.BY.
. . . . . .
ETHEL A. SODTIIAM
. . . . *
* * i * j'fc a * i t
' CHAPTER im. ( Continued. )
But Evelyn did not utter a syllable
no she tore open the envelope and read
the following hurriedly-penned words ,
which she Instantly passed to her com
panion
Dear Evelyn I have scarcely a
moment to write to you , having only
just received a telegram from Royston
School asking me to go Immediately ,
as Wilfred , poor lad , had a serious fall
this afternoon , and is lying In a most
critical condition. I am therefore
starting off to him at once , and am
hoping to catch the 8:30 : express. If
not , there is a fairly train at 9:10.
Anyhow , you will receive this 'n time
for you to catch the latter , as , of
course , It la impossible for you to re
turn to the hotel alone ; so there is
nothing for you to do but follow im
mediately. If I am in time for the ex
press , I shall leave Parker at the sta
tion to wait for you. Your affection
ate aunt , LYDIA HOWARD.
"Dear me , child" it was Mrs.
Courtenay who was the first to speak
"how very dreadful ! Poor Lady How
ard what a state she must be in ! "
"Yes ; indeed ; but what am I to do ? "
asked Evelyn , who was only just be
ginning to grasp the situation and to
realize that there was not a moment
to lose. If I am to leave on the 9:10
train , I ought to start at once it must
'be almost that time now" with a
'despairing glance round.
' "Nearly 9:10 : ? Oh , it cannot bo so
late already ! But surely , somebody
can tell us ! Ah , yes ! Is that you ,
Mr. Falkland ? How fortunate ! " broke
off Mrs. Courtenay , with a sigh of re
lief , for Falkland was passing back to
his seat after the Interval. "You will
be able to give us the right time. "
"The right time ? Certainly ! " Falk-
BEHELD FALKLAND'S GAUNT FORM COMING TOWARD HER.
land" paused and pulled out his watcn.
{ "It is exactly four minutes to nine.
Sut something has happened , I am
afraid. Can I be of any assistance to
! you ? "
i Mrs. Courtenay rose quickly from
her chair.
j "Oh , Mr. Falkland , of the very great-
-cst in the world ! The fact is , Miss
'Luttrell has just received a note from
her aunt telling her of an accident
which has happened to her son ; and ,
as Lady Howard is going straight off
.to the school , Miss Luttrell has to
leave also , and is to catch the 9:10
train. "
"Then in that casa. Miss Luttrell ,
you have not a second to lose , " re
turned Falkland , taking a rapid survey -
vey of the troubled-looking pretty
face , which at the sound of his voice
had grown , If possible , a shade paler.
. "You may just catch the train , but
only just ; and you will have to drive
with the greatest speed imaginable.
However , come at once , 'and I will
promise it for you ; only Don't you
trouble , pray , Mrs. Courtenay there
Is not the slightest occasion ; you can
trust your charge with perfect con
fidence to me , and 1 will give you my
word not to leave her until I have
delivered her safely into the hands of
either Lady Howard or the redoubt
able Parker. "
And so two minutes later it hap
pened that "Evelyn found aerself dash
ing along at breakneck speed through
the streets of Saltcliffe , seated side by
side with her rejected suitor , Gilbert
Falkland.
"It Is very kind of you to trouble
so , " she had tried to tell him above
therattle of the wheels the Instant he
had given directions to'the driver and
they had started off at a pace more
suggestive of a fire engine than a
crawling English "growler ; " and per
haps her conscience smote her a little
as she remembered with what disdain
she had treated him during the past
few days.
CHAPTER XIII.
After all , It seemed that her aunt
was right when she so emphatically
declared that they would have been
utterly at sea without the kindly help
of Mr. Falkland ; and she began to
think that for the future she would
not be so ready to venture her opinion
when two such unreadable characters
as Major Brown and Gilbert Falkland
were on tapis. Alas , could it be possi
ble that she had been so hopelessly
mistaken in the former ? To her it was
incredible.
There was the usual bustle and ex
citement consequent upon the depart
ure of a train reigning at the small
terminus of Saltcliffe as Evelyn and
Falkland stepped out of the cab and
made their way quickly through the
throng of hurrying porters and trucks
of baggage. Falkland made a rush for
the ticket office , and then hastened for
ward to find Evelyn , who had gone on
to the platform , looking anxiously
around for signs of her aunt and maid.
"Aunt Lydia must have left by the
express she is not to be seen any
where , " she said in some agitation ;
"Out farker both Parker ana Sambo
they must be here. "
' "Yes of course they must ; have
you not seen them yet ? But you get In
here , Miss Evelyn , and make sure of
a carriage to yourself , and I will go
and find Parker at once and bring her
to you. "
"But if she is not here if she has
mistaken the train ? " The girl's tone
was thoroughly hopeless.
"Take your seats ! Take your seats ! "
came the voice of the guard. "Are you
going , miss ? Then take your seat , "
he said to Evelyn.
What was she to do ? She was In
despair as she mounted up quickly to
the first-class compartment , and then
paused with her hand upon the open
door , gazing anxiously down the plat
form. The next instant , however , she
beheld Falkland's gaunt form coming
rapidly toward her.
"Where is Parker ? Have you found j
her ? " gasped Evelyn , as , to her horror
ror , she perceived that he was quite
alone.
"It is all right , Miss Luttrell there
Is no need for alarm ; " and to Evelyn's
astonishment , Falkland himself jumped
into the carriage , pulling the door to
with a vigorous slam , as the train im
mediately steamed out of the station.
"There we are off at last ! " He
sank back Into the seat opposite her
with a sigh of relief.
"Yes but I do not understand.
Where is Parker ? What is she doIng -
Ing ? "
"What is she doing ? You may well
ask that ! " laughed Falkland. "Did
you ever know a maid yet who man
aged to catch the train she was ex
pected to ? The fact is , she made some
mistake about the luggage ; it was put
into a wrong train one which left ten
minutes earlier. At any rate , there
was no time to get it out again when
the mistake was discovered ; so that
Parker has gone on with it to the
next station , where she was to see it
taken out , and then wait for you. "
"How very tiresome ! I never heard
of such a thing in my life ! " exclaimed
Evelyn , with some annoyance. "Fancy ,
if nobody had told you , I might have
been waiting at Saltcliffe still ! I
should not have known what to do ;
and , as It is" again her conscience
gave her one or two undoubted pricks
"what a fearful trouble I am But
really , there was no need for you to
have come. I could have managed by
myself. "
"Nonsense , Miss Luttrell ! Did you
not hear ma promise to deliver you
safely Into Parker's hands ? And sure
ly you do not suppose I should be so
remiss as to leave you In such straits
as these ? No" decidedly "I shall
carry out my premise to the letter ;
and , sooner than any blame should fall
upon me , I shall certainly escort you
all the way to Royston. Let me see ,
though. I suppose It is Parker who
has made the mistake. What did Lady
Howard say In her letter ? Are you
sure the train she told you to come by
was the ten minutes past nine one ,
and not the nine train ? "
"Oh , yes , I am quite sure ! But here
it " She broke off somewhat ab
ruptly , however , as she glanced down
at the paper In her hand , and found
that It was only the program of the
theater which she had b a keeping
so securely. "How tiresome ! I must
have dropped Aunt Lydia's note ! "
( To be continued. )
CYANIDE'S ATTRACTION.
Tlioso Who Handle the Drujr Drmvn Al
most Irresistibly to Swallow It.
"Just now we are engaged in the
making of tons of cyanide of potas
sium , " said a member of a firm of man
ufacturing chemists , "and of all pois
ons , this , to my mind , is the most dan
gerous , because of a singular quality It
possesses. It Is in appearance so very
attractive to those who handle it that
they are often seized with an almost
overwhelming desire to eat it. To one
man it probably suggests sugar , if he
have a fondness for saccharine sub
stances , and to another snow newly
fallen ; but to both It is so alluring that
they may only overcome the tempta
tion to put it in their mouths by great
force of will power. The very men who
make it and who are most familiar
with its deadly properties are pursued
by an unreasonable desire to eat t.'y
poison , and as long as they remain ii
its vicinity this extraordinary craving
endures. They know that to give way
to the craving means death almost in
stant and horrible , and as a consequence
quence are usually able to resist the
strange temptation , but during the last
ten years we have been engaged in the
manufacture of the drug four of our
moat Intelligent and steady workmen
have committed suicide in this way. "
"Ever feel like eating it yourself ? "
asked the reporter. "Yes , " the manu
facturer replied. "Many times when
in contact with the cyanide fumes/and
have had to leave work precipitately in
consequence. So well is this curious
fact known in all works where cyanide
of potassium Is made that there are
always two men at work together , and
a jar of ammonia , which is the anti
dote to the poison , is kept at hand. Po
tassium is one of the most interesting
substances known to chemical work
ers. The metal itself is scarcely used
at all in the arts , but its many salts
are of immense practical value , being
used largely in the production of gun
powder , fertilizers , medicines and dye
ing compounds. Cyanide is a com
pound of cyanogen with a metallic
agent. Cyanogen is a colorless , pois
onous liquefiable gas' which has the
odor of almonds and burns with a pur
ple flame. Cyanide of potassium is
made 'by burning potassium , an alkali
metal , in cyanogen gas , and is really a
prussiate of potash. It is produced also
in blast furnaces in which ore is smelt
ed , with coke or coal , and is perma
nent when kept dry , but decomposes
readily in moist air. It crystallizes in
dry , octagonal blocks , and is extremely
soluable in water. It has the odor of
prusslc acid and kindred bitterness of
taste. Cyanide of potassium is also
used in electro-metallurgy and photog
raphy to a considerable extent. It will
remove metallic oxides , the juices of
fruits and indelible ink. "
How It TVorkcd.
Mrs. Newlywed ( reading ) Love Is
a balloon that lifts us up to heaven ;
marriage is the parachute that brings
us slowly back to earth again. Mr.
Newlywed ( also reading ) Another
parachute horror ! Man falls 3,000 feet
and is dashed to pieces ! Same old
story ! Parachute fails to work.
HOME-MADE PHILOSOPHY.
The man hoe soze tyranny must reap
regret.
The sucksessful author Iz a person
hoe kin crystalize his dreemze in pay
ing kwantiteeze.
Preparin this world for our brothers
to live in comfortabully is the best
preparashun we kin make for heavin.
"To the victor Belongs the spoilze. "
Even the burglar kin see no rong in
sich docktrin , and the cat lives on sich
faith.
The man hoe gc'-s away from home
to hunt happiness , Iz like the man hoe
never looks on his cwn dog's back for
fleeze.
A poit hoe never felt pain nor ex
perienced love and hae and rang , haz
no other feelin too put in his rlmze
but vanity.
Man must pay internal revenue to
live , and pay hiz last det too nateyoor
too die. The rode too the graveyard iz
a hard wun.
A man iz never any better than his
religyun. The canniball iz az strictly
religyus az the pope ov Rome , but his
religyun is peecoolyar.
In a land ware free speech Iz not
alloud , Freedum iz ded , and the giant
OY tyranny struts about pretendin to
be the anointed ov God.
Oppreshun kin take away frum a
man everything but his appetite ; it
takes diseeze to finish up a feller after
oppreshun gitz itz wurk in.
Life is like colored glass we look
In upon our nabor and note only the
brillyant tints. He looks out and
seeze only the many little flaws.
A cunning statesman haz no other
vlrtyoo but trickery no other power but
desepshun , no other motive but gain ,
and no other hope but politikal suck-
sess.
Tears never yet wound up a clod
or worked a steam engine
INDUSTRIAL CENSUS.
RECORD OF THE SECOND YEAR
OF PROTECTION.
Tlio Itofttoratlou of That Policy II in Ko-
Hulttid lit an Increase of 30.50 Per
Cunt In Wages Paid and 10.40 Per
Cent in tlio Hutu of Wages.
The extent to which American labor
has gained in employment and In
wages in the past four years , by rea
son of the restoration of industrial
activity in place of the dullness , de
pression and enforced idleness of the
desolate period following the free-trade
experiment at tariff making in 1894
cannot , for obvious reasons , be accu
rately stated in figures. It is impossi
ble for any but government agencies to
cover the ground with anything like
completeness. Employers of labor do
not , as a rule , take kindly to inquiries
as to facts concerning wages , gross
sum of output , etc. Hence an unoffi
cial poll of the Industrial situation is
certain to be attended with difficulties.
The American Tariff Protective league ,
always exceptionally successful in this
field , has Just completed its Industrial
census for the month of March , 1899 ,
using that month as the basis of com
parison with March , 1895 , the former
being nineteen months after the enact
ment of the Dingley tariff , while the
latter was seven months after the en
actment of the Wilson tariff of 1891.
In the case of the earlier period the
country had considerably longer than
seven months in which to settle down
to an average level of results and con
ditions , for the reason that the period
of well-defined stagnation really began
very soon after the election of Grover
Cleveland in November , 1892. Countin
the time during which domestic produ
cers were engaged In reducing their
scale of operations in anticipation of
free-trade tariff times , together with
the seven months of actual experience
under a free-trade tariff , we have a to
tal period of time practically the same
as the nineteen months between Aug.
1 , 1897 , and April 1 , 1899.
It is , however , to be borne in mind
that our returns for March , 1899 , flat
tering and significant though they be ,
fall considerably short of adequately
expressing the real progress nlade in
nineteen months of practical protec
tion. Everybody knows that a very
important advance in the wage rate of
the whole country has gone into effect
since the close of March , 1899 , our cen
sus month. Therefore our census fails
to present the full facts of increased
prosperity among American wage-
earners. We show that , compared with
March , 1895 , there was in the 1,957 es
tablishments reporting a gain of 75,751
in the number of hands employed , era
a gain of 39.56 per cent for March ,
1899 ; that there was a gain on the
gross sum of wages paid of $3,461-
235.58 , this being 54.09 per cent more
than in March , 1895 ; and that while in
March , 1895 , the average rate of wages
per capita for the month was $33.36 ,
the average rate per capita in March ,
1889 , had increased to $36.86 , being a
gain of 10.49 per cent. Had this census
been extended so as to include the
months of April and May , 1899 , the
months in which the heaviest and most
general advances in wages occurred ,
the percentage of increase in the per
capita wage rate would undoubtedly
have been above 15 per cent.
The figures in condensed form are as
follows.
Number of reports received , cover
ing March , 1895 , and March , 1899 , 1,957.
Number of hands employed :
March , 1895 191,732 %
March , 1899 267,486
Gain for March , 1899 , 39.56 per cent.
Amount of wages paid :
March , 1895 $6,398,044.53
March , 1899 9,859,280.33
Gain for March , 1899 , 54.09 per cent.
Average wages per capita :
March , 1895 $33.36
March , 1S99 36.86
Qfiin for March , 1899 , 10.49 per cent.
Such is the story of protection and
prosperity as affecting the Arnpriean
wage-earner. It is a story which should
bring joy to the heart of every Amer
ican citizen.
STATING FACTS.
How President UIcKluIoy Summarizes
Existing Prosperous Conditions.
Among the special gifts of President
McKinley that of effective verbal
statement in concise form is especially
notable. Few men have ever said in
so small a number of words more that
was important , and that the country
wanted to know , than was said by our
chief executive in his speech at the
banquet of the Commercial club in
Chicago , Oct. 10 , 1899. The president
had something good to say , and this is
how he said it :
"I congratulate you , gentlemen , upon
the growth and advancement of your
city and the evidences of prosperity
everywhere observable. Nothing im
pressed me more in looking into the
faces of the great multitude on the
streets yesterday than the smiling ,
happy faces of the people. That was
evidence to me of your real and sub
stantial prosperity. It meant the
steady employment , good wages , happy
homes , and these are always indis
pensable to good government and to
the happiness of the people.
"We have had a wonderful indus
trial development in the last two years.
Our work shops never were so busy ;
our trade at home was never so large ,
and our foreign trade exceeds that of
any like period in all our history. In
the year 1899 we bought abroad up
ward of $697,000,000 worth of goods ,
and in the same year sold abroad
$1,227,000,000 , giving a balance of trade
in our favor of $560,000,000.
"This means more labor at home ,
more money at home , more earnings at
home. Our products are carried on
every sea and find a market In all the
ports of the world. In 1888 the Japa
nese government took from us S.8G per
cent of Its total Imports , and In 1898
14.57 per cent. We are the greatest
producers of pig iron , and our manu
factures of Iron and steel exceed those
of any other country. We raise three-
fourths of the cotton of the world.
"The growth of the railway systems
of the United States Is phenomenal.
From 30 miles in 1830 we have gone to
182.600 In 1897.
"Our internal commerce has even ex
ceeded the growth of our outward com
merce. Our railroad transportation
lines never were so crowded , while our
builders of cars and engines are una
ble to fill the pressing orders made nec
essary by the increased traffic.
"We have everything , gentlemen , to
congratulate ourselves over as to the
present condition of the country. I am
told by business men everywhere- that
the business of the country now rests
upon a substantial basis and that you
are really only making what there is
a market for , and as long as you do
that , of course , you are doing a safe
business , and our markets are going
to increase. " ( Applause. )
Can any one imagine Grover Cleve
land talking that way two years and
a half after his second inauguration as
president of the United States ? His
habit of speech , always ponderous and
platitudinous , and often very dull , was
against him in the first place. Then ,
too , he never had the help of the splen
did facts which inspire the utterances
of his more eloquent successor In the
presidential office. The facts were all
against Mr. Cleveland. They were facts
of depression , gloom , discouragement ,
disaster ; the facts of free-trade tariff
times. Now the facts are Republican ,
protection facts , McKinley facts. There
is a mighty big difference between the
facts of four years ago and the facts
of to-day.
Host of All Koutcs.
RAiLROAD.
TTest and Kant.
More than one would-be prophet has
predicted that in the near future there
would be an impassable chasm be
tween the interests of the east and
those of the west. These prophets of
calamity are in a fair way of being
quickly and completely discredited.
The east and west have stood together
in past j'ears on the common ground of
their recognition of the necessity of a
protective tariff for the advancement
of their respective Interests. There
have been times when it seemed as
though the west might drift away from
that belief , or at least give it secondary
place , but that time has gone by. The
east and west will stand together in
the future , as they have in the past , on
a plaform securely based on the policy
of protection.
The industrial and political union of
the two sections is already being fore
shadowed in the statements made by
those who are accustomed to watch the
trend of affairs. The head of a large
trust company in Chicago puts it as
follows :
"A feeling has developed in the west
beyond what generally is realized that
while western railroads are prosper
ing , making earnings beyond all past
example , the securities of them are
pretty good investments for western
people themselves , and I have recently
been very greatly surprised by the
fashion which seems to have developed
in western communities to put surplus
moneys into stocks like Northern Pa
cific , Union Pacific and Southern Pa
cific. In this new venture of the gran
ger going into partnership wich Wall
street there are a good many possibu-
5 ties which the political economist can
afford to give consideration to. "
The west has found prosperity in
protection , and this tendency to invr-st
its surplus money in stocks is a pretty
good Indication that it will stand by
the east is maintaining the policy
which has brought prosperity to east
and west alike.
How to Have Permanent Prosperity.
With the vast amount of raw mate
rial that our fields , forests and mines
produce , there is no reason why this
should not soon become the great man
ufacturing nation of the world , if we
could keep meddlers like Bryan and
his kind from interfering with our
progress. At the present rate of in
crease in manufacturing it can only
be a few years before all our food
products will be required at home. The
English market vdll then no longer af
fect the price of our wheat or corn.
We shall send to market the crops of
ron , wood and other materials that na
ture has been piling up here for cen
turies , in the shape of highly finished
products , and all the profit on it will
se ours. We shall then have perma
nent prosperity unless we weakly
give the management of our affairs
over to those who wish to make some
foolish experiments with them. Tacoma -
coma ( Wash. ) Ledger. (
SHOULD SPEAK OUT.
Democrat/I Urged to Follow the Kxninpto
of illrssru. Grnco nnd Crliiiniln * .
Following the excellent example ot
William R. Grace , a life-long Demo
crat and free-trader , who lately made
public avowal of his recantation of
Cobdenlte doctrines and his full adhe
sion to the policy of protection , John
D. Crlmmlns , a New , York Democrat
of marked prominence In his party ,
and withal a business man of excep
tional activity and scope , makes
known his conviction that In Us blind
devotion to Bryanlsm the Democratic
party menaces the best Interests of
the country. In an Interview printed
in the New York Sun of Oct. 14 , 1899 ,
Mr. Crimrains said , concerning the In
dorsement of William J. Bryan at the
recent meeting of the New York state
Democratic committee :
"We hear a lot of talk about the
government's willingness to help the
money market , but In my judgment
the labor , business and financial
phases of the political situation are
far more Important just now.
"The Indorsement of Bryan by the
Democratic organization Is a distinct
menace to the labor and manufactur
ing interests. Let the worklngmen
pause for a moment to consider past
embarrassment and present prosperity.
They have , during the past few years ,
been better paid , have worked shorter
hours , their wages In many instances
have been advanced voluntarily , and
this , too , by the very corporations
which have been condemned by Croker
and Bryan.
"I know whereof I speak when I say
that the worklngmen will repent bit
terly if they now listen to the old *
sophistries and go to the polls and inf
dorse them by voting for Bryan , I * /
feel that when they reason a little they
will reject false doctrine. To block
the prosperity of the country by strik
ing at its financial and commercial
foundation is little short of criminal ,
and I believe that the workmen of
today will not be led into any trap
by the politicians. Indifference may
be injurious to us , for an indorsement
of Bryanism at the polls of New York
would be an injury to the best inter
ests of the city , and , reflectively , to
the state and nation. "
The man who utters this impressive
warning to workingmen and business
men is a large employer of labor , a
man of wealth and Influence. None
knows better than he the dire consequences
quences to the country's welfare that
would follow the success of William
J. Bryan at the polls In the next pres
idential campaign. Other Democrats
of prominence and influence know this
equally with Messrs. William R. Grace
and John D. Crlmmins. Why should
they not tell the people of the United
States what they know ? Business
Democrats who are in a position to
correctly gauge the effects of Demo
cratic success under the Bryan banner
ought to be heard from more generally.
They should speak out.
More Than KeepingKvrii. .
Despite the predictions of the Demo
crats a few years ago the government
revenue thus far during the present fis
cal year has exceeded the government
expense. No wonder the opponents of
the Republican party and of the policy
of protection turn from the question of
tariff and begin howling about tli3
trusts. They deceived the people in
1896 with their lies , and now in an ef
fort to divert the public mind from
those lies they howl about something
else. At the end of the first quarter of
the fiscal year a surplus of $2,000,000
is shown. The government revenue for
the three months has been $17,000,000
more than what It was during the
same period of last year , and the ex
penditures have fallen off $45,000,000.
The customs are yielding from $600,000
to $1,000,000 a day , and internal reve
nue nets $1,000,000 each day , both
showing an aggregate gain over the
same period of last year of $5,000,000.
The war department is spending an av
erage of $12,500,000 each month , while
the monthly expense of our navy is
$5,000,000 ; we are carrying on a war
on the other side of the world , where
we are taking care of a great army of
American soldiers as no nation has
ever cared for its soldiers before ; we
are adding battleships , cruisers and
torpedo-boats to the navy in a manner
that is attracting the attention of all
nations , and yet we show a cash bal
ance and surplus for the past three
months , the first quarter of the new
fiscal year. More and more each day
is the proof furnished that the protect
ive tariff that bears the name of the
late Mr. Dingley , one of the greatest
and brainiest statesmen America ever
produced , is fully capable of providing
for all the expenses o'f our government
in times of peace , and more and more
each day is it being demonstrated that
the finances of this country were
never in better hands. Des Moines
( Iowa ) State Register.
They Voted for Depression.
In a review of the lumber traffic it is
shown that Arkansas leads all the
southern states both in amount cut and
in distribution. When the Wilson-Gor-
inan tariff was in operation no state
led in lumber production all were be
hind , mills were suspended and em
ployes idle , and it ia a fact of record
that the entire Arkansas delegation in
congress voted for the tariff which
closed the mills , bankrupted many of
the mill-owners and sent thousands ot
laboring men out to tramp. Little
Rock ( Ark. ) Republican.
TVho I * Benefited.
If , as quoted in Chicago , $6.90 per
hundred is the highest price paid for
live steers in September since 1884 , it
would seem the producer and not the
beef trust is getting the benefit of the
prevailing high prices. St. Louis
Mo. ) Watchman.