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The Globe-republican., 1898-01-27

Hawthorne found romance on the
shores Of old New England, and there
is a good deal Of it unminded in the
modern life of the Yankees. The fol-
lowing story Of love and marriage.
strange as it may seem. is known to
the writer to be true: Years ago a
summer boarder, at a cottage on a
point Of land which formed the protect
ing arm of the harbor of fishing town
in Massachusetts,, was shown a girl ba-
by only a few months old. He looked
at the babe and admired; then said 20
the mother: Twill you give me that
babe for my wife," The mother had
known the young man for several
summers; she liked him. and therefore
answered promptly. Yes" viii you
promise never to tell her that you have
selected me az her husband?" Eyes. I"
The conditions of the singular betroth-
al were observed. The girl baby grew
ND. and summer after summer the
young man courted her. When shs
was eighteen he married her, and not
till then did she know that she had
been betrothed to her husband while
In her cradle. Can old romance b
more romantic than this story Ct NV
D66aa1a lahing t0YA?
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A Spasm Of Sense.

The New York Evening Post is good
enough to say that "the Republican
resolution to make no change in the
tariff this winter is in every way COM
mendable," because 1.-THE country has
suffered so much from tariff tinkering
that it desires above all things steadi-
ness in one experiment or other"
This is remarkable spasm of good
sense on the part OF free trade or
gan which in the past five months has
done little else than raise a series Of
frantic hullabaloos about deficits and
prate about the failure" of the Ding
ley tariff.
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The Poetry Of Protection.

Just a little dollar, on its mission
sent, makes a lot of people glad each
time the coin is spent. You pay 1t to
the butcher, for meat to give you
strength; he takes it to the grocer from
whom it goes at length, some pretty
bit of cloth or lace his better half to
buy, or helps to get her winter hat
to make her rival sigh. The dry goods
man sends on the coin to pay his mar
ket bill, and though the coin is often
spent, it stays a dollar still. and every
time tits spent at home, some act OF
good is done in booming" local indus
tries, ere setting Of the sun.
But if you take that shining coin
and break the local chain, the chances
are that from afar twill not return
again. II once it passes out of town,
the butcher and the baker. the grocer
and the dry goods man. the cook, the
undertaken, the carpenter, the car
riagewright, the blacksmith. every one,
will lose the chance to touch that coin
ere setting Of the sun.
Just keep the little coin at home,
lust keep it moving well, and every
time it changes hands somebody s
goods twill sell. That single little
dollar has thus a wondrous power to
make somebody better a dozen times
an hour. It pays the bill and wards
of ill, and ne'er its power relaxes to
soothe the doctor, buy the coal and
nav for clothes and taxes.
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Deserted by wild Pigeons.

From the Kansas City Star: The
wild pigeon no longer visits southwest
Missouri, with the return of the mast
season. as formerly. Years ago the
woods of the Ozark region were full Of
these birds from October to January.
A pigeon roost was the wonder and de-
light of the pioneer hunter. Millions
of the birds would gather in some
thick forest at the approach of night.
From all directions and for miles away
dense flocks of pigeons could be seen
flying toward the roost. The unerring
instinct of the birds guided them to the
place. and by shutdown the flutter Of
countless wings sounded. like an ap-
preaching storm in the vicinity Of the
roosts. Hunters killed the birds by the
thousands, for in a roost no skill was
required to shoot pigeons. A shotgun
fired into any tree or bush at random
never failed to bring down game. The
ground was over nearly covered with
dead and wounded birds after volley
ha been fired into a tree loaded own
with pigeons. Hogs fattened on the
crippled birds left in the woods and
hawks, owls, foxes and other wild an
finals had a continual feast. The Ia It
pigeon roost Of any importance near
Springfield was not far from Hopeweil
church. south Of the James river. about
tventy-four years ago. The birds oc.
e1plod several acres. and remained
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Sensible and Patriotic.

Fairness" said Mr.. ]. Edward Sim
mons, in a recent speech at the annual
banquet of the Clearing House Associ-
alton at Rochester, N. Y, requires
that new tariff law be given trial. as
a tree does not bear fruit Immediately
after it is planted" The man who ad-
ministered this deserved rebuke to the
croakers and pessimists who pronounce
the Dingley law "a tariff for deficit
only" occupies the foremost financial
position, outside of the federal govern
ment, held by any citizen of the United
States. Mr.. Simmons is president of the
Clearing House Association, and also
president of the Fourth National bank
of New York. He is moreover Demo-
crat and not a protectionist. At least.
he was not a protectionist year ago,
but like many another free trade theo-
rist, has lately had much cause to
doubt whether the patriotic policy of
America for Americans has not, after
all, much to commend it in the matter
of developing commercial and indus
trial prosperity.
Whatever may be the private view OF
President Simmons on this question, he
makes no secret of his contempt for
that class of calamity howlers who
would rather see ruin than good times
II the latter must be accredited to the
results of protection. 1t is the con-
tempt that all good citizens must feel
for people who condemn the new tariff
before it has had the ghost OF a
chance to demonstrate its effective
ness in the matter of producing rev.
enue.
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The FAN River Globe" recently dis
patched q representative to the cotton
manufacturing regions Of the South.
with view to obtaining reliable facts
as to the extent and character Of this
Southern competition which is now be-
coming such an important factor in the
industrial problem in New England.
This agent has spent some time In the
Piedmont district, where the cotton
manufacturing industry is quite extern
sively established and where New Eng
land manufacturers say they expert
ence the most formidable competition.
The Globe" presents the results Of
its representatives. investigations in
that field. Under date of December Is
he writes from Charlotte, N. c., open
ing his letter with the question.
Southern competition-what does 1t
amount to-" and answering as follows:
Believe the man who runs the Louise
mills, the largest cotton manufacture
ing concern in this city, and 1t
amounts to just this-the Northern
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never will be able to compete with
the mills in this section of the coun-
try on the line of goods they are now
manufacturing. and there is every
prospect that in the years to come
mills will be in operation here max
ing every kind Of goods which the
Northern manufacturer makes to-day
and much more cheaply. This Is put
ting it strong. 1t Is not my opinion.
but his"
The Globe" correspondent quotes a
pamphlet issued under the auspices OF
the Charlotte Board of Aldermen. in
which it is set forth that within 100
miles Of Charlotte there are over 200
cotton mills operating 1922 spin
dies and 1878 looms. which are
claimed to be the most successful OF
all textile industries not only In the
South but in the United States. He
says that the operatives are temperate
and Industrious, and that there Is no
clashing of races among them. Hours
of labor are long, wages are low, liv-
ing is cheap and everybody is content
ed and happy. From his story it looks
very much as II the great industries OF
New England are threatened by the
cheap labor of the South.
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The American SILK Industry.


A fine showing of prosperity is
made for the silk trade of the United
tates in the annual review printed by
the American Silk Journal. In spite
Of the prevalence Of phenOmenally
low prices, the output of manufactured
500, zoo, 900. and the consumption of
raw silk reached 64,54S bales, valued
at $2S.474.S47. the largest in bulk.
though not in value, in the history Of
the trade. Add to this the erection
and equipment Of fifty-seven new fac
tories, together with additions to
buildings and machinery of existing
plants, and the formation of thirty
four new firms and corporations, and
the record, as a whole, is a gratifying
one.
The prospect for the coming year,
under conditions of general prosperity.
are most flattering for the silk indus
try. 1t has been one Of the most en-
terprising and progressive of all the
thriving industries of America, and
has in an eminent degree been success
full in demonstrating that, supported
by fair amount of protection, Ameri-
can skill and taste can in every case
successfully compete with the older
and more favorably situated institu-
tons Of Europe. In no branch OF
Yankee enterprise has this fact been
moro clearly domOucfra fod than In tho
case of American silk.
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I'LL KILL YOU!"

him how things is out here, and that
you're goin' along with me to show
me where the money and the valley
,bles is; and that if he makes a loud
yelp I kill yer, and him too! Tell him
every word of that"
The poor, scared woman had to do
It, and had to take the ruffian round
the house, and show him where every
thing was. And then, when he had
got his bag full of treasure, he made
Mrs. Larkin go with him to the next
street corner, so she couldn't let out
her husband right of. and he made
her promise to 60 straight back home.
and not say q word about it till the
next morning. Both the old lady and
her husband were so badly frightened
that they obeyed: and it was toward
noon before we got intelligence of the
robbery at headquarters.
The fellow was masked and disguis-
ed. of course, and there seemed to be
NO way of tracing him from any de-
ecription that the old people could give.
but AZ luck would have it, he dropped
n letter in the dining room. without
aeeing it-when he pulled out his can
vas bag, suppose. This letter was
directed to him by the name of Will
liam Grebb. and was probably from
some Of his light-fingered friends In
another city. I thought so. although
there was no stamp nor postmark on
n: these thieves know better than to
trust their secrets to the chances of
the mail. This letter contained a clew
that in the end led US to Bilker John.
though it took some time to reach
him. and it was by a roundabout way.
However, we fetched him at last. and
eot him safe in Jail. He lay there
about three weeks before his trial; and
{ N the meantime we hunted up more
avidence, and got the case In such
ehape that we were morally sure 81
conviction.
Al this time. you understand. W
neyer suspected that we had the whole
e e in limbo in the person of the
n6lkaf. Well. the thief and the prose
3 nf1ng attorney laid their heads to
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Two Kinds Of Deficits.

This from the Cleveland Plaindealer
is an unusually frank acknowledgment
for a free trade newspaper to make:
Certainly during the last six months,
when our revenue has fallen short at
the rate of over $1,000. 900 per month,
our people having been purchasing
more of our own goods than they hal
at any time for two years previous,
and more money has gone into circu-
lation and more men have been at
work.
Enemies Of protection and fair play
would win more respect and obtain
more attentive hearing if they told
the truth more frequently. Admis-
sions from a free trade writer as can
did as that quoted from the Plain
dealer are as rare as white black
birds.
Deficits occurred with great regu-
larity during the four years of low
tariff and no tariff, and upward OF
$500, 1000 of Indebtedness was incurred
to bridge over the shortage in the
revenues. None of the free trade peo-
pie then had spasms on that account;
it is only since protection is once more
in operation that they worry about de-
ficits.
But there are worse things than de-
ficits, and the Plaindealer tacitly &C
knowledges as much when it bears wit
ness to the fact that times have been
extremely prosperous in spite Of the
shortage of $4,000, 900 per month. II
we must have deficits. let us have the
kind that have temporarily occurred
under the Dingley law, where every
body is prosperous. instead of the Will
son sort, when, in addition to deficits
in government revenues, there were
disastrous depletions Of the revenues
of the great mass of wage earners and
wage payers.
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How Many Commandments:

According to a writer in Household
Words, father in Scotland who
wishes to present his infant for bap-
tism. is expected to pass a slight ex-
animation in the Shorter Catechism.
One day a collier went to his minister
to bespeak him for the christening of
his child. How many commandments
hae ye?" asked the minister. TWEEN
IT," rejoired the collier, who was
forthwith sent back to pursue his
studies in elementary theology. On
his way he met a brother miner, who
was going to the minister on similar
errand. How many commandments
haze ye, Jock?" asked the first. Ten"
ooh! you needn't trouble him wi ten;
I offered him twenty the while, but
he wasna satisfied"
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their branches.

their branches.
] First, though, I must tell you the
last deviltry that this scamp performed
before we nabbed him; for l think it
was the boldest thing in the way OF
crime I ever heard Of There was an
elderly gent named Larkin lived on the
west side, a well-to-do, lazy-going old
fellow, who liked to sit up with his
wife pretty late nights, and read all
the papers. There was nobody In the
family but they two and the kitchen
girl, and the Bilker found out in some
way that this girl was always out
Friday nights. And he found out an
other thing by watching; that they
were in the habit of sitting up without
the blinds shut or the curtains drawn,
which, by the way, is an awful bad
habit, that I'd recommend you to avoid,
sir.
Rogues are always peeking around
to see what they can find out. and
many burglary is planned on infor-
nation got in just this way. This one
was certainly. The Bilker discovered,
by watching evenings, that the old par
ty always went down cellar about 10
o'clock for a pitcher of beer or cider,
and that he calculated was his chance.
He waited on Friday night (when the
kitchen girl was out, mind yOu) until
he saw Mr.. Larkin go below, and then
he pushed right into the front hall,
the door not being fastened, locked it
after him, and presented himself to
Mrs. Larkin in the dining room. She,
poor woman, was struck dumb with
fear. and couldn't have made any noise
II she'd wanted to.
eyes see this club, marm?" says he,
shaking his "billy" in her face. well,
now. If yer make any yawk, I'll kill
yer dead. will; and II yer don't do
just as l say, Ill kill yer! Lock that
ere door,"
He pointed to the cellar door. She
made haste to do it.
"Can yer old man git out any other
way?"
She was just able to say mo-"
mind, now, I'll kill yer if yer lie!"
he said, savagely, shaking his club at
her.
''Oh, I tell you the truth, sir" says
she, all a-tremble; but for heavens
sake don't"
'Stop that" he growled. There's
the old Teller coming up the stairs
there he is, knocking at the door. Tell
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MlsF,r HYMNS AND ANTHEMS


One Oos.sion when the CongreGstion"
Gravity Gave Way.
That is a good old story of the
minister who, after a protracted SER
mon from a temperance orator VINO
had in too great abundance the gift
of continuance, rose and remarked:
Let US now sing hymn number So
and so, And we are yet alive" Pos
sibly it is rather too good to be true.
but it suggests the care that needs &c
be exercised in the choice Of hymns,
says the Church Economist. We have
all been to prayer-meetings where
keynote of lachrymose plaintiveness
was set by the opening hymn. and 1t
was on the particularly joyful occasion
of the dedication of a certain strong
young church in New York that the
choir chose for their leading anthem
the words in Habakkuk: Although
the igtree shall not blossom, neither
shall fruit be in the vines: the labor
Of the olive shall fail and the fields
shall yield no meat, the flock shall be
cut off from the fold, and there shall
be no herd in the stalls, yet'-in spite
of all these mournful and depressing
circumstances" will joy in the
Lord" On the occasion of the annual
meeting of women's missionary So
ciety in a suburban town the minister
of the church was asked to preside tc
give special dignity to the occasion.
AS often happens at these social fes-
tivities, it was one of those perfectly
impossible days which daunt even the
dauntless. It was in March and after
a heavy snowfall a warm thaw had set
in, accompanied by pouring rain. The
slush was more than ankle-deep, over
shoes were mockery. and umbrellas
were equally futile. The speaker who
came out from the city to assist at the
meeting, after getting in and out of
the various dripping street cars and
ferryboats, abandoned all efforts to
keep dry as she plunged through the
middle of the running stream which
constituted the street leading to the
church. Her soaked umbrella and
streaming macintosh were arranged
over different registers to dry. The
pastor and his wife and eight valiant
women assembled for the meeting. The
rain, blown by the March wind, dash
ed noisily against the windows and
ratified them fiercely. The church
leaked somewhat, and here and there
tin pals were arranged into which
leaden drops dripped monotonously.
while long. damp streaks showed dark
on the walls. The little group strug-
gled bravely for cheerfulness. They
assembled closely around the desk
when the minister arose to open the
meeting. He hurriedly chose hymn.
and they began to sing:
Savior, visit Thy Plantations;
Grant us, Lord, a gracious rainw
They got through the first three
verses, but on the first line of the
fourth. But drought has since sue
ceeded." the fresh young voice of the
pastors wife, who was the leader
wavered and stopped. 1t was of no
use. The nine Jealous missionary
workers had to stop and laugh, and
the pastor cordially joined in. Next
time you ask me to lead" he said, 81
will choose the hymns before come
into the pulpit
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The Situation Has Changed.

Hundreds of thousands of men who
were idle at the beginning Of the
Mckinley administration are now en-
ployed. thanks, largely, to the pass
age of the Dingley bill, which gives
sustaining protection to our manufac-
turers, and there has been, too, a no.
ticeable increase in wages.-Kansas
City Journal
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R.,..lea jest In rins.

1T is a good thing the Wilson act
was not given an opportunity to show
that It could raise enough revenue. By
the time that point had been reached
the sap and life would have gone from
or own Industries. "-Wilmihston
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nal scamp, Dill
Grebb, alias Bilker
John? In all my ex-
perience. sir, and
it's lasted now for
Is years and more,
I never knew Of a
more fl n i s b e d
rogue. l tell you.
sir, he was just
master of robbing
and thieving, in all
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THE COST. OF LIVING.
HAS IT INCREASED IN CONSE-
QUENCE OF NEW TARIFF?

Has Obtained Better Prices for His
Products tho Expense Of Supporting .
1Ami1y Has Not Materially Advanced.
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Desired Results.
"She actually flung herself at his
head!"
HIN! What did he dot"
He 1nng Aimsek at her feet. -
lDnnn 1Eaaevipk:
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TALE ABOUT A ROGUE.
BY K. l.

HAT scamp. B
Evening journal., 1898-03-28
MUCH GOLD FOUND.
Big Strikes Reported In the
Klondike Country.
STAMPEDE ENSUES FROM DAWSON.
The Divide Between the Big and Litsse
stooisum, skaeuay and the Lewis
River the Scenes Of Report
ed Rich Discoveries.

SKAGUAY, Alaska, March "a, via
Seattle, Wash, March 28-One of the
biggest stampedes yet recorded in the
Klondike region was occasioned on Feb.
IL by n very rich strike on the divide
between the Big and Little Skookum.
The strike was made in Bench dlggings
on high hog back 300 or 400 feet above
the level Of the gulches. Pay dirt run
ming from 81 to S8s to the pan was
found. Following the announcement Of
the strike occurred a stampede from
Dawson of immense proportions, and
the entire ridge was staked out in
short time.
The news was brought to this city
this week by Mr.. A. Piche, official cou-
rier and dispatch bearer for the Cana
dian government. Mr.. Piche says there
was great excitement at Dawson when
he left over the Skookum strike and
that over 200 men were standing in line
at the recorders office to make a record
OF their claims.
Mr.. Plche also brings the news of a
new strike on Lewis river which is OF
great Importance if it develops as is
promised. on March a man named
Connolly, while prospecting a small
pup" leading Off the leads about rs
miles below Lake Lebarge, found pay
dirt which is big in promise. Piohe
personally visited the claim and took
from 50 to SO from a single pan. The
discovery is about 30 miles up the stream
from the leads.
The latest reports from the Salmon
river country are brought out by
Charles Fitzpatrick, who arrived here
from that district yesterday Fitzpat-
rick says the find on Walsh creek is all
that has been claimed for it, that he
took from his own claim $3.50 to the pan,
lie says there are already about LOCO
people at Walsh creek, which is 500
more than can secure claims on that
particular stream. The creek is not so
miles in length, as first reported 1t
will not measure over % miles. He says.
! however, that the whole country in that
locality is mineral bearing and that in
his judgment the next three months
win see some further remarkable
strikes.
What Is regarded by many as an i'm
portant aud rich gold strike has been
made In the immediate vicinity Of Skag-
uay. For some time past systematic
| prospecting has been carried on the
hills surrounding the Skaguay trail and
! at last it has been rewarded. Thomas
( II. Phipps and Ralph Smith claim to
have unearthed a lot OF rich quartz
bearing, free milling gold The location
is kept a secret. but is described by
them as being within an hours walk
Of the postonlce." The value of the find
cannot be determined until returns from
the assay office at Juneau are made.