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o - | CHAPTER 1. o “Has Mr. Hendricks Teturned from Boston?” | o ‘ . “Just this minute, sir,” repliéd tke office boy. “He’s in the back room getting his mail.” . - - Dr. Lampkin entered the office and sat down in one of the soft leather-cov-. ~ered chairs. ‘ o A moment later the detective entered, ‘a package of unopened letters in his hand. ; e ~ “Oh!” he‘ejaculated. “Hello, glad to see youl” : “I’ve been wondering what had become of you.”said the doctor, as he rose and shook the disengaged hand of his friend. “Every timed dropped in your office boy told me he was expecting you on the very next train.” = . “Delayed from hour to hour for nearly two weeks,” frowned Hendricks. Then he laughed. ‘The joke is on me, old man.. I had really plumed myself on the reputation I was going to make over there to get even with the Boston papers for sneering at New York’s ‘big detective,” as they called me, but lo and behold! just as I was about to stir up the®phlegmatic old village by showing my hand, my man made a clean -breast and gave himself up to the police. Did you ever hear of such luck?” Lampkin.laughed as he took a cigar from the detective’s box. ;

“Anything on hand here?” “Not a blessed thing. I might forget my awful humiliation if I could plunge into work heels over hedd.”

As the doctor smoked, Hendricks began to oljen ‘his letters. He had cast aside three and was beginning on the fourth when his visitor saw him start, grasp his beard and pull on it excitedly. “By Jove!” he cried, and his big gray eyes seemed to expand as they stared at the sheet before them. :

“What's, up now?”’ questioned the doctor, leaning forward. - :

. The detective seemed not to hear. He folded thei letler, leaned back in his revolving chair, and made & clumsy attempt to prop his feet up on the edge of his willow waste basket, but the {frail thing turned over and his . heavy heels struck the floor with a hollow sound. : ,

Lampkin studied the strong features of his companion with pleasurable curiosity. He was almost sure that he had detected just the faintest suggestion of horror in his friend’s expression, which ‘was indeed a rare -thing. Then Hendricks shrugged hisshoulders, ‘gave a half defiant dogged laugh and proceeded to open another Iletter: He had scarcely drawn it from its envelope, hotvever, when he dropped it and musingly took up the other again. There was silence while he perused if. Then he asked: -

“Lampkin, have you ever heard the name of Weldon Caruthers?”

“Haven't you?” returned the doctor, a note of surprise in hisvoice. “It seems farmiliar to me, and yet I can’t exactly place it.” :

“He is one of the ultra swell set,” replied Lampkin. “I met him once; he is very well-to-do, a thorough socidty man “—member of the Van Derwenter club and all that sort of thing. I know a lot of interesting gossip about him.” 4 - Hendricks fixed the speaker with his sharp eyes. “I presume you heard of his being murdered in cold blood?” said the de_teetive, tentatively. ' . “Murdered? Surely you don’t mean

il - : “Yes, let me see.” Hendricks deliberately consulted the date of the letter in his hand and even more slowly examined the postmark on the envelope. “Yes, this writer informs me that the crime was committed in Caruthers’ apartments in the Palace hotel just a week ago.\;‘to-nightv.” : . - The doctor took a deep breath. '~ “Oh, it’s a hoax—a mistake,” he said, in relief. “I noticed in this morning’s paper that Caruthers was in his box at the Horse Show last night. I - “'aS“'l"\ihning over the list of men who - had the mast conspicuous places and re- ¢ member seeing hisname.” ' ~ “What paper did you see it in?” Lampkin thought he noticed the pe- " - .culiar twitching about the corners of . the detective’s mouth which usually - indicated suppresséd excitement. - - “7The World, 1 think, 'yes, I’m positive. - I was looking ever it at breakfast.” - Heudricks’ features seemed to settle into -rigidity. ' “Are you quite sure?” he said, meohanicafl’y, and he leaned forward and tapped the bell on his desk. Lampkin saw that his thoughts were a thousand miles away, nevertheless he answered: ; “As sure as I could be of anything; . besides, you don’t suppose a man of Caruthers’ prominence could have been murdered in the swellest hotel in New York without its being known for a week.” e T j “It does look that way,” acquiesced ! the detective, but there was still a reserve in bhis manner and tone that puzzled his friend. : i . The office boy came in and stood at ... the end of the desk. - - “Bring me 'this morning’s World,” the detective ordered. " “Not satisfied?"” smiled the doctor. ' Hendricks made no reply. Heleft his ~ chair and began to walk back and ~ forth across the room nervously stroking his beard. He turned when the Yoy laid the paper on the desk. He ~ opened the paper, signaling to the boy to leavé the room, and began telturn the leaves with, fingers which seemed - too clumsy for use. . : *“Hang it. find it for me!’” he said, abruptly. i 2 ; - Lampkin opened the paper at the place devoted to society news, and put -his finger on & paragraph. ~ *“There you are,” he said. “There’s : fi- man who has been dead a week. - Now what are you frowning about? - One would think Caruthers was a rival ~ of yours that you want put out of the SRR eo S e S eBS e S RT L

Hendricks drew a deep breath, and handed the letter which had so disturbed him to his friend. e :

“Read it,” he said. i What the doctor saw was a Sheet of crisp blue lilfén paper,-and on it the following typewritten words? :

‘““Minard Hendricks, Detective, New York City: . . “Astute Sir: Tt

“If you will take the troublé to go to the Palace Hotel to-night after you receive this, and will inquire for Mr. Weldon Caruthers, you will be told that he is out of town, but if you will insist on going to his.apartments on the second floor, you will find there his rermains. He has been murdered and the job has been done so well that the chief actor in the game has; not the slightest fear of detection, and takesg this humble opportunity of pitting his wits against yours, now so celebrated. You are a great detective, Hendricks, and they say you have never faile:;l. But this, my dear sir, shall be your Waterloo.” ! g .

Lampkin laid- the lettér down and turned to Hendricks, who stood at his eélbow. . : R

“It is plainly an idle joke,” he said. “I am astonished at your being disturbed over it.’ . " “Do I look disturbed?” asked Hendricks, absent-mindedly, and turning Jgo a large lounge he threw himself on it. “I am absolutely worn out for one thing, and then—" "~ ° s He paused. It was plain to the doc--lor that the detective’s mental excite-ment-had crippled his faculty for putting wards together. ' “Look here,” said Lampkin, drawing a chair near his friend and sitting down. “I say, what’s the matter with you, anyway?” | Hendricks laughed. » ! : “I may as well tell you the whole truth and unburthen myself,” he began. ‘“The fact is, doctor, I have never in all my experience had but one thing. to really trouble me, and this - letter, somehow, seems to be connected with that particular thing. IThave nevermentioned it to a single soul, except myy mother, but she never talks of my affairs, although I really believe that happening has added ten years to her age. To malke a long storyishort, about three ‘months agorafter Kola—that East Indian friend‘of mine—and I had been hard at work all day’in my library Over some paper:r"connected with the Hilburn murder case, I sent him oft and joined my mother at dinner. |1 always sat at the head of the table in a high-backed chair upholstered in soft leather something like the material on this lounge. That night when I sat down I heard in the deep seat of the chair a fizzing sound, like a rocket get-

1 T i g oy M= = 0 T g\ [LL\:— | & , : | - = o,:f ‘ v A L) “"I"’_}'\{" : X ‘ ) NG E/’—;‘H\]@/\ \R \ C( ) ~ - & RS e\ AN .G R 'j > =\ ANHESS i & " IT LAY THERE, SPLUTTERING. ! ting ready to mount, and smelt the odor of burning powder. With what little presence of mind the good Lord has ‘given me, I sprang up and kicked the chair from me half across the room. It lay thexe and spluttered fora s-ecdnd and then the little cloud of smoke disappeared; from it. . “My mother almost fainted, and ¥ had to look after her, bufi I returned to the chair in a few moments and " carefully carried it out into the coal house. Lampkin, it contained the biggest, most; deadly bomb you ever saw. It was a round, polished brass ball about three inches in diameter, of a:maice' I have never seen before. My quick action and the warning the burning fuse gave me saved my life. I carefully drew outthe -upholsterer’s brass-headed tacks, and :saw the contrivance to fire the fuse—a spring affair tc strike a match when I sat down. Doctor, that thing sends a cold shudder up my spine every time I think of it, and I think of it too often for my peace of mind, I tell you.” | “I should think it would worry you,” said the doector. “It certainly was a aarrow escape.” : ~ “It showed that I had an enemy,” was the detective’s reply. “And this anonymous communication after three months of silence on his part shows he is still alive and—inventive.” *“Ah, I see. You think that letter was a trick to lure you into a trap by some one.” / ““It has that appearance. The letter was delayed by my absence trom town. As I was expecting every hour to get back 1 did not have my mail forwarded.” : i S | “And your absence perhaps saved your lifé again,” added Lampkin. = - Hendricks neodded, and gave a grim smile. i *““That lettez was not written fiy a {ool, doctor, but I must not think of it. I must get to work. Keep your seat. I'll be through soon.” ! Hendricks, as he spoke, rose and went to his desk again. Lampkin smiled in admiration when he saw his friend’s face clear as he plunged into his correspondence. Presently, however,?i he caught Hendricks’ glance as it roved ab‘sently round the room. . Sy © *“Come, come,” chided the doctor, “you are thinking of that lettetr andthe g . “Not that exactly,” the detective said; “but all at once it has occurred to me that I haven’t given my anony‘mous correspondent a fair showing. e R e S e i e SR AR L A P s

He says Caruthers has been murdere¢ and we haven't really a bit of actual proof that he is lying.” . i “But,” cried Lampkin,remonstratingly, “the letter was written a week ago, and to-day’s paper says he was at the Horse Show last night.,” - “Papers are not infallible,” said ‘Hendricks, tapping his call bell. “Somethin® in the general tone of this communication makes me think that the writer really meant to furnish me with a grewsome exhibition in Caruthers? apartments. My invitation comes laje, but lam going tg accept.” : f The office boy came in. “Bring me :to-day’s Herald, quick{!” Hendricks commanded vith quite | a change of tone. f This time, as the detective took the paper and began to open it, all his clgjstomary calmness and deliberate shrewdness seemed to settle on him. For a moment his penetrating gaze rested on the “Notes of the Hofise Show.” Then he grunted significantly as he took up a pencil anid drew a circle around'a short paragraph. |

“There!” he ejaculated. “You see this paper says Caruthers did not *)’ccupy his box last night; that, as he was out of town, the box wasg c_ourteou{;]_v extended to Count Bantinni and his party—Miss Huntington, her z{.unt,_find other ladies.” .. : T

Lampkin rose, an incredulous expression on his face, and leaned over ?he paper. He started to speak, but Hendricks had suddenly dropped his hand on the call-bell with ‘considerable force. |

“What is it, sir?” asked the boy, from the portals of the door leading into ]Lthe ante-room. . o . ;

“To-day’s Sun,” said the detective, giving his friend a strange look. | " When the boy had brought the paper Hendricks looked over the Horrse Show news most deliberately. ]

“7“No mention of Caruthers here whatever,” he said, finally. “Doctor, WThat time is it? 2” |

“Eleven o’clock,” sajd the doc%on “Do you want me to leave?” f

" The detective reached for, his o‘:rercoat. : |

§“Come walk over to the Palace hg‘)te] with me.”s |

“Are you ‘going to make inquiries there?” . = S g

| “I shall at least find out if Carutflers has returned,” rejoined Hendricks, reflec_tively, just a touch of evasion inj his tone. “You see, he may have an-enemy who really intended to harm kim in some way, a week ago, afid in such a matter @ man ought to be put on his guard.” 4 | “Of ccurse,” answered Lampkin. “You are quite right.” ‘i

The detective thrust his hand into his pocket for his gloves and drew them: out in a disreputable wad. ; “T’d like te ascertain, too, if this/let{er was written by my avowed enemy. You see, I'd go a good many lengths to get even the faintest clew to his identity : S ‘ As the two friends turned into sight of the twelyve-story hotel, they saw in front of it a long line of-fashionable carriages from whieh were alighting men and ladiesiin evening dress. T : “Swell blow-out,” commented Hendricks. “Doctor, we ought to have on our swallow-tails and white neckties.”

“I have almost given up that sort of ; thing,” replied-the doector. “My principal amusement nowadays seems to‘; be watching you at your work. If;that ; eastern chap, Kola, hadn’t won Yyour | heart so completely, I'd have given up ; my own aims and tried to become rour right bower.” ? “You are that already, old man," Te- { turned the detective. “But Kola ean’t | be depended on. When it suits him he works with me like a prairie on| fire,. but often when I have the most infllpor- ? tant matters on hand I find him in his ) old rat-hole of a den drugged tfib his | eyes.in the suffocating smoke and/odor i of incense, and moving about iL his | gray robe and cowl like a half-mumini- | fied monk. Ugh! he gives me tH‘e allovers.”. e Sl f “You have never told me much about him,” said the doctor. ‘“The timeT met ] him during your investigations zf the Benton murder case he interested me greatly.” . | | Hendricks shook his head. | i ¥ don’t go much on what can’t/be explained to my full satisfaction,[,‘:'md 3 i can’t explain Xola. When I ask him to turn the light on his queer mode of life he grins, shakes his head and says it would take 20 years of stutiy and ascetic living in the east to compre‘hend even the rudimentary part of his outlandish philosophy. I diz{;x’t- ell him I was going to Boston, and he ;'Liy | feel miffed at me, but he’ll get over it.” - By this time they had reached the side entrance to the hotel, and they went info the crowded office,rl from which, in several directions,-rin spa= cious corridors, the walls of whi th were adorned with costly paintings and sculpture.fl Through an open door they had a glimpse of the white and gold ‘ballroom. The music of a Hungarian orchestra swelled out from a balecony overhead, and throngs of men and women passed to and fro through the corridors. Herndricks sank into a big chair near the doorway leading into the Turkish smoking room, and by a downward motion of his hand signified his desire for Lampkin to sit beside{flhim. ¢ [TO Bm CONTINUED.] : | A Devoted Indian. | Baron de Malortie, a German who had served in Mexico with Maximilian, told to Sir M. Grant Duff, who records it in his “Diary,” the following uto‘ry of'an Indian’s devotion to his leader: Gen. Mejia was a fullblood Indiamin the service of Maximilian, a‘id was take prisoners along with him, Two hours before their execution was to ‘take place Gen. Alatorre came to him and said: “Gen. Mejia, I ha*re, been three times your prisoner, and three ‘times you have spared my liffe. My ’-aide-de-cau\p is at the door |with a horse, and you are free to go where you please.” % ' | “And the emperor?” agked Mejia. “Will be shot in two hours,” ‘an‘swered Alatorre. e ; “And you dare to come to l{ne with ~such a proposition! Leave the roomi” ‘rejoined the prisoner. Alatorre.did s», and Mejia and the emperor fell together, ', ~—Youth’s Companion: . | i ‘ i e " Ceonsistent. o ; : k"i’hat friend of mine says Fe can® ‘bring himself to tolerate anything English,” said Willie Wishington. | = . ~ “Ihave observed that,” ansvt'ekfl Misa. Cayenne. “He doesn’t even draw the line at English Agnmma.r.-?’vaT\shiw 1

My : J THE LATE FASHIONS. Up-to-Date Autumn - Styles for a o Woman’s Wardrobe. Gaudy Colorings the Rule in A‘S'tockings—A Dainty Evening Bodice—g Uses for Lace—Neat Cy- ; o cling Gown. i . 2 —_— The newest stockings are as bright as vivid colorings can make them. It is now quite the thing to reveala trim anklg clad in plaid, when lifting the skirts over a muddy crossing. Green and red plaids are the favorite. The girl whose ankle is inclined to thickness does ivell, however, to avoid them, as they will not improve her appearance. T For her use there are dark eolored stockings picked out with the daintiest of tiny figures in brilliant silks. - The designs on such stockings do not extend more than half way to the knee, the upper part being plain. ' The girl who knows now buys silk stockings, as she finds them cheapest in the end. Half a dozen pairs will last a couple of years if worn properiy—that is, if chafiged often, although not necessarily put inthe laundry. A good plan is to remove the stockings you have worn during the day as soon as you return at night, and let them air until you are ready to wear them

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. k 2 ‘Another way is to take the lace from the left shoulder and let it fall loosely to the belt on the right side, where it is tucked under a bow. ' ~These are but a couple of suggestions. The average girl, with a little ' Wi 4fi’7:/"‘?§“ é%'\((fé;&‘\ 1S r@@&l . A 3 fi_t?v" “ “{’}‘L:fl #. : A=l ANy | A e i SN S R DI renly | T WA ‘ 2 5 27 N e /fi’;‘é\“\ ’/,,,. : ‘ : Ssy /;/ X [ 7/1 fi- e - gt ‘ 1 INSTEAD OF A NECKTIE. ; practice, will get manty ideas for adorning her gown. The best.way is to pin ion the lace with faney pins.and ribbon ‘ bows. ' : Kitchen work has long been associated with ugly gingham aprons‘and an appearance which would not-bear ‘close inspection. Yet the housewife may be as dainty as the lady of leisure, woula she but exercise a little care. In the first [‘)lace, do not attempt to make one apron:-answer for the day’s work. Take several, each for its own work, and don it when you are ready to do that. For the ordinary workisa pretty new aprcen made;of the pale blues and pinks in ginghams. and having a large square pecket.. It buttons with a tight belt, exactly fitting the waist, and reaches to the bottom of the skirt. | When the stove is to be blacked or any work of a similar character, it is well to tie over this dainty apron one of black muslin, to be re-

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e e e DISHONEST FINANCIERING. How the Republican 'Ad’mln;l-trutton Tries to Keep Up the Treas- . o ] ary Snrplpu. . A republican contemporary ishandy with figures, but not handy enough. In defending the financial policy ' of Mr. McKinley’s administration -it shows a wonderful faculty to bungle up things. Its purpose is to mislead the public, but it succeeds only in makicg more glaring the administration’s methods of filching the publi¢. Itsays that by July 1, 1899, the caost of the army and navy, including the ‘cost of the war and peace footing| expenditures, will have reached $250,000,000. Meanwhiie .the special war tax . will have yielded up $156,000,000. , This will reduce the war debt and current expenditures to $4,000,000. But that is not all.’ The Dingley tariff will have yleided a surplus of $50,00,000 by July, 1899, leaving a deficit of only $44,000,000. That is to say, by next July the country will have by taxation and custom duties reimbursed the/ treasury for all ordinary and.extraordinary expenditures of the war establishment except the little balance of $44,000,000. That is very good, indeed, or would be, if it were not true that the Dingley law will not only leave a surplus of $50,000,000, but a positive .deficit . of more than that sum. t ;

But-assuming that our contemporary’s figures are correct. What then? What do they prove? They prove that the people are being most unmercifully robbed. There wasa net balance in the treasury of considerably cver $100,000,000 when war was declared, and subsequently $200,000,000 of bonds were sold, the special war| tax will yield $156,000,000, and after paying the current expenses of the government, other than the war departfment, the Dingley bill will yield a surplus of $50,000,000, making a grand total of $506,000,000 to provide for $250,000,000 for war and navy expenditures up to July, 1899. Who gets the balance of $256,000,000? It seems by our contemporary’s figures that there would be ample funds for all ordinary and extriaordinary expenses without the war excise tax. Then - why keep on robbing the people? Why was-the excise tax law enacted i the first placée? The treasury surplus and the bond issue aggregates $50,000,000 more than the cost of the war and the mainte= nance of the entire war establishment until July, 1899. What has become, or what is to become of that surplus of $50,000,000? To what purpose will the $156,000,000 of war excise taxes be diverted? Who will get the $50,000,000 that the Dingley law will pile up?

The facts are, the war tax revenue will have to be uséd to make good the deficit the Dingley bill creates, and the $50,000,000 left over from the treasurp surplus and the bond sale will be found under the head of “miscellaneous ‘items” in the’ disbursement side of the nation’s.ledger, but adroitly covered up.—Kansas City Star, "

MUSTER OUT THE WAR TAX.

A Needless Burden Imposed Upon the ' People by the Administration. ol

It is now manifest that the special taxes levied by the war revenue bill were - needlessly burdensome. The people; were called upon t%) furnish-at least $100,000,000 more money per year than was really required to prosecute the war to a finish, just as they were called upon to furnish at least 100,000 more men than wére needed, or ever likely to be needed, for the same purpoese.— il Not satisfied with raising $200,000,000 by a special bond issue, the administration forced through |congress a bill putting taxes on about everything in sight, from patent medicines to bank checks and from express packages to telegrams. The American people, with the same marvelous patience they have shown jin: bearing every burden and sacrifice,- however mistakenly and unnecessarily imposed upon them, uncomplainingly submitted to this complicated and-an-noying system of internal taxation. It is now known that the collections under.the war revenue bill will surely yield $140,000,000 by the end-of the current fiscal year. That sum, added to the $200,000,000 derived from the bond issue, will bring the extraordinary revenue of the treasury for war purposes up to $340,000,000. It is also known now that the total cost of the war up to the end of the current fiscal year will not exceed $235,000,000. Still further, it is known that the increasing volume of imports is likely to increase the ordinary revenué of the government, dérived under the old laws, by about $50,000,000 within the same period. “ In short, thHe financial prospect before the country is that, unless the superfluous war taxes are repealed, there will be an enormous treasury surplus on June 30, 1899, which the country has no use for. .| . B These special war taxes- should be repealed. They were imposed under conditions that have ceased to exist. They are yielding at least $140,000,000 a year of unnecessary revenue. They are taking just about $400,000 a day out of the pockets of the people needlessly and for no purpose whatever except to pile up a huge surplus in the treasury which will be a menace to the financial and commercial welfare of the country. : gk ~ These war taxes will continue to be collected month after month,- year after year, until they are modified or repealed altogether. | = . ° Muster out the unnecessary war taxes as well as the unnecessary warriors!—N. Y. World. | : The Democratic hally; ’ The war craze, and all 'the frenzied demoralization it brought with it, are waning. = The attempt to use it to stampede ‘the democratic party is a failure. The old guard Ff stalwart, progressive, liberty-loving Americans who are not afraid to be icalled “moss backs” and “bou‘rbons”ibk keaves and imbeciles, are standing fowr square for the historic principles of American liberty. TII true democrats will rally to them. -The war craze will lose its forcg, and as one plutocratic scandal after another develops, the imperialist rascals will be glad to change the eylject. Ths SINEEAN HAE sostaes AITTERROT, SR LS onin ot ;,g;;m‘lé s;‘ ‘ Qi#‘ F:} L¢ " i;;fi;? AN R L ST oy WO el M .

oA ALGEBISM;AN ISSUE? Net Political Prejudice, But Publie Demand That Arraigns the e War Department. - 5 The hue and cry that has been raised against the mismanagement of the war department was taken up at the outset by representative newspapers of both parties. All along, however, the press has had nothing but praise for Mr. McKinley’s personal attitude during the war. St The scandalous blunders which; marred the Santiago campaign and’ developed later in every camp of mobilization began in the war department and should have ended with the removal of Secretary Alger. Republican newspapers, partisan organs of the megaphone variety excepted, were * not slow to find the cause of the ~ trouble. They printed the facts as told in news dispatches and exploited - them - editorially without reflection upon the ability or motives of the president. . - L These newspapers are still clamor--ous for the truth. They would sustain the president and punish the gnilty. The most rabid politician would not manufacture evidence from a theme so unpopular as the inability of our officials to care for our soldiers. The poverty, ignorance and cruelty of the methods followed by the war department are not good material upon which to base a political issue, nor would the most reckless partisan organ advance charges so repulsive to American pride without being sure of its ground. , S Disagreeable as it is, the mismanagement of the war department is a faet. The Hannacrat apologists admit that Secretary Alger was unfit for the position he held, without occupying, before and during the war. To the demands of the pußiic and press gen- - erally, they shriek charges of political prejudice, overlooking or ¢&oncealing the fact that the more intelligent publications of their own party also, demand truth and justice in the case at issue. As much of the truth as could be gleaned from pefsonal ob- , servation and ‘private sources has been printed fearlessly. What all fair-minded people want is all the truth and nothing more nor less. It - so happens that this ‘can come only from a republican administration. ~ Thus far public indignation against’ Algerism is anything but a partisan howl. The insolent mouthings of men like Senator Hanna and Steve Elkins are calculated to direct publie sentiment against the administration of which they are a part, and to force the president and his party to make - common cause against the popular - will. The persistence with which Mr. McKinley c¢lings to, his so-called friends without regard to their merits or the rights of the people is andther influerce which will not fail to bring odium upon the republican party. If this should be the result of his alleged determination to shield his friend Alger the controversy may grow into a national issue, but Mr McKinley can blame nobody but himself and his bad “advisers.—St. Louis Republie. ‘ POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

—Mark Hanna says he knows the war department is all ‘right because he “was there nearly all the time.” Here’s a chance for Alger to stand from under.—St. Louis. Republic. ——The republican chanticleer must. ‘be, sadly in need of ‘an excuse for trying his voice when he indulges in a husky crow over the republican victory in Vermont. — Binghamton . (N. Y.) Leader. - ——Removing Alger will not cure the disease. That would be only doctoring a symptom. The remedy liesin sweeping from authority the party responsible for the power he has exerted to infliet so much suffering and harm upon the country.—St. Louis Republic. . : i : ——lf the two hundred millions in gold the Hannacrats were hoarding in the treasury were putin circulation, . the price of gold might go down far enough to put up the price of wheat at least ten cents a bushel. Stand by Bland and vote down gold standard imperialism!—Mississippi - Valley Democrat. ; L ——Alger and his beneficiaries, the incompetents and their relatives and friends, are talking glibly of “the necessary shorrors of war and military camps in time of war.” The wrecking and- ravaging of- our volunteer army are not horrors of war, but horrors of Algerism. And for their continuance after they became known William MecKinley made himself responsible.—N. Y. World. ' | ' ——President McKinley was none too quick in abandoning his first intention to- refuse an investigation of Algerism and to make his administration responsible for it. Already the first intimations were becoming audible in his party that, if McKinley were to shoulder Algerism, the republieans would need to look elsewhere than to the white house for their candidate in 1900.—N. Y. Post. :

.——Mark Hanna says the surgeons and chaplains who tell stories of camp horrors-are talking for political effect. Well, they are nearly all talking, and ‘they all talk alike. Tls It possible that all ‘the surgeons'and chaplains in the volunteer army are partisan demo.crats? Why did the president go to. the other party for the men to fill these posts? Didn’t 'he give republican doetors and preachers any show at all?— ‘St. Louis Post-Dispatch, - = ——The official family of the administration started in.with the idea that ‘‘a public office is a private snap” and - they have managed the affairs of the. government along that line. This is how the-republican leaders have been manufacturing democratic campaign thunder, and }hey may be assured that the democratic party will make it ‘sound to the uttermost parts of the country and weave in a good many streaks of lightning, too.—Kansas City ‘Times. : , S ~ ——The election in Vermont has set all the republican organs at work to find an explanation of the phenomenal results reached by the popular vete. 1t is a surprise party, and no mistake, “The democrats increase their poll for ‘the republicans lose to a degree which in a less sure state would mean defeats bt Boston Pauk . .o W