The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-08-11
ON ACCOUNT OF THE TARIFF.
Why The Mulk.,,les Went 10 Water ing Place and Why They
 Game Away.

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 Las, week the Muiki:tie family ~sE; GU, mo the country ,o a small watering place where the water $ brought Tn bueke, up steep tsil. This place was rot chosen on acooun, oi its being watering place or because II had any reputation as an lnvigora,ng retreat, bu; because ,he old man who owns ,he double log house on the top "f the rugged nil extended 10 Mir. Muiklt,le an in- vi,ation to come out and spend a few weeks with hlm. Ministers of the gospel are usually kind and generous and gently lean towards accepting anything in the nature of something 10 eat ,ha, you are mind 10 give them.
 Mir. Mulkiu,e declared ,ha, Rough Rock. the name oi the locaA,y. VAS ! charming place, and added that he would ike 10 spend months instead oi weeks among is carpets of moss and refreshing vines. Here Mrs. Iusgle, wife of Colonel iuggle proprietor of the place, sighed and to disguise any intention Of disparage- meni. coughed, burned her hand .n the coffee DO; and passed the corn bread 10 young Mulkiule.
 1 Colonel lugele is qui;e politician. and. he neN, day after the ministers ar- rlval, he said
 Pirson, you appear 10 be a mighty well posted man; I'd like 10 know wha, you think of the ,arfi."
 ..I have never studied the question very closely, having devoted my ume 10 the gospel
 '' Bu; there's mighty powerful gospel hiiched up with the tariff. want man to be consisten, in everything, and before hear you preach I'd like To get your idea on the question ,ha, |, abou, 10 spin, he country
 The Rev. Mr Mulki,;le was somewhat d, ,. loss. He was afraid ;e make a venture m that he might ant4gonlte the colonel, bu, finally he sad
 =, thlnN We oush, 10 have some soI, of tariff, don, you:'
 That's where you're oT. Wha, the deuce do we wan; with tariff Want ,o grind down the poor to build up the neh eh -
 . mean that
 oh, you mean ,ha, you wan, b see the great manu iactores crush the men that work for 'em.'
 You are mistaken, sir, l-a
 !" No, sir; you mean that l ought To pa, three prices for moving machine.
 You are too fast said ,he preacher warming with the subject, mean that a duty ough, to be imposed on certain articles not so much in view of the rev enue derived, as in view of protecting our home industries from manufacture who by means of cheap labor and greater experience can undersell us, thereby dis. couraging-"
 You talk like bond-holder, and believe you are bought up.7
 '' You don, know wha, you are talking about
 -' You are liar -
 Mir Mulkitile and the colonel spran. simultaneously 10 ,heir fee, and glared al each other You are har,n reiterated the colonel.
 Then the two gentlemen c!utched. Mrs. Mulkit,le and Mrs luggle rushed into the room and seeing their husbands en. gagged in war, turned upon each other and ciutched.' Young Mulkr,le and Tom my Juggle, who had been playing m the yard, ran into the roam, wheeled and " elu,ched," while the little sister Mulki,. tie, who was sitting on the floor, took up hair brush and gave baby Iaggie crack over the head. Mir. Mulkii,Ie " charned " the colonel against the wall and choked him until he wheezed like spli, bellows Mrs. Mulkit;le and Mrs. Juggle ceased physical hos,ili,ies and rcsorted ,o tha; more effective weapon. the tongue Young Mulkittie cut scollop on young Juggies forehead with blacklng box top, and little sister Mulkittle raked comb across baby Juggie's nose The struggle seemed to quit of its o~n accord, for sud- denly Mir. Mulkittle found himself walk ing in one direction, conscious iha, his . adversary was walking in a direction d. rectly opposite. They spoke not word