MY POOR WIPE. 14
III
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IX
BY J. P. SMITH.
V
1 1
CHAPTER XVIII. ( Continued. )
"I made cautious inquiries , and
found to my- : surprise that my mlser-
. ' able identity was 'quite lost. I had
given no hint , uttered no name during
my stay there , that would lead to dis
covery. I learned that the clothes I
; wore when taken up by the police
were mere rags of the coarsest , most
loathsome kind , and a bit of soiled pa
per bearing the name 'Elizabeth
Thompson' found in the pocket of the
dress served as my certificate of bap
tism , and so Elizabeth Thompson I re
mained to all who met me during
those seven years. When and how my
clothes were changed and stolen , as
they undoubtedly were , I don't remem
ber. After three years I was dis
charged as cured , and , as I had shown
some capability for nursing during an
epidemic that visited the asylum , a
kind nun who had charge of the Cath
olic ward offered to get me a place as
attendant in a hospital , where I re
mained some time. "
"And you never thought of me
never longed to see me , to know how
I "
She laughed bitterly , as she waved
the eager interruption aside , with a
gesture of pain.
"Never thought of you ! Ah , you
' will never know how you filled my life ,
can never understand what I felt and
suffered ! I knew you must believe me
dead , and I knew the best thing for
your happiness , your peace of mind ,
was to let you remain in that belief.
I struggled to keep away from
-you , to learn nothing about you ;
but , when nursing a patient whom I
casually heard had lately been in do
mestic service in the neighborhood of
Colworth , I could not resist the temp
tation of questioning her. From her
I learned , Paul , that Mr. Dennys of
Colworth was married to a Miss s'top-
ford , with whom he Had inherited a
large fortune , that he was very happy
and prosperous and the father of three
beautiful children.
"This news allayed all my doubts ,
drove every lingering spark of hope
and happiness from my future. I
begged the reverend mother who had
procured me the place in the hospital
to accept jne as a novice ; but she hesi
tated for some time , knowing of the
taint in my blood. However , after a
couple of years , seeing no sign of a
relapse , and- , getting a very favorable
opinion of my case t from the asylum
doctors , I was received into the con
vent , and on application allowed to
join the mission going to New Zea
land. - *
"We were to have sailed next week ,
and as the time drew near a terrible
restlessness came over me , a longing
so intense to breathe the air you
breathed once more , that I felt I
could never be a useful and contented
servant of Heaven unless my longing
were gratified. I appealed to the rev
erend mother , and she with her usual
goodness gave her consent I arrived
at dusk that that blessed night , in
tending only to say a prayer for you
and yours at the cross preserving my
memory , and then steal away as I had
come.
"At the station I saw jrour brother
accidentally , believing him to be you
his features are wonderfully like
what yours once were. I found to my
utter bewilderment , and I think relief ,
that my love was dead completely
dead , that Edith's husband was noth
ing to me.
"I wandered out , pondering the
meaning of this discovery , and saw
you stretched across my grave. At
the first sound of your voice , at the
first glance into your- worn altered
face ah , beloved , I knew that I was
not free , and could never be , no mat
ter what gulf divided us. I tried to
save you as I thought to leave you ;
but but "
f" " CHAPTER XIX.
She stopped a little hysterically ; and
he laid his hand on her lips. Presently
she lifted it away , and said with eager
wistfulness
"But you loved her , Paul , sister-in-
law or not ; you never can explain that
-away. No no ; do not try ! You want-
led to marry her before you met me.
I am sure of it. You loved her you
wanted to marry her once , " she re
peated monotonously.
"Yes , yes , I wanted to marry her
once. Listen , listen to me Helen ! I
was a mere boy , home from an outskirt -
skirt station in India , where I never
saw a woman's face. I was lonely and
sad ; she was kind and beautiful , and
did everything in her power to fasci
nate and enslave me. How could I
help falling in the trap ? I left her in
a state of melodramatic despair , which
I now know was only skin deep ,
though I believed at the time she had
dealt me a life-wound.
"I met you ; we were married and
spent six months together abroad. Ah ,
Helen , I did 'not understand until long
afterwards how happy those six
months were , how thoroughly they
had made you part of my life , the
very essence of my content and hap
piness. For I was happy ; but blind ,
conceited dolt that I was , I attributed
my contented state of being to my own
selfishness and generosity In marrying
you and accepted as my due your de
votion to me. Well , well , I was pun
ished , cruelly punished for It all. I
lived to linger over every day , every
\
hour of those six months with a yearn
ing passion , a sickening remorse that
loft those lines you see on my face ,
and streaking my hair with gray be
fore I had reached the prime of life.
"When we returned she came across
my path again , and necessity compell
ed her to confide a secret to me ; When
I learned by It how shamefully she
had been treated , I believed I had mis
judged her cruelly , and was only eager
to offer reparation in my power. I
felt that no sacrifice or exertion I
could make would atone for the irre
parable wrong done her by one of my
name , and "
"Your brother Arthur , you mean ;
he had , "
"He had forced her an ignorant
thoughtless girl of sixteen to marry
him secretly when she was staying
with an invalid aunt in London. "
"Of sixteen ! " she exclaimed eager
ly. "You mean that she she was
your brother's wife before I left you
all all that time she was with us ,
your brother's wife ? "
"Yes , yes. At first the excitement
and adventure had pleased her , but
'
later on'when she came to know Ar
thur's true character and mode of his
life how he had squandered his for
tune , was shunned by honest men and
respectable women when her uncle ,
who had heard some rumor of a child
ish attachment between the pair , in
formed her that , If she exchanged an
other word with Arthur , he would not
only alter 'his will and leave her pen
niless , but would expel her from his
home , her complacency changed to a
state of misery and almost unbearable
suspense , which by degrees taught her
to hate the cause of her selfish ter
ror , and made his existence a posi
tive nightmare to her.
"At last , after a stormy interview
Arthur consented to emigrate to Aus
tralia , pledging his word to , remain
there until the General should die , and
Edith's inheritance be quite safe.
"He sailed , but after a time tiring
of Colonial life , broke his solemn
promise , and a month after our arriv
al at Colworth he turned up at South
ampton , and Edith in her terror of
discovery confided her secret to me ,
implored me to help her and induce
my brother to return to Australia at
once.
"I promised to .help her by every
means in my power , wrote at once to
my brother , begging him to le'ave ; but
he refused point blank until he had
had at least one interview with his
wife , whom , with all his faults , I be
lieve he truly loved , as his conduct
within the last seven years has amply
proved. Seeing he was not to be shak
en , we arranged that the meeting
should take place at Colworth , where
there would be less chance of detec
tion. It was in vain. I begged Edith
to let you share the secret ; she was
inflexible on that point. Her motive
for that reserve at the time I thought
trivial and unreasonable ; but I have
since fathomed the terrible overween
ing vanity and heartlessness of the
woman , and can now understand it
perfectly. She was jealous of you , my
darling ; that I should have so quick
ly recovered from her wanton attack
was a stab her vanity resented bit
terly ; she saw more clearly than I
could see myself dull fool ! how
thoroughly happy I was , how dear you
were to me ; and so % she set about ,
with a thousand nameless , almost in
tangible wiles and artifices , to wreck
the happiness of a man who was shel
tering and protecting her , fighting to
preserve her fortune and honor. With
broken , half-stifled hints and inun-
does , she gave me to understand that
I would have been her choice had I
spoken long ago , before my brother
tried by every means in power to wean
me from your influence , to force on
me the fact that I had made a tremendous
deus sacrifice in marrying you , that
my chivalrous and tender bearing to
wards you awoke in her feelings that
made her own wretched fate almost
unbearable , and at the same time , I
presume , from what I've heard , that j
you , my poor darling , did not escape
her "
"Paul , that time when you left me
don "
"To meet her husband yes ? "
"She told me not at once , you
know , but by degrees it it took
three days , Paul that you you had
loved , her passionately for years , that
you had proposed to her a few days
before you met me , that , even after
her first refusal , you had followed her
about London , trying to make her
change her mind , and that , failing
that , you you had rushed back to Ire
land In wrath and despair , and and
married me "
"She told you that the jade ? "
"Not boldly , as I tell you now , but
with little hints and jokes , half laugh
ing sighs that were almost worse. "
"My poor brother ! Well , my darl
ing , the end came. You followed us
that night , and saw the meeting be-
tweeji husband and wife. "
"Paul , Paul ! You mean it was not
you I saw holding her in your arms ,
Imploring her to fly ? " "
"No if was Arthur. We were more
alike then than now , love , and I had
lent him my big gray ulster , for he
complained of the cold. The the mis
take was natural ; but , oh , how awiul
in its consequences to you and rue ! "
"Go on oh , go'on ! " she cried
breathlessly.
"When convinced of your ' .errible
death , brain fever s'et In , and for some
months I was u'nconsclous of my loss.
I recovered , rose from my sick bed
wretched In heart and body , the love ,
hope , happiness of my life buried in
your grave. I left Europe traveler !
aimlessly in Asia and America for six
years. In the meantime the old Gen
eral had died suddenly a few weeks
after your disappearance , leaving his
niece sixty thousand pounds in hard
cash , but the Hall and surrounding
property to a male relative.
"Edith married Arthur publicly al
most at once , and they settled down at
Cohvorth , renting the place from me.
A few months ago my 'brother , who is
now a most exemplary member of so
ciety , wrote asking me if I would &oll
my interest In it , and let them ontall
It on their eldest son , as It was my
avowed intention not to marry again.
I could not make up my mind , and
came home to settle the business.
"A few days ago at the Langham I
met my brother and his wife for the
first time since their second marriage ,
and he persuaded me to try to visit
the old place again. I came down
with them , and walked across the
fields to the cross which bore your
name. When I saw the familiar
spot , the house among the trees , the
cruel mill , heard the mournful rustle
of the leaves and the ripple of the
water , all the old pain broke out as
fiercely as on the day I lost you. I
threw myself upon your grave , callIng -
Ing out your name. Your voice an
swered me. I looked up , and caw
you , Helen , standing in the moonlight
before me. "
Two months after her installation at
Colworth , Mrs. Arthur Dennys , her
lord and master , nursery , horses , car
riages , lackeys , and maids were
storming the sleepy country station
again , enroute for a Sydenham villa
residence , where she still bemoans the
ill luck of her eldest born , who will
never now inherit Colworth.
( THE END. )
A GREAT FRENCH ETCHER.
Would Have Bean a Fine fainter bat
for Color Blludness.
Charles Meryon born In 1821 was
brought up to the navy , going first in
1837 to the naval school at Brest , says
Pall Mall Gazette. As a youth , he
sailed round the world. He touched
at Athens ; touched at the then savage
coasts of New Zealand ; made sketches ,
a few of which , in days when most of
his greater work was done , he used
as material for some of his etchings.
Art even then occupied him , and deep
ly interested as he soon got to be in
it , he seems to have had a notion that
It was less dlgnmed than the profes
sion of the navy , and after awhile he
chose deliberately the less dignified
because it was the less dignified. He
would have us believe so , at any rate ;
he wished his father to believe so. And
in 1845 , having served creditably and
become a lieutenant , he resigned his
commission. A painter he could not
be. The gods , who had given him ,
even in his youth , a poetic vision and
a firmness of hand , had denied him the
true sight of color ; and I remember
seeing hanging up in the salon of M.
Burty , who knew him , a large , impres
sive pastel of a ship cleaving her way
through wide , deep waters , and the
sea was red and the sunset sky was
green , for Meryon was color blind. He
would have to be an engraver. He
entered the workroom of one M. Blery ,
to whom in after times , as his wont
was , he engraved some verses of his
writing appreciative verses , sincere
and unfinished "a toi , Blery , mon
maitre. " The etchings of Zeeman.the
Dutchman , gave him the desire to etch.
He copied with freedom and Interest
several of Zeeman's neat little plates ,
and addressed him with praises , on
another little copper , like the one to
Blery "a Zeeman , polntre des mate-
lots. "
AFRAID OF THE GLASS EYE.
Japanese Coolies Would Not Serve th
Owner of It.
A year or two ago an artist from
San Francisco who wore a glass eye
came "to Yokohama and established
himself in a little bungalow on the out
skirts of the city , says the Yorkvllle"
Yeoman. The weather was extremely
warm , and before the stranger had be
come settled he was besieged by a
number of coolies who wanted to get
the job of fanning him at night. The
artists looked over the applicants and
finally selected an old man who
brought excellent recommendations
from his last employer. When it was
time to retire the artist took out his
glass eye , laid it on the stand at his
bedside and went to bed. The old man
picked up his fan and the San Fran
cisco man was soon asleep. He slept
peacefully for an hour or two , when
he was awakened by a chorus of buzz
ing insects about his head. He looked
about him and found that the man
whom he had hired to fan him was
gone. The next morning when he went :
in search of another coolie he was
amazed to discover that no one would
work for him. He Avas looked upon as
a wizard and worker of miracles with ;
whom it was unsafe to be alone. The
old man had gone among his friends :
ind told how the Califoruian had tnken
out his eye at night and laid it on a
stand in order that he might watch his
servant at night and see that he kept
his fan in motion. The old coolie's
story created such excitement that the
San Francisco man was never able to
get another Japanese to fan him after
that.
Pessimist I tell you the world Is
going to the devil. Optimist Well , I
see you are going the way of the world.
MRE THAN A BILLION
EXPORT TRADE THE LARGEST
IN OUR HISTORY.
The Tear 1808 Beats All Frevlonn
Record ! la Bales Abroad of Domestic
Products , While Imports Are the
Smallest Since 1885.
The. manner In which our national
wealth Is b'elng increased as the re
sult of an economic policy which stim
ulates the use of domestic products
while at the same time enabling the
producers of the United States to
reach out after foreign markets is set
forth In the figures furnished by the
Treasury Department Bureau of Sta
tistics. From these figures It Is cer
tain that the calendar year 1898 will
be a record breaking year in the mat
ter of export trade. Only twice in our
history have the exports in a calendar
year passed the billion dollar line ; in
1898 they will be a billion and a quar
ter. During the eleven months of 1898
ending with November they are great
er than In any full calendar year pre
ceding , the total for the 11 months
being $1,117,681,199 , and It Is apparent
that the December statement will
bring the grand total for the year
above $1,250,000,000. The November
exports were $129,783,512 , the largest
in any month In the history of our
commerce.
Of breadstuffs the exports for the
eleven months ending with November ,
1898 , are the largest in our history ,
being $277,135,341 , against $223,211,6.17
in the great exporting year of 1892 ;
provisions are for the eleven months
$148,417,850 , against $125,297,007 in the
eleven months of 1892. Cotton for the
eleven months amounts to $192,323,391 ,
a figure slightly below that of 1896 ,
though the total number of pounds ex
ported by far exceeds that of the cor
responding months in any preceding
year , being for the eleven months
3,436,032,504 , or. measured in bales ,
C,722,283t a larger total In bales or
pounds than that of any full calendar
year preceding.
Equally gratifying is that portion of
the showing which relates to the
largely diminished purchase of articles
of foreign production and the corresponding
spending increased consumption of
domestic products. It Is herein that
the American policy becomes effective
In piling up national wealth to figures
so vast as to startle the financiers of
Europe , who are growing more and
more solicitous as to the enormous
credit balances which are being accu
mulated by- this country.
The Import record of the year 1898
will be as remarkable as that relating
to its exports , but for opposite reasons ,
the total imports for the year being
less than those of any calendar year
since 1885. For the month of Novem
ber they were $52,109,560 only , which
was slightly less than those of Novem
ber , 1897 , and less , with three excep
tions , than those ® of any November
since 1885. For the eleven months
ending with November they were $579-
844,153 only , while those of the corresponding
spending months of 1897 were $691-
089,266 and those of the eleven months
of 1896 $622,598,896. It is thus appa
rent that the imports for the full cal
endar year 1898 will not exceed $640-
000,000 , a sum less than that of any
calendar year since 1885 and fully a
hundred million dollars less than that
of the calendar year 1897.
The year 1898 will naturally show
the largest balance of trade in our
favor ever presented In any calendar
year. The figures for the eleven
months show an excess of exports over
imports amounting to $537,837,046 , and
the December figures will bring the to
tal excess of exports for the calendar
year above the $600,000,000 line , mak
ing an average excess of exports for s
the year more than $50,000,000 a
e
month. The highest excess of exports
in any preceding calendar year was
$357,090,914 in 1897 , and $324,263,685 in
1896.
The gold imports for the eleven
months ending with November are
$149,396,370. No full calendar year ,
save 1896 , ever reached the hundred-
million dollar line , and in that year
the total for the twelve months was
$104,731,259. The effect of this large
importation of gold , In conjunction
with the increased production from
our own mines , is plainly visible in
the increased circulation of that met
al. The gold in circulation on Decem
ber 1 , 1898 , was $658,986,513 , against
$544,494,748 on December 1,1897 ; $516-
729,882 on December 1 , 1896 , and $456- fi
128,483 on July 1 , 1896. The total cir
culation on December 1 , 1898 , was $1-
886,879,504 , against $1,721,084,538 on
December 1 , 1897 ; $1,650,223,400 on De
cember 1 , 1896 , and $1,509,725,200 on
July 1 , 1896. t <
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STRICTLY JEFFERSONIAN. ei
eisi
si
rho Patron Saint of Democracy Advocated sic
c ;
cated Marino Protection. tl
In the early days of the Republic at-
IE
ention was directed to the building of
S1
ships to strengthen the commercial en-
erprise of the country. A develop- . .
nent of ship-building and ship-owning
followed that rapidly increased the
tonnage of American shipping in for-
lgn trade. When Thomas Jefferson
sras Secretary of State in the adminisf1
ratlon of President Washington he ,
it the request of Congress , made dur-
ng the third session of the First Con-
jress , prepared a "report on the prlvi-
eges and restrictions of com- yri <
nerce of the United States , " which ria
ivas written after careful study of the a
luestlon and when his mental powers
vere In their very prime. His com-
nand of the English language was
mch as to enable him to express him
self with precision and felicity , which pi
s a delight to study. In that mem- pim
irable report he said , In part : di
"If particular nations grasp at un
due shares of our commerce , and more
especially If they seize on th'e means
of the United States to convert them
into aliment for their own strength
and withdraw them entirely from the
support of these to whom they be
long , defensive and protective meas
ures become necessary on the part of
the nation whose marine resources
are thus invaded , or it will be dis
armed of its defense ; Its productions
will be at the mercy of the nation
which has possessed itself exclusively
of the means of carrying them , and Its
policies will be Influenced by those
who command its commerce. If we lose
the seamen and artists whom it now
employs we lose the present means of
marine defense.and time will be requi
site to raise up others , when disgrace
and losses shall bring home to our
feelings the disgrace of having aban
doned them. "
It is thus clearly shown that the
question of being able to build and
own our own ships was not with Jef
ferson a purely economic one ; indeed.
It was especially a national , a defen
sive , a military one. These consider
ations were of value in Jefferson's
day ; they are even more so today ,
when the present commerce of the
United States has become of wonderful
importance and the future presents a
view that is encouraging in the ex
treme. Buffalo Express.
A Sensible
The Los Angeles Times thinks it
would be easy to resent French hostil
ity to American fruits and other prod
ucts by setting up the tariff on French
wines and Parisian gewgaws. The sug
gestion is sound and practicable. For
example , if the duty on French wines
were double the present rate it would
Increase customs receipts from this
source , for a large proportion of wine
drinkers would doubtless continue to
let the foreign label and not the real
question of quality and merit control
their palates , but the largely Increased
selling price necessitated by the higher
duty would set sensible people to
thinking whether It was worth while
to pay for French wines three or four
times the money for which an equally
good article of American wine could be
bought. And It onlyneeds that sensi
ble people should give the question of
relative quality and merit a fair
amount of consideration in order to
reach the conclusion that American
wines of standard brands are good
enough for anybody ; in fact , are a
great deal better than the bulk of im
ported wines.
Protection.
Jack "That's an awfully big build
ing your father is putting up over
there. "
Grace "Yes ; papa says they
haven't room enough in the old place ,
the business has grown so rapidly
since protection came. "
The Explanation.
In a report to the state department ,
Commercial Agent Stern , at Bamberg ,
jredicts that the United States will
; eon surpass England in the value of
ixports of machinery to Germany.
The present year shows even a fall-
ng off In the case of England , while :
he imports of American machines >
ihow an increase of 75 per cent over
ast year's figures. In 1895 the imports
) f the United States of these goods
nto Germany did not amount to the )
iixth part of the amount of the En-
jllsh imports , while today they are :
iqual to 60 per cent of the latter.
This increase is due not so much to
irice as to quality. An American-
nade machine Is recognized as the best
he world over. The explanation is
eady and simple. It is found in what
he London Times calls "Intelligent la- u
or highly paid. " In other words , the
ruits of protection.
h
Value of Experience.
Soon after the enactment of the
Hngley tariff bill was completed it
ras attacked from Democratic quar-
srs because of its assumed favor for .
lie sugar trust. Experience has prov-
n that the Dingley bill contained no
uch favor. Since the Dingley bill be-
ame a law two great competitors to
re
ie sugar trust have appeared in the reT '
larket , and the home manufacture of
iigar from beets will soon destroy the ciP
ewer of all the trusts and combina-
ons in the sugar market. There is
lore value in one year of experience gi
nder a Republican tariff law than in ai
[ 1 the Democratic free trade and free el
Iver theories ever formulated. Cad- elA
lac ( Mich. ) News and Express. e
Pi
Not Always Silly. cr
Americans are not silly on all off cr
ears. Protection and gold , and ter- teat >
lorlal expansion , and the building of
mercantile navy have been indorsed.
-Hillsboro ( Ore. ) Independent.
at
Commerce and Indnstry. ca
caWi
Republican management , with its Wi
rotective tariff , builds up the com- dtc
icrce of the nation , as well as Its in- : c
ustries. Erie ( Pa. ) Dispatch. ! o
REWARD FOR FRIENDSHIP.
What iincland. Expects In Return for
IIor Amicable Disposition.
Great hopes from the present estab
lished community of Interests between-
this country and Great Britain fill the
English mind as well as the minds of
those in this country whose handi
work Is to advance British Interests.
The style of advantage we are ex
pected to receive from the British
co-operation was outlined In a re
peatedly false rumor that we were to
lease Socotra from England for a naval
coaling station , without power to in
terfere with British trade by aoallng
our own merchant ships there. The
fact that the rumor was promptly de
nied has no bearing on the pro-British
Idea of the commercial advantages we
will be allowed to derive from the cor
dial relations established between the
two countries.
.There seems nothing that England
is not claiming as a reward for her
friendship. On one hand wo find thaC
our law allowing us to print our own
books , as well as some for the English ,
Is objectionable to British publishers ,
and they think it is a good time to
have it altered. On another we find
that the extension of our coasting
trade to Porto "Rico is inimical to Brit
ish maritime interests , and immediate
ly the demand is made that our nav
igation laws shall be so amended aa
to still further increase the tolls we -
pay to England for the privilege of
getting our goods to an oversea mar
ket ( This seems a particularly un
kind claim , as they propose to pas *
a free ship bill. ) i - ,
But the great claim , the claim for * *
which every one who expects British
recognition or free dinners and other ;
flattering attentions when in England , !
must work , is for an open door in thej
Philippines. The British trade route , '
between Hongkong and Australia Hesj
through the Philippines , and they wish ;
to do all the coasting trade of those'
Islands and maintain a center of Srt
ish Influence in every llttfe porf ; aj
center that will discriminate againstl " * .
the use of American goods ; and there
are some inhabitants of this countryi
that would be proud and happy to !
travel through American possessions ,
under the British flag.
We are asked to efface all opportunities - f
ties for employment on the sea , and !
to minimize the consumption of our
goods in Porto Rico , Hawaii and thes
Philippines by extending to those Isl
ands the lack of competent wages and' '
the want of free trade countries be
cause Great Britain is said to have *
refused to enter a European combi
nation to prevent our freeing Cuba. ; f
The fact Is that Great Britain found !
herself "without a chance of friends in )
this world unless she made friends !
with the United States. But she ap
parently insisted on payments in advance - " K
vance for any friendly act. Before *
anything was done by her it seemed
necessary to neglect and virtually ? '
abrogate the declaration in the Re
publican platform , of two years ago.
in favor of a discriminating duty on
all goods , wares or merchandise which
shall be imported in vessels not of the
United States ; and she positively pro
hibited a tonnage tax of 20 cents per
ton on all vessels , American and Brit
ish alike , entering our ports.
Every one knows that without the
strength given to her by the recog
nized mutual good understanding be
tween the two countries the lately made
arrangements with the emperor of
Germany could not have been ob
tained. And for all of this we are to
extend a Wilson-Gorman tariff over
aur new acquisitions despite their
present poverty and sore need of de
velopment
This is too much.
A Natural -Result.
"How far the present small purchase
jf goods by America has ben due to
he Dingley tariff we have no means
f ascertaining , but is It not remark-
ible that a country which sells us
produce in one year of the value of
124,000,000 should buy British goods
f the value of only 14,500,000 ? " says
he London Statist. The people of this
ountry are better Informed than Is
he Statist , and are convinced that the
avored conditions are very largely due
'
o the Dingley bill. If nothing else r U
vere at hand , the record of the post " ' '
vould show that under a protective
ariff our imports have decreased and
inusual prosperity and activity ob- / ' " "
ained in our manufactures , while un- s ,
er free trade or low tariff the reverse
las resulted. The great reduction in
he sales of British products to this
ountry is but the natural result of
rotection , for the demands of our peo-
le have been supplied with American
ustead of foreign products. Tacoma
.edger.
They Have > "ot Changed.
Will the people of this country ever
eturn to Democratic party policies ?
'hey will If they ever vote the Demo-
ratlc party Into power again. The
eople thought when they elected
rover Cleveland that the Democratic ,
arty had changed ; that It had pro-
ressed , and a Democratic president
nd a Democratic congress could be-
iected without bringing national ruin.
fair supposition is that Democratic
laders believe In Democratic prlncl-
les , and just as often as theDemo-
atlc party is voted Into power , Demo-
atic policies will prevail. Bingham-
n ( X. Y. ) Republican.
Not For Foroljjners.
We must own our own ships. We
re making ten times as much as we.
in carry , and there is no reason why ,
e should give one of the most pro
active lines of business in which any
untry can engage Into the hands oP
ireigners. El Paso ( Texas ) Herald. .
