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jwiUBmp w.'jj.' ? '" gW'Ww 'F5is5"r 0unraL -i x - - -.- . r e. - o o . tw V. o o o t VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 8. COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 2, 1897. WHOLE NUMBER 1,412. CfltomMs w o J o o -f a V e ' 3 i W&m: THE MAD AERIALIST. BEAUTIFUL wom an In midair on the flying trapeze, how ever expert, is not Mi! so much of a nov elty or sensational attraction as when I was actively en gaged in vaudeville manasrement. The 0p? theaters and cir cuses, if not ' the woods, are iuu Oi them now. but then the appearance of a female in such a hazardous perform- ance 'was indeed "a drawing card," and drawing cards that actually bring mon ey to the box-office are not so plentiful as some Imagine. For instance, pre tentious anists with salaries far in ex cess of their merits. Folscm had written enthusiastically about the wonderful woman from Lon don, slating that she had "set Paris erazy." Peraps. she had, but I noted " i.o report of an insurrection in that gar capital. My foreign agent, besides being an excellent judse of the com mercial value of an act. was an en thusiast, and would go to no end of travel or expense in his endeavor to seenre the startling. If the treasury survived his demands Folsam could be relied upon to outdo all rivals. It was fortunate that the agent's an nouncement of the engagement of Za rena, at such an enormous figure, ar rived at a time wha I was turning away peopK and making money hand ever tist. Otherwise I don't know what the eff-'t would have been. I have re marked that Folsom was an enthusia-t. and I made some allowance for his ardor when he wrote that the charming and daring lady was "a star gazer, a regular beaut." 1 smiled at Folsom's glowing description of his prize aorial Ist, and then I smiled at the name, Zarena. evidently one of those made-to-order professional cognomens, then, as now, so popular. Why, I know a whole tribe of really great Z artists, from Zaezel to Zuila. It was not until the approach of Za rena's dare that I looked over the bill ing matter, and then I learned for the first time that th sensation of the century had a male partner, who did a good part of the work, while the lady fair gathered in the greatest part of the gain and all the glory. Zarena arrived on time, and she was the Frenchiest of the Fren :h, and more beautiful oven than Mr. Folsom's most flattering pen picture, and was alto gether entrancing and engaging. But. as she explained, she had "one little trouble." Whatever that "little trouble" was it secerned to sit lightly on her head, for she laughed as she explained. A male partner for her act was nec essary. AnJ the man had to do a good chare of the act. but the great feature of the performance, the "flight for life" from the topmost gallery to the hands of the man hanging head down on the trapeze, was hers. All of which state ment and explanation was wound up with the announcement: "I want a man." "But where is the gentleman with whom you have been performing?" I asked, it occurring to me that the cer tainty and the success of the act. if not the safety, might be imperiled by the change. The pretty artist became very red in the face, hesitated, and then, with the accompaniment of a ringing laugh, exclaimed: "Fool, he make too much love, and I dismiss himr I lauzhed too. fully comprehending the situation. Zarena further ex plained: "Any American man what do aeril act do just as well with few practice. See? And I no like to do act with SHE STORMED AND RAVED. man in love. Man in love not in his right brains: let me fall and break my neck. You comprehend?" I comprehended and nodded, then the little Frenchwoman, who was all busi ness, informed me in her best English. and that was not very good, that she wanted me to prepare an advertisement for an expert aerial artist. The advertisement was prepared, in serted, and accomplished the desired re sult, and the pert and pretty Zarena reported that her practice with the new man was highly satisfactory. That was their affair, and I knew little about their progress until up to the very day of the arst public appearance in Amer ica of the dashing and daring French woman. "Then we came in contact and ani mated discussion. The auditorium of the taeater was a lofty one. the seats occupying a parquet and four circles, and a great part of the act was to be performed way up under the frescoed ceiling, where "ihe performers would look like -a couple of flies. And all the dan gerous and extra hazardous feats were to be performed without the protection cf a safety net. Against such a fool hardy exhibition I protested, and de . dared that the rule of the house should be insisted on: "A net must be used in the performance of all aerial acts, when the exhibition is given above the heads of the audience." Then I foujid out that my beautiful Queen of the Air had a will of her own. Heavens, how she stormed and raged 'n French, and when she reached the selght of the tempest she let out a coed round North American: "Damn!" Then, being out of breath, or greatly relieved, she subsided for a moment, and then renewed her -excitement, and made known her state of mind by as serting that she would leave for Paris the very next day, if she had to swim. Rather than to have the pretty spit ire drown I let her have her way, and 14a A -hSt v. a z iiirilfoiMfthssBtinJSYiiffi Iier way caine near costing her her life By the time for Zarena's appearance I had become so nervous and over wrought through anxiety and excite ment that I could save wished the French minx and all the rest of the aerial female Z.'s "in the deep bosom of the ocean buried." How many times in the course of hi3 career does a manager solemnly vow that he will never admit another danger-defying aerial act to his theater, and then go and put the most danger ous one he can find in his programme at the first opportunity? Everything was at sixes and sevens, anyway, in front of the house that night, because the Frenchwoman had drawn to an overflow, and there were too many people in the house for com fort. The doorkeepers seemed to have lost their heads, and were snappish and uncivil, and the ushers were any thing but polite and obliging. On the whole, I guess L was rattled myself. "Here she comes! Ain't she a daisy?" called an irrepressible small boy in the top gallery. The Frenchwoman came out and I I went out. From my office den I could hear the cheering reception to the lady frcm France; then came a crash from the orchestra, and the great midair perils begun. I didn't want to see them, but I couldn't keep away, and I felt rather surprised at myself when I became a part of the audience and was craning my neck to catch a glimpse of the tiny flcures as they appeared evoluting a: a giddy height aloft. It made me feel quite dizzy to look at them, and I turned away to note the averted gaze of others. I started to return to the office, mentally vow inz: "This is the last." At the office door I turned back again to view the dangerous performances. A great hush was upon the audience. I believe that I could hear everybody's heart beat. Mine was thumping at a fearful rate. Out of the stillness I heard a hissing command from the lips of the man! The Frenchwoman answered in an excitable undertone. There was a quick passage of words, the tennor of which no one could catch. Were thev quarreling up there over the heads of the audience? Words, more words, and fierce words! I was in a frenzy if they were not. Suddenly the woman made a dash down the elaborate rigging suspended from the act: to me it appeared as if she was attempting to escape the man. her pursuer, who was close upon her The audience took the movement for a part of the performance, and applaud ed, but intuition told me that some thing was occurring "not down on the bills." Evidently fear lent celerity to the woman's movements. I took it "that she was fleeing from him. The pursuer shrieked a horrible oath, and was upon the little Frenchwoman just as she reached the bar of a sus pended trapeze. "Help! Help! My God, the man is mad!" At her agonizing cry many of the audience sprang to their feet, just as many others swooned. Who was to help, and from whence was the aid to come? The lunatic was already attempting to unloose the woman's hold on the trapeze. Part of what next occurred I did not see. I heard the voice of a man in an upper circle cry in French: "Hold! I come!" The next instant the figure of a man clinging to a rope required for the fin ish cf the "flight for life" shot across the space with unerring aim, and a powerful arm wrested the woman from her perilous position. And then the fools of auditors, thinking that what they had seen was "a part of the show," made the theater ring with cheers. As that act, thank the Lord, was the last number on the bill, such of the audience as were not overcome found their way out, and the others were sent home when they were sufficiently recovered. The shock to the Frenchwoman was a terrible one. but she came out of it thankful for her narrow escape and grateful to her former discarded part ner, who had devotedly followed her from Paris and been the means of sav ing her life. In all the hubbub the lunatic hai walked off in his tights, and such at tire in the street boing unusual, he had promptly fallen into the hands of the police, and in due time was placed in such keeping as to insure safety both to himself and others. Upon aft er investigation it was learned that the unfortunate aerialist had suffered a se vere fall during the previous season, resulting in an injury to his head, which unfitted him from following his calling. For the remainder of the engagement the Frenchwoman's now accepted ad mirer appeared in their astounding aerial act. After that they returned to Paris, to indulge in the perpetual bliss which forever finds place in two loving hearts. A Bail aie. "A. Swindle" is the name that ap pears over the office door of a strug gling lawyer in the city of Stratford. Ontario. A friend of the unfortunate gentleman suggested the advisability of his writing oat his name in full, thinking that Arthur or Andrew Swin dle, as the case might be. would sound better and look better than the signifi cant "A. Swindle." When the lawyer, with tears in his eyes, whispered to him that his name was Adam, the friend understood and was silent. Opportunity. There is in the minds and hearts of many people a profound conviction that a new era of aggressive work is about to be ushered in; that a new day is already breaking a day of most glorious opportunity. Rev. John W. LyeU. Mistakes. It is better to make mistakes than to sit idle and inactive and view all things from a pessimistic standpoint. Dead people are the only ones who do no: make mistakes. Rev. Charles G. Ames. The energy whlea some people waste in denouncing their luck would almost enable them to sucand in spite of it. Peek. nri CAMPFIRE SKETCHES, GOOD SHORT STORIES FOR THE VETERANS. John Broirn'a Last Ljt en EartM Re tasrfcable Chain of Cirfcanwtanfce Connected with the Death of Ga. follerton. Ode to the Greek S!to GREEK! by more than Mos lem fetters thrall'd! O marble prison of a radiant thought. Where life is half recall'd. And beauty dwells, creat ed, not en wrought Why hauntest thou E my creams, enrobed In light. And atmosphered with purity, wbere- Ulne own soul Is transfigured, and grows bright. As though an angel smiled away its sin! O chastity of Art! Benold! this maiden shape makes solitude Of all the busy mart: Eeneath her soul's Immeasurable woe. All sensuous vision lies subdued. And from her veiled eyes the flow Of tears, is inward turned upon her heart; While on the prisoning lips Ker eloquent spirit swoons. And from the lustrous brow's eclipse Falls patient glory, as from clouded moons! Severe in vestal pra.ee. yet warm And flexile with the delicate glow of youth. She stands, the sweet embodiment of Truth; Her pure thoughts clustering around her form. Like seraph garments, whiter than the snows Which the wild sea upthrows. O Genius! thou canst chain Not marble only, but the human soul. And melt the heart with soft control. And wake such reverence in the brain. That man may be forgiven. If in the ancient days he dwelt Idolatrous with sculptured life, and knelt To Beauty more than Heaven! Genius is worship! for its works adore The Infinite Source of all their glorious thought. So bles.ed Art. like Nature, is o'er- fraught With such a wondrous store Of hallowed influence, that we who gaze Aright on her creations, haply pray and praise! Go. then, fair Slave! and in thy fet ters teach What Heaven inspired and Genius hath designed Be thou Evangel of true Art. and preach The freedom of the mind! John Browu Last Days. The following characteristic letter from John Brown, written only a few days before his execution, has just been published for the first time. It -was addressed to the great grand uncle of Miss Julia King of the faculty of the Emerson College of Oratory. It is worthy of a wide circulation: Charlestown, Jefferson Co., Va., 13 Nov.. 1S53. Rev. Luther Humphrey: My Dear Friend Your kind letter of the l"th inst. is now before me. So far as my knowledge goes as to our mutual kindred, I suppose I am the first since the landing of Peter Brown from the Mayflower, that has either been sentenced to imprisonment, or to the gallows. Eut, my dear old friend, let not that fact alone grieve you. You cannot have forgotten how and where our grandfather (Capt, John Brown) fell in 1776, and that he, too, might have perished on the scaffold had cir cumstances been but very little differ ent. The fact that a man dies under the hand of an executioner (or other wise) has but little to do with his true character, as I suppose, John Rogers perished at the stake, a great and good man as I suppose; but his being so does not prove that any other man who has died in the same -way was good or oth erwise. Whether I have any reason to "be of good cheer" (or not) in view cf my end. I can assure you that I feci so, and that I am totally blinded if I do not really experience that strength ening and consolation you so faithful ly implore in my behalf. God of our Fathers reward your fidelity. I neith er feel mortified, degraded, nor in the least ashamed of my imprisonment, my chain, or my near prospect of death by hanging. I feel assured that "not one hair shall fall from my head without my heavenly Father." I also feel that I have long been endeavoring to hold exactly "such a fast as God has choser." See the passage in Isaiah which ycu have quoted. No part of my life has been more happily spent than that I have spent here, and I humbly trust that no part has been spent to better purpose. I would not say this boastingly, but "Thanks be unto God who giveth us the victory through in finite grace." I should be sixty years old were I tc live till May 3, 1S60. I have enjoyed much cf I if j as it is. and have been remarkably prosperous, having early learned to regard the welfare and pros perity of others as my own. I have never since I can remember required a great amount of sleep, so that I con clude that I have already enjoyed full" an average number of waking hours with these who reach their "Three Score Years and Ten." I have not yet been driven to the use of glasses, but can still see to read and write, quite comfortably, but. more than that. I have generally enjoyed remarkably good health. I might go on to recount unnumbered and unmerited blessings, among which would be some very se vere afflictions and those the most needed blessings of all. And now, when I think how easily I might be left to spoil all I have done or suffered in the cause of freedom. I hardly dare risk another voyage, even if I had the opportunity. It is a Icng time since we met, but we shall now scon come together in our "Father's house." I trust. "Let us hold fast that we already have" re membering that we shall reap in due time if we faint not. Thanks be ever unto God. who giveth us the victory through Jesus Christ our Lord. And now. my old. warm-hearted friend. Good-bye. Your affectionate cousin. JOHN BROWN. Gen. FaUertoa's Death. "A remarkable chain of circuin t?jir?c i connected with thp dath of hsssssssiBiXsVtsVB?3r fLV v - " "i i u .il mr iin 'ffdh ilSria ""fr ,- Gen. Joseph 3. Fullertofi In the wrecS cf the east-bound BiUimcre Ohic express on the Youzhlogheny bridger near Oakland, Md.," said AI'Trt Swa3 ey, who accompanied Humphrey Ful Ierton to the scene cf the wreck, to a St. Louis exchange reporter. "Gen. j Fullerton came to St. Louis at my in I vitation to see tlie first iron work put I into his building at Seventh and Pine streets. The day he arrived 'was the first bt three days cr rainy weather. The men could not work in the rain, and I asked the general to -stay over until the next day. Ha did so, but the day was na better than the first, and I had a few minutes of hard talk ing to induce the general to stay over for the third day. I finally succeed ed, however, but the rain continued to fall and the work was not commenced. The continued bad weather put the general a little out of sorts and mak ing an engagement for the following day we parted. "That night he happened, to glance at the weather forecast and seeing rain predicted for the next day "'he wrote me a note of apology and departed on the 3 o'clock train for Cincinnati. The train arrived at Cincinnati two houre late and as a consequence Gen. Fuller ton missed the eastern connection. H? occupied berth No. 6 in the Pullman going to Cincinnati. "When the train failed to make con nection he was told that the sleeper would be sent back and was given a check for a berth on another car. This car was attached to the rear of the next train and Gen. Fullerton. Instad of going to his new berth, which wai in the first of the three cars, went into the berth he had occupied on his way from St. Louis. About S o'colck one of the conductors noticed the gen eral in the berth he had been assigned to while in Cincinnati. The General said that he did not like the Idea of sleeping in the rear ccach and had changed his mind about occupying his old berth. "The general was sick most of the night and rested uneasily. When the train was wrecked he was in his berth and this wad probably the cause of his death. When the train left the track on the curve approaching the bridge they were en the inside of the curve and the engine and all but the three sleepers rode over the bridge safely. The two Pullman cars at the rear cf the train were left on the bridge ap proach, owing to the breaking of the coupling and the first sleeper was carried about half way over. Its coup ling also broke and the car was hurl ed over the bridge Into the river, leav ing the trucks tottering on the edge of the bridge. After it reached the wa ter the heavy trucks fell with a terri ble crash on the rcof of the car im mediately over the berth of Gen. Ful lerton and buried that part of the car in the mud at the bottom of the river. "Search was immediately made for the dead and injured. The only one missing was Gen. Fullerton and, al though there are 125 men working at the river and immense quantities of dynamite have been used, the body has not yet been recovered. It is suppos ed to be buried beyond all hopes of recovery in the bed of the river. The general's clothing was recovered, as was also his pocketbook. which con tained precisely 113." The death cf Gen. Fullerton will not interfere with the erection of the building to be nam ed after him. Two of Grant's Aacctlote. In his "Campaigning with Grant" In the Century General Horace Porter gives the following anecdotes that were related by Grant at the headquarters mess: "I was with General Taylor's command in Mexico when he not only failed to receive reinforcements, but found that nearly all his regulars were to be sent away from him to join Gen eral Scott. Taylor was apt to be a little absent-minded when absorbed in any perplexing problem, and the morn ing he received the discouraging news he sat down to breakfast in a brown study, poured out a cup of coffee, and instead of putting in the sugar, he reached out and got hold of the mustard-pot and stirred lialf a dozen spoon fuls of its contents into the coffee. He didn't realize what he had done till he took a mouthful, and then he broke out in a towering rage. "We learned something at Shiloh about the way in which the reports of losses are sometimes exaggerated in battle. At the close of the first day's fight Sherman met a colonel of one of his regiments with only about a hun dred of his soldiers in ranks, and said to him, 'Why, where are your men?' The colonel cast his eyes sadly along the line, wiped a tear from his cheek, and replied in a whimpering voice: 'We went in eight hundred strong, and that's all that's left of us. 'You don't tell me!' exclaimed Sherman, beginning to be deeply affected by the fearful re sult of the carnage. Ycs,' said the colonel; 'the rebs appeared to have a special spite against us.' Sherman passed along some hours afterwards when the commissary was issuing ra tions, and found that the colonel's mec were returning on the run from under the bank of the river, where they had taken shelter from the firing; and in a few minutes nearly all cf the lost sev en hundred had rejoined, and were boil ing coffee and eating a hearty meal with an appetite that showed they wert still very much alive." An Auti-remate La ml. From one spot in the Grecian Archi pelago weman is absolutely excluded. It is said that as far back as history reaches it has been forbidden ground to all females. This bachelors Arca dia is situated en a bold plateau be tween the old peninsula of Acte and the mainland. Here, in the midst of cultivated fields and extensive wood lands, dwells a monastic confederation of Greek Christians, with twenty-three convents, and numbering more than 7, OCO souls. A few soldiers guard the border of this ami-female land, and no woman is allowed to cross the frontier. Expression. Music is an art. but back of ail art is the necessity for expression. Tiere is in man a necessity for expression a life within which he must utter him self. Rev. A. J. Wells. A Tointer. Connecticut has a state's prison con vict who can recite the whole of Shakespeare's plays. Here's a pointer on education as a promoter of mcral- - fV"iiBWifcM- iiTn.Tp'"' -' -t ' i ttrfTilflii PROSPERlTrCOMLNU eAKKOT Gtrt HERE UNTIL THE Tariff bill is passeP. I Somm KepUes to Zx-Presiilent ClevelaRcTs J BcsMat Attack Cpon the Kepobllcaa P S Sons Good Logic from Oar . .. lUcan EXrha0.3? al Washington Correspondent. greet fac!s have been made very y this weeVs discussion of the Questions before the cauntrv. of these Is that while the Re- publBtens are pressing hard for an earlypassage of the tsriff bill the Dem ocrat are holding it back in f?r4r to crea dk content with the delay of busiS3 activity. It is apparent to anyjSdy who stops to think of it that bosiiMEK cannot revive in the manufac turing; world or that business world dtoeicHent upon ntanufacturiEg. In "spue of. this fact, however, seme meni bers of Congress are receiving intima tions from their districts and states that tiiis seed which the Democrats are sowing among a ceftain class of peo ple is producing some dissatisfaction and criticism. "Of course it Is absurd that such complaint should be made and that people should think it worth listening ro," taid Chairman Dingley. talking of these critic'sms. "It is certainly un reasonable to assume that business activity in manufacturing lines could revive pending action upon tariff rates." "Is it net a fact. Mr. Dingley. that i-he knowledge that a tariff change is in immediate prospect proves more de pressing to the manufacturer than any othrr condition?" "Momentarily. res. j do not know that the word depressing is jast the en", but c?rtainly it does have the ef fect of making it impossible for him to make contracts even where he can get them and of making it difficult to get contracts at all. Dealers are un willing to make contracts for future delivery of goods during the pendenc of the tariff bill because they do not know what the rates of duty on im ported goods of the same class will be. Manufacturers are unwilling to make contracts during the pendency of the tarff bill because they do not know what they will have to compete with in foreign goods nor do they know what they will have to pay for the raw material which they bring in from abroad fcr use in manufacturing." "So the present period is probably the most diff cult one for the manufac turer to do business, to say nothing of tho impossibility cf increasing business or adding to the number of employes?"" "Yes. Then it ought to be remem bered, too. that importers are rushing gcods into the country at the greatest possible speed and that nearly a year's supply cf foreign goods will be in the warehouses cf the country by the time the new law goes into effect in spite of everything we can do to prevent 't. Th,s means that the manufacturers will not be able to resume activity to any great extent for several months yet. The people ought to understand this. I have no doubt that th new law, v.-hen it gets at work, will brins increased activity in manufacturing and thus produce prosperity in every branch of industry." Clerel.imi Attack, on Rrpiihlit-ar.. Thp ether thing made clear by thii ;veeks discucsion is that the Repub iirans are not at all disturbed ov.r 5X-President Cleveland's recent criti cism of the fact that they are promptly carrying cut their promises as to a protrc ive tariff and international bi metallism. One feature of the gossip resulting from this attack has been a revival of the recollection of Mr. Cleve land own record in this particular. "It was more than seven months." said one of the old observers of na tional politics here, "from the date of Mr. Cleveland's own inauguration in 1?3 before his Congress met to con sider any cf the propositions to which his party was pledged and within a few days of eighteen months bei'or? the leading premise of its platform was f'i!S!Ied in the enactment of a new rariff law. The buines? uncertainties, the long months of suspense, in which manufacturers and dealers of all classes were unable to prcceed intelli gently with business undertakings, and the stoppage of business end Toss of employment canseqiient thereto, make 'he eighteen months cf masterly inac tivity in which President Cleveland md his party neglcc.cd to fulfill with "hot haste" their promises of legisla tion, the most disastrous in the busi ness history of the country, a brief review of these eighteen months of delay in legislation by his party may indicate whether the Republicans of to-day ought to be deterred by his camplaint' of their "hot haste ' in carry ing out their promises. The number of failures of commercial and business concerns in the United States the first year of President Cleveland's adminis tration (1S33) were 13,2!2,with total lia bilities amounting to 534S.743.SS3. This covers only about one-half of the pe riod be: ween the inauguration of Pres ident Cleveland and the enactment of the legislation which his party prom ised. The record of 1S33. however, is the mest disastrous the country has ever experienced, the number of fail ures being fifty per cent greater than in the panic of 1S73. and the losses also fif.y per cent greater. In addition to thes-.- failures no less than 613 banks failed .Turing that year. This great number cf failures threw out of em ployment such large numbers of per sons 2-d reduced W3ges in so many cases rs to cause an unusual number of stri" es and lockouts, resnltinz in great ' :sses of wages of workingmen and k ses to employers. Over 230. C0O eirnloyes were Involved in the strikes occurring between March 4. 1S33, a-.d August 2S. 13-j. the date of the enr ctment of the Wilson law. Thf loss in wages to the persons thrown out of employment by the strikes an I icckous in those eighteen months, as shown by the report cf the United States commissioner of labor is over flo.COO.QOO, while the business loss to employers aggregated about half that sum. Reports cf the interstate com merce covering this period- also afford interesting comment upon the effect of the business troubles which existed daring the pendency of the promised legislation during the year 1S33. Many of the most important railroads of the -sT (SP T cleaigb greaf Ont$ chtfni?" -rere placed in the hands of" receivers. T rtileage of thirty rail roads so treated in tit first hall of the period between President Cleveland's Inauguration and the completion cf tb- legislation promised in his platform Tras 25,375 mites, or nearty one-sev-entfi of all th railroad lines of the United S(a'te3. Their Indebtedness was !.212.217,0o3". The above recotH of' prominCii events during the eighteen fseaths In which President Cleveland and iis party ileld tha country in suspense prior td the enactment of the legisla tion promised by titsta wilt indiCUe to some extent whether ht ds justified in complaining o! the "hot haste" with which the Republican party is carrying out its own pledges on this occasion." G. H. WILLIAMS. The ranaeffctt fio: Tnril?. Chicago Times-HeracJ: Tha British exultation over the new Caiia'lian tariff will not fool any of the protec tionista in the Fifty-fifth. Congressal thongh it may provide some explosive material for the popocraU in the sen ate who are impressed with the neces sity of making some kind of an assault on the Dingley bill. In estimating the possible effect of the new Cinsdian tariff on our trade with Canada it mua not be forgotten that geographical conditions Jannot be entirely obliterated by the Dominion government, even though the desire to promote the commercial and indus trial interests of the great empire may be dominant among the Canadian peo ple. The United States provides such an accessible and attractive market that Canadians cannot be entirely di verted from it by the pro-British tariff policy just inaugurated. Gur market is so much more valuable to the Cana dians than the Canadian market is to us that the members of Congn?sd will be guilty of grave disloyalty to dc mestic interests if they allow this Do minion menace to deter them from put ting a good tariff en lumber, coal and the cereals. The new Canadian tariff bill discrim inate? in favor of British good.i by schedules intended to apply to imports from Great Britain alon. The prefer ence amounts to 12 per cent, as against the imports from other coun tries, and will continue in forco until July, 139S, after which the preference will be increased to one-fourth. The motive behind this double sched ule is very obvious. It is projected tt this time as a threat to the tariff makers in the Fifty-fifth Congress. Unless Canadian goods are admitted to our markets under the conditions which prevail under the Wilson-Gorman law the Canadians propose to buy all the goods which they do not make themselves in Great Britain. But the instinct of commercial ag grandizement is stronger with the Canadians than loyalty to the crown. The Canadians are willing to be gov erned by Great Britain. It is one of the be3t governments on earth. Bat the Canadians are certain to seek the market where they can buy to the best advantage, and that market la in the United Stated. Cleveland's Complaint. Ex-President Cleveland is a good one to talk about "protecting the fair fame of our nation against shame and scan dal." This is the expression of the opening sentence of his Xew York speech at a meeting last Saturday night at which he and a handful of his fol lowers made an attack upon the Re publican party for carrying out the principles laid down in its platform. If .Mr. Cleveland had recounted the scandals of his own administration, the sugar trust scandal, the bond scandal, the Chicago lake front scandal, the for eign policy scandal, and numbers of others which might be mentioned, his speech would have been a good deal longer and much more interesting. As it was. he devoted it to abusing the Republican party because it is giving its first attention to carying out the pledges of its platform, a protective tariff, an effort for international bi metallism, and the full maintenance of the present safe standard of our cur rency. lie attacked net only the Republican party, but that large and growing class of Democrats who believe in protection, another large class of Democrats who voted for Mr. Bryan, and another class of voters who support the measures of the Populist party. If Mr. Cleveland keeps on attacking those "vho believe in some of the things which he believes he will soon find timself standing ab solutely alone Nobody ever before suspected Mr. Cleveland of being a humorist. Upon no other theory, however, it is possible to explain his assertion made in his Xew York speech the other night tha. his party "defends the humble toiler against oppressive exactions in his home and invites him to the utmost enjoyment of the fruits cf industry, economy and thrift." The experience of the "humble toiler" since llr. Cleve land came to office four years ago will hardly enable him to agree with that gentleman in this statement. Ex change. A Firm rrei:;ii I'ollry. President McKinley's foreign policy is evidently going to differ very ma terially from that of his predecessor. The first few weeks cf his administra tion resulted in the release from the Cuban prisons of practically every Am erican citizen confined therein and this has been followed by the quiet depar ture for Hawaiian waters of one of our war vessels, evidently intended to pro tect American interests there and to prevent control there by the Japanese or other powers. Vice President Hobart is winning high commendation as a presiding c cer cf the senate. One of the oldest officials of that body says he is devel oping greater capac ty and ability a.s a presiding officer than any vice presi dent whom he has ever known. The thousands of old soldiers who were dismissed from office by the Dem ocratic administration are being re stored to their positions as rapidly as possible by the Republican party, now in control of the government. Democrats are srolding because the prosperity of IS32 has not been restored at once. The answer is that the protec tive tariff cf 1S32 has not yet been re stored to the statute books. HOW TO SAVE THE SEALS. Sogsestfost That Tensale B Braadd So as to Spoil Their Hide. Prof. David Starr Jordan, of Stanford nnivsrslty, has returned fro Wsh inrtofi, IX (?.. where he has b'v fcr the last tire weeks attending to mat ters connected with the iur seal in vestigation. Prof. JorUa went to Washington to see that the Baring sea hir al investigation was properly car ried rir from one administration to the other, -ay the San Francisco Chronicle. He was the United States commissioner in the Investigation made last summer at the seal islands, and he fa Interested in seeing carried out his recommendation fcr the protection of the seal herd. He was accompanied on his trip by the secretary of the com mission. Georgtf A, Ciark. who is r.lso secretary of Stanford university. When asked abouS It Dr. Jordan said that steps would be talwn by the new ad ministration looking to x final settlc aeat at the fur seal questl on the basla of tk tn.Tetigtleiie lt summer. 11 said: "Great Britain sent to the fur seal Is!mf a commission of her own. which, in cannStlon with the American commission, has thoroughly investigated the condition of the seal herd. TnU commission agreed in all matters of fact with the findings of ths American commission. Their report, however, has cot yet been published. The only possible settlement of the fur seal (iaestion lies in the total prohibi tion of pelagic sealing. Great Britain will, therefore, ddabtless bo asked to unite with the United States in some equitable arrangement whereb killing of females at sea can be dtne away 'vith. It is believed that Great Britain will not refuse to unite with us in tak ing steps to preserve the fur seals. However, in case she should refuse to make any fair arrangement, the United States will be prepared to take the mat ter in its own hands and protect its ov.n interests by aggressive measures. Steps will immediately be taken to brand the female seals in such a way as to destroy the value of their skins and also to protect the males by herd ing them In the salt lagoon on St. Paul island during the sealing season. Prac tical experiments made last summer have demonstrated the feasibility of these two measures, and their effect will be to put an end to the business of pelagic sealing." Tortureil an 01l Woman. Two white men and a negro tortured Mrs. Anna Beaman. aged 73. of Deca tur. III., into giving up 3700, a few nights since. They threatened burning and offered all manner of indignities during the four hours the burglar were in the house. To-day, marriage is considered as simply an experiment, to last accord ing to the whim or fancy of those who contract it. Rev. Father Ferrell. JUST FOR WOMEN. The furnace fire is being snubbed gradually. Tho magnolia trees look like giant snowballs. Xo one ever thinks your pen quite good enough for them. Robin's egg blue stationery is being used in preference to violet, so long popular. The most casual church-goer made yesterday remarkable by strict atten tion to religious duties. Your umbrella may seem a burden in the morning, but it is frequently a joy ous friend before night. It seems as though borrowing had reached the limit when a neighbor comes after your sewing machine A skirt that bags well and a shirt waist made by a tailor combine cor rectly, according to the summer girl3 notion. A woman who goes about with her hair in curl papers has no reason for wondering why her husband wants a -ivorce. There is one thing certain, the bird of paradise plume has not yet reached a price that will permit of its getting common. To feel a sense of utter helplessness one only has to lose their bicycle pedal3 going down hill and discover when too late that the brake won't work. What happens next cannot be recorded in a few brief lines. Philadelphia Times. VARIETIES. Xo fewer than 7,633 patents on kitch en utensils have been taken out at Washington. The tn."ee popular pictures in the London shop wi-dews are those of the queen. Mr. 1? nodes and Dr. Xansen. A small number of wemen have served as letter-carriers in England for many years and they give general sat isfaction. A Birmingham (England) tradesman has turned loose in the streets a p.ur of herons with advertisements attached to them. A Philadelphia board charged wkh bringing order out of the chaos, has made 1,730 changes in names of streets the past year. A olazing tail of a pet cat alarmed Mrs. Arthur Gibbs of Munnsviile, X. Y.. and enabled her to rescue her sleep ing tabe from a fire. Many savages think that fire aetual Ty dwells in stone and wood, because, frcm these substances, it can be ob tained by striking and friction. "Are you going abroad this sum merT" "I don't know. Papa is in Washington seeing Mr. McKinley abou: It now." Cleveland Plain Dealer. GEMS OF THOUGHT. The onb faith that wears well and holds its color in all weathers is that which is woven of conviction and set with the sharp mordant of experience. Lowell. 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