The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-11-20

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THE MASTICATOR.
color trills, runs, arpeggios, and what
Mr.. Seidl so truly characterizes as funny
business, are mere accessories of the
fried chicken. 1t is good chicken, too,
though sometimes cold because it has to
be prepared and on the table at the time
when the train is due, even if the train
should not be Oh time. This is hazard
Gus business and very slight hot box
may mean acute cold chicken sometimes
have been told by my physician that
should be cheerful and enter into
lively conversation at mealtime to keep
the mind bright and sunny if / want to
be we'll and live longer than other peo-
pie. Therefore you will notice that /
often converse Mt table, and may be seen
summing my mind on pleasant days on
the lawn, allowing it to run about sniff
ing the bright, crisp air while keep a
vigilant eye on the cat.
For this reason opened little bit OF
CHEEKY talk with q tall, thoughtful man
on my left at table. He was grave
man, with long, copper colored whiskers,
which he buttoned inside his vest, SO
that when the robins nest again they
air of n student of the old school. When
say that l mean one of the pallid
students of the day when men studied
SO hard that their sons often filled Il
chappie's grave. The typical student Of
today is young man with out of door
tendencies and freckles on the back of
his neck. He may not be able to trans
late the Songs of Solomon from the
IL L..
but we hope that he is the forerunner Of
better race.
81 see that another great man has
come out with the statement that he can
no longer vote with his old party"
said, spearing another roll and cutting
the hot and steaming thing open with
my knife in order to show that felt no
restraint, no matter where l might be
placed.
"Ah!" he said, "2s, 90, 3o-to whom
do you refer-31, 32-may ask"
'To large malt dealer in Phila-
delphia who says that the Mckinley
bin is running the malt business-33,
"a, 80, &c." added in order to show that
belonged TO the same lodge, but really
not knowing what he was driving at.
Exactly; but-11, IL, 13, II, 15-why
does the Mckinley bill have that effect
on the-1G, II, IS, 19-malt business" he
asked as he swallowed his oatmeal and
declined IL glass of buttermilk on ac-
count of his mustache.
"By making the tariff on Canadian
malt so high that it is prohibitory, thus
compelling the dealer to depend upon
the American barley, which is falling
off, the American farmer refusing to
raise it because under Republican adj
ADMINISTRATION he finds that the sharp
boards of the barley while being thrashed
work down his back-20, 81, 90, 80" |
replied.
"Ah, yes-24, %, &c, 81, 2S-might
ask what your views are on the tariff.
80, 80, 81, 32?'
"Certainly- 81, 35-if you will tell
me what chapter of the Phi Kappa Psi
you belong TO, SO that may see if am
working in your degree or not-3G, 81,
39, 80"
"Ies, yes; You refer, no doubt-9, 10.
II, 12-to my habit of enumeration and
mastication.'
"Ycs, sir-13, II, 15-if you please"
Very WE'LL then it is agreed-lG, II,
49,"
"My notions, briefly, regarding the
tariff are that the man who says he can
tell you the ultimate effect upon the
varied industries of this country, con-
sidering both employer and employee,
and their future, not for two or four
years, but for generation, prevaricates.
LII either party can make votes by recit-
ing isolated instances of great prosperity
among manufacturers who have married
wealthy wives and put the money into
the business, or, on the other hand, the
cases of manufacturers who have been
compelled to shut up ostensibly Oh &C.
count Of the Mckinley law, but really
because they did not advertise, let them
do SO. | rode up from Atlanta with q
man who wanted the duty of three dol
lars retained on peanuts, but aside from
that wanted absolute free trade as soon
as possible. We are as broad and liberal
in our tariff views as we are in our re-
ligion. We forget that some consti-
buttons require the heroic treatment,
while others yield to gentler methods
and the all powerful and all humanizing
influences of love. We should not be too
arbitrary one way or the other, A man