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The Elbert County tribune., 1899-11-09
Arc Their. Any So blind,

Ten thousand dollars paid to work
ing men and women by four Xenia fac
tories last Saturday. THE butcher.
the baker and the candlestick maker"
the dry goods dealer and the grocer;
the clothier, the shoe dealer and the
printer: and every line of trade, and
the landlord. each got part. of this
money. Within few hours 1t had
passed from hand to hand and had
bought the necessaries of life to make
home comfortable and happy. This Is
what internal industries do for a ma
ton. This Is what the Republican
party has long and bravely fought for
protection to American industries. Is
there a man or woman in our COM
munity SO blind as to not see that
these should be red?-Xenia (O.)
Gazette.
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CLEVER LITTLE STORIES.

The teacher was asking questions
Now. boys" he said, how many
months have 2S days?" "All of them,'
replied a sharp lad at once.
During an examination a medical
student was asked: when does NOR
tifcation set in?" When you propose
and are answered. No." he an
swered.
temperance advocate observed an
Irishman about to enter a saloon. DO
you know the devil is going in with
you. my man?" said he. "Arrah. he
needn't trouble himself" replied Pat:
I've only 10 cents"
The Westminster Budget tells of a
private soldier. who. walking arm-in-
arm with his sweetheart, met his SER
geant when about to enter cheap res
taurant. He respectfully introduced
her to him: Sergeant. my sister"
"Yes-yes," was the reply. 81 know;
she was mine once"
She came home in tears. 81 shall
never" she sobbed, notice that mink
of Smithson girl again. neverl"
why, gracious horrorsl Whatever has
she done introduced me to that
red-haired Molyneux girl chum of hers,
before lot of people. as one of her
very Oldest friends!'"
Perhaps he repented. perhaps he did
1t only for fun. Said he: my darling
Ethel. what would you say IL were to
tell you that can not marry your"
Il would say, my dearest love, that I
have big brother who would make 1t
warm for you.- and that l have some
OF the sweetest little billet-doux that
would make 1t expensive for you.
George. dear" But. you know. 1
haven't said it." Il know you haven't.
my pet" so we'd better get
married. hadn't we?" II think SO, my
precious
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often noticed on other ladies In trav-
cling. There was nothing uncommon
or remarkable about her"
"Did she converse either with you
or the other gentiemen7"
NO"
"There are no marks or other means
of Identification on the articles OF
clothing left in the bag?"
None Whatever"
II can see them. of course7"
Yes; they are here"
"One more question. Mr.. Fort: DID
you leave the carriage at any time dur
ing the journey7"
Yes, left It, for perhaps half n
minute. at Motion. ! crossed in the
direction OF the book stall. hardly out
Of sight OF the carriage. The guard
recalled me as my train was start
ing"
"You did not take the bag with
your
NO.
"was this after the lady leftr"
"Yes."
Mr.. widdrington read over his notes
carefully. and presently took his
leave. promising that we should hear
from him ''as soon as he had anything
to communicate"
l breathed more freely when the Of
flce door closed after him. Tho Or
deal was over. and my darling was so
far safe.
ITS most unfortunate thing
most unfortunate" grumbled Mr.. Row
ton when we we're left alone together.
"Im not blaming you. Fort; It's as
great a misfortune to you as to any
one concerned"
bowed silently.
'If the will should not turn up, that
scamp. young Branscombe. will take
posrtssion, and we cannot prevent
him. And these things are SO uncer-
tain. You know We had case In '55-
will lost. l refused to prove on the
draft; five years later the original will
turned up in nm old box in the under
takers Workshop And nobody ever
knew how II got there-was discov-
cred by the merest chance. too-the
merost chance"
I'VE mus. hope for the same good
luck this time" replied. II am more
sorry than can say sir"
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NOT ovERpRoDucrIoN.
Undereousumption Caused Our Trouble
: In Free Trade Times.

rndereousumption Caused Our Troubles
J. In Free Trade Times
Some OF the free traders, like Mr.
Bryan and Mr.. Belmont, are still talk
ing about the burdens" OF the people.
Other free traders. who have sense
enough to know that the people can
be- fooled with any claptrap about bur
dens" when they are in the widst OF
such prosperity as exists today, wnen
work is seeking the worker and when
the Saturday night wage is larger than
It has ever been before. are looking
about for some more available weapon
to use against the protective tariff The
bugaboo they present Is overproduction.
This is a more subtle argument than
that OF the burden" criers. but not
more sound. Facts are quite as strong
against 1t. Farmers. manufacturers
and merchants all find strong and
steady demand for all their wares. and
the prices are good. The demand for
labor is unusually good. and is on the
increase. These are not the signs OF
oyerproduction. People don't go on
buying after they have had enough.
and employers don't continue to hire
more laborers when they have products
enough on hand to satisfy existing ce-
mands.
The chances are that the free traders
are not at all sincere in their cry
against overproduction: but. II they
are. 1t is only further evidence OF their
utter inability to understand economic
principles. II the American people con-
sumed no more In times OF Industrial
activity, such as the present, than In
times OF Industrial depression. such as
the years from 1893 to 1896. overpro-
duction would be a reality. But Indus
trial activity. with the increased work
and wages which 1t means for every
body, brings also increased consump-
tion on the part OF everybody. AS we
produce more and have, thefore. more
OF the wherewithal to buy. the more
numerous are our wants and the great
er our demands for the products OF
other workers.
The economic system is a system OF
interdependence. The market for the
increased product in any one industry
is at hand in the increased demands of
the workers in every other Industry.
Furthermore. II. instead of having
more OF the luxuries OF life. we pre-
fer to lay up money, there are the
worlds markets to take the surplus
products which we don't want for our
selves. Our Increased and Increasing
foreign trade shows that we are taking
advantage of them.
In any case. so long as human nature
is what 1t is; SO long as the more we
can have the more we want. there Will
be no overproduction. In free-trade
days we have more than once suffered
from underconsumption. but we have
never yet had case of overproduction,
and we are not likely to have such a
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THE FARMER AND PROSPERITY
ne Knows Better Than Fight the Policy
which Has Beneated Him.

HAS bontnted MIN.
While Mr.. Bryan is doing his best to
convince the farmers that their pros
perity Is more apparent than real, the
farmers themselves are finding no fault
with its substantial character. We
lately printed a dispatch from Chi
beef cattle are bringing. which in part
accounts for their satisfaction in the
way economic things are moving. 1t
appears that the selling price of beef
on the hoof has only been exceeded
once since 1888. when 1t was s cents
higher. That price is $6.45, as against
$50 in 1892. $5.35 in 1893 and s5S5
in 1894. Pork and mutton have also
moved up. the difference being hun
growers. No wonder the freight lines
are overloaded with pianos. parlor or
gans and other items OF luxury con-
signed to the farming communities of
the middle west.
II Is noticeable in connection with
the prices mentioned that the value Of
all live stock is greater than 1t was
last year. without regard to the edible
worth OF the animals. Thus farm
horses increased in aggregate value
during the year ending Dec. 81. 1898.
In no less a sum than SIS. 1901. and
this Notwithstanding a decline in their
number. Mules increased in value
yC,729.972. As for animals used In one
way or another for food, the value of
milch cows increased SOS ,573.S33: oxen
and other cattle. sl04.367 .213; sheep.
$25. .70O.1s1. and swine. ss,07s,63s.
When to these values are added the
enormous profits from wheat in 1897
ss, from the increase of the home mar
ket for all kinds of farm products and
from exports. the phrase poor farm
er" becomes a misnomer. The average
farmer is not poor. He does not fare
SO badly as a great many people do
who ridicule him. He is more inde-
pendent than the members of some of
the professions; he has the assurance
of a growing permanent demand for his
wares, for fashions in eating do not
materially change and everybody must
be fed. At present he is getting out OF
debt and storing up something for the
rainy day that comes to all. Poor
farmer" forsoothl
Considering the contrast between the
present Republican era and the Dem
ocratic hard times-times which Mr..
BRYAN helped to confirm and perpetu-
ate by his votes In congress-it will be
no easy matter for him or any enc
else to efrace 1t by new issues. The
farmers may have their theories about
imperialism" and trusts, but they
know q good thing when they have 1t
and care more about keeping 1t than
they do about any other phase Of their
politics. They realize that Republican
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away with my heart beating furiously
and my head in whirl.

AHu Any htAo A@A - v
~pate, July sd; time. l1:4o a. m
Kindly describe your fellow passen'
gers. SIR"
Mr.. widdrington. from Scotland
Yard. paused, notebook In hand and
pep suspended, his keen dark eyes
fixed upon my face. My partner. MT
Rowton. sr.-now convalescent-sat IL
an arm chair by the fire, looking more
disturbed than I had ever seen him.
"A couple OF country gentlemen"
7 replied in answer to Mr.. widdrlngton's
question. "Middle-aged-nothf par
ticular about them; they talked poll
tics and local gossip-and lady"
"The lady whose bag was exchanged
for yours7 She got In at Wivenhoe.
referring to his notes
yes"
"There was no other iadyf"
"No-none."
"The country gentlemen Travelled
with you the whole way to Londonf'
Yes"
"And they had neither of them q
Gladstone bag?" nffHf
mot to my knowledge"
1.-THE bag left with you contained rr-
ticles of lady's clothing?"
Yes"
"And has never been claimed?"
mo"
"The lady got out at"
Eat Motion Junction"
"PTecisely-at Motion Junction. She
had Gladstone bag with her when
she entered the carriage?"
yes"
And she took one away with her
when she left?"
"Yes."
"Can you describe the lady?"
"She was thickly veiled." / replied.
Il did not see her features"
WAS she young or old7"
Il believe she was young"
Dark or fair?'
"She had fair hair. She sat on the
same side OF the carriage as myself,
and. as said before. she was closely
veiled. / had no opportunity of study
ing her features"
Il believe you made every inquiry at
Molton?"
"Yes."
And the railway onicials in Lon
don7"
''yes; we have taken every step
possible to US. we think"
"Your departure for town. with the
will in your possession. was. pre-
sumo. known to the household at For
est Lear"
Undoubtedly"
"You have no recollection of hav-
ing met the lady who Travelled with
you at Forest Lea or elsewhoref"
Il could not swear, answered un-
ninchingly. Il had no opportunity, as
said before. OF Identifying her."
rs 1t your impression that she was
disguised7"
THE idea never occurred to me.
sAs were the kind Of thick veil ! have
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and certain half-guilty consciousness
made mo tender toward him az i
looked at his bent figure and thin,
worn cheeks. In fact, we were mutual
ly desirous of sparlng each others
feelings, for Rowton was a good fel-
low, and he believed was greatly cut
up by the unlucky failure Of my FIRST
great commission for the firm.
Never mind. man." he said. kindly.
Widdrington Is as sharp as weasel;
he will unearth the mystery In no
time. l never knew that fellow to fail
In all my experience OF him. We shall
soon hear that he is on the scent"
Heaven Forbid" calculated, men,
tally.
1T is to be hoped that rascal OF a
nephew won't turn up to complicate
matters. wonder where the fellow
Is? His last scrape was more serious
than all the rest. and his uncle sent
him abroad. But he would be likely
to hear of the Colonel's illness, 1
should be afraid; and the death was
announced In the papers. unfortunate
ly. That was false step-I thought
SO at the time"
Miss Elmslie Is responsible for that
mistake. SIR
yes? thought as much. Trust n
woman for mischief" responded INV
partner. irrltably. well. well. there's
no use In thinking about 1t. Well look
over those leases, Fort: and Spence
and Brown must be seen today"
So. to my great relief. the subject
of Forest Lea was for the time dis
missed.
For the next fortnight lived as a
man might live over slumbering vol
cano. In hourly dread OF an explosion
For that space all was silent as the
grave. widd-ington made no sign.
Then two events OF almost equal I'M
portance to me broke up the monot-
ony OF legal work In which / had
buried myself A distant relative died
and left me fortune. and Mr.. Heath
cote telegraphed to Messrs. Rowton
and Fort: Come as soon as possible.
c. B. taken possession"
Old Rowton was laid up again with
a return OF bronchitis. and for the
second time 1t fell to my lot to obey
the summons intended for him. What
Wild hopes and daring aspirations
thrilled my heart and filled all my
thoughts during that journey over the
well-remembered road! My love and
were standing on equal ground now.
As the owner of landed estate l
might without presumption ask even
the heIress OF Forest Lea to be my
wife. And as events were tending. with
the secret knowledge possessed, felt
sure that Mona would be no heiress.
Doubtless 1t was she who summoned
Charlie Branscombe. In pursuance OF
her scheme OF restitution: and-how
joyfully my heart beat at the thought,
1t was In my power now to restore to
her all she had given up.
The Rector was waiting for me In
his dog-cart. the smartest of grooms
at the horse's head. In place of the
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CHAPrER x.-Continued.

CHAPTER x.-Continued.
1T the will IL really lost. and there
IL no copy. I am not my uncle's heir
css," she said.
Colonel Branscombe's wishcs--"
began.
But the law-I am asking you wha'
ia the law" she interrupted. impatient
~. Il shall not be allowed to take
everything II the will cannot be
found?"
"It win in that case be deadlock.
returned reluctantly.
And the heir-at-law will come in!''
she queried. with touch OF uncon-
scious triumph In her tone.
"The trustee will oppose-there VIII
be probably long and tedious law
suit; the matter will not be so easily
settled. And-pardon me. Miss Brans-
combe-that the wishes OF the testa-
tor. the known wishes in this case
should not be carried out must sure
~ be matter Of regret"
MY dear uncle" she said gently,
did not. know, mean to be unjust.
but he was mistaken think II he
~~~t@ N3t ttuf uHci1f-Ai Aio "~~@e~ -
glad that an accident should prevent
She carrying out Of n great fntus-
ticer'
She was absolutely infatuated. and
the unprincipled scoundreI. Charlie
Branscombe. was trading on the noble
generosity. the too trustful simplicity
OF his lovely cousin. A rush OF teai-
Gus indignation choked my utterance.
How sfic must love this wretched
scapegrace TO do SO much for him!-
that was my predominant thought.
She stood still. struggling with the
tears which the mention OF her uncle's
name had brought; then she recov-
cred her composure and held out ner
hand timidly to me.
you have been very kind, Mr..
Fort" she began; then a faint pink
blush tinged her cheek. She hesitated,
and finally broke down In confusion:
whilst i. think. lost my head, and.
with hcr soft trembling hand in mine,
I cast duty. professional reputation. all
to the winds. and vowed in my in
most heart to guard her secret, even
at the cost Of all had hitherto held
dear.
] left Forest Lea the next morning
As drove away, a slim. black-robed
figure glided to the side OF Miss Elms-
lie. who was standing at the hall door.
speeding the departing guest, and a
smile. breaking like a ray OF
light through n dark cloud. sent me
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Trust. Aided by p,moc,.,.

In 1896 we imported over eighty-nine
million dollars worth OF sugar and
over ninety-two million dollars worth
OF sugar in 1897. while in 1898 our
imports of sugar fell OF to a little
over sixty million dollars worth. The
Wilson tariff was in force in 1896 and
1897, and the increase of sugar impor-
taions In 1897 was due to the Efforts
OF the sugar trusts to rush in large
Quantities OF sugar before the Dingley
tarin took effect. and they were aided
In this effort by Senator Vest of Mis-
souri, and other Democratic senators
VINO held up the Dingley bill until the
sugar arrived, and yet the Democrats
pretend to denounce trusts,-Benton
(1ll.) Republican.
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Kipling's story "Ths Man Who
Would Be King" has found strange
parallel In central Africa. where o
romance as weird and bloody as any
ever penned by the English writer has
lust renched Its finale. Two French
officers. dreaming OF great empires
with themselves as rulers. headed a
mutiny and murdered their command
er. Then, with their supposedly devoted
followers. they plunged into the vii
derness and were there In turn muir
dered BY the native soidiery on whom
they counted for the arms that could
win their Kingdoms. To make hitting
climax to the story, the news OF theii
fate reached Paris on the very day
when memorial services were being
celebrated for the ofilcer they slew
Fiction's pages can furnish few more
thrilling narratives. and the novelist
would indeed be dull who could not
weave a tale of fascinating interest
around the ambitions. crimes and end
ings OF the soldiers who wanted to rule
a tropic world
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It takes a very small mirror to re-
feet the whole surface OF the sun. and
n single paragraph from a private let
ter expresses the less frankly avowed
attitude of many present day under
graduate. More than two centuries
ago. Edmund verney wrote from Ok
ford: Most Hondrcd Father: l want
HIATT, and payre OF Fringed Gloves
before Sunday next. for as come from
church everybody gazeth upon me and
asketh who am. This was told by o
Friend OF Myne who was asked by Two
OF Three Who'll was" The reader OF
today may well smile, for in all classes
of society worth courting. the trained
and honest hand may go gloycless. II II
pieases, and the head is distinctly val
ued above the HIATT"
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slaughter. This does not Justify sucA
combinations. but merely explains
thea. II also indicates the foolish
ness OF connecting these results with
the tariff. The greater trusts now In
the United States were formed under
the Gorman-wilsou tariff system Tho
greatest trusts In all history have been
formed in other countries at other
times and under nothing in the shape
Of a protective tariff system.-Peoria
Qll.) Journal.
The Elbert County tribune., 1899-11-09

economic policies brought the pros
perity they enjoy. and the farmers are
not going to lose the beneft OF those
policies for the sake OF leting MI
Bryan pull down the American nag IN
the Philippines Or butt his head against
the Supreme court once more as he oid
in the case OF the income tax.-San
francisco Chronicle.
The Elbert County tribune., 1899-11-09
mowllnx No, PopuIar.

Mr.. Bryan is against trusts, but he
hasn't said yet what he would do to
throttle them were he elected presi-
dent. And 1t may be necessary for him
to outline a policy before the people
place their undivided confidence in his
ability. Mere bowling isn't popular
any more. The voters are too busy
with the new Mckinley prosperity to
listen to defamation. = Winchester
Qll.) Standard.
The Elbert County tribune., 1899-11-09
rrnth a. tn rru.t..

Mr.. Oxnard's statement that trusts
are the result of competition which has
taken business beyond a paying point
is certainly the truth as applied to
most cases. Combinations are the law
of present day tendencies. and It is
only natural that when competition SO
reduced profits that there was nothing
left for the producer, combination
should step In to prevent such q
The Elbert County tribune., 1899-11-09
A KIND DEED SAVED A LIFE

That wealth ia not always deaf to
the call OF suffering is shown by the
case OF poor young soldier who was
lately pronounced by the surgeons nt
st. Johns Hospital in Brooklyn to be
on the road to recovery. He was AL
bert Duncan OF the Second United
States Infantry. who had been linger-
ing between life and death for weeks.
and was only saved. the physicians
say. by the joy Of seeing his father
and mother.
Duncan had been sent to the hospi-
tai In the late autumn. suffering from
fever and Assesses. He became so
Ill that the hospital authorities wrote
to his parents. who live near Ashland.
KY. that II they wished to see their
son alive they must come on at once.
The father. poor farmer. was with
out money to pay his own and his
wife's way to New York. He hoped
to obtain 1t soon somehow: but the
days went by. the sick soldier growing
worse. profoundly discouraged as he
was because he thought he should
never see his father and mother again.
A visitor at the hospital. lady.
heard OF the case. and asked Miss
Helen Gould to investigate 1t. Miss
Gould did SO promptly. with the result.
that she sent money to the Duncans at
Ashland. They started for Brooklyn
on the first train after receiving It, and
were quickly admitted to see the son.
The Joy of the sight OF them acted
as tonic to him. and, much to the
surprise OF the doctors. who had given
him up. he began to improve. The
mother came daily to see him. and re.
mained each day'as long as she was
permitted. The son. constantly happy
where he had been seemingly hopeless,
gained steadily.
Through Miss Gould's generosity the
mother remained near the hospital un-
til her son was able to travel.
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The latest report of the pension Of
fee has just been given to the public.
The rolls now contain 9s1 900 names.
OF which one-fourth represent widows
and other dependents. The amount
paid on this account during the last
fiscal year was slss.5oo.ooo. The total
outlay for pensions up to date has
been 81. 400 900 900, sum which. as the
outlook intimates, would have paid for
all the real estate in the seeding
states. Economically considered, the
afterclap of war strikes quite as hard
as the original blow.
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rhorlte. the Now E.plo.Ire.

Distinguished itself by passing
through four and n half inch steel
plate. If its success continues, II will
make as great n record in the military
world ns Hostetter's Stomach Bitters In
the medical world. Nothing has ap
peared which can equal this wonderful
medicine for all diseases of the stUr
ach, liver or kindneys.
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The war in South Africa commands
supreme attention In this country. A
generation or two ago 1t would have
been almost ignored. SO much have
human Interests been extended. and so
much nearer has the brotherhood Of
unn" been brought
The Elbert County tribune., 1899-11-09

Germany seems to be taking sud
den interest in Samoa. Possibly EN-
peror Wilhelm thinks this would be a
good time to suggest trade with John
Bull, who Just at present Is engaged In
an argument with Dom Paul as to the
ownership Of the Transyaal. tt
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Toronto. which has population OF
zoo, 900. boasts of having more uni
vcrsities than distilleries. more col
leges than breweries. more churches
than barrooms." Good for Toronto
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Whisky may be mans worst enemy
but some men make speciality OF low
Ing their enemies.
The Elbert County tribune., 1899-11-09
Make. Them stv,,,r.

General prosperity seems to be the
hardest thing for the Bryanites to get
over. 1t is a serious impediment In
their speech, Clayton fMlnn.) Oasetts
The Elbert County tribune., 1899-11-09

Never dcspIse the little things II you
would succeed. Even the elephant is
not too big to concentrate his mind on
an Insignificant little peanut.
The Elbert County tribune., 1899-11-09

Admiral schiey still gives the chiei
credit to the men behind the guns.
The admiral has never come out strong
for the strategy board.