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The Elbert County tribune., 1899-09-14
JUSTICE IN CHINA.
A story OF II Hung Chang and weald.
Ne rrt.-rers.


OF ~ Hung Chang numbcrless sto-
ries arc told in Chinese society. Now
and then one reaches this country
through our eonsuIs In China, On one
occasion when the premier was havine
bitter fight with some Of the more
conservative members of the tsuug-h.
yamen he received ~ N present mag
nihccnt cake. which he had reason TO
suspect contained poison, lie put the
cake aside and set all his powerful
machinery to work to nnd out who
was at the bottom OF the plot. The
Investigation was partly successful. the
crime being traced TO three men. OF
whom one. at least. was absolutely
guilty. Ii had the trio arrested and
brought to his yamen. when they ar
rived they were usheEed Into his pres
enoe and were received In his courtli-
eat manner. The cake was produced
with the remark that "pollteness for
babe his tasting II until the three
generous donors had had an opportun-
ity TO enjoy it's excellence. IL cut
the cake and one OF his servitors
handed u TO the Unwilling guests.
Each took a piece and ate. or pre-
tended 10 eat IT.. One crumbled the
pieces and let them fall upon the floor
but the other two ato calmly. without
manifesting any emotion. Ten minu-
utes and the two men began to show
symptoms OF suffering. II smiled be-
nignantly and said TO the man who
had not eaten. Your wisdom Is so
great that | am compelled to pre-
serve your head as souvenir to
transcendent genius" The man was
removed and promptly decapitated. To
the other two the premier remarked;
The cake that you are eating is not
the one you sent me. but one which
| had my cook initiate. The poison
from which you arc suffering exists
only in your Imagination. know OF
no way to cure your present pain ex-
cept by letting YOU share the same
fate as your friend who has just left
the room" As they were led away
the statesman said to his retinue: 1T
is pity that a man who can eat o
deadly corrosive poison with an un-
moved countenance should SO misappy
the talent wherewith heaven has en-
dowed him e-.I.tI
The Elbert County tribune., 1899-09-14
THE TARIFF AS AN ISSUE.
answer ." the Question. "why Nss
Abolish rrot.etiorY,.

Postmaster Genera. Smith. In an In.
teryiew published in an Oman. paper
guage:
Inc hriff Is not an issue of the
same Importance as in the past. The
policy OF protection aimed 10 bulid IN
our Industries to a point where they
could stand independent on their own
tcet. This object has been accom-
pushed. Protection has established
the complete industrial Independence
OF TINS country More than that. II
may fairly be said tina, IT has substan-
uaily established our Industrial su-
premaey. This truth has been demon-
suated within the last two years, as
we are now beating the products OF the
oid World on their own grounds
with this development OF our homo
industries to the point where they
completely possess the home market
and are able also to reach abroad. the
protective issue has not the same vital
force 1t had during the period OF strus.
gle and development"
This prompts the Chicago Chronicle
TO ask; Then why not abolish pro
tection7"
The answer Is manifest II Is bo-
cause. without protection. all that has
been, accomplished would be destroyed
While here and there some Industry
mas Under its aegis so thriven and de-
veioped as to no longer require the
phternal assistance OF the government
and should be placed upon the free
list instead OF being an argument in
support OF the abolition of the policy
under which the manufactures Of
america are fast reaching the happy
stage OF Independence. this happy re.
suit rather stands as an object lesson
calculated to impress every lover OF
his country with the wisdom OF that
policy which has brought wealth. hap
hiness and prosperity 10 an entire peo-
pie
The tariff can no longer be made the
all-absorblng issue of political cam
paign because the benefits OF protec-
tion are so universally recognized that
Its most persistent enemies haye no
longer the courage TO aHsail H. Four
S'f'N - 'VhAAhoA AAi' bi'ihNfbh'
OF each Of the two opposing systems
have been fraught with an experience
which the people are unwilling TO TN
learn Suffering, heggary. starvation
and bankruptcy, which had settled on
the nation Ike a pail. have given way
to the most phenomenal era Of uni
versal prosperity that ever glorined
and uplifted an afflicted continent. and
the masses refuse absolutely TO ex-
change the material benefits of "A safe
and sal,itary policy for the promises OF
an illusive chimera which had brought
In Its train but disaster and ruin.
This Is the truism that Postmaster
General Smith announced. and that his
declaration Is to go unchallenged Ia
made evident by the solleitude with
which the leaders of the democratic
party Iealously avoid all reference to
the tariff issue. -Four years OF de-
velopment which has firmly establish
ed our Industrial supremacy affords a
practical illustration OF the virtues OF
protective tariff which even Mr..
Bryan is content to respect. In this
sense. not only is the tariff no longer
an Issue OF the same Importance as in
the past but II is In every essential II
dead issue.-New Orleans States.
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Ha,rn.rnr,. AnImn..

The Democratic press is trying to
make some capital out OF the state
ment made by Sugar King Havemeyer.
that the tariff Is the mother OF
trusts" The facts are Mr.. II. is SOUR
because he did not succeed In securing
a higher tariff on sugar, so that his
trust could not be interfered with. The
policy OF the Republican tarifr is to give
consumers the commodities OF life at
the lowest possible price consistent
with the demands OF revenues and the
protection OF American labor, No one.
Democrat or Republican, will have any
sympathy with Mr.. II. when the ami
mus OF his expression is understood
Waterloo undD Press.
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Selfish Deuna gogu~-.

The American people are not likely
TO be easily hoodwinked by the cry Of
Mr.. Havemeyer. that the tarif is the
mother of trusts. which in being re-
peated parrot-like by the free-trsde
Journals OF the country. Instructive
object lessons in free trade and pro-
lection are of recent date and are too
we'll remembered by business men.
They like the latter. because OF the
prosperity 1t has brought. and they are
not likely to give IL up at the behest
OF demagogues whose motives are 80
trsnspsrently selish.-Grand Rapids
(Mich.) Herald.
The Elbert County tribune., 1899-09-14
Cao.e And Eject.

It should not he forgotten that the
tariff which has kept our markets for
ourselves has really been the most
important factor in creating that de-
mand which has led to an advance OF
wages. It has been the increased con-
sumption OF the country, beginning
with the return OF confidence after the
election OF 1896. which has qulckened
production. The present tariff has re-
tained this immense production at
home. Most people know this: con-
sequently the talk about abandoning
the protective tariff will not meet with
much favor. GeEmany's great progress.
like our own. is largely due to the pro-
tective policy which Bismarck adopted.
and to which Germany holds. Indian
spolis NndJ Journal.
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ELECTRIC LloHrs IN VATICAN,
The Machinery Wa. Furnished by Amer
lean FIRMS

II 4 intcrceting to know that the Watt
can mas Just boon nttcd up with an cicc-
tffc hahtiuF plant from the United states
ana It's magnificent corridors and impoa-
Ing apartments can hereafter he seen IL
Illuminated IN modern manner. untl
now there has been no way 81 lighting the
vatican except by candles. Gas has never
been introduced into that venerable ntruc-
ture- There has always been ~ prejudice
AGAINST " among the cardinals. and many
u them were not favorable 10 an innovn-
ton lik" electric lights. but the Pope "
progressive and believes In modern i'm
provemcnta The dynnmoH and other hp-
parntur wcr" ordered In the unltcd States
last summer and delivered at the Vatican
~ september. Since then number or
eiectricians have been engaged In setting
up the plant and wiring the different
rooms. Is II needless to say that the
work has been conducted with the grcnt-
est care and skin by superior workmcn.
many OF whom have been sent from
France.
The power h furnished by the waterfsii
OF the Aqua fonln within the vatican
sroundn. The water " brought to Rome
by nn auueducti the fnll IL fprty-siS frst
and the How " sixteen gallons a second.
turbine wheel develops an energy of
to dynamo. There Will he ! 900 sixteen.
enndlc-p power lamps In the Vatican When
N" work W completed and about 800 N
the gardens
The Quifinal which ia the palace Of the
King of Italy II also equipped with Amer .
loan electric lighting apparatus. So " the
House OF Parliament In London and the
country palace Of the Emperor Francis
Joseph u Austria
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Annual Rnrl Pr ct.

supplying the natural rainfall
the period from May to Sep
I with water supplied by irrign-
nnd thus bringing the conditions,
as water supply is concerned,
pse which obtain in oriental tea
|ng districts. 1t is believed the
kriiyeness of the home gardens
b. materially increased and the
niage Of profit raised proportion
proposed to supplant the rninfall
iea.plncklng season tApril to De-
which amounts to about thirty
Of water. by fifty inches of
by irrigation-at the rate of
two inches per week. Mr.. Shep-
proposes irrigating by pumping
artesian wells. but Professor
i Of the opinion that it may he
Ne to build storage reservoirs by
the surplus surface water of the
season may he impounded and
lcled by gravity bitches and ca,
b In the West. If this is done II
e the first application of irriga-
nelhods for agricultural purposes
South, and the experiment will
atched with great Interest.
annual Importation of tea into
nited States Is over 10000. 900
+ valued at S15.0OO.OOO. Secrc-
p Agriculture Wilson is of the
that ten culture may be made
t'ablc industry by the farmers of
oulh and West and the expert
10 he made by Professor Mead
y, Shepard will have his personal
Iion.
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what n. would Like.

What Mr.. Hsyemeyer would Ike to
see is the free admission Of raw sugar
and a good-sized duty levied upon re-
fined sugar. thus giving his refineries
absolute control OF the American mar
ket. After crushing the domestic pro-
duction. Mr.. Hayemeyer and his asso-
ciates would certainly have a good
thing. The great injustice Of the pres
ent schedule lies In the fact that 1t en-
abies the southern csne-growers and
the western beet sugar factories to
make profit which really ought to go
into the pockets Of the sugar trust.
Mr.. Hsvemeyer IL sadly abused man
and the best way to do him exact JUS
tice will be to carry his free-trade
ideas step further and admit rehned
sugar free.-Sesttle tWash.) Post-In-
telllgencer.
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HOW CLOVES ARE GATHERED.
More Used In America Than Any other


More cloves are said to be used in
England and France following in the
order named In this country and in
Great Britain they are used almost
wholly as condiment, but in France
they are used largely In the manufac-
ture OF certain liqueurs. To some de-
gree they are employed in medicine for
their tonic properties. The name Glove
is from the French clou. meaning a
nail. The tree is an evergreen. grow
ing from forty to fifty feet nigh, with
large, oblong leaves and crimson flow
ers at the end of small branches in
clusters of from ten to twenty. The
tree belongs to the same family as the
guava, the pomegranate and the rose
apple. The cloves are at first white,
then light green, and at the time Of
gathering bright red. Pieces of white
cloth are spread under the trees at the
harvesting time, and the branches
are beaten gently with bamboo sticks
until the cloves drop. They are dried
in the sun, being tossed about daily
until they attain the rich dark color
which proclaims them ready for ship
ment. A Glove tree bears at the age
of about ten years. and continues un-
til 1t reaches the age OF rs years. There
are two crops a year. one in June and
the other in December. Hot weather
is favorable to the crop, although
little fog is said to improve the flavor.
New York Press.
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AN rNoERsoLL INCIDENT
Famous ASnostic's Love for M,r,
Who Prayed for HI, w.,,

"knosucs Love for Mlp,.,.r
VINO Prayed for HIS Welfare
Inc incident was related by Br.d
iord lady who requested that her raw
De not mentioned in connection WITH
i, II was in P.ttsburg." she s.,a
believe in the Library hall WHOM r
nrst heard Col. Ingersoil speak Thera
was large audience gathered there
among them being clergymen and the
cream OF professional life in the city
Col 1ngersoll's speech was mapnIs
cent from an oratorical standpoint hu,
mis- attack on religion and the pth,a
was blasphemous. However. the mans
powers as an orator and as an actor
made a deep impression on his hearers
and seemed to affect one man In na--
tleular, Rev. Alexander Clark. pastor
OF the Methodist church, which eypry
one In Pittsburg knew as the old home
AT the conclusion of the Lecture Col
1ngersoll was backing from the STAGE
In his peculiarly graceful manner. when
heY- Mr.. Clark bounded to the forum
and asked TO be introduced to tho
speaker. This formality having been
a o.
hostic clasped hands. the minister with
eagerness. the agnostic with a grace
peculiarly his own. 1 well remember
the pleasant, hearty. honest manner in
which the great Ingersoll grasped the
hahd OF that good minister. whose fame
as Christian of the real kind was
known throughout Pittsburg. Mr..
Clark, when he held Col. Ingersoll's
hand in his, held 1t tightly, while he
llfted his eyes toward heaven and
prayed in a fervent manner that God
would direct the wonderful talents of
this man in another and a better
sphere. His prayer was not a long
one, but 1t was from the heart and had
It's effect upon 1ngersoll The great
agnostic, looking the good Christian
IN the eyes, thanked him most heartily
for his kindness and soiemnly added
that Mr.. Clark was the first Christian
minister that had ever wished him
godspeed He then left the platform
and the audience slowly filed out OF the
building. The sequel. though, shows
lngersoll as he was. 1t brought out the
great manhood in the agnostic. Rev
Alexander Clark went west. am not
sure 20 what state he emigrated but
| believe 1t was Missouri. and there he
became Ill. He was at hotel, and
the governor OF the state. who had
known him many years. had him re-
moved to his home. Mr. Clark grew
worse, and was threatened with death.
The news came east, and Ingersoil
heard 1t in Washington, where he was
lecturing. and Immediately went west
as quickly as possible and was at the
bedside Of the Christian minister and
until the death OF Mr.. Clark was al
most constantly in attendance upon
him. When Mr. Clark died Ingersoll
took charge Of the remains and
brought them east to New Castle, where
they were buried. At the funeral. after
the officiating clergyman had conclud
ed his sermon, the agnostic delivered
an address touching upon the grand
life and character of the dead man
which moved his hearers to tears. 1t
was one OF his best efforts, and was
from the heart rt'-Bradford Evening
Star.
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A cHlNAMAN.s OATH.
The Celestial was Particular aud Caused
tho Court Lots of Trouble.

The various forms Of oath king.
even In this country, are OF consider
able interest II would not, however,
be easy to md an instance in which
anything like 80 queer medium of
attestation was employed as gull
lotined black cockatoo. But no less an
extraordinary medium than that was
what the police of a country district In
New South Wales had to provide the
other day for a finlcal Chinaman, who
declined to swear on anything else.
Hcadless fowls were brought. but In
vain. and as the matter was impor-
tant. even n black swan. luxury
surely for a Chinese witness, was sug
gested. only to be Immediately refused.
After some time had elapsed. aud
when the Representatives OF the law
seemed quite at their wits end, a dead
cockatoo OF the required hue was
strangely discovered In a hut OF one
OF the other celestiais. who mulcted the
anxious officials in $3.50 for the bird.
Then the solemn and peculiar oath was
duly administered. on which the diffi-
cult witness with a bland and childliks
expression, declared he knew nothing
about the case and sat down smiling.
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what would Happen.

Tho London Economist has given
A tabulated list OF 1877 healthy. robust
trusts now existing In free trade Eng
land. OF these 1872 are more than five
years old. In the latter class are iG
iron and steel combinations, II textile
fabric trusts. four paper combines. and
i2 railway rolling stock combinations
According to the stock quotations and
reported dividends none OF these big
concerns are at all iank or spindly, not
wlthstanding the absence of tariff
mother TO furnish nourlshment during
the period of infancy. All these little
items OF information in regard to tho
extent OF the trust system abroad ma
tnralls Suggest an inquiry as TO what
would happen II we complied with the
Democratic entreaty to take on the
tariff and bust the trust" Well. for one
thing. we would be sure to furnish a
mighty promising field OF operations
for the trusts OF England, Germany. and.
the other European nations. which are
not engaged in the busting process
Sioux Chy,tIowD Journal. = 81
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p,,a Ont Tn, Cause.

Some people believe or pretend to be-
lieve that commercial affairs have their
ups and downs without any reference
to our governmental policies. The peo-
nle who profess such a belief put them
selves outside OF the nineteenth cen
tury enlightenment by thus denying, as
In effect they do deny, that there can be
no effect without a cause. little
study would assure them that all SCI
enee and investigation declare that
every effect has a cause. A few years,
or even months. in any commercial
bouse run on business principles would
soon convince them. IL they have minus
capable OF being convinced, that In the
commercial world most especially Is
there a close relation between cause
ard effect. -,
Business prosperity or business faiI-
ure are each due to very distinct ana
weIl-defined causes. The successfui
business man doesn't get success
through chance. but through following
ont veIl-settled plans carefully laid out
by sound Judgment. What is true OF
an individual is true OF nation. mere
IL cause for every season of national
prosperity and cause for every period
nj hard times. and the way to keep the
country prosperous is to find out the
cause OF the prosperity and then TO
stick without wayering to the policy
which is responsible for IT, onr whole
history as a nation has demonstrated
tbat the protective tariff is the cause
wing at the basis OF our prosperity. We
have always had prosperity when we
have had a protective tarin- Ihe faot
that we have never had prosperity
without It is about the strongest evil
dence that could be offered. and there
4. very good reason TO believe mat me
American people have accepted It as
Conclusive. The protective tariff policy
has come 10 stay.
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TOO BIG SALARIES.
\ Colonies Carry an Unreasonnbly
Heavy Burden.


Heavy Burden.
commercial depression from
several Of the British West In
s'ands are now suffering. and
winch Jamaica has lately rc.
mas brought TO the front nn agi-
against the cXtravagant sala-
aHi 10 the governors of these col
West Indian governor usual
about $4,000 a year. which is
ucn as Tie secretary of state for
British colonies draws. eauaI
70 the pay Of Lord Salisbury as
~ minister for Great Britain. and
% s2''hO than the first lord of
brilsh admiralty or The com.
er'in,chlef Of the British army
Ne extravaganza of paying
"iarles is more striking. as none
present governors is a man of
frv'ai note or attachments. Some
Nahds which have 10 pay
nIgt salaries have less than 200.
Auaul'aIlls, and are so small that
aH Walk across one of them in
II Is thought that n resident
Otrgeheral for the whole of the
Il "est Indies ought 10 be OBJ
lor a salary Of $4,000 a wear.
s'pu! governors at the various
u'"wihg from 5000 TO $40. 900.
The Elbert County tribune., 1899-09-14
nurgInry IN Peru

When a burglnr wants to brvek into u
Peruvian house he takes "a sponge aud /,
bucket OF water end noirtcna the wallis.
which are covered with only "a thin coat
linz Of mud and easily dissolve upon the
application Of moisture. Thrn when the
mud II removed he tnkpH a sharp knife
serve NJ a substitute for lnth. That easy
lhtlc operation produces a hole In the wall
aud can b. performed ~ silently that peO-
pl" sleeping In the hour. VIII not be
awakened Not long ugfo the Residence pi
the cable manager AT Harraucn was en-
tered In this way The thieves frightened
the family, but were discovered hrfof.
they had seized much booty.
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the tin plate trusts are united in a com
pine and wages are not advanced. The
Republican talk about the tarif being
Tor the benent Of the wage Garner hrs
always been the thinnest kind of rre-
tense"
Ten days or twb weeks before this
piece OF free trade news made its
appearance the wage controversy be-
tween the tin plate mills and their
Workmen had been satisfactorily sd-
justed, and a substantial Increase
granted to all employees. stiii the lie
sent out by the free trade literary bu-
teau has gone the rounds. and It Is too
much TO hope that I, will be followed
up ny statement OF the truth.
II Is safe TO say that the fact OF a
large advance in the wages OF tin plate
operatives will not be promulgated by
the free trade literary bureau. Never
theless. the country as a whole IA well
Informed on the subject It knows that
since domestic industries began to feel
the tremendous spur OF activity follow
ing the restoration OF the regime of
proteelion and prosperity wages have
advanced all along the line. and that
for the year 1899 the gross sum paid
out by employers to wage earncrs in
the United States will exceed by hum
dreds of millions the sum paid out In
the corresponding year OF the free trade
administration OF ls93-'s7.
The Democratic mayor OF Milwaukee
was right whenihe said. not long since.
that 1t is folly to undertake a cam
paign OF education" for the benefit of
the Democratic party in 1900 In the
face of all the blazing facts OF pros
perity and progress, The free trade
literary bureau should act upon this ex-
eellent hint and repress itself; still
better, suppress itself.
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r.nr...lou and suppression,

Tho free trade literary bureau oeca-
sionally makes an absurd misnt IN sns
stuff it supplies to Democratic ana
pon.list papers in various parts Of the
corntry. For example. we hnd hoat.
,ne around in the columns OF rural
reskIIes this paragraph. dated July ~;
Evidently the tariff Is no, accom-
,ush,ng It's alleged purpose--to foster
npetItion and advance wsses-Shen
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Monument for soldier. of Four Wars.

,touument for Soldiers of -Four wars
A monument recently placed In a
cemetery in Louisville, KY, bears IN
scriptions to the memory OF James
Austin. a soldier OF the reyoiutloh'
lanes Allen Austin. his son, soldier
of the war of 1872; James Grigsoy AUS
tin. his grandson, soldier OF the war
with Mexico. and James Richard tain
right, his reat-grandson, conieaer
ate soldier, who was killed at Mur, r.
freesboro, Tenn, Jan. /. 1858 A."
were privates.