TBI house hat passed the urgent (Jeffiiency bill, aad the amount ap propriated is $149,483 larger than the measure originally provided for. This is the way in which the boasted democratic policy ol econ omy is being enforced. in 399. SUIT has been brought against ex-Treasurer Woodruff, of Arkan sas, for the $150,003 shortage in his ftccouais, but he is more likely to be eleeled governor than he is to have a judgement rendered against him by a democratic court The city of Chicago has a greater mortgage indebtedness on its buildings and town lots than there is on all the farms of Kansas. To be exact the debt in Chicago is $16,000,000 in excesB of that of Kan sas. It exceeds that of Iowa by $U,UO0,C0O. It 13 rumored (hat if a democrat ic president is elected this fell that Chief Justice Melville W. Fuller will resign. If it should happen so it will be the first time a chief jus ticeever resigned, but we predict that he wont resign because Hard son will be re-elected. The legislature of Mississippi has passed a bill making Jefferson Davis' birthday a legal holiday in that state, llefore they adjourn they will probably make one inoi holiday for the other democratic president they have had since it was supposed treason was sup pressed. TliF.KB has never been any such thing as a "billion dollar congress." Democratic falsehood is the only ground on which that charge can rest. Hut it can be demonstrated with mathematical accuracy that there is a five-cent democratic house now in session one that while running at an expense of over $7,000 a day puts in such cost ly time debating propositions to reduce the appropriation for soap and saddle blankets for the cadets at West Point. STATISTICS just made public show that in a single day 47 banks in New York city loaned over $207,000. 000 on city real estate and other (Se curities. In Chicago in one day 21 batiks loaned $S7,0(KI,(KK), Nine batiks in St. Louis loaned in one day $27,1X111,01)0. These figures show what great borrowers the ni.inufue Hirers mid merchants living in cit ies are, and they prove also that they are doing a big business, Otherwise they could have no lift for thene large Hums of money atu would not borrow llietn. A van amount of business is done ly men who, lacking sufl'u'icnt funds o their own have to work with bor rowed capital. I'aniH'iH also bor row but not to the same extent as city people, and as a rule they use their credit to much heller advan tage. Official reports show that over 89per cent of the farm mort gages that have been examined were incurred for the purchase of additional real estate and nearly nil of the remaining 20 per cent were to make improvements buy live stock, or invest in some form. The money was borrowed because the fanners believed they could make more out of it than they would have to pay in interest. The amount borrowed and spent for living ex penses is insignificant. PURE FOOD IN CONGRESS. The net of congress atithori.ing the examination of the baking pow ders hi's resulted in a most unpre cedented compliment to the Royal baking powder. The tests were made in the government laboratory at Washington, anil the official re ports shows that the royal is super ior to all others in leavening strength - being over thirty per cent, above the average. The re port also shows the purity of the royal powders and the wholesome nens of its ingredients. This is probably the Ingest comp liment of an official character ever paid to a proprietary article, through no more thau the grea army ot nuking powder consumers would expect in behalf of their old friend and favorite. The result, of the official examina tion, as thus determined, will, of course, make the Iioyal the standard for government purchase. OROWUH OP FOREIGN COMMERCE UNDER THE MKINLEY TARIFF. The following facts, taken from official records, dispose of the mul titude of theories', to say nothing of countless democratic falsehoods: 1. Our imports of merchandise in H'Jl were $028,312.IH."), about $T),(KX).()tl0 greater than in 1. x)7.78(S.l2 great er than in 18S!) and $r.'ti,4"iO,210 larger thau the annual average for ten years. 2. During ItWl our imports of merchandise free ef duty were of the value of $420,320,779, an increase in free imports of $139,708,451 over im and uu increase of $168,162,299 over value of like imports of 1879, - . i ... iri . the ,891 pas.57.87; in 1890,33.1; in ,88 4. The large increase in free im and ports of merchandise has been of such articles as enter into the daily consumption of the people. 5. The value of our exports in 1891 was $970,546,282, nearly a billion of dollars, exceeding the exports of 1899 by the sum of f 113.C03.734, and of 18H9 by the sum of $143,499,935, or the average annual value for ten years by the sum of $206,563,150. 6. This immense increase in ex ports has largely been in bread- stuffs, cotton provisions, and nian- ufaclores of iron, steel, cotton, and copper. r Thebalauce of trade in our favor in 1891 was $142,193,036. 8. The reciprocity clause sf the new tariff has opened new maiLcis for our produce and increased our exports. 9. Our total foreign trade in ibvi was of the value of $1,798,811,928, an increase of $H7,918,654f over total foreign trade of 1891, of $201,179,07 over 1889, and of $333,00Br3C7 over Hit annual average for ten years 10. Hi ilish trade is declining; the trade of the United States is wonder fuHv advancing. Thus do the facts I and figures completely refute and 1 overthrow every assertion made by I (he opponents of the new tariff in I relal ion to its probable or possible effects upon our foreign commence and at that time, rema table as it I may seen, of all the nations of thel car.h prosperity exists only in the I United States. THE FAILURE OF JUSTICE. It is a no, o, ions faei, as slated by U tilled Stales Judge l'arker in a re cent charge to a grand jury, that the enforcement of ci itninal law in this country is by no means a per fect success. For example, the number of know murders coin milled during the last two years was hmwj, ana oniy .mm oi uie murderers suffered death for the crime. Moreover, of these 552, only 230 were executed in pursuance of I law, while 323 were disposed of by the lynching process. J udge Park er estimates that the undiscovered murders outnumber the discovered ones, Which goes to show that hardly one homicide in fifty is duly punished. The same is true in a relative degree of other crimes. A hr'gc proportion of them are never deieoed; a majority of the guilty larties are never caught, even when their identity is known; and in the cases of those who are ar rested nud tried, more are acquit led than convicted. There must be grave defects in our system of criin- nal jurisprudence, or this remark able iailuie of justice would not ensue. We Have plenty oi com is and officers, but somehow they do not serve the purpose of bringing evil-doers to judgment and punish inents with proper celerity and cer taintly. In the opinion of Judge l'arker there are several reasons for Ibis unsatisfactory condition. The carelessness ol courts, the preva lence of perjury, the use of corrupt ing inlluences, and above nil, the Indifference of the sources of mis chief that he mentions. It is not to be doubted thai the courts are too much disposed flct criminals escapes on technical grounds. There is always a lawyer ready to defend a culprit by the use of all known forms of strategy and soph islry, and juries permit themselves to be swayed by arguments that are addressed to their prejudices and their sympathies instead of their reason. In the event of con viction, a pretext is readily found for granting a new trial, and that usually means n reversal of the first verdict. The highest judicial tribunals are not above listening to special pleas and interfering with the vindication of the law by order ing additional proceedings where there is no reasonable doubt as to the question of guilt. It is true, also, that money, social power, and other agencies are employed to riiie! i Ihr f Jiw' vA w i at the prosecution. The people are much t blame, undoubtedly, and the remedy lies chiefly in their hands Public sentiment is the controlling force in this as in all other matters, and the law will be enforced with more success whenever that senti ment demands such action with suitable clearance ami earuestnes. -Globe Democrat. AVERAGE RATE PER CENT. Free trade dishonesty and deceit is nowhere more conspicuous than in tne statement regarding the aver age ad valorem rate of duty. The subject is at best a chimercial one. It is like chasing rainbows to at tempt to calcuate or anticipate future average. It cannot be more thau guessed at, for the average rate does not ch peud on the rate of duty, but on the valne and amount of importations Thus the average ad valorem rate may change from year to year, while there has been jio change in tariff whatever, " S l-oT. duty collected. This will not be a true average, but perhaps the nearest that can be computed. Every free trade paper in the country is still maintaining mat the average rate under the McKin- ley la - iff is 60 per cent. Now, what are the actual facts? The lastetst figures at hand are those ending September 30, 1891. During the 12 months ending on that day our impoita were valued as follows: Free of duty W9,56,9.87 Dutiable 4i3,zn,i75.i Total $ffl2,68H,auG.15 Total duties collected (luring these B months J193.OIO.IOM8 It will be seen, then, that during the 12 months ending September 30, 1891, the average ra'e of duty on dutiable impoi is was 47 per cent, while on total imporvs, the honest way of reckoning, it was only 23 per ceut. Free trader is not only dishonest in his amount, but he uses a dis honest method in getting at it. He only computes the rate ou dutiable imporis. Ity this mode of ret.kon- ing Great Britian's average rate is nearly (X) per cent suppose $HOO,000, CO worlh of imports all came in duty free wi'Ji the exception of f 100- u)U wo. ill, upon wh en we collected $.0,0o) duty. Would our average rate of duty be 50 per cent.' The fact is, a nea.ly as we can catenate it, that our present am- luge rale is only per cent -less than atany time since 1891. THE release of farm mortgages in Kansas for November, lMUl, in ex cess of mortgages recorded, show a net reduction of almost half a million dollars. For a state that sends a calamity prophet like Con gressman Simpson as its represen tative to congress, this is a pretty fair showing, especially when we consider the enormous prices for all the necessaries of life, which the poor farmers have had to pay ion account of the "iniquitous tariff. May the good work go on, MISSING LINKS. Mr. Gladstone's deafness is to bo increiisin t;. It is stated that the King of Greece- speaks twelve languages. Dr. Holmes lias decided t . undertake no more literary work for tin- present Chauticev M. Peiicw is ereilileil with having 2,i)iX) Amenean infants name lifter him. Count, lli i liert PimikuvU s rvsi'in lilaiiee to his w.il father is sai.t to grow mure striking s oars roll on. The ('onnnarnier - in - ( 'liii f of tl iril ish Aini . the Duke of I'amlii'Mgi is Moon-h-iui'icrc.l mid l:ue!y-lege Mr. Herbert ('aiiii-hell. a l.onlm tl';r'eiliiiii. ii:is ulleivil haicelf fir fli-.-t i in in lii'1 London t'oiintv foil i eil. The wife of Senator DavN. of Min nesota, is fond of hunting. While u mere cUihl tdie was trained to handle u ritle. Captain J. Wall Wilson, a sunivnr of the Kane Arctic expedition, is hale and hearty despite the loss of a toe in the ice. The Louise Michel of the Spani.-di revolutionists is u Mrs. Cunningham, a woman of F.nglish parentage, hut horn in Chili. I'.lwcll A ll.irnanl. of llysdale, Wales, has written a poem to his eov. It contains Ion stanzas ami some clever new rhymes. Some oppo.-i lion i- niaiii(e.ted in the South to pensioning Mrs. Jefferson lais. Tin re is a tear that il would breed sectionalism. Miss Eugenie Sellers is a voting En glish woman who is creating ipiiie a furore in London hy her lectures on lireek statues ami dramas. l'alti savs that her diamonds lmvo been greatly o erestiinated in value and that she has only a modest ifti'R- 000 stock to potter along with. John Hright once spoke of Cyrus W Field as "the Columbus of modern times," who. hv his cable, had moored the new world alongside the old. The Czar's famous Minister, M. do Ciiers. is now in hud health, suffering from the painful disease that carried off tho last Kuiperor of the French. Max Adams, a young man well known in Atlanta, (!a.. society, has re ceived u eoniiiiis-ion from the Khedive as a Captain in the Egyptian cavalry. Frank 15. Stockton began life in Phil adelphia as uu engraver. He is about lifty-seven now, and has learned to wait an hour for a word if neceary. Grand Duke George, of Russia, who is spending the w inter in Algiers, in the hope of overcoming his tendency to consumption, has rented a ilia in F.l-Hiar. In boston the remarkable shock of hair which I'aderewski, the piunBI. wears has led somebody to rcmal'k that he looks like a human ehrvsili- thcimim. Wijrenie, now a sufferer from gi it Bnd rheumatism, once had the font bf a Cinderella. In the days of the Si ond Empire she wore shoes that would lit mere children. General James Grant Wilson's fatli r was the poet-publMier, William Wil son, of I'ouirlikeepMe. tie was a li- vorite (if (ion. Grant, under whom i served at Viekshurg. I The Marquis of Aylesbury's line crp of wild oats lias cost him hi famojis oolleclion of live oaks known as Savtfr sake forest, which be ha sold for tlis len(lt of kit rreilitor. Th Two Ages. ToYkt went happy as lyt wei loof la I he old Arviulian timet. When life sewned only a dunce and a song In tl? nwerb'Ht of all nwt clime, Our world irmws lilKtrer. and, Ihkb by Itaf, At tli pities year liare rolled. We're quit funetb-n the Golden Age And coiua to the Age ot Uold. Time went hy In a sheepish way Upon Thessuly plain of turn. In the Nineteenth Century, bitnh at play Me n mutton, and nothing more. Our iwaliiH at present are fur too luge To live m one lived of old; So they rouplefl the crook of the QolduQ Age Willi a book In Uie Age of Gold. From Corydon'i reed the mountains round Heard the newt of ti let latent tlmuii, And Tityrus made this woocln resound With ei'hoei of Daphne's name, Ttiey kindly left us a laxtlng irauge Of their mimical art we're told. And Uie Pandean pipe of the Golden Airs. lirings uiirUi to Uie Age of Uold. Dweller In hut and marble halls, From ulieplienleits up to Uueun, Cared little for honneu and loea tor shawls. And nothing for crinoline. But now simplicity's not the rage. And it's funnv to think bow cold Tlie dress they wore In the (ioMin Age wouiu seem in tne Age oi uoiu. Hlectrlr telegraphs, printing, gas. Toi hi'co, iiuiiootis, aim su am An little events that have come to past Nnrc the flays or uie om regime: And, splUtof U-inpriere's Uiu.llnir pngo. I d irlvn. thoinrh It mleht seem IkiIU. A hundred years of the liolden Ago for a year or uiu aire or uun. Henry 8. Leigh, LOST OX THE DESERT. I now had every reason to believe that I was lost, yet a half hope that I miirht find some trail leading to tho other side tolled me on. The inn was low in tlm west, and long shadows stretched from the rocky peaks over the bleak brown hills. A lonely fel- iin' of fear and lmhlcd plans came over me. Night was approaching; I was lost in the desert hills, without water and without irrass that which would enable me to escape. The scenerv rrcw more wild and broken, and the path a mere wind-swei alley between bowlders, traveled only by the coyote and the mountain sneep. Siories about mountain lions, bears, travelers dying of thirst, crowded to my mind. 1 lie trail passed out ironi the rocks to the side of a deep narrow canon, where, from a few hundred feet below, came tho cheering sound of trickling water. This gave me a moment's hope, but at the same instant I heard the croak of a raven as it sailed away from a jut ting ledge below. 1 was an intruder upon a solitude which perhaps no man hail ever entered before. Tho bird im mediately Hew back towards me, com ing directly overhead, crying in the muffled voice common to its tribe. This black omen w ith it glossy plumes and rasping voice was a depressing accompaniment to the already dis couraging train of events. Again and again it tlew so near that I could hear the whir of its wings. Was it tho portent of my fate? Was this black spirit, ravenbodied, croaking my re- iiuemf Verily, the thought was natural even to an unsuperstitious mind. If it should 11 v at my horses head in one of those lieree plunges its aim would be aeemnplished. for a few steps out of the way would hurl us, a erushed mass, on the rocks below. It had followed me several hundred feet along the elill's; I could not bear the strain upon my already Vira-sed feelings any lunger, and in one of it.4 wheeling Mights I seized my gun from the saddle, and wit h a snap-shot sent it tumbling into the gorge. I heard a prolonged croul, as of out w ilted lienilisli intention. and toy sable enemy HI to the ground helnw my hol-e, even, seemed to show relief in; a sigh, and "forged along in better mood." The canon imw spread out into a ticieiiuga tilled wilh plum-thickets, oe eaional mes iiie, ami willows. With some din'eiilty, by sliding .and jump ing. I ooii rci'chcd the bottom of an old water-eoiir.".': out of a clump of hushes sprang wiiii a Martlcd snort, a pair of liiie , ;, -J ,iit;i itli branching horn. Tlci i. in i long enough for ea I'ille--!. :. t S :i hounded iu the canon, an t were iinncti i a point oi rocks. Here in the c:in"ii another trail led me wrong. It la.i in the direction of he supposed ranch, bnl frowning bliill's of liinoMone and jagged peaks rose before me. I followed the canon found bend at'ler In -ml: sometimes the scant .t ream of water would sink; again it nvi; i -ickh-.a -lender thread, oyer slale and lime rocks. 1 was several tlioii-aiel feet above the desert, close under the snowy back of old San .Jacinto, and the night was growing cold.' The lat sunlight had di-appearei from the eastern hills, the twilight would soon fade from the defile. The iicluresiiuenes of the place forced it self upon me in sidle of the trembled gloom of my outlook. The end had come. Il now appeared. indeed, that 1 had been wrongly in formed. Directly before me was a wall of rock, barring further progress. A few crevices and open seams made scant footing for mountain sheep, and it was bv their trail 1 had been led astray. I he moon, now nearly full, was ris ing over the hills, rellecting from the white ridges, and throwing black shadows into the ravine. 1 kindled lire, tied my horse wear a few tufts of bunch-grass, and dug a hole at the base of a rock to catch the slowly flowing water. Alter gathering nil the wood and brush near by and making un horse as comfortable as possible. I spread my blankets on a few juniper twigs ami tried to sleep. The dry southern air was rapidly growingcohler.fnr heat radiates almost immediately from tin barren soil, and gusts ilf w ind drove down shower" of sand and pebbles from the heights above. The tire ga e out about mid night : the moonlighted air was intense ly cold; frost was forming on mv blankets, and I could hear il crackling in the sap of the willow. Sleep was impossible. W hen one side was likely to freeze 1 tiirncil oer on the other. Once a huge owl tlew softly over, cricking his sharp bill. Owe or twice I fell into a miserable dose, and wa.s awakened bv mv hor snorting in some Midden fear, or bv trusts of wiud rattling down avalanche of loosened rocks from the cliffs. Again the terrified snorting of mv diimbcom I pauton in misery, my poor uuiiiui I Pedro, doubled the loneliness and it Uetioa M the situation. I rltrri mr I. 111! HAVE PLACED REMNANT : AT PRICES TO CLOSE OUT QUICKLY. Remnants of Black width Dress Goods tn 2 yds to 8 yds lengths. Remnautsof Priuts, Sheeting and Mus lins. Remnants In T.rkish Oil Red Prints nice lengths for boys Shirts and waists and a lot of odds and ends in Corsets. We Make a very Material .eduction in the Price of our Ladies SERGES AND STOCKINET JACKETS For Spring Wear. A Full Assortment of Sizes- -o- TO REDUCE OUR KID GLOVE STOCK We offer a lot of about a hundred pair in good shades at a prit sure to sell them. -0- 15TTIIE ABOVE AKI NOT OLD SIIOP WORN GOODS WE INVITE YOUR ATTENTION TO THEM. 4l G. DOVEY and S0Nt norm fit min i;u. w nni rn iiioiei-ie tary doze was linil.ru by the sound oi lenli hy fooi-tcps near by. tiring a slct ill the direction of the lloi-r. ileiici) ii:i for it tiino. Imt mv unhappy h'ir--e w a- e i !ei;Jy pic nn e ! cry pioniiT, ' . ..i i-craMc i' en to u ness.l watched the slowly pasi ill whor.o ghirioiM march I had ui: -;'.-ig stars now ii. iy, iiii d lio lllten ( rerpt that W ti) mv escape from this Inch sad related plight. The long night, doubly Ion"- with pain of body and mind, at last gave way to dawn. I climbed a tall clifl, bill could see only I he lonely desert rocks and scanty cactus: r n of a ranch anywhere. I hastily planned to retrace my tracks to l'aiiu Springs, giving up without one pang of regret the eagerly projected journey nimig the coa.l ml hw ai d. lint it w as no easy matter to follow the circuitous trail by which 1 had come, ;uid to take ii direct route across hills and canons through cactu and brush, was im possible. r.efore Parting, 1 shared a half loaf ef bread w ii n m hungn hor.-e, w ho (lean not .-ay which alter such a night s experience ami companionship) had fared ewu worse than I. w ilh noth ing but lough, illiceless bunch-grass, and nothing to sustain his terrified mind. Hy si'i'iiied as anxious to get away as I, and broke into a lope over every level stretch. The I wo deer w e had .scared from their resting ulace the night before were evid uilly old settlers, for on rounding an angle I saw them feeding in a Hat below. Near by the sharp tracks of wild sheep were common. I was anxious to gel a near view of these shaggy big-horns. the mobt strik ing of North American mammals This was a good opportunity, as their tracks were fresh ami they could not leave the canon without being seen. I had scarcely come to the gulch where I had descended from the bluff, when a noise on the canon side caught my ear. There they were, six splendid fellows, standing facing me with their big Imns heavily poised on short. hcny-sct necks and shoulders. If I had had a ritle of good range I could easily have shot some of them, but it would have seemed a crime to liarm the desert-dwellers. As il was, J hedged them in somewhat, for they could ttcilhergo up nor down the canon without passing nearer to me;. so up the rugged cliffs they sprang, zigzag and by straight leaps, never once missing a foothold. I worked my way up on the bluff; there had been but little wind on this side, and I followed my tracks better than 1 had dared to expect, (ilaucing back I saw the big-horns on a knoll, sn i fling and tossing their heads. It was past noon when i came on ton the lulls overlooking the desert. Never before hail that forbidding basin appeared so lovely. A few clouds floated over the mountains, shading it here and there; while sunshine flooded the rest. Away off to the northwest were the yellow eottonwoods and the tit ranch-houses about the swings. 0 OS THEIR COUNTER and Colored double Koip'o; Then w' I'll' :S;n5i of ICfilaiid. t 1,1 h men employed ,:i III! if F ;.'ni. and their iding pensions, or annum. inc ; ) j 'u.:t A DETERMINED CLIENT. Haw HUe KainaiJ 1 er. ds for Hit Suit Kiliortett Her l.nirvrr. and "My lirst case," said n well-known Harlem lawyer to a N. Y. Cuiiimrrcial Aitvirli.ii r man, '"was a very unique one. An Irish family of the name of Murphy, living upon the rocks in one of the fa.st disappearing remnants of Shanty-tow n, were fraudulently evicted from their tumbledown cabin by a rascally landlord. The practical head of the household was the xvife, and she determined to tight the matter out. For throe weeks the Murphys.children, f uruit ure and all, lived in the back yard of their former home with noth ing between them and heaven but a flimsy tent made of old sheets, while Mrs. Murphy tramped around town looking for a lawyer who would tako their case for nothing. "One day she charged into my ofliee and told me her story with the stereo typed exactness that conies from fre quent repetition. The ease fseemed to be a worthy one, and as I wasn't over burdened with work I agreed to tako it free of charge and reinstate the Mur phys in their dilapidated homestead. She wanted to get out a free, summons against the landlord and waive several other small but necessary expenses, but I told her it would be 'mere politic to pay these, as the total would not amount to "Fotve dollars!' she cried; 'divil a chit have the Murphys seen since mo husband losht his job wan month ago, and the lasht blissed thing thim pawn brokers '11 take they're got already.' When I offered to loan lier the money she went ino such a rage that I apologized abjectly. 'He the pnwoji!' she exclaimed, after pacing the floor for about ten minutes, d forgot wan thing! Wait, misther, an' I'll be back in an hour!' "She kept her word, and just as I was closing up shop for the day she reappeared with her hands full of silver, w hich she poured upon my desk. 'Mrs, Murphy,' 1 queried, 'where did you get this? I thought your lat valuable had been pawned:1' -Vis,' she replied, with a gleam of triumph in the gray eye. 'ivirything exeipt the goat. I tuk aiild Nanny, whose milk mo ehilder Ims lived upon, over to the Kenneys, and they lint me K97 o her. There's the money, young man, and now, be the luv of hfvin, go in and bate Mo C'arty!' "1 take pleasure in stating that Mo C'arty was -baton1." In Irelano Denis Kooeobee died possessed of fortjVight ebiWren. 34 Rrandehildrea. and 944 fcreat-grand-fciMrea. Ha kad ha asarriad him