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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1889-02-06

When the pensioners on the
bounty Of the government
revolt against it, and refuse
their quarterly drafts upon
the treasurer, we may expect
to hearOf the revolt of the Re
publican managers against
the manufacturing and rail
road monopolists.
The Mills bill only propos-
ed a reduction Of tariff du-
ties FRONT forty-seven oforty-
two per cent. But when the
great revolution of opinion
comes, the people will not he
satisfied with any such reduc-
tion as that. MIR. Calhoun
and the free-traders of his day
insisted upon a strictly reve-
nue. tariff, which they placed
at twenty per cent. ad valo-
rem; and they werenot over
anxious to pay even thatlow
rate.
J. The truth is, that of all
methods of raising revenue,
that of imposing taxes on
foreign imports is the most
expensive to the people, and
the least productive to the
government. For, in the first
place, even a strictly revel lie
tariff must discriminate in
favor of domestic manufac-
turers, or the result will be
the destruction of the manu-
factures. A Uniform rate OF
even twenty per cent. upon
all articles imported, would
tax some or all of the raw
material of most articles
manufactured in this coun-
} try; and thus, the foreign
manufacturer, who receives
hisraw materialsfree Of duty,
I would be protected by oul
laws at the expense of oul
manufacturers. 1t is there.
; fore necessary, when we tax
the raw materials of Ameri.
can fabrics, toimpose doub,
lie tax on the foreign fabric ol
the same kind. On the Other
; hand, If we make free, or put
on the free list, all raw mate
rials OF our manufactures, we
: exempt from taxation the
: very articles that would be
most productive of revenue
: For it is manifest that thu
taxes imposed on articles
that ore notlproduce1in in this
:. country, all go into the treas
ury; while, for the most part
J taxes imposed on foreign or
; ticles of the kind produced by
our people, 60 into the pock
: cts OF the domestic manufac
i turer, in the proportion o
: ten or twenty to one into tn
treasury.
, But it is the policy Of pro
: tectionists to exempt iron
J taxation every article Of for
: eign production which is no
> grown or manufactured here
4 And this policy is dictated b,
' the two-fold reason, that til
= effectisto make higher dutie
Y necessary upon their produc
= tions, and, at the same time
3 to bring them to the foreig
!, article, of which they or
. consumers, and not produt
T nrs, at the least cost.
: The protectionists avo,
/ that their purpose is to im
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1889-02-06

burdenad with an S2 percent
tax, and the Ottar OF Roses,
on the free list! The tax
gatherer permits all sweet
scented things to come into
the country free, while he fol
lows up salt wherever it is to
be found, whether in the
great pork-packing houses Of
the northwest, or in the cab
ins Of the poor, in the gonrds
that hang in their chimney
corners.
Mr.. Mitchell, of Oregon. in
quirpd if the Senator from
North Carolina had figured
out what the salt tax cost to
each man, woman nnd child
in the country.
Mr.. Vance replied that that
had been done for him by a
gentleman on the other side,
whose estimate waS that it
was 3 cents per head, to
which Mr.. Vance answered,
that if it was big enough to
STEAL, it was big enough to
SAVE.
Doubtless the estimate OF
the gentleman on the other
side was confined to the amt.
paid perhead, upon imported
salt to the government, and
over looked the tax paid by
the people to the home man
ufactures, which is generally
five or ten times as much as
goes into the Treasury.
Senator Plumb, ofKaasas,
thought to be very sharp
and smart in arraigning Mr..
Vance as inconsistent, be-
cause he had not proposed a
reduction or abolition Of the
taxes imposed by the bill up
on rice, ground peas, mica
and sumac. But the latter
replied, ''He has no right to
say what l ain going to do
in relation to the duty on
rice, for l have not yet been
called upon to vote ON it..
But | have this to say to him
aud to all others, that there
is no product of my State on
the dutiable list (and there
are only two or three) that
! / will not go as far as he, and
a great deal further than he,
lin reducing those Of his State.
In the House of Represent
atives, ON the same day, Mr..
Cowles, in "the easiest way
in the world, made a ten
strike" and upset the. calcn-
lations Of the protectionists,
by introducing q bill to
amend the Internal Revenue
laws. Itisnumbered 12,131.
The Speaker said the bill
will; he referred to the com.
on Ways md Means.
Nj. COwles. | ask that the
bill be referred to the com.
mittee on Appropriations. ]
do 40 for the reason, that on
the 18th day of last Decem.
her, / introduced a resolution
to that effect, which was re.
ferred to the com nittee ol
Ways and Means. but thai
resolution has met with nc
response.
/ The Speaker. 1t is not dc
batAable.
j Mr.. Mcmillan, Of Tepnes
see. Let the bill be read.
Mr.. Cowles. I will state tx
the gentlemen from Tennes
I, Bee, that it contains, verbat
| i'm at litAratirn. the nrnvisinnI
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1889-02-06

tne?year 1851, and IN 81 the
price rose again to 81 cents.
Meantime the foreign article,
after some fluctuations in
price, stood in 'S1, at 81 cts
and one-third, or one cent
higher than in 1868. The
great fall il. price OF the do
nestle article was owing to
the enormous increase in the
production. which, in 1870,
was II, 900, 900 bushels, and
in 80, 29, ,800,0 900. But tits
manifest that if the salt boil
ers Of Michigan tonld turn
out salt at 87.S cents per
barrel. in 1881, in competi-
ton with the foreign produ-
Ger at 84.3, the price paid by
the people in 1863 for the
domestic article was due to
the eytOrtionate and wholly
unnecessary tax.
"Many Senator's now pres
ent," said Mr.. Vance, twill
remember n speech that Mr..
Bayard made in 1882 or 80,
when in the Senate, in which
he told lis OF a visit that he
made 10 the Kanawha Salt
Works. He described how
nature had located every
thing for thecOllyenience and
clleapness ofthe manufacture
of salt. Right upon the
banks of a naviyable river
the salt wells were fonnl.
One bucket which went up
filed with the brine from the
dissolved salt rock let down
another bucket into the well
Of fresh water which was to
replace the dissolving pro
cess in the rock, and within
$50 or 800 yards across a
little space of level soil there
was an outcnp, in the edge
of the mountain. of coal, and
u tram-railway upon AN in
clined plane led up to that
coal, and the loaded car that
ran down the inclined plane
full of coal and dumped it in
to the furnace that boiled the
salt, pulled up the empty car
to BE- filled in it's place. There,
upon the bank of thestream,
with almost the whole 'oper-
alton automatic in it's char.
acter, and self operating. the
salt was boiled, put into bar
rels or packages and rolled
down an inclined plane into
a fat boat whence it was
foated down the river tc
Cincinnati, at that time con.
tanning the greatest meat
packing establishment in the
United States, where more o.
it was sold than elsewhere
eyes that institution fol
the manufacture ofcheap salt
and MANY others in the nei.
! ghborhood and similarly sit
uated, was under what !,
called a dead rent; that is
theomen from Syracuse, N Y.
had paid 80 much money tx
1.-The proprietors Of those sal,
works to keep them from
making salt, to keep then
from supplying the wants 0
the people Of this country
4 ! am told that thesame thins
was done by the Canadian
Salt Works across the Dor
der, and that q number @
them were under q dead rem
to the people Of Syracuse, o
perhaps Of the State Of Mich
ligan-I do not renembe
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1889-02-06
kEPhALIuE

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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1889-10-01
THE FUTURE POPE.
He Will Probably be Cardinal Paroeehf.
the Vicar General

He Will Probably be Cardinal Parocehf,
the Vicar General.
The frequent attacks of Illness to which
the pope is now subject have given rise in
Rome TO many cOnjectures as 10 the future
pontin. A correspondent OF the Roma
who appears 10 be we'll informed, has writ
ten two articles in which, after eliminating
some eminent cardinals as impossible, he
shows why it is possible that Cardinal
Maria Parocchi, the vicar general, a man
OF iron will and clear aims, and compare
lively young, having been born in 1883. ia
likely 70 become the successor of Leo XIII.
As simple bishop OF Mantua he boldly
espOused the Jesuit cause during the
struggle between that body and the liberal
Lombard clergy When the mild arch
bishop OF Mllen was opposing the priests
OF the OsseTvatOre CattOlicO il was with
the latter that Paroechi sided with ali his
wonted energy. He was removed from
Mantua 70 Payla, but the latter pOst was
littie suited TO the militant prelate. He
was then nominated archbishop OF BO-
lpgna, but t. this appointment the italian
government objected, aud ParOccht re-
signed and went TO Rome There he was
received with open arms by the vatican
though not AZ first by the pope. who would
not willingly accept the ieTy and restless
When tue celebrated change IN the pope's
opinions took place Psr0cchfs fortune was
made. Leo XIII elected him TO be his
wear general and gave him the most DOW
trlul pnslllon next 70 his own, and the man
who could not be Archbishop Of Bologna
Was made bishop OF Rome From that
momeDt the affairs Cf the vatican were con
hoed partly % Cardinal RampollO del Tin
darO and partly TO LucidO Maria Paroechi.
who soon made his influence felt At pres
ent tue organization y the church IS ex-
clusiyely In his hands. An infinite legion
OF priests depends on his nod Even the
underltDgs fear him, and If they protest be
suspends them 10 the eveniuality of a
cOnclaVe tie vicar general ebiOys perfect
supremacy He will Try 20 attract 70 him
SIT all the proudly conservative elements
OF the sacred college, the ''black" party
among the cardinals, who already consider
biz nlnetinu cerIain.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1889-10-01
WHAT WILL 1T BE
The Only Question in Silver Bow
County the Size of the Dem
Oeratic Majority.
Toole and Maginnis Capture Butte
and Will Hold II for the
Whole Ticket.
The Democracy Of Cascade win II. In
the Front To-Day MeAgher
Back In the Fold.

BUTTE. Sept S0--[Special to the indie
pendent. butte was ablsze with political
enthusiasm tonight. on the occasion OF the
last democratic rally on the very eve Of vic
tory, for indeed such democratic demon
strstion as was witnessed here 10 night
certainly presages victory. The parade
was by far the largest Of the campaign, the
torch bearers numbering over 500 Many
residences were decorated and Illuminated
After marching through the principal
streets, the procession halted at NIseuire's
opera house. where as many As could gain
admittanee listened to the address of
j. X. TOOle- The crowd on the
outside, who could not gain
admittaDce 10 the opera house. would
not 40 away, but became so ciamorous that
Martin Maginnis came out and mounting
an improvised platform in the streets, ad =
dressed the multitude. Both gentlemen
made eloquent speeches. Mr.. Toole de-
nouuced The recent manifesto Of the repub-
lican central comittee. and stamped 1t as
untrue. Mr.. Magin mis- spoke chiefly on
the silver question, and the tariff issue.
interspersing his remarks with anecdotes
Of the early history of the republicans in
Montana. which kept the audience con-
vulsed with laughter. Both men received
an ovation from the democrats and
the meeting was beyond all
doubt the largest ever held in
Butte. The camp tonight is boiling over
with political excitement, and the streets
at this hour I'll o'clOck) are packed with
hurrahing politicians. and bands of music
are playing national and patriotic airs
The republicans held a well attended
meeting at the Pavilion, which was ad-
dressed by Col. Sanders and J. w. Tate Of
Nebraska.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1889-10-01

Woman Cyclist: Make way for q new
woman sculptor-Mrs- Clara Keefe. A
statue of "Newsboy" by her is to be
placed in Mail street, near the pOstoffice.
The chap is leaning against a hydrant
with a bundle OF papers in his hand. His
pose is as familiar as are his weII-worn
shoes and Notwithstanding hat. He fs
a genre Of genres He was modelled IN
Rome. There were no hydrants there and
a photograph of one had 20 be sent over
from New York Mrs. Ke-fe was prob
ably born an artist. She Is a sister of
Bslen Dauvrsy Ward, who acted Zone Of
Our Girls" At the Lyceum theater with
such success When she was nineteen
and Clara Gibson. she was wOoed and won
oy wealthy Texas cattle owner named
Helm MI. Helm did lot long survive the
marriage He left n large ranch tn b $
young widow. who snpeTlntended it for
me- years Final Mrs. Helm wearieu
Of such life and went abroad About the
time her sister Helen vas studying for the
stage In Paris she etudied sculpture under
Italian masters and proved an apt pupil
Curiously enough she has recently fol-
lowed the example of her sister and BE-
came the wife OF a baseball man, . close
friend Of her brother-in-lsw. The public
will soon have an opportunity 70 judge her
sculpture. criticalsy or otherwise, and a
favorable verdict may be discounted
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1889-10-01
WOOED A WIDOW.
Grandpa Chamnss Assessed S2 200 For
Breach of Promise to Marry.

Grandpa Chamnes Assessed $4,000 For
Breach of Promise to Marry.
Marion, Ind, special: Giddy Micejah
Chhmnes. only 50 years old, was found
guilty Of trifiBg with the tender affections
Of Rachel McGin Cox, a buxom widow
aged so, sDd ordered to make reparation
by payment Of $4,000. According 20 the
statement Of the plsintiH. Grandpa Micajah
paid her marked attention for a eonsiSer
able period and finally asked her 70 marry
him. She consented, bot her aged lover
subsequently, changed his mind, and afteI
several posfpODements declined TO fulfill
his psTt Of the contract. Old Mr.. Chamnes
vigorously denied the soft impeachment
declaring that his attentions 70 the ladJ
were by no means OF an ardent character
and expressing the belief that he was thl
victim OF deep-leid scheme to obtain 9
portion OF his wealth. The plaintiff, Z
pleasant faced woman with wsvy gay
hair hair Bnd soft brown eyes, won the
sympathies Of the jury and spectators, and
though the testimony regarding the Al
legged deceiveT's attentions Wss = trihl
sranty there was no surprise at the verdict
Mr. Chamnes will appeal the case.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1889-10-01
FERD WARD. PRINTER.

Working n Press In Sing Sing and Learn
ing Punctuation.
FinAncier Ferdinand Ward, late of Wall
street, has risen 70 the dignity of being
ciEssed as a steam job pTin er at Sing Sing.
His little printing Office in the prison has
recently been equipped with an addition to
the plant in the shape of a half-me lium
Gordon press. Ward Is hiEhly pleased
with his acquisition, and spends much
time in polishing it up. Heretofore he has
done all his wOrk on little amateur
treadle press. When he had job which
was too lsrse for the size of the press he
used to work IL eff by ingeniously printing
part Of il at time. Practical printers
who have visited the Institution have
wondered how be did some OF the work,
the lines being joiut q together so accurate
iy. He had a rsZZle-deZzle idea of puDctua-
flOn when he bTst stated at work for the
stare of New YOrE, but be can now stick
periods. com mas aud exclam alton poin's
in their proper plares.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1889-10-01
FLEAs CLOSED THE SCHOOL.
They Defied sulphur and Acid, but Sue
eumbed To Soap and Water

They Defied sulphur and Acid. but sue
eumbed To Soap and Water
Troy. Y. Y. Special: Public school No.
9. which is located in the first ward and
near the river, has bsen closed within the
past few day because the building was
oyerrun with fieas Where they came
from no one knows. snd the appearance
myriads OF the insects in other places IN
the city seems TO indicate that Troy is be-
ing visited oy plague.
When the school was closed for the sum
mer vacation, none Of the lively little in
sects were in the building. About two
weeks before school opened for The fall
term the janitor found the doors and walls
covered with fie2s There were millions
Of them, and he declares be swept them
up by psilfuls. There were neas in
the basement. heas in the primary depart
menf, fieas every where. The school board
had ths school opened early in Septem Der,
and then there was trouble. The scholars
were in sore distress. They carried heas
home in their clothing, and were repri-
manded By their parents. Complaints we're
made TO the board of education snd Ell lTts
were made 10 eXterminate the heas. One
hundred pounds OF sulphur were burned
This did not drive away the fiess, but il did
many Of the pupils. Next, laree quantitifs
of esTboilc s-eid were sprinkled through the
building, and this made three OF the teach
ers and a number OF the scholars sick, and
they left.
A few days ago the board of education
ordered the school closed. Twenty women
were employed 90 scrub the building from
top to bottom with soap and water. The
school was opened again this week, and
the school commissioners say that the n-as
have been eEterminated- Some Of the
scholars deny this. In the surrounding
are to be found. Many private dwellings
in portions of the city far removed from
the school building are infested with the
same kind of fieas, and lively times exist
in those households. Where the f1sss
come from no one can tell None have
been discovered in any of the otier school
buildings here. Experts on hess are en-
deavoring TO discover the cause OF the Wis
itatiou
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1889-10-01

TOWNSEND, Sept. SO-[SpecisI TO the
independently - Prominent campaign
workers returning to-day from an extend
ed tour through this county, give il as
their opinion that the democracy will carry
the county for the state, legislative and
county tickets by a majority significant of
old times. The democratic wind up of the
campaign was celebrated at Castle Satur-
day evening by gathering never before
witnessed there, the White sulphur band,
county candidates and many citizens going
over in the procession. Messrs. Nelson Of
Helena and KsnOuse Of Townsend were the
leading speakers, while county candidate
speakers filed up the column, combining
70 make the occasion one long 10 be re-
membered, ans no doubt emphsucsliy in
1uentiaI in its character Both republican
ana democratic meetings are being held
here to NIGHT. with the democratic tide so
strong as to insure q general democratic
victory in old Mesgher tomorrow.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1889-10-01
A CIGAR S UMP EXCHANGE.
A Place In Paris where Queer Character,
Congregate

Congregate.
New York Sun: The ancient Place
Aaubert in Paris Is the resort of more Curl
Gus characters than any other place in the
world On the steps which lead from il 10
the Boulevard Saint Germsin the Partisan
Cigar Stump Exchange meets every plea
SAINT afternoon All members Of the ex-
change bring their wErss to these meetings
In paper boxes. There is no dealing in
futures. Each broker sells only the cigar
ends actually in bis possession. The bu,-
efs on this exchange are wholesalers aud
retailers. The wholesalers bid ia ali the
stumps they can get for about franc a
pOu1d, clean them, cut them up fine and
sel Lne prodnct IN packages with fancy
covers Ss smuggied tobacco for three or
Tour francs pound The government
tooaccO OF similar quality costs batEeer
hve and six francs a pound The rttsfl
buyers Purchase only two or three pounds
OF stumps At Time for their own c0nsump-
tion-
The prices on the Tobscco stump Ex-
changes, according 20 ths relations OF sup
ply and demsud- In winter, when fewer
persons smoke in the street, fewer stumps
sic loono IN the CATERS and brought - the
ekcnange. and the sellers get ten or fifteen
per cent more for the stumps than they get
In sun mer, when the bouIevards and
etuAtce ar CtoWoeO with smokers. The
sellers, who gather Al the Place MsuIberf
Exchange every afternoon, represent. ac-
cOrding TO the Parisian police some 500
professional gatherers OF cigar sfumDs ia
tbe city. Many OF these Ratherers have In
their employ walters snd scsvengers OF
various kinds. who deliver 70 them at low
prizes all tie stumps they h1d In the alleys,
cusp ldOres and ash receivers.
Not far from the Cigar stump Exchange
is the s)-called Academy Sylvan In this
academy street musicians receive G liberal
education IN their business. Students are
grsduzts after receiving ten music lessons
at an expense of twenty i've ceDtimes q
lesson. Boys aud girls y ho have no voices
are taught how 70 strum the guitar or man
dolIn- a few of the Acsdemy Sylvain's
graduates have rIsen 70 the variety stage
and concert saloon. A few steps from The
academy is Celesti HsriOtti's school for
sOO-hseyeTs, fortune tellers and jugglers
with cards. who frequent al fairs, festi-
walls and carnlvals on the continent
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1889-10-01
PlentxnfReeE.

IL any persons have been frightened by
recent rumOrs Of q coming deficiency In the
beef supply of the country, they can find
REINSURANCE In this yesr's report Of the
agricultural department on farm animals.
To put this statement in round numbers,
says the Providence Journal, there were
25. 900. 900 in the United States in 1850, yS,
100000 in 1850, and $4,000, 900 In 1855. the
year covered by the last report IL ~e ex.
anime the matter more IN detail the in
crease Is found to have gone on with con
saer@oie regularity from year % year
lntte nave beeps OF course. hard winters
ana SEASONS OF pestiieDce. years when
breeding paid vel and high prices were
the rule, and years when pro8ts
were shgnt and tue fat,suiDg Process
it sll the beef raising business has sJeadllV
grown. and y promises TO go on Increasing
quite as Rapidly as the needs of the countrv
demand. i he areas of pasture where
cattle can b. fatteued with littIe or no ex-
traneOus foed are coming % be more gen
eTaily occupied; cattle are matured sf an
earlier age than formerly and are more
proh able, bee suse they bring quicker r.
turns under the modern system Of treat
ment- and thus declines IN price are easier
t. meet IL is true that ranch and range
cattle are not As numerous as q few years
sgo. because the pasture areas are needed
By setflgrs. But hs the bounds of the
ranches are contracted, smaller stock
farms aud more careful treatment are re-
sorted 10. and there is no reason, despite
some recent pessimlstic predictions 10
fear that the beef supply IL at all likely TO
fall below the demand