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F3RITISH SHODDY FACTORIES
DOUBLE EARNINGS.
Olio Concern Started Thh Year 'with
BGo00,000 of. Ordcm-Our Woolen
Mills Being Steadily Clotted Down-
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No two Bradford houses are better
known In the United States , either
among our dry goods houses or consumers -
sumers , than those of Messrs , A. & S.
Henry & Co. , Ltd. , and Messrs , Lister &
Co. of the famous Manningham Mills.
The former , simply as merchants and
shippers , the latter as manufacturers ,
are regarded as the business leaders of
Bradford. Were it not far the enormous -
( ' ' mous trade that Henry's do with us ,
I and the substantial slice that Lister's
have secured from American manufacturers -
facturers , they would to-day still be but
"common fry. " As Henry's house is the
king of Bradford's Anglo-American
shippers , let us note what this present
tariff has done for them. The chair
man of the company , Sir Henry Mitchell -
ell , speaking at its annual meeting less
than 'a month ago , said :
"When the shareholders assembled
twelve months ago It was at the close
of a very trying and very difficult year ,
and the directors had to put before
them business results which were considerably -
siderably less than the average for a
number of years past , and even less
than in any year since the company was
formed. He was very glad to meet the
shareholders with a very much more
satisfactory report and very much better -
ter results ( hear , hear ) . As they would'
see from the balance sheet , the net
divisible profits were about 46,000
more than they were last year , and
nearly 20,000 more than the highest
amount realized since the company was
formed. He 'hoped that the results
would be considered satisfactory.
Then , speaking of the genaral prospects
of trade , he said those shareholders
who were at the last annual meeting
would remember that he held out some
hope of improved trade , and stated that
the company had orders on their books
of upwards of 500,000 to commence the
business of the year. He was now very
glad to be able to say that at the present
time the orders amounted to nearly
1,000,000 ( applause ) . So that their
prospects , at any rate , were somewhat
encouraging for the new year. "
The first year of our Democratic
Tariff in the free raw material of our
woolen manufacturers has enabled a
British woolen manufacturing concern
' 10 record profits of "the highest amount
realized since the company was
formed. " It also began the second year
of our free trade experiment with orders -
ders in hand that amounted to nearly
$5,000,000. No wonder the .British
stockholders greeted these remarks of
Sir Henry with "applause , " as they
compared the two annual reports of
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BRADFORD.
Annual Report , 1894.
Profit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : . . . . . . .63 , 10
- Dividend. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 per cent
" Reserve fund . . . . ' ,000
Carried forward 910 ,
' . ; . Annual Report , 1895.
t Profit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95,708
Dividend . . . . . . . . 7 per cent
Reserve fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100,000
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Although only a seven per cent. dlvi-
dend was paid , yet the chairman ex-
plalned that the company had really
earned 12 per cent. , but that this was
one of the yesr3 when it was prudent'to
add a large sum to the reserve fund.
But what have Lister & Co , done ?
Although they cannot present so roseate
a statement as their neighbors , yet their
100 per cent , increase in dividend Is
considerable , Here Is the balance sheet
also :
LISTER & CO. , MANNINGHAM
MILLS , BRADFORD.
Annual Report , 1894.
Profit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,223
Dividend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 per cent.
Carried forward . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Annual Report , 1895.
Profit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73,382
Dividend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 per cent.
Carried forward . . . : . . . . . . . . . . 4,682
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cient to meet the payment of a dividend -
dend , the Directors took 34,43715s. 5d.
from the reserve fund so as to cover
15,43715s. 7d. deficiency. This enabled
them to pay 2 per cent , dividend fet
1894.
1894.What
What American woolen manufacturer
can present so favorable a statement of
his last year's trade as either of these
two British concerns ? And still the
Democratic adherents profess to believe -
lieve in free trade and , by their professions -
fessions , try to make others believe
that they are Americans while they
practically place orders of five million
dollars' worth of goods , with but one
British manufacturing firm , as a starter
for its new year's trade.
A Sugar Trust Prophecy.
John E. Searles , Jr. , secretary of the
American Sugar Refineries company ,
said : "I do not think any party would
dare to do anything that would materially -
ially disturb the prosperity of the
country. The country is too great to
allow the upsetting of any of its industries -
dustries , and the party that attempted
it would come to grief.-New York Sun ,
November 11 , 1892.
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depth of degradation of the Democratic
party , to whose campaign funds his
sugar trust contributed liberally in New
York state , yet he was a true prophet. .
The party that did attempt to "disturb
the prosperity of the country" has
"come to grief. "
Japan Manufactures Cotton.
Japan appears , to be the only country -
try that is buying more cotton from
the United States than a year ago.
Last month she took S,100 bales , as
against 1,550 bales in January , 1895 ,
every other country buying less. The
freight rate on cotton , in carloads ,
from Houston , San Antonio and some
other Texas points to Yokohama has
been $28 per ton of 2,000 pounds , including -
cluding the cost of compressing , or
$26 per ton exclusive of the cost of
compressing. The rate from San Francisco -
cisco to Yokohama is quoted by the
Southern Pacific company at $10 per
ton. The rate from New York to Liverpool -
erpool , February 1 , was 3-16 cent per
pound , rather less than $4 per ton ,
and from New York to Bremen at $5
to $6.25 per ton plus 5 per cent prim-
age. At present the difference in
freight is heavily against Japan , which
will afford some protection to American
manufacturers.
Democracy Will Get There.
The old legend , "Pike's Peak or l
bust , " which used to adorn the canvas
covers of emigrant wagons in the old
das , has been succeeded by various
signs appropriate to the changed and
changing location of the boomers' par-
adise. A .big prairie schooner passed
through Osborne , Kas. , bound east from
from Oklahoma last week , bearing the
inscription : "Oklahoma for starvation ,
Kansas for desolation , Texas for devastation -
tation , Nebraska for damnation. Going -
ing to Ohio to sponge on wife's rela-
tion. To hell with Democratic admit-
istratioa :
Where the Trouble Lies.
The performing of labor makes a nation -
tion rich , while importing the product
of labor makes a nation poor. In those 1
few words lies all our tariff troubles.
-Fibre and Fabric.
What Free Wool Did.
Free wool brought us more square
yards of foreign carpets than in any
year since 1880. . 4 , , ,
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GOOD SHORT STORIES FOR
BOYS AND GIRLS.
The Doll That Nancy Broke-l Spunky
Sohoolma'amA Christlike Decd -
] lobby'e , Composition on Parents-A
Touching DeathBedScene. .
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Nancy broke !
Hadn't been her's
a week.
One little squeeze ,
and I sweetly
spoke ;
Rosy and fair wai ;
my cheek.
Now my head 'lies
in a corner far ,
My body lies here
to the other ;
And if this is what human children are ,
I never will live with another !
I am the book that Nancy read
For fifteen minutes together ;
Now I am standing here on my head ,
While she's gone to look at the
weather.
My leaves are crushed in the cruelest
way ,
There's jam on my opening page ;
And I would not live with Miss Nancy
Gay ,
Though I shouldn't be read for an
age !
I am the frock that Nancy wore
Last night at her birthday feast.
I am the frock that Nancy tore
In seventeen places at least.
My buttons are scattering far and near ,
My trimming is torn to rags ;
And if I were Miss Nancy's mother dear
I'd dress her in calico bags !
VJe are the words that Nancy said
When these things were brought to
her view.
All of us ought to be painted red ,
And some of us arc not true.
WO sputter and mutter and snarl and
snap ,
We smoulder and smoke and blaze ;
And if she'd not meet with some mishap -
hap ,
Miss Nancy must mend her ways.
A Spunky Sehonlma't n.
Some two or three months ago , when
Miss Blanche Maynard was appointed
teacher in the Maxwell district school ,
near Sodus Point , New Jersey , some of
the parents and guardians of the neighborhood -
borhood expressed doubt of her ability
to manage the school. Not a few of the
boys in attendance were big , healthy
fellows , not easily governed , even at
home. Miss Maynard is a little woman ,
weighing something under 125 pounds ,
and so the citizens shook their heads
when they compared the teacher's physique -
sique with the stalwart proportions of
so many of her pupils.
An event which occurred the other day
has served to set at rest all fears on this
score. For some time the pupils have
been getting more and more turbulent ,
presuming on the patlent manner in
which Miss Maynard had endeavored to
smooth over previous evidences of in-
subordination. The spirit of disorder
culminated the other morning , when
George Hardy , a six-foot lout , refused
to come up to the teacher's desk when
ordered to do so. Miss Maynard , seeing -
ing the time had come to conquer or
meet defeat , walked straight up to the
rebel , grabbed him by the coat collar ,
swung him into the aisle and dragged
him to her desk. He was straightened
up suddenly , then forced down rapidly
upon the platform , until his teeth rat-
tled. On his endeavoring to get up
the dose was repeated. After school
the teacher read the riot act to him and
then let him go. With Will Dunbar and
David Pulver , two other large lads ,
Hardy went to school before daylight
next morning and made preparations to
lock the teacher out. Miss Maynard
could not get in , and looking through
the keyhole called for a surrender and
was laughed at. She secured a stick
of cordwocd and made an onslaught on
the door , which gave in. Another pupil -
pil ran to the house of Trustee John
Mason. Hardy tried to climb out of a
window , but was caught by the heels
and drawn back to the door.
The teacher ordered the other boys to
stay where they were or she wouhi
break every bone in their bodies , if she
had to follow them forever to do so
They stood still. bliss Maynard then
spanked Hardy with a ruler until he
begged for mercy. By this time Trustee -
tee Mason arrived and was put on guard
t the doer , while the red-headed
schoolma'am caught Dunbar and Pul-
ver and gave them a whipping. The
bell was then rung , school commenced
and everything passed off serenely.
Hafdy's father went to school and made
his son apologize. Trustee Mason says
the other two must apologize or be
expelled. The teacher waives the
apology and says she can handle the pu-
pils. 'Phey are emphatically of the
same opinion.
A Christlike Deed.
A touching incident , says the Rcgls-
ter , occurred in New York recently :
A little boy about ten years old was
standing before a shoe store on Broadway -
way , barefooted , peering through the
window and shivering with cold.
A lady riding up the street in a beautiful -
tiful carriage , drawn by horses fneiy
caparisoned , observed the little fellow
in his forelorn condition , and immediately -
ately ordered the driver to draw up and
stop in front of the store. The lady ,
richly dressed in silk , went quietly to
the boy and said :
"My little fellow , why are you looking -
ing so earnestly in that window ? "
"I was just asking God to give me a
pair of shoes. " was the reply.
The lady took him by the hand and
went into the store and asked the pra-
nrtor if he would allow one o : his
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pairs of stockings. The proprietor as-
sented. She then asked him If he could
give her a basin of water and a towel
and lie replied , "Certainly , " and quickI5
brought them to her.
She took the little fellow to the back
part of the store , and , removing her
gloves , knelt down , washed those little
feet and dried them with the towel.
By this time the young man had returned -
turned with the stockings. Placing .q
pair upon his feet , she purchased an'1
gave him a pair of shoes , and tying
up the remaining pairs of stockings
gave them to him , and patting him on
the head said , "I hope , my little fello.v ,
that you 'wtll feel more comfortable. "
As she turned to go , the astonished
lad caught her hand , and looking up in
her face , with tears in his eyes , answered -
swered her question with these words :
"Are you an angel ? "
Bobby's Composition on Parents.
Parents are things which boys have
to look after them. Most girls also have
parents. Parents consist of Pas and
Mas. Pas talk a good deal about what
they are going to do , but mostly it's
Mas that make you mind.
Sometimes it is different , though.
Once there was a boy came home from
college on vacation. His parents lived
on a farm. There was work to be done
on the farm.Vork on a farm always
has to be done early in the morning.
This boy didn't get up. His sister goes
to the stairway and calls : "Willie , 'tis
a beautiful morning. Rise and list to
the lark. " The boy didn't say any-
thing. Then his Ma calls : "William ,
it is time to get up. Your breakfast is
glowing cold. " The boy kept right on
saying nothing. Then his Pa puts his
head in the stairway , and says he ,
"Bill ! " "Coming , sir ! " says the boy.
I know a boy that hasn't got any
parents. He goes in swimming whenever -
ever he pleases. But I am going to stick
to my parents. However , I don't tell
them so , 'cause they might get it into
their heads that I couldn't get along
without them. Says this boy to me ,
"Parents are a nuisance ; they aren't
what they're cracked up to be. " Says
I to him , "Just the same , I find 'em
handy to have. Parents have their
failings , of course , like all of us , but
on the whole I approve of 'em. "
Once a man says to me , "Bobby , do
you love your parents ? " "Well , " says
r , "I'm not a quarreling with 'em. "
Once a boy at boarding school went to
calling his Pa the Governor , and got
his allowance cut down one-half. His
Pa said he ought to have waited till he
was going to college. Much more
might be written about parents , showing -
ing their habits and so forth , but I will
leave the task to other pens.-Harper's
Round Table.
Chilrircn in : tfrica.
A lady on a visit to one of the missionary -
sionary stations in Eastern Africa has
some curious and rather surprising
things to say about the native children.
These sons and daughters of the Dark
Continent are not so much behind the
rest of the world as one might have ex-
pected. unless their extreme generosity
be taken as a symptom of inferiority.
Nothing strikes us more forcibly than
the singular unselfishness of these poor
savages , for both old and young share
everything they get with one another.
Sometimes when I have given a child a
biscuit , I have felt really sorry to see
the way in which the poor little thing
has given a bit to all of its companions.
till many a time nothing more than a
crumb remains for itself.
In the same manner , if an old pair of
shoes happens to be thrown away , aad
a child finds them , it immediately puts
on one of them and gives the other to a
companion , and thus the two hobble
about all day , "one shoe off and one
shoe on. "
The next day the shoes are sure to
be handed to two zithers , who , in turn ,
pass them to two more , and so they go
on , till every child in the school has
had its chance.
Bishop Mackenzie's party found
games of whip-top , humming-top , and
many others as common among the
Africans as among the boys at home , so
that they could teach them nothing
new. At last , in despair , they thought
they would surprise them by making a
kite. All the children assembled to
see it ; but it turned out lop-sided and
heavy , and would not go up. So one +
of the missionaries remarked to them ,
"You never saw anything like this before -
fore , did you ? "
Whereupon a little fellow replied ,
"Oh , yes ; only the things we have are
different from yours , for ours go up ,
and yours go down.-The Household.
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A Toncltln Story.
A touching story is told of three
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young men who stood with tear-filled
eyes by a bedside on which a white , still
form was lying.
"She has gone , " was the unspoken
thought of all.
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"Never three sons were blessed with
a better mother , " said one.
The closed eyes opened once more ,
anti with a look of unutterable lore the
white lips spoke these words : "Never
mother was blessed with better sons. "
Mother's last words , and such words !
Will they ever be forgotten ?
Years have passed , and amid the turmoil -
moil of busy life the white lives of those
boys tell that those precious words are
not forgotten.
The Angels Watching Cs. !
It was Rev. F. B. Meyer who said in
a recent sermon that every one has at
least one guardian angel , and that our
track through this present life is followed -
lowed , not only by angel eyes , but by
the eyes of our own kindred whom we
have "loved long since and lost awhile. "
Max O'Rell says that in the streets
of Buda-Perth and in the drawing
rooms of Dublin he found the most
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The Origin of "Peach. "
Few people are aware that the term
"peach , " as tippled to girls of more
than ordinary attractiveness , and considered -
sidered atrocious slang by the ultra
cultured class , can trace its ancestry
back to a poem of perhaps America's
most famous poet. He was' writing
about Philadelphia , and the line in
question would seem to indicate that in
his judgment Philadelphia's girls were
all "peaches. " At any rate , such a
meaning can be extracted without the
slightest assistance of the imagination.
Henry IV. Longfellow is the poet in
question , and the line occurs in his celebrated -
ebrated poem "Evangeline. " In the
opening lines of the fifth stanza of I'art
Second the poet says :
In that delkhtful land which is washed by
the 1)elawuro's waters ,
Guarding in sylvan shades the name of
Penn , the apostle.
Stands on the banks of its beautiful stream
the city he foundei ;
There all the air is balm , and the peach is
the emblem of beauty.
-i'htladoiphia Record.
English as She Is Spoke.
The darkey is fond of long words.
The meaning doesn't matter , so the
words are long , as this absolutely true
story will testify :
On the M--'s plantation in Mississippi -
sippi lives an old "before the war"
darky , too old to do any work harder
than throwing feed to the poultry. She
has known no other home and is a char-
acter. Visitors to the plantation always -
ways go to her cabin , and to their question -
tion , "Ilow are you this morning , Aunt
Chris ? " never failing to receive the following -
lowing reniv , ' 11'ell , honey. I'm kinder
oncomplicated. De superfluity ob de
mornin' done taken do vivacity oaten
de air and left tue de consequence ob
comprehension.-from the 'Kditors
Drawer" in llaiper's Magazine for
April.
The Whole Teaching of Life.
't'he whole teaching of his life , indeed -
deed , is to leave us free and to make us
reasonable , and the supreme lesson of
his life is voluntary , brotherhood , ita-
ternity. If you will do something for
another , if you will help him or serve
him , yon will at once t egin to love
him. I know there arc sonic casuists
who distinguish here , and sav that you
may love such an one. and that , in
fact you must love every one , atd if
you are hoed you will love every one ;
but that you are not expected to like
every one. This , however , seems to bee
a distinction without a differcnce. Ii
you ( lo not like a person you ii ( ) not ,
love him , and if tor do not love iuni ,
you loathe him. 'rho curious thing in
coiner kindness is that it snakes von' '
love people even in this sublimated
sense of liking. When you love another
other yon have made him your brother ;
and by the same means you can be a
l.rother to all men.-\1' . 11. IlotveIls , in
the April Century.
Snap Plante.
There are several trees and plants in
the world whose berries , juice or bark ,
are as { rood to wash t , ith as real soap. '
In the 11'est India islands and in South
America growsa tree whose fruit makes
an exrelleut lather and is used to wash
clothes. The bark of the tree which
grows in Peru and of another which
grows in Malay islands yields a fine
soap. The corn tnon soap-wort , which
is indigenous to Enriand , and is found
nearly everywhere in Europe , is so full
of saponine that simply rubbing the
leaves together in water produces a
soapy lather.
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