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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-06-10
President and Prince

new 1Ork " ORD.
The son OF one OF our presidents, suf-
fering st the time from acute hYpertrophy
of the Uranium, once spoke of himself as
the American equivalent of the Prince of
Wales in point of position, aud the ripple
OF laughter that spread throughout Eng
land became gufsw when the remark
was reported in this country
1t has been reserved, however. for the
newspaper of the American minister TO
France 10 inform q misunderstanding
world that what the president is here the
Prince Of Wales is in England"
This is doctrine so new TO students
OF the constitution that il may fairly be
called startling. The president is the
executive head of the nation; is the
Prince of Wales that? The president is
commander in-chief of the army and
navy; he is authoriz d to summon the
national Legislature and to veto It's acts;
he appoints cabinet officers, judges OF the
federal courts, collectors, postmasters,
etc; he is q citizen chosen by the suf-
trages OF the states AMI people to serve
as president for definite term. Is there
anything in The Prince of Wales func,
lions or position at all akin to this?
The prince is merely the accident Of
heredity under the surviving forms of a
mediseval system long ago robbed of its
essence. Traditional and grovelling sy~
cophsncy secure for him the place of chief
arbiter of form in an idle, artificial and
dissolute society, and gives him authority
TO lend his name to obliging shopmen as
an aid TO trade. Beyond that he has no
authority. He represents nobody and
nothing but WORKOUT tradition.
To say that what the president is here
the prince of Wales is to England. is to
proclaim the savers ignorance of institu:
lions and incapacity to discriminate be-
tween ideas.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-06-10
WHERE THE TARIFF IS A TAX.
The Tariff Wall In Nicaragua - some
Specimen Prices.

|
| Specimen Prices.
Protectionists pretend to believe that
| in this country at least the tariff is not a
tax. a correspondent travelling in Mic
aragua on the line of the proposed canal
reports a state of things which shows
plainly enough that in Nicaragua the
tariff is tax. The correspondent saws:
There is a great difference in the
price of all foreign products between
Greytown and the rest of Nicara yua.
Greytown is a free port by the terms of
the treaty with Great Britain, under
which it was abandoned by that power.
and as it pays no duties foreign commod-
tiles are cheap, but in the rest of Mic
aragua, which is highly protected, they
are very high and as a rule very poor.
There are no internal taxes, and as
the government derives its revenue
largely from import duties, the duties
are high. Many of them are not ad
valorem, but on the weight. As a
consequence the prices of many things
are absurd. Beer, which is much liked
by the people, high and low, sells at from
thirty to fifty cents pint bottle, accord
ing to the style of the place where il is
bought, A two ounce package of Amer
lean tobacco sells for fifty cents"
The same correspondents gives some of
MS observations showing why it is that
our manufacturers have not alrea "
taken possession of markets which our
reciprocity statesmen are trying to open
up by artificial means. Our manufacture
ers have confined their attentions so ex-
clusively to the home market that thew
have failed to show any ENTERPRISE in
gaming new markets in the countries
south of us. Securely protected in the
home market, they have not studied the
people Of those southern countries. nor
have they adapted themselves to their
tastes and wants.
There Is an unmistakable demand
for United States products" SAYS the
writer, but at the same time general
complaint that our manufacturers either
shove of old stock on buyers for this
market or neglect TO take anv pains II
suit the tastes of the people or TO provide
against the peculiarities of the climate.
One merchant told me that he preferred
American biscuits, but stale or burned
stock has sometimes been sent him. and
at other times the cans in which they
were put up had not been properly made
and insects, finding their way in through
small holes, destroyed the contents. The
English manufacturers, he added, are
careful TO protect their customers in all
these particulars. The rist of
the commercial situation seems to be
that If American manufacturers would
send agents 20 this country to study the
tastes Of the people and make goods to
suit those tastes large trade could be
worked up
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-06-10

This scheme recommended itself to the
young woman and also TO her husband,
and so she arranged such a continuance
Tor her son, with the alarming result faint
l. Swallowed in the illustration. Whether
the surroundings are so different in Bull
garia. or whether a Irvine hammock is not
Just like Bulgarian cradle, is not so
Gear, but the fact remains that her hus-
band laughs at the completed work, and
the young woman has decided not TO make
show of II 70 her friends. But, according
70 the New York Evening Sun, which tells
tie tale, she Is not going TO take it down,
fer however it looks" says this practical
young matron. lit works very well indeed,
and I'm going to keep the baby there until
1t gets big enough to crawl out"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-06-10
Capturing the Foreign Market.

Mckinley boasts that his 80 per cent.
drawback of duties gives our manufact-
urers practically all the advantages of
free trade, so far as the foreign market
Is concerned He therefore urges the
manufacturers to ''go out and capture
the markets of the world"
But all manufacturers know that the
drawbacks previous to the tariff law are
SO stringent that in most forms of manu-
featuring 1t IS almost impossible to col
lect the drawback For this reason
most manufacturers never apply for the
draw back at all
An interesting case has recently cone
up of the Providence, Screw compar
which is reported as about to build a
large factory at Leeds, England, co.,
erlng an acre and half of ground. 7.
company will take large part of lis
machinery now idle in Providence to its
English factory. The principal reason
given by the president of the company is
the great difficulty in collecting the
drawback on exported goods.
Thus the company goes TO England to
capture the foreign market" So free
raw materials must be an important
thing after all
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-06-10
His Height Saved Him.

F. y. Search, superintendent Of the pub
Tic schools OF Sidney, O., stands 6 feet and
inches in his stockings-truly man to
strike terror into the heart of the truant
small hoy. Mr.. Search told a story the
other day bearing upon the question of
mans height that is worth repeating.
Il am pretty tall" said he, ''but I am
glad OF 1t. owe my life to the fact that
am taller than the average man. If had
been Of your height would have been in
my grave long ago. That may sound
queer, but 1t is fact 4 few years ago
spent short vacation visiting a friend in
New York state He is a prominent man
IN the little town in which he lives, and
owns large grain elevator and a Touring
mill.
In showing the latter to me he took me
up stairs where the wheat is carried from
the elevator into a large bin in the second
story of the mill The grain is then drawn
from the bottom of the bin into the ma
chInery below To be ground into -four. We
were standing above this bin on some tim
oers, when suddenly one OF them gave way,
and fell into the wheat. Instantly was
drawn downward. The pressure was SO
strong that could not extricate myself.
1t was awful l sank slowly, but surely
In spite of every effort the grain crept nm
10 my knees, my thighs, my waist, and it
seemed as if a whole legion of devils were
tugging at my feet. Ny friend was ter
ror stricken, and his attempts TO pull me
out were frultless. At last in desperation
cried out: For Gods sake, stop the mill,
Shut of the power, or I'll be dead man
in thirty seconds Like flash nv com.
panion darted to the stairway and rushed
below.
AS ! sank nearer and nearer to suffoca-
ton and death l could hear his footsteps
on the floor below. 1t seemed an age to
me- The wheat reached my throat ele-
waited my head, and placed my hands be-
fore my mouth and nose to keep out the
gram. Suddenly there came jar, and the
machinery stopped 1t required a quarter
Of an hour to dig me out of the grain. and
If had been but six feet tall would have
been corpse long before help could have
reached me. Chicago Mail.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-06-10

THERE appears no longer any doubt
about the fact that Mrs. Frank Leslie will
marry Marquis de Leuville. And a writer
who claims to know says the marquis is
bogus, and has been married several times
before with no record of divorces or
deaths Of former wives Mrs. Leslie is a
charming woman and splendid writer,
but she should investigate thoroughly be-
fore taking the step contemplated .-Keo>
kuk Constitution.
Still, Mrs. Leslie has been generally
credited with having a mind of her own
and knowing low TO use it.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-06-10
TIE Pekin Times is advocating the alb.


clifton Of the present system of supervis-
ors and the substitution of the commits.
sioner plan. 1t advances some splendid
arguments in support of its theory, and
says:
The constitution provides that in ANY
county that shall have adopted town
ship organization, the question of con-
tinuing the same may be submitted to a
vote OF the electors Of such county, ST q
general election" The board of super
visors is an expensive luxury, as all kno ".
1t costs about SIS day when in session
anu so many have to air their opinions
that the session is always held longer
than necessary. Three commissioners
could do the work easier and quicker
Much money would be saved in
collecting taxes and in many
other ways if the township organ
izations were abandoned If there were
only three commissioners to answer to the
people, many things that are done bv a
board of supervisors. would not be done
by them. They could not shift RESPONSE
billy from one to another as easily as the
board OF supervisors can when there are
"a members TO share the responsibility
and cover up tracks. If the affairs of the
county were under the control OF three
commissioners they would be selected
with due regard TO their qualifications
and ability to serve the public. Scores
OF offices would be done away with TO the
peace snc comfort OF the people. This
alone would justify the change.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-06-10
Alarmed About Cheap Stockings.

Some Of the Mckinley organs are in a
peck OF trouble over a report that a Ger
man firm has invented method of max
ing cotton stockings which can be sold
at twenty-five cents for two pairs.
Briefly, 1t is patent by which the cost
and character Of cheap hosiery will be
changed, If not, indeed, revolutiouized
Students Of the Mckinley tariff, saws an
industrial journal, know that in the
new schedules no attention was given
to the old style of scanned stocking, be-
cause 1t has been taken for granted that
this style Of manufacture was superseded
by the fashioned hosiery Of to-day. For
this reason there was no change in the
law, the advance being confined to fash.
Toned goods, and on these the duties were
heavily increased. Foreign manufactur-
ers thereupon made unusual efforts tc
see If they could not revive the old stvle
OF manufacture, so that it should be as
popular as the present seamless hosiery,
The report Is that an enterprising Ger
man set 10 work to devise a way to beat
the Mckinley law, with the result of
return 10 the old process of making
stockings from the piece with a seam.
but by the new process the seam is SO
tine that 1t can scarcely be noticed and
causes no inconvenience TO the wearer
At the same time 1t gives good wear.
This German would seem to have done
very useful thing by his invention, es-
peclaIly to the very poorest people. At
any rate his invention ought to be held in
nocent of any fraudulent or wicked Dur
pose; yet The Industrial World in its pro
tectlonlst zeal denounces the thing as "a
carefully planned evasion" and it saw in
the enterprise of the German inventor
this INSCRIPTIONS vigilance. " this dar-
ing spirit of aggression" this persistent
outeachlng Of encroachment." There
upon 1t moralizes about 1.-The need of
sleepless clrcumspection" in keeping the
tariff wall high and impenetrable, and
closes with the reflection that 1.-The price
OF protection TO home industry is the
same as the price of hberty--eternal
vigilance"
But surely cheap stockings are a good
thing, even for American feet. Does the
melancholy organ think the poor Will be
better off by being compelled TO pay the
home manufacturer two or three prices
for his stockings?
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-06-10

CROP prospects are poor ia Germany
and the Berlin municipal council de-
msnds that cereals be admitted free of
duty, so that the people can get bread.
These Berlin councillors do not seem to
understand that the tariff is not ajax and
that it really reduces the cost of articles
upon which it is levied If they had
mastered Mr.. McKinley's teachings they
would ask that the duties on breadstuffs
be increased SO as to cheaper them to the
people and this avoid famine.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-06-10
A Bulgarian Cradle.

This somewhat remarkable looking
cradle is the coutrivance Of bright Young
matron who, in the course of her reading,
had learned that the Bulgarian mothers
have an ingenious way of keeping their
offspring quiet at night by swinging a
Kind Of hammock over the bed, Just high
enough so that the mother can reach up
and'set the hammock in motion, and thus
soothe the baby before he gets wide awake
enough to cry
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-06-10
Plotting Meats

Potting meat is an everyday affair with
English cooks, and Mrs. Henderson recon-
mends 1t as a very good way of managing
LETT over food. instead OF always making it
into hashes and stews. \ chicken for pot
ting should be roasted; then take off all
the meat, separating 1t from sinews and
skin, chop and pound it thoroughly to-
get her with pound of tongue or OF ham
Boil the bones of the chicken down TO a
glaze, moisten the pounded meat with this
glaze and season with salt, cayenne pepper.
nutmeg and little butter. When well
pounded and run through a sieve put it
INTO little stone jars and press it in hard.
Place in covered stewpan with some boil
ing water in the bottom for half an hour
Press the meat down again. wipe dry and
cover with hot butter. II will keep for
months.
soI IL RI
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-06-10
Try II.

tits humiliating for man to realize
how he can pass unnoticed in throng."
I'll tell you what you do" said his
friend in a comforting tone, Just you
follow the crowd into a theater without
buying ticket. Washington Post.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-06-10

THE Twin City street railway system of
st. Paul and Minneapolis has been incor-
porated by an eastern syndicate at cap-
ital of s20,O00,0O0. New Jersey fur.
nishes the articles of incorporstion.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-06-10

Reportah-How did your banquet 90
off, Banklurk?
Banklurk-Not as well as il might Won
know The toast master called on gen
tleman who had lost an eye, an ear and
leg to answer to the toast, ''Our Absent
Members. Harper Bazaar.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-06-10
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1891.

The st. Louis Globe-D Democrat thinks
President Harrison has reason to be pro :
foundry grateful that his son Russell was
not "born twins"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-06-10

He (at 11:45 p. m.eTime waits on no
man.
She-I don't blame it. 1t would lose
lots OF sleep if it waited on some persons
know.-Detroit Free Press.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-06-10
Two Wishes.

Winkle-l wish | could devise some
way of hanging up my clothes.
Nodd-I wish l could devise some way
of getting them out after l have hung
them up.-Clothier and Fnrnisber.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-06-10
More Interesting.

Come, my dear said mamma en-
couragingly, "a little girl four years old
ought TO be able to say, Now l lay me-
through all alone by herself. Can't you
do it,
"No, mamma answered little Flo.
Il don't believe | can; but can say the
whole of Four and-twenty blackbirds. ."
-Somerville Journal.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-07-09

A new safety lamp for mines-a rectan-
gular box of ebonite containing accumula-
tors Of the Pollak system, and resting on
a metal plate-is described in London
Journal, with the statement that, with the
mode experiuaentsd with and weighing
some 1903 grams, a perGsdtay enRatERt
light Of 07 to e,R oen1a&e RsHSs wes sEaea
forth fcr twelve EoTTs, In Ghis eswsae an
eSonite lid serves as support for a glow
lamp ipcloscd in cylinder of thick glass,
the whole covered with metal top fixed
closely by means of pins, the junction be-
ing made hermetic by a leaf of soft caout-
chouc introduced between the top and the
box.
Into the lid arc inserted rods Of an inoxi-
dizable metal, which pass through 1t, and
support at their bases contacts of platinum,
these meeting the platinHm contacts of the
accumulators, and having at their sum-
mits springs, one of which is in metallic
connection with foot of the lamp; the
other foot of the lamp is insulated and can
be brought in contact with pole of the
accumulator by means Of needle intro
duced into horizontal channel made in
the lid.
AS the contacts are in the interior of the
box and the lid, neither the opening nor
the closing of the current can cause an ex-
plosion, hence the lamp can be either ig-
nited or extinguished in an infammable
atmosphere. Again, the advantage pre-
sents itself that, if the system or arrange
ment is dismounted, or if the glass globe
of the glow lamp is broken. the lamp is ex-
tinpuished
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-07-09
viii Fit Any Locality.

"Perhaps you wouldn't think so, but
, very large proportion of diseases in
New York come from carelessness about
catching cold," said DR.. Cyrus Edison.
ga cold is very simple thing to most
people and they pay little or no atten-
ton to it. If it were some serious dis
ease they would probably break their
necks, so to speak, to get doctor and
to follow his advice. But it is such a
simple thing and so common that very
few people, unless it is u case of pneu-
monia, pay any attention to a cold. New
York is one of the healthiest places on
the Atlantic coast, and yet there are a
great many cases of catarrh and con-
sumption which have their origin in
this neglect of the simplest precautions
of everyday life.
"What is commonly known as pneu-
monia weather is simply that state of
the atmosphere conducive to colds and
more liable to result in something seri-
GUS. The climate of New York is not
nearly as bad for those predisposed to
consumption, catarrh and other diseases
of the respiratory organs as that OF
other coast cities of the north. AS to d
cold, the simplest and most sensible ad-
vice is, when you have one get rid of il
as soon as possible. By all means do not
neglect it."-New York Herald.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-07-09
Rank Among the Mate.lsz.

The, Natchez were divided into nsbles
and Common people, which Essb, wRh an
Arrogance not peculiar to savases alone,
were designated "stinkagis,"
The mobiles themselves were divided into
Suns, mobiles and men Of rank. Tho Suns,
according to tradition, were descended
from q man and woman who came down
from the sun to teach them how to live and
govern themselves, They enjoyed immu-
nifty from punishment by death, and their
nobility was transmitted only through the
female line. Although the children, both
male and female, bore the name OF Suns,
the males enjoyed this honor in their own
persons alone.
Their male children were only nobles
the next generation were men Of rank,
and the third lowered them to plain stink
ards, although distinguished actions might
retard the deterioration of the blood. But
the case was very different with the female
posterity. They enjoyed through all gen
erations the privileges Of their Dank. Lau-
doniere speaks of queen ''who was much
reverenced by her subjects when he visited
Florida.
The nobility never intermarried. AS we
have already noticed, one Of their laws pro-
hibited their being put to death for any
reason whatsoever. Another law decreed
that when Sun died his or her conjugal
partner should be put to death at the time
of burial. To fulfill these two laws they
only married stinkards.-H. A. Giddings
in Popular Science Monthly.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-07-09
When Lafayette was Young.

1t was in the year of lT76 that Lafayette,
not yet nineteen years old, at dinner
party at Metz, where he was stationed with
his regiment, heard that the American
colonies had declared their independence.
The dinner at which he was present was
given by the commandant of the garrison
of the Duke of Gloucester, brother of the
King of England.
Young Lafayette had heard much before
of the cause of the difficulty between Eng
land and her colonies and he had made
up his mind they had been badly treated.
His youthful imagination took fire at this
new land, separated from the Old World by
5000 miles of ocean, and which to him was
invested by its distance with halo Of ro-
nance, and his generous nature impelled
him to take sides with those he thought
oppressed.
Before he left the table he resolved to
draw his sword in the cause of American
independence. He acted upon this resolu-
tion at once. Going Immediately to Paris
he sought an interview with the American
commissioners Franklin, Deane and Ar
thur Lee, and told them of his intentions
of going to America
These patriots sadly informed him that
Washington was retreating through New
Jersey from the British, and that this of
fered aid from France, though kindly and
nobly meant, might very likely arrive too
late. Besides, Lafayette's family and pow
erful friends in the government did all
they could to thwart his purpose, but the
young hero was determined The opposi-
ton delayed him, but it I'D not stop him
New York World.