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Sharp County record., 1891-10-22
'rM'KINLEY PRICES.
Iumbug Iables Prepared to Catch the
UuWarv.

ITumbug ahles Prepared to Catch the
Unwary.
Cotton has for some months been
from p to so per cent lower than last
year. And in consequence Of this the
manufacturers have been able to pro-
duce all kinds of cotton goods at con
siderabiy less cost to themselves than
last year. As a natural result so5 2
.laiafsis.. IS .s5ods- have lallcn. althhusiri
many have not.
The trade papers say that where re-
1uction hastaken place ut allit has aver
aged only about 6 per cent Yet certain
high tariff organs have made diagrams
illustrating this reduction and parading
them before the public as Mckinley
prices"
OF course no sane man believes that
the Mckinley aw has anything to do
with this fall in prices. II any proof
of the humbug character of these Nc
Einlcvn prices is needed it will be
found in q late number of the London
Economist, which gives % comparison
of the prices of standard cotton goods
in England last year in August and in
the same month this year. The follow
ing table is compiled from the figures
of the Economist:
Sharp County record., 1891-10-22
DOWN GO WAGES.

Tho Fnll Rlver Cotton Manufacturers WIN
Reduce WnRes-operntives WIN strike
a Specimen rarlu Industry -Hlnlno ON
wages.
A meeting Of the Fall River Mass.
cotton manufacturers WINS recently hold
and o. resolution was adopted tl mako
ou carly reduction Ia wages. The ann.
ncrs and woayOrS have held % meetnp
and have decided 20 rcsist this rtduc.
tion. 40 this meeting 10 was voted 10
instruct the secretary 90 prepare all
wcnvers unions In the national union
for n strike.
The protection papers are IN the habit
Of boastiuF OF the cotton gpnninr and
weaving industry ma one of the bright.
eat illustrations OF the "honeaccnecs of
protection Yet hore s their
pct turitf industry doing Tho
very thing that protection WINS givon ID
20 keep u from doing Protection
makes wages high md loopp thom
Algn, n tho inlN and lNoliah cry Of
Sharp County record., 1891-10-22
A FINANCIAL QUESTION.
a Problem Likely to Become Il Condition.

a Problem Likely to Become a Condition.
Not a Theory.
Edward Atkinson writes for the Sep
tember number of tha Forum a very
startling article on the government
'fevenues in relation TO taxation Mr..
AtSinson's S article is calculated to alarm
those people who imagine that it is
necessary TO collect heavy protective
duties in orderto get sufficient revenues
to run the government
The important thought presented in
the article is stated in these wordsi
THE new administration may meet
the new congress on December, lSg3,
with rcportrendered by the secretary
Of the treasury somewhat as follows:
The income derived by the treasury
from the taxes and duties upon LIQUORS
and tobacco is now sufficient TO cover
all the normal expenses of the govern
ment including the army and navy, and
in addition thereto the interest on the
public debt. 10 will be Incumbent un-
on congress- therefore. to make suita-
Bile provision only for the amount OF
revenue which may be necessary TO
pay PENSIONS and to contribute to tho
sinking fund for the ultimate redemp-
tion Of the public debt, according TO
law"
In demonstration of this Mr. Atlsin-
son presents the governments balance
sheet for the fiscal year 1880 ILore. it
is seen, that the total revenues from
whisky ana tobacco, including the
duties collected on them. amounted to
s14s, Ss3, 7Ss So, while the total expenses
of running the government, not count
ing pensions and interest on the public
debt, reached only SAG, AIS, li422.
Interest and pensions arc temporary
expenses, and may be expected 10 de-
crcase' and then the government will
be called on 10 confront the fact that
tariff taxation must be reduced.
What will become of our high Dro.
lection when the people learn that tho
government can be run without "A
penny from the custom houses beyond
the duties on whisky ana tobacco?
Sharp County record., 1891-10-22
PERSONAL AM. ImPERsovAL,

-Rcv Robert Barbour, q Scotch
clergyman who died lately 40 Aiv-ios-
Eaius, left an estate valued % over
5000, 900.
ii Georgia farmer is living with his
sixth wife. Each of his i've other
wives died on the Friday preceding the
second Sunday OF the month
-Hiss Jennie Chamberlain, now Ms
Eavior Leviand, lives in "a splendid
palace at Albert g ate, London, whose
marble staircase and many priceless
works of art' are sights
The distinction Of being the most
beautiful woman in Paris is credited to
the Countess Amerv de la ROchetau-
cauid. a Partisan belle She is blonde,
with blue eyes and Irregular features, and
Is said to be in face and figure living
rrnrOduction Of Ma lie Antoiuette.
Mrs. Senator Wolcott is achieving
the reputation of being the best dressed
of the senator's wives in Washington.
Her dresses are selected in Paris by her
sister. who lives abroad and lastseason
they were the despair and envy of other
less favored society women of the cap
ital.
Miss Ada DvaS has a pleasant cOUn-
trvDlace near Stamford, Conn, where
she spends aJ least part of each sum-
mer 1t was declared by both Richard
Grant White and Prof Wheipev that
bv no one on the stage is English
spoken with the purity and beauty with
which Miss Dvas enuuciates it.
Curtain lectures are the nightly ey-
Derience of a man in Winsted, Conn.
He belongs to tweutv-ioUr secret So
cietics, ana his lodge meetings keen
him ont late nearly. every night Just
before facing his spouse, he prepares
himself for the expected lecture by
deadening his sense of hearing with
ear-plugs-
"A woman created some excitement
in the streets of Viucennes recently by
pcrsisting in crawling about the streets
on all-fours, barking like dog and en-
deavOrInr TO bite every one who came
in her wav. "She became very. violent
when the police tried to arrest her, and
the united efforts of four men were
necessary to convey her to the police
station. The poor creatures mind had
been unhinred sudde1iv by the death
of q favorIte pet dog.
-Ex-O ueen Isabel, of Spain, heard
the other day that a Spaniard who had
once tried to take her life was in Paris.
dying of hunger Send him five huu-
drcd francs, said Isabel to her secra-
tarv. But your majesty knows that
this man is an assassin, that it is he
who What difference does that
maIle?" said Isabel. you arc absurd
with your hatred and your IDEAS of
vengeance. The unhappy man did not
wish TO kill me, but the party I repre-
sented. Be good, now, and d. what
ask
1T is not an unheard of thing for n
man to delegate to his wife the care of
his wardrobe and the task OF keeping
the run of his social engagements. but
who ever heard of d man who had to
be sent to his meals? In brunswick.
Me-, there is such a man. His wife
was away ana he was to take his meals
at restaurant. The first day Of her
absence he paid iHef attention to the
supper hour but kept right on working
until it was time to close his place OF
business, when he went home and re-
tired, without getting any supper The
next morning he left the house early,
and going to the shop began his work,
never thinking Of his breakfast until
nearly eleven o'clock.
Sharp County record., 1891-10-22

attire, which includes q SILK Tile. Wnlch
may be white or black according TO cir
cumStanceS: also kid gloves and patent
leather shoes. The conventional ac-
COMMITMENTS of diamond pin and gold
watch arc included, of course.
The other dav ! was the leading actor
in a little street scene: or to descrIhe 10
more accurately it was what the play
bills put down as a screaming farce.
was not only the star but constituted
pretty much the whole performance.
found myself on a crowded street,
where there ought to have been plenty
of street cars had half mile TO 90.
A smart shower set in. and though the
distances I had to travel was long, yet
nv time was short.
So also was the supply of cars. evil
IDENTIFY, for there was not one in sight
I opened up my beieweied umbrella
or tried to do so. but to my dismav, the
handle parted from the top and nothing
held it to the silk cover but the braces
tried, as we'll as my ingenuity would
devise, TO induce that stick to perform
a part at least of its proper functions
But no. In vulgar phrase, it was no
longer in it.
by this time. as You may suppose,
the rain was falling, and not being
constructed like water shed, was
getting soaked. Quite diSrusted but
resolute, | hurried on. meanwhile roll
ling up my friend OF the gold head
with the care and tenderness to which
the old cripple was entitled. This
finally accomplished, | set out brisiliv
People were scurrving along in
either direction-those having no um-
brella on the run, and those having
1ne holding it at quite the proper an
gle
At last the odd sight of an elegantly
attired gentleman grasping a neatly
rolled umbrella, and striding calmly
along in the rain, was too much for a
curious public, therefore various re-
marks reached my ears.
Say, mister, squea5ed an urchin
from the shelter of q dry doorway,
don't you know it's rainin'?"
All oblivious, ! passed on. Then
n ssriiIrvcseeet yoauv --rrroey
the street volunteered the salutation to
his chum:
"Patsey, the ouid gint's afeered to
get his umbrella wet, seeIn
A bevy of young and Smart-loolIing
shop girls whom / mot, as I passed
them, loudly suicSered
This affected me seriously.
The umbrella which had brought me
10 this ridiculous plight now began to
torment me us a most intolerable bur-
dem grippcd it, as If it were mortal
foe whom was determined TO strangic
Then / put it under my arm and
pointed it up and turned IL down alter
nately. But us these evolutions
smaclScd strongly OF the performance
OF drum major, ! desisted.
Meanwhile, the public, from an in.
vestment of mere curiosity, wcre now
disposed to reap a dividend of fun.
At the windows of the drug stores
and saloons along my route, custom
crs glued their faces TO the glass and
griuned
To the half-dozen young gentlemen
who zcalously accompanied me, and
whose rags, like feathers. dropped in
the rain, these manifestations of ap-
Sharp County record., 1891-10-22
Average reduction

From this table 10 will be seen shat
while our high tariff organs can pick
ont some kinds of GOTTEN cloth which
show an average reduction of @ per
cent IN this country, most kinds mean
while showing no decline at all. there
has been an average reduction on
standard goods in England of moro
than 3 per cent OF course in both
countries the fall in price is due 10 the
unprccentodlv low price of cotten and
when our Mcknlcvito organs try TO
palm Oft bogus Mckinley prices for
American goods, they are simply at
their old trick of trying 70 deceive
th ir uusnspccting readers Their Me-
iinley yarns must be woven into bet
ter fabric before an intelligent reader
will believe them. Such high tariff
humbugs arc too transparent by far
Sharp County record., 1891-10-22

such is the story in the states where
protected manufacturers most do con-
gregate. How have our protected"
farmers fourished in the same time?
Let POrter's census answer Here are
five agricultural states with somewhat
larger r0Du!atIOn.
Sharp County record., 1891-10-22

Aub hANbhh IAhANb FNpM IllE INt
plause along our line Of march were
inspiring and suggestive Of yet greater
possibilities OF amusement
Accordingly, they became more
demonStrativc One Of them suggested
the imwobahilitv ot finding any nics
on me- Another accounted for this bv
the opinion, Dat der flies didn't suf-
hcientiy appreciate n soft thing,
Ere y block had been passed, nav
company had been reinforced by ro.
cruits 30 full battalion. And T..
q martyr TO dignity and, by po.
lite society prohibited from vulgar
exhibition Of haste by running. was
therefore compelled 20 remain the
leading curiosity in q street circus.
The inconsistency Of this recurred 20
inc, and had | acted from Impulse.
should have cut my stiota and bolted.
But this would lave been gratuitous
fun 10 my escort, for II IL undeuiable
that thera rs nothing In nature va we'll
calculated 70 mako tho public grin as
The apcctacle ot y iat nan on o dead
run
Sharp County record., 1891-10-22
rhnt rnhnccn Ynrn.

Tho protection organs have printed
with much satisfaction an intervicw
with n certain Mr. Kaufman. a tobacco
planter from Sumatra, in which he ia
represented to have said that the Me-
Niney law had cost the Sumatra tobac-
co growers $50 100000 and compelled
them 30 seek new field for their
industry, But this Mckinley law is en-.
dowcd with marvellous virtues indecd
In tho fiscal year 800 We imported only
a2l, 1000, 600 worth Of leaf and manutact.
ured tobauco, Of which over 81 4 1000. 600
worth came from Cuba
Yet 10 Us such % miserable vnrn aa
this which the great New York Tribune
prints for the cnlightonmontot farmers
who voted last fall againt protection.
10 makes tho following insulting apol-
ogv for those farmers; "rhe noor men
were not much t1 blame for voting
stupidity whom they had once come TO
believe so stupidity but the course OF
events is likely 70 onlighten them not
a little
Sharp County record., 1891-10-22

Both the method and rsmb,
syrup of Figs is taken: -t'a'1 i.;,a. !
and rofreshing to the tasts Il . Y.
gently yet promptly On tbo E5 n.
Liver and Bowels, olosn,s,4 ~ J,
TEN eleetually disnels coI1, =
aches and fovcrs and curoS ,'i /
constipation. Syrup of H., = .
only remedy of its kind ava /,
duced, pleasing to the tasts o's' !.
Ccptablo tG the stomach, MA. '.
its action and truly benefsi,I i,i-
effects, prepared only from Al.
healthy and agreeable sIbst,r. i.
many excellent qualities cnm~.
to all and have made + IN, h.
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs IS for s,p
and 81 bottles by all Ioadir,
gists. ANY reliable drrggI,,
may not have it On hand "A
cure iS promptly for a9v ON,
wishes to Try it. Do not acrsr
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FT9 syrup
8AF F7ARCiSC0, CAL,
LOUISVILLE. kR H=y Yosy
Sharp County record., 1891-10-22

-Fhr nine manufacturers OF snatha
in the nited States have concluded 70
pull togcthor. rhey recently organ-
Iacd trust 30 bo known as the Nation.
nj Snath Co., aud havo alod articles OF
incorporation at Jaolson, Mich These
nino men are protected by duty OF %
psr cent How much protection have
tho fnrmOrs who usa anaths2
Sharp County record., 1891-10-22

wealth in ID years 9l,69Ll5l
Total reputation In lS99......... 49, 32s' A.
The meaning of these figures is thus
pointed out by Mr. d. S. Moore: THE
reason for this discrepancy lies in
nutshell The protected american
iaudaI lord buys what he needs and
consumes in the cheapest market in
the world and sells his product in the
dearest whereas, the rural American
scrt sells his product in the cheapest
mariletiH the world and has to buv-all
Of life in the dearest mar
llct, which is the protected home mar
lzet and the only market where he can
supply himself" Co.
Sharp County record., 1891-10-22
A Germ


Euawcd off and destroyed. I'd
little hacIIli, as the germs are calI
arc toe small to be seen with l
naked eve, but they arc very u1i
alive Just the same, and enter I
body ii our food, in the arI
breathe, and through the po,uI
the skin. Thence they get i1n4
blood and finally arrive at the luri
where they fasten and increase vi
frightfuI rapIdity. Then Gem
Syrup comes III, loosens them, Il
them, expeIls them, heals the pll
they leave, and so uourish q
soothe that, in a short time consun
tIves become germ-proof and well
Sharp County record., 1891-10-22
A rnnnh NJ puthna

There is little moro pitifu tan a
boy who has lost his mother The
ucighhors come IN and are kind 10 his
sisters In their efforts 10 comfort thcm.
but the hoy seems TO ho ont of reach ot
their sympathy, They cannot under.
stand his grief, or that he GROVES NO
ALL Tie does not sit around ar wccp
Into lace handkerchief ho rocy out
and cries on his ssoove behind the barn,
while his sisters In the parlor ara hav.
ing their tears wiped away bv kind
hearted, mothorlv women with candy
IN their pockets A boy is so awkward
and rough, and homelv and noisy, and
when the only one In the world who
believed In him or his possibilities lies
dead in the house. his hcort aches the
sumc M girls Atohison Globe
-"Oh why do the summer roses
fade9' she asked romantlcally T sup.
pose los because they ore built that
way he replied, IN hIs matter.ot iaes
way Pittsburgh Chronicle
Sharp County record., 1891-10-22

the leaves Of ny
LLe phlegn thai .of
cOug1cd up isa pa
parts Of .he ilfe
which haves sa'
Sharp County record., 1891-10-22

The majority Of wclI-raad M,
icians now believe that Co1q,i
ton IS a germ disease. LraI
words, instead Of being III taev,
stItutIOn Itself it is caused bvr;
merable small creatures Iivingntl
lungs having no business thers.
eating them away as clter1IIlazl
Sharp County record., 1891-10-22
-ARmERs ANn TIE CENSUS.

Gain ut Wealth .B Manufacturing uud
Farming -tatss-.armrrs Failing Behind
Ir Waslth.
Robert p. po-tcrs census. bad as iu
is, has g.rcuuv furnished abundant
means Tor rcturiu- mis- eCrGUIous false
hood that .'the direct benefits he the
farmCri receives from. the protective
JarIH. arc far IN excess of the benefits
received by any other class.
Ti the farmer is getting so mucH
more g0od out OF the tariff than. the
manufacturers 10 ought to be shown in
the growth of agricultural states
These latter ought at least to keen pace
in the accumulation of wealth with
manufacturing states Even Porter
cenSus shows the exact opposite to be
the case.
Hero is how wealth has increased.
according 20 Porter, in eight mauutact-
Sharp County record., 1891-10-22

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Sharp County record., 1891-10-22
arger p0pu.atIOn:
Increase in

Total increase Of
wealth in % years ,9l,GJIC5I
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-01-10
Removal OF the Human Liver.

In the course of a long series of care.
fully conducted Investigations, Professor
Ponfc, of Breslau, has made the impor-
tant discovery that large part of the
liver-even as much as hree-fourths-
msy be removed without serious disturb
anca of the animal functions. Surgeons
have long known or regarded it as fact
that the whole of the liver is not abb
solutely essential to health, but have
hardly supposed that the sudden destruc-
ton of a considerable Fart of it would
not be serious in the extreme-the dis
covery to the contrary now enabling
operations to be performed which have
hitherto been considered alike beyond
surgical skill and human endurance.
Professor Ponies remarkable investiga-
tions in this line prove that the liver has
a wonderful power of reproduction-in
some cases, he states, portion equal to
two-thirds having been replaced by a
new growth within a few weeks.-Neu
York Tribune
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-01-10
A Poverty.stricken millionaire.

This seems paradox, but It is ex-
planned by one Of New York's richest
men. - don't count my wealth in
dollars" he said. What are all nv
possessions to me, since I am Il victim
OF consumption ? Ny doctor tells me
that L have but few months TO live,
for the disease is incurGblc. | am poor
or than that beggar yonder." But,
interrupted the friend to whom he spoke,
consumption can be cured. If taken
in time, DR.. Piercc's Golden Medical
Discovery will eradicate every vestige
of the disease from your system" I'm
try it." said the millionaire, md he did;
and to-day there is not healthier,
happier man to be found anywhere.
The discovery" strikes at the seat of
the complaint. Consumption is a dis
ease of the blood-is nothing more nor
less than lung scrofula-and it must
and does yield to this wonderful remedy.
"GOlden Medical Discovery is not
only an acknowledged remedy for that
terribly fatal malady, when taken in
time and given fair trial. but also for
all forms of ScrofulOus, Skin and Scalp
Diseases, as White Swellings, Fever
sores, Hip joint Disease. Salt rheum,
letter, Eczema, BOils, Carbuncles, Ery-
sipells and kindred ailments.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-01-10
The Cranberry Industry.

A prominent New Jersey cranberry
grower says that the New Jersey berries
this year are unusually fine, and will
bring 81 per bushel. Jersey berries can
be kept in good condition from now until
May or June OF next year, with little or
10 sh-inkage and no loss to the owner.
C-anberries arc grown in the poorest
lands of the county, but yield a large
profit. The culture of cranberries is
rapidly becoming the chief industry in
the lower counties of the State, particu-
larly Atlantic County. The swamps and
marshy lands are hardly fit for any other
use, but make excellent boys. The peo-
pie are beginning to realize that the bar
rem lands which have hitherto been only
an expense can be utilized, and large
sums of money made from very small
investment. A grower who has had long
experience in making and managing boys
said recently that first-class bog can be
made for from 5000 to $500 an acre, &C.
cording to the quality of the bog.-Nea'
YorE Tribune.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-01-10
Caiarrii Can NJ Cured,

..,arrh can never be cured by oin.ments
EtSther local applications, Lut there is one
eosSy that can permanently remove the
o. II has cured cases where the d discharge
~ = oIP'fh I'D was mass Of corrnStq n n
g rases indicated an Irresistible desire 10
W ana spit, the phlo-,m collecting i'm n
~ mas bchiGJ Tie soft palate. In other
~ -. 'vherc the matte: dried up in such large
- a. TO fairly close up the nCstrils and
NM nasal respiration. In other cases
- the breath was 30 ofTensivelv reyoltin,
" ed that the person became u diS.,lstin9
= in sruiety. Oth,r cases wherein com,
81 w lntGc " dis,rg ssful feeling above
~ bsty,ca enc eyes, Spd where the stuse of
" Na- entirely lost. Other cases where tho
S.arriu,s fell into Inc throat and the voic,. he.
g., husky. and caused 4 troublesome cough.
q gou want 60 know i..'' name of the me,i-
~ II Is called Dr. John bulls Sarsaparilla.
ssrsr be bought Va any druggist.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-01-10
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.
What is known as Dutch gold is q

What is known as Dutch gold is
combination of copper and zinc.
Nearsightedness is overrunning the
French people as much as the Germans.
DR.. Hammond says that thin soles are
the worst propagators of disease among
women.
Sawdust is being compressed and used
for gun wads in England, and seems to
enhance penetration and pattern.
A large number of the carriages in
cities are now supplied with rubber tires
to prevent jolting and deafening clatter.
Uranium was unknown a century ago,
but lode has been found in q mine in
Cornwall, England. 1t sells for $12, 600
ton. l..- ...|..
1t is said that q solution of choral n.y.
dratc of a strength of five grains to the
ounce OF water will clear the hair of
dandruff.
About $50 species of birds are now
known to make North America their
home, and representatives of eighty-two
additional species find their way to this
continent from other countries.
"a good many people spoil the effect
Of good nights rest by the ridiculously
heavy bedclothes they use, says the Lon.
don Hospital. "Bed clothes should be
like body clothing, light and warm"
The are about 1900 paper mills in
Europe, and of these 800 were built last
year. The daily product of pulp and
paper is almost 1900 tons, and the chief
material used is wood, although jute is
in demand.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-01-10
a. Bird that Shavos.

Nan Il said not to be the only creature
IN shsves. The South American bird
eed the "mot mot" the Motmotus
bFsziliensis which actually begins shaving
on arriving at maturity. Naturally
adorned with long blue tail feathers. it
is not satisfied with them in their natural
state, but with its beak nipe of the web
on each side for space of about two in
ches, leaving q neat little oval tuft at the
end of each.