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The true northerner., 1891-04-15
What He Mas Worth.

The Sultan, not long ago, discovered
that one of his viziers was becoming
too powerful. He therefore sum-
moned him to tea, and complimented
him on bis great wealth. The vizier,
becoming vain, boasted of the number
of his houses, horses, wives, and slaves,
and the Sultan rebuked him. saying
that he was too rich, and thought too
much of himself
To show the man exactly what he
was worth, his majesty had him taken
by soldiers to the slave market, where
he was put up for sale, and received
only one bid of eightpence. He was
then taken back to the Sultan, who
said to him:
Now you know your proper value
eightpence. Go home and ponder
over it."
When the man reached home, how
ever, he found that nearly all his prop
erty had been taken away by order of
the Sultan. Only one small residence,
one wife. one horse, and one slave had
been left him.
The true northerner., 1891-04-15
Revenue Tarif nnd Protective Tariff.

Every once i'm while some frce-trade
ass gets up on his hind legs and brays
like this:
"The Leader has frequent rejoicings
over the fact that sugar will be cheaper.
because the tariff on it has been taken
off. AS that paper has always contend
ed that the tariff is not tax, no diagram
of its self-iniicted joke seems neces-
sary."
The Leader. like every other pEotec-
ZIONIST has uniformly maintained that
the tariff on sugar, or any other article
we do not adequately produce. is a tax;
as much tax as the internal revenue
tax on tobacco. A protective tariff
that is TO say, tariff which creates and
maintains the production OF any article
in this country in amount approximating
the domestic demands not tax In any
true sense as we have thousand times
explained. The tariff on sugar was not
a protective tariff. 1t was tariff for
revenue only, and that is why the free
traders insisted upon preserving it. A
The true northerner., 1891-04-15
Might Make "A small beginning.

He was big, clustering fellow, and
when he stepped into the shop the
proprietor hurried to wait on him. His
purchases amounted to about 81. 30,
and when they were all wrapped up he
said:
Charge it to me. I'll drop in to-
morrow and settle it."
NO" said the little proprietor
What" cried the big man. Don't
you know who l am? I'm -"
Il know that" said the proprietor.
"but that's all do know about you. 1
can't charge it."
"You can't? Why, you blamed idiot,
can buy out your blamed store"
"Yes," acquiesced the little man,
mildly.
Including the building and lot.
"Yes."
And you won't charge that to me ?"
"No."
The big man seemed to swell up
with wrath.
Look here!' he cried. I'll buy
your whole outfit. I'll show you
whether I'm good for S2. 80 or not Just
you begin to figure on the price and
I'll come in tomorrow and take the
shop. I'll show you what I'm worth. "
The little man began to swell up
himself.
you might begin now, he said.
"What?"
"You might begin to-day. You
might buy that package now and you
won't have so much on your mind for
tomorrow. I'm willing to knock off
the interest on the -. 30 for a day"
Then people had to come in from the
street to pull the big man off the little
man.
The true northerner., 1891-04-15
Exchange Comment.

BETWEEN the seals on one side of the
sea and Holsters on the other, John Bull
is in hot water.-Albdny argus.
As YET no Democrat has been heard of
who has refus ed 10 purchase sugar at
the Mckinley prices s-IndidndpOlis Jour
nal.
THE question of tho Western Demo-
crat is: "iIow can we fit our principles
20 Grover eland?"-Indidn0po
Journal.
THE report that this country will re-
taliate II Germany continues its inter
dict against American pork will be re-
ceived with satisfaction by the people. -
ST. Louis Globe Democrat.
THE reciprocity legislation placed in
the Mckinley tariff on the representa-
tions Of Secretary Blaine has set in mo-
tion movement for reciprocity i'm all
the English colonies i'm this hemis phere.
philadelphia Press.
WHO says the Republicans of the
Northwest are going astray? Tho
declaration by the Republican League OF
Minnesota in favor OF protective tariff
and reciprocity does not look like -
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
allow Tom Reed would enjoy being
in the Italian Chamber of Deputies, I"
says the Cleveland Plain Derler. And
how glad the Plain D5dlsr and the other
Democrats would be TO have him therel
columbus Dispatch.
The true northerner., 1891-04-15
Honesty the Best Policy.

That honesty is the best policy" :"
even when you are on the brink of a
failure, is forcibly illustrated in a cele-
brated case. When the members of
the great house of Barring Bros. saw
utter ruin staring them in the face not
a man tried to dodge his liabilities
Each member of the firm put his pri-
vate estate into the fund with which to
meet the firms liabilities. Lord
Ravelstoke turned in the half million
dollar mansion ne was building in
Mayfair. Mr.. Hodgson, the silent
partner, gave up magnificent place
in Kent where his family had lived for
three generations. Mr.. Stewart, an
other partner, had bought palace in
the West End, and was spending $3.50,
600 in decorating and finishing it. He
sold it ont to Mrs. Mackay, and the
money went to help out the firm. Mr.
Midway, another partner, rented his
estate in Kent for three years. There
was no taking to the boats. The Off
GERS bumped themselves to save the
ship at any cost of cargo or personal
effects; and that was one reason why
they were able to get SO, 900, 900 from
the Bank of England to pull them
through
The true northerner., 1891-04-15

When our party holds the ribbons
All look like old Billy Sl<ibbins;
Sour as a knerly apple.
And like Philadelfy scrapple;
Fat and lean, and more myster'ou
Than feg Of lager beer is!
.. -
Well, as I was jest n sayin';
Demycrats don do much prayin'-
That's To say, the boys and fellers
That does jobs in mills and cellars,
And them editurs, whose writin'
: always barkin' more than bitin';
Them's the fellers, Uncle Peyton,
Who's been layin' round and waitin
Fur a chance TO do some lynn
So our Chancey says-and tryin'
To make people b'lceve we're stealin'
From the guv 'ment, and concealin'
Facts about IL from the nation
When we make a preparation.
But the truth Is. UGcle Peyton-
| shan't keep you long a-waitin -
These ere Demycratic liars
Amt the Script'ral Jeremiers
If they alters Is lamentin';
Amt no more like old Tom Benton.
Or Tom jefferson, or Jackson,
Than a Turks a Avglo- Saxon.
Some o. them is friends of Grover
Free-trade pigs i'm English clover;
Them's the sort that say were usin
Up the surplus and aDu>in
People who we asked to trust us
Only for a chance to bust US.
But I'll tell you. Uncle Pcyton-
BE ye gittin tired q waitin'?
Sos them Demycrats who's tryin'
To git in agin by lyin.
They're for Office mostly yearnin';
Burbins, cause they don't take learnin',
Most O people rightly names EN-.
Cause they think, | spose, it shames 'em!
Well, these friends OF stephen Grover,
Sayin' our party's stopped way over;
Spent the surplus nS't amazin'
Fast and loose. they fall 10 praisin
Growers late administration.
: il he'd gone and saved the nation.
The true northerner., 1891-04-15
MICHIGAN LEGISLATURE

On the sth tho House Committee on State
Affairs reported "A substitute for the Fer
guson bill reducing the test OF Illuminating
oil from 120 To 10 degrees. The substitute
Is the Wisconsin system requiring test OF
100 degrees without igniting. The present
test Is i20 without flashing, and is prac-
tical reduction OF ten degrees. The Fergu-
son bill provided for a reduction I'm salary
of Inspector and OF fees OF deputies for
inspection, but the substitute allows this
section OF the law 10 remain. The commit
tee estimate saving 10 the consumer of
oil. The Senate passed the university ap-
propriation bill as 10 came from the House
-Sls5,1 $50 for the year 1891 -92; also "a bill
establishingfa State stationery department
for the purchase and distribution OF station
cry i'm the state institutions and depart
ments. The Senate bill detaching the town
ship OF Chester from Ottawa and attaching
IL to Muskegon County was killed in the
House.
REPRESENTATIVES, HAwLEY, representative
from lonia County. died on the 9th. OF la
grippe. Resolutions OF respect were adopted
by the House. and both branches adjourned.
The Senate passed "A bill making general
election days legal holidays also bill au-
thorizing the incorporation OF companies for
improving rivers and streams for the pur-
pose OF sorting and driving logs. Governor
Winans made the following appointments to
attend the commercial convention at Kan
sas City. April Is: Maurice Finn, Ishpem-
ing; Marshal l.. Howell. Cassopolis; Eugene
III. Beldon. jackson; Wellington X. Burt,
Saginaw; o. 4. Barues Lansing; John G..
Masop, Adrian; John ii. Withey, Grand
Rapids; Don NJ. Dickinson, Detroit; Will
lam Mcpherson. lowell, -
On the 10th general election bill. sub
stltute for all the bills on that subject In :
troduced. was favorably reported TO the
House. All the candidates for State offices
will be included on one general ticket and
all the county candidates on another The
tickets will be printed in blocks OF 100, will
be numbered from / TO 100 and the inspect =
or must put his initials on the back OF each
one before he gives IL to the voter. 7 he
booth system Is retained aud surrounded
with added safeguards A substitute for
the Rowden bill. creating a food and dairy
inspection bureau, was favorably reported.
Under the substitute "A State Food Commis-
sioner will be appointed by the Governor.
The true northerner., 1891-04-15
Prices of Necessaries in "a Free-Trade
Market

The folly of any soountry placing
itself at the mercy of foreign producers
for it's supplies in the hope that "by
buying where il can buy the cheapest"
the cost of living will be lowered is
forcibly illustrated in the case OF the
free trade colony of New South Wales.
With free access to the cheapest markets
i'm the world, 10 has TO pay for its manu-
featured iron nearly twice as much a.
the prices paid for the same grades of
iron i'm England New South Wales has
almost no domestic manufacturing es-
Establishments to check the rapacity of
the foreign mill owner, and its expert
ence is exactly what ours has been when
over we have been forced TO depend
mainly on foreigners for our supplies.
1t may be DO icy for foreigners 10 offer
their wares at a very low price while
domestic competitors arc in the field,
but SO soon as these have been
driven out, prices go up sufficiently
TO rccoup any losses incurred Even
now we are paying for severe lesson
on this very subject. "A few months ago
the Economist called its readers atten-
tion to the action of the Welsh tin.plate
manufacturers, when they met in secret
conclaye and determined TO "make q box
Df DIaLtS TdbutI IL tooll1 NolnIuOulbg lOi
Americans. so they did. Prices OF
plates have been arbitrarily put up, al
though there has been as yet no change
whatever in the rate Of duty on them,
and we have been forced TO pay the adj
vance simply because, like New South
Wales i'm the case Of iron, we had no do
nestle mills 20 curb the arrogance of our
insolent foreign tin-plate masters.
The experience of New South Wales
N, this matter is further indicated in a
recent report by United States Consul
Griffin from Sidney. lie says:
at is the experience of American work
men I'm sydney that the cost of living,
in spite OF its being free port Is fully
20 per cent higher than in the United
States. House rent is 20 per- cent. more
than IL is i'm nearly all the cities of
about the same population in America.
wheaton bread is one-half dearer than
IN San francisco. Fruit Ia in the same
The true northerner., 1891-04-15
Thoughts of jefferson.

NEVER suffered political to become
a personal difference.
] MUST ever believe that religion sub
stantially good which produces an honest
life.
LAWS and institutions must go hand
in hand with the progress OF the human
mind.
STABLE ownership is the gift OF social
law, and is given late in the progress of
society.
IT Is error alone which needs the sup
port OF government. Truth can stand
by itself
The true northerner., 1891-04-15
Do Tarifr. Hamper a Country,s Exports ?

The neatest demonstration we have
lately seen of the absurdity of the idea
that country's high tariffs prevent il
from exporting is furnished by table in
late number of the London Stdtist The
amounts of the purchases of the United
Kingdom from each of the nations from
which the British import trade has in
creased in recent years are given for
1856 and 1889, together with the increase
for the three years included. We have
selected the ten countries whose sales TO
the United Kingdom show the largest
increase, and give them below:
VALUE OF IMPORTS OF FOREIGN PRODUCE INTO
GREAT BRITAIN By COUNTRIES IN 1889 AND
1886
The true northerner., 1891-04-15
Magn 'ude of Truck Farming.

The following facts are CLEANED from
a recent bulletin from the Census Office
relative 10 an industry whose existence
is almost entirely due To protection:
Truck farming is distinct from market
gardening. 1t is carried on at a distance
from market, water and rail transporta-
ton being necessary.
Upward of S1OO,O coo is invested in
this industry, the products reaching a
value OF S7t, j07, l55 on farms after pay
ing freightS and commissions, and real
lied upon j34,44 acres Of land. There
are employed i'm this industry 216, 765
men, 9.2J4 women. and 14,S74 children,
aided by -, 500 horses and mules and
So, 971, 2OG. 20 worth of implements The
Norfolk district, embracing 45, 375 acres,
shipped products valued at S7,692, $50:
South Atlantic district, l11,741 acres.
products S13, ls3. 5lG; Mississippi Valley,
36, lsO acres, products 81. 979, 7s3.
Nearly - per cent. of the truck pro-
duced ia the United States comes from
belt of country along the Atlantic
coast lying east of line drawn from
Augusta, Me, to Macon, Ga; from
Southern Georgia, Alabama, and Flori-
da; along the north and south lines of
railroad in the Mississippi Valley from
the Gulf TO Chicago. st. Louis and Kan
sas City, and from the celery districts of
Michigan and Ohio. More or less of the
truck, however, is produced in all the
States. The following figures show tho
total acreage Of the leading vegetables
grown upon truck farms of the United
States: Asparagus, 37,019; beans (string
or snapl, l., 6O7; cabbage, 1904: kale,
2,962; spinach. 2O,195; Irish potatoes,
2s,0i6; bects, 2,420; celery. 1881 Gu
cumbePs, 4,72l watermelons, 114.3s1;
other melons, -, ~; peas, 50, 162; sweet
potatoes, 2s,62l: tomatoes, 30, SO2; mis-
cellaneous vegetables, sa,GO1
The true northerner., 1891-04-15
Increase.

Did any one ever see so striking Il
contrast between fact and theory? "Pro.
lection hampers a country's exports, I"
the theorist says. "The most effectively
protected countries in the world are eX-
ac,ly the ones from whom the greatest
of purchasers buys most largely" say
the facts. Russia and the United States
have tariffs framed especially against
British goods, yet Britains purchases of
those two countries grow more rapidly
than her purchases from any Of the 9TH
ers. Rather a bad showing for the the
Orist.
The true northerner., 1891-04-15
WHAT "pEMYcRArs" FORGET.
An Object Lesson in Finance. with Figures
TINT Spank for Themselves.

that Speak for Themselves.
What's the matter? Why this clatter,
And this bleatin'. sniffin' chatter
Bout the surplus. JeremierY
Seems to me some peoples higher
Tcllin' es than truth revealin';
Got their fingers pinched. and squealln',
Mebbe. Jerry, that's the matter.
Causln' all this bleat and chatter.
Hes our party been a-takin'
Money from the Guv' 'ment, maxim
No accountin' fur il, sneglSin'
on with bags OF gold and wreakin'
Ruin on the Yankee nation.
Through our Ben's administrations
Tell me, and don't keep me waitin'.
Well. I'll tell you, Uncle Peyton;
Demycrats is Gu 'rous creeters-
Almost tell 'em by their feeters;
The true northerner., 1891-04-15

Here's some figgers, Uncle Peyton-
Glad you ain't got tired of waitin'-
That the Demycrats amt collared
neastways, not before they hollered);
In two years OF easy workin.
While the Demycrats was smirkin',
Beniy's paid. by calkelation,
OF the nations delegation,
Nearly twice as much rs Grover.
Look at this, and think IL over,
And digest 1t, Uncle Peyton-
Course you're glad | kent you waitln!
" 5. Snyder, IN ". y. ,css.
The true northerner., 1891-04-15

tariff for revenue only Is admittedly a
tax. Everybody agrees TO that A pro-
tectiye tariff is not tax. The man who
cannot see any difference between the
two things Is just what we have charac-
these few remarks. -Ci peldnd Leader. -,
The true northerner., 1891-04-15

WHEN going from hot atmosphere
into cold one keep the mouth closed,
so that the air may be warmed by its
passage through the nose ereit reaches
the lungs.
The true northerner., 1891-04-15

IT has been found by careful expert
ments on plants grown in a confined
atmosphere that they abstracted nitro
gen from the air around them to the
extent of thirty cubic centimeters.
The true northerner., 1891-04-15
20 cents a pound.


IF do not buy we cannot SELL says the
free-trader. Well, rlere's England. We sold in
the last fiscal year II the United Lingdom Of
Great Bri ain and Ireland goods worth
Si44,f59,O 900,
The true northerner., 1891-04-15

THE Chinese use low bedsteads, often
elaborately carved, and supporting only
mats or coverlids.
The true northerner., 1891-04-15

S1S6, 4SS,056,
while we bought of her only
No. 3.

-Yes fax is good crop, but why bother with
it? We can't raise fax, hemp and jute in COM
petion with the cody labor OF India But we
do raise il and export it,
Our exports of fax, hemp and jute for five
wears QssJ-S9D were sI,43O,6I3.
The true northerner., 1891-04-15

Harrison was elected. the development OF
American tin resources assured and the aver
age import price for 1890 was
a Oound
The true northerner., 1891-04-15
Tariff Pictures.


The average price OF our imports OF tin in
1888 was 2S cents pound.
The true northerner., 1891-04-15

Next week-@Nineveh Brought to Re-
pentance.r
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-01-15

Others with feet lame from the dogs, but
bounding in. Thank Godl "Other sheep
have | which are not of this fold'
God forbid that any of you should have
the lamentation of the dying nobleman
who had had every opportunity of saliva
ton, but rejected all, and who wrote or
dictated these words: Before you receive
this my final state will be determined. l
am throwing my last stake for eternity,
and tremble andshudder for theimportant
issue. Oh, my friend. with what horror
do | recall the hours OF vanity we have
wasted together; but | have splendid
passage to the grave. die in state, and
languish under glide, canopy. am ex-
piring on soft and dowly pillows, and am
respectfully attended by my servants and
physicians. My dependents sigh, my sis
tiers weep, my father bends beneath a load
OF years and grief. But oh, which of these
will answer my summons at the high tri-
bunaly And which of these will bail me
from the arrest Of deathy While some
flattering panegyric is pronounced ct my
interment | may be bearing my just con-
domination at u supreme tribunal. Adieu"
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-01-15

.rd re it and get list of persons using it in
his town. AK them about 1t and you will
Joy no nther stove ]. II. Lamson also keeps
ne lsrg.st stock OF Parim am Coal Stoves,
riuwara. Hardware, etc, et'.. in this part OF
he state and will not be Undersoid.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-01-15

Oh, am so glad for that last utterance
That was prayer, and as soon as you be
gin to pray that turns all heaven this way,
and God steps in, and he beats back the
hounds Of temptation to their kennels, and
he throws all around the pursued soul the
covert of his pardoning mercy. heard
something fall What was it, II was the
bars around the sheepfold, the bars Of the
fence around the sheepfold. The Heavenly
Shepherd let them fall. aud the hunted
sheep of the mountain come bounding in,
some with fleece torn Of the brambles, and
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-01-15
DODD'S CATARRH CURE.
LOcaI and Internal Treatmemt.

In order to cure eatarrh it is necessary to al
lay the inflammation of the irritated mem
branes with soothing application, cleanse the
head of the plugging mucous secretions, and
heal the discharging ulcers. For colds in the
head and nasal catar1h Dodd's local treatment
does this without the aid of snuff, douches or
digestion and blood, the internal treatment
both removes from the system the scattered
poison and by its building-up properties as
sists nature in restoring the impaired parts
Send for our book treating OR catarrh. Fos-
ter, Milburn q Co., proprietors, Buffalo, N.
Y. Sold in Bethel, VT, by G. M. Miller.
AT West Randolph by E. E. Evans & Co.
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GOD Is CALLING YoU.

GOD Is CALLING YOU.
= - lur her, and make another announce
-, = regard to you. and that is, you are
my 70 become the Lords sheep,
~ - are going to become the Lord s
,io' ~ aour. God is going to call you
'S'' oV his spirit; you are going to
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-01-15

woman. her diseases and their treatnlert.v
valuable illustrates back of sevenfy-'wo pages
iree on receipt OF 10 cents to cost uialng
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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-01-20

LEWISTON TELLER: While tho
late Indian craze was at its height
Geo. Moses, Nez Perez chief,
called to look over the latest dispatch
es. \ Spokane daily being handed
him, he read with evident interest
the uprising of the Sioux at Pine
Ridge agency. The contrast between
the quarrolsome Sioux and the peace
full and intelligent Nez Perez Indians
could scarcely be more clearly drawn
...."Such kicking about bills" is
the general complaint from all the
merchants as the yearly accounts
were squared up and presented.
The credit system gets black eye,
always, when collection day comes.
Some day it will receive a knock out
blow, and economy, prosperity and
will date from that event.
Running a bill" is a dangerous pas
time. tits a breeder of hard feelings.
feuds, bad debts and mortgages.
Short settlements make long friends.
Monthly statements and collections
are growing in favor, and they pres
age tho coming of the sash system
Monthly statements are a check on
undue expenditures and they tend
toward economy and prosperity Bills
are easily collected when there is a
cash balance, and kicking will soon
grow into disfavor and settlements
will be promptly and cheerfully made.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-01-20

in diameter, contained within sphere
Of zinc fifty centimeters in diameter.
These spheres reyolve in opposite di-
rections, at rate Of 500 revolutions
per minute, and the space between
is kept filled with steam at a pressure
of six atmospheres. by this half
horse power Of motive forco develops
an electric current sufficient to run
800 incandescent lamps. This means
that half horse power of force de-
velops fifty horse power of electricity,
as ten lamps are rated as horse
power. Applied to railroads, it would
mean that simple motor would be
equal to a dozen or twenty locomo-
tives. 1t looks like getting something
from nothing. But who knows; may
be this is the force which Mr.. Keely
has been playing with for the last
few years. Surely, if the news shall
be confirmed electric lighting will
soon be cheap enough, and the day
of the steam engine and locomotive
will be well-nigh over.