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Imaonrailr purty. km ot» that th «e i>u|>ftt»rttni; fVutf and lam aril. should not. in *< «r te |pp*n»tti»»i to wit* part m tie meeding «f r«* **»tnm.f im or Writ., I think mo m*-*.? .M 1 ««r ?ou to or to It that 9m» P •«».*! i*t* are permitted in ? * ■ w - tn« *». n*: for t b* f ha i e no tm*i - or** there Your*. -firWITT KBKISW. Weaker fv^k * Pa t> Nat Coot.** Ik ill hr* rrtarjr of elate Porter and the |ee«.ii»! Ute <«MU»rr |»iea> an t a rr ” iherr*arf *4 Mata Porter mate hr lane* in- r> afiiuotaa ol to* m*t . of the «tate knuf of iran* ja*rtnl»un Vkrik ’ la A »0Mdhle that he 'halt that th * la* ft run *4 a lira a Kmomatm are too •4 in t'oagimmT dr* retary of Slate purler •*■}- that t.« ••-•** n he i* in famr *4 i* i» U • *.-»** th* projrtr are ton oUthd »Tt|. the mart Mm of there »e* rrtarto. The' tarM-Hnalf aata. "But he mould he a ImM and rotlm. i*ruj»fa*» m kti. from prevent arfarda. mould fure* • na* ant amahenitiff from the elothftll I** e> uni bet * t:l* I* fca* at * m.aik -s.» it: Mau>d.«d tie uA< * ol tfte etjetor.-e* of the hoard *4 trau* port-.n. a «u»4e::r th* pie**ni art Irani r If the.retain Purtmr and the World" It* raid I* «uC e-t. It I* U|* to the t‘op «:.•! State t*«-ntral rtmn;!l»* «hi re • * mti* laid a nWrtwa on the (aide in etrmttnn the *r* retarie» to art. 1.hu* doth the great and food pup m:u4 t=*n% hate tn«ub}e» of it* orn acid mu) until the |» oj*i* ri*e -■ their uaiI'bt and di >* haf*e *»«* (Mo} th* or* rdnv* tart the Uhole rna* blue fins t mm * 1 I mm rr *** >■> TV** Urntw of pwttl ,jwrtf«f» *4*o« |.ii#> tiwfiii—t ib be» :»«-** « mil), a ml lb fW rtt> «rf ifcr (MMtml r«»i|rt* for lv.4 .f»4r4 tltuar of l**. by |43.J«WS. • « ,nt mm tviwur of «nrr * p#*r iftt *1 **- imMHV »» all tVfni ri tort* I* «h*i Uh> <«rrt|N* of llM ka* «1mi l»wu lat r» The jfriraw .a ih* »rtS-. of •tia.il £* Z* :f»*r •'**■!, etulr tLr tarrraw* at wtatop >alr* t» «rt«t U |rr «•« at. TIm* ib'-rrs; pu»(«| r*** rtyrta in Nr ktalu b Uk&L the It^iUrUoa «,jf j*»J rufaulr I—ifiwi Iftl MI "I* I. tfco- k**>t - laic of iatrrwf rmt«-» tbr Or mam! for taVwriag. HM. all AnUl prmH of tbr u mat4 atrr* to of |».'o*|rnty and th iias>~>tj*--» *u*i • -<»ei*-ttl »<-bi of Ubr V MNNP t'ra*Bjaa r«a*»a 4 •»***»• A , «• -r tor *!*-.»» • M' MW .u labr.4.* 4«mmi that I* loaf ma«*r m JA* >ta-* * a t U s* to « »* • aft-d to tbr »«>imf* a—dr Itf" tbr fotk«« tits *oan CM*» « * ira. r.ttr SO*M"£.i£« •w4*ttoaa . _ .__ I113JIIJ# f*laf**, »•*! ratal* loot irtttrftM ........ . , ___ 1*1.ttlLatf fi sclukf *!Muti. r«-al r*!»: r abort* fttu,- miotMti. IlA«J.»7 •9i^ri..n» Tfcia onrotal. m lit* b *■» auk let »!• only a Mtn*r^ of »bat bt> »**-rn difr itf tbr utlrl auMtlrt. Fa *0*1 tie |Mif# IB Xrbraaka firyir^raUta# Itifalr}, oft*- of lb* b yaa kbkt* is ia>a bat* *-rtt ifar tuytriiwrfatN* of tlr *M\*t lunar. fir i»f*i Thr «aa*r I Im44 aarrrd Iti i*B Its* l*o«r ndbr-rnkm* 1 belirer tf :lr kaotaia tarty U M*-io*u*ti» tbt* fall 1C Bill But hr a Mr to writ* r Ubr of teaariat ib ibr Brat «t y«*r* If iIm* o*om» * •atk Batty 1» U» U»r. H tuuat l«tr a |/Ot*rr It BlMt uir» raiy aa4 taaft Mi—nfL If it will adof* B Boiicy | Bill k«irb Bllb it. but If U la tier* ter u> a beatiert of <-»n*'to*e •ad t«uit-to4iac. u Bill bair to ra It ia tba* Lb# I h<* |ar* powerful ftrr piared in TV} are to drvrlop |*, t hr ipml for r*rry Ur Brill lar two acta of thirty wbkfa Bill of IV r< £1.« THINGS TO REMEMBER. • r individual *lf "...-its in the bajiks of Nebraska are nearly double what they were in ia..6. E. r ii.an who voted for the seating of a polygamist in Congress «u a democrat. The Nebraska Populist state committee is on record against any reduction in freight rates. The present Republican administration will provide for the build ing of a canal across the Isthmus of Panama. fhe !cgi.slatur**s of Maryland and Virginia voted down resolutions of invitation to llryan to appear and make speeches. The i'nitctl States chipped goods to the port of Havana in 1S93 -met Mii'.g t > 119.71'; ’.It. The total import duty receipts of the port for the year were $n:*00..">82. Por tin y< tr ending June 30. 1837, still under the Wilson law. the . 'i -t- of breudstuifs from this country amounted to $197.S.>7.219 the following >, ar. tinker the Dingiey law, they amounted to $312.897.1 lb. V .< st oi.« i.-iif of the receipts of the oil inspection department of NVbiKsk w« rc used in 1897 and 1898. either to enrich an individual, " to tiirni.'ii «•: mpaigu funds to a sham reform party, the chairman of the party 1-eing responsible for the diversion. !> -if! ig ls .;t the foiled States exported over sixteen million bush els of cor:: per month, and the average price was 40 cents per Imshel. The total i.-:uii*er of bushels shipped in 1S9S and 1899 was over four times larger than th«* total for ISIS and 1 st♦ 4. S :v*s;,' pen Harrison was for free coinage. However, this w '..it Harrison said in his letter of acceptance in 1892: "I am thoroughly convinced that the free coinage of silver at such a ratio •o gold - will maintain t..e equality in their commercial uses of the two coined dollars would conduce to the prosperity of all the great ; :o :u« x.g end . ommen ial nations of the world.” No 16 to 1 there. RIDIULtS X PROUCrORATt. Asillior Iwirrwt Cnainirnlii im ltr>au's N«*w 1 C., Jan. 23. Auditor <>! tie- Trcaancy W, B. An an-w s was asked by th«* Lincoln Jour iu»! <■ urr* spondent this morning whu. be thought of Bryan's now position on the I'biiippine question. • I Mf th»t Bryan is oppose) to the t« t»-nti>in of the Philippines, hut wants this government to maintain a pro totoutf.** Mii«l tin* auditor. "As a i .<>n this looks ridh - u». If we Were to give up the isl ands and at the same time protect the -landers from enemies, lioth within : ’<1 wit hurt. our expanse would go i.gbt on. \V** KwM hav • in main tain an army to restore order, and r • « p it if ;t«ly to prevent encroach ments of other nations." Th« n you think lfryan’s idea would r* i:> result in imperialism instead ot preventing it?" Ye., I do." saui the auditor. “Un • r a protectorate there could be no ie.ii: turn iu tlie siite of the army and let lulling down of exjiense. 1 be lieve both would be larger. They want us to give away our property and yet euntinu- to guard and take care of t* Their pretended policy would in vt-he every problem and difliculty that we have to meet. now. and would re frit in absolutely no benefit to us. In bn t it Mould ;n time lie sure to bring on international com plications. s it l» -e we gave up our claim to the property, and at the same time went to the expend* of maintaining an aimy to guard it. And suppose that after a year or two Aguinaldo and his portable cabinet should sell the isl ands to some other nation, where uid tr be? It i> impossible that Bry ar-.L-m will be allowed to lead the • cuati .■ up to -urh a fiasco as that? ” € a*bul Itrlitrr. Journal: It was a republican ■ i <.njcr« - .* th.et }■;» -* .I and a republican president tha' ihe only effect n* aati-tru-t law that is in our rUU- j ut. ‘mw.*,- The Bryanite* declare that ; It not g<»oel for anv thing anti-i .tutiotxal and void ab initio. Tbe same utter inability of that owt :.t to lo anything that they promise w do I- illustrated in this state when » - fu- oni.-ts have l>ee» elected to the • %.« ut i\♦* and legislative offices foi . verai year-, on the pledge that they j v. jrciifg to do something decisive > n j;*»t • • clful in the way of putting o'»wn ‘ m«»u tpoiies' and curbing the ! power of the transportation corpora- I i «»n- Wlia have they done? The re publican Imbird- of transportation can. | |M>mt i*ul in every year cjf their unos- i ;-niat:ouM exerc ise of the powers giv- ‘ #• •( them by the legislature, some val- ! > . b!e C.an< ep-ion* by the railroad ■ >.Ciji.tr.> - f'»r tile benefit of tne pub- | notably the reduction of the cor * rat - in |V*> for the relief of the farm- j « r> to la cents, until they e'ouhL gnip t h» ir damaged crop tha. was "soft. ttttcemottt of f.n f < entrain so ns to break up the mo- j • .opoly of certain terminal points, and , t<» a re vision of the classification so j* to equalize rates on many of tn~ : t,. --•• i< - of life. They made no fusr. .Ueit th- matter but accomplished j i ii. ir <«!>)•-• ts without going into courts. I . a -si ciipb niaey and reasonable ile- j I mauds. What ha\ e the fusionist outfit in ii.«- legislature and in the hoard of j • • , » :a:. *i ac complished in th< t three- .ear*? t an they point to a !! ale te-r -lit to the public after all j i*, ,r noise, in consideration of the ,.ii. . expenses and lawyers’ fees. th-> have regularly drawn from the j,,„ h‘t- of the- people? What do they ! k ’ I it '-rains or diligence or a r »- »»r obligation. c»r all three? It is cited In evidence of the ir- j • h expansion is like- t . to bring t«* the 1'nited States that I*:.- expert, of thi country to China, j Hi* o, Hawaii ar.d the Philip-j ... ! .i the first eleven months of: > .«* rvMiHi iCHi. against $ Hi . 000. o-. * m th** c orresponding months of lx** atid fiL.'HXMJtio in the correspond :.n n. -atbs of 1V.»7. while the fact that » -A-il 1m a de to buy n.ore and more of oar trt.pica! product* in those is- j land* ::r>teai of sending the money to : j other pens of the world is shown bv th. fa • -ha: our imports from them | • w. re in the trst eleven month* of 1899, $:.* against $99,906,000 in the j . -*-r«spocciing months of I89S and | 837.imq.o>ei in the corresponding months ! of IS97. Th- Hoctmt Transcript tells a story of a man who uas a class of boys in natural history. One of the subjects which he took up was butterflies and moth*, and he told the children a goo 1 I deal about the chrysalides and cocoons. ' Afte- he had got the boys well in structed. he showed erne of the smallest of them one oi the cocoons, and asked: "What butertly is this cocoon of?” Then the little boy looked up and said, alow).▼ and respectfully: "My papa says that all cocoons look alike to LOjcI" 'Jiii'fr Acts «»f Krlonnrrs. Fremont Tribune: A most remark able disclosure is made with reference to the neglected duty on the part ol the State Hoard of Transportation. . Seme time during the year 1S97 tht Hoard directed that the railroads oi the state should withdraw their new schedule for live stock shipments on P and rates and restore the old sched uh based on carload rates. The attorney general has since that time begun suit against the I'nion Pa cific- road for alleged violation of The order, but tin* discovery has lately been made that the ls97 order of the Hoard was not served on the roads until January Imh of the present year and the attorney general's suit falls flat. When the order was passed by the Hoard it was done with mueh blowing of horns and beating of populist tom toms. Tne people were to understand they had a triend at court that would protect their rights though the heav ens fell, out the clamor and noise, n v. as understood, should not be taken i s* riously by the railroads. The atior- i ran- general, who in mock solemnity, ! l>< g.111 a suit for $5,000 penalty against j the I'nion Pacific, is a member of the j Hoard. All interest in the shippers j ceased wh-n the 1S97 meetings of the Hoard adjourned and before legal no tice was served on the roads. The proceedings were for publication, not ior regulation. Now the roads are asking that the order he rescinded and it is tip to the Hoard to do something. But for more than two years the roads have been absolved from the original order Meantime they have shown their ap preciation of popocratic favors. Last year they apparently threw their sup pi rt to Holcomb for judge. Tney have played fair with the Hoard, for the> have “delivered the g«x>ds." Without reference to justice or in justice of carload or pound rates or. live stock the people of the state nfhat look with surprise on the picture re vealed. Obviously the shippers of Nebraska must, view with some amazement the brazeness of a Hoard that evades serv ing its own processes, or regard with pity public functionaries who haven’t the intelligence to perform the vita] part of a legal action. l’r«titl<*Mh Debate. The wea isome debate on the Phil ippine question was continued in the Senate yesterday without an inter esting feature. What good isit doing, and where is it to end? These are pertinent questions which the country will soon be asking of the senators unless they pause long enougn in their oratorical erase to ask themselves and lx- guided by the o. vious answer. If talk is profitless, why keep talk ing? It will convince nobody that the administration is always wrong and its opponents always right, whatever the latter may think or say. The "anti's” oratory can have no effect at home, and is altogether useless, but not altogether harmless, for it cheers the Luzon rebels. They cannot ex pert their speeches will have the effect of eausipg tiie recall of troops from the Philippines, until the war is end ed and just what they do expect to accomplish is certainly not clear to others, and probably not to theni s« Ives. If they are talking for self glorification or partisan ends they surely deserve all the opprobium which they are heaping upon themseives, end more. Pittsburg Commercial Ga zette. (irrat liunk Deposits. The tale banks of Nebraska, ac cording to their last report show in dividual deposits amounting to $21. 6<-6.] 11.12: the national banks carrying $2'<,859,660.3S. according to the last published report of the Comptroller of tlie Currency. This makes a grand total of *50,325,771.30, and is exclusive of Lnited States deposits, which amount to $928,969.27. This is an in dication of prosperity that cannot ne avoided by the calamity howlers. Com pare it with the condition in 1896, aTier four years of democracy, and at a time when free silver was threatening the country. I’lxin llriuiHTiilir Talk. General Simon Buckner, one of tae old time democratic leaders, says: "The democratic party has no future until the element now in control lias been wiped out. which, however, prom ises to be done at the elections of this year. Expediency, not principle, is the motto of this element; the ener gies of its leaders. Mr. Bryan, are engaged in hunting for an issue which he hopes will attract votes, and not to the promulgation of those great piinciples on wihch the democratic party rests. The controlling element of the party today would commit it to opposition to expansion, whereas ex pansion was the essence of Jeffer sonion democracy,” William Kerr, of Providence. R. I.. is still pursuing the trade of watch making at the age of 82 years, after sixty-six years’ work at it. The Jewel ers' Circular says he has invented sev eral curious clocks, the best known being one on which a litle ball makes a zigzay journey down an inclined plane, which tilts back and forth at regular intervals. In 1179 he made a large working model nt |hvt Strassburg cathedra clock. PROSPERITY'S FACTS FIGURES ILLUSTRATIVE OF EX ISTING CONDITIONS. Enormous Increiuf iu the Amount of Money in the IIuikN of the l’eoplr. Hurt In the Vaults of the National Treasury. In a timely ami instructive contribu tion to the Saturday Evening Post of Philadelphia Frank A. Yanderlip, as sistant secretary of the treasury, brings into view some of the splendid facts of the prosperity with which the people of the United States are blessed, and for which they mainly have to thank th« change in national policies brought about by the presidential elec tion of 1896. The assistant secretary, whose relations to government finances enable him to speak witii knowledge and authority, draws attention to the remarkable statistics of the iron trade ns presenting "a comparison of both relative and absolute development such us has not been seen before.’’ Some of the fac ts resulting from wise economic laws are b st stated in Mr. Vanderlips own words: “A decade ago we imported $71,000. 000 and exported $14,000,000 of iron and steel manufactures. Since that time imports have steadily fallen ami exports risen, until for the fiscal year 1899 we imported but $12,000,000 and exported nearly $94,000,000. In spite of this unparalleled production the price of pig iron rose in eight months, Feb ruary to September, from $1 to $24 a ton, and at this advance nearly every | mill iu the country is so busy that practically no orders can be accepted for early delivery. | “For five years we imported almost double the value of manufactures that we exported. For the fiscal year 1S9S we exported nearly $80,000,000 more manufactured goods than we imported. In 1898. for the first time, our exporta tions of manufactures exceeded the im portations. the excess being about 25 per cent." Where for many years we imported | on an average of $1,000,000 of manu factured goods a day and exported about half that amount, he says, “for the fiscal year just closed we exported considerably more than $1,000,000 of manufactured goods every working day of the year.” The shipping Industry, he says, also j shared in the general prosperity, quot ing statistics showing the increase in tonnage and in the number of new vessels constructed. He shows that the bank clearings have increased 41 per cent and the de posits 23 per cent. If the figures were contrasted with those of three years ago the increase in the deposits would be 70 per cent. He shows in the two years up to Oct. 1, 1S99, the total money circulation in the people's hands has increased $270. 000.000. •*Tlie total gold in the country to day," he says, "stands at $1,000,000,000. which contrasts with $641,000,000 three years ago. Gold is becoming the every day money of commerce, and is no longer found only locked up in banks and safe deposit vaults.” Another fact he brings out is the breaking of large bills into smail ones. In four years the number of $1 bills has been increased from $40,000,000 to $57,000,000; of $2 bills from $2S. 000.000 to $36,000,000 and of $5 bills from $245,000,000 to $291,000,000. The government securities have ad vanced and the agricultural depart ment estimates that the value of farm animals has increased $342,000,000. Money orders have increased more than $20,00Q,00O. Immigration has in creased 36 per cent. All these things have come to pass, together with many other things of equal importance, under a strictly American administration. The tide turned when we began to show less concern for the fortunes of our own people. IN SAFE HANDS. Th® French Kcclprocity Treaty Certainly to Be Klghlly Serntlnixed. General interest lias been excited re garding the provisions of the new reci procity treaty between the United States and France, now awaiting the consideration of congress, by the pub- ; lication in the American Economist of Nov. 24 of information setting forth the injury that would b? inflicted upon the domestic coal tar dye and color in- j dustry by the proposed reduction of 20 per cent in the duty on that class of French products. From the letter of ! our Washington correspondent, which : is printed in the current issue of the : Economist, it appears that through re gard for the traditional courtesy due to the senate as the co-ordinate treaty making branch of our government it is necessary that the publication of the treaty be deferred until the instrument i shall have been transmitted to the senate. It also appears that in due time the treaty will eome before the ! house ot representatives for practical : review by that body, and that full i information will be had by the public long before conclusive action shall be taken bv congress. Meanwhile it is safe to assume that the proposed reciprocity treaty will have received careful examination by the administration and its operations and effect fully ascertained. There fore the interests of all the different industries concerned are in safe hands, for the present, administration is thor oughly American, thoroughly Protec tionist, thoroughly Republican. In order that accurate and reliable information may be available as a guide in the treatment of this impor tant question the American Economist invites expressions on the subject from the industries that are affected by the proposed reciprocity treaty. sample industrial boom. Result of Placing National Affairs in lionet and Capsbl* Hands. No better illustration of our coun try's new prosperity can be obtained than in the work of the great locomo tive building plants. Never before in the history of the concerns have they had so many men on the pay rolls, never before have they turned out so many locomotives in a year, and never before have they been so far behind in their orders. During last month the famous Baldwin works (turned out .... A ninety-two locomotives, an average of over three for every working day in the month. And they are bigger and better locomotives, too, than the roads used to order. No railroad now orders for its main line freight and passenger service engines that weigh forty to fifty tons, for everything now is from 100 to 120 tons in weight. Un til prosperity returned to this country with the incoming of President McKin ley the 'locomotive industry was sim ply paralyzed. The last good year was in 1893, and from then on until Repub licanism and Protection returned, the big shops were closed half the time and running on half forces and half time the remainder of the year. The railroads were ordering about half as many locomotives as they needed to keep up the ordinary wear and tear, for it was very plain to them that there was a crisis in the affairs of this country, and they wanted to be able to see daylight before they made anv great improvements in their rolling stock. The sudden revival of business compelled the roads to replace their worn out engines, and now the build ers are having a hard time tilling or ders. The polity of Protection has also created a great foreign demand for the American built locomotives, and several hundred engines will be sent abroad this year. In the one big shop of the Baldwin works there are* now 7.2:.0 men at work, and the com pany is planning extensions and im provements that will make their plant still larger. It is but a sample of the prosperity that comes to all when the affairs of our nation are in capable and honest hands.—Des Moines (la.) S ate Register. Wbat Se-iator Daniel l)of< Not See. "1 see no encouragement to Demo- : orats in the recent elections." is the j concluding sentence of a letter written to the New York World by John \Y. ! Daniel, United States senator from Vir ginia and a leader in the Democratic party. Right you are, senator. There is no encouragement visible to Demo crats. always excepting the halcyon and vociferous optimist out in Ne braska. who sees encouragement for Mr. Bryan's overpowering ambition to lead his party to certain defeat. All else is gloom and discouragement for Democrats, but it is a mighty fine pros pect for the country as a whole, for does it not give assurance that the march of prosperity shall continue un interrupted under a second term of McKinley and protection? Such is verily the outlook. Hence the inabili ty of Senator Daniel to discover any '•encouragement to Democrats in the recent elections." A Financial ( ontrait. Under Cleveland and free trade we had peace and no extraordinary ex penses of any kind, and the govern ment was obliged to issue bonds in order to keep good the national credit and to get gold for our depleted and well-nigh empty treasury. Under Mc Kinley and protection we are conduct ing a costly war. yet. to relieve strin gency in the money market, the secre tary of the treasury has offered to take from an overflowing treasury $23,000, 000. and put it into general circulation by buying bonds to that amount. The contrasting circumstances outline in vivid colors the difference there is. in respect to the conditions of our nation al finances, between free-trade and pro tection. lion- the SIiom Ar* I\*i Herald. THE r'OOR MAN’S SUIT. American Wage Earners Wear the Ilett and the Cheapest Clothing. Under all kinds of tariff laws wealthy people can obtain good clothing. It is the poor and semi-poor who are most vitally interred in such laws. Realiz ing this fact in a way, the advocates of low tariffs and no tariffs most stren uously insisted that the duty on wool should be removed and that on woolens cut down in order that the poor man’s clothing could be reduced in price. The Wilson act made wool duty free and took off both the pound rate or com pensating duty and about one-third of the ad valorem duty from woolen cloths. What v. as the result? The first result was a great increase in the importation of foreign cloths of low grade, every additional yard of which took the place of a yard of American cloth, and helped to throw American workers out of employment. These foreign cloths, chiefly English, were in general not sound, all wool stuffs, but largely made of cotton and shoddy mixtures. England’s use of wool substitute is far in excess of ours per capita, while her proportionate con sumption of wool is only two-thirds as great as ours. English woolen man ufacturers are adepts in the fabrication of cloths of good appearance from the .tra>hiest materials, and the American market was scon flooded with spurious woolens. The foreign manufacturer had his chance and he reveled in it. If the price of clothing was slightly decreased the standard of quality was decidedly lowered. The American woolen manufacturer soon saw what he was "up against.” He was compelled to compete with the kind of stuff that was making the mar ket. He accordingly began to import wool substitutes. This is clearly prov en by the statistics of imports. The McKinley act. which preceded the Wil son act. discouraged the importation of shoddy by a duty of 30 cents a pound. The Wilson act took the op posite course by putting a merely nom inal duty of 13 per cent on such ma terials. During the seven months end ing Marcu 31. 1893. the imports of shoddy anil waste were 193.487 pounds, and for a like period ending March 31, 1894. only 40.288 pounds. In the seven months ending March 31. 1893 (suc ceeding the passage of the Wilson act), the imports of shoddy and waste amounted to 9,396,780 pounds, or 223 times the quantity brought in during the same section of the preceding year. Will any person now assert that the degradation of the American woolens market thus brought about was an ad vantage to the poor man, even with a | considerable reduction in price? And i the reduction in price could not be con siderable, and was not. A suit of clothes takes on an average about three yards of cloth, the cost of which is, say, about half the first cost of the suit. Reducing the duty c-n the woolen cloth does not lessen the cost of labor, trimmings or other expenses, and the ! amount so decreased was found by : many expert investigations and calcu lations to cut but a small figure in the retail price of a suit. But the injury ! to quality, the less-ned durability was j a practical and tangible evil, as many a wearer of medium and low-priced clothing discovered. The Dingley act restored the duty on ; shoddy as well as on wool and wool ens, and the American mills are turn ing cut hone.-t and durable cloths in all grades. The "poor man's suit” costs little if any more than when it was made of a spurious worsted from the shoddy mills of England. Wuy, Indee.i. Every now and again some upholder of free trade, who is more ardent than he is well informed, claims that work ing men and women in this country re ceive no better wages than do those in the same line of work in other coun tries. One such ranter was once hold ing forth at a public meeting, along these lines. After he had had it all his own way for some time, a brawny la ! boring man. who had been in this country only long enough to become naturalized, called out in stentorian tones: "Wages no higher in this ■ country! What are v.t all here for. : then?” waving his hand in the direc tion of numbers of bis comrades, men foreign-born, but at that time Amer ican citizens. It was a stumper. The speaker failed | to answer it satisfactorily, and. so far. all the free traders have failed to make ' an adequate reply to the question. If ! wages are not any higher in this coun try than they are in European coun tries, why do workmen, why. during all these years, have workmen, by thousands and hundreds of thousands, left their own countries and come over to the United States to better their condition? We are still waiting for an answer. MrKInley Prosperity in Ohio. A thorough inquiry into the condi tion of 225 factories, mills and work shops in Dayton. Hamilton. Mid dletown, Pi qua, Springfield, Cleve land, Toledo and Lima reveals the following facts: Number of men employed in 1S96, 30.474: in 1899. 84,580: gain. 34.105. Monthly wages paid in 1890. 52,414,651; in 1S99. 54.263.491; increase. 51.848,840. It is estimated that 53.500.000 per month more is being paid as wages in Ohio this year than in 1896. The increase of wages per man in Cleveland aver ages $7.76 per month. The increase per man in the Miami Valley averages $8.31 per month.—Indianapolis (Ind.) Journal. I How It Wan Settled. During the palmy days of Free Trade talk, when Mills and Wilson bills were the fashion of the hour, it was actu ally prophesied that the passage of the latter bill would settle the question of the tariff for a generation. In fact, it did settle it. It brought in so little revenue that President Cleveland was obliged to borrow right and left, and business went into a hole, and drew the hole in after it. It is a curious fact that the passage of Protective Tariff acts is always followed by peri ods of prosperity, and the ascendenry of Free Trade has always just as surely brought on panics and hard times.—Ashland tho* ,"h , „ n' *e'1 Probably on th. lov. mb usually piae,,, around wells, res; jfl .‘„in“ r ,h" , t ,urn of his dis.i KithVr ' WJS ;,bout 'he sixth hour K th.r noon. according to Jewish reekon tn0. or t, p. according io erne method me?'rmilL m‘k,‘,,lnK. * hu h many learned mc.t think was used by John. 1 he: ‘ cometh a w< man of tout ..I bamaria. Not the city „f Sam aria, s. . „ miles away, but from the eountrv of Sa maria. one of Samaritan rare and rcUR-* .."T‘\draw water.” “Jesus salth unto Jf!- ™e *'aso“ is ^v'" »n the next 'erse. The disciples had gon, to the . ily halt or three-fourths of a mile nwa\ «s> . l“ huy meat.” food. “Not meat.' hut provisions, the plural b. Ing used in the V7^k:. ~Prof «*»•»• Kiddle. “Give III. t. dr.nk. In regard to Oriental customs it is not considered “important for a man. though a stranger, to ask a woman to let down her pitcher and gm him to drink. "How Is it that thou, b. mg a Jew Jt-sus v.'oli111 be ri-eogniz**d as a Jew by his dress. The color of the fringes on hi* garments was probably white; that •>; Samaritans would be bla "Askest drink, etc. 1 lie wonder of the Samaritan woman was that a Jew should sick. by asking and receiving drink, to make .» friendly eotnpai’t with a member of .. hostile race. "For the Jews have no dealings with tin* Samaritans' They have no dealings of friendly inti ours, 1**. *Tf thou knewest tlie gift God llis son, the Messiah, and the sal ition In was bringing to man. "Thou .vould* have a ski'd of him." Kmphasizc i he tho i and him. “And he would have g ,vn the, living water." 11. "Sir. thou hast nothing (o draw with. That is. the usual leathei i bu« Ki t and line. Note her change of tone. 12. "Art thou greater than our father Jacob? " Can you dig a better well. or find sweeter water? 13. "Whosoever drinketh of tl s water shall thirst again." This water satisfy ing only bodily thirst for brief periods, and a type of all worldly supplies for the deeper thirst of the soul. 14. "Whosoever drinketh of tl.r wabr that 1 shall give him." Observe tin rep resentation throughout that the water is a gift from Christ to humanity, tied * good things can never be bought. “Shall never thirst.” This does not contradiet. the Keatltudes, "Blessed are those that hunger and thirst after righteousness, but it declares that there is an unfailing supply always at hand for the thirst. Tho water that satisfies is not from without, tn external supply, that may fail, or be far away, but “shall lx* in him a well (a fountain, a spring) of water springing up into (unto* everlasting life." 15. “Sir. give me this water." Her soul is being awakened, and yet she does not fully comprehend his meaning. llVnce tin* next lesson he teaches her in the follow ing verses, the consciousness of her mi. an«l need. ]»». "Go. call thy husband.'* A natural request, tat leading to her confession of sin. lv "Thou hast had live husbands." I>r. Van 1-ennep (Bible I-ands, p. 557). refer ring to the terrible frequency of divorces among Jews and Muslims at the present day, says: "We have known a man not 40 years of age who had successively married and put away a dozen wives. 19. "1 perceive that ihou are a proph et." Both from his knowledge *f ini past life and trom his treatment of b« r sin. 20. “Our fathers worshipped in (bit; mountain." Boubtless pointing to Ml. Gerizem at the foot of which they wen standing. This was doubtless an «,ft discussed and puzzling question. 21. "Jesus salth unto her." His an swer is admirable, the plain truth told in a way not to repel her. "The hour (tin* time) cometh. when ye shall," eli . i. e.. when ye shall “worship the Fath er.” Showing the loving and attractive side or God. drawing us to worship above, but unrestricted by time or place 22. “Ye worship ye know not what.” Better as in H. V., “Ye worship that ; which ye know not; we worship that S which we know." "For salvation is of j the Jews." Idtorally, the salvation, the ! expected salvation, is of the Jews, l. c.. | proceeds from them (not belongs to i them*.—Cambridge Bible. But ine uour cometn, ana now is.'* The new day has dawned; the Mes siah has come. "When the true wor shippers.” Who worship not in forms merely, but with the heart. "Shall wor ship the Father.” The true object of worship. God. presented in that aspect which most calls out sincere lov ing, heartfelt worship. “In spirit" desig nates the worship of the mind and heart, a real, spiritual worship as distinguish ed from a merely formal worship. "In truth" designates sincerity of worship hi the true way. “For the Father seeketh. such to worship Hint." 24. “God i< a Spirit." Essentially, ab solutely spirit. Therefore, true worship must be of the Spirit. 25. "I know that Messias cometli.” ! "Messias” is the Greek form of the He I brew Messiah, r.s t’hristos is the Greek translation of it. "He will tell us all things." What Jesus had been telling tin woman implied that he could tell ail things. Therefore, she thought that pos ; sibly he might be the expected one. 2t>. “I . . . am he.” Your judgment | Is right. All that has been foretold of 1 the Messiah is true of me. RAMS’ HORNS. Faith Is reason's telescope. , True prayer consumes all pride. The Christian is never off duty. Christ is the world’s conscience. Not need, hut pride, keeps us poor. No man hits higher than he aims. Death levels down, hut love levels ! up. Meditation is the breathing of the i soul. None love life like those who live i love. The hooks of heaven are written by men. Love lights up the loved with love lines. Patience is not necessarily a virtue on a hot day. True patriotism moves upward, j rather than outward. The way to get more is to make the most of what we have. To admit our imperfection is to move toward perfection. He who fails to build up, sins as truly as he who tears down. The shades that hide the flowers bring out the blossoms of the sky. God takes interest in us on his loan, while men take it out of us on theirs. He who says we die as the beasts is quite likely to shape his living on the name rule.—Ram’s Horn