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Joaquin Miller in Rural Home.
Is it worth while that ye jostle a brother,
Bearing his load oh the rough road of
life?
Is it worth while that we jeer at each other
. In the blackness of- heart? that we war
-,to the knife?
God pity ns all in onr pitiful strife.
God pity ns all as jyq jostle each other;
God pardon ns all for the triumph W6
feel ■ ...
When a fellow goes down ’neath his load
on that heather,
Pierced to the heart; words are keener-
than steel, •
And mightier far for woe or for weal.
Were it not well in this brief little jour
ney
Over the isthmas, down into the tide,
We give him afish.instead qfa serpent,
’Ere folding the bands to be and abide
Forever and aye in the dust by his side.
Look at the roses saluting each other,
Look’at the herds all at peace on the
plain— ^ r . a ;
Man, and man only, makes war with his
brother,
And laughs at his peril and pain;
Shamed by the beasts that go down on
... the plain.
Is it worth while that we battle to hum
ble
Seme poor fellow-soldier down into
the dust?
God pity us all! Time eft-soon will
tumble
All of us together like leaves in a gust,
Humbled indeed down into the dust!
the ear th will ever get that sort of
a bulge on me again.”
. “But you have another love af
fair on hand?”
“Jist so; but what have I done?
Taken a copy of every letter writ
ten, and done &IL qur talking in
front of the old man. Mor’n that.
I’ve obliged the %al to give me a
certificate every Saturday night
that I haven’t popped the question
up to date. Kissed her once, but
I had two witnesses hid m a shed
to see that it was a- calm and
brotherly kiss, and the ■ only time
I ever squoze her, hand. And I
put the date right down. Ob, no,
they don’t Mary Jane me again
—not for Joseph and all his rela
tions.”
Keep up the Tariff Discussion.
Mary Jane Had Him,
m
“You kin readS|writin’, I pre
Sr 1
sume?” he queried, after we had
talked for a while on the weather,
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crops and other matters.
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“I hope so,” I replied.
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“Well, then, mebbe you’d like
to read this. No pertickler inter
n
est to you, but it cost me $600—
that leetle scrap o’ paper.”
“It seems to be a receipt in full
of all damages and accounts from
Mary J ane Lapham, of Blankville,
county of Niagara, state of New
York.” fl,
“That’s what it is, stranger.
Got it this], forenoon, after three
months hard work, and I’ll be
lam-slathered if I’ll ever be caught
in that boat kgain.”..
“Business transaction?”
“No—love. Paid her f^OO in
cold cash to settle’ a breach of
promise!suit. Hi feel as if a ften
ton sand hill had been taken off
my shoulders.” , ... /,
“Then, as I understand it;” I
remarked, “you and Mary Jane
were in love—engaged—and you
broke yourfpromise?” -
“Perzactly. G Couldn’t have^hit
ever asked her ta marry me. I
kinder loved to pass away the
time. Just felt spooney, and so I
spooned. Struck a girl Rafter a
while whom I wanted to merry,
and Mary Jane bobs up with a
breach of promise—damages'
000. Told her to whistle. Didn’t
believe'she coukUprove;-anything.
Couldn’t remember of writing her
more than three letters. She
whistled, Mary did.- She also em-
ployedfa lawyer to ^whistle. He
came down and showed me fifty-
two of my letters, every one spout
ing love as a whale spouts wa
ter.”
“That was queer.” ~
“I should smile! Hadn’t the
slightest recollection of them epis
tles, bat they were mine, just the
same, and mor’n that, I’d signed
the bulk of them, ‘Yours forever,
with 10,000 kisses.”’
“Then you had no defense?”
“Not a sHadder. I was ready to
swear that I had never even hint-
ed at marriage, but the lawyer,
had marked fifty-two paragraphs
reading: *My angel one, Heaven
designed you to be my wife. Set
the day as soon as possible.’
Mary J. had me again. Then she
made affidavit of-my hugging and
New Haven Register.
t-tere is much that is signifi
cant in the newly-born interest
taken at the present time in the
tariff question. Up to the pres
ent time there has been a disposi
tion on the part of the hopeful to
be patient, and on the part of the
“free traders” to await their inev
itable awakeningi Apparently the
inevitable has come. The pre
dictions of the. protectionists have
not been fulfilled. Wages, which
they asserted would be higher
when Mr. Harrison was inaugu
rated, have, in certain striking in
stances, been lowered. Business
has been slack, employment un
steady and failures frequent. The
fever., for trusts, which, though
they may not be, -altogether the
outcome of protection, are never
theless dependent for their means
of existence, upon it, has develop
ed into 'an epidemic. In fact the
reverse of the republican picture
has been flashed upon the commu
nity at large, which;, the people,
who confided in. Ilieir superior
statesmanship, are beginning to
understand and grumble at.
These straws and the comment
they have led to in an off political
season we regard as most signifi
cant. They show that for the
first time in the history of the con
troversy the masses are prepared
to argue the question. They were
not prepared during the recent
campaign, for their judgment and
understanding were warped by
partisan passion then. The indi
cations are most encquraging to
tariff reformers, j/wbo should feel a
new incentive to preach the gos
pel of revenue . reform. Now is
the season for work. Let the dis
cussion begin anew. In 1892 it
will bear fruit, and this great na
tion will be relieved of its incu
bus of a false and thieving finan
cial policy. Let uk all pull to
gether for a, Bhriff for revenue
only.
Society has now become so large
in London that is surprising no
organization has yet been started
to make the labors of entertainers
less arduous by having some cen
tral place where information might
be obtained. §s to : the names of
people in town for a long or short
period, their addresses, and any
information which would enable a
hostess to get up a dinner. or En
tertainment at short notice, with
less fatigue arid uncertainty than
nowadays must necessarily ex
pended.* It is intended to start
such an agency at once in a cen
tral position and under the man
agement of people in society who
can furnish information from the
very best and most trustworthy
sources. -
A new use for rabbits.has been
found by the physicians of the
- unghrin (England) Lunatic
Asylum. A number of , wild Tab-
bits have been turned loose on the
fields adjoining, the institution, so
that the inmates will be amused
■ Commissioner Tanner has been
in office but five months, and yet
so reckless has been his manage
ment, so regardless of public . in
terests, so plainly is hjs depart
ment run for. the purpose of plun-
/ Southern Cultivator. .
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A learned judge; in Augusta,] There are-only .iwo fifths in the
Ga., said that the rule of his life j business here, and all the leecbef
was to Consider that every qttesG used in the -United States and a
tion had two sides .-to it. l|o purge part of South America,ai;e
would not commit himself iutpi.ex
pressing an opinion until he had
dering the treasury, that even his ■ heard the other side.
squeezing , and calling her pet "fey seeing the rabbits run about,
—-. -Y Ji-i — -- a nd to divert the minds or the pa
tients is onE of the great objects
of the institution* -
names, and.it Was no use for ine'
to stand out. Mortgaged my land,
land slipped down and dried and
! got a settlement.” .„• -. . ..
“And it’s a great moral lesson to
=you.” _
“Yon clicoklel It’s a pause id
my career as a lovist. It’s a
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CO5SUSPTI0S SCEELT CHREB.
To XH3 Editor—I
ers that I have a pcsitiv
led disease. "
own party friends have been forced,
in deference to public opinion, to
go through the farce of investiga
tion. ' i ' -
This investigation is only that
form of hypoericy which is desig
nated as the tribute wnich vice
pays to virtue. That it was meant
to correct any of the abases no one
believes. That,.the.?Secretary of
the Interior should designate the
subordinates in the office of Com
missioner Tanner to investigate-his
public conduct, is creditable neith
er to the Secretary nor to the
Commissioner. •., It shows, first,
that the condition of affairs is so
bad' that some investigation is
needed; and it shows, second, that
the Secretary was determined to
shield his fellow office-holder. In
other words, he has adopted Sena
tor Quay’s advice: “Do not inves
tigate,, your friends, investigate
your enemies.” He is protecting
his friends by pretending an in
vestigation, which, of course, will
result in their “vindication.”
But this will only temporarily
prevent a reconstruction of .-the
Pension Bureau. The dangerous
tendencies of recent legislation are
at last recognized. Fifteen mil
lion dollars in July for pensions
is an object lesson that has fixed
public attention upon our systems
of pensions and its abuse under
Commissioner Tanner. The fact
that tb-day the pension list costs
as much as the British army, and
the further fact that it is proposed
to double this sum, exhibit the
enormity of the plundering that is
going on.
It cannot be defended upon, any
plea of patriotism or past services.
It is an outgrowth of socialism
that lies at the base of the tariff
system as well.. It is due to the
combination of the Grand Army
with the Bobber Barons. The
protectionists recognize that the
siirpiiie in the treasury, must be
disposed of or taxation reduced,
hence they agree to support any
pension bill that may be proposed,
provided nq'attempt is made to
reduce the tariff.
This is the situation. It is i
menace to the country..* It estab
lllhes t-Wo privileged classes, the
protectionists and pension grab
bers, none of whom recognize the
property rights of the ' Ameriern
people, but who insist' that their
tariff and pension lists—both of
which are gratuities—are vested
privileges, which it is treason and
felony to attack. But we believe
the ..people are ready to attack
both of them, and to reorganize
both of them upon grounds that
can be defended to to the reason,
intelligence and patriotism of the
country.
But it must not be iufeped that
when he made up his opinion that
he did not express it on cfhe side
or the other. He regarded a ques
tion as shaving tWo sides, without
any neutral ground.
Every man should investigate
every question for himself, and
when he.hasiarrived at a conclur
sion as 5c which is the .-right side
and which is the wrong side,
should act up to the courage of his
convictions and declare for the
right.
A man must be on one side or
the other.. He must " be for his
section or against it; for his coun
try or against it; for his people or
against them.
The south is confronted with
greajt problems. Her great inter
est, the agricultural, has been de
pressed by wicked monopolies and
trusts and conspiracies against
them*- The farmers have at last
been roused to .a sense of their
danger, and acting as one man,
have resolved to free themselves
from the bondage of trusts. In
this contest he who is not for the
farmer is most assuredly against
him.
The south is threatened with an
influx of isms that .follow ap the
wake of monopolies, trusts and
corner^. Eternal vigilance is the
price 6f liberty. The only way to
avoid the ims is to, kqep out the
monopolies and|trusts.| To keep
ont these,*twe must be United.
Let tiiefcry go out through the
length and breadth of .the south:
Diversified agriculture is our
watchword, and the development
of pur vast resources by our own
efforts, our rallying cry. The best
way to break down.- monopolies
and trusts is to show ; our . inde
pendence of them, and the best
way to show_our independence is
to stimulate^ and foster our home
enterprises of all kinds. There
are but two sides, the right and
the wrong. The right side-iq fgr
onr home and our home institu
tions.
“Joe” Jefierson’s friends and
admirers will probably be inter
ested in learning that his autobi
ography will be published in Oc
tober. Mr. Jefferson has for some
years been at work on his me
moirs, and that, they will enrich
the annals of,the American stage,
as well as delight thA public, can
hardly be doubted. -The book has
been very carefully written/ and
people who. know what a pains
taking worker Mr. Jefferson is will
not be surprised to hear that this
is his pet production. Paintings
he has been producing al Ifis ‘ life,
and the fruit of his leisure hours
of work, has assumed other equal-
ly,pleasing shapes. Jefferson says
that from his start in the profes
sion-he has painted, or studied, pr
written or read daring tkq-.hours
when so many df his brethren- are
wont to “blow in” their money and
time.
Pedestrians on Eighth street,
Philadelphia, were amused by the
sagacity of . a dog. . The, animal
was trotting up street when sud
denly his muzzle fell to the ground.-
He stopped, looked at it, and after
a few attempts, again gotjiis head
into the cage. But just as he
started on at a tiot it fell of a sec
ond time. This wasTepeated four
times.- Then the dog ^apparently
realizing that it was beyond him
to fasten the muzzle, took it up
between his teeth and ran on, his
loots indicating : the great pride
he felt in mastering the difficul-
t y-.
* ® ^
The Congo district appears to
handled by them.. . Their importa
tions of late, years, have beqn. bq£
tween j 3Q0‘000 band 85p,QQ0^ of
which-iiumber 100,000 or. therea*.
bouts were re-shipped to.. South
•America ports. The average price
at which they are sold is §35 a
thousand, while the.retail price foy
a le^ch is^frqm 20 to 25 cents, lead
ing a profit tc the retail dealer- .of
from nearly 600 to 800,;per cent. -
Prior to 3.839- there was no regu-.
lar import trade of European leech
es into this country, but sea cap*
tains were accustomed to bring
them in occasionally in small
quantities^ on private speculation!
Leeches^.were, therefore, obliged
to depend largely on the native
leech for.drawing blood, and.dur
ing the ^a.r(yjp|^t of s the century?-
the American Species was in con
siderable demancj. All this ape-
eiestis quite widely distributed*-
the principal source of supply apt
pears to have been, as it is now,-in-
Eastern Pennsylvania, axyl especi
ally Berks and Bnttscounties. j,-,g
Leeches are imported during -
most of ? the year, but only do a
slight extent: in Summer, as ..they
are easjly killed by .an excess .pi
heat. June, July and August.are;
the months .when the ..smallest
quantities are received, and when,
the greatest mortality occurs*
reaching sometimes 25 per cent*
They are imported packed ; in-
suamp earth, in andjwater-j
tight wooden cases, holding 1,500.
leeches, each. /.These cases aret
made rather light and are,about
21 inches long, 15 inches wide and
13 inches high. y* -h .
In shipping leeches- fo custom-s
ers in this country, the same cases,
are used for sending large jquanti-;
ties, and ajr..,/tight wopden pails
for • the sihalibr quantities, • the
packing of swamp earth being al-,
so employed* American leeches,
on the contrary, are kept best
water, in earthen or glass. jars, ip.
a ccol place. Although,,cohsidera-
ble quantities of leeches are kept
constantly on hand .in the import^
ing houses, Mr. }Yhite . is obliged
to draw.on his storage.., ponds;..on-
Long Island, between Winfield
and Newton,. for supplying large
amounts, and especially for the
export trade.
WM
A remarkable sight was witness-,
ed at the Bailey depot, ,in ; CasB.
county,-Missouri, on a recent event
ing, The sun was gettings low,,
when a train qmlled in, and the ;
engine began to jet off steam. As
soon ss released the steam began,
to form, and in a short time a com
plete rainbow could be seen a few-
feet above the engine and reaching;
to the ground on either: side.•. -
was a beatiful sight, and remained
as long as ihe, .engineer released
steam front tHo engine. '
British people drink annually
five pounds of beef tea* per head.
The-French average is .only halt
■ '
be developing as a producer of to-
; bacco. ’'‘Brussels tobacconists say.
that its leaves are remarkably well-
adapted for cigars, being of ex
ceedingly good* flavor and very
supple.
The American mosquito has fipr
peared in England, and the people
are vastly excited by the discov
ery.
Tye transition from long,.linger-,
ing and painful .sickness .to robust
health marksdn epoch in the,life
of the individual. Such a remark-,
able event is._ treasured iq the
memory and the agency, thereby,
the good health has been affined;
is gratefully blessed. Hence it ik
tbat so much is heardin ,praise o£ -
Electric Bittei’s, - Bo many feel
tiiey owe their restoration to health
to the use of the Great Alterative,
and Tonic,- If you are troubled
with any diseas of Kidneys, Liver
or Stomaco, of long or shortstand-
>• fi>‘d relief byj
Some forty miles from Barcelo
na there is an actual. mountain of
very, pure salt/.which is hewn^ut
in the open air, like stone from
quarry.
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ad v.'iclcso men 1=. JIorK t
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