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The morning call., 1893-10-22

the lost hand somely feathered birds of the
family OF bipeds, are very numerous along
the Sacramento River, and they are now
affording sportsmen of Colusa and Tehama
counties grand shooting.
Local markets are receiving the greater
part Of their game ducks from the south
ern country. Market hunters of Merced
are clearing out the mallards which con-
gregate on the large lakes of water that
are formed from the overflow OF the irri-
eating bitches oD the plains.
There Is no doubt that the city sports
men will have an opportunity of testing
the shooting qualities Of their guns when
enough rain will have fallen to leave a
little fresh water in the ponds on the
marshes where the greater part OF the
shooting near home is done.
In and about Shellville, in Sonoma
County, occasional good bags of ducks are
made. and it is said that a prominent
sportsman scored a very nice bag of Eng
llsh snipe near the Alameda Sportsman's
Club preserve last Sunday. Snipe have
put in an appearance in the country clubs
The morning call., 1893-10-22

completely buried In, and so seldom forget,
as the sport of shooting, unless In some in
stances it may be that of fishing. have
seen men sit by stream hour after hour.
waiting patiently for a nibble, when they
must have been hoping against hope, we'll:
knowing that but very, very few fish
could possibly be taken. But they were
ready to 90 to the same place the next day
and sit and angle as patiently as before.
There is an indescribable something in the
lure that beckons the angler on; his pa
thence may not wear any too we'll when
placed in contact with other matters. but
when bound by the spell OF angling. where
there is the faintest hope for raise or
nibble, he will sit like statue carved
from stone. and watch and wait with the
nope that springs eternal.
The gunnsr's patience is no less. as the
writer knows from personal experience.
Many day has he travelled over the
rough and rocky hills confident of success,
aud trusting that the next moment would
show the bird or hare so eagerly sought.
With every nerve strained to its utmost
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A few weeks more and the angling sea-
son Of 1898 will come to an end. The gun
has now replaced the rod, and all that is
required to give the sport an impetus is a
little damper from above. In athletics
the event of the season, which was the
championship games. has passed. and in
stead of the spiked shoe the athletes will
now don their football pumps and give
their attention to the leather oval during
the winter season. Coursing is becoming
popular, and already the fleet greyhounds
can be seen exercising on the thorough
fares leading to the park. Handball.
wrestling, rife-shooting. ETC.. are also well
DatrOnized
The morning call., 1893-10-22

tension, with every sense on the alert,
with gun cooked and ready. SO that the
whirling grouse or bounding hare could
moi have gone ten feet before the beautl-
full brown tubes would have been leveled,
correct in their alignment; but no game
appeared. 1t made little difference. for
at the first opportunity. and the hunt was
never pronounced failure. The game
pocket was not filled any more than was
the anglers creel. but it matters little.
He knew the game had been there, for he
had seen il. and he had faith to believe
that he might find it there again.
The morning call., 1893-10-22
1.-THE MUSKEETERS."
The Baldheaded Man Showed That
They Were Not Sweet Boon.

They Were Not Sweet Boon.
New York Tribune
He took off his high silk hat and care
fully busted off his bald head with silk
handkerchief.
"Gentle.nen." he said. taking flyer with
marvellous precision at the nearest cuspi-
dor, Il come from the State Of Florida"
"Wonderful State remarked the man
with yellow goatee.
Wonderful is no name for it," said the
man with the high silk hat. emphatcally.
"There's only one drawback to the State
of Florida"
"What is that?" inquired one of the
company.
"The muskeeters."
Il didn't know you competed with New
jersey"
"Well. we don't exactly do that. We'd
get along all right if them Florida bugs
weren't so blamed curious. About year
ago | was up in New York On business,
and | made deal on phosphate lands that
showed up right smart dollars and / cele-
brated by taking home fine French clock
TO my wife. 1t was an elegant clock, all
gilt, glass shade. and ran month without
Winding. We got that clock up in the
parlor, and 1t kept such time they reger-
lated the clock in tile Methodist Church
by it. One night about two months after [
got home, and just as | was blOwin' about
the most perfect clock in the State of
Florida. she gave a terrible buzz and
stopped. Well. worked over that clock
an hour. | wound her up, joggled the
She was stopped short. When l went
north again / took the clock to the store
where | bought it. This clock. says /,
run two months and stopped. want her
swabbed down so she'll run year this
time The next day got postal-card to
You say this clock ran for two
MONTHS says the feller when l came in.
Two months says l.
"'Itll cost you about $50 to repair 1t,
he says sort of quiet. we have to send to
Paris for some OF the parts
"'Whats the matter with it?' says L,
begnnin' to get mad. L bought that
clock here last May, and now it's all
caved iu.'
Fact is said the clerk. we don't un-
derstaDd this clock. Our record shows it
was marked perfect when it went out, and
now the whole handspring and four of the
cogS are completely riddled with plnnoleS.
OF course says he, If the clock wasn't
perfect to begin with we'll make it all
right. There's only one queer thing about
It, he went Oh in kinder puzzled way.
Up between the first and sec Ond cogs we
found TREMENDOUS muSkeeter.'
Dead !? says |
Dead says he.
Gen tlemen," said the man with the high
silk hat impressively, 1.-The cussed curl
0sity of a Florida muskeeteer had ruined
that clock. He got caught in the clogs,
thresned around and bored holes in the
whole business"
II thought you said there was glass
shade over that clock" ventured the man
with the yellow goatee.
"Thats just the point of the whole
thing. Down near the bottom of that shade
we found a little round hole. Blamed if
that curious critter hadn't heard the tick
ing and bored hole in the glass just to
find out where the buZZin' come from"
The morning call., 1893-10-22
Football.

Association football will be feature OF
athletic sport this season that will attract
considerable attention. The Wanderers
and Pastjme clubs will meet this afternoon
at Central Park for the second scheduled
game this season.
The Pastimes are a new football aggre-
CATION, ambitious for honors on the foot
ball field, and as young club they will
have rather hard opponent to begin with.
The game should be won by the Wander
ers, who are more experienced and adept
at the game, and il the Pastimes succeed
in drawing the game they will have done
a great feat The Pastime team is mostly
made up of ex-Gaelic players. and while it
contains some good material they lack ex-
pnriancp
The morning call., 1893-10-22
One Disappointment.
Washington Star.

WashingtOn Star.
did you have a good time on your
Western trip?" said one girl.
Lovely" replied the other.
F. 81 am sure you saw everything there
was to see.'
Yes. suppose So"
You say that as if you might have
missed something"
We'll, you see. to tell the truth, cur
train didn't get robbed once"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-01-06

good. sincere. everyday Christians
here. an they won't wear pinchin'
shoe. The shoc'll ft lots o. you, how.
ever. an l earnestly entreat such to
break away from the devil an take
God into full partnership every day in
the week. Explain to Him that you've
make a misplay, an ask him to over
look it. He'll be reasonable with you.
Jest grab the crank o. repentance in
the right spirit, an you'll find Re won't
bar down too harden the grindstonc.
This are the first talk ever made
to an educated congregation, an it may
be I've burnt the brand in too deep to
be comfortable; but that's the only
style o. preachin' l know anything
about II I've raised too high blister
maybe yer pastor. my good brother
here. III apply some soothin' salve at
to-night's sarvices Adios, an may
God bless you all an keep yer Chris
tian spirit up to Heavens desired
standard. CAPT. JACK CRAWFORD.
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PROTECTION ROT.
Protection IL the Deadly Enemy Of the
Farmers.

Protection II the Deadly Enemy Of the
Farmers.
Protection more correctly s'aggres-
sion"-is the deadly enemy of orr farm
ers; for. while the general tendencies
are for monopoly to absorb our rural
population, protective policy, such as
we now have, derives its power to assist
monopoly, not from the planets, not
from the mountains Of the moon, but
from the pockets Of the farmers.
Protection narrows down, to the
farmer. the margin of profit between
effort and result Thus his opportuni-
ties for progress are not only limited,
but are actually being reduced to moth
ing. The results are that the class
who. in the early days of Americas his
tory, laid the foundation of its present
greatness are in $;lc future to be de-
prived Of the necessary opportunities
for economic power. for political power.
for the gain Of knowledge, for culture,
for the exercise of the higher faculties
through which progress is possible.
There can be no escape from this con-
clusion, for reports and proofs come To
us from all parties and from all quar-
tiers that the farmers of America are
becoming hopelcssly involved in fnan-
cial ruin.
Who now control all our great finan-
cial schemes, with their far-rcaching so
cial and political consequences. but the
men who are secured a profit in their
undertakings by government at the ex-
pcnse Of such as the farmer? Who hold
the balance of power in our legislation,
but the men who are secured an abun-
dant reward at the expense of those sitr-
atcd Us the farmer? Who are able to
give to their families the shelter and
luxurics of si00, 600 homes. and to their
children the advantage of travel and
European education, better than those
who are subsidized by government at
the expense of those who are situated
as the farmer? Whos:.1 IN higher seats,
and in finer churches. and in more
costly robes, than those who are per-
mitted to carry on n practice of legal
lied brigandage against the pockets Of
such as our farmers? Who travel up
and down our valleys. occupying our
palace and first-class cars. fill our best
hotels. to a greater extent, than the
men who are sanctioned by govern
mcnt in cffccting com binations for
systematic raids on the farmers narrow
incomes?-J. r. Elliott, in American
Farms, Their Condition and Future.
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cs, having previously been introduced
TO the pastor. Upon being requested to
speak a few words to the congregation.
he laid his big sombrcro on the Bible
and said:
II amt accustomed to handlin' fine
stock. sich as see afore me. reckon
the same sort o. talk swing at com
mon range sinners would be misappro-
pirate TO turn loose at bunch o. thor
ough breds. amt no regularly or
daincd preacher that's trained fur the
work. II war punched in with lot
O aspirants fur the long coat an white
chokcr o the ministry. Id be spotted
by the inspector afore ! got up to the
conference corral an he cut out o. the
bunch an throwcd back among critters
o my own grade. amt no orator.
an cou ldn't open a jackpot on wat lit
tie education I've managed to pick up
as other people throwed il away. I'm
Jest plain, hard-worlsin' COW boy. into
whose wicked heart the food o. Gods
holy love come like sheet o. staked
plains lightnin'. an whose sinful feet
war snatched from the range of iniqui-
~ an sot down firmly in the ever
green meadows o. salvation. Wen
looked back an saw the Doggy ground
I'D been runnin' on. saw the poisonous
weeds o deadly sin lurkin' in the in
vltin grass o. pleasure, trcmbled fur
my companions o. the saddle an rope
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GIVE US FREE SUGAR.


vhs onermous Profits That an Apparent
small Duty Puts Into the rock-ts ~ the
sugar Trust.
Ii there Is one duty in the Mckinley
bill that is more Of curse than any
other it is the duty Of y cent per pound
on refined sugars II produces almost
no revenue at all but puts about sao.-
600, 600 year into the pockets OF the
sugar trust II there was any doubt
that the industry Of refining sugar
would not remain in this country with
out such government aid. there would
be an excuse, from . protection point
Of view, for this duty. But there is
none Sugar Is refined as cheaply here
as anywhere On this earth. II. q. Have
meyer testified to this fact several
years ago. The only excuse the repub-
Leans had for leaving this duty, was
that it would give them an opportunity
to fry fat cat OF the sugar trust-an OPP
portunity that was utilized during tho
last campaign TO the extent Of 100000
or $200, 600.
The sugar trust, the sole beneficiary
of the sugar duty. has an unusually un-
savory record.
To gain complete control of the re-
fining business in this country, it has
purchased refneries at three or four
times their cost. only to close them up
to restrict production A few months
after it was formed in November, 1857,
but ten of the twenty original refineries
in the trust were in operation.
II has reduced wages in redneries to
81 per day for common labor. No Amer
leans will work in the intensely heated
rooms at these wages; hence their places
have been filed by Hungarians. Poles
and Italians
1t makes use of the rebate system to
kill its competitors. by this system
large wholesale grocers who bought
only of the trust obtained special prices
1t has. since it gained complete con-
troll of the refining business last win
ter. depressed the price of raw, while it
has advanced the price of refined sugars
The cost of refining is less than q
cents per pound AS the per capita
consumption of sugar in the United
States is about 20 pounds, each differ
ence of l-l6 of cent between the price
of raw and of refined sugar EFFORTS
about g.. DO, 900 from the pockets of the
people and puts it into the pockets of
the trust Without any duty the trust
would be making about $50. 600, 900 a
year clear profit-nearly 100 per cent
With the duty it can and does raise
prices 4 cent higher and adds 100000
00o to its already enormous profits.
If the duty Of Il cent per pound were
levied upon raw instead Of on refined
sugar it wouldproduce about els. 900, 900
year revenue and would encourage
sugar growing in the south. The peo-
pie would paw the same for sugar as
now, but only small portion would
go to the trust This would be far
preferable to the present duty. But
the people want entirely free sugar,
and they will not be content till they
Get it
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morrow s dawn TINS church scene OF "a.
day IL bc 10 some O. you as but the
saadder OF dream. as YOU tumb BILE into
the great corral o. business. You will
not have slept the peaceful sleep o. the
Christian cowboy in your close rooms.
"iou will not have gazed up into
Gods garden as he does. an have gone
To sleep wonderin' at His omnipotence,
acknowledged His supreme power an
thankin' Him fur the privilege o. serv.
in Him. When you go into the busy
streets you'll see no beautiful flowers
nor wavin' grass, nor crystal brooks to
remind You o. the eternal Lord of all.
No pretty birds will voice the music o.
heaven TO delight yer ears. You'll see
nothin' to remind you o. God. an you'll
bend every thought lords some plan to
hol' on to wat money you've got an
git a rake at some other feller's pile.
You'll give the devil six days in the
week an God one. That isn't square
deal No, my friends, the city Chris
tian don't live as close to God as tho
Christian cowboy does.
II kin see by yer looks that my
words have not hit some o. yer ears
pleasantly, an I'm glad of it. They
may set you to thinkin'. fur you know
I've give you dead ringer on the truth.
Some o you are scowlin' at me. as
much as to say I dassent go round be-
hind the meetin' house an talk that
way. but wen you git home an yer
crank hair uncurls, you'll think better
O. me. Jest recall my words wen yer
alone. an cut out the truth O. wat I've
said from the untruth, an swaller the
pill. 1t may be nasty to take. but it'll
sure do you good. l know thar ar
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The Prisoner Kept His strongest Evidenos
TIL the End Of the Trial.
1t was a case of chicken stealing. and
the prints of bare feet were found in
the gravel around the henhouse
The lawyer for the prosecution was
one who, il he bad been Napoleon
Bonapartc, never would have crossed
the Alps; he would simply have pulled
them up by the roots and thrown them
over the fence.
The prisoner was an unknown tramp,
and lame at that.
''You say yon don't know anything
about this theft?" qucricd the lawyer,
fiercely.
That's what sworc to. SIR" said
the tramp, meekly.
You were in the back yard of Slam
tipp's house about supper .ime?'
"Ycs. sir
"You know the location of the hen.
house?-
''Yes. sir
"You were seen on the road in front
of the house some time after dark"
II was there. sir
GU were In the YARD a1ter darky
"Yes. sir, and after supper also, sir. :"
replied the prisoner. with wan smile
at his innocent little joke in such .
place.
.And You were seen by the cook
sitting on the doorstep with your shoe
OFF,
YES. sir; there was a pebble in il
that was too big to get out of the same
hole it got in at"
"Now. sir, propose to prove that
you made those tracks with your bare
feet while you were stealing the chick
ems of the plaintiff"
"You cant do it. sir" said the pris-
oner.' mildly but firmly.
''And why not, pray?" asked the law
yer. with fine sarcasm.
because, sir. I've one wooden leg
sir. "-Boston Globe.
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producers. was that crust IL II worth
about Si0. 00o. 900 u southern sugar
planters; but the red tape and delay in
obtaining il has caused a little re-
bellion down there The Lonsia ma
Sugar Planters association will send .
strong delegation 70 Washington TO
urge the abolition OF the undemocratic
aud demoralizing bounty system From
all over the sugar growing districts
letters are being showered upon Mr..
Cleveland and the democratic leaders
of congress asking that the bounty ON
sugar be abolished aud that duties be
restored. They would prefer duty of
~ cents per pound 70 the bounty Of ,
cents
But protection" no longer has the
sanction of a majority Of the voters In
fact. only about one-third OF them have
accepted this theory for the last two or
three years Two-thirds have declared
that protection is fraud and y rub
berry. aud that il. with its bounty and
sub sidy relations. are unconstitutional
and undemocratic. They have declared
that the government shall discontinue
TO give assistance TO certain industries
TO the detriment of other and even
more important ones Henceforth, no
industry and no mill can rely upon
government support Every business
man must be independent and deserve
success or go to the wall The next
administration will not be his rich
father -in-law partner. There will be
no east, west north or south. Govern
mcnt help and patronage will be with
drawn from all and extended TO none.
The south has contributed hundreds of
millions 10 the Carnegies, Havemeyers
and Dolans of the north during the last
thirty years. The 5000 millionaires of
the north owe much to the south. but
the debt will never be paid The south
should feel thankful that protection"
which has been plundering its people
as well as the masses in all other sec
tons Of the country, will be stopped;
and that all sections ard all industries
will be put on fair and equal footing.
II the bounty system were worth TWEEN
ty times as much to the south. it would
be small sacrifice to make TO get rid
of the robber tariff system.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-01-06
THE SUGAR BOUNTY.

II II IN UnJust Piece 81 "Protection'' That
Requires the Attention Of the New Al
mi"tstrAtton.
While protection" was in vogue in
ibis country and sanctioned by ma
jority Of the voters IL was only fair that
the capitalists Of the south should re-
ceivc their share of protection spoils
This they never obtained About the
only duty which gave southcrners any
protection Mt all was the sugar duty.
which was probably worth sia. 0oo, 900
or $4,000, 900. TO a few hundred, or
thousand, sugar growers Hence when
Mckinley and his pals took the duty off
sugar 40 that increased duties could
be put on other articles. to give more
protection TO northern trusts and
monopolics. il was necessary. to main
tain scmblancc Of fairness. to throw a
small crust from the big protection loaf
to the south. The bounty Of two cents
per pound. given TO all but the smallest
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1.-THE HEALTHIesT sTlMuLus."

Free Raw Materials better Protectioa TO
American Industries Than Govern men. tai
Alliance.
Now that the election is over and We
cannot be accused of partisanship in
dealing with the subject of economics.
we want to say q few words to manu-
facturers When the Mckinley egg
was in process of incubation in. tho
committee rooms of the national capital
in the spring and summer of 1890. no
one could get the sympathetic ear Of
the ways and means committee unless
he presented himself as a petitioner for
higher duties upon something. To the
man who felt that duties were high
enough as they were. the trainers OF
our present legislation showed a bored
indifference, while those who went so
far as to ask that certain duties be low
cred were traitors" free traders"
foreigners and bitter enemies to
American industry. Upon this paper
particularly were the walls Of wrath Of
the Mckinleyites poured out to the last
drop: and the Free Trade Economist
was the customary term of endearment
Of the protectionist press when refer
ring to the pleas of this paper in behalf
of moderation
Things are now changed; the result
of the late election is fair notice served
upon the American manufacturers that
several rows Of bricks were coming of
the Chinese wall II the recoil against
Mckinley extravaganza does not result
in sweeping away practically all pro-
lection. the change in the rates upon
manufactured products will be in the
tages Of free raw material But in any
case. the fat of the nation has gone
forth. and manufacturers can no longer
rely upon the government for their
market This means the healthiest
possible stimulous 10 our manufactures,
particularly to those of textiles in
which value and stability depend SO
much upon the artistic quality This
means that IL manufacturers want
this market they have got 10 deserve
il 1t brings technical education to tho
front and puts premium on skill. en-
ergy and steady improvement in de-
sign. quality and finish We feel now.
as we felt two years ago, that a tariff
covering the actual difference in actual
labor cost between corresponding for
eign and domestic fabrics is what our
manufacturers are entitled to; and il
will not be surprising IL within tho
next year 1.-THE Free Trade Economist"
without having moved hairs breadth
from its original position. is looked to
as the champion and advocate of pro-
lection to American industry. hut
whatever may be the immediate course
Of legislation. it is merit OF product
not alliance with any party or with the
government, upon which the manu-
facturcrs must rely for their market.
whether foreign or domestic. Dry
Goods Economist
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for v war yet a rangin' up thar. an
~ !" " war my duty to round EN- up
49, = 'he Fathers name ask them to
v ,.'e over onto the great range o. sal.
er a''ou an bear the holy brand o the
au eariy four years have been tucked
hec%n. = The recesses o. the past sense
NJ. my work down on the ranges o.
No., nexlco. an thank God / kin
con- var to-day afore this blooded
m,,assa an say I've been per-
lo,s l. 70 cancel the devils brand in
coo. eases an to throw many pre-
! war '9uls onto the plain trail to glory.
rancbo preach to the boys ut the
to'em o on the roundups, I preach
chrs, - my own plain way. ] take
aa Il. IN eternal salvation in one hand
1esii an eternal dsmnstiou IN