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The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1900-03-29
THE TEST OF LOVE.

OF all the noble rivers that go bound
ing to the sea none is more splendid
than the Columbia. It's pineclad banks
give "A majestic setting for its silver
stream But why should it be called
SILVER! AT times 1t is the deepest green
deeper and more luminous than the
heart of jewel There are hours
when its cascades have thousand col
orss like mother-of-pearl. There are
dawns after the mist has lifted when
the broad surface of the river above
the cascades is actually saffron or bur
nished gold.
Barbara Merriden knew it in every
mood. and loved il whether it was
somber with storm, or sullen in the
harsh autumn days, or scintillant IN
der the July sunshine. She was as
much at home upon the river on
the land; and the firm earth, with all
its comfort and beauty, could never
give her the joy that she felt when the
current took her boat in its strong en-
brace
She went to the river in her sor-
rowful moments as well as in her hap
by ones She fed to it as a friend
When George Caxton told her that he
loved her she ran to the river to tell 1t
of the blessing that had come into her
life. But, some way she did not feel
the ecstasy she had expected to. The
pleasure in her heart did not rise to
meet the splendor OF water and sky
and shore She had often looked for
ward to this hour as the crowning joy
of her life But with grief she discov-
cred that the song OF nature had a
higher note than the 1--we lyric of her
heart
Perhaps 1t was because the hour had
been too long expected. George Cax-
ton and Barbara Merrfden had gone to
school together. They knew every
event of each others lives. They had
always been attached to each other
George had never thou sht of any other
girl with emotion, and Barbara had
long felt that she was destined to be his
wife. She had said yes to his earnest
question with graft de and happiness,
yet now, in the mystic hour by the
river, with the sun shedding its last
exquisite glow upon an unreal world,
moderation of her joy
She was turning from her beautiful
river, Inundated at the inadeQuacy
of her own emotions, when she saw
walking among the pines, with eyes
fixed upon the distant glory of the sky
a young man whom she had never seen
before. He did not see her till she was
close by him, and then he looked with
a start at the face of the girl, spiritual
and exquisite with its deep emotional
experience. He stopped and looked al
her, rapt, if she had been some re
Gently embodied soul, created for this
wondrOus hour, and she stopped, toe
enchanted by the eloQuence of his face
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1900-03-29
PROOF OF PROSPERITY
Remarkable Decrease N the Number of
the Unemployed

Nc SSeSEeAS6 the Number Of
the Unemployed
Probably in no single year IN fhe
history of the United States has there
been so great a change in the indus
triaF conditions Think of it, IN the
great state of New York fourteen.
months ago more than a quarter OF the
working people were unemployed and
seeking work from day to day to en-
able them to procure the neeessaries of
life Within the ensuing ten months
the unemployed numbered less than
five in every hundred, and, as the
World suggests, at the present time
the per cent is intellectually SMALL
probably less than 2 per cent But
these statistics do not tell the entire
story. The fact must be remem bered
that the report of the New York labor
bureau covers only ten months of the
year 1899, from jan 1 to Nov. /. In
the early months of 1898. and during
the previous two years or more, the
depression was far greater. The proc
ess of recovery from the awful stag
nation and prostration incident to the
anti-protection policy of the Wilson
German act had commenced, and some
progress toward the restoration of in
dustriaI prosperity had already been
made previous to Jan 1, 1899. The full
measure of the happy results of the
Dingiey act can be known only by COM
existing at the period when industrial
prostration under the Wilson-Gorman
act was most complete That period Is
not covered by the report from which
the above is quoted
AS we have said. the figures alluded
to refer only to New York, but 1T is
safe to say that if the statistics COW
cred the entire country the improve
nlent shown would be equally marked
in many states, probably in all of those
having important manufacturing in
dustries. We are quite assured that
PENNSYLVANIA makes as good shown
as New York. Industrial prosperity
has reached high-water mark in nearly
every community, and only in 1ocali-
ties where a vast excess of unskllled
labor abounds are there idle hands
seeking employment without being
able to find it. These localities are
few now and the number is diminish
ing from week to week.-Wilkesba
(Pa.) Record.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1900-03-29
WAS 1T NIGHTMARES
ne says This Was an Experiences IN
Alabama.

Recently L had experience with
rats that 1 viii not soon forget" said
d. B. Parks of Fredericksburg, Va
to a New Orleans Times-Democrat
man It happened in this way I was
travelling through Alabama. and land
ed in a small town, worn out after
days overland travel in broken down
buggy, and sought the only tavern the
town boosted After I had been II
bed about Is minutes 1 was startled To
hear strange and curious noiseS-ths
most unnatural in sound I had even
heard I Immediately proceeded to in
vestigate the cause of this midnight
disturbance and lit the candle, ths
only illuminant procurable, and to my
surprise beheld ten of the largest rats
in my opinion, ever seen They ranged
in size from an average squirrel to an
ordinary dog. Not the least fear was
manifested by these rats They de-
Hberate1y surveyed me and continued
the WORK of eating my shoes One
large fellow, evidently master of ceFe-
monies, was bold enough to attempt to
bite me. This affrOnt was more than
I could stand Jumping back into bed
I screamed for the landlord, who, after
being awakened from a drunken sleep.
slowly shuff1ed up to this chamber OF
horrors, dignified as a room, and con-
temptuously inquired the cause of the
racket After stating the nature OF
tie it in short order. In about ten
minutes rats poured into the room in
droyes, to the number of about $50.
all sizes and conditions, large and
small, lean and fat, all squeaking and
apparently frightened I thought
| something unusual must have trans
| pired, when my suspicious were con-
| frmed by the arrival of several ferrets,
| whose eyes sparkled with glee at the
| slaughter they proceeded to institute
AS soon as I collected myself after the
| execution I fastened out of the room,
| and made myself comfortable as
| possible in a chair, waiting for day ia
| break, that I could shake the town Al
/ though I made my escape in carpet
| slippers, it was one of the happiest in
| cidentS of my life. The landlord evil
| IDENTIFY thought nothing of the occur
renee. He said it happened very often
| and he always kept a supply of ferrets
| to clean the rats out when they be-
came unmanageab1e and too annoying
| to his guests
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1900-03-29
Reason for Confidence.

1t has grown to be almost proverbial
that a presidential year is a bad year
for business In fact. this has often
been presented reason for length
ching the presidential term The year
1900, however, bids fair to discount the
proVerbia1 claims Wherever statistics
are gathered together the fact appears
that the year 1900 has started out with
better business than did 1898 or 1899,
wonderful as was the showing made
by each of those years Every sign
points to a bigger volume of business
for the country than ever before. Bust
ness men feel reasonably sure that the
country will not consent to go back to
the starvation days of Democratic tar
iff reform: they feel reasonably sure
of the continuance of our present pol
icy of giving protection to American
industries. Therefore the have the
confidence to go ahead. With protec-
ton the established policy of the
country, with no possible danger of its
downfall, presidential years. as well as
all other years, will be years of nation
al prosperity.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1900-03-29

Discussing the lumber trade. f. G.
Baker of the Baker Brothers Lumber
Company of Plattsburg, is reported to
have said recently:
1.-The lumber trade is in an unusually
prosperous condition There is great
deal more market than we can find
product with which to supply it. while
prices are constantly advancing Yet
the increased prices do not seem to
have interfered with building in any
way The outlook for continued ac-
tivity is very bright
This is a decidedly different situa-
ton than was the case when the Will
son law was on our statute books.
There were surplus of market dur
ing that time. Thousands of lumber
men were idle, and, even so, there was
still a good deal more product than
there was a market Lumbermen will
do we'll to make note of the contrast
and to remember it when the time
comes again to choose between Tar
if Reform and the continuance OF
our present prosperity bringing Pro-
tective Tariff.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1900-03-29
THEY MISS THE POINT
FREE-TRADE ARGUMENT
WITHOUT FORCE
Large Profits and Low Prices the
IRON and steel Industry Sustain the
Contention the Value the
Protective Policy.

The free-traders are seIzfng upon the
opportunity afforded by the bring ing
OF suit by Mr. Frick against the Carne-
gle company and by the statements
made by him in respect to the enor-
nous profits made by the company to
reiterate their old claim that the pro-
lection of American industries is a rob
berry of the American people in behalf
of American manufacturers Just how
they would figure it out to show that,
with the same degree of activity in
the trade and with the same rate of
wages, the prices of iron and steel
products would have been lower or the
profits of the steel companies less dur
ing the last two years, If there had
been no tariff on iron or steel. does not
appear American manufacturers have
exported great quantities OF iron and
steel products since the enactment of
the Dingley law. In foreign countries
they have no advantages, either from a
tariff or otherwise, over any foreign
manufacturer of iron and steel Yet
it has been the American manufactur-
ers who have, in large measure, con-
trolled the foreign markets, who have
secured large orders in face of their
foreign competitors If, has been
the case, American manufacturers
have, in open competition with all the
world, secured the lions share of the
orders for iron and steel products in
other countries, what possible shadow
of a reason is there for the assertion
that the tariff has enabled them to I'M
duly initiate prices? If foreign manu-
facturers could not offer lower prices
or greater inducements to foreign buy
ers, what reason is there to suppose
that they would have done so in the
case of American buyers?
The truth of the matter is that the
prosperity of this country under our
restored system of protection has been
great that iron and steel plants
have been hard put to it to fill orders.
They have been crowded with work
to their utmost capacities. In such a
state OF affairs it is inevfta bic that
profits should be large. The tariff has
been connected with these enormous
profits in these poets only, viz, that
1t is the protective tariff which has
given to US iron and steel industry,
and that it is the protective tariff, as
embodied in the Dingley law, which
has given to the country such wonder
full prosperity that our iron and steel
mills have been overcrowded with
work. For it is American prosperity
which is responsible for the large prof
its. 1t is the American demand which
keeps the mills running. Foreign or
ders are not extensive enough to keep
our mills running, though they do help
to up the profits
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1900-03-29
Ru.kin.s Death as a Reminder.

East and West. in the March num-
Der, says of John Ruskin- For the
rising generation his death was no
event bringing deep personal sorrow
as did the deaths of Tennyson and of
Gladstone To the great majority of
younger men and women it came
chiefly a reminder that he had
lived so long And yet few, if any, of
the great Victorian writer's deserve
more praise and honor than he Low
iLg his fellow-men, loving nature low
ing art. Ruskin has been an interpret
er and a prophet whose influence can
never wholly pass away 1t is too soon
to assign a final value to Ruskin's
work in all its phases. but can we not
to some extent at least, suggest the
Significance of such a IIfe?"
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1900-03-29
No Reason Mn

It may be good policy to encourage
the building and operation of fast
ocean liners like the ST. Paul. New
York, etc, which can be taken into the
service OF the government during a wa
and converted into cruisers, but such
ships should not be encouraged to the
prejudice of the freighters, upon which
the extension of our ocean commerce
depends If congress can be made to
see the matter in its true proportions
the shipping bill may be made one of
the most popular protective measures
ever passed by that body. There is no
reason why our industry on the sea
should not be protected as well as our
industry on the 1and.-Minneapoli
Tribune.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1900-03-29
AIaska,s Need.

There is a delegation now in Wash
ington from Alaska that is urging the
enactment of legislation under which
a government may be established In
that territory They ask for the estab-
nshE1ent of courts at St Michael or
Cape Nome, at Eagle City and at Ju-
neau or Skagway- There is now only
one court in the territory, and people
are new compelled to go 900 miles
and often a longer distance and to re-
main away from their homes several
months, and sometimes a year, when
they are interested in litigation or arr
summoned as witnesses
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1900-03-29

A commercial paper says: Travel
ing men are being received with open
arms everywhere. There is no haggling
about prices or terms. All they have
to do is to show their goods, which
must be of better quality than hereto
fore, guarantee prompt delivery, and
they are sure of liberal ORDERS In
spite of the trusts, therefore, the trav-
cling men seem not to be left out of the
good times. Under the protective tar
iff, the business of the country is in
creasing at such rapid rate that it
will be impossible for as many travel
ing men to be thrown out of employ
ment by the consolidation of different
Industrial concerns there will be
demand for because of the establish
ment of new industries and because of
the growth and increased trade of all
the business enterprises of the country.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1900-03-29
TRADE WITH GREAT BRITAIN.
Facts Which Testify wisdom of
the American Policy.


the American Policy.
Analysis of the conditions of trade
between the United States and the
United Kingdom is very encouraging
to 1t is well known that the in
crease in our cotton manufactures has
been immense New mills have sprung
up all over the south. and there has
been great expansion of the output of
the mills in the northern states. New
erthefess, our imports of cotton goods
from Great Britain in 1899 were in ex-
cess of those of 1888 by about $780,
0oo- This proves two things-frstly.
that the present tariff cannot foster
an American cotton trust, and, second
ly, that the increase in wages and 9th
er forms OF income has been so great
as TO demand supplement- of in
creased imports. in addition to the in
creased output of homemade goods
Another curious and enIinently
pleasing circumstance is that our i'm
ports of pig iron from Great Britain
were more than three times as large in
1899 as in 1897; they We're worth $780,
900 in the last named year and $780,
coo in the first The free-trade theory
is that it is better to ship pig iron,
which is but one advance from raw
material. to be brought to the perfec-
ton OF manufacture abroad: the pro-
tective practice has resulted in large
imports of foreign pig to be manufac-
tured by well-paid American artisans
While we have enlarged our imports
of pig iron, we have diminished those
of manufactured steel; our imports OF
cutlery were third less in 1899 than
in 1897; our tin-plate imports were
greatly reduced; imports of worst
ed yarn, worsted tissues and wooden
tissues have shrunk in ratios varying
from one-third to two-thirds during
the last two years. Concurrently with
this our imports of machinery for the
manufacture of cotton and wooden tex
tiles have risen from 1920. 900 in 1897
to 81, SIS, 00o in 1889. This is the result
in large measure of international pat
eEtS upon the machinery imported 1t
is also conclusive evidence of great
expansion of American manufacturing
enterprise.
We now stand a close second in the
trade of the world A few years more
of protection and expansion Will give
US first place.-Chicago Inter Ocean
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1900-03-29
she whispered.
austrian Centenarians.

In search of centenarians in Austria,
the TagebIatt of Vienna has discov-
cred nine. In Vienna only one woman,
who is named Kulla, is older than 100.
The oldest on the list for all Austria
is Amelie Ringer, who 1ieves in a vii
Iage near Bielitz. in Silesia. She is
nearly lis, and reads without specta-
cles- The next is Anna Well, aged
103- Michael Piszk of Malaczka was
born in 1877. Joseph Besendorfer was
born in 1913. He was a forest guard
of the emperor's property. and has
pension OF Is a day. He is very fond
of dancing with young girls Hermann
Schiller, born in 1899, a landed pro-
prietor in Ungvar, uses spectac1es to
read and write, has all his teeth, and
shaves himself every day He smokes
a great deal, and is fond of a hearty
meal Moses Steiner, the poorest
among the discovered centenarians, is
blind, and his son of Go finds it hard to
support a large family Elizabeth
Naulbeck. in Ssegg. owns several
houses. and has a nice family of great
grandchildren; she was born in 1899.
Francesca Berloffa, a vineyard 1aborer
in Trent, Tyrol. was 100 years old a
month agO--London News
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1900-03-29
Zeal. sound. Permanent.

Kansas City is said to be very proud
of the fact that more buildings were
erected within the limits of that city
during the year just ended than during
any other twelve months since $780,
when the boom was at its height
Even -boomS' have to take second
place when it comes to comparison
with the results OF a national protec-
tive tariff policy. Under the prosper
ity which a protective tariff inevitably
brings to country the value of prop
erty increases to the top notch without
any boomers and, what is even bet
ter, the values are real and sound and
permanent.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1900-03-29

When he spoke it was to say some
thing remarkable:
rs it always mysterious and fear
gully beautiful in these woods?" he
1T is always beautiful here" she
said, speaking as if in dream And
sometimes it seems unreal, and like
ike a phantom world-as it does to-
night"
Never before had she spoken in the
- that she desired 1t was her habit
20 frame her speech in commonplace
words.
Il should like to walk out on that
golden water" he went on. 1T seems
as if it might bear one up, does it
aot?''
Barbara had fancy. and INDUCED
herself in it,
1T will bear up any one whose heart
IS light she smiled But. mind you,
it must have no care at all 1t must
be light ether
Would it bear you up?" he asked.
She shook her head mournfully, and
he said in a voice that moved her.
And / should sink like a stone" It
seemed impossible for them to part
while that witch light cleaned upon
their enchanted wood, and when the
shadows grew gray they became a
part of them-IiNe shadows they faded
from each others sight
That night when Barbara went about
1er duties and afterward when she
ay in her bed she found herself happy
With the elate and triumphant happI-
1ess of which she had dreamed George
Caxton. her promised lover. seemed
part of the work-a-day world. Her
thoughts turned away from him in
spite of her efforts to be loyal
She felt sure she would meet the
Granger again in the woods, and she
lid, many times. He was a writer by
location He even confessed to being
poet He was not well. he said The
.ity had worn on him. So he had come
or a long rest there among the pines
HIS name was Cecil Underwood
Barbara found it impossible TO resist
he charm of his personality He seem
ID to make the whole world over for
ler- In vain she struggled to remem-
Der the truth and patience and strength
IF her betrothed- He was too we'll
Known to her to be seen through q
yIamor- With austere serenity he in
sisted upon an early marriage day He
refused, apparently. to feel any JeaI-
busy at EAs constant c.npanionship OF
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1900-03-29
NATIVITY PLAYS.
They Existed Before the Time of ST.

They Existed Before the Time of st.
Francis.
Nativity interludes and plays existed
before the time of st. Francis; the
first extant regular drama performed
at Christmas belongs to the precious
manuscript of the Abbey of Saint-Be-
noit-sur-Loire, and it is one of the
earliest specimens of a modern drama
Gas distinguished from mere dia1ogueS)
which we possess, says the Contem-
porary Review. Hrotswitha's imita-
lions of Terence alone preceded it.
The Saint-Benoit play is called He
rode" The shepherds (rather ne
elected in earlier art and 1iterature)
now make their formal appearance
and describe how they have found the
Babe lying between two dumb animals
The three kings follow with their Of
ferfngs, which they present almost in
the words of the Greek Christian poet
Synesius: 80 king, take this gold.
Gold is the symbol of kings. Take the
myrrh. Myrrh is the symbol OF
tombs- Take the incense, for Thou art
truly God" The Infant Jesus is
brought out to them, not by the vir-
gin, but by two nurses; the non-ap-
pearance of the Madonna is perhaps to
be attributed to scrup1e, soon to dis
appear, as to showing her in the first
moments of her motherhood.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1900-03-29
AGREEABLY SURPRISED.
Wage-Earners Voluntarily Accorded a
share Employer Profits.

Wage-Earners Voluntarily Accorded n
Share In Employers Profits.
Five hundred wage-earners in one of
the large mills at Paterson N J., We're
agreeably surprised last week when
pay day came. Instead of one envelope
they received two. In one envelope was
the surprise in the shape of the usual
pay and per cent increase; in the
other the explanation. This was sim
ply that the company now finds itself
able to keep its promise of sharing any
prosperity which might come to it with
its workers; that trade had improved
and per cent advance was made
possible The advance, of which there
had been intimation whatever,
caused mucn rejoicing
It is understood that the Barbour
Flax Spinning company. which en-
ploys several thousand hands, will take
similar action. the advance of per
cent having been agreed upon by the
two companies
Episodes like these. bringing Joy to
the hearts of many thousands depend
ant upon the wages paid are charac-
teristic of the period of Mckinley and
prosperity They furnish an agreea-
BILE and very instructive contrast to the
condition of things which existed dur
ing the never-to- forgotten time
when the country was experiencing the
fruits of Cleveland and tariff reform. ,
Wage-earners in those days sometimes
got two envelopes instead of one but
the second envelope always contained
an unpleasant surprise in the shape of
a notice that lin view of the existing
depression it has been found necessary
to reduce wages
To find employers of labor volun-
tarily admitting their employees to
share OF their profits and their pros
perity is doubly pleasant and crafty
in onncInSiVR1v " hal has
been so fnsistently disputed by free
traders, that protection operates alike
to the advantage OF wage-payer and
wage-earner-