LEAP FROM CLOVDS
Tho parachuto Jtimpor Is a compnr-
ntlvcly recent product In tho profes
sion of ballooning. Tho first parachuto
Jumper, tho first man llto'-ally to mako
tho leap from tho clouds, was Sum
Baldwin, now a successful manufac
turer of balloonn at Qulncy. 111. Ilald
wln, hla brothor and Prof. Van Tassel,
three gas balloon men, happened to
meet In a Los Angeles hotel In tho
summer of 1887. Each had a hard
luck story to tell and It was unani
mously agrood that tho business hud
j;ono to tho dogs. As a means of re
suscitating It and rescuing It from tho
canlno grasp Baldwin suggested tho
parachuto lecp: Tho others did not
bcllovo It possible for a man to mako
tho jump and live.
Out of tho charring came n determin
ation to mako tho experiment. Nono
of them was willing to offer himself up
as a sacrifice, oo n bag of sand was
Hubstltutcd, Tho balloon was sent up
from tho commons with a long string
attached to tho parachuto rope. When
tho bag had rlson In a height of three
quarters of n mllo tho cord was pulled
und tho chuto cut loose. It dropped
like a. log for a hundred foot, then
opened and came slowly down to earth.
Repeated experiments convinced each
that it was a safe trick with a man in
place of tho bag of sand. Van Tassel
then wont to 'Frluco to Interview tho
newspapers aud get thorn to send spe
cials to Lob Angeles, but wlillo ho was
away tbo Impatient Baldwins cxporl
montpd thornaelves nnd Sam mado tho
first Jump In history safely aud easily,
Tho Baldwins wcro quick to rcallzo
tho monoy valuo of being first In tho
Hold and thoy started cast to inaugur
ate tho sport there. Tho greatly In
censed Van Tassol broke with them
and gutting an outfit began making as
cents himself,
Act Drew Iniiiiriinn Crowd,
Tho now act loaped Into popular fa
vor at onco. Tho incrcdlblo daring of
tho porformanco aud tho scorning fact
that it was moro than an equal chanco
that tho noronaut would bo dashed to
ploccn drew immonso crowds eyery
whoro tho loop was advortlscd to take
place. Tho man who "rodo tho bag"
could command almost any price ho
asked. For somo tlmo tho three bal
loonlsta who told oach othor hard-luck
storlcH In Los Angeles had tho flold to
thomsolvcB. Most of tho other noro
nauta woro afraid of it. With four n.
Btfltants nnd a pushing nianhger tho
Baldwins mado n tour nround tho
world. In a year and a half thoy net
ted a cool 1100,000 in cash. To this
they nddod big money secured from tho
managers of many eastern resorts,
fcivo hundred dollars wnB tho ilxcd
chargo for ono porformanco.
With tho advent of othor "riders of
tho bag," as tho technical term of the
profession is, prices began to drop.
Many .tampon Mrlng 1'rlcr Down.
From $1,000 that was onco paid for
Fourth of July performances at tho big
resorts, prices went steadily down
ward, tentll 250 waa reached. Still
moro recruits camo, and nowadays tho
ruling prlco 1h from $2G to $10, duo
largely to tho prcsonco of many
"farmers" in tho buslnosB, men who
uso It as a means of making a llttlo
sldo monoy during tlio BUinmor. No
ono haa over compllod an aecurato list
of tho numbor or mon who depend up
on tho parachuto Jumping us a moans
of livelihood, but intimates range from
300 to B00, with no basis of guessing
how mauy local performers thorn are.
(Hurtling Novullle Duvlini.
Tho public crnzo for novelty, com
bined with tho doslro lo oxcol, causod
a numbor of startling Innovations.
First camo tho man and a woman, then
lator tho dog was added. First tho
man and women rodo on tho same bar.
Later they had ooparato parachutes,
tied to tho namo lmr. When tho dog
;, MARVELOUS FEAT OF THE
arrived on tho aceno !u was given a
chuto of his own. It waa tied to the
bar,(and when tho signal ramo all that
was spectacular nnd taking, but a
grct deaj of a fulcc. Tho folded chuto
was first placed Inside n big tubo of
tin mounted oit stunchlons und car
riage of tho fiBino iltmsy mntorlal,
paipted black to rcBomblo Iron. T1ib
was attached to tho parachuto. Thon
tho porformer crawled In. Ho had
concealed In tho breast of his leotard,
the'ltalf coat used by nil tumblers and
trapezo artists, a pistol, provided with
THE WAY THAT IT tftfd) for" '
blank cartridges. Tho balloon wob ro
lcascd in tho ordinary mannor, and
when It reached a proper height tho
aeronaut exploded his cartridge and
"tho human cannon ball" dropped Into
view. Down In an Indiana town an
aeronaut with a gaa balloon success
fully mado an ascension with n big
farm wagon attached. To add to the
realism, tho porformer oat on tho front
scat nnd plied a long whip. Then
camo the "gang chute." Four men,
each with a llttlo chuto of his own,
wont Tip with tho tmlioon. A big bar
llko a whimotree was attached to tho
balloon. To this tho chutos woro tied
wo necessary was to unloose It. Thon
camo the mnn riding a bicycle in mid
air. When he left the grou-.id he waa
pedaling nt a great rale. This he kopt
up as long an ho In sight. It
looked very risk;, but it wasn't. The
machine was tied stoutly to thn para
chute, with tho cut-off rope dangling
down within reach, w'lllo thn rldor
himself was mcurcd by hldi'..n hufnty
appliances to tho wheel.
Tim (.'miiiiiiom Act.
Later camo tho 'man who bred hlm-
nolf out of a cannon In midair. Tills
MOKE SPECTACULAR
In n row. Ono by ono thoy wcro drop
ped safely to tho earth.
AnlmuU .Sent Ui.
BabooiiB, roosters, cats and othor
domestic annuals uavo been among
thoso harnoHscd to lltto pnruchutos and
Hot free to rldo down to earth. Others
have taken pigeons, ducks, doves and
other good' Illors and lot thorn loose ln
miunir. Advertising matter was set
adrift In tho sumo manner.
Tho apoctncularpart of tbo nsconslon
1b to bo found In tho acrobatic feats
while tho outfit is mounting heaveii
wnrd. This Is norvo-racklng to tho
spectator, but not disconcerting to tho
porformer. It nuiBt be ronicmbored
that ho feols.no Ronuntlon of tho rush
through tho air. To him everything
nppoan) stationary, uavo tho earth
which Is dropping away from him. If
ho holds by ono hand ho knows,
though the crowd doesn't, thut the
wob bandago which grips him by tho
wrist will hold hint aocuro, and If hq
hangs head downward ho knowB that
a pair of horses could not pull him
away from a trupozo Into tho cornora
of which ho has planted his toes.
IN CANNON AND TOY PISTOL.
Withal It Is ft hard profobslon. Tho
man who facea dangor dally may clulm
thnt ho bccomoB bo accustomed to its
mien that ho fears It no longer. Ex
tornully this may bo truo, but tho
nervous system has Its limitations, and
if tho warnings It sometimes semis
out uro not heeded death may como
ln n horrlblo shape.
Thus tho ranks aro swelled today by
tho young and daring; depleted to
morrow by tho tried nnd wlso. Few
men grow old In tho profession. Thoy
marry and their wives will not hoar
Sensations of Parachute
Jumpers In Dropping
From Flying Balloons.
to nnothcr ascent. They become crln-
pled or frightened Into something that
promises longer llfo, oven though tho
prlco Is a humdrum youth.
II. T. DOBBINS.
hunting business nt Sabine, last sea
son killed slxty-clght ducks in ono
hour and twenty minutes, all being
wing shots. Ben F. Johnson, coun
ty commissioner from that precinct,
killed a like numbor nt ono dlschnrgo
of a doublo-barrcllcd gun. Henry
Townsend killed slxty-threo mallnrds
that ho got at tho dlschargo of a
double-barrelled gun.
A Hmoklnff Centenarian.
How shall one reach tho century
Mr. Sidney Cooper will nttaln if ho
ilvea till September 20, 1003. Somo
ten years ago Mr. Cooper, then closo
upon 90, gavo an account of his dally
Ilf.'. Ho breakfasted at 8, nfter hav
ing done ln the summer an hour, in
tho winter half an hour, In his paint
ing room. HIn breakfast consisted
of oatmenl porrldgo and bread and
shout half a pint of milk Just warm
irom ma own cow. Ho had not
"then tasted n cup of toa or coffco for
nearly forty years. Aftcd breakfast
ho woikcd till lunch time, his lunch
consisting of n mutton chop and a
glass of that ale, which, as ho himself
say?, taken In moderation gives Btam-
lna and power. In thoso days thoy
woro in tho earl '90s ho wont for a
walk boforo hit. dinner at C o'clock,
beer again being his only drink. After
that ho read his nowananor. At 9
o'clock ho took his ono cigar and nt
10 was in bed. This was tho ovcrv-
day tenor of his life, and ho remarked
thnt regularity la tho secret of long
evity. Ixindon Chronicle.
rresldnnl of Oun Name.
Tho accession of VIco-PresIdent
iioosovolt to tho chief mngistry adds
THAN DANGEROUS.
another to tho list of presidents who
hnd but ono Christian nnmc. Of tho
iwcniy-nvo presidents, but six, tho
younger Adams, tho elder Harrison,
Polk, Orant, Hayes nnd Arthur had
two. Mr. Cleveland since tho death
of ox-Preaidont Harrison Is tho only
nun, cx-presiiient. Thoro hnvo boon
but thrco othor Instances whero thero
w out ono surviving. In 183C when
.. ...noun u,0lli J01m qulncy Adams
alono survived; in 1874, when Fill-
..uro (nod, Andrew Johnson, nnd in
mc, when Arthur died, Hayes. Thero
hnvo been but two occasions when
there was nono survlvlng-durlng tho
term of John Adams, when Washing
ton died, and during tho socond term
of Grant ln 1875, when Johnson died.
Loulsvlllo Courlor-Journnl.
Killed Klxty-Kfciit UucUs nt
One Shot.
l ho duck Bhootlnir
Bcason has
opened up In this portion of tho coast
-"mj. a,iyS lIl0 ualveston Dnlly
Nows. but tho prevalence of mosqul
ocs b making tho sport less attrac
tive than It otherwise would bo, and
Is also deterring tho "pot shootors"
from spondlng as much tlmo In tho
lakes and marshes ns they would wish
to do. However, tho Sablno market Is
being supplied with ducks, and thoy
aro plump and Juicy, having fed nnd
fattened In tho rlco flolds along tho
bayous, to tho north and west of tho
city. Several years ago, when dilvlng
tho mnll and passenger stngo between
Sablno nnd Gnlvcston, on his return
homo ono nftornoon, Joo Marty killed
2C3 ducks In ono of tho lakeB along
tho routo In two hours and fifteen
minutes from tho tlmo ho begnn
shoo.lng. A. II. Best, who Is ln tho
Const I.lno lu Culm.
Ono of tho monthly magazines pub
lishes an nrtlclo by Edward Marshall,
entitled "Covering n War," purporting
to show how tho papers got tho nows
and what It costs them. Ho deals
principally with Cuba, and In tho nr
tlclo occurs this paragraph: "To pa
trol n const lino as great as that of
Cuba (tho lBland Is over ono hundrod
miles long), nnd to know ovory event
of lmportanco within Its limits, wiib
an extremely dinicult mattor." If
Mr. Marshall's ostlmnto of tho dally
cost of tho nows-gottlng Is ns wldo
of tho mark as thut of tho length of
Cuba wo shall havo to dlvldo his fig
ures by 18, for tho coast lino Is really
over 1,800 miles long. To bo accu
rate: Tho northern coast is 913 and
tlio southern 972 in longth.-Now
York Press.
Not Much Iancr In Ico.
Tho Boston board of health has boon
considering for somo tlmo tho ques
tion of whether typhoid fovcr lurks
In Ico, nnd Is prepared to roport that
thero Is llttlo danger. In natural Ico
tho bacteria aro thrown out by freez
ing, ami in nrtmcinl Ico thoy
killed jn sterilizing.
aro
3LG0KE3 NEAR MOUNTAIN TOP.
Biplorer llrotiRlit to a StnntMllll Jfeui
Aislnlbolno' Summit.
Henry Gricr Bryant, traveler and ex.
piorcr, recently returned from a flv
weokB trip In the Canadian Rockloa.
soya mo rniiaueiphia Public Ledger.
With Walter Dwight Wilcox, a fellow
of tho Royal Oeographlcal Society of
ijonuon, wbo has often traveled and
mado sclontlflc Investigations thero-
auouts, Mr. Bryant organized an o.xno.
ditlon to cxploro tho region around tho
neauwatera of tho Elk and Palliser
rivcra a district covering about 2.000
square miles, which has remained a
blank on the government maps and,
If possible, to mako an nttr-mnt in no.
cond Mount Asalniholno tho Mnttnr.
horn of tho Rockies. Tho nartv con-
sistlng of two Swiss guides, three cow-
UOJ'S ana fourteen horses, with nrn.
visions nnd supplies, besldo Mr. Brynnt
aim mr. Wilcox, left Banff n station
4 1. ri ' .
nnd struck th
. - .......V V' 1. 11 Ill T 1. 1
south nnd tin tho Snrnv rivnr in ti.
direction of Mount Aaslnilmlnr. Nn
ono lind ovor niinrr.rif.i in ronM,in
tho summit of tub mm.ntnin whirl,
is put down in tho government aurvev
nn -niA . . . .
a vviuk z,jvi icet nign. lsvcry at -
tack on tho mountnln bpfnm im,i i,nnn
mado from tho north, but Mr. Bryant
and his party decided to try' it from
tho south, frnm whM, ,iirMn .
asccnt was bellovod In im onaior nn
of tho Swiss guides was kicked' by a
horao beforo rcachlntr thn foot, nmi
had to bo left bohlntl. Plrklnt? timir
wny over stretchea of snow nmi rnnim
and kconlnsr as mueh n nnnnihio nn.
ior tho ovnrlmnpinir ri,icra n ..a
bo nrotccteil frnm nnaaii1in'nvinni,
tho party steiulllv mmho.i i,nrnr,i i,f
woro brought to a standstill whon only 8lon of tllc ,nflulry should be nwaltcd tlccs In this caso are the moro Inex
800 feet from tho top by a long trav- beforo anv action should bo taken. cusablo becauso thero Is no opportuni
ty of snow, ovnr whtrii it wnniii
'invo been foolhardlncss to attempt to
4ss. Tho expedition had reached 11 -
125 feet. hownvAr ihn t.iihnBt nninf
over attained. Mr! Bryant says that it
is only a question of tlmo beforo tho
summit will bo rcaccd but as tholr
tlmo was limited tho party was com
pcneu io glvo it up.
COIN SOUVENIRS OF TRAIN.
McKlnloy'a ITunernl Car Iluns Over Oold
1'lecea In roiiiitjlvunliu
Tho desiro for souvpntm
part of tho largo crowds lined along
mo rauroau tracks at ovory point was
a distinctive featuro of tho McKlnley
funeral train, says tho Pittsburir Vnnt
Tho most nonular nf nil thn mnfhn.ia
adopted was tho placing of coins on
tlio track so that tho train might pass
over them, amnnhinf tint fhn in
of money as a mark of identification in
r UIVLUJ
years to como. This nractlco waa not
confined to any particular point or
crowd, but was indulged ln genorally
an aiong tne route. Tho mutilated
coins woro afterward gathered up by
inoir owners and displayed with much
pnue. ai somo stations, accordiuz to
the train conductors, so many coins
woro niacon on tho milt timf if .o,.Do,i
a slight Jar to tho cars an thov nni
w aM WMM M VUUOUU
ovor them. Colna nf iiiffnmnf .innn.niJ
nations accrcimtlne- nt lrnBr onvnmi
liundred dollars were strewn along tho
trnck at Union station. Even theso
rollc-huntors seemed to npprcclato tho
occaslon nnd surroundings, nnd. in-
stead or making a rush for tholr prop
crty as Eoon as tho train had passed,
waited until it was out of sight beforo
picking up tho crushed coins, nnd by
common muto consent each was al
lowed to have his or her own wlthmit
tho least nulbbllne nmone tlmm. At
Itoup station a promlnont and wealthy
resident of tho Shadysido district
placed a $10 gold ploco upon tho rail
Tho approach of tho train started to
shako It off, but It managod to remain
long enough to havo Just a small nor
tlon of It nipped off as If dono by a
itnuo. Tho ownor is quito a collector
of souvenirs and oddities, and -when
ho picked up his coin ho stated it
would occupy tho most prominent and
conspicuous placo in his largo eollec
tlon.
Lord Goorgo Bentlnck, In' 1S43. n
Grout Hot In History.
betting on his horso GaDor. for the
Derby, stood to win 160.000 (?720,
000), but saved himself upon Cothor
stono, nnd nottcd 30,000 ($144,000).
At another tlmo a hot of 90,000
(1432,000) against 30,000 ($144,000)
was booked between old Lord Glat
gow and Lord George Bentlnck. Tho
Marquis of Hastings bet and lost
103,000 ($494,400) on tho Hermit's
?urby'. ?f &. Co' of Wnl1 Btroet. ,n
August, iyuu, naa uu.uuu placed In
t n iki w ii n ii m M - irM.ini .1 M a. r i
niv.i ttitnua iu uut. uu l (luiuuui OIC-I
KInloy's ro-eloctlon, at odds of 2V4 to
1. Tholr offer was absorbed In frac-
tlons. Lord Dudley bet 24,000 to
8,000 on Potcr ln a raco nt Ascot
with a bookmakor named Morris,
" """""'t Dnuiuaiu imau-i
t.. uj ..ii... namtu .uuiiiuuri won I
00,000 on Don Juan In tho Ceaure-
witch at Nowmarkot ln 1883. Now
York Herald,
. .
i:icctrlclin.' (Hove.
Thn Electric Laboratory of Paris hai
bcon carrying out recently a series oJ
experiments bearing on tho insulating
qualities of electricians' gloves, As n
rosult tno mombors having tho mattoi
in chargo havo arrived at tho conclu.
slon that Insulating glovc3 cannot bt
considered as affording efTicIont nro.
toctlon ngnluBt tho dancers rnnnnMnJ
...in. t.,..i . I
that In tholr Judgment It would ovor
vriLU iiiKii-Luiioiuii ciirii'iiiH. nnil c n I
bo better to prescrlbo tholr uso alto-
gotlior ratlior tnau to roly upon tholi
ofllclency in contuct with dangaroui
connections, it Is prudent, thoy say
to consldor thora usoful only for work
lng with thoso parts already lnsultei
from tho lines, such for exampl a
tho non-motalllc handH of awltCh-
Philadelphia Time,. '
An A T?TnT?TTT A "NT AT VQTQ
OAUJIiU DlJ Ai AlllOLO
CONQRESSMAN TONGUE ON TARIFF
REVISION.
It Should Only lln Undertaken After
Deliberate nnil Hihnustlve Kxnmlnutlnn
of KxUtlng forts nnd Conditions The
I'rcient Intluntrlnl Situation.
Congressman Tongue of Oregon
tnkes a comprehensive view of tho
present Industrial situation nnd
sketches tho relation of tho Tariff
thcfeto w,th a flrm hand- As to ono
Phaso of tho current attempts at Tar-
J" agitation ho makes a frank state-
M,cnt' If everything that Mr. Babcock
lind Bomo others claim is true ho would
u"cuuu mo rcraeuy uiuj uuiuuiiu, uui.
Mr TonBe niakes his proposition
cu",l!,y kohuhbchi uijuu u mum, uui-
I flit ntl.l Ihnpnunti nnnltfttla ,lit " lln
. ...
says, "a careful examination should
prove" no less than five different sped
Acatlons to be true, then he would rc-
movo tho Tariff from tho Industries
or nrtlclcfl In question. His closing
caut,on an(l wise requirement of cor-
.1 fnlntl
I
Tllo investigation named as a pre-
rc(lu,slt0 Is now oclnB carried on, and
lt w111 bo ns tnorouGh and exact as
possible. It is believed that tho do-
manrt heretofore mado for tho repeal
of certaln 'l,tef on the Ground of
thc,r bclnS Inoperative except to cna-
b, American manufacturers to get
"'Ber prices at Homo than nuroad was
Prematuro and hasty, and that a cool
nnil cxhnustlvo examination of tho
wholo subject will mnko such repeal
obvlouBly unnecessary. Tho conclu-
1 certainly oo not oeuovc tnat it
wouId bo w,ae for ConBress at tho
to,n,nK session io enter upon nny-
tu,nS llko a. general revision of the
present Tariff. As a whole, both In
B "UUULU reiui unu in sum-
l,lat,nS tho Industrial Interests of tho
country, tho DIngley Tariff law has
been unusually successful. Our exports
surpass ull previous records and aro
still growing larger. With consump
tion stimulated to the highest point.
wo arc purchasing from foreign na
tions less of food products, especially
such as our own farmers can success-
fully ralae' than wo Purchased during
"'"ov luuiuio impression toi
IowlnS tho passage of the Wilson
Gorman law. A greatly increased de
manl fr thoso is supplied wholly
m our own fnms- ranges, dairies,
ul"u, UB nnu garuens.
"Our present trade balance is ena
l . ..
Dllng XiS t0 cancel our obligations to
foreign nations, and its continuance
for a few years will mako us tho cred
itor nation of the world. Labor is
woll paid and fully employed. Wo
should not lightly Imperil theso ad
vantages or endanger tho prosperity
wo now enjoy. To enter now upon a
penera revision of tho Tariff, to at
". 'u huu ruuuuu our in
I .1 . I . .
uusiriat system would Itself creato
alarm, resulting In a general shorten
,nB P of production, lessoning tho de-
"muu lor ,auor a,m suppiica and gen
crni unrc3L anu aiarm. It would bo
bettor to bcar w,th sl,eht lnconvcnl-
ences ratncr tnan to rush blindly upon
untold disaster. Wo must not attrib
ute all higher prices to sinister Influ
ences, six years ago tho crying evil
was "low prices." When all aro eairer-
ly striving to secure higher prices in
mo prcsenco or nhenomonnliv in.
creased demand, wo must exnect thnt
tnero wl11 1)0 Increase ln tho prlco or
tho production of others, as well as of
our own, of tho things wo consumo
as well as those wo produce Wo
must not expect to buy cheap unices
wo expect to soil cheap and work
enenp.
"But If a careful examination should
Prove. what Is so often alleged, that
mu uiu iHiiiio upon products not
nccucd ior eitlior rovenuo or nrotec
tlon; that tho Industries producing
theso goods aro capable of withstnmi.
ihk uu joreign competition, that they
uro ouwiripping an rorelnn comnot.
M'""10'
V ""VLls ot lU0 world,
' 1.
- - - ....".v, mi. Wtu Aiui.iuullS
controlling tneso
products to extort
unreaBonablo prices from tho home
consumer wnuo selling chcapor abroad
thon they should be repealed at nnro
una snouin do done, not to destroy,
uut io prcscrvo protoctlon. They
Thoy give plausibility to the argument
that a Protective Tariff fosters S
iuwu no imri oi a rrotectlvo system.
Thoy nro tho enemies, not tho frlendV
nuuiiu-j, not tno friends
If wo do not get rid of
ore Is grave danger tha
, i i
OI fTOlOCtlOn, If '
such Tariffs thoro
tno pooplo, unmindful of past oxDeri
ences, stirred to madness by anneals to
prejudice against great woalth mnv
ariso In their might, guided by'nncfir
mum iuuu ujr wiBuom, U3 In ISO0 and
uv.-ai.iu ulo vuuie lTOtectlVO nnllnv
"But such n step should ho tniro
only nfter tho mOSt Cnrpflll
.1... - . . . -i.ii.iiui-
ttnn nf thn nrnlint.1 m . . ..
imuiu uuuci oi mo ac-
i.uu tuHiciHpiateu. vo should bo cor-
laln lnal tllO IlldUStrlea nffecten rmiM
Bcces8fully withstand foreign comnn.'
, ' wo wero not destroying
imijuiuuii enterprises wh n no,
ting to destroy monopolies, thnt
woro not merely changing mnstera and
enthroning a foreign trust upon tho
ruins of domestic trusts. Wo should
first bo suro of tho facta. n.i ,
search for theso should bo iimrnnh
nmi prhniiatlvn Tim . I
....i,v, ,u iuli.i riiiiir vnnum I
tho ncUon tahcn should bo caution!
temperate, hut firm nnd effective. Sin-
tUM,iy y"rB. iaos. n. Tongue, M. C.
iHL uiHrrinr. iirnirnn
cheap Orenn Vrelchtj.
Consulnr Agent Harris, nt kii.
biuck, uermany, in a renort nn
Gorman imnortatlona of mi , .
United States nnd
United States and m RR 7" "T.i"?
f "tho only thing which will enable tho
Unted statoa ln th0 futuro Bncccssful-
ly to compete with Russia In tho grain
markets of Germany will jo cheaper
ocean freights." That Is statemont
that comes from other ' ;presentatlve3
of tho United Stat In Europe, in
speaking of our exports of coal to that
continent. But cheaper ocean freight
rates depend entirely on tho creation
of an American ocean merchant ma
rine, and that in turn depends entirely
on tho possago of a shipping bill by
Congress, Tho farmers, coal miners,
and everybody elso will bo bonellted by
such legislation. Philadelphia Press.
NEW YORK CUSTOMS FRAUDS.
Tho frauds recently unearthed ln tho
appraiser's ofllco at Now York aro be
lieved to hnvo robbed tho government
of nearly $1,000,000. For months it haB
been noticed that certain importers of
uuiiuui-au wusn sines in now xorKcowu
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sell tlieso goods below what would bo
tho legltlmato cost If the duties woro
paid. Chicago Importers Biispcct dis
honesty on tho part of their Now York
rivals and Bet a trap to convict tho
guilty parties. This mcasuro of self-
protection has resulted ln stopping a
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ing tho government out of enormous
sums annually,
Tho Chicago
merchants bcllovcd
thero were dishonest officials in tho ap
praiser's ofllco at Now York who woro
ln collusion with dishonest importers
in that city. To test their theory they
refused to pay the duty on thirty cases
of allk ln tho Chicago custom houso
and had them reshlppod to Now York
on somo pretext, with tho result that
tho wholo Bystem of fraud has slnco
been unearthed. The dishonest nrne-
ty ior error as to tho amount of tho
duties. Tho customs charges on sllka
aro levicu nccoruing to tho weight of
tho goods In pounds. Thoro is no ox-
cuso for a clerk who makes on undor-
uiiiuuiouinuiu oi goous budjocc to spo
clfic duties by tho pound or yard
When goods aro taxed on tho ad valo
rem basis tho Importer may bo tempt
ed to undervalue his goods' ln order to
reduce tho duty, and tho nppraiser may
bo deceived. Frauds of that kind aro
frequent nnd hard to get at. but the
silk frauds aro moro daring and un
usual. Chicago Tribune.
JOHN BULL'S NIGHTMARE.
COFFEE PROTECTION.
Action of municipal Kovori'ments
In Porto Rlco ln lovylnc prohibitory
excise taxes upon imported coffee i3 an
expedient that, if adopted at all tho
ports of tho Island, might afford & lo
cal solution of a problem that will re
ceive tho attention of congress at Us
noxt session. But It Is doubtful wheth
or similar local legislation could meet
tho demand of Hawaii for protection
for Its homo coffeo growers. Under tho
decision of tho supreme court, con
gress would havo power to enact du
ties upon nny imports Into theso terri
torial possessions. Tho problem Hiiir-
gests an Interesting illustration of tho
theory of a protective tariff. Coffco
enters tho United States free, becauso
wo do not raise tho
uul now w aYo acquired Islands
wnoro conco-growlnc Ih a nrnfltni.i. in.
nere is a direct Invitation
to apply locally tho bonoflt of protec-tlon.-Now
York Mall and Express.
Silent Frce-Wooleni.
Woolen mills aro crowded win.
ders, oven tho smaller concerns par
ticipating, and tho wool market is
steady, despito weakness abroad
F,rora AR' G' Du & Co.'s weekly re
V,e.W' A.UB"8t 31'
, , east 1110 featres aro tho
i,. , . ,V"'H1 UI two
TJ fr WOt)1 at flrm
?lN!!T.X?rk ""aelphla and Bos-
i.".., mm mo expansion In dry goods
demand at thoso samo cities. From
Bradatroot's wookly review, August 31
It has taken longer for tho wool and
woolen mnrkot to recover frnm th i
jmy oi ueo trauo than other ln.ii,..-
trlc&' but nw, despito tho low nriroa
abroad, our wool market la
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steady and tho outlook for tho woolen
trado is better than for years. Tho
ii cu ttuuiera aro very silent
days.
those
Unsafo (iuldet.
A man or n party that takes up any
ui that promises nonnln,it
Ism
spectlvo of b truth or wisdom,' drops
It when defeated and seizes upon tho
noxt phantasm dlHonvoro.i i,.
lllghty and Insincere to bo a'safo guide
. . ...
mr dona t a .
cruel blundnr h J,, . 'T.. UmA no
that
of their nublin. u, Loaau
i In th.
public affairs.
What They AVont.
Anti-Tariff papors used to sav thnt
a Tariff would build up no Industries
Now thoy say It has caused our Indus-
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rir"!"'.80 inoy cnn .w small
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