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Diamond Drill.
M. n. HO RI ARTY, PublUher.
TE03. COKLIK, Editor.
KATt HUAY, JIXY 17, 1T.
A Fkexchmax baa just patented ft
ery simple motor carriage, which ha
only two wheels, and yet keep iU
balance, tho wheels being placed aid
by aide on a downwardly-curved axle,
with the weight of tho machinery bo
low the center, the usual pan engiua
being used to propel the carriage.
A stlenpiij IUphael exhibition U be
ing planned at Urbino for August,
when a monument to tho great Italian
painter will bo unveiled at his birth
place. Pictures will Imj contributed
from all the famous Italian collections,
with engravings of tho chief master
piece which are not available for tha
exhibition. '
It Is estimated that the disburse
ments of money in Ohio, Indiana and
Kentucky for wheat alono will this
year bo not less than $7,000,000 in ex
cess of last, and, as other crops prom
ise well, it follows that tho farmers of
these states will handle several mil
lions of dollars more this year thao
they did last
Hlmah perspiration, if injected into i
dogs or rabbits, act like a deadly poi
son, according to M. Arlolng'a experi
ments. Perspiration accreted during
hard muscular work has moro toxlo
power than the ordinary kind, while
that obtained from subjects whoso se
cretion has been chocked by cold Is
very poisonous.
A Ukrman scientific weekly lias re
cently published estimate of the total
number of species of unltnals now
known, to exist on the globe. Among
them are: Mammals, 2,500; birds, 12,
503; reptiles and amphibia, 4,400; lis he a,
13,000; mollusks, 50,000; spiders, 10,000;
insects, 230,000; worms, 0,500, and
sponges, 15,000. All together, 300,004
species.
Dogbkkuy was outdono by an Illi
nois justice of tho pcaco tho other day.
lie held that poker chips were tha
same as money and fined a man for
playing cards for them. Thereupon
the prisoner offered to pay his tine
with the chips. The court was in
-quandry, but finally refused to accept
them, reversed his decision and dis
missed the caso in disgust
LABOR'S CHANCE.
Earrdntja of Hundreds of Millions
in Shipbuilding.
Thk ingenious device used by Dr.
Max Einhorn for obtaining samples of
tho stomach contents is of the size of
a small peanut with an open incurved
rim. Tho patient swallows It readily,
and after five mi nates it is withdrawn
by the silk thread to which it is at
tached and the contents submitted to
examination. Patients do not com
plain of it as most do of tho stomach
tube.
' 'Thk Pheonlx" was tho name of tha
first iirt company in England, and it
was established in 10(53. At that time,
in the towns, squirts or syringes were
used for extinguishing fire, and their
lcneth did not exceed two or three
feet These yielded to tho hand fire
engine with pipes of leather, which
was patented in 1070. Water-tight
seamless hoso was first mado at Beth-
- nal Green in 172a
Slmt or Material lei from Oar
ailnra llualness for J oe
lorln In I'urnUltlntf
steamers.
In order to transact all of our foreign
commerce in American, iips with
those foreign countries that we sell our
goods to nnd from which we buy for
eigu goods, wo need an American mer
cantile marine under tho Stars and
Stripes aggregating a total of 3,000,000
tons, or ratlu-r moie than 2,000,000 tons
of new ships and steamers to bo con
structed in addition to the few already
engaged in such service and others that
might bo promptly diverted to such
tralllc. Desiring this statement to bo
extremely conservative, wo estimate
only on a basis of 2,000,000 of new ton
nage required, whereas Capt. William
W, Dates, in his w ork on tho "American
Marine," pp. 30-40, estimates "that to
transact nnd carry 75 per cent, of the
trado between our own and foreign
countries," wo need "3,320,036 tons of
steam."
What does the construction of 2,000,
000 tons of American shipping mean to
American labor? An accurate idea can
only be formed by giiing in detail tho
cost of tho construction of a vessel
with tho cost of her equipment. Wo
have prepared such a statement with
the assistance, of reliable American
ship builders and ship owner, their
names being withheld fit their own
request. As n bais of cost we have
taken the construction of a steamship
of 3.000 tons of 12 to 14 knots speeu.
This is the cheapest kind of trans
oceanic steamship and, on that nc
rntnit. was nurnosely selected for con
sideration, so that there can do no
doubt our estimates aro exceedingly
conservative. Tho cost of u steamer
alono as turned over from the snip
builders to her owners, in round num
bers, is $300,000 for a steamer of 3,000
tons. In order to acquire 2,000,000 of
tonnage, wherewith to transact all our
nrcsent trans-occanlc commerce, we
should need 700 such steamers costing
the enormous sum cf $210,000,000. in
tho building of these 700 vessels the dis
tribution of money to labor employed
in tho construction and finishing of the
steamers would be as follows:
WAGES rAYATlLK TO LAHOrt INSIIir-
YAUDSONl.l.
Trull -.;" ,"
Carpenter worK.... .......... w--
KnKlnes, coppersmuiia.
KnKlnes. on board 2.04.. l
Krujrlnea. shops
Hollers on board.
Hollers, shops....
Joiner w
Painting
- 24,471.800
1.1,3(10
2, 23.1,000
ork 17,1
0PK 953.000
Tauwoktii castlk, tho home of the
Total payable to labor Sloo.lGG.aW
This statement of the possible earn
ings of labor in the construction of
American ships merely covers the value
of the labor cmf loved in the shipyards.
It does not include one cent of money
paid to the labor employed in furnish
ing tho material nt mines or mills.
that is used in tho construction oi uio
ship. That is another enormous iao-
tor. Wo bring forward me quantities
of iron, steel, copper, brass-, etc., need
ed for one vessel, tosliow tho quantity
that would bo required for tho 700
steamers needed to carry all our im
port nnd export freight:
under the glorious Stars und 6 tripes of
our beloved country.
Dut this is not all. There ore the
mino owners who can sell this enor
mous product from their mines. There
aro the owners of tho mills and fur
naces ready to contract with the ship
builders. There nro 20,000 American
sailors, officers and engineers for w hom
6tcady employment can bo found.
There are the army of clerks to be em
ployed in the offices of tho American
ship owners instead of by foreign ship
owners. There ore the repairs to tho
vessels, nearly nil to be clone here, fur
nishing work for thousands of other
hands.
And still no idea has been given of tho
cost of fitting a steamer with her fur
niture, lamps, tables, stoves, crockery,
kltchenware, carpets, hardware, bed
ding, linen, upholstery, cutlery, plated
ware, chairs, brushes, instruments,
ropes, blocks, clocks, and hundreds of
odds and ends that are needed for the
equipment of a vessel before sho is
ready to start upon a voyage. An esti
mate of the cost of such articles placed
on board, as furnished by a prominent
shipowner, together with the cost of
the coal, and the provisions for 100
pasengers on n 10,000 mile voyage
amounts to an additional sum of $20,
000,000 that can be distributed through
out the United States. There nre also
the wages of officers und crews, say
20,000 men earning an average of $30
per month, or a total wage disburse
ment amounting to $7,200,000 per year.
There is not the least doubt that
under protection we should have many
new fast passenger steamers construct
ed at a much higher cost than our esti
mates, as well as those slower com
merce carriers. In tin detailed state
ment of the "outfit," moreover, the
items of coal and provisions nre given
merely for one voyage, of 10,00) miles,
whereas a steamer could make eight
uch voyages In tho course of u year.
hus for provisions alone, supplied
rom our farms, there would be an ex
penditure of $10,800,000 a year; and for
coal an expenditure of $33,000,000 if we
nly had the slow 12 nnd 14 knot boats.
Again, tho item of repairs has not been
considered nt nil, nor the renewal of
crockery and glass, nor of hardware,
lumber, oil, paint, etc. Some of the re
sults possible are finally summarized as
follows:
Labor's earnlnKs In con
structing 7u steam-
hlis il00.166.to0
Labors earnings tn fur
nishing material for
atxtve 80.Gt7.3jO
"Wages for Sailors, year-
jy ,
,fthor's dlrrrt earning Jl.OlS.RVj
)utllts for 7oO nt earner) Jin.HI.WK)
Annual nrovlslon nunnly 1S.S00.Oimj
Annual coal -supply 33.6u0.000
Total expenditures I2C4.6O0.S50
This does not include the cost for re
pairs to vessels, renew al or iurnisnings.
clerk hire, office rent, nor of the fittings
f new shipyards and the extension of
tho canaeitv of existint? yards. Dut it
serves to show tho opportunities to
American labor by the adoption of a na-
ional policy of protection forAmerican
hipowners nnd shipbuilders.
CIIAHLi:9 It. 1UJCKLAMD.
Hull.
OP 8.000 TONH KAC11
Tons of 2.000
jKHinrls
each.
.440,000
Tons,
I . . .m . r n trrTr"n TXT
Marmlons, hereditary champions of uVlU
JKnglauu, oiiereu oy us latest poises-
'or, tho Marquis lowushoml, at auc
tion was bid in by tho corporation of
vthc town for $15,000. Tho heralds in
Scott's poem hailed "Marmlon lord of
Fontcnaye, of Lutterworth and
ficrlvclsbav. of Tamworth tower and
town." Tho flshintj in tho rivers
Tame and Anker and rights over fi
manors go with the castle.
' Tub very latest fad among the Tarl
sienncs is to carry a purse or card caso
mado from tho skin of a beloved and
deceased friend. All the shop windows
atom? the boulevards are filled with
novelties made of tanned human skin.
The skin differs from the tanned hide of
other animals only in that it is very
finely grained, its tecture is more dell
cate, and it Is unusually soft and pll
able. It is stained a peculiar shade of
green, resembling a piece of fine kid.
Since 1797" there have been 1,100 the
ater fires with 10,000 fatalities, accord
in?, to Mr. Bach's "Vires and Publlo
Entertainments," Just published. Of
.these 402 took place in tho United
States, 130 in Great Dritain and 101 in
Germany, France having nearly tho
same number. London has had 35
fires and Paris 28. Out of 343 theaters
destroyed by fire one-half were burned
within 10 years after they were con
structed, 40 of them within the first
year.
In the files of the house no signa
tures of Webster, Clay or Lincoln re
main. While there should bo hun
dreds of letters from these dlstin-
, cuished men in evidence, all have dis
appeared, and there Is no trace of
their whereabouts. President Lin.
oln In tho courso of his official ca
reer in Washington sent hundreds of
orlffinal documents bearing his signa
ture to both houso and senate, but on
all these original papers filed in the
house the signatures have been cut
off. There are other important docu
raents in the houso files which have
been similarly mutilated.
Tuk whaling bark Swallow, which
bat put in at Vineyard Haven, on her
way from Barbados to Itoston, has
been out 18 months, bho took 009 bar
rels of sperm oil, 000 pounds of whale
bone and 11 pounds of ambergris. The
ambergris is la one lump, nearly
round, and is particularly fine in qual
ity. It is valued at $3,520. Whlla
cruUlng in the vicinity of Tristan
d'Ac-jnha, in the South Atlantic, tha
Swallow captured a sperm whale
which yielded nearly 11 pounds of the
preciou material. The market value
of ambergris at presont is quoted at
$320 a pound.
Bteel plates MW
Hlct-1 angles and channels 1 40.01 j
Pteelbeams, Liml iuu ungic
Ill vets jM'.'i
Bars, forglngs ana sundries...
Total for hull 713,339
Cant Iron and steel castings. ..11J.173
Wrought Iron ana steel u.
Urasa Wl'i
Copper work
Bunuries ana pumps
Totnl for enirlnes 20M44
Holler. .
Pteel plates..
Corrugated furnaces 'S-iL
Cast Iron '"1
Tubes W'Z
Drares, rivets ana mnnri".. .i
Hmoke, pipe, Jacket, cape, etc. M71
Ureechlng 79h3
Total for hollers
Miscellaneous.
Rhlpsmlth work
Btcam tilting ana neaunn auu
ventilators
Water tanks
Holntlnic enRtnes
1S9.634
1.W9
4.:7
B.7H3
4. V.l
Donkey Hollers 13.2s
I'.levators
4.4M
41,001
Htecl masts 'S'J2
Totsl rolacellaneous
Total metals needed for 00
atmmrra. tons i.u-.i
The total cost of tho material for
one steamer, according to tlic csiimat
riven us. is $153,014.78, nnd for 700
similar steamers it would aggregate
no lew than $107,529,800. If we inclml
tho cost of the labor employed nt tho
mines, of the labor employed on tho
railroads that haul the raw material
to tho factories, of the labor employed
ntthc factories, of tho lalor employe
In haulinc to tho shipyards, it i per
fectly safe to say that 73 per cent of
the total cost of the material uscu i
shipbuilding represent the labor cos
We would thus have the following di
tributlon of money in building- the ves
sels we need to carry the freight tha
constitutes our commerce with foreig
countries:
LADOIVS EARNINGS IN BlUmtriT.D.
1NO.
Cost of mnlrlal for "oo stenm
ers of S,(M) tons each. H)7.
r.2!.soo, of which 75 per cent.
rrpreints Ut-or vG47.3.i0
Cowt of lntkr In constructing 7i , . rnn
.timers ..100.1C0.6M
$lS0,815.?ifl
" 'John Tloach always estimated this labor
co--t at IX) per rent.
It would seem as if this show Ing w ere
enough to make American wage earn
ers clamor for the opportunity to do
this work, to mine thl million tons of
raw material, to mould it into various
forms and shapes, nnd to haul it from
mines to factories and from factories
to seaeonst shipyards, nnd then to con
.struct it into graceful models that float
from our shipyards Into the sea, there
to buffet with the winds nnd the wnvca
UNCLE SAM'S LOAD.
PAST AND FUTURE, OF SILVER.
The WlilCe Sletal !! Steatdtlf Shrank
In Vnlu.
A Springfield (111.) reader of the
Globe-Democrat nsk-s what is the valuo
f the silver in the tandard dollar when
liver Is quott-d at COc an ounce, around
hlch figure it has hovered recently,
and also asks if, in our opiuion, silver
ill not Lave 1o be limited to subsidiary
ses only if the metal drops much be
low its present price. The answer to the
first query is tiat with silver quoted nt
COc an ounce the amount of silver, 371'
grains, in a standard dollar is worth 4Go
nd 4 mills, or slightly less than 40Vic.
The designation, 50c dollar, that is to
say, which was applied to It In the can-
ass of 189(1, and which, according to
Chairman Jones, of Arkansas, hurt tho
popocratlo party in the campaign more
than anything else that was said by tun
republicans and the gold democrats.
oes that coin too much honor. It is a.
46c or 47c dollar.
Now that silver absorption by the
government has stopped, never to be re
newed under existing conditions, it is
interesting as n historical question to
recall the steadiness w ith which silver
as shrunk in value, despite the at
tempts of the government, persis-ted in
for 15 years, to send It up to tile gold
line at the United States coinage ratio.
When the Dland law was enacted on
February 2. 1878, the bullion value of
the silver dollar was 92c. The friends of
the law said that act would seud silver
up, and soon close the narrow gap be
tween It nnd gold at the rntioor sixteen
to one proportion. Xo prophecy, how-
ver, was ever more completely am!
icrnally falsified by the event. Silver
went down in place of up, and the coin
which was to be a 100c dollar in nfew
months nfter the enactment of the law
was a 90e dollar instead. It was an 80o
dollar In 1S90, when the Sherman law,
which was to quickly and permanently.
iceording to some of the sooth-saycrs.
end it up to the 100c line, was passed.
but It was down to 70c in 1S91, and was
below COc when the Sherman law, In
1893. was repealed. There have been a
few short rallies -since 1893, as there
were in previous years, but the general
tendency in sliver prices has been down-
wnnl si nee. that date as w ell as ror
many years before.
What eff ect will this shrinkage nave
upon the llver currency now existing?
None whatever. The silver dollars, su
ver certificates and Sherman notes, the
latter of which were issued against de
posits of silver bullion, can all be held
at their gold level now that ineir vol
ume cannot be expanded. W hue the sil
ver element of the circulation is sta
tionary, and will remain so, the gold
element will keep on increasing. It
will doubtless increase much faster
than population or business. Thusthe
silver per capita will continue to con
tract and the gold per capita to expand,
and silver will no longer be a menace to
the country's financial stability. The
Sherman notes are practically a gold
currency. Silver certificates nre re
deemable in silver dollars, and silver
dollars ore their own redeemer that
is. they are. in the jargon of the silver
ites, Vprimary money." Virtually and
constructively, though, both silver ccr
tlllcates and silver dollars nre made re
deemable in gold by that clause of the
Sherman act a clause that still stands
which proclaims that "it is the estab
llshed policy of the United Mates to
maintain the two metals on a parity
with each other." So long as the gold
currency continues to Increase and the
silver currency remains stationary, the
silver dollar and its paper representa
tive will be held up to the lOOc line by
the government, even though the dol
lar's bullion vnlue shrinks to 10c or lc
St. LouLs Globe-Democrat.
Apeak for the President.
The significance of what Secretary
Sherman has said In reo-ard to the
trusts is in the fact that it undoubted
ly represents tho attitude of the presi
dent. Ho has told the country in the
plalncstlanguage that he is opposed to
all combinations of capital organized
FREE SILVERITC FOLLY.
Declarations Which LU the Elemts-nf
of (ooI Brnif,
The Ohio democrats declare bombas
tically that
Vs are unalterably oppose to mono
metallism, which Imls locked fast ths
prosperity of an industrial peoilc In ths
paralysis of hard times. Gold monomet
allism Is a Urltlah policy, ana Its a a op
tion has brought other nations Into finan
cial servitude to Ixmdon. It is not only
un-American hut antl-Amerlcan, and It
can 1 fastened on tha United States only
fcy the stinintr of that spirit and love of
liberty which proclaimed our political in
dependence In 1776 and won It In th war
of the revolution."
These individuals are not opposed to
monometallism. They favor it and are
laboring to obtain it. They are opposed
to gold monometallism and want to
destroy it. Dut they propose to sub
stitute for it silver monometallism.
And they propowe alo that the bimetal
lic silver standard, which would bo to
the present standard ns 47 U to 100,
shall be used in tho payment of eclat
ing debts.
Gold monometallism is an Kngllsh
policy, but that is not enough to damn
it. The question for other nations to
ask is not is tho single gold standard
British, but ia it good for them? Ger
many, France, Austria-Hungary, tho
United States, Japan, etc., have an
swered the qaestion in the affirmative.
China, Mexico, Persia and a few etty
South American state havo not, for
they lack sense.
When Germany ndopted tho gold
standard she becran to prosper. Its
adoption did not bring her into "finan
cial servitude." Her act liberate! her
from that kind of servitude. The
vnluo of all the free coinage silver cur
rencies in the world is fixed by the
dealers in silver bullion in London.
The valuo of the tacl, the peso, and tho
THE ICE CREAM SEASON.
loni 1'olnta for Tuum Who Mkth
Cream,
The season or ice cream naiurany
oncus w ith the season of strawberries.
This Is one of the most w holesome, a
well as one of the easiest, desserts
which can be made ut home. It is a
simple matter to prepare tho cream for
freezing, but many people fail in freez
ing it to the proper rounsinuji.
best creams are maue or a ricn cusiaru,
Eimply heated to the boiling point, and
the same quantity oi iresu cream win.
fruit pulps or flavoring, home cooks
scald the cream. It 1 not necessary io
beat the creara to a stiff froth, nor ia
there any gain In doing so, unless ono
desires to make a mousse anunoi an ico
cream.
Most amateur cooks freeze cream too
hard or unevenly. It is not desirable
A - - i II..
to freeze ice cream ioo rwpuj. .
freezer which is oraruged to freeze
cream in less than ten minutes pro-
ducesacoarse, rough-grained ice cream,
which is vastly inferior to the smooth.
evenly-frozen creams of the ucs
French shops. The freezing of ice
cream may ue nuuiuu
large quantity of salt in proportion to
the lee. This also protiuces
crei.ni. ' -.
Never nllow over three pints oirocw.
.talt to a gallon pall of ice crushed fine.
Crush the ice with a heavy mauei, sucu
as is used by masons. Excellent msi-
lets of lignum vltae may be purcnaseu
at shops where workmen buy mcir
tools, for 30 cents. An orumaiy .
sized bag, such as salt Is delivered in
when sold at wholesale, is the best
thing to crush ice in. It is softer than
the ordinary canvas lag bow ior iuc
purpose, and It costs considerably less.
One good salt bag such as a grocer will
sell for 15 cents will make one large.
1 11 i Ji 1 ... ll..
..Mexican ClOliar IS Iioi n.ru uy ua- h.i- --- - .n,.!!. nnoi nf
tions whoso currency they are, but by c K ..u "
rhat is aoout uua iiit "' -
some Jxmiion rocrcnanis. xn
financial servitude.
The assertion that the gold standard
is "un-American" and "anti-American
because England ndopted it first Is a
fair specimen of that bastard, spurious
patriotism tho free silverites are ad
dicted to. If everything which, is or
British origin is un-Araernan, trial
by jury would be abandoned. The writ
of habeas corpus should be lookel on
with abhorrence, it is so "British,'
The men who secured political inde
pendence in 1770 did not see why in
Bcparnting from Great Britain they
should abandon the English common
law as well as King George. Nor did
they seo why they should not adopt
any new, valuable idea Englishmen
might origiuate nfter separation. Cot
ton spinning machinery was borrowel
from England over a century ago and
nobndv ehnrireil that it was an un-
American net.
Tho free silverites should explalA
why it is nny worse to take the golu
standard from Great Britain than the
railway engine. Do they w ant Amer
icans, like the Chinese, to refuse to ac
cent njivthlncr which cornea from
abroad? Chicago Tribune.
COMMENT AND OPINION.
CTThe most promising crop of the
iieason is that of the new protectionists
in the south. St. Louis Globe-Demo
crat.
fcIn spite, of the croakers, times aro
getting better. The last prop is being
knocked from under tho popocrats.
Toledo Blade.
ICTBrvan is wrltlntr another book.
lie must think that his popocratlc fol
lowers still havo a little change left-
Cleveland Leader.
lurilorace Boles was onco a repub
lican, and ho acts now very much like
.1 man wno wouiu use m uc u repuw
lican again. Syracuse Post
CCrMProspcrity is coming" let the
wheelu all be started running to meet
It; and it will pay to scorch a little,
when croakers get in the middle of the
road. Chicago Inter (Jlean.
ETEx-PrcsIdcnt Cleveland stands a
much better ahow of being electea
president again than does William J.
. . M..
Ftrong as canvas una arc more r4iwj
washed. The smaller bags arc use
ful when a small quantity of crushed
ice is needed for lemonade or ior tame
service. With a g.-od mallet of heavy
wood and a strong bag of this kind a
gallon pall of Ice may be crushed ns
fine as desirable with very little ever-
tlon.
Pnek the freezer us firmly us possible.
first putting a fciyer of ice and then a
layer of salt, nnd packing the layers
down securely with a wooden spoon or
any small hard wood with a square end.
Dlvldo the three pints of salt und pall
of ice allowed for n gallon freezer
evenly, so that the last layer of salt is
sbout an inch below the mn or tne
can. When the packing reaches this
point put the cream in the can and put
on the. cover. Arrange the dasher nnd
crank in ponition and fill the freezer
pall as high ns you can with crushed
Ice. Now pack in paper newspaper
vlll do. The paper keeps the air from
thelecandtbns materially assists intho
work. Cover the freezer with a piec
of old carpet to keep out the nlr and
turn the crank for about three min
utes. Lift the carpet nnd open the can
of the freezer nnd remove the dasher.
With a long-bladcd kitchen knlfo
scrape the thin layer of frozen cream
which has collected on the sides or tno
can, and with nn Iron spoon scrnpc tho
bottom. Mix this frozen cream with
the liquid cream In the center, work
ing the cream thoroughly with th
spoon Ut make it light nnd even, i lose
the fieezer and turn tho crank three or
four minutes longer. Open the can
ngnlnand scrape It, and work the cream
thoroughly aguln. After three minutes
more, meantime turning tho dasher
rapidly, repent the scraping.
After this last beating il the cream it
will usually be frozen enough to pack
away. Turn the crank rapidly now for
a moment or two, then remove it witn
tho dusher. Scrape the sides and bot
tom of tho freezer for the final pack I off
and work the cream thoroughly, press
ing it down firmly in the can. Smooth
tho top. Lay a round of tea paper over
tho cream, lleplace the cover of tho
freezer. Cork up the hole left by the
dnchei. Fill up the freezing pall witn
in trusts or otherwise to control arbl- .ryan om- hls election would be the crushed ice. Pack the ice in closely,
trarlly the condition of trade among je88er 'calamity, although either event Tack the newspapers over tins Ice and
our citizens, and he is pledged to the en- u, be caiamltous. Iowa State Reg- tle f hcnvy newspaper over the freezer.
Home Facts on Wool.
The hyperbole in which the preen
free trader deals on tho wool question
would be past belief did we not listen
to him, in view of the fact that th
tariff on wool and woolens does not
flux eost of clothinc nt retail
i ihm, Amrrlrnn rmrehaser by th
smallest fraction in excesa of tho in
creased wages tho operative in woolen
mills received over those of Europe to
a tithe of what ho states, nnd in view
of the fact n reported in the statistical
abstract of tho United States for 1890,
that the consumption of raw, un
washed wool per coplta for each year
averages only fl1, pounds and the dut j
of 1 1 cents a iound can in no event add
more than 72 centa per capita above tha
extra cost of American labor, which
would be only 2.83 in a family of
four, nnd that earnings 'would bet in
creosed a hundredfold this extra cost,
Hon. J. II. Walker, M. C, of Massachusetts.
Uhfre It Is Meeded.
Labor In England Is faring well.
The British board of trade reports
changes in the rates of wages during
April that affected 63,500 people, of
whom 52.500 received increases that av
eraged 42 cents per week, nfter deduct
ing the decrease--, in the wages of tho
1,000 workers whoso earnings were low
ered. When the tariff bill is Ineffective
operation a little of that prosperity
will bo transferred to tho American
wage-earner.
Irian Unen tloodi.
The Irish Textile Journal gives tha
expm-ts of linen manufacture from tho
United Klnrdom to the United States,
at 17.5CCJ'100 yards for tho month of
April, ns compared with R.737,300 yard
in April, 183G.
forcement of existing laws against
these combinations and nny new stat
utes that may be enacted. If the ad
ministration has as yet taken no steps
to carry out this pledge it is perhaps
due to the opinion, as expressed by Sec
retary Sherman, that existing law is
insufficient nnd that further legisla
tion is necessarv'. It is better to wait
for legislation believed to bo needed
thnn to proceed against the trusts with
ister.
CThe hoarding of gold has stopped
and much of the yellow metal that was
nut away during the depression has
romfl out nnd irone into circulation.
The tide btgan to turn the day Presi
dent McKlnley was elected aDd It has
been running the right way ever since.
-Secretary Gage.
CThe work of the Ohio state repub
lican convention, the harmony which
Cover the freezing pall finally with a
piece of carpet to exclude ths nlr and
light. Let the crenm. rest for three or
four hours. It may rest for six or
eight hours or longer without injury
if it Is In a cool cellar. X. Y. Tribune.
Omaha Bee.
Fln Potato Salad.
Boll ten medium sized potatoes with
their skins on; when done remove ths
skins and set the potatoes aside to cool;
stir tahe yolks of two eggs to a cream
and slowly add a half cupful of salad
oil, one teaspoonful salt, half teuspuon
ful pepper,. half cup white vinegar und
two white onions chopped very line;
cut tho potatoes into fine fcllces; put a
layer of lwjtatoe into a salad dish and
pour over some of the sauce; then put
In another layer of potatoes and sauce;
continue in this way until all is used;
then pour over about four tablespoon-
t.t i. i. .t.iAnf ,nt. th hard tr. hnif or fuls bollint water, cover and let it
tw iire rnrddlv tmsslnL. As more L: .V ill 4i,. t. Itut this doesn't tand for two hours, nnd then serve.
u , , I Kill lMU ... . . , ... . ,
VSm-rrs enter the market business will mlt.Mnrnmt ,-rrat sixteen to onc-er. Kiwiru wuu ur urU .r juunK
- - . , ,iov.vu. r - '
He is writing another book. Chicago
the chances unfavorable to success, but ractcri7e(1 ,J proceedings and tho
congre Biiuum uw , ntl nfltriot c enunciations or
Ing to be unnecessarily prolonged,- ... pnnr1I.tned Irl the nlatform
placo the republicans of that stato in
Confidence Returning-. a position to innke a strong campaign
Hard times" Is merely anotner ;hlcntro Tlmes-IIerald.
name for that condition of trade re- rBrvan'a first book has proved a
snltlnc from the chariness of buyers fnlinrp. True, thousands sub-
and the anxiety of sellers to get rid of
what thev possess. Now that Values
oritm.l for It before thev saw it. The
book can now be had secondhand in
improve and confidence will spread.
A business panic Is very much like any
other ianic. Every one Is frightened.
but unable to explain even to himself
just what has occasioned all his alarm.
Then when a few regain their presence
of mind nnd assert their confidence
their example Is quickly followed, and
teettiiir of fear passes nway. Cin
cinnati Commercial Tribune.
WTtr llrvnn contrives to SOliefZO
good deal of free silver talk into his ad
r! reuses before the Chautauqua socie
ties. These ratherings ore understood
to be htld for educational purposes, but
some of Bryan's utterances at them, if
the newspaper summaries of his talka
be correct, are the reverse of educa
innnt t i flifiieult. of course, for
Brvan to omit all reference to tilver In
his addresses on other subjects, but he
ought, at least, to be required to drop
insertions which have been proven
and over airaln to be false. Gt.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
Tribune.
tSad to say, when William J. Bryan
w ent to Canada to convert the people to
silver, they let him talk, but laughed at
him. In New York Tammany and otner
silver democrats laughed ot him, but
didn't let him talk; and they sent him
awnv with the intimation that It would
be letter for him not to reappear there
until after tho next election. -Troy
Timev.
trn,- democratic party will do well
to ponder the words of cx-Gov. Botes, of
Iowa, w hen he said: "For one, I do not
i,ni It nnsfclhl to succeed upon a
platform that : demands unquuilllcd
free nnnnpc of silver at the ratio of
sixteen to on with gold. e nave
fniie-iit. ihat battle and It Is lost. We
-an r,c?r ficht it over under circum
tnn-r-. n -.re favorable to ourselves. If
i," h! S to Miu.'ccd we tnust abandon
tl.h cxtre ue demand." Chicago Inter
lettuce leaves. Brooklyn Eagle.
f'olflah fro'ineltes.
One pint bowlful of rw fidi, two heap
ing bowifuls of pard potatoes (let the
potatoes be under the medium size).
four tablespoon f ids of milk, butter tho
size of nn egg, one-eighth of a teaspoon
ful tf pepper. Pick the fish very fino
and measure It lightly In the bowl. Put
the potatoes Into the boiler nnd tho
fish on top of them; then cover with
boiling water nnd boil half an hour.
Drain oft all the water and mnsh fish
and potatoes together until fine nnd
light. Then ndd the butter, peppcrand
the milk. Pent well. When cool roll
Into croquettes; dtp In egg and breod!
crumlxi nnd fry a light brown In boil
ing fat. Good Housekcr ping.
Torn Pnl dinar.
Two cupfuls of shaved corn, two cup
ful of sweex milk, two well-beaten
7ff. one-half teaspoonful of salt. Bake
one hour In a moderate oven. -Housekeeper.
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