Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 March 1894 — Page 5

A PROTECTION MOB.

DISGRACEFUL PROCEEDINGS AT GLOVERSVILLE. N. Y. Haodlnm* Attempt to Howl Dowa • Tariff Before Speaker—The Free Uat ■boats Bo Let Alone-Mosata* of the Majority for the WUeoo 818. Instigated by BepnMleaaa We freed the bodies of our black ■laves thirty years ago. We have not, however, freed either their labor or the labor of our more numerous white •laves. We will not have done so much until we have changed the conditions which make them, both as producers and consumers, subjects and creatures of monopoly. One of the chains that bind them is the “protective* tariff. This chain was forged and is held in place by protected manufacturers. The elections of 1890 and 1892 loosened their hold, but they are now becoming desperate and refuse to slacken their monopoly grip. The Reform Club, of New York, has been holding meetings in various Eastern cities where so-called Democratic representatives have refused to do the bidding of their constituents and have sold out to the manufacturers of their districts. In Paterson, N. J., in Providence, R. 1., and in Amsterdam, Troy and Cohoes, N. Y., these meetings have been most successful in winning back to tariff reform those workingmen who have wavered when their wages have been reduced because of the shadow of the Wilson bill, as they were told.

In only one case did the workingmen fail to respond to true Democratic principles. This was at Gioversville, N. Y., and here are the circumstances: An audience of over 2,000 had crowded into the opera house at Gioversville to hear Mr. Thomas G. Shearman. As in other meetings three-fourths attended to listen to tariff reform arguments. They might be skeptical, but they were open to conviction. In the gallery, however, there were about 500 men and boys, including a well-organized gang of 200 men who had been primed with liquor. The Republicans who primed them gave them to understand that they were to make it unpleasant for the speaker and, if possible, to break up the meeting. It has since been asserted in the local papers that a liberal supply of stale, eggs was on hand for expected use. No police were there, as the Mayor was opposed to the meeting. Republican papers had for several days been slyly preparing the way for what foUpwea. ' Gioversville has 15,000 inhabitants and is the center of the glove industry in this country. Nine-tenths of the ? 'loves made need no protection, and in act the manufacturers would thrive better without any; but that does not now concern us. As often happens in protected industries, nearly all of the best paid workers are imported foreigners. Glove cutters are practically all foreigners. Many of the recent importations are Huns and Italians. It was these who were relied upon to disturb the meeting. “Before I had talked for fifteen minute*,” •aid Mr. Shearman, “the opposition to me developed. I announced that at the close of my talk I would answer any questions that any one present might want to ask. A man who was sitting In the body of the bouse arose and asked me a question. When I started to answer It he continued to talk. This was a signal for his friends in the gallery. They hooted, hissed and ■tamped. They shouted all sorts of questions that were wide of the subject This aaan on the floor led them. The Chairman of the meeting told me that he was a low kind of fellow, and he really was a low fellow and very vulgar. Some of the remarks were obscene ” Mr. Shearman tried to quiet the audience and go on with his speech, but the mob in the gallery didn’t a ant a free trade speech. They jeered every remark he made. They commented on his personal appearance—Mr. Shearman Is a small man, physically—and then they began a steady ■tamping of their feet that »as very annoying to the speaker. “1 did not fear personal violence,» said Mr. Shearman, “for the men In a mob are always cowards. I called their attention to the fact that Garrison, Lovejoy and Phillips had teen hooted and jeered in the same way when they advocated abolition of the black slaves, and I was willing to stand It in the cause of advocating abolition of the white slaves. The respectable .part of the audience wanted to listen to what I had to say. I kept on my feet for two hours. I wasn’t able to say much that could be heard. Then I took a chair and sat down, telling these rowdies that they couldn’t tire me out. They swarmed down from the gallery, and as there were no ■eats In the body of the house, they stood in a gang around the front of the stage, threatening to to do me Injury. But when I had them right under my eyes, where I coujd talk to them, they subsided a little One man told me I was a rebel and a traitor. I said to him: ’Two of my brothers went to the front during the fight for the Union, and I wanted to go, but they would not take me. I have spent *26,000 supporting the families of men who were killed in that wan Now, sir, what have you done? Did you go to the front? Did you spend any money for the families of those who did!* That turned the laugh on him. At the end of two hours and a half of effort to talk free trade, Mr. Shearman declared that the present hard times were not due to fear of tariff changes, and that under the Influence of the new tariff bill times would again become prosperous. This so angered the mob that they broke out afresh. They called Mr. Shearman names, they hooted, and when their throats got tired they made all the noise they could with their feet It was very distressing Logic Is -a very good thing In its way. Mr. Shearman thinks that his free trade logic is irresistible, but It doesu’t count against a mob of unemployed wageearners such as attended the Gioversville meeting. By this time the Chief of Police had reached the scene of the agitation with all the available night force of police. The curtain was rung down and the meeting was adjourned. Mr. Shearman and the officers of the meeting started for the hotel. There were enough police to station one on each side of Mr. Shearman, who walked In front, followed by the officers of the meeting, who were protected In the same way. This procession was followed by an angry mob, who would have been even more rude if they had not feared the police, At the hotel Mr. Shearman turned sarcastically and thanked every one for his kindness and courtesy. Then he started back to Brooklyn. Macbeth’s Frank Statements. Mr. Geo. A. Macbeth, of Pittsburg, is the largest individual manufacturer of glass in this country. He is a wideawake man who keeps “up to date" in improvements and who, in spite of “protection” on many of his raw materials, and the fact that he pays higher wages than are paid by either domestic or foreign competitors, can export large quantities of glassware to all parts of the world. He believes in being independent of tariffs and is aching for the time when he can compete with all comers without being handicapped by protection. Here is what he said to a representative of the National Glass Budget, after the passage of the Wilson bill in the House: The bill is all right In its way. but it doesn’t weigh much. In other words, it is good enough as far as it goes, but it doesn’t go far enough. I believe in free trade simply and absolutely. Free trade Is inevitable It Is In the air. No amount of tariff dickering can alter the fact Will

tbe Senate pass the Uli? Who oaa tell what it will do! When the reporter mentioned the fact that Ihmsen's (lass house was M shut down, Mr. Macbeth leaned back in his chair and simply said, “Bats!" ••Maybe.” said he. "the firm is justified in so doing, but I would like to see their fig urea I firmly believe that the window glass workers make too much money. They will have to come down. Who has to pay them their high wages? It isn’t Ihmssn's or any other window glass manufacturers; It is the consumers. And who are the consumers of window glass? It Isn’t the rich men; they ase plate glass; It is tbs poor men. workingmen who labor lor a dollar a day. And these poor men contribute their mite so that the window glass worker can make *l4 a day and loaf four months out of the yean • Why should the United States be asked to perpetuate this one particular body of men In this sinecure? How much are the carpenters making thoes times? I don’t think they are making any more than *(. 26 a day. But these same carpenters have to pay for the window glass If you protect* one body of workmen you will have to •protect* another. When they are all •protected’ where Is the advantage? This business of •fixing’ things at Washington, this fooling with the tariff, it absurd. Free trade is inovitabls; sooner or later it will come; the sooner ths people of the United States adapt themselves to the inevitable the better it will be for all concerned.”

A Decisive Majority. The Wilson bill passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 204 to 140. a majority of 64. This is the largest majority given for a tariff bill since the war. In 1883 the bill which was known as the tariff commission bill passed the House by a majority of 48, the vote being 128 to 80. In 1884 the vote to strike out the enacting clause of the Morrison bill was 159 to 155. In 1888 the Mills bill was passed by the House by a vote of 162 to 149, a majority of 13. The McKinley bill received a majority of 22 in 1890, the vote standing 164 to 142. The large majority obtained by the Wilson bill is of great significance. The Democratic Representatives were charged by their constituents with the duty of lowering tariff taxes. They have performed this duty. They have voted to reduce duties, and, more than that, they have expressed themselves decidedly in favor of the form and method of reduction embodied in the Wilson bill. A bill obtaining such a majority in the branch of Congress having the sole power to originate revenue bills ought not to be materially changed by the Senate. The House has come recently from the people, and such an expression of opinion as it has given in behalf of the Wilson bill ought to be conclusive on Democratic senators. New York World. Let the Free Liat Alone. With coal, iron and sugar on the dutiable list the tariff bill offered to the Senate will be simply a tree-wool bill. Do Senators imagine that free wool will be accepted by the country as an adequate or satisfactory fulfillment of the oft-repeated Democratic promise of free raw materials? Free wool with reduced duties on woolens will be a great gain, and we have no desire to belittle it; out would it be regarded as a redemption of Democratic pledges? Would it satisfy the people who have thrice voted by overwhelming majorities for a reduction of tariff taxes? The Wilson bill is a carefully matured measure. It passed the House by a majority such as no tariff bill has had for a third of a century. The loss of revenue by reason of its free list and reduced duties on imports is more than made up by its internal revenue schedule. It should not be radically changed by a body which has no constitutional right to originate a revenue bill. Moreover, the Emuse will not consent to a practical abolition of the free list which was framed so laboriously and fought for so desperately. Especially if there is good ground for tne suspicion that the free list is tampered with in order to defeat the income tax. —New York World.

Mills on the Wilson Bill. The bill of Mr. Wilson, like the one of 1888, has only gone a Sabbath’s day journey on the line of march. In botn cases there is a long distance between what they are and what they ought to be, and the intervening space is filled up by insurmountable obstacles. This bill should be amended in some particulars and then passed, and the country will see and feel the benefits of larger and freer trade, and better employment and more earnings for its labor, and then it will advance with a bolder and longer step. The sugar bounty should be stricken out. Ad valorem should be substituted for specific duties wherever they occur, except on articles bearing internal taxes. With these and some minor changes the bill should be passed by the House at the earliest possible day. Before it reaches the Senate the rules of that body should be changed, so that, after fair debate and full opportunity for amendment, it can be passed and sent to the President in the early spring. When that is done, the country will again spring forward and enter upon a career of prosperity; and the measure of its prosperity in the future will be marked by the extent to which its trade shall be liberated and its labor employed.—Senator Mills, in North American Review. Senator Gorman Out of Line. The Annapclis correspondent of the Baltimore Sun (Dem.), writing about the resolution of the Maryland Senate indorsing the Wilson bill, says: “It is stated that Senator Gorman wrote to one or two persons in Annapolis strongly deprecating any instructions that would express favor of the Wilson tariff bill These letters were shown to Senators when the movement began to cause a stampede from the Bennett resolution. From what can be gathered about this correspondence without seeing it, the senior Senator at Washington not only deprecated any mention of the Wilson bill by name, but expressed preference for something like the old Mills bill—a thing of the past. However this may be, every effort to stop expression failed.’ The resolution finally adopted differs from the Bennett resolution only in substituting for instructions to the Maryland Senators a general request to the Senate to vote for the Wilson bill. All Protected Countries Except England. Social unrest, stimulated by industrial and financial depression, amounts to a problem in many countries of Europe. It is notably so in Germany, Austria, Hungary, Italy, Spain, France, Belgium, Norway and even in England. In portions of Russia discontent is organized and determined, but it is restricted to certain classes and can hardly be said to have permeated the masses.—Minneapolis Times. An organ of the tariff-protected trusts solemnly assures the country that “the Democrats will get no help from the Republicans of the Senate in passing their bill.” The Democrats will not be greatly surprised by this announcement. Men who drive bogs out of the trough do not as as a rule get much assistance from the swine. There is no need of it in this case.— Chicago Herald. In the Senate’s consideration of the Wilson bill procrastination is the thief not only of time but of a good many millions of money. Business is wait* ing on the Senate all over the country.'

GOWNS AND GOWNING.

WOMEN GIVE MUCH ATTENTION TO WHAT THEY WEAR. Brief Glaaeea at Fenrte. Feminine, Frtvoloea. Mayhap, and Tat Offered la tae Hope that the Bending May Prove Bnetfal tn Wearied Womankind. Gomip from Gay Gotham. New York correspondence:

■y. m ICHLY made “sets* I J for adorning gowns Parnow come in two I 1 pieces: a collar, with Ball the necessary elaborations of bertha effect, frill and cape or collar- \ ette, and paniers. A l\ | pretty design of this \\ sort snows a folded collar of sage-green 1 V’k velvet, with lace Vi\ \ falling in cape sashV \\\ ion over the shoulJl'tM . ders. The paniers QvATlareof the lace set <ron a folded heading the velvet and they are to be at-

tached to the edge of the bodice. Many made-up accessories oome to be basted on to gowns, much as real lace is, and in these, cuffs are added to complete the set. In the dress first shown here, the bands on skirt, bottom of bodice and cape are a handsome silk passementerie, and the fabric used for the dress is a dark-brown cloth, the skirt panels and upper sleeves being black mirror velvet The bodice is garnished With a separate collarette made of cloth and velvet and topped by a high Stuart collar. It is designed for a calling gown. A jacket of anew shape having a bell cape and also in brown cloth is the next garment presented. Its chief novelty is in the cape, which is cut circular, edged with fur and forms a big pleat in the back which makes it about fifteen inches shorter there than at the sides. The garment hooks ip front and is garnished with ornamented buttons, while the fronts must be of sufficient width at the bottom to permit the edges to be laid against the side seams, where they are apparently fastened with other similar buttons. The cape is cut with long ends reaching to the hem of the jacket, which are draped at the bottom and faced with light-brown silk. This is but one of

A BELL CAPS WITH DRAPED TAB.

the abundant novelties in outside garments which are being offered for late winter and early spring wear. One other striking sort is an Inverness cloak made up for the tailor-made girl in exact imitation of those planned for her brother. They are very effective, and so dressy and convenient that even girls who are not strictly tailor-mades wear them.

It is a difficult thing to understand the system which governs the production of these new things, and it sometimes seems as if even our everyday garments are planned to show the characteristics of a carnival season, in their fantastic and odd arrangements. Buch a thing as an old-time winter coat is altogether out of the question. The lucky owners of carriages revel in the most gorgeous cloaks, and elderly matrons give a decided preference to a costume made of heavy cloth, which combines dress and coat and is usually trimmed withfich furs, passementeries or jet The same applies to younger women with this difference: that they affect a more youthful and jaunty style and sometimes even wear whole costumes of fur, but more frequently short jackets of it If cloth be chosen, then a Figaro jacket of fur, or a double fur cape, the upper one very much rippled and full, giving sometimes an almost grotesque breadth to the figure, takes the place of the customary coat. A glance at some of these elegant capes and jackets is enough to convince that no idea of economy is furthered by leaving out the coat—far from it. Many times, however, these short jackets are of the material of the costume itself, and in that case they are bordered only with narrow bands of fur. Such a costume is before you in the next picture. Here sage green

NO SAVING HEBE BY BRING COATLESS.

cloth is the material. The skirt is seven gored, fitting closely at the hips, and is trimmed with a band of Persian lamb at the bottom. The waist is perfectly plain, back and front, and tight fitting. Over it comes a small Figaro Jacket which reaches almost to the waist line. It has a turn-down collar of the fur and the goods are gathered in front to form a Knot at the bust line. The sleeves are a very wide

Bishop with a double frill at the bottom and the last one is edged with fur. The ruffles of the sleeves are reproduced at each side of the muff worn, and again the last one is fur-edged. Lenten hop-sacking, a cloth of very loose weave with a thread of black or white darned in and out through the meshes, has been made up extensively for street gowns of the present somber season. A dainty sort of collarette is really nothing but a square of chiffon with a hole cut out of the center. A slit is made from the edge to the middle where the opening is desired, and a folded collar of velvet is added as finish to the neck. It is worn so as to have one point hang each side of the shoulder. The edge is finished with a frill of lace set on an insertion heading. Rose-pink chiffon takes a collar of Havana brown velvet; cream and gray are combined, and purple and black. This style was a great opportunity for one wicked little woman who had a real lace parasol top—one of those wee parasols. She cut the center out, fol-

FURRED FANCIFULLY.

lowing the design of the lace, which showed points converging to the center. She ran baby ribbon from point to point, strengthening the holes for the ribbon with button-hole stitching. She made a yoke with folded collar of eminence velvet This being adjusted first, she pulled the baby ribbon as far open as it would go, put on the parasol cover over her head, pulled the points up snugly at the bae of the folded collar, tied the ribbon, tucking away the ends underneath, and then went about looking just as if she didn’t care how many people lost their minds trying to make out how she got Into her oeautiful neck rig. It is a shame to thus encourage surgery in lace, and to foster cruelty to women who suffer untold misery from wondering “how she got into it.l There was no more fur on the dress of the third picture than there is in the composition of the fourth example shown. Yet the former was an out o’ door dress which was especially designed for wear without a coat, and the latter is an indoor dress. Still both are very stylish and entirely consistent with present fashions, which exhibit a good many incongruities. Pale tan-colored cloth trimmed about the skirt’s foot with a twenty-five inch band of sable, seems a pretty warm sort of house dress, but it all looked very handsome and so positively new! Tabs of the fur extend above this band, as shown, and in the corners thus made, applique designs of heavy cream guipure are put. The ornamentation of the bodice is in keeping with the design of the skirt trimming. The sleeves are made of brown mirror velvet, with lace appliques on the puffs and sable bands come across the shoulders and meet in a point behind. Fur adorns the right hand dress in the last picture, too. and this time the pelt is mink ana the dress goods golden brown cloth. The bodice is tucked under the draped skirt, and is finished with wide draped revers of moire antique, bordered with fur and faced with brown cloth. The plastron in front is made of brown cloth, trimmed,

CONTRASTED TRIMMING.

as .shown, with silver braid, and the hem of the bodice is finished with a narrow moire belt piped on both sides with the same braid. The bottom of the overcoat, too, is trimmed with four rows of it. In the other dress of the same illustration a return is made to first principles, and jet embroidered tulle lace is used for trimming, and fur doesn't appear at all. The skirt is trimmed with a draped flounce sewed into three tucks at the bottom and festooned by means of bias folds, over which areput jet nail heads and butterflies. The blouse bodice hooks at the side and is trimmed with tulle lace having vandykes of black satin. The sleeves are made of satin, with a draped puff partly covered with lace epaulettes, and nave cuffs entirely covered with lace. A wide belt of folded black satin which hooks at the side comes around the waist. Of this pair the first-described shows an unobjectionable sort of overskirt, but some of them are hideous things. One of these, though quite permissible, gives plainly the effect of an abbreviated dress-skirt worn over another one, on the principle that one had a good top and the other a good lower edge. The two skirts may contrast most unpleasantly with each other in color and material. If only you will carry out the combination in the bodice, you have the sanction of fashion for your attack upon other folk’s sense of the fitness of things. Copyright, 1894. Malachite, agate and azurine, when broken, may be cemented with sulphur, melted at low heat, so as not to change its color, in which different pigments are stirred to give it proper tints like the stones. It is possible that the United States Government will hereafter do its own printing of postage stamps and postal cards.

THE JOKER’S BUDGET.

JESTS AND YARNS BY FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS. No Meaningless Name—Reasonable— Plenty of Bills-Brazilian Shooting, Etc., Etc. KO MEANINGLESS NAME. Dealer—Here’s a cigar I’d like you to try. Customer—What’s the name of it? Dealer—The Genuine Success. Customer—l’ve tried it. It’s well named. It doesn’t end in smoke. — [Truth. SEASONABLE. Should you die, are you opposed to my remarrying? He—No. She—Why not? He—Why should I be solicitous about the welfare of a fellow I’ll never know?—[Life. PLENTY OF BILLS. Burglar (gruffly)—Your money or your life! Jones (sleepily)—You’ll find some bills in the drawer there. They are all in but the butcher’s. I might send you that. Good night.—[Cleveland Plain Dealer. BRAZILIAN SHOOTING. Brazil is death on maidens now, And it is shown by this, That every time they shoot down there They always shoot amiss. [ —Detroit Free Press. PROBABLY NOT. Practical Father—Has that young man who wants to marry you any money? Romantic Miss—Money! He gave me a cluster diamond ring studded with pearls. Practical Father—Yes, I know. Has he any money left?—[New York Weekly. TIRED OF RETAIL METHODS. First Train-wrecker—Great haul we made yesterday, wasn’t it? Second Train-wrecker—l should say so I With a little more luck like that we could buy a controlling Interest in the road, and wreck the whole blamed thing at once.—[Puck. HAD A PROPERTY VALUE. Mrs. Gadd—l’m glad to hear you say that Mr. Tillinghastdidn’tmarry Miss Landin for her money. She’s such a thoroughly nice girl that she deserves to be married for love, even if she is an heiress, Mr. Skidds—No, Tilllnghast didn’t marry her for her money, but for her real estate.—[Truth.

NOT ALL SOUL. “That girl’s all soul,” sol heard them say, When the beautiful maiden passed usby; But I took a different view next day When I saw her tackle a hot mince pie.—[New York Press. PORKOPOLIAN PERPLEXITY. “Who is that man over there? His face seems familiar.” “That’s the German Count you married—the one who—” “No; it isn’t.” “You’re right. It’s the French Baron you—” “Why, no! That’s that horrible American I married—plain John Smith. '»Umph!”—[Hello. NEEDED PUFFING. Prima Donna—Did you get the new waist with the puffed sleeves? Maid—No, ma’am. Prima Donna—Then I wont go on to-night. How do you expect a prima donna to get along without puffs?—[Hello. UNDERSTOOD. Cobbs—Does Funning’s humor amuse the public! Hobbs—Yes; his paragraphs are always regarded as jokes on him. AN EXPLANATION. Maude—Why does Chollle Softly always say “I don't think so,” for I think not?” Hester—Because, dear, Chollle never thinks.

THE EDITOR LOVED HIM. Mr. Winks—Mr. Editor, Mr. Blinks is dead, but as he and you were not on very good terms, I am afraid that you will not give the obituary notice that he deserves, and Editor (enthusiastically)—Oh, yes, I will; I’ll give him the very best send-off I can possibly write, for he was one of nature’s noblemen. Mr. Winks—Well, that’s good; but what makes you praise him up so when you knew him to be your enemy? Editor—Because out of two hundred callers at my office during the cold weather of last week he was the only one that closed the door. LIKE MOST OF US. Yellowly—You're looking well this morning, Rrownly. Brownly—l’m feeling well, too. I own a farm in Pennsylvania and coal has just been discovered on it. Y.—Lucky fellow! I wish some could be discovered in my coal cellar. —[New York Press. STYLE COSTS. Mrs. Squills—lsn’t S4O a pretty large bill for the two or three visits you made Mr. Bilby? Dr. Squills—No, it’s just right, for Bilby. I told him he had the grip—which he had. He insisted it was “la grippe.” This bill of S4O will cure him entirely of the “la grippe” habit.—{Chicago Tribune. UNJUSTLY ACCUSED. He—l assure you I would never dare to rob those sweet lips of a kiss. She—You hypocrite. Didn’t you attempt it last night? He—Never! Far from intending to rob you of a kiss, I was trying to give you one.—[Truth. ADMIRATION. Clara—What a beautiful complexion you have! Maude (much pleased)—Do you think so? Clara (enthusiastically)— Yes, in deed. It’s so natural.—[Truth.

A COMMON EFFECT. “Do you think,” said Willie Wlshington, “that it actually hurts a man to be hit with one of Cupid’s arrows?” “No,” replied Belle Pepperton, “as a rule he merely becomes senseless for a time.” IN THE SCHOOL-ROOM. “There is but one kind of rock that grows,” said the professor. “ Can any of you mention it?” “Yes, sir,” replied the student from Dublin; “the sham-rock.”— [Vogue. A VERY UNCOMMON CASE. The Daughter—l hear papa grumbling again this morning, mother. What is he grumbling about? The Mother—He is grumbling, my dear, because he cannot find anything to grumble about.—[New York Press. A FRUGAL MAN. Miss Muggles—l don’t like Dr. Pennysave a bit. Miss Mugges—Why not? Miss Muggles—You know he was called in when I was sick and then he began to call regularly. After I refused him he itemized each of those calls in his bill as professional visits. A SYMPTOM. Shalleigh—l hear Booby’s wife was once a servant. Shllleigh I shouldn’t wonder. She’s dreadfully haughty.—[Town Topics. A WILLING WORKER. Gent—What do you want? Tramp—Work. Gent—What kind of work? Tramp—Work for my jaws. I haven’t had a full meal for a week.— [Detroit Free Press. CORRECT. “Pa, what is meant by a contingency fee?” “It’s a case in which there isn’t the slightest contingency of anybody but the lawyers getting any money.” —[Hallo.

A SUGGESTION. “What will drive a man to drink quicker than a sharp tongued woman?” “Did you ever try a broiled salt mackerel?”—[New York Press. THE ONE WHO GOT LEFT. She—Miss Carrie told me the other day that she expected you to propose that night. Did you get left? He—No; she got left. I didn't propose.—[Truth. MONEY NEEDED ON BOTH SIDES. Old Lawyer—lt won’t pay you to try to collect that debt, Young Lawyer—But it is valid, and the debtor is wealthy. Old Lawyer—But the creditor has nothing.—[Town Topics. CURED. Frank—Did Maude finally break off her engagement with George because he went to the Keely cure? May—Oh, no; but after his return he broke it off.—[Town Topics. MAKING PROGRESS. “How are you getting along learning to operate your type-writer?” “First-rate. I can almost read some of the things I write.” HE WAS NOT FRANK. “Do you know,” said Cholly, “that I have verwy fwequently thought of lots of clevah things,” “Then,” she replied earnestly, “I should prefer that we become strangers.” “Why?” "Because I do not feel that it is wise for me to cultivate the society of one whose nature is so deceptive.” A TREASURE. “ Well, I haven’t changed cooks in the six years of my married life,” said Mrs. Gazzam, after the ladies had been discussing the flitsome hired girl. “What a treasure you must have!” they chorussed. “Yes,” assented Mrs. Gazzam; “ I do my cooking myself.”—[Harper’s Bazar.

A Singular Spring.

“One of the most singular springs I ever saw,” said D. L. Spratt to the corridor man at the Laclede, “is on the top of Mount Mitchell. It is on the summit, and is clear and cold. It has never been known to go dry, and is seemingly without a bottom, as lines have been dropped down to a great depth. As Mount Mitchell is the highest peak of the Alleghenies and the nearest mountain of greater altitude is in Colorado, about 2,000 miles distant, the query naturally arises as to the source of this spring. “The only conclusion is that it is a siphon spring, but if so, the water flows at least 2,000 miles and under innumerable rivers and streams, under prairies and under mountains until it reaches the peak, where it forces its way through a fissure on the top. The water is remarkably clear and pure and shows no trace of its having encountered any minerals during its long journey, although minerals are found on every side of the place where it arises to the surface. I have never heard any satisfactory explanation of the phenomiena.”—[St. Louis Globe Democrat.

Value of the Germ Theory.

The germ theory of disease has been turned to practical applications of the most varied nature, and of the most far-reaching importance to every people under the sun. Pointing to the marvelous discoveries of recent years in the origin and development of disease, in an address before the International Medical Association, John Simon, a very high medical authority, said : “I venture to say that in the records of human industry it would be impossible to point to work of more promise to the World than these various contributions to the knowledge of disease and of its cure and prevention.” This wonderful germ theory owes its origin to the study of the purely scientific question of spontaneous generation. The study of the great questions of heredity, now occupying so much attention among biologists, will surely lead, sooner or later, to practical applications of no less moment to the human race than those' based on the germ theory of disease,—[Worthington’s Magazine.

TO BEAT EIFFEL TOWER

A STRUCTURE THAT WILL BE 1,150 FEET HIGH. It Is Bains Erected In a Park Near Landon Undar the Auspices of aa English Baronet. A tower designed to attain a height 150 feet greater than that of the celebrated Eiffel Tower of Paris is in course of construction at Wembly Park, near London. The foundation of the tower has been completed and the superstructure has attained a height of sixty-two feet. The tower is erected under the auspices of Sir Edward Watkin. Tha plan of the tower was the result of an advertisement three years ago in which architects were invited to send in designs in competition for substantial prizes. The first prize was awarded to Mr. A. D. Stewart. His design was, however, subsequently modified to a considerable extent. His plan provided for eight groups of four legs each for the main supports of the tower. It was decided that the construction would be much simpler with four groups of legs, as in the Eiffel tower, which the structure when completed will greatly resemble. The foot of each of these legs rests on a solid concrete block. The location of the tower is on top of a slight eminence, in the highest part of Wembly Park. It is surrounded by lofty trees. The material used in the structural work of the tower is mild steel throughout. The sixteen base pieces at the foot of each of the legs weigh ten tons each. They stand on sole plates, 9x7 feet six inches by | inches; seven 12-lnch by 6} by | inch joists are riveted to the plate, and on these is anot her plate of the same dimensions. Joists have been let into the concrete on which the bases rest, so that, if necessary, they may be moved slightly for the purposes of adjustment, and on the bottom of the lower sole plate a 4| inch by 4| inch by j Inch angle has been riveted, to prevent the leg from slipping bodily forward during erection. Tlie extreme width of the tower, from the outside to outside of the legs, on the ground line, is 406 feet. The material used in building the tower is brought to the site by special lines of railway, branches of which run to each of the four legs. The heaviest pieces to be erected will be the main girders at the first floor level, 146 feet from the ground. They weigh 40 tons, are 140 feet long, and will be lifted in one piece. The diagonal ties which cross the whole structure, 76 feet inches from the ground, will not be placed In their proper positions till the main deck girdershave been fixed. They will be Inverted and used as struts, their lower ends resting against 200-ton hydraulic jacks, which will only be removed when the main girders are in place. The estimated total weight of the tower is 7,000 tons, and the contractors hope to finish it within a year. The arrangement of the elevators for ascending the tower will be different from that of the Eiffel tower. At Wembly there is not the same necessity to have the space under the tower clear as existed at Paris. The elevators will accordingly ascend a vertical elevator shaft in the centre of'the space between the four legs, instead of travelling up one of the legs, as the elevators of the Eiffel tower do. The total number of the elevators ot the new tower will be four. Two will ascend only to a height of 150 feet and two will go up to a platform 900 feet above the ground. Each elevator will be independent of the others and will be driven by a separate engine. The girders of the elevator shaft will be utilized in strengthening and stiffening the structure, and in supporting the platforms, thus enabling lighter girders to be used. A large building is to be built in the centre of the space between the legs from which the elevators will start. * An enclosed platform will be erected at a height of 150 feet, which may be utilized as a museum. At a height of 500 feet a second enclosed platform will be placed and at 900 feet a third. From the last a flight of steps will enable those who wish to climb up to the highest platform, 1,100 feet above the ground.

Blowing Springe.

“I have seen a few blowing springs, and I could never understand how they are formed or the cause for the outward current of air,” said Bert Magoffin, of Kentucky, at the Southern. “There is one at Brandensburg, Ky., where the water coming from the spring is • strongly impregnated with salt. There is sufficient breeze blowing from the spring to be distinctly felt and to blow a handkerchief quite violently. This breeze is intermittent. There is another one in Walker county, Ga., where the water is fresh and the breeze is considerably stronger. It can be distinctly heard for some distance, and in the hottest weather it is sufficient to keep a person cool and comfortable around the spring. The opening in the mountain where the water flows is small, and when an ear is placed to this opening the wind can be heard as though a strong breeze wad constantly blowing inside, while outside not a breath of air may appear to be stirring. I have never heard a reasonable explanation of these phenomena.”—[St. Louis Globe-Demo-crat.

Charcoal.

If housekeepers better understood the nature of charcoal, there would be a great deal of it .employed about kitchens arid in cupboards where food is kept. There is no more powerful deodorizer in the world than charcoal. A. few lumps of it, each the size of an egg, laid in a cupboard, will effectually prevent that dinnerroom smell which many persons find very offensive, and a piece of fresh charcoal placec in a clothes-press "will often prevent the unpleasant smell which clothes have when they have long been put away.—[Worthington’s Magazine.