Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 81, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 July 1906 — Page 2

One Man’s Evil

"Gerald Tenby I she repeated in a Strangled sort of Way. “Are you telling me, Edward, that Gerald Tenby has proposed for Antonia?” A great sorrow came into Edward Mafchmont Is _eyes. ‘‘So I learn from my brother,” be answered. "Does this surprise yob, Betty?” -Betty Marchmont was white to the lips. She dared not let her husband see Bor face. She moved to the window and stood looking out into the street with eyes that saw nothing, so bitter and overwhelming was rhe mortification that STCwded her heart. “I told my brother," said her husband, slowly, “that though 1 know -practically nothing of Gerald Tenby. 1 thought it possible that yon would be able to enlightsn him thoroughly. However, there will be no need to discuss this matter, for An tonia has no intention of becoming Ger-_ aid Tenby’s wife." Lady .Betty quivered as if she had been ■truck. Though these words gave her relief in one sense, they stung her in another. ' - “One thing is very certain.” Lady Betty said, finally, “aHdAhat is Antonia cannot remain here." ‘’She has no intention of doing so,” ’replied Mr. Marchmont, very quietly. “Ln an hour’s time or so she will have gone; •nd to me, at least, her depart tire will-sig—-nify a great loss.”.——,——_—,— He walked, to the. door, and opened it for, his wife to pass out as-he said this, and T.ady Betty went with a laugh. When she outside, she did_ not laugh; site walked slowly tip the stairs, •nd her face was. convulsed with passion Even now she could hardly bring herself to believe that what her husband had told her could be true If she could have been sure of seeing Gerald she would have returned to his chambers; but she had no desire to come in contact with George Stanton a second time , She had reached her own room by this time, and she pulled down the blinds with • jerk, and threw herself into a chair to •It and weave out her 1« st way of b*r will. CUAI’TER XV.* Sylvia Castella took counsel with herself dinner with Stanton. She was at first disposed to regard his words in the light of impertinence. ' ' “1 shall have to see that money-Indore my eyes," Sylvia Castella mused, as she lay on her pillow, lazily opening her letters. “I shall have to be well assured there is no trick before 1 give away my freedom. I am not sure that I'm not a - fool to tie myself down at ail ; yet 1 have to..face the unpleasant truth that, despite the fact of my seeming youth, I am verging on that age which means the end of *11” She expected to have seen Stanton during the day that followed: but he did not come. In fact, she neither saw nor heard of him for three days. and, womanlike, Sylvia resented this. “Had she exacted too much?” she asked herself. This day. as she drove to some shops, her mind was dwelling on the question of George Stanton in a manner that was irritating to her. When she left the. shops she drove to the park. Here she descended from her carriage, sttd went to sit awhile on a chair under a shady tree. Many eyes were drawn to' her. and no one gave her purer admiration than a tall, slender, dark-eyed girl, who was walking oh tie gra.s, with two dogs nt her heels. On her part, Sylvia found this girl very pleasant to look upon. She admired the grace with which the girl moved; and the lines of the white linen gown, •nd when a turn of the head revealed Antonia’s face, she felt her admiration deepen. Sylvia Castella felt puzzled; and this feeling deepened vshen she saw the girl move forward eagerly and greet a middleaged man. who came across the grass —a man who looked as if he worked for a living. From under the shade of her parasol Sylvia Watched Antonia greet this man. She was near enough to catch their words, •nd after the first sentence Sylvia smiled. She thought she understood. This was only the emissary of love, not love itself. She listened intently. It was • long, long time since she had been so interested in anything. It was Antonia who spoke firsts “You have nothing to tell me. I can read it in your face." Ben sighed as he looked into Antonia’s •yes. "No news, miss—nothing : only the •ante awful fear, the same mystery.” ~~ “And last night I dreamed he was safe. I seemed to feel I should see him soon. That was why I asked you to come and meet me here. I wanted to be out in the •pen air to have the good news. Lady Charlotte wishes me to be out every morning; but thia is the first time I have had the heart to face the sunshine. It—it nocks me.” “Don’t, miss!” he said, pleadingly. “It cots me to the heart to see you give way. Be brave and patient. Something good •rill oome; it must come —soon.” Antonia threw back her head. “I can be brave, and |>atient, too: but, •h' this kind of trouble is so terrible. If" th* earth had opened and swallowed him. be could not have been lost more surely. Oh, Ben Coop! Ben Coop fwe must find |iim I" ► “If he Is on earth he shall be found, •nfa*/’ oaid Ben; and then they b?th looked round in atertled fashion, for the lady •rho was sitting near gave a low cry And ■prang to her feet. Antoni* gave her a faint amile, and ■■lied back the larger of the two dogs that accompanied her, and that she saw hod approached closely to. the lady's chair.

By EFFIE ROWLAND

“I nm no unrrv’* g y, o onia • !*hnt he l« only friendly : he will not hurt any one.” Sylvia Castella smiled back in a forced w 'iy. ■ “He startled me,” she said, and then she bowed, and, turning, moved away. She walked in a mechanical fashion back to whore her carriage stood, and. once she paused and looked behind her. But Antonia and her companion were pacing on slowly together, and if they Had given any heed to her. she . was now forgotten. Silvia laughed bitterly. “This is evidently to be a day of surprise and remembrance,” she said. She drove away, bending -her. proudly to one or two men who recognized her, and she went back to her luxurious little home in a listless frame of mind. A letter was wart i.ng for her. It was in Stanton's handwriting. “I have what you desire. May I come to you- to-night?” he wrote. Sylvia Castella stood looking at the" words! She almost wished, they had not been written. How had he got the money? Sylvia shivered suddenly. She recalled his passionate words of that time they had been together—that fierce declaration that he would sink even to crime if by so doing ho could win her I Acting on a sudden impulse,'she sent him a telegram. • "Imjiossible to-night. Will see you tomorrow.”: And she felt as if she were respited for a time. But she was destined to be taught a new lesson, . As she left the theater that night, after having received her usual ovation', and drove homeward, alone, a hansom followed her carriage, hnd as she alighted at her gate a man's figure approached her, jand took off his hat. "A bargain is a bargain, Sylvia,” StanTon said, in a low voice, "and I could not wait till to-morrow." “You cannot come in now. It is too late,” she said, hurriedly. Stanton laughed as he held open the gate. “As, in a few days we shall be man and wife, I can be allowed certain privileges; Sylvia," he strid. “But if you fear to shock your servants, we can talk in the garden, The night is .lovely,. the air mild; it can do you no hurm.'\ _ Sylvia Castella paused an instant : Ahen, with a shrug-of-hcr-shotHdersrpass--ed up the path and entered the house. Yet she shivered as she heard his step behind her. She had the feeling upon ;h|r that he was a changed man- —-that for Ikt sake he had taken upon himself some dark burden; and she was much nearer the truth than she supi»sed.

CHAPTER XVI. Antonia had left Iter unele’s house without coming in contact with Lady Bet-'ty—-for she could not-but feel that her first instinct of doubt for Lady Betty would be proved a true one. It had cheered her to receive Lady Char lotto's ..ieuder_flail_ye.t..practicaLjsym:. patiiy ; nevertheless, it was not until shewas safely lodged in this friend'sm>me that Antonia fully grasped the magnitude of the step she had taken. It was the morning of the fifth day since Hubert had disappeared. As yet the search had lain only in Ben's hands, aided by one of the porters nt the hotel who had volunteered his services. Had Ben acted on his own responsibili’y he would have gone instantly to Gerald Tenby and have bluntly demanded if the cousins had met, but Antonia quickly objected to. this. "Xo. no.” she had said; "we must go on a different tack. Ben. You must go to MilTCrois Court, I understand, from the newspapers that Sir Gerald Tenby is still there. The papers are not always to be relied upon. Find out for me if he is there, and if he , has been there ever since the funeral.” As she crossed the drive and walked slowly toward one of the smaller paths, she became conscious that some one was following her. Acting on a sudden impulse. she turned and found herself face to face with Gerald Tenby. For an instant everything was'black before Antonia's eyes. She drew back. Had she yielded to the first instinct that pressed on her heart, she would have turned and left this man without even acknowledgment of his presence; but in the brain of most women there lurks a certain faculty which gives them knowledge how to act in the most supremely difficult moments.“You startled me. Sir Gerald,” she said. with a very faint smile;”have you been following me for a long time? 1 did not notice you till just now. What a strange sensar.on it is when one' realizes one is not quite alone I" jShe stretched out her handlas she spoke, and laid it in Gerald’s. "Why should I not get hint in my hands, work him as I will, and so learn the truth?" she thought. •*! want to ask you to listen to me, to try and forgive me it you can,” Gerald said. "I understand that you are separated from your father: that there has been a terrible quarrel between you, and that'you have left your uncle’s house." Antonia bent her head, but said nothing. She waited, and she had not long to wait. -■ ■ "All this is a grief to me." Gerald Tenby said. "Perhaps I ought not to broach the subject to you ; but 4to know from my own lips that I would soongr have sacrificed my own wishes all my life than ha ve been the causeof such a quarrel as this." Then it was that Antonia awakened from her dreams and looked at him. "I don't understand you. Sir Gerald.Y she said, coldly. "What have you to do with the quarrel between my father and myself?” ", “I fear' I am treaiing on delicate ground." he satd, "but 1 hope you will forgive ine. Were it cot lor my earneat

; desire to see you restored to yocir 1 father, i I would never venture to bringnup the subI jcid myself. I ipiew even when I spoke to Lord Marchmont that I was a fool; that though he might, as' be did, entertain my proposal, you' 'would never listen to | any declaration from me; yet we are not always strong or" wise.” . » ' “You are telling me something that I learn for the first Sme. Sir Gerald,” she said. "My father never spoke to me of the —the honor you have done me. We qitarr<-h-d -on-another- subject euti.'vly. in a trivial one.” Gerald Tenby’s heart beat so quick), fhat-for-a-HWnncnt .he--found it impossible. to speak. Before he had framed a. sentence Antonia had spoken again. "I’m afraid I must leave you, Sir Gerald. I am a little late ..already. Lady Charlotte Singleton will be expecting taft. She is good enough to let me stay with her for a little while. Will you call a hansom?” . “I thought she would have said some bitter words,” he said to himself, “but she seemed almost touched when she heard that I had made a proposal to her father. Were she any other woman, I should quickly set down her past treatment of me to cleverness ; but Antonia is honest; she meted out to me the treatment she <'ohsidef(xl’ I deserved. T\’haf' can have changed her I have not the slightest idea; but certainly she is changed. I cannot help feeling that she told me where she was staying in order.that we should meet again." , . ~ • For an instant a smile played on Gerald Tynby's lips. "If this .should be.” he said to himself, between his teeth, “if I should win An-lonm-for my wife, then all the rest might go. for that would be the real triumph.” He rose restlessly ' and walked from the park again'. " Sylvia Castella was a bold woman, and a strong one. She had laid the secret of her great success to the fact that she had never allbwed her heart to interfere with her head. She and Stanton stood together in the little drawing room, and the lamp light fell upon Sylvia almost ■ ruthlessly. She looked, as.she could not help looking, a most beautiful woman, but a woman of her years, a woman who could be* haggard as well as hard. • - “I have changed my mind,” she said To him, abruptly. “I don’t want your money; I only wish to remain free.” “That won’t do, Sylvia,” he said. “There must be no goftg back. I have fulfilled my . share of the bargain, and I sha 11 keep you to yours. - You said you would be my wife if I could give you a huiulred thousand pounds. H<‘fe is. the money.” Silvia Castella drew a deep breath. She recoiled suddenly from the large en-' velope held out to her —she, whose very god was money, shrunk from this vast sum as-t4iough-she was afraid of it. "Where does it come from?" she asked him, hoarsely. “What price have you paid for this?” . “Ask no questions,” he said, and his tone -was—strangely rough.—‘ ’Let it .be enough for you that the money you ask Is there.” “I will not have it,” Sylvia said, in a -clinked-sort of way. *T only joked with you. Take it away and leave me “Too late, Sylvia, my girl.” he said. “You should have reckoned with the cost when you joked with me. Mep like I am are not made to be joked with. You set a price upon yourself, you gave me your word, and there must be no going back. Take this money, and listen to what I have to-say +o you. It is my command that you leave flie stage. 1 do not wish mv wife to earn her bread, nor to let herself be gazed upon by any creature who can twy a-fe w shillings -for doing so. You have had a splendid success, you have tasted the delight of power to its fullest extent. You are no longer very young, Sylvia, but I love yon all the more for tliat. As a wife, I can give you a place in the world that you could never climl to by yourself.” (To be continued.)

TOO MUCH "FUNNY BUSINESS.

Rod Tape nt Marriage Exasperates Kentucky Bridegroom. A well known Kentuckian tells of a marriage ceremony that a justice of the peace in the Blue Grass State~WHß‘ hurriedly called upon one day to perform. It api>ears that the bridegroom, a big mountaineer, very roughly dressed, had brought his prospective bride with him to the office of the clerk* of the court, thinking to secure his license and have the ceremony pertormed at one visit. When his license had been duly grante<iffC? mountaineer asked if there was a justice of the peace then in the court house who eoukl tie the kuot. Lqxm being advised by the clerk that he himself was a justice of the peace and that he was willing to join the two lovers, the bridegroom said: “Waal, then; we’re ready; go ahead!” "But you'll have to secure two witnesses.” smilingly observed the clerk and justice, "before I can proceed.” At this the mountaineer demurred, saying that he did not care for witnesses. Nevertheless, he was convinced in it moment that this formality was ■anTSdlspeiwiffile otie? and accordingly the necessary witnesses were procured and the ceremony begun. When the eouple had promised to love, obey, etc., together with the rest of the service, the justice of the peace quite innocently observed that the bridegroorr should “kis- the bride." Thereupon the mountaineer exhibits fresh impatience at the exactions of th; official. “Look here!” he exclaimed angrily, "it seems to me that you're draggiu’ in a lot of funny business In this wwldin'. Why. I kissed her befere we come In!" —Success Magazine.

Not Student of Shakspeare.

“What is your favorite play?” asked the girl who quotes Shakspeare. “Well,” answered the youth with long hair, “I believe I like to see a man steal secom| as well as anything." —Washington Star. Pity may be akin to lore, but a girl Isn't willing to accept It as a substituta

FARM AND GARDEN

If farm bands are too scarce, why . If you have neve& had a plat of, lima beans try to arrange to g’ow some. They are certainly the king beans. In mixed farming thoi;e Is much stuff that would otherwise be wasted that, if sheep were kept, wou’d be converted into a merchantable product. There Is only one graft that always pays and that Is grafting fruit trees. Many men have tried other kinds and In the end have found that it did not pay. ■__ ; The oleo crowd have evidently come to the conclusion that the dairy interests are keenly alive to the situation and.j>ropose to keep bogus butter just where it belongs. It has been observed several times that the man who drives a sk ! nny, poor horse usually carries a tig whip. If such men would be as free with feed as they are with their whins they probably would have better horses. It is not enough to test the seed Corn as a whole. It should be thoroughly tested according to the most approved methods. The planter should also be tested. Doing these things properly actually tests the farmer himself, and If he stands, the test the. cop usually does.

It Is a most dangerous practice for a boy or any other person to stand immediately behind a horse that is hauling up the hay fork loaded with a big load of hay. Should anytbing give way; as a breaking of a singletree, before the load has reached the carrier, there is liable to be an accident. The owner of one-hundred-clollar land is to be complimented when he changes his management from a grain producer to a stock grower. It is all right to grow grain when it can be produced at a profit. ' But one cannot afford to haul a way by the load' the fertility of one-humlred-dollar land. A fruit grower says: ‘The borer Is the worst enemy to the apple tree, It does Its work in the early summer. I have found that free washing with soap suds furnishes complete protection, provided the moths have not already laid their eggs in the tree. The trunks of the trees should be washed about the middle of the months of April, Ma.v and June each year.” Goats are said to be great leaders and even protectors of sheep. Some time ago a shepherd of New Mexico, while away from the home camp’. lf*st his dog and broke his leg on the same day. Five days later the shtc-p, led by the gouts, appeared at the home ranch after crossing two mountain ranges by a path of their own find’ng with but seven sheep missing out of the flock of 1,000.

If you have a board floor in your poultry house (as you should have) It is a good Idea to cover it with sand. It is then much easier to clean it off. Frequently layers of dry leaves are preferred by some, which should be often applied aud they answer the same purpose. In any event, keep the poultry house well cleaned all the time. Any farmer who would leave several bushels of oats on the ground at harvest time would be considered a foolish man, and yet he does practically the same thing when he sows inferiorseed that Is infested with foul seed, straws and spoiled grain. He cuts his yield several bushels which is equivalent to leaving that much on the ground at harvest time. One Is a foolish practice and so is the other. In recent years more fanners are cleaning seed oats and treating them for smut. Gophers may be destroyed by poison better than bj' traps. The latter is a slow way to get them. In clover meadow or elsewhere Ibison seems to appeal to me as the better way. Bisulphide of carbon is effectual, but is more expensive than poison. A well-known remedy consists in dissolving one ounce of strychnia sulphate in one pint of boillug water, add one pint of thick sugar syrup and stir. Preserve in a close vessel. Tills quantity Is sufficient to poison a half bushel of shelled corn.

How to Prone to Make Good Fruit. As a rule heavy wood growth is not conducive to fruitfulness, while slow wood growth encourages fruit production. Light summer pruning Is employed to check the wood growth and induce the formation of fruit buds. In order that summer pruning may be effective, It should be done from Juue 15 to July 15 in our climate. The young shoots will have grown to the length of 8 to 12 Inches and should be pinched back 2to 4 inches. Now pinching back, the operation should be to prow. The buds below the pinched portion will, aa a rule,, begin to swell and develop Into fruit buds. Should the secondary leaf buds start after pinching back, the operation should be re peated. No heavy pruning of apples, pears, cherries and plum trees should

be done during the summer. The result -generally—prevo^seriou®;-«Lnee»- bythe removal of the leaves the tree Is unable to elaborate food to supply the root system. Proper Care of the Horse. Few persons who own horses ever seem to think there should be any material change In their food;, even the dairyman who fully realizes the im- f portanee of variety, for his cows, will keep the horses going Indefinitely on hay and oats. Try the variety and see how well it works; not to such an extent, perhaps, as with the cows, but In aimodcrate way. Let the hordes have an occasional feed of root crops—carrots, mangels, small potatoes and the like; then,, another day, let them have a bran mash; a third time a little mixture of corn, oats and bran. Just enough of the corn and bran so they will feel they have something new. Then, in the way of roughage, though you may feed the best timothy as a rule, vary it by some cornstalks Instead of so much hay, or some clover hay, for a change.

Weeds for Swine. One good way to get rid of weeds -on the farm is to cut or pull them up and feed them to the hogs. Kept in confinement, these animals will seldom fall tc relish them, It being a part of their nature to live on green stuff and roots. Any kind of weeds, not poisonous, may be given them, and also garden sauce, such aa waste cabbages, lettuce plants that have gone to seed, radishes too old for sale, culls of beets, carrots, turnips -and the like, including unsalable apples and potatoes. Even tomato culls will, as a rule,< bg eagerly devoured. And what a lot of good it will seem to do the porkers! They certainly will be benefited thereby, and, If any part of one’s farm is infested with- weeds difficulty to eradicate, Jhe proper way to do it Is to fence the spot off and turn pigs into the lot. Kept there long enough, they will clean out the undesirable vegetation, and at the same time thoroughly pulverize and greatly enrich the ground.—Fred O. Gibley, in Agricultural Epltomist.

How to Kaise Goxlings. After the goslings leave the nest let them remain with the mother goose two or three days, but feed them. When thej- appear to be strong enough to take care of themselves, separate them from the mother goose, letting them run in a pen where there Js grass. They should be prevented from wandering away. At night they should be put in a box and covered up. so they jriU keep warm, but they must have some alr or they will smothei. They should never be allowed to get wet with dew or rain; therefore they should be turned out late In the morning, and after they are strong enough thej' may be allowed to run at large. Give them plenty of water and feed them morning and night with cornbread cooked as you would for your own eating, but it will be better If made very greasy with some cayenne pepper to produce heat. If properly attended to as above stated they will be easily raised, and will get very fat. The grease in the bread will kill the poison In the vegetation they eat, and onions and lettuce are also fine feed for them. I had thirty-six. and they began to die. one or two a day, until I 10: t ten and I began to care for them as I have here stated and none of them have died since then. I send this for publication for the benefit of those who raise geese.—B. L. White.

Vegetable Growing. A soil that is warm, and which does not readily bake, excellent for producing garden vegetables; In fact, all vegetables prefer a light, sandy loam, and melons, sweet potatoes and root exops can be grown on soils that are extremely sandy; but such crops, while not partial to an excess of moisture, do pot thrive in long-continued droughts, unless assisted by a light mulch. A scattering of straw around the trunks of tomatoes will materially assist in promoting growth, while the more cabbage Is worked the better. It is not advisable to put in the seeds cucumbers and peppers till warm vfeather is well In, and lima beans and string beans will not germinate if the ground is too cold. Small fruits may be grown In the garden without requiring too much space. Raspberries, currants and grajies can be placed along the fence, and the edges of walks can be ornamented with sage, marjoram, thyme and savory. A small plot may be used for a strawberry bed, and even a few fruit trees may be allowed.*'lf advantage be taken of following the early crops with crops that come in late, two crops may be grown on the same location during the season. For Instance, jHiiatoes may follow peas and turnips need not be sown for a late crop until kala and radish are removed. By carefully selecting seeds of early varieties, and using judgment in the arrangement of the crops, the garden can be made to provide a variety of vegetables from spring until quite latedn the year.—St. Louis Globe-Dem-ocrat

WASHINGTION GOSSIP

1 During the last fiscal year there w«r« 6,533 desertions from the IJn.ited States army, an increase of 660 over the preceding year, and amounting to 11.07 per cent of the entire enlisted strength. That is to say, of every nine soldiers enlisted, one deserts. No other army other soldier In the world is better paid, better housed and better fed than the American soldier. The Inspector General gives as one o's the reasons for th« numerous desertions that no beer can ba had In the post exchanges, and he adds that the best judgment of the army la ihat if the exchanges were to furnish the soldier with light beer under tha supervision of the commanding officer, it would result in greater contentment and in minimizing the crime of deser-_ tion. The government has found it necessary to issue a warning to the publia against persons who represent themselves as agents and canvassers for the maps of the Geological Survey. As is generally known, they are by far the best that are to be had of the country mapped, because they are not only accurately drawn, but are on a large scale. They are sold by the government for five cents a sheet. The bogus “agents” charge two dollars. It should be noted, however, that the government does authorize certain booksellers and stationers to sell the atlas sheet maps at a slight advance over the government price, to pay them for the trouble of keeping and handling them. The Interstate commerce commission has extended its ■inquiry to include all the railroads in the country. Circular tetters were-sent Vvedtiestlny to the officers of SIS companies, operating 213,040 miles of railroads, calling for information to be furnished before July 15. President Cassatt and the coal roads are "to have full opportunity to be. heard. The Pennsylvania's committee made public the answers of Cassatt tlia questions asked of all officers and employes. He denied that he held stock in coat-companies or that he had ever received gifts from them, but admitted that he owned $350,000 worth of stock in various steel rail and equipment companies which sell to the Pennsylvania. The greater part of the business of the United States Supreme Court consists in deciding cases on appeal from ’the lower courts. Over some cases it has original and exclusive jurisdiction, chief among which are suits to which a State of the Union is a party. Last month the docket of original cases was called for the first time in twenty-nine years. When the attorneys for New Jersey and Delaware, which have had a boundary dispute before the court since 1877, asked for a continuance, the Chief Justice remarked that the court does .not keep cases on the calendar for more than a generation. There seema to be a limit to the period during which States shall suffer from the law’s delays. In a speech made at the White House to twenty city and state eivil service officials, President R6osevelt said that after having had experience in nearly all bcanches of government, he was inclined more and more to feel that the observance in letter and spirit of the civil service law was the first requisite in obtaining clean, decent, efficient governmental service In any branch or bureau of the government Political appointments, be said, while seemingly necessary in some cases, nearly always brought bad results. He said that exceptions would have to be made in the case of promotions to insure best results. -

By direction of the president, the civil service commission has investigated the matter of aged employes in the department service. The number who are 63 years or older is 1,626. Of these 8 i>er cent entered the service through examination. The work of only - ninety Is rated as poor, and ten accomplishing nothing, the vast majority being efficient and hundreds past 70 who can do a good day’s work. Efforts are making to persuade Congress to authorize the pnbllcuticn of the names of the heads of families as shown by the first census of 1700. The report of that census was never printed, and is accessible only In weli wom manuscript. It would be Interesting now chiefly to genealogists, bnt that is an Interest which deserves to be reThe trade of the United States with Japan is larger than with any other oriental to a bulletin issued by the department of commerce and labor, and aggregated In th* fiscal year 1106,000,000. Exports to that country hare grown from about <8,000,000 in the calendar year 1895 to over $55,000,000 in the fiscal year 1905, and Imports from that country from <27.500,000 In 1805 to nearly <51,000,•00 in 1905.