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THE * NEWS
VOLUME XX.
time and love.
81y old Time took little Cupid,
Tied a 'kerchief o’er his eyes;
Turned him round, exclaiming, “Stupid
Tell me where your true love lies.”
Long as moons shall shine above.
Tune will play his tricks on Love.
Cupid, of his power reminded,
Showed old Time what he could do;
And, that though his eyes were blinded,
Yet his heart would guide him true.
Long as suns the heavens shall climb.
Love will foil the tricks of Time.
—Robert Brown, Jr.
MARK'S SOLDIER,
TV E N T Y -
as eight or nine
years ago, dur¬
H 'i ing the latter part of
the war, I was sta¬
tioned in New York,
detailed as Inspector-
General to raise a bri¬
gade. I had been
JilS successful, and my
camp of instruction
contained fair m a -
terial. It was a few
ifiiies distant on
Jersey soil.
One afternoon, while I wa 3 resting in
my quarters after the latigues of a hot
day, an orderly brought me the un¬
pleasant tidings that my camp was in an
uproar. The meu refused to obey or¬
ders, and open violence impended. The
pay was in arrears through some red tape
delay. The men were poor and their
families were suffering.
I dressed myself carefully in full un¬
iform, hastened over the ferry and soon
reached the high board fence which eu-
circled the encampment. From within
came a confused rumble like the portend
of a storm. I approached the wicket. It
was locked. I peered through the lat¬
tice. There was the sentry, sure
enough; but with what a difference!
llis musket leaned against a post. He
sullenly slouched up and down with
hands in pockets, in uo wise heeding ray
presence. I would like to have shot that
man, but 1 was bound aud braced with
self-control.
“Attention!” I commanded sharply.
The man stared, then straightened,
seized his musket, presented, aud stood
as a soldier.
“Open that gate!”
lie obeyed at once, and I passed
through and marched quickly forward.
All over the field were knots of men,
shouting, gesticulating, fiercely ha-
ranguing. Here and there were a few
officers arguing and pleading in vain.
The majority, however, sat dejected
within llieir tents. It was a most dis¬
tressing sight for a true soldier.
I approached the first group of about
200 frenzied men. A captain was just
leaving them, pursued by taunts aud
jeers. lie was an insignificant man,
with a repulsive face; naturally pom¬
pous iu bearing, but now thoroughly
cowed. Yet as he saw tne he assumed a
ccitain uneasy bravado.
“Captain Johnson, at your service,
eir,” he answered, as he saluted.
“What does this mean?” Iasked.
“They are fiends incarnate. General,”
lie exclaimed, as ho glanced over his
shoulder. “They will murder us all
and ravage tho town. Oh, what shall
you do?”
“I shall form the men.”
“Impossible. Why, that’s just what
1’vc been trying; but—”
“Silence, sir.”
As 1 reached the mob I noticed one
face alone which expressed respect or
sympathy. All others bore a look of
malevolence. A young soldier, well set
up and scrupulously neat, seemed to be
attempting to dissuade his comrades
from some mad project, lie was a due-
looking fellow, with a long, light mus¬
tache aud bright, blue eyes, from which,
as I say, I caught a flash of admiration.
I drew my sword and stood upright
and motionless before the men.
“Attention, men! Fall in!” I com-
manded.
There was a hesitation, a momentary
huddling together, and then they ar¬
rayed tueuiseives.
“Present arms! Carry arms! Order
arms! Parade rest!” I ordered, aud
they obeyed.
Behind me stood a knot of wondering
officers.
“How do you dare?” I began. Then
arose a growl from the ranks. ‘We want
our right. We’ll get them, too. We
demand our pay. We won't stand such
treatment. Our wives, our children are
starring.”
“Silence!” I warned them. “Not
another word. If you have grievances,
if you have complaints, send them
through the proper channel and they
shall be heard aud allayed, I promise
you. Men, I’m ashamed of you. While
your comrades are in the field facing
privation and danger and death for the
glory of that old flag which you have
only just sworn to defend, you, for a
trifling delay which the throes of our
Government should excuse, dare to mur¬
mur and revolt. Out upon such soldiers!
Do you know what you risk? Do you
appreciate that i have but to step to that
telegraph and the regulars will surround
you and rake your camp with an enfilad¬
ing tire? Do you long to serve your
country at Dry Tortugas? Have a care,
or there you shall be sent, weighed with
the contempt of all loyal men. Officers,
to your posts! There will be a review
presently.”
“Three cheers for the, General!”
shouted the clear voice of the blue¬
eyed recruit as I turned away, aud
they were given with a will.
So I went through that camp, speak¬
ing as I never had spoken. Inwardly
overwrought with excitement, but out¬
wardly the cold, distant personification
of discipline. Within two hours I had
that brigade formed in a hollow square,
and from its centre I renewed my threats
and my promises. They were effective.
Reason returned to the men, and with it
came shame. What had looked like a
dangerous outbreak was quelled by moral
force.
AND PIEDMONT INDUSTRIAL JOURNAL.
As I left the parade I met Captaia
Johnson.
is “By-the-yay, that bright-looking Captain” . I asked, soldier <4
young of
yours who seemed to be resisting
madness of the men?” The Captaia
scowled quite unnecessarily.
“That’s Thomas Browne,” he an-
swered moodily. “lie doesn’t amount to
much.”
I am certain you don't, I reflected as I
returned to the city.
A month passed by. Discipline had
done its perfect work. The mob had be¬
come a well-drilled brigade. The meu
had received their arrears, and were
eager to wipe out disgrace and to achieve
renown in action. The order for their
advance was expected daily. I sat in my
quarters in this city, alone and idle, for
my duty had been fulfilled, and I was
about to report at Washington. The
door opened, and a tall, slender young
woman, neatly-dressed, stood before
nte. Her face was pallid; her large
black eyes shone intensely.
“Oh, sir,” she exclaimed, “save my
soldier I He said that you might,” and
she sank in a chair by my side weeping
and moaning and wringing her fragile
hands m a manner most pitiable to be¬
hold.
“But, my dear madam,” I expostula¬
ted sternly, “this won’t do at all. If you
wish my aid you must be calm and sen¬
sible. Tell me who you are, who your
soldier is, and what you want.”
My severity succeeded as I intended it
should. She was a stout-hearted little
thing, and she gulped down her sob3,
and in a moment sat upright aud tran¬
quil.
“I beg your pardon,” she said gently,
and I felt like a brute. “My name is
Mary Graeme, and—and I’m engaged to
Thomas Browne. He’s my soldier, you
know; and he’s in the camp over in New
Jersey.”
“Thomas Browne!” Oh! I remem¬
bered. “Yes, my dear, I replied. A fine
looking young fellow, with bright, blue
eyes, I think.”
“Oh, such bonny eyes, so tender, so
true! And they speak his nature, be¬
lieve me. I know him so well; we were
little children together. He nas been
placed under arrest, sir, and is to be
tried before the court-martial now. in
session.”
“For what offense?”
“He wa3 a sentry, sir, and was found
asleep on his post.”
Phew! Here was a pretty mess in¬
deed for the young recruit.
“My dear child, I responded gravely,
this is a most serious matter. Asleep ou
his poit of duty in the face of the en¬
emy! Why, it may cost him his life!
And at the very time, too, when there
has been a revolt in the camp and the
court feels the necessity of a stern ex¬
ample.”
As I spoke the poor child wavered
like a rare pale lily in a storm. But she
remembered nty warning, though her
eyes streamed and her hands strained in
their grasp.
“Oh, sir, but he isu’t guilty, the poor
boy. Think how tired he was. Up the
whole night; ordered on duty again the
moment he was relieved. It w r as in-
human, No wonder lie dozed without
knowing it.”
“But—”
“Oh, sir, I know what you would
say: It couldn’t be. But it was. The
Orderly Sergeant has always hated him.
Ou the day before ho had ordered Tom—
excuse me, sir, Thomas—when he was
off duty to clean the equipments of an¬
other soldier, which Thomas refused to
do.”
“He was perfectly right there.”
“So Thomas says. Besides he was
expecting to see me. But that night
when he came off his post, oh, so tired,
the Sergeant ordered him right on again
to take the place of the soldier whose
arms he wouldn’t clean.”
“If this is so, no court will punish
him for falling asleep.”
“I’m so delighted'. That’s what Thom¬
as said he knew you would say. But he
didn’t mean to—oh, no, indeed. He’s so
ashamed; whsn he has been so anxious 1
to distinguish himself for me.” And
here a blush deepened through poor
Mary’s cheeks.
“He shall have the chance, never fear.
But why didn't you go to his Captain?
Does be know these facts?”
Again Mary blushed and far Ie?3 tran¬
siently. Her fingers picked her dress
uneasily.
‘‘Captain Johnson,” she faltered.
“He doesn’t like Tom; he—he—likes
me.”
“Oh ho.” Here was a little drama.
I recalled the Captain’s repulsive face
aud sullen ways, and I recognized the
villain’s part.
“Besides,” she continued, “the Or¬
derly is his biother-in-law.”
“And he tells a far different story, I
suspect.”
“Indeed, ye3- here is no hope for
Thomas from either of them.”
“Well, my dear, save your tears and
keep a stout heart. I like your
soldier, and I like you. I believe the
story and you shall have ray aid. But
be cautious and secret. The court is
now in session, you say ?”
“Yss, sir; all this week. But Thom¬
as's case was only reached this afternoon
just before adjournment.”
“Then I must act at once. Good-bye
now; you may rely on me.” And with
a God bless you, whi;h it seems as if I
could feel even now, the girl withdrew.
Yet with a sudden inspiration I called
atter her, “what is the name of the sol¬
dier whose place Thomas took?”
“Joseph Brant.”
Here surely was a difficult situation.
The Sergeant hostile, the Captain vin-
dictive, what hope gleamed for Mary's
soldier? Yet I followed the inspiration.
The proof, if I only could get the proof!
It existed, unless cunning had destroyed
it. Again I arrayed myself in full fig.
Again I Hastened over the ferry to tho
camp. I sought the Sergeant’s tent and
I-found hitn within and alone. “Too
stupid to be provident,” was pay mental
glance. “Sergeant, your detail book,
at once" I commanded. The man
and gaped, and then handed it to
without a word.
TOCCOA. GEORGIA, SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 10, 1892.
I went to a retired spot. I turned
the pages with trembling fingers. Ah,
fate had favored me. There was the
record for the night in question, and
among the reliefs I didn’t find the name
of Thomas Browne, but I did find that
of Joseph Brant.
Then I visited the Judge Advocate, a
friend of mine, a fine fellow, now a
Supreme Court Judge of this State.
“What sort of a man is Captaia John¬
son?” I a3ked.
My friend shrugged his broad, shoul¬
ders.
“Hum!” he replied. “With all there
is back of him he ought to get the single
star in six months.”
“Influence, hey?”
“Great. But why do you ask?”
“You needn’t go any further, old fel¬
low; your scruples reveal more than they
conceal. But to change the subject. I
am going to put a hypothetical case to
you, and I want you to tell me just liow
you would act regarding it.” And I de¬
tailed the facts of Mary’s soldier’s
troubles, using, of course, assumed
names.
The Judge Advocate deliberated. “A
difficult and delicate matter,” he said.
“The man is innocent, but lie would be
condemned. The sentence would be
commuted ou review; still his career
would be ruined. I think I should do
this: I should lay these inside facts con¬
fidentially before the President of tine
court. Then, if he approved, at the next
session I should announce that the main
witness, the Officer of the Day, was ab¬
sent—and he would be, too. And in
view of the stress of other business, and
of grave doubts of the defendant’s cul¬
pability, I should ask that the case be
dismissed.”
“You would surely do this?”
•“Certainly. It would be the quickest
and most prudent way out of a nasty
rush.”
“Then listen, old fellow.” And I ex-
tne plained proof,” my parable I said, in to conclusion, him. “Aud and here's I
showed him the Sergeant’s detail book.
“The villains I” he exclaimed. “I’ll
stick to my word, never fear. It's the
wisest course, too. At this present cri¬
sis the friends of that Captaia must not
be offended. His time may come. But
that Sergeant should be punished in
some way.”
“Leave that to me. He shall lose his
chevrons, I promise you.”
“Verv well. I’m off to see the Presi¬
dent.”
The next morning came, the court
convened. Mary was present, anxious
yet hopeful, with her gaze fixed ou the
erect, manly form of her soldier, So,
too, were the Captaia and the Sergeant
in attendance, the former exultant, the
latter secretly worried. But I looked in
vain for the Officer of the Day.
The Judge Advocate was faithful to
his rehearsal aud letter-perfect in his
part.
“I do, therefore, suggest,” he said in
conclusion, “that this charge against
Private Thomas Browne be dismissed,”
“This seems a proper disposition,”
said the President. “I think so,” said
each officer, from the junior to the
senior; and Thomas Browne left the
courtroom a free man, with the devoted
Mary clinging to his arm.
I caught Captaia Johnson as he was
sneaking away with a white, scared face.
“Captain,” I said, “I learned the truth
of this matter, and I am responsible for
this ending. You’ve had a lucky escape.
Now, maik my words. You will reduce
that Orderly Sergeant to the ranks forth¬
with. He won’t appeal to the Colonel,
nor will the Colonel question the act.”
“I will do so, sir,” he murmured, as
he hung his head and went to his
quarters. I never saw him again, but
after tho war, at Washington, I met
Mary, a happy bride, with her soldier,
and ou his broad shoulders shone the
insignia of a Major.—New York Times.
Apples.
For those who use their brains the
apple is an especially proper article of
diet, and for nervous people and those
suffering from any weakness of the spine
for apples contain more phosphorus than
any other known fruit or vegetable, and
this phosphorus is admirably adapted for
renewing the essential nervous matter of
the brain and spinal cord. The acids of
the apple are also ot signal use for those
persons of sedentary habits whose livers
are sluggish in action, these acids serv¬
ing to eliminate from the bony noxious
matters which, if retained, render the
brain heavy and dull, or fetch eruptions
to the surface of the skin, bring on jau-
dice or like troubles.
When eating meats richly cooked, one
should accompany such dishe3 with
plenty of apple sauce, as it will neutral¬
ize any excess of chalky matter engen¬
dered by eating too much meat, For
sour stomach, too, the apples should be
eaten, as its salt and juices are converted
into alkaline carbonates, which tend to
counteract acidity.—American Farmer.
Frightful Skulls.
There are in the National Museum at
Washington several skulls of the Fiat-
head Indians of the Northwest, which
are the most extraordinary objects in
that line ever seen. These Indians pro¬
duce the peculiar deformity which gives
them a name by tying flat boards on the
heads of their children, and to such an
extent is the pressure carried that the
skull just above the eyebrows is the
most promiuent aud highest part of the
head. The effect must have been fright¬
fully savage, for the skulls more nearly
resemble those of apes than of human
beings, the whole of the brain being
' compressed into the back portion while
th ere is no forehead worth mentioning,
and the skull is so broad as to be shocs-
ingly out of proportion. Nevertheless,
it does not appear, from what travelers
say of these people, that their minds are
in any way affected by the distortion of
their skulls, for in most respects they are
said to be equal or superior to other In¬
dians.—Boston Transcript.
A London publisher is going to re¬
produce the first folio 1683 edition of
Shakespeare by means of photography.
ISSDES OF THE DAY.
CANDIDATE STKVENSON’S ADDRESS At
BLOOMINGTON, ILL.—THE WAU
TARIFF AND THE FORCE BILL.
Vice-Presidential candidate, Adlai E.
Stevenson, spoke before a great gather¬
ing of Democrats at Bloomington, Ill.
Mr. Stevenson’s speech, which was re¬
ceived with tremendous enthusiasm, in
substance was as follows:
“The responsibility of determining
what line of public policy shall be pur¬
sued, and who shall be selected as Chief
Magistrate, is again upon us. Upon
the correct determination of these ques¬
tions through the peaceful methods pre¬
scribed by law, will depend the welfare
of the people.
“It will be my endeavor to suggest
some of the reasons why Mr. Cleveland
should be elected President and the
Democratic Party restored to power.
The four years’ administration of Presi¬
dent Cleveland was confessedly an
honest administration. Those who pre¬
dicted evil from Mr. Cleveland’s election
proved false prophets. The Democratic
administration ending March 4,’ 1889,
has gone into history as an economical
and able administration of the Govern¬
ment. No scandals attached to any of
its appointments to office.
“At the close of President Cleveland’s
Administration the surplus in the Treas¬
ury, exclusive of the gold reserve, was,
iu round numbers, eighty-three millions
of dollars.
“What is the condition that now con¬
fronts us at the end of three and a half
years of Republican administration? On
the basis of revenues to the Government,
as estimated by the Secretary of the
Treasury, for the present fiscal year, and
of the liabilities of the Government on
account of the annual and permanent
appropriations for the same period, there
will be a deficit of fifty-two millions of
dollars. The bankruptcy which now
threatens the Treasury is the result, first,
of the enactment of the McKinley Tariff
law, and, secondly, ot the lavish appro¬
priations of the Fifty-first Congress.
THE TARIFF.
“The tariff is the all important issue
of the campaign. The position of the
two leading political parties upon that
question cannot be misunderstood. The
Republican Party, as illustrated by its
recent enactment of the McKinley law,
stands for a high protective—in other
words, a prohibitory tariff. The Dem¬
ocratic Party, as emphasized by its ut¬
terances and its acts, is the advocate of
tariff reform.
“The argument advanced by the early
advocates of a protective system was the
necessity of protecting our “infant in¬
dustries.” Yet Mr. Clay, the author of
the famous tariff bill with which his
name is inseparably associated, declared
sucti protection to be only temporary,
and that so soon as such industries were
able to stand alone, tariff duties should
be reduced. The compromise tariff law
of 1833, of which Mr. Clay was the
author, provided that at the end of ten
years there should begin a rapid reduc¬
tion of duties, until the average rate
should not exceed twenty per cent. In
view of the fact that protection to the
“infant industries” has more than
trebled since the passage of the bill of
which Mr. Clay was the author, Clay
would himself, if living, be now de¬
nounced as a free trader by the protec¬
tionists.
“The average tariff tax at the begin¬
ning of the Civil War in 1861-was but
niuetesu per cent. To purchase muni¬
tions of war, to arm and equip soldiers
and meet all of the expenses incident to
the great struggle, required large sums
of money. Tariff taxes were largely in¬
creased. Our Government was in the
throes of war, struggling for its exist¬
ence, and but little heed was given by
the people to the fact that duties undei
the new tariff law were not only highly
protective to manufacturers but
some to the people. But this was
all. By subsequent increase by
sive Republican Congresses the average
rate of duties reached four-seventh
cent. This was the average rate of
taxes when the McKinley bill became
law.
“In the early days of the war a
system of taxation was devised by Con¬
gress known as the Internal Revenue
system, by which enormous sums
into the Treasury. With the war closed,
a Republican Congress relieved the
manufacturers from this taxation, and
added to their profits and to the burdens
of tho people by increased duties.
grant the necessity of repealing these in¬
ternal war taxes when the evidences of
war no longer demanded their con-
tinuauce. But why did not the Repub¬
lican Congress repeal the war taxes—
tariff taxes—which bore so heavily upon
the farmer, upon the mechanic, upon the
laborer, upon the great mass of
people? Why was not the war tax re¬
duced upon the necessaries of life?
“Why remove from the manufacturer
the tax of less than five per cent, and
leave him the power to tax the consumer
forty-seven, sixty, eighty per cent, upon
hats, upon shoes, upon blankets, upon
clothing?
“But this is not all. The protected
classes growing year by year stronger
and more powerful with the protection
afforded them, demanded of the Fifty-
first Congress yet higher duties. In
1890 their demand was in substance for
a prohibitory tariff. The response to
tins dem&nu was the passage by a Re¬
publican Congress of the McKinley bill.
The avowed object of this bill was to
check importation. Its purpose so to
ncrease the rate of duties, as in many
nstances to exclude absolutely foreign
goods from our markets, and thus by
cutting off competition, enable the home
manufacturer without let or hindrance
to fix the price of his wares. In a word,
he McKinley law, by its prohibitory
atures gave its beneficiaries a prac-
al monopoly, and enabled them in
•: to levy an additional tax upon the
■uner. to the extent that the duty
had been increased, Was this not class
legislation of the most odious character?
The American people unmistakably set
their seal of condemnation upon this
bill. Slowly but surely they have be¬
come convinced that ‘protection does
not protect” them.
“It is worse than idle to speak of its
benefits to the American farmer. It is
mockery to tell him he is protected
against the corn and wheat products of
the old world. While he is compelled
to sell iu the open markets of the world
he should be allowed the poor privilege
of buying what his necessities require
without paying high tribute to the pro¬
tected classes of his own country. To
the mechanic and laborer no less than to
tiie farmer, protection has proved a de¬
lusion and a snare- In no instance has
it opened up* ^ to the farmer ‘additional
market for a pound of meat or a bushel
of grain.’ Has it in a single instance
given to the mechanic or laborer in¬
creased wages? The present high taritl
adds largely to the cost of articles nec¬
essary to the comfort of the wage earner.
How has he been benefited? Has it in¬
creased his wages? Has it any manner
benefited his condition?
“Recent events connected with the
most highly protected establishments of
this country sadly attest the fact that a
high protective tariff affords no protection
to those who earn their bread by daily
toil. It was never intended to benefit
them. If the claim of the protectionist
is well founded, why have not wages in¬
creased, as tariffs have increased? Why
constant reduction of wages in the most
highly protected establishments in the
land?
“To the toiler the McKinley bill has
‘kept the word of promise to the ear,
but broken it to the hope.’
“My fellow-citizens. To you the
tariff is the all-importaut question. The
question is not how much of your ear n-
ings shall be given to the support of the
Government, but how much shall under
the forms of law be seized by the favored
—the “protected” classes. Are vout
interests safe in the hands of a party
controlled by the protected monopolists
of this country? This is the important
question for your determination at the
polls. The Democratic Party believes
that the burdens of taxation should be
equally distributed. We oppose all leg¬
islation that enriches the few by taxing
the many.
“Shall high tariff, con unually increas¬
ing with the demands of the
classes, be the settled policy of our Gov¬
ernment, or shall there be relief to
people from the burdens of unjust
ation?
THE FORCE BILL.
“Another issue of great moment
the pending contest is the Force bill.
The magnitude of this issue cannot
overstated. It may mean the control
the election of Representatives in Con¬
gress by the bayonet.
“The Republican Party, by its sets in
the Fifty-first Congress, and by its
platform, in its late National Conven¬
tion, stands pledged to the passage of
the Force bill. That it will pass this
bill, when it has the power, no sane man
can doubt. To all of the people, all
who desire the peace and prosperity of
our common country, this question
important. To the people of the South¬
ern States it is one of transcendent im¬
portance. Shall they still have
and the protection of the law, or
the horrors with which they are meuace 1
find their counterpart only in those
the darkest hours of the reconstruction
period?”
The Tin Plate Infant.
According to the report of
Agent Ira Ayres for the fiscal year
ing June 30th last, just published
the Treasury Department, the
of works in operation been and the
by quarters ha^e as follows:
Works. Pounds.
First quarter..... 5 826 ,
Second quarter.... 11 3 ,
Third quarter..... , ....... 20 3 ,
Fourth quarter............26 8 , 20.0
Total
Of these twenty-six works nine
duce their own black plates, while
teen do the tinning only. The
produced 5,197,028 pounds of tin
terne plates during the last quarter,
and the seventeen produced
pounds.
Protectionists everywhere are
loudly and think this the brightest in¬
fant yet born by the aid of
and some are making almost as
promises for its future as did
and Allison, who prophesied in
that it would be born in six months,
and that in a year or two it would
its growth and be producing ail of
tin plate. It is to be expected that
Republicans will crow about something
during a Presidential campaign, but if
there is nothing better lor them to crow
over than this tin plate industry in its
present condition, the party is indeed
lacking for campaign material.
Not only is the infant as yet
small, but it is feeble. At present
are manufacturing only about five
cent, of our total consumption, and
New York Daily Commercial Rulletiu,
which has made an analysis of the
lishments making tin plate, comes
the conclusion that “as long as
remain high such works as do the
ning, merely buying the black p ares
ready for this process, they may
along, but the industry can never
firmly established here on this basis.
The large manufacturers of sheet iron
and steel whose works are well situated,
and who are in the best position to
the tin plate industry a success, have not
yet shown any inclination to take up the
new industry. The tin plat* industry
can be established only when
shall be established on a large scaie,
which will make a specialty of tin plates
and carry on the production from
steel and iron in the form of billets
bars. As yet but few such works are iu
operation or are projected.”
Grant that in a few years we shall be
makiLg all of our own tin and terne
plates, what then? The industry would
probably be more of a curse than a bless-
mg to us. Saying nothing about expect¬
ing or hoping to get back the $30,000,-
300 duriug the last three years, or tbs
more than $100,000,000 during the last
twenty years, which the attempt to es¬
tablish this industry has cost us, this
artificially supported industry, like that
of the manufacture of rails, of refined
sugar, and of hundreds of others, would
continue in its old age to take dollars
from consumers that it might restore
cents to wage earners, If prices of tin
should remain about two cents per pound
above the foreign prices, as it undoubt¬
edly will, as long as the manufacturers
of steel sheets, of galvanized iron and
steel and of tin plate maintain their com¬
bine and are protected by a duty of two
and two-fifths cents per pound, this in¬
dustry will take §10 from the consumer,
not §5 of which will be paid to the wage will
earners and not fifty cents of which
represent a gain to wage earners over
what they could have earned in other
industries. By virtue of the duty, which
the American Economist says should be
retained “forever,” the tin plate trust
would continue to rob us of $12,000,000
or $15,000,000 a year that $6,000,000
or $7,000,000 might go as wages to
10,000 or 12,000 'men, who could earn
almost as much in a self-supporting in¬
dustry. This is on the supposition that
American laborers will get the benefit of
wages paid iu this industry. As a mat¬
ter of fact, a large proportion of the
workmen in this, as iu most other indus¬
tries brought here by protection, are
foreign born—brought here to reduce
wages by competing with American
workmen.
So long as this infant mus# have pio-
tection pap to keep it alive here so long
will it be a curse to us—yes, and if it
should ever become so hardy that it
could live without this pap and it should
not be weaned by radical fre» traders, it
would still curse us as does th$ fifty-year-
old and still unweaned imjpstfies of
making steel rails and sugar, which take
millions from us every year, though we
could make as many tons of steel rails
and pounds of sugar, and pay just as
high wage3, as if there were no duty at
all.
The Costliest President.
The Harrison administration is the
costliest the county has ever had. It
has cost the people of the country $7 a
head, or $35 a family, annually, as
against an average annual cost of only
$6.12 for Cleveland and $6.43 for the
Garfield-Arthur administration, Even
when compared with the Garfield-
Arthur administration, which was %
uo means as economical as it might have
been, t'nc cost of Harrison appears in its
true light as unprecedented, Here are
official figures giving the average annual
expenditure, including sinking fund
and postal service, and the average ex-
penditure per capita Rader two Re¬
publican administration:
Per Canifca. Per Year.
Garfield-Arthur .....16'. 43 $349,611,000
Harrison....... ...... 7.01 449,453,103
Here is an increase for Harrison over
the last preceding Republican adminis¬
tration amounting to fifty-eight $190,- cents
per capita per year, or a round
090,000 a year.
We give the figures of increase for
every head of population because some
Republicans endeavor to evade re¬
sponsibility for Harrison’s extravagance
by saying that “this is growing
country.” The figures per capita show
that his expendit" 3s have increased
much above the increase in population.
He has made an increase of nine per
cent. over the per capita
expenditures and of over thirty
per cent, over the total expend-
tures of the Garfield-Arthur administra¬
tion. That is,he costs the people nine per
cent, a head more than Garfield and Ar¬
thur cost them, and in the total per year
this increase makes $100,000,000, or
nearly a third of the total sum expended
annually under Garfield and Arthur.
We have made this comparison of two
Republican administrations that Repub¬
licans may the better understand how
costly are Harrison’s incompetency and
radicalism. Here is a similar compari¬
son for three administrations:
Per Capita. P#r Year
Garfield-Arthur ....$6.43 $349,611,000
Cleveland....... .... 6.13 363,634,000
Harrison........ 7.01 449,453,000
The reader will see here a great in¬
crease in Harrison’s average annual ex¬
penditures over those of both tho Cleve¬
land and the Garfield-Arthur adminis¬
tration. He will notice also that while
Arthur’s per capita expenditure is con¬
siderably above Cleveland’s, Harrison’s
is much higher than Arthur’s.
The plea that the increase of Har¬
rison’s total is due to increase of popula¬
tion being thus disposed of, no defense
remains for Harrison. He stands con¬
fessed on his record the costliest as well
as the smallest President the country
ever had.—St. Louis Republic.
Stockings.
Under the law which was repealed by
the passage of the McKinley act the
tariff tax on ordinary stockings was 40
per cent. The McKinley act has made
the tax, according to value, 54.59 per
cent., 70.41 per cent., 69.57 per cent,
and 58.99 per cent.
In 1891 the people of this country
bought foreign $3,380,724. stockings that cost on
the other side The tariff
$3,380,724 tax on them was $2,349,196, so that for
worth of stockings the im¬
porters paid $5,729,920, and those who
wore the stockings paid this enhanced
price and the profits of the wholesaler
and retailer reckoned on the whole.
This is what the McKinley law has
done for the wearers of stockings.
Home very caused eminent phyncttins grief, anxiety hold
that Msacer is by
or disappointment. The disease is fre¬
quently linked with insanity. All this
goes to show that the »Wl very largely
controls the body. When the mind
suffers the body u affected. supposed Napoleon's
cancer of the 6tomaeh is to
date from his disappointment at Moscow,
when he realized that his campaign was
an utter failure— an irreparable disaster.
NUMBER 36.
THE JUDGE SKIPPED.
He was Detected Robbing the Safe cf a
Merchant.
A<isp.tch front Brun-w ck says: Judge
Win. R. Blain, ordinary of Glynn county,
the story of whose sonsntionil arrest for
safe robbery w ts published Wednesday,
h s forfeited his bond and lias gone to
Cuba. Relatives of Judge B ain will pay
every dollar of his indebtedness to Mieli-
elaon, whose safe he robbed. Before
leaving Blain wired his resignation a?
ordinaiy lo Gov. Northen, and Gov.
Northen wired Superior Court Clerk J.
S. R ach that Blaiu’s resignation had been
accepted.
Florida (Jmm:mining.
Dr. JnS ’ph G. Porn r. F.orida state
health officer, bv order • f the state boatd
of health on Friday is-ued a gen nl
circular addressed to nl. quarantine offi¬
cers and <ther<x oil ive officers in tho
bo rd, as follows: *‘Uo.il otherwise < r-
dtred all Eurojuan and Mediterranean
poits wil' be considered suspicious and
come under the requirements of section 4
of the m ritime regulations of the state
board of health of Florida. P' rts of
Great Britain are txpre-sly included in
the designation.”
Scarlet Fever Epidemic iu London.
Official figuris issued Friday show that
the scarlet lever epidemic that has been
raging in London for a long time past
shows no sign of abatement. There were
on Ft ill ay in the Metropolitan asylum and
London fever hospitals 3 560 cases of tho
disease. With the 6carlet fever epidemic
and cholera threatening to become so, it
will readily be seen that the health au¬
thorities will have their hands full in tho
fight wdh the two disorders.
The Western Reserve Wreck.
A dispatch from Newberry, Mich.,
•ays: Up to 10 a. m. Friday, but three
bodies hud been recovered at the scene of
the wreck of the Western reserve—Cap¬
tain Minch and a lady supposed to be his
wife and an unknown lady but partially
clothed as though hurried from her bed
to a yawl boat to escape.
RICHMOND & DANVILLE R R.
I<\ VV. IInidi'knper and Reuben Foster
Receivers.
Atlanta and Charlotte Air-Line Division.
Condensed Schedule of Passenger
Trains, in Effect Aug. 28,1892.
NORTHBOUND. No. 38. No. 10. No. 12
EASTEltN TIME. Daily. Dail J. Daily
Lv. A .lanta (E.T.) 1 00 pm 8 50 pm 8 05am
Chamblee..... 9 21 pm 8 40am
Norcross....... 9 31 pm 8 52am
Duluth........ 9 41 pm 9 04am
Suwanee....... 9 51 pm 9 15am
Buford........ 10 05 pm 9 28am
Flowery Branch 10 16 pm 9 42am
Gainesville..... 2 22 pm 10 35 pm 10 03am
Lula.......... 2 40 pm 11 02 pm 10 27am
Bellton........ 11 05 pm 10 30am
Cornelia....... 11 30 pm 10 Slam
Toccoa......... Mt. Airy....... 11 34 pm 10 55am
18 00 am 11 19am
Westminster ... 12 40 am 11 56am
Seneca ........ 1 00 am 12 15pm
Central........ 4 40 pm 1 35 am 1 20pm
Easleys........ 2 04 am 1 50pm
Greenville..... 5 24 pm a 27 am 2 15pm
Greers......... 2 55 am 2 45pm
Wellford....... 3 10 am 3 05pm
Spartanburg... 6 17 pm 3 31 am 3 29pm
Clifton........ 3 46 am 3 53pm
Cowpens ...... 3 50 am 3 58pm
Gaffney..... 4 13 am 4 20pm
Blacksburg..... Grover......... 7 06 pm 4 35 am 4 37pm
4 46 am 4 46pm
King’s Mount’ll 5 06 am 5 02pm
Gastonia....... 5 35 am 5 26pm
Lowell........ 5 50 am 5 37pm
Bellemont..... 6 00 am! 5 46pm
Ar. Charlotte...... 8 20 pm 6 30 am| 6 10pm
SOUTHBOUND. No. 37. No. H, No. 9.
Daily. Daily. Daily.
Lv. Charlotte...... 9 45 am 1 50 pm 2 20 am
Bellemont ..... 2 10 pm 2 42 am
Lowell......... 2 19 pm 2 52 am
Gastonia....... 2 30 pm 3 04 am
King’s Mount’n 2 53 pm 3 27 am
Grover......... 3 07 pm 3 43 am
Gaffney....... Blacksburg.... 10 56 am 3 16 pm 3 53 am
3 33 pm 4 13 am
Cowpens...... Clifton........ 3 58pm| 4 42 am
4 01 pm | 4 45 am
Spartanburg... 1143 am 118 pm 5 00 am
Wellford........ ........ 4 38 pm 5 23 am
Greers......... ........ 4 54 pm 5 42 am
Greenville...... 12 36 pm 5 24 pm 6 10 am
Easleys......... Central........ ........ 5 53 pm 6 38 30 am
1 25 pm 6 45 pm 7 am
Seneca......... ........ 7 11 pm 7 58 am
Westminster.... ........ 7 30 pm 8 17 am
Toccoa........ ........ 8 06 pm 8 55 am
Mt. Airy....... ........ 8 37pm 9 30 am
Cornelia....... ........ 8 41 pm 9 33 am
Bellton........ ........ 9 05 pm 9 58 am
Lula.......... Gainesville..... 3 3 22 41 pm 9 07pmil0 1C 00am 28
pm 9 32 pm am
Flowery Branch ........ 9 51 pm 10 48 am
Buford........ ....... 10 05 pm 11 02 am
Suwanee....... ........10 18 pm , 11 15 am
Duluth........ ........ 10 30 pm i 11 25 pm
Norcross...... ........ 10 42 pmi 11 37 am
Chamblee...... ........110 54 pm pm! 111 49 am
Ar. Atlanta (E. T.) 5 05 pm U 30 12 25 pm
TOCCOA AND ELBERTON.
No. 63 August 28, 1892. No. . 62
Mixed Mixed Mixed Mixed
+ 7 00 a ■HI 25a Lv.. .Toccoa- ..Ar ■ 00 +
7 24 fll 4T ....Eastanoolee. .. So
7 39 f 12 00 ......Avalon...... 3
8 02 12 05 .....Martin’s..... O'
8 30 12 26 ......Lavonia..... *-1
9 00 II OOp -..-Bowersville. .. -1
920 i m West Bowersville. 1 •
9 40 1 22 .... Royston’s..... -d
10 07 1 45 .... Bowman’s Cb
10 27 f2 02 .. Dewey Rose. .- 3
2 20 Ar- - Elberton ..Lv 0 »
Nos. 9 and 10 carry Pullman Sleepers bc»
tween Atlanta and New York.
Nos. 37 and 38, Washington and Southwest¬
ern Yestibuled Limited, between Atlanta and
Washington. Through Pullman Sleepers be¬
tween New York and New Orleans, al.-o l>etween
Washington and Memphis, via Atlanta and
Birmingham. Buffet Sleeper be¬
Nos. 11 and 12, Pullman
tween Washington and Atlanta. local and
For detailed information as to
through time tables, rates and Pullman Sleep¬
ing car reservations, confer with local agents,
or address, S. H. HARDWICK,
W. A. TURK,
Gen’l Pass. Ag’t. Ass’t. Genl. Pass. Ag’t.
Washington, D. C. Atlanta, Ga.
J. A. DODSON, Superintendent. Atlanta, Ga.
W. H. GREEN. SOL. HASS,
Gen’l Manager. Traffic Manager, D. C.
Washington, D. C. Washington,
LEWIS DAVIS,
iTi’OPNEY AT LjA W
TOCCOA CITY, GA.,
Will practioe in the oountiea of Haber
•ham and Rabun of the Northwestern
Circuit, and Frank! n and Banks of tht
Western Circuit. Prompt attention wil'
06 g ren to atl bust:.ess entrusted*to him
The collection of debts will have «p«»
tal attention.
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