Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1898-1899, April 21, 1899, Image 11

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Newspaper Page TextFROM FRIDAY'S DAILY A TRAGIC RUNAWAY. ftt An Exciting Chase, Frighten- SV 1. TntA 4h Will. axnette and Is Drowned. People on Commercial street yester- day shortly before noon, witnessed what appeared- to toe an ordinary, nn eTitful runaway, tout it had a tragic ending- ' " i yesterday morning Rev. John Ton kins,' pastor of the M. E. church of v,himi. accompanied by Mrs. Ton kins, drove to this city for a short ft wtth Rev. and Mrs. T. F. Royal, 1 of South Salem. - Wrth the assistance Jj reach a different conclusion. The of Kev. Royal, the Mehama clergyman last opinion, which is add rosed to the eras unhitching the faithful equine at secretary of state, in conclusion, nays: the parsonage adjoining the church in j "1 am therefore constrained to hold Sooth Salem about 11 o'clock yester-I to my original opinion and advice you til morning. Rev. Tonkins removed that you can only audit and allow In the bridle from the horse and was In the case of the assistant warden at tbe act of replacing It with the halter j the salary of $900 per year, and for the when the animal made a break for 'prison Inspector, a the salary of ttfr) liberty, which he achieved after a ' per year, notwithstanding the provls fcrief struggle.. In starting, the horse 'ions of the appropriation bill ran Into Rev. Royal, who was felled By a provision in the last appropri. to the ground by the unexpected col-J bill the prison inspector Is allowed $00 lision. The visiting, clergyman and ter vear. ewner or tne norse, ciung co ine am mal's neck in an effort to dissuade him from embarking on what roved to be his fatal run, but without uO, and. after being dragged several fee. laxea ms noi OTirona w ecawia metropolitan office. frm sight from out the way of the horse but he changes have recently been adopted In fell, the horse and light open buggy tne o ringing up a desired passing over him. j The fleeing animal party. By the new arrangement, planted both feet upon his owner s Central doe8 practically all of the back very severely, though not serl-; nngin When you desire a party, ously. (bruising Mm. i r, the central offlce and g,ve th. Having secured a star. e boe ! number to the 0peralor. who will in accelerated his pace and proceeded to turn caU th t requested. After Increase the distance between himself and master and. concluding that he . j i . ... , .. . . . ji- , n. ber desired. It. is unnecessary for the " J ft? L w.Ltw do any further ring mr. It a straight pa h he ran dlrtly north f , Mtundly that when your bell rETtaSlS fUrS m? nr t is not neceaia.y to resp.nl ZTJLLl a ring; simply take daw. th. -r to intercept Ms progress but he turned Phone and c"v?'8aIt5n1 to the left on that thoroughfare which U W reuire " the local he followed to JonTetreet when he company Mine little lime to acqualm gain pursued his course northward. era8T1Ve! W,t.w k mtM' He did not change his route once after . but when th.y shall have become .leaving thertty. until he reached the familiar therewith. th maltj r of tele Labor ExctSnge property north of h"'in W,U considerably simpli- tp the Reeves Bros, ferry, better known as th Labor Exchange ferry, he pass ed iwn the Incline across the ferry. which was anchored at the east (bank, ami, with buggy still attached, plung- ed Into the river. He swam for about 200 yards and finally approached the east bank of the river but it was too precipitous to enable him. to escape from the water and he was drowned.' ' IT MTOilli TflR TP'P ' 1 ,M r ' i ne superiority or me iux i nw uW.n Hag Over the Jute Pioluct Demonstrated, The new grain baas, manufactured fruni f m fgon lax tow at the WasM .g t"n slate penitential y and b o .gh ' to thl illy Wednesday by W. J. J. Cun- ittnbaiit, wte fcutjecied to a v-ty in- ttrcmlng test yesUrday. afternoon alMiifcSiue wlh a Jute raln bag that is used extensively by the farmers on the tuai. bv which th.; relative stierath or the two bags was clearly and satis- or and secretary of siate by apxolnt factorily demonstrated. m-nt. and pres-nttd bis bond as fish .. .ho a.iom rb test was tnaaft at me caim . , , ,. . .,. , j Flouilng Mill plant and was witnessed by the manager, II. W. Holland, snd "Jake" Mitchell and John Kirn, cm loyes at the mills. W. J. J. Cunn ng tiHUt and a Statesman representative. " " J - - recently oeen rTu rin iuti tcry. and th rack msd fro m th j Oax 1,1-re refu-e. were in tu, n i,l.ed ith wheat. Each sack was th, n hoi.ted upon a platform at an "fvajion W'tJ&J&tZJX bag was the first to be put th.-ough the h L It was not damaged in the s lkht t particular by the fall. The Jute sat k, . upon reaching the Pcor,' bui't op. n at bcth en is. It did not require second experiment. II. ,..MMlM..fta m ta m Ala 9 mA thrt - - - - result of the test. Mr. Holland ex- prewed himself as pleaded wiih the d-i- monstratlon. His surprise was gieat, but he was readll convinced of the superiority of the product of flax tow over that of the Jute bag. The- flax bag used In the test was a rough and practically nnrtnlsheJ earn- le of what can be produced from thp tow when the. mach mry ith Iwhlch It was masiufactuied. Is properly ad- Justed. The sample bags (were made by the machinery at the Jute m II plant wlthout adjusting the machinery In sny . particular, which citcumstanee partly accounts tof their crude appear ance. - - - ! - MiK HOi 8 rOYTKACTED. -7" T. F. Hayes Agrees to Deliver S.000 Pounds Deeds and Mortgages. Yesterday was another quiet day so far as the filing of warranty deeds with County -Recorder J, H. Roland was concerned. But during the day a hop contract by which T. F. Hayes, of Woodburn. agrees to aeiiver xo -xy Rosenwald Co, of1 New York City. a . I- On. . . In e,wu pounos Vliw iw nin mw '- ukvted price being 10 cents per pound? 4 cents of which 'is to be advanced at picking time. J - Only two very email deeds were filed yesterday. Three mortgages amount ing to 1450 and three mortgage satisfactions aggregating $2,200 were also recorded. The two deeds were as follows:' - i j ' Isaac C. SuHoo and wife to-Alice L Sutton: t 1 block. 2 Preanall and Smith's addition to Salem. t 7$ Mathias Butaia and1 Mary- Butabv ' to reier ocmruwi tuia imi iu block 2, Butaia'a addition to 11U -Angel.. ' .. 45 Total. i..vf. ;-..A...r;'.r N W4RDEVH 8 A LAKY. Nine Hundred Dollars Per Year Under the Statute. Though More Was Appropriated. bout a month age Attorney-General' Blackburn,at the request of the former 1 superintendent - of - the penitentiary, rendered an opinion holding that the as- -. m. iiai uwuouon nas enUtled ty law to receive only 1900 per year for his services, notwithstanding the fact that the legislature appropri ated sutrrlent to pay him 11200, and had drawn that amount from the state for years. , He was, a short time after ward, asked whether or not hi opin ion applied to the salary of the prison inspector, which brought alout a : re consideration of the first opinion, with the result, that be says, in an opinion maie public yesterday, he has ex amined authorities upon the subvert more thotoughly. but has not been a.l SOME SLIGHT CHANGES. The lo cal telephone office, by adopting the customs and practices In vogue at : such tilaces. is aradtiailv mcrrinr into r:nging up central and giving the num- FROM A VOLUNTEER. In the de partment of state yester Jay, a letter wah received from Harry Empkins, h private of company I, Second Ongon volunteer infantry, now in the field near Manila, containing his rvtelpt fur lit amount due him cn acount or pe-r diem allowed bv the state Jo rejected sol-iiers. being in his Ci.-e, 22.50. Mr. Enpklns wnt to Camp McKin'.y with company of militia, from urg m i:ity, and after a Orary time f wait- 1 Ing was, upon examination by the mus- teHng oilie r. rJect-d. When the MC ond call was made, he again offered his services, and pnsned a god exam ination, was accept ed aid ent to tro Philippines to join ns .oiopsny. and is now gerriiig jus run oi ngniin lor iuo starry flag. He made his affidavit be fore Lieut Col. Qc-o. O. Yoisn. ' THE POND FILED. Hon. F. C. Reed, of Astoria, arrived in Salrn on t night's overland train and nro- eeding to the capitil, mt the govern commissioner. The bond Is for $25,000, . . . . . the sureties-being five of the b'St busi- . " ,,r,. ar, A-!rt,. ners men of Portland and Asiori.u The governor promptly approved the undertaking and it was Med in thede pttrtment of state, snd Mr. Red's rtm giow gm tu rortlmd this .nornlng , ,K l t.-. nm ant ,aitltud,nclilfor a Bh4rt J ; mt;uW morr,nK. fnd few of the flsh- prod.d with li cenies. thv?h all are anxious to po. sess these documents at once. AN OFFICER RESIONS. 3ov. Oeer estenlay received a telegram from As ittaiit Adjutant General Schwann, of Washington, D. C, notifying him that lha ralsmatlon of CaDtalik I. L. Pl-'k- m . . ens, OI Cfinpan7 l. dvwhh v 'irn; vn unteerx. now at Manili, had been re- ceved and sccepted, to take effect on KlkJ 7tn The governor will Indue course of time, make an appointment to m tn vacancy, and the probability m tht First Lleuternant M. D. 1-hHlirs will be commission! d captain; Pecond Lieut. James V. ,Camplell to f.rst lieu- tenant, and the first sergeant of the company to the second lieutenancy. . i' ONE NEW CONVICT. Oeorge Oay, wno plead guilty to the crime e.f lar- tery firm a dwe-lling In Corvallle a f-w ays ago, was yesterday brought to Salem and placed in the penl.e .tlary. having been sentenced to serve two years. Sheriff Peter Rickiird. of Tlin-, ton county, and J. H. Simi son. a guard es-.-orted tne prisoner to Salem, at a cost to the state of 127. REASONED IT OUT. The .World-Herald states ; that a Not th Omaha lad of seven summers and a corresponding number of winters has seemingly solved a vast problem. He has been told the story of the flood and the bow of promise so often that he knows It by heart. During the late cold snap be rushed Into his mother's room and exclaimed: . -: " j "Say. mamma. 1 know why Ood promised not to make a nether flood to destroy the world!" - ? : f j Is that to, son? Why was ltr j !"Catis he's roin t let It freexa up and bust." ' DEMAND FOR 'POSKUM MEAT. The man who will Inaugurate a j pos sum farm in Sumter county can mako big money out cf it. This Is no jok. nd we don't mean It that way. j,Mn have goet rich raising terrsplris on the roast, and today there Is more money In a "Dossum farm than there is in a terrapin crawl There Is a demand or fat 'possums all over the south, and north, too, for that matter, ard It Is well known that 'possum meat nev er -ies a-egtf ng. , An , enUrnrsuie; mn isn raise more possums on 1 acres of 8umter county ground than ri bad oats. An Independent for-. tune awaits the pert on who under lain s It Amencus (Oa) Herald. Dill BECOMES THE PROPERTY OF W. K. ' ALLEX ET0P0RATISG CO. Will Be Opf rated ThU Seaaon-Cp- . city of the Eraporator May BeDoablcd. i. (From Dally Apt 11 15th.) The Wallace cannery and ecapo rat ing piant located on Twelfth street In this city, near the Southern Pacific company's passenger depot, was pur chased from J.tU. Wallace, the agent, by the W. K. Allen Evaporating Com pany, of Newberg. Yamhill county. uie consideration being 110.000. . ' NegotsjtionsT for the purchase of this property had been pending for several days, but were .finally consummated yesterday morning. The transfer In clude the entire canning and evaporat ing plant on Twelth street. - O. V. Allen, who will serve as gener al manager for the new company, was seen yesterday afternoon by a repre sentative of the .Statesman. . Mr. Allen said that the plant would be operated this season. The cannery will be run. aaid Mr." Allen, with a view to supply ing the demand for the canned pro duct. The management win regulate the output of the cannery by the de mand and will endeavor to prevent overstocking the market. Peas and tomatoes will be handled this year, and possibly a few straw berries will be canned. Ultimately, however, the new company proposes to place In the market ail kinds of vegetables and fruits canned. When the amount of damage done the fruit trees In this vicinity by the February frost snail have been deter mined upon and if the prospects are then favorable for a fair fruit crop this fall, Mr. Allen Informed the writer that the capacity of the evaporating plant would be doubled.' The new firm has contracted with numerous farmers for the pea crop and that vegetable will be quite extensive ly handled. The task of renovating the cannery and (placing it In readiness for the sea son's work will begin about May 1st and by the first of the succeeding month the plant will be ready for oper ation. Mr. Allen, who' is the president of the company, leased the evaporating plant from Mr. Wallace last season and very successfully operated -the same. The news that the cannery . and evaporator, of the Salem cannery which has been idle since the summer of 1895, will be operated this season will be welcome intelligence to the farmers and fruit growers throughout this sec tion of the valley. It will furnish them a market for' their vegetables and fruits which have, during the past few yeans, by reason of bountiful crops, been difficult to dispose of in the local market. BUILDING NOTES. E. L. Irvin is having built on Twenty-fifth street, between Ferry and Trade streets, a six-room cottage to cost approximately $1,500. The work is n earing completion. e C. H. Burggraf, the architect, yester day received the information that the plans he recently submitted for the Lincoln county court house, to be con structed at Toledo, had been accepted. This is the third structure of the same character that wUl have been erected for which Mr. Burggraf furnished the plans. The court house at Albany and Rosaburg, respectively, were built from plans submitted by the Salem draughtsman. " C W. McNamar, Who recently pur chased the Geo. H. Jones palatial re sidence on South Commercial street. Is having the Interior of that building rightly hanged, preparatory to mov ing therein. - NAMING THE NEW BABY. Curious Customs That Prevail In Countries of the Old World. . In some countries curious customs prevail in, regard to reWcting a naovt for the baby. A Hindu baby is nam ed when . it Is twelve days old. an) usually by thi mother. Semetlntes the father wishes for another name than that selected by the moth r. In that cast, two lamps are rliced oter th j two names, and the name ever which the lamp burns the brighter is the one given to the child. 1 Ir an Egyptiai. family the parents choose a name for their b:.by by light ing three wax candles; to each of these hy give a name, one of the three be longing always to some dignified ier sonagei .Tb candle that burns the longest determines the name for the baby. :. The Mohammedans sometimes write desirable names on Ave slips of pa.oer, and these they place In the Koran. The name upon the slip first drawn out ts given to the child. The children of the Amos, a people living ir. northern Japan., do not re ceive their names until th.y are B years oil. It is the fatbet who then chooses the name by which the child is afterward called. The Chinese give their boy hsbl-s a . name In addition to thelr surnames, and- they must tall themselves by these names until they are 20 ve-irs I old. At that age the father gles his Json a new name, j : v The fJhinese care so little tor' their girl babies that they do not give them a baby name, but Just call them No. SI. No. 2. No. X, according to their birth.. : j ' .' : - Boys are thought vn much more of In China than girls that you ask a Chi nese father who has both a boy and girl how many children he has ke wtit always reply. Xnry one child. ; German parents som4J?nes cluenge the name of their I a by f t It Is 1L and the Japanese are sure to j change the name of a child four times; VICTORS AGAIN. The laws of the Eplsce-pal church regarding- marriage will not be cha g ed. I - 3 Who Is responsible for lhatr "The men behind tb canons." . ooooocxxxxxxxxxxxa A CENTURY OF Hon. Wm. L Strong, Ex-Mayor of few York, Sum marizes the Tremendous Results of the American Policy, txxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx): In summarizing the history of pro- tection in the United States it la not possible in the brief space allotted to this article to more than glance at the " tremendous results that have fol lowed the pursuit of what has now come to be generally designated as the American policy, as well as the disastrous consequences that have in variably followed our occasional de- be parture from that policy. Broadly speaking, we have had protection in 1789. 1812. 1824. 1822, 1848. 1S1, 1S90, and from 1897 to date. We had free trade or very low tar- Iffs in 1780. ISM, 1832, 184. 185?. 1894. , As a matter of fact and of record, the results, condensed to minimum of expression, have been as follows: Under protection we have had - L Great demand I for labor. 2. Wages high and money cheap. - 2. Public and private revenues large. . 4. Public and private prosperity great beyond all previous precedent. 1 . urawtng national independence, marks of prosperity and ' happiness. Under free trade we have had unequal ed, perhaps m any other por- 1. Labor everywhere seeking em- tion of the world. ployment. f The tariff act of 1832 was really 2. Wages low and money high. nothing but some slight amendments S, Public and private revenues to the act of 1828.. In 1833 the enemies small and steadily decreasing. of protection again secured control of 4. Public and private bankruptcy congress.' Through a compromise with nearly universal. Southern nulliflere the protective tar- 5. Growing national dependence. iff acts of 1824 and 1828 were repealed. Our first free trade period was from and duties too low to afford any real 1620 to 1789, first, under the colonial protection to home Industries were es government, and, second, under the . tablished by that congress, confederacy. x Since 1620 and through! Again financial depression followed; our colonial ilstory, but especially ; assuenments and bankruptcies result- since the treaty of 1783, by which the revolutionary war was closed and our independence established, we have tried and thoroughly tested all the different phases of this economic question from extreme free "trade un der jthe confederacy '.(1783 to j 1789) to the protective tariff pnder the rule of the republican party, beginning with 1861. I I The years from 1782 to 1789 'were hal cyon years for the merchants and statesmen of Great Britain. In about three years' time nearly ail the money of our country had ' passed into the pockets of British merchants and manufacturers. vAs there was no tar iff to prevent, foreign nations literally poured in upon us their products of every kind and description in such quantities and at such prices that our people could not compete with them. Our domestic . industries were sus pended. The weaver, the shoemaker, the hatter, the saddler, the ropemaker and many others ! were reduced to bankruptcy; our markets were glutted with foreign products; prices fell: our manufacturers generally were ruined, oar laborers beggared, our artisans without employment, our merchants insolvent, and our farmers necessarily followed all these classes into the vor tex of general financial destruction.' Great Britain filled every section of our country with her manufactures of wool, cotton, linen, leather. Iron, glass and all other articles used here; and in four years she wcpt from the coun try every dollar and. every piece of gold. As this was the closest approach to absolute free trade ever tried by this country, so there was the largest harvest of dangers and calamities ever experienced toy the American people. It is a fact of history that protection of American tabor and industry was almost the leading motive In the for mation of the government 0 the United States. Without that provision It is probable that the federal consti tution could never have been adopt ed. The tariff question was the very first question discussed by the first congress. The first act of the first congress regulated the form of oath to be taken by officials, and was mere ly formal, but the first act of that congress affecting the country was the act establishing a protective tariff, passed and signed by George Wash ington July 4, 1789. , ' The fact that the act was passed In the Interest of protection Is shown In the language of the preamble, which recites that . nvnereas. It Is1 necessary for the support f the government, for the discharge of the debt of the United States fand for the encouragement and the protection- of manufactures that duties be laid on Imported goods, etc.. therefore be it enacted, etc f A large majority of that first con gress were farmers, but they saw the necessity of encouraging and protect ing manufactures. In order that they might be free from servile and dan gerous dependence on foreign nations for the arms, the Implements of farm ing and other machinery needed for their own safety, protection and inde pendence. George Washington, John - Adams. Thomas Jefferson. James Madison and James Monroe, our first fire presidents, were wholly committed to the policy of pmt ec tton 1 . ' As a result of the tariff of 1789 agri culture became more extensive and ; prosperous; commerce Increased with wonderful rapidity; old Industries j-were revived and many new ones es tablished In all parts of the country; our merchant navy was revived and multiplied; all branches of domestic nuW wre nroa-nerous: our revenues soon became sufficient to pay the j ptoses of the government; the people j became contented and Industrious. I and the whole country was on the high road to great national wealth and i prosperity.:,.' - ,.j -' . r' In 1812. as a measure to raise money : to carry on the war wtth England. 'the tariff duties were nearly doubled. - greatly to the benefit of the country and of Its home Industries. . In 181 there was a decided reaction ; from the hlrh tariff rates of 1812. The . aMS m a - - - a law Oi m .. nv wrnunrTi . . m s a -M 4l Ini were repealed ana ww iwuct betituted theref or. While there were some protective features retained -i -m ,m - i-.m ,a ra " aa very wyie ana aivuuvu utivws PROTECTION from the tariff rates of 1812: and at the best was only moderately juoxecf tive. Great depression in ail branches of business at once followed. , Bank- ruptcy soon became general, and finan cial ruin was everywhere present. This disastrous state of affairs con tinued for several years, until our peo ple resolved to endure it no longer. and in. 1S24 congress gave us a new tariff, the first tariff that gave us real protection. ' One of the strongest advocates and supporters of that tariff was Andrew Jackson. An era of general financial prosperity at once set in. So marked and helpful was the improvement that m 1828 the duties Were raised still higher; business Improved; new ln- duaties- were, started and prosperity gladdened the people. President Jack- son said in his annual message In De- cemjber, 1832. concerning the results and benefits of eight years of protec- tton under the tariffs of 1824 and 1828: Kur country presents on every side 4 ed everywhere; manufacturers sus pended operations and business grew worse and worse, till the culmination was reached In the financial crash of 1837, one of the most appalling and disastrous revulsions ever known. The whole country went into liquida tion; bank loans and discounts fell off more than one-half; the money lost to the country was not less, than $1,000. 000.000. The national treasury was bankrupted and the credit of t hesita tion very low. In the first six years after 1834 the revenue fell off 25 per cent and the government was obliged to borrow money at high rates of in terest to pay current expenses. This state of things continued until 1842. when a whlg congreas passed &n-t other protective tariff, and passed It a recond time because of the veto of President Tyler. Immediately the financial gloom began to pass away; the sun of prosperity . shone forth ; business revived everywhere; foctorles and . other industries sprang up on every hand throughout the North. Confidence was restored, and customs receipts increased the first year (1843) 75 iper cent over the last year of the compromise tariff of 1833. In 1844 the democrats, having been restored to power, repealed the tariff of 1842. and again a tariff of very low duties became the policy of the country- The Inevitsble results followed, as alwayas before, under free trade or very low duties. Many Industries were destroyed; business was par alyzed; total ruin overtook tens of thousands of the most useful mer chants and manufacturers of the coun try, and armies of tollers were hurled from the factory or the shop into the streets to steal or starve. In 1857 the democrats, urged on by the South, again reduced duties, al ready too low. to the lowest rates we have ever had since the adoption of the constitution: and again financial revolution, appalling In its widespread severity and distress, Involved the na tion, and for more than four years tortured and Impoverished our people and exhausted our resources. In 1861 the republican party for the first time came Into power In the na tion, both In the residency and In congress; and with Its advent came back the doctrine and practice of protection to home industries. Un der its benign Influences we have ex perienced a degree of prosperity abso lutely unparalleled in the history of any nation. In 1890 the McKinley tariff was en acted, and proved Itself a friend and benefactor of all Americans, of all American Industries, and especially of all American wage-earners. - This .eminently successful tariff was practically repealed . as a result! of the presidential and ' congressional elections of 1892. and almost Immedi ately the country entered upon the most profound and disastrous depres sion ever known In the history of its commerce and industry. - In fifty-five American, cities the volume! of business for 1893 suffered a decrease of about 118. OOO.OOO.OOO as compared with 1892. Business failures increased &3 per cent, while the shrinkage during that year In the values of stocks, railroad properties,' farm 'products. Industrial; plants and output has been estimated: at upward of 15,000,000,000. , In October, 1894. the Wilson bill be came a law. It was framed on low tariff and "free trade lines, and of Its tremendous consequences to the trade. Industry' and commerce of our coun try It is Impossible to speak In fitting terms without the appearance of gross exaggeration. This law ts conserva tively estimated to have decreased the national wealth of the United States upward of 19,000,000,000. The losses, woes and sorrows which it Inflicted upon a prosperous' and happy people are beyond accurate corrrputailon. :-- .r The election In ItH of William Mc Kinley as president of the United Stales, together with a safe working majority In the house of representa tives, enabled the republican party to tariff law the Dlngley hich went Into effect ' July 24. 1897. The marvelous revival of pros- .perity which fonowed directly upon Wa n ulili t - saf tKlsTi 11 ! mm r -v S. n mm rti talw sk saaHae A JHtsaaa - ,7J history and oommon 'experience the people oc tne unnea vraies inai u. Amtl nMnl nrm be dwelt noon ;r... Vk- rt .r - - phenomenal prosperity. It ts recog nized the world over and is in the esti mation of other countries - the most stupendous - commercial rdevelopment in the history of nations, What with our vast Increase in national wealth, our unparalleled growth in domes tl a and foreign commerce, our surplus of exports over Imports, wherefrom wo had for 1S9S a favorable trade balance of over $(25,000,000. our enlarged em ployment of labor at profitable and. In creasing wages, our thriving agricul tural Interests, and our strength and prestige as one of the great powers of the earth, the end of the century finds protection more firmly Intrenched than ever before as the national pol icy. That this policy shall remain fixed and unaltered as the guiding economic principle of the greatest of all people is the hope of humanity and the wish of every wfcse and patriotio citisen. FIGHTING THE SEA. Building Defenses Against Its Assaults on the Coast of chleswig. If we were lo visit this spring, the w w st coa t of Schlsw g he-e the lifting sand are cinstn y ehan&in;; the vagus cutlinos of - the Khore, we woiill witness a scene of unusual ac tivity. ,A!on that part of th coast fronting the Italllarn islands 'he luge appropilat on cf the Piisslan lricbla ture for th prot-Kfon -f tbo co'st and Islands at alntt tn I nva Ion of the North sea is beirg expend U. A large AVIV 7 u& mill IB ,VJ I, VUIIIIII'H iuc uain or breakwat r between the Uf Is island. of Oland and the mat 1 land, whloh. In connection wit H ether woiks a'rtadyi completed. Is expected to k"p the, tea within bounds for many 11 lies aong th coast. The people living along thl con stantly endanrer d -ptt of the shia have a lively anticipation cf acq-t. nr , new lands, covered with ilh, d ep mud, v hfch will lc'",recl itie-l from the sea by the 1 : e 1 nl dlnr a: ound them They expect that n t on y will the o defonres keep the sea from eating thi mainland away, but also.- that nt.it. are-as of land - w.U be secure I aft?. windmills and ileam power l a punped the inc!v.eI sparVs dry. Ho -, land calls these ;ec!.ilmed areas "po - -dors, and has over l.ooo of them a' nrr the southern part f h r coast: ami Schleswig niHl win a n w .series iC polders" through the wa.is rj .v' . Ing to hem in the overflowed lands. Not even Holland herrelf ha ufr r ed more ftom the irruptions of the t a than these oulllng biards of St hi s wig. On Sny goou mait iw.ty Ir- t hundreds of sand banks, or watten. as the are call , II ting l e cot t ami extending twenty-or mo e miles out Into the North so.i. 1 1 the m tklle sges these rand bank, now hidden . under; the waters at flood tide, were a patt ef the m In nd in! wn o .r with, fertile fields. Since then the ssi bag gnawed the tnlre e-rast away to a 0. th of over twen.y mlls, and lha Islands are now mitly fi ruins of ahat was sol d lanu. In s00 yrsrg Sch'elg has lot en -t tin! of her. .area by these ieils.ent aau s of the ses. A s eel 1 feature of tie workS' is the complete prot ctl n they ae In tended to clve to the low-lying HaJ ligen Is'ands, whi h rls only a few feet above high water.. Tl.elr n'tab.t- uiii, uiiit u untcu vy iiif riiciM(n ments of the sea to lv In sina'l ctlni built on ai t!1 la' mown' s, tnd, w rn out by tlie hardships snd un e. lartl-i of fhilr rt ivlllin Many i t th .in VinvS abandoned' their homes and sought r fge on t'.e mainland. New York Sun. MOUNTAIN GUNS FOIl fTI8, An English Establishment to FurnisH, Enough fur Four lio.tU rki. Arrangements are under way at th war department with the representa tive or an Englu-h gunnnaklng eslaSa llshment lookng to the 1m media t shipment of four mountain batteries to Manila. The English makers fur nished a large number ef automstlo qulck-flrtns guns to the I'ntted States In the spring cf 18?S. The same ss tablhhtnent now offers to sMp to lis n la at once, and 1 com pi; t In eTsrS det r, lacking only men snd n u es. InA tin m n, .mmiinlliAil f m- i 11 ...w V . . . . w...... wa.am ..... . w. . ... ,wi' batierl-s. Genera Ctis, ft seems, has asked the war department for a number of ir oun (aln batteries. Th? call came at m time when no L weapons of - the tyre needed w-re In stock in th United States. Several two-pounder mounta n guns are about to be dispatched, but th- two-pounder gun la not deemed as desirable as JatT typee. The Kng.lsa ru a undr cni dprtll m Ih ns m. project II? weighing! about twelve pounds, with a velocity of nearly 900 feet per Second. This Is deenaed hlh velocity for a mountain piece The war authorities are of the opin ion, it Is said that. In forcing the rem nants tf ih; luu-gert f ces out of he mountain fastnesre, artll eiy will be necessary. Owing to Its weight the standard type cf fle d gun cannot t transp rted through count y of a rough- and mountainous chai aster. GEBMAK CROWN PK1N;E. The German crown prtnee Is raiddlr growlnir -up. He will be J7 next May, and Is already taller than Ms father. His education ts pursued with truly Teutonic rigor ind tboroushsiffs, n l there are not many moments du-lnjc the day which the youth f ai call his own. A few days ago. however, he had a half-holiday. Join-d "i lm;-rial (hooting party, and bagged Ids first pheasants snd rsbblls in the fimoue gpaodau foreft. . The nejt thing will no doubt be a shot at the wild d-mus. on which bis father waxes tus-.h impas sioned WONDERFULLY ABSENT MINDED I never saw anybody qvlte so absent-minded as Billinpsby. Whit do you suppose he did?- -Give it up." ,"--rT' -He let the surgeons operate on him for appendicitis the second lime: .Wvelfsd rialn Deajer. i .x I . ' t .1 I Chief Justice Fuller was on quite tXlZTtnA "" -i,.,. th4. .an. 'which OI nS prowess oenina imi gun. snitu now sdom h.s home.