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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-06-02
uNsoRuPuLous PARrIsANs.
Republicans Unregardful Of the Interests
~ the Paonla

Republicans Unregardful of the Interest,"
OF the People
The country Is still In a broad grin
over the beautiful manner in which
Tom Reed and the republicans were
put to sleep" by Speaker Crisp when
the question Of passing the seigniorage
bill over the presidents veto came up
In the house the other day.
When Mr., Bland brought up the sub
Zee, there was great glee among the
republicans Their leaders, with smil-
ing faces and chuckling clips, eagerly
gathered in consultation, laying their
plans for the fun they expected to have
at the expense Of the democratic side
of the house. They would set their
opponents by the ears; they would
"egg" them on; they would give them
plenty Of time and plenty Of room, and
they expected the fur and dust to fly
and the democratic party to split wide
open. So engrossed ere they in dig
cling this pit for their opponents that
the speaker, in accordance with the
rules, had ordered the vote, the first
name on the roll had been called, and
the republicans were buried in their
own pit before they could bat their
ewes Their weak, dazed and wholly
Intellectual efforts to extricate them
selves make one Of the most ludicrous
chapters In congressional history.
Their little plot, which was thus frus-
trated, was In keeping with their entire
course since the democracy assumed
power. Since the 4th Of March, 1898,
the republicans have never made a
movement which did not look to the
advantage of their party rather than to
the good Of the country. 1t matters
not how grave has been the public ne
cessity, or how serious the demand for
craftsmanship and patriotism rather
than political intrigue and partisan
ship, the republicans have never risen
above a desire to tie the hands OF the
party in power, to divide 1t with dis
sensions, and to p~rotract and intensity
the evils from which the country was
suffering and from which il was crying
for speedy relief, because by 50 doing
they thought they could arouse the
wrath of the people against the demo-
Gratis.
They pursued this policy Of obstruc-
ton and irritation with reference to
the repeal Of the Sherman act, voting
for it at last when they could no long
err prevent a vote, and Immediately aft
erward making a concerted effort to
prevent the recuperation Of the
try by insisting that the business de-
preston had not been due TO the Sher-
man act, but to the fear OF tariff re-
form, proceeding, at the same time,
with systematic efforts to incite a fear
OF tariff reform.
They are pursuing the same policy
with reference to the tariff bill, doing
all they can to prevent Il settlement Of
tariff legislation because they believe
that continued. uncertainty, no Yever
much it may" injure the country, will
also injure'the democratic party.
Their plan in the house to get up a
long wrangle over the s%eigniorage bill
veto was simply another effort to make
party capital at whatever cost to the
common sood,'which is now SO depend
ent upon. financial stability and integ-
rity.-Louisville Courier-Journal.
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secrecy not to say where, but that l
knew her %parentage.
$50 my husband asked no ques-
tons, and we brought the child up as
our own.
80 think he has ever forgotten that
she is adopted.
"Therest you know; you came home
from Europe, settled in New York, be-
came prosperous, and as your boy grew
up you sent him to college at New
Haven.
"'Then, with 1.-THE irony of fate" DUR
ing my absence from home, he comes
into our house, falls In love with our
daughter, and, but for my tardy con.
f~ession, would have married his own
sister,"
Lady Berkeley paused in her narra-
tive, and sighed.
She was looking into the fire with
her hands clasped or her knee, and |
thought her face pathetically sad.
Silence reigned for a minute, but be.
fore anyone had a chance to speak,
Lady Berkeley continued:
well, the young people we're told
the circumstances, and Mr.. Prentice
went up to Milford and wished tc
claim his daughter.
"The clergyman and his wife were
broken-h,arted, but dared not oppose
the rightfdl father after their selfish
ness in desaiving him all those years Of
his own child.
"a compromise, however, was made
that lmogene should live in her ole
home three months of the year.
''She then went away with Mr.. Prem
tice, but never came back to Milford
for, before the year was out, she wal
engaged to an Englishman, and soor
after married him."
Again Lady Berkeley paused, and
looking at Jonson. said. with a smile:
is not this strange enough for &c
tion?"
YES" he answered. land ! feel a
though it must be, it was so n ltura
In the girl to go and live with he
father, who was practically Il stran
ger
"She was awfully hard-hearted
wasn't she?" sslsed Of the party.
II am not AIT impartial jadse," sal,
Lady Berkeley. ''for was the girl@
Ne
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r AND WAGES.
Facts and Figures Which Strongly Coz

Facts and Figures Which Strongly Con-
denim tho Protection Policy.
J. Schoenhof, the well-known tariff
writer, has been following up a line of
inquiry upon which he entered some
two years ago, with results which
should be Instructive TO victims Of the
protectionists dei.,sion.
Taking Il 5Sf1su. returns, oA.~-1su.
| fractures, ne shows that the average OF
wages and the average increase In
wages from 1880 to 1890 Is much great
er in the unprotected and exporting in.
dustries than in the highly protected
industries In neither class does he in.
clude any industries except such as are
classed as manufacturing by the cen
sus bureau Wages in seventeen un-
protected and exporting industries in
1890 ranged from s4O7 to ss7e per head,
while In eight highly protected indus
tries the range was from 1914 TO 1887.
The increase in wages over 1880 in the
unprotected industries ranged from So
to SIPS per head, the average being SIS,
while In the protected industries the
increase ranged from $40 to 81, aver
aging s8l.
From further examination OF the re,
turns 1t appears that wages paid in the
manufacture Of articles made from raw
materials carrying the highest rate Of
protection averaged in 1890 s4l4 fol
males and 1878 for females. In tn,
manufacture Of articles advanced from
first stage TO articles finished for us,
the average for males was S570 and fol-
females 1915, Mr.. Schoenhof presents
tables taken from the census showing
the number employed and the wage
paid in occupations under these ant
other heads, all of which 70 to show
very clearly that the tariff has nothing
at all TO do with making high wages IN
this country.
MIR. Schoenhof directs attention t.
the fact that sugar refining, which en-
joys a protection equal to four times
the entire labor cost of refining, pay,
an average OF only 1888 per head il
wages, while meat packing, which i:
not protected at all and which export.
largely and completes directly will
foreign "paupcr labor pays an aver
age Of $500, and wholesale slaughter
ing pays an average OF sS09. In the
unprotected building trades the rang
Is from 1875 to e652, against an averag'
OF only Hl4 for males in the manufac
lures which are most favored by the
tariff laws. chicago Herald.
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COMMENTS OF THE PRESS.

Mr.. Harrison points with pride to
the election returns from his state.
Gov. Mckinley doesn't.-N. Y. World.
When Gen. Harrison says he does
not intend to become a presidential
candidate In 1895 he winks with the
other eye.-Washington Times lind.
Harrison is not big enough u
stand a two years open campaign for
the nomination, but a still hunt NAV
give it to him. st. Louis Globe Demo-
crat (Rep).
The eternal fitness Of things il
admirably illustrated in the selection
of Mckinley to advocate national bank.
ruptcy as a republican success. Chi
cago Herald.
Again Gen. Harrison denies that
he is a candidate for the presidency.
Even the incredulous will begin to
realize that he is in the running and in
to stay. Detroit Free Press.
This is a great country, and con.
sidering the fact that 1t is still at.
ficted with Coxeylsm and Mckinley.
ism, twin relics of republicanism, 1t ia
doing remarkably well.-N. Y. World.
The funny republican editors
having had a real good time over the
news that Louisville, KY. had gone re-.
publican, 1t may do no harm now to
tell them that Louisville has not had an
election since last November, at which
time 1t went as democratic as usual
Louisville Courier-Journal.
1t is easy to see that the repub
lican newspapers do not care anything
about the democratic victory in Nc
Kinley's old district by the frequency
and emphasis with which they max,
the assertion. Roscoe Conkling said
"The shadows murmur while the deep
are dumb. detroit Free Press,
ohio has a lot OF mushroom mil
lionaires. 1t Is also prolific in the pro
d~uction Of commonwealers. That boil
should spring in such profusion from
the soil over which Mckinley and Sber
man have special guardianship Is ful
OF suggestion to the political econo
mist, as we'll as to the politician who |
trying TO discover what Is demands
for the good Of the country. --Detroi
Free Press
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v

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There lived, one time not long ago a bonny
maiden fair,
With laughing eyes and rosy lips, and wAvy,
golden hair.
Ala1y little maid was she, for oil she was so
sweet
Nor cook a meal, nor sweep = room, nor sew
could Marguerite.
There lived man, rot long ago, VINO loved
this winsome maid.
And at her tiny little feet his Sreatois heart
was laid.
Afutter shook her little heart, It futtered
on and on;
At last the little answer came, so soft, SO
sweet: Yes, John
The day was set, the gowns we're made, the
tiny house was sweet,
Which was to he the little nest OF John and
Marguerite
" But, John" said Marguerite one day, II can
not cook at all;
Ican't make bread, nor cook a chop, nor fry
goldfish ball,
Nor make a cup OF coree, dear-oh, do We
hare to eaty
And can't we do without it. john said pref
ty Marguerite,
"Oi course we can, m dear sah John; III
not, well buy II book
That tells about 'spSreribs' ard things ana
tells you how TO cook,
II don't know how TO SO to work to sweep aud
dust o room,
l never could manipulate q dustpan and q
broom"
II care not how much dust my love, is flying
through the air;
The rooms will oil be sweet TO me II Marguer'
tic is there"
Dear me, Idon't know how to sew, nor put
a button on;
And rips will come, and buttons go-What
shah we do, dear john
"Oh, don't you worry, Marguerite, we'll man
age it all right,
And II the holes and rips must come, well
pin them out OF sight"
Soon to the coy little home John took his
Marguerite,
But fight against 1T ns they would, they found
they'd have to eat
At first the cream would never rise, the
bread would never set"
The coffee was the mildest drink that John
had ever met.
The roasts we're never quite cooked through,
the boiled eggs always hard,
And what was fried was swimming in a little
pool OF lard.
The sweeping and the busting and the work
to keep things neat
Seemed never ending, wearisome and hard TO
Marguerite.
The buttons came off by the score, the holes
and rips came, too;
Johns little plan for p~inning them they found
would never do,
1t took SOM time for Marguerite to learn to
make things go
To find the simplest way 10 cook, and sweep
and dust, and sew.
In time she learned, did Marguerite, but as
the years rolled on,
She wished she'd learned a thing or to bEforS
she said: YES. John
Good Housekeeping,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-06-02

a week, and five days had passed most
pleasantly, But, alas! the sixth day
was cold and rainy, and our poor host
ess was in despair to know what to do
with her houseful of guests
The morning had dragged by its
weary hours.
The men found occupation in the bill
liard.room or library, The women tried
with fancy work or music to while
away the time, but an air of restless
dependency had settled over these
heretofore gay people.
At FIVE o'clock tea was brought in,
and we all gathered around the big fire
in the hall.
The guest of honor in our party was
IA Lady Berkeley, lately com to Amer.
lea for a visit, and a very pretty and
charming woman.
] had once before met her-two years
ago in Romc-but knew nothing about
her, though some one had told me she
mad quite a history.
For the few days we had been to.
gether in this country house she had
been the life of the party and had won
the admiration of all.
Her beauty and her attractions were
unusual, but this wretched weather
had east IA gloom over even her high
spirits.
As we were all taking tea together,
Mr.. J%onson, one of the party, laid
down a book he mad been reading and
remarked:
"A good story, but so improbable."
Il don't know" said Lady Berkeley;
that might have happened; stranger
things have"
Il doubt it," replied Mr.. Jonson. II
don't believe in fact even being stranger
than fiction"
Lady Berkeley smiled and said: per
haps n very strange fact has never been
brought to your notice"
NO" admitted Jonson. i've lived
nearly forty years, and have still to see
anything improbable happen in real
life"
'Well," she replied, Il can tell you a
strange story, the truth of which can
vouch for"
II should like to hear it," said Jon.
son, and the other members of the par
ty, having overheard the conversation,
drew their chairs nearer to the fire and
gave her their attention.
st is curious" commenced Lady
Berkeley, that | should tell you the
story of an American family, living in
a small New England town, and fol
fear some Of you might know the PEG.
Pile concerned, | shall change theii
names.
about twenty-five years ago, there
lived in Milford, Conn, a clergyman
and his wife and child.
These two parents worshiped theil
little girl, for it was late in life tina,
She had been sent to them.
"As the child grew older, they seemed
to grow younger, and life seemed tc
them well worth living.
The old clergyman was v 81
happy as when, with his little lmogen,
on his knee, he told her stories, Oh
taught her her first lessons.
at was their greatest pleasure to de
piive themselves, that they might Civ,
more to their child.
Their income, however, was small
and, though sufficient for the comfor
Of the family during their daughter
childhood, 1t was not adequate TO
their expenses as she grew into woman
hood.
This matter Of income trouble,
these good people for some time, unit
the father conceived the idea Of tutor
ing college men who had been unfor
tunate In not passing their class exam
nations.
"ne, therefore, went up 10 New
Haven, which Ia but a few miles from
Milford, and made arrangements t,
take into his family one or two of tn,
students during the summer months
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-06-02

Although longand obstiua,sl
free as air become the bors,|
letters Stomach Bitters IA ny
and regulate them. Not n
Laxative operates unduly uuos
the contrary. Neither does M
In both these particulars i ss1
violent cathartic. Use tbe Rt1
iarial and rheumatic ailmepn
bic, Miousness, dyspepsia ami
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-06-02
Beware OF Oiutments Tor Catarrh That
Contain Mercury,

as mercury will surely destroy the sense OF
smell and completely derange the whole
system when entering it through the mu-
cous surfaces. Such articles should never
be used except on prescriptions from rep
utable physicians, as the damage they will DO
is ten fold to the good you can possibly de-
rive from them. Halls Catarrh Cure man.
ufactured by +. J. Cheney a. Co., Toledo, o.,
contains no mercury, and is taken inter.
nally, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces OF the system. In buying
Halls Catarrh Cure be sureyou get theg gen
uine. 1t is taken internally, and made in
Toledo, Ohio, by +. j. Cheney q Co. Testi-
monials free,
.8"Sold by Druggists, price 75c. per bottle.
Halls Family Pills, y cents.
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M~UDGE-"Some villain got into my room
last night and stole a pair OF brand new
ttoasers. had tlelT made in London y
Yabsley-"Loudon made, Ell? Oh, YOU
are all right, then. They will turn up the
first day it rains. indianapolis Journal.
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Western American N.

. The Chicago, Milwaukeek1
has now ready fordistributOau
portfolio of scenes along its NJ
of the size of the Worlds N
lately issued. They are onlv
and can be obtained withtsI
remittipg the amount to GFn'i
General rsss' Agent, CHICAGO
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-06-02
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 to
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 a perfect lax.
alive; efectually cleansing the system.
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval Of tho medical
profession, because it acts ON the Kid.
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak.
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup Of Figs is for sale by all drug.
gists in 50c and 81 bottles, but it is man.
utactured by the California Fig Syrur
Co. only, whose name is printed on eyery
package, also the name, Syrup of FIGS
and being we'll informed, you will moi
accept any substitute If offered.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-06-02

"cHArple and Wilkins had
the club the other night, s5a
50 excited that he lost hi. M
me how fortunate, Chapnes1
only weak spot
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-06-02

THEORY Not In It.-'My theory" began
the mar as the policeman tried to steer him
straight. my theory Come Of" in
]terrupted the officer; sit isn't your theory
that I'm interested in now, it is your con-
dition,n and he yanked him along merrily.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-06-02

IL the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. me up
three pounds of steak ''Butcher-"Beei-
steak or porksteak" Customer-"Mls,
take. | forgot; my wife said she wanted
mutton chops."-Detroit Free Press.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-06-02

Book AGENT entering the
have n little work here which,
me-" interrupted the victim,
great deal, = Boston COurie, |
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-06-02

"BrHAvE yourself. my child" said the
oyter to his son. Father, you forget, ;" re
Piled the youthful oyster. ut is the merry
month OF May, and no one expects an
oysterto be good at this time. am not n
clam, n-Harper's Bazar.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-06-02

MANY q man who claims to be looking for
work wouldn't recognize a job if it stepped
up and tapped him on the shoulder. -Phila-
delphia Record
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-06-02

GLENN's Sulphur Soapisam|
for Skin Diseases. Il
Hills Hair and Whisker DvI
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-06-02

THE smallest bird is an East Indian
humming-bird. 1t Is a little larger
than the common house fly.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-06-02

"1r certainly has done Silas good to line
the church, said Mrs. Corntossel. I'm
glad ter hear it, said the visitor, but how
kin We tell!'' "Hc went tishin' yesterday an
owned up ter not gettin' a bite. washing
ton Star.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-06-02

WISKs-'I notice that your barber al.
ways talks to you in French. ! did not
know that YOU understood that Language
Jinks-"Well, don't; but you needn't tell
him o.n-Tid-BitS.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-06-02

lin 1881, under democratic rule,
and when, there were but 49, 700, 900
aeople in tho country, the expense of
conducting the government was 81 per
capita, In 1891, after a practically un-
broken term Of republican rule, and
when the population had increased to
8s,0 600, 900, the expense. per capita was
81. This unwarranted increase is ac-
counted for by the growth Of the pro
tective idea in politics. Simply because
money has come readily, and indirect
taxes are easy to collect, means have
been provided for spending it, and the
result has been gross extravaganza in
public expenses, and the creation OF ar
immense number Of useless public
servants. The Chicago platform de.
clares for the honest and economical
administration of government, as vel
as for q reduction OF tariff burdens. ant
there Is need for boih. -Kainsas Cit,
Times
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-06-02
Kent Il lin Too Long.

1t Ia a good time for the republicans
to pause and see how foolish they have
been in committing themselves to the
position that any bill the democrats
might pass would ruin the country.
They have been irrcconcilable all
through. finding. each revision worse
than the preceding, and growing shril-
Ter as the evil day of the passage of
some bill approached. In this way
they have burned their bridges behind
them. They cannot now fall back on
the protective features left In the bill
and say that these have kept the u
try from going TO the dogs, where it
will yet surely 20 II the wicked dem
ocrats are allowed 70 do any more tariff
revising. They have so thoroughly
overdone the bugaboo business, and
staked their all on the irredeemably
bad character of the Wilson bill, that
they will find 1t very hard to keep up
their Mysteries in the future. Even ii
they try to; they will find the business
public 80 sick OF the thing that they
will soon have to quit tn, Y. Post.
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'E,NFrRMINS'

copyright, 1894,
By the Author !
f w + r Il a
house party Of
ffteen in a
most beautiful
part o t h e
~Berk s n 4
hills. We had
been brought
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-09-04
A Mondsrt., c.srrY Tree.

What is believe, % be the largest
and most fruitful cherry tree in the
world stands ON land owned by MIR.
John Capura Of oroville, Cal. II is of
the ox-heart variety, and is . wonder
In several ways 1t is eighteen years
old and is SIX feet in circumference st
the ground, and over sixty feet higt.-
During the season of 1887 (which you
can put down as one exceptionally
favorable to the cherry 1t bore assoc
pounds of fruit.