Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1890-10-24

And the beggar:
81 was riding toward the town on this
my horse when l met this young man,
who, saying he was nigh dead from hard
going, asked me to help him on his way.
With good heart I did so, lssfrfng him
before me on the horse; but when we were
come into the High street he roguishly
claimed of me my horse, and when would
not give it up he had me hailed before thee.
This on the word of an old and righteous
man is the truth, oh, doomsmanp'
Said Cedric, Leave the horse here with
me and come again on the morrow"
So the king and the beggar went their
own ways, and on the morrow were in the
church yard, as were the others also, to
hear the doom that Cedric would give.
The scrivener and the hedger were called.
''Take thy wife, scrivener," said Cedric,
'and let the ears be cut from off the
hedger"
SO the hedger lost his ears and the scriv-
ener gained his wife, and yet some said
their lots were equal.
Then were called the fesher and the
miller.
'sTabe thy silver, miller" said Cedric,
"and let the right hand be cut from off the
fesher"
So the miller got his silver and the
1esher lost his hand
Then the king and the beggar were
called.
"Come with me-" said Cedric to the king,
and he took him to a stable hard by where
were score of horses. "Pick out thine
own horse y said Cedric; and the king did SO.
Then Cedric sent for the beggar and said
to him: "Pick out thine own horse from
among score of horses" and the beggar,
whose eyes were keen and whose arts were
nimble, picked out the kings horse.
"Now," said Cedric, come both of you
to the doomsman's seat" and when they
were gathered there once more Cedric said
to the king:
''Take thy horse and let the old man be
hanged"
And the king marveled at the wisdom OF
the doomsman and said to him:
s'Now l know that all I have heard is
truth. Thou art as full of wisdom as is an
egg Of meat. Know then that [ am King
Aired" and when Cedric had bowed his
knee before him the king said:
''Tell me, pray thee, how thou gavest
such rightful doom, for I dare swear that
thou dealt as righteously with the SERVE
ner and the miller as with me-"
Cali three were but small matters, oh,
king" said Cedric, "but this was the
manner in which l settled them. Thou
sawest how that I kept all night the three
things anent which there was bickering."
~ did," said the king.
'Well," said Cedric, Gin the morning
turned hastily to the woman and said,
Smooth me down a skin, for I need to
write and she took skin and rubbed it
after the fashion of scrivener's helper,
and then / knew that she belonged to the
scrivener and not to the hedger, for how
would a hedger's wife know aught of writ
ing or of making ready skins wherein to
writer" ,
"'Tis well'' said the king.
"The silver" said Cedric, ''I put in pot
of water and left it over night. In the
morning there fioated on the top of the
water a fine white dust Then knew it
belonged to the miller, whose hands and
clothes were covered with ground wheat,
and not to the hesher, whose hands were
greasy with his meats. Had it been his,
oil and not dust would have been on the
waters top"
"'Tis very we'll" said the king "And
my horse2"
"Truly therein I had pains to find the
truth. For though Of course thou knewest
thy beast among the score, and doubtless
wouldst have known him amid an hun
dred, yet when I called the beggar in so
did he, too, and I was puzzled"
'Then didst thou but guess the truth?"
said the king.
"Nay," replied Cedric ''To guess is not
true wisdom. I saw that while the beggar
knew the horse, yet did the horse not know
him. Yet thee it knew, and whinnied
when thou earnest anigh to it; and so
gave thee and hanged the beggar."
u
spoke.
''Truly, Cedric" quoth he, thou art
better fit to be king and to be doomsman.
And yet I know not; for while 1 make
passing good king fear me I should make
passing bad doomsman. Horace Town
send in Independent.
Protecting Paper.
Last winter when the representatives
of the various protected interests were
fling past Maj. Mckinley to tell him
what they wanted in order to make the
country rich there came one day in
January Mr.. Edward G. Rogers, pres
ident of the American Paper Manufact-
urers' association. He seemed to have
rather confused idea Of what he wanted.
81 do not know" he said, ''that we want
to ask for anything special today"
Mr.. Rogers was quite content that the
present duty of Is per cent. ad valorem
on the common paper used for cheap
books and newspapers should remain as
it is-but it is a duty which could very
well have been abolished altogether, as
it was testified by one Of the pulp manu-
facturers at the same session of the COM
mittee that this class of paper was worth
about the same in Europe and in Amer
lea.
The better class of book paper, how
ever, much of which now comes in at 20
per cent, Mr.. Rogers wanted raised to
Is per cent. The result was that the is
per cent. and the 20 per cent. rate were
left as at present; but on some of the
higher grades of paper Mckinley placed
considerably higher duty.
From this it might be inferred that
paper making is an Improbable indus
try in this country. But a late number
of Bradstreets discusses editorially the
condition Of the paper trade in New
England as follows: "The New England
paper men have every reason to be Salts
fed with the present condition of their
business. Their mills are all running
on full time, and yet this is the dull sea-
son of the year. They are now in the
interim between the summer and the
autumn trade. The outlook for the fut-
ure is very bright, and they are taking
every step necessary to make the most
of it. Very many of the manufacturers
have found that their old quarters were
not adequate to meet the increase in
business, and the work of charging
their mills is noticeable ali over Massa-
chusetts."
With prices abroad the same as here
and with protective duties over and
above, as if to make up for difference
that does not exist, the paper makers
have certainly no cause to fear the pau
per made paper of Europe, and under
these conditions they can go on unmo-
Tested in the home market.