THEY WANT ACHANGE
FREE-TRAD Ens UNRECONCILED
TO THE AMERICAN POLICY.
Trotecllon Mml Go, They Say, Huvlnj
Oatllvcil It Vsoritlnois nnil llulng n
llliiilruiico to tho i:imnilon of In
Ututricn."
"They Lag Superfluous," Is the cap.
tion of an article In which a free trade
writer on tho editorial staff of tho New
York Times pays his respects to last
week's annual meeting of tho Ameri
can Protective Tariff league. The
Times man professes to bo unablo to
understand why the league should per
sist In existing. Ho Is (Irmly convinced
that protection is doomed to extinction
as an American fiscal policy; that
"President McKlnlcy nnd tho wisest
nnd most Influential leaders of the
Republicans nro feeling their way along
toward free trade," and "are convert
ing tho Republican organization into
a low tariff party."
Having argued himself into this
frame of mind, tho Cobdonlte hot gos
peller of'the Times readily reaches the
conclusion that
"They tho Republican leaders must
abandon tho prohlbltlvo tariff policy
or tho manufacturers will abandon
them. Protection lias had its day, has
outlived nil tho usefulness It ever had,
and is now a hindrance to the expan
sion of tho Industries of tho country.
It must go,
"Why doesn't tho American Protec
tive Tariff league go? Its vocation Is
gone, Its influenco is shattered, it Is
pulling tho wrong way. It has $1,
133.22 In Its treasury. We advise the
league to turn over this unexpended
balanco to the Society for the Relief of
tho Aged and Destitute and then tran
quilly disband."
On tho tiny that tho free trade con
victions of tho Now York Times were
recorded U3 abovo quoted, there ap
peared in many newspapers of tho
United States, some of thorn free trade
newspapers, Washington dispatches,
date of Jan. 19, 1900, containing state
ments based upon figures Just Issued
by tho treasury bureau of statistics to
tho effect that In the yenr Just closed
the foreign commorco of tho United
States under tho full operation of the
DIngloy tnrlff law "a hindrance to
tho expansion of the Industries of tho
country," according to tho Times
amounted to more thnn $2,000,000,000,
nnd of this enormous sum more than
three-fifths was exports and less than
two-fifths imports. The exact figures
are:
"Imports, ?799,83l,G20; exports, ?t,
275,4SG,GU; excess of exports over Im
ports, ?475,C52,021. Tho excess of ex
ports is larger than in any preceding
year except 1898. Of the exports, man
ufactures form n larger proportion
than over before, whllo of the imports
raw matorials for uso of manufacturers
form a larger proportion than evor be
fore. Of tho exports, more than 30 per
cent are manufactures, agaInst-2G per
cent in tho fiscal year 1897, 23 per cent
in 1895, 20 per cent in 1885, 10 per cent
in 1879, and 12 per cent in I860. Of
tho Imports 33 per cent arc articles In
a crude condition which enter into tho
various processes of domestic industry,
against 2G por cent in 1895, 24 per cent
in 1892, 23 per cent in 1889 and 20 pet
cent In 1895."
Does this look ns though protection
is operating as "a hindrance to tho ex
pansion of tho Industries of tho coun
try," and thoroforo "must go"?
Does this look as though tho loaders
of tho Republican party would bo com
pelled to abandon protection, "or tho
manufacturers will abandon them"?
Docs this looks as though tho indus
trial captains of tho United Stat03 wero
dissatisfied with the workings of pro
tection and wero anxious to seo frco
trado tako its placo?
Does this look as though tho Ameri
can Protective Tariff league had no
further reason for existence and ought
to disband forthwith?
There aro many manufacturers who
would Ilka to seo protection displaced
and frco trado installed as tho Ameri
can policy; but they nro not American
manufacturers. Tho manufacturers
who hanker fa' ireo trade aro forolgn
manufacturers for tho most part, with
hero nnd there a "manufacturer" of
frco trado sentiment like tho New Yorlc
Times.
SIGNS OF PROGRESS.
The South Aivulcenlu; to tho Ailvimtu
(( of tli ii Frntrctlvn I'ollr)'.
As a matter of record and as Illus
trating tho march of Ideas In a section
of tho country which for moro than
seventy years has stood for tho doc
trlno of selling In tho dearest murkot
nnd buying In tho choapost market, but
which now Eccms to be on tho point of
scolng a now light on the question of
protection vs. freo trade, wo append
tho following draft ot a memorial to
tho congress of tho United Statos, in
troduced by Mr. DIckorson in the
Georgia state scnato nnd by that body
adopted:
"Memorial to our senators and rep
resentatives in congress In referonco
to n duty on Egyptian and long sta
pled cotton, or on tho importation
thereof:
"Whereas, Tho present price of long
stapled or sea Island cotton is now far
below tho cost of production, causing
a largo area of our state to langtilah
nnd a onco profitable Industry to
waver and die; nnd,
"Whereas, Tho low price referred to
is not duo to' overproduction, ns la
demonstrated by tho fact that for a
crop of 101,557 bales in 1896 and 1897
the avcrago price for tho grade of
"flno" was 11 cents, whllo for tho last
crop, 75,000 bales only, or 3" per cent
less than the rir prevftf, fn aver
age ptl'e fc tho grade "flno" was tiro
centJ less, or ntno cents per pound;
and,
"Wheroaa, Tho Indisputable cause
for our low prices, financial depression
nnd agricultural discontent Is found in
the annually Increasing importation of
Egyptian cotton, tho product of pau
per labor; and,
"Whereas, Tho Democratic party and
people have not deemed it derogatory
to their principles au.-t interest to have
a duty placed on wool, rice, hides and
tobacco; and,
"Whereas, Tho placing of said duty
on tho above mentioned articles has
proven n direct benefit to our people,
nnd with which protection they would
not part without n struggle; and,
"Whereas, There nro but two ways
whereby the money necessary to main
tain tho national government can be
raised, nnd since the funds derived
from Internal revenue arc Insufficient,
even when made enormous nnd bur
densome, as thoy now nro; and,
"Whereas", we ro forced from the
nature of things to depend on a tax
lnld upon goodd nnd products Imported
Into this country from foreign coun
tries to raise funds to assist In tho sup
port ot tho government; therefore, bo
It
"Resolved, That It Is tho senso of
this legislature that a tariff should bo
laid for revenue only and nrranged so
that If It shall prove n burden all mny
equally bear it, and if a benefit, it may
bo equally shared.
"Resolved further, That vo are un
alterably opposed to the free lmporta
cents per pound on all long-stnplod
cotton.
"Resolved, That wo favor nn Import
duty ot 50 per cent ml valorem nnd 5
cents por pound on all lonr stapled
cotton Imported Into tho United States,
and that a copy of thoso resolutions
bo furnished tho senators nnd repre
sentatives in congress."
Who will say after this that the
world does not move, nnd thnt tho
South Is not progressing? Ono can
excuse the curious inconsistency of tho
declaration which In ono breath calls
for a tariff for revenue only and In tho
next breath stipulates that tho duty on
long-stapled foreign cotton shall bo
prohlbltlvo. It must bo remembered
'that the Georgia Democrats, having In
their veins tho blood ot three genera
tions of freo traders, aro not very well
up In tho logic of latter-day econom
ics, nnd hence do not know that a
tariff for revenue only and a protectlvo
tariff arc elements as Incompatible as
oil and water, ns Inter-repugnnnt, in-ter-destructtve,
nnd contradictory. Rut
thero 13 hope for them. They nre
surely ascending In the scale of Intelli
gence and practical common senso.and
to become full-llcdgod protectionists
all they need is time nnd just n little
moro Intelligence. .
HOW HE LOST HIS REASON.
"That man looks like a lunatic."
"Ho Is crazy became so by trying
to prove that frco trado was tho proper
policy, and that under protection this
country could not possibly prosper."
Why Morn ItnllrnncU Woro Jtnllt.
The Railroad Gazetto reports that,
according to estimates and facts al
ready at hand, It appears thut during
tho year ending Dec. 31 moro than
4,500 miles of railroad wero built In
tho United Stntes. Thero hnvo been no
figures like these since before the freo
trade blight fell upon tho country
through tho election of Grover Cleve
land to the presidency in 1892. During
tho freo trado porlod tho average
nm.ui'r of miles of now railroad built
pe: year did not reach half this
amount. Frco trado Is as proventlvo ot
tho further development of tho country
and of a greater opening up of Its re
sources as It Is destructive to business
already established. Every ono of thoso
4,500 and moro miles of new railroad
was built In response to tho demands
of somo new Industry, or to tho In
creased demand for transportation
facilities made by thosa Industries al
ready In existence, nnd to which now
life was given by tho enactment of tho
DIngloy law. Altogether, as tho Ga
zetto puts It, "tho exhibit Is a romnrk
ablo evidence of tho widespread pros
perity that has at last overtaken tho
country."
Toot Comfort.
Mr. W. L. Terhune, publisher of tho
Hoot and Shoo Record, says: "Tho
boot and shoo trado Is closing tho most
prosperous year slnco 1892." In spite
of tho apparent fenrs of trio free-traders,
tfiereforo, It appears that tho peo
ple hnvo not suffered for foot comfort.
Increase of work and wages has taken
caro of tho shoo question. And It fur
ther appears that tho much talked of
tariff on hides, so loudly denounced by
tLi free-traders, has laid no burdens
on buyer of shoes. In Mr. Terhuno's
opinion, tho tariff on hides has had "no
detrimental Inlluonco" on tho boot and
shoo buniness. He stntes, In fact, that
scarcely any hides aro Imported for
boots and shoes,
Why They Aro Clnnoil,
Four years ngo Mr. McKlnlcy said It
would bo bettor to open tho mills than
tho mints. Now the only mills which
nro closed are those which cannot got
mntorlal to run with. Ilurllngton
Hawk-Eyo.
THE SHIPPINQ DILL
VTMciprcait Dcmnml for the Itnutgrntlot
or tho Amerlcnii Morehunt Mnrln
The bill now before congress for tho
promotion of American shipping In tho
forolgn carrying trado Is a bill upon
which almost all of those engaged la
shipbuilding nnd shlpownlng In tht
United StntC3 hnvo united In advocacy
It confirms to tho recommendations of
the president In his last annual mcs
sago to congress, and It Is In accord
with the recommendations In tho last
nnnunl report of tho secretary of tho
treasury. It Is also In lino with tho
suggestions mado In tho last report of
tho commissioner of navigation, Is In
dorsed by Senator Fryo, tho president
pro torn, of tho United States aennto,
nnd who is nlso chairman of tho senate
commltteo on commerce. It has boon
Introduced In the ltouso by tho Repub
lican lender upon the Itoor.IIon. Soreno
E. Payne, chairman of tho way and
means committee.
The shipping bill has been Indorsed
by somo two hundred commercial nnd
agricultural nrganlzatlons, In nil parts
of tho country, ninny of which jiro of
great national strength nnd influence
Several state legislatures have peti
tioned congress In behnlf of its pas
sage. It has been before tho people for
over a year, has been widely discussed
In the press, and tho trend of comment
Is largely favorable, many Democratic
nowspapers, especially in tho south,
warmly commending Its provisions nnd
ndvocatlng its passage. ,
This shipping bill provides compen
sation for American vessels, engaging
In tho foreign cnrrylng trado Just nbout
suftlciont In nmonnt to onablo thorn to
compete with tho foreign ships which
now monopolize all but 8 per cent of
American foreign carrying. Thc3o for
eign ships earn, It 13 conservatively
estimated, between ?175,000,000 and
$200,000,000 n year In frolght nnd pas
senger charges, which sum, or Its
equivalent In the products ot tho Unit
ed States, must be shipped abroad to
defray the cost of our ocean transpor
tation. From this brief summary of facts,
of largo importance In connection with
tho efforts that havo been for nearly
forty years bo unsuccessfully mado to
secure adequato protection for Ameri
can ships In competition with forolgn
ships In tho carrying of Amer
ican foreign coramerco; nnd con
sidering, also, that tho Inter
ests most Immediately and di
rectly affected aro a practical unit
In Its advocacy; besides which It com
mands such widespread Indorsement
from commercial nnd agricultural In
terests nnd tho press, and tho ad
vocacy of thoso mombera of congro33
whose support Is essential to tho pas
sago of any legislation helpful to
American shipping Interests In tho
foreign carrying trade In vlow of all
these considerations It , would seem
that the pending bill should rocolvo tho
support of nil who nro sincerely do
slrous of bringing nbout tho restora
tion of tho American merchant marine.
Wo must bear In mind that tho ship
ping of foreign nations that Is In com
petition with American shipping, In
tho forolgn trade, receives from for
eign governments, ns subsidies, sub
ventions, naval reserve retainers,
bounties nnd the like, n sum exceeding
?2G,000,000 nnnunlly, and ngalnst tho
competition thus enormously unstained
unaided American shipping cannot
compete, with tho result that tho Unit
ed States loses tho protection It re
quires upon tho sea In tho reinforce
ment of our navy through tho posses
sion of merchant ships and seamen, ns
woll ns tho loss of botween $175,000,000
nnd $200,000,000 In ocenn transporta
tion charges, which latter Is an enor
mous drnln upon tho tho Industrial
nnd financial resources of tho nation.
Tho shipping bill Is now In tho hands
of tho house commltteo on merchant
marine and fisheries, of which Gen.
C. H. Grosvonor of Ohio Is chairman,
nnd It Is nlso In tho hands of tho sen
nto committee on commerce. Each of
theso committees has been holding
numerous public hearings upon tho
bill, nt which Its frlcndB and Its few
opponents hnvo appeared, and, It Is bo
lloved, will soon bo favorably reported
by each commltteo to Its respective
branch of congress. Its adoption bo
foro tho closo of tho present sosslon
of congress secmB assured, with tho
rseult that tho long expected revival
of tho Amorlcan merchant ninrlno
seems now to bo measurably In sight.
No I.lmlt Clin lie but.
Tho Industries of Ohio nro fooling
no lot-up from tho prosperity which
enmo to them with tho passago of tho
DIngloy law. On this point Mr. .1. O.
Mass, president of the National bank
of Sandusky, says:
"I do not remember when Ohio was
In better condition financially nnd
otherwise. Tho situation could not bo
hotter, nnd so far as I can seo, tho out
look has In It nothing but what Is en
couraging. . . . Tho railroads havo
boon making much monoy, nnd I know
In tho aystoms In which I am Interest
ed tho Central Ohio, tho Midland and
tho Sandusky our business Is ulmply
limited by our capacity. . ,. . Man
ufacturers are ruBhod to fill orders,
nnd there is profitable employment tor
tho workingmen."
Tho only statement in this which
might bo questioned is that "tho sit
uation could not be better." That has
been said so many times In tho past
three years, and yet tho Industrial ult
untlon keeps right on growing bettor
and hotter, nnd prosperity continues
to become moro extensive and stu
pendous nil tho time. Ho Is n daring
man who would, In vlow ot our experi
ence so far, attempt to placo any lim
its to tho prosperity which will ulti
mately be reached undor the stimulat
ing Influenco ot protection.
SIX NINETY-SIX, MAIN
"It's strange," said n bluo-oyed "cen
tral" to a "central" with gray-sreen
eyes, "that no ono ever calls up 69 G on
this circuit. Tho 'phono una been In
three or four months now, nnd I test
tho wire regularly every morning, but
thero Is no further communication with
tho houso day In nnd day out."
"Who answers when you call?" In
quired tho girl with tho gray-green
eyes.
"A man. His volco sounds ns though
ho wore old. I suppose It Is Mr. Rum
ford himself."
"Rumford, you say?"
"Gcorgo Whitman Rumford. That's
his whole mfmc. I looked him up In
tho city directory, No placo ot busi
ness Is given. Thero ts no occupation
mentioned In connection with his
name."
"My goodness, ho Is a myjtery!"
cried the girl with tho gray-green
eyes. Havo you tested tho wires yet
this morning?"
"No."
"Let mo try It then."
Sho rang up briskly. A volco an
swered: "Good morning."
"Testing the wire," responded "Cen
tral" cheerfully.
"Tho wire responds," said tho volco.
The gray-eyed "Central" turned to the
blue-eyed "Central."
"No ono over answered mo that way
before," sho observed. "Ho said: 'The
wlro responds.' "
"Yes, ho always pays that. It seems
a sensible thing to say, but it sounds
curious. I think ho jloesn't know what
pcoplo aro in tho habit ot saying over
tho telephone."
Tho weeks went by. From tlmo to
time tho girl with gray eyes would say
to Lldn Nelson, tho girl with bluo
eyes:
"Has COG been called yet?"
"Nover," said Miss Nelson, "but tho
wlro still responds."
Ono day Miss Nelson', against all
rules and regulations, attempted a di
version. "It Is nn electrical sort of a morn
ing," sho observed. "It mnkos tho
volco sound unnatural over tho wlro."
Thoro was an nccont of eagerness In
the volco that ropllcd.
"It docs, Indeed," observed GOG; "but
don't you think volco always sounds a
llttlo Btrangc In tho tolcphono?"
Miss Nelson was quite aware that
sho had no right to contlnuo tho con
versation, but she had held her curl-
"I'M ODLIGED TO YOU FOR COM-
INO IN."
oslty In check for months In tho face
of a mystery, nnd she could endure It
no longer.
"You do not uso your 'phono much,"
the said politely.
"No, no," responded tho volco, somo
what sadly, "I'm not acquainted In tho
city. I haven't much uso for a tolo
phone, It Is truo. Iiut it's a great in
vention. I enjoy it very much when
you call mo up In tho morning. I
can seo what a great convonlenco it
would bo If I wanted to ask anything
of anybody."
Thoro was something so wistful In
tho volco that Miss Nelson mado nn
apology to horsclt for tho tears that
camo In her eyes.
It was a monotonous llfo thnt sho
led. It had not much happiness in it,
and no romance. So it was not sur
prising that sho ondeavorod to probo
this, hor first mystory. Sho took tho
pains ono Sunday afternoon when sho
was nt lolsuro to call nt tho houso of
Gcorgo Whitmnii Rumford to mako nn
inquiry nbout a fictitious address. Tho
houso was now, ami ot red sandstone,
elegant, and plain, nnd tho yard, tho
walk, and tho steps woro In a condi
tion of scrupulous nentness, A young
colored man answered tho door. Miss
Nelson, blushing at hor docolt, mado
hor Inquiry In a loud tono ot volco. As
sho had hoped nnd expected, this
brought an elderly gentloman out of
tho library.
"What Is It tho lady wants to know,
John? Can I bo ot any assistance,
madam?"
Miss Nelson, hating herself for hor
duplicity, repented tho question.
Tho tnll gentleman shook hl3 head
regretfully.
"I really can bo of no assistance to
you," ho said. "I know so few persons
In tho neighborhood. Hut If you will
do mo the honor to como In nnd wait
I will send John out to mako In
quiries." "Oh, no, no," protested Miss Nolson.
"I shall havo to glvo up trying to find
my friends, I think. It 'la evidently n
mistake. It Is sometimes hard to lo
cato ono's friends In a city like thU."
"It Is, Indeed, I suppose. Unfor
tunately, I have no friends hero."
"No?"
"No; I have recently como hero. I
havo always lived in a llttlo town,
but I thought 1 would like to seo what
llfo In tho city was like."
"Yes."
"I have built this house, Won't you
ctcp In a moment nnd look nt If I
take great pleasure out of IL Tho post
man kindly stepped In tho other day
nnd looked at it, nnd he admired it
ouch."
Mls3 Nolson hesitated between pru
denco nnd amiability, nnd then, oust
ing selfish caution to tho winds, sho
went in. A prim, expensive, exquis
itely neat, and altogether unhomcllko
Interior mot her view.
"I hnd to do It qulto nlone," ex
plained Mr. Rumford. "t daro say n
lady can discover many deficiencies In
It, nnd 1 should bo glad ot sugges
tions." "You must find It pleasant living on
tho boulevard," said Miss Nelson.
"Oh, very, very! So many pcoplo
go by, I would like to ask some ot
them In, nt times, but they might think
It strange. I'm much obliged to you
tor coming In. It has mnds n very
agreeable break In tho day. I'm n llt
tlo solltnry, you know. If it woro not
for John I should bo qulto dull."
Miss Nelson was moved to shako
hands In paying farewell, and the hnnd
that took hor's was unexpectedly hard
with ancient callouses. Sho could not
make tho man out. Ho was moro ot n
mystery than over.
Sho got In the way, after this, ot
adding somo llttlo word over tho
phono, after tho dally test of tho wires,
and Anally sho confessed that It was
she who had called. Mr. Gcorgo
Whitman Rumford wns greatly pleased
nt this. Ho laughed nnd chatted nbout
It till Miss Nolson was obliged to ring
off. Ho wnntcd to send her n llttlo
gift, but sho refused very gontly to
rocolvo It. Ho nsked to take her to
church Sunday evening, but sho felt It
to bo best to refuse that courtesy, too.
Ho Inquired whether ho might not call
for her and escort hor homo. Hut she
did not nccord him tho permission. Ho
took thoso rebuffs sadly. One morn
ing there was no response when she
rang tho boll, and nftcr many trials
sho mado out that John was making
futllo attompts to bo heard. It was
John who mumblod ovor tho wires for
four successive mornings.
Miss Nolson grew anxious, nnd called
personally nt tho houso. John camo to
tho door, weeping.
"Mlstah Rumfo'd ho pass 'way dla
moh'iiln', ma'am. Ho ask mo ovah
and ovah las' night, did you tea' tho
wlaliB yet. Ho mighty ton' ob answer
lug tho 'phono, Mlstah Rumfo'd."
Llda Nolson Buffered a pang such ns
sho had nover felt before It was ro
morse. Sho wont Into tho room whoro tho
undertaker nnd his assistants wero,
having Just finished their sorry tnsk.
and sho looked with penltonco at the
white face of the loneliest man she hnd
ever known.
"I ought to havo had less proprloty
and moro humanity," she said to her
self. It was Miss Nolson, John, two or
three of tho noIghborH, nnd Mr. Rum
ford'B mnn of business who followed
tho black cofflu to tho placo ot tho
dead.'
And tho next weok Miss Nolson had
nil tho mystory solved. Tho man of
business brought hor a manuscript. It
was written for her by the dead man,
and It contnlncd a slmplo story ot a
man whoso monoy had brought him
only Isolation. With tho manuscript
was n gift.
"When you rccolvo this," tho donor
had wrltton, "I shall bo whoro you
cannot return it to mo."
"My contemptible, solflsh propriety!"
sobbed Llda Nelson. "My cownrdly
discretion! It's tho biggest chanco I
over had for giving happiness, nnd I
missed It. I let It go."
Sho was glad when her circuit was
clinngod, so that sho would havo no
further occasion to ring up Six-ninety-six,
Mnln." Chlcngo Tribune.
The Iilont Wotunu.
"Mold first her physlcnl framo, nnd
then, ns tho strength sho gains will
permit you, fill and temper her mind
with nil knowlodgo and thoughts
which tend to confirm Its nntural In
stincts ot Justice nnd roflno Its natural
taste of lovo. All such knowledge
should bo given hor ns mny enablo her
to understand, nnd even to aid, tho
work of men. It la of no moment, ns
a matter of pride or porfoctnoss In
herself, whether sho knows many lan
guages or ono, but It Is of tho utmost
that sho should bo nblo to understand
the sweetness ot a stranger's tongue.
It Is of no moment to her own worth
or dignity thnt sho Bhould bo acquaint
ed with this sclonco or thnt; that It
Is of the highest that sho should bo
trained In accurate thought. It Is of
llttlo conscqueuco how mnny positions
ot cities sho knows It lu not tho ob
ject of education to turn n woman Into
n dictionary but It Is deeply Import
nut thnt sho ho taught to oxtond tho
limits of sympnthy nnd to understand
tho nothingness of tho proportion
which thut little world in which she
lives and loves bows to tho world In
which God Uvea nnd loves." John
Ruskln.
Why Called "UriKiuntto."
A llttlo Memphis girl who Is con
stantly surprising her oldora with hor
sago remarks waa Invited out to lunch
eon ono day, and whllo she wan nt
table sho wan helped to a cromiottn,
"What Is this you gavo mo?" alio
queried with tho frank Inqulsltlvcness
of childhood, fiho was told that It waa
a croquette. "Woll, what la it mado
of?" alio Insisted. "Of chlckon," her
nmuseil hostess replied. "Oh, I sup
pose thnt la tho reason It Is called a
crow-quetto," sho nalvoly remarked.
ruzMiiiff.
Daisy Mcddors (sentimentally) Toll
mo, Abnor, why do you lovo mo so
much? Abner Appledry (practically)
Darned If I know.
MORPHINE PEAT THE DEAL BOX
Young Uambtrr l'nrtmtlmt to Stop
Whllo Ilo Wns n, Wlnn'r.
"I coo gambling Is running wldn
open In Colorado ngaln," said Walter
Harris, n cattloman of Topoka to u
Denver Republican reporter. "I don't
suppose, though, It is ns wide open
now as It was In tho Into S0j. I wna
In Mnniloit overy summer nt thnt time
and tho high games thnt used to run
nt somo of tho clubs would bo nn eye
opener to tho gamblers of tho present
dny. Cattlemen woro making money
then, ns wero tho miners, nnd they
used to moot in Mnnltou nnd try for
each other's pockctbooks, with tho re
sult that tho professional gamblers got
tho monoy. I remember how ono
young follow was mado to quit winner
ngnlnst his will. His namo was Rich
Ho was n nophow of ono of tho big
reaper men nnd his folks kopt hint
supplied with monoy, a regular allow
ance. Ho had boon gambling every
cent of It, letting bills pllo tip for ho
tel nnd livery nnd everything else. Hlo
peoplo sent word that thoy wouldn't
send any moro money, nnd said If he
got Into troublo ho'd hnvo to get out
hlmsolf. His creditors were Just nbout
ready to Jump onto him, when ono
night ho made n big winning. Ho
was playing faro in tho club thnfa
torn down now. It used to stand
over from tho dopot nnd wns tho place
for high play. I supposo ho had ?l,00J
or $5,000 In front of him when I1I3
friends began trying to persnndo him
to quit. Ho wns Just llko nil tho rest
of them, going to broak tho bank and
all that sort ot thing, and ho wouldn't
quit. It was n red jiot night for Mnn
ltou, nnd, with tho excitement nnd all
Rich hnd pulled off his coat nnd rolled
up his alcoves. Thero was a doctor
among his friends, nnd though ho
hadn't cnld nnythlng to Rich, I sup
poso ho felt n responsibility, because
tho young follow had como out bore
for his health nnd hnd boon referred
to tho Mnnltou doctor by tho doctor
ho had at homo. I wns watching thu
piny, though I didn't know any of the
pcoplo. 1 saw tho doctor turn his
back to tho crowd for n inlnuto nnd
fiddle with somothlug ho had taken
out ot his pocket. Then ho walked
over to Rich nnd put his hnnd on his
baro arm. 'You need a sedative,' ho
said. Quick ns a flash he took tho hy
podermic syrlngo ho had In his hnnd
nnd fired a charge Into Rich's nrm.
Rich said 'ouch,' nnd grabbed nt tho
plnco where ho had beon pricked, but
tho deal was going on, and ho turned
to thnt again. Iloforo halt tho cards
woro out his head settled on tho table,
ho commoncod to drnw good long
breaths and wns aslcop. Tho doctor
took tho chips, cashed thorn In, then
ho took nnd wroto n rccolpt for tho
money nnd gavo It to another friend
of Rich's to keep. Then ho took Rich,
loaded htm Into n carriage, took htm
out to his ofllco, nnd watched ovor him
until ho camo around tho noxt day.
Rich paid lits hills, but ho did no moro
gambling In Manltou. They wouldn't
lot him pluy ngaln."
GIRLS USE COLLEGE SLANG.
Homo of Their Uxprrinloni Would To
tally Vptat Tholr Kttlan.
Miss Mnry Chnrlotto Crothcrs, 1901,
Crothora, Pn., read n pnpor on "Col
lego Slnng"' recently, anya tho Bnltl
moro Sun, In which aho nald: "Any
ono who has been to Annnpolla has
heard tho remark that n cortnln endot
'bilged because ho gauged;' and who
would guess tho sontenco translated
ru n a 'tho endot wua oxpollcd becnuao
ho cheated.' You would bo puzzled If
told that Cadot Drown wns 'rntoy nnd
bo could go out in town nftcr tho
'fommo' ho wns to 'drag' to tho hop;
but it meaiiB only that ho has privil
eges which ennblo him to go out of tho
yard for tho girl ho la to escort to tho
bail. At'Weat Point n. modcat llttlo
maiden wob greatly atartled by a ca
dct'a naklng hor to 'spoon' with hltn
tho noxt dny at 4:30, Sho drew herseir
up haughtily and was nbout to admin
ister a rcbuko when tho youth hasten
ed to explain that nt Wcat Point 'to
spoon' niennt to tnko a girl walking.
At Wesloyan tho boys cnll the co-eds
'quail,' nnd their dormitory tho 'quail
rooat.' Rut If wo havo no alnng. po
cullnr to our own collego, wo cannot
llattor oursolvcs thnt wo nro freo from
tho evil, for any ono who apends u half
day within our sacred portalB will
hear an appalling nmount of tho Jnr
gon Issuing from tho lips ot our state
ly upper chiHsmen. I don't think n
girl haa much right to act down ua
rough and 'unpolished a poor llttlo
freahmnn's English, when hor own vo
cabulary consists In tho mnln of audi
oxpreaslonn na 'bono,' 'dig,' 'pull,"
'cram,' 'grind,' 'tncky,.' 'wnddy
'woolly,' 'simply great,' 'perfectly gor
geous,' 'proud to death,' 'I caro for
that,' 'forget It,' 'how ghaatly,' 'fustic,'
'.flondlah,' 'fierce,' nnd 'that girl looka
llko a peanut.' Tho freshman soon
ndds to her list nil our alanglah nb
brovlntlona ns 'aym.,' 'ehom.,' 'paych.,'
'eoch,,' 'quiz.,' 'lab.,' nnd ninth.' Theso
belong atrlctly to u collego, nnd until
sho Is fully vorscd In the loro, aho
doesn't feel nblo to converse on equal
ground with nn uppor clnasmnn."
(Irent Halt f.uke Drying Up.
According to tho Irrigation Age, the
wnters of tho Great Salt Lake in Utah
havo receded n mile In the paat year,
nnd so in o poisons think thnt within
tho coming century this wondorfnl
body of water may bo completely dried
up, Tho cuuso of tho lowering ot the
water la ascribed to tho rapid extonalon
of Irrigation dltchca, which drnw their
supply from the streams emptying Into
tho Inko, Thoro la now n "anlt dcaert"
not fnr from tho lake, which was onco
covered with wnter. Tho anlt doposll
on tho floor of tho Inko ltselt la be
lieved to bo of great thickness.
