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g‘lll’l'l"gF"'If!fﬂl"!:!"‘“III'Il""."'.""% \ : am 7| . : - A guw BY WIRE = r, An Interrupted Current. . 3 BY HOWARD M. YOST. : : Copyright, 1896, by J .B. Lippincott Co._ { CHAPTER IV.—CONTINUED. - | The president was writing when I entered, but he laid aside his pen when he saw me. 5 : j ' “Take a seat, Conway,” he said. Y I did as requested. My heart was heavy before, but it was heavier when I noticed ithe troubled look on his face. . “Mr. Perry, have you read the papers?” I msked. =t ‘ - The president nodded assent. | “How i# it that such a general impression has gone abroad that I had something to do with the affair? Who has startedl such a rumor?”’ ' i “I-do n@t know, Conway, unless the police hafe given public expression to their opinion.” o : “The pogice. And what is their opinjon? Wj; it not shown beyond any ~“doubt tha%j was miles away from the “wvault at the time that the rdbbery must must have been committed ?' Isay nothing about my own assertions. But how can anyone doubt the word of a man <of Mr. Morley’'s standing?” “Well, Conway, no one does doubt that you told the truth in that. . But—" Mr. Perry ieemed loath to proceed. “But wh);t, sie??’ T deinandgd,,af,ter a pause. = d ; “The detgctives’ theory 'is that you had accomplices, who, from directions given by yfu, were able to carry outa ‘prearrangeyl plan.” e : I answeted with a scornful laugh. “Accomplides! Who are they?” I asked. © [} i ““Wéll, I suppose they are looking for ithem,” Mrg; Perry said, with a halfsmile. 5 . il {

“I hope they’ll enjoy the search,” I said, sarcastically.’ “Oh, Mr. Perry. why is this thing hrought upon me? Why am I so universally suspected, when mothing can be shown against me? If there is enough cause to attribute the robbery to me, why am I not arrested ?” . “We had hoped to keep the affair a secret, for( a time at. least. Therefore some few of the trustees thought it ‘best not to make it public, as having You arrested would have done.- We were all pledged t'lsecrécy, but somehow the affair got abroad. I, suppose you:did not- mention it?? . .

“No, indeed. T have not spoken toa soul.on the subject,” I replied. “MY. ' Perry,” I cried, impulsively, “you do not believe I am guilty, do you?” : ! 4T do not wish to believe sO,” he replied, guardedly. e : ‘ “Oh, think, sir, what this terrible affair meahs to me! ' It is a fearful burden for a young fellow to bear who is wholly innocent.”. ' o - “It is, indeed. But, you see, it is this ~way. ‘The bank is a public institution, and I, as its head, dare not let my persottal feelings interfere with my duty to the public. Personally, it-does not /seem possible that you could have any iconnection with the loss of the people’s money—"" =l 5 . © -“Ob, thank you, Mr. Perry! I knew ~you could hot think—"! - " He cut e short. “Officially, I must hold jjol}\(ndoubt,' so much so atleast ‘that I cannot give you back your position.”™ g‘» L . “And did you suppose I expected to remain ?” I asked, indignantly. “Icpuld *not. I want to hold no position where absolute and perfect confidence is not -felt in me. ' You can consider this as my resignation, sir,” I added. - “I am glid you look upon it in that light. It id manly.sir,” said Mr. Perry. “And, Nelsbn, not even the restoration

of the miSﬁing funds would give me as | great plea?.\re as the establishment of your innocénce.” - . “Never fear, sir, my- innocence will’ soon be proved. Itcannotbeotherwise, for I am innocent,” I said, con‘ﬁdengy. “I have a small estate which came to Ime from my grandfather,” I continued. “Every Cent! shall be expended, if nee- > essary, for the purpose of proving my innocence.” : - -~ “You can do as you see fit about that,” the president said, after a long pause,. during which he seemed to be ponder'ing over my|words.. “But if you wish - for my advié)%, I would say, do nothing whatever on'gbunoWn hook. . Nelson,” he continued, coming close up to me and ‘speaking low;, “secret measures bave already been bégun to solve the mystery, and they will be thorough and far“reaching. TRis is wholly independent of any investigations the police au‘thorities may} undertake. You see, my - boy, that I dg trust and believe in you, after all, What I have told you is in strict confidence. Live as quietly and _patiently as possible under the cloud. “Take a-trip toc Europe,.and énjoy your- ¢ self.” E : “No, I'll stay and face the music. 1 am not afraid of any investigations ~which may. e made into my life.” “Well, goad-by néw. Imustnotallow "you to take up any more of my time. I 'beg of you ¢o follow my advice, and un_dertake ncsearch on your own hook. - In spite of discouragement, heartache, - .or long delay, do nothing yourself.”. He shocle Iny hand heartily, and I left him. . . : As I was going out the door leading . into the lobby, I ran against a:man just coming in. He was an old fellow, small ~and thin, and had “piercing steel-blue eyes. He rebounded a trifle from the collisien, then gazed at me sharply. - “I Leg your pardon,” I said. “I hope I.did not hurt you?” * “No. Not much, at any rate. -I want to se the president. Are you the presi- "~ dent?” he asked. : ’ '~ There seemed to me to be something insoleat abOu;n bis question, as though * -he knew I was not the president and he ~ had asked but to méck me. “You will find the president in his of- - fice,” ¥ replied, curtly. “As for me, I am @ b#nk robber.” ' ¢« - Theten witg@t;heaguspicion of a twinkle came in his eyes as he said: “Indéed! - Well, youdon’tlook it.” ~ Ths old fellow ‘then entered the of- ~ fice, 29d I went qutside to the street. - ' A Prw days went by, and, although ~ notléag was found to sustain the theory ' of tl:%teeﬁm, that fact did not lessen/ - #mﬁllﬂspﬂﬁm whieh rested upon -/ Indded, it was a case of surprise tome that I was not arrested. It would have - BEPEEWS GUEING WHe OBY (e, Gha 4 coh- |

cert or the theater at nigljzt, were frequented by me. I held my head erect, as I had a right to do; but it was witha ‘heavy heart and a chastened spirit that I realized that people shunned me. Houses where I had been on/most friendly terms were closed against me. I was tempted many times to seek consolation and encouragement in the presence of Florénce Morley, but it did not.seem right nor kind to burden her bright ' life with my troubles, ‘even should she consent to see me, of which I was doubtful under the ichanged circumstances. Perhaps it vi'cas-this fear ‘which kept me away, as I?Juch as any, other idea. . { : - About a week after the robbery a let-/ ter came to my boarding-pface: s “Mr. Nelson. Cornway——De:#‘ Sir: If convenient, kindly favor me th an opportunity for —conversation this evening at eight. Iremain in town over night, and you will find me at my city residence. g . : “SYLVESTER MORLEY.” Wondering what he coulﬂ wish.to say to me, I repaired to his house at the time mentioned. T Mr. Morley receivéd me in the library, and arose from his chair as I entered. “Good evening, Mr. .Conway,” he gravely said, bowing his head. ‘“Please be seated.” : i} ! After I had chosen a chair on the opposite side of the room, and he had resumed his seat, he began, somewhat reluctantly, but in his stately, courteous way: ; J . 8 “Our conversation may prove unsatisfactory to you. If so, I beg your pardon in advance. Of course you are aware that .the public in |general con‘nects your name with that daring and ‘mysterious affair at the bank.” © +“I know very well, sir, that itis so,” I replied, sadly. S | “Now, I do not mind sayan that I do ‘niot necessarily condemn a man because h? is suspected,” Mf, Morley continued. “In a case like yours the general public’s opinion does not influence my opinion. At the same time, the general public is not to be blamed so much, after all. The people form their opinions from the newspaper&s, and I am sorry to note that the papers do not seem friendly toward you,” . (“That is true, sir;" T answered. *“And I cannot imagine why they should take t]:iilt stand, when nothiné," absolutely nothing, can be found to criminate me.” “T ean furnish no idea \jvhy it is so 3? 1 éimply state a fact. As Tjintimated, it is| not my custom to condemn a man before he has been found guilty. But, whatever my private opinion may be, in thiis case you must understand that the suspicion which has fallen upon you will necessarily preclude a continuation of the friendly relatipn)s whaigh have existed between you and—and my haousehold.” - | - .

#Oh, sir, you cannot believe in your heart that I had anything to do with > § { : (& o oma 5 [N : | K ; 3 | | g . \ | Ml P N | - * Speak out, Isay, or I'll firel” ¢ - the bank’s loss!” I exclainﬁed, bitterly, for;, kindly as was his manner, the wbrds he spoke seemed to strike a knell: td my fondest hopes. [ ~ “I have already said all I care to say on that score,” Mr. Morley replied, rather coldly. - 2 “And—and your daughter, sir,” I went on, with trembling voice; ‘“she does not share the general suspicion!” . A smile flitted across his face for a moment. Then he became grave again, and regarded me earnestly, He did not reply for some time; he seemed to be considering his answer. | [“My daughter is rather indignant; she thinks that you are unjustly treated,” he finally said. | - ‘I could not restrain myself on hearing this. I s_ﬁfang‘ from my seat and approached him. £l el | “Mr. Morley, you do not know what it means to me to hear this. You cannot iﬁt&agine how your daugh&er’s opinion Ils me with hope. May I ask you, sir, to express to her my deepest gratitude for her faith in my innocence? As God gears me, her faith is not miisplaced.” here was no controlling my'voice; it trembled in spite of my efforts to be calm. Dear, triie-hearted girl! | “I will convey to her your message,” said Mr. Morley. . “She hasinformed me of the sentiment you entertain for her. P,ut. Mr. Conway, I belie[ve you are’a joung man of sense and honor. You must therefore realize the position you %ould ‘place her in by insjsting on the continuation of a friendship which, out of kindness and gentleness of disposi;ﬁon, she would probably not refuse you. t would be unjust to her, embarrassing you, and wholly contrary to my | 1L fully appreciate thel meaning of your words, Mr, Morley. Believe me, 1 regard your daughter too highly to Ttrude upon her notice, uPder existing ircumnstances. Tt is no| sentiment I ntertain for her; it is lovg, sir, deeper, der, fonder than’ mere sentiment. his love has become the ruling motive f my life, and will al‘ways remadin so. ut I promise ypu I will hold no communication with your defught'efr until it is shown before the world that I am f;;nocent. I confess, to ,;t'follow this ¢ourse will be the greatest sacrifice of ny life. I have no parents, no near reations to whom I can go for jove and sympatby. It meanssomgthing, therefore, for me to promise yqu this.” Mr. Morley arose from his chair, here was a kindly vgleas ‘in his eyes, and an expression on his face of—sadess, was it? At any rate, there was undoubtedly. a touch of sorrow in his joice when he 'spcgfe again. It seemed gomewhat strange to me at the time. He had obtained the promise he wished, hut it did not seem to give him the pleasure I natirally expected it would. | He extended his band. “Mr. Conway, You are a man of honor,}! he said. “I g*hm to shake bands with may be established. But,” he’hesie

‘Robberies have occurred befor iwwhich have ever remained mysteries. I must confess, although I am one of the trustees and am therefore an interested party, I am not so sure the perpetrators of this last robbery will ever be discovered. There seems to be not the slightest clew to work on. 1 do not say this to cause you pain, but simply to warn you against entertaining hopes thichf may never be realized.” ; - CHAPTER V. On the first evening of my occupancy of the old homestead I recalled Mr. Morley’s words and thought with sorrow how much superior his judgment had, been to mine. - ‘A year had“gone by, a year of heartache, disappointment and wunfulfilled longing, and the cloud had not been lifted from my life. And, oh, I was so homesick for just a glimpse of my dear love’s face. , A few days after my interview with Mr. Morley I had received a note from Florence: - ‘“‘Dear Mr. Conway: Father has informed me of your resolve not to call on me or attempt to keep up the friendship which made me so happy, until you are freed from all suspicion. I appreciate the manliness which prompts you to such a resolve, and I wish to assure you from the bottom of my heart that J respectand trust you. I know you are innocent, and shall always believe so. Keep up a brave spirit. The mystery will be explained and you exonerated. Remember, 1 believe in you wholly, and shall always remain, Your true friend, ; “FLORENCE MORLEY.” I took the worn note from the locket which I wore around my neck and pressed it to my lips, as I had done many times sinee its receipt, and T wondered if her heart was still true to the sentiment expressed in it. The harvest moon was resplendent and the white beams came into the window where I satin my night'robe, flooding my white drapery with light. There were no sounds of human life; the world seemed left wholly to the crickets and katydids. With a sigh from the depths of my lonely heart I re-’ placed the note in its receptacle and arose. - .

Turning from the window, I saw right opposite me, on the other sidé of the room, a tall white figure. What was it? There it stood, while 1 gazed spellbound, motionless, mysterious. In a lightning flash of thought Sarah’s forebodings came to me. ‘ Then I grasped my pistol, which was lying on the table beside me. #Now, then, if this is a practical joke, intended simply to frighten me, let it stop,” I said. It was with some difficulty, I confess, that my voice was kept steady. ' » 7 “Whoever you are, speak and _ex‘plain, or I'll see if you have substance enough to stop a bullet!” : - I paused for areply, but none came. “Speak out, I say, or, as sure as there is a God in Heaven, I’ll fire!” I called again, and again received no reply. e The white thing remained there, in spite of my threats. After another pause, during which the cold chills ckased up and down my spine, I raised my arm, took deliberate aim' and fired. - A rattle of breaking glass followed the report of the pistol, and a dark spot appeared in the center of the white figure. The flash of the pistol had been reflected back. and in an instant I realized the truth. _ :

With a scornful laugh and a condemnatory exclamation at my foolishness, I placed the pistol on the table and got into bed. - Then a slight scuffling noise, seeming to come from beneath, reached my ear, and I said, aloud, and with a laugh: “I've stirred up the rats, at any rate. Hello, what's that?” I exclaimed, as a deep, muffled sound, accompanied by a slight jar; immediately followed. It was as though a heavy door in some distant part of the house had slammed. For quite a time I sat up in bed and listened, but mo more unusual sounds followed. i o

Mrs. Snyder’s words cdnéerhing mysterious happenings in my house and Sarah’s unreasonable fears for my safety, followed by the two events just mentioned, did have an effect upon me, although the first event was due wholly to an ordinary cause, and the second, the apparent sound of a slamming door, might be, and probably was, just what it seemed. A gentle night breéeze had -arisen, and some of the windows in the upper part of the house might :have ‘been left open, thereby producing a draught and causing an intervening door to swing shut. True, the sound seemed to come from beneath me. But ‘then that was probably imagination. ‘Tu the silence of night a sudden noise lis rather difficult to locate. How often the most common events, under unfamiliar circumstances, become inexplicable mysteries! o o

I am not of a superstitious make-up, and therefore Sarah’s vague fears did not produce-in me a feeling of fright; but there was a watchfulness aboutmy senses as though there were “funny things,” to use Sarah’s term, about the house, which would become apparent in due time. . . s

Nestling my head down on the pillow, redolent with the grateful healthgiving aroma of spruce, I closed my eyes.: = | :

Sleep did not come as quickly as I had boasted to my old nurse it would, and it was some time before my consciousness began to wander into the domain of vague fancies and indistinct ideas which characterize the period between waking and sleeping. Then, almost before my eyes could open, I suddenly sat up in bed and listened with hearing sharpehed by the sense of expectancy which had come over me. ' :

Out through the silence of my room there came stealing the sound of a voice —but such a voice! Not possessed by any human being, surely! Pitched on a high, quavering tone, and yet so soft and small; so faint, as though borne from a great distance; so plain, as though right at my bedside; bearing no semblance to human tones, but nevertheless undoubtedly a voice; for after a time I could distingnish a word now and then. i

- If there were in the world weird, misshapen little folks like fairies and gnomes, and we could hear their conversation, I imagine their voices would sound like this one to which now I was listening. : - 5

| There was no wonder Mrs.‘ Snyder had been impressed by it, if this were the voice she had heard. . Strange indeed, and unnatural, as though not of this world, it seemed to me. A creeping sensation came over me, not exactly like that produced by fear; there was more of awe, of solemnity, about it. o . ~ 7o 5m dowrvump.) .

THE ENORMOUS PEF!CIT. : Republicans Are Not Biaiggihz About P Their Tariff Re\i.en'ne.' Ak The republican party organs are still precluded from bragging about what the new tariff is doing for the treasury and are forced to confine theirbragging to the great things it isgoing to do by and by.. - ’ B The returns show that during the four expired months of the present fiscal year the expenditures have exceeded the receipts by $38,009,010. This is at the rate of more than $114,000,000 for the year, or $42,000,000 more than in any year since the disbandment of the volunteer armies after the civil war and over $71,000,000 more than in any fiscal year under the tariff of 1&94. According to the “corrected figures” given by the treasury bureau of statistics in the August sumnmary the expenditures exceeded the receipts by $69,803,261 during the last fiscal year under the McKinley tariff of 1890; by $42,805,223 during the next fiscal year, which was ‘mostly under the tariff of 1894; by $25,203,246 during the fiscal year 1896 and by only $18,052,254 during the fiscal year 1897—the last wholly” under the tariff of 1894. . i

But, as above stated, the shortage for one-third of ithe current year, mostly under the Dingley tariff, ias been over $38,000,000, or more than double the shortage for the whole of last year. Once more it is proper to ask the republican philosophers what has beccme of their cherished doctrine that the only reason why the country was not prosperous a few months ago was because the treasury outgo exceeded the treasury income. They now claim that the country is prosperous almost beyond precedent. How do they account for that when the excess of putgo over income'is vastly greater than it wasa few months ago or ever has begen since the stoppage of the enormous expenditufes of the civil war? Some explanation is due to those who have been accepting their. teachings with }im'Plicit faith: But, as has been stated, they make up for the lack of boasting about what the Dingley law has done by much boasting about what it is going to de. But here the facts do not better their case very much. The expenditures last month exceeded the receipts by $9,310,097, or only $192,155 lessi than the average for the four months of the fiscal year. At last month’s rate the shortage for the fiscal year would be over $111,600,000. |

Perhaps they will tell us that it isn’t fajr to assume that the deficit will continue at the same rate throughout the year. If that were true people who persist, in season and-out of season, in attributing a disastrous panic and the consequent hard times to a tariff which did not exist until 14 months after the panic have no sort of right to complain of unfairness. ;

- Nor have people:who for four years preached the doctrine that the one thing needed to make the country prosperous was to take millions on millions more from the pockets of the taxpayers to put in the treasury and in the pockets of tax eaters and favored tariff beneficiaries. There is not the faintest semblance of fairness about this in either theory or practice-.———Chifcago Chronicle. AS TO /'PROSPERITY. Promises of the Spellbinders Remain Unfulfilled. During all the flurry over the high price ef wheat, and amid all.the republican shouting over the return of prosperity, no word was uttered about the condition of cofion, and cotton used to be king. : > General prosperity is what the people want, and general prosperity is what the republicagy orators promised the people during ﬁle last presidential campaign. After McKinley’s elcetion there was a more or less patient period of waiting for the return of prosperity. For six months the people waited and then for six months, through the aid of famine in India and short crops abroad, wheat went to a dollar a bushel, and the republican press went crazy over the “return of prosperity.” But wheat has dropped and cotton has never risen. Recently this great staple of the south reached the lowest price on record in London, 6 1-3 cents per pound. There is something wrong with the prosperity that affects but one of the great agricultural products of the United States.®* The planters of the .south are anxious to know why Hanna and McKinley and Dingley do not send a little of their vaunted prosperity” below Mason and Dixon’s line. They consider such neglect rank favoritism. s o e

But the farmers-of the north are beginning to inquire when the great republican party will send them good prices for corn and oats. These products linger at a beggarly price, and ‘even wheat at 75 cents a bushel on the farm cannot convince the agriculturists that the promises of the spellbinders are being redeemed. : The explanation of the whole matter is that the appreciating price of gold, the money which measures the valueof all products,” makes a constantly depreciating price for those products. Corn and oats and cotton and every--Ihing but wheat are suffering from this injustice ‘this year, just as they have suffered in other years, and wheat #&as escaped the infliction because of special conditions existing abroad over which the republican party had not and ¢ould not have the slightest. control.—Chicago Dispatch. : j :

OPINIONS AND POINTERS.

——“The first six months of the McKinley administration were the most disastrous in the history of the country.”—W. J. Bryan.ﬁ ——Unless the press can keep Mr, MecKinley in the iraces he will leave Uncle Samuel a worse bankrupt than he left his own state of Ohio.—St. Louis PostDispatch.’ = - : ; ——Platt, after visiting McKinley, said their conversation did not interest the public. In fact, the whole administration seems to be a private affair. ~—N. Y. Journal. :

——What right has President McKinley to swing the federal power and prestige in favor of a candidate in a local municipal election? What consideration of decency can justify such action ?—DBoston Post. G e

. ——The deficit eontinues to mountup higher and higher, and our republican friends used to tell us that it was the deficit that caused the gold reserve to dwindle. At the rate of deficit now going on the McKinley administration will have to issue bonds before long Sure thing!—Utica Observer.

THE DANGER OF PROTECTION.

An International Conflict of Tariffy { Threatens. :

Energetic and systematic agitation prevails throughout Austro-Hungary with the purpose of urging upon the government at Vienna the necessity of effecting ‘a coalition with other European states for the enforcement of retaligtory tariff measures against the United States. -So grievous have Dbecome the conditions growing out of the prohibitive and restrictive provisions of the Dingley act that prompt and effective action 'is deemed necessary to teach Americans that protection is a double-edged sword and that Europe has the power and the skill to use the. same instrument in defense of her industrial interests. Just what these retaliatory measures are to be is not yet suggested, but with the rapid development of agricultural lands in Russia and India it is not unlikely that the first blow will be aimed at the. export: of American food produets. It is quite possible, by drawing upon|all available resources, for E'uropé ‘to cause a sudden and alarming, if not prolonged, slump in Ameriean products and to send meat and grain prices back to panic figures and to undo the prosperity boom which was built upon the advanced prices. Under present conditions the United States could offerno argument against such united action by the powers of Europe. The McKinley and Dirgley acts were not based upon the idea of fair play gr to cultivate the sentiment of mutual benefit in the commerce of nations, but were enacted solely with the purpose of pandering to the demands of certain classes who profitl by increased import taxes upon specified articles of manufacture. |The protection of these favored few by an increased duty on foreign goods of like quality is for the enrichment of some at the expense of many, the consumer in all cases paying the tax. The principle and operation of this system of taxation is understood both-abroad,and at home and is equally condemned by the foreign producer and the American consumer. ;

Only by the repeal of eiisting laws and the enactment of others more nearly on a revenue basis can the pending international conflict of the tariffs be averted: and the people as a whole receive that widespread benefit which must come from world-wide competition. That a thing is never settled until it is settled right is generally believed, and this truism gains added force and is particularly applicable to so important a question of economics as that of taxation.—Kansas City Star. el Y & \ip o, T e . ¢ -THIS WINTER’S Cg_NGRESSz Will Have Hard Work to Bolster Its Discredited Party. : No congress of recent years assembled with as many perplexing difficulties confronting it as will harrass the forthcoming session. This is due mainly to two causes. The first is that the party in power finds itself in complete control of the house, with a majority large enough to initiate any legislation that pleases it, and with a senate that cannot be relied upon with confidence to ratify the action - of the: coordinate body. The second is that 'the tyranny of republicanism exemplified in Speaker Reed’s unprecedented ¢ourse has demoralized the membership of the house beyond the bounds of restraint. Had the speaker named his committees, as he should -have done, in time for them to familiarize themselves s with their duties before adjournnrent of the last session, they could have entered upon their labors this winter with a knowledge of the finer details of legislation essential to the carrying out of fixed policies and invaluable to the equipment of intelligent and patriotic lawmakers. i ) ‘ But there will be so little seasoned experience in the house this winter among the republicans that blunders and failures innumerable are certain to follow the efforts of the majority to do something to‘bolster up its dis< credited party. In their desperation to do something to secure .reelection many members may be expected to defy Reed’s despotism and organize a revolt should he pursue his characteristic tactics of tyranny and oppression. The administration, having dispensed its choicest patronage, cannot rely upon the spoils as effective weapons with which to whip the refractory element into line.. The result of the fall elections, whatever it may be, cannot strengthen the administration in the senate, because the new sepators will not take their seats in time to be either of benefit or harm to the president. Viewed from every aspect, it is obvious that the republicans will be on the defensive from the opening to the close of .the forthcomigg session of congress. ‘They will have so many shortcomings and disappointments of party policy and administration to explain that on no proposition of general interest can they be aggressive. Cuba and the currency willl be the .questions around which the debates will rage with greatest‘ftyy, without inimediate hope of settlement on any, basis satisfactory to the national will or conscience.—St. Louis Republic. ° -

A DEFICIT MAKER. | The Dingley Law lls Emptylng' the Natlonal Treasury. The treasury statement for the month just ‘closed is not as flattering as the admirers of the Dingley robber tarift would like to have it appear. Here is the plain fact: : Expenditures....cccsveeeeneeacess....s2s,36B,Bls ReCeIPLS cevececscscrsscccrcaceencinssss 21,933,008 Bleflelt i viiiii e savasinvociicis B S AROELT This brings the total deficit for the first quarter of the fiscal year up to $29,015,954. Had there not.-been an advance in the internal revenue receipts of $1,000,000 the deficit would have been that much larger. We are told by the friends of a high tariff that by the close of the next quarter the treasury will make both ends meet, and then all will be clear sailing. In one sense this is true. Thanks to the large reserve put in the treasury by Mr. Cleveland’s bond sales, which the Dingleyites roundly denounced, there is no immediate danger. of ha#ving to borrow. Moreover, should the government let the railroad foreclosure go al;ead‘it will get some $50,000,000 from that source—a veritable ‘godsend. But after that either the Dingley rates will “protect” and prevent imports, in which case a deficit, will continue, or imports will be large enough to make up the deficit, in which case where is the “protection”—N. Y. Timew, = . - Py i . Lo ———— : liata - ——What a lucky thing it is for this countey that Mark Heana wasn't born Tiyy st 10 meﬁ"?%

FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.

COLONEI'. GRUMPY. - . He was 4 darling little boy, £ With sunny eyes of blue, 3 . And happy as the day was long Unless he had to do : , Some task that did mot please him much, /| And then he was 80 cross, S His mother thought her boy was gone, And grieved so for his loss, And said: “It was a dreadful case, That here in her own dear boy’s place Was ‘surly Colonel Grumpy.” = .

Her boy, she said, was good and sweet— The pearl of little boys! ’ But Colonel Grumpy was most rude; And broke up all his toys. AL : He tore his picture:books to bits, - - Cracked his slate, lost his hat, Pulled his little sister’s hair, And teased the pussy-cat. R i She wished he’'d go away, and then She’d have: her own sweet boy again i Instead of Colonel Grumpy. * ‘

“That Colonel Grumpy’s not my: boy - I'm sure is very plain, ) ; And so I'd better send him off . To-day in all the rain. Sl So, Colonel' Grumpy, go away = . . In spite of wind and wet! e SR I want my boy, who does npt sulk, : Nor does he scold or fret!” A little sob, two pleading eyes, ‘Then clasped tight in her arms, he ¢ries: “‘Good-by, ¢ross Colonel Grumpy!” —Jane Campbell, in St. Nicholas,

MR. WINGLEBY'S IDEA.

He Tells How We Comeé to Have Different Kinds of Weather..- -

“You- see, Georgie,” said Mr. Wiggle‘by. whose youthfu] son had asked hic how we come to have different kinds of weather, ‘“the weather is, put up in tin cans, a day’s weather to a can, and ‘usually they put up a year’s supply ahead, enough tolast through a spring, summer, autumn and winter. In filling the cans they sort it all out as well as possible. Sometimes when they get a can full there may be a little left over, "and whatever remains in this way they throw into the lot. When they’ve got rretty nearly all ‘the cans full, and “the regular stock of weather has run out, they fill up from, that lot of odds and ends. The cans so filled contain what is called variable weather, because/| it's' mixed; but most of the weather they get pretty well sorted out .according to the eason. - “When they’ve got all the cans filled they stack ’¢m up where they’ll be handy to get at, and there’s a man that does mnothing but open them. Every day e cuts the can and pours out the weather for that day, and, of course a great deal depends upon him. Sometimes this man gets careless and pulls down a iot of the wrong cans, getting them, say from the July shelf in the month of April, and likely as not getting down a week’s supply at once, so ac to have them handy on the opening table. Of course he discovers his mistake the first can he opens, but he’is too lazy” to put the rest back, and so he keeps them until he has opened them all; and that’s how it comes about, as it sometimes does, that we get a hot spell at a season when we ought to ‘have nothing but cool weather. ' “But, of course; those April cans are not lost; they must be around somewhere, and we get ’em later. Maybe the man will sprinkle them along with the hope that we won’t notice them much; but as likeiy as not he opens them one after. another, maybe after some terrible hot spell in July or August, when ’ they are sure to be a blessed relief; and ‘if he does this we are pre‘tty apt to forgive him for his. mistake in Aprili™* ‘ —Chicago Inter Ocean. . e

A RAT WITH TUSKS. Q,'ueer Creature Recently Born at the © Cincinnati Zoo. The Cincinnati zoo boasts of a curiosity in the shape of a white rat. = [t closely resembles, a miniature white boar, and has two long tusks growing out of the side of the mouth and curv- ] l/(( ' " .>y / '. ) G w 4 / % ,“7'-.;,, / ~;"\; f S e ) ~ e~ ) S Vil e ST —— &Ml‘-&-@%\ = : HAS TUSKS LIKE A BOAR. ing upward to fully twice the length of the head. The rat is not more thana week old. Its parents are the ordinary white rats, beloved of the small boy, as also are its brothers and sisters. Being in a cage somewhat removed from wiew, no one paid particular attention i the white rat family. When the the little monstrosity was discovered he was nearly a week old. The keeper promptly removed him from' the rest oi the family and is bringing him up most carefully. 'When molested the little thing grunts like a pig instead of n:aking the noise common to its kind. -

TAILS ARE ELOQUENT. Express Anger, Fear, Pleaéure, Prl_de g or Defiance. Which organ in animals is most used to express embotion? Since it may be said that within the sense of the questjon there are scarcely any dumb animals—even the hare utters a most agonized scream of terror when overhunted—it may be said that the vocal organs are, after all, those most universally used for this purpose among animals, as among the human races; says the Boston Globe. There are very few animals which do not utter some characteristic sound to express joy oOr sorrow, satisfaction, disgust or fear. Next to the voice would probably come the tail, though curiously enough different species of animals use this organ toexpress quite contrary emotions. The dog tribe wags it tc-express joy or pleasurable expectations.” The felines ex-. press anger by the same movement, but both canine and feline express fear by curling it between the legs, while bovine species expresses anger by erecting it above the line of the back. Elephants express anger by lashing their tails and waving their ears, horses do the same by laying their ears back. Birds expand the feathers of the tail to express' pride or defiance and elévate them to show pléasure. The whale, too, indicates rage and suffering by furious Dlowaßtithetall = @ -- o 0 e E Ctiinoribpak-=Disk he Wb Uikt fiks

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Juvenile Kite Flyer in Florida Has a 7 Thrilling Experience. °

Kite. flying has been the ideal sport of the small boys at Charlotte Harbor, Fla., lately and some of the older ones, too, have taken a shy at"f‘t. The broad expanse of beach, with its good winds, has ‘made it fine sport. Another element of excitement has entered it that has added to its attractiveness and that is the enmity of the big fish hawks, oreagles; to the kites. They attack them, pecking at-them, and breaking them to pieces.. When the kite falls the big birds seem to be in great glee over it and utter triumphant cries. Willie. Jones, a ten-year-old lad, had several torn this way and so he determined to make one that the hawks could not break up. He made a huge affair of silk, some -ten feet long, and broad in proportion. e The other day he started out with it, ‘with- many of his admiring friends to. -aid him. - There was a strong southerly ‘wind blewing and the kite, when ready, started off with a -suddenness that startled Willie. ,He partially fell over the small rope that held it and in a jiffy was caught in its coils and being carried skyward, =~ For seconds - his alarmed companions could not do anything. - Then they tried to pull him down, but the big kite was too strong: The eagles, on the alert for their enemy, came swooping down on the kite and two started for Willie. As they approached and cireled around him he waved his arms at them and scared them off. One came near to him and Willie seized it by its feet. ; It struggled to get loose and some ‘way the rope around Willie got un~wound and he was free, hanging to the big bird’s feet 100 feet in the air. The eagle struggled frantically to get free, but began falling. - Its companion, not

7 N ! e i R T N : g\ .—?—3- ¥ 0.0 4 RS B e s 728 év s /7//7 R (< 7 [ WP : G ‘ ¥ . 3 T g f@/“_\ s *3 e e T = ~ WILLIE HUNG ON MANFULLY. : understanding the situation, came up and Willie in some way managed to seize ‘one of its feet. The two eagles about _kept him up, but could not fly off. Willie-hung on manfully and shouted lustily. The birds could not stand the strain, however, and came down stgadily -toward the earth, bearing their heavy burden. The crowd stood in: silence, watching this.strange affair. Slowly and slower the birds came down, flapping their huge wings, trying to rise, but ‘Willie was tco heavy. When within a few feet of the ground Willie let- go and dropped safely into the arms of his waiting companions, while ‘the two eagles feebly fluttered offs o TR ¢

Willie was “the hero of the occasion and ‘was taken home on the shoulders of the boys, where they told the story of his deliverance from a horrible death. Willie still flies his kites, but they are small ones. -Sfrange to say, the eagles do not mclest the kites there now and the boys say that all the fun is gone. Willie goes to Sunday school, too, and so do thé boys who told this strange ‘tale.—Chicagoe Chronicle. » : e o “GOD’S THANK YOU.” It Made Little Jack Very Comfortable A and Happy. : S A kind act is never'lost, ‘although the Cousin Jack or other .person for whom we do it may not thank us. The doer always receives a reward, as this little story illustrates. I - Little Jack was a four-year-old and a great pet of mine, with 'yellow cur!s and blue ‘eyes, and he had sweet affectionate little ways. One day his cousin, a ‘boy of 16, set Jack to work for him. He told him to pull up some weeds in the field-while he finished his story. Little Jack worked away until his fingers were sore and his face was very hot. I was working in my room when a very tired little boy came up to me. “Why, Jackie, what have you been doing?”l asked.. - - = A

The tears came into his eyes and his lips quivered and for a moment he did not speak. Then he said: “I've been kind to Cousin Jack;-I worked dreflly hard for him and lhe never said thank you to me.” : o : Poor little Jackie! I felf sorry for him: It was hard lines not to have a -word of thanks after all his hard work. But.-that night when I put him- in his little cot, he said to me: “Auntie, this morning ‘I was sorry that I pulled the weeds, but now I'm not sorry.” “How is that?” I asked. “Has Cousin Jack thanked you?” k * #No, he hasn’t; butinside me I have a ‘good feeling.” It always comes when I ‘have been kind to anyone, and. do yon ‘know, I've found out what it is?" . ~ “What igit, darling 2” I asked. (- And throwing his arms around my neck he whispered: *“lt’s God's thank you.”—Our Gospel Letter. o

- .. .- Snakes That Like Thunder. One of the wonders of the bare, sandy plains of New Mexico is the thunder snakes. They are by no means common, yet they are often encountered by priw.tic travelers, especially before and after thunderstorms. ' Flashes of lightning: and-claps of thunder, which are so terrifying to bipeds'and quadrupeds. seeii » to. have the greatest charm and delight for those members of the serpent fum: ily.- Whenever a thunderstorm conics’ up they have a regular picnic. Tuey come crawling out of holes, from hehind rocks and rotten stumps, and enjoy the fun while it lasts. - Their n>- - ture is quarrelsome, their chargetor fierce, and they are aggressive in u high degree, mhuuq?ﬁthm markings are howevexg their bark is worse than‘their bith, SR ... oo over your new suit, What will mamia %f‘ s , ro! Mmm— e Sbhencs Kk %@@@%@ﬁ S