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The sun., 1893-09-21
"JACK OF, ALL TRADES"
Antique Rubbi, h About Being "Mas-
tee of NOue."

The boy of to-day, even while at
school, has learned something of the
trades, and as a result he has acquired
u healthy disreSpect for the traditions
of the trades. For generations young
men have been taught that the com
mon trades are deep mystery, mltl-
alton therein requiring long years OF
apprenticeship. The trade schools have
shown that this is not so, and that all
the more common handicrafts, brick
laying, paper hanging, plaStering, SIM
pie carpentering, mason work, etc, are
extremely simple, and that, with the
usual allowance Of American "gump-
tion," a very fair degree of skill may
be gained by any intelligent boy, IN
der n good teacher, in comparatively
short time, Moreover, the boy to-day
recognizes that the antique rubbush
about the Jack of all trades good at
none" is rubbish.
The American of the first POO years
OF our history was in dozen trades
and master of all. He could swing an
AK in the forest with extraordinary
skill, and was mason. bricklayer, plas-
terer, gardener fisherman, sailor and
soldier at will. Three generations ago
the fiSher-fa farmers of Massachusetts bay
had every man his tiny shoe shop in
his yard. The fish scrap heap on the
shore roads were pungent witnesses to
the fact that the dwellers in the little
'green-blinded houses" were farmers,
fishermen and Shoemakers, as the sea-
son served. They plowed their fields
in May. and the bay in summer, and
pounded the lapstone when fields and
floods were frozen. They were masters
OF three trades and jacks at none, and
could man a Constitution" as 1872
demonstrated. To-day in many rural
village are native Americans good at
dozen jobs, from preaching sermon
40 riding a mOwer-Skillei. as a man
should be. in many things,-CharleS
Barnard, Ia Social Economist.
The sun., 1893-09-21
Tie Pension blight.

The Pension blight
"There is one evil about tho pension
business tlfat have cften noticed, but
for which there Is no legal remedy"
remarked an old pension examiner.
That il that whole families often de-
pend upon small pension, received by
some one in the family, for their entire
support. Now pensions are not given
to encourage idleness, and yet such
seems to be the fact in many instances
l have noticed myself, and in perhaps
thousands ofcases that know nothing
about. Widows receiving pensions
struggle to support themselves and
sons and daughters upon the meager
income, when the latter ought to have
employment. / have often seen whole
family go to draw the quarterly pen
sioa, showing the Interest they take in
the matter. | have often been amazed
at the sight of boys and girls who are
growing up in idleness, because their
fathers are dead and their mothers are
weak and indulgent and do not have
the proper influence over them. You
would be surprised to know how many
families depend upon pensions, and how
many msmbers OF families only seek
work when the pension is withdrawn
Il know of O particular case where an
old soldier, with several sons and
daughters, some time ago got O pen
siCn, and also about $1,000 back pom
sion money, The family regarded that
amount as small fortune, and began
to live at an eXtravagant rate Three
of the sons and one daughter lost their
places on one pretensa or another, and
depended on their father for support
The two sons and the daughter at
work married, and then the family
was indeed in bad shape. The boys
had grown to be lazy and trihing, and
the daughter at home was not much
better. When places were secured for
them they would not hold on to them,
and the consequence was a family of
six persons lived on an income of not
much over S20 month. They lived in
four small rooms, and from all accounts
were continually quarreling and run
ming in debt. When the boys were
asked why they did not work more,
they would remark that the old man
drew a pension and kept the family
This is only one instance of many. Now
pensions are not given to encourage
idleness, ard there ought to be rem
edy somewhere for such a condition of
affairs. The legal remedy, if any, lies
with the state, and yet it cannot inter-
fere except in extreme case, Gin.
cinnati Times Star Rep.
The sun., 1893-09-21
PREHISTORIC MAN.
Two Distinct Races Once Inhabited
This C9ntInent.

This Continent.
A study of the remains of prehistoric
man in North America leads one to the
conclusion that there were two distinct
races or types living on this continent,
one belonging to the Pacific and the
other to the Atlantic slope. fhe Rocky
Mountain range was the boundary line
between them as far south as the Rio
Grande. Mexico and Central America
belonging TO the Pacific section.
Do not these facts Indicate that ouF
continent was originally peopled by two
distinct streams of immigration, one to
the Atlantic and the other to the Pacific
coast? Cyrus Thomas argues in Science
in favor of his view.
The idea was formerly current that
America was settled originally from Q
single source, by ASiastics who came
oyer by way of Bering Straits, but this
is losing its hold on the minds of stu
dents. The yeFE marked similarity be-
tween the ethnic types of the Pacific
slope and those of the islands of the
Pacific, renders the probability great
that these two types are related and
came from a cGmmQG stock.
II this is so, then the races on the
Atlantic slope probably came oyer from
Europe by way of 3 land connection
which formerly existed over the North
Atlantic.
The sun., 1893-09-21
Rough on the Infant.

Mr.. scribbler, haye you seen any
thing Of the baby?" asked a distracted
woman about noon last Thursday, as
the furniture was being placed in the
van for removal.
No. How'n thunder can I take care
Of baby and see that this crockery is
put In the warehouse van without being
smashed to flinders?"
But I'm sure l hear the darling cry.
ing somewhere: Are you sure that she
is not in the clothes basket with the
saucepans"
No, she amt. How d'you s'pose
she'd get in there?"
"But I hear her as plain as can be,
Why, Peter, | do believe she's in this
roll Of carpet"
1t was true. The baby had been left
in the middle Of the sitting-room floor.
and the men who took up the CARPET
tossed breadth over her without OBJ
serving her, rolled her up in it, and
stood the carpet up in the han. The
child when rescued was punctured here
and there with rusty tacks, and its
mouth was partly stuffed with carpet
dust but otherwise it was quite hearty.
Tit Bits.
The sun., 1893-09-21

The Eureka hotel, the oldest in Kas-
son, was destroyed by fire. 1t Is sup
pt sed 1t was set by tramps. Loss,
$4,000; insurance, $1,000.
An eight-year-old son of Fred Web
ber of Albert Lea fell In a boat, break
ing his back. He Is not expected to
live.
Burglars broke into Hans Pederson's
general store at GAINESVILLE and carried
away several pieces of valuable dress
goods and about two dozen pairs of
shoes No trace of the burglars
George r. Beal, n carpenter, while
at work on the state normal school
addition In Mankato, fell distance of
seven feet and broke his neck He was
sixty years old and leaves a wife and
six children.
While digging or driving for a we'll
in lis park In Buffalo, o. L. Dudley
struck n flowing well at q depth Of
144 feet. The water has n taste of
mineral in 1t, and he had it analyzed
by Il doctor there. 1t was found to
contain q great amount Of medical
properties.
James McGinnis, a farmer residing
near Redwood Falls, engaged In a quar-
rel with Town Marshal Ben R0bdon
Of Morgan, who struck him several
blows with club McGinnis lies in
n critical condition. Both parties had
quarreled together before. Sheriff
Blethen, who came from Morgan, said
McGinnis was very low and could
not live through the day.
The sun., 1893-09-21
Pearl Button Men Active.

The fact that the Democratic party
means business on the tariff question
is coming home as never b5fore TO high
protectiOnists. The National Associa-
tion of Pearl Button Manufacturers" is
giving some strCng advice to pearl hut
ton manufacturers. 1t tells them to
Prepare your figures, and adds:
1--WE have already stated, and we re-
peat, that a reasonable request for pro-
lection, sufficient to cover the differ
ence between thu cost of labor he Q
and in Europe, will doubtless be lis
tened to by the present Congress, but
no excessive duties, the necessity for
which is founded on careless and ex-
traVagant management OF any industry,
a,e likely Go nave a place II, the new
tariff. Any efforts to obtain such pro-
tective duties will be energy mis-
directed and time wasted, and the pearl
huttan Industry is in no condition to
pay for indulgences In such costly miss
takes"
We think they are right in regard
to excessive duties, though they insult
the Democrats by saying that a reason
able request for protection will be
listened to, after that party has de-
n0unced protection as fraud and rob-
berry. If the Democrats fulfill their
pledges, as is probable, the pearl but
ton men may also waste time and mis-
direct their energies in the collection
of figures relating to cost Of prcduc-
tiCn. The people don't ask, and don't
care. what it costs to produce goods
here Or abroad. They ask for low
prices, that is all.
The sun., 1893-09-21
Only a Little CORRECTION.

Here is q poem which you may pub.
lish in your paper" said a young man.
with eyes in q fine frenzy rolling as he
entered the editorial door. II dashed
It off rapidly, in an idle moment, and
yau win find 1t in a rough state, as II
were, You can make such corrections
as you think necessary
hAh, much Obliged" said the editor;
u will give you a check for 1t at once. y
"You are very kind" said the con.
trlbutor; II shall be delighted"
There you are" said the editor,
handing him the chegue.
"Nlany thanksr' exclaimed the young
man. II will bring you some other
poems"
When he got to the door he sudde1ly
PAUSED, then he came back.
Excuse me-" he said, "but you for.
got to fill up the cheque. You have not
written the date, nor the amount nor
have you signed your name"
"Ohw said the editor, that is all
right. You see ! have given you q
cifaqae Nm it's rough state, shs 1T Werel
You can make such corrections as you
think necessary London Tit Bits.
The sun., 1893-09-21

Rates on tiaur, grain and millstuff are
advanced by the 500 and st: Paul &
Duluth roads.
Li3zie Rresland of East Duluth is ar.
rested in st. Paul for running away
from homo,
A. young man named Barley, living
just north of lie Sueur was suffocated
In the smoke from burning hay stack
on the night of Sept. a.
Fire on the farm of Jerry Creed
northeast of Rochester destroyed a fine
frame barn, two wagons, hay and grain
in stack. 1t is supposed to have caught
from n straw burner engine. Loss
about $1,000; insured for $1,000 in the
Continental
Diphtherla has been epidemic In Red
Wing and vicinity for several weeks.
The board df health yesterday ordered
the schools closed. The city council
meets this evening and will consider
the matter of building an isolation
The sun., 1893-09-21
Light DiRusers.

Much attention is now being directed
10 the securing of the maximum efi-
cheney of the electric light, not only in
projectors but in domestic lighting. A
recent suggestion that glass should be
made for arc lanterns corrugated on
both sides, serves to recall the fact that
IN 1879 Breguet supplied thirty large
lamps for the Havre harbor works. At
first the lantern glass was painted
white, but as this obSoured the light
too much, the glass was replaced by
two sheets of the ordinary corrugated
glass of commerce, placed with the cor
rugations at right angles. This had the
desired effect, the lantern became lu-
minous over the whole surface, and the
leep shadows were softened.
The sun., 1893-09-21

Samuel Raycr0ft was thrown from a
train at st. Paul and suffered fracture
of the right arm.
J.. l.. Clark of Minneapolis was ar
rested by Officer Mozart at st. Paul
OH the charge of horse stealing.
A freight train was wrecked On the
Hastings~& Dakota road at Olivia, and
three trainmen were killed.
James Veckla, aged seventeen, was
suddenly stricken dead while attempt
ing to board a West Seventh street
car at st. Paul.
The famous contest case of Alexander
Tyffe VS.. Timothy Movers, which has
been pending before the land office
officials at CrookstOn the past six
months, has been decided by them in
favor Of the claimant, T. Movers.
The sun., 1893-09-21
For His Boys.

In paper read before the Iowa
Bankers ASSOCIATIONS. E!r. w. H. NJ.
Pusey related a characteristicaiiJ ''nu-
man. aaecdote of President Lincoln
While in Mr. Pasey's Office one day,
Mr.. Lincoln took ont Of his pocket IN
old document, and said:
Il wish you gentlemen would locate
this lapd warrant for me. 1t is my
pension obtaiG2d as captain in the Black
Hawk war"
Mr.. Pusey demonstrated with him for
having kept it so long.
You sHght TO have entered the war
rant years ago." he sqid, when it could
have been placed iR land further east "
Yes, know it," answered Mr.. Lin,
coin. but have kept it as a souvenir
of the war, and to sh9w Bob and Tad
that l have been q soldier"
The sun., 1893-09-21
A Silly Outhur,t.

Because some producers of perish
able Bermuda vegetables testified be-
fore the Ways and Means Committee
that they had sometimes sold their
produce here less the duties, the pro-
lection organs break out with the silly
old claim that "the foreigner pays the
duty" This is GOV. McKinley's favor
ite bit of demagC gic dishonesty when
he is on the backwoCds stump, but for
newspaper printed within sight of
the Custcm House to repeat il is poor
tribute to the intelligence of its read
ers. 1t is only necessary to repeat the
inquiries which we addressed in vain
to the Republican speakers and jour-
nails last year:
Why, if the foreigner pays the duty,
did your Fifty-frst Congress stop at a
billion dollars in appropriations Why
not spend q billion and half and
fructify. the favored land with the
tribute of effete despotism3 If the
foreigner pays the duty why not
abolish the internal revenue taxes,
which our own people iudisputably
pay, and raise all our revenues from
the helpless producers of the Old
World? The duty on pearl buttons is
146 per cent. Does the foreigner pay
the dutg-in other words, give us the
buttons and 46 per cent. in addition in
cash? The duty on some grades of
cheap fannels is l07 per cent; on cheap
wool yarns 1873 per cent; on cheap
blankets 104 per cent; on cheap hats
100.
Does the foreigner pay the value OF
these goods and a bonus besides for the
privilege of giving them away here?
Why do the Observation-Disclosures repeat
this rubbish? Do they not know that
the tariff fight is over, for three years
at least, and that McKinleyism is
bound to go?-New York World.
The sun., 1893-09-21
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and Improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used, The many, who live bet
ter than Others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products 10
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup Of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
alive; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation:
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Rowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup Of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man.
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed On every
package, also the name, Syrup OF Figs,
and being we'll informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
The sun., 1893-09-21

Never buy whiskey for medici-
sal purposes unless you know the bottierrss
II 1t to be reliable, as most whiskies sold
ander celebrated names are spurious: cheap
articles. whose botters cannot afford TO
have their names on the labels.
Uncle Sans Monogram Whiskey Is pottied
by the oldest and largest firm In the Liquor
which II has been received Is the best proof
of its superior quality. Ask your druggist
or retail dealer for 1t.
The sun., 1893-09-21

PatFoness- have frequently said
that you do not recommend bicycling
for invalids. and yet you have just ad-
vised my son to get a bicycle.
Doctor-I told him to get one with a
pneumatic tire
"Oh, that SOFT Of tire makes a differ
ence, I presume
"A very great difference. CARRYING
the wheel back and forth to the repair
shop will be most excellent exercise.
madame. Street H. Smiths Good
News
The sun., 1893-09-21
Te IncFaase Our Trade.

Senator Sherman says: "We ought
to encourage in every possible way the
expectation of our products, although
] do not see precisely how it can be
done" Two or three ways of increas-
ing our foreign trade ought to he OBJ
vious. II is an old saying that those
who want friends must show them-
selves friendly" # we want more
trade we must show q disposition 20
trade on fair terms. No nation III Els
rope will buy of us if it can get what
it wants elsewhere on anything like as
favorable terms. This disposition has
bsen created by our hostile tariff laws,
which we've avowedly framed to keep
out foreign products.
It takes two to trade. Commerce be-
tween countries is based on mutual ad'
vantage in the exchange of commodi-
ties. Hoy can we expect to increase
the expectation Gf our products, ex-
cept as foreign nations alust have food,
while we raise Eigh the barriers of our
prohibitory tariffs, baseq" on the iqea
that commerce is war"-that trade
Must be like jug handle, all on. one
side?" One other way to increase our
exports is to untax the raw materials
of Off manu- acturers, placing them on
equal terms with their foEeigp com:
petitors as to the cost of production
Unshackle commerce and 1t will takf
care of itself.-New York World.
The sun., 1893-09-21
An Urban AdXnntnnn

Little Fresh Air. Girl wish I was
back in the city again, I'm so tired of
the country!
Matron (sympathetically)-Why, ray
poor child, what can you do in the city
in hot weather like this?
Little "Fresh ARR Gir1-Oh, we play,
you know!
Matron-What do you play?
Little Fresh Air" Girl-Why. we
play it's cool, like it is out in the coupr
try!-PUck.
The sun., 1893-09-21
The flifrS,reaaa,.. Z. =

An Fngli h lawyer, Mr.. William
Willis, was once rather anu ;ingly in
feprupted in q speech. In addressing
O political meeting, Mr.; Willis found
an opportunity Of referring to Charlie
Dickens character, Rarkis, and of OK
claiming: "Bapki5 is willin!" No,
no" shouted workingman in the aus
dience: ut amt Barkt3 Is willin'r but
willis is blrkinp"
The sun., 1893-09-21

Female WcakneHs POSftIVe CHre'
TO the Editor: Please inform your read
ers that / have a positive remedy for the
ranged female organs. Not a prescription
to be filed but will send two bottles OF
my remedy, free Of all cost for the medicine;
her Express or p. O. address hold cores.
pondence strictly confidential and forward
my replies and remedy in plain wrapper.
DR.. ]. s. Marchisi, Utica, \. Y.
The sun., 1893-09-21

A BUSINESS man cf Colfax, Wash,
proposes to stock that country with
Chinese phsasapts A large poultry
house has been built at his home and
he has hatched out forty young birds
on the place. Many more eggs are
now in his Incubator. His hens have
iaid oyer 300 eggs since last fall, but
none qf them has yet offered to sit.
The sun., 1893-09-21
Had HIS Reasons.

Scene-House of a recently married
pair:
Loving Husband-What are you
smiling at, dear?
Sarcastic Wife, was recalling how
you used to sit and hold my hand for
an hour at q time before we were mar
ried. How silly you were!
Loving Hushand-I wasn't silly at
ALL held your hand to keep you away
from the piano.
The sun., 1893-09-21
AROUND 4 GREAT STAFF.
INTERESTING EVENTS OF THE
WEEK IN MINNESOTA.

ImDOrt"nt Occurrences I'm the N0r.v,
star state Day by Day--A General
Resume OF the Weeks Doinga Ar
ranged for Rapid Reading.
The sun., 1893-09-21
Can Cullom Explain?

Senator Cullen says the Mckinley
law is prosperity producer, but neg
lects to state why it is not doing bpsi-
ness at the Bresent time. It is still on
the statute books, and is sure to be
theGe for neaElN a wear to come.
The sun., 1893-09-21

house and a steam dislnfector as re.
nuested by the board.
A report has Just come In from Be-
thol, Anoka county, of ficrcely raging
timber and prairie fires. Sheets of
flame are driven by the furious gale.
Over 100 men with teams are perform
ing superhuman efforts to stop the tide
of destruction. Hay, peat marshes and
timber burn with fearful rapidity. No
burning Of houses OF fatalities arc yet
reported
The sun., 1893-09-21
A Parents HODa,

Whats papas boy going to do when
he grows up?"
Policeman"
And whaTH he do when he's a great
big Policeman
Club the stuffin' out of papa"
The sun., 1893-09-21
German
Syrup

simply state that!I am Druggist
and Postmaster here and am there.
fore in position to judge. ! have
tried many Cough Syrups but for
ten years past have found nothing
equal to Boschee's German Syrup.
have givenit to my baby for Group
with the most satisfactory results.
Every mother should have it. ]. II.
HOBBS, Druggist and Postmaster,
Moffat, Texas. We present facts,
living facts, Of to-day Boschce's
German Syrup gives strength to the
body. Take no substitute. 9
The sun., 1893-09-21

NJ. L. THOMPSON & CO.. Druggists, Cou-
dersport, Pa, say Halls Catarrh Cure is
the best and only sure cure for catarrh they
ever sold. Druggists sell it, 75c.
The sun., 1893-09-21

DIoCLETIAN, after his abdieatien,
spent his leisure in gardening. IF you
could see the cabbages ! raise, he said
to a deputation, you would not ask me
to resume the crown,
The sun., 1893-09-21

Last year was the most prosperous in the
history of cotton manufacturing in the
The sun., 1893-09-21

The pin is no new cOntrivance. They are
found among the mummieS Of Egypt and
in the prehistoric caves of Switzerland.
Paris reports gowns of paper.
The sun., 1893-09-21

I Care DysDepzia and Constipation.
DR.. shoop's Restorative Nerve Pills sent
free with Medical Book to prove merit for
&c stamp Druggists, 25c Dir. Shoop, BOZ
W., Racine. Wis.
The sun., 1893-09-21

laundry iE England, owned by women
and employing only females earned $25. 600
last year. T'N
The sun., 1893-09-21

A church in Missouri has bell weighing
$50 pounds which can be heard quite plain.
" len miles distant.
The sun., 1893-09-21
McKInlev,s Neglect,

1t lis quite evident that Mckinley has
failed to take advantage of experience.
lie is still prafipg of the tax-paying
The sun., 1893-09-21

Nineyah was fifteen miles by nine. the
@alls 100 feet high and thick enough for
iitEes claFiOts to drive abreast ~'A
The sun., 1893-09-21

''Ncin, my friendt. Dis cornet is por-
rowed washing Star.
The sun., 1893-09-21

At Cherbourg, France, an electrical canoe
IS in operation.
The sun., 1893-09-21

The excavatSd temples near Bombay, in
India, would rcqnaFG the labor Of 10000
paep for forty years to comvlete
The sun., 1893-09-21

In Arizona men and women 3ae,me hns
Danus and wives without ceremony.
The sun., 1893-09-21

RussierS are worse afflicted with bin Inc So
than any other nationality.
The sun., 1893-09-21

If the uaby II Cutting Teeth,
Be sure and use that old and wetried remedy MA
WHsLow's sooTnIHc sYRUp for Children Teething.
The sun., 1893-09-21

A paper pipe has been invented by ma
tive of st. Hclens.
The sun., 1893-09-21

The CosSacks and Circassians of the Rus
sian army are mainly Mohammedians and
consequently strict teetotalers.
The sun., 1893-09-21
He Was Wrong,

well" said facetious stranger to
member of the brass band. there is
one thing for you to be thankful for"
Vat is dose?" inquired the musician
You can always blow your own
The sun., 1893-09-21

foreigner, who ought to be sued, II the
Mckinley theory Is correct, Tor permit
ting our customs revenues TO fall off.