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A Story of the Inner Visicn of the
Highianders , Commonly Called
the Second Sight.
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. By GEORGE MACDON ALD.
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CHAPTER I.
MY 11011100 ! ) .
My father belonged to the wh o-
$1)Fead family of the Campbells , and
possessed a small landed property in
the north of Argyll. But although of
long descent and high connection , he
was 110 richer than many a farmer of
a few hundred acres. For , with the
exception of a narrow belt of arable
land at its foot , a bare hill formed almost -
most the whole of his possessions. The
sltcep ate over it , and no doubt found
it good. I bounded and climbed all
.
over h. and thought it a kingdom.
h'ronl my very childhood. I had rejoiced -
joiced in being alone. The sense of
room about me had been one of my
greatest delights. Hence , when my
thought go back to those old years
it is not time house , nor the family
room , nor that In which I slept , that
titst of all rises before my inward
vi ioa , but that desolate bill , 'the top
-of. whici1 was only a wide expanse of
tunorhutd , rugged with height and hollow -
low , afI dangerous with deep , dark
poils , but in many portions purple
with ] arse-belled heather , and crowd-
+ 'd with cranberry and blueberry
plants.
! 'here was one spot upon the hill ,
half way between the valley and the
moorland , which was my favorite
haunt. This part of the hill was coy-
cletl with great blocks of stone , of all
shapes and sires-here crowded to-
gher , like the slain vllere time hattle
had been fiercest ; there narting asuu-
dt'r from spaces of delicate green-
of softest grass. In the center of one
of three green spots , on a steep part
+ of the hill , were three huge rocks-f
ttvo projecting out of the hill , rather
than standing ; up front it , and one.
Hletvise projecting fromm the hill , but
1 imig across the tops of the two , sct as
lo form a little cave. This was my
1'Pf UtC. rimy Imolame ivitlliIi a homlle , lily
stu(1y-and , in time hot noons , often my
sbpiimg chamber , and limy house of
fir ; aus.
on the opposite side of time valley ,
amiot her frill lay parallel to mine , and
! .lr ltind it. at some miles' distiuce , a
'
great mountain. As often as , in my
he'rmlt"s cave , I lifted m y eyes from
the volume I was leading I saw this
nuatintaiu before me. Very different
mvs ; its character from that of the
lull ! on which I was seated. It was a
mighty thing , a chieftain of the race ,
seanmed and scared , featured with
cllusms : and precipices and overleaning
rocks , themselves as huge as hills ; here
blckened with shade , there over-
sprea(1 with glory : interlaced with the
siivery lines of falling streams , which ,
hurrying from heaven to earth , cared
not how they went , so it was down-
war(1. Fearful stories revere told of the
gin fs , sullen waters , and dizzy heights
ttpmm that terror-haunted mountain. In
storms the wind roared like thunder
in its caverns and along the jagged
sides of its cliffs. but at other times
that uplifted land-uplifted , yet secret
and full of dismay-lay silent as a
rlod on the horizon.
( he summer evening I had lingered
longer tliau usual in nmy rocky re-
-treit : I ila(1 laic half dreaming in the
month of my cave till the shadows of
t'vemiiimg had fallen , shin the gloaming
l : ; l deepened half way toward the
night.
[ 'he mountain rose befc e me a
hm : c mass of loo'n brt l'a several
peaks stood out against the sky with a
eft ai. pure , sharp outline , and looked
itea : er to mire than the bulk from
which thec rose heavenward. One
st:11 trenlble(1 and throbbed upon the
very tip of the loftiest , the central
petk. which scemetl the spite of a
Inigity temple where time light was
woshiped--crowned , therefore. in the
ctakmiess , with the emblem of the day ,
I was lying , as I have said , with this
fancy still in nmr thought , when sud-
demmly 1 heard , clear , , though faint , and
far ; away. the 801111(1 as of au iron sho(1
ht ofs of a horse , iii a furious gallop ,
' : along an uneven rocky surface. There
was a peculiarity , too , in the sounds -
s a certain tinkle. or clank , which I
a fancied myself able , by auricular anal-
L ysis. to distinguish from the body of
the sound. A terror-strange even to
my experience-seized mime , and I hast-
ecd homime. The sounds gradually died
away , as I descended the hill. Could
they have b , en an echo from some
lccipice of the mountain ? I knew of
no road lying so that , if a horse were
u 1lOpilig upon it , time sounds would be
reflected from time mountains t0 ins.
Time next day , in one of my rambles.
I found myself imcar time cottage of nay
old foster naother , wllo was distantly
r&1at& d to us , and was a trusted ser-
e' vomit in time family at the time I was
horn. Far some years she lived alone
1 ! u a cottage. at the bottom of a deep
grt e'mi circular hollow , upon which , in
t , aikimig over a lmeathy tableland , one
tame with a sudden surprise. I was
her frequent visitor. Sire was a tall ,
thin , aged woman , with eager eyes ,
: mild wt h1 defined , clear-cut features.
Iior voice was harsh , but with an un-
tlertone of great tenderness. She was
scrupulously careful in her attire ,
tvllich was rather above her station.
Altogether , she ] mad much time bearing
of a gentlewoman. Her d votion to
me was quite motherly. : lever having
' had any family of her Owia , : , though
she had been time wife of one of my
tutlier's shepherds , she expended the
tivliole maternity of her nature upon
time. She was may first resource in any
t perplexity , for I was sure of all the
help she could give mite.
1 ran down the side of time basin , and
t.lltered the little cottage. Nurse was
: : te(1 on a chair by the wall , with her
't : tal knitting , a stocking , in one
1 ; at1 ; bat her hands were ulotioniess ,
anti her eyes wide open and fixed. I
knew that the neighbors stood rather
lu awe of her , on the ; round that she
] tat ] the second sight ; but , although
he often told us frightful enough
torter , she had newer alluded to such
t' ; t git't as being in her ptisaesslon.ow
1 concluded at once tliat she was see-
i.mg. I was contirmned in this conclu-
5ih0 when , seehmiug to come to herself
stultlcnly. she cOvt'red her head with .
her plaid , and sobbed audibly , in , spite j
- of he cffurts to cOl uaalul l1CI'3elf. But
I
I tlid not dare to ask her any ques-
ttolls , nor did she attempt any excuse
for her behavior. After a few moments -
ments , site unveiled herself , rose , and
welcomed me with her usual kindness ;
then got me some refreshment , and
began to question me about matters
at home. After a pause , she said suddenly
denly "When are you going to get
your commission , Duncan ; do you
know ? " I replied that I had heard
notlming of it ; that I did not think my
father had the hmflueimce or money to
procure ins one , and that I feared I
should have no such good chance of
: Inswe" , bt't nodded her head three
'Imes , slowly and w'tli compressed
lips , apparently as much as to say , "I
know better. "
Just as I was leaving her , it occurred
to me to mention that I had heard an
odd sound the night before. She
turned toward me , and looked at me
fixedly. "What was it like , Duncan ,
my dear ? "
"Like a horse galloping with a loose
shoe , " I replied.
"Duncan , Duncan , my darling ! " she
said , in a low , trembling voice , but
with passionate earnestness , "you did
not hear it ? Tell me that you did not
hear it ! You only want to frighten
poor old nurse ; some one has been telling -
ing you time story ! "
The next day a letter arrived , announcing -
nouncing the death of a distant relation -
tion , through whose influence my father -
ther had a lingering hope of obtaining
an appointment for me. There was
nothing left but to look out for a situation -
tion as tutor.
CHAPTER II ,
MY OLD NURSE'S STORY.
I was now almost 19. I had completed -
pleted the usual curriculum of study
at one of the Scotch universities an(1
1)OS.essc'd m' a fair knowledge of mathematics -
ematics and physics , and what I con-
i'lered rather more than a good foundation -
dation for classical and metaphysical
acquirement , I resolved to apply for
the first suitable situation that offered.
But I was spared the trouble. A certain -
tain Lord Hilton , an English nobleman -
man , residing in one of time midland
counties , hating heard that one of my
father's sons was desirous of such a
situation , wrote to him , offering me the
post of tutor to his two boys , of time
ages of ten and twelve. He had been
partly educated at a Scotch university ;
slid tlmis , it stay be , had prejudiced
Imim iii favor of a Scotch tutor ; while
aim ancient alliance of the families by
marriage was supp052(1 by lily nurse
to be the reason of his offering me the
situation. Of this connection , however -
ever , my father said nothing to mite ,
and it went for nothing in my antici-
pations. I was to receive a hundred
pounds a year , and to hold in time
family the position of a gentleman ,
which might mean anything or nothing -
ing , according to time disposition of time
heads of the family. Preparations for
my departure were immediately com-
menced.
I set out one evening for the cottage
of may old nurse , to bid her good-bye
for many months , probably years. I
was to leave the next day for Edin-
bU'g,1 , On ry way t , London , whence
I hall to repair by coach to my new
abode-almost to me like the land beyond -
yond the grave , so little did I know
about it , and so wide was the separation -
tion between it and my home.
"I am come to bid your good-bye ,
Margaret , and to hear the story which
yout promised to tell me before I left
house ; I go to-morrow. "
"Po you go so soon , my darling ?
Nell , it will be an awful night to tell
it in ; but as I promised , I suppose J
must. "
"Yes. indeed , you must , " I replied.
"How old the story is , I do not know ,
It has come down through many gen-
erations. My grandmother told it to
rue as I tell it to you ; and her mother
and my mother sat beside , never interrupting -
terrupting , but nodding their heads at
every turn. Almost it ought to begin
like the fairy tales , Once upon a
timne. ' it took place so long ago ; but it
is too dreadful and too true to tell like
at fairy tale. 'T'here were two brothers'
sons of time ehief of our clan , but as
different in appearance and disposition -
tion as two muen could be. The elder
was fair-haired and strong , much
given to imitating and fishing ; fighting ,
too , upon occasion , I dare say , when
they made a foray upon time Saxon , to
get back a Itiouthful of their own.
But he was gentleness itself to every
one ab nmt him , and the very soul of
was very dark in complexion , and tall
and slender compared to his brother.
He was very fond of book-learning ,
honor in all his dealings. The younger
which , they say , was an uncommon
taste in those times. He did not carp
for any sports or bodily exercises but
one : and tlmat , too , was unusual in
these parts. It was horsemanship. He
was a fierce rider , and as much at
home in the saddle as in lmis study
chair. You may think that , so long
ago , there was not much fit room for
riding hereabouts ; but fat , or not fit ,
he rode. From his reading and riding ,
the neighbors looked doubtfully upon
him , and v'sisper t1 of ut the black
art fie usually br : = tro"e a great , pow-
. 'rfttl bitck : in rse , without a white hair
on him , and people said it was either
the devil himself , or a demon-horse
fromm the devil's own stud. Wlmat favored -
vored this notion was , that , in or out
of the stable , the brute would let no
other than his master go near hina.
Indeed , no one would venture , after
he had killed two men , and grievously
maimed the third , tearing him with his
teeth and hoofs like a wild beast. Butte
to his master he was obedient as a
hound , and would even tremble in his
presence sometimes.
"Time youth's tempFr corresponded to
his habits. He was both bloomy and
passionate. Prone to anger , he had
never been known to forgive. De-
bar'r'ed front anything on which he lunch
set his heart he would leave gone mad
with rage. His soul was like time night.
around us now , dark , and sultry , and
silent , but lighted up by the .red Levin '
of wrath , and torn by the beltowings
of thunder passion. He must have his
will ; hell niight have his soul. Imagine
then , the rage and mnalice in his heart ,
when lie suddenly became aware that
an orphan girl , distantly related to
them. who had lived with them for
nearly two years , x11(1 whom lie had
loved for almost that period , was loved
by his elder brother. and loved him in
rctum n. He flung his right hand above
his head , swore a terrible oath , that
if lie might not , his brother should not ,
rushed out of time house , and galloped
oft anong the hills.
"Time orphan was a beautiful girl.
tail , pale , and slender ; with plentifin
- - - - i - - - - - - it . - - - . . + .
dark hair , which , when released
from the snood , rippled down below
her knees. Her appearance formed a
strong contrast with that of her favored -
vored lover , while there was some resemblance -
semblance between her and the younger -
er brother. This fact seemed , to his
fierce selfishness , ground for a prior
claim.
"It may appear strange that a man
like him should not have had instant
recourse to his superior and hidden
knowledge , by means of which ho
might have got rid of his rival with
far more of certainty and less risk ;
but I presume that , for the moment ,
his passion overwhelmed his consciousness -
ness of skill. Yet I do not suppose
that he foresaw time mode in which his
hatred was about to operate. At the
moment , when he learned their mutual
attachment , probably through a domestic -
mestic , the lady was on her way to
meet her lover as he returned from the
day's sport. The appointed place was
on the edge of a deep , rocky ravine ,
clown in whose dark bosom brawled
and foamed a little mountain torrent
You know the place , Duncan , my dear ,
I dare say.
( Here she gave me a minute description -
tion of time spot , with directions how
to find it. )
" '
"W'hetlmer any one saw what I am
going to relate , or wlmether it was put
together afterward I cannot tell. The
story is like an old tree-so old that it
has lost the ! narks of its 'growth. ' But
ti is is how my grandmother told it to
mite. An evil chance led him in the
right direction. The lovers , startled
by time sound of the approaching horse ,
parted in opposite directions along a
narrow mountain path on time edge of
the ravine. Into this path lie struck
at a point near where time lovers had
nmet , but to opposite sides of which
they had Imow receded ; so that he was
between them on the path. Turning
his horse up time course of the stream ,
he soon came in sight of his brother
on the ledge before him. With a suppressed -
pressed scream of rage , he rode headlong -
long at him , and ere he had time to
make the least defense , hurled limn
over the precipice. The helplessness
of time strong mean was uttered in one
single despairing cry as he shot into
time abyss. 'Ten all was still. Time
sound of his fall could not reach the
edge of the gulf. Divining in : i , me-
meat that the lady , whose name was
Elsie , must have fled in the opposite
direction , he reined his steed on his
haunches. lie could touch the precipice -
pice with his bridle hand half out-
stretclmecl ; his sword-hand half outstretched -
stretched would have dropped a stone
to the bottom of time ravine. There
was no room to wheel. One desperate
practicability alone renmained. Turning -
ing his horse's head toward the edge ,
lie compelled him. by means of the
powerful bit , to rear till he stood almost -
most erect ; and so , his body swaying
over time gulf , with quivering and
straining muscles , to turn on his hind
legs. Having completed the lmalf-cir-
cle , he let him drop , and urged him
furiously in the opposite direction.
It must have been by the devil's own
care that he w'as able to continue his
gallop along that ledge of rock.
"IIe soon caught sight of time maiden ,
She was leaning , half-fainting , against
the precipice. Sime had heard her lover -
er s last cry , and although it had conveyed -
veyed no suggestion of his voice to
her ear , she trembled from head to
foot , and her limbs would bear her
no further. He checked Iris speed ,
rode gently up to her , lifted her unresisting -
sisting , laid her across the shoulders
of his horse and , riding carefully till
he readied a more open path , daslmed
again wildly along the mountain side.
The lady's long hair vas shaken
loose , and drooped trailing on the
ground. The horse trampled upon it ,
an(1 stumbled , imalfdragging Imer from
time saddle-bow. He caught her , lifter -
er up , and looked at her face. She was
dead. i suppose he went ma(1. He
laid her again across the saddle before -
fore lmim , and role on , reckless whith-
er. horse and man , and maiden were
baud the next day lying at the foot
of a cliff , dashed to pieces. It was observed -
served that a hind-shoe of the horse
was loose and broken. Whether this
had been the cause of his fall , could
not to be told , but ever wimen lie races ,
as race he will till the day of doom ,
along that mountain side , his
gallop is mingled with time
clank of the loose and broken
shoe. For , like the sin , the punishment
is awful ; he shalll carry about for ages
the phantom body of the girl , knowing
that her soul is away , sitting with the
soul of his brother , down in the deep
ravine , or scaling with him the topmost
crags of the towering mountain peaks.
There are sonic who , from time to tinl.m
see the doomed man careering along
the face of the mountain , with the lady
hanging across the steed ; and they say
it always betokens a storm , such as
this which is now raving around us. "
( TO BE CONTINUED. )
Not In Bloomers.
It seems tlmat English women are
not as advanced in their ideas of hi-
cycling costumes as their French sis-
ters. However , one young woman in
London , a practical advocate of ra
dorsal dress , has just returned fromn a
successful tour of 1.200 miles on her
wheel. She suffered no discoGnfort ,
either , and she received better treatment
ment than did a lady and gentleman
on a tricycle whom she had met a. few
days previous en route , who had met
with the rudest behavior amid who hind
been followed in seine places for distances -
tances by interested crowds. The lady
wore a skirt , and this Miss Bacon
holds as a reason for the incivility. She
herself rode the whole way in her rational -
tional dress and visited cathedrals in
her knickerbockers without attracting
attention or creating any remark.-Ex
Treasure-Seekers in Florida.
"It is remarkable how many people
live in Florida for no other purpose
than hunting hidden treasure , " said
E. Jim Martin. "From the stories tatd
mt would seem that there must be millions -
lions of dollars in Spanish doubloons
hidden along the Florida coast. Some
of these have actually been found , just
enouglm to give zest to the search.
Captain Kidd is supposed to have
plauted a few hundred thousand dollars -
lars down there amid a number of other
LMI' tes used Florida soil as a deposit
bank. There are people who have
lived there for twenty years in.order
to find the treasure and have impoverished -
erished themselves in their search for
this vast wealth. There have never
been any very large fiuds but a number -
ber of small ones , and the belief that
there are large sums hidden seems to
lie universal.Cincinnatl Enquirer ,
' GRAND OLD P
REPUBLICAN RULE MEANS PRO-
TECTIdN TO INDUSTRIES.
The Time has Not Come to Discuss
Specific Measures for 1897-Socretary
Carlisle has Forgotten Cougtasetnan
Carlisle-The Good Enact.
Republicans and [ .Mectloti.
Nothing could be more unwise or
Inopportune than the bickerings which
have been started among Republican
papers , some of them of considerable
inluence and standing , in reference
to the future policy of the Republican
party on the tariff question. On one
side we are told that the great victory
of November 6 voices the demand of
the American people for time reenactment -
enactment of the McKinley bill.
On the other we are treated
to loud protests against a return
to McKinleyism , and admonished that
the defeat of the Republican party in
1892 must be accepted as a popular
condemnation of the McKinley tariff.
Both these assumptions are as unwarranted -
ranted in fact as they are premature
and impolitic , considered as attempts
to lay down time specific lines of Republican -
publican .policy in the future. One
thing may be affirmed with absolute
certainty of the meaning of the recent
state' and congressional elections. The
overwhelming victory of the Republican -
can party , following the recent
bungling attempts to tinker the tariff
by the Democratic party , and its
threats of further "reforms" in the direction -
rection of free trade , was a sweeping
condemnation both of time theories and
the practice of the Democratic party ;
both of its performances amid its promises -
ises on this question. Whatever
else that victory meant , it was an unmistakable -
mistakable amid emphatic popular dcc-
laration in favor of time Republican
policy of an adequate protection to
American industries. But what specific
measures will afford adequate peotec-
tion to American industries it will ho
quite time to consider : when the people -
ple shall have placed the Republican
party in a position to carry out its
policies , by giving it control of the
executive and legislative branches of
the government. If the popular verdict -
dict of November 6 shall be confirmed
by the results of the elections ml 896 ,
it will be three years before time Republican -
publican party can effect any positive
tariff legislation.
Meanwhile those elections are yet
to be won , and the St. Paul Pioneer
Press believes it would be the height
of folly to divide the party and time
country by premature and unseasonable -
ble controversies about specific tariff
measures. On time practical side such
controversies are necessarily futile ;
because no one can tell in 189.1 just
what kind of a tariff , so far as the
scale of duties is concerned , will suit
the needs of the country in 1897. There
hale been great changes in the economic -
nomic and industrial conditions of the
country in time ] asst four years.
What changes may take place in
the nett three years it is impossible
to foresee. When the practical
work of tariff reconstruction shall
come before a Republican congress
and a Republican president that mandate -
date of the people will be carried out
in the enactment of such a tariff'as
will at once preserve time American
market to the American workingman
and protect the consumer from time
greed of monopolistic combinations-
a tariff which will m event time destructive -
tive competition of the foreigner without -
out preventing a regulative and stimulating -
lating competition. It will be a tariff
in harmony with the principles laid
down in the national Republican platform -
form , a patriotic tariff , poking to the
industrial independence and time industrial -
trial supremacy of the united States
of America.
Zho Cool 1'.itect.
An improved condition of business
is noted since the elections. There
has been a perceptible revival of activity -
tivity in nearly all lines of trade , and
although the prices of cotton and
wheat are extremely low and railroad
returns do not show any marked increase -
crease the signs are decidedly favorable -
ble for a steady advance in all branches
of production and commerce. ' 'his results -
sults from time confidence awakened in i
the business world. The election of a
congress overwhelmingly Republican
makes it clear that there will : be no
tariff legislation in time next two or
three years which wilt have a tendency
to disturb our industries.
While there is no indication of any-
timing like a business "boom" is the
near future , little doubt exists that
production and general trade will
experience
improvement. Labor has already
begun to feel the good effect of thern
promised restoration of Republican
policy , in which the. first step was
taken by the election of a Republican
house of representatives. In same
industries wages have been advanced
and the proprietors say that "the new
schedules are due tor the Republican
vicioryand the consequentprospective
Lnerease in profits. " With the output
of factories increasing , the volume of
business constantly enlarging , the
tendency of wages upward and the
stock market indicating an infusion
of new life and vigor , the promise of
mm gradual return of better times is
cheerful and .
inspiring.--Cincinnati
Times-Star.
m'r. Cievehtnd and the Covernmont.
The president and Secretary Gresham -
am are reported as deeply incensed at
newspapers that have presumed to
criticise the course of this government -
ment iii relation to the war between
Japan and China. Judging by the
vehemence with which defense is
made for official conduct now ac-
isnowledged , Mr. Cleveland is suffering -
ing from another of his periodical
spasms against the right of the
American people to consider their '
tf
government a public institution sub.
jest to their control anti not time private -
vate estate of public servants imp.
pointed for the time to admimmister it.-
Chicago Record.
Ifns a Detective mtotnory.
I , The positive declaration of President -
dent Cleveland , right on the threshold -
hold of the now bond issue , that there
was the utmost harmony of policy and
purpose between himnseif and Secretary -
tary Carlisle , seemed to call for some
sort of an explanation from time secretary -
tary as to his sentiments on the silver
question. To forestall criticism when
his report , in which he was to promulgate -
mulgate a new currency policy , for the
gold ring reaches the public , it was
necessary that he should speak out at
once. And lie did so. Ho was rash
enough to deny that lie ever favored
the free coinage of silver. There was
no quibble in the statement whatever.
It was a plain , unvarnished declara-
tion.
tion.But
But lie has a short memory. He is
taken to be an homiest man , and it
would not be seemly to say that he
deliberately falsified his record. Let
us look back in time files of the Congressional -
gressional Record for 1577 to the
record of the passage in the house of
Brand's billfoi' , the free and unlimited
coinage of silver. He voted for it ,
says the Record , and when it came
back from the senate amended so as
to provide for the purchase and coinage -
age of silver by the government he
voted against time change ; and his
course was sanctioned by Bland and ,
all time other free coinage members.
It was only a week later that lie
voted to pass the Bland-Allison bill
over time president's veto. In time ,
Forty-sixth congress he voted for time
i\farner bill for time free and unlimited
coinage a of silver. And this is note
imis only silver record. lie even voted'
to require the secretary of the treas-
miry to pay time int rest on the public ]
debt and other coin obligations of time ,
J
government in stamidar(1 silver dollars
as well as gold.
So it will be seen that not only is
lIi . Carlisle's memory defective , but
right along during his incumbency of
his presentollice hohas been governed
by a policy wholly inconsistent with
his course as a congressman. If the
boasted harmony between the sccre-I
taey and time president is as sweet and
beautiful as Mr. Cleveland says it is ,
then Mr. Carlisle is most willingly
forgetful. and while forgetting he
doubtless reasons that lie might as
well make a clean breast of it and
leave no shreds behind to annoy his
conscience. But in the face of these )
things is it any wonder that time bus- !
ness public should harbor a profound
distrust of time acts of the administra I
tiomm in regard to time nation's finances ?
Why did Mr. Carlisle surrender
himself to the embraces of the sugar
trust ? W'hy has lie fallen into the
arms of the gold ring-Kansas ( 'ity
Journal.
Cattto I radc With Ceratanv.
There sums to be little doubt that
the action of Germany in closing her :
ports to American cattle is the fruit
of the willful and deliberate criminal
blunder made by our free trade fanatics -
atics now in fug control at Washing
ton in dealing with time sugar problem -
lem and the reciprocity treaties with
sugar-producing countries.
These financial and commercial
quacks will cost us hundreds of mu-
lions in our foreign trade before we'
an restore the treaties which Mr.
Blaine , with so much labor , patience ,
and skill , negotiated. llerclmandise
of all kinds is being rushed off to
Brazil and Cuba to be Passed through
time customs before the treaties with
those countries arc abrogated. If
these treaties are of no value , as is J
claimed by revenue reformers , why
this great anxiety to enter goods
under theme
We are feeding this year 75,000,000
bushels of wheat to animals for want
of a market for it-enough to mamma- .
facture 18,000,000 barrels of flour.
Cuba under the Biaine treaty was a
sure market for 1.000,000 barrels an-
nually. Through the action of the
Democracy this market is closed to us
after January.
The McKinley sugar policy gave
time American consumers cheap sugar
and opened in sugar-producing court-
triesla most valuable market for our
slirp us agricultural products and
manufactured goods. The sugar i
bounty if it had not been disturbed
for fifteen years would have created a
vast sugar producing industry in this
country and saved the export of $195 ;
000,000 of gold we now pay annually
for raw sugar.
We now send to Germany the 1
product of thirteen acres of wheat to
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pay for the product of one acre of
beats converted into raw sugar. Is
this common sense ? The McKinley
sugar policy must be restored at the ,
eariicst opportunity.-view York Ad- '
vertiseL
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The Itngutgo Is Yhtin.
This $50,0110,000 of new bonded a
debt , therefore , would have been
$100,000,000 or more , if the fathers
had succeeded in putting the original
Wilson bill through congress , with its
tree iron and free coal and free sugar ,
xnd so forth. The first result of the
Cleveland tariff legislation is this
crazy , stare-eyed plunge into national
poverty. Absolute idiocy never before -
fore got control of a great govern
ment.-New York Sun.
" 1iliam L.tnI 'chat ( 'onsnmme.
The soup which Mr. Wilson got at
that Loudon dinner was better than
that lie got in West Virginia. But he
will doubtless concur in the opinion
that there was not as much of it.-St
Louis Republic , Dem.
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Europe has returned $73,000,003 or
American securities since the beginning -
ning of the present aiministration ; but
they will all be wanted again as soon '
as the Republican party is restored tQ
power ,
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Queen Victoria is said tohave become
somewhat fractious , and age is telling
on her at last. Irritable as time queen
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which note afflict her , no one desires to te
see her place filled by an other. She l
has kept the balance of moral power in
her share of Europe as no crowned t
head has done before her or will be
likely to do after her.-Boston Herald.
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