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* awv""l'yi - - . _ _ . . Hfl BEVENUE AHi * EIGHT. H 1 , 'DINCLEY TARIFF" VVILL. SUP- fl fl * PORT GOVERNMENT. H * * -JVn Tlrao ' | rroRrcuscK Muiiy , 'SiltlHftulory H H . * J'alilcnceH Are Noted Some Compurl- H with the Iwtn Tariff Act B l'crlod of Cncertulnty B B 3r Two predictions regarding the Ding- B a . 'ley law revenues for the current B % month were made by the American H' " Economist of January 7 , 1898 , as fol- B J' " * ' For thc Present month the Economist H J ; ' confidently expects that the Wilson law B c figures of January , 1897 , will be cx- Hj ' & -ceeded by more than $3,000,000 in cus- H 'f' , ' ' * toms receipts alone , while the excess B , , / \ ' - - from all sources will not fall below H " * $5,000,000 as compared with last Jan- H * nary. Owing to thc heavy demands fl " "Hon the treasury in thc shape of in- fl ' "terest payments a surplus for January B Is not anticipated , b t it is safe to look H V or an actual surplus in February and B These estimates were based upon thc B ( . , ' reasonable expectation of Increased B s customs revenues as the country ap- B C . . pronched more' nearly to normal con- B s . ditions as regards importations. How B accurately the situation was fore- H | .shadowed is shown by the returns at B / hand from official sources , which give B * , it total revenue for January of $29,000 , - H 000 , against $24,316,994 under the Wil- B B . son law in January , 1897 ; while the 9 4- revenue from customs this month has B v been $14,269,492 , against $11,270,874 un- B • dcr the Wilson law in January , 1897. B The excess of receipts from all sources ' H > falls but little short of $5,000,000 , H , while the excess of customs receipts , H * as compared with customs receipts un- H - -dcr the Wilson law for the same month fl | * vear "go. is $2,992CIS. The reckon- flf " * " of thc Economist a mouth ago was 1 L L L K very near the mark. B The returns for the first full six B ' months of the Dingley law , ending B , -ovith January , 1S9S , as compared with 1 B * Hhe receipts of the Wilson.law for the ! B ' corresponding months of the previous ' .Jvear. are as'follows : . * j Wilson uingiey , , ! " law , law , 189G. 1897. ' / "August $25,562,000 $19,193,000 " • • September . . . . 24,584,000 22,362,000 -October 26,2S2,000 23,809,000 November 25,210,000 24,970,000 4 " ' December 25.S57.000 27,931,006" r"E 1897.1898. . . January 24,316,994 29,000.000 t In ordinary circumstances the Jan- iiary receipts under the Dingley law would leave a large surplus , but for the „ month just closed tliere have been some , unusual expenditures , such as $12,375 , - 000 for pensions and $5S43,000 for interest - terest on the public debt. Disbursements - - ments for the currept month of February - ruary will drop back to a normal average - erage , while with continued large importations - portations of wool and an increase in the arrivals qt foreign sugar and other articles to make good the inroads upon the enormous oversupply of the closing - ing months of the Wilson law , the customs and internal revenues may be expected to show a healthy and natural increase. The period of uncertainty regarding one feature of the operations of the Dingley tariff is at an end. As a pro- duccr of revenue the law is proving itself to be an unqualified success. I. Communism in America. Another communistic experiment on American soil has come to an end. The disbanding of the Zoarites , long thought to be inevitable , has now ac tually begun. The village of Zoar , in the northern corner of Ohio , will re main much the same , to all appear ances , as before. In many ways the • community will be unchanged , but the ownership of the property will soon be on the individual plan. This coun try is dotted all over with experiments ' in communism , most of them failures. Some of them grew out of a too literal attempt to follow in the steps of the early Christians , as their footprints are seen in the Acts of the Apostles. Others were the crop harvested in the United States from the seed sown by Fourier and the Fourierites in the early half of the century. Zoar belongs to the first class. A small sect of German de votees , led by Baulemer , came to this country in 1817. In many ways they resembled the Quakers , and they un dertook to settle in Pennsylvania. They chanced to get over the line into Ohio , a fact which they never had occasion to regret. The 7,000 acres of wild land they bought for a pittance proved to beef of prime quality. A few years later thf > Ohio legislature granted the com- ( r B munity a charter drawn up just to sun Hj the people in Interest. In domestic life BA i the family unity is maintained. The V * * m communism was confined to proper- H K ty. The community is now in posses- B m -sion of property valued at about a mil- B M lion dollars. Charges of mismanage- m W ment have led to dissensions , and it H ; H was finally concluded that the best way m V -was to dissolve the company and divide B B the assets. H fl it is cause of surprise that the plan H B of severalty was not adopted sooner. t H B ' It is also cause of congratulation , if H B not surprise , that the dissolution of the H B corporation occasioned so little fric- B - ' tionlt does not appear that tneres B /H -r -v. " S ' any real ° . uarrel or baa hlood over * " B . M \ - . the transaction. Bl ' ' B Zm The early Christians were forced in- B B i" to holding their goods in common by L B Y persecution. They sold their lands A fl ' and put the proceeds in the church B A B t \ -treasury to escape confiscation and to fl > flj relieve destitution. The communism BB " .of that brief period was a temporary L jfl expedient. The policy was forced upon B , B " -those diso' .ples. The 4ual episo le < of illl WI I1IHII Willi Ml l | l l W. W * ' Mlll' * M - * - ' ' iJ-tlW W 'L - M---- . . I Ananias and Sapphira sprves to how one of the great difficulties in the way of practical communism. In a free country like ours there " Is no need of any such abnormal system of property sharing. The adopters of communism ns a philosophy of life , and not n tenet of religion , are dreamers. They feed fancy - cy with dreams of the impossible. They shut their eyes to the actual and think to reform the world by stifling one of the strongest Instincts of life. Plato and Sir Thomas More found in such dreams recreation from serious brain work , but the more modern teachers of intellectual communism seem to really think that these dreams may yet come true. The numerous failures in this country , where every possible oppor- tunlty for success was afforded , have served a good purpose. They have fairly - ly and effectually demonstrated the impracticability of communism as a part of advanced civilization. The tribal system may be all very well for the American Indian , and communism for the Russian peasant , but an American - can citizen wants freedom In property as well as in person. The Zoarites have simply become Americanized. lioutoll mi Currency Kcforni. From the Chicago Post ( Rep. ) : Congressman - gressman Boutell's speech at the Lin- coin day banquet of the Marquette Club . was more than a plea for courageous and consistent fulfillment of the pledges made by the Republican party in the last national campaign. He pointed out that the mission of the Republican party was really twofold the revision of the present system and the prevention - tion of its deformation by the-enemies - of a scientific and honest currency. So far as immediate Republican duty is concerned , the way to reform is to re- form. The issue is simple and definite , and the republicans must meet it as it met the resumption issue. Without saying so in express terms , Mr. Bou- tell implied that the policy of the republican - publican party must be the elimination of fiatism and the establishment of a single gold standard. This is a qued- tion for practical statesmanship , for .immediate action. The next congres sional campaign will be fougnt upon it j , as well as the next presidential campaign. ( But there is , in Mr. Bou- tell's j judgment , an ultimate solution of ( the currency question upon which sagacious statesmen would do well to bestow \ serious thought. For his own party j , Mr. Boutell is bold enough to venture the prediction that within the life j of the men now active in national politics j a new monetary system will be ] established based upon the Minre- strlcted coinage of gold and silver by weight , according to the metric system. All the jargon about ratios , relations and j parity would lose its meaning. In making their contracts men will stipulate - late ] for payment in gold or silver , not at any arbitrary value fixed by legisla tion \ , but at the market value of the metals j Tegarded as commodities. This arrangement would leave us room for a ; silver question , and the occupation of the fiatists will be gone. Moreover , the j plan is one which permits universal - al adoption , and foreign exchanges can be j adjusted to it as readily as domestic transactions. \ The soundness and hon esty , of the plan is beyond question. Many ; economists and financiers share Mr. Boutell's conviction that it is the system , of the future. But it involves the ] repeal of all legal-tender laws and the adoption of a radical laissez faire policy by the government toward currency - rency and credit. Industry does tend in that direction , but , as we intimated above , only students and far-sighted financiers can profitably discuss it. In practical politics it has as yet no place. Parties and statesmen must deal with questions as they confront them , and today the issue is not between a pos sible : ideal system , known to a few , and the present system , but between the present system and free silver at an arbitrary and dishonest ratio on the one hand and the gold standard with silver redeemable in gold coin on the other hand. * A Round Billion anil : i Half ! The exact trade of the United States for the year ending Dec. 31 , 1897. is shown to be $357,111,204. The value of exports for that year , as shown by revised figures of the treasury depart ment , was $1,099,743,554 , as compared with $1,005,837,241 in 1896. The imports - ports valued at $742,631,350 , as'against $681,579,556 in 1896. The exports for December last were valued at $125,088 , - 470 , and the imports at $51,515,228. The : exports for the month were $7,000,000 more than those of December , 189G , but the imports were less by about : S7.500.000. An instructive contrast is found up on examining the trade returns of Great Britain for 1897. The difference between the fiscal showing of the lead ing free trade nation of the world and that of the leading protection nation of the world will not escape attention. Eritish imports for -the year reached the highest record mark of $2,256,190- 000. while the exports fell off to $1 , - 171,750,000 , a decrease of $28,975,000 , and this leaves as the disparity be tween imports and exports the enorm ous sum of $1,084,440,000. There is , therefore , a difference of $1,441,551,204 between the respective trade balances of Great Britain and the United States in favor of our own country. These giant figures tell an astonishing story namely , that in respect of foreign trade transactions for 1S97 America's advantage of the United Kingdom is , in round numbers , a billion and a half of dollars ! The three things most difficult are To keep a secret , to forget an Injury , and to make good use of leisure. Chilo. < > _ lli ' 1 ASSEMBLY OF NOTABLES. National AMNOciatlon of Manufacturer * Is Annual Convention. The moral strength , financial fore * , and intellectual caliber of a greatLbtiBr' * ness organization were conspicuously in evidence at the third annual con vention of the National Association ol Manufacturers in New York , Jan. 25t , 26 , 27. No strictly business gathering has j ever attracted wider or more flat tering attention. Alike in the high order of ability displayed in thc speeches and reports of the conven tion's regular sessions and in the bril liant addresses delivered at the annual banquet in response to the sentiments underlined for that occasion , the as sembly of the representative manufac turers of the United States passes into history as an event of exceptional In terest. It has been remarked with much satisfaction by some of the free trade editors that little or nothing was said at either of the sessions that bore directly - J rectly upon the protective tariff policy of the present federal administration. , These gentlemen are cordially welcome to such comfort as they shall be able to derive from the fact that the tariff , as such , was little mentioned. It is undeniably } true that the thought of the 1 convention was mainly occupied with such kindred topics as reciproci ty , and the establishment of the Ameri can ( merchant marine , first cousins to the tariff , it might be said. Yet there was one allusion to the tariff which sounded the keynote ol the convention's sentiment on that question. ( It was when Mr. McDougall of ( Ohio referred to the tariff as an ac complished fact , a matter that had been settled once for all , and one not to ( be meddled with for years to come. , The emphatic approval with which this statement was received by the con vention showed how completely it was in accord with the general view. It also serves to exphiin why thc tariff was seldom mentioned and never dis cussed. Why should it be ? The interesting episodes of the con vention were the admirable annual re port of President Search and his de served re-election by a unanimous vote ; the . visit to and luncheon on board the American . line steamship St. Louis , of a large body of delegates as the guests of President Griscom of the International . tional Navigation company ; the adoption - tion of resolutions favoring the universal - versal . adoption of laws prohibiting the importation and sale of goods that are not branded with the country of ori gin , favoring the establishment of the proposed . international bank , indorsing the , second Pan-American congress to be , held in Washington two years hence , and urging the encouragement and maintenance of American lines of ] steamships as an indispensable requi site in the extension of American com : merce ; the special visit of the Presi dent of the United States for the pur pose of attending the annual banquet at the Astoria , with speeches by Presi dent McKinley , Theodore C. Search , ' Senator Frye of Maine , Charles Emory Smith and others , and the annual elec tion of officers of the association. . In all it was a grand program grand ly carried out , as well by the members of the association as by the liberal j [ and public spirited business men of New York , who were the hosts of the 1 occasion. It was in many ways an as sembly of notables , for among the men 1 who have figured actively in the development , velopment of American industry and . \ . trade , to their splendid proportions of today , none can be named who are of ; right more notable than the members ' of . the National Association of Manu facturers. Temporary Decline in Imports. From the Chicago Post ( Rep. ) , Feb. 14 : Today the Tribune is terribly \ I alarmed ; lest an immaterial increase in the i volume of imports for 1S97. when compared i with those of 1S89 , may pre sage : a permanent decline in one source of < national revenue. With the utmost gravity j it contrasts the receipts last year of $764,730,412 with those of 1889 of i $745,131,652 , and fairly shudders over < an increase of only $20,000,000 in eight < years. We tremble to think what would have been the condition of our contemporary had it stumbled on a comparison ' with the imports of 1893 , which were $866,400,922. A decline of over ' $100,000,000 would probably have superinduced ; collapse in its present greenback i condition. But why did the Tribune choose 1889 for the purpose of comparison ? Why not 1887 , when the imports were $692,319,768 , or 1879 , when they were only $445,777,775 ? Simply because the Tribune was searching for a comparison on which to hanjj one of its pessimistic pleas about the "Need of New Sources of Revenue. " Because the people of the United States are practicing economy and not buying as largely of imported goods as in flush times the Tribune would have us be lieve that we are to wear no more im ported silks or drink no more wines and ale. The most casual glance up and down the figures of yearly impor tation shows that the fluctuations fol low the' times of financial prosperity and depression. There was a drop in 1876 of over $180,000,000 from the im portations of 1873 , of about $146,000,000 in 1SS5 from those of 18S3 and of over $211,000,000 in 1894 from those of 1893. The true interpretation of these fluc tuations is that in prosperous times we consume more imported merchan dise as well as of domestic products and that in hard times we economize by sticking closer to merchandise of home manufacture. For the encour agement of the Tribune we would say that the volume of imports 1s steadily increasing at the present time , our revenues are increasing and this sim ultaneously with a steady improve ment in our domestic industries. v i gjpg Wmm ill 1 I INTERNATIONAL PRESS ASSUCIAiiun. CHAPTER XXXV. fCoNTiNUED. ) "You ! " she exclaimed ; "I tnought you were dead ! " "Truly , " he said , "and you rejoice to find that I still live ; is it not so , Mar- jorle ? " She did not answer him ; her very blood seemed to be freezing in her veins , and her face wore such an ex pression of horror that for a moment even .he was rendered dumb. "Marjorle , " he said , "let me hear your words of welcome. I am an exile now , driven to seek refuge in Scotland , to escape the bullets of my foes. " "Why why have you come to me ? " "I have come to you for comfort. I have come to take you with me to share my English home ! " "To share your home ! " echoed Mari jorie. "I will not no , never. You have done me evil enough already but I am free , I know you now , and I will not go with you. " "You are free ! " he said. "What do i you mean by that , mon ami ? " "I mean , " said Marjorie , "that you are nothing to me. You have said so , , and I know it , and I wish never to see i your face again. " "Possibly , but our wishes are not al ways gratified. I am sorry you cannot ; give me a better welcome , since you will see me not once , but many times ; ; as to being free , that is all nonsense. We are in Scotland now , remember ; ; and you why , you are my wife. " "Your wife ! " "Yes , my wife and now , cherie al . though I could use force if I chose , I have no wish to do so. I ask you mere . ly to fulfill your duty and come with l me to my home. " For a moment Marjorie gave no an swer ; what could she say or do ? No , need for him to tell her she was in his power , she knew it only too well. While in . France he had the power of turning \ her from his door , and heaping igno- , iny not only upon herself , but upon her child ; in her own country his pow er' was absolute over them both. With a wild cry she threw up her , ' , hands and called on 'God for help and comfort , but no answer came ; it seem ed that for Her there was no help in all the world. CHAPTER XXXVI. s < HERIE , am I for- S Wj given ? " said Caus- . < /yyf ( sidiere , again hold- "Aj wfe * ns forth his f The sound of his ! J oP voice recalled her VpsT j Y to herself. She I cj(2y ( shrank away from _ S3 him in positive ter- V * ror "Keep back , " she cried ; "don't touch me. " "What do you mean ? " "T. mean that I hate and fear you ! Wife or no wife , I will never live with you again never , never ! " C'onfident of his own power , Caussi- .diere ( never winced. He had expected something of this kind , and was not wholly unprepared for it. He said nothing , but quietly watching his op portunity , he lifted the child in his arms. Finding himself thus suddenly and roughly seized from his mother's side , Leon screamed wildly , but Caus- sidiere shook him , and bade him be at peace. "That is what your mother has taught you , to scream at the sight of your father. Now I will teach you otherwise. " "Give him to me , " she cried ; "give me my child ! " "Your child , " returned Caussidiere , with a sneer ; "the child is mine. I have a right to take him , and to keep him , too , and that is what I mean to do ! " "To keep him ! " cried Marjorie ; "you would never do that ; you do not want him if you do not care for him , and he is all I have in the world. " "But I mean to keep him all the same ! " "You shall not ; you dare not ; you shall kill me before you take my boy. Leon , my darling , come to me ; oome to vnnr mother ! " She stretched forth her arms to take the child , when Caussidiere , livid with passion , raised his hand and struck her in the face. She staggered back ; then with a cry she fell senseless to the ground. When she opened her eyes it was quite dark all about her , and as quiet as the grave. "Leon , " she moaned feebly , but no answer came. Gradually the dizziness passed away ; she remembered all that had occurred , and with a low moan she sank again upon the ground , crying bitterly. But soon her sobs abated , and im patiently brushing away her tears , she set herself to wonder again what she must do. On one thing she was deter mined , to be with her child. Yes ; at any cost they must be together. She rose to her feet again and stag gered on toward the Castle. Her scald ing tears fell fast , her breast was rent with sobs ; and for the first time in her life she began to question the te- neficence of the Divine Father , whom # she had been taught from her child hood to revere. It was late when she reohed the Sa < 5tle. Miss Hetherington , - having 5otfu fearful at her long * wence , rushed 1 forward to meet her ; then with a. cry she shrank away. "Majorie , ' she exclaimed , "what's wrong , and and Where's the bairn ? " At the mention of Leon , Majorie wrung her hands. "He has come back and taken him from j me ! " She looked so wild and sad that the old < lady thought her reason was going. Her ; farce was white as death , and there was a red mark on her forehead where the j man had struck her. Miss Hether ington j took her hands and soothed her gently j ; when she saw that her calmness - ness j was returning to her , she said : "Now , Majorie , my bairn , tell me all about i It ! " And Majorie told , trembling and cry ing i meanwhile , and imploring Miss Hetherington to recover her child. "Dinna fret , Marjorie , " she said , patting - ting i the girl on the head ; "there's nothing ] to fear. The man's a knave , we ken , but he's a fool as weel ! Bring harm to his own bairn , not he ! he's o'er < sharp to put himsel' into the power ! o' i the English law ! 'Tis the siller ho wants , and 'tis the siller he means to \ get < ! " "But what shall we do ? " sobbed Mar- jorie. "Do ? nothing. Bide quiet a while , and he'll do something , mark me ! " "But Leon what will become of Leon ? " "Dinna greet for the bairn ; I tell ye he's safe enough ; after all , he's with his father. " "But he mustn't stop ; I must get him back , or it will kill me. " "You shall have him back , never fear , Marjorie. " "But to-night what can be done to- night ? " "Nothing , my lassie absolutely no- thg. Get you to bed and rest you , and to-morrow I'll tell you what we must t do. " . After a good deal more persuasion Marjorie was induced to go to her room , but during the whole of that night she never closed her eyes , but walked about in wild unrest. When the dawn broke she descended 1 the stairs , and to her amazement found 1 Miss Hetherington in the dining-room , just as she had left her on the preced ing night. The weary hours of vigil 1 had done their work ; her face , always white , was positively corpse-like ; her thin gray hairs were disheveled , and her eyes were dim. With a piercing cry , Marjorie ran forward and fell at her feet. "Mother ! " she cried ; "dear mother , what is the matter ? " The old woman laid her trembling hand upon Marjorie's brown head and smiled. " 'Tis nothing , my child , " she said. "The hours of the night have passed o'er quickly for me , you see , for I sat * thinking , and now you see the dawn has come. Marjorie , my poor Mar- jorie ! I wonder you can ever find it in your heart to call me mother ! see what sorrow has come to you through me. " ] "Through you ? Oh , no , no , no ! " ] "Ay , but 'tis so , Marjorie. 'The sins j of the fathers shall be visited upon the , children unto the third and fourth generation. ' Through my sin you suf- ( fer. " "Do not say that it is not true. " "Ay , but it is true. Through my sin you were made a poor outcast , with no mother to watch over you , no kind hand to guide you. When I think on it , it breaks my heart , Marjorie it breaks my heart. " * * * * * About ten o'clock that morning a messenger came to the Castle bringing a note for Marjorie. It was from Caus sidiere , and dated from Dumfries. "I am here , " he wrote , "with the child. Do you propose to join me , as I can force you to do so if I choose , or am I to keep the child only ? I might be induced to yield him up to you upon certain conditions. Let me know what you mean to do , as my stay here will not be of long duration , and I am making arrangements to take Leon away with me. "Your husband , " "LEONCAUSSIDIERE. . " Marjorie's first impulse was to rush to the place where she knew her child to be , but Miss Hetherington restrained her. "Bide a wee , Marjorie , " she said ; "we'll get the bairn and not lose you. " She dismissed Caussidiere's messenger - ger , and sent her own servant for Suthi erland. When the young man arrived she saw him alone , told him in a few words what had occurred and put Caussi- diere's letter in his hand. "Bring back the child , Johnnie Sutherland - erland , " she said , "even if you have to kill the father. ' Sutherland took the letter , and , with these instructions ringing in his ears , went to Dumfries to seek Caussidiere at fr .he place mentioned. He was like a man demented ; the blow had been so sudden that he hardly realized as yet what it all meant ; he only knew that he had fallen from the brightest hope to the blackest despair , and that hence forth he must endure a living death. The house he sought was a small inn in one of the by-streets of Dumfries.s and Sutherland knew it well. He ea- tered the place , found a shock-headed servant girl in the passage and asked for the "French gentleman who was staying in the house. " "You'll find hira ben yonder , " ald ' H the girl , pointing to a door on the M 'ground floor. B Sutherland beckoned to her to open M the door ; she did ho. Uo entered the fl room and closed the door behind him. M Caussidiere leaped to his feet with an M oath. Leon , who had been sitting palo m and tremulous in a corner , rushed forward - M ward with a cry of joy. M But * before he could reach Suthcr- M land's side his father clutched him and B drew him back , grasping the child so B roughly as to make him moan with fl pain. B Then , white and furious , Caussidiere B faced Sutherland. B "So , it is you ! " he exclaimed. "How dare you intrude here ? Leave thia B room. " B Sutherland , who had placed his back B to ' thc door and put the key in hi B pocket , made no attempt to move. Ha B was able to keep his self-control , but B his face was white as death. fl "Monsieur Caussidiere , " he said , "I B have come for that child. " B "Really , " said Caussidiere , with a jH sneer ; "then perhaps you will tell me | H what you propose to offer for him ? B Madame Caussidiere must pay dearly B for ' having made you her messenger. " B "She will pay nothing. " "What do you mean , monsieur ? " . B "What I say. I mean to take that y. H child and give you nothing for him. H You have come to the end of your B tether ' , Monsieur Caussidiere. You will B find this time you haven't got a helpless - B less woman to deal with ! " | H Caussidiere looked at him with a new B light ; in his eyes. What did it mean ? H Had the man really power ? and if fo , B to what extent ? A little reflection atf- H sured him that his momentary fear was B groundless. Sutherland might talk as B he chose. Caussidiere was master of B the situation , since with him lay all th& B authority of the law. B "Monsieur , " he said , "you are an'ad- B mirable champion. I congratulate madame - B dame on having secured you. But pray B tell her from me that her child remains B with her husband , not her lover. " | H In a moment Sutherland had caught B him by the threat. B "Scoundrel ! " he cried. fl "Let me go ! " hissed Caussidiere. "If you have taken my wife for your mistress - B tress , you shall not bully me ! " fl But he said no more. Grasping him fl more firmly by the throat , Sutherland fl shook \ him till he could scarcely . B breathe ; then lifting him , he dashed fl him violently to the ground ; then. B without waiting to see what he had j fl done , he lifted the frightened child in B his arms and hurried from the place. fl CHAPTER XXXVII. H Ctff Y WHAT train of fl " * \ | [ ) | | circumstances had B fPi526pr ? yj the dead Caussi- B WcS&fnVi R nJiI ( ' 'erc asain become fl ' 2 YsC&fi 7 < quick , or rather , to B ? tfpjr ( express it in cor- l k\ \ j&yWgJk recter tcrms. now" /fl / \0' J& liad tne Frenchman ' H < • v = escaped from the H r < k perils and pains of B 4 &L ' death ? , ' B The answer is Bi simple enough. Among the patriots of _ J B J the Parisian Commune there were two ' - ' B Caussidieres ( , in no way related to each r * B other ( , but equally doubtful in their B conduct ( , and their antecedents ; and it j fl happened ] , curiously enough , that our Caussidiere's ( alter ego had also been /mmmm . arrested for treasonable practices. f' k W The Paris of those days has been 1 compared ( to Pandemonium ; everything | was one wild frenzy of hurried and i l aimless haste ; and the newspaper re- I B ports , like the events they chronicled , ' L\ being chaotic and irresponsible , it hap- , B pened that the fate of one individual B was confused with the fate of the other. . B At the very moment that one Caussi- fl flfprp was lvinc dead before thp snl- 1 1 diers of the Commune the other was 1 escaping in disguise toward the Belgian - B gian coast , whence , after divers vicissitudes - B situdes , he sailed for England , to reappear - t B pear finally in Annandale , like a ghost \ B from the grave , as we have seen. B ( TO HE CONTINUED ) fl Little Attentions. fl "Evil is wrought by want of thought , B As well as by want of heart. " vj H If husbands only realized what the B little attentions mean to their wives B there would be many happier unions. B It is not the cost of a gift that make3 H it precious to the recipient. A tiny B bunch of violets brought home at night B betokens the thought given to her even B while business occupies his attention. j fl the most trifling souvenir of a wedding - B ding or birthday anniversary becomes B a sentiment underlying its proffering. | H Women may be foolish , they may be B all heart and very little reason , but B the man who understands their nature B and caters to it is the one who stands M ] higher J in their estimation than the B one who acts as though all they cared M about was material comfort given with B any sort of brusquerie. Of course there B are many mercenary women thousands - B sands and thousands who can marry fl for * a home and for rich raiment. These B pooh-pooh 1 the -violets and value enly | the ] diamonds , but the average fern- B inine 1 heart , the sort which a man * B wants to beat beside his own , the B foundation * of truest sympathy and H love 1 , is moved more by the little attentions - B tentions t in which sentiment is involved B than t by the great offerings representing - H ing i only a stupendous sum of money * fl involved. i | H A Selfish Woman. B Grimm "Women are such selfish B ! creatures ! There was an odd chop at fl breakfast and my wife insisted upon v B my eating it. It was all because she jfl wanted to revel in the satisfaction of B self-denial. A case of pure selfishness. " fl Flimm ] "And what did you do ? " fl Grimm * "Oh. I let her have her way fl and ! I ate the chop. There are few fl husbands ' so indulgent as I am. " Bos- fl ton ' Transcript. fl