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V \ LIBERTY'S VIGIL V = : J-- * 'iF''iF-i' ' ' " ' "l ' ' ' j ' r - - - ? - A" - 'jj'r y 'I' gtj tf S * IIO\V A LlVINll TORCH IN THE TKKE TOP GUI DUD THE FISIIKK FATHER HOME. lly JOHN J. n'lll'CKIlT. ( Copyright , 1856 , by 8. B. McClure Comjmny. ) Hack In the mist of early colonial history a email town clung lo the extreme point o a narrow Island , which was at the head of a beautiful bay. Dchlnd the limited area In which clustered tha modern wooden houses of those Dutch settlers there were broai meadows and stretches of marshland. In front of It sparkled the blue of a magnlficcn harbor. In the bay wore two or three other Islands Ono of them was quite a tiny spot of earth On It was a llttlo house In which dwelt a family of a llttlo wife and a little girl , no C years old , and a large , muscular , thick set husband. Thcro was only this one house and family on the Island , and they lived there because Jan Vrrbackkcn was a poor man and I cost him nothing for the land. He had bull the house with his own sturdy hands. In front of It , down by the shore , long fish nets were often drying In the sun , for Jan was a fisherman. It Is a pity to record that this big , dark eyed , black-bearded Jan had once been a pirate. Hut ho found a sweet maiden on ono of the trading vessels which he hat pillaged , and fell so much In love with he that he abjured his ways and took to fish Ing and honesty rather than not possess her for the companion of his life. He did not make as much money , but he slept better at night and ho had his own homo on terra firm a , ( If It was only a do on an Island ) , Instead of skulking on hit black-flagged craft In secluded coves am lnlct unknown to the bulky trading vessels which sailed up to the town at the hcac of the bay. LII1ERTY. When his girl baby came to brighten the home nest Jan felt that ho had done well Indeed to give o'er the exciting dangers ol privateering for the soothing joys ot this retired homo life. Ills little girl "Killed under her mother1 ! ) colors , " aa Jan put It , for her ullky curls tr ' ? ' ? j/i j * W l j HIS WIFE AND LinBRTY WATCHED HIM UNTIL , HE DISAI'PEAHED. wcro flaxen and her round , bright eyes as blue as the corn flower. Jan was not only dark himself , but ho had done his sailing under a black flag. He was glad that his little one did not take after him In her coloring , for It might have seemed like a shadow ot that dark past. There was ono drawback to their small Island an a home. Yet Jan's wife felt as if oven In this there might bo a blessing In disguise. When the ccatarcrs caught a pirate instead of a plrato catching them , they stopped at this round of land In the sparkling bay , and promptly liangcd him there. It was a good object leraon to Jan of the wisdom he had Hhown In abandoning the terrible days ot his own piracy. No ono but his wife knew that he had been ono of these despera does of the wa. and as long as ho had thrown all that up through his yearning love for her , s > ho tried her best to make his life as happy as a seafaring man's can be. It was happy. So was hcr's , too. She mlroud him when ho was off on hla fishing trips , though ho was seldom gona oven the whole length of the day. lly setting forth at daybreak , beforu mindown ho caught enough bass and blucllsh and shed , cruising around in the bay or running up tbu broad river that empties Into It , to have no need of prolonging his absence Into the night. Then Jan would pick out the best fish to bring homo and would sell the rest to the townspeople on the Island point , or trade them with the millers for flour and Indian meal , or with the farmers for fruit and vegetables. * When Jan had been a plrato ho seemed free , but the bondage of prison or the quicker thrift of the gibbet had always lurked men acingly below the horizon of each day. Now ho was really free , because ho was subject to no ono but his dear wife and their darling child. He felt as Independent aa a king and when his baby was born Into the small estate , but largo freedom of their Island homo , with a touch of Imagination and gratitude worthy of a converted Dutch- blooded plrato , ho solemnly named her "Lllicrty. " ( living this name to his sweet llttlo girl was llko signing his own natno to a contract to bo always gooa and Industrious , that the birthright of this child might never bo Im periled , THE STORM. Ono summer day Jan had homtcd the sail of his small flailing boat and his wife nnd Liberty watched him until ho disappeared down the bay. Jan kept , turning his glance back to the two llguret : on that blessed spot of earth. It was a warm , sultry day. In the afternoon It became hotter and grew very cloHc. When night fell upon the little Island the heat was like a furnace and by 9 o'clock the dark sky was Illumined only by angry ilaahcH of lightning , whllo the sharp cracks of thunder made llttlo Liberty run to her mother's knee for helter , even In the walls of the hoiiHo that Jan had built. Jan hod probably utarted homo , but Mm. _ Verbakkcn had not , ecen any trace of the dlugy sail ot his boat by the last rayn of light. Now this terrible storm had burnt In iiuch fury , and ho , who was life Knelt to her , was In It. She was full ot anxiety. Jan generally steered his \\ay home by instinct and tue stare when ho was out after dark In his boat , but now there were no fitars In the black night and the wows lashed the llttlo Island aa If they thought It was Impudent to hold up In such a boiling sea and meant to overwhelm It. Jan would bo swept from hU course. And nhould ho chance to steer straight for the island ho might bo dashed upon It In the darknces and be wrecked wlthlu call of hlu own ruof tree. . What could she do ? The ono lantern with Its smoky flame was worse than noth- int. The poor llttlo wife had breasted her way through the rushing wind to the uhorc und had strained her oyrH to catch some cllmpso of Jnn's boat. Hho had uttered aa loud a cry as eho could In the hope that he might hear It. nut the gale blew half the Bound down her throat and choked her , and the rcftt waa swept off In the wrong direc tion on the ihrleklng wind , TII'K ' LITTLE TORCHI1EARER. Then In her panting despair an Inspira tion came to her. U was an heroic meas ure. Llttlo Liberty might not be able to carry out her part In It. Hut It wna a etrcngtlu'iiliiK thought , and aho felt with ale \\lo child the darllDK WAI , and being Jan'a and here , would she not be brave ? On the top of a low hillock In the Island was a trco of coimldcrablc height. To thlc Jan had rigged a swing , Sallor-llkc , he hai run the rope through a pulley , which he had fastened to a stout upper bough. "Llttlo one , " said her mother , clasping the child's small hands In hers and looking earnestly Into the upturned eyes , "papa Is out on the sea In the night and storm and big waves and cannot see his way home Ho may bo drowned ! Do you want to help mother save him ? " "Vass , maramcr. Vass , " the child re plied solemnly , with round eyes. "And will you do just what mamma tells you , and be bravo and strong , like papa ? " "Vass. Liberty will. Liberty wants to , ' replied Jan's llttlo girl with eager earn estness. Hci- mother kissed her with a sob. Then she ran to an outhouftc and selected a long knotted plno fagot. She lit a fire on the hearth and stuck the end ot the fagot Into the flames. Whllo It was kindling oho snatched the small white counterpane from Liberty's bed and got a cell ot stout manTlla rope from a cupboard. Plucking the blazing fagot from the flro she took Liberty by the hand and hastened to the swing. Sticking the fagot In the ground , nho wrapped the counterpane about the child and tightly lashed her , enfolded In It , to the rope of the swing. "Now , darling listen , and do just what mother tells you , Hold this torch In your hands , tight , tight. Thcro ! that way , so It will not burn you. " The child , with awe In her face , but an air of dauntless courage , clutched the fagot In her two soft hands , with a tremulous sigh. Then the mother hauled on the other eldo of the rope and the living beacon rose slowly In the air. The wind blew a rent sheet of yellow flro from the crackling fagot , kindling It to greater flame. It waa full of rosin and the stiff gale only whipped It to a fiercer blaze. When thu mother had tugged at the rope until the child was at the greatest height she could go , Mrs. Verbahhun pealed her self In the loop of the swing and clung dog gedly to the same side on which she had been hoisting. Hep upturned eyes wcro fastened on her child. The roaring glare ot the fagot lit up the white-robbed little girl , and her tossing golden curls -were llko annthcr soft sphere of fire. Oh , If courage should fall the child ! Or If she should let the torch drop ! Or should bo burned by some swift veer In the wind ! Heaven be good to them. She could not cry up to her to encourage her. The voice of the whistling wind drowned her own. She could only keep her eyes strained on that nmnll figure In the air with the blazing plno fagot clutched In her tiny bands. The blaze wabbled and swayed , but It stayed. It was Jan's child holding It for her father. LIHERTY'S REWARD. How long that vigil lasted Mrs. Vcrbak- ken never knew. It seemed each moment a growing marvel that the small lungs of her child could brook the fierce gusts of that upper air , and the tender hands and cour- ngo could not hold out lu that uhlrl of fiery heat and flame. At last , as the torch was drooping more and more In the cramped grasp of the baby hands , the mother's heart plead against the wife's and she felt that she must lower the plucky little girl. Just then she thought she heard a sharp , quick grating on the pebbly shore as If n boat had been driven up on It' With tears of Joy she waited breathless. Two moments , and Jon , soaked with wet and hastening up the slope as fast as his clogged legs would let him , strode forward Into the gleam of the home-torch and saw the now star In the heaven which had been his guide. Ho lowered the llttlo girl who still clung to her torch , although her face was set , and some of her wind-blown golden curls were singed by the flame. John Verbakken , with a proud smile on his stern lips and wclnces In his black eyes that the storm had not put there , hugged Liberty with his left arm close to his breast , and with his other round his drooping wife led them Into the small house , happier than ever before In his whole adventurous life. Ho had been driving Ignorantly about In tlio stormy darkness wton that star of guidance flashed upon his training eyes and down In his rugged breast the love In his heart had told him that It blazed for him , though how ho knew not till ho sealed the Mil and saw llttlo Liberty swing aloft tl.o beacon for her father's salvation. * * They lived and died happily , Jan and his nlfe , and when they passed away took perpetual possession of their miall Island by pinking Into Its breach for the long sleep before the final dawn. The writer learned all this from a musty old Krccd , written by Liberty horpclf , nnd which Is now jealously treasured In the archives of an old American family. Do not ask lt name. You know It well. Ono thing may bo told. On that Polf-samo small Island of Jan's , when the mm sank behind the smoky Jersey outlines In the west , ever since the autumn of 1SSG , there has Hood the moat majestic maiden -In the world , with a torch fed by electric flro In her unwavering hand. Far down the bay the Incoming ttcamcrs sight the noble figure of liberty enlightening the world. Hut It Is not a bit more noble , not more beautiful than was the little child of 5 , mvung Into the storm-vexed air of that summer night of the long ago , guiding by her fagot's leaping flame her father , whom love hai made good , back to wife , daughter and Ions Island home. 1U3CI3.V11 OASAIHA.NCAS. Sniiill ! ! ' > > AVIin ll.MK-rx-.l ( luSnllorn * CoiiriiKi * mill Saved ilu > Ship. This Is the accurate story of another boy a real boy. of the present 'moment who stood on the burning deck. He Is oven a more soul-stirring boy than Casablanca , for Caaablanca had to be told to stand where he did. This modern hero not only stood fast by the ship through his own volition , but ho made the quaking seamen stand by with him and bring the vessel triumphantly out of danger. You will read of no manlier act In all history than that of llttlo 14-year-old Horace Comer of the steamshlruMarlno , C.OOO tons , owned by the Ocean Transport com pany , and now at the Azores for repairs. Letter * recently received tell the story , and the Seaman's Journal of London gives the Facts of the Incident , along with news of the Hro damage to the Marino. On October 7 the Marino , laden with chemicals , was running through violent seas. The ocean was foamIng - Ing and fuming , but above the roar of the wind Captain Murray , from the bridge , at 10 o'clock that night , heard a strange , tumultu ous noise on board. Ho hastily dispatched the third ofllcer to ascertain the cause. The ofllccr scarcely had reached the deck "when a terrifying volume of flame shot up from the fore part of the main deck. " Ho ran Jack to the bridge deck. "Chemicals afire , sir ! " ho shouted to the captain. Several of the Iron drums full of the most nflammablo kind of material , and which > urna ns hot as Hades , had been forced ooao by the pitching and jumping of the ship , and their contents somehow Ignited. Dense , suffocating smoke arose and drove the men from their poets of duty , H drove every man from the engine room except ( ho chief engineer and fourth engluecr , who stuck manfully tq their engines and 'hrough- out the whole perilous tlmo carried out the orders telegraphed to them below uy the captain , Even the man at the wheel fled for safety : o another part of the burning vessel. Thcro was the Marino pounding about , with Ire In her vitals , and wind and waves doub- liig their punishment upon her when she no longer faced them , but drifted help ers I y. Captain Murray damned the men and damned the elements , but ho swore by hla ship , and ho took her1 helm and put her before - fore the wind again , her Iron nose as pug- laclously resistant as before. A heavy derrick , burned through , fell and slapped her on the deck. She hurled It rom bulwark to bulwark , smashing parti of herself In the multiplying distresses ot the moment. Then the chief mate gathered ornu ot the paulcky crew and cccurva the derrick. Seeing the flamco rlno higher , snapping like huge banners In n gale , the crow then ran upon the poop And huddled there , too frightened for several seconds to know enough to put on life belle. One ot them grabbed a life belt , and his compan ions fought one another to bo first to get the other belts and buckle them on , Their trended contest was Interrupted suddenly by the approach of llttlo Comer , the cabin boy , bareheaded , whose shrill voice was heard through the tempest cryIng - Ing : ; "What's the use of going on llko that ? It we have to die , let's die like men and Englishmen ! " The sailors stopped their struggling , They appeared to understand the abjcctncss of their position. "Coino on , men ! " paid one. "Let's at least bo boys ! " and they followed the llttlo fellow back and stood again ready for commands at their places of duty. It was hard , desperate labor. Hut at 3:30 : o'clock next morning the flro had been so far subdued that the peril ot being left on a bolrtcrous open ocean , with nothing but the lifeboats , was soon entirely overcome. This was not accomplished , however , with out most of the men being left with wounds from the fierce battle. E. Ryder , another boy , bore his piwt of the fight with admira ble pluck and fortitude. Ryder was the mcssroom steward. In help ing the crew against the flames his foot was crushed. Turning to the second officer , ho raid : "I'lcaso. sir , cut It off ! " In his letter to the owners at Liverpool , Captain Murray speaks In terms that do one's heart good of the gallantry of there two lads. They were training ship boys , ono having come from the English training ship Ex- mouth to the Marino , and the other from the Warsplto lapt October 2 , . which means that they had seen only five days' actual sea service before showing what pplcndld stuff they were made of. Captain Murray says that for the brave words of llttlo Comer nt a tlmo when everything was at Its worst the crew are going to give Mm a present. Ryder's foot had to bo amputated. Ho Is now In the hospital at Azores , where the uteam- Bhlp he sacrificed It for la undergoing re pairs. It's a pity thc > boys have no fathers alive to bo proud of them , uHKKt'i ' , ciiu.nitnx. The Wny IiUOr KliiKorM Mny Wonvt- Comfort for tinIloiiMiliolil. . Paper folding occupies a very Important place In the kindergarten , and there seems no reason \\liy It may not also do so In the household by giving to the llttlo folk the keen Joy they experience when allowed to do their share In the work of the "grown ups. " Not long ago a child lover , who had for some tlmo had this thought In her mind , was bidden to a wedding feast , and during supper she noticed how cftcn llttlo paper boxes were In requisition. Several sorts of Ices were served In paper cases and the candlcJ fruit appeared , .each Individual grape , cherry , orange section nnd so on , reposing In Its dainty holder of the sama material. Now , that every mother may with the aid of sugar and seasonable fruit , mike nt very small ex pense the last named delicious goodies at home , It Is delightful to realize that even these who must study the strictest economy may Indulge the young people In what fur- nlshey the prettiest parto of a dainty supper. Decides thess cJses , only think of the number of articles that llttlo children can make. If the elder ones take a luncheon to school , paper napkins for wrapping the sand wiches and cake should bo folded by tlr dozcns , also the paper mats BO Indispensable for the dial ] which Is to hcJd anything fried. Shelf paper , too , and cardboard boxes fcr biking grated cheese , all thews and many moro simple articles are possible to wee fingers trained In the kindergarten. Herein also Is a holiday hint that niiy be carried out to nny extent , for why may not the older children set to work with paper and cardboard to make Christmas tree decorations and presents for the , younger children ? Doll1 and their furniture , holders for envelope-- and writing paper , and for the pater's news paper , shaving bills , a waste piper receiver , valentines when February comes here , are possibilities only waiting for some- kindly older hands to change Into fascinating realities for the ever eager finger. . ' of children. llO lTflY \VAXTS. . Hnrpcr'B Hazar. Do I know what I want for Christmas ? Well , kinder , I rather think ! I don't want much , J can tell you Unit. Oh. come , now , you necdn t wink. I renlly don't cnre for n lot of things , the way 'most nil kids do ; But the things I want , I really .want , nnd I want 'cm nil straight through. A box of those real stone building-blocks you can put down number one , And a fast cxprexH Hint goes by steam , and a pennlnc Bhootln'-gun , And a kit full o' tools , and a foot ball suit , and a pony nnd i > ony-c.irt , And a Ferris wheel , nnd a model clock with works you can take part. And , pay , don't forget , I'd llko a dog no woolly old cotton pup , Hut a real live dog that can bark and yelp , and when morning comes wake me up ; And a gulnea-plir , and a parrot , too , nnd a cage full of line white mice , And u model complete of n cruiser neat I think would bo rather nice. And. I say , there's a game railed Badmin ton 1M like a good sot of that , And a cricket milt , and n bane ball mask , and 11 Hlove. and a hickory bat ; And while you're about those pportlng shops you might look around and sec If they haven't a sawcd-olT lot of clubs for Kolf for a chap like me. And then , on your way back home , you might stop In nt a good book store And get al ) Oliver Optic's hooks , and Hcnty's , and one or two more. I'll plvo you a list In two or three days lit Clmlllu and Kirk Mini roe , And a dozen or moro of fulry talcs , the exciting OUCH , don't you know. And then , as you walk to the car , you'll pass n place where they've postage stamps And albums , too I want the kind with n lock and nickel clamps And , say , hold on. I'm not qulto through , don't go off and leave mo yet I want a set of United States cents nnd a walnut cabinet. Oh , well , goodliy. I'll FCC you again , nnd Blve you a list of the ret Of the thlngH I want on Christmas day the OIIPH I llko the bPHt. Though , of course , you know. I don't want much as most of the small kldn do. I want a few things , but those I do want , I tell you , I want all through ! I-HATTM : ( iFiTin YOu.vcSTIus. Minister Why Is It. nobby , that your father never comes to church any moro ? Hobby Oil , It turned out that ho didn't hove the consumption , nf tor all. Mamma Johnny , I fear you were not at school yesterday. Johnny H'm ! I'll bet the teacher told you. A woman can never keep a secret. "Tommy , " said the teacher , "what la meant by nutritious food ? " ' "Something to cat that ain't got no taste to It , " replied Tommy. Freddy What do you want to catch the fly for ? Little Johnnie Sifter bias Just made her self a glasu of lemonade , and I'm awful dry. Willy I met our new minister on my way o Sunday school , mamma , and ho aakcil mo t I over played marbles on Sunday. Mother H'm ! And what did you say to that ? Willy I raid , "Get thco behind me , Satan , " and walked right oft and left him. "Mamma , " said llttlo Mary , "what doca omen mean ? " "It means that you Join In with what has been raid , dearie that you approve of and believe It. " "O ! * . yes , I know , " said the llttlo girl. "It's the opposite of nit , Isn't It , mamma ? " "Father , are generala bravo men ? " asked Johnny of his father , "Yos , my ixjn , as a rule , " was the answer. "Then why docs artlstn moke pictures ot 'cm ' standing on a hill three miles away , looking at a battle through an opera glaiu ? " The telephone Is a great Institution. Llttlo Plnka always wanted to tell big llraulier that ho thought him a mondaclouu scoundrel , TO ho rang him up on the wire the other morn ing and did It. "O , I am , am I ? " roared Ilraihcr furiously. "I am , oh ? Well I'll fix you when we meet. Who are you ? " "None of your business , " tmld llttlo lllnk , ami to this moment Brasher doesn't know who did It. NATIONAL ILLS AND REMEDIES Plain , Falpablo and Unmistakable Oauso of CLAMOR FOR CHEAP- MONEY A SYMPTOM DlnMnct nml I'oalllvc Hvlls Wlileli Af fect llnlli l r Mliiop > § ijtnil Cou- umer Itcpnlillcnn 1'nrtr Now that the clccllon Uggver ami cam palgn necessities are no lorigfc supreme , mer who did Rood service 'on ftUojgold standard side , writes Henry King InMho Globe-Demo crat , arc willing to concede tliat the clamo tor cheap money was a symptom , and tha the disease thus Indicated still rcnialna. t bo dealt with as a difficult problem , or series of problems. It Is not conceivable that over G.000,00 men. representing all classes , more or less went to the polls and voted a given tlckc simply because * they liked silver better than gold , or because they were eager to chca somebody , to destroy values , and to prevent vent general prosperity. Very few of them comparatively. Lad any personal Interest h the silver mining Industry ; the most o them were residents of states In vhicl that Inducement did not exist. They were of the opinion that an Increase of the cur rcncy would bo an advantage to the whole nation , and would servo particularly to re Hove their own misfortunes' . That Is to say they were dlss.itlslled with prevailing condl tlons , and they were wilting to try thin plan of Improvement. Thoao of us who holt the contrary opinion happened to be mor numerous than they were , and so the plai wen not adopted. In a fair and square trla It was decided that free silver was not a safe and proper remedy for the Ills of whlcl these people complained. But the dlsconten which caused so many votes to bo polled fo It waa not thereby changed to content. Th Ills In question have not been removed , am It Is not to be expected that the victims are going to keep quiet about them , nn'v that the gold standard Is to be maintained. TUB CAUSE HKMA1NS. This aspect of the political situation I the ono of greatest prreent Importance , as several prominent public men perceive am declare , and as more of them will see In tht near future.Ve have settled the free si : ver controversy , but wo have not settled the things that earned It , and that are sun to remain a disturbing force In our politic , until they are settled. There Is an hones belief , an 1'ostmastor General Wilson B.IJO "that the government Is so adnilnlsterci and laws so framed as to make unjust dIs , trlbutlon of social benefits. " Secretary Fran els asserts that , "If some legislation Is no enacted to check the growing Inlluence o wealth and clrcuirscrlbc the power of trusts and monopolies , there will be an uprising o the people before the century closes , whlel will endanger our very Institutions. " Sena lor Hoar affirms that "It Is not strange that discontent exists among the people of the new states. " "who sco colossal fortunes acquired In forbidden ways , by the fraudu lent management of great railroads , by thi porvoiwlon of corporate powers bestowed bj the government for public use and for public ends , or by gambling In stocks or In tht necessaries of life. " Similar expressions come from other political leaders , from dis tinguished clergymen and from Influcntla newspapers ; and the significance of such talk from such sources Is not to ho misunder stood. * " LOFTY INDIFFERENCE. There are those , to bo euro , who assume an air of lofty Indifference with regard to these alleged wrongs'and.dangers. , The } belong to the all-we-wintjls-to-be let-alont class of observers , and are fond of calling for specific Instances of-HaiJ evils , which Is equivalent to saying that there arc none such. Even as wise apd cencrally candid a man as cx-Presldeol vuarrlson permits himself to play a part of tnls kind. "I have no patience whatcvcr"TfiT said the other day to a convention of farmers , "with people who are always fightingfife. . If you have anything to antagonize-nut with It anil sncclfv It : make your httnck directly. If there are abuses of any 'kind In leglalatlot or In the business of the country , lot us fix the public eye on them , and then we can trust the country to make It right. " This Is merely a shirking of the Issue , of course Mr. Harrison Is not Ignorant of at least some of the causes of discontent. They have Incni In his own state , as well as In others. He knous that the Indiana producers are not prosperous ho talked about It In every speech that ho made during the recent cam paign ; and ho knows just as well that the } never can bo prosperous so long as certain manifest forms of Injustice continue In the circumstances by which they are surrounded. It Is not at all dlfllcult to point out dis tinct and positive evils In the case of the farmer , and to show how they can bo re moved. Any man who has an Intelligent acquaintance with the facts , and Is not blinded by bigotry or prejudice , knows pre cisely where to look for such things. There can bo no dispute about the low prices of agricultural products , and that Is the basis of most of the complaints. Why are they so law ? When this question Is asked the usual answer Is overproduction ; but that Is not true In a general sense. PRODUCER AND CONSUMER SQUEEZED. The prices that 'the ' producer receives for his grain , as compared with those which the consumer has to pay , show a wide gap , which represents the tribute levied by those who handle It. These Intermediate charges come out of the value of the product , and the owner gets what Is left. lie Is not con sulted In the making of them , but Is re quired to pay them as he pays taxes to the state. When ho hears about low freight rates , and concludes to do his own shipping , ho discovers that they do not apply to his grain until after It passes Into the hands of the large buyers. These are the rates that look so well in the statistics of cheap trans portation , but the producer does not get the benefit of them. The farmers of the Mis souri valley are now getting 15 cents a bushel for their corn , whereas the market prlco at the southern point of export Is 34 cents ; and there Is a dllfercnce nf about 23 cents per bushel between the prlco that they receive for their wheat and Uio prlco at the point of export. If they think they see a chance to do better by shipping to St. Louis , for Instance , they find that the rates arc so arranged , regardless of the difference In distance , that nothing can bo gained In that way. The prices are arbitrarily fixed for them , not entirely by the law of demand and supply , but largely by Iniliiences that relate < to the matter of placing the product within reach of the consumer , ARTIFICIAL REGULATION. It ID eary to say that the natural law of supply and demand operates In an absolute way and can not bo affected by any other force ; but the farmer knows by experience that this familiar proportion Is often prac tically refuted ; There 'Is * such a thing as artificial regulation or the demand on the ono hand or the supply pn the other , to the advantage or disadvantage of given Inter ests. ThlB Is what tlC | trjiots and monopo lies are constantly dojujj ; this Is what can bo done , and > has been done , by an act of congress. For example , , under the reci procity treaties , the .farmers of the Mis souri valley sccurcdl a inarftct In Cuba alone for about 6,500,000 biuMoJa of wheat In the form of Hour , and 1,000,000 bushels of corn per year , besides large quantities of oats , bran and baled hay ; ami when the reciproc ity policy was discontinued , this market was des'.royed. Tha dilmand still exlsta there and the cnjpply hero , but they can not bo brought together , because of pre ventive lealflatlon. The name Is true as to the effect of the present tariff law In our 'homo markets. It has Increased the supply of certain agricultural products , through permitted foreign competition , to such an extent that there Is no longer any profit In ralolng them , whereas , wider former con ditions ) , they were all remunerative , 11UINOUS COMPETITION. Thcro was a time when cattle raising was ono of the most profitable of western In dustries , Every farmer had a bunch of Biters ; and could soil them at any tlmo for a good price ; but , there la no money lu the business today. The demand for beef Is greater than It over was , and there has been a considerable decrease In thn do mestic supply , and yet the producer makes nothing , A higher price * Is exacted from the consumer , but the farmer docs not get as mucli as bo did when the consumer paid 1cm. Surely tbla a valid cauno of com plaint and discontent. And what Is th explanation ? In the first place , the big buyers and packers' combines are able t fix the prices , regardless of the law o supply and demnnd , depressing them fo the producer W Inflating them for th consumer. Then , In the next place , th largo reduction made by the present tarll law In the former duty on foreign cattl has Introduced a form of competition tha Is ruinous to the home producer. The chca cattle of Mexico are a predominating quan tlty In alt of the loading western markets It costs llttlo or nothing to raise them and the owners are able to pny the com paratlvcly small duty that Is now Imposed In addition to the cost of transportation which Is usually a special rate , and stll sell them In St. Louis or Chicago at price below the actual expense of raising the native cattle. The farming class Is not the only one thn has reasons for unrest and anxiety abou the future. Like conditions exist In othc Industries and oilier lines of honest en dotvor. The greatest Incentive to diligence and perseverance on the part of the wage earner Is the hope of some day being him self an employer and having a business o his own ; but the chances In that respcc have become so limited as hardly to b wo-th considering any more. The restricting and defeating Inlluctico of the trusts am monopolies U felt everywhere. If a compe tent and enterprising mechanic eels up a shop for himself he ROOM learns that th large concerns will not let him thrive , am so he Is forced to go back and bo a journey man again. The small dealer In any kind o merchandise Is undersold by his big com pctltors to such an extent that he has to dls card his dream of Independence and become a clerk an 1 an underling In order to earn a hind-to-mouth Jiving. It Is no wonder thn men thus circumstanced are discontented and they are not likely to be put In a satis fled mood by being told that their complaints are vague , that , 'hey ari living In , an age o great aggregation ; that the true logic o life Is resignation to the Inevitable , and al that sort of stuff. They know what bur ! them , and they know , furthermore , how re lief can bo given , If the lawmakers caits to take hold of the matter In an honest am determined way. There Is nothing nebulous about these causes of discontent. They are plain , palpable pablo , unmistakable ; and the rcpubllc.it party can not afford to Ignora or trllle will them. The men whom they vitally concern are not Insurgents ng-alnst the- Institution ! ) of society , demanding n new heaven and n now earth. There are seditious and pesll forolls IndlvMll.ila nlnnm * Hi.tiil minima tlonably , but the great majority of then would shoulder their guns nt the tap of the drum In defense of the government or the rights of property. And there are a i-orx many of thorn , It Is neil to remember so nnny that the Idea of treating them as ni accidental assemblage of fantastic elements that has been dispersed and forever silence , by the defeat of free silver Is an absurdity Nothing Is to bo gained cither bv mlsrcp rcsentatlon or by self-dcreptlon. The prob lems to be solved , the evils to be remedied can not be superciliously sneered away It Is not merely those who voted for IJryan that are to ho considered , but also n large proportion of these who voted for McKln- ley. \\o have reason to bellovo that the lucky rise In wheat during the last days of the campaign was worth more to the 10- publlrnns In critical localities than all of the arguments for the gold standard ; and one would not hazard much In saving that without - out the Influence of the protection sentiment the general result might easily have been different. The people have- voted to restore It to the control of the govern ment , not simply to keep the currency In good order , but to grapple with the various evils that produce distress and prevent pros perity. It Is a party with a splendid past , and the possibility of an equally splendid fu ture. The hope of the country Is not In Its resources of evasion and poHtponement , but In Its courage and Its utralghtforward- ncss ; and Its success depends upon Its strict adherence to the truth that "Justice Is ever the best of all excellent things. " CO.SSIP Aiini'T xoTin I'icoi'i.n. Whistler , the- painter , was once a cadet at West I'olnt. Hip old drawing Instructor , now a well known artist , was asked not long ago If ho could recall the ability of lilo pupils , the cadoti' . and particularly If he remembered Whtotlcr. "WMMlcr. " raid he , "at once showed his predilection for art. He had to be a painter. Mr. Grant General Grant ? why , sir , he was the very poorest draughts man In the clara. " At Komorn , the fortress town on the Danube , a monument to Klapka. the Honved general , was unveiled the other day , Komorn wua the scene of a brilliant victory by the liif.irgent army In 1849. Klapka. who was chief of the general staff of the Hungarian army , JolneJ the weak garrlron , several times defeated the besieging Austrlans and held the fortress OB late as September , when all the other Hungarian corps had been over powered and beaten. Klapka and his officers and men were allowed to march out of the fortress free. Ho went to England , where ho wrote hLs "Memoirs of the War of In dependence In Hungary. " After 1851 ho lived In Geneva , and ho died In Hungary In 1SD2. Rev. Dr. Oliver Crane , who died at his homo In ncston recently , was specially llstlngulshed as an Oriental and classical scholar. Ho was graduated from Yale In 1815 and for nine yearo ho was engaged In ho Orlintln the wotk of the Arr.crl an Board of Foreign Missions. At this tlmo ho under took the practice of medicine. In which he. attained some success. In 18G4 lie declined an election to the chair of Oriental and political literature at Rutgers' Female col- ego to accept a call to a church In Pennsyl vania , where ho served until 1870 , when he retired from the ministry. Prince Bismarck Is reported as enjoying he political commotion he has caused by ils revelations. To a visitor the other day 10 said : "I certainly thought the atone which the Hamburger Nachrichten threw nto the duck pond would cause a good leal of quacking , but that the noiao would > o so dreadful la a great surprise to me. " Then ho added : "You overrate my political lasslon. Resides , I have as little rcsponsl- > llity as Influence , and I shall scarcely live o sco the consequences of what Is now being lone or left undone. I icgrct that after icing for thirty years on the rise we are now going backward. I shall not. It Is true , live o eco the end , but I pity my eons. " Someone ono In the party nuntloncd the proposal to prosecute the prince. "For my part , " ho 'cplled , "I have not the slightest objection o it. If they wluli to give mo a dramatic exit. " The conversation then turned to Hla- narck's great ago and the hopes which his DCS built upon It , Smiling , the prince oald : 'I am , of coureo , powerless against age , but don't feel so frail cs those gentlemen bc- Icvc. I am certainly going downward on ho path of life , bu > only slowly. " Samuel Smiles , the author of "Self-Help" nd other well known books for boys and ounp men. Is now over SO years old , Ho s still living quietly at his suburban homo near London , writing a llttlo now and then , and looking after his literary Interests. Mr , Smiles has led n stirring and successful life , icing successively merchant , railroad nian- igcr and author. Ilia ton , Samuel Smiles , r. , who Is u member of ono cf the great English tea Importing firms , Is accounted no of the ablest business : men In London , lo Is a man of delightful personality , His astea are artlutlc and ho is the author of ovcral papers on artists , and one or two wnlts , Speaking recently nf his father , amucl Smile * ) , Jr. , said : "When I was a ontli I was determined to go where I should ot alwajs bo known as my 'father's eon' nd where I could maho a name far myself. So I went out to Australia , which waa the nd of the earth In these days. Imagine ny disappointment to find that even thcro could not escape my fathcr'a name ! And ho position that I secured thcro was really wing entirely to the name. " Next to Hooker T. Washington , the lead- ng colored man In America Is T , Thomas 'ortuno , now editor of the Now York Age , journal devoted to all good causes and specially to Urn uplifting of Che colored race , Ir. Fortune was born at Marana , Flu. , In SCC. Although of , a very dark complexion , nd usually cla&scd aa a negro , ho has no \frlcan blood In his volna. Hla father wnu f mixed Irish , Spanish , und Indian blood nd his mother of Spanish , Indian and American deucont. Ho waa educated at [ award university. Mlllals had a favorite story of a pretty tut rather gushing young woman who Hat next him at dinner but 'had ' not caught hlx name , and to muko conversation , oald : "I Buppoio you'vo bcon to the academy ? Did Given No ono will be given two lots ; should nny ono desire n second lot It con be purclmscil for$2S.OO ; the lowest price proposed - ( l\ \ posed to stnrt the remaining half. To Interest the U > The beautiful City of loinunions public nnd build Vi the Orange Grove * . jiXi'/w/-/ * up the city we will W fii'cA. Jty ( * / healthful M des give nwny rvcry VU tined to bo the cniiiincrcl.ll port other lot In tha ofVc tern Florida. 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Two for Twelve weeks If Three for Eight weeks They Four for Six weeks Are Six for Four weeks New f Eight for Three weeks Subscribers 9 If you send any one of these new prepaid sub ? * scriptions to The Daily Bee at J5c a week we will give you a Crescent Camera for nothing. CAMERA DEPARTMENT , Omaha Bee. Ifnlin'n ' mg Store , ltd lulllll b 15th and Douglas you notice the Mlllals ? And don't you think hey v > ere awful daubs ? " The untuned smiles of these around the fair crltlo showed her hat t'he had made a break of tome kind , and ho vainly beiMUght her companion to tell icr what It watt. Finally , when the dessert came , "I tilled up her glass with chain- mgne , " said the artist , "and told her to ; ulp It down very quickly when I counted hrco , She obeyed without protest , and 1 ook the opportunity when she couldn't speak o cay : 'Well , I am Mlllaltf. Uut let's bo rlends. ' " Whllo Jefferson Davis was a prisoner at Fortress Monroe he was guarded by Second end Lieutenant Upham , since governor of Wisconsin. The two wcro on friendly onus , as Davis was Interested In Wlscon- In men and matters. Whllo a young man 10 bad crossed that state twice from Milwaukee to Prairie du Chlcn , and once rein Fort Howard to the same place , using only Indian trails , and becoming very fa- nlllar with the different tribes. Governor Upham saya that ho was much struck by ils prisoner's wonderful memory. In a ornor of his casemate In the fortress Davis tad a pllo of newspaper clippings two feet ilgh , madn up In largo part of articles about himself token from northern jour- lain. Ho was always treated with great ourtcsy , was never put In chains , as hug icon asserted , and Mrs. Davis was allowed o como and go as. oho would. Ono of the letters from Washington to Arthur Young , recently sold at auction In Condon , contains this passage : "Tha more am acquainted with agricultural affairs 10 hotter I am pleased with thum , Insomuch lat I can nowhcro find so great natlifactlon ; a In thoiie Innocent and useful pursuits , n Indulging these fccllnga I am led to ru led how much moro delightful to an undc- mnched mind Is the task of making 1m- irovcments on the earth than all the vain ; lory which can bo acquired from ravaging t by the most uninterrupted career of con- ueat. " Thcro In uotuluu iliicr lu the Faro- well Address then that. Arthur Young la known In England as u celebrated authority on agriculture , but In this country chiefly for his graphic sketches of travel In Franco just before the outbreak of the revolution. The Philadelphia papers pay appreciative tributes to Judge J. I. Clark Hare of Phil adelphia , who has just retired from tha bench on account of Impaired health. Ho wan born In October , 1817 , his father being Dr. Robert Hare , u famous chemist , who was professor of chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania for many years , as well an an exhaustive writer on chvmlstry. ' 'Ilia treatises , " says the Philadelphia Telegraph , "havo covered many points of law , Thosa on 'constitutional law' slid 'contracts' are accepted as authorities , It Is more than probable that he will now Issue many moro works which will prove of great value to the profession. Ho Is looked upon by bin associates upon the bench and of the bar aa being a man of profound learning , and many regrets have been tittered that ho had not been before this elevated to u court ot final decision , where his learning could hay * been ubuwn to moro advantage , " Cured of a lluil IInMt. Ono of the peculiarities or Prof , dcorga Henry Krnmott. who Imfl just left the fac ulty of Johnn Hopkins urilvenilty to return to Kngland , was early nipped In the bud by an Irreverent youth. When the professor came to an Important point In Ills lecture ho WIIH In the habit of dictating It to hla stu dents vcibatlm , announcing every point of punctuation and using the phrase "full stop" for period at the end of a Huntenco , An other habit wax thut of uric-fly revle/wlni ; each day the points of the previous lecture . "Ah. Mr. P . " he said ono day , Hhortly after eoniliiK' to Ilaltlmorc , "can you tell mo the lawH thing- was Htiylnir ylH-tld-dny ? " The reply ramn : "Full stop , nlr. " After that the professor rarely used "full slop , " Forty years In the market , still booming with grcutci sales than over. Cook's lui- porlal Extra Dry Cbauipague.
