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Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-06-18
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No appetite, loss of strength,
nervousness, headache, constipation.
bad breath, general debility, sour ris-
ings, and catarrh Of the stomach are
all due to indigestion. Kodol cures
indigestion. This new discovery repre-
sents the natural juices OF digestion
as they exist in a healthy stomach
combined with the greatest known tonic
and reconstructive properties. Kodol
Dyspepsia Cure does not only cure in
digestion and dyspepsia, but this famous
remedy cures all stomach troubles by
cleansing, purifying, sweetening and
strengthening the mucous membranes
lining the stomach.
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The Mistletoe

The mistletoe h generally regard.
eel as having something To do with
love. an idea drawn from the misty
period Of Scandinavian mythology. In
this view II IL commonly hung I'm the
center OF room or other conspicuous
place during our Christmas festivals
and every maiden who strays under n
must submit 20 be Kissed But there
are two traditions connected with this
parasitic plant. which II fond grow
ing on oaks. which deserve monitor.
Baldur. the Good. was tormented
with frightful dreams which indicat
ed that his lifa was In peril. and be.
Ing the fayorite son at FrigEa, the
wife of Odin. he bcsOught her 10 avert
his fate. Then Frigga. his mother.
eXacted an oath from fire and water
from iron and all other metals, from
stones trees. diseases. beasts. birds
aoisons and creeping things. that mono
Of them would do Boldur any harm
After that. the other gods amused
themselves with using Baldur Rs a
mark. by casting all kinds of weapons
NJ him without doing him any harm
But Loki. his enemy, desired his
death. and was very much disappoint-
ed that nothing would harm him. but
by assuming the shape OF n woman.
he got from Frigga the confession that
nothing could harm her son except
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greeting - all my readers, and invite
their attention To the wondrous story
Of the incarnation and its accompany.
ing events.
Not until the sixth century did the
church undertake To set forth author
itatively the year In which Jesus was
born In Bethlehem" Then the work
was undertaken by Dionysius Exiguus.
Exiguus means little" but Dionysius
vas little only In stature. In mental.
ity he was a giant. He was a Scythian
by birth, one OF n race classed by u.
self in 81. Pauls Technology: Greek,
Jew, Barbarian. Scythian. bond. free
(Col ili:iD. II may be interesting TO
rote that the old name for the Irish,
Scuit. SCOTS. Scot. Is derived from
scythia, between which and Ireland
there was regular communication
early In A. ID. No doubt the Irish
would be quite willing To claim such
Q noted scholar as a kinsman. lie
would be n NJ compatriot with the
celebrated Duus Scotus from whom,
by the way. Ounce" Is derived on
the law of contrarieticsl. the most
learned man OF his day. and true
born lrishman. Dionysius. who VAS a
monk. was an expert mathematician.
and yerscd In Astronomical knowledge.
The data ON which he based his cal.
culatlons led Eim to hN ON the year OF
Rome 75i as that in which Christ vas
born. Tsls year. 75i. he counted as
A. ID. /. the first year OF the Chris
tian era. This reckoning came grad.
ually 10 be accepted and Is still re-
talned In use
The Star In the East. +" or, as II Is
hem. that guided the Wise Men. or
Msgi to Jerusalem. Afforded another
ITEM. that guided the wise men, or
basis for calculation. The celebrated
astronomer. kcpler. who fourished In
the end Of the sixteenth and beginning
Of the seventh century. found there
was n conjunction of the three planets.
Mars. Jupiter and Saturn. In the sign
Pisces. which IN the sign Of Judea, In
A. u. c. T4s. This conjunction be- as.
sumei 90 be the Star 90 Bethlehem
and accordingly hYed the year OF
christ's birth al the date of the con
junction. Other calculations on the
same basis followed by such astrun.
omers as Idoler Wieselcr. Pritchard.
etc. wieseler arrived al the date 100
y u. c., or u. G.. Z.
but n there are slight differences
and consequent doubt In the exact
wear In which the Savior Of mankind
sas torn. there appears TO be no
DOUBT as TO the Ggy of tho n.onth on
whI5h the miraculous event occurred.
Viz. Dec. 2s.
Tint the day was observed from
the very nrst In beyond question
no. universally observed. however
Bpf the exceptions Do not 10 the least
inyaiidats the date OF Dee rs Il Il
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one little shrub that grew on tho east.
ern side OF valhalls. the histleioe
too young and too feeble 10 harm any
body, and for that reason an oath lac
not been cXactod from IT,
I.oki cut OF the mistlctoc and re-.
paired 20 the place where the gods
were amusing themselves by throwing
weapons at the inyuln"rabls Biliur
he persuaded one OF thrm to throw
the small ml,tlctle branch 40 llldur
and IL pierced him ,hrough and
through he falling down lifrieSs.
Among the Druids tho mistl'ioe
which grew on the OAK va sacred
plant possessing peculiar virtues rhe
finding 81 u was an occasion uf re-
jo,cing and solemn worship. They
called u by word In their language
which means heal all. and having
made solemn preparations for feast
ing and sacrifice under the tree, they
drove thither two milk.white bulls
whose horns were then for the fiTst
time bound. The priest, ROBBED N
white. assembled the tree and cut un
the mistletoe with golden sickle. II
was caught In 4 white mantle. after
which they proceeded To STAY the VIC
Tins. at the same time praying that
God would render his gift propitioTs
10 those TO whom he bad given II
An infusion was made Of the plant
and given as remedy for all dis
eases. The oak represented the Idea
Of the Supreme Being. and the hisile-
toe found clinging to II signified mans
dependence upon Him.
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Thousands this Christmastide Will
be glad 20 read something about Him
~ humble as 90 be born Of n lowly
maiden, and yet so mighty as TO be tho
pivot on whom the universe resolves,
snd tho Lord of AL Graded In n
manager and wrapped IN swaddling
clothes. lie was yet worshiped by
sages and adored by angels. Sleeping
In the crevicc OF the limestone rock.
lie was yet bathCd with the light OF
heaven through the cleft In the mid
night sky Emptying Himself Of In.
offable glory. He veiled Ills Deity In
flesh that lie might mako poor human.
lty to be partaker Of Ills Divine Image.
In His Name | send cordial Christmas
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Christ To- the Gcntiles IN the person
oi the Mart or Wise Men. through the
Interpolation Of a star The fact that
there Wa a hesitnncy on the part OF
sone Ia accepting Dec. %. and a con.
troycrsy among others. and then the
final adherence OF the whole Eastern
church. show couclusively that the
date was not blindly accepted. The
intelligent adherence Of the whole
church proves that the observance
vas based upon reliable data. SUN
cient To satisfy the inquiry Of indie
pendent minds To sum mp: The re.
ception Of Dec. 25 from the very FIRST
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true that the local churches Of Palcs-
tine. Egypt. Cyprus. Antioch. etc, oh
served ON Jan. d n festival called Thee
phania tGod Manlfcsp, a name equal
~ applicable to the Nativity and
Epiphany. a. Gregory Nazlonzen point.
cd out. THIS custom prevailed only
TOR comparatively short time. even
In the countries mentioned. Hut these
exceptional celebrations In reality
strengthen the observance OF the Ma.
tivity on Dec. %.
Tho Eastern church celebrated for
a time their Epiphanla ON Jan. 6. But
the Epiphanla was rot the Natalis.
The festival II still! held on Jan. as
the Epiphany. or Manifestation OF
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some Others hung sle0Vca and lTsslI's-
the boss hung rubh~r-hoot.
Twas Christmas eve and We made be-
licvc' jest the lark OF "a Christmas
toot,
We hadn't thought Of prcsonts-why, the
most OF ~ never had hung
\ stockln up at the chimncy-sidc even
when w. wers young.
IL VAS only biz Of foolin'. and part Of
our -v'nin' plan
Was "A SANITY Claus and Dumphy was our
only family man.
We dug him out Of hts blankets and
hauled him ont 60 the light.
Ills eyes were rcd with tears he had
shed. but now he wanted 20 light.
And screaming string of curses. he
struck as be Tavcd and sWurr.
Floored Joe Lacrosse and the swampin's
boss. and announced be- vus frlGy
Tor more
Hut no on, Wus specially anxious and we
backed away. leeaus,
Good will tu men Wis u1t jest then iu the
eye 90 our SANITY C.a-s.
The I1re w4s a-Ih.k.u OBJ swat h.m.
hat allowed De- had better not
For twas trouble tad tht. pumpny had.
whatever % Nae he'd L't
So back lu his bunk de bat,oj uasociibio
kind 90 a govt
while our pry.n cook wac 'aklu' look
"a letter tha, dropped from his
coat
There sometimes a g.ie! for So.
family mar
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And ~ believe.
yc nd trouble piled heavy ana do"b"
on the poor little home that Sc leave.
There ATE hark " are Wh,n money u que
And man = aw the woods with crew;
hiycrin' bahlr an broken wife
Don't hinder ne with knife"
And the tearspott.d that cook choked ana read
WRIT from poorhousc-a baby was dead
One after The 9th 49,
Kissed whrr he kisscsw were marked by her
Kissed on the smoochcs o little ones smacks
We bAchcs OF peaviss and patches.
INN and Jacks o the AK
he fair bluhbcrcd-cook he Numbered too
There wasn't In gened With tears IKE oc~
nd loo thowed buds the had hung
Dunphy spoke OF empty H'oS nuns
a. A ~ pc OF
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The First Christmas.

Very quaint and curious are some ~
the old monkish stories about the brst
Christmas. Ono of these charming
legends relates that at the moment Of
the Nativity everything and every
body stood stlll. The birds paused for
an instant In mld.air. rivers ceased FOR
the time TO flown short. all the
movements OF men and things ever.
where were suspended for a bret
space. The spells OF witches and via.
ars became suddenly Intellectual. az
idea which was. no doubt az the root
OF Shakespeare reference TO Christ
mas time IA being so holy that then
mo fairy takes, nor witch hath power
TO charm"
When All the World Re Jolces-
There II no celebration IN all the
year 80 worldwide as that of Christ,
mas, and none that differs 80 much In
the various methods by whica u IA
observed. In some countries. notably
Catholic Spain. Italy and most OF the
South American republics. the oh
servances OF the day circle almost en-
tirely round pageants and services Of
the deepest religious Significance
while IN others. Joyous mcrrymaking
almsgiving and n thousand public en-
prcssions OF good will and fellow ship
have made the anniversary peculiarly
their own.
People who live In lands that a
Christmastide arr wrapped In
mantle Of snow, whose car Of greet
ing are bordered With glazed ieield~.
and who Ell down 20 the family ~
Iniou close TO blazing stoves or steam
nlled radiators. would hardly reeor.
ulze Christmas In SUMMER countries.
With its beautiful Wild howers, Ne
picnic parties and its straw hsf street
pronensds
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lie hadn't word for NO one, not even
Tor me and Mike.
And whenever W. spoke or tried 90 Joke.
he growlcd like Chessy tyke
When Bill. tho y. l.. added. or Charley
Canuck would Six.
Dumphy would crawl 10 the dark o. the
wall and soy there Ike plg
Daytime he chopped like fury-nighttimc
he huggcd his bunk.
-lhysog as long az "a boardin' house arm.
and chawin' some bitter hunk
And the dcacon-aeat crowd II wondered.
for we sartinly liked the lad.
But he wouldn't Let out what IL all was
about. though We saw he Was havin'
"a bad.
others said twas wuss.
For Tote-team Jake had heard at the
lake that twas sort OF a family fuss
II twas family fuss We were sorry We
wondered how Il began.
And this as because young Dumphy was
our only family man.
Now family men. I don't care who. BE-
long al home with their broods.
No hearts will ache nor gricvo for sake
OF us lonesome old chaps O. tho
woods.
Here's good health 20 So. family
man.
Wherever we've built your nest:
Yc'ye more than your share OF the
good things. but there,
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There's an Tor neck a your check
When there's trouble ahead your courage ~ weak
And comfort and courage and grit
With a wife and and 60 feed
God llcss with patience and goods
is The wish Is mru % Inc woods
Us Lonesome old hAchs i"ayira a patches
Bills. Jlmmlcs and Jacks. the
The cook he had hung the hung too
And agan Joe SOCK with toethe only whole
Iars
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l-'t-as-l-->-vt--%,Jt>->r
Santa Claus in Larrigans 5
fus sHfIHS &c CAMPS sHs SS By Holman F. Day

uphy had duched the doughboys-Dumphy had buokcd
For most 81 week ~ wouldn't
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And screaming a string Of curses. he
struck as he raved and swore,
Floored Joe Lacrosse and the swamp
ms hess. and announced he wls
ready for more.
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Ola SANITY Claus. like other friends. had
passed that poorhouse by.
We looked to Dumphy's corner. where he
curiod with buried head.
but his grief and tears stopped eyes and
ears TO all We did or said.
Dang rat the man that's secret
growicd the boss. but others can
BE Jest as clus' as that secret cuss. our
only family man"
Then boss he fetched n pen-stock and
thawed the ya.ler ink.
And he cratchity-sCratched writin' and
he wunk n wctesh wink:
lie whispered. There's an order for thlf-
q days o. my pay.
III the rest OF yes men ven take that pen
and do stunt my way"
We fought to set that pen-sIock and
them as couldn't write
They had tho boss attest their cross 10
make their writin' tight.
when all had made their papers. he
stacked regular dome.
GAYS he. Its donel Less rum and fun.
but. boys. there lays HoMEr
Then he clinched his fist and muttercd
as he turned to Long gearod Mike.
we're SANITY Claus for us. because we've
got the legs to hike.
Take snowshoes 20 the carry. catch tote
team 10 North Twin.
Then hun IL again to strike the train and
cash them orders In.
Then stivver IL o. that poorhouso where
abe has said they ts,-
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Observation-Disclosures on1E
MISREPRESENTATION
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now. FOR sleep nor sopos.ee
DARK night but now and II Tor any ause
babies help ye SANITY Claus
Here's good health ye. family man.
From the depth 81 nd the wooda.
Boughs hunks n In junks
very ight load goods
your the your n.
here 90 the troubles o This
God bless with plenty. strength 10 he arm
shelters the n from harm
We've tasted % ne and what
We loncsbn. old bacnes OF peaVies patches.
NUS. Jimmles and Jacks
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/, nrsi xrobaeis hrror OF Years inI pionysius
a ttn1s ~ paie-tInet Who the Shepherds We're
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There sometimes g.ic! for s.
family mar
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-06-05
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

\ man named Milliken, Wnoae home r
in bangor but who has been employed ay
y. II. M.hltmore at the foot o. verona
is ill with smallpox a%sBucksport
During the month ohNay. the Bangor 4
Aroostook Railroad had potato shipments
to the amount of 257 $40 bushels as a%aias5
III! 10 bushels for the corresponding month
last YEAR rhis makes The total shipment
from me crop OF 1902 up to June l. 9'd12i
bushels or about 6 per cent. of the amount
carried from the crop Of iaol. The hay
shipment for May am0uat"d to 2,Hl00l
pounds; i00t thousands of shingles, We're
carried during the past month and 4l3-
93l pounds Of starch
TWO important referee cases are in pro
gross ut the court house at Dover, this
week. One is that Of the estate of John
II IlVeletf, A. A. Crafts ENC, VS.. Thorn
as ~ Young The attorneys are Iiudso1
ana Parsons Tor the EVclctn estate. ana
! Peaks ana smith for YOun% The othcr
case is a. \. Crafts, EXrc.. VS.. Thomas
A. Young with Hudson and Parsons for
plaintiff and Peaks and Hayes for Youn-s.
Eotn 81 lne cases are rclclrci TO Hon.
Waldo Pttt"neil of Rumlord Falls. Les
lie c. Cornish ESQ. of Augusta, ana
Judge Frederick a. Powers OF iloulton.
Train 3d. early morning freight from
Bangor to Ioulton, ran into a big bun
moose, Tuesday morning, about 2.45
O'Clock. while about a mile south Of Shcr-
man. The train was rUunn& at the usual
speed ana the moose WAS eItncf asleep IN
llc iiSNh " GIuSGt TO Stt btl- lie dtil H.
dent broke the hind legs OF the big animal
who made a big noise in the woods near
the track. The section men from Sherman
station wee Obliged to Kill him to put him
ont Of misery. Alter 0btaining permission
| from the game commissioners the animal
was cut UP and the meat distributed
among the men.
The meeting. Thursday morning, Of tha
Maine Medical Association, was at tic
Maine General hospital ut Portland. where
some unusual eases were presented. TniS
occupied the whole morning. Thursdays
IaftcTnoon session was called to order at
Is o'clock. The business consisted Of the
Introduction Of delegates. election Of off
Gers and other business. Papers were read
by }. l.. N. Willis on the History Of Med
ion" in Maine prior to 1913 and by DT.
" ills b. Moulton on the History of Med
IiCine in Maine outside of the association
since 1888. Thursday evening was devoted
will be given up to an excursion among
the islands of CaSco bay.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-06-05
Oatmeal and Mackerei.

The eating of snakes. lizards, scorpions,
ccntipedes. tar2ntulas and efher reptiles
is now prohtbite4 by statute in Kansas.
Mrs. Alexander Hamilton had the first
used to tell with amusement OF the de-
lichl with which President Andrew jack
Sol first tasted 1t.
The normal human eye can read letters
en-twentieths of an inch high at a dis
lance of twenty feet.
The average age of death has increased
from Is years in the sixteenth century to
j years in the present one.
Covered with damp moss in muslin
troughs and Theoretically sealed in tin.
some 10000 irish rainbow trout eggs are
on their way from Ihnishannon, County
Cork, Ireland, to Toxic, for the Japan Elk
hibition.
1t is safe to say that every man walks
two miles a day, if only stirring about
his room or office. If man lives TO be
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-06-05
The Dangers Of the Drouth.


If ever Maine reeded rain it needs
some at the present time. For almost
two months practically no rain has
fallen in our State and the situation
has become critical one. Week after
week the sun has blazed down from
cloudless skies, whitening the fields
and making finder of the forests.
Planted land has been so dry that the
seeds would not terminate and the
parched fields give little promise for
the hay harvest. The rivers by early
May had shrunk to midsummer
level, seriously Gripping log driving
operations. On the highways the
traveller is enveloped in clouds OF dust
from the deep-rutted roads.
But of late, the withered fields, the
low water in the rivers and the clouds
of dust have become features of
the protracted drouth less pressing
fires. raging in almost every
section, causing a property loss that
is simply appalling and bringing the
danger of an awful holocaust close to
the doors of our largest cities and to
scores of villages. On Wednesday it
seemed as though the whole State was
ablaze from end to end, so dense was
the volume of smoke that covered its
surface, shutting out the sun and
turning day into suffocating night
that was filed with apprehension. Con-
ditions were not 50 bad, yesterday, but
the Improvement was due to the lack
of wind rather than to the cessation Of
the forest fires. Not only in the great
northern timberlands is the destiuc-
ton being wrought but in the wood
lots of the farming towns and in the
city suburbs the fighting of fires has
taken the first attention OF the people
1t is a mystery how so many fires
start, many of them so far from hui
man habitation and the Travelled Paths
of men, No doubt sparks from loco
motives and the care!essness of CAMP
ers account for great part OF them.
But once started it is no mystery why
they burn so fiercely for the forests are
as dry as powder. The same dry con-
dtions are resulting in many fires in
our cities and villages where Buildings
are all like finder ready for the match.
The situation is nothing short of q
crisis in the history of the State, and
unless there is a heavy rain very soon
there is ample ground for fear that the
worst is yet to come. Under such con-
ditions the municipal authorities the
railroad people, the fire departments,
and every citizen should take every
precaution for safety ana be con-
stantly on the alert to check every
blaze at its start. Carelessness by
campers and sportsmen is doubly
yriminal at such a time, and the IA
trolls along the railroad lines should be
doubled. Each individual Las a duty
which he owes to the community in
SEEING that the possibility of a trc on
his own premises is reduced to min
imum
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-06-05

Congratulations to Colonel Peabody
of Colorado, the first woman ever APP
pointed on a gubernatorial staff.-Bos-
ton Herald.
Colorado is only second in this mat
ter at the best. A Georgia governor
appointed a young woman on his staff,
a few years ago, amid a multitude of
other colonies and she served with at
least the usual degree of distinction
and success. The state of Colorado
enjoys equal suffrage, but it cannot
get ahead of the states where southern
chivalry is rampant.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-06-05

Great floods in the West, awful
tornados in the South and almost UNI
precedented drouth in the East. Bad as
is our eastern drouth with its damage
to crops and the great loss caused
through fires, it is to be preferred to
the experiences of the West and
South where hundreds of lives have
ben lost amid the ruins of homes and
fortunes. Nature seems sadly off its
schedule, this spring, and the elements
have suffered a bad msdeal some
where.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-06-05
Boston Stock Market.
Boston, June
New York Produce Market.

New York June A.
FLOUR Receipts. 53.57S bbls; exports,
1853 bbls.; sales 1890 pkgs. Very firm
at the late advance
WHEAT-Receipts, 52.575 bu.; sales,
100000 Blu. futures; spot firm; No. : red,
8i4s elevator; No. red. IS 0 b afoat;
No. l northern Duluth. 90 f b aAoat; No.
l hard Manitoba. 50 o b afloat.
COkN-Rcceipts, 81. $50 bu. exports, S1it
bu.; sales 100000 bu. futures: spot firm;
No. >. 5S5z elevator and 571a b afloat;
No. yellow. IS: No. white, 49,
OATS-Receipts, 81 600 bu.; exports, HE
-bu.; spot firm. No. :, 3s1.; No. 3 80; No. !
white, ~; track white. 49,. G45;z; standard
white, 42ll; No. white, 4212.
BEEF-Dull.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-06-05

Last week a special congressional
election vas held in the eth Kansas
district, the Republican candidate
winning by $4,000 plurality. This is
the district that used to send that
breezy statesman, sockless Jerry Simp-
son to Congress in the days when
Populism held sway. This special cleo
ton gives proof as gratifying as it is
emphatic that the people of that sec
ton are sane again.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-06-05

The gain of April, 1908, over April,
1893. is 200 per cent. and there have
been no free trade panics or manufac-
turing depression in the whole period,
to accentuate this remarkable IN
crease, which is a remarkable tribute
to the workings of protective tariff.
Cullins from the statistics on exports
it appears that in March. 1900. r1anU-
featuring expectation alone reached
the value of $44, 767, 1879, but OF this total
s11, S5S.SS7 was for iron and steel eX-
ports. In April of the present year
iron and steel expectations amounted
to only $500, 233. which explains the
excess in the export of manufactures
in March, 1900, over April of the pres
ent year.
This is the trade invasion" which
Europe regards as one of the darkest
clouds on it's horizon. Chamberlain, G
close student of American affairs,
reads the reason for these increasing
export figures in our protective tariff
and hasIstartled conservative England
by announcing boldly his conversion to
the policy of protection. He is neither
ashamed nor afraid to admit that the
English way has been wrong and the
American way right and to urge his
country to follow our example. Free
trade is as dead as free silver.