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LAUUHlbK AIM U HbALlH Mi ton Nerve id Liver Pills Health s Mm: Act on o mux-priiMpIc r'j;"l'l'" Y l. :l u . i . i ,.i ill, - i umiiiihI !! I ; v.- .-. PROTECTION AND RECIPROCITY. lHOU3ArIJS IN HtWAUU. 1 GrcMi WeeKly i ompetitioti of The I. mi'-'- H Mui JoaniHl. CUIUINI ft J, tii VOL. I-NO. 4. Pnbll'hi monthly at 135 West Twonty third street, Nw York. Subscription price 11 cents a year. Address PKOTECTION AND RECIPROCITY tntertd at Iht N(w Ttrk P. 0., JVnc Tark, tl second. lUti motto: CAMPAIOV SO(J. 1K9J. AIR JVamp, (ramp, tramp, (he toyf an narcAin. We are all Republicans, And we're loyal to the core, Everyman will rate for Uarrlson and Reld. You can hear our Slogan ring. As our Campaign Song we sing Evory luauwlll vols tor Harrison and RelL CTotmi. Tramp, tramp, tramp, the boys are marching, Cheer up brother we will come. You will flud ua all la Una When It conies eloctlnn time- Svery man will role (or Uarrlson and Reld. Protection Is theory That we raise the echoes by, Every man will vote (or Unrrlsoa and Reld. Every shop and every mill KihiWh llio groat Mt-Klulry bill Evory mau will vote lor Uarrlson and Reld. Chonu; Honest money, safe and sound. Makes prosperity abound. Every man will vole (or llarrlann and Reld. No (ree coinage heresy Ity our vote can ever be Every mau will vole (or Harrison and Reld, Chorus: For au honest vote for all, And an lionet count we call. Every man will vote (or Harrison and Reld. We ore sure to win the light For we know that wo are right Every man will v.ae (or Harrison and Reld. Cknrtu: ReWpoclty we claim, Is ihe glo.y o( Jim I'.lalne, Evory man wlllvnteforllerrtsonand Reld, And we mean on evory son That our Nation's II ig shall be Every mau will vote (or llarrhtou and Rold. Chorus: We will vote (or Harrison, For the noble w m hu's done, Every mini will vo;e (or Harrison and Reld. With our Harrison flagon blgn We will shout our battle cry Every man will vote (or Uarrlson and Reld. Ckmut: MALCONTENTS. A STORY FOR AMERICANS. COPYRIGHTED BY COKA 8. HOOD. CHAPTER VIII.-(CoNTiNUEP.l margnrei a re it uartie out onto the open air. She was pale a datu. "They moan lilra barm, Joe." "Likely enow," he answered Indifferently, "tat never four. I'll have naught to do with the d vll'e work." It was dark when Margaret reached hor borne. A heavy snow storm had settled ovor tlii town and the fl.ik.-s were coming down Hi Ice and fast. The country roads were at wiiyj (nil of drift anil, It this snowfall con tinued, would soon be rendered t-npassable. Hhlverinsr. and oliilled, Mtrjr iret stood nt the window und sighed as alia peered out at the tinthuriiiK gloom nnd thought of the suffering in tuo town below, At last, as the hour grew lute, she sat down in iront 01 the scanty nr, and llnallv, over come bv iho warmth and fatigue, fell asleep. rilin dreamed of a confusion of voloes nnd awoke to II ml it Into, the room in pitchy d irk Desi nnd the fire dead ou the hearth. Surely there wits som sound troubling tho quint ol the wintry night? She opened the wiuuow and listened. Yes, she could hear It distinctly now; it was ruufil.i l and baiting, as though nrisiug from the rnnrchiOB of mimv feet. Th -sound grew more distinct as the st ndy trend came nearor, nnd Margaret closed (he window and stopped buck Into the dark room. In a momont the hiuhwiv in front of the liouso wns black with dozen of dark forms, nud, as they halted, one of thorn, evmenuy tua leaner, spoke. By iho light of the torches they held. M ir parol recognize 1 li-ntl-tnan Kelly nt Iho n ail of the wi ll-lormed rinks, and near him sev eral of l lie men she bad met that alteraoon at the soup house, "Faith, boys, he's home to-ulght an' alone, for his snrvanu dimn 'em lor belu' servants to mob as him ar afthi-r luvelii' tilm. nn How's the lolmu towipa the floor wid the white dtvll and damage bis aristocratic mug for Ivor. J gori i, nu' wo', I shtop his tukn' the gowld lionet mm mm nrned ler turn across the say, lor'ur.l, inarch " As ihe st'-ady tread began oitaln Margaret stood tnriii;,zeii, nn agony she could not un dorstaud tearing nt hi-r heart strings, W.th n prayer for moroy sbo seized a shawl nnd ha toned ou' Into tbe snowy night as the last dnrk form disappe arid. Keaeh him and warn turn she must, tut bow? lliMUinou; wan not so far away. Thero was abort out through the woods, and bv run ning she oouid yet bo there be'ore the rloiers. Htuinlillng through tbe freshly fallen snow she entered the woodland path only to pause with a despairing ory. Great, Impassive drifts stood between bur und her R Mil. Tbe 8 Mng cst man could not ba'tle his way through up on such unlgjit, 1'i'ecious time was bul.ig lost, and they would be upon him before she eould nave him. Oh, God in H aveo, what oould ue tio i Quick as thought she made hor decision Hue knew that through that hill, only a stone's torow a vh, una pnssiug out in a dense wood at the rear of Heauuiont, wa a tunnel. Only n few years before, the construction of It hud been u wonder lo the simple people fot miles arounu, unit ai.irgarei nud sat rnuuy evening watching '.he iron mongers npesdnroun l the curve and disappear In the bnwuls of tho eiirih, carrying oar nt ei car in their wake, with Child ihb curlol y, lor the riilroidwan com linrA'ively new, nud wnn btill re.'iiricd with niperll iiuHawe by many. Uore wa' a nath through darkness nnd danger, yet what matter H it led to hlinf J he next instant she had slid down tbe nuow-oovered declivity, au I wis at the tunnel's mouth. AU, bu" it was dnrk and clammy I J he air struck her faea like the Land ol death, and seemed in it dense foulnes .to push her back. Vt ith one swif'shuddnrlnir Klancoatiheoruel, nerpentiue traot glliteriug In tbe snow Dehind her, she turnod, pressed liarrlodly forward, and was swullowedup In Uie bluekness. Tbe agony of Tears seemed condensed in those next brief moments, then the blessed nir Of tbe outer world again funned her damp jvreiienu, buu bu'4 muuiuinu out into toe snowy Wood to llnd tbat she had come too lato. Leaumout wns already surrouudod by the bnngry, despairing desperadoes, and before tbein, eaim nnd unoowe.l, stood Thorpe iieiuuer. no was unarmed, ana iieaking. For an instant his courage awed and silenced them. . "JJy men," he said, "whnt do you want and wnv are you nere in such numbers to-n irht?" I "We want bread for our starving obildreal' "Tied on-. j -aq- we wnnt our eowia ycr taklo' to forrin '.W's. an yer h art's blood I" yelled Kolly. I I'VjMuk a pistol and firing a coward v shot. Y jT'urgarut saw Flutcher staguor in:o the liouse and close the door behind him, while tbe rioters drew together tor a conference. iney divided their men, some going to the rear and others to the front of the house. "liainn him. shouted one man. "he's cot his place well looked an. but We'll foroe It or burn It over bl3 bend I" There was a veil of annroval and then fol lowed a shower of stones and bricks against the hoary oaken doors and closed shutters. Unobserved In the oonfuslon Margaret bad erept along under some high shrubbery to tbe "hol er of a number of dense, short celars, growing clof e ngalnst the Bids of the house. hhe remembered tbat there was a low cedar door at this point nnd kn-lt hoping to And it open, but it did not yield to her efforts, l'aus lug to think how she oould foroe an entrance she heard a bolt slip sofilv from within and the next momeut Fletcher's blood-stained fuco appeared. Uo stai ted as Margaret cut out her hind nnd whispered, then her words reassured him : us me, Margaret Gwynne, sir. For Go re sake crouch low in thi-e bushes or you're a dead muni Creep after me through yon shrubbery and on to tbe woods, 'its our only uopo 01 osoape." Ho obeyed her without a word and when they had reached the woods asked : "How came you here, Margaret? This Is no place 'or a woman. Surely you were not on the highroad upon suoh a night as this?" "I did not come bv tbe highroad, sir." she answered simply, "but hoik," ns a crash re sounded through the air, "thev have broken Inio tbe bouse and will beginaS 'aroh for you. Wo must hurry." That with a quick glauce at his white face she added: ' 1 fear that yon are badlr hurt.sir. and noed neip. lie did not answer nnd, as she eoasnd speak in1,', the r hiding-place wns brilliantly 1 lum- ined. The rioters had fired the house. MnrgHrut lookrd despairingly from tho drooping figure and death-like face nt hor side, to the open country, rapidly growing ns lign; as auy, nnd then up at the impassable units rjouinu mem. "There's the tunnel 'tis our only ohnnos she fullered. "I came that way, and we mu-t go back I" "You on me that way, nnd for me, Margaret? My bnve girl I" exclaimed Flotoher, deeply moved. It was only by a supreme effort that he kathered strength to follow her. Hhe divine i something ol this mortal wunkness, for holding hoi ; be young arm about him, she aide 1 his fnlirlng footsteps Into the darksome tunnel. For a fow moments neither spoke. Tue way must be more than half traversed, Margaret thought, us with beating heart she hurried him onward. Suddenly sb Humbled, und she felt the swaying of his poworful form against her. "Keopup, Mr. FMoher, keep up 1" she cried. "Only a few more stops, sir, and we're safe. Oh, God," for ho had fallen by her side ns she spoke. "He has fainted, perhaps is dying, in this awful placet" Hhe eauk on herknees beside htm and placed her ear to bis heart. In tho solemn, dreadful stillness she beard a taint pulsa'ion and knew tbat be lived. 8tie must leave him and go for help. Tben horrible possibilities suggesting tnemscives she pnued. Any Instant a train might pass nnd. whnt If, hall oonsclnus, he should move durlug ber absence? Even now he ml-ht lie olose euough to the irack to be swept into eternity by un oncoming locomotive. She beut, and drag, ing his prostrate body close to the dump, slimy wall, felt shudder ingly for the cruel steel of the track, so dan gerously near. As her ban.l touched tbe rail shs fancied she felt a vibration, but was It fancy? Holding ber ear to tbe ground shn listen d. There was a rumb!o as of thunder and a faint quaking of ftlie earth beuoath her ; tiirougn the onickness, a nory red eye illu mined i bo far distance nnd an approaching train was speeding oil toward the uarrow way. .Un i Buret's oheek blnuoued and her lips moved In prayer. An Instant later tbe lo?o- motive had en ered tho tunnel and, with ono terror-sirlakeu glance up at the swift, oncom ing phan'om of sudden death, she threw her protecting arms over Fletcher's form and sank in:o merciful uuoonsoiousneis. Joe D.irile, living In tbe town below, awoke some time after midnight, could not sleeo. tnd rising, walked to his window to see if the lay had dawned. What was that in the direc tion of Margaret's home? Tbe sky wan nlivo with the fl.ime and sparks of a burning build ing. In a moment tie bad dressed and the next was out under tbe fiery sky, dashing with mad haste toward Murgaret's cot' ago. I he door was uolaiaaed, and looking through the rooms he found tbe house empty. Was it possible that she hud ventured out upon such anight? He lighted a lantern lie found nar the door nnd began searching for lootprluts. Yes, those were hers: daiuty footsteps. Yet. btran.'ely enough, instead of leading to tbe nignway, tnsy pis'ed around to the pack or the house and on through tbe wood. Ho fol lowed to the steep declivity, and tbon mtrked the slide, ns of some heavy body, towrd the nouo Dinoknessoi the tuunei. .Luke a llasli tue truth came to him. "Hood God I" he exclaimed : "she would nne rl-k that for him I" He kuew in his heart that love such as hers would count death as nothing and he resolv ed that bis should brave as much. "And she such a obit of a girl," he half sob bed, as be stooped to plok up a bit of black fringe from a woman's shawl, lying just with in the tuonol's mouth, "but she's gone In here, sure." He recalled with a shudder that only a few moments mutt have elapsed since the last train entered that way. Cautiously h- stepped within, searching for ho dared not think what; then, nt tbe sight of a dark obj ct lyln ; close to tbe wail, he hur ried on with bated breath and quickening foot steps. He hold the lun'ern sloft an I looked. No mangled body thre, thank God? Hut (I'd lie thauk God in that first awful moment? For here lay tbe one woman be loved on the bosom of tbe man he had hated with tbe bit ter hatred of caste all these years. "Meg," he cried, taking the slight form in his arms, "lor God's sake say ye nlu't dead, my sweet girl 1" To his joy Margaret open d her Stan led eyes, t.ien ellpplug from bis arms looked arouuj her. "Where am I. Joe? IIow came I in this dreadful place?' Her eyes tell upon Fletcher and she cried : "Now, I kuow, 'twas th caret Oh, tiulck help me get him home, at once I Thov've biioi mm, jos." tio tuougut lor Darns or bis constant love. Huhiug, he stooped and took Fletcher in Ms strong arms. Margaret went ahead with the lantern and soon tbey were out of tbe noisome place and at Margaret a door. Fletcher was placet upon Margaret's bed and then Ourtle asked meekly what more sue wanted. "I want the doctor, Joe," she said, "you go ana i win stay nou waton. -"Nay, ye go yoursel'. Mett ." then. In answer to hor surprised look, he added: "Yes, nn' wake up tbe military an' get 'am out, It ye can, fer there bo need of 'em, as well us the doctor, when tbe inorniug dawns. Ih yer Ihluk them black devils won't see them tracks nn' blood stains at the first streak o' ligh', nn', followin1 them to the tunnel, guess the truth? This is na bud for a weak wo man to watch by. Leave me an' go yer-el'." Margaret hurried down the now deserted highway to the town and thoroughly roused the docor, a friend of Fletcher's, by tolling! him the druadlul truth. Word was sont to the NEW YORK, OCT08;;i, 1892. barracks near bv. where tro is h id been sta tioned durlngthe 1 ito tioub es.au 1 soon after ward Margaret nnd the doctor started up the hill. As Battle had rrod'eted. as soon as It grew lighter the m-m had lu'eeted the blool stains sad tracks in the snow leading toward the tunnel, und had guessed tbs truth. Drunk with siuve-s and ll iuor. thors were yet a few in the crowd sober enough to trace mem to Margarets door, and beir many miuutes they stood outside par evm? with Uarile. "Let ns in. ye spalpheon." shouted Kelly. "we don't want to hurl yees but, by tho eter nal, we'll hev thet Fleroner if we hev to jump over yer dead body to git him I" "too on. ve devil, cried Dartle. hH now t- ful frame Oiling the narrow door.vav "or 'twill bo the worse fer vel Take that." h' added to Kelly, who was trying to push his way past hi in. As bespoke hu wrested a pis tol from Kelly's hand, nnd with the butt eud struck blm n heavy blow. Ueiore Uartiooould defend himself tbe gang were upon lilm. tho tiisol was wrenched from bis grasp by a drunken brute and turned upon htm. and tho next Ins'antbe fo'l, shot through the heart, at the threshold of Mar garet's door. ihe sight sobered the ruffians. "Hoys, this la murder." cried one. "an' the law oan hold us for it! Hist, what's that In the town below? 'TIs the soldiers a movlu' I" At tbe word there was a wild veil and general scattering tin J, by tho tlruo Mar garet and the doctor readied the eoono, only Uartle lay at the doorwav. a silent 'sentinel. fnlihful tven uuto death to the trust reposed iu mm. Margaret's tears rained down and she pressed a kiss upon tho poor dead face. Ho died defending the man he bated, tbe man she loved, and only she oould understand an I rovereuco the sublime heroism of the deed. CHAPTER IX. "l)ALLS JiMHTCAFS'' FEKD TF1E FLAMES 1 The American Deotile wt'l now be nnoulv anil formally asked to decide whether this system shall be reeklossly abandoned und a uew tilal inndo of nn old experiment which has uniformly led to national embarrassment, nnd widespread individual distress. The benefit of protection g,,es drat and Inst to the men who earn their bread in the sweat o( their fiions. JamisG. Iilmnk. Can you any longer doubt which system Is the better for usf Will any one say those uniform results are mero accidents or coincidences? With Just ns much reason, one might suy that the rising and setting o( ilia sun, or the recur rence o( the tides, are accidents or coluoidaiits. 1). ti. Uahkixan. Bender, this storv u no fancy cloture, but a true recital of tbe misery, cr me, and (amine, set: ling like a deadly miasma over our fair country, less than forty years ago. It has las iiiea as to the disastrous results always following the repeal of the protective tariff; and, although history repeats Itself, ua'or tunately, repetition dulls the ear, nnd our working people are too busy, or too Indiffer ent, to take up the book of life and read what tbe recording angel has written there iu letters of blood. 11 w could but profit by the mis takes of our forefathers, then would tholr privations and sufferings not buve been in vein. Shall those scenos be repeated, and attempted free trade again close the busy fnotoiy, open the soup houses, and make criminals and paupers of hoa-st men ? If not, tbe voters of America must look to It that their country's Industries are prot-oted from the encroach ments of foreign labor end foreign greed, so that tho manufacturer may be permitted to live. For many weeks Fle'cher lay at the point of deith within Margaret's coUogo. His wound proved a dangerous on", and a serious, tedi ous fever resulted. Although bis physician and a skilled nurse look up their abodes in the house, Fletcher, In his moments of consciousness, would have only Margin et nt his side. In his weakness, he clung to her strong young bund, nnd his eyes followed ber every movement ns shs went so'tly about attending to his wants. Wb-n sbe was absent he grew restless, und It Busily became quite a ma tor of oourse that she should sit b 'Side him, reading or writing let ters, during his lor.g hours o' convalescence. Mr. and Mrs. l'ey on, while wandering through the East, received many of these in genuous epistles, and, with one thought, would smue alter tneir perusal. i'uor Margaret " exolalmsB Fevton. " I can road between the lines, and although as an amanuensis, she tolls her story modestly, her's was a n toio act, r,tnei I Yes." bald L hol Fevton. winin nwav n tear, " 1 believe that Thorpe owes bis life to her," tben sbe too added: "Poor Margaret" one was too loyni to nint. even to ber hus band, of tbesusplcion which had enters I her mind during nor last year at Ueaumont. Mar garet's love was too sacred In her eyes, es. peclallv as sbe was convluood. from her knowl edge of her brother's oharao'.er, that It woul l prove anopeiess one. spring came and went, summer ntssnd away, and one warm September day Thorpe Fletcher, a pale shadow of his former self, sat on the deck of an outward-bound vessel. W is his mind full of anticipations of a re union with his sister and Povton. or did a r t- giet (or the past and the country he was leav ing nenina him, sadden tbe future? Neither, for his thoughts began and endtd just then with the beautiful girl who stood be side nis auair, a world ol devotion In her luminous eyas as, turning from the fast reeed- ing land sne res'oa them upon bis wan (ace Iborpe JTIetoher s smile was full of content on bis glance mot hers, for during those past weeks Margaret had become necessary to his happiness and had won by her heroism a first place in the life o( the man she lov id so well. Hix years later, in the dav o: peril. Fletcher an t l oytoa returned, at their oountrv's urcen cry, as pa'rlots sho.ild, and were among the nrst to enrnu tnemsoives upon tbe list of our nation s nerocs. When tbe war was over and whlte-wlnged rroiccuon oroo ied ins a Donediot on over th i land, Fletcher and his wife came back to the hills they bun lov'd so wall. Ueaumont nnd the Matcher works wore re num. i ue "Lianas nightcaps ha I long since Men pile I into huge bonfires by Ihe outrnged worklnginen and their smoke Asc nd d to heaven amidst the bins -s of the very voters wbo had place I 1'oik and Dallas In power oulv a t 'W years before. After Fletcher's retu n ibe busy factories were again open d, and he town soon grew Into a prosperous city. Ao imposing oliurch now stauds where Ethe! Peyton budt ber chapel; and Maur.ce Peyton w.ie ns i uvea rector lor mauy years. He and his wife have do ,e much to better the condition of their feliow men, and orlgi- aieu some oi tne social movements which have since resulted tn hlghor aspirations and nappier lives lor toe world a workers. Kelly tookadnntageot the lar.o bounty of fere I by tbe Government during the war, and enns eo onoe too oiten, tor nis lust attempt at "bounty jumping" ended dl-astrousiy, nnd news o: his d nth was sent to the Kellv fumllv, Thev were plunged nt once Into the mo.i excesslvo nnd demonstrative grief, their re sources strained to the utmost to supply the suiiueu ueinanu lor craps nna Diak goods nnd Kelly, although dead and buried, oontin. ued for tunny years his autocratiosway as tho patron saint of the Kelly family. In the cemetery, near the oity, a tall, white spire inarm u .riio s restinit-pluce, and A gray haired, still b autlful woman, often linger? tinnr his grave, giving a tender thought to th' man through tbe sacrifice of whose Ufa tin happiness of her own has been made possible, TBI END,) No Free Trade For Him. IHiMtrlon !emo rtle Lawyer ml Aiillinr ltepuilin(e (Irvrland. Democrats ate now finding out bow their party blun.lersd w'usn It too plainly defined the end at which It alms by it bold dMan tlou against protection of auy kiud, t. ulelii the Chicago platform. Since that troe trade pronunciamento Hits has bisn a virtual stampede ol Intelligent Demoornts out of the froo trade oamptothe side of American pio- toot ion. Among the most eminent Democrats who bata repudiated Clevohnd and !hs fr trade platform on which ho stun Is, Is the v n irablo Qeorgs Tlcknor Curtis, whrwe fame as a con stitutional lawyer and author Is world wide The formil letter In which Mr. Curtis nn" nounces his lotontloii to Abandon the party which hat so lorn? claims 1 his obo lien 'e, nnd tq support the Kepubltcan ticket in this cam paign, Is printed below. It should be road by every patrlo lo Democrat Iu the laud : Kicru-rK ldSpiunos, N. Y.. September 10, 1892 TO THtt F.DITOH OK T1IK AltEUliiAN ECONOMIST : Air. Iu common with mtny other D-uio- crats. I cannot follow tho loaders of ihe party a uenouncing uopuDUcan Frot ctlon as a fraud upon the labor of tbe great majority o' the American people for the bjo-illt of a fow ; nor can I subscribe to the, l.ootrlne that a Pro- tectlve lurid Is unconstitutional. I have no poouulary Interest Iu mtiiui 'lures, but know what Protection has done and ts doing for this country. ' If it operates tor thn belief! of the fow, I am not one of that few. I nm oue of tbe many; one of the groat majority boneflted by It, Including those who denounce it for the sake of obtaining political ro ver. If the leaders of a political party assembled In national convention for thi purpose of nominating candidates foe the Presidency and Ylce-Presldoncy choose lo Multlfy thomselves bfalsifylng history, they .cannot expect to be followed by others who have any hubl's of ludupendnntthought and action. The learned pundits wbo were lately assembled nt Chicago n national convention of the Democratic party, adopted by a two-thirds vote, and against the report of the Committee on Reso lutions, the following as a "piank" lathe Democratic platform: We denounce Republican Protection ss a fraud upon the labor of the great majority of the American people for the benefit of a few. We doclure It to be a fundamental principle of the DemiHiratlo party that tbe Federal Government has no constitutional prfWer to Impose and col lect tariff duties, except for tho purpose of rev enue only. We demand that the collection of such taxes be limited to the necessities of the Government when honestly and economically administered. In drafting and voting for this resolution. the members oltber showed dense Ignorance of Amerloan political history, or thev manl tested a purpose to win votei by dscuiving the voters. I cannot, at the bidding of these gentleraon, unlearn the lessons of my whole life, Tbe greater part of my long life has been passed In the study of American political his tory and cons'ltutlonal law. If t ennnot claim to be nn authority on such subject. I c in point out to others tbe true rources from which to devise Interpretations of the Const! tution. These sources are not (o be found In recent Congressional npeeohos, whether made by members of one party or another. They are to be found In the Interpretations riven to the Constitution by the First Congross, by Washington's administration, and by the sue- needing administrations of Jefferson, Madison, John Qulnoy Adams and Jackson. I have been requsted by tbe ScreiAry of Thi Amkricah Proteotive TAntrr Lhaoue to give my views of tbe Protective Issue, as It bos tmn mads by the two parties lo the present campaign. This I shall do in a com- mun'e ttlon to be addressed to him. of which he will make such use ns he sees fit. I am, Mr. Kdl'or, very r -spuei fully. Your obedient servant, Geo, Tn Kvon Cchtis. fVom. Enrydopediti Ai-iMmurA, American Sup plement. George Tloknor Curtis, an American lawyer and author, was born at Watei town, Massa chusetts, November 28, 1812 After grtduit- ing at Harvard College, in 1H;!'2, he S'udieJ law, and was admitted to tb'i bar iu 1830, Ue was member of the Mussochuso ts Legislature from 1843 to 1841, nnd was appointed Untied States Commissioner for Massachusetts While he hold this position the Fugitive niavs law oi toot was passeu, and ns was soon called upon to executo it by remand in; to his master a fugitive from Virginia named Thomas Sims, In spite of tbe popu lar ollura thus Inourred he carried out the law. In 18G2 be removed to New York, where bis professional ability has secured for blm an extensive praotioe. Throughout his career be has been a diligent author, nod his works on villous departments of law have secured the highest approval. Among them are " Kightn and Dutlosof Merchant Seamen," 1814 . " Law ol Copyright," 1S47; " Law of r.itents," 1810 fourth edition, 1873; ''Amoricon Convey- auoer, sscond edition, lSil; Iliinl ' y Ire cedents," fourth edition, 1-0; "Digest ol Decisions of Courts ot Common Lnw nnd Admiralty." He also published "Commenta ries on the Jurisprudence, Practice nnd Pecul iar Jurisdiction of the Courts ot the Uulto I Statos," two vols., 18.VI -53. Deslde these striotty professional works he has published a valuable " History of tho Origin, Formation and Adoption ot the Constitution of tho United States," two vols,, 1853-5t, end a "Life of D.inlel Webster," two vols., 1870. Doos not the fact that within the last twelve yoars 2,0 K),000 acros of land have bona throw n out of s ruble cultivation In F.ngl.tud indl -ate that Free-Trade injures farming? Do Freetraders think tbat they can convince American wool growers that their iroluot would not tall In price to Ihe London lovol Froteeiion were wltbdruwn? PRJCEOfJE CENT. Pertinent Qa:stioru Answered. rou wy Ifiat our jifofV jar $18,010,000 a) year through free mijar. , Why nol mule o,iy 40o,ifrte and mm many times that aiiioiinf tor the hundredth time we reply to thh questlou. There Is no earthly analogy be tween the tariff on sugar which was a reve. nne tariff -nnd the tariff on wool, for Instance, nicn is a protective tariff. The former bus . allied no domestic Industry of nny 'moment. ttv ; practically no employment tn Amrlo.ia labor and cip.tiil. Under It nearly nil our sugar wis Imported, -and when It was abolished tltoro was nd collapse of dement a iu luslry. Tue fow sugar ptoduoers receive 1 . In exchange for 'lie tnilff a lo'untv. undoV which th-y prosper even moro than bo'oie. . Hut remove the duty on wool,-which now miv tains tbe Irumonscly Important toiletry of sheep hu-dundiy, and-you drry dealh nud ilosola loo a-bong thousinds of now fairly prosperous lloekinnstors." Auslrnliiiu m;d Argentine wools would flood our 'markets (111. " the An, eric d line wool industry was no nune. After that wa.shoulil have-ho gipirant e that we wool I get ourwooisniy chenpor limn now. Wo should b obliged lo take our chances a that score. Hut Tiboat tho losses wo should sustain Iu ibe slaughter of flvks for iholr tal low, ns ooourrod before under a' low revenue tiv III on wool, there oau be no manner ol doubt. Even froo sugar would not, perhaps, be re-s ' ceivlngtho eucomlnms pronouueed npnn it on every hand had the American ugar indus'ry not been securely protected agalust disssti-r Ij th bounty. For. In that event, the cry nf dis- ' tress which would ere this h ive reached ui from the Louisiana pluututious would, p r- hups, cause us to pause and consider wbothor it was wise to Impoverldi evon a lew ot uur people. To guard against such. s calamity to iha' wool Interest, If we nretocirry out Btrioilf , the comparison with sugar, we should iie-nl to provide for a bounty on American woolsulTl. clantly liberal to take Displace of the exist nj Tariff. Hut, under that airatig raout, n t a . cent would be saved to the people, lor ihe , amount of . bounty we should have to i,nv , would at least equal and probably exceed I ha amount of wool duties now colloted. In ihe case of sugar, sines our home production waa ess than 1 pound In 10 of what we Imnort abolishing the duty of 2 oents a pound on l ha 10 Imported, and paying 3 cents out of thai saving on the 1 Imported pound, resulie I la a net gain to the people Cf 18 Cants, or ab'iut. $18,000,030 In the aggregate. So ws see that. no matter from what point of view, thors la no likenoss be weeu sugar or revenue duty, nnd wool or Protective duty. Ws trust thai our questioner will guard against these Frea Trade fallacies in the future BEST POLISH IN THE WORLD. SPSS DO NOT BE DECEIVED with Pastes, Enamels, and Paints whldi stain the linndH.lnjiirn the Iron, and burn off. The Rising Pun Stove I'olish Is Ilrll liunt, Odorless, Durable, and the con sumer pays for no tin or class puckace with every purchase. HAS AN ANNUAL SALE OF 3.000 TONS. ALFRED .DOLGE'S FELT SUPPERS AND SHOES. DANIEL, GREEN & CO., Sole Agents. ' 14 F.nsit Fourteenth St.. New York. MS A FltlKND TO TUE CAUSE or PROTECTION . TO American litals? Are vou willing to work for the cause of Pro tection In pluclng reliable Information lo the bands of your acquaintances' . II you are, you should bs Idsuttried with the AMERICAN PRlTECTtVE TARIFF LEAGUE, 135 W. 23d St,Newjyork. A PATH IOTIC WOltK. 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