LABOR UNIONS. ¥' p' FREE TRADERS HAVE NO USE FOR SUCH INSTITUTIONS. IlfCant Thru m "Dangeron*” to Cheap p Labor and Monopoly Idea*—Approve ' Free Imports of Foreign Prison Made tioods. ■ k; ■ - T We reproduce elsewhere a report of ' the last general annual meeting of the members of the Cobden club, which was i held in London Aug. 17. Lord Farrer seems to have been spokesman of the day and he noted with satisfaction nn appoach to free-trade In the Australian colonies and the United States. At the , same time, however. Lord Farrer found It necessary to "strongly advise all free -trader a to keep a careful watch upon :; Lord Salisbury’s doings," as be “wished . to have protective duties upon foreign ' manufactures In order the better to light the foreign tariffs." , We are not surprised to find Lord ' Farrer regarding trade unions as “dan • serous," because they always must be in free-trade countries where the sole desire of the manufacturers is to de press the value of labor and make men. tionlsts for funds to aid them in the dissemination of their destructive lit erature in this country. We are very rorry to say thaf many protectionists have unwittingly aided their enemy. Iron Trade and Free Trades. Some interesting statistics arc fur nished by Ryland’s Iron Trade Circular, published at Birmingham, of Aug. 24. They give the condition of the iron in dustry at South Staffordshire, England, under free-trade. The result hardly shows conditions that would Justify the enforcement of such a policy in the Uni ted States, that Is with the idea of ben efiting the American Iron industry. The construction of new furnaces stopped in 1878. and the number of fur naces in blast in South Staffordshire decreased from 108 in 1871 down to 18 in March, 1895, and 19 last June. With the reduction In the number of furnaces in blast the output per furnace per annum increased from 6,720 tons in 1871 to 14,360 tons in 1894. The total output of the furnaces, however, fell off from 725,716 tons in 1871 down to considerably less than half—315,924 tons in 1894. The history of the puddling furnaces is somewhat similar. Between 1S71 and 1887 tbero was a falling off of nearly 1,000 in the number erected, and be tween 1882 and 1893 a decrease of 642 in the number working. The production of puddled Iron reached Its highest - point, 718,200 tons, in 1883, and fell to 1 389,013 tons in 1S94. It can hardly be ( said that the policy of free-trade in the 1 United Kingdom haa been beneficial to 1 the iron industry of South Staffordshire. | Moreover, it Is never likely to be. F.gff and J’oultry Value, t Will you kindly tell me the value of 1 the eggs purchased in this country an- 1 ^monTaf\y ■v fi n i i .. c Export o] Tallow) l for the two fiscal jeers \ ending June 30; I89H and 1695 { '. *omen and children work for the low* eat possible wages. A tendency was noted In England among the working men to “stop foreign importation,'' and \\ when this tendency was united with that “of capitalistic producers to try f aad 8*t protection for" themselves there was no knowing what mischief might -have been the consequence.” From one who regards trade unions ns “dangerous” It is but natural to And an opinion favorable to the free use and importation of goods made by prison p labor In other countries, Lord Farrer, I; saying that “the stoppage of the sale of prison made goods was wrong—eco nomically, socially and morally.” The free-trade branch of the Cobden club, ■ which has its headquarters at the tariff ; reform club In New York, has not yet dared to go as far as Lord Farrer In advocating the free Importation and S' sale In this country of goods made in foreign prisons. p A radical member of the Cobden | .club, Mr, J. 8. Leadam, urged “that the free membership of the olub should be ^ maintained so that they might protect j a ministry favorably disposed toward Lh free-trade against the assaults of their own misguided fallacies.” While the Cobden club greeted approvingly (Hear! ‘ Hear!) this suggestion of protection for _ an administration "favorably, disposed Will It Come to ThlaT : ■ »>* iirr**." * •toward tree trade,” there was not one i , word said la favor of protection for )y English industries or English wage S' earners. : ' The suggestion that the club should adopt and support the principle of hf metallism was frowned down by the if i, ehatanan* as it might “lead to differ * ences in the dub.” It was evidently f thought advisable to leave the money " _ question in the hands of the American , ; branch of the Cobden club, the tariff reform institute at New York. %: Editorial criticism from the Manches f tor Courier indicates that the free traders are hard up in England as well m la New York. “They are unable to JMlntain tboir publications, as ‘a quea Om' of toads’ prevents them.” The *««• trouble exists here, but “the ^ig^dfei , *M fogies" of tho Tariff Reform «Wh Appealed to the pro too —' 1 .. ■ "II 111 \ nually? If you have not the exact flg- 1 ures please give It approximately. c J. E. JONES. 1 St. Louis, Mo. ■ • > No account was taken of the hen 1 product of this country until the census of 1880, when it was found that we had 1 approximately 100,000,000 fowls in the > From the last report of ^he Bureau ot tatlstlcs we are enabled^to present a irnmary of our imports during the last lx years, as follows: Year Free of ending Dutiable. Free of duty, une 30. duty. Per ct. 390 ...$523,641,780 $265,668,629 33.66 391 .... 478,674,844 366,241,352 43.35 392 .... 369.402,804 457.999,658 55.35 393 .... 421,856,711 -444,544,211 51.31 394.. .. 275,199,143 379,796,006 57.93 395.. .. 368,729,601 363,228,274 49.62 In 1890, When the McKinley law went ito operation, only one-third of our to il imports were free of duty. During CyptulBC the Markets of the World. lie fiscal year of 1S94 nearly two-thirds if our total Imports came In trco of du y. But in 1895, the first year of the lorman tariff, less than halt of our ini jorts were free of duty. The democratic Macon (Ga.) Tele graph says: “It would be an exceed ingly useful lesson to some big-headed politicians for Kentucky to elect a re publican governor this fall.” Repub licans have said the same. If they elect a republican in Kentucky, how ever, they will likely seat him and not do as they did down in Tennessee. The time is coming when the people south of the Ohio will grow tired of the party whose dishwashing and boot-blacking they have done for the past quarter el a century. TWO MOTHERS. Rnreuvejurnt Urine* Troth Home to a Tormented Women Through Her Cliild. When the well-to-do boarder's lit tle boy died sho called In the woman who swept and scrubbed halls, attend ed to the furnace and did scullery work In general about the place and showed her the little fellow as he lajt in his flower-decked coffin, so sweet and pret ty In his last peaceful sleep. The scrubwoman had a boy of her own just a few days younger than the dead child, and when the well-to-do boarder’s message came she hastily grabbed up her baby and took him in with her. The two women stood over the tiny casket for a time In silence. At last the mother’s self control gave way and she bowed her head over the body and bathed the little cold face with the tears that blinded her aching eyes and scalded her thin, care-worn cheeks. The scrubwoman sat her baby on the floor and folded her arms stoically. “Don’t, ma’am7”~sho said without a quaver In her coarse, strong voice. “You ought to give thanks with all your soul. I wish to God It was my boy lying there instead of yours.” The boarder laid her hand over the woman’s mouth and interrupted the impassioned speech. "Don’t say that,” she cried. "You don’t realize the meaning of your words. It might come true. Your boy might die.” The scrubwQjnan smiled. “There’s no such good luck as that/'1 she said bitterly. “It’s always such as yours that goes and such as mine that stays. He’s never been well, and he never will be well. He’s a torment to himself and to me, and to everybody about the place. It’s a continual scratching to keep body and soul to gether, and if I-should die what would become of him then? It ain’t that I’m annaturally hard-hearted, but pinch ing and scraping along makes brutes of anybody. Anyway, he’d be better off.” “You’ll be sorry some day,” the other replied, turning again to her little one. The boarder moved away, and it was three years before the women met again. A few days ago the well-to-do woman was going through a locality the ins and out of .which had not been familiar to her for many months, and among the scrubwomen on the steps of a large building she saw her former charwoman of 'the boarding house. “How is Freddy,” she asked, the first greeting over. The woman’s lips trembled. “Freddy's dead,” she said, puttting down her brush and drying her eyes on the corner of her apron. The boarder grasped her hand In ready sympathy. “I’m so sorry,” sho said simply. . “It just happened last week," the scrubwoman >went on between sobs. ”I’ve remembered a thousand times what you said about being sorry. It was all true. There’s not an hour that I don’t want him with me again. If I only hadn’t said it! My poor little boy!”—Chicago Tribune. HOW SNAKE EATS FROG. As Soon as Serpent Has Capture*! Hind ■ ■■*' Icjr, Gooil'lij Frog. How a snake eats frogs is worth the telling. The writer distinctly remem bers witnessing a dramatic meal of this kind, in which, of course, the snake came out the winner, getting his dinner in excellent style and complete ly vanishing the frog. Though a snake may Beem at first sight an organism that is extraordinarily slow of com prehension, any well regulated ophid ian knows, nevertheless, exactly how to satisfy the wants of nature In the most approved manner. A snake invariably grabs a frog by the hind legs. This preliminary struggle is one of the most impressive features of the combat. With a well-defined natural Instinct the chief effort of the frog is to keep his other hind leg far away from the snake’s mouth, in the hope that he may speedily exhaust his ene my’s strength, and also because he feels that If his other hind leg is made cap tive he will have less power to fight. Once both hind legs aro within the serpent’s fangs the act of swallowing begins. Inch by inch the struggling frog is drawn further and further into ’the yawning orifice that expands at each gulp. The channel through which the frog has to pass is gradually en larged by slow efforts on the snake’s part, accompanied Jt>y fiercer and fiercer convulsions of the wretched wiggler. The gullet of tho snake in Its natural proportions is quite large enough to contain the limbs of the frog, but as by frequent gulps the body is drawn fur ther and farther into the gullet the difficulty of swallowing increases. Gradually the ophidian’s throat Is dis tended, gradually the frog is compress ed and drawn out. Finally tho latter is double his normal length and half his circumference. As the process of expansion on the one hand and con traction on the other goes on, the frog is worked down little by little, until he starts in on his afternoon nap. Bow He Judge 1 Chnwctfr. “So you want a situation?” said the business man. “Yes, sir,” replied the applicant. "Hum—do you ever go fishing?” “Occasionally.” , “When were you fishing last?” ‘Day before yesterday.” ‘Catch anything?” ‘Not a thing.” “You can come to work next Mon day if you like. If you keep on telling the truth like that you may be a part ner in the firm one of these days.” A cavalry corps, composed*)? women, has been organized in the Denver Sal vation Ar«y, .. . , ■ k : 1 •* . ''' ’‘JtV,,- a te Shelia for Wall Pockets* “I have often wondered,” said a fish erman, “that somebody didn’t fix up r lot of horseshoe crab shells and pul them on the market as wall pockets. They are commonly used for that pur pose in fishermens’ houses for catchalls and for slipper holders, and very prettj they are. too. The horseshoe crat is in 'two parts, joined by a hinge across the back about two-thirds of the way from the front. In maliirg a wall pock et the rear part of the shell is cut away; that leaves the top of the shell as it hangs, crescent-shaped. A hole is bored in each part of the crescent for the ends of the cord or ribbon that is to support the shell, which is backed with paste board. Some dye them with analine dyes, but oftener they simply varnish them, showing the natural color of the shell, which is a dark brown.—Sew York Sun. Beware of Ointments for Catarrh That Contain Mercury, As mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell and completely derange the whole system when entering it through the mucous surfaces. Such ar ticles should never be used except on prescriptions from reputable physi cians, as the damage they will do is ten fold to the good you can possibly derive from them. Hall’s Catarrh Cure, manu factured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O., contains no mercury, and is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the sys tem. In buying Hall’s Catarrh Cure, be ■ure you get the genuine. It is taken in ternally, and made in Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co. Testimonials free. Sold by druggists; price. 75c per bot tle. Hall’s Family Pills, 25c. Soon Managed It. A Liverpool merchant recently went to his head clerk and said: “John, I owe about £10,000, and all I possess is £4,000, which is locked ud in the safe. I have been thinking that this is the right time to make an as signment, but what plausible pretext I can give my creditors, I know not. You have plenty of brains; think the matter over and let me have your de cision in the morning.” The clerk promised to do set On entering the office the next morn ing the merchant found the safe open, the money gone, and in its place a let ter which read as follows: “I have taken the £4, COO and have gone to South America. It is the best excuse you can give your creditors.”— London Tid-Bits. ..F1T9--A11 Fits stopped free by nr. Kline's Gres* {Serve ltestorer. NoFitsatterilmnivittay-ause. Marvelous cures. Treatise and *2 trial hot I le free t j tit cases, bead to Ur. Xliue,B31 Arclibt.,l-liila.>l-a. A nosy Man. Hugh Tudor, of Dawn, Ma, strives to combine business with humor. On his business envelopes is printed the fol lowing in one corner: “If not called for within ten days return to Hugh Tudor, Dawn, Mo., secretary of the Farmers Mutual Insurance Co. of Liv ingston County, and secretary of the Second Congressional Cyclone, Torna do and Wind Storm Co.,” and the fol lowipg additional statement appears In another corner: “I soli insurance against accidents, fire, deth, wind storms, sigh kloans, tornadoes, loss of slepe, loss of rent, poverty and 2d hus bands, and issue bond insurance.” A Lazy Husband. A country newspaper reports a brief colloquy between a woman and her lazy husband. She was busy, and the baby was crying, and the man, so far as appears, was doing nothing. “John,” she said, “I wish you would rock tue baby. ” “Oh, bother,” was the answer, “why should I rock the baby?” “Why, because he isn't very well and I have this mending to do. Besides, half of him belongs to you anyhow, and you ought to bo willing , to help take care of him.” “Well, half of him belongs to you, too, and you can rock your half and let my half holler.” "AMONG THE 0ZABS3.” The Land of Big Rod Apples, Is an attractive and interesting bonk, handsomely illustr ted with v.ews of South Missouri scenery, including the famous O den fruit farm of 3,000 acres in Howell county. It pertainB to fruit raising in that great fruit belt of America, the aouthern slope of the Ozards, and will prove of great value, no( only to fruit-growers, but to every farmer and homeseeker looking for a farm and a home. Mailed free. Address, J. E. Locxwoon, Kansas City, Mo. An important paper, “The Future in Relation to American Naval Power,” is contributed to the October Harper’s by Captain A. T. Mahan, U. S. N., who advocates the maintenance of a strong navy, not only for national defence, but for the promotion of the interests of the United States in the interna-, tional complications which are certain to arise in the near future through the growing importance of China and Ja pan and the approaching absorption of all the unclaimed islands of the sea by .♦.he greut powers of the world. The Teeth. “Even absolutely clean teeth will de cay,” said a dentist, “but constant care in this respect freatly prolongs the life of a tooth. The general health usually has a good deal to do with it. People used to thinlv that it was a useless ex penditure to have children's teeth tilled before the arrivabof the second set, but more of them are being educated to the fact that the longer the first set is preserved the better the quality of the second set will be. Every child, as soon as he is able to handle a brush, should have one and be taught to use it regularly. ” Marriage is a iailure whenever it is a dis appointment. The Author of “Unnle Tom’s Cabin.” Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe celebra ted her 83rd year some weeks ago amid almost national rejoicings, 'l'he gen* eral health of the famous authoress of “Uncle Tom's Cabin is better than it was on her birthday last year; her ap petite is excellene, and her strength such that she is to be seen daily during fine weather walking about the pretty neighborhood of Hartford, her Connec ticut home. Mrs Stowe's physical pow ers are remarkable, in view of her ad vanced years, and no doubt her fondness for outdoor life has done much to keep her in such good condition. Like a Venomous Serpent Hidden In the grass, malaria hut waits ou approach, to spring at aud fasten Its fangs upon us. There Is, however, a certain anti dose to Its venom which renders it power less for ovil. Hostotter’s tomneli Bitters Is this acknowledged and world-famed speci fic, aud it is, besides this, u thorough cura tive for rheumatism, dyspeysia. liver com plaint, constipat on, la grinpe and nervous ness. In convalescence and age it is very serviceable. The discussion of the liquor question is an important feature of the Jjorth American Review for October, Drs. Waldo and Walsh describing in the light of English statistics the influence of environment in developing the drink habit, and the Rev. Dr. 1<\ C. Iglehart, pastor of the Park Avenue Methodist Episcopal church in New York city, ad vocating in “The Saloon and the Sab bath,” the enforcement of the present excise law in New York. Not the Expected Answer. Jones asked his wife. 14Why is a hus band like dough?” lie expected she would give it up, and was going to tell her it was “because a woman needs him.” but she said it was because he was hard to get off her hands ” Then the domestic entente cordiale was ruffled.—Boston Globe. 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