr. McKinley.—St. Louis Dispateh. Sl gl . ——Had ex-Minister Stevens been as careful to keep within the proper limits of his auwghority us President Cleveland has been, there would have been no Hawaiian tangle, and Granny Hoar would not have made a spectacle of herself by denouncing the president for & supposed purpose to smash the constitution.—Louisville cCourierdourngl, o .. o 0 mﬁu g | ~——Secretary Carlisle presents the predicament in which ﬁf%%:%&mm republican financial legislation lands the country, and it is & picture which both o bosating At Miely Wil Fa §a minister the finances of & nation ahd 10 eriticism of any policy the demo‘erats may propose. It should shame % *‘ﬂ*‘ﬁ%m@?&f o R