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TIME AND LOYK . Hy old Time took little Cup id , Tied a 'kerchief o ' er his eyes; Turned h i rn round , exclaiming, \Stup id Tell me where your true love lies. \ Long as moons shall shine above . Time will p lay his tricks on Love. Cnpid , of his power reminded . Showed old Time what he could do; And , that thoug h his eyes were blinded . Yet his heart would guide him true. Long as suns the heavens shall climb . Love will foil the tricks of Time. —Kobert Brown , Jr. MAErS SOLDE R. \ s^^, *^^ . ¥ENTY - i g || || | 5 V j ^ _ k ei ght or n ine ^\^ tlppp Kp^ 8 ^^ years ago , dur- iP ^ Mi .// ing f hs latter part of ^ N s il mW/ the war , I was sta- \ ^^^ i / ^ tioned in N ew York ' x«8rtlw ^ eta ^ e ^ M Inspector- *~ ^^^^ T General to raise a bri- ' ^^^ jjg Si M gade. I had been > ^ p|Sj\ successful , and my ™ r i i *i\H cam P ° ^ instruction - ^ w * m\ conta i ne ^ ^ a \ ma- *f |i|i||\ teri a l. It wa s a few {GJ * ~ - r -? * ' miles distant on Jersey soil. One a ft er noon, while I \was resting in my quarters a fter the fati gues of a hot day, an o rderly broug ht me the un- p l easant tidings that my camp was in an . . .. uproar. The men refused to obey \ or- ders , and open violence impended. . The pay was in arrears throug h some red tape d elay. The me u were poor and their families were suffering. I dressed myself carefull y in full un- ifor m , hasten e d over the f e rry and . soon reache d the hi g h board fence which en- circled the encampm ent. From within c a me a c o n f u se d rumb l e like th e p o rtend of a storm. I approached the wicket. It \was locked. I peered through the lat- tice. There was the sentry, sure e n sug h; but with what a difference ! Hi s musket leaned against a post. He sullenl y slouched up and down \with hands i n poc k ets , in no wise heeding my presence. I would like to have shot that man , but I was bound and braced with sel f-control. \Attention ! '' I commanded sharp l y. The man stared , then strai ghtened , seized h is musket , presented , and stood s s a soldier. \O pen that gate!\ He obey e d a t once , a nd I passe d .. ^ through and marched quic kly forward. All over the field were Jmot3 of men , shouting, gesticulating, fiercel y ha- rangui ng. Here and there were a few officers arguing and pleading in vain. The majority, however , sat dejected within their t ents. It was a most dis- tressing si g ht for a true soldier. I approached the first group of about 200 frenzied men. A captain was just le a ving them , pursued by taunts and jeers. He was an insignificant man , with a r e pul s ive face ; naturall y pom- pous in bearing, but now thoroughly cowed. Yet as he saw me he assumed a cei ta in uneasy bravado. \ Captain Johnson , at your servic e , EOT , \ h e answered , a s he saluted. ; \What do es this mean?\ Iasked. ' \They are fiends incarnate , General , \ he ex claimed , a s he g lanced over his shoulder. \Th ey will murder us all and rav age the town. Oh , what shall you do !\ \I shall form the men . \ \Impossible. Wh y, that' s j os fc what I' ve been , try i ng; but— \ \Silence , sir. \ As I reached the mob I noticed one face alone which expressed respect or sympathy. Al l others bore a look of malevolence. A yo uj g soldier , well set up and scrupulousl y neat , seemed to be attempt ing to dissuade his comrades from some m a d project. He was a fine- looldng fellow , with a long, lig ht mus- tache and b ri g ht , blue eyes , from which , as I s ay, I c aug ht a fl ash of admiration . I drew m y sword and stood upri g ht and motionless before t he men. \Attention , men ! Fall in!\ I com- aanded. There was a hesitation , a momentary h u ddling together , and then they ar- ra yed themselves. \Pres ent arms ! Carry arms ! Order arms ! Parade rest!\ I ordered , and they ob eyed. Behind me stoo i a knot of \wondering officers. \How do you dare?\ I began. Then * — ¦ gr o sc t J : g rowl from the ranks. 'We wa nt our Ti g ht. \We 'll get them , too. We demand our pay. We won 't stand such treatment. Our wive s , our chil dren are starvi ng. \ \Silence!\ I warned them. - \ N ot another \word . If you have grievances , if you have comp laints , send them . through the proper channel and they - -shall be heard and allayed , I promise you. Men , I' m ashamed of you. While your comrades are in {he field facing privati on and danger and death lor the g lory of that old flag which you hav e only just sworn to defend , y ou , for a trifling delay -which the throes of our Government should ex c use , d are to mur- mur and revolt. Out upon such soldiers! Do you know what you risk? Do you appreciate that I have but to step t o that telegrap h and the regulars will surround you an d rake your camp with an enfilad- ing fire? D o you long to serve your country at D ry Tortugas? Have a care , or there you shall be sent , wei g hed with the contempt of all loyal men. Officers , to your posts 1 There will be a review presentl y. \ \Three cheers for the , Gen eral!\ ^ shonted the clear voice of the blue- eyed lecr uit as I turned away, and ihey \were g iven with a -will. So I went throug h that camp, speak- ing as I never had spoken. Inward l y overwroug ht \with excitement , but out- frardly th e cold , distant personification of disci p lin e. Within two hours I had that brigade formed in a hollow square , and from its centre I renewed my threats * ^ and my promises. _ The y %ere e ffective. Season returned to the men , and -with, it came shame. What had looked like a d angerous outbreak was q uelled by moral foree. . : _ ' As I left the parade I met Cap tain Johnson. \B y - the-way, Cap tain \ I asked , \ who is that bri g ht-looking young soldier of your s who s ee med to be resisting the madne38 of the men?\ The Cap tain scowled quite unnece ssaril y. \That' s Thomas Br owne , \ he an- swered moodil y. \He doesn 't amount to much. \ I am certain you don 't , I reflected as I returned to the cit y. A month passed b y. Disci p line had done its perfect w ork. The mob had be- come a well-drilled brigade. The men ha d r eceive d the ir a rrears , and were eager to wi pe out disgr ace and to achieve renown in action. The order f or their advance w as expected daily. I eat in my quarters in this cit y, alone and idle , for my duty had been fulfilled , and I was about to report at Washington. The door opened , and a tall , slender young woman , neatl y dressed , stood before me. Her face w as pallid ; her large black e yes shone intensely. \Oh , sir , \ she exclaimed , \ s a ve my soldier ! He s aid that you mi g ht , \ and she sank in a chair b y my side weep ing and moaning and wr i nging \ her frag ile hands in a manner most p itiable to be- hold. \But , my dear madam , \ I expostula- ted sternl y, \this \won ' t do at all. If you wish my aid you m - j 3t b e calm and sen- sible. T ell me who you are , who your soldier is , and what you want. \ My severity succeeded a s I intended it shou ld. She was a stout-hearted little thing, and she gulped down her sobs , and in a moment sat upri g ht and tran- quil. \I beg your pardon , \ she said gently, and I f elt like a brute. \My name i s Mary Graeme , and—and I' m en gaged to Thomas Browne. He ' s my soldier , you know; and he ' s in the camp over in New Jersey. \ \Thomas Browne!\ Oh! I remem- bered. \Yes , my dear , I replied. A fine l ook i n g young f ellow , with bri g ht , blue eye3 , 1 think. \ \Oh , such bonny eyes , so tender , so true ! An d they speak his nature , be- lieve me. I know him so well; we were little children together. He has been p laced under a rr e st , sir , and is to be tried before the court-martial now in session. \ \For what offense ? 1 \He was a sentry, sir , and was found asleep on his post. \ Phew! Here was a prett y mess in- deed for the young recruit. \M j dear child , I responded gravely, this is a most serious matter. Asleep on his pos t of duty in the face of the en- emy ! Why, it may cost him his life ! And at the very time , too , when there h as been a i evolt in the camp and the court fe els the necessity of a stern ex- amp le. 1 ' As I spoke the poor child wavered like a rare pale lily in a storm. But she remembere d my warning, thoug h her eyes streamed and her hands strained in their grasp. \Oh , sir , but he isn 't guilt y, the poor boy. Think how tired he was. U p the whole ni g ht ; ordered on duty again the moment he was relieved. It was in- human. No wonder he dozed without knowing it. \\ \But— \ \Oh , sir , I know what you would say: It couldn 't be. But it was. The Orderl y Sergeant has always hated him. On the day before he had ordered Tom— excuse me , sir , Thomas—when he was off dut y to clean the equi pments of an- other soldier , which Thomas refused to do. \ \He w as perfectl y ri g ht there. \ \So Thomas s ays. Besides he was exp ecting to see me. But that ni g ht when he came off his post , oh , so tired , the Sergea nt ordered him ri g ht on again to take the p lace of the soldier whose arms he wouldn 't clean. \ \If th is is so , no court will punish him for failing asleep. \ \I' m so d eli g hted. That' s what Thom- a s said he knew you would say. But he didn 't mean to—oh , no , indeed. He ' s so ashamed ; when he has been so anxious to disti nguish himself for me. \ Aud here a blush deepened throug h poor Mary ' s cheeks. \He shall have the chance , never fear. But wh y didn 't you go to his Captain? Does he know thes e facts?\ A gain Mary blushed and far less tran- siently. Her fingera p icked her dre33 uneasily. \C aptain Johnson , \ she faltered. \He doesn 't like Tom ; he—he—likes me. \ \Oh ho. \ Here wa3 a little drama. I recalled the Captain ' s repulsive face and sullen ways , and I recognized the villain ' s part. \Besides , \ she continued , \the Or- derl y is his brother-in-law. \ \And he tells a far different story, I suspect. \ \Indeed , yes ; there is no hope for Thomas from either of them. \ \Well , my dear , save your tears and keep a stout heart. I like your soldier , and I like you. I believe the story and you shall have my aid. But be cautious and secret. The court is now in session , you say?\ \Y ss , sir; all thi s week. But Thom- as ' s ca s e wa s only reac h e d this a f ternoon just before adjournment. \ \Then I mu3t act at once. Good-bye now ; you may rel y on me. \ And with a God bless you , whi;h it se ems as if I could feel even now , the . g ir l withdrew. Yet with a sudden insp iration I called after her , \ what is the name of the sol- dier whose p lace Thomas took?\ \Joseph Brant. \ Her e surely was a difficult situa tion. The Sergeant hostile , the Captain vin- dictiv e , what hepe g le amed for Mary ' s soldier? Tec I followed the insp iration. The proof , if I o nl y could get the proof! It ex isted , unless cunning had d e st ro yed it. Again I arrayed myself in full fig. Again I x hastened over the ferry to the camp, j ^r soug ht the Sergeant' s tent and I found liim within and alone. \Too stup id to ^ be provident , \ was my mental g lance. ^ 'Se rgeant , your detail b ook , at once \A commanded. The man starec and g wittio :d , and then h a nded it to me I w ent to a retired spot. I turned the pages with trembling fingers. Ah , fate had favored me. There was the record for the ni g ht in question , and among the Telie fs I didn 't find the name of Thomas Browne , but I did find that of Jo s ep h Brant. Then I visited the Judge Advocate , a friend of mine , a fine fellow , now a Supr eme Court Jud ge of this State. \What sort of a man i s Captain John- son?\ I asked. My friend shrugged his broad shoul- ders. \Hum!\ he r ep li ed. \With all there is ba c k of him h e oug ht to get t h e sing le star in six months. \ \Influ ence , hey ?\ \G reat. But wh y do you ask!\ \You needn 't go any further , old fel- low; your scruples reveal more than they conceal . But to change the subject. I am going to put a h ypoth etical case to you , and I want you to tell me just h ow you would act regarding it. \ And I de- tai led the facts of Mary ' s soldier ' s troubles , usi ng, of course , as sumed names. The Jud g e Advocate deliberated. \A difficult and delicate matter , \ he said . \Th e m an is innocent , but he would be condemned. The sentence would be commuted on review; still his career w ould be ruined. I think I should do t his: I should lay these inside facts con- fidentiall y before the President of the cou rt. Then , if he a ppr o ved , at the nex t session I should announce that the main, witness , th e Officer of the Day, was a b- sent—and he would be , too. An d in vie w of the stress of other business , aud of grave dou bts of the defendant' s cul- pability, I should ask that the case be d ismissed. \ \Y ou would surely do this ? \Certainl y. It would be the quickest and most prudent way out of a nasty rush. \ \Then listen , old fellow. \ And I ex- p lained my parable to him. \And h ere ' s the proof , \ I said , in conclusion , and I showed him the Sergeant' s detail boo k. \The villains 1\ he exclaimed. \I'll s tick t o my wor d , never fear. It' s the wisest course , too. At this present cri- sis the friends of that Captain must not be offended. His time may come. But that Sergeant should be punished in some w ay. \ \Leave that to me. He shall Io3e his chevr o ns , I promise you. \ \V erv well. I' m off to see the Presi- dent. \ \ The next morning came , the court convened. Mar y was pre sent , anxious yet hopeful , wit h h er gaze fixe d on the erect , manl y form o£ h er soldier. So , too , were the Captain aud the Sergeant in attendance , the former exultant , the latter secretl y worried. But I looked in vain for the Officer of the Day. The Jud ge Advocate was faithful to his rehears al and letter-perfect in bis part. \I do , therefore , suggest , \ he said in conclusion , \that this char ge against Private Thomas Browne be dismissed , \ \This seems a proper disposition , \ said the President, \I think so , \ said each offic e r , from the j unior to the senior; and Thomas Browne left the courtroom a free man , with, the devoted Mary clinging to his arm. I caug ht C aptain Johnson as he wa3 sne aking away with a white , scared face. \Ca ptain , \ I said , \I learned the truth o f this matter , and I am responsible for t his ending. You ' ve had a lucky escape. Now , maik my word s. . You will reduce that Orderly Sergeant to the ranks forth- with. H e won ' t appeal to the Colonel , nor will the C o lonel question $ he act. \ \I will do so , sir , \ he murmured , as he hung his head and went to his quarters. I never saw him again , but a fter the war , at Washington , I met Mary, a happy bri de , with her soldier , and on his b road shoulders shone the insi gnia of a Major. —New Y ork Times. Ap ples. For those who u se their brains the app le is an especiall y proper article of diet , and for nervous peop le and those suffering from any weakness of the sp ine for a pp le3 contain more p hosphorus than an y other known fruit or vegetable , and thi3 p hosphorus is admirably adapted for ren ewing the essential nervous matter *bf the brain and sp inal cord. The aci ds of the apple are also ot si gn a l u se f o r those persons of sedentary habits whose livers a re slugg ish in action , the se acids serv- ing to eliminate from the bony noxious matters which , if ret a in e d , re n d e r the brain heavy and dull , or fetch erup tions to the surface of the skin , bring on ja n- dice or like troubles. When eating meats richly cooked , one shoul d accompany such dishes with p lenty of app le sauce , as it will neutral- ize any excess of chalky matter engen- dered by eating too much meat. For sour stomach , too , the app les should be eaten , as it3 salt an d juices are converted int) alkaline carbonates , which t end to counteract acidity. —American Farmer. Frightful Skulls. There are in the National Museum at Washington several skulls of the Flat- head Indians of the Northwest , which are the most extraordinary objects in t hat line ever seen. These Indians pro ^ duce the peculiar deformity which give3 them a name by ty ing flat boards on the heads of the ir children , and to such an exten t is the pressure carried that the skull just above the eyebrows is the most prominent and hi g hest part of the head. The effect must have been fri g ht- full y savage , for the skulls more nearly res emble those of apes than of human beings , the wh ole of the brain being compressed into the back portion * while there is no forehead worth mentioning, and the skull is so broad as to be shock- in g ly out of proportion. Nevertheless , it does not a ppea r , from what travelers say of these peop le , that their minds are in any way affected b y the distortion of their skulls , for in most respects they are said t o be equal or superior to other In- dians. —Boston Transcript. A London publisher is going to re- produce the \ first folio 1633 e dition -of Shakesp eare by means of p hotograph y* ITS GOOD WOBL WHAT PROTE CTION HAS DO TS IB TO P RO- MOTE AMERI CAN INDUSTRIES— LOWER PRICES , HIGHER \VVAGE8 — THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM VIN DICATED. The tariff question as now presented for th e decisi on of the American peop le n e xt November is more clearl y defined th an it has been since the war. It did not en ter into the campai gns of 1868 and 1872. It was hardl y discussed in 1876. It was b roug ht in' ' during the closing weeks of the campai gn in certain lo- calities-in 1880 , but the appointment of th e Tariff Commission\in 1882 shows that the ^ Republican leaders wanted more li g ht on the subject. The report of that C ommission . .. did much to strengthen the protection sentiment of the country, and had the Tariff Com- mis sion bill then passed without amend- m ent the tin p late industry would now have been as firml y established and as gratifying an illustration of the benefits of protection as the wire nail industry; In the instanc e referred to the Tariff Commission rate of dut y o f f our cents per pound was allowed to stay on wire nails , but Congress defeated the recom- mendation to increase the duty on tin p l ate. Although the duty on nails was increased in 1883 from ono to four cents per pound , the price of nails went steadil y down from 8.35 cents per poun d in 1883 to 2.25 cents per pound in 1892 , and the production of nails increased from less than 100 , 000 k egs to nearl y 5 , 000 , 000 kegs in 1891. The knowled ge of these and similar facts , together with revelations to how Eur opcau workmen were paid and live as compared with American workmen , still further strengthened protectionists , imd the campai g n of 1S84 was more de- cidedl y foug ht out on ta e iff lines , thoug h the Democr ats in strong protection dis- tricts and States kept the question in the ba c k gr o und to a considerable extent , and the rec ord of the late Samuel J. Randall was ext olled and pointed to a s a shining example of a tariff Democrat. The message of Mr. Cleveland , the Mills bill and the overthrow of the little band of tariff Democrats in the House of Rep- resentatives , broug ht the real issue to the f ront i n 1888 , and the fi g ht was a square one , thoug h the Republicans were not as well equipped for it as they are at the present time. On that issue the Repu bl icans won , and unless all si gns f ail they will score another \rictory for the cause of American industry andlabor in 1892 THE TARIFF AGMU T THE ISSUE. The question of a tariff for revenue or a tariff for protection i s clearl y drawn , both in the p latforms and the candidates of the two parties. In the McKinley bill the Hepu blican Party has taken the stan d on the tariff question , which its leaders failed to do in 1883 , when a Re- publican Congress modified the Tariff Commission bil l. In the R T atterson plat- form t he Democrats have taken the stand which its leaders failed to do in 1884 an d 1888 in tho National p lat- form. Both parties a t least seem id ha ve the courage of their convictions , and are rea dy to win or lose on this issue. At lost it may be truthfull y said that economic questions divide the two gr eat political pa r tiei. Another good si gn is t hat both parties are getting nearer than ever to the point of agreeing as to the facts. The fi gures of the E leventh Census stand unquestioned. Th ey have been prepared b y experts of all shades of political i aith , and are ac- cepted a s the m o st comp lete and accu- rat e returns thus far obtained. The elaborate investi gation conducted by the Senate Finance Committee into prices of commodities and wages before and after the pa ssage of the McKinley bill come to the Senate si gned by Senator Aldrich , of Rhode Isl and , and Senator Carlisle , of Kentucky ; b y Senator Hi s cock , of New Y ork , and Senator Harris , of Tennessee; by S enator A llison of Iowa , and Senator Blackburn , of Kentucky. THE FACTS OP THE QUESTION. A su bstantial agreemen t as to facts. What are those facts? I shall in this series of articles endeavor to point out the most important facts brought to li ght by the Eleventh Censu s and by this Sen- ate investi gation , w hi ch a ppears to b e ar directly on the present p hase of the tariff question. This question will undoubt- edl y be debated with moro vigor and m ore abil i ty during this campai gn than ever b efore in the history of the country. Tfce keenest minds have been at work on the question. The facts will be anal yzed more thoroug hly than ever before. Thero will be less personali ty and more politi- cal econ o my; l e ss fu s tian a mi m o re sensible argument; less theory and more soli d facts. _ It has been trul y ' said that amon g honest and intelli g e n t men a long approach is made to the end of a controversy when the facts underlying the i ssue arc placed beyond dispute. And for all this let us be trul y thank- ful. . It is not'vorth while Jo waste time and Bpace in comparing the growth and prosp erity of the Nation du ring periods of low tariff , of revenue tariff and period s of hi g h tariff. I have hear d that grand old protectionist , Jud go Kelley, argue these p oints with free traders and floor them every t ime.. The chapter g i t ing the history of the tariff iu Mr. E laine ' s book demonstrates beyond question that industrial depressions , low wages and general distress have invariably followed periods of revenue t ariff. It is admitted on all sides to-day that a day ' s wages will buy much more food , much more clothing and much more of th s oth er ne- cessities of life than before the war. HIGH WAGE S UNDER PROTECTIO N. It is not necessary for me to produce a broad-side of tabulated t ables to convince the averag o American wage-earner , that with a protective t ariff this country offers him bette r wages than any other country in : th e world.; It is these increased . wages , th ese addition a l. ecmf q rts , = the M V broader opj ) ortunitie3 ? and thes ^i aD p ier homes , iilili & iiSiili ^^ S that have attracted our kin fro m beyoud the i - oa s and which made the gates of Castle Garden swing inward and not out- ward. The official fi gures show that since 1872 , or for nearly twenty years , the tariff rates of , the United States on total imports have remained substan- tiall y the same. In that year the aver- age rate of duty was twentj -seven per cent. Since then it has never reached hi g her than thirty- one per cent. The McKinl ey law reduced the average t e tw onty-fivo per cent., the p ^s ent rate. Wh en it i a remembered thai the war tariff reached forty- ^ seven per cent, it is easy to realize the large additions to the free list and reductions in duty made. b y the Republican Party during this twenty years. The protection theory is t hat by en- courag ing such home industries as may fairly be expected to take root and grow here it is possible in the end ., not only to nrmiy es taDnsn sucn manufactures , out ultimatel y to produce articles as good an d as c h e a p a s our f orei gn rivals. The free trader will be met this cam pai gn on every hand with uncontrovertible facts proving ttii s to be true. In the iron and steel industry it will bo shown that we have dist a nced Eng land and are now the greatest iron and 8teel producing Nation in the world. Even the rece u t strike at Homestead will prove a strong argument for protec- tion . The . men were receiving hi g h wages , lived i n . conifortable homes aud had money in tb e bank—twice and three times as much a s similar work men are paid in Eng land. A comparison of stri ke stat istics sho ws that the number of strikes and persons involved are f ar greater in free trad e Eng land than pro- tection A merica—about three times as great in proportion to the num ber em- ployed . The fact likewise remains that we are pay ing double \the.wages paid for same class ot work in Eag laM j - and' , in sp ite of the talk about hi gher cost of living, the Senate Fi nance Committee fi gu r e s will p rove that for a famil y buy- ing the same quantity and quality of ar- tides at retail in the two countries that the co3t of living would not be hig her in America. OUR TEXTILE INDUSTRIES. The c ondition , ho wever , of the Ameri- can workman is in finitely superior to that of any o ther peop le in the world . Under .this protective tariff we have built u p a vast textile industry, employ- ing in th e a ggreg a te nearly 500 , 000 per- s o ns , and turning out annually product to the valu e of about $700 , 000 , 000. It will be shown in t n e great branches of the manufacture of wool , of cotton , of silk , that we have steadily improved the quality and lessened the cost to the con- sumer. Every v ariet y of cotton goods , including lace curtains , woolen cloth and dress goods , blankets , wool hats , knit goo ds (cotton and woolen) , carpets of all grade3 , silks and ribbons from Amer- ican mills will be exhibited this cam- pai gn—better in quality, more taste in desi gn and lower in price than hereto- fore. Aud tho fact that every housewi fe knew s this to be true , without reading this article in the Press or stud ying a c olumn of census fi gure s make these facts har d nuts for the free traders to crack. But he will have others. Wages in all these indus tries have gone up con- siderabl y in the las t decade. The census shows that the number of emp loyes in the wool manufacture in- creased thi rty-seven per cent, in the ten years from 1880 to 1890 , and their aver- age annual wages increased e i ghteen per cent, in that ten years. This is , wages paid to a ll he l p. Men , women and children in all branches of the busines s average $293 annual ly in 1880 and $347 in 1S90—an increase of ei g hteen per cent. WAGES TENDING UPWARD. The tendency of wage3 in all our pro - tected industries is steadil y- upward— not always perceptibl y from year to y ear , but very mar ked when measu red b y ten year periods. No less marked is the 3teady downward movement in the cost of commoditi es consumed by wage workers. Thi s downward trend has been more consp icuous ia woolen goods than, in any oth er line of manufactured articles. The net result to labor has been , irom the two causes , an increase in the purchasing power of wages of near- l y fift y per centum in the last ten years. This is not a result to make workingmea h ostile to tho protective tariff on manu- factured wool , and more especially is this true if the fact is established , and it will be , that wag es abroad during the same period have ' been reduced. Steadily, but surely, the . f ree tra d er has b een \ driven from the positions he has occup ied , and in his rap id and in- gl orious retreat there ia little left but the cry of \fraud and robbery \ and the \lack of con stitutional power. \ Wages and cost of living at homo and abroad are estab lished beyond.questi on. Stead y reduction in cost of protected commod i- ties to consumers cannot be denied. Poor old Trust went down t o avoid the pun- ishment provided by Re publican legisla- lation , ana general prosperi ty maKes peo- p le ex tremely indifferent to a change , es- peci a ll y such a r adical one as proposed by the Democratic p latform. - SOMETHING ABOUT TIN. To upset these industries now adjust- ing themselves to the new tariff; to de- stroy the millions which have gone into new industries li ke tin p late , pearl but- tons and a sc o r e o f article s ; to c h a n ge a business policy which works so satis- fact orily ; to throw hundreds of thou- sands out of emp loyment and reduce the wages of others ; to do all this is a dan- gerous experiment an d one the American peop le are not likel y to g ive v their con- sent to on that \ cry of th e back number statesman , \It' s unconstitutional. \ The business interests of the country demand that the law in regar d to tin p late , for examp le , be carrie d out i n goo d faith. Prior to the passage of the tariff law of 1890 there was -n o tin p lato industry in the United States. Yet we consume more tin plate than any other Nation in : the world. In twenty years , 1871-91 , we paid for tin plate ; to forei gners the enormous sum of . -$307 , — M I ^ IH. ;V An. estimai;e ^ f : the ;:capaci ^ of : tthe ¦ w OT&i iww i estabMied ; ' 9h<msa | A&AIS T ST THE EAILKOADS EECELESS DUELISTS probable out put of 300 , 000 , 000 poun d s per annum. Even that i s less than half our consumption. In tho face of this courageous leg islation in the interest of hbor and of the business interests of the country, it does not seem possible that the people will trust these important matters to the tender mercies of a patty whose leaders have sh own themselves so utterly incapable of approaching a p lain question like the World' s Fair appropri- ation without a disgraceful disp lay ol demagogism. A SEW QUESTIONS. Who have put the farmers ' wool on the free list and increased the duty on clothing ?\ Who have passed laws strik- in g down at one blow important American industries without even g iving t hose in- t e rested an oppo r tu n ity to b e . heard ? Who have in the last decade made four attempts to get at the thro ats of our greatest industries , to throttle and dis- rupt them for the 'benefi t of our foreigu rivals? To trust such a party wou ld simpl y mean industrial suicide for the Nation. —Hon. Robert P. Porter , in Chicago News. An Accurate Analysis of tho Free Trade Demagogues. There is no man in t hi8 country, we venture to say, who is bette r - posted on the subject of the workingma n| s de- mands , or has a be . tter right to s peak for the great body of organized laborers , than Terence Y , Powderly, Grand Mas- ter Workman of the Knig hts of La bor. When , there fo re , Mr.Powderly. expresses so noteworthy an opinion as the one reprinted below from the Kni ghts of Labor Journal on the Homestead trouble and its possible connection with our protective sy s tem , we may well consider this opinion important as well as inter- esting and valuable : \Partisan papers are end eavoring to make political capital out; of tho terrible scenes which took place at Homestead the other day. The Democratic paper a are vehement in their denunciation of the Republican Party for enacting a tariff law under which protection wa3 afforded to manufacturers. Theie is no love for workmen in the hearts of thesa editors; a desire to serve party interests alone actuates them. \The McKinley bill reduced the duty on the articles manufactured at Home - stead , and the Democratic papers in asserting that the trouble at that point is due to the McKinley bill are but con- d emning th e very thi n g that they them- selves advocate , and on which they base their claim to power —a reduction of the tariff. \ There-is no encouragement here for the f ree trade demagogues ,, who , feigning friendshi p for the workingman , as the wolf fei gns friendshi p for tho la inb he is about to devour , have used the Home- stead strike i n order to make political cap ital for themselves ,, while at the same time hel p ing along their own nefario u s schemes to lower the American rate of wage s. Far less able men than Mr. Powderl y have before this accurately anal yzed the machinations of free trade \ reformers , \ who have used the old Bti&tagem. of the p ick pocket , . cry ing \Stop thief\ in order to draw the public eye from their own crime. After this sharp and clean-cut expre ssion of op inion from the leader of organized labor , there is absolutel y no reas o n wh y any one ^ much less a workingman , shoul d be mis- led any longer. —American Economist. No Dodging- the Tariff Issue. In some respects Mr. Cleveland is pro- babl y the best candidate that the Demo- crats could have chosen , but in one , the great essential , ho is the weakest. There can be no dod ging the tariff issue with Cleveland as the Democratic candi- date. Th e Demo cr a tic p lat form is the ne arest approach to free trade that this country has ever seen except th e out- and-out declaration of free trade in the Confederate Constitution. B y a vote of 564 the Democratic Convention openly re fused to protect American labor by levy ing a tariff on im p orted goods , even to t h e extent of the ^ difference between the price of labor in this country and the pr ice of labor in Europe. B y this same vote they also refuse any protec- tion-io American labor and to the man u- facturing interests of the country . There is no escap ing that record , as it ¦was deliberatel y made after a contest s - Secretary Elkins. Chancellor McGUI , of New Jersey , De- clares the Coal Combiue Illegal. The long-looked-for decision of Chancellor McGill in the . case of the State of New Jersey against the Beading coal combine has been filed at Trenton. It is adV verse to the ' railroad companies , a a it grants , the \ preliminary injunction asked for to restrain the roads from opera- ting together under the leases entered into last winter , breaks up the celebrated tri- partite agreemen t forbids ' the\ Philadelphia and Reading and the Port Reading from operating the New Jersey Central , and ^ directs that the latter resu m e control of its\ £ own property, franchises , etc. The court' s decree is to hold until the ju l gment upon the ^ final hearing is raadered. In the cours a of the decision the Chancellor says: ' ^ Corporate bodies that engage in public occupation are created by the State upon the hypothesis th at they will b a- a public benefit. They enjoy .privileges that indi- viduals cannot have . While the State confers special privileges on these favor- i tes , ifc at the same time exacts from them , duties which also tend to the public welfare. Such, corporations hold their powers in trust for the publiff weal. When , ' therefore , it appears that suck a corporation , unmindful; of its plain duty, acts prejudiciall y to the. public , in order to make .gains and pronts for its stockholders , it uses its power in a manner ' n ot contem- plated by the law which confers it. \ One of the Principals and . Two Chil. d r e n If illed . - As a result of an old fued , Humphrey ' Best and John Camp bell foug ht an impromptu duel at Paint Lick , ten miles from Lancaster , E y - . - :. / „;> - . - : \ :;; 9- ;£ Z v -} A>; ^ : ^ : :> . v Best was killed and Campbell received two bullets ;in J iis ^ breast. t^ T yvo; J ittile - children ; s pl aying : in- the i x oad- w ere rr sfacucfc ib y .s t r ^ v buli ^ p ti d .both. ^ e; ^ uie(i ^ :S:- y ~ ; ; X t W !- - i i I III W iiiiiiiil S llli S itt NEW YOKE STATE NEWS. ' : A General Buildin g La,w. Allen C. Beach , of Waterfcown , has been appointed counsel for the Commissioners appointed by Governor Flower to frame a - general building law , which will apply to all cities in .the State except New York and Brooklyn, The Commissioners , Cornelius ^ O'Reill y and William B. Fryer , of New York , and Leon Stern , of Rochester , held their initial meeting at W a tertown. Governor Flower at Malone. i Governor Flower , accompanied by Mr a . Flo v rer and his son-ia-la w , Mr. Taylor , and Mrs. Taylor , o£ Watertow n , stopped afc Malone on their way to the Adirondack3 for a fortni g ht' s rest and p leasure. The Governor was met at Norwood by . a u oa- ^ partisan delegation o£ citizens of Malone , who arranged with him to accept a citizen ^ reception , at Malone. The Governor was greeted on his arrival at Malone by an assemblage ef S3verai hundred parsons , and ¦was escorted to the Howard'House , where a * luncheon was served. He was then intro duc a d to the people by W. 1\ jOanfcwell , and made a short address . - ¦ ¦ After the address an opportunity was given to every one to meet the Governor and shake his hand.\ The party, was then driven through the principal streets , and at . 1 o ' clock departed for Paul Smith' s , in the Adirondac k . The decorations disp layed the previous , day in honor of President Harrison ' s vi si t had been gene rally left -ia place ,, and this reception as well as that _$ff- * p! ?' ? the Pre e ident was , in all respects , devoid of { politics ^ and notably cordial. Insolvent Savings Associa tions. Bank Examiner Whitton reports that the Third Permanent Savings and Loan As- sociation and the Erie County Permanent Savings and Loan Association are insol vent. They are of the \Permanent Dima \ order , of which there are ° several in Buffalo. The Erie County Association is said to be in the worst condition. It has been iu existence four years , during which a ledger has never been kepf ^ its only record s being a cash book and register. After tan days ' work by him- self and the aid of two assistants , for four days each , working until twelve o ' clock at n ight , Mr. Whitton has been able to make the following statement regarding its con- \ \ dition. Thafc it owes its shareholders §107 , - 000 , including about 110 , 000 fictitious profits. The Third Ward owes its shareholders % < c& , - 000 , including about $6000 o£ fietitiou3 \ ; profita T Both associations , the examiner says , have been doing an entirely illegal business. Their system was merely making false entries on somebody ' s book and divid- ing and paying money representing a pre- mium which could only be earned , so much . ^^^ each year , during the life of a loan. , ..J T hiif - ; \ • ; loan usuall y ran from tea to twelve years. , /;. Mr. Whitton say3 that he will not be sur « V i ; : prised to find many of the other ''dime 11 : . ; concerns in pretty bad shape. .;, / ; : General Items. _ Th b New York State World' s Pa ir Board - \ ' : of Managers has appointed James Wood , of : Mount Kisco , Direptor-in-Chi e f of the agri - cultural exhibit of the State , at the ExpDsi- : ;; tion, « ' ~ > ^ ' : ' Adjutant-G t E n ebal Wallace est i mates \ ^ \ ' that fully 10 , 000 or 13 , 000 veterans fro m the Empire State will be in line in Pennsyl- - . vania avenue , WashingtoD , i n the Grand . . Army parade of ; September 20. .. Mbs. Annie Davis, of Utica , aged ninety- . - two years , was found dead in a watering __ ' • trough containing one foot of water. She -J ' ¦ _ .: had gone from the house during the ni g ht , ' ¦ ¦¦ ;. and is supposed to have fallen into the . f. i troug h. ¦ ^ ' Pf T TT - T P McCauley , of Middletown , has I entered his 103d year. . ' V The General Term o£ the Supreme Court - S fi at Albany has decided that the law ot the ; f g road for bicycles is the familiar \keep to the v ' , -3 £ igW. \ ' • . - ¦ :¦;¦;: - : : ¦ > ¦ % - i. Several serious washouts have occurred . ii -jj g \on t he Rome , Watertown and Ogdensburg ;^ ; | RaUrpad in ~St. Lawrence County. Both ' - l ^ branches of the road were affected. T he r ^ rainfall was unprecedented , amounting to - ^ over three inches in twenty-four hours. . At c ¦ ; ^ Morri s fcown there was a washout sixty feet;: . ^g ^ long. ' . ' \ . ' ¦ ' , - ' \ . ¦ ;. • ' . ^ 4 Lightning struck the belfry o£ the Rs- ^ formed Church in Wynantsville just after W . ^ the congregation , which had gathered attha - ; . ,; ; •weekl y prayer meeting, had left the church. - : . ^ ; The pastor , the Rev . R . N. Brown , who had , y ^ ; r emained , was not se riously hurt. He was K£j \ partially stunned by the shock , but sqoa re - x r ; g covered. The woodwork of the building ^ | | caught fire , but was easily extingui s hed; ,, r ^ : ; | James P . Blauv e lt , Commander of ^ jfc te .: g^ Seventh Brigade N. G. S. N.j £ ., jai(*i at- wy jj f Mt. Pleasant a few days ago o r^ ar p^ | ^ :?| ^ p Typhoid malaria is epidemic at t fe s j ^ a - r >< cuse State Institute for Feebie-Jiinded ^ ChUr: . ;/ ;v3 dren.. .. - : • / • \ N .L J r iM Julia Phillips , of Lbc k pjor( ^ lh 7 >H ^ fe ? to : ;| ^ have been killed on a : railway a few; weeks ; ' ^ ago , and whose supposed body . was senb' -to' . fi^ Lockport for burial , the body being after ^ jj isj ward identified as that of Miss Walker , ' of vj ? ^ St. Louis , has been fou nd iu Chicago. ' She . . ^ ||| l i as ha d four weeks of savera illness at a .; , . ; : < > ; ^ \* , ¦ - . - - ¦ -: a ^^ c ' 1 - ' ¦ ¦ - ¦ C ath olic hospital in a retired par t of theci ty ^^l i \ and had not heard of the sensational reports < f? |j of her death until a friend found her at ^ the < r$ $ hosp ital . • • ' • ¦ , ; . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ , • ' ¦ ¦ _ ¦ ' ¦ ' - .;. ; %\ y HerbebtH. Gomme , about twenty-five ' , ; ^ y - years old , was drow . ned while bathing near : j ; : the college boathouse , G a n r ra . The bo \dy ' •} . -; was recovered . Gomme was an Eng lish mad :: v and went to Geneva from Macadon , N . Y., - : > a few weeks o< j o , expecting to ent a r Hobarfc 1 . ' ^ College. ' . - . ¦ . ' _ ; - : \ : Charles F. J £eck , State Commissioner ; : : ^ v of Labor , has just issu a i his.a n nuil reporfr :; ^ A larg e portion is devoted to figures of¦ iu ^ :;; , ' ;- y ^ terest in relation to the tariff. In order to - ^ prove whether prqfc a c t ion , as advocated :by ' ;i. ^ | one political party, _ or -tari ff reEorni would ; .I J g ^ prove of ' ' advanta g e , - statistics have; been : | ^ |g gathered to show in every industry in ; the ' - >i S | State the increase or decrease of , prpducMon $ fp and comparative mcreas a or \ ¦decrease ' in \ ^ fM wa ges. - . ; ¦ ' ¦: ' : ¦ .; i - . - , - '\ ' ' . , :.v;; - : :: ' >H^£ $ ^ ;I||| The general managers ' 61 I T ew Y w k' s «- |^ | Mbit at the World' s ' Pair : have : :d' e cid ^ : foi|^ | | dedicate ,V.th e ' C Stat e s . buU:iiDg: ' o tf dct ^ e i^^^ ¦ 23. ¦ ^ G ovmior• - FJoTm ^ jyiUidel i ve f v jM ^ a ^^^ ¦ dre ^ s;aD T d : . an:unkngwn. ^ i»t ^ ui / M Te ;i ^ )n ^^p ^ J g ^ fli ^ p r ^w iefor; th ^ ' o w ias w n f IS S /M^^ S
