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I A Oommittoe Appointed to Look Alter Nebraska's Intereats, STATE SHOULD DC REPRESENTED Engineers and Firemen of the Union I'aolflo Itejolcltig Over nn Increnie In Wage A Great Demand for Corn Otlicr Nebraska Matters. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Nov. 19. Secretary Reeves of the- Joint comtnlttco on leg islation and stato and territorial ex hibits haa received a letter from Mr. O. W. Wattles, president of tho Union National bank, Omaha, Neb., who Is untiring In his efforts to promote Ne braska's participation In tho Louisiana Purchase- exposition. Mr. Wattles re cently had an Interview with Governor Savago on this matter, and In vlow of tho fact that tho last legislature mado no appropriation, and tho next session will not be hsld until January, 1003, tho governor, at his suggestion, agreed to appoint a commission for tho stato to servo without pay until nn appro priation can bo mado by tho legisla ture. Ho will make up this commis sion from among tho most, prominent and influential men of the state, with a vlow of having them provide tho necessary funds for tho preliminary work Incidental to representation of tho stato at tho exposition. This com mission will probably be appointed In a fow days. Mr. Wattles believes that ho voices tho earnest desire of Nebroskans In tho declaration that nothing should bo left undono to tho end that their state may ho properly represented by an exhibit of her vast resources at this great ex position. ENGINEERS ARE HAPPY. Overland Locomotive Driver Gain Point! Contended For. OMAHA, Nob., Nov. 19. Tho griev ance boards of tho brotherhoods ot engineers and flromon on tho Union Pacific havo Just concluded a session lasting a month and a half with the officials of tho roads at Omaha. Dur lng this conference tho wngo Bcale and running schedules woro revised. In many Instances nn lncreoso of pay was secured. Tho main features of the advanco refer to tho now big engines tho company has put Into Bervlco and tho yard engines. On tho new com pound engines and the "1700" class of big slmplo engines the engineers get an advanco equal to 15 cents per 100 miles and tho firemen an advance ol 10 cents per 100 miles. For tho "1820" class of compound engines tho advance Is 15 cents on both engineers and fire men. On tho yard engines the ad vanco In pay varies with tho locality and ranges from 16 to 25 cents per day, tho flromen getting tho big end of tho raise. It Is stated that In most varda tho nav will bo advanced 25 cents a day on both sides of tho en glne. Oldest Locomotive Knitlnerr. OMAHA. Nov. 19. Tho oldest loco- motlvo engineer In tho United Statej M!and perhaps In the world has be'on discovered running out of Cheyenne on tho Union Pacific. Ho Is "Old Undo George" Garrett, as every one knows him, 87 years ot age and for moro than sixty years an engineer In active service. Ho has not, however, boon In tho employ ot tho Union Pa cific as long as some other englneors. Plentv of liny for Cattle. GANDY, Neb., Nov. 19. Tho con tinuation of good weather doubly as sures tho ranchmen of Logan county that tho hay crop Is sufficient to win ter at least 20,000 head of cattle In Logan county this year. Good river bottom hay Is selling for $3.G0 por ton. llnrkett Ones to Ulencoe. LINCOLN, Nov. 19. Congressman Burkott left for Glenwood, Iowa, whero ho will visit his mother. After spend ing a fow days at his former homo ho will co to Washington to begin tho work of tho coming congressional ses sion. Ooe In for Fifteen Years. CLAY CENTER, Nob., Nov. 19. Peyton Denton, colored, was found guilty of assault on Mrs. Dr. Halo of Edgar, and Judge Stubbs sentenced him to fifteen years at hard labor In the penitentiary. Onice County .Man Insane. BEATRICE, Neb., Nov. 19. fleorgo Peterson of Hnnovcr township, this county, was adjudged Insane by the Insanity board and taken to the asy lum, Uroat Demand for Corn. OMAHA, Nov. 19. Thoro Is a great domand among Omaha grain dealers for corn for tho south. Kansas City and other polntB In Missouri nro very anxious to get this grain and have offered 01 cents for shelled corn froo on board cars at this point. Dealers aro unable to supply tho quantity re quired at any price and say that thoro is very little free corn in tho stato. Kansas has practically disposed of its MAY TEST LAW'S LEGALITY. Might to Sell lluttorlne Questioned lit Fremont. FREMONT, Neb., Nov. 18. An Inter esting question has been raised by a Fremont groceryman In regard to tho alo of butterlne. Stato Food Commis sioner S, C. Bossott of Gibbon was In tho city and took tho groceryman to task for disposing of that articlo with out a stato license Tho latter Imme diately produced n federal license and assertod that he wa3 carrying on his business under that In a manner ac cording to law. Food Commissioner Cassott told tho dealer that ho would havo to tako out a llccnso under tho stato laws also or bo amcnablo to Uio penalties. Tho groceryman said that no would do so providing Armour's and Cudahy's packing plants as Omaha wero also roqulrcd to obey tho law. Tho chief dlffercnco between tho fod- oral and stato puro food laws Is that tho former permits tho salo of colored buttorlno when properly labeled, while tho latter prohibits it altogether. Tho local dealer denies thnt ho has ovor sold butterlne Instead of butter, but de clares his business Is entirely open and nbovo board. If pooplo call for butter they get It, whllo It they doslro tho buttorlno at tho cheaper price ho soils It to them. AS TO NATIONAL LEGISLATION Mcniurei that Senator Dietrich of No- brimkn 'Will l'mh. OMAHA, Nov. 18. On matters of na tional legislation Senator Dietrich pro poses to push a. bill making tho carna tion tho national flower. "Tho carna tion 1b a mighty flno flower," ho said, ''varl-colorcd and ornamental and a fa- vorlto In all sections. To make It tho national emblom will bo a fitting trib ute to tho martyred president, William McKinloy, whoso favorlto flower It wac." Tho senator will also lend his aid to tho project of western Irrigation un dor tho direction of tho federal gov ornmont "I bollovo at this session," ho Bald, "wo can mako at least a start along tho lino of leasing govornmont lands and applying tho proceeds to tho construction of Irrigation rcsorvolrs." OMAHA FEDERAL BUILDING. I'ermlslou Asked to Proceed With Ita Construction. OMAHA, Neb., Nov. 18. Superin tendent of Construction Murdock ot tho Omaha federal building has writ ten to the supervising architect at Washington for permission to resumo work on tho annex of that building pending a sottlemcnt of tho negotla tlons now In progress between that offlco and Senator Millard regarding the chnngo In tho plans which tho senator suggested somo tlmo ago. At tho present tlmo a fow mon nro em ployed In straightening up work which wns begun somo tlmo ago, but tho superintendent is of tho opinion that a full force can bo worked upon tho north and south wings on work which must bo done, tho completion of which will not lnterforo with the con struction of tho western corridor upon any plan which may bo adopted. Election Expenses. LINCOLN, Nob., Nov. 18. A num er or election cxpenBo Biaiomonis wero filed with tho secretary ot state. Conrnd Hollenbcck, defeated candi date for tho offlco of supremo Judge, admits thnt ho is out $100, having do nated voluntarily $50 to tho demo cratic stato commltteo and nn equal amount to tho populist commltteo. E C. Calkins, successful candidate for regent, wont back $5, which ho gavo to tho local campaign commltteo Eleventh Judicial district, spent $00.50 for tho honors of tho office. Test Co" dot's Kudurnnoe. ALLIANCE, Neb., Nov. 18. Ed Loomls, an omployo of tho Spndo ranch, waB brought to an Alllanco hospital nearly dead. Ho had boon thrown from a horse, both bones of one of his legs being broken, and was so exposed to tho cold that whon found ho was too exhausted to speak. Ho had crawled four miles. To Tap the Itlver. LINCOLN, Nob., Nov. 18. John Me Donald of Donkloman has filed an ap plication with tho secretary of tho stato board of Irrigation nsklng that ho bo allowed to tap tho south fork of tho Republican rlvor In order to socuro water for a ditch two miles lony. tn sun oa to his farm. Sixty New Cells. LINCOLN, Nob., Nov. 18. Tho Stato Board ot Public Lands nnd Buildings will meet here soon to award a con tract for sixty now cells at the stato penitentiary. Suffrage Elect Officers. LINCOLN, Nob., Nov. 18. At tho session ot the convention of suffragists tho following officers woro elected Mrs. Clara A. Young of Broken Bow was ro-electod president; Mrs. Aman da Marblo of Table Rock was again chosen vlco president. Tho assocla tlon re-elected Miss Nolly Taylor of Mrs. Ida L. Donny ot Lincoln record lng secretary. Mrs. J. A. Dompstcr of Omaha was tho successful caodldato for treasurer. MAY RAISE PREMIUM RATE" Blate Officials Snek a Method to Invest Store School Fundi. LINCOLN, Nob., Nov. 13. Tho scarcity of securities of tho kind avnlU nblo under tho law for tho Invest ment of tho permanent educational funds of tho state has caused tho Stato Board of Educational Lands and Funds to consider raising tho usual premium rato which has been paid by Treasurer Stuefer. Stato warrants, which draw interest at tho rato of 5 per cent, nro being bought for tho permanent fund at n premium of ono halt of 1 per cont and tho premium usunlly paid for county bonds Is of a size that will lcavo tho stato n rov enuo of at least 3 por cont. Thcso rates aro governed largely by competi tion. There are lnnumorablo bidders for both stato warrants and county bonds and oftentimes the stato loses a big bunch of securities through tho higher bidding of outsldo persons. Former Treasurer Mesorvo frequently paid us high as 1 por cent for stnto warrants and when tho rato of in terest wns G per cent tho premium sometimes was 2 per cent THE LAND LEASING TOUR. Everywhere There Is Good Demand and the Kidding Spirited. LINCOLN, Nob.. Nov. 1C Land Commissioner Follmer and Doputy Eaton havo returned from their bcc ond land loaslng tour In Boutheru Ne braska and next weok they will bo- gin tho holding ot auctions In tho northwestern part of tho stato. Wo havo held auctions In nearly all counties In tho two southern tiers west of Clay and Nuckolls counties nnd havo leased approximately 25,000 acres of land," Bald Mr. Eaton. "Every where thoro has been a good demand and the bidding has gono consider ably higher than wo expocted. Tho farmers In tho territory wo havo vis ited are well satlsllod with tho pros pects nnd nro enlarging tholr farms wherever they can find vacant land convenloutly situated. Tho bonuses offered vary In different, sections, but aro unusually high considering tho lo- cal crop damage ot tho last summer. Noxt Monday wo begin tho loaslng of land In tho extreme western and noithern part of tho. stato and from thoro wo will work eastward Into the Elkhorn valley country." NEBRASKA'S BUFFALO EXHIBIT A. Ilandiorae Ualance After All Expemcs Are Paid. LINCOLN, Nob., Nov. 1C "Thoro will bo a balanco ot approximately $2,000 left In tho treasury after all expenses of our exhibit nt Buffalo aro paid," said E. L. Vanco, Nebraska commissioner In chargo of tho state's exhibit at tho Pan-American expoBl tlon. Mr. Vanco was In Lincoln clos lng up tho affairs of tho commission; preparatory to paying tho last of tho bills outstanding. "I can't glvo exact figures, but ', bellovo tho total expenses of tho com mission and exhibit, Including salar ies, will not bo over $8,000. Wo havo conducted our work economically and nro confident that wo gavo tho best posslblo display for tho amount ex pended. Asldo from a fow ot the showcases, practically all of tho ox hlblt was dlaposod of at Buffalo." Fod and Lor Sobool Ilouses. LINCOLN, Nob., Nov. 1C Tho at tentlon of Superintendent Fowler waB called to an articlo which recently appeared In an Omaha nowspaper and which wns Bald to bo a description ot tho only log school house In Nebraska, This structure, according to tho story 1b on Bollovuo island, but will soon bo torn away to mako room for i moro pretontlons building. In a vol umo soon to bo Issued Mr. Fowler will describe 112 other log school houses in this Btato and 505 In tho same territory that aro mado of sod. Ilurglnrs Invade Coxad. COZAD, Nob., Nov. 10. Three rob beries took placo hore. Tho general Btoro of Banks & Eoff was broken Into and about $500 worth of goods taken, consisting of overcoats and clothing. Tho meat market of II. BurneB was also looted and consider able meat and provisions taken, also tho flour and feed Btoro of J. H. Dar ner was entered and somo flour and potatoes taken. State Hunk of Nemaha. LINCOLN, Nob., Nov. 1C Secre tary Royso has Issued a charter to tho Stato bunk at Nemaha, Nemaha county. It 1b capitalized for $5,000 and tho Incorporators nro: William Campbell, Frederick E. Allen and El mer E. Allen. Cattle Interest In Dawson County, LINCOLN, Neb., Nov. 10. "We nov or had so many cuttle In Dawuon county as at tho present time," said Senator Owens to a reportor. "Stock Is being shipped In for tho winter and tho shipments to market are very light, We havo an abundnnco ol rough feed In Dawson county and aro ablo to tako caro ot lots ot stock that canot bo wintered In other places. Alfalfa and buflV.o grass produced good crops, THE LIVE STOCK MARKET. Latest Quotations From 8oath Omaha nnd Kansas City. SOUTH OMAHA. CntUo-Cnttlo receipts continued liberal, making tho receipts for tho week to date compnro favorably with last week, nnd nlso with tho same period of Inst year. Tho demnnd for tho better grades was) active, so thnt tho market wns brisk nnd no Important chntigc In prices wero noted. Thero wero nbout twenty-five? cars of corn-fed steers In tho ynrds, nnd tho ounllty of tho offerings ns n whole was irood. Receipts Included nbout fifty earn ot cows nnd heifers. Tho demand wns a llttlo moro nctlvo on tho better grades thnn It wns yestenlny nnd tho mnrkot could bo quoted steady. Hulls, vent calves nnd stags sold without material change from yesterday's quotations. Thero wero not many desirable grades of stoclcers nnd feeders on salo, so that anything answering to that description wns picked up In good season at steady prices. The demnnd for tho common Kinus wns limited, tho same ns It hns been for somo tlmo past, nnd sellers nnd consid erable difficulty tn disposing of that class of cattle. There wns nn nctlvo demnnd for western rango boot steers nnd ns a result tho flftocn cars offered sold at good strong prices. Hogs Hecclpts of hogs wero ininy nn- ernl. mnklng tho supply for tho four days of this work considerably In excess of both tho corresponding days of Inst week nnd the snmo dnys of Inst year. Tho market nt this point opened up In rood sensnn. with prices a good nlcKei hlcher thnn venterdnv's avcrngo market. As the morning ndvnnced the market took on moro life nnd prices grew stronger ni n rnpld rato. At tho closo nn advance of 7Hffl0o over yesterday's average wns noted. Tho enrly snlcs were mostly ni J3.C5. Later on tho bulk sold at and on tho closo t3.C7W and $3.70 wero tho popular prices. Sheop-Thero wero qulto a few sheep nnd lnmhs on sale, but nearly everything offered was feeders. There wero a few cars, however, of natlvo corn-feds, which sold at good, steady prices. Packers seem to bo anxious for supplies here hut they olalm that prices nro too high In com parison with other points. The focdor mnrket wns not very brisk, ns tho num ber of buyers wns- rather limited. Homo of tho hotter grades sold nt Just nbout stendy prices, hut nsldo from thoso tho mnrket wns dull and weak. Old ewes in particular nro hnrd to move, nnd prices aro now considerably lower than they have been In somo tlmo past. KANSAS CITY. Cattle Corn-fed steers opened 10c high er nnd closed steady; Texnns, 10c higher; others, stendy; cholco export and dressed beef steers, 5.701?C.23; fnlr to good, tl.MWJ 5.00; stockers nnd feedors, J2.WMft.23; west ern fed steers, tt.40ft5.50; western rango steers. $3.2iT4.D0; Texas nnd Indian steers. tt.75SI.40; Texns cown, $2.00fi2.!W: nntlvo cows, t2.DOfl'4.25: hclfors, J3.23ft5.35; can nors. tl.5Otf2.40; bulls, J2.S3tf3.90; calves, t3.005.25. Hogs Heavy, Bo higher; light and pigs. Go lower; top. J3.D3; hulk of sales, J5.30J 5.83; heavy, t3.W5.firi; intxod packers, t5.53 415.85; light, tl.80fl5.S0; pigs. tl.251N.75. Sheep and Lambs Market strong to 10a higher; natlvo lnmhs, t.00N.60; west ern Iambs, t3.75if4.60; nntlvo wethers. t3.25 33.C0; western wethers. t2.853.35; yenr llngs, t3.C3tf3.80; ewes, t2.5093.23; culls, tl.50ff3.25. NO PROMISE TO BRIGANDS United States Hal Not Guaranteed Them Immunity From I'unlihment. WASHINGTON, Nov. 1C It Is Bald nt tho stato department that no au thorization has been sent Consul Gen eral Dickinson to promise exemption from punlshmont of tho brigands who kidnaped Miss Stone, as ouo ot tho conditions of her ransom. In fact, our government has not authorized any promlso whatever to be mado that would bind Its hands In dealing with tho subject In tho future, or that would prevent It either from Insist ing on tho punlshmont ot the brlgandB or from lodging a domand for full In demnity for tho money which may bo paid over an ransom for Miss Stone. Thero Is no disposition to disavow- any of Mr. Dickinson's acts, hut tho officials hero aro confident that ho has not compromised the ense. Be cause ot his diplomatic rank it Is left to Mr. Spencer Eddy, United States chargo at Constantinople, to make any necessary representations ot a dlplo raatlo character, and that ho 1b oxer clslng IiIb functions In that direction Ib exhibited In tho dispatches publish ed today disclosing tho character .of tho representations ho has beoa making to tho Bulgarian agents at Constantinople, NEELEY IS SQUIRMING Audlencla Ileroinmeuds (Sentence In Cu bit n I'ostal Fraud Clues. HAVANA, Nov. 1C Tho defendants In tho Havana postofllco fraud cases havo been granted an extension of ton days In which to fllo their answers to tho charges of tho fiscal. A dispatch to tho Associated Press from Havana said that tho indict ments In theso casecs sent by tho nil dlencla Implicated Rathbone Jointly with Noeloy and Beeves In defraud lng tho government and recommended that each bf tho accused men bo fined $150,000 and that Rnthbono bo sen tenced to twenty-flvo years, Noeley to twenty-five years nnd six months and Reeves to twonty-four years and olx months' imprisonment. Territories Send a Lobby. MUSKOOEB, I. T.. Nov. 10. Six delegates to Washington, who uro to remain in that city during tho prcsont session of congress and work In he half of Btntchood for Oklahoma nnd Indian Territory, woro appointed as result ot tho statehood convention Just hold here. Oklahoma elected ox-Gov ornor Barnes, Chnrles F. Barrett and Thomas II. Doylo, and Indlnn TcrrI tory decided upon thrco prominent mon who will undertako to act. A OTTESTTON OF TTMTC tx. uAJuxxuii jx .uxiixxj, TARIFF REVISION WILL GOME WHEN NEOESSARY. No Undue Haito Will lie Taken Thnt Slight Injure American Industries tlrent Care Will lie Taken to See Thnt Our Smaller Capitalists Are Protected. From American Economist: Tho Schonectndy Star exhibits astonish ment at tho statement ot tho American Economist that tho tlmo will conio whon It will bo necessary to rovlso tho tariff. It thinks that: "Whon nano folks read tho admls nlon In tho Economist thnt thoro ever will nrrlvo a tlmo whon It will not bo tncrllcgo to tlnkor tho blessed Dlngloy bill, they will pinch thoniBclves to soo If thoy nro nwako and will surely con cludo Uiat tho lulllcnlum 1b In sight. 'Every ono agrees that tho tariff will havo to bo revised In tlmo.' What tlmo? Babcock says, 'Now Is tho ap pointed tlmo; now Ir tho dny of sal vation nnd Invites sinners to repent ance. Tho Economist admits that It must bo dono In tlmo, but bolabors poor Bab for Betting tho tlmo prema turely." This shows how difficult It Is for tho average frco trade lntolloct to correct ly graBp tho truo principle of protec tion. It is, in fact, Impossible for tho frco trader to understand that thoro Is a wldo gulf hotweon tho rnsh and reckless ripping up ot a tariff In tho Intorcst of froo trndo nnd tho consorv atlvo, lovql-hcadcd ndhoronco to a tar iff that has thus far produced a pros perity uncqunlcd In tho world's history until such tlmo ns oxporlcnco nnd tho development of events shall show tho wisdom of changing that tariff. Tho Star Is right In ono thing. It Is, In deed, a question of time, Unllko Mr. Babcock and his rovlslonnry brothron who would tear open tho tnrlft ached' ulcs as a means ot attacking real or Imaginary ovlls which did not grow out of tho tariff, do not flourish becauso ot tho tariff, and would not bo romedlod by tho romovnl of tho tariff, tho Amor- lean Economist says, Go slow,, lot Uio tariff alono; glvo business n chanco; and whon It becomes clear that tho greatest good of tho greatest number will bo conserved by rovlalon, then tho work ot revision will bo undortnkon by tho only party to which tariff legisla tion can bo safely Intrusted, tho party ot patriotism, progress and protection, But not until then. WHY THE MILLS RESUMED. Tho Washington Times says editori ally, referring to tho Dlngloy law: wo may conceuo that tnoro was not a gcnornl reoponlng of tho mills until after that measuro was passed; hut that was merely becauso tho man ufacturing lntorests woro desirous ot pointing to tho ldlo mills as an argu ment In favor ot tho tariff which they wanted." Whon bo rnbld a frco trndo organ as Uio Washington Times is willing to conccdo oven such a solf-ovidcnt fnct as that tho mills woro closed under tho operation of tho WIlBon law and did not rcopon until tho Dlngloy law wns enacted, thoro Is hopo. Tho only thing which can account for tho frco trado delusion Is tho failure to rccogntzo In dustrial facts. Tho Bccond part ot tho Bcntouco quoted is bo manifestly ridic ulous as almost not to call for com ment. Mon aro In business for tho purposo of making money. Thoy aro not bo blindly loyal to any economic theory as to let good business oppor tunities go by for tho BaKo of bolster ing up tholr theories. It tho mills woro ldlo, as thoy woro, It was because It would not havo paid to run them. Tho pleasure of bolng ablo to point to tho Dlngloy law as a restorer of prosper ity would hardly havo boon sufficient to mako up for tho lost dollars. When tho frco traders aro drlvon to tako rof ugo In such absurd statements aa this in order to support tho claims of tho policy they advocato, thoy but mako moro ovldont tho weakness of tholr position. BABOOOK MAY NOT PUSH HIS BILL Mr. Babcock ot Wisconsin, Author of Uio bill to put Iron and steol products and somo otltor things on tho frco list, which ho Introduced in the last Con gress and which he hns said he would introduce In tho next house, seems to bo changing his mind. Asked today as to whether or not ho Intends to push the bill at tho coming session ho ropllcd: "I won't dovclop my plans until I conror witn my colleagues, but I may nay that this Ifl recognized In tho Northwest uu a prlnclplo thnt will go on, rognrdless of whether it Is pimhed by mo or not. Tho peoplo of tho North west aro with mo on this question, and I would not havo tho least tear of stumping my district on this question alono." Somo of Mr. Babcocu's discreet friends havo beon saying all along thnt ho would, when ho hod fullor Informa tion on tho Niibjoct, abandon his prop osltlon to destroy tho protoctlvo tariff, qb that would be tho result ot tho pas- Kago of his bill, and thoy now assort tiiut ho has secured that knowledge and will drop tho subject. If senntors nnd representatives from tho West are any guide to public sen timent there tho Babcock bill hnB no support In tho Republican party In tho West. Tho Senntors from Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and othor states have declared thnt tho Republicans of tholr respective states would not support any measuro do Blgncd to destroy tho protective tariff, ns would ho tho result of the pnssngo of tho Babcock bill. Every Ropubllcan member of the ways and means com mltteo of the last congress, excepting Mr. Babcock and ono othor, hns do- clnrcd ngalnst the proposod measure., Mn Dubcock OTldontly begtna t0 ni). prcclato tho mistake he has mado and will act accordingly. Philadelphia Press. SENATOR HOAR'S WISE WORDS. American manufacture, as Its friends f ""iiuwu mo Jviuur.Litu raaruoi. wow mo inanuincuirors ortno country nro girding tholr loins for that struggle I bco it is proposod to begin operations by making reciprocity trea ties with leading manufacturing na tions of tho world, especially with our manufacturing rivals. Now I do not wish to ho understood as opposing altogether nnd In nil enscs bucIi commercial arrangements, whon mado cnroftilly and wisely and In a constitutional way. I shall pay tho highest respect and dctoronco to tho conclusion wh.ch tho president, a great authority, porhaps tho greatest living authority on that class of questions, may dcllboratoly form. But I am bound to caution tho man ufacturers ot tho country not to entor upon this gront strugglo with all man kind for an antagonist by placing any fetters upon their own limbs. Tho possession of your own market is what has gained for you tho power nnd tho opportunities to enter upon foreign markets. Bo careful that you do not throw away that vantago ground. Remember that nearly every considerable reciprocity treaty wo havo ever made, especially our old reclproc- uy tronty with Canada, nns been a sourco ot unmarked voxatlon, and you woro eager to get rid of It as Boon as Its term oxplrod. It you mako a mis take In this mattor tho mletako la Ir reparable. Tho national faith becomes plcdgod. A FREE-TRADE STAR GAZER. An astronomer used to walk out every night to gazb upon tho sta-ts. It happenod ono night that as ho was wandering In tho outskirts ot tho city, with his wholo thoughts wrapt up In tho sklcs.ho fell Into a well. On halloo ing and calling out, ono who hoard his cries ran up to him, and when ho had listened to his story said, "My good man, whllo you nro trying to pry Into tho mysteries ot heaven you overlook tho common objects that aro under your feet" THE FARMER'S HOME MAR.KET. If thoro nro any farmers who Im agine that tholr branch ot Industry Is not bonofitcd by tho tnrlft on stool, and In fact by all tariffs that tend to pro moto tho establishment of manufactur ing Industries in this country, lot thorn rolled what would happen it all tho workmen now engngod In turning out domestic manufactures woro romovod from this country and set to work, say in England. Would not tho homo mar ket for foodstuffs and othor agricultur al producers bo curtailed by such de portation? Instead of selling such a largo pcrcentago ot farm products to homo consumors, tho farmor would bo obliged to soil thorn abroad, and would bo mulcted for tho frolght nnd charges. Tho homo market 1b tho moBt profit able market for tho farmer, and any thing that tends to lncreoso tho homo consumption ot products Is of bonoflt to tho men on tho farms as woll as to tho mon in tho workshops and tho stores. Minneapolis Trlbuno. FREE-TRADE AND SAVINGS. Thero Is no bettor way to Judge tho futuro than by tho past. From tholr oxporlonco, tho peoplo ot this country. eapeclally tho "middle cIosb" and tho worklngmon, can roadlly forcsco that tho abolition of protection, which has enabled them to Increase their savings a billion dollnrs In tho pnst four years, and tho adoption of frco trado, with tho Idleness and want which followed that policy before, would not prcsont any necessity for postal savings banks. During frco trade In this country tho 'mtddlo class" and tho worklngmon woro more Interested In and had mora uso for frco soup houses than savings bankB.'and Uio siuno conditions would obtain If froo trade wero again Inaugu rated. Helena (Mont.) Record. HOME FIRST. Soma mon, most nil freo traders, aro fools enough to arguo that becauso Germnny and a fow other countries dc not llko our tariff wo must materially modify if not replaco It. Woll, it makes no difference whether Gorraany likes It or not, as long ns Protection enriches our country, dovolops our re sources, builds up manufactories, gives moro employment and better wages tc our peoplo, and furnishes un tho bosf market In tho world right hero at homo for our products, wo will main tain Protection. Wo aro legislating for tho United States, not Germany, England, or any othor foreign country, London, Ky., Echo. Out of 150,000 houses or flats Id Glasgow 30,000 woro found to havo but ono room, and 70,000 hut two rooms. vui.. ir--i -mi entire crop.