The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-26

whole of the iron factories of two coun-
tries, to wit: The statesman, WIN one
stroke of his pen, reduced the DUTY on
foreign iron. Blanca learned by expert
ence that the more iron she produced the
greater were her losses. Then sne olo
not know how to help herself. NOT even
wise, experienced men knew remedy.
In consequence of that flourish OF the
| sage staesman's pen, the fires IN -FOUR
of the Toroczko's furnaces were eXtih-
guished, and seven out OF twelve rolIing
/ mills ceased to work The means of sup
port were taken awav from the 1nhaolt-
ants of the little valley.
What barbarous ancestors had founded
with great difficulty, what the industry
| of five centuries had shaped into model
| of civilization-the Eden of workmen-a
man had been able to destroy with SIN
| gle dash of his pen. In this stroke OF the
| pen, which affected the reduction of entry
duties, Blanca recognized the hand which
| made it. She suffered. But she was con,
WINGED that this state of affairs could
not last long. The universal wall OF the
ruined industry would ascend to Heaven,
and the former prosperity would return.
Until then the factory must be supporter;
| even if 1t required sacrifices. Blanca SOLO
| her family jewels in order to be enabled
, to continue in the work, in spite OF
| losses In her letters to Manasseh she
never mentioned this bad condition OF
| affairs. She wrote to him that everything
was doing well. And the workmen OF
| the new factory assured her that so long
as the unfavcrable circumstances lasted
| they were ready to work above as well
as under the ground for two-hfths OF
| their former wages.
With this the bitter adversary in the
secret battle, the poor black bread, took
possession of the beautiful valley
For wages reduced to two-ttfths OF the
| former rates means the Westphalian
| bread.
| AS As well known, every rapacious op
| GRAFTON has. in the language of thieves,
| Its own peculiar name.
| We wish to speak here of an operation
| which, in technical language, is deslg-
mated by the honorable name Mango
! ria" This signifies bribing the officers
| In contracts for supplies. 1t begins with
| millions and ends with a snuft-box-yes
| the very last receives nothing but a little
cut tobacco. For three people are in
| cluded in every contrdct-one who makes
1t, another who should keep 1t, and a
| third who should see that it is kept, but
| who does not do so. Besides man IA
miliar with all possible tricks is neces-
| sary. who scents the prey and discovers
| where and how 1t can be secured. FIN.
ally. a chief manager is needed, who will
| take care that the prey runs into the
| meshes of the lurking hunter.
| To the chief manager all others are
| tributary. But he Is extremely cautious,
| and comes in mediate contact with no
| one. He does not allow 1t to be discov-
| cred that he is pursuing ordinary private
| interests while using his great influence
| to bring into conflict the diplomates of
three countries. No; he pursues only
| high, political purposes. He adheres to
| the old traditions. Religious zeal is also
| an honest cloak.
Wherever he can. he stirs the embers
| smouldering under the ashes. He is proud
| of the attacks of public opinion lie new
err notices the spectators, the enter
| prisers who lounge about the ante-cham-
bers of great lords. He has nothing to
do with them. They salute him humbly,
| but he does not return their salutes.
| n after theater
closed, he visits the beautiful Marquise
and spends few hours in confidential
conversation with her. He then takes
leave, and when his carriage rumbles
through the archway the door of the
Venetian clock opens and young visitor
enters. The beautiful lady lays his arm
within hers and asks him to take seat
near her; they laugh and joke, and the
lady looks around to satisfy herself that
all doors are securely closed, that they
are not watched, and that he who has
Just departed does not return to re-occupy
his seat For If any one could see them
he would perhaps think that they both
were now cheating a thrd-the Prince
Cagliari. But this is not true. The three
together cheat "a fourth-a woman who
wears a mural crown and is generally
Come here, my little Ounce; my little
limping demon. Tell me have you set
tied with your ltalians?'
To-day they received the contract fol
forty thousand head of cattle
Then two hundred pounds of beef will
fall to the share of every soldier.
"They will never see bit of it,"
"And what will then be done"
This matter is arranged so nicely thai
the state will pay the contractors an in
Identification because of their not being
allowed to furnish cattle to the army
At least two millions This is moi
enough. According to the contract, the
hides of the forty thousand oxen will moi
be giveA back by the state to the con
tractor and as the state can not take
the hide from the OK which it does mo-
get 1t will pay an naturalization fol
this also which will. however, be only
a trihe. 1t will not even be enough fol
papa CagliarfS champagne. The entire
sum amounts at most to eighty Thousand
FORMS
You have done well. Now hear this
rest of Jupiters projects. Give me the
portfolio from the drawer of my writing
Vajdar knew how to open the secret
drawer, and brought portfolio bound II
morocco. The Marquise opened it anC
rummaged among the papers. 1t diffusec
an agreeable odor and seemed to be one
of the articles which at that time were
imported from Japan, and had just be-
come fashionable.
Of the papers upon which Prince Cagiar
had, with his own hand, made some mem
oranda.
First, Il supply of grain is mentioned
|
him whose name you see written here
The amount of the supply reaches a large
| figure but as the price of grain has
risen considerably, the profits will be
large"
DO not let this concern you. The
honest man to whom this contract vii
be given will take care to manage the
affair in such way as TO secure larg'
profits Who will know that one-fourtt
had been added to the weight of tht
grain by an adulteration of earth anC
chan? And this, Jupiter says, makes
three hundred and fifty thousand FORMS
The soldiers, therefore. must eat three
hundred and fifty thousand horins, wortt
of earth and chaff so that papa Cagiar
may be enabled to take daily bath IL
champagne
two forms worth of earth for every man
He who loves his country ought surely
to carry with him little of its soil.
The Warehouses laughed aloud at thl:
remark, but Benjamin Vajdar only
gnawed his mustache. He had dark
presentiment that it was not well to joke
with persons who carry bayonets.
Has the old man still anothsp commits
sion?" asked Vajdar.
"A very important one. Het has sue
ceeded in arranging that the Italian army
| for the summer campaign receive calico
coats instead of linen ones. Five and q
half millions of them will be required
Remember the name which you see writ
ten here. He must receive the contract
read the conditions
These are very low prices remarked
Vafdar. And | don't see how the con
| tractor after the regulation wages hav,
been paid. can have profits IN winch 9th
Il win explain this matter to you. Tn,
calico IS to be thirty inches wide, anC