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OEAND OLD PARTY. PLIGHT OF THE LOUISIANA SUGAR PLANTERS. Oetrayod ThroiiKli tho Stupidity of Their Own Gold lie- National Kstrava- Reform. llnin In XonUiana. The impending- collapse of tho sugar Industry of is one of tho moat sing-ular results of the tency of Democratic tariff-makers.

A year ago the planters were ordering jjiew plants for their factories, entering into contracts for deliveries of cane in the grinding season, and counting with confidence upon the payment of bounties under existing laws. The bounty law was repealed in August, they have been making sugar at a loss during the last two months, and with $12,000,000 which thoy expected to receive from the cannot pay their debts and are on the verge of bankruptcy. That is their situation as it is described in one of the most striking letters of the iSouth- ern series written by our staff correspondent. The Louisiana planters take the ground that the government has violated a contract. Under the Mc- Kinleylaw it was pledged to pay a sugar bounty of two cents a pdund for fifteen years.

With that contract in force the planters invested 000,000 in new machinery and factories and in improving their estates, and they made all their arrangements for the season of 1894. When the season was half over, the bounty law was repealed, and they were abandoned to the mercies of their creditors. They assert that there has been a gl-oss breach of public faith, and that, entirely apart from political considerations or economic theories, they have an equitable claim upon congress for the payment of last year's bounty a9 a matter of common justice. renders the plight of these Southern planters more humiliating is consciousness that they have been betrayed through the stupidity and folly of representatives of their own state, senators were in a position to dictate terms to the Democratic majority, says tho New York Tribune, yet did not know how to make use of tncir power and to protect tho interests of the state. A Republican congress in repealing the revenue sugar duties had not destroyed this Southern industry, but had opened a new career of prosperity it under tho bounty system.

Democratic tariff-makers wore as merciless and destructive to Louisiana planters as a Republican congress had been generous and magnanimous. They abrogated the system under which the industry was making extraordinary progress, and they did this so unexpectedly and wantonly that the planters, who had invested their $60,000,000 in betterments of all kinds, are now at the mercy of their creditors. The two Louisiana senators, after alternately dickering with the reliners' trust and their devotion to the Democratic cause of tariff reform, finally allowed the Gorman bill to bo enacted with tho sugar schedule arranged so as to menace the planters of their state with ruin and bankruptcy. Senators Caffery and Blanchard have a long account to settle with their indignant home constituency. What Will Be the Kffoct.

There is no reason why there should be an immediate panic even if the last dollar of gold should disappear from the treasury vaults. If a panic should come it will be of tho gold ring's making and solely for their own profit. And Cleveland himself is their chief instrument in preparing the way for it. But the banks which depend upon the commercial interests of the country for their business are in good condition. The large! merchants are in a better condition than ever before.

Business interests of all kinds have been sailing close to the shore ever since the Cleveland panic of 1893 and the credit line has been well guarded. It is altogether probable that the coming- of a premium on gold would be followed by a sharp increase of prices of all commodities and possibly a stimulus to business that would be far from panicky in its general effects. It is predicted on the other hand that there would be a home rush of foreign securities for liquidation that would overtax the banks and bring no end of distress. That is a calamity cry without warrant. It is nonsense.

American securities are as sound and strong as any in the world. Thoy are even tho best in the world. If the country should go to a silver basis to-morrow every dollar due on these fcecurities would bo paid according to contract. The financial world knows this. There is no danger of repudiation and no thought of it.

Nobody on either side the ocean has anjf fear of it. The chances are that when those who conspired to bring about the present condition of the treasury find that thoy cannot work the scheme they have in hand, they will be able to see that the financial skies ar6 not nearly as black as they were puinted. They will discover that there might be worse calamities than the passing of the country to a temporary silver City Journal. GrethaiD'R Masterly Curves. A Missouri man, who does not believe in the possibility of throwing a ball," offers a prize to any ball-tosser who will stand in line with two stakes and throw a ball so that it shall pass on one side of the first and on the other side of ever it may be with curve pitchers, there is reason to believe that tary Gresham could, set up a whole row of diplomatic pins and throw crooked enough to miss every one on both sides at once.

His curve is marvelous. A.Natlnniil Extriivaffanon. Of course the house committee decides that, "after a survey of our coasts," more war vesselsl must be built. Always expenditure. Always more and more lurnishing for an event tttat will come, if it overdoes come, only because our preparations have invited it.

Talk about lavish pension expenditures. Talk about protesting against a standing army. Talk about river and harbor improvements as consuming tho public substance. In all our history there'has been no more criminal waste of public money than this continuous strengthening of a navy already sti'ong enough for every legitimate need. We think with pity of the peoples of Europe, who are groaning beneath the weight of military establishments which they detest, but find themselves unable to diminish.

We are approaching a similar fate. Year after year we must add new cruisers and battleships. Millions must be piled on millions to pay for them. The annual appropriation must be swelled by other millions to maintain the men to man them. And why? Because, "we must be in a position such that no foreign nation will dare offer us an insult." We must have a navy to "protect" us.

How were we protected in all the years when we had not a warship of the first rank on any sea, and when our ports wore open to any hostile fleet that might have chosen to attack our defenseless coasts? Were we stripped of our wealth and commerce? Was our security invaded, our great seaports put under forced contribution? On the contrary there never was a period in our history when the assurance of jTeaCe was more profound, and when tho other nations dreamt loss of disturbing it. If ever this nation is drawn into a foreign war, it will be because of a great, idle, useless around in other waters and hunting a chance to pick a quarrel. To this end we are to spend and spend and never cease. We have now a navy more than ample for offense or defense, says the St. Paul Pioneer Press.

But we are to spend $12,000,000 immediately for more battleships; and this is the measure of a time of profoiihd depression and poverty. When will tho people pass tho word to their ropi'osontatives to stop this sort of thing? Needless Kxpnnsie! 'J'ho staunch Long Island schooner, the Donna T. Briggs, has boon chartered to carry shells for President Cleveland from Cambridge, to Gray Gables, where they will bo used in making shell roads on the president's place, and the question arises. Why did Mr. Cleveland do it? Why charter a private vessel to carry shells for him, and appropriate a government lighthouse tender to freight his own person? If Mr.

Cleveland has the right to employ tho Maple, tho Violet, tho John Rogers or any other government vessel in his duck-hunting excursions or his personal trips to and from Gray Gables, he has a right to use either or all of these vessels in carrying shells for his private walks and roads. The wonder is that he has not done so, and it may still be his intention to make the government shell out for the expense. Vnny Condition of Clnvelund's Wards, The New York Tribune has ascertained that one-sixth of all tho men employed in tho iron industry are still out of work. Tho ba.sis of its computation is tho output for a very recent period. Tho test is a fair one.

Little, if any, ovcrtimo is now being worked at the great iron plants. There is an occasional spurt here and there, but it does not lust long. Short hours ai'e more frequently the rule. We mention the fact almost two years after the inauguration of tho Cleveland administration, because the iron industry was among those which a tariff reform partv promised to put into the condition of the traditional green bay ti'oo. Philadelphia Inquirer.

Partly True. Tillman's assertion that the words "Democrat" and "Republican" have become a stench in the people's nostrils is true only as to the word "Democrat." The November returns show that they regard 'jRepublican" as a bouquet of violets, iams and honoy-suckles. No Demouratlc. It is a curious, but indisputable, fact that Texas is no longer a Democratic state, strictly speaking. That is to say, the official returns of the last election show that there were not so many votes cast for the Democratic ticket as wore cast for other tickets by about C.OOO.

Ills Adapted Grandad's Ilat. While the mugwumps observe with satisfaction that Mr. Cleveland can't button Andrew Jackson's mantle at the throat, they are unable to blind themselves to the fact that lie has to stuff a good deal of newspaper under the band of Andrew JacksOh's Detroit Tribune. Nice Reform. Every Democratic measure looking to ajrdform of the currency has been an attack upon the national credit, and has set back what little tide was flowing in the direction of a business York Advertiser.

The ItTeanlnK's the Same. The medical experts would probably say that paranoia is what ails the issues are concerned but the country prefers a simpler word and calls it stupidity. OF TRANSIT IN CHINA. STREET CARS UNKNOWN IN LI HUNG CHANG'S LAND. Tho Various Substitutes That Are Found in the Bis Cities The CJUnaman Travels by Water When Can Jinrllcsha.

CHINESE TRAV- els by water when he can, and no wonder, for the roads in his country are very poor.and most of the trarelingrae- om modations on land are about as bad as the roads. In the southeastern part of the empire there are scarcely any wheeled rehi- des. In nqrth China, however, they are very particularly in region around Pekin. The Pekin cart shown in this picture is one of the better class of these vehicles. It is better only in respect of the wheels, which are often solid arid are a great deal heavier even than the clumsy wheels shown here.

The wheels are attached to a axle tree, and above them rises a sort of oblong box which is fastened to the The passengers sit in this box, which is cushioned to alleviate the jolting. Passengers get in or out usually at the front, though sometimes there is a slide door at the side for their accommodation. All these carts are drawn by one horse and the driver sits as he is shown in the picture. Hundreds of these carts may be hired for a pittance. The discomfort of rid- SOMk USES FOR CHEESE.

All Sorts of Reuses of Which It portaat Fart. Cheese is so much in demand this winter that it is nice to know how to keep a variety in the house at small expense. Buy an Edam and a large pineapple, either of which will keep for a long time if necessary. Then buy a pot of Roquefort and a tumbler af club house cheese, keeping these in a cool, dry place until needed. A dinner moifti may be completed by water crackeis and Roquefort for dessert A delicious dainty for an afternoon tea is the popular macaroon spread with thinly sliced sage cheese as a sandwich.

Cheese crusts are nice for an impromptu company luneheoo. They are made from half slices of stale after trimming off the hard crust. Upon these oblongs of bread put a spoon of grated cheese and brown slightljr in the oveni. These may be served hot or cold. Good English is used for Welsh rabbit, are ixiany who like a bit of cream cheese with a French luscuit for breakfast.

Neufchatel and water crackers generally follow the pudding course of an elaborate home dinner menu. Cheese of some description is an important item of the Dntch supper, which is so common this winter after the the theater or at deed, the matron wKbnlkes to be able to offer her casnal afternoon or evenr ing Tisitor some simple refreshment pays as much attention this season to her supply of cheese as to that of crackers or Eagle. For the Salie of a Dearly VartA Daaghter. To the late M. Duruy, the French historian, are due many of the privileges Trance has given to women.

He ing in them is about equal to that of the elevated roads during, t-hcjcrush hours. A more comfortable way to get over the ground is in sedan chairs. There are two kinds, both of which are shown in the picture. The narrow sort is made of bamboo, and oftentimes it is too nari'ow for the comfort of any one with the slightest tendency to obesitj'. To add insult to injury, the uncomfortable fat person is not permitted to ride in the wider chair TIENTSIN WOMAN IN JINBIKSIIA.

unless he belongs to the "quality." The common people are pronibited from using this chair, but those who have any sort of privileges may stow themselves away in the commodious affair and go teetering alotig at the rate of four miles an hour. Two men support it on their shoulders, and it is a very convenient and comfortable article of the sort. The jinriksha is an innovation from Japan found almost exclusively at Tientsin and other of the larger treaty, ports. It is a great improvement on the wheelbarrow used for carrying people and goods in some parts of the empire, and particularly in the province of Kiangsi. This wheelbarrow is propelled just as our ordinary wheelbarrows are, but it has an additional motive force in the shape of a man tugging away at a rope in front.

An enormous number of people in the cities gain their livelihood by manning these various forms of conveyances. They stand at the street corners ready to start on the slightest intimation that their services are wanted. Many of them are the employes of small capitalists, whose money is invested in the conveyances. Others own the turnouts themselves. Sedans and their bearers are hired at buildings erected for the purpose, ahd an who patronizes them is doubtless reminded of our livery stables.

In Canton the men who carry these chairs'have a nickname signifying, "tailless horses." An Cnderstandlnc. must remember that ours was a summer engagement. means, if you see any one yon like better, you'll break it. "Yes." "And. if I see any one I like better "111 sue you for breach of promise." decided that women wlio could pass successful examinations in medicine had as good a right as men to become doctors; he instructed professor.s of the College of Medicine to encourage women students; he licensed public classes for women who wished to receive as good an education as their bi-others, thus starting the movement for lycees for young girls that are being organized throughout France, and he had the Sorbonne classes opened to women.

lie also sat to a woman, Nellie Jacquemart, for his portrait, which afterward won a place of honor, in the salon. The jnoyihg spring 'of his action in all this was the love lie had felt for his dead daughter and to pay a tribute to her memory. All In One Ton of Coal. From one ton of ordinary gas coal may be produced pounds of coke, 20 gallons of ammonia water, and 240 pounds of coal tar. Ky desti-uctive distillation the coal tar will 09.8 poiinds of pitch, 17 pounds of creosote, 14 pounds heavy oils, 9.5 pounds of naptha yellow, 0.3 pounds of najstha- line ,4.75 pounds of 25 pounds solvent naptha, 1.5 pounds phenol, 1.2 auriiie, 1.1 pounds benzine, 1.1 pounds analine, 0.77 of a pound 0.40 of a pound anthracine, and 0.9of pound toluene.

From the latter is obtained the new substance known as saccharine, which is 530 times as sweet as the best cane sugar, one part of it giving a very sweet taste to a thousand parts of Nellie Grant Snrtoris a General Favorite. Mrs. Algernon Sartoris, nee Nellie Grant, who has elected to live in Washington, is a in society there and present at all the important dinners and other KELLIE GRANT SABT0RI8. able "functions" incident to the fashionable season in the national capitaL Mrs. Sartorhj' graciousness, tact, and unaffcctedness have added largely to her circle of friends and admirers.

Trade Bevlval, "Well, old man, how is business?" "Booming," said the manufacturer of sporting goods. "I have jnst received an order for pairs of sprinting shoes for the Chinese army." Journal. EEIGN OF THE WHEEL PROOF OF THE BICYCLE'S PRACTICABILITY. rhe Cominie; jUaclilni. Amongr tlio Four Hundred I.ondon'j Mansome Cycle and the Bamboo and Quadruple Safotles.

a large Western city in which ray firm is interested in street railways." said a prominent banker to a New York Journal reporter, "there are 12,000 bicycles. The receipts of our railway company have, since the general adoption of the wheel, boon reduced on an average $500 a day." This startling statement, showing the practicability of the bicycle could, no doubt, be duplicated when applied to every city in the land. It would Indicate that the time has come to divide the great wheel interests, so that on the one hand there would be a vo- hiclo given over to pleasure and sport, and on the other a carry-all used for business purposes. A long step towawl the adoption of the bicycle principle to practical uses has been made in London, where a vehicle fashioned after the hansom cab has been invented, which is pro- lulled by mechanism similar to that employed on the ordinary wheel. This modern cab was recently exhibited at the Stanley cycle show, held under the au-spices of the Stanley club at the Agricultural hall, Islington.

In addition, there wore exhibited many novelties in the cycle line that cannot fail to excite favorable criticism from American devotees of the sport. The show was of very considerable interest, and gave an excellent idea of tho latest development in an industry which now employs many thousands of in all parts of the world. There were 362 exhibitors, and no less than 1,300 cycles of every imaginable description on view, including many machines of foreign make. In fact, tho show reached the dignity of being, declared international by the board of trade. Though extremely varied, it cannot bo said that the show provided any startling novelties, except in the case of the new bamboo cycle.

Tho perfect pattern would seem, therefore, to have been reached in our present typo of machine, but tho question of weight still occupies the manufaetucera, and the bamboo cycle comes as an attempt to solve the problem. Tho bamboo machines are certainly i oxtremoly some weighing no more than twenty-two pounds, and it i.s claimed for them that, given aluminum joints and castings, tho bamboo tube is supei'ior to tho steel tube. Experience alone can settle this question. The new triple and quadruple safeties were also a feature of tho phow, and in the tirje sections were several exhibits to illustrate the rapidly growing adaptation of pneumatic tires to broughams and other carriages. It will be necessary for some en- teriji'isingi manufacturer to put upon the market wheels more highly finished than any that have yet been produced.

It may not be unreasonable to expect, within the next year, machines that are richly sot in costly and decorated with rare metals, it is possible that this time no.vit year tho society columns of the Journal will contain some notice as this: "Miss Elise Von Dencken, the charming heiress of tho Von Dencken millions, was soon on the boulevard yesterday, mounted on the bicycle given hor on the occasion of her birthday by Colonel Robert Zimmermanu Dencken. of Denokon's Heights, her uncle. This machine was made by Sworth, of Paris, for tho princess of and is a work of art. The tires are of eider gold, the spokes and rim of silver set with Von Denckon's favorite tho handle and pedals are of pure gold studded The saddle is covered with satin, on which is a hand jiortrait of Mr. C.

Wyndham-Quin." Alichaux, the French master mechanic, invented the weightetl bicycle pedal, thereby securing a constant lateral position, and who thus took tho first stop in the transformation of the old and cumbrous velooijiedo into the machine now so universally used. Michaux, to whom a monument has recently been erected at Biar-le-due, in Franco, has only been dead a fow years. Lieutenant-Colonel MeCoskrey Butt, of the Twelfth regiment knew him in Paris when Colonel Butt was a school boy there, and ho says that he remember, riding on oho of the first velocipedes in tiie yard of Michaux 's Paris houses to which the mechanician had applied tho pedal. At this time what is now known as the big wheel, had not been devised, but Michaux, as ho oxijerimontod with his weighted pedal, gradually increased tho size of tho front wheel of his bicycles until finally the, "big wheel," which was so much in vogue for several years, came into being. This was in turn, as will be remembered, followed by the "safety" wheel, and then came tho chain, and lastly tho pneumatic tire.

A Duchess of Napoleon's Court. When Marshal Lefebvre was made duke of Dantzic, the. new duchess (who was the original of Sardou's Mme. Sans-Gene) went to the Tuileries to thank the Empress Josephine. As Mme.

la Marechale had not demanded an audience, the usher, acdustomed to call her by that name, entered ti) take tho order of the chamberlain-in-waiting; he returned and addressed her: "Mme. la Marechale may enter." The lady looked askance at him, but entered the salon, and the empress, rising, advanced a few steps to mMt ieTr sayftfg, xvtth engttgitsg gnuAotof ness: "How is the duchess of La Marechale, instead of inteMgently, and then, turniag to'ward the was in tho act of shutting the door: "Hey, my Vioy," said she, "what do you think of -Argonaut. HENRY GEORGE'S rOEA. A. AVcaltliy Gorman Landowner' tO' Sinele lax a Fair Trial.

A radical reform' Ims beem earriedl throuffh on the estate of one' ef thei wealthiest landowners im tho prince of who owriS' a large part of the Black. Forest, in the states of Baden andi Wurtemberg. Tho prince intends to give- single' tax a fair trial, and the magnitude of hia social-political oxpei'iments- cani only to appreciated when wo remember that the tenants on his estates num-' ber than five thousand. The Abend Zeitung, commonta on these refoi-ms in the relation between tenant and landlord as- followss: "Tho Furstenberg estate in future' renounces public taxes paid formerly by the tenants. This includes county, church, school, state, fire insurance' and parish taxes.

Special provision is made to relievo holdings which; had to pay separate contributions for tho assistance of the poor. The estato; in future, pays all such dues out of its own funds. Having noticed, that the tenants, unfortunately, oftfen neglect to insure their fields against damages caused by hailstorms, he encourages them to insure their produce by paying twenty per cent of all duos on a recorded in.surance. The estate is situated in a part specially adapted for the cultivation of fruit trees, and tho Furstenberg administration has appointed specially trained men tend to tho proper treatment of existing fruit trees, and to increase the numborof trees, wherever possible, without additional expense to the tenant. The obligations regarding repairs of building on a leasehold have been largely reduced, as well as those for renewal of such buildings, and ex- of this kind, if amounting to more than a year's rent, will in future be borne by the o.state.

The term of lease has been increased by several years, and, in order to insure to tho tenant as much pt'oTitas possible, the louschood will be ofTorod for rent twO' years before the end of a term, such tenants as fulfill their obligations having tho privilege of renewal. Formerly, at tho death of a tenant, the estate had tho privilege to cancel the contract. This tho prince foregoes, and pci'raits the heirs of tenants to continue the occupation, instituting thereby a hereditary tenantry. These are only tho main features-of the i-e- forma by which the. prince intends tO' shibld tho economically weaker party to a contract of lease from financial loss or embaras.sihont." A Soft Kuildlns: Stone.

A new building material is being used in this neighborhood which promises to bo more generally used as jieople learn its value. It is a white rock of chalk formation, and is light and very easily shaped. It is found in large quantities in a locality in tho foothills near Ci'ow's creek, and is very easy- to quarry. So soft is this roek that one can work it with an ordinary saw or hatchet. It is not much more expensive than lumber, and besides is a non-conductor of heat, so a house built of it will remain cool inside duringJhe in.summei*.„.

MASCULINITIES. M.anj' suits of armor worn in the fourteentli century weighed 175 pounds eacli. Pale lines on tho hand indicate a revengeful disimsition, intensified by long flntrers and a short Workers in the spinning mills of labor twelve liours a day, and have in that time only one hour for meals. Mrs. suppose you have given up piano playing since your husband Young except "Black Key Jlazourka." A Frenchman, M.

Grevelle, is the founder of a community in the mountains of Auvergne which has as its object a return to tho customs of primitive man. Mr. is there about these long-haired musicians that attracts j'ou women Mrs. think how easy a long-haired man is to manage. suppose that when your wife caught you flirting with Miss Gofa.st she w.is speechless with amazement? she wasn't! 'You don't know my wife.

"ICeep that physician in attendance on our family!" exclaimed Mrs. Parvie New; "never!" "Has he killed anybody'?" '-No; but ho had the impertinence to say that Mr. New's blood is impoverished." "Say," said the office boy, "I think tho boss ought to gimme a bit extra this week, but I guess he won't" "What for?" asked tho bookkeeper. "For over time. I wuz dreamin' about me work all las' night." The German ernperor is exceedingly partial to horseback riding.

In the course of winter ten handsome animals were trained in the royal stables at Potsdam for his use. His favorite color in a horse is said to be brown or sorrel. Henry Irving's nroverbial courtesy to the ladies finds expression in hia theory that "Macbeth" was the tempter, not the tempted, and that "Lady Macbeth" was only a weak and yielding In an address on this recently Irving stigmatized "Macbeth" as "one of the most bloody- minded, hypocritical villains in all the Doet's long gallery df portraita of men instinct with the vlrtuet Md Ticea of their 'nd.".