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The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-08-20
Ayers

SarsapariIla. Your life, or that of some ono
near and dear to you, may depend on the
use of this wellapprovod remedy in prefer
ence to any other preparation OF similar
name. It is compounded OF Honduras sar-
saparilla (the variety most rich IN curative
nrnnertjesI stillin"ia, mandrake, yellow
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-11-21

us l was very busy at the time and
lid not paw much atte@u.n, but | sup
posed you had ordered it paid 70 us, SO
| credited the amount IN your policy.
Maggie felt that, il she remained a
minute longer, there would certainly
be a scene" so, at this juncture, She
slipped quietly out Of the DON
And it tranSpircd. after all, that the
Blooms had a genuine Thanksgiving.
with turkey and the appropriate ac-
compartments out of the fullness Of
her heart, Maggie sen invitations to
four friends of their clearinghouse
days A merry party it was which
gathered around the little stable that
was wheeled up to Dicks lounge,
After the guests had gone Maggie
went to the closet and, drawing out
her work basket, resolutely unrolled
the pink satin. "a shall make a head
rest for Aunt Maria's Christmas" she
began, "and sachet- bags for Lou and
Amy, ~and-yes, and a handkerchief
case for Joe"
Aren't you going to keep any for
yourself, Maggie?'
NO, Dick"
'Isn't there enough?"
Eyes, and | suppose l ought to keep
something, just to make me remember
how naughty | have been, But if you
please, Dick, dear" she said, gong
over and kissing him, I'D rather for.
get it"-Mattie NJ. Boteler, in Good
Housekeeping.
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w HAT 1T S
What tho Tariff on lin Plate Costs the
Consumer.

What tho Tariff on lin Plate Costs the
Consumer.
The failure of the crops abroad and
the heavy demand for our breadstuffs
resulting from it have greatly in
creased our exports of these products.
Coming as this does directly after the
imposition of higher duties by the Nc.
Kinley tariff the supporters of this
measure have renewed their old asser.
lions that high tariffs do not restrict
foreign trade. They have even gone
80 far as to put forth the claim that
the Mckinley tariff has caused the in
crease in our export trade. The ab.
surdity of such a claim is too apparent
to need a moments attention.
The effects of European tariffs upon
commerce furnishes undoubted proof
of how high duties restrict imports and
exports. Those nations which impose
the least restrictions have the greatest
commerce. To show this we have
divided the leading European countries
into the following classes according to
the average rate of duty which they
impose upon imports. The first class
includes those countries which impose
less than five per cent. upon the whole
amount dutiable. The states belong.
ing to this class are Belgium, the
Netherlands, Switzerland and the
limited Kingdom. Their combined
rate is 4.23 per cent.
The second class consists of countries
levying duties OF between five aad ten
per cent. and includes Austria, Hun.
gary, France and Germany. The COM
bined rate OF these states averages 7. s5
per cent of their combined imports.
The third class comprises the countries
which levy more than ten per cent.
duty on imports. These states are Nor
way, Sweden, Portugal, Italy aud Rus
STA. Their combined rate averages 49, 10
per cont. on their wheat imports.
The combined imports of all the
states embraced in these three classes
amount to S5,5SS, 200, 900 and their com.
bined population to 3O7, 900, 900 souls.
The following table shows, in con
densed form, the percentage of total
population and imports belonging to
each class. 1t also shows foreach class
the imports per capita and the average
rate OF duty levied on imports:
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ChIcago's Great Road, the Famous Maple
Iaaf Line.

The Chicago, st. Paul q Kansas City was
the first railroad in tho country TO issue
snecial transportation advertising FOR the
Worlds Fair at Chicago. That is enter.
nrise and an Illustration OF tho sort OF
management that within q few years mas
Transformed the Chicago, st. Paul q Kan
sas CITY from a short and unimportant line,
TO one of tho most prominent and most
nopular lines In tho Northwest Win
terminals in Chicago, Kansas CITY ana 81;
paul il unites the east, the northwest and
the southwest Tho territory 1t embraces
is tho garden spot Of America. The great
states of Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa, Mis-
souri, and Kansas are tapped by Its lines. 3,
Tho oouipment OF tho Chicago, st Paul
A. Kansas City is unexcelled by that OF any
road in tho country. It's vestibuled com.
partment sleeping cars are models OF
luxury, comfort aud convenience. No other
line west of Chicago runs compartment
s%leeping cars. The dining car service Is
fullv II to the requirements OF the most
fostidious and luxury-loving OF modern
travellers, In short, the Chicago, 81. Paul
4 Kansas CITY Is tho best line between
Chicago and St Paul, Minneapolis and the
Northwest, between Chicago and the
PRINCIPAL points In Iowa, between chicago
and tho Southwest. Persons going 10
Chicago and beyond Will do well to Def
these facts in mind Rochester, N L.,
Democrat and Chronicle.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-11-21

by his Inverted coachman, and now and
then caught glimpses of his wife, VIII
was both young and pretty.
One day a pet bird escaped from tn,
great house and few straight into the
little conservatory which Dick had con
structed for Maggie's flowers Maggie
caught it and, putting on her bonnet
went over To restore il to its owner
Mrs. Sanders was profuSe in hel
thanks, and insisted that Maggie
should come inside and see a rare col.
lection of plants that had just been
added to the splendid conservatory.
Thus the ice was broken; and after
this the two often exchanged greetings
or chatted over the low hedge.
About this time Maggie's little par
lor began to look very poor and com
mon to her, and her mind was troubled
with visions of glistening mirrors, vel
vet carpets and silken portieres. One
day, late in autumn, Mrs. Sanders
came into the little conservatory.
where Maggie was busy in a bower of
glowing chrySanthemumS, She fitted
from II flower 10 another, exclaiming
over their beauty in a pretty, ecstatic
fashion.
Il am to give a little affair next
Thursday evening, Thanksgiving, you
know, and | had SO set my heart
Oh chrysanthemum decorations; but
Bailey's are all engaged. was wonder
ing if you would not sell a few, just n
very few of these sweet things" she
added, coaxingly, touching a bunch of
vivid, golden-hearted beauties.
mo" Maggie answered, flushing
proudly; Il will not sell You one, but
| will give you all that You cate for"
Dear Mrs. Bloom, it is too lovely Of
you to say so, And | want yoR to
come" Just here her arm struck a
pot containing some choice cuttings,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-11-21

A study of the above table at once
raises the question: What constitutes a
protective tariff? To this, happily,
those who passed the Mckinley tariff
give an answer. They assert that the
rate fixed by the Mckinley tariff is a
fair and moderate expression of tho
protectionist policy, and anything be.
low it falls so far short Of being rated
protection. Previous to the passage of
the Mckinley tariff the general rate of
duty was about 80 per cent, as shown
in the above table. This rate was not
considered a fair protective rate and
was accordingly raised by the McKin.
ley tariff to between IS and 40 per cent,
Judged by this standard the only coun.
tries enumerated above which can be
considered as having protective tariffs
are Russia, Portugal and the United
States, and possibly Italy. Sweden
and Norway would be considered par.
TALLY protective, but where would Ger.
many, Austria-H Hungary and France DO
classed, the highest of whose rates is
icoo Uhah Il III VI olit IL tpnCu W Jul
tariff before it was made moderately
protective by the Mckinley bill, and
not a fourth of that which we now
have?
If a tariff of over IS per cent. on free
and dutiable goods is but fair and mod.
crate protection then the tariffs of GA
in Germany and 9. 10 in France are free
trade tariffs. But we are told that Ger
many and France have protective tar
ifs. If this is the Ease how can it be
said that the Mckinley tariff affords
but fair and moderate protection?
Does this show that the progressive
nations of Europe have adopted our
policy? On the contrary, it is to such
countries as Russia, Portugal and Italy,
despotic monarchies, with down-trod-
den and oppressed people anxious but
unable through poverty to leave their
native land; it is to such countries as
these that the advocates of high tariff.
ism point as the progressive European
nations which have adopted our policy.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-11-21

She was a copyist in Simeon Grants
abstract Office, at a salary of six dollars a
week, payable at the convenience of
her employers. Probably, if Dick had
been cashier instead of clerk, and
Maggie a young woman of leisure,
they would have waited until fortune
smiled benignly. Certainly
there had been no flesh pots in their
meager lives, TO which they could ever
look back; then the future gave
reasonable promise OF better things:
hence they were married in less than a
year after their first meeting.
Dick had saved enough of his salary
TO make a two-thirds payment on a
small cottage in the suburbs, the re.
amainder to be paid within two years,
IN monthly installments. II was de.
cided that a sum should be laid aside
each month for this purpose, leaving a
balance, which would amply cover
their living expenses, Dick held a
policy In an accident com ,any; there.
fore, while they had no rainy day.
fund, they felt measr.ably secure, in
case Of accident or 81 hness.
The cottage was really a very
humble affair. but to Dick and Maggie.
after their pinched. chcerless exist
Pnce In cheap boarding houses, it was
Ne BIT OF paradise. Aud, what with her
lower her chickens and her trim
5tteio Rarden. Mavgia feIt that ha~ i;t.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-11-21

II seems as If textbooks for children
were now made so simple as to leave
hardly any chance for misunderstanu.
ing, but the little folks still continue
70 commit to memory the words with
ont much thought of their meaning
"How do we know that the earth Is
roundq" asked a teacher of n OF the
boys The pupil rose promptly and
with a perfectly stolid expression
answered glibly; I'VE learn that the
earth is round from the following
facts" and Immediately sat down
again, evidently feeling that he hao
given a full and most satisfactory re
ply. -Christiun Intelligenccr,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-11-21

Flower

There is a gentle
Dyspepsia. man at Malden.on.
the, Hudson, N. Y,
named Captain A. G. Pareis, who
has written us a letter in which il
is evident hat he has made I'D his
mind concerning some things, and
this is what he says.
~ have used your preparation
called August Flower in my family
tor seven or eight years. 1t is con.
stantly in my house, and we consider
1t the best remedy for Indigestion,
,-u and Constipation we
'no'gestion. have ever used or
known. My wife is
troubled with Dyspepsia, and at
times suffers very much after eating,
The August Flower, however, re.
lleves the difficulty. My wife fire..
quently says to me when I am going
to town, we are out
constipation of August Flower
and I think you had
better get another bottle / am also
troubled with Indigestion, andwhen.
ever l am, l take one or two tea.
spoontuls before eating, for a day or
TWO, and all trouble is removed" q
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-11-21
Il feelino

|. a feeling of dbl
languor, and depression means
your liver isn't doing its part.
means impure blood, to BERN
and all kinds of ailments !,
end.
But you can stop them in adv
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical D;
cry invigorates the liver, puri6e
enriches the blood, and rouses
organ into healthy action. |,
vents and cures all diseases n,
from a torpid liver or from i
blood. Dyspepsia, Indigestion
iousness, Scrofulous, Skin and
Diseases - even CONSUMPTION
Lung-scrofula J, in its earlier s.
all yield to it.
The makers of the "Disco,
claim for it only what it wi
They guarantee that it wiA
If it fails to benefit or Gu
any case, they'll return the m
Nothing else that claims to !
the blood Is sold in this
which proves, no matter
dealers may offer, that nothin!
can be "just as good" Their
don't accept a substitute.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-11-21
Looked rs She Was.

Little Ethel had sent back her plate
for turkey three times, and had been
helped beautifully to all other good
things that make Il good Thanksgiving
dinner. She was looking rather sadly
ut an unfinished dish OF ice cream.
whats the matter, Ethel?" said Uncle
Jack, you look mournful." That is
the matter" was the reply. 81 am
more'n full" And Ethel doesn't know
why everybody laughed Buffalo Ex-
prass
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-11-21

Could any evidence more conclusively
demonstrate the disastrous effects of
high tariffs upon international trade.
What but their free system of com.
merce a account for the fact that
England, Belgium, Switzerland and the
Netherlands, with only l6]i per cent.
OF the population, control over one-half
OF the total import trade of Europep
DO not these figures completely over
throw the assertion that high tariffs
do not irjuriously affect trade. What
an answer is this to that policy which
aims to restrict and pervert the de-.
velopmcnt OF u unparalleled natural
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-11-21
TARIFFS.
What IA a Fair and Moderate Protective
Tarln-rarIhs Of Nations Compared.

" hat Ia n Fair ana MouerAtc AEV'oo'''S
~TarIn-rarIhs Of Nations Compared.
One Of the stock arguments OF the
advocates of a high tariff is the asser'
ton that the leading nations of Europe
have discarded the policy of freedom OF
trade and adopted that of high protec-
ton. In proving their assertions they
refer to France and Germany, which
nations they claim have tried free
trade, and have found it detrimental to
their interests; in short that this
change on the part of France and
Germany affords the highest possible
Endorsement of our present high tariff
policy.
This assertion has so seldom been
challenged that many who have no
means of testing its validity have come
to regard it us true. 1t is about time,
therefore, that the truth should be
known. The following table shows
for each country the population, the
gross imports, both free and dutiable,
the receipts of the customs revenues
and the ratio of receipts to imports:
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-11-21
IT CAME AT LAST.
The Wolf at the Door, or the story OF
Rupert Rodney's Thanksgiving.


THE wolf is at the door, Rupert"
The speaker was the usual violet
eyed, golden-haired, young wife of
romance.
Rupert was the ordinary poet of the
young lady novelist-long, raven- black
hair, gaunt features, threadbare
clothes, and so on.
The same old hunger stared them in
the face; and, as usual, Thanksgiving
was upon them, marked by IA hiatus of
turkey and cranberry auce.
The eXchequer had lost its last Y,
and the checkers could not be found.
Naught remained to the woebegone
household but a large bundle OF re-
jected manuscripts and a hunk of camel
coal.
And in the midst of all this woe the
wolf appeared at the door, and de-
manded the rent,
In vain did Rupert plead.
Pay or go" demanded the wolf,
Selling the poets necktie and collar,
which the rising poet had not yet put
on-he was like most other poets, rising
late.
Consider my wife and child" i'm.
portuned the unhappy man, forgetting
for the moment that he had no chill
dren.
Put up or shut up" roarei the
wolf.
f
At this Mrs. Rodney terror.
tainted from fatigue.
cold.
"By this PROSTATE form | adjure
you" sobbed Rupert.
Il am adamant," retorted the wolf.
And as he spoke, the postman's
~histle was heard at the gate.
The letter was for Rupert.
That evening, as the poet and his
wife sat before the blazing fire, the re-
II inns OF a seventeen-pound turkey
stu smoking on the table, and quarts
of anconsumed cranberry sauce blush
ing under the soft light of the
c%loisonne lamp, Mrs. Rodney, smooth
ing her Worth costume with her deli.
cate hand, said, as she nestled close to
her husband:
"Whcn did You write that poem,
Rupert?"
Seven years ago replied Rupert.
ut was accepted six years ago"
Then there was a deep silence for
the reuuira1 t,ma. and nc tbo fra-
light flickered low in the CRATE, and
the bell in the neighboring stecple
told the hour of midnight, a little
prayer of thanksgiving went up from
two devoted souls, coupled with a
heartfelt request that all the blessings
of the world might fall upon the
heads of those proprietors of periodic
ais who pay on publication. Carlyle
Smith, in Puck.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-11-21

~ babe you hope" said W.nifred, you smiled
at my belief,
But it's better 10 trust in the dear Gods love
than TO give yourself to grief.
"a letter is half the meeting, and my lettel
has come to-day;
Twill so and kindle my beacon blaze, for III,
sky is cold and gray.
And the sleet Of the chill November storms
have stripped the branches bare,
But my beacon gay shall make the bay ant
lis rock bound harbor fair,
For the Lord has bent in pity, He has heart
His peoples cry.
Sweet hope is warm within each heart, it.
light in every eye"
Then the sun burst out In radiance, the all
grow soft rs May
When Wtnifred reached the beacon rock she
found q fragrant spray
or arbp'us with flowers as fresh as greet the
tender year:
And as she stopped TO pluck il, a voice cried
"Winifred, dear
All, her lover was beside her, and those who
stood below,
Said the sunlight caught her yellow hair and
burned with such n glow
No mortal eye could bear it, and only God
could see
Their meeting on the Beacon hill. their home
thGt was to be.
And So the fast was turned to feast, all Civ.
ing hearty thanks;
For once they sang the old songs, and Joined
In merry pranks;
No wedding gown the sweet bride wore, yet
what lacked she Of grace,
With Thanksgiving and with May flowers
and her own blushing face!
And from that day Thanksgiving has been
the nations dover,
And in our hearts the arbutus reigns as the
nations flower.
Annie A. Preston, in Christian at Work.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-11-21

Nv 49, 49,
words she sang to the waves OF Plymouth
bay.
In spring time she had crossed the sea, this
maid so wondrous fair,
With eyes like rain-kissed %violets, and way
ing yellow hair
This orphaned Winifred Bradford, whose par.
ents died at sea
"They Just pinned away and sickened, and one
night passed from me,
So the vast, blue, surging ocean is their ever.
lasting sed,
BY waves | sit in sadness = II keeps the
tears | shed"
But one day the soft winds whispered: The
sea is a great highway,
Twill bring from your lover n lettc:-your
lover will bring some day.
And; THE sea is a bright blue ribbon, one
end is here at your feet,
The other is held by your lover and one day
you twain shall meet"
Now each night she lighted a beacon on top
ola wood. fringed hill,
And as the flames reached upward In the
starlight soft and still,
She sang in her new found hopefulnesS:
Your light send far and wide,
That weary hearts on wave-toSsed ships may
take you as their guide"
Full many q swain looked kindly on this maid
so wondrous fair,
One was o straight-lacad Puritan and one was
a Jolly squire:
But still in the midst Of the morning aud still
in the evenings gray
She gazed at the sea and talked and sarg Of
the ship that would come some day.
The summer was one OF failure, brave faces
grew wan with care,
And as the red beacon tiarei alo,t II Knocked
al their despair,
Then a fast day was appointed IN their sea,
side solitude,
For the trusting little colony seemed by i'll.
fate pursued.
Now while by the rock bound harbor the ED
ers knclt in prayer,
And sobs and cries for succor made sad the
snow-chilled air.
"a letter is ha,i q meeting, sang Winifrcd
with delight;
A letter is half a meeting, and our good ship
is in sight.
How sobs were changed 10 shout Of praise
sad tears 10 tears of JOY!
The boats were manned, and every voice
rang out, ".Ay, ship ahoy!'
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-11-21

Office Boy-ro-mcrrow's Thanksgiy.
in, amt it?
Manager-Yes. Wen not open the
office tomorrow. soyou'n have a chance
to scrub the floor, black the stove, wash
the windows, cart away the waste pa
per and sell it, polish up that gross Of
tarnlshca spoons, oil all the hinges and
make p general cleaning u%p.-Jewel.
ers' Wcelsly,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-11-21

But there is Fergus, Maggie" Maggie
arose to let him in and then retired to u
seat near the window.
You should have notified us before,
old fellow" Mr.. Fergus was saying.
Our company is always prompt
"But I'm not en- titled" Dick began
feebly. THE last ms t~allment--"
Was paid on the twentieth said
Mr.. Fergus, consulting his book.
Grant came in, saying some
thing about owing you ten dol
lars, which he would leave with
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-11-21

The great plate glass factory at Ir.
win. Pa, with q capital of 81, 900, 900,
has recently turned out its first pro.
tected glass. 1t Is announced that Its
output will be 1880. 900 feet per annum.
This quantity, at the average prices for
American plate glass, will bring the
company $685., 900, while the SAM glass
bought In Europe AID laid down In
New York, without the duty, can be had
for s4l2, 600. Great is protection for
American industry.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-11-21
MY THANKSGIVING.

We had planned for so many, Thanksgiving,
A dozen or more, big and small,
And then Jack and 10 had the measles,
And nobody came here at all!
And II suppose l was naughty,
For mamma looked troubled and sad,
When ] said l wouldn't be thankful,
For I'd nothing to make me glad.
But all the long day, Thanksgiving,
had to sit bolstered in bed
With the drea fullest, awfullcst toothache,
Till ! thought l was almost dead!
And the mex day | truly was thankful,
More thankful than / can quite tell
For ! hadn't n mite Of a toothachc,
And It did seem so good to be well.
Youths Companion.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-11-21
The Only One Ever ~Prlnted-Can You FIND
the Word?

There is a 8 inch display advertisement
In this paper, this week, which has no two
words alike except ono word, The same Is
true Of each new one an earring each week,
from The DR.. Harter Medicine Co. This
house places a "Crescent' on everything
thew make and publish. Look Tor II, sen1
them the name OF the word and they WIZ
return you book, beautiful Autographs or
samples free
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-11-21

"A bushel OF wheat in 1855 would
buy 2lK yards of heavy brown sheet
Ing and shifting. To-day It will only
buy l2M yards OF the same quality Of
cloth. Has the farmer prolLed BY
"protcctipag"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-11-21

HARSH purgativc remedies are fast giving
way to the gentle action and mild effects OF
Carter's Little Liver Pills. II you try
them, they will certainly please you.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-11-21

ASoRE THROAT OR CoUGu, Is suffered to
progress, often results In an incurable
throat or lung trouble. "Bf0Wn's Bronchial
1rOches' give instant relief.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-11-21

SOME of the Georgia editors are urging
tho citizens to establish paper mills They
want to work of their stock OF manuscript
poetry. Atlanta Constitution.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-11-21

PLEASANT, Wholesome, Speedy, for coughs
Is Halc's Honey of Horchound and Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-11-21

A Curl for nearly all the common Ills
VIII t doctors? fshawl Take Beecham's
Pills. For sale by all druggists.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-11-21

TUE difference between an editor and
bis wife Is that his wife sets things to rights
while he writes things to set.- ionkers
Statesman.