I V
"D--NS" THE TARIFF.
.iaA- CURSES THAT mav rniup uniwr
TO HOOST.
Bonllmcnln Not Likely to llo Stmr,nl by
Hheeu Italsorn Who- Have l'rollted
Enormously Through tlia ltcitorntlou
of l'rotectlre Outlon on Wool.
"D-n tlio tariff nml all Its fools!"
Such Is tlio messngo of tho Field and
Farm, nn agricultural Journal pub
lished In Denver, Col., In response to
a request by tho American Protective
Tariff league for Information concern
ing tho Industry of Bheep raising. Tho
Inquiry sent out by tho tariff lcaguo
wns as fallows:
"Dear Sir: Wo are anxious to show
by rollablo reports tho actual effect of
tho Dlnglcy tariff upon the Industry of
sheep raising. Wool was upon tho frco
list under tho Wilson free-trado tariff
nnd is now adequately protected by
tho provisions of tho Dlnglcy tariff.
"Kindly fill out the blank spaces on
tho reverso sldo of this card and re
turn tho samo to us at your earliest
convenience.
"Tho information asked for will be
hold strictly confidential, and In no
case will tho figures furnished be used
otherwlso than making up the totals
upon which general percentages nro
to bo computed. Yours very truly,
"THE AMERICAN PROTECTIVE
TARIFF LEAGUE.
"Summarized returns of this Investi
gation will bo printed in tho American
Economist, and a copy mailed free to
persons furnishing reports."
Accompanying this Inquiry was a
leaflet showing tho effects of protec
tion and frco trade on wool growing
and sheep raising. For example, from
1878 to 1882, Inclusive, under tho Mor
rill tariff tho number of ehecp
throughout tho country increased by
over 11,000,000. Under tho tariff of
18S3, in which tho duties on wool
products were materially reduced, tho
number of sheep decreased by about
C.000,000. With restored protection to
wool through the McKlnley tariff of
1890 the number of sheep Increased by
nearly 4,000,000. Tho Wilson tariff,
with free trade in wool, practically
went Into effect when Mr. Cleveland
was elected, and Immediately tho
flocks throughout the country began
to decrease, nnd from '93 to '9C de
creased by about U.000,000. The Dlng
lcy tariff relmposed the sclontlllc
schedules of tho McKlnley tariff, and
with tho promise of protection through
tho election of McKlnley nnd a Repub
lican congress tho sheep Industry Im
mediately began to advance. From
3S9G to and Including 1898 tho number
of sheep ndvanced by about thirteen
hundred thousand.
Tho effect of protection and free
trade in regard to tho number of
sheep owned throughout tho country
is not more impressive than the effect
as to values. Under the Morrill tariff
tho lowest price per head was 52.09,
nnd tho highest 52.55. Under tho tnriff
of 1893 tho lowest price per head was
51.91, and tho highest price was 52.27.
Under the McKlnley tariff tho lowest
price was 52.19 nnd tho highest prlco
52.CC. Under free trade tho lowest
prlco was ?1.58 and tho highest prlco
51.92. Under tho Dlngley tariff tho
highest price in the history of the na
tion is recorded namely, 52.7D.
These facts of vital Interest to tlio
sheep raisers of Colorado and adjoin
ing states seem to have nn Inflamma
tory effect upon the editor of Field and
Farm: Henco his objurgatory re
sponse, "D n tho tariff nnd all Its
fools!" Why? We do not know. Wo
could not possibly have supposed that
tho citation of acts liko those gleaned
from official statistics and quoted
above would operate on tho mind of
the editor of Field and Fnrm as a red
rag operates on tho sensibilities of n
bull, and causo him (tho editor) to
loso his temper and fall to cursing like
a drab.
Wo hardly think tho sheep raisers
of his section will Join this Bryanlte
In "d nlng tho tariff." Over tho bor
der In Utah they will not be likely to
echo his profano sentiment. A sheep
raiser In Utah county, for example,
will not "d n tho tariff," for ho re
ports that whereas In 189G (Wilson
free wool tariff) ho owned 8,000 sheep
of nn average value of $2 per head, ho
owned In March, 1900 (Dlngley pro
tective tariff), 11,000, of an average
valuo of 54.25 per head.
Sheep raisers In Chotneu county,
Montana, do not "d n the tnriff."
Ono of them reports that his flock has
increased from 4,000 In 1890 to 0,500
In 1900, and that tho valuo per head
has Increased from 52.25 in 1890 to 55
In 1900.
From DInghnm county In Idaho
comes tho statement from n fnrmor
who owned 2,900 sheep In 189C and
now owns 0,000; market value in
189G, 52.50 per head; market valuo In
1900 55 per head.
Reports from Colorado nro even
more Impressive. A Trlnldnd man now
has 8,000 sheep, against 0,000 four
years ago, and tliclr present vnluo Is
54. 0 per head against a value of 52.00
per l'ead In 1890. Another Trlnldnd
man ?ias Increased his Hock from 3,500
to 5,?0, and quotes value at 54 per
head Instead of 51.25 per head In 1890.
A Trlnchera flock owner has 4,200
sheep, or 2,700 moro than ho had In
1890, and tho valuo ut 54 per head, or
Just doublo the valuo of 1890.
Theso aro fair samples of the largo
number of reports received from the
localities from which (presumably)
tho major portion of tho reading pat
ronage of tho Field nnd Fnrm of Den
ton' Ik forthcoming. Do theso prosper
ous farroors, who aro, In tho aggregate
g ninny mfillnns of dollars richer be
' cause of X'aa .&ango from free wool to
'' protection, "a n the tariff?" We
should think not. It Is much more
reasonable to suppose thnt their pro
fano expletives, If they uso any such,
will bo applied to an editor who, while
publishing a paper for farmers, has
so little sense a3 to shower curses upon
nn economic policy through whoso
operations, directly nnd lndlrecetly,
tho farmers of tho United Stntcs hnvo
In tho past three years been nblo to
recoup In great measure the frightful
losses estimated at upward of five
billion dollars which they suffered
during the four years of Cloveland
frco trade. "D n tho editor" tho
farmers might, and with Just cause,
but not the tariff.
How tbo Now llruotn Hneepi.
Ono wcek'B record of now railroad
equipment shows a total of 7,800 cars
of different kinds distributed among
eight different roads. In addition four
other roads havo put In orders for a
total of twonty-threo engines. It Is
this sort of thing which hns been re
ported almost every week, In tho news
of tho railroads, for many months
back. There seem to bo no signs of a
let-up, but, on tho contrary, tTio de
mand for more equipment by the rail
roads, which demand Is only a by
product of tho Increasing demand for
all kinds of American products, con
tinues to bo steady. Tho Dlngley law,
liko tho proverbial now broom, swept
clean; nnd In a very brief space of
time freed us from the want and idle
ness and poverty which free trade had
brought upon us, nnd, unliko tho now
broom, it grows moro cffcctlvo ns It
grows older. As It and tho protection
which It gives to American Industries
grow In length of dnys, our national
prosperity grows in volume Tho
American peoplo will sco to It that tho
law continues In force for many a long
day yet.
Who gnlil Stun?
"I- shall not stop talking about the
money question until 70,000,000 peoplo
secure the right to attend to their own
business without asking tho aid or
consent of nny ono to attend it for
them." Wm. J. Brynn.
Well, now, who said stop? Nobody,
so far as wo know, has over expected
William Jonah Bryan to stop talking,
unless his tonguo becomes paralyzed
or his Jaws drops out of place from In
cessant wagging.
It seems that tho people were attend
ing strictly to their own business on
the Gth of November, 189G, when they
chose between tho policies of Wm. Mc
Klnley and W. J. Bryan. Elizabeth
town (111.) Homo Nows.
A POSSIBLE PRESIDENT? ?iO!
evidently Dangerously III.
"Alas, poor Bryan!" said tho
thoughtful man, as ho laid aside his
paper.
"What's tho matter with S:2.?"
asked the Populist In alarm.
"Sick," replied the thoughtful man,
regretfully; "dangerously 111, beyond
question."
"Nonsense!" exclaimed the other,
reaching for the paper. "How do you
know? What proof havo you?"
"Only yesterdny," answered tho
thoughtful man, pointing to the para
graph ho had Just been rending, "he
asked to be excused when called upon
for n speech." Chicago Post.
(loot! Itmlnrris Toller,
Under the wise policies of Republic
anism, as exemplified by President Mc
Klnley, the country has beeomo moro
prosperous than ever. Work and good
wages aro tho rule. Merchants nnd
manufacturers aro making monoy. The
credit of tho nation Is better than ever
before, and tho demand for our prod
ucts Is greater than tho supply. This
is something which tho peoplo will not
overlook, nnd that party which has
proven Itself the most competent In Its
management of national affairs will
again be selected. Good business pol
icy and tho peoplo dcnuul It. Grand
Rapids (Mich.) Herald.
Just tho Ilevcrie.
Under the Cleveland regime u deficit
used to turn up at the end of each
month. Matters arc just the reverse
now. Each mouth shows nn Incrcnso
In the surplus of the United States
treasury, nnd, besides that, tho public
debt Is being steadily reduced. St.
Louis Star.
On the Ilrlnk.
And now It nppenrs that New York
cabled to London on ono day nn offer
to tako the whole of the 5150,000,000
war loan which England Is floating.
Protty good for a nation that Is on tho
brink of moral, political and financial
ruin. Sioux Falls (S. D.) Argus-Leader.
PISCOVER.ER OF p I r ..
The Fact IteniRlns.
It Is no longer necessary to put n for
eign label upon home-made goods In
order to hasten their sale. Philadel
phia Record.
Why Is It no longer necessary? How
has the silk Industry of tho United
States, to which tho nbovo remark is
applied by tho Record, attained to tho
enviable position of being ablo to
mnrkct Its products as homo-mndo
goods nnd to supply 85 per cent of all
tho Bilk fabrics worn nnd used In this
country? Because of tho sound com
mon sense of Insuring to thnt Industry
n fair living chance to sell Its products
In tho homo market through the opera
tion of protcctlvo duties. In tho nb
senco of such defense against the
rivalry of silks made In countries
where labor Is cheaper tho silk makers
of tho United States could not possi
bly have succeeded ns they havo done.
They would have failed In splto of all
their energy, skill, enterprise nnd busi
ness nblllty, Just as many other flour
ishing Industries would havo failed,
nnd for the same reason. Tho Phila
delphia Record points with prldo to
tho tremendous development of silk
manufacture In tho United Stntcs, not
nbly In Pennsylvania, which heads tho
list In tho total number of silk mills
within Its boundaries; but tho Record
carefully refrains from pointing with
prldo to the truo reason for this tre
mendous development. Tho fact re
mains, however.
Thine Thnt Have Come True.
Who could havo predicted, in Octo
ber, 189G, when paralysis extended to
every Industry, that In tho brief period
that has elapsed since thnt date tho
representative of n Democratic paper
liko tho Cleveland Plaln-Denler would
say that "our labor Is fully employed
and our peoplo contented?" Four
years ago, when the wall of calamity
cqmo from Knnsas thnt Its farmers
were hopelessly burdened with mort
gages, who would have dreamed that
four years later tho editor of n silver
paper would bo able to declare, In New
York, that "business conditions were
never so excellent In Kansas as to
dny," and thnt "Its farmers havo prac
tically all paid of the mortgages on
their farms and most of them havo
money to lend?" There has never
been so mnrvelous a change in tho his
tory of this or any other country ns
has taken placo during tho four yenrs.
It may bo added that if Bryan politi
cians fall to tako Into account the ef
fect of these conditions upon tho elec
tions next November they nro reserv
ing a painful surprlso for themselves.
General prosperity Is a vnstly moro
potential factor In the pending cam
paign than any question affecting tho
status of the Philippines. Indianapo
lis Journal.
Cnlamlty vi. Prosperity.
"Calamity n,walts Colorado this year
unless the Republican party Is success
ful. Even tho ores of Cripple Creek
will undergo a chango and refuse to
yield the yellow metal. Georgetown
Courier.
Brother Randall should havo added
to his sarcastic remarks quoted above
a few more words as follows: Even
the Cripple Creek ores with their
wealth of yellow metal cannot offset
tho blight thnt a continued Brynnlsm
In Colorado would bring. The success
of tho Republican party this fall In
Colorado Is absolutely necessary to
save this grand state from the effect
of tho embalming fluid of Democracy
that now flows In her business veins,
In placo of tho red rich blood of Mc
Klnley prosperity. Golden Globe.
Flrt Oft tho FucU Straight.
It Is a question how much of tho
popular feeling on this subject has
been worked up secretly by certnln
commercial Interests, which had pre
pared for a hnndsomo speculation by
accumulating a stock of Puerto Rlcan
products, vMioso American prlco would
bo Increased by the abolition of duties
on Imports for that Island. Tho only
peoplo really Interested are thoso who
bought up sugar and tobacco, and who
aro holding them for tho rlso that
would follow such a law; and tho only
stagnation of trndo Is that caused by
this selfish Interest. It Is Just as well
to get the facts straight beforo rush
ing off into a sentimental outcry
against tho president In this matter.
Toledo Blade.
Would Simplify Mutter.
If Bryan is to dictato the stato and
national platforms of his party, why
not nbandon tho attempt to hold a con
vention? Much time, troublo and ex
pense would bo saved If tho NebraBkan
wero authorized to go to Kunsas City,
nominate hlmsolf for tho presidency
and liamo his own platform. Cleve
land Leader.
Hume Itntlo.
Tho public debt Is decreasing at a
rapid rate, notwithstanding extraordi
nary expenses for tho Phlllpplno
trouble. During the last Democratic
administration tho public debt In
creased, In tlmo of peace, In Just about
tho samo ratio that It now decreases.
Dixon (III.) Star.
Extern Toit for Watt-he.
At Kew, at tho meteorological obser
vatory, a watch Is tested In every po
sition nnd Its rato measured and re
corded by the hour. It Is hung upsldo
down, hung from each side, placed dial
down, nnd back down nnd at any num
ber of angles, nnd to finish It Is baked
In nn oven und frozen In a pall of ice.
When It la considered that 19,000 vi
brations an hour occur in a watch nni
It must not vary a second In n week
It Is oasy to see why no watch has
ever been ptrtect
AN UNAVOIDABLE DELAY.
"A drink," entreated tho weak volco.
"A warm drink, nurse."
"I shall bring it to you," answered
tho trained nurso. Sho rose, placed
tho bell connection within reach of tho
fceblo fingers, left tho room, her light
steps soundless on tho rich, deep car
pet. Along tho corridor, down tho
Btnlrwny, sho pnssctl. It was late
after midnight. Lights had been ex
tinguished In tho drnwlng-room, tho
dining-room, tho library. Only a sin
glo globe, opaquo nnd mellow, lighted
tho way. Thfs led to tho servants'
quarters. Under nnd beyond It tho
nurso hurried, n chaste vision. Her
bluo and whltc-strlpcd gown and tho
snowy linen nt throat and wrists nnd
on tho colled dark hair accentuated
tho pallor of tho patient, serene face.
It was still In that great houso on
MIchlgnn boulevard. Now that tho
thaw-had como, tho crunching of run
ners over tho frozen snow, tho cheery
Jlnglo of sllghbclls, tho softened mur
mur of gay young voices no longer
reached tho car. Not that Nurso Nor
lno had anything to do with Blelghlng
parties nor any other form of Indi
vidual diversion. But thoro hnd been
nights out of tho last two months
when sho had been a bit bewildered at
times by tho recollections theso chim
ing, irresponsible bolls awakened. Sho
had caught herself standing still, with
ono hand nt her h'enrt listening to
note should they stop beforo this door.
Sho had dropped her hand with a llttlo
sweeping gesturo of self-scorn. And
she hnd resumed her duties with tho
sudden glow In her cheeks dying out
as tho flush of embers dies under tho
pall of gray ashes.
Tonight, howevor, there wns no ex
traneous sound to divert no pcrsonnl
remembrances to distract hor. Sho
passed Into tho great, Immaculate, de
serted kitchen. Tho servants hnd gono
to bed. She saw nn expanso of polished
wood floor, tiled walls, sinks of mnrblo
and metal that glittered liko silver;
gas and alcohol ranges, nnd tho numer
ous minor commodities wblch mnko
tho drudgery of domestic labor com
paratively light and easy.
Hark!
What was that sound Just without?
A cniftlous, scraping footstep! Sho lis
tened tho saucepan poised In ono lift
ed hand. Silence. Pshaw! It was
nothing. It wns no ono. As if nn at
tempt at burglary would bo mndo In
this neighborhood and with tho light
burning! "I nm getting nervous," sho
told herself. "Constant vlgllnnco, con
tinunl wakefulness will tell on tho
strongest of us after awhile. I wish I
might warn all young girls who deslro
to become nurses, dreaming only of
the romantic aspect of tho profession
what tho real llfo Involves what tho
actual cxpcrlenco moans."
She looked around tho kitchen, and a
swift retrospect brought tho roso color
to hor cheek. Here It was down hero
that sho and llnrry had stolen, ufter
tho cook was asleep, to nttcmpt tho
compounding of ono particular, dell
clous dish. What a blunder they hnd
made of It! And sho hnd cut her hand
In wielding a hugo knlfo over n smnll
bunch of parsley. Harry had torn his
hnndkerchlof into strips, and tied up
tho Injured member. Ho had kissed
the palm, and said: "You havo such
pretty hands, Norlno!"
She had smiled back at him, saying:
"They are not nfrnld of work." And
ho had answered, with tho prldo of per
sonal possession, they nro not afraid of
nnythlng."
Ah, well! Sho roused herself with a
sigh.
"That was all so long ngo, -And
time works changes, as wo must
know."
Tho milk on tho rango was at boiling
point. Sho added a teaspoonful of
vinegar to the foaming mass In tho
saucepan, and quickly removing tho
samo poured tho strange-scented mix
ture through n flno wire slovo. Her
remedy and refreshment wero In rondl
ness tho potent "whey" dear to tho
heart of trans-Atlantic physicians.
Hark! Again!
Sho set down tho bowl hurriedly.
Nearer that tread and nearer! It was
on tho back porch now. Ho whoover
lie wns had laid ono hand upon tho
window frame was trying It was
shaking it softly.
Involuntarily Nurso Norlno stepped
back. She was not ono of your heroic
women. Sho could foel hor heart
pounding, until It seemed to strnln Its
:ords as a hound strnlns Its lcnsh.
Ought sho to turn out tho light?
Should sho try to leave tho spot?
"Thank God!" sho panted, "Bcsalo
will never learn nursing."
Although tlio nssoclntlon of burglary
with nursing wns decidedly Illogical.
There was a grating sound nt tho
window.
The window wns lifted by n strong,
stealthy hand. A blurred, wrlggllug
shadow fell across tho floor.
"Now!" breathed Nurso Norlno.
"Now!"
Her profcBBlonnl habit of self-control
tho senso of responsibility to hor
patient theso sustained her. Just as
tho clump of shoes struck tho floor, sho
ndvanced. A lofty, Ill-clad flguro con
fronted her. A face, distinguishable
between slouch lint nnd chin bandage,
wns nenr her own. A .ffclmy hand
ErlppoJ her thront.
"Keep still!" commanded tho volco
back of tho swathing handkerchief.
'Keep Btllll"
Tho command wan superfluous with
Iho herculean grip of thoso strong lin
gers nt her thront.
"I won't hurt you," went on tho auto
cratic volco. "Not If you don't mnko n
racket. Ho Isn't homotho muster. I
fxw tat In tho paper. I want her
Jewels aho's dying. Sho won't miss
them. Whoro aro they? Aro they In
tho secrot closet off tho drcsslnft-room
at tho head of tho prlvato Blnlrcaso?
That Is whoro my wlfo kept" Ho
broke off abruptly. "Wharo nro thoy?"
Tho grip on her throat relaxed.
"I know where you menn," sho cried
In her surprise hor bowlldcrment. "I
know."
Why should sho not know sho to
whom this houso hnd been n woddlng
gift! Sho, who had once placed her
own Jowols in that samo receptacle.
Sho who had como back ns a paid servi
tor to tho scene of hor only full, real,
transcendent hnpplncssl
"Quick, then! Quick!"
An cncournglng onth from oulsldo
tho window reached them. Again tho
man's flngors closed around tho smooth
whlto throat. "You know. Bring
them, then or, wait I'll go with you.
But no noise, you understand.' Not a
sound, or" His right hand slid back
ward. Ho shook beforo her eyen tho
llttlo toy of metal and wood ho drow
forth. "I can find tho placo nlono," ho
said. And then, to him without:
"Bring tho cord, Marty!"
In thnt Instant of diverted nttcntlon
sho wrested herself frco.
"Listen I" she gnsped. "Tho woman
Is dying. Any comomtlon will kill hor
nt once. And I cannot 01"
Onco moro tho flngorB, florco In ti
convolution born of rage, woro at hor
throat and tho masked faco bont lower.
"You must! You shall or, by"
Tho fingers tangled In a chain a
mcro thread of gold. Something fell,
with a mellow clatter to tho floor.
Tho man stooped hastily. Ho plckod
up tho fallen bnublo.
"Don't take thntl" entreated tho
nurse. Sho hnd fallen back onco more.
"It Is of no value. That Is of no In
trinsic value. It Is mine only mlno.
GIvo It to mo!"
Sho was whlto as death, and shiver
ing, when sho held out piteous, en
treating hands. Sho forgot fenr In do
Blrc. But tho man wns staring stupidly
upon tho medallion In his palm an
Ivory medallion upon which wns paint
ed a girl's fnco, How- sweet that faco
was how near, reproachful, tender,
familiar! A lifted young face, full of
love.Bhyness, half-fledged courage And
tho shyness that was sulntllneas ho
know nil these.
"Olvo It to me," tho nurso cntrentcd.
"Glvo ino my llttlo girl's picture Glvo
it to mo. it Is nil I hnvo of valuo
Bessie's picture."
Tho man hesitated. Ho still looked
down on tho trlflo In his great hand
motionless, entranced. From wlthmt
sounded n crackln at cursco.
"I will go," tho man said, "If you
will answer theso questions. Whero Is
this chlhl? Where Is hor father? Why
nro you horo?"
Sho put out both hands nnd felt
blindly for tho tnblo behind hor.
"Sho Is at tho Sacred Heart convent.
Sho Is good. Sho is beautiful. Her
fathor left his home long ngo In a mis
taken a Jealous rago." Sho paused.
Something In tho poso of tho great
bulk confronting her In tho echo of
the volco thnt had Interrogated, mado
hor nostrils rigid hor lips blue. "I
am hero becauso I must support my
child nnd myself. Thnt Is all."
"Your child!" ho repented. Ho wns
gazing down on tho bright thlng.ln tho
hollow of his hnnd. That faco! Tho
broad brow; tho eyes, Icas-llddod and
long-lnshcd; tho serious "aweop of hair
about tho tomplos theso woro IiIb own.
And tho mouth thoso squnro cut, son
sltlvo Hps with the beguiling dlflldonco
that was half audacity thoso woro
hers.
'INora," ho began. It wns his old
namo for her. "Nora "
"Git to work!" ndvlsed a husky volco
from the outer darkness, "ait to
work, you bloomln' fool."
That "bloomln' fool" moved nearer
to tho nurso, Ho had cast nslde his
disguising lint and 'kerchief.
"Norn, you rcmombor how wo enmo
down horo to cook n post-opora Biippor
ono spring night, after wo had como
back from Now Orleans? I did not
recognize you nt first. Dress tlmo
chnngo mnny things. All theso havo
causod natural alterations." It wns no
longer tho Intrudor who wns spoaklng.
It was tho gentleman tho Bcholnr.
"Wo woro so nfrnld of tho cook, you
recollect? And that confounded omo
let, ties herbes! Wo trlod to make It
as It was served to us in dim, dark,
dear Now Orleans. What dinners wo
had In thnt llttlo, gloomy restaurant
on tho Ruo Chnrtresl What prowling
In tho French quarter! How you huted
tho lazy old mules on Tchoupltoulas
street! Then, thoro were tho mornings
In Jackson squnro! And tho strolls
through tho French market, nnd "
There wns no mistaking tho fervor of
tho curso which camo through the
opened window. But tho man lingered
although ho had handed back tho
biuble.
To you remcmbcr7" ho Insisted.
"Could I forgot?" sho counter-queried.
Tho bell rang.
"I nm needed." Sho lifted tho pitch
er of whey. Sho opened tho door.
"Go!" jho sild.
"Will you toll Bcsslo "
"What?"
"Nothing, Nora. Novcr mind, dear."
"You havo been gono n long tlmo,
nurso," objected tho patient, fretfully.
"I nm sorry, madamo, but tho delay
wns unavoidable. Drink this."
Sho slipped her strong arm under tho
pillow. Sho directed tho wavorlng
head upon it. Sho hold tho cup with
firm flngors. But her gaze strayed to n
corner whero n crib used to stand n
llttlo rose-hung crib, whero tho origi
nal of tho portrnlt on tho medallion
Baby Bessie had lain!
OSTniCH AS A WATCHMAN.
Sngnclmie Hint, Nmnrrt Nnpotean, Keep
Uuard.
An ostrich watchman Is tho latest
trained wonder In Florldn. Ho enn bo
seen every night making his roundii
through tho pens of nn ostrich farm
near Jacksonville, says n correspond
ent of tho Philadelphia Times. About
n week ngo tho sagacious bird, which
has been nnmcd Napoleon, proved his
capacity for tho appointment. About
eight months ngo the owners of this
herd of ostriches established tho farm
at this place. Provlous to this tlmo
und clnco 1885, when they mado their
11 rat Importations of birds Into thin
country.thcy carried on their cxtciiBlvo
farm In California. Attracted by tho
calubrlous cllmnto and tho shorter dis
tance to their mnrkets, they determin
ed upon this step. When they estab
lished their farm at Jacksonville, thoy
nddod as nn especial attraction speci
mens of mnny rnro birds and animals
capable of easy domestication. Among
tho former wns a flock of over 200
golden nnd other vnrlctlcs of pluft
snnts. In tho course of events thlo
fnct becamo known to the mnny color
ed gentry, nnd knowing the dnrky'a
nntural penchant for "chlckln," tho
owners feared for their latest purchas
es. Tho pheasants, they knew, would
bo tempting, becauso nil birds -look
nllko to coons, nnd thoso resembled
moro than anything else, nice, fat
yellow-legged roosters, nnd so would
beeomo doubly tempting. Nor wero
the fen is of the owners groundless.
Tho "cullod" population rnpldly pass
ed through tho stngca of hearing, In
vestigating and finally seeing. At thla
stngo of tho gamo tho ownors of tho
ostrich herd took steps to provent tho
loss of their property, and Napoleon
was called Into requisition.
RICH PICKINQ FOR SAILORS.
IlrltUh inti Often Morlvo Fortune In
Prlxo Money,
As tho minister of war has said, wo
nro now at strlfo with nn enemy which
docs not oven possess n cocklo-bont,
nnd those bravo sailors who aro fight
ing patriotically with their soldier
brothers havo not tho additional In
centives that used to bo hold out to
tars In tho way of trensuro ships, tho
enpturo of ono of which, Incredible ns
It mny seem, in somo casoa gavo each
ordlnnry soamnn as much as 2,000
worth then much moro thnn now
prlzo monoy. It Is not very long slnco
nn old sailor died In London who re
membered sorvlng on vessels In tho
royal nnvy that sometimes waited off
ono stntlon for n year for n trensuro
ship thoy had been wnrncd of, nnd who
was present when our craft, tho Etna-"
llan, enpturod tho Thetis, with 51,75o,
000 on board. About tho samo tlmo
thrco of our warships, nfter lying In
wait for months, captured tho Santa
flrlgnda with a troasuro of nearly 52,
000,000 In her hold. It ncodod nlxty
threo nrtlllory wagons escorted by
armed men nnd bands of music to
convoy tho treasure to tho cltadol of
Plymouth, nnd each captnln received ns
prlzo monoy 40;730; ench lieutenant
had JC 5,100 and each Bcamnn nnd ma
rlno 182.
Kettle Americano.
All winter long, nnd Into this, tho
second month of tho vlolct-sccntctl
springtime of Mexico, wo hnvo heard
two distinctive sounds tho click of
tho kodak and tho "tnconeo," or tick
tack of tho llttlo IicoIb of tho American
girl, marching through San Francisco,
Profesa and Plnteros Btrcots. And still
they como, this flitting army of rest
less Americanos, mulo nnd female, ns
tho Lord created thorn, nnd Instinct
with tho horcdltury nomadism of our
race, for no ono Btuys close nt homo
except for flnnneinl reasons. Thnt la
nlso why mnny of us here In tho trop
ics will not go to tho Paris exposition.
It Is well to bo "franc" about It. Bos
ton Heruld's letter from City of Mexi
co. A Now Mineral.
Mohawklto Is tho name given to a
now mineral discovered In tho copper
mines at Houghton, Mich, It Is nn
arBenldo of copper In connection with
an nrscnldo of ulckol, united rhomlcnl
ly, not mechanically. An alloy of cop
per and nickel Is In good demand, nnd
tho now oro, It Is said can ho turned
into copper, nlckol, arsenic nnd cobalt
with less than 1 per cent of wnsto.
Cobalt is tho base of tho deepest bliu
dyo. Arsenic Is worth flvo cents n
pound, copper 17 cents and nickel morn
than twlco as much ns copper.
llarveit for Dentin.
If n child would eat candy once n
day nnd then wush out his mouth
thoroughly ho might keep up tho prac
tice for rtfty years without harm to
his teeth, but It Is tho constant suck
ing ofcnndy, always having something
sweet in tho mouth, that cats nway tho
euumol nnd reaps mighty harvests for
the dentsU.