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Macon, Oa.
Georgia will, be illustrated in Macon
irom Nov. 6 to Nov. 10.
The copper companies pay dividends of
from 80 to 100 per cent a year, but still
(hay claim the protection of a heavy tariff
duty.
Chairman Quay hopes to carry North
Carolina for Harrison and Morton. Some
body has been imposing on the credulity
of this man.
John Sullivan has sworn off. He was
thirty years old last Monday, and he cele
brated the occasion by announcing that he
stud John Barleycorn would hereafter be
strangers.
Mr. H. S. Edwards had in the October
Century a charming story, “The Idyll of
Sinicin Mountain.” In the November
number will appear a cradle song by Mr.
Edwards entitled “Mammy’s Li’l’ Boy.”
It w.ll be illustrated by Kemble.
Every democrat in Georgia ought to
vote on the 6th of November. Whether
the vote be light or heavy the state is safe
but it is a privilege to cast a ballot for a
ticket composed of Cleveland and Thur
man. Vote.
The discussion of the propiety of in
creasing the governor’s salary elicits fav
orable comment from most of tiie newspa
pers in the state, but the average voter, it
> is feared,clings to the false economy which
is glorified in our present state constitu
tion.
A man recently registered at a Kansas
hotel as from “Heaven.” He is a bad fel
low, no doubt, and has had the same expe
rience aa dh Satan when hurled headlong
Irsm Heaven’s high battlements. He may
be expected to run for governor of Kansas
next.
Tin* weakest campaign dodge yet tried
i* the eflorl of the republican committee to
array the friends of Thomas Tk.Hendricks
' against < .rover Cleveland. If Hendricks
i»alfrmtHfxyHmiasPiW wt-Tiv-hwikty-yf^
^npporter of Cleveland as is his noble euc-
c.es.M.1 on the national democratic ticket.
Fit - ui the most progressive counties in
the state will on,pete for ’.i.c -!,"“0 prize
at the state fair. The display of any one
of these counties will repay a visit to
Macon during that week. The five com
bined would make a fair worthy of the
State Agricultural Society, but the county
-contest will be only one of many features
at the state fair.
The national republican committee has
not only been ordering its campaign badges
from England, but it haa tried to cheat
the government hons* by under
valuing these imports. A Urge lot of
Harrison and Morton badges have been
seized at the New York custom honse.
They hear ths inscription "Protection to
American labor” and are shining evidences
of republican sincerity.
When the Houie of Representatives ad.
journnd sine die Saturday after the long
est session on record, the correspondents in
the press gallery struck up the “long meter
doxology.” That may have seemed a trifle
irreverent, hut we have no doubt it ex
pressed the real sentiments of the men who
have been compelled to follow congress
through the tedium of 321 days—most of
them decidedly dreary.
Under the stimulus of our benign tariff
the manufacturers of the Woods self-bind
ing reaper have been enabled to furnish
that machine to farmers in the United
States for from $150 to 1175 while they
deliver it in Ontsrio, freight and Canadian
tariff paid, for $110. Nearly all farming
implements manufactured in the United
States are told cheaper in Canada than
here. This is the sort of a tariff the peo
ple are aaked to sustain.
Georgia democrats ought not to allow it
ta be said with truth by those who hate
them that all their representatives m con
gress are elected by a smaller number of
votes than are necessary to send a man to
Washington from a single northern dis
trict. The fact that there is no opposition
to their candidates relieves them of the
meceafity of appearing at the ballot boxes
but not of the citizen’s duty of doing so
Xzet all Georgia democrats vote.
The editor of the Camilla Clarion is not
disposed to take a charitable view of Gen.
Sherman'.- recent filly effusion. Most of
(be papers of the south heve considered
the article as evidence that the old man’s
mind needs repairs, but onr friend of the
^Clarion goes for Gen. “Gump" in vigorous
fashion concluding with this double-bar
relled compliment: “He ie the Attila of
war and the Mephiatopheles of peace”
If Gen. hherman should carry out his
threat of another invasion cf the south he
night make things lively about the Clarion
Preparation of Colton for Market.
Mr. Edward Atkinson, one of the best
known of American political economists
is looked upon as the best of authorities in
the treatment of large business questions.
Anything he may say is therefore of great
interest. A recent letter from his pen,
published by the Chattanooga Tradesman,
deals with a question of peculiar interest
to the south—the preparation of cotton for
market—and was written, apparently, in
response to an inquiry as to the best
and cheapest method of avoiding the use
of the “trusted ’ jute bagging. Mr. At
kinson thinks there is no escape from the
exactions of the trust this season, advising
farmers to buy the usual kind of bagging
at the lowest possible price. He then
touches upon a question of more perma-
ment importance to southern cotton
growers,
I can merely repeat to you what I have said
elsewhere and often; tbero Is no article of such
commercial Importance as cotton ot any kind,
which Is on the whole so barbarously treated
and ao unsuitably handled. From the time It
leavea the cotton gin until it reachea the factory
the bale Is exposed to orcry possible method of
deterioration aud loss, all of which (alls upon
the producer. It Is covered with bagging of ex
ceedingly heavy weight, under the false Im-
preasion that the baga are aold at the price of
cotton. It is rolled lathe mud; it is exposed
to the weather; it Is compressed and a large
part of the excess of covering la cut off; It is
cut aud sampled, and ultimately reaches the
mill under such conditions that an excessive
reduction on weight must bo made by every
manufacturer for waste, before he can compute
the cost of the cotton In the cloth, The price of
tho whole crop Is practically determined by the
prices at which two-thirds of it will sell for ex
port ; all foreign orders are given subject to taro
and'allowance for excess of ropes and bags; all
manufacturers in the north compute the waste
at the 'maximum beforo entering into a con
tract to make goods from any kind of cotton;
therefore, tho grower receives only such price
as the thoiougbly bad methods of baling, hand
ling and sending to market will allow the man
ufacturer to give him.
I trust that In this excitement there may be a
beginning of improvement. Tbere Is more than
one press which can lie attached directly to the
gin, by which cotton can be put up in the very
best manner In balea of 125 to 150 pounds. These
may be wired on tho cotton, then protected with
burlaps or cotton osnaburgs and made up into
trasses of four bales each in order to make a
commercial bale, If that la considered necessary.
It would be great folly to do so, but It may be
necessary «u long as a small bale or a multiple
of small bales Is not considered merchantable.
A beginning has teen made In this direction
and a largo number of small bales of cotton have
been sent to market during tbo past three years
from Alabama. Wherever any district or state
adopts ■ suitable method of bal'ng and packing
cotton the growers will bo free from the danger
of combinations among bagging makers. That
section or state which first adopts this right
method will get the best profit on tho growing
of tho staple.
The advice conveyed in the above is
worthy of the most respectful attention.
It is undoubtedly true that the change of
method Mr, Atkinson proposes would be
difficult to bring about, and would cost a
grqat deal of money. The commercial
tv of having something like uni-
foraiiV in the,size of bales ani^the cliarac-
tlteir*icoveVingl* ifselt a|tUlTculL of>-*j'
to overcome. Even if farmers were |
universally willing to at once change from
an old method to a new, it would be found
Impossible iu provide tile necessary ma
chinery. The change would have to he
made gradually, andwhilo the process was
going on dealers would he subjected to
mucii extra trouble, if not loss. They
may, therefore, oppose it. The fact that
the money now invested in plantation
presses and the steam compresses at ship
ping points would be to a large extent lost
would have a powerful tendency to pre
vent a radical change.
It may he true that no radical change
is advisable. The point of Mr. Atkin
son’s letter which deals with the size of
bales, the character of the covering, etc.,
is not the most valuable. What is most
important is that our farmers should re
member that the difference in value be
tween clean, neatly packed cotton, all of
it fit for Use, and dirty, carelessly handled
cotton, a large percentage of which is al
most useless, comes out of their pockets.
Manufacturers buy bales for the cotton in
them and have long since learned to’make
a sufficient allowance for the weight in
them that does not make food for the
spindle and which they look upon merely
as waste. As Mr. Atkinson says, they al
ways compute the waste at the maximum.
Congressman MoMillin, of Tennes
see, made a hit in his speech to an audi
ence of workingmen in Connecticut the
other day when lie exhibit&l one of the
pay envelopes which had been sent out by
the national republican committee. These
envelopes are covered with predictions of
disaster in the event of a democratic vic
tory and are the most contemptible scheme
yet devised to bull-doze the workingmen.
Ten large manufacturers at Meriden,
Conn., have returned the supply of such
A Celebrated Case.
Mr. John Wanamaker, America’s great
est retail merchant, is an ardent republican
and protectionist. He is so much inter
ested in the result of the approaching
election that some time ago he made him
self Chairman Quay’s chief financial agent
in Philadelphia, and it was through his
efforts that $200,000 was last week for
warded from that city to the republican
campaign committee. No doubt he gave
a large part of the money himself.
But Mr. Wanamaker is something more
than a successful merchant, generous con
tributor to the republican campaign fund
and ardent protectionist. He is also a
persistent and successful litigant, and it is
in the lastcharacter that we wish to speak
of him. His appearance in court is inter
esting and instructive for the reason that
liis battle there is against the protection to
whose cause he devotes his money and en
ergies when outside the court house.
The question in dispute is an old one.
going back to 1383, and, in brief, is wheth
er ribbons are dutiable at 20 per cent,
as bat trimmings or at 50 per cent, as
manufactures of silk. Mr. Wanamaker,
who has] imported millions of dollars’
worth of ribbons, contended that he should
pay only 20 per cent., but
the treasury department decided ribbons
to be manufactures of silk, even though
'they were also hat trimmings, and forced
him to pay 50 per cent. Then Mr. Wana
maker appealed to the courts and a jury in
a test case has just given Lim a verdict.
If the verdict should be sustained by the
supreme court, the treasury will have to
refund Mr. Wanamaker and other im
porters between $8,000,000 and $10,000,000.
Now, let us review the situation briefly.
Mr. Wanamaker, who is on ardent pro
tectionist, has by his snit exposed the
flourishing New Jersey silk industry to
destruction and doomed the people en
gaged in it to starvation. He must
believe this if he is an
orthodox protectionist, and 'must find
the belief peculiarly painful, for
the silk industry has been the prize-
taking infant in the high tariff beauty
show. It is young, and on account of the
circumstances surrounding its birth, Mr.
Wanamaker and his friends say, there can
be no doubt about its parentage. Protec
tion is responsible forlt.
In spite of his convictions as to the
necessity of a high tariff, Mr. Wanamaker
is willing to take advantage of a tech
nicality to get rid of hisBhareof thebnrden
of supporting this vigorous infapt in
dustry*
But has Mr. Wanamaker borne any part
of the burden? He undoubtedly added
the duty paid to the cost and collecttd it
out of the peoplewho bought his ribbons. He
got his money back, with interest on it, no
uuuui, or ne wuuiu have quit importing.
If he should succeed in recovering ,the
,Jui4iun\he h-whims adyatxeil, JJfti jrr 1 r ‘
maker, as an honest nian, Tiro?t eudc-Jjr
to return it to its real owners. ”
Right here, however, another question
comes in, It is a doctrine of Mr. W»n»-
maker’s party, which he may accept, that
protection does not advance prices, ftit
that foreigners pay the duties for the
privilege of selling in our market. Then
the great Philadelphia merchant must go
througli his invoice books and determine
the proper proportions in which to dis
tribute the recovered money among the
European manufacturers from whom he has
purchased ribbons, This would be easier to
do than to distribute it among his custom
ers who bought the ribbons at retail.
It must he plain to even Mr. Wana
maker that the money he is try ng to re
cover is not his. It must be confessed,
however, that a protectionist (though
nobody else) may doubt whether it belongs
to the manufacturers he bought from or the
consumers be sold to. And here arises the
awfnlness of the situation to a scrupulous
man like Mr. Wanamaker. Halting be
tween two opinions, unable to decide an
intricate question of political economy, lie
may be forced to put those millions in his
pocket and rest under the painful knowl
edge that somebody has been cheated for
his benefit.
• Richard Grant White wrote a series
of articles several years ago to show iiow
inefficient the public schools of Now York
and Massachusetts were. Many people iu
both those states became very angry over
Mr. White's strictures. Thero are people
in Georgia to-day who would resent criti
cism of our so-called system of public
schools, but there is hardly au intelligent
Georgian who is not ashamed of the fact
that, except in the cities and larger towns,
there is not a free school in Georgia open
more than three months in the year.
...... ... When we allude to our state “system” of
envelopes sent them by the republican *. / ,
... public education we perpetrate a cruel
cvuiURlU* -.1.1 raein.OiaiAt.OB vu** *00/ , joke . j t tlme t „ ^ ^ , d|lcred .
intend to vote a. they please and that they haMe f , ct in tbe f#cfc
suppose their workmen will no likewise.
The ball-dozing envelopes were tried in
Newark, a city whose elections are con
trolled by the labor vote. This effort to
East Friday was Arbor day in Pennsyl
vania. It was very generally observed.
The public school children have been
drive them was resented by the working- taught to look forward to this anniversary
men of the mills in that city and the re-1 an d they plant thousands of trees every
suit was a gain of nearly 3,000 votes and a ; year . The importance of Arbor day lias
sweeping democratic victor*. If the Re-' ne ver been folly appreciated in Georgia,
publican party is the friend of labor, why ' w e are doing almost nothing to repair the
does it think it necessary to employ such constant waste of our forests. With very
little expense and l<bor great numbers of
young trees could be planted in every
county of the state on each succeeding
Arbor day.
despicable methods to prevent working,
men from voting again!t it?
The New York Tribune say* that
“wages in both countries were far below
the English itandard” when Germany and The men wno make the merriment of
France were compelled to pnt up tariff the world are often sad. Alfred H. Gillam,
bars. This is in direct antagonism with the cartoonist who did some of the strong-
the argument the Tribune often uses, that est work ever published in Puck and The
it is only by paying lower wages that one Judge, suicided in New York a few days
nation can manufacture more cheaply ago. His “Tatooed Man” is perhaps the
than another. i moat famous of American cartoons.
IVe Misunderstood Kuril Other
Wo observe that some of our state contem
poraries, remembering the powerful manner In
which the Hod. Patrick Walsh was defeated be
fore the democratic convention, are Inclined to
lake exceptions to.-rt&In remarks In tbe Con
stitution to the . fleet that tbe Georgia editor
baa been practically vindicated by the course of
tbe campalgn-
Well, an editor may tic ignorant or he may
be foolish, but we suppose that tbe most Igno
rant and foolish of the tribe can perceive that
the tvholo campaign, so far as the democrats
are concerned, is made on tbe line suggested by
l’at Walsh and tbe Consi'tntlon. This Is the
gist and purpart ol the whole matter.—Atlanta
Constitution.
From the above and similar chuckling
evidences of content with the situation to
which our esteemed contemporary has
given utterance of late, it ■ is evident that
there was a great deal of unnecessary
pother among Georgia democrats last
spring. It seems now that they fought
each other over an imaginary difierence of
views—and fought with a good deal of
spirit, too—when with a few words of ex
planation they could have all shaken
hands,congratulated themselves on their
unimpaired unanimity and moved serene
ly on to victory. It is a great pity that little
explanation was not made. Then the esti
mable Mr. Pat Wnleh would have needed
no “vindication,” and it would iiave been
impossible for his friends to have made of
him that most uncomfortable of things,
political martyr. Mr. Pat Walsh is too big
a man, too useful a man, his services to the
party have been too great, for democrats,
without good cause, to make him uncom
fortable or subject him to even the slight
est humiliation by denying him any little
thing he may want. Therefore, we pro
test, even at this late day, against the
silence that allowed the democrats of
Georgia to misunderstand his attitude,
and that of the Atlanta Constitution as
weil, toward the tax question and the
national party.
Suppose, now, that the convention hod
been given to understand that the talk
about abolishing the whisky tax as the
proper way to reduce the revenues, Sind
the urging of this as the trne democratic
policy, was a bit of newspaper pleasantry
and intended in an ironical sense. Is it
not certain the convention would have
laughed good-humoredly and forgiven the
jokers? There can be no doubt about it.
If there were dodbt, however, it would
be dissipated by the explanation that the
humorous treatment of the tax question
had been carried even ' further, involving
also the tariff, the jokers really being
heartily in favor of patting raw materials
on the free list and cutting down
the duties on every schedule
of the tariff list, except lux
uries Tbe redaction of tariff taxation,
rather than free whisky, was what the
convention had its heart set on, and had
its wishes in this respect had been talking
•ust for the pleasure of it tnere would
have been no division. A wide latitude is
allowed humorists in Georgia, even in a
democratic convention.
It is a dreary business to point out the
humor in a joke already told—a business
somewhat humiliating, too, to the in
ventor; but the convention was entitled
to an explanation before, in its ignorance,
it proceeded in a powerful manner to sit
down upon an old aud faithful servitor.
To permit it to do that cruel deed was
unjust to the convention.
However, no permanent barm has been
done, and there is no reason why we should
not all be happy. The Democratic party
is fighting for free raw materials and
against free whisky, for lower tariff taxa
tion ngain9t higher “protection,” with the
Mills bill us the definite expression of its
policy, and Georgia democrats are united
in its support They thought they were
not last spring, bnt that was all a mistake.
The mistake is one to be regretted, per
haps, but the convention was not respon
sible for it.
Colt Shows lo Georgln.
Colt shows are becoming common in
Georgia There are many counties in this
state which can make creditable exhibits
of horses and mules as the result of their
recent progress in the important business
of stock-raising.
Recently the Tbleurafh had occasion
to compliment the farmers of Putnam
county on their fine display of home-bred
colts, somo of which would hr.ve attracted
atttntion in the hrst bluegrasa region of
Kentucky. The Talbotton New Era joins
the Telegraph in this tribute to Pntnarn
county enterprise and then puts in a claim
for the recognition of Talbot as one of the
counties which is growing independent of
the wc.-t in the matter of farm stock. The
New Era says:
The New Era reports with pride that there
are many fine colti in Talbot county ami with
,~n,h .m-ceedln* rear Talbot’s farmer! rive
more and more attention to stock raising,
Railing horses and mnlea at homo keeps thou
sands of dollars in the ronnty. The amount ol
money raid by thla county since the war for
horses and male* Is beyond computation; and
the New Era notes with great satisfaction that
tbe day may toon comtr when there wl.l he a
very marked decrease In the demand for mnlea
and hones from Tennessee and Kentucky.
Similar good news comes from several
other counties. There was a meeting held
at Montezuma vederday to arrange for a
competitive colt show between the coun
ties of Macon, Houston, Dooly, Schley and
Taylor. Each of these five counties can
make a very creditable showing of home-
raised stock. Together we are confident
that they will have a collection of Georgia
colts that will prove the practical success
of raising hor-cs on Georgia farms. The
colt shows should be encouraged. They
will stimulate the laudable spirit which is
already moving Georgia farmers to raise
their own Hock instead of sending to other
alate* for it.
Discrimination Against the Home Market.
According to an official report of Mr.
Washington, United States consular agent
at London, Canada, our tariff discrimi
nates against the consumer in tho United
States, for whose benefit it was designed to
operate.
Mr. Washington finds that a South Bend,
Ind., plow, for which the farmer in the
west or south pays $14, retails in Canada
at $11. The Syraouse plows, which are
offered in Canada at $12 and $14, cost the
farmer in the United States from $14 to
$1G. The Canadian farmer, therefore, gets
from $2 to $3 more benefit than the farmer
in Indiana or Georgia op the purchase of
every South Bend or* Syracuse plow. It
would pay our farmers living near the
border to send over into Canada and buy
the plow that had been made in the United
S.ates, instead of purchasing it at home.
This is proved by Consul Washington as
follows;
Price ol plow at retail in United
States.,,. $16.00
Price of same in Canada .'... $12.00
Freight to return same to United
States (duty free on American
goods returned) 1.00-13 00
Profit to American farmer by pur
chasing American made plow In
Canada - $3.00
In addition to plows manufacturers in
the United States export into Canada
various other farm implements such as
spades, shovels, forks, etc. The duty on
these articles varies from 35 to 70 per
cent. * ,
Mr. Washington says:
Notwithstanding these tremendous charges a
careful comparison of the wholesale and retail
prices of the above tools shows that in all cases
American goods of this character can be bought
in Canada as cheap, and, in many cases
cheaper than 4n the United States. It la con
clusively proven by theso tacts that the Amer
lean farmers arc not receiving the full benefit
of tho low prices at which these goods can be
produced In the United States. Tho benefits
are, apparently, reserved tor the Canadians
and other foreigners to whose markets we ex
port goods.
The advocates of the present tariff tell
us that juBt so soon as the manufacturer is
enabled by it to make an article cheaper
the price of that article will be reduced for
the home market. Consul Washington’s
report is a complete answer to such stuff.
The manufacturer who can sell a plow at
a profit in Canada for $12 compels the
heme buyer to pay $1G for the same arti
cle simply because the tariff gives him the
power to pat his hand into the pockets
of the farmers of the United States
and take therefrom $4 more than a fair
profit for his protected plqw. The same
class of manufacturers who sfiow their re
gard for the home market in this way
demonstrate their affection for American
labor by putting it in competition with the
cheapest foreign labor that comes to our
shores and agrees to work for lower wages.
Not content witli charging the farmer
enormous profits on his agricultural im
plements the protected manufacturer in
sults him by selling the same goods for
less money to Mexican -‘Greasers" and
“Canucks” just outside the territory over
which our benevolent tariff is supposed to
shower its perennial blessings.
Vote and Have Yoar Ticket* Might.
It is very important that the tickets for
the presidential election should be correct
in every particular. We have seen several
forms of the democratic ticket in this
state, but every one of them is incorrect
in some particular.
The Atlanta Constitution yesterday pub
lished a ticket with two errors in it, namely,
Thomas B. Felder, instead of Thomas B.
Felder. Jr., for elector in the third district,
and S. Howard Callaway instead of E.
Howard Callaway, in the tenth. We also
call the attention of the Augusta Chroni
cle to tiie fact that its ticket has Mr. Feld
er’s name without the junior.
We are confident that the following
ticket is absolutely correct, and that it may
be safely used as a guide in the printing of
ballots:
National Democratic Ticket.
FOR president:
GROVER CLEVELAND, of New York.
FOR vice-president:
ALLEN O. THUBMAN, of Ohio.
FOB KLECTORS-AT-LARGE:
THOS. E. WATSON, of McDuffie-
JOHN T. GRAVES, of Floyd.
FOR DISTRICT ELECTORS:
1. JAMES A. URANNKN, of Emanuel
2. AUGUSTUS L. IIAWK). of Decatur.
I. THOMAS B. FELDER, JR., of Laurens.
4. JAMES M. MOBLEY, of Harris
5. JAMES A. GRAY, of Fulton.
«. ROBLEV D. SMITH of Crawford.
7. 51'CONNELL I.. JOHNSON, of Bartow.
S. JOHN T. JORDAN, of Hancock.
9. HOWARD W. NEWMAN, of Cherokee.
10. E. HOWARD CALLAWAY, of Burke.
FOB CONORES8, — DISTRICT, OBORGIA:
Insert tiie number of your congressional
district and the name of the democratic
nominee for congress. Remember the
election will occur Tuesday Nov 3 *****
weeks from next Tuesday. Georgia ought
not to send up a small and scattering vote
for the democrat^ ticket on that day. The
people should turn out in every militia
district and give Cleveland and Thurman
a rousing vote.
Seventy-five thousand majority is what
we want in Georgia. Nothing lens will lie
worthy of the prestige of this state as the
leader of southern democracy. Vote and
see that youi neighbor votes.
Mr. Blaine was introduced at New
Albany, Ind., os “the most noted cham
pion of protection, who maintained north
ern principles, who defended northern
privileges, who protected northern inter
ests and who propagated noithcm senti
ments.” 7 here was a great deal of truth
about this—too much to he entirely agree
able tfi Mr. Blaine, who likes to figure as a
national character, representing a policy
benefiting all sections alike.
SHREDS AND PATCHES.
“I’m a member of the fire department’
replied the hotel bouncer when aaked hla
pation.—Y’onkera etatesman.
Mine. Hading says she finds “tynicl
Paris audlencea” in New York. There «*m.7
be a little plaster ot Faria somewhere In thi.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Young Clergyman—The great hope of
my life is to marry you flbe ol these days! Ml*.
Nellie-Certalnly you shall, my dear Mr P,|„
rose, juat as soon oa Charley proposes.-!^.
Topics. " n
Bobby—“I heard you say, pa, that tall
is cheap. Whylsltcheapr’ Pather-"Becan*e
my eon. like everything else, Its price is gov'
erned by the laws of supply and demand
York Bun. ' ew
M. Willbe—Have you heard that new
wedding march by Hull Ivan 7 MlssStalkerlhur
rledly)—No, but I should like to ever so much
although I think it slightly.sacreligious to nl»»
it out ol church.—Time. p y
Preacher Jim Gooseberry—De collection
will now be tuk up. I Jin' want to express It
upon yon dat do wawtawa of salvation am free-
but I’m de hydrant, an’ yon got to pay fo’ do
hydrant.—Exchange.
Mrs. McFitts—Phwat hav yez in your
hand, John McFitts? Mr. McFltta-lc« a ba-
nanny, darlia’. Casey, th* g and marshlll ay
the torchlight parade, give oorders fer the by-
ter carry thlm. -Exchange.
A countryman in a picture gallery had
become enthusiastic over a beautiful nymph In
marble. "How much might the young woman
cost?” he asked a gentleman who happened to
bo standing near. ’’From $251 to $:joo." "j e .
hosaphat! They don’t bring anything like that
when they're alive.”—Judge.
Bandmaster (new campaign band)—
“Shcntlcmena we haff an engagement tonight
to blay tn von torchlight procession." First
Cornet (in alarm)-”But dot band Is only shnst
being organized. We haff not blay t gethcr jet
alreatty." “Dat mocka ntx ouae. You all blay
vat you bleasc. I halt von strong mans on dot
base drum.”- Philadelphia Record.
City editor (to new reporter)—"You say
this man was blown up by a can of nitre-glycer
ine, but you don’t state whether he la dead or
alive." New reportcr-"I waited around there
four or five hours, but couldn’t learn it." City
editor—"Why couldn’t yon learn ltt" New re-
portcj—•’ Because ho hadn't come down yet
when I h-ft,"—Binghamton Republican.
NEWS OF THE DAY.
A train oi six carriages has been con
structed at Lyons, Fraucc, (or the short railway
of six kilometres specially constructed near
Pekin for the instruction and edification of tbe
young emperor. They are gotten up iu the.’most
luxurious fashion.
It is recorded as a nc table fact that a
temperance society has been lormed in St.
Feterahnrg—a city which consume* Immenie
quantities ol vodky, wine and beer. Thesociety
was founded by shoemakers, and la Increasing
at the rate ot 150 new members a week.
Olympia, Washington territory, was vis
ited recently by a heavy, rain and wind storm.
About 2 o’clock In the morning Mount Rainier,
sixty miles distant, became visible and presented
an Incredibly grand appearance. Tbe entire
mountain was lighted up by electricity, and
seemed to be one huge mass of fire.
A party of inspectors "made an unex
pected tonr of tbe Chinese mea't shops in its
Francisco tho other day and were greeted by
many horrible and revolting sights. Much de
composed meat was found, and lungi and other
portions of diseased swine. It was al»
found that restaurant keepers were In tbe bablt
of secretly dealing with tho Chtneae butcher*.
It is said that boys in Scotland are not
In the habit of using profane worda When a
gang ol Scottish boys in one of Mr. Black'*
novels suspended one of their number over a
stream with the threat that he would be
dropped therein If he did not "say a swear,"
tbe worst thing that he could think ol ws*
"devil.” But that was considered so bad that
he was promptly released.
Tho pronunciation match promises to be
one of the diversions ol the winter. It is even
more exciting than tbe spelling mstch snd
rather more destructive to the lines ol tho com
batants. A match beld in a city ol learning was
taken part In by professors, students, teacher*
and Journalists, none of whom were able to
pronounce more than three words correctly-
The majority went down with decided rapidity.
It «eetueJ that the simplest words were the mo*t
difficult to pronounce, and such words as "gs*-
eous," "obaolcte," ’’luxury," “luxurious" tsd
"allopathy" found ready victims. .
The directors oi Spanish railways may
be excellent men of business, but they are cer
tainly not students of human uature, as Is
shown by the following facts: A lew months
ago the model ol a new railway carriage was
put before them, divided Into small elegant de
partments, eaeh furnished with two seats snd s
small table, to be reserved for the special use ol
couples on their wedding tour. Innocent ol
the well-known fact that newly mar.
rlcd couples are always nervously anxious not
to appear what they arc, the delighted directors
ordered some "honeymoon carriages," snd tor
some time past one cl them has been attached
tn every express train, with the result that not
a single couple has yet made use ol the special
accommodation.
A Chinese tiger story: In a wild region
near Kalping Is the village of Takang Tsua. In
a temple of Wn-tl there, stays at night a man.
nut a priest. Two small holes iu tbe doorsllo*
him to louk OUL 1 he litter came and crouched
oatstde the door a iung time'. Then he put h.-
paw through one of the boles and clawed
around. Then he put his tail through and Wl
about with it for the man. The mao cot hi*
tall off with an ax. The tiger butted the door
until It was knocked from Its hinges and te
over on the man, who had been trying to prop
It up from tbe Inside. The tiger sprang o'er
the doorwlthont finding the man under It. am
seizing one of the josses, wh'eh was In the form
ol a than, ran away with it. Next day
grass cutters on the mountain, a good dlst* 01 *
~ . .* ,.-*-, inn*w hillside,
•ns, touiKt tub jitoo *j*uk “*• *• *«- • _ ,
where It hail been abandoned by the tfger, an
took It back to the village.
Autumn: A Kequlem.
Her last lair anus do shine like tapers, waxen-
Flickering not, hall burned, within the
shallow’s nhlU. .. _ ra’s
As twcrc, her flowing hair, beneath a ves
Where,'from perfumed altars, light inertin'
Hunt distill.
Tbe ripened grapes are gathered. Hear F°
not the thrush. .
In rltornelllclear.a-calllugfrom yon [eu-
As’’twore, her winsome laugh! Alas: »
whet ehdre’e hush . t ,. roa ted
Tinkles that argent joyanee its Iresh-tnr
bell?
The seabltwa. on the garden's descrt ''.....y
Blossoms in widow’s weeds beneath the **I >
Aa ’{were, her eye*. to liquid, sorrowful so* 1
Hmhrailiug my spirit till their griid beratn**
mine!
And ace the forest leaves, Use poor leaves,
'Ne«th t fuaereri skies, in gold swarm*
As Twerc. her klsses-pallldoohorta. wh° * 0,t
In nignt nnenllngol obi I z Ion dies
-From the t'eiitb ol Mmr. M!zU°g
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