.THE LAFAYETTE GAZETTE. -VOLUME I. LAFAYETTE, LA., SATURDAY, MAY 20, 1893. NUMBER 11.

' li 1114I [Copyright, 1883, bythe Author.]RE Rev. Cle-

I ment Wright di-vested himselfof his cassock,left the church-wardens to

- count-the coinscollected in theoffertory andstepped forth

Into the foggy darkness. His parishwas not, either in point of situation orin point of emolument, a desirable one,and it looked more than usually cheer-less on that chill November night; butRev. Clement was in pretty goodspirits, because he felt that he haddone his duty. Dreading and dislikingthe subject of eternal punishment, hehad more than once shirked preachingupon it, in defiance of the behests ofhis conscience: but this evening, withall the impassioned eloquence that haddrawn crowded congregations to listento him, he had laid down the orthodoxdoctrine-the doctrine which "who-soever will be saved" must needs ac-cept

"'That was a fine sermon of yours,"remarked a tall and very seedy-lookingold man in a battered, greasy hat, whohad apparently been waiting for him toemerge from the vestry and who nowjoined him without ceremony.

"I am glad you liked it," answeredthe preacher.

Pt was no new experience to him tobe accosted in the street, and the onlything about his present interlocutorwhich aroused his curiosity was thatthe man's intonation was a good dealmore refined than might have been ex-pected from his extremely disreputableappearance.

"Oh, I didn't like it; no human beingcould like a sermon of that kind. Untit was scholarly and well put, and.youspoke as if you awereiit earnet. I waswondering whether you had really edu-cated yourself to believe in endless tor-ment-that was all."

"We are bound to believe in it. Weare bound to believe in much that wecannot understand."

"Yes, to be sure-the Trinity inunity, baptismal regeneration-cterni-ty itself, if you come to that. Still,there are cases which bring the ab-surdity of this particular dogma hometo a man; my own case, for examplc.

"Once upon a time I had an only sonwho went to the devil as straight as hecould go. Personally. I have alwaysbeen a bad lot-drunken, unprincipled.absolutely without belief in any formof revealed religion, so that I didn't de-serve to have a good son. I am not go-ing into the detalls of the story, but Imay mention that I was fond of the fel-low, that he was ungrateful, and thathe practically ruided me.

"Now, supposing that, after the lapseof some years, I had met with that sonof mine under circumstances whichplaced him at my mercy. I have, orhad, great muscular strength; and sup-posing that I had fallen in with him insome lonely spot; that he had crawled,exhausted with fatigue and hunger, tomny camp fire; supposing that I had saidto him: 'Now you shall be minade to suif-fer a little of what you made me suf-fer;' supposing that I had bound himhand and foot and thro n him uponthe top of that fire to roast slowly todeath, with nolbody to rescue him fromwhat hlie had well earned. What then,Mr. Wrighit?"

"1 cannot believe that any mortalman would be such a monster!"

"Well, you needn't believe it, becausenothing of the sort ever took place. Iwas meuly making use of a parable."

"My dear sir," interrupted the cler-gyman, eagerly, "you are falling intothe common error of applying humanexperience to what is superhuman. Ishould like to talk this matter overmore fully with you, and if you willcome and eat supper with me-" F

"Do I look like thie kind of a person clwho could be taken home to supper in ta respectable house? No, no, Mr. aWVright; you are welcome to your vcreed, since it makes you happy. Ididn't wait outside the church in order oto discuss theology with you. I began tas I did partly because it wasn't Vbad tway at opening a conversation, and epartly because my little allegory has tiafoundation in fact which may interest cyou. I daresay you haven't forgottenthat you once had an uncommonly ras- rcally uncle, Alfred Warren by name, bwhom your people were compelled to tidisown." o

"I had supposed that my uncle was ndead." Mr. 'Wright answered, with a hsomewhat uneasy glance at his tiquestioner. "1 sent him a little money aonce, ir response to an appeal which creached me from America; but that t<was a good many years back, and 1have heard nothing of him since." iv

"Don't be alarmed; I am not about Ito reveal myself as yomr long lost rel- 'ative. What I wanted to say to you mwas this. I knew Alfred Warren outin Nebraska, and I assure you that hehad his good points. Perhaps you scnever heard that he married a widowin Nebraska shortly after circum-stances had rendered it advisable for tIhim to quit his native shores? WVell. sIhe did; and t e result of his marriagewas an onlon, who grew up to robhim and ruin him. Now, Mr. Wright,I will frankly confess that, if I werepoor old Alf, I couldn't bring myself toforgive that young prodigaL But Iatake it that your religion commands aiyou to exercise a good deal moremercy than you ascribe to its founder,and if you knew that your nephew was sqill and almost starving within astone's throw of you. I don't see howyen could reconcile it with your con- trvictions to pass by on the other side."

"Is this the 'case?" asked Mr. Wright."If so, I will go to him at once and do svphat I can for him." w

"It is the case. I chanoed upon the di

rPyc asse l a 81thy ciredgla-housesi

where 1 slept last night, and, knowinghis history, I thought I would try to dohim a good turn, little as he deservesto be befriended by any friend of hisfather's."

"What has become of his father? Inever saw my uncle. All I know abouthim is that he dissipated his small for-tune and disgraced himself by stealing

by money long ago. Still he is my ownflesh and blood. Where is he now?"

e- "In endless torment, I suppose, itli. your views are correct. You can't doIf anything for him; but it is just possiblel, that you may be able to save his son,

. at least from temporal torment."S Rev. Clement five minutes later was

is conducted into the miserable tenement1e where his reprobate nephew lay toss-id ing in the first stages of typhoid fever.h WVhile he was satisfying himself that

ih lie had not been the victim of a hoax,r the man in the battered hat disap-

e, peared.r- It was not until nearly six weeksit later that Clement WYarren was in a con-

Sdition to relate his story to his benevo-d lent relative. Sitting up in the conval-escent ward of a fever hospital, he

e made full confession. It was trueig enough that lie had been a great black-

I guard; he did not attempt to make ex-h cuses for himself; yet he could not help

id pleading that hle had not had half an chance. IBoth his parents had been

x given to drinking; his mother had diedo- before his eyes in the agonies of de-lirium tremens; his father, who hadrisen suddenly from the extremity of

Sindigence to wealth, had treated himwith a certain cynical indulgence, but

o had never taught him to discriminate;0 between honesty and fraud, nor ever

v expressed the slightest wish that heshould curbhis naturalpassions. WVhen,d in order to pay a gambling debt, hehad helped himself to a large sum of

,o money which he knew to be upon the

y premises, hlie was quite unaware of the.r magnitude of the catastrophe which he

t was thereby bringing about.LI "iBut the consequence was that fa-

_ ther went bankrupt, so lie cursed meand kicked me out of doors. Then Iwent to sea, and for the last two years

g I've had a roughislh time of it. If you

it want inme to say I'm sorry, I'll say so toSplease you. I am sorry, a'Ii- y'q:-5a.a

Smuch to father, too, if I knew whereto find him."

S "Your father is dead," Mr. Wrightanswered, with a sigh. "No doubt lieewas to blame; but, then, he was pun-

e ished. As for you, you are young, andlife still lies before you. You must

n make your home wvith me until we cani see our way alittle more clearly. After

a time an opening will doubtless be 4Sfound for you, since you have had a 1

e good education. No; don't thank mni.I am a childless widower, and al-Sthough I am.not a rich man my imeans 1Sare ample for my wants. By the way,s I wonder who the unknown friend waswho brought me to you. Ie also wasevidently an educated maln, though lieSdescribed himself- and, I am afraid,only too accurately-as a drunkenLscamp."

Bulint Clement WVarren could throw not light upon the stranger's identity.

Only after the lapse of a month, (lur-ing which time his nephew had become I1domiciled in his household, and hadgladdened his heart by showing signs iof a sincere desire to reform, did theeye of Rev. Clement light upon a news-

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CI.EMLNT WARREN RKI.ATES 111H STORY. -h

paper paragraph which recorded the vdiscovery of a body in the river. That Pthe corpse was that of a suicide was eplaced beyond doubt by the following hwritten paper found upon it:

"Alfred Warren, having had enough aof this life, and being short of money t'to spend on drink, proposes to ascer- atain whctlher there is a future for himelsewhere or not, lie feels pretty sure 64that there is not, but remains open toconviction."

Poor Mr. Wright hurried off to theriverside tavern where the inquest wasbeing held, and arrived in time to iden-tify the man in the battered hat. WVhenorthodox consolations fail one mustneeds clutch at the best that come tohand. "Anyhow, his conduct provedthat he forgave his son before lie died,and that is something," was all thecomfort that the theologian could lay hto his soul. I

But the coroner's jury took an evenmore optimistic view, and found that Ythe deceased had destroyed himself "whilst suffering from mental derange-ment. __

GHow She Turned IIlim Down.

He had been going to see her forsome time and was now getting downto business, as he explained. After aItelling her of his scanty income and t(the size of the lot he wanted her tosha' e, he asked: -

"Can you sew, dearest?" sc"A4 little." n("And cook?" k"Oh, yes."He was delighted. She would be hi

a perfect treasure. Then he asked diairily in the way of final argument: hi

"Can you keep house?""I can," she said, looking him over,

"on certain conditions." w"Name them, dearest.""1 must have a house to keep."-De- m

troit Free Press.

-Mariage de Convenance. - "Andwhy, Jennie. did you tell Willie you a.wouldn't be his little wife?" "Tause he Jodidn't tsk till be knowel I had a new eosixpence."-.T.4d-lBite.

rW INEXPENSIVE SCREENS.loasis Valuable Hints for Admirers of

the Beautiful.

r- What an Ingenloes Woman Can Do witha Few Dollars-Pleasant and Profit-

able-Work for LeisureHours.

itLo The frames for screens are best madele of pine or spruce, two inches wide by

.three-quarters of an inch thick. If thecorners are mortised, they will be

L stronger; but if they are nailed againstit each other with long wire nails, whens. the covering is stretched over them,r. they will not be likely to pull apart.it For the Japanese screen in the illus-

, tration, make three frames six by twcSfeet each, witha crossba.r

Is through thei middle of each

. for extra sup-I. port.1 Cover one side

Sof each with. burlap, tacking

Sit over the edges

P with small, flat-a headed tacks.n Now cover thed other side of each with burlap, this

Stime tacking the top and two edges ofd outside wings with round-headed brass,f tacks. Give both sides a thorough coat-n ing of thin carpenter's glue.it For hinges cut eight pieces of thin,e leather, two inches by two and one-r fourth inches. Fold these three times,

Sas in Fig. 3. This will make each folds, three-fourths of aninch wide.a Now tack or glue folds one and three,f against either edge of two wings of the

eI screen, as in Fig. 2. This will leavea fold two of Fig. 3 as a hinge, and allowa the wings to swing free of each other.

o But by placing another hinge, re-Sversed, directly under the first, the

e effect wil1 i -- t -ke1

f tlb tCi..b viosetogether, and yet allow them to swing

t perfectly free.e If the edges of the screen are to be

- covered with'some molding, the flap ofi hinge can be tacked on the outside, ast In Fig. 1.a I You can decorate this by using oilr color thinned with turpentine. For ae design you can purchase a JapaneseL book for fifteen cents, and enlarge the

drawings that please you.- Use soft colors, never trying to make

s them "naturalistic." The burlap makes, a good tone for a background. If the

s screen in treated in one color, as indigoor burnt sienna,the effect willbe very pretty.

iSoften yourlines by running Ione thing intoSanother, so thatthcey will not be

too distinct. Half the pleasure of dec-oration is not to tell all the story, but Is leave something to the imagination.The effect is what you want.

Another way to make this screen isto cover it with coarse cotton and, after

I it is stretched and tacked on, to spongeit. This will cause it to shrink, and itwill draw very tightly. Then withflour paste cover it with some fancypaper.

Or cover only the edge with figuredpaper, and paste a piece of gold paper-choosing thelemon goldrather than the IFL5 -pink golds-all iiSoverexcept fora cmargin of oneinch on the sides and five inches at top cand bottom. 'This gold can then he cdecorated with water colors mixed with rChinese white, using the Japanese dc-signs as before.

For the other screen make the frame Ias befofe, but shape the top as shown nin Fig. 4. Stretch the cotton cloth asbefore, and then you can either cover itt vwith figured cloth, tacking it on, orpasting the figured paper. Let the low-1er part be darker andi of a slightly tjheavier design.

Now get a thin molding (Fig. 5). one aand one-half or two inches wide, andatack it on all around except at the top. Ias you see in the cut. i

To make the design at the top, get isome modeling material that can be

purchased at anyart store, andsmodel the de-sign in imitation de', 'ci ,

*f S Si of rococo. It iss s I i better to draw

* your outline onboard and a

model it there, 0tacking it on theframe when it q

has hardened. To finish, paint the mold- eing and top ornament with enamelwhite. When this is dry, mix some thinyellow oahre and go over the white, ,wiping off carelessly with a rag. This tiwill leave the yellow inthe corners, and ,give a good ivory effect.-Vesper L. pcGeorge, in Youth's Companion. hi

sho Didnl'l Know the Lady. 011Mrs. Clancy--Yis, Mrs. Muggins, Pat la

and Oi part to mate no more. Oi went trto the hospital to ax after hnm. "Oi lewant to see me husband," sez Oi-'"the timan that got blowed up." *Yeg can't.' tV

sez the docther; "HIc's under the in- tIfiooence of Ann Estherticks." "Oi (lon't aknow the lady," sez Oi, mighty digni- I(fled-loilke; "but if me lawful wedded P:husband kin act loike that when he's at Cadith's door, O'il have a divorce from achim."-Demorest's Msgazine. lii

ofiTried MrormSl huasion.

Hoosier Schoolmaster--Don't do any mwhipping here, eh?

Eastern Pedagogue-No, we usemoral suasion.

Ihoosier Schoolmaster-Mforal suasion,eh? I tried that in Indiana, but it made tha heap of trouble. The girls didn't ob- ejoct to the kissing, but the old folks thcut up like all potssssed,-i'. Y. *Wocckly. Ti

ARTISTIC CABINET.

1ow a Woman Managed to Construct Oneat slightl Expense.

There are women who can no moreresist the possibilities of a packing boxthan they can write immortal verse.

b For the benefit of all such the follow-ing story is told. It concerns an Eng-lish woman whose one passion wvas cup-boards, and whose life work consistedin the manufacture of these cupboards

.e out of soap boxes, starch boxes, and they raw material thrown in her way.e "Cabinets do not go far toward pro-e viding storage room," remarks this con-d fiding person, "but they are better thanna nothing. It was this reflection that in-,. duced me to -close with the offer of a

singularly tidy and healthy-lookingSpacking case which for a long time

c had persistently tried to draw me intocontroversy respecting its fitness for ahigher sphere.

"Tha embsyn "abinet. consisted thenof a box which, when placed upright,measured twenty-seven inches high bynineteen inches wide and fourteen deep,the lid being used as a door. Behindthe box I nailed boards to form a backforty-five inches wide and fifty-fourinches high in the center, but droppingto thirty-six inches at each side. Thisback I strengthened with battens topand bottom. The next additions were

a the little upright pieces rising from thef sides of the box. They do not come5 forward quite to the edge in front,a space being left for the small 'quad-

rant' pieces which fit into the angles atI the foot of these. Between the up-

-rights a shelf was placed, and the tri-angular shelves were next fixed at each

I side. This finished the skeleton of thecabinet.

5 "Before adding the spindles, the backa was faced with Japanese paper, and at

this stage two little shelves were in-

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TILE CABINET.

troduced into the cupboard, the interiorand the door of which were lined withmaroon cloth. The door was providedwith ornamental brass hinges, and thefront was paneled with lincrusta, thesame material decorating the higherportion of the back.

"Mly cabinet I ebonized. The richcolor and large surface coveredl by theJapanse paper seemed to leave me noalternative if I wished to obtain 're-pose.' After enameling, however, Iwiped over- the raised ornamnent verylightly with a turpentine cloth, andthis has given a lovely effect of dullebony carving on a bright ground.

"The total expenditure did not ex-ceed s3, and the time occupied in mak- Iing was not quite three (lays. It cer-tainly does not look 'homemade,' andalready I know of two women whohave made similar ones after seeing it"

FACTS FOR HOUSEWIVES.

SWEET oil and putty powder, followedby soap and water, make one of thebest medicines for brightening brass orcoppcr.

REMovE rust from steel knives bycovering them for two days with sweetoil; then rub with a lump of fresh limeuntil the rust disappears.

GCur arabic and gum tragaeanth inSequal parts dissolved in hot watermake the best anti most convenient fmucilage you can keep in the house.

A nOTTLE of flexible collodion isvery useful for cracks in the hands, :scratches, cuts, etc. Care must be Itaken to keep it well protected fromthe air.

To K"EEIP polished steel from rustingafter cleaning, or when not in use, takea cloth with a little sweet oil on it and

wipe the steel over so that the surfacemay have a very light but warm coat-ing of oil.

IT is not generally known that gold agilding may be cleaned with a little osoap and water applied with a softsponge and instantly rinsed off and Idried. Inferior cheap gilding will notstand this process.

WnVEN it is wished to reduce in appear-ance the height of an object horizontal Itor oblique lines should be employedand perpendicular when height is re- aquired. In papering a room with a low Iceiling this should be remembered. S

A Good Linimant.A cheap-stimnulating liniment which

will be almost odorless and yet effec-tive for outside application can bemade as follows: In one quart of tur- ulpentine mix one quart of coal oiL Packhalf an ounce of allranet root and twoounces of pulverized capsicum in alarge, ordinary funnel. Over this mix- heture pour the turpentine and oil, al-lowing it all to percolate through the aIcmpsicum and alkanet root. In this tiway -it will extract the substance ofthe capsicum and take on a beautiful-ed from the alkanet. After this hasteen done, add one ounce of the oil of 7'peppermint and four ounces of gum itcamphor. To make it more fragrantadd a little oil of pepper grass. This pEliniment thus completed is a strong,efficacious one to rub on the skin, andso clean and fragrant that even the omost fastidious would not hesitate touse it. he

A'soth~er Isastance."It's curious," mused Iijorklns, "how

this law of compensation runs througheverything. For example, wherever frthere is 't u-eli-off aunt. you will al- toavyas find a sycophant." - Chicago

T rib~une. tk

Mfatrtmonial.Mts. Candid Talker, a fashionable

lady living on Madison square, NewYork, called on a lady friend and foundSher petting one of those pug clogs.

z "Where did you get that animal?"asked Mrs. Candid.

"My husband gave it to me to remem-ber him by when he was away travel-0- lug.

"What a horrid, nasty looking brutes he Is."-Texas Siftings.

eThe Deacon's Thoughts.

Good Boy-here is that penny youL- gave me to put on the contribution

a plate. I made a mistake, an' put on a- button instcad.

a Father-liunm What did Deacong Sharpp say when he saw it?ae Good Boy-Ile didn't notice it. I guessv the church is out of kindling wood,a 'cause I heard him mutter something

about getting more chips from the oloa block.-Good News.

VWhy They Fled.She-You know my grandfather was

i a relative of Washington, and we al-Sways celebrate his birthday by bring-

r lng out our Washington relics.He-I see. And is this waistcoat one

that he really wore during the war ofthe revolution?

She-Oh, yes.e He-No wonder the British left the

country.-Judge.

Where the Difference Camine In.He-What makes the pupils of your

eyes so large?She-The oculist put atropine or bel-

ladonna in them; and now, do youSknow, wheri I sit down to eat I can seea nothing on the table at all.

He-That's the way it is with me atmy boarding house; but atropine hast nothing to do with it.-.ludge.

Sound Finanrial Methods."T should like to meet your friend

yonder, whom you have introduced tomany people this evening."

"Shi You don't know what you ask.I have made him acquainted with a lotof fellows whom I don't like, in orderthat he may have some one to borrowmoney of besides myself." - ChicagoNews Record.

Poor But IProud.

- -u or-I hear you and Biffingtonhad a persodhi :X2' prter.

Busby-Yes; he called me a poor iuHooker-NotBusby-Yes; and I struck him. I

don't allow anybody to deride my pov-erty.-Truth.

A iHopeless ase.,Judge-Prisoner at the bar, the court

has assigned counsel to defend you.Prisoner (with a glance at the coun-

ael)-Is dat my lawyer, ycr honor?"Yes.""Den I pleads guilty."-Des Moines

SArgonaut.ADVERTISING 'EXTR AORDINARY.

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Some early arrivals. HIe was muchstruck by their beautiful complexions.

1 *T h!~t 0 , A P

When they took off their opera cloakslhe knew the reason why I I i-Pall MallBudget.

Rough on the Colonel. IThe reason registered by the coporal

for a punishment inflicted by him:"Four days cell confinement for Pri-. t

vate X., for bee hawing like an ass, in vimitation of the colonel."-Fliegende PBlaetter. a

Beauty's Harrier.When she from Paris had returned, P

A circling crinoline around her,My heart with hopeless passion hurned, a

For unapproachable I found her.-John Ludlow, in Pucl t

They Should Go Together. VGildersleeve-A Philadelphia man has

a carriage which he says Washington sonce owned.

Tillinghast-Who has the hack Wash dIngton took at the cherry tree.-Blrook-lyn Life. tn

Caught in a Lie. pJinks-Mr. Spicer, I have a four-dol- tl

lar bill against you and I would- 'Spicer-My dear sir, there is no such a

a thing as a four-dollar bill, and to-dayI am in no humor for jesting.-Texas aSiftings. _

The Mistake of Her Life. ,4She-I made a great mistake in mar- tl

rving you to reform you. PHe-Why, I'm a changed man! wShe-But your faults were the only f

things of interest about you.-Life. aP4

Arlthmetical. UTerry - How many fish have ye o'

hooked the day, Pat? IPat-WVhin Oi've got the wan O'im tr

afther now, an' two more, Oi'll havethree.-Demorest's Magazine.

A Moderate Ambition."What would you like to be when

you grow up, Wallie"' asked the vis- deItor."A man, sir," replied Wallie.-IIar- t

per's Young People. suOverheard In a I'harmaey. Cii

Druggist-I got stuck on this" lot of w:court plaster. It's no good. pg

Frien4-if it's no good I don't see tohow you got stuck on it.-Texas Sift,. hajngs, - on

Doubtfnl Popolrity. cS"You must be very popular if your

friendi subscribed to buy you a ticket yeto leave town?" fa

"Mebbo. You see it wasn't a returntloeske"--Chicago News frecor4 o'~u

THE TIN DUTY..0 Good Illustration of tihe Madness of the

McKitnley BIllLIt may have been altogether acci-

Sdental that the report that the duty onblock tin hiad been repealed was ex-tensively circulated for two or three

ndays after the adjournment of con-gress. The confusion which prevailsin the last hours of a dying congress,the manner in which conference re-ports are written, referring to amend-ments by numbers, tender it impossi-Sble to tell precisely what has been

n done, without a careful comparison ofa reports with the bills to which they

relate,a work for which there is scarce-ln ly time in the prevailing hurry and con-fusion.

5 It is probable, however, in spits ofSthese drawbacks, for one whose inter-eats prompt him to look after a partic-ea ular bill or amendment, to the neglectof all others, to keep track of it and tobe able to know its fate as soon as itis determined. In point of fact, it is

is in this way that the fate of many1- measures first become known to the

-public. It is obvious, therefore, that aperson thus keeping track of a partic-

ie ular measure, which is of great im-)f portance to him and those he repre-

sents, but of comparatively little to thegeneral public, may easily have it in

te his power to mislead others with ref-erence to the matter, if his interestswivll be forwarded by such a course.

VWhatever may have been the origintr of the incorrect information, it hap-

pened that the adjournment of con-l- gress was followed by considerable

U speculation in tin. After the reporte that the duty had been removed was

contradicted a rapid advance in pricesLit of tin occurred. The advance was notias confined to New York; at London also

the price rose about three dollars perton (12 shillings Od). This increase ofd price was directly contrary to whatwas demanded by the statistical posi-o tion of the metal. Rumors were alsoin circulation that several hundred

" tons of tin stood in the names of per-sons active in politics, and that thesepr ersons hlad been active in throwingSobstacles in the way of a repeal of the0 duty.

The tax on tin, levied in the %McKin-ley bill, is to take effect July 1. Ac-Scording to the theory of MIr. McKinleyhimself the foreign producers ought topay this tax. Instead of making their

* ras -Eonents to do this they have al-ready advancv e the price. This is inanticipation of the incrisced demandwhich is likely to follow the failurefrepeal the law imposing the tax. Englishmine owners hope to imitate thIe sharppt ractice which was adopted before thetin plate duty took effect. Our dealersSwere anxious to import large quanti-ties before the higher duties becameoperative. The manufacturers accord-

a iugly put up the price and were there-by enabled to extract several millionsof dollars from our consumers. It isprobable that importations of bloclktin will be large between this time and c.July 1, and the mine owners will dotheir best to collect a part of the tax inadvance.

Tihe tax on block tin is no great mat-1tcr as compared with other oppressivetaxes, as it will amount to no morethan twenty per cent it is valuable,however, as an object lesson, becauseit is a tax avowedly levied to protectAmerican tin mines, although no Amer-ican mine is now producing a pound of a

tin. It is therefore a good illustrationof the madness of protection duringthe McKinley era. now happily past.-Louisville Courier-Journal.

THE SUGAR TAX.Hlow the Country Is 1liundered Through

the MeKinley tll0. S

ThIe McKinley bill retained a tax on 0refined sugars of half a cent a pound. tFor the year ending last Decemberthere were imported only 24.000,000 4pounds of refined sugar, and there twere exported over 15,000,000 pounds. hThere were imported 3,5O0.000,00 npounds of raw sugar free of tax. 'le iicomparatively small amount of refined Cimported shows how fully the sugartrustcontrolsour market. The fact that Itwe export refined sugars shows that no S

protection, not even that of half a cent cia pound, is needed. Asa revenue tax 1Iit amounts to nothing. As a means of tiplundering the consumers of sugar in Vthis country its power will be seen bya few facts. to

The stock of the sugar trust, still a atrust notwithstanding its reorganiza- Ittion under the flexible laws of New tiJersey, is $75,oo000,000, very largely rrwater. It declared a quarterly dividend arecently of 3 per cent.. and an extra didividend of ten per cent A dividend o!was paid in January of $1,7.i.0,00, and qithe official statement is made that itnow has a surplus of $5.000,000. The "

profits of a little less than a year are tlthus seen to be about 816,00,000. mThese figures are given by the Com- Ii<mercial bulletin, of New York. ol

The import price of raw sugar is F<about 3.37 cents a pound; that of re- tlifined 4.56, a difference of 1.10 cents a ofpound. Deducting 5 cents a pound, dithe tax, and there remains .69 cent a tipound, to cover the cost of refining, fiwhich is more than ample. Allowingfor loss in refining, and the tax of half Iv.a cent a pound on the quantity im- Clported nearly equals and accounts for pcthe abnormal profits of the trust. In heo' her words, the country is taxed some th$15,000,000 for the benefit of the sugar ftitrust.-St. Paul Globe. nc

hiOUR FOREIGN POLICY. th

The Democratli Idea of Dealing with mOther Kations. to

The foreign policy to which the Redemocratic party is committed is ofpeaceful trade with all countries and in- oftrigues against none. Only through ansuch a policy can we long escape a for- theign war that will saddle our workers le:with another grand army of military bepensioners, so that instead of support- pelog a single million pretorians we will OIhave several millions of them, insisting noon their right to be supported at public enexpense because of their patriotism, by

The foreign policy of the last four fatyears has been dangerous to the wel- gufare of our own people and alarming lelto our neighbors. Things have come ticto a pireot pass with us when it re. or~tksi Ih Range of ad 4iniutiatie tO Ti

make our neighbors feel, as Chill now,* feels, that they are safe from imminent

danger of being oppressed by our in-,_trigues in their affairs, it not by ann actual army of invasion, sent to sub-

- jugate them and acquire control ofee their guano beds, their sugar trade, or

n- whatever any syndicate of rapaciousIs American plutocrats may chance to

coveta We have all the territory we need

a- and a great deal more than we are yetsi- able to develop. We have not yetSlearned to govern ourselves justly, and

of we would be foolish indeed to subju-gate others for the sake of governinge- them the better to give the same classn_ of plutocrats who are robbing us opportunity to rob them under our saa

of pices and with our consent*r- The foreign policy we want is not

cone of robbery, subjugation and an-ct nexatirn, but of peaceful extension of

to our trade. We want to put the Amert-it can flag back into every port of the-is world and, wherever there is an English

or a German mercantile agent, wewant an American drummer there toIC

a compete with him.President Montt, of Chili, feels that

_ his country is safe from attack nowe- that the democrats are back in power

1e in the United States, and the partyin must so shape its foreign policy thatfno weak people will dread subjugationLs from the United States. We must keep

on good terms with our weaker neigh-n bors and restore their confidence in oyr

sense of justice and love of freedonm.vThe country has been sufficiently dis-Ic graced by the policy of Pateganism.SLet us have no more of it, neither in

Is Chili nor in any other country.-ft.:s Louis Republic.

tt THE PASSING OF RAUM.

r Fitting Close of a Malodorons Omletl

Career.Lt The announcement of the acceptance

i- by the secretary of the interior, Bokeo Smith, of the resignation of Pension

d Commissioner Green B. Raum is gladnews.

e Secretary Smith has not waited fortile president to select a successor. He

e has summarily relieved the nation ofthe disgrace of having Raum occupy an

- official place. For this he isentitledto,public thanks.

The people do not need to be toldhow unfit Raum is. More than once

Lr has been given in detail his dishon-orable record. President Harrisonknew it all. knew it long before his

d own term expired; but he kept RaumSin place in spite of hlls proved unfitness

and shame.S "- he did this may never be known.

Perhaps' hi-tought Raum was a pet of

Sthe union soldiers and could not safelyth uniont soldiersrbe disturbed by a pres.dnt seeking re-election. This was rank 1y, as thevotes demonstrated. lBunt if A ionhad nny other reason for clinging wsthis disreputable representative of3honest soldiers it can only be conjec-tured what it was. Certainly he was aSdrag on the administration and a scan-dal to the republican party.

But he is out of office. lie was putout. The acceptance of his resignationbefore a successor is appointed was amark of want of confidence. It is anact that will gratify all good men inevery party. It ends Raum's publiccarcer properly. Under no conceiva-ble circumstances is he likely to comeagain to the surface of affairs. He isas dead as Keifer.-N. Y. Vorld.

POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

-Eight years ago Mr. Clevelandwas an experiment. This time he is atried and accredited statesman.-Mep-.phis Appeal-Avalanchle.

- Secretary Smith has shown him-self a reliable democrat by getting ridof Raum as soon as possible. Now forthe rest of them.-St. Louis Republic,

-Secretary Carlisle is not talkinglisite as much about the condition ofthe treasury as his predecessor did inhis latter days. Nor is there need ofmuch talk. The treasury's situation isimproving.-St. Louis Globe-DemocratRep.).

-- The trifle of two tnillion dollarslost by an improper ruling in thepen-sion depau tment is a small matter, ac-cording to the ideas of the republicanleaders. "This is a billion-dollar coun-try," says Mr. Reed, of Maine.-N. Y.World.

-- A distinguished democratic sena-tor says that there is not going to beany trouble between President Cleve-land and the senate. He remlnarkedthat it reminded him of his own do-mestic relations. "There never wasa happier family than ours. My wifedoes just as she wants to, and I do justas she wants to. also."-Cincinnati En-quirer.

-Secretary Carlisle has dispensedwith the services of the head of one ofthe bureaus in the treasury depart-ment who was a delegate to the repub-lican national convention. If this ruleobtains in all other departments of thegovernment it is calculated that some-thing like two hundred heads will comeoff. The Minneapolis convention wasdistinguished above all others of recenttimes for the prevalence of federal of-fiee holders there.-Boston Herald.

- Mr. Cleveland's renominationwas the work of the people, and Mr.Cleveland knows it too well to be im-posed on by those who claim that theyilelped do it, and that they should,therefore, be reimbursed for the sacri-fices they made as his friends. He doesnot feel himself in anybody's debt forhis renomination and reelection, andthose who undertake to foreclosemortgages on his gratitude are goingto have a hard time doing it -St.'LouisRepublic.

-The removal of the statisticinaof the agricultural departmeat willsurprise nu one who knows how 'ithoroughly saturated with McKin-leyism the work of that oficer hasbeen for sevenl years. The economicpolicy that this statistician advocatedwith great industry and enthusiasm, ifnot al mays with propriety, bas beenemphatically condeihned and rejeotedby the people, and especialy .by ibefarmers to whom he addressed blthignments. A professor of Moefr.leyism is not wanted in the starlh'timian's odice sow, either by the IeupIsor by the utw g ggggTaste,