The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, July 12, 1888, Image 1
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YOUTHFUL STOIiES OF CH INESE LEN.
Some Very "Advance Sheets" from Gener
al Wallace'" Coming Life of
General Harrison.
[New York Sun.1
The white horses of the sun were
planting their weary feet upon the
western marge of the horizon, and sun
set, the red-headed muaiden, iuajesl ie.
beautiful, clad in a multi-colored rol,.
skipped gladly on to ttect them. The
sky was a dome of tlashing fire, a woof
of silver and a warp of gold, the eur- 1
rency of our fathers. The Ohio, mother
of many waters, muddily meandered
on, dreaming of the marriage with the !
far off ]Nississippi. An unhealthy
flush, a bilious scarlet tinged the waters t
of the imperial streaii. Like a pharos
of gold the couchait orb of day beamed
and streamed over the river; over the
dim forests still full of fierce and badly
It
painted savages; over the stumps
wherealong the pioneers of civIlization
had blazed their perilous way; over
the coverts of bear and panther. wild- 1
cat and woodchuck: over fields of North
Bend, aRame with the harvest sown
and reaped musktt in hand: over the
humble homes of the settlers.
Before the door of a lowly log cabin
stood little Ben Harrison. The sun j
was golden in his curls. His little
jumper was smeared, his chubby face I
was not of the cleanest, but his merry
eye was clear and true. Smoke arising I
from an opening in the roof announced
the preparation of the evening meal.
Little Ben was never off the clearing at
meal times.
A whippoorwill complained in the
four-acre lot. Night was stealing on
apace. A woman's form came to t lie
door. "Benjamin, Benjamin, you have' 3
eaten up the apple sass. Father'll
attend to you when he gets home."
The boy's jacket and face were
smeared with tell-tale remnants of the
stolen feast. His little mouth quivered, 3
but, nerving himself, he said proudly:
-"Mother, I was afraid there might be
a glut in the home market, so I did eat
up the apple sauce. There's plenty
more where that came from."
"Evidently we have a glutton in the
home market," said the proud father e
when he heard the story. The young
protectionist went supperless to bed
that night, but he didn't care. He had E
been stuffing himself all day.
Since his' nomination General Har- I
rison has frequently said that if it had
not been for his early fondness for
apple sauce he might diever have been
nominated to the Presidency. Mince
pe or meat pie, as it was more con
monly called by the Ohio pioneers,
bread with sugar-molasses and tlapjacks
and honey were other home industries -
in which young Harrison was specially
interested.
It was when the hero of Tippecanoe
was first nominated for the great honor
which, alas! he was only to grasp wvith
(lying hands. The glorious old chief
wvas walking one (lay through thze
streets of Cincinnati, then a 'siall and
sylvan village. P'igs grunted and
squabbled in the thoroughfares of the
future Queen of the West, and the
tender bleat oif tihe orphaned lanmblet, I
or the soft, dee.p miooing of the .Juno
er.ed cow was heard where nowv the ear I
is deafened by the rush of vehicles, the
S tread of multitudes of feet, and the
eternal shrieking protest of the dumb
waitems inl tile Commuercial Gazette
office, that cease not day nor night to
groan amid sweat under the eternal up
shoot of editorial copv.
Happy Cincinnati (of miore than fifty
years agone! She had neither heer nor
Prohibitionists. But tis is a diigression).
Pardon us, gentle reader; and do thou,
too, pardon us, oh, stately old figure inr
blue swallowsail and high nieck hand
kercher aecoutred, whom we have left
ini the streets of the Cincinnati of ]S(,
thy little grandson in his roundabout
trolling at thy heels! As the General
that was and the General that wvas to
be passed an apple stand, the future.
nominee grabbed a seductive-lookini
Baldwin, wvhich lay exposed with a
skill as snmooth as Helen's andl a promiiseI
of a heart more true. Just as he was
- making incision into his priz.e, the
apple woman discovered the roguery.
$he followed the innocent little pur
loiner with loud passionate outcry.
"Patience, good woman," said the
kind old chief. "Here's pistareenl for
thee. I know an oil shall teach the
little rogue the difference 'twvixt mni
e tuuma."
Aye, giv.e it to 'umn with a will. {
Gineral, and God bless your honor, and(
much good may it do 'umn. The swveet- 1
faced little thief he is!"
The general walked on slowly until,
he came to a little clumpil of birches. 1
Taking out thme knife with whi'ch.
Tecumsei~h's brother. the Prophet, used
to cut up) plug tobacco, the General
deftly cut off' two stout sap)lings and
stripiped them of their twvigs and leaves.
Little Benl Harrison looked very
thoughtful. Slowly the old hero led the
way to their tavern. Slowly andI with
aLsinking heart did little Ben trudge
behind his granidsire.
** * * -
"Ben, my boy."' saidl the old nmanm to1
tIhe sobbing and,1marting lad, a smile
that was half am tear in his stern yet 1
kindly eve. "let this be a lesson to you.
Remember hereafter that one of the
first duties oft a goodi and prudent
General is to protect his rear.''
Gen. Harrison ascribes miuchl ofhcis
atptituide for wvas to an early apprehen
sion of this priniciple. His first battle.
-lhe somnetimles jestinmgly says. was this
Battle of the Hirehe.s, and lie adds thact
he wvas badly defeated.
At the 31iami University, whlein BeM.n
was a student there, was a tall, raw'
>eii was Ioastiig one diay as boys wi
to in thei 'salit'la davs, of his iIllustriou
muccstry. Aniong the glories of it I
itrxluced1 Pocahontas, that heroine c
li pritiine forest, whose sweet fac
leaziit ac"ro.s the Centuries, the Indi
uaiden , the noile English Vif'e. "Sl
,-as only a Copper-coloredt .-Id squaw.m,
aid the irreverent 'at oie, "ain
'apt..lulhn Smiith was a big Englis
iar." \hien the class in ethics wa
lisniiissel that afternoon Pat Tone an
;en 1 Iarrisoin, who was as brave as
ion, adjourned behind some beech treu
o the north of the campus, and fough
.s fiercely as Powhatan's braves an,
1he Jamestown colonists. After th
ight Ben Harrison walked sorrowfull,
o his room with blackeye andaBiood
ihirt. Never will Ben Harrison Ib
.sha:iel (bf the gory enibleiii of a rac
iic.' is daily murdered, aye, urderei
ni cold blood by the l)enocratic plar
erc of the Solid South.
After the battle of Peach Tree Creelk
eiier:al Iiarrisont saw a stalwart Coni
ederatte soldicr writhing on the sat
uitie-stained field, his handsome fue
lecked with blood and dust, his eye
cazed with thirst and suffering.
"Drink, driik," murmured tlh
rouuiled umian. General Harrison, wh
oinls the sensibility of a nervous wc
itai to a courage matchless and su
erenemenlt, at once dismounted fron
is charger, and gave-though iimsel
arehed and thirsty with the dust an
ieat of battle-his canteen to his fallei
oe. The Confederate raised it eagerl;
o his lips with weak and feveris]
lanls. In a moment he dashed it fron
Lim with an awful imprecation
'ater," ie cried, "and me from Ala
ania! You'd d Yankee, wouli
ou insult a dying man?'
"Young mani," said the General
everely, at once grieved for the loss o
he water and saddened by the impt
ience and impenitenee of the reckles
ouug rebel at such a solemn how
'rum has slain its tens of thousands.
"Oh, bother!" replied the rebel, point
ng to his leg, which had been brokei
i a cannon ball. "Run did that did n'
t. Yank, I am prepared to die, but no
o sully the proud lips of an Alabant
:entleiai with that cussed stuff."
Gen. Harrison often says lie wonder
f that young man recovered. This an
edote is vouched for by hundreds o
rustworthy witnesses who were no
resent. Prohibitionists, make no nii
ake! Ben Harrison was always at
arnest tenperantce man.
Gen. Harrison's favorite book is th,
Genealogy of the Harrison family."
The General has a quiet fund of hu
uor. It was at his suggestion that thi
iography was bound in blue and goi
-the blue the emblem of the soldiers c
ndiana, the gold of the financier c
few York.
\nti-tobaeeo uiiei will be intereste
: know that :n. Harrisoi iieve
heCws. lHe tried hard to acq1uire t11
ab it, butt it made himi sick. TVhisi
reatly to his ered it. MIothers of Anieri
a. ever anlxiouls to keep the filthy weeCt
ri-m the lips of your boys, remenmbe
his, and mau:ke your husban~ds, birothi
rs, lovers remiembier it next Novem~
er. Benl H arrisoni never chews!
'Tis true lie sintokes, but niot to ex
ess: and even this vice-for vice tlh
enueral is willing to acknowledge it t<
>e-is the result of the pioneer habits
le tooi early learned to smoke, a
aly inideed as5 tihe log cabini camnpaigi
f 18-h0. He prefers a corncob, bu
makes H{avanas-fromn West Virgn i;
-to) mortify the p)urse. Of cider, toc
ie is of -ouirse hiereditatrily fondl.
venu this dear i(dol hue has east down:
Ic is not,. as ha:s been said by his uni
erutpuo us pl)Oit ical 0llOpponents, a prou<
ian. Quite the contrary. Cl:ret i
ood enougnh for himn.
I often think, when I hear Genu. Htu
ison spoken of as a coldI man, of At:
uste Barbuier's line in description :
lie great Germuan px>et, Goethe:
A brow of marble and a heart of tire.
The GbeneraI is not a cold mn. H
wha t the English calla "'warmt" uiar
successful lawyer, with a profitabi
r:-t ice. That is wvhy we expect tha
lhe Grangers will cry for himu.
Twoi babies were nuamued after Be
-harrison before lhe had beeni nomiinat(
wo days. There are thousandls oif me
n the late forty-fives whose prenomnim
nit ials are WV. H. H. I hope thier
till be thousands forty years hence wh
vill be nlamied after Blue-blood Be-n.
How the Processionn Moves.
From the Louisville Coumrier-.JournaL.
In the presidential election of 187
here were eight states which voted th
lemioeratie tieket; in 1876; there weu
'evenlteen den ocratic states; ini 18
here were ni ineteen dlemnocratic st ate:
md1( in 1554 there wvere twenty. I
s7:2 there were thirty states voting th
epublichan ticket, or rejected or st(ole2
n lai there were twenty-one thui
-aitegomriedl: in 1880i there were niuneteex
mdt in 1884 eighteen. This is the miare
>f idestinty.
rThe p)eople ha~ve- beent gradually, bu:
ts steadily as the hand of fate, regail
ng their graspi tupon the govern me:
mdi& striking off the shackles to th
>a&rty of ring. and muoniopoliesanco
Ipiracies of all imuaginable kinuds ag.aimii
het pieae,. dignity and welfaLre otf thI
latlin.
SttIled Him.
The Rt ev. Myron Ri eed. of ( olorad<
viho ran as lie Demnocratitc( ongre:
l:d i-aundbilate in that State t w
.ers ago. wasu onc-e in :errupited in th
idsOt of a1 pubiie prayer by a man whl
hOtezd. "louder :" eedI stoppjed slit-r
.tkedi at the initerrupitor, and sat
--tilly : ' asn't addressing youi. si:
w:as addressing the Ahnuighty.' The
wu-roet (ii with his prayr.
THE M1551551IPPI COLLEGE.
A sttement of Ita Cost and Yearly Expen
ditures-IK it a Success ?
[(icikZaaw, Miss., Messenger.]
We have been handed the following
letter written by an intelligent gentle
man residing in South Carolina and ad
dressed to an old friend who lives in
this city, with the request that we an
swer the interrogatories therein pro
1 )()t11i ("d l
"I)e:r Colonel :-There is much be
! ing said at this time in this State in re
gard to an AgriculturalCoilege. The Mis
t sissippi Agricultural College is frequent
ly referred to. Please give mewhat infor
i mation you can with reference to the
Mississippi Agricultural College. How
much did the college buildings
ecost ? How much does the State an
e nually appropriate to support the col
lege ? Are all students admitted free of
tuiti(n? Is the College a success? * *
In the report of the Trustees and
- President of the College, made to the
- Legislature fur the years 1886-7, we find
an inventory of the college property
appraised November 15th and 16th
1887. Said inventory contains the fol
lowing items:
College buildings - - $101,050 (N)
" land - - - 47,712 50
Farm buildings - - - 10,195 00
i Making a total of - - $158,857 50
f We presume the cost of the building
1 is about as estimated above, but the
I valuation of the lands is considerably
above its cost. Our opinion is, (and we
i have some personal knowledge on the
I subject,) the State invested about
. $140,000 in lands and buildings, to say
- uothing of the creamery, machinery,
I stock and farming implements which
have been purchased for the college
farm, and which cost the State many
f thousands of dollars.
- The appropriations made by the State
s has varied from $96,328 i5-amount
allowed 1882-to $22,588, the amount
appropriated for 1888, but it is claimed
- by the President that the institution
cannot be run successfully on less than
t $32,500 per annum and this is about the
t average sum which has been drawn out
of the State Treasury annually since the
college has been in operation-eight
years.
- Heretofore all Mississippi students in
attendence have been admitted free of
t tuition, but it being discovered that a
few favored localities were the principal
beneficiaries of the system, the Legisla
ture at its last session passed an ap
portionment act defining the number
of free students each county should
be entitled to and providing that
all students in excess of the prescribed
number from the countyshould pay
tuition.
The attendance of the College, when
the report above referred to was made,
numbered 247. Of this number twelve
counties furnished 137; eleven :,;
eleven 22 ;nine 9; and twenty counti 3
hadl no representation at all. The
twelve counties furnishing more than
-half the students, are p)roperly classed
innong the wealthy counties, and the
ryoung gentlemen as a rule the sons of
the wealthier citizens of those coun
ties; many of whom were tradesmen
and professional men, and in no sense
-farmers. If the young men thus ed
ucated would become farmers, no ob
jections to their attendance at the col
lege could be urged, but such is not the
case.
' Is t he College a success ?"
t. Well, that depends entirely upon
iwhat constitutes success. If the ex
, penlditure of more than $4400,000 of hard
t earned tax money, collected fronm the
. masses of the people-about $175,000 of
- which has been paid as salaries to offi
i eers, faeulty and employees, not one of
s|whom ever proved himself a success
ful farmer-to graduate about fifty or
- sixty young men, whose parents were,
- in thme imost instances, able to send them
f to Yale or Harvard. is a success, then
our "Tombstone Industry," is a won
derful success.
e If in fifty scientific farmier graduates,
,technically trained under the supervi
e sion of a President who buys corn to
tmun his magnificent prmirie plantation,
alnost every year, not a dozen were
a ever guilty of degrading (?) themselves
1 by engaging in practical agriculture
m after they left the college, thenm, as a
I training school to learn boys "how not
e to do it," the A. & M. is a remarkable
o success.
If an investment made by the State,
of $77, 739,80 as shown by the report for
tihe years 1886O-7 and the receipts from
the sale of stock, beef, cattle, butter
and farm prodlucts amounted to only
2 $0,874,8.5 for two years, wvhile the ex
e penidit ures, including students labor
e and salary of Professor of Agriculture,
0 reached the neat little sum of $23,253 69.
, could be considered a paying invest
1 mecnt then indeed is the system of "in
'2 tenlsive faraming" practiced at our A. &
SM. C. a phenomenal success.
s The truth is, the Mississippi Indus
,trial 'schiools are gigantic frauds and
.1 humnbugs, dIrawing their support from
funds(1 that ought to be approp)riated in
taid of the free p)ublic schools ; comnpet
ing with private educational iustitu
ttions of high grade all over the State;
e burdensome to the taxpaying masses,
- not one of at thousand of whom have
tthe mneanls to incur the expense in
e cidenit to attending them, and benefi
cial ma~inly to the gentlemen who re
ceive handsome salaries and that class
of peo~ple who are perfectly able finan
eilly to take care of themselves.
-With this conviction clinging to us,
after long years of study, observation
eand investigation, we advise those
ocomimunities not alre'ady cursed with
. s-called( Industrial schools to renounce
1 t he luxury before the iniquitous system
-is fastened upon01 them, for they are
m practically rich mxen's schools operated
atelf1 p%1roducer' xe n YTse.
WHY SHE WROTE "QUICK On TI
DEAD."
MisS Amele Itivew Laughs at the Char
Against Her.
l"ASTIE IIILL., Albeiarle Coun1
Va., June 30. The lovely young ;
thcress of "The Quick or the I)eau
and manyother notable brilliant stori,
now Mrs. A nelie Rives-Chanler, v,
called Upon at her beautiful hon
Castle Hill, by a Herald corresponle
to-day. She was found walking aer<
the lawn wearing a fleecy gown
white material, a wide brimmed lh
and swinging a parasol in her har
Accompanying her were several of 1
pets, including a huge combination
mastiff and bull, called "Turk," t
terror of tramps; a noble looking ai
intelligent collie, a pug with a doul
coiled tail and exceedingly puggy fa<
and a "little teeney bit" of a bla
and tan which could be put in onc
pocket. The dogs were racingand juni
ing around their young mistress in t
highest state of animal glee. The c<
mountain breezes, laden with the fi
grance of flowers, rustled the leaves
the trees, the birds carolled deliglitl
melody in their branches, and t
daintyprominent figure in the see
was gayly chatting and laughing n
ri!y with somebody not visible at t
instant, but who immediately turn
out to be Mr. Chandler. -
They are spending the honeymto
here, and let it be said to the brid<
credit that she has sensibly and intel
gently selected her own charni
home, where, surrounded by eve
condition of happiness, she is thorou
ly and quietly enjoying that hont
moon after her quiet and unostentatio
marriage.
With an apology for the intrusir
the Herald correspondent broke in <
the morning ramble of this you:
couple. Beginning with a few m
apologies, the visitor called the atte
tion of the authoress to a two-colun
contribution in an alleged New Yo
newspaper, charging ther with p
giarism in the production of "'1'
Quick or the Dead." Tne article wa:
windy attempt to prove that M
Amelie Rives' work was a plagiari6
of the novel entitled "Mrs. Lorimei
written some years ago by Lucas N1ali
The lady was asked what she had
say to this new charge.
She glanced quickly over the int]
duction to the long argument in the
called journal, and laughingly said:
"You know I have decided not to
ply to any charges whatever. This o
appears to me even more absurd th
usual."
"Then, as might be supposed, tht
is no shadow of a foundation for i
charge?" said the correspondent.
"No. No thought of Lucas Male
most clever sketch in 'Black and Wli
ever crossed my mind in writing 'T
Quick or the Dead.' According to tI
charge, I have plagiarized from t
lives of at least a hundred men a
women who have written to me c<
cerning this story."
"Is it possible!" said the Herald e,
respondent in some surprise.
"Yes, oquite true. All love stor
must be as old as love itself. It is on
the different garb in which theyi
dressed that nmakes thenm interesting
us.',
"May I ask, Mrs. Chandler, if r
impertinent, your object in 'The Qui
or the Dead?"
"My object," said the authoress,
quitea serious tone andl manner,'
'The Quick or the D)ead' does not set
to have been quite recognizedl, even
my kindest reviewers. It is to sh<
that a wioman loves her husband's so
his ego, rather than his body. If tl
were not so, Barbara would have giv
herself unquestionably to Deering, w
was physically the exact rep)roducti
of her dead husband."
Having received her denial of t
charge contained in the New York
leged newspaper, and the only ex phn
tion she has ever condlescended to gi
of "The Quick or the Dead," the H
aId correspondent thanked Mrs. Clhat
ler, bid adieu to herself and husba
and made for the next train.
WVhere's Captain Tinmiian?
[L. A. R. in Augusta Chronicle ]
Some time since Capt. B. R. Tillm
challenged Col. J. C. Haskell to m
him on the stump in Laurens Couni
and discuss politico-agricultural qu1
tions with him. The challenge u
promptly accepted, but nothing furth
has been heard of the mtatter. It
understood that C'olonel Haskell
readly for debate wvhenever his adv~
sary names the day. The people
Laurens would no doubt be delightl
to hear this discussion bet ween t
such well known speakers, and
doubt the people generally through<
the State would be greatly edified.
all mecans then let the dlebate be fixi
"Ben Hur"-evis'ed Edition.
(Kansas City Tinies.]
Generat Lew Wallace has b,een
lected to write a life of Ben Harri.
because lhe wrote "Bent Hur."
place of the Ar.?bs and Egyptian" of:
former elever story Lew is exlpeetedl
throw in a few Chinamen.
A Stirring Evangetist.
[From Life.]
Mrs. Johnsing-"D)ar am a mnigh
pow'ful preacher down at de chiu'
Cicely; yo' ough ter come hear'im."'
Mrs. Yallerby-"What he d<
preach on yest'day?"
Mrs. Johnsing-"I disremnembier jl
now, but, 0 Lordy! how lie can j
holler an' tonmp."
IE HISTORY OF THE TARIFF.
The Effect that the Protective Idea haS hai
, on American Trade and Commerce.
[TIhoas G. Sh)erman in the Standard.
' 175)-Aholltion :of all luter-Stat
u tarifls and reduction of State tariffs o
foreign goods, follo'wedl by rapid in
' "rease of p)rosl)irity.
15cS-I solute prohibitiou of all in
' portatic)ns, followed by un1iversal 1i6
ut a '
Utaster.
s 1809)-Repeal of prohibition, followet
ot by renewal of prosperity.
at 1812-The tariff doubled and all im
portations stopped by the war. Result
er hard times over the whole country
general supension of banks and suel
e sull'riug inl New England that seces
dsion vas threatenced.
Ie 1S1(-A protective tariff adopted-ii
somie things higher than that of 181)
k :tlhough in some things lower. Thi
was the first tariff which was frame<
l all through upon the principle of pre
1e teetion. The Protectionists themiselve
always say that it was followed b
a- great depression of trade.
of 181S-This tarifflIade still more pro
ul tective ; and t he Protectionists alway
ic refer to the year 1819 as one of grea
le disaster.
r- 1824-A higher tarifl, followed b)
ie great depression in the protected man
d ufactures, and certainly without on
cent of increase in wages.
u1 1828-A very high protective tarifi
s inmuediately followed by hard times ii
1i- 1829, and low wages so long as thi
ig tariff existed.
1832-No "free trade" at all, but
h- slight reduction of the tariff; followet
J- by im.provement in business.
Us 1833-A gradual reduction of thi
tariff, leaving it still so high that al
n, enormous surplus accumulated in th
n treasury, which was distributed amon:
1g the States in 1837. This distributioi
re was immediately followed by the fa
1n- ous panic of 1837, which was the di
m reet result of wild land speculation al
k over the country, brought about large
a- lp by the surplus.
e 1842-Protective tariff restored, fol
'a lowed by one year (1843) of the great
ss est stagnation of business ever known
m while during the whole existence o
this . tariff farm wages were cut dowi
:t. about one-half from what they hat
t been even after the panic of 1837, a(
wheat, corn and cotton sold at price
- disastrous to farmers and planters
o- Good times and fat profits for iron
cotton and woollen mill-owners
e- bad times for every one else.
ne 1846-The tariff cut down by abou
m11 one-half. Result, an immense increas
in commerce and shipping, a rapid in
re crease in manufactures, unprecedente<
bIe prosperity in agriculture, and the los
rapid advance in wages ever known i1
's the history of the Country, before o
lie 1857--Evei ilder the low tariff o
in184'; the revenue had becomue excessiv
bet and( a surpilus accuin ulated. In orde
ud to get rid of this surplus the tariff wa
'I- reduced in .July ; but in September, be
fore the new tariff coiuld have the leas
r- etreet, the short panic of 1857 occurret
as the result of another wild land spec
es u lation, combhined partially with th
[Y failure oif crops. By 1858, however, al
re mnost the whole efreet of the panic haa
to passed1 away, anid in 1859) and 1840 agri
culture, commerce and manufacture
ot were all more prosperous than the;
eever had been before.
1861-A protective tariff constant!;
ini in creasing until until 1867. A ceordin;
ini to Protectionist logic the result was ou
'mi terribile civil war, because this, as
'y umatter of fact, immediately followel
'w the niew tariff . For more than a yea
.l, after the adoptioni of this p)rotctiv
is tariff the business of the country wu
eni ini a fearfully dlepressedl condition.
ho 18;4-TaritY raised 50 11cr cent. Man
hi ufacturers make fortunes for thire
years. Wages, ini gold, lower thia:
lie ever.
- 186 7-(reat increase in tariff on woo
SResult, imnmediate slaughter of 400,00
e sheep, reduction of wooil product, an
r- ruin of manyv woollen factories. Th
dyears 1867, 1808 andI 180$) were period
id of great depression ini business, and ei
piecially in imnufactures. In 1868 th
Protect ion ists themselves declared thu
there were more unieumployed1 w(orkme
than had ever before been known.
1870-Slight reduction in the tani
anl and conisiderable reduction in taxi
et tion generally. As a result business in
y, p)roved considerably. But, the tani
es being still maintained in all its prote<
'as tive features, the great panic of 1873 er
mer sued4, which was far worse than tb
panie of 1857, and which lasted fc
i miore than five 'imzes as long a perio<
er~- F romt Septenmber, 1873, until Januar3
of 1979, the business of the country we
ed lmore depressed, andl more laborers wem
o driven out of enmploymuent than mnan
no previouis period (if the country's histor3
t So far from there being "twenty-seve
Byears of p)rosperity" unuder the last pr
d-tcetive tariff, fully half of that tinme he
been a p)eriodl of cxtraordiuary busi
ness depression, especially marked b
falling wages aiid the wholesale di:
charge of laborers from emuploymien
This was especially the case in 18f:
1867, 1868, 1809, 1578, 1874, 1875, 187'
. 1877 and 1878.
1883-Pretended reduction, but ret
increase in tariff. Wages cut dow
everywhere ini factories and mine:
Great panie of May, 1884, leaving d<
pression for t wo years.
IThe most extraordinary facet abot
it this whole story is that men of seun
*h, vho have lived through the fearful p
rnod of depression, extending from 183
ane to 1879, when, for the first time, legi
lation against "tramups'' was nleedem
ist should yet listen gravely to the asse:
us' tion of Protectionists that nothing
~needed to secure prosperity except ju
S..f -
such a high tarif las we have now an
had then.
110W THE CONSUMER PAYS.
[ From thr" Indianapolis News.]
Here is the way the tariff works i
more instances than one : A New Yor
workingman wanted to buy a sewir
machine for his wife, and after tryir
many settled on one that cost $70. Th
is what followed
"A friend engaged in the export bus
ness. knowing of my want, then can
to my aid, and with the following r
sult : He ordered one of the machin
I wanted sent to one of his ships fore:
port to Mexico. After it had been pi
on hoard I sent an expressman for i
took it home, unpacked it from the ver
nice box which contained it, and whic
must have cost considerable, set it u
myself, and it was soon at worl
When the bill came there was a di
count of 530 per cent. and I paid for ti:
same article, with the addition of t:
box, which we utilized in a way thi
housekeepers use, $:.."
' The query naturally arises, who gel
this difterence ? The actual expense <
the machine is $12. If we assume thi
the diflerence between $12 and $35
enough for profit and reward to tbb
patentee, why should a tariff comp
the citizen to pay $70 for an America
article that a foreigner can buy for $:.
and all the while Protectionists pr
tend that it is the difference in wag<
that makes a tariff necessary.
ANOTHER BABEL.
The Elifel At Three Hundred Feet-A Tr<
n.endoa Pyrauib.
The Eifitel tower, now 300 feet higi
is the sensation of the hour in Paris. 1
George Price, a Paris reporter, gives ti:
following account of the-work and i
L builder:
M. Eiffel lives in a pretty house i
Rue Prosny, furnished and decorate
int a delightful.fashion, which sugge:
the artist rather than the enginee
Eiffel is a man of from forty to fort,
five years, rather under the averar
height; his hair is gray, his eyes brigh
his expression quiet and pleasant. Or
feel at once that lie is persistent rath<
than enthusiastic. In his triumpl
over difficulties, thought and math,
iatical precision have done the worl
M. Eiffel gave me a card which entitle
I me to visit the tower. After a visit,
must admit that, considering the stron
doubts I once held, upon mesthet
grounds, as to the advisability of th
Eiffel tower, the impression made upo
me by the reality was altogether une:
pected. I cannot say whether it wi
be handsome, but I am certain that
will be superb. It is impossible to d,
scribe the effect of this gigantic sea
folding of iron in geometric design, t1i
whole forming a tremendous pyramni
It is majestic, impressive, and yet s
r light that from a distance the effe<
against the sky is that of a grand sp
der's web. I walked back and fort
under these great arches, feeling ver
small. I looked on with such amaz<
ment that I scarcely noticed a bolt<
iron which fell like a bullet from tlI
heights above upon someC sheet iron:
my feet.
"It was 3530 steps5 up to tihe first pla
form, by an easy staircase. Neverthy
less I was glad to hold on to a fin:
hand-rail. The first platform is in
yet entirely finished. In parts roug
boards bridge the space fromi beam1
beanm; through the cracks you can s<
the earth below. I walked cautious.
along, andI was glad to reach a sp
where a solid brick floor held nie u:
rIn the center of the platform is
inmiense opening not yet p)rovidled wit
rrailings. Peering over the edge, I cou
see the workmen below, looking lii
b)eetles. Around the outside tower
Srailroad runs, bringing beamis, she
iron anid other material. Above o1
heads 164) workmen hammiered at h
Crivets, and tile four giant corner pos
stretchled skyward. The view is mia
nificent. Up I go again, by a wind ii
staircase, to the top of the highe
Sbeam, held in place merely by claim
Tile wind whistles through thle sci
Cfolding so that we haveY to hold 01
Shats. But we discover a splend
panorama. Paris lies in sunlight
our feet, with shining domes, the who
Sveiled in a mist which deepens on tI
adistant hills. The Seine looks like ti
motion less glass used to imitate wat
on big relief maps; the A rch of Triumi
Slooks like a paper-weight, the obeli~
Slike a needle, and the Vendeme colunr
Tlike its case. Yet we are only :300 fe
high, a third of the way up that is to 1
'I got back to ground strongly ii
Spressed. To those who scoff at ti
*Eiff'el tower I have now but one a
swe?r: Go; and see it."
Harrison at Atlanta.
[A Bloody Shlirt B3iographler.]
It was at Peachtree creek that Col
Snel Harrison won the profane and fie.
Sapproval of the hlot-blooded Fightiu
Joe Hooker. While waiting with I
, men in reserve Harrison sa'w a detac
ment of Hood's forces comling towa:
.him. The crest of a hill was betwe<
them. Harrison saw instantly tiiat
would not do to wait and receive t]
attack at the foot of the hill. Witho
an order he assunmed the responisibilii
of charging his reserves up tihe hill
meet tile rebels half wvay. This w
done withl so much impetuosity au
courage that the rebecls were sharp
rep)ulsed. It was for thbis that Gener
Joe Hooker roaredI out to Harrison aft
it wvas over: "By-, sir, I will ha
vonuumade Brigadier-General for this
Paradoxical but True.
, The man who is looking for son:
-thling to) do rarely finds anything, b
s if lie is willing to do anythling hle c:
it alway tind snmething.
d SUICII)E STATISTICS.
The Hate per 100,000 in the Big Cities of IE
the World.
I1 i
[From th. New York Sun.]
g "Here is a statement which shows
g the suicide rate per 100,000 inhabitants *
is in some of the prominent cities. I don't
think New York fares very badly."
i- )r". Nagle handed the reporter the h
e statkment, as follows:
fil
Rate per Relative
100,000 Order.
New York........................12.59 12
t Philadelphia..................... 8.03 15 ti
Brooklyn. .5.47 16 1 b
, Boston.............................11.03 131
y San Francisco..................37.6.5 2
h Baitimore............ 5.42 17 e
London...........................9.34 14 t<
P Berlin.............................27.44 5 p
Vienna.............................31.67 3
Copenhagen......................29.75 4
e Geneva ............................38.21 1 si
Buenos Ayres.................. 4.43 18 al
e (lasgow.......................... 2.37 20
t Edinburgh.........................3.05 19
Aberdeen..........................1.93 21 a
Stockholm ........................19.07 8 b;
Brussels...........................24.28 6 b
Havre..............................23.00 7 f
t M adrid.............................16.92 9
s Melbourne.......................16.74 10 b
e Calcutta............................13.50 11 ci
;1 "The city which had by far the great- a
n est rate of suicide," continued Dr. Na
2 le, "was Gera, in Germany, whicht
- presented the enorm ous rate of 92,01 per
s 100,000 inhabitants, or pretty nearly t
one man in a thousand. I received no
in formation to account for this. Neither d4
do I understand why the rate of suicide tl
in San Francisco, in our country, is so
large. The low rate in Scotland is re- f
i, markable. 5l
[. "Writers have claimed that there n;
e have been epidemics of suicide in for- s
.s eign countries, but I have never been t
able to find any trace of such a thing ti
n in this city. A table of the proportion P1
d of the suicidal deaths to the total popu
;t lation of the city since 1804 shows that T
r. the rate rises or falls year by year in ac- ai
cordance with laws, doubtless, but laws
e which we do not yet understand. The ti
t, highest rate of suicide we have ever -
e had was in 1805, when there was one 01
r suicide to every 3,017 inhabitants. This b<
s rate gradually lowered until 1812, when ti:
there was one suicide in every 20,367
inhabitants. The very next year came q
d a fearful drop to one suicide in every fa
1 9,507 of the population. The lowest fa
g proportionate number of suicides was hi
.c in 1804, when there was one suicid to cl
e 23,827 people. In 1874, right after the
n great financial panic, the suicides were sc
- more in number than at any time for w
it forty years-one in every 5,515 people." 01
It 0o
A LESSON IN GRAMMAR. at
f- ss
e What to say Inetea of What is Not to be
i. Said. il
0 -m
.t [Boston Evening Transcript.] r
i- se
b Careless habits of speech are among ei
the prominent faults of our young c
people, even those young people a
who have advantages of schools and d.
intelligent home surroundings.Rcg
tnizing this the professor of English
literature at Wellesley College has
t- prepared a list of "words, phrases and F
expressions to be avoided," from which
the young (and old) readers will re
>ceive many serviceable hints :
h Guess, for suppose or think.
. i, o arrange or prepare.t
Rideanddrive, interchangeably
(Americanism.) . 5
Real as an adverb, in expressions A
real good, for really or very good, etc. h
Sonme or any, in an adverbial sense ; n
h e. g., "I have studied some," for some-a
1what. - t
A"I have not studlied any, for at all.
aSome ten days, for about ten days. 5
tNot as I know, for not that I know.
r Storms, for it rains or snows mode
>trately.
Try an experiment; for make an ex-0
p)erimlenIt. h
Sing~ular subject with contracted plu- k
trad verb; e. g., "She don't skate well." n
Plural pronoun with singular ante
cedlent: "Every man or wvoman should
rdo their duty" ; or, "If you look any one
d tagh in the face, they will fiinch.
t Expect, for suspect.g
eFirst-rate, as an adverb.
Nice indiscriminately. (Real nice
may be doubly faulty.)
oHad rather, for would rather.
h Had better, for would better. b
~k Right away, for immediately. d
* Party, for person. f
et Promise, for assure.
.Posted, for informed. t
IPost-graduate, for graduate. t
S Depot, for station. f
Stopping, for staying.
Try and do, for try to do. t
Try and go, for try to go.
Cunning, for small, dainty.
Cute, for acute. c
Funny, for odd or unusual. t
'- Above, for foregoing, more than or
'y beyond. t
g Does it look good enough, for well a
is enough. s
'- Somebody else's, for somebody's else.
*d Like Ido,for aslIdo.
"n Not as good as, for not so good as.
it Feel badly, for feel bad.
a
ie Feel good, for feel well.
it Between seven, for among seven.
:y Seldom or ever, for seldom if ever, or
to seldom or never.
w~ Taste and smell of, when used transi
(1 tively. Illustration: We taste a dish
Ly which tastes of pepper.
al More than you think for, .for more
er than you think.
le These kind, for this kind.
-" Nicely, in response to an inquiry for
health.
Healthy, for wholesome.
e- Just as soon, for just as lief.
ut Kind of, to indicate a moderate de
mn gree.
The matter of, for the matter with.
VANISHED INTO THIN AIR.
eniarkable Story of the Disappearance of
a Corpse in Ohio.
From the San Francisco Examiner.]
On the morning of the 14th day of
ugust, 1872, Charles J. Reid, a young
an of twenty-five years, living at _
enia, Ohio, fell dead while walking
ross the dining room in his father's
use. The family consisted of his
,tber, mother, two sisters and a
usin, a boy of fifteen.
All were present at the breakfast
Lble when Charles entered the room,
-t instead of taking his accustomed
at near the door by which he had
itered, passed it and went obliquely
ward one of the windows with what
irpose no one knows.
He had passed the table but a few
eps when he fell heavily to the floor
id never again breathed.
The body was carried into a bedroom,
id, after vain efforts at resuscitation
the stricken family, left lying on the
d with composed limbs and covered
ce. In the meantime the boy had
en hastily dispatched for a phys
an, who arrived some twenty minutes
'ter the death. He afterward remen
red as an uncommon circumstance
rat when he arrived the weeping
lations-father, mother and two sis
rs-were all in the room out of which
e bed-room door opened, and that the
or was closed. There was no other to
e bed-room.
This door was at once opened by the
ther of the deceased, and as the phy
ian passed through it he observed the
rid outlines of the body under the
teet that had been thrown over it, and
e profile was plainly discernible under
ie facecloth, clear cut and sharp' as
afiles of the dead seem always to. be.
e approached and lifted the cloth.
[ere was nothing there. He pulled
vay the sheet. Nothing.
The family had followed him into
Le room. At this astonishing discovery
if so it may be called-they looked at
ie another, at the physician, at the
d, in speechless amazement, forget
ag to weep.
A moment later the three ladies re
mired the physician's care; all had
inted and fallen to the floor. The
ther's condition was but little better;
stood in a stupor, muttering inarti
lately and staring likean idiot.
Having restored the ladies to con
iousness the physician went to the
indow-the only one the room ha
ening upon a garden. It was locked
the inside, with the usual fastening
tached to the bottom bar of the upper
sh and engaging with the lower.
No inquest was held-there was noth
gto hold it on; but the physician and
any others who were curious as to this
markable occurrence, made the most
arching investigation into all the
rcumstances. but without result.
arles J. Reid was dead and "gone,
d that is all that is known to thi
A ONCE FAMOUs BEAUTY.
r.t Public Appearance in Many Yearsr of
Kate Chase.
[From the Baltimore American.]
Some days ago, ian afternoon recep
n was given by the wife and daugh- -
rs of Mr. A. B. Mullet, formerly
pervising architect of the treasury.
ong the ladies receiving with the
stess was Mrs. Kate Chase, as she
w calls herself-the once famous and
ways beautiful Kitty Chase. It was
ec first time she had appeared at any
cial gathecring in Washington for
~any years, and this woman, who 1fif
n years ago ruled Washington society
it never was ruled before or since,
as not personally known to one-fourth
the guests present. Beside her stood
er daughter Ethel-a slim, indefinite
nd of a girl, possibly to be pretty, but
ver to be as handsome as her mother.
As for Mrs. Kate Chase, her beauty
of that noble sort that age cannot
ither nor custom stale. Besides she --
a woman who has passed through
eat storns without letting them agi
Lte her u..luly. She is now nearly
years old, but she looks ten younger.
e has lost the first brilliancy of youth
il complexion, but she can't help
ing superb and distinguished. In the
y of her power she was intensely
ared and admired, but never inspired
~seem to try to inspire affection, so
at the animosity she awakened on
e part of those who saw her for the
st time in many years assisting at a
rty was of a critical kind. No doubt
is suited her quite as well, because
ity is something she always disdained.
She is no longer rich, and inherits
ief Justice Chase' financial inabili
es in a marked degree. .The sum of
hat she has now is the small coupe
nee left her by her father, who lived
d died a poor man. Whatever claim
e had upon'Canonchet is worth noth
g now, and this woman, who could
der twenty-two gowns with all acce
)ries from Paris not many ye~&C
rid repeat the order whene rshe felt
e it, appeared the other day in the
-plest kind of a black costume. But
was nevertheless elegant and appro
ate, because it couldn't be anything
ie with Kitty Chase as its wearer.
e always had a perfect genius for
oths, and her striking beauty gained
ifet from the style in which she
essed.
When Belva Eules.
When Belva takes herlofty place
To rule this migt nation,
"'he cow will fiy wit ease and grace, --
"'he mule have whiskers on his fae
The hog start conversation.