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why he waa Unhappy.

The secret of child government Is to
put yourself in his place. The moment
a parent can look at affairs from his
child's outlook that moment reason.
skill and good effect enter his care of
the child. 1t is the first impulse Of the
average parent to say mo" to any re-
quest on general principles, when per-
haps only once out of ten times the
mo" is really necessary.
The ease with which children are
made happy is almost proverbial. The
ease with which they are made unhap-
py is not so often appreciated. A little
Hartford boy ? years old. asked to
make list showing both sides of the
matter. compiled the following:
Why am happy. Because have. l.
eyes; >. ears; 3. mouth; 4, can snuff; 5.
legs; 9, brains: !. arms; 8, soldiers: .,
books: 10. am not sick; IL, that we
are rich: IL. house comfortable: Ii. les
sons: IA, good family.
Why am unhappy. l, sins; 2. have
no bicycle; 3, no canary: 4. lost my
knife: 5, have to write this horrid list;
9. no dog: :. no lamb: 8. sleepless at
early night; .. ! want a cap: 10. no ice
cream: II. no bananas: l2, no plums; 10.
frecklcs; IA, friends away.-N. \.
Times
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lant afcard NV snakes. or toads. or bugs or
worms, or mice,
An things at girls are skeered Nv think ere
awful nice
I'm pretty brave. guess; an yet hate % 80
10 bed.
vor when I'm tucked up warm an snug en-
when my prayers are said
Mother tells me Happy Dreams" and takes
away the light
An leaves me lyin all alone an seem things
at night
they're by the door.
Sometimes they re all a-standin' in the middle
NV the floor;
Sometimes they are a-sfttn down, sometimes
they're walking round
So softly an SO creepyiike they never make
sound
sometimes they are as black as ink an other
times they're white
But the color amt no difference when you see
things ut night!
once. when licked a Teller at had Just moved
on our street
An father sent me up TO bed without a bit to
eat.
woke up In the dark an saw things standin
In row.
A-ookin at me cross-eyed on p'intin at me-
Oh. my wuz so skccred that time ! never
slep mite
rs almost allux when I'm bad see things at
night
lucky thing amt girl. or I'd be skeorsd to
death
Bein' I'm boy. duck my head an hold my
breath.
An am OH 90 sorry I'm a naughty boy. an
then
apromise to be better an l say my prayers
again
Granma tells me that the only way to make
IL right
When Teller has been wicked an sees things
at night.
An So when other naughty boys would coax
me into sin.
Itry TO skwush the Tcmpter's voice at urges
me within:
An when they've pie for supper or cake ats
big an nice
Iwant to-but do not pass my plate f'r them
things twice.
No ruther let starvation wipe me slowly out O.
sight
Than should keep alvin on an scein things
at night
Chicago Record.
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THE METAL SCHEDULE.
II Is strongly Tinctured with Pure ana
sim ple Mex inIeyisul.

The metal schedule a. arranged by
the surrender amendments is Mckin
leyism pure and simple. Its open in
creascs of rates and its changes from
adj valorem to specific duties are for
the purpose of leaving the iron manu-
facturers the masters of the American
market and of the pockets Of the Amer
i,an consumers.
The main object of the duty on iron
ore. for example. is to close New En-
gland furnaces. 1t is in the interest of
Pennsylvania. but of no other section
of the country. Under the protective
tariff war is wagcd not only on foreign
producers but on domestic manufact-
urers whose competition is unpleasant
to the favored section. A duty on iron
ore is hostile to all who use finished
forms of iron and to the manufacturers
themselves. II was generally conceded
that in any revision of the tariff iron
ore would be placed on the free list.
That was done in the house. but the
conservatives insist that the New
England furnaces shall remain closed
and that ore shall he taxed 40 cents
ton. So far as all the persons inter.
ested and the government are con-
cerned. the tax might as well remain
at Is cents. The reduction will not be
a material relief TO any American ia.
terest.
The same may be- said of the reduc'
ton on pig iron from s6.72 to - a ton.
Both rates are prohibitory. The pro-
posed tax on steel rails is also prohibi
tory. Under the Mckinley law the
tax is sl3.44 ton. The Wilson bill
proposed IN nd valorem rate Of 20 pei
cent. which at present prices would bs
equal to 81 ton. The surrender
amendment fixes the rate at S..s7 a ton
This specific rate is equivalent to m
al valorcm tax Of 80 per cent. which
is equivalent to an increase of ncarl,
100 per cent. over the ratio propose,
by the house.
These are fair samples of the new
metal schedule. Most of the iron ant
schedules are practically prohibitory
under the law as il stands. and the,
will remain 30 under the law as IL will
be il the senate bill passes.
Not a tool or joist or an anvil or ;
machine will be made cheaper to tn
consumer by this pretended reform O
McKinleyism. Y. World.
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Tariff Reform a Certainty.

Tariff reform will come forward
again and will keep on coming forward
until the people force their senators
and representatives to obey their will
and dissociate this government forever
from the idea that it is part of gov.
ernment's functions to protect one
set Of Americans Mt the expense Of an
other set of Americans. Our govern.
ment Is founded upon the idea that all
men are equal before the laws and that
the laws shall bear equally upon all.
To lcgislate 80 that one set of Amer
leans must pay another set of Amer
leans two prices for all that they buy
in order that the latter set of Americans
may make fortunes is total negation
OF this idea and is tyranny pure and
simple. We repeat that the corrupt
senators may beat tariff reform in this
congress. but it will come back and
will never cease its cry until the cry Is
needed. -Richmond Times.
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"Fishing." said man who lives on
Blake street. why. went fishing in
New Jersey and caught the biggest
string Of cells that you ever heard OF.
There is the tandem eel that you have
all heard of. When they go down or
up stream from their quarters for the
winter or summer they go in single
Ale. one behind the other. like the
primeval man. They leave exactly six
inches Of space between their noses
and the tail of the eel in front When
an eel sees that the fellow ahead is
frightening this space he jumps ahead,
and. Selling the tail Of the offender in
his mouth, pulls him back into place.
dropped my hook down right In front
Of a string Of those tandem cells and
the bait was accepted. and jerked
out the eel. The one behind. seeing
that the fellow ahead was running
away. obeyed his instruction and
seized his tail to pull him back. and
SO also did the one behind, and so on
TO the last one. and pulled them out
hand over hand till had great mass
Of slippery cells about me. Lewiston
Mel Journal.
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AN INGENIOUS BRIDGE.


A novel and ingenious use that was
maze some time ago of a rapid river
current in India aptly illustrates the
fertility Of resource of the average en-
cheering contractor. At q certain
point along the river a temporary
bridge was urgently necessary for tho
transport of materials to be used in
the building of an important neighbor-
ing structure, but the only available
material was a quantity of three-inch
pianking. about ten feet long and .
little over three feet wide. and some
ordinary round timber cut from a
neighboring forest. Pontoons were
made Of two single planks, placed
about fifteen feet apart, each plank
being held on edge Mt an angle OF
about fifty degrees from the vertical.
both inclining up stream. and kept ct
their proper distance by framing made
from the round timber already mem
toned. Both pontoons were moored
70 q chain. The popularity OF the
bridge, OF course, was tina. the water
pressure upon the inclined surfaces OF
the blanks due to swift current per-
mittcd them to carry considerable
load, and the structure served its pur-
pose admirably, accommodating .
pretty lively traffic for an unexpected
IL long period
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FALSE FIGURES.
The senate Committees Misleading Com
parisOns.

The senate finance committee must.
indeed. think that we are nation OF
chumps. DO they hope to dclude the
people BY the official" comparison be-
tween the duties of the Mckinley act
and the senate and house bills. into
belicvcing that the average duty in the
senate bill is 36.5 against 35.52 per
cent in the house hill? Do they ex-
pcct this comparison table will be ac-
ccpted as fair and just. and that IL will
make their bill acceptable to the
people? While perhaps technically
accurate. the comparison Is unjust.
The figures published do not begin to
represent the great difference. from
the standpoint Of protection, between
the house and the senate bills. They
are grossly misleading in at least two
respects:
1. In the senate bill duties are in
cludcd on very important articles
which are free in the house bill. Here
are three Of the articles. and the value
of imports each in 1898:
Sugar and moasses. tiI6s Ss =, -
Iron ores ....-...............- I.H'sss ~
Coal and coke 3.'vl 6ss 10
Total. Si-l ssss-s5 70
The average of 35.52 per cent. for the
house bill is computed upon imports
valued at about $3.50 0o0. 900. while the
49, IS per cent. average for the senate
bill il computed upon imports valued
Mt about $500. 0O0,0oo. To the people
who asked for relief from burdcnsome
tsr.n taxes. this difference is about
ea5. 900. 0o0-S, per family. A faircr
comparison would include the same ar
tices in both averages. Thus. II we
include in the dutiablc lists Of both
bil!s all articles that are dutiable un-
der either bill. we will have about
$500. 100000 OF dutiablc imports. Tn
der the house bill we would get about
si29. 900. 900 Of revenue and under the
senate bill about sisi.O0.0O0 The
average al valorem duty under the
house bill would be about .5S per
cent. against 36k per cent in the sen.
| ate bill. The senate bill duties on ar.
| ticles actually imported are therefore
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duties.
?. Many duties that produce no rev.
enue are higher in the senate than in
the house bill. The protective features
Of such duties have been greatly i'm
creased. but no effect Las been pro-
duccd upon the average Of duties.
Thus the house duty of 20 per cent. ON
steel rails equal In less than ~ per
ton. has been increased 10 7-20 of "A
cent per pound, equal To 81. - per ton.
Either of these duties will be a. pro-
hibitive of importations "a j. the Me-
kinley duty Of sl3.i4. The steel rail
trust in either case will fix prices below
the importing point. The senate bill
simply gives 100 per cent. more protec-
ton. and will enable the trust 10 fix
prices ~ per ton higher than would be
possible under the house bill.
In the same way the house duty of 30
per cent. on structural iron and steel is
ea~ed about so per cent. in the SEN
ate bill The duty on starch il in
creased from TO . cents per pound,
the duty on linsecd or fiaxseed oil,
from - cents Ia 20 cents per gallon.
The duty on boracic acid. wash blue,
vermilion red. strychnine and on many
other chemicals have been increased.
though they Were already prohibitive.
In fact. the majority Of the 400 in
creases in the senate over the house
bill are increases of protective and
on-revenue-producing duties. which
would produce scarcely perceptible
effect upon the average" ad valorem
duties on all schedules.
The unfairness is conspicuous in the
comparison of the rates in the sugar
schedule. The rate in the house bill is
given as 2s.43 per cent; in the senate
bill as $3.50 per cent. As is well known.
the house bill makes all cane and beet
sugar free. The 2s.43 per cent. repre-
sents only the duty on confectionery
and on glucose. or grape sugar. The
total value of these imports in 1893 was
s53.0ly. The senate duty of 39.59 per
cent. represents the duty on the total
imports of all kinds of sugars. These
in 1893 were valued at Sis. .047. The
house duty would produce Si5.013.
while the senate duty would produce
SAC. s39.O5O in revenuc. 1t will be OBJ
served that the discriminating duties
of one eighth and onc-tenth cent per
pound on refined sugars cut no figure
even in bringing up the average rate
of duty in the sugar schedule.-Byror
W. Holt. in y. Y. Post.
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The SUNDAY SCHOOL.
International Lesson Tor June "a. 1891
Quarterly Review.

"
quarterly "esr"'
Especially Arranged from Pcloubets Noteal
ScRiPrURAL READING - Psalm los. and
Hebrews ILL = M.
peonle' pcn,. s,:o -
HIsroRlcAL Books The lessons extend
FROM Gen y - IL Is
fsALNs several OF inc events hha 'neir
los r 10 10 iosl.ia: 71'li'so; ,s:iIs 1875 iolS
in:is
NEW TESTAMENT In two places n the New
acs, s sa. We nna D's, accounts ., ms par
by the author OF Hebrews from The standpoint
OF faith Heb ii:.o-s9.
srinhcr. Thk hAA,Sc or sAlios
., the noble , men Of old. =" and a. history q
the way the Jewish nation was brought into
being Thus shall shis history DO 70 US burn
ing anu shin'ns .n.usnss '..'.r $50. - oa,
solaees Of aaily lie ..Treesyieldinc all fruits.
whose leaves are for the healing OF the ne
tions 7"
,,o,n Isa,s rs,nrn rom % pa,aar ram
Il q va 10 the Exodus from Egypt n G. is0i.
according to our common chronology.
PLACES Pencil east OF the Jordan Hebron
ana sneenem 70 rlles.ns' iienopons' r 1oaa
and the northern part Of the Red sea
PERSONS Jacob and HIS twelve sons espe.
cialiy Joseph Moses, several different Pha-
r0ons u Hs'p" i"a'"on 1a'e
WHERE WE HAVE BEEN--Lse the
map and follow the traveis OF jacob
from Padan-Aram TO Hebron, from
Hebron TO 'oshen In Egypt' 'osephs
journey In seeking MS brothers, ana
thence TO Egypt; the traveis Oh Moses
to Arabia, Sinai, back TO Egypt; the
route OF the lsraeiites from Goshen
across the ked sea.
WHAT WE HAVE SEEN.-Let the
student appointed imagine the various
events OF the quarter, several OF which
are very picturesque.
Scene |. Jacob wrestling with the
angel.
Scene 2. Joseph's dreams.
Scene 3. Joseph in his coat of many
colors. and his brethren at Dothan.
Scene 4. Joseph as a slave of Poti-
phar
Scene 3. Joseph in prison.
Scene q. Joseph interpreting the
dreams OF rnaraoh
scene = Ahe ore'hren u 'oSep'' ~
Egypt
scene D. Soscpns WORK Ia nsyP"
scene " Moses iouno oy iharaon
oau2hter. =,
scene ~, moses seeAing 70 ioera'c
ms people becomes an cAiie'
scene n. Moses oeiore rnaraon'
me plaques,
scene -. INC nisn. % tue asSo'el'
Scent 70, .ross,rs .ne NV reu ga. ~
rEhs"Ns "lln "huM W. nA,L De
CONE ac2oAiN TED ne ne an" cnar-
ac.er OF uacoo' u "oseP"' u "oses
SOME in'N"s ". nA'h ~ A"Nh -,
tnoA inhA noou' PIay.' "
aoou. 'he ProNiuehce "a "ou ",
aDuu. grown =, c , ,.. ~ noo.s
,a',n'"'ness - '"'s ~. -. ~ay -
higher .nissN y ,'o"' ,v's rlns
."osc WI" nav MUIR" Us ", noo.s
'ai'n ia ""i y, no""' ue.u'ns -
ser,e w. ~ noo1' ~" nes
anu po~e' ~ s,,ns nis pev 10, W.
npou' A.iuens '"' Ne"'" WV . oo1'
wv
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After = fa,iguInu iournc, thew


reached Pinewood City. very SINAI;
city indeed, with station not six
months old. A handsome carriage was
waiting there. looking quite ont OF
place with its surroundings Elsie
found no one to meet her. and was
rather in doubt what TO do next
That is my carriage" said the old
lady. Get in, and will take you 10
yonr aunt's; am going that way"
Thank you 50 much" said Elsie.
IL don't know what should have done
without you. quite expected Aunt
Margery would come or send TO meet
me. do hope she hasn't changed her
mind again"
II suppose said the old lady. with
n sharp twist of her head, '.that YOU
expect she will leave you her money il
she takes "A fancy 10 YOU"
II am sure don't know" said Elsie.
blushing; but il would be very nice IL
she would, for have none at all Of my
own
What would you do with such big
fortune if you got it,"
II would divide il with Uncle Tom. Of
course. he has been so kind to me:
and then Flora would have her share.
But confess l should like To keep
half to use just as like. One has
such great opportunity TO do good
when one is rich: and then il would be
SO delightful to go to Europe, and to
be able TO buy plenty of books. Yes,
| suppose il is very nasty of one. but
hn, 1ax hsax ~ Tor
II don't think it is SO very particu-
larly nasty of you, when you want it
for good uses-to help others, and to
give yourself intellectual pleasure.
shall speak about it TO Miss Margery
Rogers"
'Oh, please. please don't do such
thing" cried Elsie in great distress
"Why. that would sound as though we
were all calculating on her DEATH"
And aren't you?" snapped the old
lady.
mo, indeed, no. OF course we
know the money is there, and we
can't help wondering what will be-
come of il; but even il the poor old
lady we've as horrid as horrid can be.
shouldn't want her to die day before
her time"
And if she were-like me. for in
stance?"
why. il she were like you,' said
Elsie, laughing and blushing again. Il
don't think She would keep rs waiting
until she died. She would want to
help everybody at once. and she would
take Flora and me To Europe her very
self"
''Do you think l am as nice as all
that?" asked the old lady.
II am sure you are. You have been
so kind TO me ever since we met
And who began it. my dear?
think the first kindness came from
You. Here we are. This is Miss
Margery Rogers orange-grove; and
there is her house behind those pretty
live oaks; and this is her carriage we
are driving in; and this is her nice lit
tie niece sitting beside me; and-don'
look so very much surprised-I am
Aunt Margery, Yes. my dear. Well
see about the will later on: and mean
while let us make arrangements for a
trip to Europe next summer. Ill be
Just as nice as you expected, and take
you my very self
70 Aunt Margery. And Flora, too?'
mo. my dear. think can manage
to get along very well without Miss
Flora. shall send her a new nove
and box of candy. and she will nc
doubt be quite satisfied to remain al
home."-M. Penrose, in Demorest's
Monthly.
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The bottom Of the Pacific between
Hawaii and California is said to be So
level that a railroad could be laid for
five hundred miles without altering
the grade anywhere. This fact was
discovered by the United States sur
vcying vessel engaged in making
soundings with the view Of laying :
cable.
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Every man is the architect Of his
own fortune. The trouble with most
men Is they never provide enough
building marterial TO carry the struc-
ture up above the ground nosr.--Ars
kausaw Traveller
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The only excuse for toleratine
further delay is disposed Of. That cx
cuse was that the democrats were not
quite sure Of their ground. They are
now as sure as they ever will be.--Chi
caro- Herald.
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1t is possible to do the right thing
ut the wrong time. No fault can be
found with senator Hills effort 70 put
lead on the free list except that he
makes II when he knows he must fail.
Yet lead ought to be on the free list,
and coal and iron ore. -Philadelphis
Record.
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THE gold enameling on watches u
very pretty. This does not refer 20 .ne
solid enamcling but TO the gold sur
faces covered with pretty floral osns-
uentations In enamel.
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Margery Rogers"
Yes. know her." said the old lady.
but won't say much about her.
Least said is soonest mended.'
II hope you are friendly with her, SO
that may see you sometimes while l
am there"
"Oh. friendly enough in a way. l
guess you'll see me often enough"
They chatted on. and found plenty
to say for the rest of the short voyage;
and when they reached Sanford they
had lunch together, and Elsie noticed
that the old lady dropped her odd
tricks OF speech and talked now like .
refined and educated woman.
II am every minute expecting that
. colored coachman will come in with
| . letter TO turn me home again." said
the girl, laughing. That was what
happened to my cousin last week"
.Humph" said the old lady. Il
suppose it didn't occur to your cousin
that IL was in any way her own
| fault?"
"why. no. How could it have been?
She had never seen Aunt Margery,
and so could not have offended her.
Did Miss Rogers say anything 70 you
about it?-- beg your pardon for ask
Ing. but thought you spoke - II you
knew something"
perhaps do; but can keep II 70
myself. my dear. will only tell you
this much: don't think the colored
ooochman II coming 70 turn you back.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1894-07-11
Fafszywe wiesci 0 stanie zdr0wia
Ojca sw.

LoNDYN, 10 lipca. = Z Wa.
tykanu donosza tutaj, IL via
domost niepokojacym stanie
zdrowia Ojca sw. jest = maj
zupe}niej bezpodstawna. Chwi.
lowo ograniczono tylko audy.
encye, kt6re udziela} Papiea, a
to 2 powodu wielkich upal6w.
Wczoraj Ojciec sw. odby} prze,
cbadzke W ogrodach Watyka.
nu - j czu1 sic jak najIepiej.
RzYM, logo libca. = zdro-
vie Ojca sw. jest w zupeinie
dobrym stanie. DIS przyjmo.
wal ma audyencyi pos}a au.
stryackiego hr. Revertera .Sa.
landrs i inne wybitne osoby.
DR.. Lapponi, lekarz OLGA sw.,
oswladczy}, re wszelkie sensa'
cyjne wiadomosci 0 z}ym sta.
ME zdrowia dostojnego jego
pacyenta SO zwyk}ym wymy.
STEM.
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uchwali}a znaczna wiekszoscia powr6-
ci6 jutro rano do roboty.

uchwali}a znaczna wiekszoscia powr6-
ci6 jutro rano do roboty.
aurora, ILL.,, 10 Gpca. = Agitato.
rzy Chicago dzis tu pr6bowali wy.
woia6 strajk cg6lny, ale zupesnie i'm
sic ME powiodio.
Ga1esbwg, ILL.,, 10 lipca. = zwro-
tniczy kolei G. B. 6 @. ma dzisiej.
szem zgromadzeniu uchwalili ME
wzia6 udzis}u strajku.
st. Paul, Mimi, 10 lipca. =
Wskutek og{oszenia kompanii kolei
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul, IL
miejsca wszystkich strajkier6w, kt6.
rzy do 7 godziny ME powr6ca do 70
boty, zostana wypelnione innymi ro-
botnikami, wielu strajkujacych zglo-
siso sic i ma nowo poczeli pracowat.
Paris, ILL.,, III lipca. = Kolej B.
& O. S. w. pogodzi}a sic ze swymi
robotnikami. Podobno kompania 20.
bowiazala sic usuna6 pullmano wskie
wagony pociag6w.
ST. Paul, Mimi, 10 lipca.-Wedle
wiadomosci nadchodzacych zacho-
du, pociag kolei Norther@ Pacific
przejechal bezpiecznie Billings, Mont.
Burmistrz Livingstone wczoraj tie.
legrafowas do gen. dyrektora ruchu
Hendricks: ,,Nie dopus6 pan, by
pahski pociag przejechas przez Ii,
vingstone. Gdyby mia1 przez to mia
sto przejechst, to ME pozostaaby W
miescie kamieh ma kamieniu". Ma to
odpowiedsia} Kendrick: ,,Pociag
przejedzie przez Livingstone. JeSli
mu tam co sic stanie, to W Livingsto-
ne nigdy wiecej ME 2Ostanie Posozo-
ny ksmieh na kamieniu." Pociag
istotnie przeiechaa p-zez Livingstone
mkt go ME zaczepi}.
Toledo, o. 10 lipca. = Strajkerzy
kolei Michigan Central o p6}nocy ma
zgromadzeniu uchwalili powr6cit do
roboty. Ma kolei Hooking Valley
strajk zakohczony.
Pueblo, Colo, 10 lipca. - Palacze
hamulcarze kolei Rio Grande uchwa
lii dis wieczorem, powr6ci6 iutro
rano do roboty.