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suppose, instead OF this tax being mp
portionod upon valuation of property,
1t is fixed mt certain per capita rate
In 1890 1t would have beeu So 81 for
every man. woman and child in the
state OF Ohio or say from SIS to- $40 to
every man with an average family.
The farmers of Ohio can very easily
estimate from the knowledge of tho
value OF their property how much of
this tax each would have TO pay. As
we have shown before, the whole state
would have TO pay upwards of thirteen
millions of dollars. while IL Is the actual
fact that to-day the inhabitants of Ohio
need not pay n single dollar of this un-
less they want TO.
But the ''rcformcr" cries, 1--WE don't
want free trades" what we want Is n
tariff for revenue. and the expenses of
the government will still bc maintained
by the duties on imports" Well. let
ms see. Their leading apostle, Hon
Roger Q. Mills, himself the Trainer of n
tariff bill. and a most promising candi-
date for speaker In the next house of
representatives, has declared through
out Ohio i'm favor OF 0bsoufs free trade
In fact, the Cincinnati Enquirer. the
leading organ I'm the state OF Ohio, re-
Gently printed a full-length portrait of
This same apostle advocating free trade.
Moreover, the Enquirer. itself, no longer
ago than August 10 printed the follow
ing:
tisa humiiisting and q disgraceful confos.
sion. base Islander, 10 say that tho American
people need any laws to protect them from
competition with any other nntion. Nothing
has made England what she Is but her FREQ
trade her unfetterec commerce Compare our
resources and advantages with hers and inag
tue what our position would DO among the ma
lions II unhampered by the letters OF protection.
Moreover, ono of Ohio's prominent
congressman has said that he would
abolish every custom house in the land:
that he would rather vote for the estab-
lishment Of an institution TO spread the
cancer. or field in which 90 propagate
cholera, or n school In which TO teach
vice and crime. than TO vote for pro-
tcctive tariff of any kind. But IL is not
necessary for us TO produce further tes-
iimony To show that Tariff Reform,
means free trade, or that the free trade
party are asking for Tariff Reform. Z"
or tariff-for-revenue-o for any other
purpose than an entering wedge for abb
solute free trade With free trade will
come direct taxation. and what that
means. for the people OF Ohio mt least.
is shown above.
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III the aid Pcar.nn R4vus you. a. -
day viii came when yca win wish with
all your heart that you had never seen
him."
Lam at loss John said. TO un-
derstand you. Mr.. Scragg>"
That's because you do not under
stand Pearson's motives"
why. what motives, except ono of
kindness, can he have in aiding me?
Ho cannot hope to mako anything out
of me. for have nothing"
"Iou have not property, Mr.. Green.
but you have that which Is Of far morn
value to both yourself and him. You
have daughter. and Il is her ruin he Is
working to-"
'Scraggs." cried John, with livid face,
''be careful what you say"
IL am careful. Green. and would to
Heaven it WAS not necessary to say
what am about To tell you. But as n
husband and father feel it my duty
to speak out and warn you against
Harry Pearson. know his purpose
for he has stated il To me. He has de-
signs on your daughter. and knowing
that he cannot win her by fair means
he seeks To do It by entrapping you In
his tolls
John looked ut Soraggs in dazcd
way for some time, evidently halting
between two opinions or else mixed up
in medley of ideas. Scraggs' manner
and delivery were so earnest that IL was
hard to believe him insinccre, but on
the other hand it was equally hard To
think of Pearson as an unprinciplcd
libertine after all his transformations
kindness Another man might have
been able to form correct conclusion
In the premises. but John Green. hon
est, open. frank, truthful soul that he
was, was slow 60 change opinions of n
person. especially when he was called
upon 10 exchange good opinion for "a
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DECIDE QUICKLY, TIME IL PRECIOUS"
but he felt assured that Pearson was
arguing for him, and when at last they
came back and sat down he was assured
OF this, for Mills said at once:
MIR. Green. am going 20 make an
exception of your case. and advance Won
fifty dollars. I wouldn't do IL for an
other man on earth. and ought not do
IT Tor you. II Is taking great isls,
and besides 1t Is setting bad precedent
however Mr. Pearson says your wife
is In bad way. and hc has pleaded
with me for her sake 20 show liberal
spirit.and against my Judgment I've con-
scented for once 20 mingle charity with
business. must ask you 10 keep this
transaction quiet. at least the amount
OF the loan must remain a secret"
John readily consented 10 this small
request. aud Mills proceeded 20 make
out the papers. and n few minutes later
John Green emerged from the private
Office with fifty dollars in his pocket.
Fifty dollars did say?
Yes. fifty dollars, less Mills commits.
stons and interest, which we're eight
dollars for q sixty days loan, three Der
cent. per month for interest and five
per cent. per month for commissions. 4
small matter, truly, and an insignificant
sum. Only eight dollars for the use Of
forty-two dollars for two months. At
that rate, II Green had made the loan
Tor a year he would have received two
dollars in cash while the remaining
forty-eight would have gone for inter
est and commission on the two. An, n
blessed thing Is the cbattel mortgage.
and blessed Is the man who owns one.
~ was a fortunate thing for the poor
settlers that Mills made short time
loans only. That feature was the only
rcdeeming ono in his system.
When John left the Office Pearson fol-
lowed him. and the honest, trustfnI
farmer embraced the opportunity TO
thank Harry again for his interest and
troublc
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WIT AND WISDOM.

"A truly noble nature can not bc In.
suited.
Every man Is a volume. II You know
how 20 read him. Cumming.
You can't learn too much. but You
can half learn too much Texas Sift.
ings
Man will stand up for the weaker
sex everywhere but In crowded street
car. Elmira Gazette.
"A turtle IL lazy fellow: but no
other fellow thinks he has soft snap
Richmond Recorder
1t takes the small boy In the peanut
gallery TO make "A reputation for great
actor Galveston News
Advice is valuable chiefly when IL
makes "A man mad enough 20 follow his
own ideas. Bingbamton Republican.
Every industrious person should
try his hand at something, and II he
does not succeed, let him try both hands
at IT,
Cheap wit ia "a term which every
great editor should have handy. II
means the other fellows wit. Texas
SiftinRs.
Popular Noyclist--''I only know
two women who are absolutely perfect. .
Mrs. Lovclacc--"Who IL the other" -
From the French.
How seldom IL Is you see a man
wise enough 90 keep bis eyes away
from the key-hoie 81 his skeleton closet.
--Atchison Globe
Brown-Tm like ivy cling %
my church Fo2g Very like ivy. Con-
fine yourself 20 the outside OF the
church. Boston Transcript
An old bachelor explains the cour-
age ~ the Turks by saying that man
with more than one wife ought 90 be
wiling 10 face death ~ any time.
The course % true love may never
run smooth. but that fact doesn't pre-
vent the lovers from striking a gate
no~ and then HinghamtOn Leader.
Jack Wei, jim. ! proposed 20
Miss Summer last night jim Did
she give you her heart? Jack No.
but got piece 81 her mind. 81 Yale
Record
Men are unlike trees in one inn
portant respect with men Il t. ins,
after the fall that they begin 60 ac.
quire shady reputation baltimore
American
AN|tA"A WWNANM NfNNN FHfHOfft.flt
the recipe for keep ng Young smii-
ing woman. with an expression 81 ~
pose. always appears year. vJunger
than her age.
When the young girls father comes
into the parlOr snd rndeiy turns on the
gas We suppose the young mao can
safely regard IL a. time 10 light out -
Binghamton Leader
The old. old story. before marriage
has three words in BE-. u love you.
The old old story after marriaes has
the same number. to-wit. Vented
a cook -" Atchis0n Globe.
"A correspondent writes. II am in
love with q Genoa girl and am too
bashiui 90 propose Can you help me
out2' No. bnt perhaps her father
could Richmond Recorder
Mr NagnaQ--i do wish yon v ouid
learn 20 cook az my mothor used a..
Tier bread and pies always had per.
feet crust Mrs. ~ YES. aud her
children. too. Boston c< uricr.
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The professional mendicant doesn't
care 10 DC called a common boggar out
side Of business hours. 4 divertinR
story credited 20 Mrs. Andrew Lang
brings this point into clear relief in
the days ~ my childhood" she says. "a
friend Of my own was informed by a
favoriic nouscmaid that she wished u
give warming, as she was going 20 bc
married. Indeed. said the lady. and
what is your future husband?' Please.
m, he's IA uskcrr a whatg An
ASKER. 4 don't understand what does
he do?' Well. IN. he-he goes abou
the streets, and II he secs anyone com.
ing along that looks kind newell, be
just stops EN- and asks EN- % give him
trifie, and he makes quite a comfort
able living that wayr DO You mean n
beggar?' Well. m. some people do
call It that; We call IL asker. Chi.
cago Times.
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Why I Am "a rrot-c,Ioni.,.
BY HON. HENRY NJ HoYr, Ex-aoyERNoa
or prNNsyIvAxra

BY HON. HENRY NJ HoYr. EX-GOVERNOR
or PENNsYLvANIA.
1 am ''protcctionist' because the
welfare and happiness of the people in
America depend on their ability TO en-.
JOY the necessaries, convcnicnces and
comforts which our manufacturers sun
ply. There In no other source OF ade-
quatc supply for many such commodi-
ties except American manufacturer. 40
That the American manufacturer Is more
indispensable TO the American people
than the American people is TO the
manufactures While American labor
Is more efficient aud more productive
than labor elsewhere. IL yet remains
incontcstibly true that there are thou
sands OF commodities which can not be
made by our artisans IN competition with
to,o priced labor elsewhere. II the In.
borers here are TO consume this class of
manufactured goods. the industries
which produce them must be shielded
from destructive competition or the pro-
Queer must live in some other country.
III he lives here he must either make
them or 90 fsifhoW them; he can not buy
them. for the reason that there Is no
something else" he can do by which he
can earn the purchase money for the for
cign article. Nobody but an economic
idiot would now contend that the pro-
tcctive duty adds n sou marquc" 10 the
cost of the commodity. It's only effect
Is to give the market 10 the American
producer The free trader may beat
about the bush with his speculntions,
dogmatism, sophistrics and insolcnce.
but the root of the matter lies within the
compass of the foregoing proposition of
TaclH
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xroe rrAae md Dsrecs rAxntios-r~x~
FArmsrs would Pay a. the TastR we're
Acoaishsd-seven Dollars aud = Hair the
share OF kvery Man. Woman and Child
- OHIO ~ Oar Revenue we're Raised by
Direct rAxation.
Gov. Campbell in his Joint debate
with Major Mckinley. recently, quotes
the major M saying that 'thc people
don't feel the tariff tax. because thev
don't know when they pay it, and
adds: at IL that insidiouS form of tax
alton that il sapping the strength of tho
farmer and the wage worker in this
country"
Suppose. for the sake of argument.
we allow that the consumer does pay
the tax on goods imported into this
country. During the year ending Juno
so, 1890. the duties collected ON importa-
tions amounted TO Ssae. $40 os6 Every
dollar OF tins was necessary for the sup
port of tho government. and had IL not
been collected in this way II would need
to have been collected from the people
by direct taxation Now, suppose that
we had enjoyed the absolute free trade
so much longcd for by Mills. Cleveland
and the democratic party. what would
have been the share OF Gov. Campbcils
state? 1t would be determined by the
ratio which tina population of the state
of Ohio bears to the whole country.
We find that Ohio's share would be
siS,2s5.ooo. The assessed valuation OF
real and personal property in Ohio. nc.
cording to the census returns OF 1870,
was Sits 1888. Asst. The rate of taxa.
ton, 1t willsbc seen. would ~ mills,
and the following table will serve 70
show about what taxes would be col
lected from men the assessed valuation
of whose property is from one to ter
thousand dollars:
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Tariff "RccsruA" Respossshls.
A member OF the editorial stan OF the
Manufactures aud Inventor of London
IL In the United States to learn how the
people feel about tho Mckinley tariff.
He found a man who. to the great GOV
OF the Manufacturer and Inventor. fur
nishing him with the following bit of
philosophiziug:
IT'S all worry well for party journals like the
American Economist. 10 publish ~tatcmen,s
showing that IN somc textile goods she priccs
s, ne lower because OF tho act; they may bs pro
aueed NJ alower rate and sold Wholesale AZ n
lower rate. but The retailers take advantage of
the public and really Increase tho pricca
Whatever influence tho tariff has on
prices must frat appear in Wholesale
prices II not there. then any chnnrc
that appears In retail prices can not DO
dnc to the tariff. Since the brilliant
person whom the correspondent of tho
British journal interviewed admitted
that goods were selling Wholesale at a
lower rate than before the new tariff
took effect. he conceded everything. and
testified To the hugeness OF the McKin.
ley prices humbug. IL Is simply stupid
To attribute rise In the retail prices of
articles whose Wholesale price Is declin-
ing to tho tariff
Goods imported are always invoiccd
mt wholesale prices, and extremely low
wholesale prices at that They arc
bought In large quantities. which fac,
Is always guarantee of lowest figurcs.
They arc squeezed still lower by the
Importer in tho invoice. SO as To bent
the custom house, SO that tariffs can
directly affect Wholesale prices only.
III the retail price Ii put up TO the con-
sumner. aud not the Wholesale price to
the retailer, tho tariff can no more DO
blamed for II than for the spots on the
sun. Such fraud upon the public
would not be possible for retail mer-
chants to perpetratc had not dishonest
tariff ''reformcrs' created such n
groundlcss scare about Mckinley prices.
whatever the public has suffered In
this regard must be charged. then. not
to protection, but to tariff reform"
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What Is that young mans name7,
What young man, papa2' "The one
who stayed till after twelve o'clock. -
ellis name Is William, papa - "Bnl for
ehcrt?' II suppose 50. swell. n
isn't complete" Not complete7" mo.
IL ought 90 be Gas Bill for short" And
the old man went down into the cellar.
and held lantern Up 70 the meter
once more.
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ley ana men OF hIa stamp 70 stump che
state IL they can spur Tire dcmocr Ats
into bringing Roger Q. Mills To advo-
cate their cause. 30 much the better.
He makes votes for the other aide
wherever he goes Then will IL be no
longer said that New York Is democratic
In on years The Empire State always
can be depended upon to respond to the
call OF protection
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On all sides and IN an drections the
new tariff outstrips. IN it, actual opera
ton. She most glowing prophecies m ade
~ iss friends before ~ onactE1snt
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since foreign manufacturer Of hosi.
cry have greatly reduced their prices 10
order 20 get over the Mckinley tariff
the question may properly be asked.
How do American manufacturers man.
age % hold the domestic market against
the foreigners? Many causes have con
tributed 20 help. not the least Of which
is the lower cost resulting from in
creased production, consequent on the
higher protection granted Co hosiery
aud the confidence in the future thus
impaired 70 the American Industry.
But there are other minor causes. As
the tarin reduced the price 81 imported
hosiery. 80 IL has reduced the price Of
materials imported for hosiery manu-
facture. a dry goods trade paper fur
nishes the following exhibit Of the re-.
duction In the price Of dyes used Dy
hosiery manufacturers
TDfffa uruaruur nv
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That ~, the tariff on the raw material
from which hemp rope is made was
rather raised than lowered yet hemp
rope shows fall In price Just a bout as
great as the fail in binding Irvine WE
tie smart editor please tel what caused
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Twin. ana the rnrln.

A smart tariff editor in New York
takes Kansas paper TO task for ask
ing the following questions:
VIII some free trader kindly tell us why tho
best binding Irvine cost. only 10 cents n pound
now when ono year ago IL was sold for from Nc
10 ~ cents pouudf Does increase ia tho
tarin always result In reducing tho price OF a
commodity 20 the consumer
The smart performer" quotes figures
showing that the price OF binding Irvine
fell from i4jf cents in October. 1890,
when the Mckinley bill became law,
10 III cents in September OF this year.
and accounts for the decrease 10 price
by calling attention 20 the fact that tho
raw materials for this Irvine were made
free by the new tariff and the duties
reduced on the finished product "herce
the reduction OF prices"
IL IL Will again consult the table OF
prices from which IL took its figures, II
will find the following:
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. TOO IsyI.
Hemp, ropo, pound. ........... ..... 44 ~
by consulting that--to protection
exceedingly serviccable. though-to
reform" hcorists-somewhat dcstruct-
i've, compilation by the reform" club.
the Comparison. item by item" Of the
duties levied by the old and the new
tariffs, the smar't editor will find hemp
duties given as follows:
Mohave County miner., 1891-03-21
Curiostties Of Death.

From what Is known OF the first ef-
feet OF gun-shot wounds surgeons have
decided that TO be shot TO death is one
Of the easiest modes Of terminating life.
as the first impression is known 10 be
rather more stunning than acute.
Rapid, however, as such a mode OF
death must be, the body has leisure to
feel and time TO reflect, even though Il
must be but for a single instant. On
the first attempt by one Of the frantic
adherents Of Spain TO assassfnate VIII
liam, Prince OF Orange, who took the
lead in the revolt in the Netherlands,
the ball passed through the bones OF
his face and brought him 10 the ground.
In the instant that preceded stupefac.
tion he was able to frame the notion
that the ceiling of the room had fallen
in and crushed him. The cannon-ball
which plunged in the brain of Charles
XII. did not prevent him from seizing
his sword hilt. The idea OF an attack
and the necessity OF defence was i'm.
pressed upon him by blow, which we
would naturally suppose TO have been
too tremendous and instantaneous 10
leave the least interval for thought.
But the two instances above related
Notwithstanding, 1t by no means follows
that the inlliction OF fatal violence is
accompanied by single pang of pain.
Unless death results Immediately, how
ever, the pain is as varied as the nature
of the injuries, too numerous for emu.
meration and past counting up.
Mohave County miner., 1891-03-21
EASTER DAY,
Origin Of the Name and what 1t Signifies
TO Fix Its Date.

Origin Of the Name and what IL Signifies
To Fix Its Date.
The name Easter is believed to be
derived from the Saxon deity Eostre,
whose festival was celebrated in the
spring, about the same time as the
Christian feast. Oster signifies rising, 4"
and tho name is supposed by some to
have come from that word, Easter
being the feast of the Resurrection. II
has also been called in the east the
Pdschdl Feast. falling rs it does at the
time Of the Jewish Passover or PdScho,
when, as Saint Paul said, Christ our
Passover Is sacrificed for us, therefore
let us keep the feast" Eater is
one OF the movable feasts. The
prayer-book gives the following
rule: Easter Day is always the
first Sunday after the full moon
which happens upon or next after the
twenty-tirst day Of March; and il full
moon happens upon a Sunday, Easter
Day is the Sunday after" consequently
March % is the earliest date upon
which Easter can fall, and April 25th
the latest, this year the date is March
20. This rule was adopted at the Coun-
Gil OF Nice, A. ID. 325, as the observance
OF the day had always been upon the
same day as the Jewish Passover, VIII ich
fell upon any weekday, whereas the
fathers Of the Church held that as Sun
day was the day of the Resurrection,
the festival should be held upon a Sun
day, Before this time bitter disputes
were held between the Eastern and the
Western churches as to the proper day,
the Western churches holding 70 the
rule adopted later at the great Ecu-
menical Council. All movable feasts
OF the Church year are dependent upon
Easter.
The customs Of the day are exceed
ingly interesting and curious. In the
Greek church it is the rule for people
meeting on Easter for one TO exclaim,
Christ is risen" whereupon the other
answers, He IL risen indeed. -
Throughout the countries of England
are practiced number OF curious old
customs-the men being the actors up
on Easter Monday, and the women up
on Easter Tuesday. In Germany the
distribution Of eggs is general, the
little ones finding them in the rabbits
nests, and in this country colored
Easter eggs are popular with the child.
rep.
Mohave County miner., 1891-03-21
ABOUT CASH CUSTOMERS.
One orocsrymsn Says He Prefers Those
who Trade ON Credit.

Ii seems very strange, but II Is true,
nevertheless, that customers .who pay
cash for their purchases are not con
sidered very desirable by butchers or
gr5tstsi and especially those who do
not send children Or ifsessongers after
the goods, but go themselves and hive
the articles selected and weighed or
measured under their personal super
vision. A groeeryman whom ques-
toned on the subject endeaYofed TO
deny that such was the fact says a
writer IN the New York Telegram, but
when mentioned several bfstrstes
20 show that II was true, he said:
We'll, we don't like them because
they are too particular. They want
the biggest and best OF everything and
then they beat down your prices as low
as they can. OF course IL Is pleasant
TO get the ready money, but II comes
In such small amounts that the full
benefit OF II Is not appreciated. Be
sides you are never sure OF cash Gus.
toner. They arc not In your debt and
can quit you when they feel they have
grievance. You are sure OF the
customers who rim nb account with
you. though occasionally they fail TO
par. hut w have q way Of protecting
ourselves against loss" said the gro
ceryman with sly smile.
mo wonder the butchers and groc-
ers prefer customers who run book 70
those who pay cash, =" said a boarding
house keeper OF my acquaintance; IA
cent or two more on a pound for every
thing is charged 10 the book customer,
who Is usually careless In noting the
increase, but this difference alone
makes 4 handsome profit for the grocer.
In addition 10 this the poorest quality
Of goods. IL foisted on the customer
who rims an account, as the privilege
Of running a book Is SUPPOSED to be u
favor for which the customer eannot be
too grateful. Where the latter isinclin-
cd 10 be careless II often happens that
certain items find their way on the
book, so that when the account is footed
up at the end OF the week or month
the total Is found 70 be much larger
than was anticipated. IL is not at all
strange, 90 one who knows. why grOc-
ers and butchers are willing 10 take
chances with book customers"