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ILLINOIS INCIDENTS. OUR LONDON LETTER Job Q.t a very1 high-Salary after he (a out oit the postoffice. They can afford It Ai» for the President, when his term of office expires, undoubtedly he ought to be well cared for by the representa- tives of the British banking interests. The Cost of Sncar. The bounty on raw sugar was 2 cents ...pe.r.rDPund,and the tariff duty is now 40 per cent ad valorem, or less than 2 cents per pound. Should we not, therefore, have cheaper sugar now than under the McKinley- law ? ONE IN DOUBT. The present duty oil raw sugar will average 1.20 cents per pound on a basis of 3 cents as the average value of all raw sugar that we import This duty nvust be applied to all the sugar that we consume, because the market value of our domestic sugar will correspond with that of the duty paid imported sugar. Applying this duty of 1.20 cents to the 4,343,209,500 pounds that we con­ sumed last fiscal year we have a total charge to the people of $52,118,514. The bounty of 2 cents per pound was chargeable only on the quantity of do­ mestic sugar 'produced in this country, being $12,099,899 for tlie fiscal year ending June 30,1894. Where the bounty cost the people only $12,000,000 the new duty will cost $52,000,000 on the basis of our former prices and consumption, making an ad­ ditional charge for sugar Of,$40,000,000 to be paid by the people as the result of tlie Democratic policy on sugar. That is why sugar Will now cost the people more money than under the McKinley, thrift', and the producers of domestic sugar will also receive less protection to the extent of 4-5 cent on every pound of sugar that they pro­ duce. BOONE AND THE INDIANS; JUDGE LYNCH'S WORK THE STATE CAPITAL.) The Old Kentucky Hunter a" Prisoner in Their Hands for Months, Boone frequently took to the field ^ set expeditions against the savages. Once when he and a part}- of other men; were makrng salt at a lick, they were surprised and carried offi^by the In-i dians. The old hunter was a prisoner with them for some months,.but finally made his escape and came home- through the trackless woods as straight; as the wild pigeon flies. He was ever on the watch to ward off the Indian in­ roads, and to follow the war-parties and try to rescue the prisoners. - ~ Oncfe his own daughter and two 0th-; er girls who were with her were car­ ried off by the Indians. Boone collect­ ed 6ome friends and followed them steadily for two days and a night; then they came to where the Indians had killed a buffalo calf and were camped. Firing from a little distance, they shot two Indians, and, rushing "in, rescued the girls. On another occasion, when Boone had gone to visit a salt-lick with his broth-s er, the Indians ambushed them and shot the latter-. Boone himself-escap­ ed, but the Indians followed him for tliroe "miles by the aid of a tracking dog, until Boone turned, shot the dog, and then eluded his pursuers. ° In com­ pany with Simon Kenton, and many of the noted hunters and wilderness warriors, he once and again took part in perilous expeditions into the Indian country. Twice bands of Indians, ac­ companied by French, Tory, and Brit­ ish partisans from Detroit, bearing the flag of Great Britain, attacked Booties- borough. In each case Boone and his fellow-settlers beat them off with loss. At the fatal battle of the Blue Lick&, in which two hundred of the best rifle-: men of Kentucky were beaten with ter­ rible slaughter by a great force of In-' dians from the lakes, Boone command­ ed the left wing. Leading his men, rifle in hand, he pushed back and over­ threw the force against him; but mean­ while the Indians destroyed the right wing and center, and got in the rear, so that there was nothing for Boone's men except to flee with all speed.--St. Nicholas. Something ol' a Novelty. Most of the few well-dressed negroes, to be met in London are princes, or at least sons of chiefs, who are sent to En-' gland from British Asia to be educat­ ed. They go to the public schools for a time, and very often spend a year or two afterward in a big manufacturing city, like Birmingham or Manchester, seeing and learning something of the commercial and manufacturing side of civilization. Altogether the young men spend five or six years In England, coming when little more than boys, so that they may the more easily learn the new life. Their associates are large­ ly of the middle class, and often they are made social lions. But the ordi­ nary negro, or colored person, who may come from the United States or the West Indies, or anywhere else where he has lived among the white popula­ tion, is treated in much the same way.' There is absolutely no prejudice against him because of his color, but rather he is an object of especial interest and regard. I noticed the same thing to some extent in one or two hotels on the Continent, in Germany and in Hol­ land. And often in my travels in Eu­ rope I have been amused to observe the curiosity with which a negro is watched by the grown folk and fol­ lowed by the children on the streets of European cities. None of the young Africans I saw had his hair clipped close, as do those of their race here. They wear it about as long as the En­ glishmen do, iind look the better for it. A Check on the Future. Thurgau is a small canton in Swit­ zerland, but its folks have a great re­ pute for a singular wit. The Basler Nachrichten supplies us with the latest instance of a "Thurgauer joke." A rich old bachelor died last December in' a village in Canton Schaffhausen, and. as the story goes, he bequeathed all his property to three old friends, one of whom was a Zuricher, the second a St. Gaiter, and the third a Zuricher, St. Gaiter, and the third a Thurgauer. He expressed a wish that they should all take a last look at his corpse be­ fore following him to the grave, and that each should deposit a sum of 200 francs in his coffin, to bo buried with him, according to a prehistoric custom. After, the funeral one of the three friends, the Zuricher, was anxious to learn whether the other two had loyally complied with the wish of the depart­ ed. "I placed my 200 francs in the coffin," he said, "in five-franc pieces." "And I," said St. Galler, "put in a 200- franc bank note." "I am thoroughly convinced of your fidelity," said the Thurgauer, "for I have taken out your 400 francs and placed in the hand of our dear friend a check for GOO francs payable in heaven." SOBER OR STARTLING, FAITH FULLY RECORDED. HE HOLDS COURT AT DANVILLE. THE UNEMPLOYED PROBLEM PRESSED ON PARLIAMENT. WHAT ILLINOIS' LEGISLATURE; IS DOING. farrow JEscape of Two Laborers--Paul Lange Sentenced to Thirteen Tears' Imprisonment--After Quincy Bucket Shops and Commission Dealers. Infuriated Mob of Farmers and Citi­ zens Hang Two Ravishers--Jail Doors and Walls Wrecked with Battering Sams of Telegraph Poles and Iron* A Free Trade Country with Mpre than a Million Idle- Men--Where Cheap­ ness and Poverty Go Hand in Hand --The Cost of Sugar. > Under Tons of Eartji. Frank Levfindowski and Frank Koz- jWalski were buried by the caving in of an excavation at Chicago. They were under the earth fifteen minutes, and none of "those who had gathered expected to see them taken out alive. They were uncon-. scious when rescued and were taken to their homes, bruised and unable to stand, but not dangerously injured. It was es­ timated that six tons of earth toppled over, and the two laborers were caught under it twelve feet below the surface. Several other laborers were at work in the excavation, but saw the threatened fall of earth in time to escape. Found Guilty of Manslaughter. The jury in the case Of Paul Lange, Charged with murdering Annie Gottge- true at Alton, brought in a verdict of manslaughter, with a penalty of thirteen years in the penitentiary. Lange was the lover of Annie's sister. The girl had another admirer in William Toll. This made Lange jealous of Toll, and he threat­ ened to shoot him. Both men met one night at the Gottgetrue home, and Lange displayed his 'revolver, presumably in a playful manner. The weapon was dis­ charged and little Annie was killed. At the inquest the family sided with Lange, but later their evidence convicted him. Lange is also under indictment for the murder of an old soldier, Harrison W. Harris. The theory of the Gottgetrue killing is that he intended to exhibit the revolver, as if playing with it, and that he would discharge it so that Toll should be the victim. The interference of a by­ stander caused the pistol to be turned from Toll to the child. Five Millions Need Food. London correspondence: The unemployed question lias how be­ come so pressing in this country that a special^ Parliamentary committee has Just been appointed to deal with the problem. It is not expected that the re­ port of the* committee will have any particular salutary effect for the simple reason that the whole difficulty is' in our economic heresy of free imports, including prison made German goods. American citizeps have just had an object lesson which has shown them very clearly what free-trade means.. I will now tell them what it has done for the working classes in the United King­ dom. „I have called them the "work­ ing" classes, but If matters go oh at the present rate we shall eventually have no work left for our people to do. The prospect seems to consist of a dy­ ing agriculture and a decaying system of manufactures. Will it be' believed that in England and Wales alone* there., were 134,000 persons relieved at the several poor houses in one week in February last? This was merely outdoor relief and does not convey an adequate idea of the prevailing distress. Mr. Kerr Hardie, a labor member of Parliament, stated in the House of Commons that there were fully a mil­ lion non-trade unionist workmen out of employment, or, counting 30,000 trade unionists out of work, a grand total of 1,030,000 men unemployed. If we reck­ on that each one of these workmen has a family depending upon him, we may safely say that about five millions of people are directly affected by want of work in England. In one part of Lon­ don, with a population of workers of 44,690 in the district, there are 19,000 unemployed. In the London building trade only 3 per cent of the men are at present in work. There are 20.000 un­ employed in Bradford, the great textile district In the tin plate district the men have offered to return to work at a reduction of 12% per cent, but the masters have no work for them. The condition of workers, even in the Government service, is often deplora­ ble. The postoffice is always sup. posed to be a splendid institution, but it generally starves its employes. Many of the mail cart drivers work sixteen hours a day for $4.50 to $5 a week. There are to-day in the central post- office in London no fewer than 500 men sorters who earn less than $5 per week. It Is generally thought that we are re­ ducing our number of paupers. That is quite fallacious. Taking 1857, the earliest date available, we find that in a population of 19,000,000, the num­ ber of indoor paupers in the first week of December was 129,000, while in Jan­ uary, 1S94, in a population of 30,060,- 000, the number was 173,710. Follow­ ing the statistics year by year, we find a continuous advance in the number of indoor paupers nearly keeping pace w,ith the growth of population. The ..disc of male able-bodied pauperCtSi still more startling.1 Between January, 1880, and January, 1894, the number had in­ creased from 26,000 to 391,319. In London itself the question of in­ door pauperism is phenomenal." It has risen year after year, increasing from 29,458 in 1857 to 66,614 in 1894, and yet amid all this starvation, want of work and distress our free-trade Govern- mut admits prison made German goods free into this country. And it goes farther yet and sends British con­ tracts for soldiers' clothes, arms, etc., to foreign makers because the labor is cheaper on the continent This is the essence of free trade. To get manufac­ tures at the cheapest possible rate, irre­ spective of any consideration about the maker. Railroads and Free Trade. The year 1894 was1 the worst that the railroads of this country have known for decades. In normal conditions the earnings of the' railroads should and do increase every year. They grow with the growth of the country and with the ex­ tension of lines. Last year they fell off enormously. Reports for the year are now approximately complete, repre­ senting 206 roads and 134,777 miles of track. They show a traffic loss of no less thau $122,972,194 as compared with 1893, which was a bad year. How much of prostration this means will appear when we say that from 1888 to 1892 there was every year a heavy gain in gross earnings, as fol­ lows: 1888, gain $13,963,586 1889, gain 42,865,026 1890, gain 72,141.53U 1891, gain 47.067.5S0 1892, gain.. 56.393,782 It thus appears that in normal condi­ tions the average annual increase in gross earnings should be about $46,- 500,000. Biijt instead of that there was a falling offV $16,520,09S in 1S93, and for 1S94 a still further decline of ueai*ly $123,000,000 from that low level. The loss in net earnings was much smaller, being only $40,323,603. This means that there was a saving of $82,- 64S.951 in operating expenses and main­ tenance. The greater part of this enor­ mous saving represents a direct loss to wage earners, and through them to the producers whose products wage earn­ ers buy to the extent of their ability. The rest of the saving represents de­ terioration of the roads, and must ulti­ mately be made good by stockholders. --The World. End of Two Brutes. Early Saturday morning a mob which, at Danville, 111., had been in possession of Vermillion County's jail for several hours, succeeded in locating John Halls, Jr., and William Itoyce in their cells, took them outside and hanged them for as­ saulting Miss Laura Barnett. From mid­ night, when the crowd first made its ap­ pearance at the jail doors, until the vic­ tims were reached, it was the determined^ desperate struggle of a frenaied mob. to mete summary justice, „ battling against heavy oaken*doors and iron bars, and oc­ casionally halted by the grim stand of a little band of defenders of law and order under, tho command of Sheriff Thompson. No amount of parleying on his part and no amount of plea from his wife could withstand the mob which had but the one object in view. Vain Plea for "Law and Order. At 2 o'clock Sheriff Thompson sent for Judge BookWalter, of the Circuit Court, Who addressed tho crowd from tho jail corridor. He counseled them to peaee and order, and for a minute, and but a minute . only, his words were heeded. Then an­ other desperate attempt was made to reach the cells where the two men were secreted^ Finally Royce was located crouching and shivering with fear. A 6core of hands dragged him unceremoni­ ously from his hiding p 1 at.• e" (underneath ihe wooden bench which serves prisoners as their bed. Half dragged and half push­ ed he was hustled into the dining room and seated on the table. A rope, was placed over his head, and while part of the mob kept close guard over him tho others continued the search for Halls until he was discovered in another and more remote portion of the jail. At 3:15 o'clock the mob secured both of the prisoners and started toward tho bridge with ropes about their necks. They wqre hanged almost upon the scene of their crime. Citizens of Danville joined the infuriated farmers in their work of vengeance. The story of the crime had been the topic of discussion all day. Busi­ ness was practically suspended and shop* keepers and their clerks gathered in knots on the street corners and discussed the affair with fanners who flocked to tho city during the day. Shortly after night­ fall ominous mutterings were heard and some openly counseled the more quiet of their neighbors to take summary ven­ geance on the perpetrators of the crime and not take the chances of the law's delay or the technicalities which might arise and eventually free the men. As early as 10 o'clock the crowd con­ gregated on the main street, and it only needed a venturesome leader to proceed to the jail at once. That leader was soon found. From whispered throats the cry arose for vengeance, swelling on tho night air until it echoed and re-echoed from one end of Danville to the other. A rush was made for the jail, where, under fear of just such a proceeding, the guard had been re-enforced, but constituted only a hand­ ful of men to face a frenzied, bloodthirsty mob, wrought up to an indescribable pitch and bent only on having the lives of the two cowering men within. Clamoring at the jail doors, the mob was met by Sher­ iff Thompson, who denied admission and, retiring behind the doors, locked and dou­ ble bolted them. Rush for a Battering Ram. This action of the sheriff only .added fuel to the already blazing fire of indig­ nation. A hurried search was "made for some instrument with which to batter down the jail doors. Part of the crowd rushed away, returning in a few minutes with a hemlock telegraph pole, which will­ ing hands grasped as a battering ram. The stout oaken doors of the jail were con­ structed to withstand any ordinary as­ saults, however, and the efforts of the mob proved futile until another party ar­ rived with a steel rail. Sheriff Thompson and his men warned the storming party to desist, but were met with hoots and jeers. The little band of defenders was powerless against the fast increasing mob, and when the furious blows, urged on with vengeful hearts, shivered the main door, they retreated be­ hind tho inner jail. The hallway was too narrow to permit effective work with the railroad iron, and a shorter piece was secured. With this the second door was attacked, and .'it 1:15 o'clock in the morn­ ing gave way before the impetuous mob which surged through the gap and de­ manded the keys of the cell in which the prisoners were confined. Halls and Itoyce- were thoroughly frightened and cowered in the darkest cor­ ner of their cells, shivering at the sound of the imprecations on the outside and the victorious acclamations of those who found themselves in possession of a hith­ erto impregnable fortress. They begged for mercy, but Sheriff Thompson was ut­ terly unable in the face of the determined men thronging the corridor to afford them any relief. In fact, with him discretion had overcome valor, and he with his little band retreated still farther before the an­ gry administrators of lynch law. But with their battering ram of railroad,, iron the mob quickly wrecked the interior of the jail, and the end was soon over. Thursday evening about 7:30 o'clock Miss Laura Bennett and a friend, Miss Lillian Draper, were returning from an evening stroll. They were crossing the Vermillion river foot bridge when they were attacked by Halls and Royce. Miss Draper escaped and gave the alarm. Halls and Royce were both well-known young men of Danville, and for several years had borne an unsavory reputation. They were arrested on complaint of Miss Draper, and further identification by John Downs, an old man who met violence- at their hands while endeavoring to assist the girls. Telegraphic Brevities. The Merchants' National Bank of Se­ attle, Wash., failed. The first filer on the Yankton land grant was a young woman. In the debris of a fire at Gate City, Ala., the charred bones of two women were found. < In Coatepre Castles, State of Guer­ rero, Mex., fire destroyed sixty-two houses.. Hereafter foreigners will not be allow­ ed jto witness tests at the navy proving grounds. At Detroit, Mich., the Imperial-Tea Company building-and contents burned. Loss, $18,000; insurance, $9,000. Fever is ravaging the French troops composing the expeditionary force operat­ ing against the Hovas in Madagascar. Minister Mariscal, of Mexico, fwill ap­ point ian arbitrator to represent Mexico in the Mexico-Guatemala settlement. A, Paris firm has commenced suit against the Carnegie company of Pitts­ burg, claiming an infringement of patent. William Conuell, wfio killed Sheriff Dunham of Montgomery County, Ga„ was riddled with bullets, by P. pursuing Dartr. Doings of State Dads. ;i" / Among the bills passed by the Housa Friday were the following: Mr. Busse's bill to punish the wrongful taking of newaS dispatches from telegraph or telephone wires; Mr. McCarthy's bill fixing tho compensation of judges and clerks of election and official ticket holders in CoOk County at $5 per day. On motion of Mr. . Curtis Senate bill S9, which abolishes the days of grace in computing the ma­ turity of negotiable instruments, was read a third time and made a special order; for next Wednesday. The Senate passed' the omnibus bill appropriating $402,000 to the various State charitable institu­ tions. The House bill to give judges of circuit courts jurisdiction of confederate election cases was referred to the Conn mittee on Elections, .Adjournment was, taken to Monday evening. " The House met .at 5 o'clock Monday with barely a quorum present.. Mr. Calla­ han's bill revising the election law was read a second time and made a- special order for Tuesday morning. Senate bills, on first reading were then taken up and the following, among others, were read a first time: Munroe's bill in relation to tho sentence of persons convicted of crimo and providing for a system of parole; Berry's bill prohibiting county judges from practicing law; Bogardus' bill to pro­ vide for the treatment and cure of habit­ ual. drunkards: Berry's bill to enlarge the list of securities in which endowment and other funds may be invested; Littler's bill to prevent the spread of disease among hogs; Coon's bill to provide for the sale of property belonging to the Baptist Church; Littler's bill making an appropriation for the live stock interests of the State; three bills prepared by the statutory revision commission revising the law in relation to justices of the peace and constables, in regard to the estates of deceased persons, and revising the law concerning practice in civil actions in courts of record. The Senate held its usual Monday afternoon session Of about ten minutes' duration. Senator Coon, chairman of the Commit­ tee on Municipalities, made a favorable report on the Lowenthal frontage bill from that committee, after which the Sen­ ate adjourned. • In the House Monday a bill appropriat­ ing money for a statue of Marquette was laid on the table. The "rules of the House were suspended for the purpose of ad­ vancing tho Cook County civil service bill to third reading. The Senate^bill abol-| ishing days of grace was passed. Repre-; sentative Bailey, of Danville, the scene of the recent lynching, introduced a bill* providing the~death penalty or cases of criminal assault. The bill was read a first time and made a special order for Tues­ day on second reading. The Lowenthal1 substitute for the "gas frontage bill" vej toed by the Governor was practically kill­ ed in the Senate. Senator Littler's reve^ nue bill was beaten by a vote of 16 to 12. Both houses passed resolutions of respect for the late Secretary Gresham. ( The House Wednesday passed Senate bill 362, which amends the consolidation act so as to permit two or more corpora-! tions engaged in the same line of business to consolidate. Mr. Curley's bill to regu-' late the sale of convict-made goods and1 Mr. Farreil's bill prohibiting the use of slot machines went through. Other bills' which passed the House were the Senate bill appropriating $225,000 for the State fair and Senator Crawford's bill to pro­ vide for pensioning school teachers in the city of Chicago The Senate did nothing of importance. A Mysterious Number. At intervals someone discovers some1 remarkable new property about the figure 9, but other numbers are not us­ ually supposed to have any of these cranky, not to say mysterious, quali-j ties about them. But take the number 142.857. At first there appears to bo nothing odd or suspicious about it. Yet: it has some very uncanny ways. Let us multiply it by the numbers from 1 to 7 and see the result: 142,S57 by 1 is 142,857. 142.857 by 2 is 285.714. • " 142,857 by 3 is 428,571. 142.857 by 4 is 571,428. 142,857 by 5 is 714,528. 142,857 by 6 is 857,142. 142,857 by 7 is 999,999. The first six products, you will ob­ serve, a re composed not only uf the. same figures, but of the same figures in the same order, though beginning with' -n different figure each time. And the strangest part of it all is that 142,587. multiplied by 7 is 999,999, which ap­ pears to be a sort of "jumping off place," for from that point On the prod­ ucts lose most of their oddity. A British Demand. At the last annual meeting of the As­ sociated Chambers of Commerce of Great Britain, held in London, tile Shef­ field Chamber of Commerce asked the Associated Chambers to "call the atteu< tion of her Majesty's Government to the disastrous consequences that have issued from the operations of hostile customs tariffs, and to the necessity of adopting such measures as may insure the defense of British imperial meas­ ures." There are some free traders in this country who are so shameless as to as­ sert that free trade is not for the ad­ vantage of British capitalists and man­ ufacturers. Jail Delivery Is Foiled. Prisoners in the Will County jail at­ tempted to escape, but they were unsuc­ cessful and their leaders, who were two horse thieves and a burglar, are in irons." The two former are Gus Folk and James C. Allen and the latter Will McCormick. Folk and Allen celled together and cut springs out of their shoes, which they con­ verted into saws and sawed one of the bars off their cell door. Their intention was to get out of their cells and when Jailer Reitz entered to attack him with the deadly weapons found in their cells and effect their escape. It was the intention of this trio to release the forty other pris­ oners, among them two murderers, ten horse thieves and other desperate men. Let Us Hope So. The threat of free ships seems defi­ nitely lifted, for England can never ex­ pect that another Congress and admin­ istration will be so subservient to her interests as the present one, and it is to be hoped that confidence in tho em­ ployment of American built vessels will be revived, and that we shall see our wage earners employed in the numer­ ous Industries connected with ship­ building. It is now certain that none but American built ships can engage in the vast coasting trade between the east and west coasts of America that will spring up as soon as the Nicaragua Canal shall be opened. Democracy Is Dead. The free trade party have always ca­ tered to the poor man's vote, but now that American labor realizes that it is the object of that party to keep men poor, the friends of protection feel that we have turned the corner, and that in '96 prosperity will come to stay. Free Trade Losses Lost. In free trade England the number of sheep declined by 1,420,000 last year and the number of cattle by 353,500 head. This shows that the loss of farm stock under free trade is not merely temporary, but continuous. About Keeping Out the Moths. "Will housekeepers ever understand," said a druggist who had been weighing motli balls, camphor gum and other so-called enemies to moth for a month or more, "that"if clothing is put away with the eggs of the moths on it moths will in all probability hatch and feast on their furs and flannels in spite of all their efforts to the contrary." Clothing that needs wind and sun should, in our climate, be put on the line in March and be beaten, brushed and cleaned in every part. It should then be laid in a trunk or clean bureau drawers until ready to bo sealed in paper, labeled and put away for the summer. In the latter part of April and the month of May it is dangerous to leave anything woolen or fur on the line over a few minutes after brushing, as that is the time that the moth mil­ ler takes to" the nice sun-warmed gar­ ment crawls perhaps into some pocket and lays its eggs.--New York Evening Post. Indeed. Upon the meeting of the Fifty-fourtn Congress each member will find on his desk a button, a pressure upon which will be promptly answered by a page. Individuality is everywhere to bo spared and respected as the root of ev« erything good. As It 3Iay Be in Time. "Mabel has had to have the sign over her law office changed," said the girl of 1910. "Mabel? Do you mean Miss Brown?"* "Well, she was Miss Brown until re­ cently." "All! And now?" "Now she is Mrs. Brown-Culver." "Really? I hadn't heard of it. I must congratulate her. Who is the-- ah--groom?" "He is the son of the rich Jones-Cul­ vers." "Of course. I might have known it And when were they--ah ?" "They were hyphenated by Rev. Mr. Lastly Tuesday of last week." A Phonographic Ghost. It' you sleep in tho house of a wizard, you must be prepared for experiences out of the common. So thinks a geu- tleman who once passed a night under Mr. Edison's roof. In tho middle of the night lie was awakened by the sound of a voice at his elbow. "Midnight has struck!" it said, in hollow but resonant tones. "Pre­ pare to meet thy God!" The guest, was out of bed in haste. He must be the victim of some hallu­ cination. There was no one in the room. His w<Hild be a fine case for-the "psychical research" people. But even while these thoughts were passing through his head, he was making for the door. In the hall he met Mr. Edi­ son. who reassured him by saying: "Don't be scared, old man; it's noth­ ing but a clock." Protection, England Gains, We Lose. Although England bought more wheat flour, hams, salt pork and leath­ er from us, yet their total purchases of the articles above enumerated were $2,305,4S5 less than in January, 1894, showing that England is gaining at both ends, selling us in one month $5,062,460 more than a year earlier, and buying from us $2,305,4S5 less, which made her net gain, under the Gorman bill, amount to $7,367,945 in a single month, or at the rate of almost $90,000,090 a year. This is the first fruit of "tariff reform," ai«L the approach toward ab­ solute free trade.- Jt is not surprising that Pref. Wilson was tendered a ban­ quet by the British Board'of Trade, but they should do more than this; they sbould provide him with a permanent Paul Believed in Chaplains. Like Washington, Paul Jones consid- coi fmirPT CREAM