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Hard Times What Causes Them.

Good morning, Mr.. Seedy, you
look as if the world has been giving
YOU some right hard licks lately
said to middle-aged, sun-brOwned,
sturdy-looking farmer, who had just
alighted from his raw-boned mule,
and who, standing in front Of the
saloon, with a battered, shapeless
old white hat on his head and his
stained and baggy breeches stuffed
in his worn boots might have posed
as a model of hard times.
Eyes, young fellow" he replied,
"the world has served me pretty
rough lately. | tell yer times is
mighty hard, mighty hard" he ad-
ded, shaking his grlsly, gray-sprin-
kIed head dolefully.
eyes, they are hard" | replied.
''and do you know, Mr.. Seedy, why
they are hard?"
"Well," said he, 81 hears them
poIitercal fellers say its on accoun'
of the tariff and the silver question
only knows its powerful hard ful
me to make both ends meet"
"Ifyou will listen then, Mr.. Seedy
before you go in to take your drink,
said | to him, as he began to lool
wistfully towards the saloon, Il vii
try and make it plain to you it il
neither the tariff, nor the silve
question, nor the short crops that ar
the cause Of the present fnancia
stringency and commercial depres
sion. Let us take the tariff and ex
anime it thoroughly and with care
At first sight it would seem that
law that makes man pay two dol
lars and fifty cents for a blanke
which otherwise he could buy fo
one dollar, which levies a tax on tn
cradle his baby is rocked in, on tn
bed his parents die in, and on tn
house he and his wife live in, it doe
seem such law, | say, would be tn
cause of this universal wall of har
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1885-05-09

cesses of mental and written arith
metic. There is but one science of
arithmetic; and everything which
tends to create the impression that
there are two species, the one intel
lectual, the other mechanical, is an
obstacle to progress. What is valua-
Bile in the methods peculiar to men
tai arithmetic should be thoroughly
incorporated in what is practically
convenient or necessary in written
arithmetic so that the whole may
become perfectly homogeneous.
Principles should be discussed and
illustrated first by series of exam
Piles involving small numbers easily
held In mind, and 81 readily combin-
ed ,ar resolved az net TO divert the.
thought from the logical steps of the
process. Afterwards, the reasoning
should be applied to larger numbers
and to more difficult and complex
combinations, in which. pencil and
slate are necessary. The mode Of
reasoning should be the same in the
oral exercises and in the written,
pencil and slate being used only
when the numbers are too large, or
the elements too numerous, or the
operations too protracted and lntri-
cate to be all held in the mind.
Some of the latest and best text books
introduce every new subject with
oral exercises. in practical applica
tions, it is quite unphilosophical to
classify examples into mental and
written. We do not find them ac-
tually so labeled in business life.
The pupil needs to discriminate for
himself as to whether any particular
example should be solved without
the pencil or with it. 1t should be
borne in mind that business men
rely very little upon these mental
operations. They use pen and paper
for almost every computation.
The range Of topics to be included
in the Elementary or Practical
Arithmetic should embrace, Funda-
mental Rules, Common and Decimal
Fractions, DenOminate Numbers
excluding obsolete terms), Percent
age, Interest, Partial Payments, DIS
count and some Of the more common
applications of Percentage. If after
this, the course may be extended,
the next subjects in Importance are
Ratio, Proportion, Square and Cube
Roots. Much more than this can
not be mastered by the masses of
our youth and in teaching, constant
care should be taken to introduce
problems which Occur in actual life,
and to exclude all others. Some
thing of common MensuratioR should
be taught in connection with the
tables of measures; and the more
common problems Of Commission,
Insurance, Taxes and Stocks may be
readily introduced in Percentage.
For the few who can take more
extended course, thoroughly scien-
tifc treatment of the subject Of arith
metic is desirable. Of this higher
course, occasion may be taken to say
something in a subsequent article,
which may also discuss the princi-
Plies and maxims to be kept in view
while teaching arithmetic.
n Y. Y.
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distinction existing between these
two classes Of laws. After showing
that sumptuary laws always have,
and must continue a failure, he says: !:
''But all these furnish no conclusion
against the regulation Of public
morals and manners in things that
affect the happiness and safety of a
community. 1t is no longer legisla
ton to supplement the wisdom of the
individual or instruct industry. 1t
becomes the defense of the general
good. It is lot breach of personal
rights, but the safeguard Of public
liberty. If there is any habit or
practice which brings disease and
suffering and disorder, which
abridges the power of labor. and the
span of lie, which ihflcts misery
upon the innocent and unoffending,
which entails expense upon the
whole community, for the charge Of
pauperism and crime, there can be
no doubt Of the right and duty OF the
people to protect themselves through
the power of their government by
the most severe and effectual laws
that can be devised. To deny this,
is to deny the validity of government
itself"
3. The third and last objection we
care to consider, is that made up by
a class represented by Mr.. Bishop in
the last Constitutional Convention in
Ohio, when he said that when he
contemplated the misery that the
traffic entailed on the one hand, and
the part it played in the national
finances on the other he was not
ready to sacrifice and destroy all the
wealth and influence which are at
this time invested in this branch of
commerce. Such an objection as
this may commend itself to the poll
tician willing to measure the imma
terial with the material /; but it cer-
tainly will not commend itself either
to the head or the heart OF states
man or of an enlightened and Chris
tian people.
When a dcputation Of brewers
waited on England's great Premier,
to remind him of the loss
the revenue would sustain, by
any further restrictions on the
liquor traffic, Mr.. Gladstone's
reply was, and it should be engraven
on tablets of silver: "Gentlemen,
you need not give yourselves any
trouble about the revenue. The
question of revenue must never
stand in the way of needed reforms.
Besides this, with a sober popula-
ton not wasting their time and
earnings, | shall know how to obtain
the revenue"
The internal revenue receipts Of
the United States for the fiscal year
of 1879. were as follows:
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Total ............+......- > ll5,'9o, '9Z
The revenue, therefore, derived
from the sale Of liquors is a very i'm
portant part of national finances,
and yet the Prime Minister of Eng
land, knowing that that revenue was
an equally important factor in the
British finances, very freely declared
that he would "know where to OBJ
tain the revenue from, if he only
had sober people, not wasting
their time and earnings.
Eliminating from the problem, the
misery, crime and pauperism which
the traffic involves, and looking at it
from the purely material standpoint,
it NAV be safely affirmed that the
material interests of the country
could not be better subseryed than
by transferring the capital employed
in manufacturing intoxicating liquors
from that channel to other branches
of business.
1t is a we'll known fact that over
S700,000,000 of capital are invested
in this business, and that only two
and-a-half per cent, Of the vast capl-
tai employed in the production OF
these liquors is returned as wages to
the laborer engaged in their manu-
facture.
On the other hand, in the other
branches of industry it is said that
the average return to tie workmen
is thirty-two per cent. Of the capital
involved. In one branch Of indus
try, that of the manufacture Of pins
and needles, ninety per cent. is given
to the hand that works for their pro-
duction. In the one case there is a
diffusion of wealth, in the other a
concentration of it. 1t will be read
ily conceded that a diffusion OF
wealth among the laborlng classes
has been the dream of the highest
statesmanshiu.
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FOUND MURDERED.
A TERRIBLE DOMESTIC TRAGEDY.
a Respectable Farmer Found Dead with a
Gun Shot wound-Hls wife and Daugh-
ter Are Accused of the Awful
Crime by the coroners Jury.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Jan. GA special
to the Age from Johesboro, Ala, says:
The most horrible murder was the killing
last night near here OF Bennett Parsons, n
respectable farmer 72 years of age.
Between o AMI 10 o'clock r. NJ, accord
ing to their story, Mrs. Parsons and two
daughters went to the stable for some
thing, and during their absence from the
house they heard the report Of a gun. They
paid little attention to it, as It was not
an exceptional occurrence. On returning
70 the house they retired. They declare
they did not find out Parsons was shot
until this morning, when they found his
body badly burned lying on the hearth in
his room.
The Coroner's jury to-day rendered
verdict that "Bennct Parsons came to his
death by being shot with gun, we be-
lievc, in the hands OF his vile. We also
believe that his two daughters were nc.
CeSSory TO The crime"
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TWE old proposition to punish those
counties which have in the past willingly
supported their own free schools and at
the same time contributed 10 the support
OF those in less favored localities, by COM
peIling them TO donate twice Us much to
the poorer counties-in other words to
double the State school levy-came up in
the Senate again yesterday, and the came
oil speeches were made in lis favor. 1t
was very properly defeated. Afterwards
one Of the Senators most prominent in its
support avowed his intention 10 be re-
venged by opposing the appropriation TO
repair the Wheeling State House.
This is a broad and liberal spirit for q
legislator, truly! Do the members of the
Senate regard themselves as law makers
for their own sections only? And is re-
yenge among tho motives that actuate
their course in legiSlation? II SO, We
have fallen upon evil times indeed. But,
to the credit Of the Legislature and the
honor Of the State be it said, the majority
Of its members seem disposed to enter
upon the consideration OF measures before
then in broad spirit OF justice to all
classes, all sections, all citizens, II one
constituency has made a mistake in its
choice, that is to be regretted, but should
not degrade the entire body in the estima.
ton Of the public.
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.Nicnravuan treaty yol Ratified,

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9s.-The Senate
vent into executive session at 1890 and
suspended the Yote iast hight upon sena,
tor Vests motion to postpone action upon
the SiOaraEuqn treaty, resulting in the
defeat Of the moaonpy GO to q,
Senator sherman's amendment looking
10 the abrogation OF the Clayton-Bulwor
treaty was a,es, disguised some hours and
coming TO vote in the COMMITTEE 81 the
Whole was deieated-27 10 2S. The sec
Ond ShGsmcp amendment relating TO dis.
ordinations 10 tolls YES defeated without
division. The treaty was then reported to
the Senate and vote upon the Sherman
amepAment relating to the Clayton.Bul-
wer tlegty V4s again taken, resulting in
It's adoption by a6to N. i yGte was then
taken upon the treaty Itself. Fhirty.tyo
Senators voted for It's ratification, while
tYenty.three voted against. The afllrma.
tive vote being less than two.thirds Of the
whole num6Gr voting The treaty was not
ratified.
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in 1slSoT DENIED.
Randall Has visited President. elect Cieye.
L'L.. t4t-F land

Albany, N; Y, Jan. e0.-What ap-
peared to be q sensational paragraph was
printed in the Journal this evening. It
was to the effect that President-elect
Cleveland was visited late last night by
ex-Speaker Randall in response to g letter
Of Invitation sent to him. Immediately
after his arrival here Mr.. Randall was
driven to Cleveland's temporary abode.
whore the two held conference lasting
several hours. This morning the talk
was resumed, and at its conclusion Mr..
Randall returned to New York.
Speaker Carlisle is also mentioned Us
haSing been invited by Cleveland aud Is
expeetet! 10 arrive Saturday morning.
Col. D. S. Lamont, private secretary Of
Cleyeland, corroborates the statement that
Randall hea been here and In ponaultation
with the President.elect, and that Carlisle
is expected, but beyond that was ex-
tremely retcent. Rumor has 1t that. the
Observation-Disclosures satisfied with the way
things are going on in Congress and wants
Randall and Qarliale to adopt some fresh
and vigorous policy. OF course no one
hasithe smallest particle Of information as
to what took place between Cleveland and
Randall, but It is the general belief that
nothing in the line OF Cabinet appoint-
ments was mentioned,
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AI,o,,t Cu,,n,ppI,o,,,.

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 20.-Tho Post. Dispatch
printed au article this evening based on
the statement by person, whom it calls
well known local dynamite, TO the effect
that Cunningham, now under arrest in
London in connection with the recent ex-
plosion at the Tower, is tho sane young
fellow who two years ago lived here, and
who was written UP at the time as an cx-
plosive and internal machine maker, and
full ofschemcs to blow up all the public
buildings of London. Ile was known
there as Michael J. Byrne. He was
a harness maker, and devoted his
spare time and money TO experimenting
in explosives and making internal ma
chimes. He also lived in Chicago, where
he was known as james Gilbert, and in
Philadelphia, where he went by the name
Of James Cunningham. lie claimed TO
have been obliged to leave Ireland be-
cause hc was implicated in the murder OF
81 landlord, but this WIS not relied upon
by his friends. He was in Denver last
August, but since then has not been
hnilrtl OF.
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Call. Tor I,lnn,I.

CHICAGO, Jan. GA recent cable dis
patch quoted Mr.. I.abourchere, Of the
London Truth, as saying: "The name of
the man at the bottom OF the dynamite
outrage is NlcCaGerty. How know is no
matter, but know"
Capt, John McCaHerty, the alleged Fe-
nian, is in town. To-day he prints the
following:
"To Whom il May Concern:
"Labourchere, OF the London Truth. il n
slanderous iiar-an assassin OF character.
[Signed] JonN McCAFrERrY."
Mr.. McCalferty was tried in London in
1867 for high treason against tho British
Government, and sentenced TO death along
with many otiero the Fenian conspira5
tors. Five or six years later sentence was
commuted TO banishment, and since that
time Mr.. McCaderty has worked in this
country as q speculator and mining op-
orator. lie is said TO have made great
deal Of money in mining speculation in
Arizona and elsewhere In the far West,
and says he is at present engaged in form
ing n company to conduct trading opera
tons in Alaska,
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A Singular bet.

Nsw YoRE, Jan. sa.-rhere is an active
speculation in Produce Exchange certih-
Gates Of membership. They are sold at a
regular daily call, much the same as grain
and lard, and hesides tho legitimate gales
there are members who bpy OF sell them
on speculation and are ''lohg"o or ''short," ,"
US the case may be. Two months ago q
membership could be bought for s., $50; |;
now they sell for s., 400. Every death on
the Exchange causes m assessment Of s.
for the insurance fund. The highest
number CT deaths in any tine year, 50 far,
has been IS, but one member ofleEs to bet
there would be so between April lSt OF
this year and April list Of 1886. II ttwo
hundred or three hundred should die
Of cholera the Association could not stand
the expense, Hence the speculation,
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JrDoE IlAYMoSp made the point in the
,Iousc that the proposition to amend the
Constitution so rs to harmoniae with ex-
i,,inv statutes in the matter OF exemptions
from taxation would inure to the benefit
Of wealthy manufacturing corporations
rather than of the farming classes. The
lsw has been enforced for many years, and
the people never found it open to this OBJ
lection. Judge IIaymond's further argu-
msnt that exempting manufactures pro-
duccd within year and unsold on the day
Of assessment. is cxempting the capital
stock Of manufacturing companies, will
hear repetition without discredit to its
nrihOr.
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RELEAsED FROM MEXICAN PRISON
A Complaint Against Minister MorEan That
Proves 70 BIS unfounded.

WAsniNGroM, D. c., Jan. 29.-Secretary
Frelinghuysen, in response to resolution,
sent 10 the House a communication on the
iiIe Of the department OF State relative to
the arrest last summer OF Thomas Mona
han, claiming TO be citizen Of Nashville,
Tenn. Nlonahan was an engineer oil the
train that met another in collision on the
Mexican Central Railroad. He was ar
rested and placed in confinement. In q
letter dated "Tuluca, Mex, July 81, 1884,"
and addressed 10 Hon. A. J. Caldwell, OF
Tennessee, Monahan says, after recount
ing the circumstances OF his arrest: IN
this exigency | wrote two letters TO Minis
ter Morgan, which / presumefound refuge
in his waste basket. l have not yet re-
ceived the courtesy OF an acknowledgment.
am not surprised, however, as ] know
several other similar cases where ho was
applied to without avail, for he is alike in.
different 10 our citizenship, TO our suffer-
ings and our petitions. 1t takes all his
time to cater to Mexican favor. A wooden
image would be better TO represent our
country, Tor it could not disgrace the
HEedtesI hepuOIC LAc NOIh CNeI ehh'
Were itnot for kind friends | have out
side l might well exclaim with Dante
abandon hope all ye who enter here or
for in this country it is law, and Dame
Justice puts on the veil OF shame and
weeps that it should be So"
Mr.. Caldwell sent this letter to the De-
partment of State, and Acting Secretary
Of State Davis ordered an investigation,
and in reply to Caldwell says: 81 cannot
pass Monahan's observations about Min
lister Morgan's Indifference to the rights
and interest OF American citizens in Mex
leo without observing that they are. not
warranted by his course while Minister,
which has been marked by energetic at |
tention to his duties" In letter 10 Sec
retary Frelinghuysen Morgan states that
edid notreceive the letter NIonahan refers
to, and the moment: he heard OF Mon.
ahan's trouble he did all in his power TO
have justice done. On January |, 1885,
Morgan informed the Secretary
OF State that the Judge Of tho Federal
Court at Tuluca had informed Monahan
that he had boen honoTably acquitted and
WIS therefore discharged.
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AN EvENrruL cAREER.



New SoRH, Jan. 29.-John Francis
Quarles, a colored lawyer of this city, died
at his home in Flushing to-day. lie was
born in slavery at Atlanta, Ga, thirty
eight years ago. His father was preach
or Of distinction. The son was bright,
and was made a pet in his masters
family. After the war, through
the influence OF Charles Sumner, he was
entered at Westminster College, rennsyl.
vania, where it is said he graduated at the
head OF his class. He studied law under
the direction OF Charles Sumner, in Wash.
ington. It is said he was the first colorcd
man that was admitted 10 the Bar as far
South as the Capital,
In 1870 President Grant appointed him
Consul 10 Port Mahon, the capital OF
Minorea, one Of the haleric Islands. lie
served doring Grants term, and at his
own request he was transferred by Presi-
dent Hayes TO Malaga, q more ilnportanl
and profitable post. While at Port Slahon
he married Marie lacqueminot, daugh-
ter Of the French Consul at that
port, sna granddaughter Of Napolcon's
Marshal Of that same name. He resigned,
and returned to the country in the spring
OF 1880, just in time to participate in the
Garfield campaign. He opposed the nom-
ination Of Garfield, and used his influence
gmong the colored delegates from the
South for Blaine.
In 1852 Secretary OF the Treasury Shcr.
man appointed him special commits.
sioner 10 visit the United Stateg ConSulS
Onsn the Spanish &C coast avd In 9reeen t. cam
bloine. He ielt very much disappoint.
ed when Mr.. Blaine was de.
feated. lie left no children. It is sup.
posed he was worth about $50, 900. lie
leaves large law library. Mrs. Quarles
has 0 brother who is u Colonel in tho
French army and is at present in China,
and another brother real estate broker
in Paris.
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TIE MISSING EDITOR,
s. g, Conaut, who a!ystartapSIy Iii. appenre
Ia on his Why to Fioriia.


iEon his wnyt to fioriila. ll
NRw YoRK, Jan. The disappearance
Of MIR. S. S. Conant, Managing Editor ol
Harper'g Weekly, which was announced
yesterday, has been the leading sensation
in the Afternoon papers to-day. Mr., Co
nant has been the managing editor OF the
Harpers for fifteen years.
MIR. T. @. Conant, the brother Of the
missing editor, said today,
al was in hopes his disappearance
would not 10 published iii the papers, For
several months past his wife and relatives
have noticed, with pain and anxiety, that
his his mind seemed TO be wandering, and
that he was not himssli exactly. Even he
himself would frequently say that he
needed rest, that his long and atduons
duties as managing editor ior fifteen years
were telling on him. last Friday morn
ing u week ago he parted from his wife
as usual, In q very aaectionate
manner, for be Is absolutely do.
voted to her; he spoke something about
the weather and left for his office. Since
then, until yesterday none Of US knew
where he was, or why lie disappeared.
We came TO the conclusion, that, suffering
from great mental depression, he had
concluded to leave. Hut we were not
certain, so We employed pinkertou's
agency, and they discovered he had
houglIt ticket for Jacksonville, Florida,
at the Astor House the very evening he
disappeared.
at was ascertainel he had plenty oi
money and seemed in no apparent trouble
about anything. He stopped over several
days in Philadelphia, and did nothing
there 10 attract special attention. AT
Richmond, Va, he remained over thrOe
DAYS, and when last heard OF yesterday he
was at Alexandria, Va, and would soou
leave for Jacksonville. The initials II
and T, IN the advertisement, asking him
% come home, are those Of hiI
wife and only son. r. r. is an
| intimate friend. When that notice
was published we thought We might bo II
the city and see It. We imagined that i
he lahoTed under a mental hallucination 6
iSrgiying, kind notice would have somt
effect upon him. He had no skeleton II
hisoloset to drive him away. He loved
| hia hmiiy and lived comfortably. His Bal
aEy was sufficient to support him and hi
family handsomely, which consisted o
his wife and son, q young man twenty
ono years old.A
Messrs. Harper say that their relation
with Nj, Conant have been tor years o