Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 34, Number 29, Jasper, Dubois County, 1 April 1892 — Page 7

WEEKLY COURIEK, C. SOAKS, IHOsUnbor.

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HOMING JOHNSON'S BULL RACE. nftr t4t t:rrrC Tto Wee Iur and A Portland gentleman wan discussing tk breviers' association and it preparation PrtJ of friends oh fUw b,m when be asked: -Did jam aver see m bull race? no on't present hud even seen a lmt race. So Dm old toy went on to tell hi t7"The rare of which I speak," he said, took place on a little half-mile track nong the Monongabela river, just 3tMv' tin old town of Brownsville, .n Fayette county, I'a.. aliout titty vrarsajro. It was a notable event, ami iiwui--wriMiif leathering of the old K;yrtte pioneer or their children, where the applejack and walnuts arc p3 ,mm1 uronnd In those parts, ever rtvur wit hunt a repetition of all th particulars of 'Hominy Johnson's bull raw-' "In ihcm palmy dsys of the olden tint, x half century ago, tto horsep,v awl the militia-training day were the special events for fnn and umitMmtnt for eTerybody a ort-of free-for-alU And on this particular occasion thf horfce-rare committee had advertised a race free-for-all that 'wore hair and went on four lrg,' never dreaming that such eencrnuft latitude might let in a

representative of the bovine raee. Hut n colored brother by the name of Johnwin, who made his way by peddling hominy, aw in this race an opening to trim nn honest penny and rather in the tn-tlollar Make, which would provide Sally and the ehil'enV with shoes for the next winter. Johnson bed a scrub bull which he had trained to work ami ride like a horse, so that he lould ride him to town, carrying bis sack of hominy, or bitch him in shafts and .led in his winter's" wood or plow bU crop of 'eawn aid taters. So he resolved that the bull .'honld run f ir this money. And while t'e bloods' ued the track in the daytiire to train th"ir borses, Johnson wold reuuir thither at the 'wee sma' hours' to put tilt bull round and round, so that there would be no throw off for vant of an understanding of what wa waited of him on raee day. "Finally the day earn and with it Johnson and his bull; but the presence of the lml I tied at the fenfte wsnot noted, for Johnson rode hint as other

people rode their horse. The whole,

country side was there, aivl not the leant noisy of thcdellghtcd gamins was little Jim Blaine, with his trousers sus

pended by a single 'galas' and ollrd up to his knees. "The free-for-all raee waa finally called, and promptly Hominr Johnson beatrode his bull and appeared in front of tto judo stand and demanded o to nsalgnsd a place. The judges promptly rnjed him out, but Johnson Missed to go, appealinit to to words of the advertisement The crowd was ,w slow to see the point, and rallied to the support of Johnson, seeing that it the hull spoiled the race ha would make 1-nvWU of f un. Loud cries were made to fTire Johnson and his bull a show, and threats were not lacking that if there was not a fair deal there would mob be a free-for-all fight The applejack had got in it work, and finally,

string no a i tern a tire, Jounson on ni bull was assigned to the outshle of the traek, the word was given ami away went the motley gang of racers, quarter nags, family nags, old stagers, plow hordes, and Johnson's bull lickety Bundle down the first quarter, Johnson hanging to the flanks of his aristocratic rivals. "Hut knowing that the bull could not hold out for more than two bnndred yards Johnson had provided means to make up by strategy what his nag lacked in speed. His saddle was :i il-v iviwhklM- and be earrlerl

A dinner-born and wore a pair'

of revolutionary spurs, and as soon as Hrindle made signs of slacking up he applied his whip vigorously to the hide, plunged tlie spurs into tto bull's flank, and Iwtween the rattling of the hide and the bellowing of the lml I every horse on the course flew the tr,nrk, broke across the field, and no efforts of the jockeys could return tV-in to tlte race. lint the bull stuck t his work, going the rounds of the entire track, and as he came down the homestretch the 'bulls of Bunhan' were 'not a patching to the bellowing ot this bull, with tail waving aioft, with Johnson thrashing the cowhide and tooting hi born in triumph, while the crowd broke into aueh roars and cheering that pandemonium itself seemed to have broken loose. "Johnson got the stakes, with a generous voluntary contribution of ifips' d 'levies' from an hilarious crowd, which voted the bull raee to be the greatest thing si nee the days of John tiilpln's ride. Portland Oregon ian.

anunu fcsrlt mz&i rWi w as wuuim of (V Aprtl last my IsaiJTOK J"Zh djr came m esunli, 4)OTJ? Aad all Ow AprU X'CL. . toys aad spfitts m aabloJ at tmt Mrta.

aamt Wmmm ar I

fat ttey pris

nth ptak of fnaraat

aadtmoof sarjaS violets bar

eacdta, Awt yellow of tao arooH btoagat to

wnf aer ewts, Aaa aaaaruiuka mey gave to ho&aadleow Has purest pearls. KordM Uiey wit wtiaaoid, ok' as, law ftii am trirht ntVi Bat IT confaa mat ana mm awaa sa AfsHI foototata. tf ate eanauuMl mt atajr. I star; X o 1. stialfMwayot t( se drcrau that nlhi U day, I ar that H is no rromu ike, my heart staas la my svesst; amikasbe. Itata wouM asaes, A ad -tMftter skiea tie fStr orosrk asaaaaa apoa her fiance

Aad tawoaa he amy accmK am aatto, otber avaia to Kara

With her ileuchtooaM aomiMMiy, is

the 1:om-.. of. by virtue of kuparbar htrength. u it and intalligenuM, and to knew that no eriou revolt against hka rule wao L'onleiitplated. "IWi'.'' be Miitt. with a smile. "You d.t;'t grasp my idea. I think w four Ih.;, ought to distmguib ourvlvus by do.ng sometbbag out of the common run something w can talk about next year with pridov "1 eatck on," said Mart, with mow frce than elegance. 'Suppose we send sowteltody up to Wandel, forty miles, for Dr. Itixky u mend a broken leg, and when ha oomes, give aim tto leg of a chair." "Very well," said Jim. dryly. "Dr. lLxby is a violent man. and waa a

boxer tn a younger days. ion go.

swiat abreDtshtr ami tnr to UmhI m d be

didn't mind tlteir chaJE. Then tU laaclurd arave Lint dig

atout hk xped;ion. and the gr who waited on the table bad ioaathnag to say. and when to rashly ventured ut after supper tto statmra from Gta aer'a aunrouaded bias with tin horn and tin pans and ottor bsstrnaaents 4 torinre, until to waa forced to turn and fiybamktottohotaL

Ttoa User kept it up ontMia until

niaaseLf got tired a

to scald stosa if tatsK

not go away.

Kct day the boys were not anrpriaed to toar tnat BWoaab bad Wft town w Knout bidding anyone good-by. and

for n wboU week tto boys didn't get

rttcn

Tpe UoW

UUM8CR.

Sraalr

Of my Utacoouttuw, asll Nsato aada bor serverdty, Poc I II coataM mat aac ba anvde aa Aartt foot of aw. tot If-Us mirJy-I rsbel, sad vow as mate lit bear Tbeao April moods taia Aartt auwt ao oft mm nt to wear, osree U mjr f atwU ufcea, waea a penitent appeals, Taa sltlwa fimge that reus bar eyas all loaatea wlta April Mr. Aad tLca-snd tbtn (vast kar, may. rtteatteraoMud rrawtaS I kaeel for pirdaa. and take up me as sad bells aira. Coetrauif sear her I stay live, wate'er abt wins to be. rorriteoafeM that slwhssatadeaa AarO foot UsiWwet Bytlnse, la Detroit Free Press.

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W0

T STRI KRS me." aakl Jim M e Arth ur, vainly trying to eateh a

back, "that these jokes are aeuaelem." "Hut ttoy ar funny," said Mart

Mart very naturally demurred, and ) muiriUag at tto Yankee who waa

while the others were trying to think ' too smart; and it was unnnmtonsly of something cle, Jim said, suddenly: ! Toted that Jim McArtbur waa a genius, "We are in big luck. Here's our I M well as a philosopher, chancer Xot on of tto boys ever earpocted to

"What s the matter?" queried tto Mnscomb asrain. and eoaaeqnenUr

ttoy stared as if they bad ma counter a ghost, when, precisely three weekafterward they saw tto hmky geatl man walkiaa alonr tto mnin street

bands in pocket as usuaL He wa. in compsvny - with two "wellresscl stmngera, and the boys wore surprised to sen the trio strike for Fox's hUl. Xext day two more stranger's came to town, and ttoy went to Fox's bill: and the next day tto whole pack went away. Tto following week Wasoomb came back with carpenters and builder and a carload of machinery, and tto boys began to think ttoy were dreaming. Tto statesmen at Gtaner's store woke up about this time, and begun to

neglect the affairs of tto nation u

watching Itaseontb and his men.

Jim XI c Arthur bad not eorylongto

wait to Had out tto why and wherefore of these mysterious movement. UU

father sent for htm, and said:

Soyon are tto bpy who fooled Bna

eotnb, are you? I just heard to-day

that you were the one who conceive-:! that great April fool joke. You ought

to be prond of its saecess."

Why?" stammered Jim. 'Because." explained his father, with

a grim anile, "you put tto fellow on to tto biggest win of copper that has ever been found in this region. It Is

fifteen inches thick, if it's oner

Wbatr cried Jim. ia nnaaemect. He nerer said a, word to never udd

I thought fc

Of course, of course," said Jim s

father, "lie let yon fool boysttunk you had fouled him. and he just slipped

down to Detroit, bougni we wnote nui for a song, formed a company, and aovr he can sell out bis aware for a

hundred thousand to-morrow. Hut be

won t; he'll bold on. and he'll be a millionaire in fire years."

Then Jim went out called tto boyi

together ia eancus, and they tton and

there resolved tnat ttoy naa ptayea the most expensive April fool joke on

record. Victor Valentine, in Golden

Days.

Waws iu - - ntsnMiM

'Keep quiet, and yon'il see directly. Tom. give me that specimen from Hunter's mine. Quick r Tom passed over a specimen of copper ore almost as larje as h.s fist and tully eighty per cent tine, and, as Jim took it in his hand, a long, lank and ungainly fellow name shambling around the post office corner. The boys knew bfm well as a Vermont man named Kaseotab. who had been loafing around 1 Iosco for three weeks, and was generally understood to be much keener than he looked. As he came up Jim held tto speeU men off at arm's length, aa if examining it critically, and when to eame within earshot Jim cried: "It must be a mistake, Tom. It couldn't have cropped out there." , By this time llasnomb was abreast f tU trrsMin. and the bors were

watching Jim in surprise, wondering

what iu tto world he wai up to. Suddenly Jim appeared to see Baseomb for the first time. :;; Mr. lmaeomb," said he, wHk an affectation of difndense, "you're a good

jud e of copper, aren t you?" Xot very." answered ltascomb, hi weak and watery eyes shifting uaeasily. -I can tell it when I see it that's about all." 1'shawr exclaimed Jim, in a vexed

tone. "Then you can't throw any light

on this argument This chunk," ne

went on rapidly, "was picked up on the very top of "that hill yonder the

on with the blasted nine at its base.

I say it inustliave been dropped there!

and that it came from ue nemgntou

district, and Tom here declares that K cropped, out on the MIL But it's no maitor u lonsr as vou can't teil the

difference, Come aiong. boys."

Tbe Lavs followed him in mute be-

wildermeat aui when thcr got around

tk tMirner were amazed to see their

leader kink un with laughter.

What's the joke? asked Mart, with

imixsW look. "Doss anrone see tae

nohit"

What is lis scorn b doing?" asked

Jim, without answering tto general

finerv.

StandUur with his hands in his

uoekets."" answered Anderson, after

isVW a. earuful IMS "Is that the

joker

No." aakl Jim. after iubjmg m

amatkar kink: -tto toto will come in

W41

KssMWt -4 nanafetie mt

The opnoacats uf free lunibfr, mostly tto nur t a western lumber syniisntas and their ofiSeial ami SMamV;iait ngeatv insist that a repenl bf tto amU -s on this raw mater pul would notnAtot its pr.ee. Yet ttoy emm readily see thnttto repeal ef tto duties mi aogsr ha beonght down tto priot of that commodity. In proof of their assertion, they pomt to tto fact theA tto sliarto rednetio of duty on white pine lumbar in tto M eKiuley tariff has not red need tto prise of

though it hnsereaxly stimulated it importation. Yet. with characteristic ecmsmteney. they assert that a repeal of tto duties would paenlyae Use lumber industrr." If. a they elakev, a partial reduction of dntiss hns not had tto leant effect upon tto prions of lumber, what would be likely to be the effect of their total repeal? The facts of tto lumber trade stow nlaialv enough thut tto duties on this material are not needed for "protoc-

Uon, but serve only to despou AsserK

eaa consumers While tto total

ports of lumber and its products Inst year amounted in value to a little lees

tear, srtth

I our nseresnrlte abilltv.

i the world In iadastrial

am

"Whoa I look upon this betlinjunaV

this energetic, this umMtanus

It seems strange that nay tb:nk that the iadustry aw

abiiity of a-x ether nntmst on tto globe can eomp-te with un in a Ires field and a fair fihc I hnveoedy to add the I know the yen gent'enara of tto hardware trade, yon uaaaufacturent a,fd mershante, will

earefnlly consider tto eusstk must eame tofere too os! tto

freedom of trade: tto qseatlan oC

nta-ring ourselves with our raw i

sis on aa equal footing with tto nan faetnrers of lleglaod. Whenever

I do that we eaa eertalalr take core of

oareelTesbx nay quarter of tto giehs." Applause. EX.GOV. AMES TALKS.

in value to upward of tOmXOJO. 19 these exports exceeded fem

in value, having

W ThtSbi WWy-neX Canarw Vlwlatadt IU flodaes. At a recent meeting in Jtostou, exOor. Ames, gave a MfcnameeNtt nJnTimwsJamWam

I, of the MeKinley tariff. Mis spaeeh e

etnta greax marm ta tne ranns oc toe

American Protective Tarts! league, and.

tto ex-

goeercor aakiag for aa explicit state-

( meet of his. views. He hue replied m a

mod, with i oas" 5Mjr of whieh this h

I - . 1 . . .

.. . -- i ni wmarj wime m wtser mt

In

other staple export, under tto malign influence of tto MeKinley tariff. But

since tto country fat able to make these

wood and its

pith:

-la the presidential easupsiga of IMS the republican party met the tariff is-

I L IV. S !... - J - -

flUr. it- tbn snrssi i-T for I seccessfal. to redoee tto aurplus In the

reTcaiae ex im rJnninwai uj nr iams;

The girl who dotes on pretty slippers

ns lonnd that the toe of her satin or

nk slipper wears out long before it

stumld, and that there is a remedy for this in the adjnstakte slipper toe. They

re easily fastened on, and are made of tbrr, goW. and bronxe. lite society tf'rl has the adjustable toe made of ?oid. upon which is her monogram Nisrklimr with her favorite atone. A

iisrk red satin slipper will have a gold- ' toe. upon whhdt ht a nvoaograni of

mrr.eta.-Chieego Tribune.

ttreatitMK the Xew

r- Wngo (severely J I alwuld like

w Know where you were last night?

. "'njro Well. If the truth niunt be

w I was playing poker with Kingiey.

f - y dear, the laat jack-pot I bet

. w new bonnet for you againet a

Htwt for hk wik.

rv lUngo Yes, my dear, and who

won?

ltinro-We'l, you jeet wait till yen hh wW. Mxt MendeV.--.Llfe.

"MR. BASCOMB, VOU'mt A

Harper, slyly pinning a strip of yellow adieu to Tommy Bowers coat-tails.

"1 doubt It," replied Jim, stoutly. "I can't scare up the lt bit of a smile when Squire Burgess looks up and down tto street in response to our Hellor and for the life of me I can t tee what there is funny in ringing door-bells or tying dead cats to garden rates. It is simply annoying to the other people, ami the mischief of it is than any one of us cofld be victimised tto saws way by the biggest idiot la town. For instance, Mart has just pinned a rag on Tom's coat, ami deesn t know that there is one oa his own -'The deuce there is!" cried Mart, feeling behind him, with a very red

fl dare say," continued Jim. i. ti..u.. .i.linl to win in

general snicker at Mart's expense, that there kt something hanging or stkkmg to me nt this fA but I don't care enough to look for it

Oh, tor' tried Lew Anderson, the fourth of tto group of Idle boys who were standing this first day of April on tto main street of Itosco, w" !n the Michigan peninwU, '"hst Is Xing Jim's idon of a joke, for meaner? isbsll we blow up a barn with dynamite, or throw a couple of ehren in the laker I would suggestthnt we set fire to the lake as a starter." . w.rl l-osr of nterri-

m rvvt rw""

t ever thU sally, but JMt

the tto

was not

tolhed. Uu was king. "deed.

moon juimik or corrxx

about an hour, when youH see Bos-

.Mah rAndns- a war with nick and

shovel oa the ton of Fox MIL Dida'

roe see the cunning gleam in his eye

wton I tmt the chunk uader his noe

Well. I did: and If to isn't on the hill

inskle of an hour, it wilt be because be

ean't buv. beg or borrow tto tools.

The bovs saw tto joke and roared.

vrvJir in Hoseo knew that Fox

hill had been thoroughly pros

ttected. and that there wasn't nn

nunM r nr in it and when ttoy saw

the Yankee climbing tto lull, sure enough, they fairly whooped. It was such a good joke that they told tto old

folks, and they enjoyed it, too.

nu..r th storekeener. vowed he

would set off some fireworks Sa las-

aAH,i.& bnnor. and four or five choice

" - " ' , unir!u who reeulated tto affairs

tto nation br sitting on C lexer's bar

rels and boxes, and eoosuiuiog tobacco

for nine hours a day, mude prrpai

lions to give tto foolish prospectors ealathumplnn eerenade. Ami, what is more to tto pn they did. When Bascomb came down from Fox hill at nightfall to looked woebegone and facrd u mi T tried to sneak into tto hotel through tto back door, but tto toys were there to welcome him. He took it good-naturedly enough when to found to eouWnt escape. The boys plied him with qnckM atout ton many veins to had strtse. and tow much he wonjd sell mt oune to eouhta't do afyttmg but

protecting

It is not pretended that these expert are not sent abroad ha a profitable trade; nor can it be pretended that American consumers would jmy lees than foreign consumers for this lumber if tto duty should be removed. Why. then, should a protective duty be put upon lumber, unless it be fu tto, purpose of plundering h?me consumers? Xot content w.th tto dutie on ordinary grades of lumber, heavy datiea are imposed on saw n lignamvitan, ebony rosewood, mshoj-nny and other valuable tropical woods used ia the mann-

these duties lies in the fnct that barfly w T.r'Tuj 7" T. .wik, s W5ti of wool on fsetnred goods that bad adequate pro-

the tariff on imports all along tto Hue. but In such a way as to preserve and. encourage the manufactures of fen cowntrv. It claimed that this red notion stonld be ansde by the friend of protection and not by its enemies; otherwise the interests to be effected would suffer. "On the faunc thus presented we elected n republican president and a republican houae of representatives. But our pledge was not kept in Hs entirety, as it show Id have been. Instead of re

ducing tto tariff duties all along the

MR. REYNARD AND MRS. GOOSE.

Tne UHir rrtoyu stn trat Mt sa

One warm spring morning Mr. Ber

nard wont out to see what to could nnu for bronkfaat. He was hs hopes to could entch some young chickens, for

to was particularly fond of them, ttoy were o tender: but all tto little ch;ck-

enc were safe in tto barayards, vttore

Mr. Bernard dared not venture, and to

grew very hungry.

After awhile to enase to tne enge oi

a grassy osaK, at. ine 100. ot

was a broad -lake. There, etose oy we water, preparing to take a morning

swim. 3dr. Bernard saw wtot maoe

his month water. It waa a pi amp.

handsome goose.

Uood morning. Mrs. tJooe: smut Mr. Bernard. n be ran down tto bank.

thinking to hisnself: "I'll a meal

of you in ao time:

-Good morning. Mr. Keynursr xe-

aponded Mrs, Goose, wita aer asoat

fnscmatiug smile. Mrs. Goose had already surmised Mr. Keyaard' intentions, and she at once enffaged hint In conversation, while site tried to think how she could best escape his e.ntebes. Meantime Mr. Bernard half forgot his hanger, his vanity was so ptessed nt the eccming alairatior of Mrs. (wee; Suddenly M rs. Uoose asked, la a most winning way: -Will yon do me a favor. Mr. Bernard?" i "Command men he exclaimed, laying one paw sasress his heart. Well, then," said she, rae run up the bank, and see if nsy goslings are aar where about, and tell them to hurry down here to take their swimmhar lesson."

Goslings! Tto thought made Mr. Reynard's eyea dance with delight. Of warn to would go! If they were at fnt as their mother, what a dainty breakfast to would have! do up tto bunk he scampered, well pleased with hm erruuL He could take oars of Sirs Goose after he kadhedatustc of tor yonagone. But his search up and down tto road wns in rain; he scoured the adjoining lots to ne purpose, and he hurried back to the lake in a very bad humor indeed,, But Mrs. Goose was not where he had left tor. She was reMiag upon the water quite far enough from shore to be ott of his grap. and evidently enjoying his discomfiture. I thlak you mutt bare forgotten thut to-drv ia tto first of April," she soul, smiling, "and as I understood your intentions perfectly I thought you deserved to to sent on an empty errand. 1 may as weU tell you," she

added, that 1 have ao goslings, and if I had I should oertninty not, send you to feUdt them. Good day, Mr. Key nurdt 'Yon jest let me eateh year sureamtd Iteynnrd, angrily. 0a no; I do not mtend.te tot yen catch user replied Mrs, Ooose, swimmiugaway toward tto middle, of the lake. Youth's Cnmpeukm. .

which ther are imposed comes into the 1 United States. Although taese woods, when not sawed into boards nor maun- j factured la aar shape are on tto free lint, very H:Uc fat imported into the country. The inatsogany, ebony, !ig nunmitm and rosewood of Central and South America are sent t Europe, whence sense of H fax tto shape of luxnrioei furniture finds its way to a. few American consumer. By tto contains: arts of varnishing, graining and veneorinc ordinary woods, a little rosewood, satin-

wood and mahogany goes a great ways in tto making of f eraitere. But If these woods should to awde free of tariff tax American makers of eabiuntware would use a great deal more of them. Tto taxes on lumber are not of suaV cieat importance for revenue, and are

not hneosed for that mtrpose. But

ther are a serious obstruction to indus

try nod commerce, aa-1 n grievous burden to Aneedean commerce. Tto datiea

should, therefore! be totally.

tionally and immediately Philadelphia Record.

AMERICAN VS. FOREIGN LABOR. Ht Ksrntete a4 tw LaSsr CTMt m tfc tTiwt J mmtrm mm Csiipaul Umb Law BwaUfi aed Hsjcti LsSjt Ctt .tbrMsd In responding to the toast "Pant and Present of tto Hardware Manufacture" at tto hard war dinner recently told in Xew York. J. B. Sargeatone of tto largest manufacturers of bar J ware In tto United Stales, said: "In agricultural tools and topic meats, at least, we take hs.f the trade of the foreign countries outside of

ITnrone. and in all kinds of

we tnke hnlf tto trade of South A

ica and Asia. But, gentlemen, my tiuse Is more than gone, and I will bring my remarks to a close, by saving tnat with the mannfaetarers of this country in their present eoaJitim. with our mehinerr. with our unrivaled help, with our skilled meehanies. aad with yon.

gentlemen of tto hardware nasi

ebautiie braaetos there IS ao

why we should not only told our own m oar own country, but take a large parted the trade of all tto world. The American maeinfsetnrer, with tto Aaaericaa mechaaie. has never seemed to realise hh owa strength, or tto strength of his owa trade. We

have, as I have always seta, tto sMtled. the most willlnr. tto

energetic and tto most ambitions workers, workman and mechanics nay where tntofoand. Althoucn oer waaus In

this country the earnings of men per day are very much more than any other ewtulry. and especially of the

countries uf the eootweat. wha are our competik rt. and although they earn so mueh more per day, still their Ubor to tto manufacturer fa cheaper than that uf laborers fas ottor countries. In ottor worJs. tto labor eot of almost any article of American hardware manufacture is lets than the labor cost of tto same article in any vttor country. Tto fear which ao many of us hare had of the pauper labor of England Is a matter unworthy of consideration. The pauper labor of Eagtaud, in manufacture of hardware, as compared with our labor, may be compered wHS the cheap farm labor of I ad .a. where that elaes

labor la paid ! eents per day. as empared with oer western farm laborer, in the raising of wheat. With land aa pteatr and as cheap, with millions of acres whieh are not used in India, but that are rosmed over by wild toasta

with land m plenty, aad with labjr at 1 eeuM per dar (cheap labor fat tto usunl xeeeptanee of the term), stl 1 in thk country we can produce wheat more ctonp'y than they can In India, and yet we pay St per day for the labor. In other wordes the 1 cent per day labor m India, under all tto eonAliiona ttot ther have titer, fe net so

teetsou. I am a republican anl

teetkmist. and I believe that our rev-

law shoe Id be so adjusted as to

rive ample protection t manufactures.

so as t insure good wages to tto work

men and fair profit to tto employer. But 1 do net believe ha making the rate of duties so high as to exclude foreign roods, and rive a manufacturer phenomenal prcfits. and thereby so over-stimulate dosutitie production aa to end iu ruinoaa competition or to cause that reaction whi-h tends to the abolition of all protective laws, which already has so many advocates. I am coaviaeed that tto tariff ot IMS was. ia many Instances too high, aad that tto tariff of line la sense of Its provisions is still uk re burdensome tton was that which H succeeded. This is tto error hm legislation which I wish to point out, to which 1 more than once catted attention while the measure was under eoe-

slderatioa iu tto congress, aad which I believe did more to defeat the repub

lican aartr la l9e tbrouerh

reswrtio than any other act

during a quarter of a century.

PLATE GLASS TRUST.

lac lef av Tto combiastion of asanufactarers of plate trlasa held a meeting a few naya ago "for the purpose. as tto Xew York Tribune sail, "of arranging a scale of prices asd establishing a rebate aystesn. It fat by means t "a rebate system that tto whisky trust and several other similar conaWeotioe enforce their price iits with tto middtemeav The I'sinL Oil sad Drag Review of tto Stth ieat. explains tto action taken at this meeting. Ia November. 18M, rules were adopted whisk recognized two grades of glass, first and second qualities. Since that tfaste there ha been a price for each grade, that of tto second qsalKy being about It per cent, tower than tto other, although tto quality was deterntineJ solely by sine. These rules tore now toes repeated. Hereafter,"' says the Review, -the nt;arfseinrers will sell all plate glass as ftrat etas, it and 5 off, regardleas of size, aa arrnagesneat which ia praetrealiy an alvnnce in prices. It k ch advances of price by -a eombmatiou agreement that in arouse the import ot plnte glass. Hotwtthstandiag tto high duties. The latnet annual report oi the treasurr deportmeat shows that the hnpotts for tto seat years 1 and 191 were as follows:

rUTI UUAUa. tmt hm. Cat. nmsfaed, wisllteisit, .. .IMTat itmttet Cant- mflaart. tittTr- srtjtt WXJU

riiiiod ruttirl t i "-"nn1 stmt One of t to orgna of tto giaes

tto Glass Budget, says that there

only two plate rlaw factories outoide of what it eaJU "the trust. One ef these la sit os ted ia MkwourL aad the o wears of it 'give as their expieaation for not tolengfogr to tto assoeiatiou tto cogent reason that their state anti-trust law in so well delaed that it would be hmpoeoibk for thent to hare membership ia any i iimtflnatfca which might ha eonstracd aemking port m a ooupiraey to uphold prfeee. But. as 'ttoy intesMl to give all tto aid they can to the market without compromising their rharlcr righls." tto eosnbination mag

rely upon their cordial oo-ouerstion. No one ehgiged ii the bnsiuass nppencu to have any information about a natioaal ant!-trust law, although one was enacted about two years age. X.

Brass: manufacturer at Bridfap art, Conn., hare cut down tto wages in the screw ikrpartmoat from 9i to SI.7S par nay. aad hare increase 1 tto hours of work trosn sine hours to ten. MoMera wages have been cut from SIM to tL ft, and the wages of women reduced from

Sf.90 to ream. Tae Clark box

4fke-

Dul

that

With Juno at tto Gate.

a wicked man tear your eAtae

way, Oeorge, dear? He-rJCn. dearaut It wns the wicked pMk we were lunahsg en toM. night X. Y. KeeuM

panv, of Danbary. Conn, has red need tto wssren of nailers M per rent Both

vnenp n vn ptjhbii inwi.M " a www - ft per day Inhr of our urvetorn ! dent snprortrrs of tto MeKinley teriut, fnrmers. And so. If we uttl nly tahe j an i s-nrght to eoorlnea their msrhhsgs ournge nai a out tofere tan wmrld mm t tint high tariff and hhrh wnget uilh uuw- iadmrtrtoJi. wtth omr awbia. I were alaamst ea?atrahmn term.