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The Forrest City times., 1891-05-22
President vs. Tariff- Maker.

When President Harrison was in the Pacific States he made allusion in nearly all his speeches to the Nicaragua canal. He thought it would prove of great ad- vantage to those States by facilitating trade with States lying on the Atlantic. If the protective theory is sound, ought not the President, on the other hand, to have offered his sympathies to the peo- pie on the Pacific? The completion of the canal will "hood" California and neighboring States with cheap Eastern goods. Wages are very much lower in the manufacturing States of tte East than in the far West. So great is the difference, in fact, that tho Pacific peo- pie might well call our goods "pauper- made"
 Now there is nothing which so par alyzes the protectionist soul as the fear of the "cheap pauper made goods of Europe" Nothing, to his mind, threat ems such dire ruin to this country. and his patriotism demands high Mckinley wall to shut out these goods, or, at any rate, to make them dear.
 The building of the Nicaragua canal will make all kinds of Eastern manu- factures vastly cheaper on tho Pacific slope Yet, strange to say, the Presi- dent waXed eloquent over the canal. and the Pacific audiences applauded warmly. If protection is true, how can the peo- pie of the far West bear to think of cloth, iron manufactures, steel rails, window glass, etc, coming in at the Golden Gate at prices far lower than they have ever known? Will it not ruin" California? Will 1t not make the people there "cheap men?"
 As if all this were not enough, the President even spoke eloquently about extending our foreign trade. Here Is one of his sentences: "I believe we have come to a time when VIC should choose whether we will continue to be non par ticipants in the commerce of the world, or will now vigorously with the push and energy which our people have shown in other lines of enterprise, claim our share of the worlds commerce !"
 Now, this is diametricaly opposed to Mckinleyism. In his speech year ago on his taritf bill, Mckinley said:
 If our trade and commerce are in creasing and profitable within our own borders, what advantage can come from passing by confessedly the best market that VIC may reach the poorest by dis ant seas? In the foreign market the profit is divided between our own citizen and the foreigner, while with the trade and commerce among ourselves the profit Is kept in our own family and increases our natieeel wealth, and promotes the welfare of the individual citizen"
 Let protectionists decide which is right, President or tariff maker.
The Forrest City times., 1891-05-22
.Servcs Mexico's Interests"

Is not this too bad? A dispatch from the City of Mexico announces that since we have abolished the duty on sugar Mexico has begun to export suyar to this country. During the present year" the dispatch goes on, "there will be a large increase in area devoted to agricul- ture, and especially by sugar planters, who are everywhere prosperous. The trade of the country is increasing daily r
 Whenever anybody in this country talks about reduc ng duties, the Nick h.
 leyites instantly pop up on all sides and shout that he serves foreign inter- ests, that he is working against the in- terests of his native land, and charges are made that he has in his pockets Golden Club gold. These Mckinleyites hunt up al the news they can find and print it in their papers showing how Me- Einleys high duties On foreign-made goods have closed up factories in Europe and thrown thousands of workmen out of employment. Thereupon they smile very broadly, rub their hands in glee, and exclaim, "Europe's loss is our gain. "
 Bul where we remove duty, as we have ust dono with tho sugar tax, and the removal of 1t brings renewed prosperity to other nations. must it not inevitably
The Forrest City times., 1891-05-22
Honeymoon RtIIing and Cooing.

Some people-disappointed prudes especially-object to the billing and cooing of newly married couples. It is not in good taste, perhaps, to be over tender in public. Society is, upon the whole. an unsentimental, uusympathizing. sarcastic entity. and much given to sneering at honeymoon raptures. It says to itself. in its coarse way, these infatuated young persons are like young bears, all their sorrows are before them. Now this is very wrong. Suppose it is possible or probable that change will one day come over the spirit of their dream, why should not Benedick and Rosalind enjoy it while it lasts, and what right have envious creatures. whose salad days have gone by, to scotf at their endearmentsp We rather like to see pair of freshly mated ringdoves at their mutual devotions. Why should not Bright eyes look love to eyes that speak again." when their war rant for so doing is a marriage certiii. cate?-New York Ledger
The Forrest City times., 1891-05-22

follow, upon the protectionists' argu- ment, that we have done a very bad days work for our own country? If "Europe's loss Is our gain," it must be true that Mexicos gain is our loss. But are our people suffering loss? On the contrary, they are buying their sugar two cents per pound cheaper than before tho removal of the duty. Who concerns himself that Mexico is helped? Let Mex leo enjoy to the full every advantage that our vast free-sugar market gives 1t; no man except protectionst, not even the veriest ignoramus in the world, could suppose that we have given Mexi- co that advantage at our own expense.
 Trade, like charity. blesses him that gives and him that takes Trade must be beneficial to both buyer and seller or trade ceases-a principle constantly and persistently ignored by the whole school of Mckinleyites Therefore we can say to the Mexicans, "Dump your pauper- made sugar upon our markets as rapidly and in as great quantities as possible; the more the better The cheaper sugar is the better for our people, and we don't begrudge your 'paupers the pen- nieS which they earn in producing 1t.
The Forrest City times., 1891-05-22
OWLS EYES.
What Sometimes Happens When Hc is
 Out Too Late.

Out Too Latc.
 How do we account for the ability of cats, rats, owls, and other nocturnal providers to see in the dark? How can the cat see the rat at night and how can the owl see the sleeping bird on the limb of tree? In the economy of nature there is no provision for times of inactivity, and certain ami mals are so constituted that their work ing hours begin just when those of the other animals cease. When the weary laborer has finished his evening meal, when the chickens are seeking their roosts and the little birds are putting their i5tle heads under their wings, then the tiger emerges from the jungle, the rat from his hole, and the owl from his haunt in barn or swamp tree. In natures stillest moments there are animals working in accordance with that first law of nature, self-preserva- tion, just as we see others doing in the glare of the sunlight.
 It is mistake, however, to suppose that any animal, whether quadruped, bird or reptile, can see in absolute darkness. The cat can not see the rat in the cellar if there is total darkness nor can the owl see the sleeping bird. Some light is an absolutely necessary condition of sight but while this is true nature has provided that the na- tural night workers may see with the very minimum of light, and as an ad- ditional help certain other senses are amazingly sharpened in owls to assist the effort to see in the dark.
 The owl which is the only night worker that will be considered now is popularly supposed to be capable of seeing in utter darkness While it probably comes nearer to this ability than any other creature, the owl would be as helpless in total darkness as it would be at monday if it were not for it's remarkable organization for hear ing and feeling The so-called barn owl which is the most common in our country has perhaps the best nocturnal vision of all the blinking family. It can undoubtedly attend to business very well when it is so dark that you would hardly be able to see your hand before your face.
 All animals that prowl at night have eye-oupils that are capable of great disteasion. By this means the quantity of light focused in the inner eye is greatly enlarged. But the owl has strange additional arrangement for the same purpose. There is a feathery disk surrounding the eye which answers the purpose of reflector, concentrating the rays of light and focusing them upon the pupil.
 The favorite working hours of the common owl are the early morning and the late evening. when the faint light is ample for owlish purposes but insufficient for the visual organs of the owls victiT.s. It sometimes happens, however, that the owl falls a victim himself to his keen nocturnal vision. He occasionally stays out too late at night. just as large unfeathered creatures sometimes do. and then. like the latter, he has difficulty in finding his way home. If be forgets the flight of time in the pleasure of gratifying his inordinate appetite, if daylight comes upon him while he is still far away from home, then he is as help- less as child in its first walking lesson
The Forrest City times., 1891-05-22
The Reciprocity Principle.

Our imports of coffee from Venezuela during the fiscal year 1880 reached . value of So,6d2, aol, making her the most formidable competitor Of Brazil, from whom we purchased si5,664 i25 worth. Negotiations are now going on to form a reelprocity arrangement with the United States, and 1t is said there is among tho Venezuelans wholesome fear of having the duty imposed upon coffee at the be- ginning of next year If no agreement Is made in tho meantime
 According to the terms of Mckinley reciprocity, it is made the duty of tho President next January to put duty of three cents a pound on coffee coming from countries which by that time have not given us a reciprocity arrangement satisfactory to him.
 This is the reciprocity principle. "We tax ourselves to punish the people who will not buy from us.
The Forrest City times., 1891-05-22
Ether In Ireland.

The drinking of ether in Ireland has now almost become national plague In some districts it has not made much progress. but in others it has become universal. there being towns in which not n single woman is free from the dangerous vice. The government is thinking of applying severe measures Of repression, but 1t is n singular fact that 1t derives a large income from the tax on the methylic spirit which is used for purposes of intoxieation.
The Forrest City times., 1891-05-22
An Upright Mule.

A Georgia veterinary surgeon has performed quite skillful operation on a mule. The animals hoofs had grown out about eight inches long and had remained in this condition so long that it was walking on its hind legs some thing like bear. Tho surgeon had three inches of it's hoof sawed off and had it shod in such manner as to straighten it up on its feet again.
The Forrest City times., 1891-05-22
74o. o.lS.6ss 7s7,3s ,o2s

Three months 157 7474,54 2s. .721, ,os7
 The figures for April, May and June will be still more remarkable. The in- crease from forty-eight million pounds ia March, 1890. to l0l million in March. 1891, shows how tin plate with a tax of l cent per per pound is preferred in tho market above plate taxed 2-l0 cents. If the foreigner pays this tax, is there any reason why our tin plate dealers should be in such a hurry to fill their warehouses?
 This thrush of tin plate from England shows clearly where the large stocks now in our markets come from. Ye. the lying New York Tribune has the brazen- ness to make the following remarks in Welch tin plate mills are to shut down on July for one month
 "Why, the Mckinley bill was going to raise the price of tin plate! Don't you remember tho free trade tears that were shed over the little tin pail Of the a- borerP' And now to learn that the American market in six months time has been so far filled by American tin plate as to compel the Welch trust to shut down 10 prevent glut of the market This is sad for the free trader
 The only evidence that American tin plate is filling the market is found in the shape of tin plato bil of fare At proteetionst banquets, and sheets of tin hung in the windows of protectionist newspapers In no American city has American made tin plate been offered for sale In commercial quantities
The Forrest City times., 1891-05-22
Of the firm of Gaur

No answer has been made to Mir. Gaunt's liberal offer; and it can safely be assumed that the Inter 0ceaJ. man "feels like fool" Meantime the country press of the protectionist persuasion go on repeating his tib as part of protec- tion's gospel A lie travels with seven. league boots"
The Forrest City times., 1891-05-22
Eagland,s New Metal.

A new kind of metal is reported from Birmingham, England. which is said to be non-corrosive and will ad- here to other metals of all kinds when properly applied. Its greatest use will probably be found in marine en- gineering, for coating iron and stool for propelles to prevent their pitting.
The Forrest City times., 1891-05-22

ONE of the strong objections to tho tariff system as means to raise reve- nues is tho enormous expense of collec- ton. A Philadelphia paper reports that the customs receipts at that city now amount to less than s270, 900 month, and that the expense of running the Custom House averages s10O, 900 month. It is said that under the old sugar duty the Government paid not far from Sl6o,- 900 . year for weighing sugar alone ss the three ports of New York, Philadel- phia and Boston. Is there not . lees expensive way to get revenues7
The Forrest City times., 1891-05-22
lBig Fish.

Salmon generally attain length of from three to four feet and an average weight of from l2 to 80 pounds. but these limits of size and weight are frequently exceeded. The heaviest Fay Salmon recorded weighed 70 pounds, and the biggest fish taken with line and rod was 69a-pounder.
 which fell to q former earl of Home.
The Forrest City times., 1891-05-22
A TAAle for ANle Grcnsc

A storekeeper at Glenwood. Pennsyl- vania recently had two dozen boxes of axle grease stolen from his place. and making an investigation traced the theft to some Hungarians employed in neighboring quarry He visited their huts one day, and was shocked to find box Of his axle grease on the table and the Hungarians eating it on their bread in the place of butter with great gusto.
The Forrest City times., 1891-05-22
Tin plates, terne plates,

and taggers' tin im- ported in the calen- dar year, pounds. ..... Average quantity per month. ..........,..,.
The Forrest City times., 1891-05-22
Tin-Plate Lying.

McKinleys high duty on tin-plate goes into effect July l, and the importers have been bringing in enormous quanti- ties of plate in order to save the extra duty.
 How imports have grown may be seen from the following table:
 IN THE LAST TWO YEARS
 1oo1
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-11-13
SHE3IFF'S SALE.
A, L, Strange & Co.
Jno, H. Rising ct ais

BY virtue of an Execution issued to
me from the Chancery court of Law
renee Co. Tenn. in the above cause
on the 10th day of Oct 1891 and lev.
led on the real estate described below
/ will on
SATURDAY DEC. -, 1891.
proceed Is sell at the Court house
door in Lawrenceburg for cash to the
highest and best bidder the following
real estate towit
One house and lot in the tcwn Of
Henryville Lawrence County Tenn.
and bounded as follows: Beginning
At a stake in the south edge of the
Central turnpike road the most asst
corner of Mary Pennington dover
tract of land thence south 25o 161
poles to stake, thence east % poles to
stalk, thence north % Dig. west
| "a ID poles to stake, thence South
G5o west 20 poles and about 2 it. to
the beginning containing2 l 9 acres
more or less, being the same lot upon
which Jno II, Rising now + sides and
also tract or parcel OF land lying
n orth of the central turn ike Road
adjoining the above described lot. and
also conveyed to said Jno H. Rising in
same deed of from Richard Parkes
and wife Nances A Parkes to sal 4
Jon II. Risidg by deed of Jure LIST
1885 AMI Recorded in the r. O.L
Tenn. Beck Y page 523 & 554 contln-
in the aggregate II acres more o. less
for a better and ruler description If
said real Estate reference is hcreb,
made-to said decd said real estate
is lie i'd upon as the payment Il the
Deft inc II Rising to satisfy ths
attachment Fl. Fa. and cost Including
and excluding all bitter and legal
claims. The above described proper
ty is ho yeytr levied upon subject to
the Homestead laws ol the State ti
Tennessee. This Oct II 1891.
JAS N. Garner SheriT
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-11-13

it $ therefore ordered by me
thai publication be made il the
Lawrence Democrat a newspaper
published in the town of Law
renceburg Tenn for four consec-
utive weeks requiring the above
named defendants to be and an.
pear before the fudge Of our
County court in the town Of Law
renceGurg Tenn on the lst.
Monday in Deceunber next and
there plead answer or demur to
the p tition filed in TIE above
styled cause or the sane will tie
taken for confessed and set fol
hearing expart as to them.
This Nov. 9th, 1891.
J. NJ. Afford elk
Fl. B. Sowell Atty,
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-11-13

Doctor B. A. Tinsley, physio.a
lCand surgeon, offers his professional
services to the people of Lawrence
burg and vicinity. Office over Meals
Drug Store.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-11-13
NONRESIDENT NOTICE.
Sarah A. Oliver
f. J. Anderson ct ais.

In this cause it appearing to the
satisfaction Of the undersigned from
the Bill which is sworn to that the deft
w. g. Anderson is a non resident of
the state OF Tennessee and s q resi-
dent Of the Indian Territory so that the
ordinary process Of law cannot be
served on him.
1t is therefore ordered that publica-
ton be made for foul consecutive
weeks in the LAWRENCE DEMOCRAT re-
uifeing said def. w. O. Andel sou to be
and appear at the next term Of the
Chancery court for Lawrence County
Tenn. to lie held 1T the Court house
in i.awrenceburg on the 2nd. Monday
in Dec. 1891 and then and there plead
answer or demur to complai nants
Bill or the same will be taken ior CON
fessed as to him and set for hearing
exparte.
w. T. Nixon C.-M
H. B. Sowell 4 W. S. Fleming. Attys
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-11-13
Lawrence Democrat.
FRIDAY. NV 18Th, 1891

We haven't crowed ny oyer
the recent elections but we had
cause to and felt very much like
it In TACT we ont know but we
may crow yet. We are thinking
OF sending for Will Kincad's
white rooster and Iet him Lave
the job. We carried New York,
likewise Iowa, the same with
New Jersey also and in like
manner Massachusetts and
Maryland, my Maryland. The
people are still learning that
protection is Only for the rich.
the poor man, the wage earuer is
not in it all. Of course the
republicans carried Ohio anC
Pennsylvania; the Lnteh took
Holland. They just nsd ~ carry
Ohio for it meant death to thu
republican party to ALLOW
McKinly and his abomlnabl'
protection robber tariff Bill to b;
defeated. Tie election m"ant
that the democl etic aity is OF
the high road to victory in 1892
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-11-13

The people are blessed by
cheap free trade sugar. They
are blessed by high pliced high
protected tin and wool and
lumber and the thousand other
things IN the protected SEIZED
ule. If free trade in sugar is
good, why not in tin and wool?
Is there any industry in the
Uuited States in more persls
tent..y struggling condition than
sugar planting? Why is it
that if this high protective wall
is so important, does not that
wisdom which knows everything
tell us why ten men should 5e
taxed to enable one man to
work at a trade which be do 2
not understand? Il protection
IS for the working man, why
don't they tell US where or when
protection raised the wages OF a
single worker? Perhlps on the
sugar and lin basis that wisdom
can tell US how it happens that
these struggling but protected
Infants many of them eau
afford tn sell their wares ia
foreigners for half what they
charge there own countrymen
Possibly wisdom can also tell US
what advantage Lave our pretec.-
ed N0rkmen, with double the
foreigners wages, if he turns ont
three times the amount of pro.
duct and pays higher prices TO-
every thing he buys? Possibly
the line of wisdom's explanation
will include Mr.. Carnegie''
millions, and the poverty of his
work-men who strike because
protection don't seem to reacl
them.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-11-13
CHANCERY LAND SALE.

NONRESIDENT NOTICE.
b. B. Sowell ct ais IN CouL-
VS. tV Court.
W R Beckham ct ais
In this cause 1t appearing to
me from the Petition which is
Swor to that the following
named defendants to the petition
IN the above styled Cause filed
IN this couIt to wit: ", Riley
Beckhsm & Vile lzora Lee Beck
ham are ron residents o.
Tenn SO tha, a. ordinary process
Of law cannot lie served on them
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-11-13
M Preferences. fans thla paper WHEN you write.
XyT A. Stewart, Attorney-at-Law
w Lawrenceburg, Tenn.

7 a. Simms, Judge of ounty Cour
y Will be found at the odlce OF the
comfy court clerk every Monday.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-11-13
'4.E1G. Nv ENING
E.EzISALD
10CFNTS PER WEEK, Oh 4.gG
PER ANNUM.

The Herald Company makes, at the
outset, no boasts Of " hat it will do
it expects to win support through
! crit 1t viii hive mo AK to grind"
orprivate interest to suard it will adj
VOC ate Democracy, pure and simple,
but will moi pla, the role'of party "o,,
gan" 1t believes that it will supply a
long felt want, and ill field long UNI
occupied in this city. It's first aim
and highest ambition viii be to act
iyely,a in upbuilding the material
interest OF our city and State. 1t will
endcavor to issuea clean newspaper,
one that may sciely enter any home
in the land. 1t aims aud hopes to win
the friendship Of the public as on this
Lone II de0on'o % uCIe
-Ne e Herald
Nas1 i'll enn.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-11-13
WOOL CARDING.
at

FALL RIVER Wool FACTORY.
Leave your wool at M. J. Rich
ardson's store and it will be sent
to the factory and returned
promptly. No charges for haul
ing.
T, J. Choate
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-11-13
NONRESIDENT NOTICE

Lou A Freeman) In { hancely at
VS. Lawr ence b Il Q
Geo T Freeman> Te nessee,
in this cause it appearing to the
satisfa ctior Of the undersigned from
the BIZ which is sworn to that Geo f
Freeman delft htrein, is a Non-rcsident
OF this state and are$idcdt Of the state
OF Texas so that the ordinary process,
of law cannot be served on him.
1t is therefore ordered by ne that
publication be made for four ccnsecu-
tive weeks in theLawrence Democrat
a newspaper published in Lawrence
burg Tenn. requireing said Geo. F.
Free man to be and appear at the rext
term OF the Chancery Court for Law.
reno County to be hello at the Court
boose in Lawrenceburg on the End.
Monday in December 1901 a. plead
ansV er or demur to The Bill led here
in or the same will be taken for con
fossed as to him and set for hearing
exparte. Oct So 1861
S. A. Carroll Atty.
W. T. Nixon C-M
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-11-13

T II. Crane, Real Estate Agent,
y Summertown, Tenn. Makes a
speciality OF timbered lands. Furnishes
timber for mills viii assist in pro-
curing low rates of freight. Core
5pondence solicited. 1-2-tf
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-11-13

7 H.McKey, Attorney At-Law. Way
~ laad Springs. Tenn. VIII practice
IN all courts OF Lawrence AID adloin-
ing counties. Prompt attention given
to collections. ll.20-ly.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-11-13

NM r. King. Attorney at Law and
w Solicitor in Chancery. Law
renceburg Tenn.
E&- Office in Land Cos building
on East Street. Il yr, 1l-6 9,)