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FAIREST; DEAREST.
"Yes, Tom, she's a mighty good-look-
ing country girl; not to be compared,
though, with others I know, and who
are just ready to snap me up when I
make an offer; but the fa« Is," and
Joseph Fitzgerald stroked his mustache
lontentedly and fondly, as he added:
"They all love me so, and I don't know
which one to choose. That's why 1
remain a single man. But, really, I'm
slightly tired of our city belles, and
I've come down to this out-of-the-way
place, instead of going to some fashion-
1 able summer resort for amusement."
The scene is a room in a country ho-
tel; the speaker, John Fitzgerald, in
the language of the country, a "city
chap," with some good looks, a little
money, and abundant conceit.
The good-looking country girl re-
ferred to is Alice Devine, the belle of
the village, who lives in the house on
the hill.
Alice was an orphan. Her parents
had both died when she was very
young, leaving her in the care of Aunt
Dinah, an old colored woman who had
been with them for years, and who
since their death had taken care of the
house and looked after her dear young
"missus," whom she fairly worshiped.
Tom Prince was a whole-souled, tine-
looking country young man, and "dead
in love" with Alice. Tom was Aunt
Dinah's favorite, besides being se-
cretly engaged to the country belle.
Joseph Fitzgerald had made the ac-
quaintance of both Alice and Tom
through a mutual friend.
Women, it would seem, whether
country or city-born, are imbued with
an inherent love of flirting, and Alice
had immediately commenced a desper-
ate flirtation with Mr. Fitzgerald,
who soon became positve that she was
deeply in love with him.
The "city chap" was no favorite of
Aunt Dinah's, and the old woman often
took occasion to tell her young "mis-
sus" just what she thought of him.
Tom, too, did not like to see his
sweetheart so often with Mr. Fitzger-
ald, but when he told her so she an-
swered that he must not be jealous,
for she would not have a jealous man
for her husband, and, besides, they
were not married yet. So poor Tom
had to bear it the best he could and
content himself with secretly wishing
the "city chap"—far away.
All this, it must be remembered, was
unknow n to Joseph Fitzgerald.
Tom listened to his remarks with
feelings which he could not well de-
fine, but he answered calmly:
"Well, Mr. Fitzgerald, 1 wish you
success."
"Thank you," returned the other;
"there is no doubt of it—not the least.
You see, Tom, old boy," patronizingly,
YOU MUST GIVE UP FLIRTING
WITH HIM.
"she is desperately In love with me.
She has told me as much, and I am
going there tonight."
"What for, if I may ask?"
"Why, I will see her alone; then I'll
propose, and, as a matter of course,
be accepted. Afterward—why, I'll do
as I have often done before—take
French leave!"
Tom could not repress a feeling of
indignation at hearing this man talk
so coolly of the girl he loved and his
plans in regard to her. He felt an
almost irresistible impulse to knock
him down, and it was with great diffi-
culty he refrained from uttering the
burning words that were on his tongue,
and restrained himself sufficiently to
say:
"How do you know she will accept
you?"
"Are you aware," replied the other,
"that my name is Joseph Fitzgerald,
and that my family "
"Yes, yes," interrupted Tom, "but
are you sure you will be accepted?"
"Sure!" the word uttered in a tone
indicative of the utmost surprise at
the very idea of the insinuation. "Why,
my dear fellow, what do you mean?
Of course I am sure!"
Tom could not help saying as he
arose and left:
"Mr. Fitzgerald, there is such a thing
as being too sure. Remember that—-
too sure!"
"Poor fellow! Jealous!" were Mr.
Fitzgerald's comments.
Tom immediately after leaving the
"city chap" posted off as quickly as his
feet could carry him to Alice. He
found her at home.
"Now. see here, Alice," he said, "you
know I love you, and you have prom-
ised to marry me, hut if you love that
Fitzgerald better than you love me,
why, say so. and—otherwise—you mi t
give up flirting with him, for I can not
stand it any longer!"
"Why, Tom, dear, you're jealous
again, I'm ashamed of you, I am!"
"It's enough to make a saint jeal-
ous," growled Tom. "Why, Alice, 1
have been compelled to sit and listen
to that man talk in the coolest way
about you. He told me he was com-
ing here tonight to propose, and you
would accept him."
„ "He did—did he?" quietly.
"And not only that, but when I asked
him if he was sure of being accepted,"
continued Tom, "he said 'of course he
was.' "
"And you. Tom. dear?"
"I told him there was such a thing a3
being too sure."
"Well, Tom, dear, I confess. I did
invite him to call tonight; but I didn't
think—never mind. We will see about
the other matter.
* • • * . •
The night was very dark.
The door of the house on the hill was
opened for Fitzgerald by some one he
could not see, for no light was burn-
ing in the hall or parlor, into which he
was marched,
" 'Tis better thus," he said to him-
self. "far better that there is no light.
The darkness is preferable."
Some one deeply veiled came to greet
him, and soon they were seated on the
sofa.
Not a word had as yet been spoken,
but now Mr. Fitzgerald poured out his
tale of love.
"Oh, dearest, I love you—love you
madly!" he said. "Is my love—can I
hope it is returned?"
No answer, but Mr. Fitzgerald could
tell that the being by his side was
deeply agitated.
"I have loved you since I first saw
you, dearest and fairest of girls," he
went on. "Loved as man never loved
before. Oh, do not say you do not lovo
me—never can be mine? But say, oh,
say, you will marry me. Will you, oh,
will you, darling, be my own dear
wife?"
He waited for an answer. It came,
ill a voice that was unmistakable:
"Say, young man, wha' ye mean by
'sultin' a 'spec'able cuilud pusson this
way, hey, sah?"
At the same Instant up went the
light, and there before the astonished
lover stood Alice and Tom, arm in arm,
while by his side, with the veil thrown
off her face, sat "the fairest and dear-
est of girls"—Aunt Dinah.
Joseph Fitzgerald disappeared the
next morning on the early train to
New York.—New York News.
THE TRAMP NUISANCE.
The Manner In Which It In Heing limit
Willi In France*
The number of tramps in France is
not proportionately so large as in this
country, but it is large enough to at-
tract the attention of legislators. The
frequency of crimes recently commit-
ted by tramps showed the necessity of
preparing a law concerning beggars and
tramps of more practical benefit than
the municipal ordinances posted at the
limits of every commune or township.
It imposes severe penalties on profes-
sional beggars or tramps who refuse
to work without proper reason. Unlike
the existing laws, the new bill deals
mildly with the tramps and unfor-
tunates who are able and willing to
work, but cannot find any employment.
These are to be taken before a justice
of the peace, who is to send them to
the "house of labor," which every de-
partment in France is to be compelled
to open, where they will be occupied
at some work until employment is
found for them in private workshops.
The trials of beggars and tramps have
amounted, on an average, to 35,000 a
year. Inquiry regarding the condition
of the temporary refuges, such, for in-
stance, as our workhouses, showed
that in 1895 they had been visited by
406,000 individuals, who had spent one
night there. In 1895 a general order
was sent to all the gendarmie, or po-
lice corps, through France, requiring
agents to make inquiries regarding all
individuals unknown in their own dis-
trict who were found on the public
roads. The police were instructed to
ask these individuals to produce doc-
uments or to furnish explanations con-
cerning their identity and profession,
so that a kind of statistics and num-
bering could be obtained. Of course,
many individuals could not have been
reported by the gendarmerie; neverthe-
less, it was shown that on a single day
in 1895 the names of 25,000 tramps
were recorded on the lists of the rural
police.
SEVENTY YEARS.
lie H:is Lived Without Working;, lle-
cuuse llo Doesn't Believe In It.
Springfield (Mo.) special Chicago
Record: Down in Stone county, Mis-
souri, thirty miles south of this city,
walled in by the Ozark mountains,lives
Skinch Painter, who took a solemn vow
nearly sixty years ago that he would
never work. He declared the belief
that the world owes a living to every
one brought into it and that work is a
useless sin. This remarkable charac-
ter is seventy years old. In his own
case he has made positive demonstra-
tion of his anti-work theory, for he has
never toiled. Yet he lives in absolute
contentment, and has the natural hap-
piness of the early day Indians as
portrayed in story books. He says he
has never suffered from hunger, has
never felt the need of money, and has
never weakened in his determination
to abstain from labor. He has liter-
ally fished, hunted and fiddled his way
through the world. That is what he
said he would do when he was ten
years old. Skinch Painter was born
in the Ozark mountains. He has
never been married. He has brothers
in adjoining counties who are pros-
perous farmers. Skinch hasn't seen
his kinsmen for a score of years, al-
though they live less than fifty miles
away.
From II in Point of View.
"I understand that there are some
firms that give a young employe a
raise of salary when he marries," she
said.
"It is a strange fact," replied tho
cynical bachelor, "that there are men
so constituted that they enjoy encour-
aging other men to into trouble."
ORIENTAL HASHES OF ENGLISH f
Jap* and Chinese Making Oneer At-
tempts lu Way of fiddle Notice.
From the London Standard: The
Japanese are rare hands at perpetrat-
ing unconscious wit when they at-
tempt a public notice in English. In
an art exhibition at Tokio appeared
the following- "Visitors are requested
at the entrance to show tickets for in-
spection. Tickets are charged 10 cens
and 2 cens for the special and common
respectively. No visitor who is mad
or intoxicated is allowed to enter in;
if any person found in shall be claimed
to retire. No visitor is allowed to
carry in with himself any parcel, um-
brella, stick and the like kind, except
his purse, and Is strictly forbidden to
take within himself dog or the same
kind of beasts. Visitor is requested
to take good care of himself from
thievely." Outside a restaurant in the
same city swings a sign-board read-
ing, "Let food be eventuated," while
another advertises eggs as "extract of
fowl." A recent visitor to Yokohama
saw painted on shop fronts, "The All
Countries Boot and Shoe Small or Fine
Wares," "Old Curiom," "Horseshoe
Maker Instruct by French Horse
lveach," "Cut Hair shop," "If you want
sell watch I will buy, if you want buy
watch I will sell," "Hatter Native
Country" and "Autematic of Nausea
Marina" (remedy for seasickness).
The Chinese, of course, also make sad
hash of our tongue. Witness this at
a laundry In Shanghai: "With refer-
ence to notify you for the employed in
the various laundries in Shanghai. But
any washermen is quite inability of
disadvantage to washing any public,
and, though the high price ruling now
for rent, charcoal, coal, soap, rice, etc.,
it is never counterfeit. The commit-
tee of the Laundries guild are now to
notify the general public, which must
will be increase. If any gentleman or
lady will unbelief, upward a few lines
will can see the dally news is written
quitely distinctly, and obliged many
thanks." The Chinese have a horrid
habit of getting rid of every girl born
after the first, and thus was necessi-
tated a warning over a pool at Foo-
chow: "Girls may not be drowned
here!" One Wong Foo advertises over
his workshop: "Always has any
France Pastry, Dinner, Lunch, Supper.
Ail kinds of Foreigners Cakes for
Sale." Another: "All sorts of goods,
many merchandise in steamer, not sel-
dom an; where and safe." A pathetic-
ally brief inscription adjacent reads:
"Ah Chan—upstair." The fondness for
efflorescent signboards is shown in
"The house of Increasing profit," "The
hall of brilliant light," "Celestial ad-
vantage," "Great felicity." "Hill of
Great Peace."
THE1K TRI E GENESIS
TRUSTS ARE NOT CHILDREN
OF THE TARIFF.
Onalnt Allegory llluttt rating the Deplor-
able Consequence* Attending Minn In-
dustry'* Depart ur.i from Conjugal
Rectitude.
Lethargic.
From the Chicago News: Stubb—
"Are the people of tlilo town healthy?"
Penn—"Well, half the time they're in
bed." Stubb—"111!" Penn—"No.
sleep."
CLOSE FICUR1NG.
A Day'* Marketing lionght for Only
Ten Cents.
Ten cents is a small fund with which
to do a day's marketing for a family
of three, but there are families on the
east side who make a dime purchase
food enough for twenty-four hours.
Friday is market day on the east side,
and if you want to sec marketing that
is marketing, with keen competition
and close dealing, with the cent as a
measure of value, go on that day into
the Essex and Hester streets district—-
the most populous in the world—
where small shops abound and push-
cart peddlers congregate, and you will
see a sight to be witnessed at no other
place on earth. I went with a Riving-
ton street housekeeper into an Essex
street butcher shop,and saw her spend
at least five minutes in purchasing half
a pound of corned beef, for which she
paid 4 cents. It was good, full weight,
and she insisted that a bit of meat no
larger than the nickel she handed the
butcher should be put on the scale
after it was down. She was market-
ing for Sunday for her family of three
uersons. Corned beef hash was evi-
dently in her mind, for she went to a
cart in the street and bought a pound
of potatoes, for which she paid one
cent, and had a most desperate argu-
ment as to the size of the last one, put
on the scale for good weight. She had
her way, and tho dealer said something
about "a woman." She nad spent hall
of her ten cents, and next purchased
from a sidewalk stand one pound of
black bread, cut from a loaf that
weighed about ten pounds, and paid
two cents for it. Then she went to
another cart and bought half a pound
of white beans for a cent, and three-
quarters of a pound of cornmeal for
another 'cent. She had one cent left,
and that went for four somewhat an-
cient looking tomatoes. Her dime was
gone, and she disappeared in the
throng with her purchases and thread-
ed her way to a rear tenement in Riv«
ington street.—New York Herald,
Gold In tlno Philippines.
It is said there is not a stream rising
in the mountains of Luzon—and the
same is true of other islands of tho
Philippine group—which has not Its
gold bearing sands. The alluvial de-
posits of the precious metal have been
garnered for many years, but no thor-
ough exploration for gold at its sources
in the mountains has ever been made,
because the Spaniards were unable to
conquer the tribe3 inhabiting the in-
terior regions. Some of these tribes
are said to look upon the digging up of
the earth as a sacrilege, and they will
not seek gold in that way, nor permit
others to do it, lest the wrath of the
gods should grow hot against them.
Courageous lint IIhbIi.
"Mrs. Padderly insulted our Culture
club."
"In what way?"
"She suggested that this year we
take up the study of 'manners.' "
Along the path of painful persistencj
we pass to perfection.
(From advance sheets of "The Phil-
osophy of Trusts," by Prof. Ernest
Mas.)
Grandmother Independence had two
beautiful daughters, both American to
the core. The elder's name was Agri-
culture. She was a handsome girl of
pure unmixed stock, calm, very labori-
ous and of bucolic inclinations. The
younger daughter had a little foreign
blood in her veins. Her name was In-
dustry; a very pretty girl, indeed, full
of life, not averse to flirtation, and of
extremely vivawous temperament. Sel-
dom Indeed have two sisters presented
a more striking contrast.
To complete her education, the
younger daughter, the more promis-
ing, went abroad. She visited Lanca-
shire and spent some time in the old
ancestral manor. While there she made
a lot of desirable and undesirable ac-
quaintances, which were subsequently
to exert a most disastrous influence on
her happiness. This phasw of her his-
tory would fill a good-sized volume.
The wayward girl came back home in
cosmopolitan attire, affecting a Lon-
don accent, a free thinker in matters
of economy. As she exhibited all the
outward signs of unrestrained prodi-
gality, old Sister Agriculture could
never get along with her. The original
chasm had developed into an abyss.
It was not long before Mother Inde-
pendence's keen eye could detect the
dangerous propensities of her prodigal
daughter; so she deemed it wise to ap-
ply a strong corrective at once, in the
shape of a healthy, vigorous husband.
Young American Industry needed it
very badly.
Her mother had beforehand selected
a virile companion of athletic frame,
and equally well built morally. His
name was The Tariff. He was not of
noble extraction, had not been edu-
cated for diplomacy; but in place of a
university diploma or a heraldic coat of
arms could on almost every occasion
show a lot of hard American common
sense, character and individuality. He
had been raised at the school of strict-
est economy, and was sure to be a
model of domestic virtues. A mar-
riage took place on a good day early in
November, and the mother at last felt
relieved of all anxious cares and re-
sponsibilities.
The young wife was at first very fond
of her husband, whose kind attentions
anticipated her smallest wants and
most capricious desires. She had more
pin money than any wife of a suc-
cessful business man ever dreamed of.
This was the beginning of the trouble,
as Industry was too versatile to stand,
like Sister Agriculture, uninterrupted
prosperity and domestic felicity.
A most happy event of providential
timeliness prevented, or, better said,
postponed a family cataclysm. Two
lusty sons, twins, were the legitimate
fruit of this union.
Father and mother decided to call
the first one Labor and the second one
Enterprise. As they had in their veins
the virile blood of the father and the
healthy constitution of the mother,
both boys were very strong, full of
health and appetite, but—and very
likely owing to the widely different
characteristics of the father and
mother—they were far from being
physically and morally alike. Baby
Labor was fond of the milk bottle,
but, for some reason or other, Baby
Enterprise ever managed to have it
most of the time in his little mouth
"What a big glutton!" used to say
the mother. "Each baby should have
his turn. This is not fair." "Never
mind," rejoined the father; "I shall
make one boy a lawyer and the other a
mechanic. With such blood in their
veins as that of Father Tariff and
Mother Industry, both will succeed in
their respective callings." And this
was to happen some day; but we must
not anticipate.
Four years after marriage the tem-
perament of Industry, for some time
under restraint, asserted itself more vi-
olently than ever before. All was not
harmony under the conjugal roof. To
make matters still worse, the two chil-
dren, Labor and Enterprise, had to
be separated, as they were fighting all
the time over the milk bottle. Baby
Labor, like Aunty Agriculture, was of
a happy and conciliatory disposition,
never seeking quarrels without mo-
tives; but Baby Enterprise had more of
his mother's blood, and no amount of
milk could stop him from making
trouble. The separation of the two
boys was easily accomplished by giv-
ing each baby a nurse, and letting
them see each other from time to time
when the "spirit of Enterprise" was in
the right mood.
But what could not be go easily ac-
complished was harmony between hus-
band and wife. The union of Miss In-
dustry with Mr. Tariff, having been
prompted chiefly by considerations of J
interest, did not prove altogether a !
love match. The extravagant wife had
at her command untold thousands; she
wanted untold millions. This her kind
husband could not give. A cataclysm
was in the air.
One day, coming home after busi-
ness hours, earlier than usual, Mr. Tar-
iff found his beautiful wife in the arms
of a false friend, a Trust Magnate. He
shot the destroyer of his home and rob-
ber of his affections. The drama
ended in a divorce, and the court gave
Father Tariff the custody of Labor and
Enterprise, his two legitimate boys.
The divorced wife, having become
again Miss Industry, lost no time In
trying to secure another husband more
to her fancy, but she found only tem-
porary acquaintances,who never would
consent to let her bear their names
nor share their rank and social posi-
tion. Illegitimate children were the
result of Miss Industry's culpable re-
lations. They bear the genus name of
Trusts, but have no relations whatever
to Mr. Tariff, and are universally os-
tracized.
And what became of Mr. Tariff, the
divorced husband?
Why. there is still another chapter
to this sad story!
Miss Industry, after four years of
abandon and miserable life, bit-
terly regretted her faults. She re-
pented, and tearfully asked forgive-
ness, pledging herself to become a
faithful, devoted wife. Mr. Tariff, be-
ing of kind and generous nature, for-
gave and welcomed Industry under the
conjugal roof. The reunion of the
mother with her two legitimate sons.
Labor and Enterprise, was one of those
events which can be better Imagined
than described. Father Tariff went so
far as to adopt the "little Trusts" chil-
dren and to look after them, but never
consented to legitimize them nor al-
lowed them to bear his name.
When they became of age they were
placed in a good school for infant In-
dustries, and received there a splendid
education at Father Tariff's expense.
Father Tariff's early prediction as fo
the future of his two legitimate sons,
Labor and Enterprise, was to be fully
realized. Today Baby Enterprise is
somebody. He is a prosperous lawyer
and successful politician, often talked
of as a possible candidate in some fu-
ture campaign. As to Baby Labor, he
is now a mechanical engineer and in-
ventor of the Edison type, who sets
the world to thinking all the time as
to what is to come next from him in
the way of Inventions.
Moral: There Is a moral to this
story, too, and it is this:
Trusts are the offspring of American
industry, but are not and never were
the legitimate eons of the tariff.
ERNEST MAS.
Iliiying Hotter <iooiln.
Merchants all over the country are
reporting through the medium of
newspaper correspondents that not
only are their customers buying more
goods but also that they are buying
better goods. A St. Paul, Minn.,
merchant said, for instance: "Women
who last year were buying 25-cent
stuffs for shirt waists and dresses are
now getting dollar materials." It is
the buying of higher priced goods
which in part swells the volume of
trade for 1899 beyond that of 1898. It
is the better quality of goods .which is
represented by these higher prices
which in large measure marks the ad-
vantage which the people of the coun-
try will have in 1S99 beyond that
which they had in 1898.
Last year the prosperity which came
in with protection was of sufficiently
great proportion to give to all the peo-
ple of the country who were willing to
work all the necessities of life, and in
many cases to settle up the debts con-
tracted in tariff reform times and to
make them square with the world.
The additional year of prosperity, of
increasing prosperity, since then, lias
meant such an increase of money that
the luxuries of life, in quality as well
as In quantity and variety, have teen
brought within reach.
ILLEGITIMATE OFFSPRING.
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"Mr. Tariff, being of kind and generous nature, fo.'gavo and welcomed
Industry under the conjugal roof. * * * ' ither Tariff went so far as to
adopt the 'little Trusts' and to look after them, but never consented to legit-
imize them nor allowed them to hear h is name."—From Advanoe Sheets of
"The Philosophy of Trusts," by Prof. E rnest Mas
The Ma**e* In Two Hemisphere*.
Archbishop Ireland, who but a short
time since returned from a prolonged
trip abroad, has said a few most sig-
nificant words in respect to the con-
trast between conditions abroad and
those in this country. His statement
Is that:
"The contrast between the masses In
this country and the masses in the old
world In and out of the church is mora
remarkable than ever. The American
poor are happier and a hundred per
cent more intelligent. Their surround-
ings are better, their chances are bet-
ter. Where there Is one case of misery
here there are hundreds abroad, and by
abroad 1 mean England as well as the
continent."
The one thing which more than all
else is responsible for the advantage
which Americans have over the citi-
zens of oilier countries is the protec-
tive tariff. That it is which keeps
wages in this country high; that it is
which makes employment sure for the
laborers of this country! that it is
which prevents the foreign manufac-
turers who employ the pauper laborers
of other countries from sending their
products to the United States to enter
into free and unrestricted competition
with the products of the well-paid la-
bor of this country. Archbishop Ire-
land is a man whose word can be relied
upon, and the contrast which he draws
between the situation in this country
and that abroad is worthy of most
careful attention.
Will Not lie Doubtful.
A short time since twenty-five buy-
ers, representing tile same number of
departments in one of Chicago's de-
partment store.!, arrived in New York
city at the same time. It was stated
that not only was this the largest num-
ber of department buyers ever sent to
the New York market at one time by
this concern, but that it was the larg-
est number of buyers ever sent to New
York for the purchase of goods at the
same time by a single firm during the
entire history of American retail mer-
chandising. Apropos of tills event, tho
son of one of tlie members of the firm
represented by these buyers said in
conversation with a reporter:
"Every trade condition in Chicago
and throughout the West is indicative
of a more prosperous fall season than
has been experienced for many years.
These evidences of prosperity are not
confined to any single branch of com-
mercial industry, but seem to cover tho
entire field. We have enjoyed a period
of unprecedented activity this summer
in every department of our ( stablish-
inent, and (he statements of business
associates in Chicago Indicate that
these conditions are well-night univer-
sal."
It is safe to sny that the West will
not be "doubtful" territory in the next
campaign if tho maintenance of the
protective tariff is put in the balance.
Tin l'lnte Price*.
Every one knows that tin plate has
advanced considerably in price within
the present year. The Democratic the-
orists claim that tho advance in the
United Stales is due incidentally to the
tin plate trust and primarily to the
tariff. It being their theory that a
protective tariff Is a promoter of
trusts.
Now let us look at the prices which
the Welsh tin plate manufacturers re-
ceive. They now obtain $1.45 a box
more than they did in January last.
Ibis Is a greater advance than has
been made iii the United States.
We respectfully auk Our Democratic
friends to explain this. If the protec-
tive tariff and the trust caused the ad-
vance in tho prices of tin plate In the
United States, what caused a greater
advance In price In Wales, where there
is no tariff at all? We pause for reply.
—Toledo Blade.
Will Not See.
Senator Vest of Missouri will not see
or believe that any prosperity has com?
to the farmer In the past two years, lie
said in an intervl' .. at Toronto, Can-
ada, on Monday: "Republicans claim
prosperity as due to the tariff policy,
but farmers lia\e received no particular
benefit from the prosperity, and are as
dissatisfied as ever." Facts from all
sections of the country, especially the
great farming west, disprove the sen-
tence above uttered by Mr. Vest. Mil-
lions of mortgages in Kansas, Nebras-
ka, Missouri, Iowa and the D.ikotas
were in 1898 paid off by the increased
sale of their products, and millions
more will bo paid and canceled before
Christmas chimes are rung from tho
gold the 1899 crops will bring them.—
Fremont (Ohio) Journal.
Itcisoii to Celebrate.
Labor day this year should have htd
an extra big celebration. It stands for
more than it has stood for for a num-
ber of years past; for more, at least,
than it has stood for since the free
traders got in their knock-down blow
at American Industries in 1S92. It is the
year's holiday which Is especially ded-
icated to the wage earners, and the
wage earners of the country have plen-
ty of reason to celebrate this year.
They have had more work for which
to celebrate and more money with
which to pay for their celebration.
A Mighty Nation.
Oswald Ottendoifer says that this
country is no longer the Ideal America,
to Europeans that it was. It must be
confessed that it has changed in some
of its features. At one time it was the
Mecca of the poor of Europe, who mi-
grated hither because it offered a wel-
come to the home seekers. Then it was
also the market for European products.
Now we are a mighty nation, invading
the markets of Europe and growing
prosperous at the expense of older
countries.—Seattle (Wash.) Post-Intel-
ligencer.
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