Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 March 1888 — Page 2

A FARMER ON THE TARIFF.

An Article Well Worth Reading by the Tiller of the Soil. K*« po Oold end (Wvw In Oar Own Country ood Aoure* Ot>od W ftffi--InteroAUng Point* In Rotat'd to Wool And tho Claim* of tho Small Fanner.

To the Editor of the Chicego Inter Ocetu: Were oar tariff abolished the American producers would enjoy lew benefits of oar home market that would not be equally open to the people of every othfT country. y r Now, competition between those governed by similar circumstances may reault in good to all concerned, requiring close application to business and the practice of wise economy, but the conditions of the rapid growth and development of our country, the broad field lor labor, together with the protective policy adopted by our Government in the past, “have led to the establishment of a standard of values for tabor and its products, with us, so far above that in most other countries, that, while under this protective policy, we, as a people are highly prosperous; and the lot of our laboring classes better than that of those in any other lands, were we to desert this policv, andauiopt that of free trade, or tnat worse expedient—a tarifl, too low to protect many of our leading industries, which now employ thousands of hands and supply millions of dollars’ worth of products to our consumer?, without taking any money out of our country, would be driven out of existence by the influx of low-priced goods from foreign lands; low-priced for awhile, but, when we were dependent on our neighbors for supplies, we would not always be in a position to dictate as to prices. GREAT MONT POURS AT HOME we can and Bhonld control by proper laws rigidly enforced; but, to the combination of holders of goods in foreign countries, or to the export dutieß which might be levied by the government of those countries we would have to submit i K

The free trader demands tbe right to purchase his goods where he can bay the cheapest. President Cleveland, in his message, sayi: “Those who buy imports pay the duty charged thereon into the public treasury,’’ and seems much grieved to add, “bat the great majority of our citizens who bay domestic articles of the same claa r . pay a sum at least approximately equal to this doty to the home manufacturer. ” or in other words, he seems to regret that the tariff fulfills its purpose by protecting home producer?. If a father should say to his son: “I will give you J 3 to perform a certain piece of work, and you may use the money to buy yourself clothing,” the work would be done and the money kept in the same family; butahould he empty his neighbor s son to do tbe same work for $2, the f 2 would be taken out of hie family, and he would still have clothed his own boy; so our laboring classes must be domed, and housed, fed, and warmed; if they have employment at remunerative wages they support themselvep, and we keep the cost of their labor at home?but if we have OUR W.RK DONE ABUJAH because it is done there more cheaply oar money is taken out of our country, and when our idle laborers have ex* nausted their savings they must be supported by charity. Now, if one person consumes more than he produces, always spending more than he receives, he must at last exhaust his capital and become bankrupt. So if the people of this country should turn the balance of trade against themselves oy importing much more than they export, our medium will be drawn from our use much more rapidly than by the present accumulation ot surplus revenue in our Treaar.iv, and it will be placed much farmer from our reach than are the few millions hoarded in the etrong vaults at the National Capitol. Tne effect of this continual drain of cath ficm our stores; would soon be seen in the scarcity of money here, the increased purchasing power of a collar, and the corresponds j ing reduction in the value of property, j ‘•But. ’save one. “would not the rer t!action in tne value of property remove your objection to free trade by reducing our standard of valnes to level of that of other countries?” Ii would remove the difference in values, but not the ol j*c tions to such a result, nor to the poucy of free trade. Let us consider how such a general reduction of values would affect tbe welfare of three diflernt classes in our country. vir. the debtor, the creditor, and the

OXE WH ) WORKS FOR WAGES. Before considering its effect on the debtor lei as give some thought to the ' great number of this class and the important relations they hold to our business world. An investigation of this subject would surprise many by showing the larjw amount of property that is euca inhered by indebtedness and the number oi enterprises that are being carried on, in part at least, by borrowed capital; it would show that this class embraced a great number of the wage-earners—-laborers who have made partial payments on their furniture or on their homes and are working bopemily to remove the debt which remains, that they\ may know that the roof which shelters them and their families is their own; it wooia show that hundreds of thousands of farms are heavily mortgaged, and that each year thousands of these f irms are pausing from the original—holder- intor the hands of the creditor, to be sold - again, remortgaged, and so on from time to fcimt; aud it would further show that many of our manufacturers,mining and transportation companies are operat icglargely on borrowedcapita I ,'he investigation would also show that they as a class were worthy of just consideration being among our most ambitious, enterprising, and hard-working citizens, whose efforts add largely to our advancement, but whose own reward is oftimes disappointment.

Each of these debtors has so many dollars and cents to pay—the redaction in values would noh-rednce their indebtedness one cent; but as prices were reduced, just at the same rate would the amount of product required ttrpay their interest and cancel their debts be increased; then, too, owing to the reduced value of their property, and . THE tiHEATER DKitANI) FOR MONEY, the lender would refuse to advance so much as forroerjy on the same security, and when his money was due would require part payment, or foreclose his claim. Then it ia plainly seen that the change which oppressed the borrower would, by increasing the purchasing power of a dollar, add to the wealth ot the creditor. The capitalist should have all of his rights protected; but it is no injustice to demand that the conditions of trade shall remain as favorable for the borrower as when these contracts were made. Class legislation should not be tolerated on either side; but when changes are made especial care should be taken that they do not give the strong more power to oppress the weak.

To that portion of the wage-earners who owe no debts, conld their etnplovuent remain uninterrupted, and the reduction in their wages be bo properly adjusted as to exactly offset the. reduction in the cost of their living expenses, the change would bn of less importance, but when we consider the demoraliza•ion in bns’ness which must ensue, caused by failures, the closing of factories, and the general aoandonrpem of contemplated improvements, we know that man v must be thrown out of work for an indefinite time, to say nothing of that dissatisfied class who are always clamoring for an advance in wagis but wno are never willing to submit to a reduction under any circumstancer; to these this state of affairs would afford A FRESH EXCUSE for inciting their followers to strikes and riots; and here let me remonstrate against the statement in the President’s message that: ‘•The profits still remaining to the manufacturer after a necessary readjustment should furnish no excuse for the sacrifice of the interests of his employes either in their opportunity to work or in the diminution of their compensation.”

Now, what reasonable excuse does there exist for radically chancing a policy that has proved so beneficial as has this of protection? It may have enabled some to make more than a reasonable profi:; but the competition between the different parties engaged iu the production of a great staple in a country so large as oars, if kept free from the control of trusts—a new name for monopolies—would be sufficient in the main to prevent the extortion of unreasonable profits from the purchaser, while the comparatively similar conditions under which they are placed gives each a more equal ehance for success than were the people of the whole world acting under different necessities or advantages thrown into direct competition to grind each other to a lower and lower condition. In bpeaking of monopolies I think lam safe in saying that all of the unreasonable profits ever secured as a result of our tariff sink into insignificance when compared with the fx ortions which have been perpetrated under the cloak of our patent laws. Bnt to letnm to that part of this at’icle where I spoke of the necessity of keeping the balance of trade in oar favor. If we protect enongh of those industries which are best snited to our resources to give employment to all, we will yet have to buy many things of foreign production; and to pay for these we mnßt n port an equal valne of our own products —and in addition to this we must export enough to pay the interest or dividends on all foreign capital invested in this country; for although

THB INTECBBT AND DIVIDENDSare not all regularly witndrawn from our country —oeing reinvested here for a time—they are a oart of our expense which we Bhould make provision to pay. Now it is evident that of these articles of ex-port we must produce a surplus at a cost that will allow the producer to sell them in the markets of foreign countries —some of which protect their home pro dneers by a tariff. Now, occasionally some free trader will cite a case where a protected manufacturer sells a portion of his goods abroad at a price lower than that which he demands here, showing that the tariff in his case enables him to exact a greater profit at home than he is content to take abroad; this should be investigated and tbe cause of complaint removed; but U ese cases are rare, and impossible in the esse of the staples of the country except by some great combination, for a limited time. .As soon as we have a large surplus of an article which must find a market abroad, the price which that surplus wilt bring in ttie foreign market practically deter mines the value of tbe entire product here; for ins ance if the price of wheat advances or recedes in England, the price of wheat in this country undergoes a similar change, whether it be for export or home use; therefore, a tariff on an article of which we export the surplus, is practically of no effect, and yet President Cleveland says: “The duties now levied upon foreign grains and products are called protection to these home manufacturers, because they render it possible for those ot our people wno are manufacturers to make these taxed articles and sell them for a price equal to that demanded for the imported goods that have paid customs duty.” Since the producer ol these articles of export can not be benefitted by a tariff on his products, and further, as he supplies THE PRODUCER CP PROTECTED GOODS

with his product at a pi ice regulated by the low standard of values of other countries, and since he must buy of the protected producer such articles of his manufacture as he needs to consume at. the price whieh the tariff enables the protected producer to demand—it is evident that a spirit of fairness should govern the selection oft hose articles to tie protecteff7~gpd" also the" extent ter which their values may oe raised, how it so happens that, of a'l the many mil-" lion dollars’ worth of our exports, by far the larger part is furnished by one class of producers—namely,the agriculturists. By their labor is produced tne cotton and tobacco, the wheat and corn, the beef and pork, the batter and cheese, and man's other articles of less importance; and it seems reasonable that the resources of this department, on which so much depends, should be fostered and its prosperity desired by all.

Everyone who is acqnminted with farming knows that one ot the moetimpprtant requirements toj success is to maintain the fertility of the soil; and this can be done in no other way so practically as by the keeping of live stock—while the raising ot grain will, if exclusively followed, in time impoverish the best of land. For this reason many farmers keep more stock than they otherwise would—even bringing their grain from the newer West. Now ohr beef, pork, and dairy products are among the articles of which Ure export large quantities; but of wool, our sheep C NLY PARTIALLY SUPPLY the home demand, enough being imported to make up the deficiency. President Cleveland eavs in his message: “The duty on the grade of imported wool which these sheep yield is 10 cents escu per pound if of the value of 30 reats or less, and 12 cents if of the value of more than 30 cents.” And further on he says; “Reasons are suggested why the removal or reduction of this duty should be included in a revision of our tariff laws. 1 * If we accept the estimate that our sheep shear six pounds per bead, and allow 30 cents per pound,which is more than it brings the producer, we have $1 80 as the price of one sbeep’B woo); and when we remember that there are 365 days in a common year, we find that the farmer receives less than \ a cent per day in wool for feeding and housing each sheep, to make up for losses,to pay for shearing and for the use of the money invested. -

If any other argument than this is needed to prove that the profits on wool producing in this country are not unreasonably large, one is lound in the fact that while our larmers produce a surplus of nearly all other staple agricultural produce, they come far thort of supplying the home demand with this, and yet these returns the President proposes to reduce by the removal or reduction of the tariff on imported wool. There are many reasons why the wool industry fhouid be fosteredin this conn try. We have much strong, hilly land, better adapted to sheep-raising than sny other purpose;. and there is no other kind of stock which will increase the fertility of the soil on which it is kept so rapidly as this. Kept in small flocks .they are utilized to clean out small enclosures and to keep down weeds after the summer crops are removed; beside, if the farmer keeps a part of each kind of stock, should disease attack one kind, it is not so bad for him as if he had no other. Then, too, THE CARE O* SHEEP is more convenient for some persons than that of any other kind of stock,being quiet and easily handled; among our small farmers are many of advanced age, whose entire inccms scares exceeds}2 0 for the year, keeping steady help on these small larms is with them out of the question, and it is not uncommon to find those wnose hands, from accident or other causep, have become so crippled or weakened as to unfit them for the -care of a dairy; to many of these, their gardens constitute tl e chief source of revenue; again were the farmers assured of protection to an extent 'which would enable them to produce wool at a reasonable profit, an extent which does not exceed that asked for by every pro tected producer for his products, this indu°try would soon advance so as to nearly supply our home demand; thereby keeping millions of dollars in our own country, which must otherwise be paid out for imported wool, at the same time tending to so diversify our agricultural products as to somewhat reduce the surplus of other articles—thus aiding to maintain the demand and steady prices for our exports. To quote once more from the President's meseage, in speaking of the farmerp, he says: ‘ They, of course, are not reminded that the larmer has no sheep is by this scheme obliged in his purchases of clothing and woolen goods to pay a tribute to his fellow farmer.” Now, doubtless there are some farmers who take this view of the question; for instance, a dairyman or beef producer may sat: “Ob, well, so-far as lam concerned, the tarih on wool does me .no good. Xdo not keep sheep; in fact it would b* better for me if wool were 1 free, for 1 have to buy woolen goods, and the tariff makes them dearer.” Rut it is a fact, nevertheless, that A PROrEtt TARIFF

on wool would protect the dairyman and beef producer as a tariff on his own product can not—not bv keeping foreign beef and dairy products ©ot of the country, but by devoting millions of acres ot onr land to sheep raising, which, were ovp wool industry destroyed, would iK3 turned to the production ot beef,, butter, cheese, grains, and other proctacts. tUereby increasing the surplus of tnoee articles. Now. when we give the claims oi the farmer fair consideration, we see no just reason why any one who advocates tbe principle of protection, or who asks it for hie own Denefit, should be mnwilling to grant the same adyantages to the wool grower; or why the free traders should single out this industry as their especial object of attack. I say no just reason—but doubtless the free traders regard this as the most favorable point at which to assail our entire protection policy—first, because moe; of the State* largely engaged in wool-growing belong politically to the party which favors protection; and by antagomiaing their interests they run less risk of losing electoral votes which otherwise might be theirs than would they were they to as vigorously attack tbe leading industries of some 01 the ■» called doubtful States; then again, can if they induce other interests —Buch as the woolen manufacturers, iron manufacturerp, end otberp, to assist in carrying out this part of their programme, of to stand idly by and see it consummated, in the belief that their own busineee may thereby escape molestation, they doubtless hope to bo disgust large numbers of the farmers with the apparent nnfalr-

ness of the workings of protection, that they will turn against that poliev; and their influence may be used,' iater on, to assist in carrying out TQefrenlne pjan. John H. Grace. It Makes a Difference. Baltimore Anieiic*t». _. ■■ oircumßtaucee alter a great many cases. A young lady when asked to do some shopping for the family can stand very little cold, but it the right kind of a young man asks her to take a sleigh ride tne healthiest b’iziaid becomes s tuneful zephyr.

TOPICS OF THE TIMES.

PLANS OP PROHIBITIONISTS. ladianapolis special, March 3. An impor ant new line of action, respecting prohibition has been practically inaugurated with the active support cf the leaders of the movement in all parts of the country, the first step of which, it islikelv , will be taken in this city. It grows oat of the decision of the Supreme Court of the Unite! States in the Kansas case, wherein it is asserted that the people cannot barter away the morals and health of the public, and plainly says that the public trtffic in intoxicants is against the public life and health. Correspondence has been had with all prominent workers, and it has been agreed to try and attack the constitutionality of all license laws. Preparations have been completed in New York, New Jersey, and other States, to bring the matter immediately to a test. In thiß county the Prohibitionists expect at an early day to file with the Coant Commissioners a protest, against the granting of licenses to applicants for saloon powers. In case the Commissioners decline to grant the petition, a result that is expected, they will apoeal, and carry the matter to the Supreme Court of the S rate.

A prominent lawyer says he has made a careful examination of all the facta bearing on the situation which it is proposed to bring about, and he thinks the Bupreme Court will concur in the legility of the conclusions reached bvthe Kansas Court and affirmed by the United States Court. Preparations are going forward on rather an unusual plan for the approaching Prohibition National Convention in this city. There will be some unique features at the convention. Music, oratory, and women will be the inspiration of the occasion. A chorus of several hundred voices has been provided for, and old army tune?, to new and old word?, will be sung by the chorus, with an invitation to the entire convention to join in. All the great women interested in the cause will be here.

The “Blue and the Gray” is the name of a National organization of Federal and Confederate soldiers that will be formed in the interests of the prohibition movement. It is to be modeled after the Grand Army ot the Republic, except that soldiers of either army in the late war are eligible. Adherence to the prohibition idea will not De made a cardinal requisite of the membership in the association. Its purpose is to unite and assist in uniting the voters of the North and South, and to call their attention to a new principle worthy of the adherence of voters of all sections. * * INCOMPETENT ENGINEER. Globe Democrat. The danger of running on an engine handled by an incompetent engineer or a man who has remained ut some other business long enough to get fusty is not fully understood by the traveling world. I had an experience of that kind that drove me off the road and into morepleasant lines of labor. The lowa Legislature passed a law in 1887, holding all railroads responsible in heavy amounts for loes of life or injuries incurred in their service, and to offset the liability the|railroad addressee a circular to all employes asking them to relinquish their claim?. One morning I had fired up as usual and rnn the engine around to await the freight which we were to take weet from Burlington. Before the hour an agent stepped up and asked the engineer to sign the agreement. He refused and was discharged on the spot. A new man was pot in the cab. He had an engineer's license, and everything look straight, so far as papers went. During tbe .talk my fires bad run down sol filled in coal until out bf the saf» ty valve, and then I opened the furnace door. Having .taken our train, an hour later we ‘were spinning along nicely when I turned to feed the fire. Throwing open the door I observed the crownsheet and rivets showing through the fire-box, and looked np a* the gauge only to find that we were running with a dry boiler. I yelled to my partner, and he started out on the running board with a hammer in one hand. The pump had stopped working. The new man struck the metal gently to loosen the plunger. That's all I saw. I started over the coal in the tender, and, climbing up on the side of the first car, was not tong in putting twelve or fifteen care between me and that engine. Reaching the caboose and sitting on tbe cupola, I waited for the explodon. If that fool with hie hammer had succeeded in starting that pump he wonldhave gone into eternity tbe next second, the boiler was at a white heat. I wasn’t in a suicidal frame of mind, and that’s why I lit out. But the old adage about fools amt children proved true, for that engineer had to fttbP. draff the fire, and wait for a relief engine. We had ran only fifteen miles, but the damage in balf an hour took three mouths to repair.

* * .* MURDER WILL OUT. Shoals, Ind.. special, March 5. The excitement over the arrest of John Jones, a county commissioner, and his four accomplices has not the least abated, and a more complete confession has been hourly expected from one or more of the gang. James Archer and William Stanfield, the two that were jailed, were averse to talking in any

manner of the crime. Albert Qualkenbush, the confessor, who was released on bail, has gone home, and it is feared he will be fouly dealt with before corroborating his confession. He refuses to advance anything farther on his confession to the public at present. It is in instance this:

“In early March, 1864, Jackson Ballard, the murdered man, was at home to effect the arrest of one Anderson, a deserter from the army. Anderson was a member of our lodge and had our sworn protection, and we were determined to defend him at all hazards. In addition so this Ballard threatened to shoot any copper on sight. At this juncture, myself and many others yet unsuspected of our organization, were notified to meet at once and take immediate measures toward disposing of Ballard. At the meeting Jones and Qualkenbneh were, with reluctance, induced to execute the plot enacted. We divided into two posses, each following the main highway that Ballard would travel in search cf Ander son. Not meeting him we congregated in a thicket, almost in sight of his residence and lay in ambush until he came down the road in plain view, well armed and ostensibly in search of Anderson. The order was given by our leader to fire; Jones’ courage failed him and he handed his loaded weapon to Stanfield. We fired seven shots into him. Not yet satisfied, Stone advanced and fired several shots into his prostrate form, rendering him almost unrecognizable. At this juncture we disbanded and never has the secret, although it has haunted me constantly, been revealed.” He says the scene of the murder has haunted him and now he feels himself greatly relieved. The organization referred to was evidently the “Knights of the Golden Circle,” yet the confessor is silent on this point. It is also authentically stated that a diabolical plot had been arranged to murder the officers then serving papers on soldiers drafted. Archer’s son is also under indictment for the murder of Stanfield’s daughter. It would not be a surprise if the trio in jail would celebrate by being lynched the second anniversary of the hanging of the Archer trio—March 9, 1886. Stone, it is said, is at Olney, Ill.

'\~ ' # * CYCLONK.S. A MeteorologistMeteorology is a fascinating science when you once become interested iD nature’s phenomena, but the general public never takes pains to investigate until their path is crossed by something like a severe storm. Then they hunt up old barometers, goose bones and watch the mercury in the thermometers with an owl-like air. Men of science, however, wil b astonished to hear that no theory concerning the origin of these mysterious wind storms has ever been substantiated or even supported by facts. The cause and origin are unknown. Curiosity is moreover piqued by the knowledge that they areindigenous, as it were, to the Mississippi Valley, and that they were never known to have occurred except between the hours <4 4 and 6 o’clock in the afternoon. The Marshfield visitation is repertedto have occurred at a later hour, but Prof. Nipher and myself rode through five counties on horseback and collected data that is beyond dispute. Storms are divided into tornadoe®, sach as our Western blows; cyclones, which carry devastation to shipping on the ocean for hundreds of miles, preserving a rotary motion, and hurricanes, which exert a lateral force.

Rains, Showers and Freshet's.

Gooa-aU’s Chicago Bun. We copy tue following from the Albany Argus “The rain in tue early spring season, instead of falling in moderate showers as is-the case in thickly-wooded regions comes in violent gushes and sends down vast bodies of water to the lower portion pf the rivers.” We never have moderate Bhowers in eariy spring. The season of showers, in this climate, seldom start in before the first‘Of May. March gives us heavy rain a, not showers. Thickly wooded regions like Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine, are no more blessed with “moderate showers” thiMi New York.

Tbe raiafail of any country does not depend on tbe magnitude of its forests. lowa and Illinois have no forests, yet no* States have a more plentiful supply oi showers from April to October. Egypt is like Illinois and lowa, treeless. And ijet Egypt seldom sees a shower, while it never sees a heavy rain. There are places in Egypt which have not seen a rain of any kind in two centuries. And yet Egypt is one of the most productive wheat and cotton growing countries in the world. We again repeat, forests do not produce rains, neither do their absence reduce the crolSgro wing powers of a State to the extent of one per -cent. Recnnd-

ly, showers are a matter of latitude, and net of tree culture. They have thunder-storms at the .tropics nearly every day in the year/ A thunderstorm is reldom eeen north of Labrador, while no man was ever struck with lightning who resided above 70 north. U A volcano has been discovered on the plantation of J. t B. Helhere, near Newberrv, 8. C. There may be something in a name after all. Bluff widout scrappin’ es ycu kin—but bluff. /f :

TEMPERANCE DEPARTMENT.

[Contributed by Mary K. B*lch,Btate Supt. of Press Department, W. C. J. U., Frankfort, Ind.J In Chicago daring the last five years 4,000 boys have been arrested as criminals and sent to jail. , , * •' Rev. Canon Isaac Taylor says that: ‘ lalamiam has abolished drunkenness, gambling and prostitution—the three enrses of Christian lands.”

A bill baa been introduced in the Kentucky Legislature which prohibits and makes void marriage wilh a drunkard. Who is to define drunkard? Governor Larrabee, of lowa, and Gcv. Ames, of Massachusetts, are two Governors who this year mended municipal suffragejor women.; The Kansas W. C. T. U. opened a State Industrial School for girls, Feb. 1. - It hopes to so prove the needs and benefit of such a school as to be relieved by the next Legislature of farther care and responsibility in the matter. The Racine, Wis., Exposition Association has passed a resolution that no permit shall be granted by the directors of the Association for the sale of intoxicating drinks or games of chance, npon the grounds.

The Texas W. C. T. u. is about to build a home for fallen women in Garrett. The land is bought and paid-for and some of the building materials and money have been contributed. Donations of money from friends of social purity throughout the Union are requested. Says the Medical World: “A half ounce of ground quassia steeped in a pint of vinegar is recommended highly as a cure for drunkenness. A teaspoontul in a little water should be taken every time the liq ior thirst is felt. It satisfies tne cravings and produces a feeling of stimulation and s rength.”

The Canton, Ohio, W. C. T. U. has recently dedicated a building of its own which cost over |6 000. The building contains a beautiful hall, a library containing 1,000 volumes, a reading room for women and girls, a museum of collections of minerals and curiosities, and an indue 1 rial school hall. Two roomy store rooms on the first floor bring in a revenue from rent.

Mr. Robert Graham, of New York City, has with great care ascertained the following facts: “Preceding the presidential election of 1884, there were held in New York City 1,002 political conventions —congressional, assembly, aldermanic, primary, etc. In these political meetings the country is largely governed. Two hundred and eightythree of them were held apart from saloons, ninety -six next door to saloons, and six hundred and thirty-three in saloons.”

The St. James Home for Female Inebriates, in Kensington Park, London, reports that nearly 1,400 women have been benefitted by its discipline, and many of these have given evidence of a true spiritual conversion, their subsequent lives continuing consistent. The Home opens its doors to the poor entirely free. Applicants are received trom all pans of the kingdom, without any distinction as to religions creed. At present there are over seventy dree cases in the Home. &

A week of prayer for the National, State aDd local W. C. T. U., March -18 to 25, 1888. Then let us pray: First—That upon our great organization may* a fa>me a fresh impulse from Heaven; and on every active worker a new anointing of the Spirit. . * * * Second—For-our unused membership held to us by name and pledge, but not consecrated to the spirit and activity of the work. Let -$a ask God to call our own women from idleness to service. Third—For the great body of Christian womanhood who yet stand afar from the greatest of missionary agencies for the salvation df onr own and other lands. *■ * Reek God. Seek Him alone for a great awaaening of the cnnrch and the nation. The liquor traffic is hi re with its abominations legalized because of spiritual death. We need conscience aroust-d and made true. Sisters of tbe W. C. T. XL, set the work apart, hold at least one meeting a day for the quiet, unostentatious seeing of God as herein suggested. * * On behalf of the National W. C. T. 0. Francis E. Willard, Pres. Caroline B. Buell, Cor. Bec.

EXCHANGE SIFTINGS.

Fresh new kid. A still hunt—An internal revenue raid. A cheap garment—A bbat ”bf wßite-~ wash. It mattero not how worthless the book, ,iOt For ahoem&kerß only: Some very fine shoes are toobeautifalto last. f *Work and play are necessary to each other, but they should not be mixed. The average cat, like the industrious traveling man, almost always works on • a purr-scent. New'y married couples should be careful npt to extract bo much sweetness from the honeymoon as to leavej only the whacks.