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to thnua ke which jarrea rCew
Ifhe other day probably was
by Gotham stretching her city
If it can be proved that is a
ense there may be something in the
germ theory that microbes are trans
lerred by kissing
ShMi Mahomet TJia Eibcr of Jaiabad
landly explains that theosophy is
merely an ocean of knowledge7 Still
a great many have a notion it isnt
The Texas Legislature has decided
that it is right for a Texan to take a
-drink of whisky whenever he feels like
it The continuous performance -erase
evidently is spreading
In Corinth Ky the other day a piano
lell down and killed a- young man vho
was trying to play a Wagnerian solee
iion on it And yet they say there is no
such tiling as retributive justice
A Boston paper says that a messusu
ast into the sea in mhlocean by a New
STork man in a bottle has been pdeked
up near France Pirt what boeamo of
the New York men in a IwttLO
A member of tlie Arkansas
was lined 100 and sentenced to
nc minute in jail tlie other day for
shooting at and missing an editor
It is a serious offense in that State to
miss ouch an opportunity
minLiTjun
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The title of the CJovernor of Rhode
Island is Governor Captain Gvneral
and Commander-in-chief of the State
of Rhode Island ind Providence Plan
tations So large a title in so small
a State is rather crowding things
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It is slid that by using kites the sig
nal service will be able to issue weath
er predictions sixteen hours earlier
than usual This makes little differ
ence what is really wanted is a fore
cast which shall be about sixteen miles
nearer the truth
urvi TCijiait
Two suits for breach of promise have
Ixien settled by juries lately in Massa
chusetts In one tlte damages were
laid at 10000 and tle award was 2
500 In the other suit wa3 brought for
-50000 and the jury gavo Gu0 The
value of a damaged heart apparently
depends on the jury
A man in Chicago has complained
that he found a little worm in a grass
of water he drew from the city pipes
Some men are never satisfied Here is
a man who probably pays not more
than 12 a year water rent and yet for
that sum lie expects the city to furnish
a python or boa constrictor
In the Loudon Lancet an eminent
physician says that after a long ride
n the bicycle ho experienced paraes
thesiae in the fourth and fifth Angels
with impaired sensibility and paresis
in the inieressoi lumbricals and the
ndthictor poIuVis A layman would
say that the long ride made lus linnd
amiub provided he mentioned the mat
ter at all
A man in Buffalo w1k had lost a por
tion cf the shinHjcie had it replaced
-with a section of a sheeps bone five
inches long After examining the re
sult under the X ray the 8111300213 re
port that the sheeps bone is knitting
and widening rapidly and that a com
plete union is assured The extent to
vhich substitution may be carried is
an interesting subject
The Murfreesbcro Times says
Somebody has sent the editor of the
Gazette four dozen straw
Jjowcr M hieh nearly filled a peck
measure We iave heard of no such
transactions in th iiumedlu viejUT
but perhaps in tlis part of theSrafaV
tors are not appreciated Heaven fo
-bid The nation expects Tennessee
her duty
r
Simoii Voll in refutation of tlie ort
JeiKit -d assertion that no Tews served
this country jeither in its war of the
revolution or of the rebellion has nub-
lisheu a book1 in which he shows that
Crom six to eight thousand Jews served
the Union urniy while seme ninety
Lrved in the involution and in tlie war
I812 The number of those earr
kjsn Amcrican soldiers was so small
fcug to Mx Wolf because inre
J2D0 Jews all told in
F
Chicago
LiUmce
far below Ito But as a Ghinamac he
towers above all his fellows The im
portant but not very creditable part he
played rn the recenrt -war again brought
him to the worlds notice eo that when
ho made his tour about tlie world he
was received with marked attention
and vast crowds were attracted to see
him from curiosity Ito has put bar
barism too far liehiud him to be pic
turesque He comes and goes almost
unobserved but he is as much greater
than Li as tlie latter is greater than tho
meanest of his followers
An ocean liner arrived In New York
the other day a few minutes ahead of
a vessel it should have followed into
port and It is asserted that the two
boats raced This Is denied by the of
ficers of both ships but the captain -of
the winning boat proudly referred to
the fact that he had beaten Iris rival
Into port There is a punishment for
captains of ocean liners who i ace their
boats but it Is Geld 0111 Inflicted It Is
considered a smart thing for these m on
to outstrip their rivals and put thou
sands of lives in peril for the sake of
reducing their ships records by a few
minutes The companies connive at
tills and are as responsible for en
dangering human life na aro the cap
tains
7ew York World In unveil hg the
staruo of Peter Cooper Nov York paid
tribute to simple honest worth Peter
Ccopers career from beginning to end
was one of work of honesty and of
fidelity to all that gees to make human
character worthy and human life worth
living He was first of all a worker
and he always did honest work When
he built the first railroad locomotive
ever constructed in this country he
made the best locomotive that he knew
how to make When lie made glue he
made the best glue that skill could tlien
produce Every dollar of his wealth
was honestly got Every dollar of it
came to him in payment for a dollars
worth of service to the community In
which he lived And having got his
money honestly he used it nobly In
his benefactions he practiced the same
common sense the same sincerity of
mind that he had employed in his busi
ness The result has been that his
philanthropies have borne are bearing
and will always bear the fruit he in
tended The germinal Idea in all his
benefactions was to hlp those wlio
needed help to help themselves Him
self a worker he saw clearly tliat the
ability to work was the one necessary
equipment for life and in all that he
did for the benefit of human kind he
kept this principle in view No man is
held in higher honor by the people of
New York and no man ever deserved
his honors more
Can a death which is cawed by a
mosquito bite properly be called acci
dental A New Tersoyman might not
think so but the court of appeals of
Kentucky has so decided and the de
cision appears to be very good law A
Kentucky traveling man tool out an
accident insurance policy for 5000
and departed on a journey In Rome
Ga bofore he arose one morning his
right foot became uncovered and a
mosquito hovering near waiting for pii
early breakfast settled on the foot at
the base of the fourth toe and gorged
himself Biood poisoning as the doc
tors testified was the result of the bite
and tho man died When sued on the
policy the company contended that a
mosquito bite was not an accident and
consequently they ought not to be com
pelled to pay The lower court agreed
with the company but on appeal the
higher court lvvesed the case and
gave judgment for the widow who had
brought the suit Tlie case is interest
ing as probably being unprecedented
in its facts but there Is no ground for
questioning tlie soundness of the de
cision Death by accident means
death from any unexpected event
which happens by chance Doubtless
there was no thought of mosquitoes or
mosquito bites In the minds of the con
tracting parties when the policy was
issued but that fatal bite was just as
much of an accident as if tlie man had
been bitten by a mad dog or tossed by
a bull or run over by a horse The s ize
of the Insect causing the disaster has
nothing to do with the question nor
that such bites are scarcely ever fatal
Neither are other accidents that hap
pen to men always fatal but in this
ase it was and that is sufficient Lf
iccident insurance companies do not
wish to be held for the result of mos
quito bJes they must make the excep
tion in the policy Otherwise they will
harve to pay the damages resulting rrom
Mich bites to people whom they in-
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PERFECTING PROTECTION
Svo Slight Chnacea Snggcsted In tho In
terest of Farmers autl Laborers
The senate is now engaged in remedy
ing the small imperfections of the Ding
ley bill which as all good protection
ists assert is one of tho best tariff bills
ever drafted It distributes its blessings
to all farmer laborer and manufac
turer Without doubting the gosd inten
tions of the makers we wish to suggest
ono or two minor details which might
possibly help the bill to fulfill the ex
pectations of its authors
First Lu bills export bounty scheme
might- enable the farmer to get o small
slice of the benefits of protection Of
course the farmer doesnt expect espe
cially at first to get as much of the
benefits as the manufacturers have been
yetting for CO years A protection of
about 20 per cent that is 10 cents per
bushel on wheat 5 cents on corn etc
would satisfy him while it tabes four
times as much to satisfy ordinary tariff
infants
This small export duty would not
make good the farmers loss because of
import duties on manufactured prod
ucts saying nothing about- past losses
but in course of time after his industry
had felt the stimulating effects of real
protection what protects the farmer
might muster up courage enough to fol
low the example of Oliver Twist
which example has grown into a cus
tom with protected interests and ask
for more Possibly also he might
form political trusts or combines to de
mand more and raise millions of dol
lars to send lobbies to Washington to
bribe congress While protection is in
order export duties arc the farmers on
ly hope With them he may hope not
only to change his losses to profits but
also to regain that power and position
which were onco his but which have
long since passed into the hands of the
manufacturers
Second It is also fitting to recognize
the laborer in the distribution of tariff
profits Like the farmer he now puts
his hand into his pocket to help swell the
profits of protection practically none
of which comes his way It is not an
easy matter t o equalize the benefits
of protection so that tho workingman
shall get his full share A prohibitive
duty on imported labor might in the
course of timo afford some protection
by restricting the supply of labor so
that manufacturers could carry out
their good intentions expressed when
asking for higher duties and pay
American wages to American work
ingmen
At present the condition of working
men in the protected industries is pitia
ble in the extreme The Philadelphia
Ledger a good Republican paper told
us about May 1 that in the protected
iron and coal industries of Pennsylvania
the wage rate has been reduced so low
that it is scarcely sufficient to provido
the necessaries of decent sanitary liv
ing It says the lowest classes of
alien cheap labor swarm in the iron and
coal districts of the state and tho com
petition for work is so fierce that they
contend nob against the employers for
the highest wages but among each
other for the lowest As appears by
the testimony presented to the legisla
tive committee they herd in squa
lor subjects cf abject penury and aro
beset by disease dirt and hunger The
Ledger thinks our immigration law3
aro defective and improvident and
suggests that to propevly protect
American workmen congress should
pass an immigration as well as a tariff
bill This is a good idea and should
be acted upon at once The only wonder
is that some of the gcod manufacturers
in their anxiety to protect and raiso the
wages of their workingmen did not
think cf this plan before Then if they
should have a law passed which should
make it compulsory for them to give at
least one half of their protection and
monopoly profits to their employees
protection would begin to be an all
around blessing The manufacturers
might still bo getting tho lions share
but they would not get all
When these changes are made in tho
bill it will undoubtedly be what the
New York Tribune declared its proto
type the McKinley bill to be the
bravest and best tariff bill ever passed
Will thev be made Bvron W Holt
Republican Hstnry
There is no study the Republicans
are so much interested in discouraging
as the study of history but unfortun
ately for them there are those who
re id the records of the past Only
seven years aa o the Republicans claim
ed themselves to be tlie ardent cham
pions of silver The National Republi
can Campaign Committee issued a
pamphlet in September of that year
which rhev doubtless wish now they
idut issued On page in of that
Ljhlet there begins a very interest-
bearins the title Silver at
Jfully Restored by Re-
interesTing hot
figurative in
und joy
we read
Ian party
liver as
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there
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Van Winkle says Can It be that we
are then so soon forgotten when we
are dead But Hip liad been dead to
the world for Iwenty years while the
Republican party died at its last na
tional convention in St Louis less than
a year ago
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CAMERA
New England is much concerned
about free hides Some of her biggest
industries especially that of bnnc niuT
shoes have been built up during our
quarter of a century of free hides She
now sells boots and shoes in all parts of
the world Taxed hides would cripple
this and other industries Her leading
senators pretend to represent her and to
put up a fight for free hides In reality
they will if necessary sacrifice freo
hides to obtain high duties on sug
ar with plenty of margin for trust prof
its Just why this is so should be a
matter for senatorial investigation if
such investigation would only investi
gate Fortunately for tho Sugar trust
but unfortunately for the rest of us
70000000 people the Sugar trust un
derstands well the art of making friends
where they will do the most good It
has able attorneys to adviso it how to
distribute its sweets to politicians and
lawmakers and at tho same time to
steer clear of jails
In this way and in this way only can
we account for the attitude of not a few
prominent fcaffii makers at Washington
The situation is interesting decidedly
so
Pricea of Linens Go Up
When the tariff bill was about to bo
framed the Republican leaders stated
that they desired to be moderate and to
avoid anything liko excessive rates Sir
Aldrich when introducing the amended
measure into the senate claimed that
his rates were generally lower than
thoo of the house bill The linen
schedule however is a notable one of
many exceptions In it the senate rates
aro higher than those cf tho house and
much higher than anything ever before
known
Under tho McKinley bill of 1800 lin
ens were assessed 35 per cent with a
few exceptions as high as 50 per cent
ad valorem Under tho rates propohed
by tho senate a large proportion of tho
goods in everyday use will bo assessed
from 65 to 85 per cent and in some
cases over 100 per cent The following
table shows some of the changes in the
cost of medium and low grade linens
Prico per yarcj
New duty Is er
percent cut bill
Damask tablecloth 10 25c 37ftc
Crash for roller towels 52 8 9
Colored canvas for dress lin
ings C9 84 104
Clothing linens C9 10 22V2
Linen for butchers aprons Co 193a 22VJ
The domestic manufacturers in whose
interests these changes are supposed to
be made have stated that they do not
deserve over 50 per cent duty on linen
goods and one of the principal manu
facturers of linen and cotton handker
chiefs in America of Achesou Harden
Co Passaic N J states that he does
not desiro any advance of datj on his
goods
The gross injustice of these duties
can be appreciated when it is remem
bered that owing to climatic condi
tions good fiber flax cannot be growju
or linen manufactured successfully in
this country and when it is further re
membered that the kind of linen taxed
is the kind that is used by the poorest
classes while a much lower duty is put
en the finer grades
A License to Steal
That must have been embarrassing
information to the United States senate
which Statistician Carroll D Wright fur
nished that body last week concerning
tk inbrT cost of lumber in this country
pud in Canada His figures showed that
the average wages in Canadian
sawmills is 141 and 171 per day
here the average labor cost cf 1000
feet of lumber is128 in Canada aad
only 91 cents here The decreased coss
of production in this country is attrib
uted to the superior machinery used
Of course the figures prove the free
trade contention that tho rate of wages
paid does not indicate the coss of pro
duction that low wages are very often
more expensive to employers and vice
versa Bat these hard facts furnished
by an officer of the government will not
dissuade the lumber barons from their
purpose to get a tariff on Canadian lum
ber so that they can the mere effectually
rob American consumers Protectiouists
care nothing for facts What they want
is a license to steal National Single
Taxer
Untaxed Riches
Thcie is a great outcry on the rart
of the Republican press because It has
Ikkii suggested that a United States
law be passed taxing Inheritances It
is a well known and undisputed fact
that the rich do not lear anywhere
near their burden of taxaxtion and
this tax en inherited wealth would
serve in some slight degree to make
things a little more nearly even
Is there enough wealth possessed by
those who will in eours of time Ix
qucath it to their heirs to make an in
heritance tax a successful revenue pro
ducer In answer to this ipiestion wu
quote the following from the Congres
sional Records report of a speech de
livered in the Senate on June by
Roger Q Mills The Senator says I
reid from a paper written by Thorns
1 Shearman one of rho ablest lawyers
in tho United States It was published
and republished in the magazines It
was published in 1SH0 It lias never
been questioned It has leen sent
broadcast it lias In en commented ui
011 everywhere and never have I heard
one breath of contradiction or criticism
cf the article I will read what he
says and he gives the names of some
of them in his discussion and they do
not deny it
There are 200 persons worth 20
000000 ea eh 4000000000
Thereare 400 persons worth 10000
000 each
There are 1000 persons worth 5
G00000 each r000 100000
There are 2000 persons worth 2
H00000 ea h ir0f O00O0 10
There are 0000 persons worth 1
000000 eaeh SOoroOOOOOO
Twenty four billion dollars owned
by DW0 persons
Then ho puts down 1000 ieopfc
who own r00000 each making 7
500000000 Thus these 24000 people
owned H2J5000O0O0O or more at that
time than one half of tlie national
wealth of the United States
Is there any doubt as to tlie Ixmelit
which the people would derive from a
fair and judicious taxation of this im
mense wealth And is there any doubt
that a Republican Congress would
strangle such a measure
let Er Conje
Tom Johnson says tlie Republicans
out his way are saying that prosperity
wont come with a Ixund but with a
quiet ripple quite imjerceptibie und
peaceably as a summer shower Ixt
er come Heavens yes let it be peace
able or with a hop skip and a jump
Uct er come with a spring halted
knock kneed whopper jawed gait like
an old worn out heavey horse or
with a rush like a Kansas cyclone
Come with a ripple Heaven yes come
any old way Come with a whoop like
an Indian war dance or with a
like a biuss band in a Fourth
of July parade Git there Eli thats
all we ask Come iieaccably and
sweetly like sugaring off In a sugar
tree camp or with a clatter like a
charivari on Sockum Ridge Come O
come
Come with a rush like a whirlwind or
gently like a sweet scented zephyr
from an orange grove Come tripping
merrily like a school girl to a May
party or with a sullen mien and tread
like a man led to the gallows
Ureak into the sheepfold like a thief
in the night or knock at the front door
like the posmian Come any time any
way anyhow only in the name of the
Dingley bill Mark T la una and an hon
est dollar come Washington Iowa
Democrat
The Trusts Warm Friend
Senator Aldrich has always been a
truly good friend of the Sugar trust
and it is apparent that this friendship
has not grown cold Boston Herald
The men who are buying goods and
materia I abroad are our own merchants j
and manufacturers They want to i
cape the curse of McKinleyism in their
own business as far as they can The
foreigners are selling simply because
people 02 this side want to buy It is
not a pleasant or an encouraging spec- J
tacle but it is the fruit of McKinley
ism Boston Post
That Tariff Pill
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Uncle Sam Isnt it rather large
William
William Yes but its sugar coated
SENATE AKD HOUSE
WORK OF OUR NATIONAL LAY
MAKERS
A Weeks Proceetlinjj in the Etalln of
Congress Important Measures Dis
caMsed aad Acted Upon An Impar
tial Bceumo of tlie Business
Kr
The National Solons
Th Sitiffto made giant strides on the
tariff bill Monday eoverhii fifty six
pases Tins kuK two schedules of the
dutiable lib t cowi fac paper and nxmu
faetuml sundries utre completed with
the exception rf the paragraphs on
hides gloves eoaJ rim some esser ar
ticles winch wont otoc This advanced
the Senate to the frev list which was
completed in thrt o hoars Early in the
day tlie wool awl silk schedules went
over with an iiireeaieni that wool would
Ik taken up Tixeiay After that the to
bacco schedule the reciprocity provisions
and the internal revenue portions ot the
bill at well au the many isolated para
graphs pisd over remain to le conskl
ered The protrnw Monday was o mark
ed bowcrer tlmx for tJe first time there
was a feeHii tixit LV ed was imt far
ofT rne ILauk th pio paI of
tbo jonrntd adored a bill anjropriating
10O0O for tho repair of dry dock No
3 at 7U r York Mr Din til ey of Maane
from rh Oosnirtttop oi Ways and Means
irreen fd a fnTorftb rejxtrt on a joint
resolution ircnrlnc tiwvt foreign
iort irt the UmutMi expontior m 1S0S
may brim o th4o cotHrtrr krlvorers to
propane and hre cha rw of exlribits Two
provide fhU the
of the TrctJ yary rtydi fix the oumber of
Jaboivra to crater the country and thalJ
they shall leovw tfv UiHted States with 1
in three month from the termiton of
the exposition
An excittnir debate- imtrlied the consid
eration of the wool schethile in the Senate
Tuesday It ed to a warm personal ex
change between Svmitors Carter of Mon
tana juxl Fortker of Ohio on the one
band and Mr Allien Iowa in charge
of the bill on tlie oer Mr Foraker
asserted thnt imi agreement concerning
rates on certain wools was being vio
lated ami that under Mich circumstances
every Senator wonkl be free to act for
himself Mr Allison declared could
not Ive drivj by throats Mr Carter
who had arotkH d the storm endeavored
to have tlu relating to carpet
wools go over Init Mr Aest objected
Mr Teller of Colorado also spoke against
delay Aide frwn this Interruption fair
progress wh nwule on the wool schedule
The duty c first class woo was agreed
to at K cents per pound and on seeond
clas woi 11 cents which is between the
House and
Sena to
rates in each case
The rates cei wools went over
Most of th other ameodmefiis related to
tlie ehussheato of wools Mr Jones of
Arkansas feioke nsninst the entire sched
ule as severely oppressrve on the con
sumers of woolen goods
After a contest lasting all Wednes
day the Senate completed tlw paragraphs
of the woil schedule relating to raw wool
and advanced into tlu features relatina
to manufactured woolen gvjs Tlie day
wi s devoted Iargeiy to a dcuson of the
effect of tariff rre on tlie price of wool
and the speectkn were on technical lines
in the main Mr Quay made a strong
effort to have he House ad vaorem rates
on third cJav3 wool adopted hut he was
defeated 1U to 4L The comie rates
were Uien asreed to i 4 cents JjJC
IXiind on third clas wool viijpVi fSk j
cents or less per jtMind and 7 cUns per
pound on third class wool valued above
10 cents per pound Tlie schedule vn
completed up to paragraph oW relating
to cloths knit fabrics etc
A stubJjoru contest over the duties on
majiuftvctured woolen go ls ovcaiRed the
rrttenriHi of tho St nate throughout Thurs
day It wr a day of coiwtvrrf roll cults
and of ii lii e doboto on the effect of
the duties in advancing lat s Many
umejidmeit were pnxjd to reduce the
rates bK theee -were rejHwl by decisive
majorities IxfH rtmn tie pases were
disposed oi during the daj carrying the
Senite tiMXHigh paucraph 370 the fis t
of the punigrsvphs relutitig to cariets An
air of gloom iervMkil the IIouc owing
to tlie death of Mr xk of llHaoln The
blind cbapJain in 1h iiyvoctitioii referred
feelingly tr Mr Cookes i th is a great
public cUunJty After tiw reading of the
journaJ tlu Siker announced the
of an invitation from the Belgian
Chamber of Deputies to rite nuinbers of
the Houso to attend rhe Hvfceriatiund par
liamentary conference in favor of arbi
tration which will birin Auc G Mr Foss
of Illinois 01 bebuif of his delegation
then announced Clo deatii tf his colleague
Mr Cooke Tlwe eusrom iry resolutions
wore adoptetl tuid comm ittee to attend
the funeral av apiortel crisisring of
Messrs Fo s Prince ilolkuap of Illi
nois ilfitjtty of MtiKrtidnifretts Upie
graft of Iowa Royeo of Indiana Railey
of Texas Hun tor of Illinois and Dins
iiKre of Aikurts Then r a further
mark of respect tlio Hoiso adjournrrd until
Monday
The S nre Frhioy completed tl wool
schethirt rhe ttlk echdaic and tire tobacco
scliedule of rise tarlft biH and wdrii ths
accomplished the t vunff leaders had the
satisfaction of knowing that a 5 rhe ched
ules of the bil l a nd the frt e list hl been
gone over once There now remains only
to go through tlie biia second time pass
ing on the items passed over These are
very numerous and iinjiortaiit including
hiiies gloves coxd tea and beer After
that the internal revenue features of the
bill will be ail that remains Prorress
was rapid although every paragraph re
lating to carpets was stubbornly con
tested
For the Blind
A typewriter tor the use of the blind
has been invented It works like an
ordinary typewriter in impressing the
print of the letters but also makes a
raised cut on tlve side by which the
blind can read Matters written in this
way can be used both by the blind and
those who can see
Automatic Alma Distributor
The automatic aims distributor is an
ingenious device and is a reversal of
the ordinary machine
in that it dispenses the coin instead of
absorbing it The contrivance is de
vised to act as a labor test for vagrants
and beggars for it exacts the turning
of a handle 100 tiUKs before it yields
the coveted penny And this labor is
by no means lost for it actuates ma
chinery electrical or otherwise which
will perform some actual work or store
up the energy expended for future use