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A NECESSITY A PfiOTEC MCD TA R IF ff IS ESSENTIAL FOB THE SEC 0 BITY. OP OUE INDU8TBIES AND OUR WAGE EAKNEB S. Every Government should seek to de- velop the hi g hest skill and industry among all its peop le , and at -the same time all the natural resources of its own territory. The history o f civilization proves that no Nation ever has permanentl y secured these desirable results \ without protec- tion ; and a moment ' s reflection will c onvince us that a country whose indus- tries are undevelope d never could estab- lish them in d i rect competition with older countries , whose industries are already we a lth y and . weii establ ished , for the older an d richer country could well afford , in its own inter est , to flood such newer country with goods at p rices far be- low the cost of producing such goods in the newer country, and so break down and crush out all efforts of the newer country to establish solid manufactures and g ive varied industries to its peop le. In d eed , s u c h has ev e r bee n the policy of Great B r itain toward younger and weaker Nations. In a debate on this subject in the Eng- l ish House of Lords , Lord Goderichsaid : \Other Nations know what we Eng lish mean by free trade is no thing more nor less than b y means of the great advan - * - ages we enjoy to get the monopol y of a l l the m a rkets of other Nations for our manufactures , and to prevent them , one and all , from ever becoming manufac- turing Nations. \ \ This certainly is audaciousl y frank , but it is also the very concentrated essence of National commercial sulfish- ness , and nothing but a strong protective tariff &m preven t E n gland from forcing this policy on us. She has tried it upon us repeatedly, b ut especiall y in 1816 at the close of the war for the avowed purpose of breaking down ou r manufac- tures ; for Lord Brougham at that very tim e in the Hous e o f Commons s aid : \It is well worth while to incur a loss upoa the first exportationa in ord er , by the g lut , to stifle in the cradle those manu- factures in the United States which the war had forced into existence , contrary to the natural ord er of things. \ What was the result of this policy toward us? \Our manufactures went down like grass before the mower , and our agri- culture and the wages of labor speedil y followed. Financial prostration was general and the presence of debt was univ ersal and intolerable. \ (Greeley) . The policy of Eng land is further shown b y David S yme , a wealthy man- u f actur e r and prominent free trader , who bold l y declares : \In aDy quarter of the globe where competition shows itself as likel y to in- terfere with Eng lish monopoly, immedi- atel y the capital of her manufacturers is massed in that particular quarter , and goo ds are exported there in large quan- tities and sold at such prices that out- side competition is effectuall y crushed out. Eng lish manufacturers have been known to export goods to a distant mar- ket and sell them under cost for yeara , with a view of getting the market int o their own hands again , and to gai n and keep that forei gn market and step in for the whole when prices revive. \ How literal l y true this is , we kno w to our bitter cost in the United States. From these facts and statements—and many others could be easi l y added—it is clear that while Great Britain , with all her immense wealth and firml y.estab - l re hed manufactures , adher e s to such a policy, there is no safety f or our labor nor security for our industrial cap ital without a strong and permanent protec- tive tariff. Such a policy only can g ive us the varied in dustries and multip licity of products w hich certainly : are essential to the continued prosperity of any Nation or people. This fact is so plain and so true , historicall y, that even the , English free traders cannot dear it. Thus L ord Goderich , in th e speech from which ; we have quoted above , referring to ' fhe . protective p olicy th en just ad opted by Fiance , said : \The policy that France acts on is that of encourag ing its native manufactures ; and it is a wise policy (for France), for if one were freely to admit our manufac- tures it woul d speedil y i reduce her to an agricultural Nation , and , therefore , a poor Nation , as all Nations must be that depend exclusivel y upon agriculture. \ There are no historical facts more clearly established than' these three: First. Every Nation.that has depended exc l usivel y or nearl y so upon agri p ulturo for the support and maintenance of its pe o p le , h as been a poor Nation! . Seco nd. The Nation ' that has the greatest variety of wel|fdeveloped home industries h as been the wealthiest and strongest Nation . Third. Without a protective tariff it is impossible for any new Nation to es- t ablish and maintain a variety of indus- tries in competition with a Nation in which they are already rich and firml y established . Consequentl y the necessity as weft as the wisdom of adhering to a protective policy in the United States must be ap- parent. —JX G. Harriman , in National Economist. Pros perity or Change. Throughout the lan d men know the joy of g ood times. The farms , the mills and the mines find great demand for their products , and the men who work them g et their pay without trouble. Wnen i ney are paid rairiy andprom p u y, others are paid , and those who servo th e m or sell to them are a l s o g lad. - Mer- chants find time ? good , for sales are large. Railroads , bankers , men of all the pro- fessions are g lad because busine ss is large and payments are read y. > Thi s is the state of things when men are cal led to vote whether they will have a change. The Democratic Party ^ says all things are wrong. The tariff is un- constitutional , and besides , it is rob- , bery. Keciprocity is a f ra ud; the old State bank notes oug ht to be \ allowed to circulate as freely ^ as ^ did ;ior;t;y ; y ear? ago ; money all a3 good as gold oug ht to be changed b y frj | e coinage into money no tatter than silver ; the bui lding of a new Navy should be stopped , and for- ei gn , mails be no longev carried under the American flag. But above all , the present tariff , to which all ki nds of in- dustry h a ve b een a d juste d , and under which they prosper to a degree never before known , must be broken down and destroyed. Here wouTd be a change inde ed. If the peop le de- sire it , th ey are told that . votes for Oleve- . land , Stevenson and the Democratic ticket will give \ them their wi sh. The T aadJs ^ rosDerous ^ and t h ese votes will g iv ' e us a change. Labor is full y em- p loyed , an d at- wages , on the whole , hi g her than were ever paid before , but Dem ocratic votes will give us a change. Money, 18 saf e and every dollar as good gas gold , but Democracy promises a change. Do the peop le want a change? Do they even want that disturbance and un- certainty which the proposal of a change must pro duce? These are questions which they alone can settle by their votes , or by their neg lect to vote. Of one thing they may be sure , the peop l o who do not w ant a change will have to get themselves registered and get their votes cast and counted , or the change will come whe ther they want it or not. Men who are careless enough ,. or selfish eDough , or i gnorant enough , in this self- governing' land , not to cast their yote i against the policy they detest and fear niuat expect that it will come upon them as a ri g hteous jud gment. Business men , emp loyers and wage- earners , a s a rule , like good times , and do not want a change. Yet many say, \It makes little difference , for Mr. Cleve- lan d and - Mr. Harrison hnve both been in office and no crazy or revolutionary change occurred. \ Laziness cheats itself with that p lea. Mr. Cleveland argued with great earnestness for a radical change of tariff , b ut it was prevented only because the Senate was Republican. How the Senate may stand next year de- pends upon the people. One or t he other , i f President , would be forced , in the main , t o up hold the policy of those who elect him; [President Harrison to up hold the policy under which great prosperit y has been realized , and Mr. Cleveland -to uphol d those who demand a change. It is senseless courting of peril to thro w a li g hted match into a powder barrel , hop ing that it will uot explode , or to elect a Democratic Pres . ident , hop ing that he will stop the rad- ical change for which the Democratic Part y has foug ht so long. B ut the votes for that party, whether they mean a ruinous change in the end or not , at any rate mean the danger of c hange. . To every business man , to every emp loyer and \ every wage earner , suc h votes offer the prospect of a radical change in the po licy of-the Government. That is , they offer uncertainty and doubt and danger , in p lace of prosperity and the hig he st prospect of increa s ing pros- perity in the future. It is for the voters themselves to say whe ther they want a first-class chance of ruin , or prosperity continued for tour years more. —Ne w York Tribune. The Pennon Office Un'Jer Ti to Ad- ministrations. Too cowardl y to openl y attack the pension roll , the Democratic platform attacks the Pension Office. Section 13 d emands th a t t he work o f the Pension . Office shall ' be done industriously, im- partiall y and h onestly. Official data show that under Harrison ' s administra- tion the Pension Office has been con- ducted more industriously, more ^ im- partiall y, inoro hone3tly and more eco- nomically than under the administration of Cleveland. Here are the facts : Three ' Three Years of Years of Business Sons. Clovelnnd. Harrison. Calls on War Depart- ment $267 , 2 39 $85 5 , 871 Pieces of mail matter received ,... 7 , 632 , 293 15 , 126 , 871 Pieces of mail matter sent 5, 450 , 825 9 , 934 , 943 Certificates issued;;.... 334 , 407 759 , 603 So much . for ^ the amount of business done j j ^ ur S Ty iT record of nearly double the A mount of work wo uld indicate industry. Now for the -cost' of doing it: ^ Three Three Years ot Yea rs of Cost of Doing It. Cleveland. Harrison . Aniouut expended in salaries , traveling ex- m? pensevetc... ...$S , 106. 4T D (8 , 437 , 357 Average cost of issuing certificates. 2424 11.10 Average cost of dis- : bursing one dollar ... .0035 ' .0033 Average cost of paving one pensioner........ 0.72 9-10 0 .49 & The Press will challenge any soldier- hating. Democratic organ to contradict the above figures. The years chosen are precisel y the same—namely, the first three yeais of the two Administrations ; for Cleveland , March 1 , 1885 , t o June 30 , 1888; for Harrison , March 1 , 1889 , to June 30 , 1892. The parallel table s speaks alike for the efficient and honest management of this great bureau. The people of the country do not want plati- tudes in p latforms about the soldiers , but they want pensions paid up honestly, economicall y and quickly. . . The Press says , pay the pensions , quickly an d economically, 'for the veter- an ' s march to the grave is rap id and ce aseless , until the last one rests in his windowless home*—New York Press. President Ha rrison and Pensio n s. The Democratic literary bureau , a l ong f with its vilification of Pension Commas- ' s ioner Rauai , is disseminating an asser- tion that Pr esident Cleveland, approved a greater number of pen sion bills than Presi- dent Harrison has done. The Fo rty-ninth - and Fiftieth Congresses passed 2042 pri- vate pension bills . Of these 297. were ' vetoed either by message or by pocket- ing, and 227 became laws by lapse of tim e without his approval , so that he ap- p foved onl y 1518 of . them. The l ast Republican Congies3 passed 1377 priv ate pension bills , every one of , which received President ' Harrison ' s ap proval and became ' a :law. B ut . then came in ' the- presen t Democratic Cou- ' gr e ^ ^ jtj p it a .overwhe ^ in|f . Southe r i , : control on the Democratic side. As a result there were weeks following weeks wh e n no priv a te pe n si o n b ill could ev e n obta in consideration in the House , to say nothing of being pa3sed. N o quor. um could be mustered in a House with a Democratic majority of 140 to consider bills to pension old soldiers. It was only on the last private bill ni g ht of the session that tho House , in a panic at the pension record it would have to go be- f ore, the country with , shoveled 105 b ills into the hopper and approved them in 150 minutes. But , with all this reckless h aste to make a record , the fir3t ses sion of the Fifty-second Congress enacted only 183 private pensi on bills. These became laws w ith President Harrison ' s approval. Compare this 133 bills with the 8*9 of the first session of r be Fifty- first Congress ot even with the 747 bill* which became laws at the first sess ion of the Democratic Fiftieth Congress , and it is seen who is to blame for the apparen t- l y fewer number of bills approved by President Harrison. Yet , unless the second session ' of this more-thari - a-bil- lion - dollar Congress makes the number of worth y pension bills less than ten , President Harrison will still have ap- pr oved more private pension bills than did President Cleveland in hi * lull term. Thesefaclrs are stated because i t ie Dem- ocrats seem insistent about figures. The fi gures seem superfluous when the un feel- ing jocularit y with which Cleveland dwelt upon the injuries of two old sol- diers in his pension vetoes is recalled. In his veto of the Total Disability Pension act of the Forty-ninth Congress , Cleve- laud struck at hu o dreds ^ of thousands of pensioners who never obtained their ri g hts until P r esident Harrjsoa signed the Dependent Pension bill passed by the Republican Fifty-first Congress. The other day President Harrison at- tende d a soldiers ' reunion at Malone up in the mouptftia region of New York. Here is ^ the way ne closed the little speech he made: \And now , comrades of the Grand Army of the Republic , surviving veterans of that gallant band that from thes ' j mountains and valleys went out to defend the flag, I g iv e you a comrade ' s greet- ing to-day. God bless you , every one. God forgive the heartlessness of that American in this bright day of prosperi ty and unity who can begrud ge to you the the jus t dues of your hard service. \ Figures Denotin g Prosperity. Statistics collated from the various trade journals show a most gratif yi n g state of affairs. The aggregate con- sum p tion of cotton in the Un ited States during the past year was 2 , 806 , 471 bales ; the previous year it was 2 , 530 , - 91(1 bales ; an increse of 11.2 per c ent. At the same time the consumption in Great Br itain fell off 3.6 per cent. ; on the Conti nent not quite so much . As compared with ten years ago , the con- sumption of cotton in Great Britain has fallen off from 70 per cent, greater than th at ot the United States to 24 per cent , greater , g iving ground for the belief that , notw ithstanding Great Britain ' s cotton manu factures are steadil y increas- ing, the United States will surpass her by the end of another decade. The actual sales of wool at the three chief markets—Boston , Philadel phia and New York—since May 10 , amounted to $124 , 364 , 624 as against $84, 635 , 786 during the same period last year , a gain of 47 per cent. T he shipmen t of cases o! boois and sho es is held to be a fair measure of the status of that trade. During the present year these amounted to 2 , 554 , 224 , as compared with 2 , 431 , 806 last year , and 1 , 715 , 004 ten years ago—-a gain o f aboat 8 per cent, during the last year , and of 48 pec cent, since 1882. In p ig iron the production in the Uni- ted State s d uring the first half of the present ^ ear was 5 , 374 , 943 tons , as com - |gared with 3 , 772 , 280 tons during the ' 'irst Kalf of 1891 , while ^u ring the same period in 1890 the production was 5 , 107 , - 775 , and for the whole year of 1882 ii was 5 , 178 , 122. In Great Britain the production in the fir3t half of 1892 was 3 , 125 , 828 tons; during first half of 1891 it was 4 , 157 , 873 , and 4 , 668 , 679- dur ing the first half of 1890 , while the produc- tion for the whole , year of 1882 was 9 , 512 , 481 tons. The consumption o l pig iron in this country during t he fi rs t half of th e present year was 5 , 208 , 487 tons , while Great Britain , including ex- ports was onl y 3 , 788 , 674 during thai time. .. - i raui s a u U llg A lres \ \ are tne I rre s istibl j arguments upon which the protective tariff polic y relies with perfect confi- dence. —New York Advertiser. A 00 ALINa STATION , Tne United States Secures a Site at Pago Pago , Samoa. At last the United States is in a position to establish the long desired naval coaling station at Samoa. Darin; :th9 ug l y com- plications there gro w ing o n fc of the claim of Germany to supremacy on the islands , an i after the destruction of the United States fleet by the hurricane , - ttie old conc s ssiou to the United States of the harbor of Pago Pago was revived and . Congress appropri- ated $100 , 030 for the establishment of a coal- ing station at the place. The Navy Depart- ment immediately began preparations to acquire the necessary land ; but owing to , the great distance of ri amoa from Washin g - ton and the uncertain means ot communica- tion the negotiations advanced slowly. j T hey have at last been practically completed , aud the United States has just acquired posses- sion of all the land necessaryior the puroose of a coaling station. Through Consu:- jen- eral Sewa l l the United States has finally beco me possessed * of the lands for the trifling consideration of $5000 ;. so there is a baudsome balance of the original appropriation remaiaing on hand. Some of this will be applied to the purchase of lands adjoining the station propor and running back upon the hills , in order that a suitable retreat may be established during the im? healthy season for the garrison that may Bventually. be quartered at the station. The remainin g funds will be app lied to the con- itr u ctio n o f a landing wharf , plans for wnicii , a ave recently been completed , aril probably to the erection of a coal shed and necessary juarters for + r i e Government ' s agents. ' A . siiK H ag capturea by the \Ninth' Massa- chusetts ilsgitnent . at the battle of Hanover , \N. C; , was returned a few days ago to the company it was taken -from—Company J? Q |evelandJ&Har ^ a ^ arlotte r N. : O j £ ; v: ^ ' ' :• ' ¦ - - ' v ' i ' * '- . ' : ' ' ¦ , / ¦ ' ¦\ - •¦ ' ¦; ¦ ' - ' < ¦ ' ' - . - ; ^- 5f' - ' : v \ . ' \ • ¦ , ' ; \ V ' ¦ j- - \ \ ' - ' ' ' . '\ ¦ ' • - ' ¦ • ¦ ¦ . - , > - ' V \i\ RETURN POSTAL CARDS Desi gns Approved, ior the Domestic- and the International Forms. In a few weeks the new return postal cird will be p laced on sale at all postofQces. The two designs , one for the domestic and the other for the international postal union se r- vic a have been approved by. Postmaster- General Wanamaker , and the work of priuting and distributing the cards will be pushed with vigor. : The half of the double card containing the message to which a reply is desired , is three and a-half inches wide by five and a-half in- ches long. At the top of the card and a little to the left of the centre-ara engrav ed in three line? , one above the other , the words: \Postal Card with Paid Reply, \ \United States of America , \ an d in smaller type , \This Side is for Address Only. \ In t he right hand upper corner is a vignette of G e neral Grant encircled by a frame bearing at the top the legend , \Message Card , \ and at the bottom \One Cent. \ At the lower left-hand corner are the words , \Detach An* nexed Card for Answer. \ The whole is enclosed in a tasteful border. The face of the return card , in general ef- . feet , is similar to the message card . Iustead , however , of the words \Postal Card With Paid Reply \ at the top of the card , are the words \Rep ly Postal Card . \ Over the vig- nette of General Grant the.wo rds \R aj ily Card\ are substituted for \Message Card. \ The international card is somewhat smaller than that for domestic use. In the border at the top of the card appears the words \Postal Card With Paid Reply \ and their French translation \Carte postale avec . re- sponse payee. \ A design at the top of the card contains the words , \ Universal J r ostal Union \ and \United States of America \ with their French equivalents. A. liberty head occup ies the rignt hand upper corner with the legend 'Two Cents. \ In all other essential particulars the do- mestic and tbe international cards ara Very similar. Black ink will be usei on both; The message card and * he card for rep ly lorm on a pieceo ^ card boar d folded together and creased on a line between the . two where they are to b s separated wnen there' ply is sent htjnqk x fiiGGi u s—Please , mister , can you gimme 10 cents to help me buy a \Dr i nk? \ \ N aw , a loco- motive. I see ia the papers that a good locomotive earns $100 a day. \ — In dianapolis Journal. THE MARKETS . ( > : Late- Wholesale Prices of Country ; Produce Quoted in-New York . :: £ 41 BEA NS AND PEAS. Beans—Marrow , 1S91 . ehoiee$2 25 @ § 2 3D ' ; Medium , 189 1 . choice.... 195 @ — \ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ \ ' * ¦ Pea , 1891 , choice 185 @ 2 fW V Red kidney, 1891 , choice. 2 65 % 2 75 Red kidney, poor to fair 1 7-5 @ 25) . ' Lima , Cal.. per bush.... 200 @ 210 ' Green pea,? , 1892 , per bb ) 180 @ 1 &5 BOTTE U . p : Creamery—St. &Penn , extra 24 @ 9AU St. & Penn., firsts .81 @ 23 Western , firsts 21 K @ 22 ^ \ ; Western , seconds 20 (fa 21 ¦ Western , thirds... 18 @ 19 State dairy—half tubs , a nd . . : ' - \ - j ^ \f pails , extras. — (3) Z ^ J ^ ~ , HalC tubs and pails , lst s . 20 % 22 • v Half tubs and pails , 2ds. 18 @ 19- : \ Welsh tubs , extras...... — @ 23 r Welsh tubs , Ists..... . .... 20 @ -21 v . ' ^ Welsh tubs , 2ds 18 @ -19 ; ; ^ ! Western—I n >. creamery, Ists 19 @ 20 Y in 1 . W. Im. creamery, 2ds... 16 @ 18i -W- - .r. W. Im. creamery, 33s... 15 @ 15 & ; : ; Western Factory, fresb , firsts 16 © ' — :: - W. Factory, seconds.... — @ 1 5> ^ - : . ' W . Factory an d dairy, 3ds WA@ IS ; ; ¦; C3EESE . : ' j: State factory—Full cream , . . V white , fancy ^ .. . 10 @ lOJ g v V ; : Jfullcream , colored , fancy 10 . @ 10 >£ » Full eream , good to prime 9 @ > 9% : s Part skims , choice 6 j^ @ 6% ¦: Part skims , good to prime 5 #g . h% : ' - Part skim f , common.... - 3 @ 3J ^ . \ Full skims.,.. 1 @ 2 v; EGGS . : \ : • * State and Penn-Fresh...... 22 ^ <§r -28 W ,; ? Western- Fresb , fa ncy..... 21 ^ ® 21} f . v Fresb , prime 21 % @ %.% . . ; ~; FRUITS ASD BEBRIES—FBE Sff. ' .. , 1 A pp les-Red sorts , bbl 2 25 @ 3 00. * .; :¦ ¦ > Green sorts , per bbl 3 00 @ 2 25 ' ¦¦ v Sweet varieties ,per bbl.. ¦ — @ — > ; Pea re , Bart l etl , pe r ' keg 150 @ - 3 0CLg - s S Secke l , pe r bbl.. .. ..... 3 00 <§ 5 Qt f^ i -{ w r Common cooking, per bbl 150 @ 2 $ > \ ^^ Graps p , up river , Del.,par lb. 5 @ -6 ' ! 2 ; l U p river , Niagara , per lb. 3 @ 4 ' :; Up river , Concord , lb... 2 ' @ ^ H ' ' ¦ Peaches , Jersey, extra, basket. 150 &1 75 ? i - Poorto fair 60 @100 ¦ . :¦ ?& ¦ Plums , up river , per crate.,. 75 @ 125 S State , 101b basket...... 40 @. 60 - - , S C ranberrie s Cape Cod , bbU 500 @ 625 . -s & hops. ' ¦ ; . ¦ ' ¦ ' ' :| | State-1892 , fair to choice... 20 @ 23 ' ^ 1891 , prime.... — @ 2L : ; ,r s 189 1 , common to good.. 17 @ 21 • - : Old odds . 5 @ ^ ;: ^ 3 LIVE POULTR Y. . . . . - ¦ ' , ¦ : ; J ^ Fowls-Jersey, State , P enn. — @ : 14V - , : ¦ ' ::S Western , per lb......... — @ 14 ^ ; \ ; - S p r ing Chickens , local , lb.;. ' . 11 @ 12 - ^ Southern per lb — @ 11 ^ ' ¦;\ ; ? Roosters , old , per lb . 7 U @ 8. : = , : ' > Turkeys , per lb 11 @ 12 . v Duck s -N. J., N . Y., Penn., . ¦ - , - ^ , ^ . ; > f. per pair.............. 65 @ 85- • : ' Southern , per pair ¦ \ r 50 . @ S (H) > h L : : i\ ; Ge ss e , Western , per pair .... 137 @ 150 > ^ S Southern , ter pair..... * . 125 @ 137 !s ¦ ' ¦ . ~ Pi geons , pe r pair............ 30 ffi ¦ ¦ ¦ \ 49J j 2; ' 0 DRESSED I ' OUMRY—FRESH KILLED , ;r -^ ' ;v| Turkeys—Young, per lb.... 10 < & : ' l5 ±j l s g a . .Old mixed weights...... 14; @V: ; 35 ^ r S Toms , fair to prime...., — ~© : - < £ - ¦ '\' ^ ,:Mti Chickens—Phila., per i b. . . ... 15 @ 18 ^ ; $# : L. I. broi l ers..... — @ : ' ' ¦ — \ : & ¥ ^ Fowls—St. and Penn., per lb 12> ^ © ' 13 ' ; ^ W estern , per lb......... 12 ^ @. -13 - - S; ' Ducks—Western , per lb .... 9 ~@ ; 12:--•> v ^ Eastern ,per lb... . ........ @ ^ 17- ^ 3 ^ 1 . S pring, L. I., per lb...v 17- ® X i8 '^ ^* g Geese-Spring Eastern ,per lb 18 ® 19v- ;, k $ Squabs—Dark , per doz..... 2 0.) @2 25 ! ' S S « vf Light, per d q j .......... 3 03 @ 3 23V.? ^ C -| ; - ¦ VEGETABLES. ' \ : ' J ' ^ C '^ vS^ Potatoes—State . p a r bbl ..... 1S7 @ 2i2 :# y£ vr Jersey, p ri me , per bbl ... 18? @2 00 S ^ - . Jersey, inferior , per bbl . 150 ¦ @ 1 75 ; ^ ? ' ^ g L. I., in \bulk , per bbl.. 2 0\) @;213 ' , ^ - ^ m Cabbage , L. I., per 100 ...... 40) @ 6 0! T V ^ ss Oinons-Eastern ,yellow , bbl . 225 @ 2 50; v - ^ Eastern , red , per bbl.... 2 25 @ 2 50 - ; R i S \ State , per bb?;......... 225 @, 2S0 . W M Squash—Marro w ,per barrel , 100 @ 125 ;• - ¦ p ^ c i i Cucumber? , pickles , per 1000 1 00 @ 350 ¦ ' \ ¦ • \ ' ¦ ' M Long Island , per l000..r. 100 - @ 150 ' ^ : ;M Tomatoes , per crate \ 20 \ @ ; 30 : \ ^ i $ Lima bejm? , f air to prime , bag 100 @ 175 j 3i f Egg plant , tTe re ev . per bbl .. 75 • @.l 00•: : ' C -Z M Sweet potatoes , Va., per bbl . 15) @ 1 87: v I, ;^ i South Jersey, per . bbl. . ; . 1 75 ; @ 2 50 • i - 3 S - I Celery, near by/Joz . bunches 75 @ 100;: y ';: ^ ¦ ' GRAIN , . ETC. . / ¦; , ¦ ^- j - ' / ' , : ' i i& o^ ! Flour—City Mill Extru..... 425 @ X&^ - SiM -Patents....... ' . ' ....; - 1 50 . @ 4 75~ £ £ g^ Wheat- X o. 'i Red........ ;<¦ 78 % @ 8O3 £ ^ | R y s —State.................. — -@ \ r ' ~ : : - * £? g %. Barley—Two-rowed State... — @ ¦ : — ^ iM Corn—Ungraded Mixed. . ; .. ii6 ^ @ ' 54 . ^ ? \N ^ Oats-ITa 2 White.......... 39 @ 39 3P® Mixed Westorn;........ 36 @ ^ 38 V Z&M Hay-Gooi to Choice....... 65 \ @ D 0 ^^ S trawr-Lpn j Eye......... v. 50 -@ * Si ^ S ^ Lard-City ' Stoam...... - .... 7.75 J (§ ^V^!^ | | . . . ... ' : . : v ijyE stock. . . / ;xv- - . i ' \ -f i yi K | SS^ Beere s ^ Ciby r lress 3 a.......v ' - ' • . • : ' 5 ^'$^ 8J ^^^ Milch C # s , com . to good... W 00 : @ 45KW|j 4 I ^ Calve3 , ' v Citv dressel. . \ .. ¦ ..... ¦ -9 . ' ¦ ' @ ^ ;i 3 j ^|^^ i Sheep; pev.!i0i) lbs... ^ v; ^ ... .4 00 ;@f 4 '60S S i| ^y s Eamb?; per \ & h;...;..,v;v. • . r < j y i0 0 J O^^ m :H6gs--Liy ^ per 100. llis.;.. ., - S $^ @< ^0M & :;5 -^ ; Dre e sed' i yj; ; ;; ; ;;. ' ^^ ; ; ;; v ^^^^^^m THE SUNSET THRUS H . Is it a dream? The day is done— The long, warm , fragrant , summer day; Afar beyond the hills the sun In purp le splendor sinks away; The cows stand waiting by the bars; - The firefly lights her floating spark , i While here and there tbe first large stars : Took out , impatient for the dark ; A group of children saunter slow ?V)ward home , with laugh and sportive ; word , One pausing, as she hears the low Clear prelude of an nnse e n bird— \ Sweet—sweet—sweet — Sorrowful —sorrowful— sorroic /tclf 1 Ah , hist! that sadden music-gush Hates all the hearkening woodland still- It is the vesper of the thrush— And all the child' s quick pulses thrill. Forgotten in her he s diess hand The half-ailed berry-basket swings; What cares she that the merry band Pass on and leave her there! He sings ! Sings as a seraph , shut from heaven .And vainly sacking ingress there , Mi g ht pour upon tbe listening even Hislove , and longing, and despair— \ Sweet—sioeet—sweet — Sorrowful—sorrowful—sorrowful!\ Deep in the wood , whose g iant pines Tower dark against the western sky, While sunsetf s last faint crimson shines , He trills his marvelous ecstasy; With soul and sense entranc s d , she hears The wondrouspatho s of his strain , While from her eyes unconscious tears Fall softl y, born of tendere s t pain. What cares tbe rapt and dreamin g child That duskier shadows gather round? Sbe onl y feels that flooi of wild Melodious , melancholy sound— \Sweet—sweet—sweet— ¦ Sorrowful—sorrowful —sorrowfulF Down from immeasurable hei ghts The clear notes drop like crystal rain , The echo of all lost delights , All youth' s hi gh ho p es , all hidden pain , All love ' s soft music , heard no more . But dreamed of and remembered long— Ah , how can mortal bird outpour Such human heart-break in a son . *? What can he know of lonely years , Of idols onl y raised to fall , Of broken faith , and secret tears? And yet his strain repeats them all— u Sv > eet—sweet—sweet— - Sorr w cful—sorrowful—sorrowful !\ — Ah , stall amid Maine ' s darkling p ines , N Lofty, mysterious , Temote , ' \ ¦ - . ' While sunset' s last faint crimson shine? , The thrush' s resonant echoes float ; - -^_ _ And she , the child of long ago , \ \^b alistsned till the west grew gray, Has learned , in later days , to know The mystic meaning of his lay; And often stul , in waking dreams Of youth' s lost summer-times , she hears A g ain that thrilling son? , which seems ^ r&e voice of dead and buried years— \Sweet—sweet—sweet— Sorrowful—son owf u l—sorrowfulF —Elizabeth Akers , in the Century. f . USB , OF ALKAU. FLAT. BY FBA 5 K B. J IIIiLAKD. ff gg ffi CLUMP of e cragg l y x^ . a B cact * ^ ew a o a * nsfc £ *£? ?& H th e sha c k , and 4§S«li» H scra t ched its n n- 5j «|aC j K ^ Jia painted side when ^ RS g| Sy ^'* 8J\ the wind blew hard. JE w ? Vh i B ut it was not blow- ^k ^ Y ^ fiing at all now , and j| ra | PSS g|| ^^ (the same heat that * < s £ j 9 ^p || §?| \ throbbed over the 2? \? * \ - ' desert and warped » the st f-line was curling the shakes atop the shack and sending every breathing thing on Al fc ali Flat , even to the lizards , - into the shade. There were just three room3 in the shack , and 'I / i s h' s wa3 the end one , next to the kitchen. The little house was closed as ti g ht as a drum to keep in whatever of the ni g ht' s coolness re- mained in it , which was little enough, j 'Iish—the whole of it was Alicia—sat it her room , and talked with her mother , who was peeling potatoes in the kitchen. Althoug h in separate rooms , their sharp, Missourian voices were clear enoug h to each other. There was just one thing to talk abont , and nearly i everything on earth that could he said about it had been said , so they had been going over it all again. It was pan ' s bigstrike. u It ain 't dead sore , ye know , 'Lish , \ - ^^^^w inj l Tip tha mother ; \but it looks as near like it as one jack-rabbit looks like ernother. \ \OP pap ' s workin * aw ful hard ; ain 't! he , mawf\ j \I reckon he is. \ *Lish looked out throug h the small i \window. Her glance shot past the t tr o ^ - rails that g limmered u w ler the angry , sun , down there by Alkali Plat Station , past the two scurry ing dust demons that S howed there was air in motion sozne- where , even though sporadically, and away over to the blue buttes. There was a notch in the far butte j Scrub Canon , they called it. Pap was working there in that notch , under that awful sun , in the restless way that pap always worked. He was there alone , digg ing his p ick into the dry ground ¦ •. ; _ and scanning each clod and broken rock for the yellow specks that\ meant so much to him , and that were to put something o etter than a shake roof over their heads. She felt for Mm that horrible heat; she saw the dro ps of sweat trickle frbm hi3 brow and p lash upon the rocks , making their dark mark there for an in a tant and dry ing up in an other; she felt , as she put i t , \the spring goin ' out of her , \ just as it was going out of \ ol* pap. \ • \ But T ie wouldn 't let me hel p him— - never wou ld , even ef he was a-workin ' his two hau ' s off , \ she si ghed. Then she went and set the table f oi dinner. They afe in silence , T iish and \ maw. * There was no good talking it all over again. It w A ld not do to count - -; too much on it , anj H y. Other strikes had been in promise , year after year , and nothin g ha d come o f them , absolutel y - nothing, - . -- ' \ \ - . / TJi f ater aoon iron o% The g lare had gone out of the day. They opened the door to let in the growing coolness outside , watching for l « ol* pap ' s \ dust meantime , and wondering what hews he would bring. He was late; but he had been late before. They sat on the door- step and glued their eyes to the notch in . the butte , which had begun to blur as the sun had gone to make an oven of some other part of th s world . \There he comes , \ 'Lish would say; bat it was onl y a dust demon trying to trick them. And so the ni g ht grew on; but the full horn of an early moon shown down , and still they watched. \Guess F d better go over an ' see ef I kain 't raise him , \ said 'Lish. \An ef he ' s a- goi n ' to stay out all ni g ht , he 'll need a blanket. I'll take him one , an ' come back with the news , whatever it is. Git the blanket, out , maw , an ' I'll go an ' buckle the shee p skin onto Ol' Jim. \ The desert ni g ht told its secrets to the g irl as she rode the slow mustang over the trail to the buttes. And the desert ni g ht holds many secrets for those who care to hear them ; but it did not w his- per the darkest of them to 'Lish that nig ht. The air came warm and then chill , as she passed throug h the different strata that were from low , hot p lain or fri g id mountain-top. Old Jim - was so slo w. He minded no more the flicks from the strap-end than he did the brush- ing of the greasewood past his lean form. He did make a p lunge now and then ; but that was when a cactus-sp ine pricked his side. ' At last the girl reached the canon , which seemed to be done in black and white , so li g ht did the moon make the exposed parts , and so inky were the shadows . It was frightfull y quiet in there. As she went along, she heard the whinny of her father ' s horse , tethered beside the wall of rock. She left Old Jim to munch the mesquite near by, while she tripped up a steep trail , and came to the gash her father had made with p ick and shovel in the lone canon- side. Ther e he w as , sitting on the ground and leaning agaiu3 t a rock. The moon shone upon his patched ^ overalls and upon his dusty shirt; but she could not see his face , for his head was bent forward and was hidden by the brin T of his slouch hat. \Pa p, \ her sharp voice stabbed the quiet , \I came up ter see ef you was ever comin ' home. I brung a blanket , p ap, case yer wanted to stay all ni ght. You oug hter ' a ' come home hours and hours ago , ' stead o ' workin ' an ' workin ' till you was all fagged out. \ He did not lift his head. A puff of cold wind came down the the canon , and , striking the girl' s brest , made her s hiver. 1 'Sleep in ' oh the rocks. Wai , I swun! Tuk too much outen the black bottle , I'll bet. \ She stepped nearer. \Hullo , pa p! You ain 't drunk ag in , be you? Pap, pap, I' m c l ean ' s h amed o ' you!\ She leaped to the rock , gave him a di g in the side of his leg wifch her stoutl y leathered toe , aud then shook his shoul- d er. \P ap, wake up ! You 'll catch yer death a-cold , sleep in ' out this way. An ' here we ' ve be ' n a-watching ' out fer ye , an ' watchin ' till our eyes was most g ive out , while you ' ve be ' n up here havin ' a good ol' guzzlin ' time , all.by yersel f , an ' uot carin ' a cu ss. It' s play in ' us mean , pap, an ' you know it. \ She shook his shoulder again. His head fell back. The face was chalk y white. \God , pap ! What is it?\ She felt his face. It was stone cold. The touch froze her. SKe felt his heart. The throb was gone out of it. \Pap pap !\ and all the canon heard her sharp, desolate cry; \ my ol' pap . ' He aint dead?\ A bier lizard went scutteria ? down the slope , an owl in a scrub-oak near by gave a dismal hoot , and the coyotes set up their throaty howb. She gul ped and gasped. Her breath seemed cut off. She would have fallen at his side , but that her ear caught the coyotes ' howls and caug ht , too , their horrible meaning. She stayed herself b y her two hands against the rock and tried to get her breath. - The coyotes howled again , in awful chorus , and she shuddered. \They shan 't get you , pap ; they shan 't get you. Ill take you home. \ Her breath came free as she spoke. She grasped the dead man ' s shoulders , and , keep ing as much of his body from the ground a3 she could , she dragged him down the rocky trail , toward the spot where the horses were tethered. She winced when she heard. his boot- heels scratch the ground , but she pul led and tugged with all her mi g ht , and , panting, she laid his fonn near Old Jim , who snorted and jumped and pricked up his ears. Then , with a glance backwark from time to time , she went to her father ' s little camp, took his axe , and jcut two pole3. with which she made a \dust-trailer ^ ' the pole3 being bound to Old Jim ' s sides like shafts , with p ieces of strap and bale-rope. She lifted the body again , to put it on the rude con - veyance. The moon struck it full this time , and , as she rolled it over gentl y upon the trailer , she saw a bi g clot of blood on the back of the dark shirt , and b y it was a clean-cut bullet-hole. With a \ shudder , she let the body fall. , Then she Jooked at her hands. There was blood upon ahem and upon the sleeve of her dress. / \Claim - j o mpera !\ (She set her teeth hard when she thrust letth the words , and clenched her hand J g il the nails dug into the palm. ; f They had killed him , then , while he was at work. He had crawled as far as m & rock and had died. It was a strike —a J i ig v one—aud it bad cost him ids life. But— She looked up the canon with awful eyes , and smote the air with the clenched hand. Then she bent down , and , taking a long halter-strap, fastened the bod y securel y to the top of the trailer , and , mounting her father ' s horse , ghe led Old Jim carefully down ' the ¦\ canon and out u g oa the ni g ht rc hJ Uo a j t Uio , p e wj. otes followed her , and almost rent tier heart by their howls , but she kept oh , and before midni g ht the sad little pro - cession reached the cabin. The mother was still up, and she ran to the door when she heard the sound of the hoofs. \Is that you , 'Lish?\ she called out. \Did ye bring pap home? Is it a dead- sure strike?\ 'Lish slid from her horse and ran to the door. \Maw , Maw , Maw !' ^ was her cry . \Maw , they ' ve killed him ! They ' ve killed poor old pap!\ It was a month, after they had laid the old man in the white earth , and the wind was whispering throug h the sage- brush and scattering its gray leaves on his grave. 'Lish was up in the canon , behind the very rock where she had found her dead father. The canon draug ht was grate- ful to her after the hard ride over the heated p lain. She drank in long breaths of it , but all the time her eye was on the hole where her father had made the one great strike of his life and had died for it. \Strange he never comes ' roun ' —th at greasy-faced Jose Garcia. 'T was him that did it. P' raps he ' s waitin ' fer us to move away. He 'll wait a long time —till he ' s dead . \ She let her glance fall for an instant to the something that gleaned along the top of the rock. That something was the barrel of her father ' s rifle. The wind rustled a snake skin on the rock at her sid e , and a \ swift\ darted into the shade and looked at her with unwinking eyes: Then a dark , squat fi gure stole out of the canon depths and up to tho mine. The g irl did not start , but a smile passed her li ps. The fi gure moved about as silently as a shadow. It turned a swart face toward the spot where she lay hid , but there was more of interest for it in the hole in the canon side than for aug ht else , and on this the eyes were bent. By moving the muzzle of the rifle two inches along the top of the rock , it cov- ered the flap of the pocket in the left breast of the blue flannel shirt. \Farther than I thoug ht for , \ the g irl said to herself— \ nearly a hundred and fifty yards. The middle si g ht' s the best. \ She squinted through the p in-point hole , and lo w ering the muzzle the, small- est fraction of an inch , she smiled.as the small round dot of li ght rested on the very centre of the pocket-flap. At that instant a dark shadow made an iuky patch on the scarp near her , and looking up she saw a bi g buzzard wheeling in the air. She smiled again , and hugged the rifle butt , which fitted closel y against her shoulder. Her ri g ht hand went for- ward a little. Her slender forefinger , held s t ra i g ht , smoothed the black tri g- ger li g htly, almost lovingly. The man stra i g htened up a little. The finger crooked , there was a sharp crack , and the man fell upon his face. Then she pressed home another car- tridge and clambered up the rock , lifle in hand. She leaned over ithe body. It was motionless. \You oug hter ' a been shot in the back , too , \ she said , griml y; \but 'Lish ain 't no greaser. \ She moved away, with li g ht step, hu g- g ing the rifle under her arm. And the buzzard circled a little lower. —T he Ar- gonaut. Goss i p About ' .Tea. \ \Americans are not tea drinkers. What they drink is Japan , tea , wh i ch , in my op inion , is poor and. tasteless. So- called •Eng lish breakfast .tea ' is a brew which an Eng lishman is compel led to come to the United States to)ta3te for the first time in his life. \The appointm e nt of 'tea* taster ' was much soug ht after in the old days. After .paj ing a premium of §2500 in London one was taug ht the business in a three- years ' apprenticeship in Mincing Lane and then sent out to a tea>firm in China. Then came another year ' s local appren- ticeshi p before being made a regular buyer. Salaries ran from §150 to $500 a month , with handsome quarters and sumptuous board. \The tea is samp led from ' muster cans. ' We examine the dry lea f for ap- pearance and weig ht. Then the tea is fused and tasted . Just a sharp si p and 3p it , never a swallow. The touch of the li quid on the palate is sufficient to get the taste and aroma. After that the wet leaf is examined and scented. That is the time to del ect foreign substances and adulterations which are impossible to detect in the dry state of the leaf. I have tasted as many as 500 samples in a morning, sometimes 1000 tastes a day. \The proper way of making tea? There is only one correct rule , all fancy faddists notwithstanding. . That is the professional rule and app lies to all and every kind of tea. The proportion should be ' one lig ht teaspoonjul for each person and one for the pot. ' The water .should be poured on the leaf boiling—* boiling, mark you , not merel y very hot. It should then stand for five minutes ex- actl y, not a ' second more or les? , and your tea is read y. We use sand g lasses in the trade to hit the exact moment to pour eff the tea from the leaves , which then rapidl y commence to give tannin. \ —San Francisco Chronicle. H istory of a Word. . The way in which the name \ bureau \ became app lied to articles of furniture intended for literary purposes is rather curious. It was the custom in the days when writing was done on parchment and when bookbinding was an expensive luxury for those who were connected with literary pursuits to have on their tables a piece of cloth , of a thick nature , to prevent the bookbinding receiving any injury. This p iece of textil e fabric , originally of wool , bore in France the name of bureau , and in course of time that name has attached itself to articles of furniture which have a space protc cted by some material for writing operations- — r Pittsburg Dispatch. For the first time the Russian scldiers are to s be furnished with handkerchiefs at t be Goyernjn en ^ jxpen8e f _ , __ .
