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M'klNLEY,s "REFoRM BILL.
1t Reduces the% Revenues without Redue-
u ing Monopoly Protection.

1t Reduces theS Re ycnues without Redue-
Ing Monopoly Protection.
The. bill Of the ways and means COM
mittee for reducing the internal revenue
and the tariff, now ready to be reported
to the House, goes far toward redeeming
the promise Of the Republican party to
make the leading vices OF the country
free and prosperous. The removal Of
the tag from alcohol used in the arts is
Equivalent to free whisky. rs no method
has yet been discovered for preventing
frauds under such law. Manufactured
tobacco Is to be four cents pound
cheaper, and the tax on snuff is re-
pealed altogether. These changes are
presumably among the great moral
ideas for which tho Republican party
claims distinction.
This alleged reform of the tariff in
wool, causing clothing and carpets to
cost tho consumer more than ever, aud
offers the farmer as solace an increase
of the tariff on butter, eggs, barley
and buckwheat, which are i'm
ported in such small quantities. as
not to affect the great mass Of the
farmers at all. The bill makes cut Of
from so to 80 per cent.in the duty on
sugar and of 25 per cent. in the duty on
molasses, because these reductions will
benefit the veal thy North and West at
the expense Of the infant Industries
of the South and because the tariff
these articles was almost an entirely
revenue tariff, as distinguished from a
monopoly-protecting tariff The tariff
on tin-plate is raised to a prohibitive
point thereby cutting off entirely the
So, O00, 900 revenue which the Govern
ment has hitherto derived from that
source, and at the same time enabling
the infant tin-plate monopoly of this
country to double its prices if it
pleases. Such are the effects of intrnst-
ing the reformation OF the war tariff
to the scheming villains who first de-
vised it.
The important point in this bill is the
fact that 1t reduces the revenues Of the
Government without reducing monopoly
protection Its policy all the way
through is to build up and enrich the
Eastern manufacturers at the expense
OF every other industry, and especially
at the expense OF the Western farmer
Chicago Herald. +
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LYNCHiNG A BEAUTY.


How n Young Mexican Woman Faced Death
without Flinching.
At Downeyville, CAL, on July 5, 1851,
was enacted the most awful tragedy
that has ever stained the annals of Cali
fornia. In one of the adobe houses
there dwelt with her Spanish paramour
young woman named Juanita, of the
mixed Spanish and Mexican race, and
of remarkable beauty. As some Ameri-
can miners were walking past her house
late on the night of July 4, 1851, full of
patriotism and something else a good
deal stronger, one of their number
named Canaan, stumbled against the
light, rudely constructed door, and fell
half inside the dwelling. As he was
helped to his feet by his friends with
the words, "Hush! come out, there's
woman living in that house, als picked
up handkerchief or. somes Such trifie
from the floor. His comrades got it
away from him with some difficulty and
threw it hack into the house.
The next morning Canaan, sober now,
persuaded one Of his companions of the,
night before to accompany him to Juan
ita's house that he might apologize for
the disturbance he had created there.
The woman's paramour met them at the
door, appeared angry, and seemed to
threaten Canaan, but as their converse
ton was wholly in Spanish, of which
Cannan's friend was ignorant, he could
cot tell what passed. Then the
woman herself came to the door
and seemed even more angry than
her male companion. Canaan, as it
seemed to his friend, tried to pacify
them, spoke in conciliatory tone, but
his words, whatever they were, only in
creased the woman's anger, and before
either of the Americans had the slight
est conception OF her purpose, she drew
knife, rushed at Canaan and plunged
it into his heart. He fell dead at her feet.
The citizens at once assembled, elect
ed Judge and jury and proceeded to
try the woman and hefmale companion
forthwith. A man named Thayer pro-
tested against this summary and illegal
administration of Justice, but he was
quickly silenced by the crowd, who
menaced him with death II he did not
keep quiet, and shouted themselves
hoarse with such cries as Hang the
Greaser devils!'' 'sGive them trial."
sNc, no; hang Thorn noww Give them o
trial first and then hang themp This
last compromise suggestion-was accent
ed and the trial began. The story of
the previous nights trifiing affair was
quickly told. Cannan's friends stated
that there was no intention to insult or
ancoy the woman. and that the occur
renee Was wholly due to drunken mis-
hap and an insecure door. It was evil
dent that the woman's companion had
no share in the murder, and the man
was, therefore. permitted to 60 free.
The woman's sole defense was that
Cannan's breaking into fssr. house at
night and using insulting language to
her on the following morning had made
her act perfectly jnstifiable. and even II
it were not she had been beside her self
with rage at the time 50 as TO be wholly
irresponsible,
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THE BOOMERANG.
Il
How This Curious and Unique Australian
Weapon Is Made.

How This Curious and Unique Australian
Weapon Is Made.
This curious and unique weapon, about
which so much has been written and SO
little really known, is curved piece Of
wood, slightly convex on one side and
nearly fiat on the other. 1t is cut from
natural bend or root of q tree, the
hardest and heaviest wood being always
selected, and its curve follows the grain
Of the wood. Thus 1t will vary from q
slight curve to nearly right angle; no
two ever being the same shape. It Is
about three-eighths of an inch thick and
from two to three inches wide, tapering
toward the ends, which are either round
or pointed. The edge is sharpened all
around, and the length varies from
fifteen inches to three and half feet
This is the shape OF the boomerang,
but the secret OF its. peculiar fight is to
be found not 50 much In its general form
as in its surface. This, on examination,
is found to be slightly waving and
broken up by various angles. These
angles balance and counterbalance each
other; some, by causing differences in
the pressure ofsair on certain parts,
give steadiness Of fight and firmness,
others give buoyancy, and each
has generally to be determined
practically by experimental throwing
Some boomerangs appear to be nero
dented or crooked sticks; but they are
really implements which some black
man has whitfield and scraped till these
dents or angles have been properly adj
justed according TO the boomerang prin-
ciple. believe 1t is possible to make .
boomerang by exact mathematical cal
culation; but yet have never seen two
exactly alike. have. made two, APP
parently alike in every particular, yet
while one rose buoyantly the other fell
dead, because of some untrue adjust
ment Of the angles Of its faces. When
all angles are properly arranged the
boomerang goes through the air some-
what ns screw-propeller goes through
the water whirling rapidly in its flight
like d revolving wheel & Z
Grayitation and the force with which
it is directed cause its peculiar swallow
lilseswoops, which are prolonged BY the
action 81 The floatlpg aileles ia counter
acting grad alton, consequently. with
spent force 1t Is still kept ON the wing.
and often reaches the ground consider
ably behind the thrower, Scribuor's
Magazine,
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OUTRAGEOUS FRAUDS.
Wicked Schemes Formulated By Selfish
Surplus Busters.

Surplus Busters.
Those organs which are pretending
that the proposed pension bills are for
the benefit of needy veterans, or which
are denouncing those who do not be-
lieye in squanderlng the peoples money
In undeserved payments to deserters,
are sowing the wind and may reap the
whirlwind. II it had ever been neces-
sary or proper for the people to pay
500, 600, 900 year tosthe deserving PEN
sioners, there would not have been a
voice raised against the most liberal APP
propriations. But when tits announced
that the pension rolls are to be increased
that the surplus may be dissipated;
when 1t is proposed that the safeguards
adopted by the Grand Army shall not
to applied in the payments of pensions;
when such blatherskites as Tanner and
dudley shall be foisted upon the coun-
try as representatives OF the soldiers. it
is time for honest citizens to take the
alarm, and speak for those who are really
deserving of the Government's attention.
Every name wrongfully placed upon
the pension rolls is disgrace to worthy
veterans. The long list of men who arc
drawing from the Federal treasury
monthly stipends which have been
allowedsby scoundrelly officials, forms
a menace to the very existence Of a
PENSION system. It Ii beyond the
bounds Of possibility that the people
will permit this disgrace to outliye the
term of the Harrison Dudley admins
tration, and 1t is the part of those who
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treacherous gnidesl Again frightfui
Thoughts began to Cypress me; the wind
seemed v have > boding wall; the cease-
les voice OF the waves seemed hned to
4 gong Of death But whilo the sraldinQ
tears Of despair were gathering II nv
eyes, ] came With q thump ashore. /
started upright In my boat, and gazed
eagerly through the gloom The low
drifting rack rendered every object in
distinct, but my quickened vision patis-
ned me that the longed-forl land sods
there; d shore Of precipices, indeed, but
what OF that9 Nothing was SO dreadful
as the wide, barren sea. II rowed my
boat cautiously along by the bases Of
the black crags, and at length raj, into a
small creek, where found 1t possible to
land.
bad no means Of mooring my little
vessel, 50 left It a prey to the. waves,
and, clambcrfng up tho rocks, oyercame
obstacles which day would have shown
in light too horribly disconraginR for
man encounter. At last l felt the soft
grass under my feet, and the lsnd Rale
blew freely around me- Alittle further
on, and I heard the rustling 81 corn
fields, and what was still more grateful
and amazing, the sound OF fiddfes, fre.
quently drowned by bursts Of boisterous
jolIity.
The music led me to large tarn on
the outskirts Of q group OF houses 1t
was past midnight; but. the jewellers
within seemed only to- shaSe ffeMfy
reached the pitch of theirrexulta.ion.
The doors were wide open and figures
glanced about within in restless success
sion. / knocked and crowd came forth
and pulled me into the middle of the
barn. where they spontaneously turned
me round and round, apparently In the
hope Of recognizing some acquaintance
in disguise My story was soon told, and
my raging hunger speedily appeased by
the refreshments put before me by the
good-humored party OF fishermen and
their wives who had assembled to cele-
brate the union OF favorite youth and
maiden. Y. Ledger.
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In less than four months, time after
getting full control OF the Government
the Republican party Has succeeded III
more than disposing of the surplus and
placing itself in such ! position that it
must either repudiate all Its pledges to
the ssoldiers orpiace heavy bslrdcn Of
debt upoa the country. In an inteftiew
ex-speaker Carlisle says: 1T IA a1ready
apparent that the appropriations for The
ordinary expenses Of the Government
for the next hscAl year will be largely
in excess Of the Secretary's estimate.
It has been stated ON the floor of the
House by Republican member Of the
gcomnittee ON appropriations that the
sum Of SO, go. t1O. 80 viii b required,
and n this = correct there will be a
deficit Of s57, 900, 10, instead OF sur
plus, even IL none OF the extravagant
appropriations new pensions, Blair
bill, direct tax, etc. that ] have men
tioned shall be made. When asked
whether or not I'll these bills would
pass, the ex-Speaker responded:
OF course II is Impossible for. me to say
whether they VIII or not. But one thing Is
certain, and the country. Ought to understand
II. They will be passed II the Republican party
wants to pass them 1t has the Senate, the
House and the President, and the rules have
been sochanged that the Democrats can neither
defeat nor delay any measure that the majority
may see proper to introduce. The pension
bills can be taken up any day and passed. and
80 can all the others. II the repeated pledges
made to the soldiers and others by the Repub-
lican party are not redeemed at this session of
Congress, 1t will be because that party docs not
want to redeem them and docs not Intend to
do so. 1t has no excuse whatever for a failure
TO promptly pass all these bills, and il this
session closes without their passage, it will be
useless for It hereafter to pretend that 1t Is In
favor Of them. The time and opportunity have
come, and the party must take the whole re-
sponsibility for action or non-action. 1t is true
that the passage OF these bills or any consider
able part OF them, would make It absolutely
necessary to impose additional taxes upon the
people, or largely TO increase the public debt by
the issue OF new bonds; but the Republican
party knew this inst as well when 1t made its
promises to the soldiers as it knows 1t now.
and therefore, it can not escape responsibilities
on that ground.
Mr.. Carlisle might wei have said that
SO far as the pension bills are concerned,
they will not be passed. The Republican
party cares nothing for the old soldier
after it gets his vote. The only pledges
the Republican party ever redeems are
those made to the corporations, monop-
olies and trusts. These will be redeemed
though the veterans die in the poor
-house-Indianapolis Sentinel.
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The c4Frrent census viii show .
greater disparity between population
and number Of sheep than existed in
1880. in 1910 there were 1000, 900 more
sheep than people in the United States.
In 1890 there are, it is estimated, b.,
600, 600 more people than sheep
Whatever else protection has done 1t
has not built up the sheep industry. 1t
has been demonstrated that no tariffs
can do this. The industry could scarce
ly decline moro rapidly under a policy
of absolute free trade than 1t has done
under the system Of Chinese protection.
State Sentinel.
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"a LITTLE NONSENSE"

After the Concert well, cook, and
what did you think OF it?' ''Lor, mum,
she sang beautiful-just as II she was
gargling. = gs IA a..
--Sunday-school teacher what
caused the death Of Lots Wife," Tom
my Jones-'Salt rheum, ! guess
Lawrence American.
-s'Ah! now / understand" said john
ny, seeing an article headed ERRORS Of
the Compass" why 1t gets SO much
boxing. Boston Transcript.
AT the Dime Museum. How do
you feel?n asked the Living skeleton Of
the Fat Boy, as the performance began.
Immense was the reply. Epoch.
Colonel Bourbon, will
you respond to the toast kentucky"
Colonel Bourbon-"With all her faults,
/ love her still. r-Munsey's Weekly.
1T was dainty Boston maid
Who stood and looked at TowseE
- She gaxed awhile and then she said,
allow that poor dog does fronseri',
Washington Post.
Mrs. Reeder--aI see by the papers
that there has been rebellion in the
deaf and dumb asylum" Mr.. Reeder--
mot rebellion, my dear; o mutiny. -
Puck. s
Through to Atlantic City without
change, eh?" remarked the tramp, as he
scanned the timetable. THAT suits
me! Any place that / can travel To-
without change fills the bill" And he
climbed cheerfully into the car.
--Doctor-.'Weli, my fine littlo fellow.
you have got quite we'll againl ! was
sure that the pills left for you would
cure you. How did you take them, in
water or in cake?" .sOh, used them In
my blow gun. - Fliegende Batter
Mrs. Seeker-ssI have two daughters
in society this winter, and I'm ON the 70
all the time. Your daughter isn't going
out much, / believer" Mrs Found
'.Oh, no. You see, she got engaged last
October and she doesn't have TO. -
Washington Star.
Miss Highup-s'It's perfectly scan-
dalous! Did you hear, about Miss De
Pink" Miss Tiptop-"No. What has
she done?r 20, the most immodest
| thing Imaginable! Shes let all the
world know she is crazy to get married
by going and joining cookery school :"
IN. Y. Weekly.
A Boston young lady, > fiedgeling
member Of the Theosophical Society,
has satisfied herself that she has passed
through four reincarnationa The first
time OF which she has any record she
| was incarnated in noted Egg ptian king.
! It is not livery Boston lady that will adj
nit that she has been on earth four
times. Boston Fibre and Fabric.
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FISHING Offers.
The Simple ProcessBy Which the Creatures
Are Taught to Fish. &

Are Taught to Fish
Man has trained the falcon to hunt for
him in the air and the otter to fish for
him in the sea. Bishop Heber saw in
India number Of offers lying on the
bank of river, each one tethered by a
long rope attached to a collar woven out
of straw. They had been trained, by .
simple process to fish for their masters.
When young the otter was fed on
bread and milk, and notalfowed to- eat a
morsel of fish,. When old enough to be
trained it was taught to chase an arti-
fetal fish tied to string, and bring it to
the master Then real fish was SUBJ
stituted for the artificial one, and the
otter was taught to bring that, being
punished If it mangled the fish and re-
warded If 1t restored it uninjured.
Rev. J. G Wood, in his Dominion OF
Man." says that in the salmon rivers of
Scotland the offers have favorite feed
ing places, known to the shepherds, who
visit them at daybreak, The visit Is
due to the fact that the otter is dainty,
and, after it has brought q salmon to
shore, eats only the choice meat OF the
shoulder, leaving the rest Of the fish on
the bank. The early shepherd-the OF
ter fishes at nights almost certain OF
finding enough fish to feed his family.
A Mr.. Campbell, of Scotland, owned a
tame otter which used to catch eight or
ten salmon daily for its master. When
it caught large fish it always bit its
prey just above the tail, so as to break
the spine and deprive the fish Of the
power of swimming. s.s sE.r
Another trained otter, knowing that
the largest fish OF a stream inha bit cerS
tain hooks, called s'holes, = In the hanks,
used to swim close to the shore, swish
ing its tail sharply against the bank, so
as to, drive out any fish that might be
An otter belonging to an English gem
tleman showed no affection for its mas
ter, ',ut warm attachment to an Angora
can One day 4 little terrier. attacked
tf,b sat as she was lying before the IRE.
At the moment the otter entered tho
room; seeing what was going on he
few at the dog, seized him by the face,
and would have injured the terrier
had not ! gent leman separated them and
expelled the dog from the room. This
otter would wander about the garden IN
search or grabs, Worms ana snails,
which 1t swor ID eat with relish ~
would also ca tcl1 and eat ilieM = Yonthx
Compassion ss+xvA$
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3 "A citizen of Youngstown, q. recent
ly started for pleasure trip to Europe.
He reached Buffalo, N. X, when he re-
membered that. he had not locked his
safe. He hurried home, found letter
in his Office Offering him large build
inc contract in Cincinnati and imme-
diately abandoned his journey. He says
he prefers small fortune to few
weeks OF pleasure.
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OUR CHINESE TARIFF.
Tho Encct It Has Had ON Sheep Ra isln (
In the United states.

Except during the civil war Sheep
raising has been for fifty years de-
cIining business in this country fer
reasons beyond the control Of legisla-
ton. The number Of sheep per capita
Of population was nearly so per cent
greater in 1910 than in 1850, and at the
latter date there had been thirteen
years of the highest protection" for
wool known in our history. Here are
the official figures:
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The last Sultan Of Turkey was ac-
customed to shut himself up with me-
GRO slave and his favorite wife In . Sc
sret room in his palace and their gioat
over his treasures. PIunging his arms
insa heap OF gold dust and letting ~ ZIP
through his fingers seemed 70 give him
moro satisfaction than gazing on his pile
Of Jewels.
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TWO SUNSETS.


wbsre the rolling meadow ended
could scarcely tell
in tho twilight eray were blended
Meadow, wood and doll;
but abIsze With golden splendor
Hhone the sky above,
When told, In accents tender
Told to her my love.
. sNow before the freight dreaming,
Castles fair raise,
All envelopcd In the cleaning
Caught from those bright days.
We favckcpt our troth together,
Kept It through long years;
Lies not always summer weather,
We have fclt Its tears. y
Kept our troth In living. dying
Kept II whole TIL now;
Thro' the trees the wind ID signing. y
Falls the winter snow.
- Eyes Of love are brightly bcaming,
With affection rife,
softcned by the sunset's cleaning
At tho close OF life.
-Flayel Scott Mines, in Lcslic's Newspaper
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IAN Illrstrlon. Precedcnt.

"Lige," said Mr.. Harrison, 'sthcy call
me a nepotist because look after my
family 4fE$I A ssx
4 "Thats about the size Of 1t, Sir" re-
Piled the private secretary. ~
Well In too ihAd. = am simply
following In the steps OF Washing son
He was the Father Of his country, and
I'm blessed II he didn't look after his
country the nrst thing. IN Y. Sun,
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The talk OF concessions" from South
ern congressman is ridiculous. They
are not treating" with tho Republican
revolutionists. The South is In tho
Union; it is an Integral part Of II; it has
equal rights and equal duties. It is in
terested just as the other sections In
sound legislation, and can pay It's part
to the piper for saturnalians dances. It
proposes to protect its interests openly
and boldly, relying on the American
people. 1t has no favors to ask of, and
none to give to, the Republican party
managers. Legislation good enough for
the North may be bad, truly, but we can
stand it as long as can any other
seetion.-Louisyill Courier-Journal
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AZ ABSURD heppRr.



Southsra ConKxexsmuS viii Sss ssSesz!!
w1ths ssepubllrnn Isevoiutianissss
Commenting on an absurd report from
Washington Of some sost q sdicker'
between the Republicans and some Of,
the Southern members % topgress tho
New York Times says:
THE fact Il md It A. becomins moro and
more plain every day, that M bcss policy for
the South Is pnfienca Time d IL great and
powerful any II hos very iittls - gain iron
any positive legislation aud very Much 70 gain
from waiting. n is slowly nit ssircIt settlin1
Abe race problem Little ~ little = various
points ~ n learning how % divide The ncsfs
vote. 1t was done last fall in Virginia, in soma
portions OF Mississippi, Louisiana and Florida
and it can and will be done more and more a.
time goes on The day that 1t Is lecoR
nized in the North that division and not sup
preston OF the vote OF The negroes Is the
policy OF the Sonth, the Southern question
will entirely disappear Even now it has
SO far disappeared Tint tho majority In
Congress will not be able, and will hardly
dare to try, to pass any election law directed
against the South alone, or capable Of being
worked against the South alone. The schemes
of the leaders=-the Chambers Shcrmaas, Reeds
ara mischievous In appearance, but they are
vain. 1t would be o verybad bargain for South
ern men to Try 70 defeat them b. making con
cessions in other matters, for they would have
every thing TO l,sc and nothing substantial to