Decatur Democrat, Volume 37, Number 32, Decatur, Adams County, 27 October 1893 — Page 2

Che democrat DECATUR, IND. jfc BLACKBURN, ... I The Cherokee Strip wasn’t dirt •heap. i “That just fills the bill,* said the 'robin as he seized a fat worm. ; Jagson says some people never know what they didn’t want until (they have to pay for it. In these days of doubt and distress put your money where it will be safe. (Now is the time to subscribe. Even If a woman knows herself to (be less beautiful than others she [never forgives a man for knowing it, Joo. ___________ ; Germany is said to have 80,000 'stutterers. The German language always seemed to us very hard to (master. ■ •The first milch cow came to this (continent in 1490. ..Now, in the [United States, there are 16,019,591 Valued at $346,000,000;

l TnE-death of a Bismarck is recorded. The Bismarck is still alive (and lusty. The difference in the articles will be readily recognized. • A Milwaukee man drew all his 'money from the bank, in order to be on the safe side, and lost it on the way home. Paste the moral In your hat. . Society Editor—“ Here is a woman Writing to us to know if a grass Widow ought to wear mou ning. ” Boss editor—“ She might wear a green lawn.” The Arabs have a superstition that the stork has a human heart. When one of the birds builds its nest on a house-top they believe the happiness of that household is insured for that year. They are trying to do away with elaborate and expensive funerals in Pitteburg. If they do they’ll sacrifice the only source of excitement and diversion left to the inhabitants of that sleepy old town. The rich farming lands and tte fine climate of Mont ina aod Washington are likely to attract a large immigration the coming year. The ner railways have opened up immense belts of fine country. Henry W. Scott, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Oklahoma, is believed to be the youngest judge in the country. He is only 28 years old. He was Register of the Land Office at Larned, Kan., at 22, and has already written several standard legal works. In a printed card of regulations for public information issued by the Wells'-Fargo Express Company in the early 'sos the last regulation read: This company will not be responsible for any loss or damage caused by fire, the acts of God or of Indians or any other public enemies of the Government.” Fob the first time the women of Connecticut have taken part in the elections for school boards. Os the 827 women who registered 264 voted. Most of the voting women were of old New England families, the foreigners taking no part in the innovation. In one family five women voted and no two of the tickets were alike. Louise de la Ramee, more widely known as “Ouida,” has told bow she get- her knowledge of the language and habits of men about town, which is displaced in her novels. She Invites young gentlemen of sporting proclivities to dine with her, and when the meal is over she tells them to talk, smoke and drink just as if they were at their clubs. They usually comply with the request, and she thus gathers a store of more or less rdifylnr anecdotes, risky stories and double ententes for her next book. St. Helena is again the prison of royalty. Dinizul, the son and heir of -Cetewayo, the Zulu king, and Undabuko, brother of the same monarch, are kept in captivity there by the British. Owing to the climate,which Js much more severe than that of South Africa, the two Zulus have to wear blankets or some other heavy covering all the time. Their health is bad, and it is not believed that they will ever leave their island prison alive. The English Government probably does not intend that they shall. Alexander Zederbaum, who has just died at St. Petersburg, was the editor of a remarkable newspaper, the Uamelitz. It is a daily paper printed in classical Hebrew, stock reports, money market, political news, and all. Zederbaum was born in Poland and was originally a tailor. He educated himself, and having acquired some money, started the Uamelitz as a weekly. Ten years ago it became a daily, and as its circulation was over all Europe among the Je-ws, its proprietor made a fortune. The “pet name” is disappearing from the face of the earth. In a large hotel this summer, where there were a large number of children, there were Daniels, Samuels, Marthas and Emelines, without one "ie” in them alt The titles of the first half Os the century are

resurrected again as in this case<ana no attempt to soften them. The Eloises and Leilas and Mauds are likewise dying out. It will not be long, at this rate, before one can tell a body’s age by the name he bears, they belong so completely to periods. Many a failure could bo averted by not being In too great a hurry to establish a business. The best way is to start a business in the most most modest way, on the creep-be-fore-you-walk plan, and not be in a hurry to become a merchant prince. | If you make a thousand dollars clear I profit the first year, live closely and frugally, regulate closely every expense connected with your business, and put every dollar of that thousand that you can spare right back into your business. Don’t put it into clerks and assistants, but into stock. Work like a demon yourself, and da with as little help as possible. Canon Fisher, of Bournemouth, England, is violently opposed to Sunday newspapers. He has been complaining of the tendency of these ungodly journals to keep people away from church, and adds that “the sea and dills are tempting enough to keep many persons from divine service, and we do not want the Sunday papers' to increase the tempta. tion.” This deliverance prompts Mr. Labouchere to remark in Truth that the case is a hard one. “Against God Almighty and the newspapers combined,” he asks, “how can even the most eloquent dignitaries of the church hope to hold their own?”

Young and growing persons should not use tobacco in any form. The use of cigarettes by boys cannot be too severely condemned. Here is what an eminent medical man says on the subject: “The evils of tobacco are intensified a hundred-fold upon the young. Here it is unqualifiedly and uniformly injurious. It stunts the growth, poisons the heart, impairs the mental powers, and cripples the individual in every way. No boy can begin the practice of smoking wdthout becoming physically, mentally and morally injured by the time he is 21. Sewer gas is bad enough, but a boy had better learn his Latin over a man-trap than get the habit of smoking cigarettes.” There has been talk from time to time of the clubs of New York taking the reform in hand and setting the ex mple. of giving no tips, but they hawe done nothing. The average man takes the line of least resistance, hates to be considered mean, and falls in with the. social habits of bls environment. It is useless to look for action on the part of receivers of tips, though in reality they suffer pecuniarily by the custom. Moreover, they are hurt in character and standing, sin e the tip, being a gratuity in form, reduces them from the position of self-respecting, wageearning workers to the status of takers of alms. But apparent individual interest outweighs all such considerations, and, besides, concert ol action among waiters and other servants of a whole country is not to be expected. The remedy lies only in a growth of public opinion that will make the giving and the acceptance of tips equally discreditable; And the tip is discreditable, since it renders the receiver less of a man and the bestower less of an American. Says the Chicago Herald: There is every reason to believe that some one has been trifling with Emigration Commissioner Senner, of New York. He has received a letter purporting to come from a Chicago man, whe declares that he wishes to be put in communication with some immigrant girl, with a view to marriage. This letter, if genuine, would indicate that there are in Chicago no girls worth marrying. Such a proposition is, di course, ridiculous and insulting. Chicago girls are known far and wide for their wit, their intelligence, and their good looks. Thej’ are, indeed, the greatest glory of the city. Their accomplishments are not limited to the fashionable arts. They have been brought up practically. They can not only play the piano, but they can cook a dinner. They are equally at home discussing the music of the future and sewing on shirt buttons. They are healthy, handsome damsels, with lungs expanded by the air of the prairies, and with intellects broadened by liberal education. They are, as a matter ofc,fact, and to put it plainly, world-beaters, and no man in his senses would go to New York or anywhere else to look for a wife after seeing the modest yet independ-ent-maidens of this town. Some one is having fun with Mr. Senner. Odd Customs. Pledging one’s health was formerly done by -the man sitting next the drinker standing up beside him with a drawn sword, in order that no one should stab him while his hands were holding the cup. The Dajakese of Borneo never bury a dead member of their tribe until a slave can be produced, who is beheaded at the interment or cremation, to attend the deceased in the next world. Greeks, op_ the loss of a relative, abstained from wine and agreeablg : • food, took off all orniments, dressed i in coarse black stuff, shaved the head ■ and rolled in the mire or ashes. r In some p irts of Ethiopia men pre- ’ sent themselves entirely without clothes before a person to whom they wish to pay especial reverence, In j order to. show their humility. a — 1 0 It is pretty safe to wager that if you saw the Oherokee Strip now you 1 wouldn't discover any bare spots ‘ worth mentioning. « The stewpan that bolls much e wastes the flavor.

' THE FIELD OF BATTLE 9 B ■ e INCIDENTS AND ANECDOTES 1 OF THE WAR. ’ _______ Th* of the Rebellion Toll of I Whittling Ballots, Bright Bayonets, Burstlug Bombs, Bloody Battles, lump Life, Festive Bugs, Etc., Etc. t Who Wear the Badges Who wear the dear Grand Army Badge! I The men who marched away When thro' the North the bugles blow • The signal for the nay. . When down from over oumpter's walls, Disgraced. "Old Glory" came. 1 And heroes sprang from far and wide To save the Nat.oil's name. They wore the badge who fought and bled ' By m ny a Southern rill—- • Who stormed An. lelam’s loody ridge, , Ind stood at Malvern Ifttl; » They wear it who. t ro' fire and smoke, I Climbed ciou iward to the crest Os Looaout grim, and waved our flag Above Its eagle's nest, I It shines upon the breasts of those Who stoo l on Shiloh s plain. Or Charged thro' Chieamaga’s wotM Amid the leaden rain; They cherish it wao saw our flag That grand and deathless day In victory wave o er Farragut 'Mid flume in Mobile Bay. They wear the badge who thro - the South With Sherman carved a track, . Or on the plains of Gettysburg Hurled I’ieket's legmns back: They proudly wear the star who marched With Grant, the silent man. Or through the fair Virginian vales node last with Sheridan. Deep in the Wilderness they stood And bravely met their foes; They saw their gallant comrades die It here fair Potomac flows; They drove the Lr ly lox to his <lon. And 'ueiuhthe apple tree. Foxver lost, they saw go down - The cause of Robert Lee. The comrades of the gallant men Who wear the badge to-day Ar, sleeping in the silent camps Among the shadows gray; No more for them the drums are beat, No more the bugles blow: Beneath the long an t tender grass They sleep in many a row. They sleep in peace, those comrades dear, Beneath the orange tree; They Le in dreamless slumber where Tolls on the restless sea. Their work is done; thedaud they saved With valor tried and true, A deathless chaplet proudly weaves For all the dead In blue.

All “honor to the man who wears > The ribbon and the star! We know that for his laud he braved The hellish front of war; A prouder badge was never worn Than that which rests to-day Upon the bosoms of the men Who fought against the g, ay. So let them march adown the street, Where myriad banners wave; They are our ve eraus. old and grim, They are the Nat on’s brave. Ere loug the las will seek the camp beyond ihelr battle lluesThat silent camp which waits for all Beneath the misty pines. —T. C. Harbaugh. Fraternity Along the Rappahannock. {o £gy morning ? ( )’ n 'he winter of ' ( ’sl ' 1862-63 my comrade thought he heard j the sound of oars on the r* • river and gave -y/ the usua l challenge. The answer came back through the I larkness and mist, for he , ' °>tld seenoone, -J suppose I am } vhat you would LAac-v a rebel, but l uave no arms, and 1 want very much to ask a favor of you.” “What is it?” asked the Yank. “My mother died a few days ago,” came back. I have a sis er living in Illinois, and I have written a letter to her, telling all about mother’s death and mother’s last message to her, and I want you ,to forward the letter; I have it here unsealed and you can read it if you wish, to see that it is all right.” The picket hesitated —it might be all right, and it might not—but the invisible stranger pleaded so hard, and in such tone, that his heart was touched, and his better nature ruled. He answered: “If yon have no arms you may come ashore.” The sound of oars was again heard and picket watched eagerly in that direction. At length he saw a boat containing a single man in gray, coming through the fog. The visitor landed, and handed the letter to the i icket. By tins time the latter had full faith in the former’s story, and did not care to read the letter. The two enemies thus strangely together were having an interesting chat over war matters, when the corporal of the picket came along and could do no less than take both of them into custody, as the picket had disobeyed positive orders. They were taken before the General commanding the division, when the picket told his story, saying he alone was to blame, but the story of the man in gray aroused his sympathy, and he allowed him to come ashore with the letter, snd that with the promise that he should go hack in safety to his own side of the river. He handed the letter, still unsealed, to the General in proof that there was nothing wrong in it. The General did not wish to read the letter, but told the picket that this was war, war was necessarily cruel, and it would not do for a soldier to allow his sympathies to be worked upon; that no wrong had been done this time, but he must be more careful or he would not only get himself into trouble but might be the means of bringing disaster upon comrades, and even upon the army. He then informed the foeman that the letter should be forwarded to his sister, and ordered the corporal to take the two men back to the picket post, place the picket on duty again, and allow the enemy toreturn to his army. The corporal obeyed, and the picket had the satisfaction of having perfoimed a kind deed to the foeman, of seeing his new friend recross the river, and of wiinessIng the cordial welcome which he received from his own comrades when he arrived there.—Blue and Gray. He Shot to Kill. I wore the gray at Antietam in 1802, writes a correspondent, and the prettiest shooting I ever saw occurred that day. There was a tall tree on the banks of the Antietam, and an old Marylander’s cottage was situated just 4t the foot. The old man was away and had left a 14-year-old boy to take care of the family. The boy had managed to climb up into the forks of 'this tree, and bad probably been at work on his scheme for several days before the armies came up, for when they got on the ground he had intrenched himself up in the forks of the tree with feather beds, pillows and bolsters, apparently four or five deep, all around him. He had prepared for a siege, too, with both ammunition and food. When the Union army came within range his old squirrel rifle picked off more subordinate officers in a few hours than the army had lost before in weeks. No amount of counter-firing did any good. He would get his old blunderbuss re-

jv loaded, and with close scrutiny yot could aee its long barrel creep out over his impoverished rampart, and ai sure as the crack of the rifle came t 5 moan and a dead lieutenant or othei officer would follow. The Antietam, or the point where tlio battle wai fought, is narrow, but it. is very deep, f and there seemed really no way to dis- ’ lodge the fearfully destructive enemy, > so the Union army actually withdrew till the artillery could run up a gnn and train it on the spot. And will you believe me, the young sharpshooter actually killed two of the gunners and wounded a third, and almost produced a panic before he was dislodged, He was literally blown to pieces at lust, but not till after ho had created consternation in tlio ranks of th« Union army. In Memory of Brave Boys, BIHE State of Minnesota, through a Board of CommisI donors authorized J ijy the Legislature, uas erected a monu|tnent on the battlefield of Gettysburg to commemorate th< deeds of the First . infantry, to beerected in (he early part of Oc ober. There have been wonderful charges in the great battles of the world, charges that still thrill the soldiers ol the nations, charges that through succeeding generations have won, and still shall win, the admiring recognition of the tactician, the noblest lines of the historian, the rich and splendid imagery of the poet. Yet from the loins of this young commonwealth sprang a regiment ol men who made a charge more wonderful in its daring, more terrible in its result, more ricli in its legacy of loyalty, than any that preceded it—the most heroic charge of history. The hot July sua was zenith-high upon the field of Gettysburg that direful day in the midst of the fiercest battle of the century. Gallant General Hancock, reaching the spot where the Union line was being forced backward, and baiting bis furiously ridden horse oslloii out. •

norse, caiieu out: “What regiment is that?” “The First Minnesoia.” “Charge those lines!” A charge into eternity that order meant. At double-quick, without discharging a gun, with the concentrated fire of the Confederate army pouring a leaden rain of death upon them- at double-quick, then at full speed, they charged into the enemy’s advancing General Hancock saw that a five minutes’ respite meant the arrival of re-enforcements and a turning of the tide of baitle. He sacrificed his a; noble regiment in those tearful five f minutes, and the position, was held. - The charge saved the day, but 82 per 1 cent, of toe men who made the charge e were lef: on the field. Nearly every a officer was dead or mortally wounded; . of the 262 men who made the charge . 215 were shot down by the bullets of i the enemy; 47 were still in line. Judge 9 Lochreii, of Minneapolis, now Commis--1 sioner of Pensions, in his description 9 of the charge, of which he was one of the few survivors, says: i “The annals of war.contain no parl allel to this charge. In its desperate t valor, complete execution, successful i result and its sacrifice of men in pro- ’ portion to the number engaged, auk thentic history has no record with 9 which it can be compared.”—Harper’s j Weekly. Portable Iron-Clad Breastworks. ' Wnile search was being made of the passengers on the Central railroad train, one evening in June, 1863, a sol- ' dier noticed bat a lady’s dress ap- ' peared more full breasted than it nat- ' urally should be; and his quick eye also detected the fact tha, the artificial 1 contents of the lady’s bosom were pressed out against the folds of the ‘ dress, so as to make it almost certain that ] istols were there. He was a very polite soldier, anil in a most gentlemanly manner approached the lady and said—- “ Madam, I want those revolvers.” “Sir,” she replied indignantly, '“I am a respectable woman, and have no revolvers.” ' “Madam, again said the soldier, 1 very coolly, “I wish you would give me those revolvers,” —pointing to her bosom. She again denied that she had any; whereupon, without further parleying, the soldier, in discharge of his duty, ' thrust his hand into the place of concealment and drew out a revolver, and kept on repeating the operation until seven were captured from their sacred citadel. Then gathering up the pistols, he politely remarked to the fair but utterly discomfited deceiver, “Madam, your breastworks seem to have been iron clad.” An Incident of Shiloh. The veteran Col. Reynolds of Madison was one of the bravest men Wisconsin had in the war. The colonel was under arrest for some trivial matter at the opening of the battle of Shiloh, being major at that time. Without s op, ing to ask for release, he seized a shillalah and took command of the regiment after the field officers had been disabled and fought as gallan ly as any man on that bloody field. 1 Grant saw him with bis peculiar weapon and asked, “Who has command of this regiment?” “I have that honor, General.” “Where is your sword?” “You have it, General.” Grant then remembered that the major had been arrested. Those who saw Grant say a tear rolled from his eye as he said: “Major, you are re- ’ leased. Your sword will be sent t« ' you.”—Texas Siftings. I-- . „ Uncle Sam’s Auction House. An interesting portion of the deadletter office is the room in which an ac- ' cumulation is made of those articles ’ on which an insufficient amount of pout* - is paid, or which have been incomi pletely or wrongly addressed. It is a 1 m st heterogo..eous collection, ranging , l.i kind from skulls to oonfectiot e y, r and in value from 1 cent to sl,oa», , Sales of these articles are held arrnu- ' ally, after they have been held for claim for over two years, and after ’ every effort has been exhausted to find ‘ the owners, the parcels become matters ’ of public investment. Most of the 1 oackages contain articles of too small ■ value to be sold separately, so parcels i containing the contents of several - packages are made up and sold at an 1 average price of 66 cents each. The attempt is made to have the articles in [ each paokage worth that amount. T> e , rale is held in December, before the holiday season, and continues for about a week. The proceeds, like the money 1 found in unclaimed letter*, Is delivered 3 to the third assistant postmaster gen- ■ oral for deposit in the United States - treasury..

i ABSURD STATEMENTS. i 1 i i SOME THAT ARE MADE BY M’KIN- • LEY IN OHIO. 1 ‘ *1 I ll* Would Stop Trade and Make Hermite and Barbarians of Ua All—Graduation in Income Taxes - Labor Coat the Only Teat. Obatruota Prograta. The election in Ohio this year will determine whether or not an idiot asylum should be built around the Governor simply or if It should extend around the whole State. The statements made by the tariff Napoleon can come only from a demagogue, from a funatio, or from one whoso gray matter has gone on a vacation. Take this from his speech at Warren, Ohio: “If I had my way I would not buy ono dollar's worth of goods made in Europe so long as there was an Idle man In this country." It is reported that this remark met with tremendous applause, though whether the crowd took the Major seriously or not is not stated. Now the Governor doos certainly have his own way as to the goods he purchases, and yet he probably not only wears clothes made of English goods but eats English marmalades and jellies, and drinks French wines from Belgian vessels. His clothes are made from English goods because he had his own way and put a duty on wool which makes it out of the question for our own manufacturers to produce goods with a fine finish, and comi>qte, even with 100 per cent, protection, with their British rivals. Ho eats English preserves because his protective duties on tin plate, glass, and sugar prevent the establishing here of large canning factories to work up the surplus of small fruits, which must therefore bo left to decay at the loss of the fruit farmers and of the millions of wage earners who would be only too glad to eat more of such food, if It, wore cheaper. But suppose the Governor does not mean it as pure buncombe, and that he really thinks that God made a mistake in not making an ocean of fiie instead of one of water between us and Europe —what is the only logical meaning of

such a statement? Is it not that commerce, instead of being the greatest educator and civilizer known, while it at the same time enables man to supt ply his wants with less exertion, is a ■ curse to mankind? Is it not saying I that there is no article but what we i can produce cheaper here than it can t be produced abroad, no matter what , the advantage of soil or climate? Is it , not saying that it is a mistake for us to ’ sell our surplus grain, cotton and meats l abroad? Is it not clear that if we do . not purchase goods of foreigners they cannot purchase of us? And if this 1 principle of non-exchange holds good 1 between nations, why not between ■ States, counties and individuals? If we are not to take advantage of the op- I ► portunities and inventions of other na-1 ’ tions, States or individuals, what will ; become of our civilization? Without i trade or exchange we will have no use i for wagons, cars, boats or ships. Is it . the opinion of the Governor of the fourth largest State in this Union that these implements of commerce should be left to decay and our roads and highways allowed t • return to the primeval state in which Columbus found them 40 'years aro? Would the . Major extend his protective system tin- I til we are all commercial hermits?l Would he then think it wrong for two individuals to exchange ideas so long ' as each could make an idea of his own? . These absurd conclusions are not I only logical deductions from Governor j McKinley's statement, but they ar < in line with his often expressed idea that cheapness is not ables ing. In his opinion the inventions which cheapen production and save human labor are to be feared a< we w mid fear a rattle- I snake. At least foreign inventions a e extremely dangerous. Thus he stat di j with both feet on those two main- 1 springs of civilizati n and progress— | trade and invention—while the popu-| lace of Ohio applaud. Is he fooling them? Are they fooling him? Or are they all in the same Kat? MoKlnlev’s Protec lon Panacea. “What has protection done for us? It has made the younge it country in the world the greatest of them all: and vet they call it robbery," says Gov. 'McKinley in a burst of exultation. Why not, Major? Hasn't protection made us rich and great by taxi ig the foreigner, and isn’t it robbery to take the property of another without giving something in exchange? But if protection has not made us great by brig-, andage and piracy, how has it done so —for certainly we are great? Hasn't it made us great by not taking it: that is. by taking less of it than is taken by any other country? Suppose we had high tariff walls between every State like those between every little'country of Europe; would we have attained our present greatness? In no other part of /the world is so much trade carried on without tariff restrictions as in this country. We may be thankful that our forefathers decided to abolish forever the “protection” of one State from another by tariffs. Look what protection has done for Australia! Until a few years ago that young continent was making great progress. The protection mania struck it. Each colony was going to become independent and get rich without the aid, if not at the expense, of its neighbors. In less than two years after each had barricaded against every other colony, there was a crash and Australia’s colonies were financial wrecks. Protection is a great remedy, but it should be taken in homeopathic doses to produce the best effects. Labor Cost the Only Test. In attempting to show that we must have a tariff duty in order to enable j our industries to exist they content j themselves with showing a difference I in wages per day in favor of our employes, whereas the only test is the labor coet of the urticleproduced. The pay per day is wholly immaterial. The labor cost is material. In most of our industries, whilo the manufacturers pay higher wages per day they get moro work for the same amount of' money than foreign manufacturers. There aro Innumerable instances I where our manufacturers compete in foreign markets without protection I with the pauper labor of the world, and yet where they persistently demand a tariff, in order to produce goods for sale in this country, where they have the advantage of transportation, oven if they had no tariff.—William J. Bryan, in the North American Review. We Still Have Republican Laws. Some of the shallow and callow Republican organs throughout the country keep up the campaign pretense that the business depression is due to the result of the last election. Are not tariff and other taxes just as high as the Republicans left them? Is not the Treasury still suffering from the Republican deficiency? Is not the gold reserve just about as "Calico Charlie . left it? What has changed except the incumbency ot the higher offices and , the purpose of the Government in rela-1

tlon to the wrongs and the evils which the people condemned? Too many partisan journals are conducted on the theory that the people are fools. —New York World. _____ Graduation In Income Tnzee. Recent Washington dispatches Indicate very cloa ly that the project of an inoomo tax is likely to command a much stronger support, both in the Ways and Means Committoo and the H' use, than has been expected. Properly adjusted, an inc me tax is an ideal revenue measure. It taxes wealth and not consumption, accumulation instead of Industry. The suggestion of Mr. Whiting, of the Ways a id Means Committee, however, if embodied In law, would seriously impair both the productiveness and the ideal justice of the tax. It is his plan to imp >se the tax at a fixed j>e centage upon all incomes over $2,000, making the rate no heavier upon a gre.it than upon a small income. But tl o g aduation of rate Is of the essence of a i income tax, a part of the fundamental idea upon which the tax rests—namely, that men should be taxed according to their ability to pay. A levy of o per cent, wou'd mean two very different things to the man with an income of $2,500 and the man with one of $50,000. To the one its payment would involve some deprivai of the ordinary comforts and nocessn riosof life; to the other it would not involve eVen the sacrifice of luxury, but would mean only some small reduction in annual acoummulation. Such a tax would bo gi'os ly unfair as a distribution of public burdens and very unsatisfactory as a source of revenue. An income tax should boar very lightly upon small incomes and njore and more heavily as incomes become larger and bettor able to bear it. That principle is accepted wherever the in come tax is a phrt of a scientific system. It is that principle which excepts very small incomes from all taxation. It is right and just and expedient.— New York World. The Container Pays It. Under a 50 per cent, duty an article i worth $1 is imported, the 50 per cent. I duty added, and the consumer buys it for $1.50. plus expenses and profits. This tax is either paid by the foreigner who sells to us, or by the consumer in . this country, who finally uses the art!-

cle. If paid by the foreigner, then in the case above referred to the foreigner reduced his price from $1.50 to sl. so that when the duty is.paid the price w’ith the tariff will be the same that it would have been with mt the tariff. To show the absurdity of this position it is not necessary to inquire why the protectionist advocates such a variety of duties (whv not treat all foreign nations alike and subject them to equal duties?), but it is sufficient to say that a tariff which is not paid by the consumer is of no benefit to the protected industry. If the producer of the protected article receives the same price for< his goods with or witnout the tariff, what difference does it make ito him whether the duties be high lor low? If he cannot compote without the aid of a ta iff, how can it help him except by enabling him to charge a higher pr’ce for his product? How can he charge a higher price unless he can c impel the consumer to pay it? And how can he compel the consumer to pay it unless the tariff increases to the c msumer the price of the competing article? The only reasonable or logical purpose of the tariff, therefore, is to compel the consumer to buy at ; home at a high price by preventing a I purchase abr >ad at a lower price. It is here that the principle of protection . violab s the right of the individual. and its est.iblis iment disregards the I spirit if not the letter of the Constitui tion.—William J. Bryan, in the North American Review. ContrresMman McMillin’s Plan. There should be a general revision of thetariff and reduction of dutiest >■ I a revenue basis. The reduction should be greate t in the necessaries of life, l and less on luxuries. So far as may be, I raw mate ials should be made tree. I that manufacturers may be unhaml pered in the competition of the world, ( and goods be supplied at a cheaper cost to our people. The right of the President to impose and remit taxes should bo taken away as undemocratic and un-American. Taxes should be substituted for bounties, it being the object of the Government to impose taxes “for revenue” to carry on government; and not to raise money from one citizen to pay to another to increase his profits. Make the tariff what it should be. When this is done, wo can regulate our revenue, as we do now, by our internal revenue taxes. If more money is needed it can be obtained by an increase of the tax on spirits and by such other internal taxes as Congress may in its discretion impose. Among other feasible means is a legacy tax which never makes its exactions till the party who worked for the money no longer needs it—till one is to get it who never earned it. There is no point where Government can with more propriety make a reasonable exaction for that protection through which alone it could have been accumulated than on large legacies and inheritances. —Benton McMillin, in the North American Review. McKlnleylum Disposed Os. Whitelaw Reid's idea that the result of elccti< n may be mitigated by a petition presented to those who were successful in the polling by those who were beaten, that the whole current of events may be changed, is a novelty. Perhaps Mr. Whitelaw Reid will next propose that a petition be presented to Congress asking that Congress reconsider its finding that Mr. Stevenson was elected Vice President of the United States and pt-oceed to declare that Mr. Whitelaw Reid was really the successful person and therefore must now preside in the Senate. Just as effectually as the election of 1892 disposed of the ambition of Whitei law Reid for the Vice Presidency it j disposed also of the claim of McKinley* : ism for further consideration.—Chicago Times. Plck-Pockct Taxation. If it is difficult to defend the principle of transferring one man’s money to another man's pocket by law. It u equally difficult to defend the policy of i such a system. Whenever a leglslaI tive body’ announces that it has opened I up business for that purpose, it is at once besieged by those who seek to use ; the taxing power for private gain.— William J. Bryan, in the North Amer ican Review. A Carious Monument. A curious monument, with a still more curious epitaph, until recently stood in an English churchyard, ft was a Mr. Oswald, and consisted of a marble table which he in life used as a dinner table. The epitaph read: “This marble table, sitting at which I have often cultivated good living (propitiated my tutelar genius), I have desired to be placed over me when dead. Stop, traveler, whoever thou art; here thou mayest recline, and if the means are at hand, mayest enjoy this table as I formerly did. If thou doest so In ths right and proper way, thou wilt neither ' desecfate the monument nor offend , me. Farewell. Lived 30 years and died [November 28,1726.”

J THE EDITOR'S FRIEND. • I 11 1 ■ ■»■■■— * tie Wi»» Willing to Atalat In Makin* * 1 Live Paper. * Some supposed friends of a newspaper have peculiar ideas as to what . kind of Items a paper requires, Ooce i upon a time a gentleman came into i the sanctum of a Texas paper and i said to-the editor: i “Lock here, you miss a heap of live items. I’m on the streets all day. I’ll come up every once In a K while and post you.” •’All right, fetch on your items, ' but remember we want news.” Next day he came up beaming all over. “I've got a live item for you. i You know that infernal bow-legged gorilla of a brother-in-law of mine, who was in business here with me?" [ i “1 believe I remember such a person," said the editor, wearily. “Well, I’ve just got news from Nebraska, where be is living, that he Is going to run for the Legislature; Now, just give him a blast. Lift him out of his boots. Don't spare him on my account.” I The editor shook his head and the news gatherer retired. I Next day he came up again. “My little item was crowded out. At least 1 didn’t see it in the paper. I brought you some more news,” and he handed in-an item about a cat as follows: | “A Remarkable Animal—The family cat of our worthy and distinguished fellow-townsman Smith, who keeps the boss grocery store In Ward No. 13, (bottled beer always on tap,) yesterday became the mother of five singularly marked kittens. This is not the first time this .unheard-of event has taken place. We understand Mr. Smith is being favorably spoken of as a candidate for aiderman. He sells more sugar for a doli lar than any grocer in town, and is a generous, whole-souled fellow." | The « itor groans in spirit as he lights a cigar with an effort, it is not long before he hears that Smith is going around saying the editor is a , chump and is not independent enough to suit the public, etc.

> Many of the readers will say that • this sketch is overdrawn, but thousands of editors all over the country ! will lift up their right hands to testify that they are personally aci quainted with the guilty party.— , Sittings. Odd Facts ot Numerous Kinds. I A curio dealer at Amoy, China, ■ owns a group of figures carved from gnarjed tea roots which stands nine feet high, weighs 500 pounds and is valued at $l3O. The Victoria railway bridge over the St Lawrence at Montreal, Cinada, contains 3,000,000 cu ic feet of masonry work and 10,500 tons of iron. The sign “lb” or “lbs,” which is often used instead of pound or pounds, if of ancient origin, and is simply a contraction for “libra,” the Latin for pound. The sun throws vertical rays on the earth’s surface only upon an area equal to about thirty-five square miles at any one time. A block of best Bessemer steel four feet square would be reduced to a little nine-inch cube by pressure could it be transferred from the surface to tlie center of the globe. When irritated, the sea cucumber, a species of holothurla, can e ect all its teeth, its stomach and digestive apparatus, and reduce itself to a simple membraneous sac. Someone who has figured on the work done at Pompeii since June, 1872, says that it will take until I 47 to unearth the entire ruins with eighty-five men working every i ay. The first notice of the use of coal is in the records of the abbey of Petersborough. England, in the year 850 A. D.. which mentions an item of twelve cart loads of “fossil fuel” How to Clean Dresses. Get five cents’ worth of soap-hark from the druggist (about a teacupful.) For one dress take half of it and steep in about one quart of boiling water for about half an hour or more, then strain through a cloth. For a silk dress, while the liquid is warm, take a piece of white flannel and dip into it at intervals, and rub the silk or satin with it till it seems cleansed. When done, pull the material straight and hang it to dry. Do not iron either the slk or satin. If the dress is very much soiled, use clean liquor to rinse it; but do not use clear water for silk, or it will not stiffen up well. For a woolen dress, dip the part to be cleansed, or the whole of it if needed, into the liquor. This can be rinsed in the same after wa-hing, or in clean warm water. If it is very dirty put tae dress to soak In a tub in the liquor with more water added before cleaning or washing. The woolen goods should be pressed until It is quite dry. Water in which potatoes have been boiled will cleanse delicate colored woolen or worsted goods. The dress should be wet all over. Use no soap Rinse in clear warm water. I’ress while still dam j. This will not injure the most delicate colors. Qaeer Facts About Money. There are 119,900,000 old copper pennies somewhere. Nobody knows what has become of them, except that once in a while a single specimen turns up in change. A few years ago 4,500,000 bron e 2-cent pieces were set afloat. Tnree m.llion of these are still outstanding Three million ji-cent nickel pieces are scattered over the United btates, but it. is very rarely that one is seen. Ot 800 half-tents, whi h correspond in value to English farthings, not one has been returned to the Government lor recoinage, oris held by the ire isucy. Congress approprla es from SIOO,OOI to 8150,000 yearly for recoining the uncurrent silver coins now in possession of the treasury. These are mostly half-dollars, and are not circulated because there is no demand for them. Not long ago the stock of them amounted to «26,0j0,000, but it is only half that now. The money set aside for recoining is not intended to pay for the cost of the minting, but is required to reimburse the treasury of the United States on account of the loss in weight which the silver p eces have suffered by abrasion. This loss amounts to $ 0 on every SI,OOO, and has to be made good In order to set the Treasurer’s account straight, Making lots ot money—The mints.