SULLIVAN <J§SFE REPUBLICAN.
W. M. CHENEY. Publisher.
VOL. XIII.
Less than one-half of our farms are
mortgaged.
A Chicago University teacher will
bo known ns "Mr.," not "Prof."j
Our Animal Friends has colleoted
stntibtics which show that 102 cases of
lockjaw resulted in tho year 1891 from
docking horses' tails.
Among tho new postoffices estab
lished in Washington State, noted by
the Chicago Record, are Pysht, Quit
lagnette, Utsaladdy and Kliskitat.
It is said iu the New York Recorder
that until the year 1895, no colored
mau ever served on a jury in Maine.
W. A. Johnson, of Bangor, is the pio
neer.
The Atlauta Journal remarks that
while illiteracy decreased greatly in
tho South from 1880 to 1890, it in
creased in tho Statos of Maine, New
Hampshire, Vermont, New Jersey,
Michigan, Montana, Nevada and Wis
consin.
Tho Sioux Indians propose to raise
by popular subscription a fund for
the erection of a monument to their
Chief, Tron Nation, who died recently
on the reservation near Chamberlain,
South Dakota. Iron Nation had been
a prominent figure in Sioux affairs for
sixty years.
Queerer suit at law was never
brought than that of H. Magill'against
the Osage Council. Magill was*going
through the reservation when the In
dians caught and lied him, cut his
hair and held a war dance round him.
Ho sues for §IO,OOO, and tho Council
offers SSOO to settle.
Scotch banks will at an early date
reduce the interest on deposits to one
per cent., the lowest ever paid. The
managers state that they are com
pelled to take this courso because the
English banks aro only paying one
half per cent. Tlioy nlso say that
they never experienced such difficulty
in reinvesting money.
A new languago has just been added
to tho Biblo Society's list, bringing
up the total number to over !120. This
time, as in somo other recant in
stances, tho new version is for Africa.
It is a translation of tho gospel of St.
Matthew into Kisukuma, the languago
of the Basukuma people, whoso coun
try lies immediately south of Lako
Victoria Nvauza.
Tho New York Mail and Express ob
serves : The Mikado, having con
ferred tho Grand Order of tho Imper
ial Chrysanthemum upon tho German
Kaiser, tho latter has returned tho
compliment l»y sending tho collar of
the TMaok Eagle to tho first gentleman
of Jupan. As the regalias of theso
distinguished Orders aro only lont to
the recipients, it doesn't cost much
for monarchs to bo civil to each other.
The vnuutcd protection of tho seals I
in Alnsknu water is a mytb, in tho
opinion of tho New York Mail and Ex
press. Secretary Carlisle reports that
121,143 wero killeil by pclugio seniors i
last year. This statement has caused |
ft suggestion to bo niailo iu Congress j
that tho Government undertake tho
(daughter of tlie remaining . uuln, osti- I
mated to number 150,000, aud sell tho
ikins, which would bo valued at 810,- |
000,000 if properly cured. It is
strange that tho two greatest Govern
ments in the world cannot protect tho .
fceals. Possibly there is somo reason
not apparent on the surface why this
is 80.
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Dr. Chaunoey M. l>epow in a recent
interview iu predicting 1* 's's pro- j
gross iu railroading, very pertiueutly
stated : "Take, for instance, the Sew
York Central Hailroad. Our traius
liii;r!it almo.-t be termed tlashcs of
lightning, but their rate is not a eir
ouuintauce to tho speed we are now
aiming ut. Then there ia the matter
of safety. I neeil Hot aaatiro you that
the safety of passengers is the luoat
important thing a railroad man baa to
with. This coming year we itpeot to
attain what some people may cousittur
a chimera--uauiely, purfeot freedom
from rtak m the transportation of hu
man Iteiuga by rail. We havi-, we b«-
lluVe, solved the problem, and thai, I
■UoulU my, will make IWW au uu
vtjualetl yeal in rallroatiiug. Iu the
far as 111 the uuar future, roluautlo
things are done, or are ttuing pro
jected. 4 tuunal l<> Ihu summit of
I Liu Juuglraii la oliv ut the llillitjt po»
atbtf Tliu TniwHiUiwii IUil»»)
aud Ibe Houlh AIIHWI llU« u ' Ma»hu«-
ulautl a(« two p»oJ«uU MM tbu edtf.i uf
the lulur< lUutufiu. r air. » I» ui.a. I
way aud tUu p><*try ul lailto»44im
will Ui •*puiiuitc»4 iu tl»» ut* rualtoi
tallfoa*! bitllUlug evitaiu to iimhm lu
Japan *b«U Ihw t ItluaMt wai lut-iuMly
abi'ill will MfflMtllf i«
tft tM*A.
THE QOOD WE AI.L MAY DO.
Oh, the good we all may do,
While the days are going by'
There are lonely hearts to cherish,
Whilo the days are going by;
There are weary souls who perish,
Whilo the days are going by!
If a smile we pan renew,
As our journey we pursue;
Oh, tho good wo all may do,
While the days are going by!
Thore's no time for idle scorning,
While tho days are going by;
Lot your faoo bo like tho morning,
Whilo the days are going by!
Oh, the world is full of sighs,
Full of sad and weeping oycs;
Help your fallen brother rise,
Whilo tho days are going by!
All thp loving links that bind us,
Whilo tho days are going by;
One by one we leave behind us,
Whilo the days are going by!
But the soeds of good wo sow,
153 th in shade and sun will grow,
And will keop our hearts aglow,
While the days are going by!
Oh. the good wo all may do,J
Whilo the days are going by!
—Eosa B. Holt, in Philadelphia American.
OLD EIGHTY-SIX.
PPEESSED
with a heavy
John°Sta£
tgart stood in
ner of the
terminus,
out of the
rays of the
glittering
aifd watched
engine No.
86. The en
gineer was
oiling her, and tho fireman, as he
opened tho lurnaco door and shovelod
in tho coal, stood out like a red Rem
brandt picture in the cab against the
darkness beyond. As tho engineer,
with his oil can, went carefully around
engino No. 80, John Saggart drew his
sleoves across his eyes, and a gulp
came up in his throat. He know every
joint and bolt in that contrary old
engine—tho most cantankerons iron
brute on the road, and yet, if rightly
managed, one of the swiftest and most
powerful engines tho company had,
notwithstanding tho many improve
ments that had been put upon locomo
tives since SO left tho foundry.
Saggart, as ho stood tljpre, thought
of tho seven years he had putin on
the footboard of old 80, and of tho
many trioks she had played him dur
ing that period. If, as the poet says,
tho very chains and tho prisoner be
come friends through long associa
tion, it may bo imagined how much
of a man's nfl'eotiou goos out to a
machino that he thoroughly under
stands and likes—a machine that is
his daily companion for years, in
danger and out of it. No. 80 and
John had been in many a closo pinch
together, and at this moment Saggart
seemed to have forgottou that often
the pinch was caused by tho puro cuss
edness of 80 herself, and he remem
bered only that she had bravely done
her part several times when the situa
tion was exceedingly serious.
The cry of "All aboard!" rang out
and was echoed down from the high
arched roof of tho great terminus, and
John, with a eigli, turned from his
contemplation of tho engine and went
to tako his place on the train. It was
a long train, with mauy Bleeping cars
at tho ond of it, for tho heavy holiday
trallic was on, and people wero getting
out of town by the liuudrod. The
engineer had put away his oil can and
had taken his place on the engine,
standing ready to begin tho long
journey tho moment the signal was
given.
John Saggart climbed into the
smoking carriage at the front part of
the train, lie found a place in one of
the forward seift.s and he sank dowu
into it with a vague feeling of unoasi
ness at being inside a coach instead of
ou the eugiue. Ho guz I out of the
window aud saw tl»u glittering electric
lights slowly slide behind, then more
ijitickly the red, green and white
light* of tho station lamps, and finally
there flickered swiftly past the brill
iaut constellatiou of uitv windows,
showing that the towu had not yet
gone to bed. At last tho ilying train
plun ;ed into tho dark, niui Saggart
pro-wiil his face egaiu»t thu cold gluts j
of thu window, unablu to lultu oft' Ins
feeliug of responsibility, although he
kiit w that there was another wan at
throttle.
He was aroused ironi his reverie by
a touch ou his shoulder aud a curt re
quest, "Tickets, please."
He pulled out of bis p.ieket a pas
aud turuo I to baud It to tUu conduct
or, who stood there with it glittering
plated and crystal luiitt rn on bis arm.
"Hello, John, is this you?" crie t
thu conductor as soon »« he saw tin
tano turned toward turn. "Hang It,
man, you didn't lieud a pass traveling
Willi uie,"
"I kuow it," «ai<l tlli: uugiuuer, "but
they gave it to luu to take iuu Uouie,
aud I luay as wull us» it as uot. I
| don't want to gut )uu iut.> trouble,"
"Oil, I'd risk I tin Uoiil.lu," said tbu
Conductor, planum ( b<' lamp »n tie
I tfoor and takiuu Ills seal iu»lde tie
I eiigihuer "I hoard ilhivl jfiiin
worry to-day. It's too eu*aed bsl. Ii
' a luan had got drunk at hta post, a*
' yo i aud I bavu known *»m to 4u, it
1 wouldn't ba%u wmited au l..rd, but at
| it* »"i»t your mk was only an viioi
■ ul judgment, an I tliwi k"ikiity riaily
Uap|wnud I lid "Ui it*» to bar* tk-
Itatiit ul pulling Imikll itifuugb- I
I su|i|hmmi you aul site ba*« li*«k Is
■niui ilits titan tlttt witii not a word
oald al'oul .1
"Uit, jfv», «sl'i Jui»i*. "Wf'ftt Iwee
LAPORTE, PA., FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 1895.
in man j a tight plaoe together, but we
won't ho any more. It's tough, as you
say. I've been fifteen years with the
company and seven on old 86, and at
first it comes mighty hard. But I
suppose I'll got used to it."
"Look here, John," said the con
ductor, loworing his voioe to a con
fidential tone, "the President of the
road is with us to-night. His private
car is tho last but one on the train.
How would it do to speak to him? If
you're afraid to taokle him I'll putin
a word for you in a minute and tell
hiin your side of tho story."
John Saggart shook his head.
"It wouldn't do," ho said. "He
wouldn't overrule what one of hie sub
ordinates had done, unless there was
serious injustice in the caso. It's the
new manager, you kcow. There's
always trouble with a new manager.
Ho sweeps clean. And I suppose he
thinks by bouncing one of the oldest
engineers on the road he'll scare the
rest."
"Well, I don't think much of him,
between ourselves," said the conduc
tor. "What do you think ho has done
to night? He's put a new man on 86
—a man from one of tho branch lines,
who doesn't know the road. 1 doubt
if bo's ever been over the main line
before. Now it's an anxious time for
me, with all the holiday traffic moving,
with the thermometer ut zero, and the
rails like glass, and I like to have a
man in front that I can depend on."
"It's bad enough not to know the
road," said John, gloomily, "but it's
worse not to know old 86. She's a
brute if she takes a notion,"
"I don't suppose there's another
engine that could draw this train and
keep her time."
"No. She'll do her work all right
if you'll humor her," admitted Stag
gart, who could not conceal his love
for tho engine, oven while ho blamed
her.
"Well," said the conductor, rising
and picking up his lantern, "tho man
in front may be all right, but I would
feel safer if you wore further ahead on
this train than the smoker. I'm sorry
I can't offer you a berth to-night,
John, but we're full clear through to
tho rear lights. There isn't even a
vacant upper on the train."
"Oh.it doesn't matter," said Sag
gart. "I couldn't sleep anyhow. I'd
rather sit hero and look out of the
window."
"Well, so long," said the conduct
or. "I'll drop in and see you as the
night passes on."
Saggart lit his pipe and gazod out
into the darkness. He know evory
inch of tho road—all tho up-grades
and tho down-grades and tlie levels.
Ho know it oven better in tho darkest
night thnn in tho clearest day. Oc
casionally the blaok bulk of a barn or
a clump of treos showed for one mo
ment against tho less black sky, and
Saggart would say to himsolf: "Now
ho should shut off an inch of steam I"
or, "Now ho should throw her wide
open."
Tho train made few stops, but he
sftw that thoy wero losing time— Bo
was sulking, very likely. The thought
of tho engino turned his mind to his
own fate. No mau was of very much
use in the world, after all, for the
moment ho steps down another is
ready to stand in his place. The wise
men in the city who had listened to
his defense knew so well that an en
gine was merely a combination of iron,
steel uud brass, and that a given num
ber of pounds of sleain would get it
over a given number of miles in u
given number of hours, had smiled
incredulously when he told thom that
au engino hud her tantrums, and that
sometimes she had to bo coddled up
like any other female, and that evou
when'a man did liis best there woro
occasions when nothing ho could do
would mollify her, and then thore was
sure to be trouble, although John had
added, in his desire to be fair, that
she was always sorry for it afterward,
which romark, to his confusion, had
turned the smilo into a laugh.
He wondered what 80 thought of
tho new man. Not much, evidently,
for she was losiug time which she had
no business to do on that section of
the road. Still, it might bo the fault
of the new mau uot knowing when to
push bor for ull she was worth and
when to ease up. All these things go
to the making up of time. Still, it
was more than likely that old 80, like
Oil)>iii's horse, was wondering more
aud uioro what thing upon her back
had got. "He'll have trouble," mut
tered John to himself, "when she
tinds out."
The conductor came in again and
sat down beside thu engineer. He
said nothing, but Kit there sorting out
his tickets, while Sug-iurt gazed out I
of thu window. Suddenly the engi
neer sprang to his fe»>t with hie eyes
w idu open. Thu train was swaying j
trout sidu to »idu, and goiug at great i
speed.
The conductor looked up with a
I suiile.
"Old Hit," he said, "is evidently
I going to make up tor lost time."
"Hhr uliiiild lie blowing down on
•-rowing the 11. an I M line," answered
j thu e uglSuer. "ilood hi-itvuual" In
! >'rind r» moiii. ut utt' r "tVu've gone
1 across thu tl. aud M. track ou thu
keen jump."
I'Uu e.u luetur sprang to his laet.
I He know thu suriouaUuta of »uch a
tiling. Kh'U the fastest etpruase*
! must slop <luad bvforo > ro«»m j on thu
lurid thu tiuu ul another riilway. it
i u litu law.
"I'oMit't that )ay in if out know
•itoti <li to >p «| • urostiugf'
"It i«n't that, ' sail H%g|i)|t. "H>
i knows ell right ,»*»■* tn« train buys
| kito a Ilia I 111 lad has taken tile bll
l' it" uli t - 111, li«j ean't stop iter.
iVitufw do you peas No. tt to u'rfbt? '
"it l'oinH«tl|t> "
"Mutt's sit Wilts ali.ad In Ave
tumults at titta lat« w» alii be run-
Niti| en ber iiutu and b«r trnek. itbs's
eleaye lain, au i w-<it t tbe slds
liatk. $ unlit get Ik (4'*
Saggart qniokly made his way
throngh the baggage oar, climbed on
the express car and jumped on the
coal of the tender. He east his eye
up the track and saw glimmering in
the distanoe, like a faint, wavering
star, the headlight of No. 6. Look
ing down in the cab he took in the
situation at a glance. Tho engineer,
with fear in his face and beads of
perspiration on his brow, was throw
ing his whole weight on the lever, the
fireman helping him. John leaped
down to the floor of the oab.
"Stand aside," he shouted, and
there was snoh a ring of oonfldent
command in his voioe that both men
instantly obeyed.
Saggart grasped the lever, and, in
stead of trying to shut off the steam,
flung it wide open. No. 86 gave a
quiver and a jump forward.
"You old fiend," muttered John be
tween his clinched teeth. Then ho
pushed the lever home, and it slid
into place as if there never had been
any impediment. The steam was shut
off, but the lights of Pointsville flashed
past them, with the empty side track
on the left, and they were now flying
along the single line of rails, with tho
hoadlight of No. 6. growing brighter
and brighter in front of them.
"Reverse her! Reverse her 1" cried
the other engineer, with a tremor of
fear in his voice.
"Reverse nothing," said Saggart.
"She'll slide ten mile3 if you do.
Jump if you are afraid."
The man from tho branch lino
jumped promptly.
"Savo yourself," said Saggart to the
fireman. "There's bound to be »
smash."
"I'll stick by you, Mr. Saggart,"
said the fireman, who knew him. But
his hand trembled.
Tho airbrako was grinding the .long
train and sending a shiver of fear
through ovory timber, but the rails
were slippory with tho frost and the
train was still going very fast. At
the right momont John reversed tho
engine, and tho sparks flew from her
great drivers like a Catharino wheel.
"Braoe yourself," cried Saggart.
"No. 6 is backing up, thank God!"
Next instant the crash came. Two
headlights and two cowcatohers went
to flinders, and tho two trains stood
there with hornb looked, but with no
yreat damage dono exoept a shaking
up for a lot of a panic strioken passen
gers.
Tho burly engineer of No. Gjumped
down and came forward, his month
full of oaths.
"What do yon mean, running on
our timo like this? Hello, is that you,
Saggart ? I thought the -e was a new
man on to-night. I diatf t expeot this
from you."
"It's all right, Billy. It wasn't the
new man's fault. He's bacK in the
ditch with a broken leg, I should say,
from the way he jumped. Old 86 is
to blamo. She got on tho rampage
took advantage of tho greenhorn."
The conductor camo running up.
"How is it?" ho criod.
"It's all right. No. 8G got her noso
broke, and served her right, that's all.
Toll tho passengers there's no danger
aud get 'em ou board. We're going
to back up to Pointsville. Better soml
the brakoman to pick up the other en
gineer. The ground's hard to-night,
and ho may bo hurt."
"I'm going back to talk to the Pres
ident, said the conductor, emphati
cally. "He's iu a condition of mind
to listen to reason, judging from the
glimpse I got of his face at the door of
his car a moment ago. Either he re
instates you, or I go gathering tickets
on a street car. This kind of thing is
too exciting for my nerves."
Tho conductor's interview with tho
President of the road was apparently
satisfactory, for old No. 80 is trying
to leud a better life uuder tho guid
ance of John Saggart.—Detroit Free
Press.
Potatoes as Penholders,
"It is surprising," says a commer
cial travdor, "how general tho use of
potatoes as penholders is becoming
in hotols. I have seen them in use
in great liostclrief of the E ist, whoso
owners wouldn't hesitate for a moment
to spend $lO for a desk ornament to
hold pons usod by the guests iu reg
istering. The mixture of starch, glu
cose and water in the potato seems
well adapted to tako up the impari
ties of ink, and to keep tho pen-point
clear uuJ bright, while tho alkaloid
of the potato, kuowu as solauine,
doubtless has something to do with it
in the same line. These elements
readily tako up the tennate of irou,
which is the b »dy substance of ink.
Chemically speaking, starch is the
first huso of a potato, aud sugar or
glucose is its second base. Thus is
tho hiimblu potato fludiug another
way iu which to serve the use of mau*
! kind. There is a rather plea»iug »ug-
I gestlVcUesa iu a big tull-llieh potato
*»beu a fellow coiuus in tired and
; liungry from a loug run." —New York
I'ribuue.
11l 1)4)» Without Sleep
William Jones, a wealthy farmer, re
tiding uortU'of Audursiu, lud., passed
thu tilth day without sleep the other
eVcUlug, one of the luo*t n .led Oaaes
'of iusoinuia ever recorded. Ills sleep
! lesoiiuss b-gau on Hupteiubur it, lint
really date* book to the 17th of that
mouth, as the uuly Mute tl. it lie has
ilept lit that per to I was abuui half nu
j hour on the utorulllg of the j.td. lie
! has tjouo without luod a part of the
! I Hue, ait I, Uotwithslau liuj iital he
ha* been awake continually, lis does
ant suit r any particular lu.'iuvetti*
j >Ws, aud Is able to be tip an I arouud
i his latui Ue lays down olleu mid
| rfst* re»i iu this lu-tttuvr lie thiuks
| that the stirt jilus»Ui.s» ts brought oil
|by the i»»e of tibatwu. Tbrea )ears
' as" he went uittety lay* wltn it sUuu,
Ue says he -lues liil thin* .1..,, .. |l|
e-M, k I i hliM li - -a- Mf'Wi ts t. i. nit
that it will Naaily in lot I wtt t ii«-
1 WtUlMtil ku tells#
HOW FARMERS FEBL.
ONLY TWO PKR CENT. IN with
SON'S STATK BELIEVE IN
FREE TRADE.
A Business Man Questions 100 West
Virginia Agriculturists With Most
Suggestive Results —"Wllsonlsm'*
on tho Decline.
My business takes mo into many
farming homes in West Virginia, and
for tho last two months I have been
sounding farmers on the tariff ques
tion. Went Virginians, as a rule, aTO
truthful, and I would just as soon be
lieve ono of them as any one else. Of
100 farmers questioned, forty were
Democrats, fifty-fivo Republicans and
five Populists and "nondoscripts."
Tho fifty-five Republicans declared to
a unit in favor of unqualified protec
tion, as did also thirty of the Demo
crats ; eight of tho remaining Demo
crats believed in a conservative tariff,
and only two wero out and out freo
traders. Four of tho Populists had
no views on tho tariff and ono said
whatever Jerry Simpson and Peffer
did was all right with him. Some of
them told mo that while morally cer
tain that freo trado would lessen the
cost of what they consumed fully one
third, thnt they still would bo losers
in the glutted markots with their own
products depreciated one-half in val
ue. Ono farmer advocated a uniform
tariff of 100 per cent, and tho appoint
ment by tho Government of a commis
sion to fix tho price of all articles con
sumed in this country, this commis
sion to bo in session every day, issu
ing daily reports of fluctuations in tho
markets.
Now this inquiry elicited tho infor
mation that only two out of 100 farm
ers questioned, and selected without
regard to politics, bclievo in freo
trade, and takiug the late elections as
a guide this pcroontago will hold good
everywhere and will be taken as an
indication that "freo tradeism" or
"Wilsouifim" is on the decline, and,
in fact, nover had any footing in this
country so long blest with glorious
protection. WILL S. GitEKNLiiii.'.
Grafton, W. Va.
CHEAP LABOR COMPETITION.
The Southern Cotton Manufacturers
l<*car Products of Japanese Mills.
While some parts of tho Southern
section of the country are rejoicing
because tho new tariff may iuduee the
erection of more cotton mills in those
localities wlu re cotto.i is grown, be
cause the mills can thero be more
economically worked chiefly owing to
tho lower vuluo of labor, thoy have
suddenly awakened to tho fact that
labor is cheaper iu other parts of tho
world than it is in the Southern States,
and tho Atlauta Weekly CoEstitution
has thi-i to say:
WHAT SII Aliti WE I>o wrra '.VPAN ?
"Under our new treaty with Japan
wo limy expect somo wonderful sur
prises.
"The Japanese are building factories
in every town, anil they have just be
gun to realize the fivt that tho mar
ki ts of tho world aro open to thorn.
They nro tho brightest, most in
genious and skillful people on tho
face of the enrth. Thoy can imitato
anything, and their invention seems
to have no limit.
"How aro \vc goinpr to compute with
thoßO people? Tliey are now studying
the American markets uinl manufac
turing tlio gooils most in demand
here. Already their rugs and matting
aro finding their way into nearly
every American home. Whole villages
in Japan make nothing hut rugn, and
one firm employs 3000 hands. Their
cotton factories now liavo 500,000
spindles, and the number is rapidly
iucreusin r. Their ingenuity and
uitistio tiisto enable them to turn out
cotton fabrics as pretty as silk, and
wo inii-t either learn tli -ir methods
or give up competition with tliera.
"fho Japanese m ike everything BO
wonderfully cheap. They hell us a
rug lor 8-.25, and out of this sum
about sixteen profits aro made. A
roll of good matting can lm bought
for 81 in Japan. The very best female
operatives in the factories work for
ten or twenty oen < a dav, and tho
finest m ilo artisans only get titty
cents a day. No woman in Japan is
too j oor to afford a *ilk drew.
"The most beautiful books in the
world are published in Japan, and the
cot of printing, engraving and bind
ing is only a triile. Wages are almost
liothiiig, but the Japanese can live
Will on what we would starve on. A
workiugmut can furnish a cottage
nicely for le»s than sl*\ and his rent
ueed not be over forty cents a mouth,
in fart, it is 'aid that a Young couple
cuu begin housekeeping very comfort
ably on 8">. &0,
"l'Ue j rices ipioteil above are ou a
silver basis, uttd if paid iu gold would
be cut down one-half. Ho, win ii we
are told that the best lU'tiu luechuuics
gttt only fltty ueut* a duy and good
clsrss only ieu c.-ut», wo should bear
111 luiud the fuel that they call be tin
ployed t. r half that, if ptid HI C<'l.|.
"Sow, what shall w »tth theao
pi oplt t if they can live well ou
nothiiiK and liuod our country with
all kill Is of (or a sou#, we might
a* writ close every tajloiy, mill, forgo
and shop iu the laud aud ail goto
INTUITU J How shall inlis I Iroet
this tbluge ut eht dp goods 't Our
workuisn l inn, t cuisit dowu to »«iiM
Ml Uv* ileute is day and »eUt colludes at
tw witty nsh a Mwbth lb tfold, of
iluuhl. Thou lis""' "I Slivef. Il will
IHi s«ld that Su eati I'M our talliisud
bar out tk> mi i heap goo.U, hut that
Would b« |i|u|«iUuS I' T plultetion's
ssh*i at We i xuli'.t euina to that
Willi .ot aUatt Ike llsDiiMlsllil
"#» wniti ITHMMG iswlsi hat •• do
fcet ««i>t llmmm
Terms—Sl.OO-in Advance ; 51.25 after Three Months.
aro too cheap tUoy will knock our peo
ple out of employment,
"If all this is to befall us, tho ques
tion again comes up, what shall we do
with Japan?"
Perhaps it is well that "tho question
ngaiu comes up" so soon after tho last
election. If we have a low tariff, Japan
certainly will flood this country with
goods to be sold at so cheap a price
that our factories must close unless
our labor will consent to work for
Japaneso wages plus the cost of freight.
In answer to the question, "What
shall we do with Japan?" it is just BB
well for the Southern States to under
stand now, as later,, that our only
remedy against Japanese cheap labor
and industries is protection for Ameri
can labor and industries. If their
cheap goods aro sold in our market?,
then American factories must be closed.
As tho policy of protection is di
rectly contrary to tho doctrine of
frco trade, for which our Southern
friends have hitherto insisted upon
voting, it may bo well for them to
pauso beforo they construct many
more now mills in tho South and re
member that tho present tariff is but
tho beginning of "tariff reform," tho
sole aim and objoct of which is to
establish freo trade.
Possibly, though, whilo the Japanese
manufactured cotton goods aro selling
in tho markets of the United States,
tho manufaotiuers of cotton goods m
tho Southern States will not bo en
tirely idle, because the markets of tho
world will bo wide open to them and
they may be ablo to sell their American
made goods in other markets—in tho
Japanese mnrket, for instance; that
is, if tliov can find any labor in this
country to work for the sumo rate of
wages as is paid to Japanese, loss the
amount of money that would have to
bo paid as freight in sending our
goods to Japan. If we want the trade
of the markets of tho world wo must
invariably work for less than .their
wages.
Clirap Foreign Shoddy <»oo:Is.
Tho peoplo of this country liavo
heard a vast amount, during tho past
ton years, about tho excellence of for
eign woolen poods. IJilly Russell,
Georgo Fred. William, Josiah Quincy
and tho other chloride of limo stntes
men, who entered Democrat io politico
to disinfect it, have piotured tho woes
of tho people obliged to writ "tariff
taxed" clothing filled with shoddy,
when a Democratic tariff would enable
them to wear tho finest of foreign
woolens. It was represented that tho
protective tariff tilled clothing m»do
in this country with shoddy, though,
ns a matter of fact, tivo pounds of
shoddy are used iu Eugland where
ono is used hero. Sinco January 1,
when the Democratic tariff went into
operation, a perfect tidal wave of for
eign woolens has been pouring through
the Custom House. They aro ch-vp
woolens, too, au l cheap woolens aro
what tho Democrats promised. But
they are cheap because they aro good
for nothing. They aro the worst lot
of goods that ever found their way in
to this country. Tho European man
ufacturers have miscued on tho Amer
ican market at their first shot. Peo
ple aro a tritle poor after two years of
Demooracy, but they do not yet wear
clothing that will blow aw,v.- iu a fair
wind.—Worcester (Mass.) Telegram.
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NO. 23.
OVER THE ENOW.
Bweet Milioent put on her furs,
Nor cares how hard the north wind blows—
So many hearts would capture hers,
She has no lack of anxious beaux.
Now jingle, jinglo go the bells,
Fast burdened fields, past wood and
shore—
With joyous hope her bosom swells,
And all the world is fair before.
One summer day she chanced to moot
Her escort, near the ocean's tido—
But now he comes with coursers fleet
And asks her to a winter's ride.
Jingle, jingle go the bells,
As oft the happy couple starts- -
But only Cupid's record tolls
The union there of hands and hearts.
80, lot the north winds roughly blow,
Nothing shall cool their deep desire—
Ifor love can melt the cokl and snow,
And needs no outward flame or fire!
Jingle, jingle go the bells,
Until the merry trip is dono;
The frosty road no secret tells
Of two fond hearts that beat as one.
Joel Benton.
IICMOR OF THE DAY.
Advertising is the root of all money.
A game leg—The quarter of venisou.
One man in a thousand—The Col
jonel.
A resolution is easier to pass than
to keep.
i An "invention of the enemy" is
Inever patented. —Statesman.
; Selfishness often shows a very bad
sooial taste.—Cloveland Plain Dealer,
i "Figg is always setting a trap for
his wife." "Jealousy, is it?" "Nope!
mice."—lnter-Ocean.
"History repeats itaelfbut that
|is because it is getting old and volum
inously garrulous.—Puck.
Love shows itself by deeds; but it
is often confoundedly hard to get a
jwifo to sigu ono with you. —Puck.
Men are either good because they
have not been found out, or because
|they are not married—Atchison Globe.
"Dr. Whito is a specialist, is ho
not? What is his sepecialtv?" "Ho
has two—consultations and fees." —
Vogue.
A man has been known to stand in a
corner all day, wondering at the
world's idleness. —Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Diner—"Waiter, why didn't
you keep your thumb out of the
soup?" The Waittr— "Ob, it isn't
hot."—Detroit Free Press.
Microbes in the kiss, you say?
ltight you are, my boy.
Little germs of purest bliss,
Bacilli of joy!
—Harper's Bazar.
One of the lessons of life which
many people never learn is that it is
not necessary to mako an ass of one
self merely because ono has * magnifi
cent opportunity.
"Looking for work, aro you?
asked the good lady. "Oh, not that
bad, mum!" answered Mr. Everett
Wrest. "Jist merely waitin' for it."
—Cincinnati Tribune.
Hairdresser —"Madam, what color
do you wish your hair dyed? MisH
Oldgirl—"Oh! I am not particular;
auy color so you 'keep it dark. '
Smith, Gray & Co.'s Monthly.
Tominv —"Paw, what is tho liffer
enco between a vent ami iv waistcoat?"
Mr. Figg—"The vest is the most like
ly to liavo u big roll of bills iu its
pooket."—lndianapolis Journal.
Binly—"That man ahead of us is nil
inventor out of luck." Fiuly—"How
do you know?" Binly—"Why even
the ends of his trousers' legs are in
fringing."—Philadelphia Inquirer.
Embarrassment and shyness fre
quently differ from each other. When
n young man is embarrassed for money,
his shyness doesn't stop him from try
ing to borrow some.—Philadelphia
Life.
A young lady singer asked a gentle
man which of the two he would prefer,
to bo blind or deaf. Ho answered
"Deaf, miss, when I am looking at
you, and blind wheal hear you biug."
—Wisconsin Htar Journal.
"I see," observed Mr. Chngwater,
looking over his moruing paper,
"they're making another effort to put
a tax on bachelors." "Is that the
single tax I've heard s > much about?''
inquired Mrs. Ohugwater. -Chicago
Tribune.
What a contradictory thing is man.
When we are a boy and love molasses
on our bread wo can only hive a little
of it, but when we grow up an 1 can
have all the molasses in the world wo
do not care for it at all. 1 ortlan I
(Me.) Tribune.
"You ought to know better than to
put small coins into your mouth,
t.ai>l the old gentleman to the boy who
had ju»t blacked hi* boot*. W here
upon three richly apparelled ladies
who were hurrying past to eatch a
ktreet car pauaed a moment and looked
iudiguautly at tlu speaker. Chicago
Tribune.
Ur». JtSmou l».i*U.
1 mw Mr*. J> tV«r«ou l'u\i» the other
day, aaya the Sew York eorri'<pou-leat
ot tho Chit-ago Herald. Sh«<'» a bright,
«!iiili »uulit l old lady with *uow while
hair draau muootlify hack from her
foruhi-ad. Hhe dreuea ill thu daapeal
mourning, know• everything aud uvery*
body, t* genial, hmuuroua aud guta uA
a luiuiuoi n w aud th u which eon
vulaea h«r lieerer*. Mr». I'avia and
In r daughter live lu kaudauuo apart
lui-ula iu lbu ilurard Mi«a Winnie i«
tall, r«ttn*d, a «wi bruueti« »iih
great repoMt lit luaUUtf, a student of
music, a Mim eonvuraationaliat and
vciy popular iu aueiuty. Hhe draaeoe
iu ||ii 4i lwi«, a ijuwu "In »uiu at a
linMUl UMptIUM, 111 gold hus l alibi
eoattjr white lace and ga«ulahaoi *ltb
«ila»U»ra ul »|i/lut«, Ulug declared ee*
at thu u*u»t Mieeva*Jtil cuatmi|#» WMMi
ibia »inMMft