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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-11-04
TIN PLATE SUPERSTITION.
Congressman Hunting Examines the Pres
idcnt's statistics.


idcnt's statistics.
Mr.. Harrison, in his letter Of accept
ance, reitcratcs the exploded arguments
Of his party in defense Of the tin plate
industry. SO called, which has been born
under the midwifery of his administra-
ton
No one knows better than Mr.. Harri-
son the utter hollowness of the tin
plate pretcnsc up to date. and it seems
incredible that he should so far presume
upon the ignorance of the people as to
bring forward the antiquatcd subter-
fuge of reasoning SO often exploded in
defense Of the infant.
''Onc or twice." says Mr.. Harrison,
''in our history the production Of tin
plates has been attempted, and the
price obtained by the Welsh makers
would have enabled our makers to pro-
duce it Mt profit. But the Welsh
makers at once cut prices to point that
drove the American beginners out Of
business. and when this was accom-
plished again made their own prices"
Mr. Harrison is inexcusable in thus re.
vamping this logic of Cronemeyer after
it had been so thoroughly disprovcd in
congressional debates and had come to
be so thoroughly discredited by the
people.
The history Of the price OF imported
tin plates for the past twenty-five years
has been gauged strictly by the worlds
market price Of iron an pig tin. which
ingredients constitute the entire bnlk
Of tin plates and 30 per cent of their
cost. Market reports show that in 1872
pig tin was quoted at fi59 per ton.
They dropped to G53 In 1873. Philadel-
phia pig iron in 1872 was &53 per ton,
and dropped to $1,000 per ton in 1873.
The corresponding prices Of tin plates
were 20s per box in 1872 and Us Nd In
1873. less percentage decline than
noted in the case Of either iron or pig
tin. Yet this is the very period when.
rs the parties OF high bounties assert,
the Welsh makers put down the price
OF their plates in order to run American
makers out. In a business sense the
Welsh manufacturers were making bet
ter profits in selling at les I'D in 1873
than they were in selling for 26s in 1872
owing To the difference In the price of
raw material.
In 1850 there was an advance in the
price Of plates for the very reason Of
the enhanced cost Of pig tin and iron.
Pig iron had advanced to ell in Fcbru-
airy. 1850. while pig tin had advanced TO
ai05 per ton. This increase in the
raw material sent up the price Of tin
plates about IS. Since 1880 the price OF
tin plates has gradually declined, until
the increased duty was assured N July.
1890. when there was an advance Of
yearly 81 box, caused by the rush Of
American buyers II II was the policy
Of Welsh makers to put down prices
whenever there was an attempt on the
part Of Americans 10 start the business,
why did they not lower the price during
ths first six months Of 1891. when. II
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REFUSE TO DEBATE.
Protectlonlst Weapons Are One Hundred
Milton Pages of Documents and tho Con.
tents Of Three safes.

Protectionist Weapons Are One hundred
Milton Pages Of Documents and tho Con.
tents of Three safes.
The American Protective Tariff
league refuses this year to accept the
challenge Of Hon f.. Ellery Anderson,
president Of the Reform club, to debate
the tariff question at county fairs. Mr..
W. F. Wakeman, secretary of tho
league refuses to have anything to do
with party 40 lost to self respect that
it declares that protection Of all kinds
and at all times il unconstitutional
and says Of the Reform club. I'VE cam
not see that your association stands Tor
anything practical or practicaS,@e. Ae
then proceeds to tell of the won
derful work being done this year by
the league. He says:
"Our work is national not local.
The league does not care 70 be diverted
from its Legitimate work at this late
date by organizing a stamping tour
throughout one state. We have during
the past five months issued over one
hundred million pages OF protection
documents, which have been mailed to
individual voters in all parts Of the
United States. At present we are also
distributing TO individual addresses one
million copies Of the accompanying
pamphlet entitled. American Tariffs
from Plymouth Rock to Mckinley" and
the same number Of the report Of Hon.
Charles T. Peek, labor commissioner
OF the state of New York, together with
the letter Of that eminent lawyer and
democrat. George Ticknor Curtis.
Having fully covered the field it
would be idle for MS to hold the joint
discussions proposed"
Surely ten pages Of the LEAGUES
solid educational matter TO each voter
in the United States with the reserve
supplies now in the safes at republican
headquarters, will save the country to
''protection Democrats and tariff re-
formers might as we'll show the white
feather at once. The result of the No
vember election is already determined
at least protectionists consider de-
bate unnecessary to their cause The
farmers and the officers of the county
fairs arc greatly disappointed. These
debates in 1890 and 1891 were very at
tractivc features of the fairs in New
York state.
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eaAYst.cvRe IN THE PINES.

l,ud OF purity boy was Hank,
Win a pirlish face, an an honest frank,
rou,ldin' light In his big blue eyes,
1he, looked with sorter halfsnrprse
=, ,he 1. .ipcs they seen IN Sliggins camp,
A. su,hIr.', somehow. tibet seemed TO stamp
Vim ain runt from us, an gIsc him just
A ,rfin flavor ". u per crust
No,h;n' put on. b y nateral--see'
friendly an :. cial. but not too free.
4 ceuteman born was young Hank shaw,
Al he didn't drink, nor didn't rha~,
AM never cussed-thct is not much,
An when he did he did II In such
A. avls ard way you could tell for sure
~, was more or less OF an nmachmc.
x,ver sand uothin' about his kin,
N.ver lei ON W nar his home he'd been.
worked right along wita the rest OF rs.
Al, held his own with the hes, Of us
mn B,q-rooi Zckcl, VII, used 70 laif
A. M rcntecl manners, quit his chan.
An give out the statement, cold an chill
un'd HEX The duncr rs used Hank III.
Now. The toy was young-jcst turned sixteen
An, The work was hard an the chuck was
mean.
pu, he :uiIed II out through cold an damp,
mi. lest Us Stiggins was rcikin camp,
u. NIX with fever SO mighty bad,
He couldn't be moved 70 town, poor lad;
"a mo AM Zckel an Long Ian Drew
STAYED thar in the woods TO see him through
cne dav-'twas Sunday-he'd got so weak
ue Couldn't move nor he couldn't speak.
AM law In his bunk so still an white
we 'loxcd he could never last till night
when long in the mornin'-say near ten
we hecrd the jingle OF bells. an then
4 woman dashed through the shanty door
An krelt by Hank on the rough plank floor.
Her face was lit with a look OF Joy,
As She cried: Thank Cod I've found my boy
nm, he didn't know her. An then she prayed.
No 9th. r scch prayer was ever made
Isortsr reckon the angel bands
AZ She t.g1ed Hanh' life ut the good Lora's
hands,
Must he, stopped 10 listen. Twas rather moro
qhsn could stan, an broke Cor the door.
The others folered SAY. lads" says Dan,
"Do you think pra'rs ever cured man:
.punno SAYS Zeke. 'but know es
was a-settn' up thar on the Throne on high,
Arunnt.' this yer concern. an she
Come prayin' an plcadn thct way ter me,
I'd cure tibet kid. II II bust TIC plan
OF the whole burned universe" shake. say
Dan
An fest three weeks from that very day,
Hank an his mother rode away
Down the logril' trail. Now, some may douo'
An arcy twas nussln' pulled him out,
An ihct PR. rs don't 30; but as for me.
Twas thar, an know what hcarn an see,
An hold the: thct day at the Throne OF Grac
Tlet mothers pra'r was wuth It's face.
Clarence II. Pearson. in Lippincotts.
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delivering it, for I believed I was
watched by certain characters who
would like TO get the contents OF my
saddlebagA stole away from home
last night with the utmost caution SO
rs 10 escape the scoundrels."
well. You are safe here. Mr.. Honey.
bec," said Rachel. as she looked into
the handsome face Of the young par
son.
Yes, but the money! There It is you
sce." he exclaimed. III am tracked
and forced to put up SO near the scene
Of its delivery to its rightful owner
there's no telling what the rascals will
not do. have learned by letter that
the legatcc is very i'll aud needs some
of the legacy for immediate expenses.
so you can imagine the straits am in.
! am too i'll to proceed tonight ] am
afraid; yet l would like to have the
legacy delivered before morning"
At this juncturc Rachel's parents
came home and were astonished u
meet their daughters guest. The par
son was put TO bed and Mrs. HavelocI
commenced to doctor him with house
hold remedies In a short time ane
as the sun was sinking behind range
of low hills. he fell into "A deep slumbel
which seemed to afford his watchers {
good deal of pleasure.
Hell come out Of that sleep feeling
like a new man." said Rachel Have
locks mother 'We'll not let him g.
on till he is perfectly strong again, ans
il he sleeps all through the night. why
SO much the better for him, Rachel
More than once Rachers eyes wan
dered to the saddlebags which she ha'
deposited in one corner OF the room
and whenever she looked at them sh
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shot. they Mt last gave up the chase and
let her ride into Rocky Ridge with the
legacy.
II was daylight when she rode back
over the scene Of her exploit, but 1t was
deserted. Nothing but a bloody mask
lay al the edge of the road. showing
that her shot had hit the bandit. When
she reached home she found Hiram
IIoncybce convalcscing, and for the
first time, from Rachcl's own lips, he
learned Of the safety of the saddlebags.
That very day the lIavclocls learned
that Jack Jasper was lying badly
wounded at u cabin among the hills.
and smile stole over Rachcls face
when she heard the story.
The fame Of the Sangamon girl wen.
beyond the borders Of the country and
obtained for her many new admirers;
but not long after her exploit she be-
came the wife Of Rev. Hiram Honey.
bee. and took pleasure in telling TO
group OF children the story OF the par
sons saddle bagA Z. G. uARBAUoH.
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the ccntcrs Of population OF this great
nation.
The roads were little better than
trails leading over the region. and, as a
matter Of course. there were Il good
many lawlcss inhabitants who lived.
like vnlturcs, by plundcr'ng others.
There were gangs of horse thieves
whose dcprcda.ions called for the or
ganization of vigilance comm tlcc>. but
the acts of the rasctl- were 10 well
covered that the committees found
their hands full when they set about
entrapping them.
One afternoon there rode up to the
IIavclocI. house. which stood at the
edge Of clearing. a man who was well
known in the district.
He was young circuit rider named
Honey bee, a man of God whose minis
trations were well liked by all. and it
was predicted that he was looking
about for wife. rs he had not rs yet
entered the state of double blessed
ness.
Hiram Honcybec was talented and
good looking. His disposition was a
jest With the young girls Of the
country he was prime favoritc, and it
was question OF much import as to
which ono he would finally choose for
his life partner.
1t was this young man who. mounted
on his fine looking roam with the back
woods saddlcbags behind him, drew
rein in front of Rachel llavelock's
home on the afternoon in question.
The girl herself met him ut the door
and asked him TO dismount. The young
ground he was seen to staggcr and the
next moment had dropped upon the
rude bench in front of the house, aud
was leaning against the wall, white
faced and breathing heavily.
Rachel ran to him with quick cry
and asacd him what had happened.
In gasps he told her that he was very
sick. and when she helped him into the
house and had given him n glass Of cold
water, the only remedy she could think
OF at the time-hcr parents being away
70 the nearest settlcmcnt-hc confidcd
70 her strange secret:
II am the custodian of good deal of
money which | have in my saddle
bags said the young minister. Every
naturally II gives me much concern, for
~ IS young mans fortune. am tale
ing It TO Rocky Ridge, where he is lying
low with the fever The legacy comes
70 MN from an aunt who died few
DAYS ago In the north, and, as l was
present and ofiiciated ut her funeral,
nave been made the tlclivcrcr Of the
money. You know the state os .hc
country, Miss Rachel? have xep,
-" noucy - long ~ dared withou,
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|. The church must expect to be at
tackled by her enemies in some form
violently or by malarial iniluc nee o.
evil.
.. God will not always Interfere t.
protect Ills servants from thor enemies
note Christ Himself. James. stephen
all the apostles nj some tislc In their
lives.
8. "You will have no dying testimony
from me. you must take my living wit
uess for my blessed Lord. Whitcficld.
4. In the time OF need the Christians
power Is In prayer. which moves ths
hand that moves tho world
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Every interference with trade Is .
check on the wheels Of progress. lie
who tunnels mountain, bridges river
or In any way removes any irnpedimcnt
10 the frcest intercourse between pco-
pie il a public bcncfactor. And he who
in my way puts up barrier TO COM
mcrce is a public enemy. The people
are beginning to see this, and when
they 10 see IL in its fullness they will
bury the opponents Of tariff for rev.
cnuc only SO deep there will never be .
resurrection. --Dcs Moiner Leader.
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RACHEL'S BRAVERY.


lie UMPIRE I G n
tious home Of
the Havelocks
was in the heart
of the wonder
full Sanganon
country. True,
il had not tccn
settled rs thick
~ as other new
parts Of o II r
common land.
but it was fill.
! II < II p q II q
would in time,
so its people
thou < hit. b G
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1892-03-03
DDArH's DOrNas.

Died at Morgantown. at the resi-
dence of Hon. Joseph Moreland, on
Monday, Feb. 20, 1892. Mrs.
Eleanor Brown, widow Of Thomas
Brown, who died here twenty-five
years ago. The deceased was in
her S5th year and has been i'm feeble
health for some time. having had
three strokes of paralysis AID this
was the immediate cause OF her
death. The funeral party left
Morgantown yesterday morning at
SIX o clock and arrived i'm Kinpwood
at half past twelve, coming by rail.
The remains were taken TO the
Presbyterian church and at 2P. ~.
services were held, conducted by
Rev. DR.. Buckhannon, the Presby-
terrain minister from Morgantown.
Quite large crowd attended to pay
last tribut to the dead. DR..
Buckhannon spoke feelingly and
paid an eloquent tribute to the
many virtues and good deeds Of the
departed. After the services at the
church the hearse conveyed the re.
mains to their final resting place in
the klngwood cemetery. Those in
attendance from distance were
Lieut.. Il. NJ. G.. Brown, of Wash
lngton City, Hon Charles f.. Brown.
OF Cincinnati, Mrs. Geo. W. Brown.
OF Wheeling, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Moreland and daughter Nellie and
son james, DIR. Buckhannon, Miss
Mary Dlllic, Messrs Oliver and
Clarence Dillle and Mr. and Mrs.
Grant Lazele, of Morgantown.
The deceased was Miss Elenor
Smith before her marriage and was
born and raised near Fort Pendle.
ton. Her husband, Thomas Brown,
lived and died on farm near King.
wood and is buried ia the cemetery
here. lie died in 1867. Eight
children survive. Mrs. Della [. Tot
ten. Of Oakland, Mrs. Voinda
Ollie and Mrs. Ella Moreland. of
Morgantown. and Lict. Robert NJ.
u. Brown, Judge Advocate in the
Navy Department, Washington.
Hon. Charles Il. Brown, President
of the Police Board. Of Cincinnati.
Col Thomas p. Il. Brown, Attor.
ney-at-law, at Beverley, this State.
and Hon. James a. Brown. lawyer
and John III. Brown, merchant. of
klngwood. There was nine chill
dren, SIX boys and three girls. One
OF the former, Gen. Geo. w. Brown,
who lived at Grafton, is dead. Mrs.
Totten, Mrs. Ollie and Col. Tom
Brown were unable to attend the
funeral.
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Sincerity youIs,


BY the way, Edward s. Elliott's
boom for Attorney General is
tramping on the toes Of Hon. Jas.
A. Brown and crowding his nomi-
nation for the Supreme Judge to
the wall. lie claims that he is
justly entitled to it by all precedent
and right and now after a quarter
of century Of aspirations in this
direction, is to be turned down bv a
hoy who was unborn when Mr.
Brown first began to fight the bat
ties Of his party. In the Piedmont
Convention two years ago he stood
next to the nominee for the Judge
ship and would have gotten it he
says II J. Marsh Hagans had kept
out Of his way. But now he claims
the right to the nomination without
opposition, out Mr.. Elliotts candi-
dacy for Attorney General will
throw cold water on the fire Of his
ambition, as it is very unlikely that
these two legal nominations would
come to the same county. James
A. is hurt over such treatment and
is free to express himself.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1892-03-03
A FAKE" CORRESPONDENT.

The Wheeling Mtsllgencer gets
badly taken in once in while.
Last week 1t allowed its Kingwood
correspondent to palm off over a
half column article as original mat
ter, that was stolen bodily and the
fresh young man at the helm Of the
Terra Alta oracle swallowed it also
and republished it as something new
from the Inteltigencer. The article
we refer to is in regard to Bernard
Cressaler's flying machine and was
written by Mcclure Mason OF st.
Joe, and published in the ARGUS
Dec. "a, 1891. The correspondent
Of the Lntelligenccr here sent it IN
word for word and didn't even at
tempt to make any change in it
and probably got paid for this theft
OF another mans brains. We make
bold to suggest that If these papers
would read the ARGUS little more
carefully, they might not get i'm
posed on in this way. The article
appeared in the Daily MteUiqsncer
Tuesday, Feb. 23rd and in the
Oracle. Friday, Feb. Goth. The
ImteHigencer's Kingwood correspon-
dent also visited the State Reform
School at Pruntytown and sent In a
brilliant report of it, without being
outside of the corporate limits of
KingwOod. This might be called
enterprise and then again it might
be called by some other name.
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SCHOOLS IN POLITICS.
He Hung up the School TO Attend the
Republican League Meeting.

The public school at Tunnelton
is not likely to forget the meeting Of
the Republican State League of
Clubs at Parkersburg. The morn
ing before Dawson, Morley, Elliott
and Wotring, Of Kingwood, who
have the job Of bossing the Grand
Old Party of the "Bahner County"
arrived at that place and found the
Republican mass meeting which was
called to meet to organize a Repub-
lican clue and appoint delegates to
the State League did not materialize,
the postmaster being the only one
to assemble at the call Of the bosses.
When Boss Dawson and his faith
full lieutenants found no delegates
TO represent the "Tunnelton Club"
they hunted up the principal of the
school and persuaded him to accom-
pany them and represent Tunnel
ton, which he did without giving
one moments notice to the scholars,
who were compelled to return home
after waiting around the schoo!
house for n couple Of hours.
Neither the trustees nor the
teacher in the primary department
knew where the principal was.
Great Indignation prevails at
Tunnelton, and the principal will
be given lesson IN politics when
he re turns.
Secretary Dawson said that the
principal purpose of the meeting Of
the State League was to indorse
Stephen b. Elkins for Godernor. in
order to head off other aspirants for
Gubernatorial honOrs. Preston
desired to make a big showing at
the League meeting, in order to
give an impetus to the Edward
Startzman Elliott boom for Attor-
ney General, which was started last
week by the JourWal.-Parkcrs-
burg Sentinel.
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F0IigGlealIM S.
= Ae@aR0iSff7IGs;
Some Interesting Correspondence
Between Two Leaders OF the
co. Il. OF the Banner
County.

Everything is not lovely in the
Republican Camp of Old Preston
and the spoils of Office had better
roost high for already II numbe OF
the faithful are making frantic eff
forts to gobble everything in sight.
There is an average of two candi-
dates for Sheriff in every district of
the county and several precincts
yet TO hear from. The State Sena-
torship is worrying some of them
also and in this connection, two
letters have fallen into our hands
that are too rich to be kept out OF
print. The correspondence is be-
tween two Of the most prominent
Republican leaders in the county
and out of respect to these gentle
men we Withhold their names. Of
course it would spoil the fun to give
them away and might get them
blaeklisted besides. The .Journal
will probably declare them "bogus"
and manufactured" etc but it
wont risk any money on it for we
can easily prove what We say since
we have the letters in our possession.
We omit the names and post office
of the writer's. Otherwise give the
letters, word for word. Here is the
first, under date of Feb. 1st 1892.
DEAR SIR.-Did you notice the
-"Whacking" Senator Wor-
leg got? which appeared in the
ARGUS last week. | think the
Nv hacking" is timely, and may
prove as an "eye opener" to the
people of this county and thereby
relegate Worley (politically),to the
rear. Please write me and let me
know how the "Whacking" strikes
you. Also if John p. Jones. Of
Terra Alta, has the Senatorial itch
to. Very truly yours.
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An old physician, retired from
practice, having had placed in his
hands by an East India missionary
the formula Of a simple vegetable
remedy for the speedy and perma-
ncnt cure Of consumption, bronchi-
lis, catorrh, asthma and all throat
and Lung Affections. also a posi-
tive and radical cure for Nervous
Debility and all Nervous com
plants, after having tested its won
derful curative powers IN thousands
Of cases, has felt il his duty to
make ia known to his suffering
fclIows. Actuatcd by tins motive
and a desire to relieve human guf.
feung, j Will send free Of charge to
oil who desire it, this recipe in Ger
man, French or English, with full
directions for preparing and using.
Sent by mail by addressing with
stamp, naming this paper w. A..
MOVES, $40 Powers BLocK.
Rochester n Y. 3-J-,9l-Ivr.
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After long and tedious hearing
In regard to the Garrison murder
case in Wheeling, the Judge has
finally granted new trial. 1t will
come up in April again and the pris-
oner will probably be acquitted, or
at least get off with light sentence,
as the popular sympathy is with the
accused. His friends are now try
ing to get the Doctor out on bail,
as he has been in Jail ever since the
murder, and this is considered pun
ishment enough, under the circum-
stances.