MY COLLEGE FPtlEND. HAD SEEN A LIGHT ON THE SUBJECT OF\PROSPERITY. How lie Arrived at tli Conclusion That the Only Snro 1la U of Good Time * for Tufa 'Country Ja n Tarltr. I had occasion to visit a college town in an eastern state a few days ago , and in a few leisure moments I rook a run up to the old familiar campus. Col lege had Just opened and students were everywhere. Soon a familiar voice greeted me , and I turned to see a young fellow.whom I knew well. , "You here ? " I said. "Yes , " was the reply ; "I'm here and every one else is here. Biggest fresh man class we ever had. That is what prosperity means. I tell you , the col leges feel it is well as every one else. And I'm back for my senior year. Been out two years , you know , on account of hard times , but I can see my finish now all right" "Got free silver out ycur way ? " I asked. "I remember that two years , when you told me that your college days were done on account of hard times , you said that there never would bo any better limes until the country had free silver and the people had mote money. And when I told you that the way for us to get more money was to kill free trade , give protection to American industries and employment to American labor , you thought that 1 was an antiquated fool and was talk ing 'dead issues , ' and you dida't hesi tate to say so. " A sheepish look had come over I he young fellow's face , so I thought I wouldn't rub it in any harder just then and I said : "Well , never mind that just now. Tell us how it happened. " "Well , as you know , " he began , "ray father is a business man , and at the time of the panic of 1893 " "When the free-trade party came into power , " I interrupted. "At the time of the panic of 1893 , " he went on , "things began to go down. A lot of his customers failed , trade fell off and business didn't pay. My father is a pretty solid sort of man. though , and ho managed to pull through pretty well for three years. Then , as you know , two years ago he had to pull in more , and he couldn't afford college for me , so I " "Had to go to work. Yes , I know , " 1 put in again. "Well , not just exactly that , " was the reply. "You see , I couldn't lind any work outside the business , and 1 wasn't needed there , though I did hang around the place and do what there was for me to do. " "Among other things , shouted for free-trade Bryan , I suppose ? " "Some , " was the answer. "But any how , things have begun to pick up in great shape. In fact , business is near ly as good as it was in 1S91' , and here 1 am. " "What has brought it up ? " I asked. "Well , people have bought more be cause they have had more money , " he began. "If it wasn't silver , " I remarked. "Then two or three factories in the place that had been shut down for some time started up on full time , " he went on. "Dingley bill been heard from ? " 1 put in. "The factory hands had work and , of course , more money , " he continued. They could buy more and did buy more , and that started up the business of the small traders , and they bought more , and so on. Then the big crops and good prices that the farmers got made them able to buy more , and so the country traders wanted more. Farm mortgages were paid off and there was money to invest in new en terprises , and so employment for more people and we profited at every turn. " "Yes , " I said ; "a sort of 'endless chain. ' Not the kind of a one the prophet of free trade used to talk about , but an 'endless chain' of pros perity such as is always hitched to a protective tariff. Now , look here , " I [ went on ; "don't you see what is at the bottom of all this ? It is just as Pres ident McKinley said during the cam paign. The thing we wanted was more employment for labor and a protective rariff to give more employrexjt for labor. More employment for labor meant more money for the laborers , and more demand by the laborers for what everybody else , farmers , manu facturers , whatever they were , had to sell. You have told the whole siory veryclearly. . The beginning of your prosperity and the prosperity of every one was the election of President McKinley - Kinley and the resultant repeal of the free-trade Wilson-Gorman law and the enactment of a law giving protec tion to American labor and , as a re sult , employment to American labor- crs. When we were at the height of prosperity in 1891 and 1892 we had the same financial system as in 1893-189G , but a different tariff policy. There wi ; ? prosperity in 1891 and 3892 , be cause Ameitcan labor was protected , and , as I told you , free silver or no free silver , we will never have prosperity .without a protective tariff. We have proved that again and again. And , as you see , a protective tariff brought back prosperity without any change in our financial system. Don't the facts prove what I say ? " I asked. "I will be frank wilh you. " said my young friend , "and admit that it does look that way. I have been doing some thinking , and I have thought a good deal about what you said two years ago , and when McKinlcy was elected I said to myself , 'I'll put my whole stake on one thing. If we get back to prosperity again with no great change in our policy other than the change from what is practically free trade tea a protective tariff , from that time on I will be a protectionist first and any thing else afterward. ' We have done it. The only great change in policy has been in our tariff system. Money has rolled into the country , labor has been employed , business has started up , prosperity has come back , and all this , too , when we have been obliged to car ry on a foreign war. And we have carried it on successfully , too , " he added. "When I have been in the wrong .1 am not afraid to say so , " he continued , "and I have come to the conclusion that the basis of prosperity for this country is a protective tariff , and , however I stand on other questions , in the future my vote is going to be cast for whatever party guarantees protec tion. 'McKinlcyism' is good enough for me , whether it is the McKinleyism of 1S91 and 1S92 or the McKinleyisir of 189S. , " "Same here , " I answered , and then our talk drifted to other things. G. L. BALANCES AMD PROFITS. Increasing Disparity Between Kritlsh Imports and Exports. Readers of the Evening Post of this city have been assured for years that if a country does not buy it cannot sell. In its issue of Sept. 24 , speaking of the long continued adverse trade balance of Great Britain , it says : Even in a perfectly normal trade year , the nation's merchandise imports heavily exceed its exports , the import excess rarely falling below $500,000,000 , annually a sum which measures , of course , the returns from England's in vestments in foreign industry and the shipping trade. Adding that as "a result of unfore seen circumstances , British imports have increased $125,000,000 , while an nual exports simultaneously have de creased $170,000.000. " The paper above quoted from has frequently referred to the vast increase in our exports , particularly in manu factured goods , since the bars against foreign commerce were put up by the Dingley bill , without , however , notic ing the coincidence. Now it chronicles the fact that the great free-trade na tion of the world after for years im porting ? 500,000,00.0 worth more mer chandise than it exports , increases its purchases by an average of $125,000,000 annually for three years , to find its sales curtailed by 1170,000,000 a year. That is , its adverse balance of trade is increased by 59 per cent. Possibly the Post will be kind enough to explain the marked differ ence between its theory and the facts above cited. And while it is doing that it might also explain its hostility to American shipping , it being generally understood that commerce with this country returns some $200,000,000 in annual profits to England's invest ments in the shipping trade. Obvious Values. The value of a merchant marine as an auxiliary navy was well illustrated in the recent war. It was fortunate for the country that so many Ameri-i ? l can millionaires had yachts which cowl be transferred to navy service.s It was fortunate that the government was able to secure the use of the big ocean steamers of one transatlantic [ Hue. It would have been much more fortunate if we had had an inexhaustible - ble supply of merchant vessels and many times the number of ocean lin- crs available for service. Perhaps the government agsntb would not have had to hunt Europe over so anxiously in order to piece out our navy. We might have pieced it out ? more satisfactorily at home. Certain ly the valuable services rendered by the auxiliary cruisers ought to be sufficient - cient to lead congress to take measures - ures to secure a large auxiliary navy e for the government by securing the ; establishment" more lines of ocean „ steamers sailing under the American tl ; flag and by building up an extensive merchant marine. And not even the icace-at-any-price men could object , ; since a merchant marine and fast lin ers would be of even more benefit to : the nation in time of peace than they ; would be in war. ; ) Sa\r wIHi Clear Vinlon. The men who saw with clearest vision the commercial future of the United States were the most ardent protectionists. And they , in common with the great bulk of their fair-mind- 2d and intelligent fellow countrymen , perceive that our commanding' position in the world's markets today is direct ly due to the wise policy which fos- . Lered the creation of American indus tries , stimulated them to prosperous : ictivity and guarded them from dls- istrous foreign rivalry when fairly os- G ablished. Troy Times. i FOR BOIS AND GIRLS. SOME GOOD STORIES FOR OUR JUNIOR READERS. Patriotism , What It Is and What It Means "The Frlendlr Shadow , " a Ja venlln Story bjr Frances lleunet Gallo way "Over the Hills , " a Sous. Over the Hills. Over the hills to "sleepy hollow , " Over the hills and away ; The red sun's gone , and you must fol low , Tired quite out with play. Over the hills .with lagging footstep Hard "to say good-by , Long he waits on the pale blue door step. Before he leaves the sky. " f Over the hills a starry lantern Lighted to show the way To "sleepy hollow's" cozy curtain , To say good-by to play. "Up over the stairs , I'm going slowly Into my cozy cot. Good-night , good-night , I'm saying only That must n't be forgot ! " Nachville , Ore. TIio Friendly Sliartotr. By Frances Bennett Callaway. Once upon a time there grew by the wayside a sturdy oak with such wide- spreading branches , rustling leaves and glossy acorns , that passers-by used to look up and exclaim with ad miration : "What a magnificent tree ! " But no one ever noticed the friendly shadow. The oak tree used to scold until hoarse , while this quiet com panion would uod pleasantly in reply , and sometimes , after the longest mon ologue one might have suspected the shadow was sound asleep. The shadow , though so quiet , had a way of entering intimately into all one's thoughts and feelings which the oak understood perfectly ; so the oak tree loved the shadow , and felt lonely and dismal enough on dark days when this friend was hidden away. On a sunshiny May morning , when the oak was clad in downy , half-open leaves , the shadow would come forth as shy as any young girl , in light and filmy dress , and every step would be -soft-ias > a caress * over , the young grass. How different in midsummer when the leaves were crisp and dark ! Then the shadow , grown more con fident , put on innumerable crimps and frills with opulent rich gowns which threw a velvet coolness all about the tree. In autumn weather when red leaves were flying fast , the shadow would come in fluttering skirts all shimmer ing with drops of brightness , and to and fro with jocund steps dance in per fect time wjiile the oak tree and the wind whistled measures of shrill music together. The sceue was changed on a winter's night when the moon peering between wild , dark clouds found only a few torn leaves shivering on the oak tree and the faithful shadow also wrapped in rags , shivered with the tree. One day the oak tree was cut down and carried away. Then the little children cried because their old play mate , the shadow , was gone , and the poor , tired woman with a burden io bear sighed whenever she passed the spot where the shadow , had been , feel ing as if she had lost some sweet solace out of her life. The harvesters complained loudly because there was no shadow at noon to fan them to cool ness , and the poor wayfarer in the blazing sun found no resting place. One and all lamented as if a friend was gone when they said , c "How we miss the shadow ! " 1 1a Patriotism - By Rev. D. Sutherland. j Patriotism , the love of the land in which we were born , the pride in it , the desire for it whenever we are ab sent , is among the noblest of human affections. It has often been observed that a man who is incapable of it is Incapable of all high emotion. The eeling lies deeper than any logical ex pression , among those pulses of the heart which vibrate to the sanctities of liome and to the thoughts which leap up from the graves of our fathers. It tias the power to transfigure the least ittractive country with a halo of glory t peculiarly its own. Even the desert is 0 remembered with pleasure if it be the lace where life began. The Cretans jailed it by a name which indicated a mother's love for her children. The Ethiopian is possessed by the convic- Llon that God made his sands and des- irts , while only angels were employed n the making of other portions of the : jlobe. Some Arabian tribes fancy that he sun , moon and stars rise only for hem. The Maltese , isolated on a rock , listlnguish their island by the appella- : ion of "The Flower of the World- ; ind In the Carribees patriotism be- omes so conceited that the people es- eem their country a paradise and : hemselves alone eutitled to the name f men. : We live in days when some globe- xotters would have us believe that ; patriotism is but a rudimentary pas- _ ilon and that it passes into a higher : stage when it is merged in an affection which they call cosmopolitanism ; but iloser acquaintance with such people eveals the fact that either in their icarts , in spite of all that they say , .hey love their own country best , sr jlse that in exchanging patriotism fur osmopolltanism they have lost a great si leal more than they have gained. The . 3od who gave us birth on this conti- mt , putting American blond in our : veins and American memories in our minds , never intended us to esteem one ? atlon as good as another. At least so we believe , and so we know every right-thinking man feels. He who sneers at patriotism is unworthy of the country that gave him birth and nour ishes him from day to day. Ian Mac- 'laren ; the famous novelist add equally famous preacher , emphasized the truth In a noble sermon that the most ardent patriotism Is the moat real cosmopolit anism. The highest development of the human race and of the human character Is worked out , according to him , not by making little of patriot ism , but by each country fulfilling Us own destiny , being loyal to its own history , and accomplishing its own mission. Thus all countries , uniting In one harmonious whole , shall * build up the prosperity of humanity. The brotherhood of man is best served by the brotherhood of the members of one country working for the welfare of the citizens of the state In which they were born and to which their allegiance is due. Men who place self first , personal friends second , party third , and country fourth , in the order of consideration , swell the ranks of corrupt politicians , who are the caterpillars of the state. Those who place country first , party second , personal friends third , and self last , constitute the company of true citizens and faithful patriots in whom the hope of the state is to be found. Which question you ask in any crises "What is best for me ? " or "What is best for my country ? " decides your claim to the proud name of patriot. Your duty is determined by the call of the hour for the service that will best promote the welfare of the country. In the time of war it is to shoulder the musket and march to the front againat the enemy. In the time of election it is to go to the ballot-box and cast your vote for just measures and honest men. In all circumstances It is to pay a fair share of the expense of government. Virgil wrote long ago : "The noblest motive is the public good ; " and that country is truly happy and prosperous where parents train their children to manliness , self-reliance and fidelity to the duties of the station in which they are placed , where the schoolmaster in stills into the minds of his pupils the principles that shall rule well the des tinies of the coming generation , where editors and preachers of the'gospel teach the people that righetous seeking of the common weal is a nobler code of conduct than selfishness of policy. Such patriotism is the claimant need of the day. An Elephant Tried bjr Court-Mart Ul. An elephant was once court-mar tialed at Mhow , Central India. The animal had been put under arrest , and charged with killing his keeper , a native soldier. It was found that the native had given the elephant of fence by stealing some of his food , after it had been served out to him. The elephant had caught him in the act , and before the man could get away the great brute put his foot on him , then winding his trunk around him lifted him into the air , and be fore anyone could stop him he dashed the man to the ground , and killed him. The trial was most curious. First came ' the whole of the elephants be longing to the station in a long , solemn procession. They formed up in two lines on either side of the place of punishment. The prisoner was then marched up. Around his neck was a tremendous chain , the ends of which were attached to the collars of two other elephants , who walked on either side of him. When he reached the punishment stone his feet were inserted into four holes and chained. When the prisoner was thor oughly secured , the brigade-major and staff rode along the lines. They halted on getting within a few yards of the elephant. The brigade-major then produced several sheets of foolscap , and calling the prisoner by name , bade him give attention to what was go ing to be read. The major first read out the charge , then the evidence for and against him. At the conclusion of the evidence the prisoner was found guilty , and was sentenced to receive forty-eight lashes with a chain , and after that punishment he should for three months draw a log chained to his leg. The corporal elephant then approached preached to within a few feet of the prisoner , and a large iron chain was placed in his trunk. At a signal from the major he commenced to flog the prisoner. Not a sound was uttered by the other elephants , but the groans 3f the prisoner as the chain descended across his ribs were Indescribable. A Storj of Ouccn Wllhelmlnn. When Queen Wllhelmina , who was recently crowned the girl ruler of Holland , was a small child she used o do mnny things that accorded with tier idea of queenly powers , but were not always approved by her mother ir her infant subjects. The story is old that two of the court children kvere missed one day soon after they lad been seen playing wiih the infant lueen. Grave fears were entertained hat they had been kidnaped , and or- lera were about to be given the police o search for the kidnapers , when ittle Wilhelmina reluctantly confessed hat she had locked her child com panions up in an old cellar near the oiirtyard. When asked why she did o she said they had refused to ohsy ler , and so she imprisoned them for ebellion against their queen. ti "Edie , " cried the mother from the lall below , "what's all that noise up- itairs ? It's shocking. " "Oh , it's these .wo dolls of mine , maramzi. I'm going o put them right to bed and see If we an't have a little peace. " An Kloctrlcul Foitraan. In the Swiss city of Geneva there la an electrical postman , or at least a sub- ctitute for the postman. In high hous es letters rightly dropped Into the box provided ring an electrical bell on the floor to which they are going , and ac tuate an. automatic hydraulic lift , which carries the'letter up to the1 floor and descends to be ready for the next. German university students have In creased in number from about 10,000 twenty-ftvo years ago to 32,241 last year. The increase is out of proportion tion to the population. A Cheerful Woman. There are emergencies in every household which call for the display of a statesman's skill. The cheerful woman is pre-eminent on such occa sions. She conquers the grim uncle or the dyspeptic cousin with her infec tious cheerfulness , and her servants recognize her as their ally and friend in all matters that are essential to their welfare. The length of time she keeps her servants is a source of wonderment to her less fortunate friends , but the secret of it is in her own winsome disposition. She soothes the tired worker with a word of kind commendation where another might make a querulous complaint. J31OO Reward , G1OO. The readers of tliSs paper will bo pleaded to Icara that there Is nt least ono dreaded disease that science has been uble to cure in all Itu stages and that Is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive euie now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitu tions ! disease , requires a constitutional treat ment. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is ttikou Internally , acting directly \ipon tie blood and mucous s.ur- facea of the system , thereby destroying the foundation of the disease , and giving the patient itrength by building up the constitution and assisting- nature in doinjr Its work. The pro prietors have so much rsith iu Its curative powers that thev offer One Hundred Dollars to ? any case that itnils to cure. Send for list of Testimonial . Address F. J. CHENEY i CO. , Toledo , a Sold bj druggists 75c. Hall's famfly Pills are the best Even the optimist forgets to smile when the tax-collector comes around. Do ion Want to tlvo In a One , mild and healthy climate , where cyclones and blizzards are un known , where good , rich lands can be bought at low prices , near cheap trans portation and with educational and industrial advantages ? Homeseekers' excursions to Virginia via the "Big Four Route" and the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. Write for descriptive book of Virginia , list of farms for sale , excursion rates , dates , time-cards , etc. J. C. Tucker. G. N. A. . 23d Clark street , Chicago. 111. Adversity , the only scale that gives the correct weight of our friends. i I believe my prompt use of Piso's Cure prevented quick consumption. Mrs. Lacy ! Wallace , rfarqnette , KMU , Dec. 12 , ' 1 > 5. The poor are always with us and some wealthy people are pretty clcae. FITJl I' firM ds n < of l > r. klicirr.4i. . .N M i - i. > t r. S-n. | lur l-'tK S'i.llO ir.il l > .ii'u ami trr.ti' i * j ' UU..P..H. K.I.INE. .t'l.Ml ! Art ti M. . PhUtdeSjii. ! * . i-fc. ' ' "I've worked with all my heart on i 5 that < book. " said a yr-une man who hd ( ' been treating Oliver \Yemiell Holinos ' J ] to a long account of a recant collection j 1 of poetry which he bad edited : "I've j J used ipy best tast ? , and judgment , and i ; research , and I feel confident thut nobody - i ' body could have done the thing better : or more thoroughly than I have. And , what reward do I get ? Harsh eritij cisms for my omission of a few popular - ( lar poets and a paltry hundred dol3 lars. " "A hundred dollars ? " echoed { 1 the Autocrat of the Breakfast Table. wearily : "why. I wouldn't have writt tcn that book for a thousand dollars. ' I I'm sure. " , 1r Mrs. Frpderick Douglas , widow of i the colored orator , is to sro on the IP- , ture platform in deal with the history of his race in this country. \ I Safety. " do jou Washington Star : "What " asked one think of Gen. Weyler ? " ho vrhat you d Spanish politician. "Is call a safe man in an 'Undoubtedly. " answered the patriot. "Look at his record. When Cuba he never there was , trouble in gotanjrcloaerthan the telegraph , office. of the safest men In Why , he was one the whole war. " All students of the laboratory coursb in the university of Heidelberg are required to take out life insurance pol icies. Catarrh In the Head Is an Inflammation of the mucous mcmbrano lining the nasal passages. It is caused by a cold or succession of colds , combined with impure blood. Catarrh is cured by Hood's Sarsaparilla , which eradicates from tha blood all scrofulous taints , rebuilds the deli cate tissues and builds up the system. 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The Lick of America great telescope ca reveals stars so far distant that it f I would require 30,000 of them placed together to be visible to the naked eye. Special Notice. To The Members of the Farmers- Alliance & Industrial Union : I have raatle a careful investigation from tha best sources of reliable Information about the Swanson Rheumat.c Cure Co.'s Remedies , and found that they were giving good satisfaction. I there fore dceni it but an act of simple justice to our members .to say , that I believe that the claims made by the Conlpany for their remedies will be fully real ized by those who "will give them a fair and reasonable trial. Years fra ternally , Jno. C. Hanley , Business Agt. P. A. & I. U. St. Paul , Minn. , Oct. 2Sth. 1893. The wonderful success that has at tended the introduction of " 5 DROPo" is unprecedented in the history of the world. Think of it ! It has cured more than one million and a quarter sufferers within the last thfee years. f This must appeal to you ! 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