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nl1"O tilt' oconns 111\\0 I\'nlted
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" 'nllell lOll ! ; nl1l1 wnlted vnlnl ' . S
ThouJh the 8crll1t " "nH wrlttclI plainly :
' ' 'l'hls , Ihe 110rtnl of the /on ,
. OlioS ( or him who holds the ko ) ' :
Herc the elllplrtJ r > C the enrth
, . _ . Wnlts III Imtl'ncf ! for It hirth , " a
. . . . " " 'ho shnll hold thnt mnglc ke ) '
, ! But the chilli oC destiny , '
J n whose vclns hns mingled long'
t. All the h,8t hlood of the Btrong ? < <
Sentll'el of dUI ) ' , hero . '
Must fie guard 11 hemlsphel'C , .
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I . Let the old world I.eep Its wn's :
Nnught to him Its hlamo or Imlse ) :
" .i Naught Its grl'II , or hnte , or fear : . .
For ull swords bl ! sheathed hero ,
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: .o Yea , the "atown ) ' shnll ho ( reo : . : : .
111\10 all , from lea to se : . : '
And 1\\1 \ fmtrleldal slaughter
Shall delllo Its Hactet ! wuter :
Hut-thl ! hnnd that opell the gate
i Shall for\'cr hold' the Iteyl
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' 10 - , . Annlce Wheatle ' strolIed to the
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\Ylnd'O\v and gazed idly out. This was
strictly in accordance with the instructions -
structions conveyed In the little lJluo
overed book of typewriting which
l'eJ\d :
" -and I wl11 explaltl it ll to ) 'ou.
( Gertrude walIts to window It and
gaze : . ! idly out. ) "
Considering that this was the 217th
time she had done this the view frolll
the window had lost somewhat of its
novelty ,
She Imew emctly what she would
QO there , At her right would lJe a
1111ge electric calcium pouring Its
. green rays upon her white dress. It
Jmd lJeen decided tltat green would
be lJetter than lJlue. The moon Itad
heen grcen ever since the nlgltt when
the stage manager had arrived at this
decision.
'rhere were also a couple of stage
braces Itoldlng up the scenery , and
'GQmetimes a couple of stage hands in
. . . .ery dirt . shirt sleeves lent animation -
tion to the view.
'ro'nlght the men were ahsent and
Annlce was able to give hOl' whole
attontlon to the floor , on wltlch someone
-one had cltallwd "I love you , " in a
deal' print.
. She wondercd Idly who might have
done this , Some stage hand , prob.
ahly considering it a good jolw.
Surely no one would maleo suclt an
-open confession and eXllcct to be
talcen seriously , .
She was still wondering when she
110ard the cue which was her signal
, to turn wltlt a cry of horror to per.
;
< : : eiye Lad ) ' Gwendolln prostrate upon
1 he 11001' , struck down lJ ) ' Hugh do
1\laltravers , who In private IIfo was a
most unvlllaln.1I1eo villain ,
Aftcr tltat it was a lJusy time until
the fan of tlte curtain , when she had
to run for tlte dressing room fOl' a
change for tlte thlrd.act costume , She
gave the chalk marlts no furthor'
thought until the followlng cvenlng ,
There , again , were the eloquent
, vords , neatly challwd for her inspec-
j tlon. She was the only one required
I to use the window , She could not
fHlppose that the message was meant
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{ or anyone cIse ,
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Graduall ' the legend lJegan to an-
1 nay l1er , Every e\'onln1 ; the sarno
l words appeared , only to dlsal1110ar be-
I fore It came time to malw tlte change
, for the next act.
Slto cOlU111ained to the stage mana.
t
j gel' , hut that ol1icial coulll off 01' 110
] 1l'actlcal suggestlol1 , lIe was cOl'tain
it WflR none of the stage lJO'S and
jl
that was all the sallsfactlon she .could
o Jtaln.
I 'l'he matter hath anl10yell and Inter.
ested her , It talws hut little to maleo
tall ; . In a company. 111111 she wisely
held he , ' IH'ace ; but she IWllt a sharp
I , ( 'ye Ollt In the hope of dlscoyering the
, offenl1"I' ,
I - ho l'\'n ' made a practice of run.
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Gazes Idly out ,
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nlng to the window the moment the
cmtan ! felI in tJ o hope of discovering I
the writer ernslng the Hnes , lJut h ) '
that tlmo the marlts hall lJeen ob ,
scurcd and she could only walt for
time to uUl'lwel the m 'sler ) ' ,
01\ the 250tlt perfot'mnnco Agnes
Carleton celebrated t.lIO event by in.
troducing a now gown , In place at
the whlto sntln , whl'h WIIS b'glnnlng e
t9 show lh m ll'lis of ear aud tear , t
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she apI1C'ared in a handsome lJlacl ,
satin , wlllch caused every woman in
the audience a pang of jealously and
incidentally got hel' several newspaller
Items ,
As usual , Annlce stood by the win.
dow , wondering who her unl\l1own ad _
mirer might ue , Lady Gwendolln
gave her customar ) ' shrlel ; . and Annlce
tUl'lled with a scream of telTOI' to be.
hold the vl\1aln's \ wlc\Oll ] worlt.
'I'o.nlght she supplemented her
stage horl'Or with a cr ) ' more natural ,
Lady Gwendolln fell with hel' face
to the audience that they might ml1r-
vel at the play of her facial expres.
sian as she slowl ) ' died front the
effects or 1\laltraver's cruel blow.
There on tlte lJack of the black satin
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"Believe me , " he said , earnestly , "It ]
was no prank. "
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were the marl.s of '
; a man's fingers I
clearl ) ' outlined In white , '
In a fiash it all came to her , Hugh
Camero II , who pla 'ed l\taltrm'ers , was
the only person who left the stage ,
He made his exit from the very win.
dow out of which she had heen 1001- '
lng , All of the other charnctOl's were
SUll1)Jsed to enter from the castle on
the opposite side of the stage ,
It was un easy matteI' to chalk the
legend while she was having her
scelle with 1\lIss Carleton , 'rhen when
he lied fl'om the conselucnce of his
murdel'Ous assault ho cuuld rub out
the chalk marlts ,
Only the black satin dl'ess had 0
heon out. o ( his calculations , " 'hen1
he had gralllJled with Lady Gwen. ' 1
dolin , the chalk from his imJle'1'lcct1 . h
clean,11 flngenJ hall left their mar ) ; , a
On the 0111 white dress they had not H ,
heen notlceahle , h
All through the last act the incident -
dent 1\Olt ) l'nnnln through her head. tl
She 1Ilwd Camcron Yer ) ' much , het. H
tOl' than an'ono etse In the com pan ) ' , il
lIt' had heen so 1.lnd . to her in many
IIttlo wa 's , so deferential , she could I'
lIot bellevo that hf had sought to d
Insult her. She conIcl not even 1m. n
aglno him doing such a thing even '
fOl' a jolce. 110 was not that sort II
of a man , T
It hmt her to thlnlt that ho had a
hand in thh : ! jolJust ! I1S the cui'lain
fell at the close of the act she turned It
10 Cameron ,
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"I shonld 111\0 to speak to ) 'ou sifter
: \fter 'ou hn0 changed , " she said slm. II
ply ,
He howell , but it was with no eas ' Ie
Iwart that ho awaited her coming on t1
the Ilarl ; stage , tI
:311 : ( ' uroachetl the sUbject ellrecll ' ,
' : \11' , Camel'lJn " "
, she domanlled , "Wh ) ' p :
:10 : you HnnO ) ' lI1e hy chall\lng such sl
Ih'llll'd ticntlments undorneatll the
window In the seconll hct'l" \ \ '
" ) low ell 11 'ou l\I1ow ? " ho cnlllllol'et1. el ,
"You left chall ; . mat'lls on lIss Car-
leton's hlacJ , t1\'ess \ this oven lng , " she .
) xplalnelllow I wHnt to Imow 8
.vhy . 'bu played such an ahsurd
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Ho colored 111\.0 a gull11' school.
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, vas no pranl ; . I meant It , every word ,
) ne night I stcHI h ' the window , ' 1'ho D
, tago hllndK were /lll / husy with a
: artl game ut the roar untl I Imow no
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me woull ! see it hororo I came oft
lfter the lllurtIer , . I lIlclwd n plNJO Rt
It' chall , off the ( ' 1111 hOtl'CI : IUlll wrote
ho words. You see while I IlIa } ' \11-
lain on the stnge , I mn I\n \ 'thln ; ; but.
.1 bohl Innn off , Just as 1 was going
to sign 1'hell1 I heard the cue tltnt
hrou ht rou to the wlncIow and 1 had
just tlmo to whlsle around the cornor.
I hll0 been t\'ing ever ) ' night slnco
thcn to got the cOIII'age tn sign m '
name , but IC It hadn't be'n fnr that
blessed dress I ne\l' should have
cIono o , I lI1ean It , e\'r ' word oC It ,
; \Iss ! Wheutler. Won't 'ou heHo\'o
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II ) ' slleclal requoHt 1\IIss Cnrleton
'wl11 ' wear her blaclt dress at the
wedding ,
READY FOR HIS "SUB , "
President Cleveland WaG Prepared for
lhe Usual "Touch. "
When Grovel' Clovelalltl was elected
IJI'l'slcIcnt the IIrst time , he was sitting
III his officI' 011 < ' . day when Gl'n. Alfl'etI
Ol''ndol'fr oC Illnols ! WIIS ushel'ed iu
to st'1. ' him.
" \\11 , : \11' , President , " , saltI the gen.
( , I'al. "I sUPIJse ) 'oU huve seen alJout ;
( ' \ , ( > I'r tIl'moCI'at In the countl' ' ur t111
time ? "
"All hut GUustitute , I thlnl ( , " 1'0-
IllIed the II1esldeut. "I am looltlug
for him ( ! \'m' ' minute , He made II
tI ht bal'luln and ot all thl ! mone
I had whl2n ho wont to the clvlI war
I never saw him agcdn until I wa
elected l11u 'or of Duffalo , He amblec
Into my nlllco there soon llctel' I wa
electetJ , 1 toltI him 1 sUllllosed he
was Itllled in battle , but he said hE
had ImIle11 out of the war with hl
1If ( " was hard Ull alltl wunted $10 , 1
gave It to him and hoal'll llothlnli
moro of him 'untlI I lJocan1 < ' . gO\\1'1101
of ew York , He 'SllOWl'd UII' IJl'Ol1l11t
Iy in Albaur and orrowpd anothel
$10. Now I IlIll 1)1'esldon t , aUtl bo
twepll caIlm's I have lJcen w/ltchln / !
the door all day , 1'111 realIy a lI1t1o dls
apllolnted. Here 1 lUll , l'el1t\r \ fOil
hll1l , " Anll the president dr w ( , 'on )
a caIJaclous lIoclwt a crumllletl tetl
dolIal' hl1l anti tossed It on the tabla
iu front oC hlm-New YOl'I ; . Hemld.
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EASY FOR HIM TO TELL.
Youngcler Escaped a Thrashing .mc
Had Smile Coming ,
Secretary of the Treasury Lesll
t. Shaw toM this storr the other tlay
alll'o110S of a discussion as to the pro
wloty of exleullIug' clcmcncy to'I
l tm's of the customs law who fur
nlsh evldenco against their associ
: \ tes.
It was at a school In lr , Shllw's nn-
tlve state of Iowa , and one of thEt
ho's in a class had committed some
grave Infmctlon of discipline. The
tpachel' announced that ho would
thl'a'3h the whole class I [ some one ciitl
not tell him who had committed the
offonse. All were silent , and ho hegan
with the first bo ) ' and thrashed every
one in the class until flnallr he reach.
cd the last ono , Then ho said :
"Now , if rou will tell 1110 who did
this. I won't thrash you , "
"All right , sir , I did it , " was the
I'eply.-New YOI'I ; . TImes ,
Must Be NalUl'al Affinity.
A curious correlation between the
19'es of husband and wife appears to
1m vo heen estahllshed In the course
) f the recent Invcstlgatlon of the in.
: JCl'ltance of physical ! ] uulltles by I
Prof , Kal'l Pearson , Prof , Peurson's
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'esults , IJlIbllshed In DlometrlIm , mD'j'I I
10 hrlelly summ/lrized "These
/ : data I
: lave shown that there is a very defi. ]
lite correlation hebveen the degrees ,
It longevity of husband and wife. ;
rhlngs tal\.O place as if mon destined j
:0 : IIvo to old age , whllo short-lived ]
ncn generally marl'y shortllved wom ,
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m , There has IlOen an unconscious
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ielectlon from the or
point view or I
eneml vitality. 'l'hls Collows clearly
t
'rom the study of the age of decease
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If a great numhcl' of couples. taltcn t
rom graveyard Inscriptions , " 'rho It ! .
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\llenco \ of gl'le ( upon the longcvlty of I
he slll'vlving Ilal'lner Is not taltcn
n to accou n t.
Better Than a Lawyer.
Congressman ,10seph 'I' . Hobinson
Arlmnsas tells of an old llegl'o ' who
ms charged with having stolen a hog ,
'he facts wore all ugalnst hll11 , He
ad no counsel , and when the jUdge
sled him If ho
wautoll 11 lawyel' aft-
'gneel ' to ( Icrcud him , ho declarcd thal ,
c did uot.
"But ; YOIl llreutltled to a lawyer , "
110 ( 'ourt oxplalued , "and 'ou might
s well have the bcnefit of his servo
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"Yoah I1ouor would jes gimme S0l110
heap whlto trash la w 'cr , " the old
arlwy roplletl , "aud ho wouldu't do
10 uo good. If It's Jes < to same to
'oah lIouor I'd ruthOl' ' I I
, dopeu' ou do
; u'mnco ob de court.-New YOI'I , n
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What One Woman Obersves ,
"If ehlhh'cn coulll he seut to II chew. II
Jg school as they are sent to a 1ln. s
ol'gal'teu , " sa 's a common SOIlfW ph ' . II
Iclau , "thero would lJO a mllrlCd il11' 'I
l'Jvement ' lu the race , " n
1\laur , women al' { ' wandering rest. 11
! ssl ' In search ot happiness , with t !
, ell' hanlls full of
materials of which 'I
II" truest hallpilless IH mallo. f :
Eaeh Is ( , lIllcII on to do only her IE
art-antI that part Is n\'er II111 > os , 11
hlo ,
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When a mau Is rcallr llungr ' , ' his I' '
'Ifo Is apt to ho a good cool-PhlIa- ; : I !
elphlll North Amorlcau , ft
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A Dream of Happiness , '
UII'/I a.cllmhlll' hlhah 111 ( Ie sky nbo\'e
mah henll , I I ,
'Nalllhrnll'ull limp' ! ! 11110' comhl' ! 0
ts mall hloud aUah when Ah drcams 0'
11I11)111111 I cd , 0'I I (
" 'aluhrnllyull lIme'lI IIho' comln' ! fl
rhrn fit' cotton hl01\som5 drap by lIe 1 !
IIltle 0' Ill' TO\\- 111
\II\I\l1I \ rltln' rlpo h ) ' lIe 8conh-
en (1111 ' jill' ac'wlno to t'ro" II
'wn ' hili 100
, \n' cat tcll hu 11':111' : " "I\nt no mo'l P
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IIII' ! ' ! a-'I1I11\.ln' . ll1chah 111 11c 51 : ) ' Ilho\'a "
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mah hellcl. '
\Valahlllll'lIlI tll1l"'lI sho' pom ! ; I , ! ; I ,
Jtl ! 1111111 hlOJocl lIJ1ah wlll'l1 Ah Ilrcllms 0 II .
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WHY DEMOCRATIC PARTY MAY
NOT DE TRUSTED.
Their Method of "Revlslno" the TarIff -
Iff In 1893 , Should Dc Warning
Enouoh lo lhe Voters of the COUll-
try-Have No RIDht to Anothe , '
Chance.
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Sarno of the leaders of the Demo'
cratlc party In Congl'ess are tl' 'inG to
ma\o \ the cO\1I1try lIellovo that It
would bo safe to trust that part . In
the control of l ho gO\'el'nment ,
"Thero Is no fl'ep tmelo ) ) fil't . In the
Unltt'll States , " sn 'H Chlun ) ) Clnl'l"
"ancl Hopubllcans ought to ! ] nlt assert-
In that there Is , " Itl a -t'ent lIla a-
zlna fil'tlclo .101m Shnl'll WIlliams , the
Democratic lendel' In the Honse ot
Hel1resontatlves , Em 's :
"As to the tal'lff , the Domocratlc
113l'tr stnuds ' the '
tot' Il1'lncllllo that
Il1'otectlonlsm Is 11 system of taxation
whereby man ) ' al'o I'nbllell In order
t hat a few ma ' ho hot.houscll b ) ' legIslation -
Islation Into ' . ' '
fil'llflclal Ilrosl1Crlt . 1'ho
method whcl'ob ) ' ' 1Il'otectlnu' docs this
Is h ) ' Ilol1ectln cUllltal and labO ! ' fl'om
natul'all ' IJl'olllabln purSUItH Into 111\1" \
suits which without leg'lslutlon ' wlmlll
ha vo becn less l11"Ofitable 01' llel'haps
not profltnblo at all.
"The ultlmnte goal oC lJemoerntic
striving Is 'tal'lfC for l'e\'onUe onb' , '
but In the strlv1l11 toward thlH Heal
common scnse , g'ood jUdgment aud
conservatism wl11 Ilrov\II : , nUll tlmo
will en tor as a factor , 1'0rhal19 It
, might ho saltl that an idC'al Democrat-
It' 'tal'lff for re\'enuo only' would con.
slst In le\'lng Imlort ) dntlc.s 11\10n \ all
01' neal'ly all hUII01'tS , IJlvldinH them ,
however , Into three cl/lsfws / : First.
ner.cssfll'les of IIfo uud 1I0cm sal'les oC
! t1l1ust I'll's : spcond , comfOl'ts , and
thll'd. Inxurles , "
"We O forth to hattlo , " says ChamJ )
Clarl" "with tariff relluctlon and genu.
Ino reclllroclt . Inscrlh(1 ( upon onr
hanner. Our ap)1Cal ) Is to the gl'eat
body of the l1eollle. ' 1'0 them we 111:1
01\1' \ faith wlthont hosltatlon : l1Jel without -
out fear , " But It was not Ion ! ; fIO !
tuat this same Democratic leader
salll :
"I 1'0lJOat , so that all men mar hear ,
that I am a fl'eo tradcr , , anll pI"OIHll ) '
talw my otand with Sit , Rohert Peel ,
Hlchard Cobden , , John Bright and
lIonr ) ' George , I mn ' he a hUl1llJlo
memher ot that 111118irlous comlmny ,
bllt It Is hotter to be 11. doorlweJer ) In
the house of hoilOst fl'ee traders than
to dweIl In the tents or wlclted pro.
tectlonlsts. "
It was this same louder that also
saltl that if he could have his way ho
would demollsh evol' ) ' custom house
In the country ,
' 1'ho prlncllml reason for the present
moderation of Champ CIarle and John
Sharll Williams Is that they Imow the
country \\'oulll 1I0t follow thom In n
ralllcal course ; they want , therefore ,
to malw tIlf' country hello\'e that they
are conservatIve , ntHI that If IJ1lt Into
I10wer they would act cautiously anti
woulll not so change tariff rates as to
llisturh hunlness 01' cause trouhle.
Dut the countl'Y wlIl not ho decclved
Dr misled. 'fho hest way to jUdge of
the future Is b ' the past. 'rho Democracy -
racy was IH1t Into COmIJlete power
In the olectlon of 18J2 ! ; the ' had the
[ louse of HOll1'eHontatives , the Senate ,
: md the presidency for the first tlmo
inco the lJeglnnlng of the civil war ;
hey coult ! 110 just what the ' pleased ,
[ Jut insteat ! of ) Jasslng a tariff blIl
lromptlr , and 'so framed as to aford
'ollef , ther ho led over the matter
'or fourteen months IInll finally Imss.
) (1 ( a hlII so had thflt tholr own lresl-
lent would not sign it , whllo lacltlng
.ho courage to veto It. And the long
lelar In pulling the measure through
111Ii the vicious character of the moaH-
Ire l'ought on the most disastrous
mnlc of mOllern tlmos , fiO that the
: : 'Io\'eland IIdmlnlstrntion actually hade
o sell honds and 11I\)1'oaso : the hondell
10ht to pay the OI'dlnary running
) xponsos of govel'nnJCnt , and in alJ
ho great cities of the country char.
table peolle ) w'ro coml10lled 10 estab-
Ish free soup hOIlSOS , so that the hon.
! st men and ' \'OInon who had heen
hrown out ot wOl'k hr Democratic
naladmlnlstrallon wouIcln't starve to
leath ,
'I'rust the Democratic Ilart ) . to reo
'Iso the tariff ? Not , much-Hoches. !
er Post Express ,
Easily Encouraged.
Thc Now Yorl. Evonlng' Post Ewes
10pO for free tratIo In the fact that
lothlng tang'lblo ' in the war of tarm I
efor 1 is to ho eXlectod ) of the Hcpub.
Ican party , It sars :
"Tho peollo ) of the United 8tates
ave had new 1I1-ht on a good many
ubjects , ' 1'hoy Imow moro about tar-
rrs and their effects than thor did.
'hoy have learned that high dulles
ot only 1\00)1 ) out Imlorts ) , but lcep
i1 what the ) ' woulll ! lIto to eXl10rt-
hat Is , unless the ) ' sell holow cost.
'cn years ago production was not so
11' ahead of consumlltlon as now , and
) SS attention was exl'ltell br this fact.
tilt to.day OUr greatest aim is to find
Jl'elgn marltcts , ' 1'ho nOlJUhllcan
latCorm ot 1 ! JOO promised to aid In
Ills effort , hut lwmlso ) has not ueen
) lIowed h ) ' fulfilmen t. " I
If an 'body has l < 'arned tha t a pro.
Jcllve tarlrt restricts foroll-n t'ado
r lCollng' ) out hnllol'tfl and 1e0)1Ing ) in
xlorts ) , unlesH the latter are soM he.
IW cost , he Inust hllvo learned It from
llso teachers , for ho has learned a
e , Our total forolgn trndo Is noarl ) '
ouhlo what it wus In the latest Ileriod
r Democrnllc tariff roform. Our exerts -
orts are golnr- ; out at the rnto of a
II110n and It half 'earlr , and oC that
rcat total le8 : than one.fiftloth , I : : 1.J-
ely not a hUlldredth lIart , 13 sold he. c :
'W cost. '
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nlH1 Corolrn marlctR , Far from It.
Our greatest aim Is to tale the best
possllllo care of a dOlllostlc marlect
worth $30,000,000,000 a } 'ear , and to
Ih1l1 such foreIgn 1IInl'l18 : \l1 wo can
without fooling away the hlg marltel
at homo. To assist In dolns moro
than that the Helluhllcm : 1J\I'tr has
no'er promised , r\OIlO the less , the
Republican pa1't . hils done for OUr foreign -
eign trlltlo double wl1l\t the Demo-
cralic lIart ) ' OVer did.
His Candidate.
WlIIl/l1ll / J. Br'lln calllU ( I ) Chicago
the ether da } ' , 1lrofesaetlI ) ' In the In.
terest of the Domoc1'atlc lIart . . Ho
hired a hall thllt no Ihnltatlons mlcht
bo placed upon him In declal'lltlon ot
Ilrlncllllos 01' In l'xllroBsln pl'oCor-
onces for canellllates , AmI ) 'ct ho
made no declarations of pI'lnclplo and
made no suggestions us to 1callt1l. .
date ,
Ilia olleech was almost wh01l ' naga.
th'c , 110 do\'oted most of his tlmo to
, the cI'ltlclsm of the IIlatform adopted
h ) ' the Now YOl'le StlltO convontlon to
the Democrats of the nation , In his
allnl'sls of the IJiatform ho found not
a 8ln lo Ilhraso to commend , not Oi.
llrincl1lle to al1prO\'e ,
If It' . Drran has an ' IJOlItlcnl Col-
lowing , If he Is stllI the leader of the
fllcllon that controIled two D 1l10-
cratle national conventlona , his 8peoch
was formul notlco to the lIeoplo of the
United Stales that there Is an It'rollros.
siblo conlllct anll an Imlent1lng ) crisis
In the Democl'atle IJartr.
1\11' . DI''an , judg'ell ' by hlo speech In
Chicago , is lit open WI\1' with the win ! ;
of the Domot'rntlc IJI\rtr under the
' ' of11' , Clo\'eland , 1\11' . Hili
and .Iudgo ParltOl' , 110 loolts forward
to no llarlt'r cxcopt In the 110M of his
own choosln , lIe loolm fot'ward tone
no lllatfol'm that cloos not Incllulo th
Kansas CUr IJlatfol'ln , 110 loolts fOI'-
ward to 110 cUI\llIdato \ who cllnnot
stand ulOn ) the I\\1I:13s \ : : City Illatrorm.
' 1'ho only question that Mr. Bryan
lea ves ellen Is liS to what catulldato
ho wlII SUl)101't ) ) , lIe montloned none
that ho could 1111)lrOVO ) , lIe was om-
Ilhatlc and delInlte as to the call1ll.
dntes ho would olllloso. ' 1'ho logic at
his slleech Ilolnts to ono cl\ndclato [
enl ' -and that Is WIIlam ! J. Bryan ,
the twlco defeated , the hopoloss-
Chicago IntoI' Ocean ,
Judge Parker and Hla Platform.
Whethm' or 110t the platform a.lopt-
od by the New York Domocmts re-
Hecls the sentlmont of the COlIl1 t 1' ) '
could bo determined only hy a poplllar
\'ote , but It Is sltllfull ) ' fmmod as un
appeal to lleoillo who are Ollt or sym-
path ) ' with President Hoosevolt , 'fho
somewhat \'aguo references to what
might lJo called the "hnperlallstlc"
acts of the nl1.tlonal admlnlstrntlon
were wlseh' lJUt in general terms because -
cause they hold out some hope to all
within the ranlts of the dlsaffectod. Attempts -
tempts to partlclllarize would have
been sure to PI'O\'OW ] til\1310ns o\'er ,
quostlons of tlmo and method whJch
were prol1erl ' left to the national convention -
ventionlnd which it might properly
leayo to be decided afler the olectlOl : .
'rho HeJUbllcan ) StlltO platform hatl
declarotl that the reatest national
Iflsuo was the mnlntenanco of pl'Osper-
.
it , which it attrlbnted hy Inference
to the protectlvo turlff , ant ! It was
silent on the subject of rovislon. ' 1'hls
platform declares for a reasonable 1'0-
vIsion and pronounces against noed-
Ie. ! dutleR on raw materials. Ono is
calculated to satisfy the protectlvo
tarll ! league , the other invites co-
oporatlon I'l'om all who hellovo that
the tlmo has como for a modification
of the DIngle ) ' law.-Chlcago Record-
Ilemld.
Cloveland'a Position.
With the recollection ot the dlsns-
trOls resulLs of the proposition for
Domocratlc reform In 18J2 ! ' ( ) t Crosh
In mind , it Is not IIlwh' that the
Amorlcan people wlJI listen to the
volco of the Prlncoton "siren" as long
ns ho slmlily InSIsts on tarlrC reform In
gonei'll I terms. 'fhey ha\'o had exporl-
ence with thut , Hnd a hllmt chl1d
dreads the fire , If l\lr , Cleveland
wishes the people to exalt his larty
once 11101'0 on the issue of tarlft reform -
form 110 wlJI hayo to file 1hm of particulars -
ticulars and set forth jllst what 1lnd
ot reform in the tariff It Is ) It'oposed
to malw , FOIIt Is celtaln that the
Imblc ! wants no othel' such ( ICrlod oC
suspense as heforc , and neither will
it ho content to ha\'o the matter of
reformation lilaced In I ho hanels ot a
scholastic theorist who l\I1ows no
moro ahout 111'1lctlcal hllslness and its
needs than an ordlnal'y 110rltcr does
Df the ChrlBtlan Sahhath. What Is It
rou Ilroliose , Mr , Cleveland ? Is It
free trade , Is It lat'lff fOl' revenue only ,
: > 1' Is It modlnelI IJrotectlon ? Or Is It ,
H before , a nonlescrlllt ( 1Il1\ldlng \ ( ! of
: .11 thrce-Peorin IIel'llld.
A Contrast.
It Is admitted that lo8Ji ! Was the
IJOst Democratic year In foreign aud
; oneral tralle , IInd no ono will dlsputo
lho fact that 1)03 [ ) was not the uest
ROJUhllcan ( year. Now , comllaro the
mtfiow of golll in April , 1\Ia \ ' and Juno
Jf each of these 'ears :
Af1rll , : \la \ ' , .Tuno ,
I SD4 , $11,723,771 f27"jOfJSOI $23,280,220
lJ03 ! , 1,70G,400 14,188,208 12,507G88
This compurlso'n shows the follow.
ng lesser outflow of sold In fa\'or of
, h thl'eo months named of 1J03 ! , He-
ml > lIcan 'ear :
\111'11 . . , . . . " . . . . , . . . . . . " $10,018,205
, lay. . . . . , . , . . . . . , " , . . . . , 12tHSfi33
luno . . . . , . . . . . . " . . , . . , . , 10,772G32 ,
Total advantage" . . . " . . $33,703,370
\
Good timoR , or poorer timeR , It mat ,
ors not. 'rho trade I\nll fiscal IIOllclol :
It the Hopnbllcan llIlrt ' meet 0\(11'j'
'ondltlon ' and 0\1' ) ' OIlll'rg(1OCY- .
t'1' J l\i..1 rtI ,
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.
: '
, - I A'lD
) ( n fr .m-Rf
What He Really Needed.
' ' 'Whnt I need , " said the young
lUlU ! who had just returned froll1 col.
loge to the lIttle toW" . "Is n. wider
sphere. "
"What YOIl need , " replloll his Cath- '
er , "Is a pall' of boots ) ' 011 nn fltlcl ,
' ( ) ur IJllnts Into , instead oC thom galt-
ors ' ( JII'\'O got on , YOII glt the boot8
anti I guess ) 'OUr sI1horo'I1 bo wide
enouh , "
Righting l Wrong.
PUnls ( ansrl1I ) understnlltl 'Oll
said my face would stoll a cloclc.
Phltlls-I ne\'er said It , old man.
Pllnlts-'l'hen I have been misIn-
formed.
I'JJmls-That's what. Why , Instend
oC stopplns at sight of 'our face any
reputable cJock would illcl'easo its
Sllcod.
Some People's Luck.
- - -
Mr , CltlcuH-"Well , Uncle HOllry ,
how did 'ou lIw ] our now chuI'ch solo-
1st ? Ho ets $10,000 11 } 'ear , " " -
Uncle HI-"Wanl , ho glta tow much.
then , W' ' , Han'o Poris , who lends
/lOlli' ch 0 It' , only glts $ J.J a 'ear mi'
ho 1ln holIel' twicet as loud as this
fellol' . "
Leap Year Query.
"Hol'o's ' ono for ) 'OU , " said the
"
/lUNWlJl'S / corrpspondontH" editor.
"What 'tis ? " nslted the horse roport.
cr.
' : A chap wrltos to IlIqulro how muc ? ; )
1'0110 ho should gl\'o It Hllinstor wh
shows S ' 1I11)tOIllS ) ot IIl'oposlng , " rejoined -
joined the other.
Poor Thing.
MatHI-Tust thlnlc , I reatl the 'other
clay about a latl ) ' who had just tIletl ,
who was the tlauhter ! of a tlulte , the
wlfo of a tlullO , the Kister of 11 dulte ,
lhc mothm' of Jtlulco and the grandmother -
mother of a lI111rquls ,
lWIOIly & ; OotlnesB , what a11001' ,
: lull 1111lce heaven must seem to hor.
- -
Fine Finish.
'l'ho ' had hougl1t an upright plana
m the 11Il.woeldy ) llan , "John , "
she saltl ono tla ' , "I want 'ou to
stlll1 ! off anll tale nolo of the exterior
of this 11llno. [ Can 'ou see Its finish ? "
"I shoultl say so , " lghed John.
"When the inHtallmont lUau comeS' ' , "
Protection ,
"Yes , " said 1\IIHH Passay , " 1\11' .
Shrllo ! ha callecl U)10n ) mo several
tlmos I/ltel / ) ' , hut he always brings
: \01110 othel' ) 'oullg man with him. "
"I SnpIJSe ho thlnlts Ii 'orJllg man
can't lJe too careful iu leap yellr , " 1'0.
pIled Miss SlIeltz ,
The Reason.
-
-
"I thought rOlli' octOI' wouldn't let
roll drlnh , "
"I Imow , hut I changetl doctors. "
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What Papa Said ,
Daughter-Palla , II car , I hope 'qu
U'O nolllng'l' ' ) ' lJeclluso OeOl'go is going
o marry mo I\nd talw lUO II.wa ' trolll
'au ?
l'al13-1 should sa ) ' not. nut It ho
! VOl' docs flnrlhlng that will cause ) 'OU
o C0\110 \ lJl1cl , to 1110 I'U tlo hlll1 botlly !
mrlU.
The Truth or It ,
"I hOlle , , Tohnn ' , " sllltl the visitor ,
lhat I haveu't tllstu'uet ! 'our 1111 nutl
1H1 at dinner , "
"No , " l'elllle(1 ( , lohnn ' : "wo was jUf > t
: olng to sit down , hut 1m seen y lt
rom the window , an' he told IlIa not
( ) have dlnnel' t/11 / 'ou went. "
,
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riot Sure ,
"I SUIIIIORC thllt plctl1l'o Is on6 of
O1ir cholcost wOI'lts ot IIt't ? " -
"I don't ' lwow 1'01' HUl'C , " unsworotl
11' . Cumro : : . "Yoll see , mother and
ho girls 11Iwo Ideas of theh' own , anti
ho ' won't 111t Ino lwo\1 \ the 1lI'ce : tnes
' " . .
u 'CIII ,
'
U "questionable Evidence.
. .
Are thee : : ! girls l'l'\I1r : : ends 1"
"Oh , a , Inlle'll , Why , there iSIl't
\ ' < : > n a IJtrlns to t . ' ompllmcnts they
! IV " 1I.'h , lnl " , > ' )