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quittlN'
Poor fellow!

1t was the day of the Private View,
and Lacy sat in his studio wondering
if any among the brilliant crowd at
Burlington House had cast a passing
glance at his picture The day wore
on. Towards dusk telegram cGme,
reply paid What is name and ad-
dress, it ran, "of lady who sat for
Clair Ingelow = Mark Ffollitt, Bed
ford Row"
Now, everyone knew Mark Ffollitt.
He was the solicitor, and acted for
half the ariStdsr'. His xss e felail-
cles. OF course he had attented the
Private View.
What could it mean?
Lacy telegraphed back the required
information.
He went to see Mary next morning.
Richard, dear" she began almost
Immediately, i" L know I'm a brazen
mink, but 1 think we ought to get
married at once. Then can keep an
eve on you to see that you don't work. "
Z" Don't joke, dear girl" he said,
With tremor i'll his voice. " I've been
thinking, and I've made up my mind
that ought to release you, as there's
no prospect of my being able to keep
even myself, to say nothing of fam
lily"
ssThen shall sue you for damages
for breach of promise. "
Richard seemed to be in no mood
for pleasantly, and looked out of the
window.
Mary went softly up to him, and
showed him letter which she had that
morning received from Mr.. Mark
Ffollitt. of Bedford Row. 1t set forth,
with the usual legal formality of
phrase, how the writer, catching sight
of Mr.. Lacy's picture at the academy,
had been astonished at the likeness
which it bore to Miss Norris, who,
twenty years since, had several times
visited his office in company with her
uncle. Sir James Norris, who was an
old client of his; that Sir James Nor
ris had died about year ago, lntes-
tate; that it had been discovered that
} the deceased left no relations except
t his niece, and that the latter had mar
ried gentleman named Blackwood
t and subsequently died leaving daugh
ter; that Mr.. Ffollitt had hitherto
l been unable to trace the issue of this
t marriage; and, finally, that he wa
convinced that the original of "Clai
1 Ingelow must be the daughter o
t Mrs. Blackwood, and heiress to $3.50
d 900 and country house.
t "I remember" said Mary, whe
Richard read the letter, that mothe
used to mention her uncle. Sir james
sometimes, and tell me how rich h
y was. That was after father died, " sh
: added thoughtfully, "and we wei
- very poor then.
- Mary" Richard snid, accept m
IS congratulations. But of course gi
with $3.50, 900 and an ancestral ha
u won't throw herself away on penn
- less artist
y "Won't she?" was the reply.
- kiss momentarily stopped the progre
~ of the conversation. "Just try her
~ Richard had holiday extendil
nc over three years, and so saved his ey
y sight. He puts A. r. A. after
L" name now, and paints portraits
~ $5, 900 apiece. Bnt Mary always te
sc the children that the best portrait th'
father ever did was that of " Clair |
y gelow. - Yankee Blade.
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Giant Timber from Washington,

There are tin, 5ers in the foundation
of the Washingt in State building nj
the Worlds Fa l27 feet long ana
81 feet in diam Yer that are quarters
from trees WI Ich were origlhaliS
nearly 400 feet igh. They give evi-
dence of the siz of the fine trees OF
the Puget soun region A CONNER
cial saw-log in the forestry eAhlpl'
from the same bregion IS tWenty-iour
feet long and sNsyen feet IN diameter
When this logx Vas started from " ASH
ington it was flbrty feet long, but six
teen feet of i'll was left at St. Paul to
be exhibited here by request OF tho
Washingtoniai who were celebrating
few days ago5 in the city named' the
opening to PuS get sound of the Great
Northern raid Iroad. The saw-log is
exhibited as commercial specimen,
and not particularly for ze.-Ohlcago
| Herald.
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u 40 it was arranged.

Il he picture, being at last finished
n.o1 dispatched with much trembling
RiIhard said it ought to be accepted,
Al subject was so fine. Mary said 1t
orlbt to be accepted, the handling was
% lnasterly. They were both right.
he eagerly-expected and much
rrlsed vanishing ticket duly arrived,
III racv was unable to make use of it,
II Unite of Mary's nursing. His at
tolts of headache had lately become
mlre frequent and more severe, and
onitbe eventful day he was incapable
~ movement. It occurred to Mary
tbit he ought to see doctor. The
dol.tor eross-examined him closely, and
thIr said 81 think your best course
is 10 consult an oculist'" "
Il can see perfectly we'll, Lacy
sald. with some astonishment.
I"I know you can now," the doctor
answered "but I feel convinced tha'
ydur headaches proceed from weakness
of the eyes.
! Richards brow became clammy
Ha said nothing about it to Mary, ant
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Comrades.

Simpson (sternly)-"Wlille' where
are those green apples gone that were
down cellat?"
Willie-AThey are with the Jamaica
ginger that was in the closet. "-lNew
York Sun.
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\ II -
worked, and the little bedroom at
tached in which he slept. The pur-
chase OF materials exhausted another
third, and on the remaining $3.50. he
lived, but did not grow fat.
Unless he could in some wav arreat
the attention of the public he would
probably remain all his life an ill-paid
designer. True. by some freak of
fortune, one of his pictures had once
Deen exhibited at the Royal Academy.
But 1t was "skied," not single critic
noticed it, andit was produced in none
ofthe illustrated catalogues. Eyenuow
he was in debt for its very gorgeous
frame.
But surely fate smiled at last. An
Illustrator of celebrated novel bo
could not fail to be talked about He
must at once consider what models be
would require for the work. If ba
could only
A tmld rat-tat at the door interrupted
his soliloquy. "Come in"
A tall young girl stood before him
ohe was not exactly beautiful, but with
an artists instinct, he at once noticed
the tne poise of her head and bar
shapely hand. She was meanlv dressod
and she hesitated.
" Good morning" he said ot Iann.,
"Model?" ''H Z w.
onss-nodded gravely and handed him
a card. Mary Blaekwood" was tbe
name it bore. Evidently she was =
beginner at the business. The ola
hands never called on him, for tbev
knew his means would not allow him
to engage model, except very occos-
ionally. Besides, her manner seamaa
to indicate that she had never been in.
side studio before. He wos
rather attracted by her erect bearino
and simple air. Models are usually in.
clined to be STACEY.
"Well, I may be wanting model
shortly" i" Lacy said; "may I ask what
your terms are !"
She stated them. They were ridicu-
lousy lew.
Perhaps you could call tomorrow
and / could then say whether you would
be likely to suit me-"
"Very good, sir. 1 will call at two
o'clock. Thank you And with .
quiet Good morning" and another
grave little nod she was gone.
Soon afterwards he caught himself
trying to initiate her deliciously low
voice. She ought, he said to himself
to make an admirable model for Clair
Ingelow.
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A Sure Thing.

$50 you will take him for better or
worse?"
eyes, 4" replied the woman who had
mario several times, ''but he can't be
any worse than my last husband.
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THE best locomotive record Is now
a mile in 30 seconds, TINS pelns NV AZ
the rate Of 1924 miles Per hour Inc
smashing of this record may De au.
ticinated soon, enlivened by tne
smashing Of the locomotive
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THE ARTISTS MODEL.

"Now," said Richard Lacy, with a
sigh which denoted intense Joy, "my
chance has come at last !"
He threw down the letter and re-
lighted his pipe, smiling quietly to
himself. An old friend of his, who
had made great fame and some money
as a novelist, Edmund Shelton to wit,
had selected him to illustrate an edition
de luxe of his famous uovel, "Clair
Inge1ow, which you have no doubt
read, and had offered very liberal
terms. Here was the opportunity for
which Richard Lacy had been waiting
ever since he came to London, youth
of seventeen, more than ten years
ago.
He was struggling artist, who
). painted pictures (which never sold) in
the daytime, and earned his bread and
cheese at night by designing for the
stationary trade, and such black-and
white as he could get hold of. He
managed to make about $3.50. year,
one-third of which went for the rent of
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Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-09-21

down on the dock In the city of New
York, he can not regain possession OF
them until he pays TO the proper officer
of the government the tariff tax or
duty upon them This tax Is, as
have already told you. 90 per cent upon
an average under the Mckinley act.
The amount to be paid, therefore, is
$4,000 1t Is paid by your home mer-
chant, not by the English manufac-
turer. The tax being paid, your home
merchant reclaims the possession OF
his goods. puts them upon the cars and
ships them TO your city. When upon
arrival here they are delivered to him
at his place Of business, and he gets
them In readiness for sale to his Gus
toners, what does your home merchant
doS He proceeds to ascertain the cost
of the goods as laid down In his store.
Taking the cost as his baSig, he fxes
the selling price, after determining to
his own satisfaction the per cent OF
profit, which he will exact Of his GUS
toners But how does he arrive al
the cost of his goods? Does he take
simply the 5000 he paid to the Eng.
lish manufacturer and figure his pei
cent of profit upon that? No. He
adds to that sum the $4,000 which he
paid as tariff taxes to the government
To these two amounts, the 5000 and
the $4,000, he adds the freight by ocean
steamer and by rail, and other Incl.
dental expenses, cali 1t s4o0
and upon these three amounts, which
aggregate $4,000, he figures his per
cent of profit whether 1t be twenty
five or fifty per cent
This done, he disposes Of the goods
SO imported to the people in this vi
cinity. All being sold, who, ask, will
have paid the tariff taxes to the gov
ernment? Not the English manufac.
turer; not your home merchant; but
the final purchaser of the goods, the
customers of your home merchant, the
consumers.
The proposition that the consumer
pays the duty becomes, when thus
stated, a self-evident one.
1t is as plain as that two and two
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make four, that your home merchant
simply advanced the tariff taxes to the
government, and that the consumers
not only repaid them to him, but repaid
them with his twenty-five or fifty per
cent. profit added thereto.
1t is just as plain that the taxes,
though Indirectly paid, more than
doubled the cost of the goods to the
ultimate purchasers.
The whole burden of taxation under
such system rests upon the comsump-
tion of the people. The property and
wealth of the country pay no part of
its taxes.
This destroys that principle of equal
ity, which is an essential requirement
of just method of taxation
The rich and the poor are not
placed on an equality in their con-
tributions of taxes, under such a
system. The taxes paid by them are
not in proportion to their ability to
pay. The very fact that consump-
tion constitutes the basis of the
tax, prevents equality in the pay
ment of it, and does SO to the disad-
vantage of the poor man, because the
consumption of the rich man does not
bear the same relation to his income
that the consumption of the poor man
bears to his earnings.
The burden presses with the most
unequal weight upon those who are
least able to sustain it.
This is true even when the tax is col
lected by the government upon pure
| ly revenue basis for its own support.
| But that which is in such case an in
justice, becomes crime against the
great masses of the people, when the
laws impose the highest duties and re-
turn the lowest revenue, to compel the
giving of gratuities and the payment
of tribute to those whose riches and
power already endanger the perpetuity
of our free institutions.
The enormity of the offense is aggra-
waited by the indirect and subtle man.
ner in which the tax is collected, as is
that Of the assassin by the stealth and
secrecy with which 1t is committed.
But, pernicious as is this system oi
taxation in its general effects upon the
farmers, mechanics and laborers of the
country, as developed by the McKin
ley act it reaches the acme of iniquitJ
and wrong when, in the adjustment 0;
its burdens, 1t discriminates against
the humber and poorer classes of oul
J people, by imposing the heaviest duties
upon the coarsest and cheapest o.
goods, which are primary necessities ir
the households of the wage earnerl
and toilers of the land
The true principle Of taxation woult
impose the highest duties upon articles
of luxury and the lowest possible
duties upon the necessaries Of life
But the Mckinley act, reversing thil
principle and adopting the contrar,
one. made more rugged and harder th'
pathway through life, and more dim
cult OF attainment the means OF liveli
heed fer svsFy leboring man. womai
aaA cAiA = this country. by - IN
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the importer. II the tariff duties be
raised to . prohibitory point upon
any line or class Of goods It
viii give TO the home manu-
facturers Of such goods q mo-
nopoly, and will forever dispose OF
the question made by Gov. Mckinley
a. TO who pays the tax upon the i'm
ported goods, whether II be the foreign
er, the importer or the consumer; for,
In such case, no goods being imported,
there will be no tax TO be paid to the
government, but the whole of it will be
paid by the consumer TO the manufac-
turer, In the shape of an increased
price for his goods
It Is in this way that protection Is
secured to the home manufacturer.
His protection, which represents the
extra profit given to him by the tariff
law upon all the goods manufactured
and sold by him, is the exact equiva-
lent of the tax or duty imposed by the
law upon imported goods of the same
kind, with the cost of transportation
from the foreign country added thereto.
So that wher the government col
lects ninety-two per cent upon an av-
erage, under the Mckinley law, upon
the value Of all imported goods en-
braced In the schedule for manufactures
of wool, the wool manufacturers of
the United States collect from their
customers like per cent upon the
whole amount of goods purchased and
used by the people. And as the value
of the domestic manufacturers of wool
is at least six times as great as that Of
the imported woolen goods, the
woolen manufacturers of the coun-
try extort from the consumers of
their goods, with the aid Of the
federal government. six dollars for
every dollar collected by the govern
ment itself as tax upon imported
woolen goods
As it is with woolen goods, SO it is
with the product of other protected In
dustries
This rule or principle of protection
applies with equal force to every other
class of dutiable goods manufactured
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in this country, the ratio between the
duties collected by the government and
those collected by the home manufac-
turers being proportionately the same,
the rates of duty upon imported goods,
and the amounts and values OF such
goods and of the domestic goods of the
same kind, considered. Hundreds of
millions of dollars are thus put into
the pockets Of the protected manufac-
turers every year, as a bonus or extra
profit upon the goods manufactured
and sold by them, which are consumed
by the masses of the people and paid
for by the sweat of their brows.
The aggregate amount of this legal
lied spoliation and plunder exceeds, ac-
cording to accredited estimates, the
enormous sum of s., ZOO, 600, coo per year,
sum so great that the human mind
can scarce comprehend its magnitude,
as the statement of 1t falls lightly from
the tongue. The question of the pay
ment of the tariff tax by the consumer
ought no longer to be an open one.
The claim OF Gov. Mckinley that it is
paid by the foreigner is utterly falla-
cious.
It is perfectly apparent, from what
/ have already said, that every pur-
chaser of an article upon which duty
is laid pays that duty; to the govern
ment, If the article purchased be i'm
ported; to the home manufacturer if
the dutiable article be manufactured in
this country.
If we should ccncede for the sake Of
| the argument that the tax collected by
the government upon imported goods is
paid by the foreigner, the fact still re-
mains that he can pay no part of that
which is collected by the home manu-
facturer from his customers. upon his
goods.
Gov. Mckinley must admit that the
foreigner pays no part Of the 1,000,-
0o0, 900, that 60 every year as q bounty
to the home manufacturers. He is not
rash enough to make any such claim;
and vet he could make it with as much
reason and force as the one he does
make, that the tax upon the imported
I goods is paid by the foreign manufac'
| turer or merchant.
It seems work of supererogation te
say more upon this question. But tc
settle 1t beyond cavil or doubt, even to
mind Of the most ordinary intelli
gence, let us illustrate 1t In practica,
way.
A merchant in your city goes to Lon
don and buys woolen and worste6
goods to the amount Of sb. 0oo He pay
for the goods in cash They are deliv
cred to him upon the wharf In the city
In which he has bought them Th,
goods upon tho payment therefor b.
him, and the delivery Of tho Same :.
him by tho English manufacturer from
whom he has purchased them, becom'
his property. They ars put upon ship
board By your home merchant Fl
| pays tho freight upon them Bus whel
Afser being transported more thai
yA1ee thousand miies scross tho might,
AAaaansis slssy sss unlssSsd saA ~
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The following, which we quote from
che New Lisbon Patriot, is as meaty an
an egg. These hard times a round 500
is not easily picked up. We suggest
that some pension howler who followed
some money2making pursuit between
1851 and 1858 goes for this reward:
'srhe Patriot will pay reward OF
800 TO any responsible party who viii
furnish the name Of single deserving
soldier who has Lest his pension. Do
not 70 of thousand miles to find onas
but put your finger on one somewhere
In reach The deserving soldier u now
Ia tho house OF his friends and the mas
ter OF the house, Grover Cleveland, viii
30 that the pension roll Be kept e >
roll Of honor. You brninless hCwleEss
who mover heard the thunder Of battaes
shut up Or turnish tho prooe and Ct
Youx moaav.s --..l
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1893-08-25
Meeting of Directors.

There was a meeting Of the Directors OF th'
Agricultural Fair Association OF Prince doorge
county, on Saturday, with Dr. Richard >. HILL
President, in the chair and Joseph >. WILSON
Secretary. Th e Presi ent reported that arrange
ments would soon be completed for spec'ai uS''
to run from OWE to the grounds during the 1oo'
DAYS of the Fair; leaving Bowie at gas, q m. con
Meeting with trains leaving Baltimore anu " ASH
inptou at 600, g. m; returning, leaving the FAR
grounds at $40, .. the round trip from bA"f
mare. including ad mission to the grounds would bt
~: flo n Washington, $I75
Messrs John W. B cit and l. 8. Wilson, commit
toe appointed to visit Washington last ihur'dsy
reported the sale of shares Of the new issue Oh
stock, 10 aving 10 shares yet to be untAken.
On motion, the President appointed Mr. NJ Plum
mer and Dr. L. A. Gr6d tn to act with MIN u
committee Of three to take charge or and appoin'
special employees not already provided for, ihciuo-
ing a superintendent OF hay a straw to be fur-
n,shed to stock on exhibition.
The offer OF Mr. A. B. Suit to give Drag Hum
on the first day Of the Fair, was accep cd
The President was instructed to have badges
made for the officers Of the AssociAt on.
On motion Of Mr.. Joseph 5. Wilson IL was decideo
not IN allow Wheel-of Fortune to be played on the
Fa. ...u Pol selling and Book Making on INT
races vii be allowed Is same have not been cisssed
by the courts under the head Of gambling
Messrs NJ Piummer and Benjamin h. browI
we're appointed committee to assist the Treasurer
in collecting balance due on the original stock sne
Nessrs John w. Bel t and L. s. Wilson were appoan
ed committee to assist the Treasurer in collecting
subscriptions to new stock.
Admission to grounds placed at so c. MT; car
riages admitted free.
The c. r.esponding Secreta y reported that thu
following privileges had been sold: Merry-go
Round, Ball Throwing, Shooting Gallery, ssiih'
balloons and pa per flowers, and the Bar privileges
Adjourned until tomorrow at II O'Clock g. III
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1893-08-25
Local statistics

The following Is extract from the Mary lana
Book, prepared for the Worlds FAiI:
In Southern Mary land the stO Of population mas
been but partially made even yet 1t Is true SINCE
1850 there has been q material increase in popus-
ton but that increase has been confined entreiy 70
the portions OF Prince Georges and Montgomery ~
ting near ASH ,gton OF along the railroad lines, ana
T. those p,rt,ons of Hsw ard and Anne Arundel cOun
ties which lie within twenty or twenty-five miles Of
B fillmore city. st. Msry's. Charles ana Calvert
counties which had ~ 500 population one hundred
vcars ago. in 1880, have now but 4O.sN ihey
used a different form of agricu lture, both Mr..
Whitney and MI. Rose pom out, with better faci-
ties for u quick market. Under present circumstsn-
ces they have been almost compelled to contne them
selves with other simils rly situated to one
,tap,e crop with the usual I'M fortunate economic re
suits There Is every reason to believe, however,
that a ne W and more TO rtunate era is opening fOx
this section which with Is good soil, mild climate
and attractive scenery should support, as it Is capa-
Bile Of supporting, dens e population
As to the uegre population here is not county in
tue State in which they we're not in 1850 in pIopor-
ton to the total numbers NOR numerous than they
were in 1890 In some counties the change in the
relative proportion Of the two races has been sik
ing. Thus, III Kent, Queen Anne's and Talbo. In
1850 the negroes constituted more than Onehaf the
population, while Today they number less than two
nfehs Of it, Sixty years ago ia Prince Georges coun
", winch All join, the District Of Columbia, xmos
two thirds Of the entire pOpu lAtion negroes
now they number little more than twO-nfths. While
the counties decreasing the city Of Baltim o.
shows slight increase in its colored element The
nesroec from the counties have come to it by tha
natural attraction the city has Tor both races,
they have hocked into ashington from Prince
Georges county. There will !, however, be white
majority parts Of the State by 1900 from pres
cut indications, in the tire southern cOantis
of the Western Shore in which taken together, tLs
negroes are ROW but slightly numerous than tn,
whites In all the Eastern Shore counties the white
have been steadily gaining until the negroes NUN :
Der but third VI the pop uaton, and relative
ly decreasing.