Rensselaer Republican, Volume 24, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 August 1892 — Page 6

TOPICS OF THESE TIMES.

— % What the Alabama Election MeansMcKlaley’e Uni Lkki for Protection— A Democratic Sfcret Circular—Other In tore* tlag Themo*. ■■'r* T' Mt. JBynum pines to give his contin plates, of which th£ytray possibly consume two pounds each a year, but he voted against free raw and lower refined sugars’, of which each one cbnsumesabout forty pounds a year. The tinplate is lower now under the double duty than it was two years agq, because of the threatened competition in this country, but the sugar is about a third lower. If they paid the additional duty on the plate it would amount to 5 cents each, while on the sugar the lower price oh tert v poundsis $1. —Indianapolis Jouruai. IMMIGRATION FROM GERMANY AND GREAT BRITAIN COMPARED. IQias been estimated by the freetrade advocates that Germany, with her protective tariff, is furnishing more immigrants to America, a protective country, than is free-trade England, and the question is asked, why? The' proposition- is not stated. Tne figures show exactly the contrary. During the year ending June 20, 1890. Germany/sent to America alone 92,457 immigrants, while Great Britain, not including "Wales, sent 128.340. This question was propounded by a leading advocate of “tariff reform" to a protectionist Republican during the debate m Congress., to which no reply was given. The reply might have easily ,be£n found in the following statement: A eomparfson of the= arriving in America from the two countries named above from 18If»4a * June 30, 1890, is as follows: Greab 8ritain,6,235,277 out of a population of 35,000,000; while from Germany there came 4,504.128 out of a population of 40,000,000. These figures speak for themselves.

M’KINLEY’S HOTSHOT.

Cleveland and His Party and the Playful Dodge of “Tariff tie form." Wm. McKinley. Jr. It requires $100,000,000 annually to pay the expenses of federal government —more than $1,000.000 every twenty-four hours. How is this to be raised ? That, rests upon you, and you can do it in . two ways. First, by taxing yourselves, anjfc second, by taxing the products ot other people of the world Seeking market in the United States. The Democrats look to a direct tax. We .rect taxation during the war.' Everything was taxed by the government en the face ,of the earth. In Cases emergency we have tried it "three time’s, and as soon as the necessity passed we repealed it. It is odious to a free people in time of peace. The Republican party has wiped out every direct tax on American products, except these on whisky and tobacco. If any one desires to wipe it out on 'these articles, do not permit him to vote the Republican ticket. Do you know what tariff reform is? Has Mr. Cleveland told us ?Has Nr. Warner told us ? Has Mr. Mills told us? No! Do you know why they don't tell us ? It is because they don't know. Read Grover Cleveland from bis Urst words on . tariff, in Albany, to hrs last public ■ utteratice,in Madison square Garden, j and you look in vain for au explanation. ■ ■ I And the 150 majority in Congress! ) What definition has it given of the term “Tariff reform?” Why, it has passed a bill to untax wool for the benefit of the New England manufacturer and the injury of alt 8 farmers, while leaving the duty on - ns2ft _ tWmwGoleh _ ®^icl^s~tlratrTmiirTS ir called upon to wear. Yes, aud it has passed a bill to lift the tariff on cotton ties for the benefit of the South, while the almdst identical iron bands used in many other callingssttttbaveupoutherjtheold duty. economic policy of the Democratic party. It might* better be called no policy at all, for it obviously represents no system and can produce jitr uniform result fur good or bad. WHAT THE ALABAMA ELECTION MEANS. When Mr. Manning, of Alabama, arose in the Omaha convention to place General Weaver in nomination for the Presidency, he pledged that Southern State to the People s Party. There were many other enthusiasts who followed Mr. Manning, and "pledged their States, North and South, to the new party. This party’ called the Populis party and the People's party was to wipe out sectional lines, break down race prejuand bring the- political millennium. /T. Alabama has held its first electioh of the year. In this State election Mr. Manning and the People’s party have met the enemy theyi expected to wipe from the face of the earth. But the returns from Alabamtfmdieate that the regular Democrats will have a majority of 30,000 to 50,000. The Kolb people c.aim’ that systematic fraud was practiced against them, and threaten a contest. They arc in the position occupied by the Republicans in the South, and have been treated with no more consideration. They have made their cam- -- r**»n and have failed to break the Democratic line. * • dm well that the People’s party A CM’i*s*'' 'M .-■* . -s ' sli'X ...

leaders have had their opportunity early Rs Albania. They went into this work with great enthusiasm,and old tijtne Democrats from the South talked so much confidence at Omaha that they made many Western farmers believe that the solid South was to be broken by this new political force. The West was ready to the South half way. Alabama was one of the most hopeful Southern States. There was a split in the Democratic party. The new organization would take advantage of this and unite dissatisfied Deny- . ocrats with the alliance men to sweep the State. That was their outline at Omaha. But in the campaign the Kolb leaders depended upon another force to carry the State. Instead of breaking through the lines of the Democrats, Chairman Boman sought in every way,even by forgery, to speure the negro vote, which has Republican. He forged Chairman Moseby sname to an alleged Republican manifesto, urging all Republicans to vote for Kolb, and he more strife than did Re. publicans. . A It should be remembered that Colonel Kolb was an old Democratic leader ; that he was an ex-Confed-*erate soldier ; that he was for years a State officer; that two years ago he went into the Democratic State convention with more delegates than any other candidate for Governor, and even by a combination of all the other candidates he held them in a dead lock until they bribed several of his delegates and sprung several scandals in the press which went against him ; that he was the leader of the Alliance in the State, and as hopeful of controlling his phrty in Alabama as was Governor Buchanan in Tennessee Or Governor Tillman in South Carolina. But with all these advantages Kolb has been defeated in Alabama. Governor Buchanan has been compelled, to retire as a candidate for re-election in Tennessee, and Governor Tillman has a very poor prospect for re-nomination An South Carolina. The bubble has burst. There is little hope for the People's party in the South. The Alabama election clearly demonstrates this. ■ The Alliance men did xjot vote the Kb,lb ticket. Their State lecturer and several other State officers deserted Kolb. The old cry of white supremacy was just as powerful against the new political combination as it has ever been against the Republicans. Western Republicans who had a leaning toward the movement to take the Alliance into National politics are now able to see how futile are the efforts to break the solid South by -such a Southern Democrats talk fair/out they vote as they shot. The /destinies of this government can not be worked out along the Alliance line. The old political parties are to wage the battle and decide whether ty or minority rule shall prevail. ' The People’s party in the can only help those in favor pf minority rule. Every votwfor Weaver in Kansas, Nebraska. lowa, Minnesota, Indiana-mMllinois is a vote for Cleveland. The People’s party in the South is only a myth. The Alabama election has demonstrated this and that the new combination is only for use in the West to assist’ the Democrats. DEMOCRATIC SECRET CIRCULAR Indianapolis Journal. ■ A copy of a circular issued by the chairman of the Democratic State central committee has reached the Journal and is printed in another colunWi? The circular has been sent i to Democratic trustees, who are to act as spies on the chairmen of county committees,finding out what they have done or left undone, completing the worly they have neglected, and ; giving the chairman of the State > committee secret information as to the doings ot the local chairmen and also of their own operations. The circular se6m§ to suggested by a suspicion or fear I local committeemen, and especially the chairmen, coi|ld not be tr us ted. The burden of the instructions is to ascertain whether the local organization is doing its duty, and if not, why ■ not. The secret agent is to “asceri tain ” a great many things. Qne clause of "the circular ""reads “ “ Ascertain if they [the local committeemen "J are looking after voters classified as doubtful Democrats, and how. ” So it seems there are some “doubtful Democrats” in spite of * assurances to the contrary, and they are to be “ looked after. ” Mr. Taggarts method of “looking after” doubtful voters is pretty well known. clause pf the circular directs the secret agent to “call chairman’s attention to the necessity of conferring wltKcounty-commission-ers, etc., and see that a reductigpdjHhe levy for taxes is made at the meeting of the commissioners in September. ” So that racket is to be played again and on a larger scale. This is a repetition Of Chairman Jewett’s instructions, sent out shortly after the tax law was 14 ‘ passed, directing Democratic county commissioners aud township trustees to reduce the local levy so as to keep down the aggregate amount of taxation. In a number of counties this was done to such an extent as to compel the commissioners to negotiate temporary loans to meet current expenses. This is a characteristic Democratic dodge. Another clause of the circular directs the secret agent to “have chairman make out lists of names and addresses of German Lutheran Republicans and Mail the same to the State committee.” This means that an attempt is to be made to work th* Bennett school law scare in this State, and it can only be characterized as a dirty, contemptible trick.

No legislation of that character has been proposed in this State, andl there is not the slightest probability that there will be.--The attempt to introduce that issue in Indiana politics Is an insult to every German Lutheran in the State, because it assumes they have so little intelligence that they can be easily fooled. Thiff secret circular’ is notice to Republicans that they have to deal With an opponent who is underhanded, untiring, unscrupulous and ready to use any means, fair or foul, that may contribute to success. PROTECTION AT THE ROOT. N; Y. Press. Our.production of beet sugar grew from ' • 600,000 pounds in 1887 to , 4,000,000 pounds in 1888, 6,000,000 pounds in 1889, 8,000,000 pounds in 1890, and, under the McKinley law, to 12,000,000 pounds in 18917 "

A PLAIN STATEMENT. The greatest increase of duty on any article affected by ; the McKinley ■■ bill is that upon pearl buttons. Democrats are fond of saying that it amounts to 144 per cent. This may be an exaggeration, as most Dettiocratic statements relative to tariff duties are, but the increase is ebn- i sidefable, the old rate of duty being 25 per cent, ad valorem, white-the: new rate is 2J cents per line, and 25 per cent, ad valorem. In consequence of this increase of duty several thousand Americans have found employment in new factories of pearl buttons, the wages of operatives, which were from $8.50 to sl2 per week before -the passage of the bill have risen to $lB and $24, and a member of the firm of Whaton ; Bros, assured a reporter of the New York Tribune that “ buttons are cheaper now than they were before the McKinley bill was passed. ” Of some score or so of American pearl button makers interviewed by the Tribune’s reporter but one was found* who did not approve of the McKinley bill, and his reasons are so cogent that we gladly reproduce them in his own language :

“I am not in favor of the McKinley bill, because I am a free trader, and then, too, I don’t think it has been a good thing for the manufacturers. There have been, of course, a good many people going into the hnsinessp-and this Las created such 'a lively competition among the manufacturers that we have to sell our goods at very low rates, and there is little profit in the business for us. At the same time we are obliged to pay our hands higher wages than we did before the McKinley bill was passed, as there is now more demand for labor. At the same tipie we are selling our manufactured goods at a/ '"much lower rate than we did before; the bilf became a law, for the reason ! that a large number of new factories that have sprung up under its operation have caused a competition that has compelled us to lowei: our prices to such an extent that even with the present high tariff shutting out foreign competition, buttons are sold cheaper to day than they ever were before. The effect of the Republican protective tariff has been greatly to increase the wages of the workingman, iind also to prevent the concentration of the trade-in the hands of a few as it was ago, whenpfteMor six firms controlled the wholbjrade in this city, and as I regard the competition as ruinous, I shall Support Cleveland and Stevenson. This Democratic manufacturer is not'in favor of the McKinly bill because: 1. It creates competition. 2. It lowers prices to the con- \ . -'A— ■' 3. It raises the price of labor. 4. It prevents “the concentration of trade ih the hands of a few manufacturers." It is seldom that; an intelligent Democrat talks with such candor. These four reasons do, however, lie at the bottom of nine-tenths of all organized opposition to pfißf&ctive tariffs. The gentleman interviewed has madet a plaih statement of the free trade case. .

NO WONDER THE STATE IS POOR.

“I'm very hard pressed, just novvi," said Billsby, “It sets me crazy to be squeezed in this manner.” “Squeezed! "Why I think it’s delightful,” exclaimed his daughter, and then rushed from the room in confusion. —Boston Post. ped dead on the streets, just now," said the foreman. as I expected,” remarked , the editori . . C “He was too mein to die a lingering death and give the doctors 7 a chance. —Atlanta Constitution.

SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON.

Lomou Vlll.—Augu»t 21. THE APOSTLES PEBSECUTED.— Acts 52: 5-41 Sunt.—2s. Then camo one and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom ye putin prison ire standing in the temple, and teaching the people. . > Schotfl.—2s. Then went the'captaln-with the officers, and brought them without violence; for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned. 27. And when they had brought them they set them before the council; and the' high priest asked them, 28. Saying, Did not westraitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have tilled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man’s blood upon us. 29. Then Peter and the-othcr apostles answered and saick We ougtrt to obey God rather than men. 39. The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye - *slew and hanged on a tree. 31. Him hath God exalted wit'll his right hand to be a Prince and a Savior, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins. 32. And we are 'his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy-Jihost, whom God hath given to them that obey him. 33 When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took counsel to slay them. 34. Then stood there up one in the council..a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of theTaw.hadlnrepuiation among all the people, and commanded to put the apostles forth a little space;* . 35. And said unto thorn, Yemen of Israel take heed to yourselves what ye intend to do as touching,these men. 36. For before these days rose up Thendas, boasting htmsclf to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves: was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered, and brought to nought. 37. After this man rose up J udas of Galilee in the days of the taxing, and drew away much people after him; he also perished; and all, even as many as obeyed him were dispersed. 33. And now I say unto you, Refrain from these mon, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought; 39. But if it be ot God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest happily ye be found even to fight against God. 40. And to him they agreed; and when thqy had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go. A—_ •« 41. And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name. The section of history covers verses 12-42. . ’ ' , „ Time.—A. D. 30-33; Soon after the last lesson. Place. —Jerusalem. Court of the and the hall of the Sanhedrim, .7 . Circumstances. —The great popularity of the Christian Church aroused the anger of the rulers against it. They put the apostles in prison, but an angel released them, and they immediately returned to their preaching. z. Held over Hard Places.—26. Captain: of the temple guard. 1 eared the people: while the apostles. 32. We are his only God. 28. Straitly: strictly. Filled Jerusalem: a testimony to the success of the apostles 32. We are his witnesses: they bore . witness to what they had seen and heard,—Christ’s words, miracles, resurrection, mighty works; changed lives, experienced blessedness. So is also the Holy Ghost: by the wonders of Pentecost, and miracles of healing and conversion of souls by the power of the Holy Ghost. 33. Cut to the heart: literally, sawn asunder. 34. Gamaliel: the teacher of Paul; a moderate Pharisee. He and the Pharisees were favored by—the-doc«-trine of the resurrection. 36. Theudas: a leader about the time of the birth of Jesus. The Jews were very restive under Roman rule, and there were many insurrections. 37. The days of the taxing: during the boyhood of Jesusf Roman taxes were by many Jews regarded as treason to their religion. The acknowledged allegiance to God .only. 40. Beaten them: with scourges, to express their disapprobation of the apostles disobedience to their command, and as a substitute for the severer punishment which some desired to inflict. Subjects for further study and special reports. —The imprisonment and release by the angel. The Sanhedrim.—Fearing God and fearing the people.—Obeying God rather than man. —The testimony of God to the gospel. The testimony of men. —Theudas and Judas. atieTs counsel.— Rejoicing in suffering for Christ.

USEFUL AND CURIOUS.

Steel rails IztSt eighteen years. Germany has a rubber street. Paper flower pots arc in demand. A machine makes 30,000 corkscrews daily. The world’s railways are worth $30,000,000,000. About 55 per cent, of property in America is insured. Germany sells $10,000,000 worth of toys in England annually. Peter the Great superintended the management of the first Russian newspaper. . The greatest distance covered by a steam vessel in one hour’s run is fixed at twenty-six miles. A typewriting machine which will print on the leaves of a blank book of any thickness is one of the latest inventions. The phonograph with a click attachment is made to announce the departure of trains in a station at St. Petersburg. It is calculated that within ninety years,at the present rate of increase, Australia will contain about 40,000,000 citizens. In Brussels and Antwerp SSO a year is the ordinary charge for telephones, and this is the highest rate current in Belgium.

SURROUNDED BY SNAKES.

Frightful Experience of a Ken- ’ tacky Farmer. It Turned Hl> Hair White . and Made Hie Wife Hysterical—Scores ot Them Killed, * » TimoffiiTGates, of Gates Station, was In Greenup, Ky., on the 11th, to relate his horrible experience of the previous night and to obtain the services of a physician to attend his wife, who lies in a deathly stupor, brought on through fright or by breathing the sickening fumes arising from the mass of deadly rattlers that surrounded them during the night. Gates’s cabin is occupied only by himself and wife, elevated some two feet off the ground. His three dogs aroused him from his slumbers about 11 o’clock at nigb\. He and his wife listened inteMly and thought they discerned the sound of many rattlers above the baying of the dogs. Soon the dogs ran under 'the house, aqd the hissing and rattling that was now heard fully convinced them that rattlesnakes in great numbers were beneath their cabin. Soon the barking of' the dogs ceased, and they were satisfied that their defenders were laid low in death. were their fears, and Mrs. Gates soon became unconscious-... They were afraid to get out of bed, as there were large holes in the floor that the snakes could crawl through, l and in tketo imagination the' snakes were in the room all around. Mr. Gates, well known to the citizens of] Greenup as a stalwart man of raven locks, was scarcely recognizable owing to his whitened hair, it having turned gray Jn a single night from fright. Dr, Howard reports his wife in a critical condition and, having the appearance' of having aged’ ten years during the night. Mr. Gate 9 reports that upon the light penetrating ills cabin so he could see he cautiously peered arbund, and. seeing no signs of snakes in the room, he got up, dressed and looked out in the yard, when bis eyes beterror to the stoutdst heart. There in the yard were hundreds of snakes lying lazily about, apparently unconcerned.- In .the course of an hour a neighbor approached on horseba<ftv,«stl. neaping the cabin, his horse stopped and would not respond to whip or spur. The mas heard Gates calling jflm and at tlie same timefirst noticed the danger that beset his path. Seeing the numbei>«f the monsters and knowing that it would he useless to attempt" to cope witli them single handed and unarmed, he turned about and gathered the neighbbrs in a posse, armed with clubs and shotguns, to go to the rescue the unfortunate Gates. This they did a,nd engaged in a war of extermination that lasted for* one hour before Gates was released from his cabin. Eleven dogs suffered death during the fight, and numerous others will die from the effects of the bites of the snakes. After the battle was over aw Inventory was taken an Ait was found that 141 snakes were killed, sSffle of them monsters, measuring over six feet in length and hawing fofiy-thfßLraltles and a buttoa. Several persons were made faint from the peculiar odor arising from the bodies of the poisonous reptiles. Hundreds of the snakes escaped to their dens in a cleft of rocks in an old quarry near by. Huckleberry pickers had reported that the hiils in that vicinity, which a® covered with bushes bearing tl»is succulent berry, were overrun with rattlesnakes to such an extent that it was dangerous to engage in gathering the berries. .

POLITICAL RIOT IMMINENT.

Charges of Election Crookedness In Albania Causes Wild Excitement. Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 11.—Rockford, tho county seat of Goosa county, is in a panic. The county went for Kolb at the recent .election, and tho Kolb men assert that they caught the probate judge and sheriff tampering with the boxes afte r they had been returned to the court house, by which their majority was reduced. Yesterday 100 armed Kolb men marched into the town and declared their’ intention of killing the probate judge, sheriff and circuit clerk, who constituted the returning board, and declared vengeance on all Jones men. The sheriff, summoned a posse and a i lot was prevented’ The mob declared their intention of re turning Monday next, prepared to execute their will. Tho inhabitants are in a panic stricken condition.

A POLITICAL SURPRISE.

judge Gresham Will Take the Stump. For the People’s Party. , M > St. Louis, August 11.—The National People's Party headquarters to day were alive with enthusiastic workers, all of. whom are jubilant over a telegram received, and its contents verified by a letter to the effect that Judge Gresham had con. eluded to take the stump, in the interest of the third party, and would make his opening speech ut Indianapolis, the latter part of this month. Chairman Taubeneck received this intelligence from the chairman of the State committee of Indiana, to whom Judge Gresham had written, declaring his intention and setting forth his reasons for making a campaign in the Interest of General Weaver. In his report to the national headquarters, the chairman of the Indiana committee states that Judge Gresham, Is apprising him of his intentions, informed him by letter that he did not refuse the presidential nomination because he was not in sympathy with The party, but for a reason, that was entirely personal and not politjjgaL • James Battorff, miller, of Clark county was approached by agents of a fanning mill, and was induced to accept the sale of a mill on commission, signing, as he supposed, an agreement to that effect Afterward he discovered that he bad signed a contract for thirty mills, calling for *750. *nd that notes to this amonnt against him had been deposited in a Rushville bank. Mr. Batterhoff gave notice that he had been swindled, and that he would contest payment in court. Hal Pointer easily defeated Direct in three straight heats In a race at<lrand Rapids, Mich., on the 11th. Hal Polnter’i time was 2:00: 9:11M 90(1

CONDIMENTS.

Counting the chickens before they are hatched is the highest way of showing confidence in the reliability of the hen. - f. . “She treated mesbamefully.” “Ah! but she treated me >orse?’ “Impossible! She jilted me.” “Yes; but she married me.” c It often happens that a fellow who ‘’won’t go home till morning” can't go home then till somebody pays a fine for him. , No, my son, you musn’t expect to get up in the world in a minute. Nobody can. walk half so fast going up hill as coming down. • Sub editor —Here is an article favoring a simplified spelling of the English languzge. Editor —Who wrote itTfr Sub-editor—A man by the name of Smythe. Edison has patented 600 inventions, butjhe has. to slap at the summer fly just as vainly as anybody else. Genius cannot do everything. “Will you love me when I’m old,” simpered gay Miss Oldgirl to her youthful intended. “Why, ffiy dardo,” responded he in mild surprise. - MJack Wilkins broke his bicycle yesterday.” . “Lucky fellow,’ replied Wiilie Wishington. . “Mine is as wild as it was the first day I tried to ride it.” Marian—Which would rather be, independently rich or happily married? Lillian rich, for then I should get happily married. Ethel—George, yba remimt'tee of •an hour glass. George —In what respect*' Ethel—The more time given vop the less sand you seem to have. Yeast-r-Did you notice Miss Fussanfeather color up .when she came into the room? Crimsonbeak—No; I thought she did it before =she came down stairs. Bland—A man of your age ought, to marrv and settle.- Why. don t you? Blank—it’s easy to talk. I’d marry | soon enough if I could only settle. Miss Thin—Don’t you think my new dress is just exquisite/ They all say so. Fannie—sOh, lovely! I think that dressmaker of yours could make a clothes-pole look graceful. . The Hon. Eclat Jones (orator of the day) —Fellow-citizens, it has been said dat I writes my orations. I denounce de ’cusations as false and slanderous. Fellow-citizens. I kain t write. —Harper's Bazar. Murilla—Don't you find ocean bathing very strengthening? Millicent— Yes, indeed: it strengthens one’s nerve. 1 used to be quite shy beiore I began it, “Mercy!” exclaimed Mrs. Homespun when she read in the paper... that Jay Gould made ten cents every time the clock ticked. “I should think he’d be worried to death for fear the clock would run down." Young Author—What do you think of my new novel? Cynical Uncle Oh; it’s all well efiough, I suppbsc, but for general use I am inclined to think some other opiate would be cheaper and easier to take.

Her Yearn.

NationalTFibune. . Miss Daisy’ Sweet: ‘Tf —• —” Young. Hanks: “If what?” Miss Daisy: “If you had p’enty of money, a perfect disposition and your eyes were only brown and your hair curly, and you were winning fame in . your profession and Wife highly cunnected, and would promise to take me to Europe next year, and always let me have my own way, and never care to smoke or stay out late at night, and did not belong to any lodge, and would keep a stylish team and plenty of servants, And truly loved me and really wanted mamma to live with us, and —why, what’s the matter, Theoba’d?” Hanks: “I—l ” (drops dead.)

Warm Times, These.

Rapid Acquaintance.

Indianapolis Journal Madge—Judge Billigus is a remarkably easy man to get acquainted with, don't you think? Yabsley—l never noticed it. Mudge—He is .though, I hadn’t known him. for over an hour before I borrowed a dollar of him, and in* side of thejiext hour we get so well acquainted that h» refused to lend me another one.