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The Mckinley Tarifr BiII.


ne apprehension that our tariff may again
and ut once DO subject to important general
changes would undoubtedly add Il depress
Ing influence OF the most serious character.
The general tariff act has only partially
gone into operation. some of it's important
provisions being limited to take effect ut
future dates. The general provisions of the
law haye been In force less thnn sixty days.
Its permanent effect on trade and prices still
largely stand In conjecture. u is curious to
note that the advance In prices or articles
wholly unaffected by the act was by many
hastily nscrIbed to TINT net. Notice was not
taken of the fact that the general tendency
of the markets WAS upward from Influences
wholly apart from the late tariti Legislation.
The enlargement Of our currency by the
silver bill undoubtedly gave nm Upward ten
dency to trade and had "A marked effect on
prices, but this natural effect of the silver
legislation was by many attributed TO the
tariff act. There iS neither wisdom nor spg
gcStiOu TINT the subject OF tariff REVISION
shall be opened before this law has had IL rali
trial. II Is quite true that eFory tnri1 schhd
uIe IL subject To objections No bill was ever
framed. | suDpOse, that IN all of its rates aud
cIassihcatlOns had tho fun approval even oi
IA pnrty caucus. Such Legislation IL always
and necessarily the product of compromise
~ To details and the present law Is no excep
ton, but In It's general scope and effect J
think 1t will Justify the support Of those
who believe that American legislation
should conserve ana defend American trade
aud the wages Oi American wOrkmen. The
misinfOTmutIOn ~ to the terms of the hct
which hns been 80 widely disseminated ut
home and abroad viii H." corrected by eA
perience, ana the evil nuBnrlcs IT'S to its re.
suits cOnfOunded by the market reports,
the savings banks, international trade bal.
unces ana the general prosperity oi our PEG
pie, Already We begin to hear from abroad
and from our custom houses that the pTOhib-
itDry effect anon InIlETtrIiOnS imputed to
the act Is not Justified. Tho i'm
pOTts at the port oil New York
for the first three weeks of November were
nearly s per cent GREATER than for the same
period in 1889 aud ~ per cent. srcntcr than In
the same period of 1888, and so far from be,
ing AN act to limit exports ! confidently be.
licye TINT under II we shall secure II larger
and more profitable participation in foreign
trade than we have ever enjoyed and that we
shall receive proportIonnte participation
in the ocean carrying trade of the world.
The criticisms OF the bill that have come to
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house built in one of the biggest trees
In the village, connected by ladder
with the ground.
On the approach Of an enemy the in
habitants retire to this refuge. and arc
then not only out OF harms way-being
above the range OF o spear-but also
spears and stones, Of which a store is
kept, can be hurled down upon their
enemies from above. These tree houses
are used around the palisades as CALLER
les to protect them.
Tho natives, as rule. are wonderfully
quick at distributing news. There are
many means Of signalling and making
known various facts. The tom-tom is a
'avorite instrument. as in all uncivil-
lzcd places. Generally it is played when
tho men are assembling for q warlilo
purpose, but not always. 1t is OCCASION
ally used on other occasions. Trumpet.
ing on large shells has a more slgnif.
cant meaning.
On tho approach Of danger, the weird
sounds Of these horns can be heard for
miles around as they are taken up from
village to village. Another elaborate
system OF signalling is by watch fires.
Sometimes t. csc are lighted in rows OF
two or three, and many OF the hills
havo their beacons alight at night.
Even the smoke in daytime is said tc
convey Ito meaning to those on the look
out
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TENTED FACTS.

STATISTICS for 1883 show that out OF
1879 arrests made that year in the city
o. Baltimore 1899 were for drunken
ness and disorderlY conduct.
IT is against the law TO sell whisky on
Sunday in Chrlstiana, Norway, and now
a movement is on foot to have the sale
of beer and wine on that day prohibited
also. The official organ of the Norweg-
ian Total Abstinence Society says that
the Lutheran bishop, all the ministers
OF Christiana, and five professors of
theology have signed a petition in favor
of this action.
THERE is nothing better than plain,
nourishing food, fresh air, sunshine and
rest to maintain strength in an aged
person. No medicine or tonic will do
it: there is no scientific foundation for
the belief that alcohol, strychnine or
any thing of the kind is Of benefit.
Quinine, beer and whisky are worse
than useless as props. They serve to
keep up the strength just as the whiE
keeps up the strength OF tired horse.
j. II. Kellogg, NJ. d., of Battle Creek
Sanitarium.
DR.. HANSEN, the Norwegian explorer,
crossed Greenland on foot. With five
companions he spent several weeks on
floating ice. For forty days they
tramped over frozen snow, with eighty
degrees Of frost. Did he use any alcoholic
drinks? That he did make use of alco-
holic spirits you can see from the fol-
lowing statement but never as bev-
erage. He says: Tho only spirits we
took were as fuel for our stove to melt
the snow that we might have water to
drink. / think the use OF stimulants is
a mistake" b,sa
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were the words of sobriety-he thought
Pretty soon his wife, in attempting to
arise, uttered Shrek. He had tackled
her skirts to the floor. Then he began
to blubber. 1t was no use, he said, for
a man to try to be anybody. Everybody
was working against him. He would 60
away and never come back again. His
wife kissed him and he blubbered
afresh. Tho Colonel, like many another
man. is brute.-Opie Read, in Arkan-
saw Traveller.
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But he comes to the saloon nrSt, and
stops in there. lIe owes little score"
which he pays. All the dead-beats who
hang around pass the word that he has
money about him. They drop in, crowd
around, and on one preteXt or another get
him to treat the crowd" But tho time
he comes out, SIS of his money is gone.
He has lost that S. But is he the only
one who has lost it? Let us see. When
he leaves the saloon, he takes out his
memorandum of expenses amounting to
Sig. In his purse there are now only
81. Somehow that list must be cut
down by the amount of S.. lie must let
the children's shoes 60 and the groceries
or the dry-goods, or leave his rent I'M
paid. The grocer, the dry-goods mer-
chant, the boot and shoe dealer and the
real-estate owner, among them, must
got SIS less than they would have re-
ceived if the saloon had been out of the
way.
This, which is true for one mans ex.
penditures, is true proportionstely for
the Nation. You see it in the bare feet,
tho fireless rooms, the pinched faces
and tattered clothing of the families of
drinking men and the wretched tene-
ments where they live. All that means
that these people have not bought the
food and fuel, the shoes and dry-goods,
they would have bought, nor paid the
rent they would have paid if the money
had not been spent for liquor. In other
words. the grocer and the butcher, the
dry-goods dealer and the shoe dealer,
the coal merchant and the owner of real
estate have lost what the saloon has
got. What is called "over- production
is simply the withdrawal by the liquor
dealers OF 81, o0O, 600, OOJ from the indus
tries OF the Nation.
The farmers have the privilege of
paying their part " the support and On
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HOPPING A VICTIM.
The Awful Man Killer Used by a Singular
People Who Live in Trees.


People Who Live in Trees.
One OF tho most noticeable character
isticS Of the warriors OF New Guinea is
their treacherous mode OF attack Ono
may enter village and be welcomed by
a crowd Of unarmed men who will show
every sign Of friendship; but once they
see the opportunity-,once the party is
dispersed, arms laid down or some
asleep-then in second the natives
are around and rush to the attack.
Extreme vigilance must at all times
be observed. Then, again, while march
ing along the tracks through the bush
the country natives will readily mark
the approach Of tho Europeans. They
will watch their opportunity again. keep
some distance ahead OF the advancing
troops or move along parallel tracks in
the scrub and make the most of any OPP
portunity OF sudden attack, such as dur.
ing halt or when the party has become
somewhat dispersed.
The general m ethod Of attack in most
parts OF New Guinea seems to be that OF
charging up toward the enemy. and
when within, say, twenty to thirty
yards. throwing their long spears.
Some Of them are wonderfully good
shots and can sond their spears through
dog running away thirty yards from
them. But spears are not the only
arms.
In she west Of Bri fish New Guinea
bows and arrows arc much used. and
are, OF course, far moro formidable than
the spears, as their range is much
greater and the aim much more accu-
rate; the natives practice by shooting
at cocoanuts in the trees. 1t is prob
able that neither spears nor arrows arc
ever poisoned in New Guinea.
Another primitive weapon OF offense
which is sometimes used, especially at
the East End, is the sling. A few stones
are carried. often nearly as big as ones
fist. and these are hurled with twist of
the arm very similar to the action of Or
binary throwing (without twirling the
sling round over the head as is done
elsewhere). The natives seem to vary
a great deal in their ability to sling
stones, some being marvelouslY good,
both in accuracy OF aim and in great
distance, perhaps 200 to 800 yards, while,
on the other hand, many others are very
feeble in their efforts.
The natives Of certain districts pos.
scss most curious instrument, used
more for the capture and slaughter OF
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A "spree" after all doesn't paw. A
couple of young men near Chicago went
out the other day for good time, "
making tho round OF the slums, until
the middle of the afternoon, when one
of them taking dose of morphine, lay
down with this letter under his pillow:
ITO WHovEvER FINDS THIS: l would say.
DO not blame any one for what have done. l
have ruined myself with whisky and ca DIS. !
have father mother and wife, also sister.
1t is too late. know, to ask to b.: forgiven now.
Try and forget me as have been too mean to
be thought Of Iwould to God that had never
left home Monday. but it " too late now; SO
good bye TO all the word G. II. l."
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tor Of the cane ring. In chasing fee
ing enemy the warrior holds out his
man catcher" and puts the cane ring
over tho unfortunate fugitive's head.
when sudden pull back causes the lat
ter to stop short and fall backward upon
tho sharp stake, which runs into his
neck just at the base Of the skull, and
he is instantly killed.
the Of the many curiosities to be met
with in New Guinea are the tree houses.
They arc used as lookout towers. and
also for defence. Many villages have a