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VOLUME XX. THE MODEL HUSBAND, Most wives will en l their story withi “Ah, well, men are but human.’* I long to tell the secret of A truly happy woman. Through all the sunshine-lighted years, Lived now in retrospection, My husbanu’s word brought never tears, Nor came I a sa 1 reflection. hate’er the hardens of the day. Unflinching, calm an 1 steady. To bear his part—the larger half— I always find him ready. House cleaning season brings no frown, No sarcasm, pointed keenly; Through carpets up, and tacks heal dow.i He makes his way serenely. Our evenings pass in converse sweet, Or quiet contemplation, We never disagree except lo‘‘keep up conversation ." And dewy morn of radiant June, Fair moonlight of September, April with bird and brook atuuo, Stern, pitiless December— Eacli seems to my adoring eyes Home new grace to discover, For he unchanging through the years, Is still my tender lover. Ho life no shadows hold, though we Have reached the side that’s shady; My husband? Oh! a dream is he, And I’m a maiden lady. —Ladies’ Home Journal. PARSON PLADLEY. 11Y MANLEY II. PIKE. T w r as “meeting- /J time” in lludder- V ficld, Massachusetts ^ 1 Bay Colony, on a Sunday morning in ... 5 June, 1676. The mm? l k icy fifty or sixty log buildings which made up the settle- nient stood silent __ jj as so many tombs — nmong the black —stumps of the half- cleared fields, :or every soul in the pi ace from the old man of ninety to the young- est child, was in the meeting-house on the hill—every soul, that is, except Abner True. Abner True, whoso father was a deacon and tithing-man, aud counted second only to the minister himself in rigid piety, was actually playing truant from meeting; and this in a village which looked upon Plymouth and Wey¬ mouth as dangerously worldly towns, relaxed in morals and manners by over¬ much prosperity. But Abner had worked from sun to sun every day-of the last week, and knew he must do the same every day of tho next week and the week after that; for the corn was to be hoed, tho grass crops got in, and a score of other tasks to be done. It seemed to him too hard that, on this oue day of rest, he should be obliged to sit upon a backless jilank bench all the forenoon, if, indeed, he did not find himself forced to sit there longer; since Parson Pladley, who rarely preached less than three hours, sometimes preached four, and once or twice had been known to exceed five hours. Abner felt sure that the sermon would not be a short one this day, even accord¬ ing to the preacher’s ideas of brevity; and the more he thought of it the more he dreaded it, until he became willing to incur any punishment for the sake of escaping that discourse. So when Deacon Amos, with his wife and younger children, were ” cre ready readv forra.et.og, , no Abner , could be found, Hidden in the little ha,-mow of the rough barn, he saw the family depart- his father marching ahead, equipped With musket, bandoleer aud powder- horn; for King l>hihp and his Indians were at war against the whites, and no man throughout the colony weut to field or church without his arms. Similar groups, similarly accoutred, paced solemnly along toward the rude sanctuary upon the hill, until Abner, seeing that all Huddersfield had passed, telt that he was safe for the present— and lay down upon the soft hay to pro- pare for the souud nap he had so longed lor * Below old Fly, the farm horse, stamped and munched; without, the hens crowed in the sunshine, with a drowsy note that should have been favorable enough for slumber. But between his guilty cou- sciousness of what he had done aud his dread of Deacon Amos would do, Abner cou.d not manage to go to sleep. lie began to wish himself upon that backless plank bench, even if the sermon were to last all day; yet a tardy arrival would be nearly as great offence as not to come at all; and he had not the courage to meet the pubiic reproof which Parson Pladley might administer, or to hasten the private cnastisement that Deacon Amos would surely inflict. 1 he time went on. The old house was still now; the hens uttered only au occasional croak. From the far distance the preacher's voice came down on the warm breeze in a sottened murmur, Abner was dozing. A\ hat was that? He heard a sound that wakened him quite, and he sprang up to listen. Nothing but a slight swishing sound in the tall grass behind the barn—noth- ing but that. It was probably some fox or polecat on the watch to snatch a chicken. Abner peered out through a crack to see if he could discover the auimal, for the swishing sound seemed drawing near. - In the meeting-house Parson Pladley Lad turned his big hour-glass twice, and now the sands of the third hour were almost spent. Before him rows of serious men, women and children in reverent attention, not once removing their earn- est eyes lroui the minister. The heavy door was flung open and Bhut again with a loud bang that startled every member of the congregation. A .boy, staggering and streaming with per- THE TOCCOA NEWS AND PIEDMONT INDUSTRIAL JOURNAL. spiration ran up the broad aisle fed exhausted at the foot of the pulpit, very man stretched out his hand the musket that stood beside him; no one rose, no one said a word or tered an exclamation. Whatever the danger wa 3 —and knew well what it might be—this God’s house, and in it none but servant should raise a voice or upon any action unless he permitted. The minister descended from piace, leaned over the panting Abner and caught the few words the boy had strength to whisper: “Savages—full score—stealing up—to take us unaware !” The minister returned to the pulpit. “Kindle your matches, brethren,” sai<] he, in a voice of perfect tranquility. The ring of flint and steel sounded all over the house. “Make ready your guns,” the minister, taking up a heavy musket, and blowing the match, or fuse, by which it was discharged. “Musketeers, to your stations. Ye that hava but swords or pikes, sit fast.” The congregation obeyed these orders as calmly as they had been given. I wenty-five men, headed by Deacon True, silently ranged themselves the loopholes which were pierced in the door and along the walls. Each knew his position, and took it without delay or hesitation; while the fifteen men w'ho had no firearms sat stiffly on the benches with the women and children, most of whom had not looked behind them since Abner rushed in. Parson Pladley looked at the hour¬ glass, which still continued to run, and quietly resumed his sermon. Around tho sides of the room the musketeers stooped at the loopholes amid the light vapor from their smouldering matches. On tho benches the body of listeners kept their composed countenances turned upon the preacher. Save his voice, there was no sound but an infrequent metallic rattle, as some musketeer ex¬ amined his gun or loosen his iron-hilted broadsword in the scabbard, The words of the preacher sang throughout the house: “And even as aforetime the heathen did furiously rage, aud did compass the children of the covenant with spear and javelin round about—” A high-pitched, thrilling screech filled the air without, and now rose above the minister’s voice. It was sustained and prolonged in many savage throats. There came quick, sharp pattenng 3 on the roof and walls, like hailstones/ Enoch Brett fell backward from his loophole with an arrow through the brain. Another man rose from his seat, picked up the gun which Brett had dropped, and took the vacant station. A dozen muskets answered the storm of missels. Their fire seemed to check the advance of the Indians, inasmuch as the war cry grew fainter, and the pat¬ tering of the arrows diminished. Parson Pladley had not interrupted his sermon, although his voice had been temporarily drowned by the noise of the assault aud defence, except for the in¬ stant that he cast oue glance at the mus- ket beside him, and another at the hour¬ glass. All the men who could act were at their posts; why should he not continue to the end, while waiting for the des¬ perate struggle which must come? His seuse of duty told him that he ought not to cease his holy office before the ap¬ pointed time, except under compulsion in whioh he must recognize the hand of God. His hearers understood this as well as if he had declared his determination in so many words j ri-L. They did j-j their • part by , .s oning wi i s ea y a eutiou. arrow " flights if thicker. ^ re '^p, Tue OU guns er aa< re- Jepulsed. pl.ed, but tins time tho attack: was not A ponderous thumping balding, on foe door, which shook the whole told that some kind of battering-ram wa being employed suih to break it down. A few more shock, and the door must f a u. o a / l y a pinch P or two more of sand re- mnin d ia the hour gl „ ss . StUl ,, „ not quite empty and Parson Pladley preached on. Crash! The door was half off its hinges. The firearm men crowded be- hind it and deliverd a volley that ap- peared for a minute to clear the passage, There was yet some sand in the hour- glass. The parson's lips could be seen to move, though his voice was not heard. A renewed yell and the crashing blows once more beat upon the door. No shots anowered this time, for the muskets were empty. An arrow whistled across the church and stuck quivering iu the front of the pulpit. Around the edges of the shat- tered door hatchets and clubs were brandished in the faces of the defend- ers, who dashed them aside with the butts of their guns. The women began to scream. Tfie last sand ran out of the hour-glass, Parson Pladley bo wed his head and said, “Amen!” And all the congregation answered together, “Amen!” Up sprang tho hitherto motionless listeners—women to the rear, men to the front—and from the pulpit the old minister, with sword aud gun, led the wa y to the aid of the others, who were beginning to give ground before the of hideously-painted figures who were forc- ing their way through the entrance. l'hen came out another side of the Puritan character. The tierce energy— almost joy—with which the colonists fought wasassusprisingas the stony self- control they had shown but a moment before. Ahead of them all, Parson Pladley swung his mighty sword with cries which betrayed the old horse- soldier of Cromwell aud Harrison, foi such he had been aud of those who fol- lowed him, more than one had stood in the ranks of th8 pikemen who met the charges of Prince Rupert’s Cavaliers, and repelled them. too. As if he remembered this, the minis- ter lifted up his strong voice in a stern Psalm whieh had thundered over the bat- tlefields of Naseby and Marston the war song of David the King, joicing over hie victory; , TOCCOA, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1892. “I have pursued mine enemies overtaken them; neither did I again till they were consumed, “I have Vounded them that not able to rise; they are fallen un <fi er m y f eet> “For Thou hast girded me strength unto the battle; Thou has dyed under me those that rose against me.” The Indians were like wolves ing lions. They shrank, wavered were pressed back to the door, it, and outside of it. Then, by one last rush, they were broken, scattered dispersed. They ran in every for the shelter of the woods; many them fell by the way under the and swords of their pursuers. Hudders- field was saved. Within the mseting-house, now ruined, dim with powder-smoke and heaped with broken benches, arrows dead bodies, the congregation around its minister, who, blackened bloody, with gown torn to shreds and great slash across his forehead, J more raised up his voice—this time in the glorious strain of one of their tri- umphant hymns. All joined in it—even the wounded, who could scarcely lift their heads from the ground, and the dying, who sang their own breaths away in the grateful chorus. When the injured had been cared for, and there was once more time for or¬ dinary matters, Parson Pladley called Abner True to him. “Son Abner, thou didst well so cun¬ ningly to avoid those ruthless savages, and privily warn us betimes. For this thou meritest reward.” Abaci looked up, astonished. “And this shall be thy reward—thal for thy wilful tarrying away from the sanctuary thou sbalt receive no discipline —from the church.” “But my father will—” stammered the boy. “Of a surety he will,” placidly replied the minister, “and I trust it may do thee good.” “Come with me, Abner,” said Deacon Amos.—Youth’s Companion. The World’s Consumption of Coal. A statistician has lately been engaged in estimating the world’s consumption ol coal. He divides his figures into four groups, embracing respectively the quan¬ tity of coal used in heating steam-boil¬ ers, in the production of gas, in the ex- traction of metals from their ore 3 , and for household purposes. It may be taken, he says, that the total steam en¬ gine capacity of the globe is equivalent to 10,000,000 horse-power, and that, having regard to the utilization of other fuels, the quantity of coal burned with the object of producing steam averages 4.4 pounds per horse power per hour, or all hourly aggregate of 12,000 tons, In all probability, however, this is an under estimate, as the efficiency of the world’s steam engines i9 calculated by some to be 20,000,COO horse-power. With re¬ spect to the manufacture of gas, the hourly consumption of the illuminating aeriform fluid is given as 5,000,000 cubic metres, which would necessitate the dis¬ tillation of at least 10,000 tous of coal per hour. More difficult to calculate is the consumption of coal for the produc¬ tion of power and heating gas; it may be estimated, our authority thinks, at 4500 tons per hour. A large quantity of coal is used in the reduction of metals from their ores. It i3 calculated that iu this way some 9000 tons of the mineral are consumed every hour. A special es- timate * gives the quantity Vtories burnt hourlv by wo ks and at 5000 tons'. The most difficult calculation is that of the domestic consumption ? of coal. It is ?$“**?*’ . ■, . : ’ 1 ’’ nnA 0(,0 P Cr , h< ”‘ r “ J-330,000 tons per da, of twentj-four , ’r ho ^' 1 ,?“ <*??>. ‘“""ft W ea " rather smai considering that m Groat B "‘“ D »“' i Germany alone the daily OUt|) aged , l, 600,000 L°' tons, rec<, and °Hf that r , 3 the ,, ha8 extrac- tloa ia a11 othe ^ co “ ntn ! 9 may ,l >e reck ' »»ed as one and a half times this quan. " nf ° n ron * Few Round-top Trunks, Now. There are comparatively few round- top trunks made now. The idea was that greater resisting power could bo obtained with least weight, but, unfor¬ tunately, there was no guarantee that tho baggage-smasher would always stand the trunk the right way up. His failure to do this gave numberless re¬ minders of the fact that no box is stronger than at its weakest point, and the damaged sides became very common. Now most trunks are made with flat tops, and are so strong all over that it is very difficult, eveu for an expert trunk-smasher, to break one.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Pure Nickel Currency. It is probable that the Austro-Hun- garian Government will adopt pure nickel for its currency. The alloyed coin generally used, containing only twenty-five percent, of nickel, combined with seventy-five per cent, of copper, possesses, it i3 considered, numerous dis¬ advantages, while the favorable points of the pure nickel piece are that, not¬ withstanding its hardness, it can easily be coined, that it has the quality of ex¬ traordinary durability, loss by wear and tear being reduced to a minimum; that it is preserved clean in circulation and that no oxidization worth mentioning sets in.—Iron Age. It's the “State of Maiue.” Why do the people of our most North- western States always talk of the State of Maine instead of simply using the one word““Maine?” The explanation is as follows: Up to the year 1820 this por- tion of the country was politically at- tached to the State of Alassachusetts and was known as the “District of Maine.” After it was incorporated into a State and admitted into the Union the people from long habit continued to place the preposition “of” be lore the “Maine,” aud the custom has been tinued to the present Glob*. FOR CLEVELAND. i WAYNE MACVEAGH, GARFIF.LD*S ATTOR¬ NEY-GENERAL will vote for the DEMOCRATIC TICKET—HE SAYS THE TRUE WELFARE OF THE COUNTRY WOULD BE PROMOTED BY CLEVE¬ LAND'S ELECTION. Following close upon the announce- ' meat that Judge Gresham, four years ago a prominent candidate for the Presideu- j tial nomination in the Republican Na- j tional Convention, Cleveland had determined to i vote for an l Stevenson, an- other bombshell has been thrown into the Republican camp. The following letter from Wayne MacVeagh, Attorney-Gen- eral under Garfield, announcing that he will vote for Grover Cleveland, has beea given out for publication: Philadelphia, Oct. 4, 1S92. John W. Cat ter, Esq., Secretary of tho Massachusetts Reform Club: Your cordial invitation to a ldress the cit zeas of Boston on the issues of tuo canvass happens to reach me just when professional engagements prevent my naming a time when I can do so, but you are quite right in concluding that I in- tend to vote for Mr. Cleveland, Entertaining the convictions I do, no other course is open to me, and 1 cheerfully accord to the supporters of President Harrison the same sense of public duty by which I claim to be act¬ uated. As both parties have presented unexceptionable candidates, there is no reason why the differences which exist upon questions of public policy should be discussed otherwise than in good humor, and with entire respect for each other's opinions. In the present campaign what may fairly be called the false alarms of the canvass will prove of little value, because of the general confidence in the safe and conservative character of both candi¬ dates. The aveiage voter knows that free trade is impossible in this country, for the conclusive reason that the vast revenues now required to meet the ex¬ penses of the Government will necessar- ily afford a far higher degree of protec¬ tion to our established and prosperous manufacturers than either Alexander Hamilton or Henry Clay thought desir¬ able in the infancy of our weak and struggling industries. The average voter also knows that the irredeemable paper ! currency in use before the war can never reappear. On the other hand, he knows as well that no system of duties on im¬ ports, however inequitable, can prevent our continued growth in wealth, in man¬ ufactures, and in population, a growth due to the incomparable gifts of Provi¬ dence, the intelligence and energy of the people, and the blessings of free institu- tions. While I am more than ever resolved to hold duty to country far above any ties of party, I find myself at present in general accord with the Democratic Party, and willing to trust its course in the futuie. The insight, the courage and the patriotism the masses of the party exhibited in compelling the nomi- nation of Mr. Cleveland when be was without a single office holder to support his candidacy seem to me to demand that I - should meet them in the same spirit and act with them as long as they maintain that high standard of policy and of administration. It is the more easy to do so because the Republican Party, securing its return to power four years ago by promising to preserve mat- ters as they were, at once embarked upon what I regard as a reckless and revo- lutionary policy, even overturning all the safeguards of legislation in the House of Representatives in their haste to pass the Force bill and the McKinley bill, both, to my mind, unnecessary and un- wise measures. The opposition to the Force bill, as not only sure to create far greater evils than it could cure, but as also subversive of the rights of the States, has become so earnest and widespread that it is said to have been abandoned; but it is must not be forgotten that only two years ago such a measure wa 3 warmly advocated by the Republican Party, and very narrowly escaped becoming a law. There is no pretense, however, that the McKinley bill is abandoned. On the contrary, our express approval of it is demanded. No doubt that bill, which I cannot but think was an uncalled for disturbance of the then-existing tariff, greatly benefited a few interests, but cer¬ tainly it greatly oppressed many others. Of^the protected industries themselves, many were then* as now, in far more urgent need of free raw materials than »f higher protection, but with raw mater¬ ials on the free list the bill could not have passed, for those having such mater¬ ials for sale controlled enough votes to defeat it, and they were very likely to do so if their bounties were discontinued. The manufacturers needing free raw materials were therefore, obliged to join in the objectionable processes of increas- ing prices by restricting production,thus adding to the number of trusts by which the price of the necessaries of life is placed at the mercy of unlawful com- binations of capital. It is not surprising that labor, believ- in<T itself to be oppressed, soon rose in revolt, and civil war has actually sections' raged this summer in four different of the country. And, of course, the farm- getting ers, paying more for what they buy and less for what they sell, grow poorer day by day; and excellent farms in some of the most fertile sections of this most highly protected State buildings will hardly brine* C the cost of the od then) * economic evils, however great, But the of the McKinley bill and the unreasonable system of protection it represents are of far less importance to my mind than the moral evils which follow In their wake, In deciding for what purposes the masses j of the people may properly be taxed, it must not be forgotten that taxes have a wonderful capacity for filtering through all intervening obstacles till they reach the bowed back of toil and resting there, and therefore the giving of bounties under any form of taxation is mainly the giving away of the wages of labor. The sad truth that the curse of the poor is their poverty is illustrated in nothiug more clearly than in the undue share they suffer of the burdens of taxation. But, apart from this consideration, ought not taxes only be imposed as re¬ quired for public purposes, or may they also be imposed for the pecuniary ad¬ vantage of such persons or classes as are able to control Congressional action in their favor? It seems to me like a travesty on taxation to require, as t ie McKinley bill does, the farmer who grows corn in Indiana to pay a bounty to the farmer who produces cane sugar in Louisiana, or to require the farmer who grows wheat in Pennsylvania to pay a bounty to the farmer who produces maple sugar hi Vermont; but it is nearer tiagedv than travesty to tax the masses of the people to increase the wealth of the very wealthy owners of most of our protected industries. But even such inequality and injustice are the least of its evils, for while such a system endures political corruption is absolutely sure to increase, as such a system uot only invites, but it requires, the corrupt use of money both at the polls and in Congress. It is of its very essence that “fat” shall be “fried” out of its beneficiaries. Who shall happen to do the “frying” or who shall happen to distribute the “fat” u«on any partic¬ ular occasion is mere matter of detail, but while that system lasts both will con¬ tinue to be done by somebody. And the evils of a system of legislative bounties, so far from stopping, only be¬ gins with those bounties secured to the industries protected by the tariff. The disastrous course of the Republican Party on the silver question is an apt illustra¬ tion of this truth. It ought to be an houest-mouey party, and it would be if it could; but while it demanded increased bounties for its favorite manufacturers, il could not refuse increased bounties to the silver producers, as the votes they control were probably necessary to the passage of the McKinley bill. So situated, the Republican Party had no alternative but to pass the silver law of 1S90, dou¬ bling the put chase of silver and requiring the building of more warehouses in which to store the useless metal. The total purchases made by the Gov¬ ernment amount to hundreds of millions of dollars, and would not realize, if re¬ sold, one-half their cost, while the poi- son of debased currency, whose work, however slow, is sure, is making itself daily more aud more felt in every chan¬ nel of business and finance, and is in¬ evitably driving gold out of the country aud leading us to all the evils of a fluc- tuating and therefore dishonest currency based upon silver alone. The Republi¬ can Party cannot take any effective steps toward repealing the bill, for the silver men are very likely if their bouuty is stopped to so vote that the bounties of the McKinley bill will stop also, The abuses of the pension system fur- nish another apt illustration of the evils sure to follow such a system of legisla- tioQ - If Congress was to levy taxes upon the people to confer bouties upon certain classes of manufacturers, it was very na- tural that the pension agents should also 3 oiQ haaJa to increase their fees by an indiscriminate granting of pensions. The result is that nearly a generation after the close of the war there is a steady in- crease of the vast sums passing through the pension agents’ hands, until now the totaUamount staggers belief, and has be- come of itself a very serious burden upon the Treasury. From the day of Lee’s surrender until now no single voice has ever beea raised against the most gen- erous provision for every person who had aa Y just claim upon the gratitude of the country; but surely there is neither rea- son nor justice in legislation which de- stroys all distinction between the dis- charge of duty and the shirking of it, between loyal service and desertion of the colors, between wounds received in battle and diseases contracted in the pur- suits of peace. There is still another great and in¬ creasing evil chiefly traceable, in my opinion, to the maintenance of an exces- si ve tariff since the war, and the con- stant meddling with it to make it higher, and that is the bringing to our shores of those vast swarms of undesirable lmmi- grants who degrade American labor by their competition and threaten the sta¬ bility of institutions based upon an in¬ telligent love of country. Just as th« duties upon imported merchandise have been increased, so has the grade of im¬ ported labor been lowered, until now, under the McKinley bill, there are com¬ ing here every month many thousands of more ignorant, and therefore less de¬ sirable, laborers than ever before. It is uot easy to exaggerate the moral evils they are likely to inflict upon our social order and our National life. As the Republican Party is now defi¬ nitely committed to the policy of taxing the people for the purpose of giving bounties to >uch persons or interests as can secure the necessary votes in Con¬ gtess, so the Democratic Party is now as definitely committed to the policy of restricting taxation to the needs of the Government for public purposes alone, The gulf fixed between these two poli- cies of taxation is as wide an l deep as can well exist between political parties, and I ata al3 ° convince 1 that tae old causes iu whica I am interested cannot hope for success until the avowed policy pf the Republican Party on this subject overthrown, Until then the right of each State to control elections within its borders will not be secure. Until then there is no prospect of our enjoying the single and standard ol vaitis wbicti otiicr civ - itized and commercial Nations possess. Until then there is no hope of placing . , ae re, j.i . el t ner p-nsion sys m or Tl ja °‘ imni.gra.,on. a P oa a aa proper oasts. a u en ae p n c: - tl iridescent ?° ° 0 “ r .P 01 !f 3 wnicn . v? ig n , iD p e epuo hr i- ream can au.aority as ec are. i mus a- ^ays remaiC. a 1 -eu any pre en< e reiorm of tne civil service mus prove, asuhasprove r 13 ia ^ lour yeats* a de usion an a snare. And until then even ba'lot reform, the best help yet di-overel to lioaes; ele:- lioas, and Arj.idy threatens i wit i over- to row by tie Republican managers in -Maine, Vermont, and Indiana, must snare the s i ne fate oi betrayal ia tae house of its pretended friends. AH these causes are, hi the very nature of things, the relentless foes of a system of govern¬ ment by bounties to favored interests, aud such a system is their relentless foe. As I believe, for the reasons I have given, that the true welfare of the coun¬ try would be promoted by Mr. Cleve¬ land's election, it is my duty to vote for him, and as I recall the capacity, the fidelity, aud the courage with which he has heretofore discharged every public trust committed to him, the duty be¬ comes a pleasure. Sincerely yours, Wayne MacVeaqh. What Shall the Answers Be? ” Here are some questions that Demo¬ crats can ask their protectionists friends when discussing the tariff question during this campaign: Are not the wages m free trade England higher than in any of the pro* tectefi countries of Europe? Have not wages in this country always been higher than in England since the Mayflower landed. Were not American wages in ISfiU, when we had a revenue tariff, higher in proportion to those of England than they are now. Are uot wages as a rule lowest in the countries with the highest tariff, liko Russia, Mexico and China, where foreign trade is restricted as far as possible. Di 1 not the farmers own a good deal bigger share of the wealth of the coun¬ try m 1810 than they do now? Why have wheat and wool been dropping in pries since the adoption of his bill? Wnat good do the duties on wheat and wool do the farmer? Why has the price of cotton declined .one-half in the last year or two? Why were our exports of tinware to Canada reduced from $75,111) in 1890 to $10 671 in 1S91? 1; t iero are 285,000 men in New York State woo have had their wages raised by the McKinley bill, why is it that none of them can be found to acknowledge it? Just notice how your protectionist friend will wiggle to evade the ques¬ tion.— Utica Observer. Whicli Horn? Every protection paradox presents a sharp horned dilemma. If the tariff is not a tax how can it produce revenue? If taxing an article tends to make it cheaper ho w does it enable the manufac¬ turer to pay higher wages? If the tariff has raised wages, thu3 adding to the co3t of production, how can prices be lower? Wnea the price of farm produce went up under .McKiuleyism, how could the cost of living go down? Now that th»> price of foodstuffs is going down is the cost of living rising again? If our imports have increased, as the protectionists now boast, how has the tariff secured the home market co our manufacturers or protected wage earners against the competition of pauper labor abroad? If our manufactures can, as the sta¬ tistics show, produce many staple ar¬ ticles more cheaply than they can bo made abroad why do they need a high tariff? If high tariffs make high wages why are wages in Germany and in France so much lower than in England? Finally, as we have often asked with¬ out an answer, if the foreigner pays the duty why did McKinley leave the Treas¬ ury so short of money? These questions present several inter- ssting dilemmas. Which horn of them will the protectionists choose?—New York World. GROWTH OF THE SOUTH. The Industrial Developments for the Past Week. The iron market is in a more favorable con edition, with increased demand for the output’ An advance of 50 cents per ton is reported in the pr oe of pig iron, and 8finks in hand are being drawn upon. All tho southern foundries are running with four exceptions, and ar¬ rangements are being made to put several new ones into blast. The textile mills through¬ out the south are busy with orders at satisfac¬ tory- prices. The cotton mill burned at Atheus, Ga-, is to be at once rebuilt on a larger scale. The condition of business is fairly good, and trade is inerea-dng as the cotton crop is brought to market. The week has been favorable for cotton previous picking, but no the change is made from of reports as to quantity and qua itv the crop. Thirty-six new industries were established or incorp six rated during the week, together with enlargements of manufactories, and eight¬ een important new buildings- Among the new industries repor ed are brick works at Went End, Va., a §490,000 car malting Greensboro, plant at Houston. Texa-, and o heri at N. C., aud Lexington, Ky,, a cigar factory at Thomasville, Ga., and an electrical company at Hc- .rne, Texas. FI uring mills are to be built at Paris, Ark., Burlington, N. O., Hutch¬ ins and Q teeu Citv, Texa-. and a $50,000 mill and elevato a Quanah, Texas. A $50,000 ice and cold .-toragfe c unpany has been chartered at ( ovington, Ky., a ioiling mil is to built at Greensboro, N. C., a safe and lock factory at Birmingham, Ala., and a mill aud gin factory at Fort Smith, Ark. A moss factory is repor¬ ted at Brunswick. Ga., a $100,000 cotton mill at Sandersvi le, Ga., a kniuing m il at New Berne, N. C., and a woolen mill at Bloomfield, La. A tobacco factory, is rep -rted at Louisville, Ky., and one at Reidsville, N. C., birrell fac- fi ri-s at Bc-irue, Ark., and Gainesville, Ga., raw and planiDg mills a: Man.esvillc, Ala-, Greenfield Term., Bmkeville, Va., and Addi- 8.>n. W. Va.,and a £100.000 varieiy w.rks at Camden, Ark. The enla: gmc-nts for the week include elec- :r.< al vr rksat Parkersburg,W. Va , paper mills at Oik Cliff, Texas saw m l s at Florence, Ala and Gienwood, N. C.. and quarrying plants at Algood, 8. C., and Philadelphia, Tenn., Among the new bu Wing- reporter are business- hou-es ot Oeda. F:a., LomsvilD, Ky., Wil¬ mington, N. C., Chattanooga. Tenu., Lynch burg, Va., and Tyler Tt xas, churches at Shelby- viile, Kv., and Culpepper, Va.. a factory at Tyler, Texan, a flouting mill at Culpepper, Va., a jail at 8:ar City, Ark., and an office In; tiding at TiiomasviLle, Ga.—Tradesman (Chattanooga, Tenn.) The pension agency in Topeka is the largest in the country. It pays out an¬ nually $15,000,000 to the veterans of j Kansas, Missouri, and Colorado. , NUMBER 42. RICHMOND X DfiNVlLLE R R I* !•’. IV. IIuitlefeoprr and lit-iiliin I'o.tor ltocHVcr-. Atldcti and Charlotte Air-Lhe DivUon, Condensed Schedule of Passenger _Trains, in Effect Oct. 16, (892. NORTHBOUND. No. 33. i No, 10. No. 12 1 AS THUS TIMM. Daily, j Daily. Daily Lv. Atlanta (E. i.) 1 W i>m S‘5SS8ir.SSSS§iS£S5g^£SSglagSSS2S|g«S£g lliilliilliitifliliiiliSillIII * (.’haniblee . ... ' -iOain Norcross. ... • * Duluth...... _ j .... 10 -- Olain Hmvanee...... 1 » 1 ikun Buford........ tr. •-8bu> Flow ry Brandi 3-. 1 .’am GauiC'Ville.....I 2 22 pin ill 10 ( 3.uii Lula........ i 2 4 ij>ni;i: 10 27am Belli.-n........ 10 30am Cornelia...... ! 10 51a:u Mt. Ai y......j 10 55am Toecoa.. ......j j i i 10am Westmin-ier ... 1« 56am Seneca ........ 12 15pm Easleys........j Central....... 1 20pm Greenville..... v-% 5 24 pm tv, ? >pm Greers.........| Wellford.......i tc •ir.p.-'i Spartanburcr... W O') i 'in Clifton........ 0 17 pm 4 Oi 20pm Cowpens......j j 53pm Gaffney....... 4 u Blacksburg..... j 20pm Grover.........I, 7 06 pm ig 37 pm Iving’-i Mount’n 4. 46pm Gastona..... . »i Lowell........ • • pm Bellemout..... ^ 3 < | ill Ar. Charlotte..... i ... 6 m 6’ 20 pin Mil r. 10pm SOUTHBOUND. No. 37. No. :i, No. 9, Daily. Daily. ; Daily. — - Lv. Belli Charlotte...... mont..... 9 45 am | 2 1 50 10 pm 2 2 20 43 am ....... pm am Lowell......... .......I 2 19 pm 2 53 am Gastonia....... .......[ 2 30 pm 3 Of am Gtovi King’s Mouiit’n ■" 2 53 pm 3 28 a til r......... 3 07 pm 3 44 am Gaffney....... Blacksburg ... 10 56 am | 3 16 pm pm! 3 -‘>4 12 am Cowpens ........j 3 33 4 am ...... ........j 3 58pm! 4 40am Clifton........ ........ 1 4 01 pm i 4 45 a m Spartanburg... W Ilford........ 11 43 am I is pm 5 00 »m Greers......... ........ 1 1 38 pin! i 5 23 42 am ........ i 54 pm 5 am Grenville...... 12 36 pm 5 24 pm 6 10 am Easleys......... Central........ j i 5 6 45 53 pm 6 7 38 :0 am pm m Seucea......... ........I 711 pm 7 58 am Westminster.... .......; .......! 7 30 pm 8 1 7 am Toccoa........ .......j 8 06 pm I 8 55 am Mt. Airy....... 8 37 pm 9 30 am Cornelia....... Bellton........ .......■’ .......j 8 41 07 pm! 9 33 am 9 pm 9 58 am Lula.......... Gainesville..... 3 3 22 41 pm pni| 9 09 pmllO 1C 00 am 9 35 pm 28 am Flowery Buford........ Branch .......| 9 55 07 pm!10 1 48 02 am ......j 10 23pmjil pm: i am Smvanee....... .......!10 .......j 15aut Duluth........ 10 34 pm; 11 25 pm Norcross...... ....... 1 10 45 pm 11 37 am Chamblee...... .......110 57 pu pm! II 49 am Ar. Atlinta (E. T.) 5 05pmlll 30 12 25pm Additional trains N<>s. 17 aril 18—Lula ac¬ commodation, daily except Snnrtav, leaves At¬ lanta 5 30 ]> in, arrives Lula 8 12 p m. I’eturn- ing. leaves Lula 6 00 a m, arrives Atlanta 8 .A> a m. Between Lula and Ath us—No. 11 daily, ex-* cept Sunday, and No. 9 daily, leave Lula 9 15 p m, and 10 35a m, arrive Athens 11 00 p in and 12 20 pm. Returning leave Athens, No. It) daily, except Sunday, and No. 12daisy, 7 15 pm and 8 07 a m, arrive Lula 8 55 p in and 9 50 a m. Between Toccoa and Elherton—Nos. 63 and 9 daily, except Sundav, leave Toccoa 7 00am and 11 25am arrive Elherton 10 5<> a in and 220jp m. Returning,No. 62 and 12 daily < xcept Sunday, leaver Elherton 4 00 p m and 6 00 a m. and arrives Toccoa 7 35 p m and 8 45 a m. Nos. 9and 10Pullman sleeper between Atlan¬ ta and New York. Nos. 37 and •’•8 Washington and Southwestern Vestibnled I.i i it» d, between Atlanta and Washington. Through Pu Iman sleepers between New York and New Orle n-, also between Washington and Memphis, vi a As¬ lant i and Birmingham. Sleeper 1 Nos. 11 and 12—Pullman Buffet e- tween Washington and Atlanta.uni'ing between D.inv lie and Greensboro with Pullman sleeper to and from Portsmouth and Norfolk. For dcadc-d infornia'km as t> local and thiougli timetables, rates and Pullman sleeping ear reservations, confer with local agems or ad¬ dress W. A. TURK. S. H. HARDWICK. Gen’l Pass. Ag’f. Ass’t.G nl.Pass. Ag’t. Wa-h ngt -n. D. C. Atlanta, Ga. J. A. DODSON, Superintendent Atlanta, Ga. W. II. GREEN. t-OL. H ASS, Gen’l Manag- r. Tr flic Manager, C. Washington, D. C. Washington, D. LEWIS DAVIS, \T fOPNEY AT LAW TOCCOA CITY, GA., Will practioe in the counties of Haber- sham and Rabun of the Northwestern Circuit. and Frank! n and Bunks of tht Western Circuit. Prompt attention wil be given to all busii ess entrusted*to h’in The collection of debts will hav - sp* e ia! Htte jUon. TRAINS CRASH TOGETHER. A Fearful Wreck in Which Five Men and Fvle Race Horses are Killed. A Boston express freight, which left New London, Conn., Friday morning at 5:40 o'clock collided with a Brattlcboro freight bound south, at Harrison’s land¬ ing on the New London Northern rail¬ road. The engines came t -gether head¬ long and a frightful wreck was the result. The first car of the south-bound train contained five horses bound for races at Groton. Four of the five men in charge of the horses were killed outright and one was so fearfully injured that he died in a few minutes. The five race horses were also killed. None of the train bands suf¬ fered injury other than that sustained in jumping from the trains. Both engineers and firemen saw a collision coul 1 not be averted and after shutting off the steam they leaped irons their machines, The scene at the point where the * reck oc¬ curred is one of fearful destruction. I he dispatcher at Norwich is declared to bo the person at fault and he has been placed under arrest by the coroner. WORK OF BAD BOYS. They Secure Giant Powder and Blow Up a House. At Leadviile, Col., Monday the thir- teen year-old son of Herman Trueman and his chum, named Davis, dug a hole in Trueman’s yard and from the bottom ran two small tunnels under the house. They called it their mine. Young True¬ man purloined between two and three hundred dollars from his father, purchas¬ his ed some giant powder and blew fa¬ ther’s house up. The father and mother were badly injured. The town was badly shaken up for a radius of several blocks and many minor casualties occurred. The boys cannot be found and indica¬ tions are that they were blown to atoms.