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As she looked the prayer' forhel
died on her lips , the tumult In he
heart ceased , and she knew Edith
I husband was at that moment as sai
from molestation from her as if a'
ready ten thousand miles of water fiov-
ed.between them. No impulse urged he
as she had feared to throw herself a
his feet and tell him she could ncvs
leave him again , that he. must give u
home.and children for her sake. N (
she felt she could sit in his presenc
till morning , watch him playing wit
hischildren , chatting familiarly wit
his so-called wife , and never even wls
to claim him as her own , because he
love for him was .dead. She cared n
more for him for whom she , hid sacri
fifced her youth , almost her life.
She watched him passing out , fol
lowed by his family , then rose with ;
bewildered gesture , scarcely knowlni
where she was. She looked at her com
panion , still sleeping -in her cornel
from her to Mrs. Dennys , who cami
flouncing in for the fourth and las
time , and who addressed -her uncere
moniously.
"Oh ! Can you tell me , please , if m :
maid has returned ? No ? If she doe :
will you tell-her the box has baei
found , and we " Then the maid ap
pearing , she went on , "Oh , here yoi
are ! The box has turned up and w <
are ready to start at last. Are th <
children In the landau ? Lam'takinj
Master Percy In the brougham witl
me.Be sure to put my 'dressing-
case on the , front seat. J. think , .that's
all. Oh , if ever I travel with such s >
nursery again ! " she muttered , impa
tiently fastening on a gauze veil be
fore the glass. "I wonder where Paul
is ? Does he intend driving in the
brougham or laudau ? I haven't..sesa
/'Mr. Dennys , madam , has gone on
foot he said it was such a fine night
he would like the walk across the
" ;
fields./ >
. "Fine night ! Why , it is raining hard
and.bfowing almost a gale.Extraordi-
nary idea ! "
rj\t last the station was clear : of Mrs.
Dennys , her nursery , maids and foot
men ; and Helen , unable to bear the air
of the room where so many emotions
lia.d been crowded , went out to breathe
in. the gale. _ t
She hurried along heedless of where
she was goitfglier cumbrous'bonnet
swinging in her hand , her cloak flying
out behind her like a great black wing.
Was she glad or sorry , relieved or
disappointed ? Had she ever loved
him at all , even in those sunny days
before she had heard Edith's name ?
If she had lived out her life in peace
"by his side , if lie had never .wanted to
desert her , never cared for another ,
would she in time have come to feel
towards him as she had felt at that
moment ? Would he have fallen by
degrees from the pedestal on which
: she had placed him , or would
Ihe have always remained enthroned in
Iher foolish Infatuated eyes ?
S..These and a hundred other questions
she asked herself vainly , as she hur
ried through the storm ; but she could
find no answer , .her mind was racked
for the moment , the only feeling clear
to her was a sense of self-pity and con
tempt for the years she had wasted in
futile anguish.
Even now the tempter whispered ,
was it too late ? After all she was
only twenty-six years of youth lay
before her If she wished. Why not
coax fire and life back to her dimmed
eyes , paint her pale cheeks , let her
dark hair grow , and taste pleasure af
ter her long fast therefrom ? Why
not bring men to her , feet , shallow
faithless men , as she hai done , before
make other wives weep as" she had
wept ? Surely she had endured enough
already ; was there sense in donning
sackclotli and ashes to the end , deny
ing-herself constantly , living in the
midst of misery , disease and death ,
when she had been no wilful sinner ,
but one who had been sinned against
from the beginning ?
Thus cynically musing , she leaned
over the bridge under which she had
once passed , fighting unconsciously
for the life she had longed to destroy ,
and peered into the dark water.
"What a fool I was what a wild
mad fool , " she laughed bitterly ; "and
my mother before me ! Only there was
no turning back for you , poor mother
no turning back for you ! "
With a shudder she passed aimless
ly on , her short hair blowing about
her face , and went into the church-
yard""again. She paused among the
reeds ; then , turning down the side
path that led to the cross , the moon
shone'full for yc moment upon the
dreary spot , and she distinctly saw
the figure of a man stretched face
downv/ards on her grave , and that
man was Edith's husband.
With a stiScd scream , her hands in
stinctively flying to her face , she start
ed back , and .Paul , looking. , up , saw
her. She hoard his voice upraised in
a loud cry a cry that went "to her
heart like a Unite and sent .every
nerve in her body quivering with a
fierce pain of old , which she had be
lieved stilled forever ; , one second's
-cared Inaction and the nest she was
Across the churchyard , flying , as if for
*
she heard his voice , then foot
steps following eagerly. Redoubling
her Bpecd she struggled on , " knocking
against headstones and eypresse-
stumbling over the low. grassy mound
that covered.the nameless dead , long
Ing for some grave to open and engul
her , for the suffocating waters to clos
round her "again "and bear her out o
reach of. him , whom she , alas , sti ]
loved better than her own. life or he
eternal- welfarewhosepeace , "home
happiness , she was about to destro ;
forever. . . . . ;
Her breath "came in panting gasps
the ground .surged under her feel
Nearer and nearer came the pursuin ;
sounds , and clearer the entreatin ;
voice. Unless the moon would sll ]
behind that bank of heavy cloud , to
wards which it was traveling , oh , s <
slowly , and'euable her to drop into tin
ditch that lined the churchyard ii
three more strides , she felt that al
was lost , the purpose of her sevei
years' struggle In vain in vain oh
worse than a thousand times in vain
she knew !
It was. Sh.e , never rpached the shel
terlng ditch , his hand fell heavily upcr
her shoulder , and , with a moan ol
despair , the poor soul dropped .to thf
ground and lay at his feet cowerinj
and whimpering in the wet grass like
a frightened child.
After a short silent struggle he lift
ed her up and plucked her hands from
her face.
-"It is you you ! " he cried. "Helen ,
my wife , oh heaven ! "
The moon ; just grazing the murky
mass of vapor , covered them in .her
wan white'glare. H2lenr numb with
horror , looked at him whom a short
half hour before-she had seen in the
bloom of prosperous comely prime ,
now changed changed into a haggard ,
storm-beaten aged man , with dimmed
.heavy eyes , worn wistful face , and
hair plentifully sprinkled with grey ,
robbed of youth , health , , hope , peace ,
by that moment's glance at her.
At this , piteous sight love rose in
arms , quickened her fainting soul , and
roused her numbed limbs to resistance.
She struggled and shook him off
fiercely. - _ * *
"Who who are you ? How dare you
you touch .me ? .What do you mean ?
Are you you mad or tipsy , to as
sault a harmless stranger like "that ?
I I "
"Helen-Hclen , " he .exclaimed , in a
sighing whisper "oh Helen ! "
She stammered , stopped , swayed ir
resolutely , then burst out violently
"Helen ! Why do you call me that ?
I I am not Helen. She she was
drowned seven years ago in that wa
ter. You know it you know it as well
as I. You must be must be madT
Oh , go back go back , I tell you , ta
your wife , "your' children , your home
go , let me depart. "
"I have no home , no children , no
wife but you. "
His arms were round her , pinioning
her tightly to her side , his hot breath
fanning her face.
"Liar ! " she panted , pushing his lips
from hers. "Liar ! I saw you , not an
hour ago , at the station with her. your
children in your arms I heard you " "
"You saw my brother , Arthur , with
his children and wife , to whom he has
been married for the last ten years
not me. Helen , my wife , love of my
life , how could you treat me so
how ? " he asked , tears choking his
voice.
"Your brother , Arthur , and his wife
not you not you ! " she murmured
dizzily , and closed her eyes. "I think
I think I knew it all along. Oh , I
think I knew it wasn't you ! "
CHAPTER XVIII.
He took her to a little quiet village
within sound of the sea , she loved so
well , and then by strict medical in
junctions kept from her all subjects
likely to disturb or agitate her mind.
It was no difficult task ; she never once
alluded to the past , or showed any anx-x
lety to learn the history of the seven
years they had spent apart a bliss
ful lethargy came over her , and
the mere fact of living , of be
ing together again , was sufficient
fd r her. She wanted no explan
ation , no mutual confession , no ex
planation , no mutual confession , no
cursion back into the land of trouble
and sorrow she had left , he assured
her , behind forever. But it was differ
ent with him. Jealousy even in the
supreme moment of his happiness was
already gnawing at his heart and he
knew he could not live with her in
peace and let those seven years sleep.
One day , about a week after their
reunion , she was well enough to take
a little turn on.the shore ; the soft salt
breeze blowingyin her face brought
there'a tinge , of returning health and
youth that tempted him 'to make an
effort to recall the past. She looked
at him with mournful eyes , then said
with peevish pathos
"What can you not let me be ,
Paul ? I am alive and happy now why
drag me back to death and torment ?
I want to forget it all all. "
"And so do I , " he answered eagerly ;
"but I cannot , I cannot , my wife , if
you will not speafe Men , are different
from women , and , if I do not know
how and where you spent those seven
years , they will- poison my peace un
til the day I , die. , Tell me now , and I
will forget them , put them from , me
after this hour , no matter what
what , you tell me. "
She sighed restlessly , then spoke.
"So be It. The first three 7ears aft
I left home. I I spent , Paul , In in
" She stopped , her eyes fell , si
slipped her little wasted hand wls
fully into his.
"Go on , " he said hoarsely. "You-
you have hegun ; I must hear all nov
You spent In a "
' 'Lunatic asylum , a pauper lunatl
asylum outside London. "
"My darling ! Oh , my poor darling !
he cried , covering her hand with kiss
es , In a burst of compassion and relic
"Our our little son was bpr
there , " she continued softly , . after
slight pause , "and after a few week
of life went peacefully to Heaven. II
he was a nice little child , they tel
me , Paul , with fair hair like your ;
and very dark eyes. I I don't remem
ber him at .all ; but they kept me thi
lock of his hair ; it's pretty and sofl
isn't it ? Poor little mite ! I neve
gave him a thought or a tear ; he wa.
as well without , I dare say. "
"The night you left me you wen
straight to to the asj'lum ? " h
prompted , after a long pause , durinj
which they had sat with tremblinj
hands close clasped.
"No , no , to the river to the river , '
she answered quickly and feverishly
a bright spot burning on her cheek
"I was mart , you know , quite quit *
mad , though I knew what I I wa :
trying to do , and remembered it after
wards. You got my letter ? You heart
about my poor mother , how I deceive !
you how they all deceived you yes1
She paused to take breath , then wen
on quickly as if she were repeating ;
lesson she loathed , but was forced tc
say
"I wanted to kill myself and ent
it all I saw no harm. I jumped ofi
the first bridge above the churchyari
where the-water was deep , and the
weigbt cf my clothes kept me undei
until I was half drowaed ; then nature
asserted itself. I could swim , you
know , in the wildsst seas , and , nc
longer able to bear the agony of suffo
cation even in my madness , I struck
out for the ba'nkand then I suppose
for I remember nothing clearly after
that wandered aimlessly across the
country all night and next day. I
was taken up as a homeless vagrant ;
lodged in a poor-house , and thence sent
to the asylum , where after a couple of
years memory by degrees caiue bacl/
to me.
( To be Continued. !
"COLD" ICE HIS SPECIALTY.
Peculiar Cry Adopted bjr an Itinerant
Tender of Chicago.
From Chicago Democrat : "It is
queer what devices inen will resort to
in order to sell their wares , " said a well
known man about town yesterday ,
"Advertising is quite : i science these
days , but a friend of mine from the ;
south side tells a good yarn of an ice
dealer. This dealer was one of those
wanderers'-'who- a few pounds of
ice in a spring -wagoa and who have
no regular customers. They haunt the
alleys on hot clays fcawling their wares
after the 'regulars' kave made their
rounds. They pick up quite a few
aickels in the coursa of a day. It was
ane of the hottest days of the late fall ,
i Sunday , and the regular wagons had
toug since retired for the day. My
friend was about half cut of ice and
placed his fate in : tfea hands of the
peripatetics. He was on watch to nail
: he first one who came along. He has a
keen sense of fun and enjoyed the
sport. Finally , when he had about
jiven up , he heard the long and eager
ly wished-for cry. An iceman was
irogressing down the alley. My friend
went forth , waited and was rewarded.
Fhe dealer was a colored man who was
earnestly appealing for all to buy.
Ice ! ' he bawled , looking about as his
nag moved " slowly along. 'Ice , cold
ice ! ' 'What "kind of ice is that ? ' asked
my friend , dubiously. 'Cold ice , sir ;
: t's the coldest in town. ' 'Well , I'd take
some if I wasn't afraid the heat would
spoil it/ was the retort , as my friend
.urned to re-enter the house. The col-
ared man looked after him in amaze
ment , but made no reply. He proceed
ed on his rounds , but changed his cry/ ,
tor he seemed to fear the coldness
would prove a hoodoo instead ot a
blessing. "
Plants Killed by Heat.
The ordinary furnace-heated house
is a bad place in which to grow plants.
The air seems to have had all the
dampness removed , and that moist
condition so conducive to a good
growth in plants is not found. This
may in a measure be overcome by
means of evaporation , which , while not
supplying a great amount of moisture ,
should do something toward relieving
the bad condition of the atmosphere.
Place jars or pans of water in , around
Dr about the furnace , hang buckets of
water down inside the furnace pipes ,
below the registers , or place them any
where that rapid evaporation may be
Induced. Keep all the plants in light ,
liry locations , but away from drafts.
Never consign a well-grown specimen
palm to a corner of the room , though
it may look better there. Its beauti
ful appearance will last a short time
only in the dark , close place. It may
seem strange to some , but the very
best place in the house , if the tempera
ture can there be maintained at an
Bven point , is the kitchen , because of
the constant evaporation of the water
as it puffs from the spoilt of the tea
as it puffs fcrlh from the mouth of the
teakettle.
Dr.ivciy.
Watts I noticed a photograph of a
wildcat not long ago , taken just when
the beast was about to spring at the
photographer. Potts That is nothing.
Peck has a snapshot he took o * his wife
as she was coming at him with a kettle
of hot water. Indianapolis Journal.
WOEKOJTBEOTECTIOJ
OUR FOREIGM RADE AND IT
VAST SIGNIFICANCE.
James R. Ketmn Points Out the Tr <
mentions Increaie of National \Vealt
It'tuUlnj ; from tUo Increase of Ea
ports aud the Decrease of Import * .
A notably impressive statement I
that of Mr. James II. Kenne regaruiu ,
the present fiscal position of th
United States , chiefly as the result o
an economic policy which has In
creased the use and consumption o
our domestic products while at tin
same time diminishing our use of thi
products of other countries. Nobod :
will accuse Mr. Keenc of talking poll
tics when he draws attention to thii
wonderful development of nationa
prosperity. Indeed , so far as any pub
lie expression of his on that subject
goes he can hardly be said to have anj
politics.
Jay Gould once said that while he
belonged to any or all parties , his onlj
politics was the Erie road. Mr
Keene's politics may be said , in th
same sense , to be the stock exchange.
Judged by the authorized interview
which he gave out for publication a
few days ago he ought to be a Repub
lican and a protectionist , but if he is
he has not said so. In that interview ,
while testifying to a condition which
could only proceed from eighteen
months of protection , he refrains from
the acknowledgment of any obliga
tion to the system which defends the
great home market as a means of en
abling American producers to success
fully reach out after the world s mar
kets. But we should let Mr. Keene tell
the story of protection's grand achieve
ments in his own way. He says :
"To my mind the foreign trade of
the United States is the fundamental
factor in the present situation. Most
people have apparently not yet appre
ciated its significance. The govern
ment figures of foreign trade show :
Excess of exports year ending June 30 ,
1896 , § 85,997.983 ; excess "of exports
year ending June 30. 1897 , $265,621,112 ;
excess of exports year ending June 30 ,
1898 , $6.615,259,124. Total for three
years , $966,878,219. Excess exports
July 1 to October 30,1898 , four months ,
$165,799,884 , making a total of $1,100-
000,000.
"Here Is an addition of over $1,100-
000,000 to the wealth ot the country
from surplus products in z little over
three years. There I * a persistent and
importuirate demand for emr grain ,
provisions , cotton anI manufactured
products , which insures for the liscal
year ending June 30 next another large
excess of exports. Tliff total gain to
the country in four years will profcably
fee in excess of $1,500,000,000.
"The trade statement tor the- three
is shov.-
preceding yearsis important ,
ih'g' the gradual1 growth of foreign
tratfs : Year ending June 81 > , 1893 ; ex
cess of-imports ; $18,735,728 ; year ending
ing- June 30 , 1894V excess of exports ,
? 237"E45,950 : ; year aiding June30j. . 1895 , .
sxcess of exports , ? G4,07G,782l These
net sales of surplus products- must be
paid for in some farm. Foreign nations
tionstfid not have $1,100,000,000 gold
to reraft , they sent ns somegsid : and
some securities. Today they owe us
[ n various forms largeamoimts of
money in the shape of liabilities , as ,
for example , exchange , the confection
3f whfefi. has been deferred' . Tfos debt ,
moreoTrer , will grow instead" sf d.e-
jreasitt ? . We have- not denanded
money due us by foreign nations , be-
: auseof the 'fear of disturbiitg mo-
nentary affairs in England , Germany ,
Franc * and other eountries , sad be
muse Ft pays us to feave it at interest.
"A gratifying feature ot oaar foreign
l.rade Is the growth In exports of man-
ifaetare. In 18 * years these have near-
; jr trabled. Last year they were nearly
? SOQ,000,000. Tkere is every prospect
ibat this growth will continue. We
have imported fewer manufactured
joods because we have learned how to
make our own , , and with improved ma-
ihlnery , abundant raw material and
ikilled and well-fed workmen , we com
pete with the world in manufactures as
lever before. The opening of Chinese
xnd other eastern markets will furnish
new and almost unlimited opportun
ities.
It is this enormous debt of foreign
nations to us which has made money
so easy throughout the country , flooded
the west with capital , filled western
janks to repletion , and brought west- '
) rn men in large numbers to invest in
jur securities.
"Hardly one man in a thousand in
the United States realizes this change.
The power of $1,500,000,000 increased
wealth no one can controvert. The
figures are so stupendous and the logic
Is ao irresistible that the student
stands aghast. Few have ever seen
these figures grouped in this form , and
jven the financial writers of the press ,
clever and able as they are , have not
seemed to grasp their magnitude and
the irresistible investment and spec
ulative momentum they have unques
tionably exercised. It must also be re
membered that while this increased
wealth is from exports only , the coun
try itself has grown richer in even
greater proportion. There has been
nothing like this foreign traile state
ment In the history of the commerce
: > f any country. "
This picture , drawn by the master
Uand of one of the world's leaders in
finance and business , is remarkable for
Its truth , its simplicity and its power.
Nothing need be added to It.
Aiisu-orod In Thirteen Words.
The American line of steamships ,
plying between New York and South
ampton , is In existence , but Is heavily
subsidized for carrying the malls. Olll
coastwise marine la large , because for
eign competition Is excluded by law
.Will the Republican leaders permll
Americans to buy vessels in Europe ,
arid then nationalize them ? If thej
will not do that , nor remove the tax
from building materials and the ves
sels when launched , then how is the
American merchant marine to be up
built ? Paris edition New York Her
ald.
ald.You
You- have already - answered the
question , if you were logical enough to
know it. Here is the answer out of
your own mouth :
"Our coastwise marine is large , be
cause foreign competition is excluded
by law. "
There Is the whole thing in thirteen
words. Exclude ( that is , penalize , by
means , of discriminating duties ) by
law foreign competition in our foreign
carrying trade , and will not our over
sea marine be large ? Discrimination
has built up Great Britain's merchant
navy to its present tremendous pro
portion ; discrimination maintains
British marine supremacy today. It
will do the same for the United States.
What we want to do is to exclude
foreign competition on the sea ; pre
cisely as we do on the land.
FOREIGN LABELS ,
1'opnlar Increase Regarrtlnc the True
Value of American Products.
It is a reflection upon the intelligence
of American women when the "Amer
ican Silk Journal" asserts that even
at this late day , when everybody
should know better , American silks are
in some instance marked "imported"
as a means of persuading people to buy
them : A similar , ignorance and preju
dice prevails among men regarding
American wines. No matter how per
fect the champagne or the still wine ,
no matter how much purer and more
wholesome they may be than the aver
age of imported goods sold at the same
or even a higher price , there are plenty
of otherwise intelligent men whose
taste is governed by the fact of a
foreign label , and who refuse to drink
American wines.
It is a well-established commercial
fact that American silk fabrics are not
now surpassed by any in the world ,
and it is equally a fact , though not
so generally known , that , price for
price , Americas wines are positively
better than imported wines. There is
too much ignorance on these subjects.
Americans should"rraderstand once for
lit ihat the boasted superiority of Jfor-
jigtt silks and forefgnwines is for the-
mos-t part a bogua pretense , and that
if not a yard of i'mpssted silk or a
bottle of imported wine should come
.of this1 country Amerjca-a ladies could !
still wear as fine silks , and American
gentlemen could be prffrfded with as'
Ine wines as would be reqtrireal to sat-
sfy tlie demands of" style in the one
; ase and' t&e demands of tfe * palate in1
.he other :
K < ! ucatloi'.r
Appawtat Even to-
Our anti-protectionist friends should !
study the export statistics of Bra < -
fard , . or 5n fact of aaty other place :
which -sfas specially favored under tlte
Wilson tariff. The best demonstration
cJ the efficacy of tile Bingley tariff' to
provide- for the domestic manufacturer
may be found ia the developments
among importing feouses. When : houses
which have in the past ignored and
scorned accounts of domestic mills
turn to these accounts in an appealing
and solicitous way , it may be inferred
that the business for which they have
been organized has become a thing of
the past. The fact that several of these
importing houses are to retire from
business is significant. So , also , is
ihe fact significant that nearly all of
those intending to remain ia business
are today reaching for domestic ac
counts. When importers go out of
business , when Bradford looms which
have been formerly employed on
American business are idle , when a
tariff bar which is insurmountable lias
been imposed , it may be inferred that
it will not be long before domestic
manufacturers will reap the benefit of
their home market , before the effects
of the DIngley lav/ , which effectively
keeps out foreign goods , will be ap
parent even to such rampant anti-pro
tectionists as the New York Post and
the Boston Herald. Textile Manufac
turer's Journal.
A National Necessity.
"The part which American mer
chant vessels and their seamen per
formed in the war with Spain demon
strates that this service ( the Amer
ican merchant fleet ) , furnishing both
pickets and the second line of defense ,
is a national necessity , and should be
encouraged in every constitutional
way. " President McKinlc-y's message
to congress , Dec. ,5 , 1898.
Of about thirty recognized c
stations in the Pacific. Great Britain
owns at least twelve , and the United
States six.
.SHOULD THE SKIES FALL ?
I1reejratCrsoollllllJr Voreahactoit
Abaflob.B * ° t ot Protection.
The Wheeling { W. Va. ) Ne'wa ex
presses the belief tfc&J protection has
been practically * abandoned , and that
another great political battle will
never be fought on that IssnJ. Thc
reasons for this belief are stated # s
followsr '
"Our Industries have long sine *
passed the swaddling clothes period ;
our manufacturers , who ten years ago
were ardent protectionists , are now
confident of their own ability to com
pete with the world In the world's
markets. For the great majority of
our more Important Industries , the
tariff duty has ceased to be a protec
tion ; it is simply a tax , and in many
cases a hindrance to the upbuilding of
foreign trade. The necessities of rev
enue will , hereafter be the important
consideration in the regulation of tar
iff duties , and in a few years we may
confidently expect to see the complete
disappearance of the protective pol
icy. "
One by one the Democratic newspa
pers are taking their cue from Cobdeii-
ite headquarters and joining in the as
sertion that protection has outlived Its
usefulness and is about to be aban
doned by its friends. This line of ar
gument is now taking the place of the *
abuse and denunciation which free
trade writers formerly indulged in re
garding the defensive policy. Not so-
much is heard nowadays as formerly
about th "failure of protection , " Its-
"robbery of the many for the benefit
of the few , " its "destructiveness of all
possibility of foreign trade expansion , "
and all that sort of thing.
The present attitude of the enemies
of home development Is not so openly
aggressive as before , for it Implies a
tacit acknowledgment of the effective
ness of protection in building up do
mestic industries to the self-sustaining
point , and in enabling American manu
facturers to successfully Invade the
markets of the world. All this is
lecessarily granted , for otherwise
there would be no ground for the con-
: ention that tfte manufacturers them
selves are leading the way in the
uovement for a complete abandonment
yf the protectfve1 system.
Of course , the contention is fatse
md" foolish , but ft fs none the lesspop -
rfar among free * traders on that ac-
: otmt. Nobody possessed of a Ibgitat
niffd" sad a fairly d'ereloped faculty of
Ifscernlng the difference between the'
) nbable and the' impossible will' fail'
: o percefve the" utter absurdity of a ;
) roposi'tfoTr that fnvoIveH- the sacrifice-
> f | 8',000CJO.OOO safely in : Band inex"
ihan-ge for ? 2S8,000",000 mostly in1 the-
> ush. T&er birdinthercand"proverb" -
lever contemplated" wild and hope-
ess a disproportion of risk and profit
ts that which is expressed" the sur-
ender to foreign competition of
IB.000,000,000 warth of home trade for
Re possible acquirement of x little
nore than " ' per cent of that amount
n foreign trade. Yet tliat fs precisely
rfrat is involved in the proposition
hat the manufacturing interests of the
Jnfted States are now ready for the
bandbnment of protection and tile in-
ugwration of free trade as the Amer-
ean policy. If tFre- skies should fall it
ironicf be easy enough to catch larks.
; ucnis tha cheerful and expectant
eelTng of free traders regarding- the
roBnble course of American Industrial
aterests. When the manufacturers-
re agreed that protection Is no longer
eqtrfsite for the control of the home
larket and the occupation of foreign :
larRets at one and" the same trine-
&en shall we frave free trade. The
JoBdenites are- wafting for the-
x fall.
A Good Tblnr to
Consular reports from several off the
rine districta ot Europe are very un-
ivorable. This year's yield of the
Ineyards Is smaller than usual , and
le grapes are sour and of an. inferior
uallty. On. the contrary , the. yield 1ft
le grape-growtng districtsof the
hited States for 180S has , been fully
p to the average , while in quality the
rapes have never been surpassed. Ex-
sriencft and the knowledge gained
lerefiom have done wonders for the
rape. aHd vsrino industry of the United
tatos Nowhere in. the -o-orld is a
Igher degree of skill or a greater care r
cereised ta grape culture and wine
reduction than in oar awn country.
s rt consequence the question ot
inality or quantity as regards the Eu
> pean vintages is becoming less and
ss important to tee American pea-
Ic. They are beginning to learn that
i wines , as in many other articles o
? e and luxury , America can get along
; ry well without any importations. It.
; a good thing to learn.
Had for Sp.inlnh Merchant. .
Porto Rico continues to buy largo
uantities of supplies from Spain.
'hat ' is because under existing ar-
angemeats the Spaniards are the
lost favored nation dealing with Por-
> Rico. When the Porto Riean tariff
5 the same as that of the United
tntes , some of the Spanish merchants
ho have been getting wealthy off the
rade with the Islands will discover
sudden and disastrous falling off In
tieir business. The majority of tha
liips delivering goods at Porto Rico
'ill be sailing under American regis-
jr soon after the tariff is extended
) our new possession. Buffalo Re-
iew.
Umler tlio Aiucrlciin .
"There should be established regu-
ir and frequent steamship commuul-
atlon , encouragsd by the United
tates , under the American flag , with
le newly acquired Islands. " Presl-
ent McKlnley's message to congress ,
iec. 5 , 1S9S.
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