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Sharp County record., 1891-11-19

the groom tossed him lightly up to the
saddle of the prancing thoroughbred IN
waiting. you two are all have left
now, since Fred and your father are
gone, and 'twould break my"
"Oh, stop that croazing, mother, and
don't you worry little bit. Artie S
backed old Tom afore, and he never
got a scratch yet Better get a good
place where you can watch the finish
and see us come in ahead. Now ahead
with him, boys, and easy; look out for
his heels"
And with smile over h7 shoulder
and a kiss on his hand 'oy was
hurried toward the course Where the
crowd, weary at the long delay, was
loudly demanding the start.
Now, careful, Artie," cautioned the
brother as he clung to the excited
horses bit, show 'em how ten-year-
old can ride. Easy like on the start
and don't spare the whip on the finish.
Mind you, boy, it's a new watch and
chain if you win to-day. Grip him
hard, now, and watch his swing
They're off! they're off, is the
roar now, and then Il breathless hush,
like a mOmentary calm infa night
storm, to last till the race be done.
Round they come for the first mile,
all punched yet and everybody's race.
Sharp County record., 1891-11-19

England formerly imposed an inter
nal tax upon house windows, and every
part of the receipts went into the
national exchequer To-day, under the
Mckinley tariff, we, in effect, impose
similar tax but how differently do we
dispose of the receipts Under our
system the treasury gets one-third OF
the tax, and the window glass trust
and Secretary Foster get the other two
thirds. This is the system OF taxation
which the late Justice Miller, of the
United States supreme court, in the
celebrated Topeka case characterized
as robbery, as follows:
ITO lay with one hand the power OF
the government on the property of the
citizen, and with the other to bestow it
upon favored individuals to aid private
enterprises and build up private for
tunes, is none the lesn a robbery be-
cause it is done under the forms of law
and is called taxation"
Sharp County record., 1891-11-19
ON HE SANDS.

I ,c'amhled down to a Cornish porth
When the tide ebbed low on the golden
strand,
And iuiy dreaming wandered forth
Ger the level stretch OF sand.
And it seemed as paced the yellow plain
Kissed by the blue Atlantic there,
Like a picture Of this worlds pleasure and
pain
And OF mans small journey here;
A page for the print OF lite's progress, made
BY the ageless sea for the sons OF men
Who labor and delve like the child with his
spade
For the tide to level again.
Here the boy builds castles with ramparts
brave
Daring the storm from his turrets gay
And the ocean sends him one laughing wave
And washes them all away.
There the youth starts forth and his pride
awakes
At the thought Of an untrod world to win,
Till he finds that each needless step he takes
Has trodden its record in.
Then the man cres; This is a wilderness"
See, he searched the sands for some yes.
tige human,
TIL he found a footprint whose way was his,
The small, light step of woman
Then look, what change in their gait and
pace,
From a weary rudge to lghtsOme spring.
AS onward together the smooth sands trace
Their rhythmical jOurneyng
Here once, it seems, for awhile by theirs
The tiny feet Of a child ALT,
But squall must have caught them unawares
And swept them away with it.
Yet forward ever those footsteps go
Der furrow and ridge still side by side.
Sometimes ialterlng, faint and slow,
But always out towards the tide.
Stop! here they severed awhile and look
How they tried, with tears, 10 blot the trace,
In vain;-we can write in the sands great
book,
But only the sea can efface.
And at last the Golden bay is crossed
To the ripping marge OF the shadowy deep
And the footprints of their lives are lost
In the oceans purple sleep.
LostP But is there no further shore,
No new found land Of our later faith?
Have they walked the waves like Peter u
yore
To life transcending death?
We ask. We have asked through the endless
years,
And prayed till we fancy our prayer is heard
But the ocean smiles at our hopes and fears
And answers us never a word
Pail Mall Budget.
Sharp County record., 1891-11-19
Mckinley
Duly
Sizes.

In spite of these enormous duties, we
still import 30 per cent. of the window
glass we consume. The reason why
we continue to do so is because the
glass trust, of which Secretary Foster
is member, finds that it can make
more money by producing a small
amount of glass and selling it at high
prices than it could were it to make all
the glass we need for home consump-
ton.
But Secretary Foster says that the
foreign manufacturer pays the duty
and that the home consumer does not.
How absurd this is is shown by the
cost of the foreign window glass
imported in 1890 and the amount of
duties levied. In 1890 we imported
81, 4O2, 196 worth OF window. glsss on
~"nlcn Sl, o3o, US were pau in duties.
Nearly all of this glass came from Bel
gium. Does Secretary Foster mean,
when he says that the foreigner paws
the tariff tax, that the Belgians pre-
sented us with 81, 402, 796 of window
glass and gave US sl35, 1872 besides for
taking it as gift? Now these figures
were made up in the bureau of stats.
ties under Secretary Fosters charge.
Either they must be erroneous or else
the secretary has told his Ohio friends
something which he knows to be false,
for the Belgians are not more generous
than are other nations
How the window glass trust takes
advantage Of the tariff to charge con-
sumers all the bonus it allows is shown
in the following table which gives the
present wholesale price in Belgium,
from which all our imports come, and
the prices charged by Secretary Foster
and his associates in the window glass
trust for carload lots. The figures are
the net prices for second quality single
thick glass. These prices are absolute
ly correct The third and fourth col
unns in the table show the amount
which the American price exceeds the
foreign and the duties charged on the
foreign glass when imported.
Sharp County record., 1891-11-19
Buying Out Competition,

some years ago q prominent Amerb
can manufacturer Of screws made n
contract with Hon. Joseph Cham ber.
lain, OF Manchester England, to pay
him the sum Of $4,000 for keeping ou,
OF the American market High prices
in the protected home market were 80
important to this American firm that
they were willing TO pay hard cash 70
have this projections precious market
all TO themselves.
This odd freak OF protectionism has
just been repeated in Germany. In
that country there is a duty OF s6. 10 a
ton on steel rails, and the manufaetur.
ers have a trust which keeps up prices
quite after the American fashion. But
one thing disturbed the high tariff an.
ties OF the German rail trust 1t was
Belgian competition, But now peace
reignsi the trust has paid the Belgian
rail makers $50, 900 to keep out of Ger.
many.
Protection manufacturers are a queer
lot, always so miserably poor, always
about to be ruined by foreign compe.
tltlon, and yet they can go deep into
their pockets TO buy Off rivals.
Sharp County record., 1891-11-19
WHO PAYS THE TARIFF

The Lessons Taught BY the Duties on Win
dow Glass-Complete Re!utation Of the
Assertion of Secretary of the Treasury
Foster That the Foreigner Pays the
Tariff Tax.
The other day the secretary OF the
treasury, Foster, ma e a speech at Find
Law, Ohio, in which he asserted that the
tariff is not a tax and that the foreign
ers pay the duties on goods sent to TINS
country. The secretary said 81 do not
know of a more fallacious proposition
than the one conteuded for by all DEM
ocrats. from Grover Cleveland to jerry
Simpson. that the tariff is a tax and
that the consumer pays the tax. Of
course. know that the proposition
seems to be logical, and in the light OF
the experience of this country the prop
osition has been proven to be untrue.
If the democratic idea of tariff is to
tax articles imported into this country
but not produced here, is to prevail then
the tariff is a tax. This fact is abun-
dantly illustrated bv the effect of the
Mckinley bill in admitting sugar free
of duty. The price of sugar has fallen
the amount of the tax. But when you
apply the protective principle-namely,
to place duty upon articles we pro-
duce in this country-such results do
not follow"
Secretary Foster is large stock
holder in several window glass fact
cries in Ohio, and tool, active part in
the formation of the window glass
trust. The protective principle about
which he speaks has been applied to
window glass since 1916. We produce
window glass in this country to-day,
but the trust so controls and limits
production that we still have to import
80 per cent of the window glass we
consume each year. Window glass
satisfies the conditions which he saws
compels foreigners to pay the tariff
tax. No al ticle is more highly pro-
tected than window glass, as the fol-
lowing figures show. The figures are
for the imports in 1890:
Sharp County record., 1891-11-19

a sad faced, faded woman wqs deity
lacing the gilt cord in the scarlet
doublet OF n flushing, tar.hairel boy,
His golden yellow locks, but half con.
cealed under his jaunty jockey cap,
clustered in soft ringlets over the
smooth brow He taps the tiny top.
boot lightly with his whip and looks
up into the mothers face, smiling, as
she gave the last soft touches TO tinsel
and cord, and tenderly kissed the M.
turned cheek,
DO, mother, hurry upr callcd A
rough voice outside the door owhat
on earth's keeping youp That ball ia
going again and Il we don't get move
on we're left sure Here, ay With
YOU ~ the boy came bounding for.
wnrd
'0h, John do be careful O, him 10.
@N whatever you do" .A. callad. az
Sharp County record., 1891-11-19
The Piano Manufacturers.

Mr.. Alfred Dodge took occasion in a
recent issue of the New Yor9 World to
say that the Mckinley tariff had in
creased the cost Of making a piano only
twenty-five cents Mr.. Dodge is adealer
in piano supplies and the only manu.
facturer of piano hammer felt in this
country, and probably knows the facts;
but it is a little puzzling to ordinary
business minds to know just how he
makes his estimates. Some OF
the piano manufacturers are not
a little surprised that anyone
should make such state ements. Thev
say Nearly everything that goes in
to piano costs more. Tuning pins
have gone up 80 cents per 1000, or 20
cents a piano; piano wire, 90 cents n
pound, and it takes one pound to each
treble; keys cost 81 more per set: i'm
ported felts, 30 cents more per pound
or 2s cents for each piano. These are
but a few of the items which cost the
manufacturer more because the dutv
was greatly increased on them, conse. .
quently the piano business has not
been as dull in fifteen years rs it has
been this spring and summer Nearly
all factories are on half time, when
they ought to be filing fall orders,
Firms that usually make forty pianos
week are only making eight or ten
nowr
Sharp County record., 1891-11-19

Nine boxes Of the above sizes of rlass
can and are bought in Belgium FOR
Sl5Sl, When imported ST. Is must be
paid in duties Freight and insurance
amount to aboutSL so, making the total
cost laid down here, duty paid, $40 s6.
The glass trust charges exactly $40 O6K
for the same amount Of glass. Secre-
tary Foster knows that these figures
are true, What then becomes Of his
assertion that the foreigner pays the
TAX He characterized the proposition
OF Mr. Grover Cleveland that the com
sumer pays the tariff tax as 'the most
fallacious proposition OF which he has
any knowledge" Are not the above
figures a complete rcfutati1n OF Secre-
tary Fosters assertion, and do thew not
establish the soundness OF Grover
Clevelands propoSitionp Secretary
Foster cannot complain Of this proof.
The figures are not drawn from
obscure sources The industry chosen
for illustration Ia not an obscure one.
II Is OF oil industies the one with
which hc ls most familiar, Why did
DOT Secretary Foster prove his PROPOSE.
ton OF illustrations drawn from tie
prices OF window glass Simply be.
eansO such figures would show It's
fallaQIous oharacte.
Sharp County record., 1891-11-19

N ri, . n n :
crowd. The swaying surgin2 throng
struggled and fought for vantage
ground and cheered itself hoarse, as
horse after horse was hurried upon the
track The burning rays of the August
sun streamed down upon the great park
and its impatient, waiting throng un.
needed. Hats, canes and kerchiefs
waved many gay greeting as some
sinewy favorite with his gaudily clad
rider cantered by.
Twas great event Of great meet.
ing, this midsummer derby, and the
people cheered and chaffed and stormed
in high good humor, What cared they
for the burning sun or the sitting dust,
when on the track beneath them over
q half score of famous horses were
gathering to battle to the finish. The
victors of many hard run field are
here this day to struggle again for the
supremacy, About the little booths or
boxes excited men were elbowing and
crowding their way, eager to stake
their wealth on the result, and each
shouting the odds on his favorite at the
top OF his voice. In the grand stand a
thousand tongues wagged free, and a
thousand forms swayed and swung in
the frenzy of excitement Below them
on the course 4 dozen horses, rear.
ing, plunging, striking; two score riders
and grooms running and lodging, shout
ing and swearing, all made scene
rarely rivaled
In one Of the cramped, stuffy little
dressing stalls back OF the grand stand,
Sharp County record., 1891-11-19
The Heathcn chIneo,

Mrs De Fashion-What perfectly
horrible creatures the Chinese are! I
am told that in China the men actually
buy their wives
Mrs, De style-Yes, isn't IL horriblep
by the way when Ia your daughter to
marry Mr., Bullionq
MIRA De Fashion---Just as soon an hs
RECEIVERS from this last attack of gout
m Y. Weekly,
Sharp County record., 1891-11-19

The great plate glass factory at lr.
win Pa, with a capital Of 81 900, 900,
has recently turned out Its arst pro,
teeted glass II Is announced that ia
output will be l,aS0 900 feet per annutn.
This quantity at the average prices for
American plate glass, will bring the
company sO31 900, while the same glass
bought In Europe and laid down in
New York withert the duty, can be had
Tor stlsOOo' Great Is protection 20,
American Industry :"
Sharp County record., 1891-11-19
TEXAS FEVER.

DR.. Frank S, Billings, Of N
the investigator of Infectious
among animals, has demonSnl
Texas Fever comes from T;N.
He has cultivated these tirEHf
cattle by inoculating them "
virus. This shows how Surs
germs are and how careful
ought to be in guarding aga
fectious maladieS. So it SiI
troubles. There is no doubt N
sumption has been comm
from one person to another an
the experiments of DR.. Koth '
been entirely successful, E1
has been demonstrated 10 E%.
the baccili do make the dlSl3
this emergency the best ,I,IIs tsolt'
has yet been found is RtigssI ;IIys
MAN COUGH AND KIDNEY
1t will exterminate the germ
make the malady and that ~ y
disease. 1t contains no pow
acts at once and will stop lE' s
cough and heal the worst COW
sale by all druggists r..
SYLVAN REMEDY Co, ~
Sharp County record., 1891-11-19

Mrs Youngwite-"IIave You anv
shad" Fishmouger-"Yes'm," Mira
ioungwite-"Please givemc one pound
u you have any without bones. NV
husband doesn't like the bones. n.-
Minneapolis journal,
Sharp County record., 1891-11-19
ONE EMO

ANNMl
! Both the method and
syrup of Figs is taken. ~ \,
and !, refreshing to the i,s, t'l |
gently yet promptly on Iaa A. \
Liver and Bowels, cls,n.' e. w.
TEN effsctually, dispeIs' rIs'l,' III
aches and fe1ers and c''.I e.,a|
constipation. Syrup Of t'iS N
only remedy of its kind 4 " \
duced, pleasing to the e'l, IT,
ceptable to the stomach -'s Y
its I. action and truly bepsfsi
eGti, etieGts, prepared only from !
healthy and agreeable n5+'
many excellent qualities oo',
to all and have made / \ /
popular remedy known,
Syrup of Figs is for 81,
and 81 bottles by all Iea5, n
gists. Any reliable Jr,,
may not have it on hand
cure it promptly for any
wishes to try it. Do not a
substitute. :"
CALIFORNIA FIG sysI
SAN FRANCISCO. eD
LOUISVILLE. KY. IsS NJ, N
Sharp County record., 1891-11-19

-StranScr-"And you say the editor
died with his boots onp" Printer
yes sir You see he knew the town
so well he wouldn't pull 'cm off fop
lear they'd steal his socks Atlanta
Constitution, '7'7"
Sharp County record., 1891-11-19
A ClNaa Pirnanrn.

"You don't follow tho hounds much
IN this country do YOU Miss Raw.
kins2" asked Lord Noodlcby,
mo- we have professional doq.catoh.
s's' 'sesIaa Mas AawkilA --PsoI
Sharp County record., 1891-11-19
SOCKS FOR Mr.. M'KINLEY.
His Tariff Leads an Irish Lad to Make Him
a Present.

His Tariff Leads an Irish Lad to Make Him
Present
Samuel D. Frew came to this country
from Belfast, North Ireland, six years
ago. He liked the American climate
and the American people, but he could
not endure American stockings. He
longed for the comfortable, home-knit
hosiery of old Ireland. And so finally
he wrote to his mother in Ireland to
send him some stockings. She was glid
to please her boy and 81 she knittsd
six pairs of Irish stockings and sent
them to her son.
But she didn't write about them, for
she wanted them to be surprise, and
the first young Frew knew of the mat
ter was when a bulky document ar
rived from the custom house. 1t was
as follows:
Samuel D. Frew to the Morris European 4
American Express Co, custom house brok
ers and forwarding agents, Dr.
To specific duty on one pounI manufact-
ured wool at 1879 cents. 80
at 50, at 20 per cent ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. l21
Reimbursements, charges and fre ght... 81
United States bonded storage and labor 81
Cartag shipping or delivery. ,&
Postage, etc. Observation-Disclosures. IN
Custom house entries etc. sc
1OJdl . d i
When Frew looked at the bill he
thought the custom house was at fault,
so he went home and hunted up tariff
book and figured out just what the tariff
ought to be. Here is the way he made
it:
Ad vaIorem duty on articles valueI at
2, at 40 per cent.............. ...........S 80
Specific duty on one pound manufact-
ured wool at 81 cents. ................... 81
TOTAL. 10
Frew went back to the express Of
fee indignant at the thought of being
so imposed upon and hanied the clerk
the bill as he made it out. The clerk
looked at it and laughed. "Oh, that
was under the old tariff bill," said he.
This other bill is made out according g
to Mr. McKinley's new tariff laws"
"You won't accept my bill, thenT"
said Frew.
NO." answered the official.
Frew thought for moment Then
he called the clerk aside and whispered
confidently.
4'UNn taA that d-sd Mckinley that
he can have nv stockings"
The stockings are still at the custom
house, and after the expiration OF the
required time they will be sold at pub
lie auction same as the Astor dresses
were.-N. Y. World.
Sharp County record., 1891-11-19

HE loud clang-
ing brazen n
gong over the
judges stand
sounded slow
ly, calling the
starters to the
race. R e d =
SaSned, DelJ-
ed marshals,
mounted on
gayly decked
horses, h ur-
ried here and
here shouting
Sharp County record., 1891-11-19

Syrup
FOrlhrOat andL

" and ltoOk
" dose in some doubt. TM
" ed in afew ho1lrsea easy sees
was no further hemorrhage.
" day, when I had a slight
which stopped almost inn!
"ly. By the third day all .
" blood had disappeared AMI
recovered much strenga
fourth day l sat up in bedi
my dinner, the first solid
two months. Since that.
"have gradually gotten b.
" am now able to move aS
4" I. hoasc. Ny death was Il
pected and my recovery b
"a great surprise to my fHti
" the doctor. There can beu
about the effect Of Germai
"as l had an attack Just prev
"its use. The only reliefv
/" the first dose. " J.R. LoUGE
Adelaide, Australia.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-30

The issue on Wednesday next is one
that the interests of the city demand
should be determined without the possi-
bility Of another election. The tax
payers who bear the burdens should not
fail to perform their duty and by the exer-
else of their right of franchise to express
their preference for Mayor and Sena-
tor, and thus relieve the city from the
burden of an unnecessary expense for
contested elections. There can be no
good reason why the taxpayers should
be subjected to the imposition of the
burden which the cost of an extra cleo
ton imposes because of the unreasonable
whims of few men who are the loudest
in crying out against municipal extrava-
gance and who thus put themselves in
the questionable position of the man who
was loudest in shouting "stop thief I"
in order to divert suspicion from himself
The News is certain that the prefer
ence of the citizens is for men whose
qualifications for the positions for
which they are candidates is not ques-
toned as judged from the execution Of
the same or cognate Offices, as well by
the manner in which they have executed
the trusts that have been imposed upon
themby the city and State. The Hon. Char
les Sydney Smith for mayor and the Hon.
John Carter Brown Woods for Senator,
have the qualifications requisite for these
higher offices and there is no good rea-
son why they should not be elected on
Wednesday next.
Let every Republican do his duty and
the result is assured.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-30
H. W. LADD CO..
Christmas Gools.

We open this week ele-
CANT and appropriate novel
ties for every class of Holi-
day Gifts in the novelty line,
comprising Escritoire Orna-
ments, beautiful and practi-
cal as well, in Silver and
Ivory; Perpetual Calendars, :
Ink Wells, Fleur De Lis Pen
Wipers and Sterling" Pen
Holders in fancy de igns;
Mirrors, single and triplioate,
in Metal and Ivory. Silver
novelties in Soap Boxes,
Glove and Boot Hooks, Pic
ture Frames, Whist Counters
and numerous other boudoir
accessories. Gentlemen's
Dress Suit Cases, Travelling
Bags, Shaving Cases and
Travelling T oilet Sets.
Leather Goods, carefully Sc
lected, in Pocket Books,
Cigar add Cigarette Cases,
ETC., etc.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-30

SUPPOSE such contingency should
arise as the election of Mr.. Potter
Wouldn't the howl against public inn
provements made by his pushers result
in his ousting the faithful and efficient
men who have been retained in office
under appointment, or attempting to do
SO? Wouldn't the Brennan people have
some men to suggest for the places
as a reward for their work? Does
the city want change and if
il did wouldn't il rather not have them
suggested by that energetic wing Of the
Democratic party? These are pertinent
questions and should be reflected upon
by the Republican voters. The City
Council is Republican and the unpleasant
ness of deadlock with the mayor
should be avoided. A Republican city
should have Republican mayor.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-30
what the "News" Would Like to See.

Every Republican voter at the polls do.
ing his duty "Wednesday.
One of the most enjoyable Christmas
seasons the city ever had and everybody
happy
The electric cars running on Broad
street.
The retention Of the present competent
appointive officials assured.
Commissioner Smith 20 right on i'm
proving the city in 1872
All Republicans looking out for the In
terests of the state and country at all
times.
The good people Of Providence take care
OF their own interests ne they have I'm the
past.
Every child in the city attending school
every day
The New York Symphony Orchestra
have a rousing reception In this city.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-30

A Man whose nomination was en-
gineered and whose campaign is being
conducted by Jack Brennan, Lingane
of the Telegram, "Pat" Baxter of the
Barnes boys notoriety, Dennis j. McCar-
thy. who it is said is after and will have
a cinch on the position of license COM
missioner if Potter is elected, Tom
McGeough, erstwhile interested in dog
fighting and pugilism, "Jack" Nc
Geough, "Tob" Burke, formerly treas
urer of the Gladstone (fighting) Club,
"Steve" McMaugh, and other kindred
spirits certainly is not one around whom
intelligent and thinking people can rally.
On the contrary such combination is a
menace TO good government and dis
grace not only to the Democratic party
but TO the city also. 1t is safe TO say
that the voters will not support this gang
by electing their candidate William X.
Potter