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'iilfpiillrii lie .'All TO CORBESFONBENM **R' few (Ua •aiaAfcr tkattswof ftuwhii jabltasittM, but Maa«*idiBM<* food btthoatlwywt Of tha Writer. VtHioilr««Mri4ig(tti'ptf« P* Kiriac BUM*M»d IWM tbeWttea tad Azores pUia sad dhttaeL BXDALIA, Mo., hasa park whMh no- l>odj can get to,; THE tallest laan in Parsons, K*n., is named A. Short Inch.', THE largest library is the Imperial, •of Paris, whicli contains ove* 2,000,000 •olnmea. ^ f A DELAWARE peach-grower AIYS ft doesn't take a frost to kiil the setting blossom?. A cold wind will do it as •effectually. THE original whale was quite a male- carrier, bat' Jonah probably first im> pressed upon hia» the need of a free- delivery system. THE ballet in the new Germany^oili- tfary rifle has the »hape of a cigarette. It ought, to prove a deadly missile. A "CLOSED season" for the mouth of the Marquis di Itudini would conduce <to the comfort of nations. A RESIDENT of New Moorefield, Ohio, fiaa a cat which has adopted an infant skunk and is as attached to it'as to her •own kittens. A man who maiutains a crow farm in Miohigan has been arrested on com­ plaint of his neighbors. He will prob­ ably be indicted' for caws. A TENNESSEE oountry newspaper has discovered that roaches can fly like grasshoppers, and can be seen late at night coming home to roost. DURING the past year there were over 5,000,000 pieces of matter with drawn from the mails because of ineor- rect or insufficient addresses. A THIEF in female costume arretted in New York the other day proved to be a man who had been wearing women's «lothes for a number of years. THE first consignment of samples of Chinese tobacco has been received by London brokers. China is desirous of competing in European markets. THE Czarewitch, during his Indian tour, required no less than thirty tongas or carts for his luggage and about 300 pairs of ponies to draw the same im­ pedimenta. GAS is sold in Plymouth, England, a private company at 42 cents per 1,000 feet; in Leeds at 44 cents per 1,000 by the local authority. In both places a good profit is made. * THE pay-roll of the servants alone of George W. Child's country place at Bryn Mawr amounts $1,000 a month. This is said to be the finest oountry residence in the United States. * PEDESTRIANISM has a unique exemplar just now in the person of a man who is walking from Paris to Moscow on stilts. He keeps the Parisians posted on his progress by short lettors to a popular 'japer. f To PUNISH two disobedient pupils, a schoolmistress in Chillicothe, Ohio, tied tbeir hands against a stove-pipe. She then deliberately consumed paper in the stove until the children's hands were severely burned. THE world is full of women who mar­ ly widowers, and learu to think a great deal of their children, but you will sel­ dom see a man who thinks anything of his wife's children by her first marriage. And yet there are people who will sit up and say that men and women are •like. - DOES a man ever know when he is talking too much ?. A man will get up knowing he is limited to five minute*, and will talk half an hour, although he knows that he is duller than a case knife. In au entertainment where there are to be short speeches, a Coat Tail committee should be appointed to ait behind a man and pull him'dewn by his coat toils when he has said enough. THE man who gets up early is a t;reat bore. He usually has no other -accomplishments, and is not satisfied to get up, and let others sleep; he knocks around, so that every one around the house may know that the early riser is stirring, and that it is time for others to get up. If a man can sleep until 8 o'clock, and can accommodate his busi­ ness to those h?urs, he is a fool not to do ik per cent. ago a Kansas preacher^--j SOME years who was stationed at a town in the northern part of the State did not get on well with his congregation. To get rid of him, the Governor was prevailed apon to appoint liim Chaplain in the penitentiary. When the time came for lum to depart, he preached a farewell sermon to his congregation. There was nothing in the sermon at which anybody could take oftense, but some of the members did not like the text, which was: "I go to prepare a place for you, eo that where I am ye may be also." A TOMB containing two sepulchral urns, one of which contains the ashes of Ecloge, the nurse of the Emperor Claudius Nero, and the other those of his mistress Acte, who was converted to Christianity by St Paul, has lx.eu discovered in Rome in the Yigna Nuo- •a, off the Via Salara, outside of the Salara gate. The tomb is the cemetery of Domitian's famil, where the ashes of Nero himself were also buried. The inscription mentions that Ecloge's ashes were placed there in accordance with her request that they might be in­ terred near those of her nursling, the Ewperor. forma climate is too mild, the con­ ditions of life are too gracious, and money is made too rapidly. The best human traits are developed in a country where one must struggle against a long, cold winter. The California winter is so mild that it seems as if no one in the State haa any need of self denial. Then, the country is so rich, the farmer gets big returns from his land. ^ THE large indebtedness of tlrftWbe of Wales gets others into trouble rather than himself. First there are his credi­ tors who live in hopes that sometime, when he becomes king, he will have in­ come sufficient to pay them. Now an English editor, who had the indiscretion to allude to the Prince's debts has been discharged, and is bringing suit for con­ tinued pay under his old contract. He offers to prove that what he has pub­ lished is the truth, and asks that the Prince be obliged to appear incourt and testify. All this does not add to the strength of monarchial feeling in England. It has been steadily declin­ ing the past thirty years. ' •C' AN old and famous policeman of Gotham insists that a polioe club is a clumsy instrument only in the hands of clumsy men. Artistic clubbers, he says, find that to handle a club well is to learn a deep and nice Science. The perfect master of a club can hit a blow that will crack a crown, or he can de­ liver a thump that will stun a man and yet raise no lump or sign of a bruise; better yet, a true adept can hit a man so as to make a clean, fine cut as with a knife blade. While the policeman told what could be done with a club his hearer thought of the advice of a dis­ tinguished New Yorker uttered years ago: "Don't ever let a policeman hit you with a club. No matter how brave you are, run before you're hit. A blow with a locust may develop insanity or paralysis ten years afterward." IN a new book of "Recollections" which has appeared in England this lit­ tle glimpse is afforded of Mrs. Somer- ville: One day Sir George Baok, the arctio explorer, was sitting beside her, without knowing her, at Mrs Murray's table. They were getting on capitally together until, as they were laughing and chaffing, some one addressed her as Mrs. Somerville. "Now," exclaimed the lady, "you have spoiled it all," for the old sailor's countenance suddenly be­ came grave. "What," said he, "are you the celebrated authoress of 'The Mech­ anism of the Heavens?'" Sir George (adds the relator of this anecdote) was eating turbot. The celebrated author­ ess of "The Mechanism of the Heavens" had hanging sleeves with long fringes; and he was so much confused that he tbrnst his fork through the fringe and put it in his mouth instead of the fish. NOBODT thinks of New Jersey as a possible rival of California in the mak­ ing of wine or as a competitor with France in the growing of grapes, yet time may prove it such. The first grape growiug in New Yersey was done in the sandy region arouhd Bridgeton and Vineland, but the industry has siuce followed the pinery sand belt al­ most to South Ambroy, und grapes are now considered in the categories of half the farmers of Ocean and Monmouth counties. There have been bad years recently, when there was over­ production, but nothing has hindered the growth of the business, and this year more acreage than ever is devoted to grapes. There is as yet no wine making to speak of, but the outlook is that we shall presently all be drinking New Jersey olaret and won­ dering whether it comes from France or California. EDUCATION is making groat strides in Egypt, and the natives are beginning to show appreciation of the advantages of the reorganized Government schools. In 1887 there were only twelve schools under the Minister of Public Instruc­ tion, with an attendance of 1,919 pupils, of whom only 50 per cent, paid fees, and the total receipts were £9,000. Last year the number of these schools throughout the country, as far south as Assuan, open to all races and creeds, was forty-seven; the attendance was 7,307, of whom 62 per cent, were pay­ ing pupils, and the receipts reached nearly £20,000. This increase is sig­ nificant, as education is not compulsory. It is a rule, however, that all pupils must learn either English or French, and it is significant thai whereas in 1889 only 14 per cent, of them selected Eng­ lish, in 1890 the proportion rose to 23 Bears as Pot*. "fears make good pets," said a Lieu- teuant recently. "When I was in the revenue service at Alaska we had one on the boat and lie made things hum. named him Wineska. He used to climb to the cioestrees, going up hand over hand by the ratlins. One day he ventured out on the yardman, and there he staid. We had to get a rope and haul him down. When we were in the cabin he would back down the oompan- ion-way and come to us for his mess of gorg. He dearly loved rum, and mo­ lasses. Once . he vaulted over the head of our Chinese cook and went into the lockers, where he helped himself to sugar and butter. We had a tackling made for him, smell the same as a ha r­ ness of a pet png, and we would drop him overboard, with a rope attached, to take his bath. Once he landed ia a native boat and nearly frightened the occupants out of their wits. We was as playful as a kitten, and although he sometimes disobeyed he was never treacherous or unkind. When he was lost or hid himself, as he often did, we would look in the dark till we saw two little balls of fire. These were his eyea Mid gave him away every time.* Don't Want to Shave. The waiters of Paris have risen in re­ volt against the custom which decrees that they shall shave their faces. They ACCORDING to the St Louis Globe-' are said to be tlie ONLY c,ass of men in France who are not now at liberty tp do what they like with their faces, and . _ , they demand that the condition whioh Californians nave got to fight is ease of signifies the nature of their occupation Making a living and wealth. The Cali- ahall be removed. ' ̂ " c Democrat Postmaster General Wana- maker says the chief temptation that **•" x Jt « ' j f i . * £ • ' « , - . v ' „ • > ? * ? . . 1 i T i . k •&J?; 4 LIVING ISSUES. SOME TELLING TRUTHS CON­ CERNING PROTECTION. OM FEY OM 11M Rafagea AF FRO*-TRADER* . ... nntt without ciuss mnamtnatkm. In his repot* fn 1886 h* said: "In the period of 1879-85 the wages of bricklayers and carpenters rose from 1.72 and 2.10 marks a day to 3.45 and 3.75 for bricklayers and i. 10 marks for carpenters." Extracts of similar purport showing to tha QIMNM O" tbo (low. THE M'KINLEY BILL. I>owa--Atuorle»B» l-*Ujr AUr* that wages have advan««d most decided­ ly since the adoption of tho protective I policy might be given, but the above are j sufficient. Now let us turn to some ! evidence of the status of wages in Great Britain covering about the same period, ; taking statements from the reports of j the royal coir-m'ssion created by the ! Government ta inquire Into the depres- ! slon of trade and Industry in 1886. That ' commission says In one of its reports: I "Even where the rate of wages has ' not been diminished the total amount < earned by the laborer lias been less, j owing to irregular and partial employ- i ment, while the rate for piece-work haa diminished in nearly all cases." Turning to the reports of the work- ingmen's labor unions, which the com- j mi-sion uses as testimony, it tinds that | "six branches of unions report that j are bordering on starvation, Xx-Sp««ltar Bead Tolls How It Win Palld V p American Ijidmtrtci. Hon. Thomas It Reed, lately Speaker of tSbe United States Hous * of Repre­ sentatives, has been visiting Rome, and devoted himself almost entirely to sight­ seeing there. After thoroughly doing Rome ho went to Naples, where he vis­ ited Vesuvius, Pompeii, Capri, and other attractions in the neighborhood. To a correspondent of the Associated Press, who interviewed him. Mr. Reed was dis­ inclined to discuss politics, but when asked for his observations concerning the the McKinley bill the ex-Speaker became more communicative and said: "The McKinley bill has been very un- i workmen justly criticised, and I am satisfied that the people of the United States, when they come to understand its workings, will acknowledge'that it is a m jst valua­ ble measure--a measure intended to en­ courage both our foreign commerce and our domestic industries. It will stimu­ late our foreign commerce by the large number of articles on wlrch tlie duties have been reduced or which have been added to the free list, it will stimulate our domestic industries by reason of tho reduction in th > duties on raw material and the increased duties on a very few ar­ ticles of necessity which have been argely Imported, but which we have hitherto been able to manufacture p roll tab y. I think that with this sufficient protection our manufacturers will soon be able to establish these Industries on as tirra a footing as those which need no increaso in protection. It may bo that the duty on Brussels carpets, silks, laces, and champagnc and some other art'cles of luxury have been advanced. But tho average household expenditures for these will bear no comparison to the amounts paid for those articles, which, by reason of a lower rate of duty on the manufacture! ma ter or on the raw material, can be bought for rcduced prices. "It was extremely unfortunate," con­ tinued Mr. Reed, "that, the bill went into effect in a time of, or was followed soon by, a most severe financial panic; when the failure of Baring Bros., with liabilities of $100,0.10,000, seemed to shake tho foundations of the strong­ est houses; when general insolvency seemed to stare the whole commercial worid in the face, and was only averted by the prompt and joint action of the Bank of England and England's finan­ ciers, with the tens of millions of dol­ lars drawn from all over Europe and the United States; when the combination of untoward circumstances was such as had never before happened; when, In anticipation of large profits, merchants had ordered from Europe, in many in­ stances even before it was known what the rate of duty would be, gooas in such quantities that even with any easy money market the capacity of our mer­ chants to pay them would bo severely tested. Under such circumstances the failure of the Barings oc­ curred, and securities--tho only securi­ ties salable in large quantities held in England--were thrown on the New York market in such immense quanti­ ties that the disbursement by the United States Treasury of some $M),000,000 or fifteen report reductions of wages from 15 to 60 percent, below those of twenty- five years ago, and twenty-six branches report that foreign goods in their locali­ ties have taken awav their employment. * Every member of this royal commission is supposed to have been a free-trader. Thus it appears that while in Ger­ many, under protection, wages wero ad­ vancing and general business was im­ proving, in <^reat Britain^ under free t.ade. wages were dropping and employ­ ment was failing. The Sentinel should ignore all facts and stick to loud assump­ tion. ' Tariff Picture*. .i Ktnl-jr Taw !s very large--all of them have been Industrie* of a desirable kind, I ranging all the way from a silk factory j to a factory for the manufacture oif { plain cutlery. In the plush goods In­ dustry the tendency has been so rapidly toward American manufactures that this country bids fair to command the situar tion-in the near future, if it doss not al­ ready do so. The United States passed England as a manufacturing nation several years airo. It was only by the splendid policy of a protective tariff that it was accom­ plished, and it is by tlie same policy that the supremacy has been more than sustained. No single enactment has given such an impetus to American man­ ufactures as the MeKinley law. New industries like that of tin-plate, employ­ ing tens of thousands of men, have sprung up as if by magic, and old in­ dustries have been increased in capacity and effectiveness. The immigration of manufacturing establishments to this Country is one of tho present tendencies that all hail with delight. It is tho kind of Immigration that will pay the best and have the best influence in the nation. UAWEEYES HURRAHING Tho Living Issue The intelligent and patriotic people of this country are already too well | grounded In the history of their coun- : try, and too familiar with the teachings j of Washington, Adams, Madison, Jeffer­ son, Jackson, Webster, Clay and the wisest statesmen of the present day, to I be mis'ed by the assumption of the small, ! thoush active, body of doctrinaires, who, I however honest in their convictions, are affiliated with the party of Free-Trade, ! and united in the effort to reverse the American policy which has given pros­ perity to tho country for a century, and to force us into a policy which, when tried, has invariably caused disaster and wide spread ruin. The issue is again NO. 1. flbcelt* put Industry' built- wfMVflMlfe tlon, Hd still growing rapidly. We made in ! llpon ^ and it must and wiU be met not 1839 1 .(titli'JIU tons Of Bteel rails, and ia 1;9J 1,091.768 tons. with apology or evasion, but aggres­ sive y, and with batt'e to the end. The country is awakening to tho importance of the issue, and already we hear from the North and tbo South, the East and We didn't produce any at all In if-07, and the | tho West the roar of the returning tide ' which is to sweep from its taththe false prophets and their doctrines. HIBAM - price iras $100 in currency, or, in gold. $138 per ton. The average price last year was SJ1.75 per ton.' NO. a. IttSftO wonder that English pocket knives are cheap. Average dally wages autism; England, tl.M. \MI5UBPl United States, New York State, uuaasmammmm NO. S. r In 1880 the value of the manufactured prod­ ucts of the United States was over 000,000,000. 92.50. In MQ0 tt feai Inereaaed to 88, OOO.OOO.OOO. A Hard Job. "Jones has gone into politics." "Yes, he is going to try and mike pol­ itics respectable." • "He is, is he? Well, I tell you he'll find it a mighty hard job to smash up the Democratic party." FOR THE SUCCESS OF -» ' tC. • WMBBLSj|& | A M'»IIIIIIVVTYi Con-entlon" HI ChirtMM Him f >r <i; vrrnor, Promulgate* a Ringing Platform, and Unirier ttully Score* tlie Democratic Party for ' Tr>- urthery. ' Governor Hi*** C. WHXKI,rr. Lieut. Governor...... OKOBOK VAN* Horn EX. J*upmn« 8n AS M. WEAVER. Bunt, rnblie Instruction.HEJS'KT 8<Bts. JRnilroarf Oornmiasioner. .VK*NK T. CAMPBF.IX. The Iowa Kepnldican Slate Convention at < >>dar Rapidn waa attended by over 1.000 dele­ gates, ana the proceedir.gi woro marked by the 'greatest enthufijasiu and harmony. Chairman Mack, of the Htate Central Com­ mittee. called the convention to order. Prayer wag offered by the Itcv. .Tuling Ward, of Cedar Kapidg. Chairman Mack's si>eet'h, which fal­ lowed, waa short and crisp. It consisted in an­ nouncing .Tohn Y. 8tone, of Mills County, as temporary chairman. In assuming the chair, Mr. 8tone made a rousing speech. The culminating pofnt was rencbed when ihe name of Jatn< s G. Blaine was uttered. "There is but one reciprocity," said be, "and .Tames G. Blaine ia its prophet." At the first mention of Blaine the loyalty of Hawkeyo Republicans to the iran from Maine was moro than demonstrated. Cheer after cheer arose from the vast audience, and the la­ dies in tho galleries went wild with their politi­ cal brothers in their manifesta i^n for reci­ procity and admiration for the distinguished Secretary of State. Mr. Stone's speech waa a ringing declaration °*. principles of Republicanism, anil ar­ raigned in scathing terms the faithlessness and duplicity of the Democratic party. He was frequently interrupted by tumultuous ap­ plause, and was cheered to the echo at the conclusion of his speech. At the conclusion of the temporary Chair­ man's speech, the new State Central Commit­ tee, and tb« various committees of the conven­ tion, were appointed. The Congressional districts were called by number, and the various committers of the con­ vention reported. The new State Central Com­ mittee, which is to conduct the conning cam­ paign. was reported as follows: First Congressional District--C. M. Junkin, of Jefferson County. Second--J. M. Kemble. of Muscatine County. Third--W. H, Noiris, of Delaware County. Fourth--J. E. Blythe, of Cerro Gordo County. Fifth--J. G. Brown, of Marshall County. Sixth--J, W. Kendall, of Monroe County. Seventh--W, S. f, Matthews, of Polk County. Eighth--J. T. Wall, of Ri'tgpold County* Ninth--L. P. ZoverB, of Guthrie County. Tenth--M. K. Wlielan, of Emmet County. Eleventh--E, E. Mack of Buena Vista County. Immediately after the opening of the a'tv- noon session Chairman McVey, of the Commit­ ter on Permanent Organization, reported that the committee had selected "The McKinley of Iowa." ihe Hon. John H. Gear, as the Permanent 1 Chairman of the convention. -He has done as much," said Chairman McVey, "as any other man in the National Congress just closed in passing the law whereby the people of Iowa are enabled to-day to buy twenty-two pounds of sugar for i?l." A committee wag appointed to escort Chair­ man Gear to the stage, and tbo appearance of y ••f ~*t \ f, Tiiia stows what a decada of proteoltou • done for our industries. Mills Denounced bjr Farmers. Roger Q. Mills is known to be a great fraud, and the free trado ideas he advo­ cates are even greater frauds than ho himself. For a long time the Texas politician has been known to be losing ground. Each successive election has seen his once large majority cut down by the opposition. The fact is that the man who represents the free trade and tariff reform ideas of Cleveland is not popular with the farmers of his Stat:\ They see nothing but ruin for them $50,000,000 seemed but a drop in the i gelvos in the policy advocated by Mr. bucket to stay the demand for money. ; Mnis< The Parme„. Alliance of Texas Tnrc New York Sun disapproves of the Michigan plan of choosing Presiden­ tial electors by Congressional districts, partly because it is wrong in principle and partly because it doubts if the Dem­ ocracy would profit by it "The refusal," eays the Sun, "of a political party, strong enough to have a majority in tho Legis­ lature, to appeal in the customary and time-honored way to the voters of the State, is of itself an admission and con­ fession of weakness, and, so far from lessening the opportunities of corrup­ tion, it may b • said to increase them, since it enables tho corrupting party to concentrate its forces upon tho doubtful Congress districts, free from the neces­ sity of great efforts in the others". These uggeations go beneath tho surface, whereas it is evident that the Michigan Democrats Jumped at the bait, without stopping to think whether there might be a hook concealed in It Going into effect under such circum stances, it was not an extremely difficult matter to convince thousands of voters that the financial difficulties wore due soieiy to tho inherent defects of the measure. Why, look at the case of Austria, whose merchants complain so loudly of the ruin that the McKinley "bill has wrought to their trado. They complained that their industries were affected to such an extent by the measure that through their efforts the Austrian government was forced to seek to draw other nations into measures of reprisal Against the United States. Not­ withstanding these complaints the facts proved that the exports for the first three months under the operation of the bill were increased 00 per cent, over the corresponding quarter of 18SH). "Here in Italy marchahts and the press re-echoed tho wailing of the bal­ ance of the European press until they discovered that, had the bill been spe­ cially devised for tho purpose, it could not have been better adapted to increase her trade with the United States, for by its provisions 50 per cent of our pur­ chases from her are on the free list; 34 per cent are admitted at a reduced rate of duty; 12 oer cent, at the same rate, while the duty was advanced on but 4 per cent. "The commercial alliance of the cen­ tral states of Europe, which certain Powers are endeavoring to bring about, is evidence that the commercial nations are not slow to take every possible pre­ caution to protect and stimulate their trade--and that is exactly the policy on which the Mciiinicy bill is founded. "I am confident that the next few years will bear great prosperity to the United State* and will prove to be favorable both to our domestic manu­ factures and to our foreign commerce." The Hltuk* at a I res-Trader. The Indianapolis Sentinel has discov­ ered that wages are not as high in Ger­ many as in Great Britain, and conse- qently jumps at the conclusion that pro­ tection cannot, or does not, affect wages. It quotes from a consular report to show how poorly paid aro the people in a por­ tion of Germany who pursue tho manu­ facturing trades in their homes. If it had turned to the nail-makers, the shoe­ makers, the chair-makers and the trades pursued in their homes by a large class of English work-people, it would have discovered that the wages are no biirher than they are in Germany. But now that the free trade Democratic orgaa has hit upon Germany as a protection country in which wages are not (so high as in England, the Mecca of tp$ free­ trader, let the facts be presented. In held its recent convention at Waco. Among other resolutions passed were tho following: Itcxolvcd, That there have been no cheers in this body in connection with the mention of the name of R. Q. Mills, as has been reported by the press of the State. Resolved, That wo view with unre­ served contempt tho meagrencss of both the cause and effect of the seeming at­ tempt upon the part of the press and the reporters to create a political boost up the ladder of political fortune on the credit of this conference for that gentle­ man. This shows that Mills' subsidized free trado papers have been systematically deceiving the public. The object has been to keep the public impressed with the idea that Mills, and with Mills free trade, has been popular with the agri­ cultural classes of the South. Tho fact Is just the opposite. Free trade isn't popular with the farmers in the South any more than it is in the West Tha Tariff and Labor, The manufacturer can get on without protection a good deal better than the farmer and tho wago earnor. If he is driven to freo and open competition with the world outside, be must either close his shop or bring his wages dowa to tho level of his foreign competitors. There is no escape from one of these two re­ sults. To do either would be injurious, not only to the workman but to tho farmer and the country generally. If the manufacturer was driven to shut up his shop, the workmen would bo driven to the soil, and when there would ba 1 competitors of the farmer rather than ' his consumers, as they aro to-day. If it was a scaling down of wages the injury ; would fall upon the laborer and agricul- i turist and not upon the manufacturer. When tho manufacturer is forced to re­ duce the cost of his product, tho first thing ho does is to go to his payroll. He cannot regulate the rate of taxes and insurance. His economy must be on tho inside. He has no control over the cost of his raw material. That is fixed by others. If tho wage matter was not in­ volved, the manufacturer could get on without a protective tariff. Give the manufacturer of the United States tho same wage standard as in Europe, and they would need no protective tariff. THR cry from the mountain top that the tariff is a tax, that duty on a given article is and must fce added to the cost, that the robber barons are devouring I the substance of the land, that the sub- : sidy advocates are hastening us to ruin, ! that tho workingman who receives dou- j'ble and triple the amount ot wages ho I received in the old world Is a slave, that i tin plate can't be made in the United . States, and that our climate will always j prevent the manufacture of linen. Is l sort of free-trade educational talk with which all are familiar. Such state­ ments, untrue though they are, may, in : connection with other issues, have de- I ceived some of the people for the mo- i ment; but as Abraham Lincoln once said: "You can fool some of the people all the time, and all tho people some of • tho time, but you can't fool all tbe pco- ' pie all the time." j COMMKNTINO on the action of the . Michigan Democracy, in regard to the electoral vote theft, the Brooklyn Eagle, I always Democratic, says: I "The bill providing for the choice of I Presidential electors by Congressional ' districts in Michigan has passed both h'ouses of Vie Legls aturo. While tho | change is in harmony with the Constitu­ tional provision investing States with i the right to prescribe methods for choos- : ing electors, it is, nevertheless, an ag- ' gresslve employment of the art of gerry- • mauder. The better coiirso„ for every 1 party is to rely on intelligent 'anneal to I public sentiment rather/than resort to questionable expedlentfof this descrip­ tion. " ' mend him eel f to the ihtorfni own nf ClrwlaaO, be d*d meat oottasMiiittriM sent tl» hcicMrt, iwfiutrioa "" penras paonks of Iowa is: qu«t speecjj in the city ot New Yocfc, mi of December last, we denonnoa aa MI mWIisdflig the a Urged statistic* i the Governor assumed to sustain tarn* against the State which ha* name. 1*'. We denounce the Ottomwa platfeeei it this year as framed with a deliberate jnu ' to mislead and deceive, wherein symp^hy la expressed wheie none Is felt; wbereia faaaa Is proposed where none will br rendered; wfeerafth. ,n purposes are avow* d which are not antarUtbMML ' In support of this indictment we point to tks ' dpi pretenued friendship tor 'be soldiers aad to tks % arraignment at the tame time of tbe Repnbtt- ' jj cm j arty for having appropriated mom far the payment of pensions ; to the "free '11***" 'rf' m plank, intended to deceive 7swppotteraflf •"&> - a "free and unlimited coinage «f idlm;*to tks plank assuming to "reaffirm the doctrteeof isa- 4] trol and reculati-n of railroads," a poMey am- ' planted upon tbis Stat? under the sffminiitia- ' tion of the last Republican Coventor, •* » y ,T * 'H the opposition, secret and open, of thebano- 1-US cratic p*rty; extending tj an allianee with anr- "' *TJ porate power in the first atactica ot commissioners under the law of 18881 , ^ *% 17. vie denounce the Demoeratie party Her- '.W4 misrepresentation, in its. platform and MHS the people, of the McKiniay bill: charsilM ttet it seeks to mislead the people throng! reiter- "4 ation of untruths as to the effect ofthat bill;, "• <-.1 and In all ways to work upon the prejudices of' • S i the uninformed. V"? , % 18. W e arr»i£® the Democratic party for «»• >Y: position to bo Hot reform in the South, wttfla jet-. <k> making pretense of ballot- reform in * hen- the undisputed right to cast a fm» hoBofe ' and to have it honestly counted goes in every < * %• ' precinct of the State unchallenged. ;4 '* l'J. We arraign the Demccratic party as tha Js i.'j enemy of labor; scheming to break down that defenses of promotive laws; to block the whaete "Tifj of home industry; and to degrade the maaaev of the people, a party controlled by aristocrat!* M and reactionary tendencies--tha legaey eC slavery. ' • 20. "flie Republican party of Iowa appeals W' the intelligence and to the integrity ofthe peo~ ^ 5$ £le of this Stat#, and from all good citizen* w» ivite support, . i The Hon. Hisram C. Wheeler, the nominee at- the convention for Governor, was presented.bnti declined to make an extended speech. *1 sincerely thank joa, gentlemen,' said h*w V"'t "for the honor yon have conferred upon OMki' , Now, what I want is vigorous work Dy swtr •- V2 one and wo will certainly elect the ticket in No** veniber." 1he contest this vear in Iowa, like that in Ohio. »ill be of national interest, and the coo- %:w "i vent ion did il s part- in giving impetus to a note- ' ble campaign. The platform meets the issues '"-'ivS* prest nted by the democratic ( onvention boldly ' • fes $ and squarely, Tlie declarations as to the tamt ' f and otlwr national questions are fo distinct aact < •?'/% "' J emphatic as to leave no room f>>r irisanda?-. , •tanning or misrepresentation. On the question* i JE ":j of Prohibition the convention was overwhelm-'rAJs' KSl icgly in favor of standing by the law, but tboaft i who believe gome other plan to promote tca*» !>'•$, , , peiance shruld b© tried were given a hearing. *U',8n \ The resolution puts the Republican party fit , the attitude of counseling obedience to the ; s- , i and charges the Democratic partv with eneOBF* • '* "• aging and practicing defiance of tlie law. , 3 Tha ticket nominated is confessedly a Btmnf. ' ."£1 . one. In a y« ar when the Democrats are mak-> ing special uppoals to the farmers, the Kepab* licans have nominated a ticket made up lsitfrty ' of farmers. The candidate for Governor . been prominently identifl»d with the agricnlt- " V this grizzltd champion ot high tariff and ex- ' ural interests of the State and the c&nriidatafstf* TUK Democratic press approved of the act of the Michigan Legislature pro­ viding for the election of Presidential e'ectors by districts on the ground that such a method gives the people a more direct voice in the choosing of a Presi- dent The same papers, though, show a singular lack of sympathy with the ; suggestion that the Mew York Legisla- j turo pass a similar law next winter. I They regard it as a poor rule that works ; both ways, but in Michigan will give : but half a do'.en Democratic electors at most, and in New York at least twenty- live Republicans. TUK protective system has given to tho farmers of this country, whether they grow cotton or corn, wheat or wool, the best domestic market anywhere offered, has given to our peop e a diversity of employments, to our industries a wider range, to our labor better wages, than It J can be found anywhere else. It has ac- is idle, therefore, ta kiag about protec- j corded to genius, skill, and invention en- tion benefiting manufacturers and no couragcinent, and to the whole country one else. Tho labor of the country de- • a marvelous development in all that mands first consideration- gies to make a nation rich and strong, Bow4 Kxarei««. j progressive and prosperous. The McKinley prices humbug ifr no ! THK trade arrangement with Venezu- longer the subject of Mugwump edito- j which the administration has made rials. To continue them would be their readers, and too violent a contra- \ year we imported coffee, hides, etc., to marck, and adopted that of protection. The result in five years was an increase i able farm-mortgage begey has vanished of wages in the iron and textile Indus- ' before the statistical columns of the tries of 15 per cent., and the increase of j eleventh census. The oft-repeated story general employment was in much larger j 0f abandoned farms is shown by the proportion. But instead of taking the j same authority to indicate the gradual statements of American Consuls or of German trade reports, let us take the special reports of British Consuls to the Royal Commission. Consul General Scott, at Berlin, in 1886. reported substitution of manufactures for the older forms of agriculture, of better In­ dustries for a poorer one, as competition with the virgin fields of the West has 1 made the cultivation of cereals unprofit- "In the face of^protective^ duties^ the j able in the East. Tais process of trans­ formation is now as evident in the great farming States of Ohio, Indiana and Illi­ nois as in the Eastern and Middie States. The result is concentration and rapid growth of population in industrial cen­ ters which furnish profitable, sure and larger markets for local agriculture. The history of this movement, as record­ ed in the eleventh census, will prove to be one of the strongest defenses of the ipnerican protective system. prices of nearly all products have fallen, in Germany, 25 to 30 . er cent, showing that protection is no hindrance to, but rather an aid to, the cheapening pro­ cess. * * * Germans are pushing their products into the markets of the world. * * * Over the whole of Ger­ many business is brisk, products have improved in quality and w'asces of labor have increased. * * * The rates of wages within the limits of this consular" district range above the average of the past twenty years; between 18 3 (when the protective policy was adopted) and 1885, ws^res have advanced 85 to 98 per cent, over those of 1848-51 for skilled labor, and 104 to 126 for unskilled " Tlie British consul-general at Ham- burg, Sir. Dundas, is another witness Factories Still Coining Over. It is announced that another large plush factory of England will be lmme> diately removed to the United States. These little incidents never find their way into Democratic papers. The num- m 1. uuuuH, ia auuuiu mimooa j ber of factories, large and small, that liho should be fully credited by the Sen-1 have come to this country since the Mo- the value of over $10,000,000, and ex­ ported thither only about four million dollars' worth Under the new arrange­ ment the duties will be taken off of breadstuffs and provisions, and it is ex­ pected that our experts will nearly bal- lance the imports from that country. THE statement that, as a direct result of the wicked McKinley tarllF, a tin- plate factory to employ 500 hands is to | be shortly erected at Eiwood, Ind., will ; throw the free-trade press, which insists ' that Americans can*t make tin plate, into spasms of virtuous indignation. This, however, Won't hinder the building i of the factory, which is to be ready for j operation Jan. 1, 1892. j WHKJT the war began the United States could hot make the bunting out of which the national colors were made. A high j tariff was imposed, and Massachusetts j manufacturers were induced to adapt machinery to its production, and the ro- ! suit is that bunting which cost $33 a i piece when the war began, aud when I there was scarcely any duty on the goods* now sells for $18. DCLL times cannot take the snap cot ot tha whip indostoy. member of the Ways and Means Committee was tho signal for prolonged applause and cheers. When a .beautiful basket of flowers was handed him aB the oHVring of his high-tariff friends o' Iowa, the applause afitiin burst, forth aud con­ tinued for nearly a minute. Gov. <iearaddress roused the delegates to the highest pitch of enthusiasm. As this stal­ wart old wheel-hors i outlined the plan of battle in the coming campaign, exposed tho weak points of tho opposition, and reviewed the strength of his party, the wildest cheering arose. At the Conclusion of his sposch the conven­ tion at once proceeded to the nomination of a candidate for Go* ernor, and nominating speeches being dbpented with, the roU was or­ dered to be tailed. From the beginning it was apparent that Hirnm C. Wheeler, the fanner of Odebojut, J-ac County, would be nominated by an overwhelming vote. His opponents were lien F. Clayton, a farmer aud stockmau of l'ot- tawattomie County, and ox-Contr 'ssman Dan- it 1 Kerr, of Grundy County. Kerr's vote was very light, and Clayton receiving less than 3Jo votes, it was apparent that V heeler was nomi­ nated by over two to one. Before the result waa announced, one of Clayton's friends moved to make Wheeler's nomination unani­ mous. and it was so ordered with one wild, tumultuous cheer. It required two ballots to settle the Lieu­ tenant Governorship, the surprise of the day being the defeat of the present incumbent, Alfred N. I'oyneer. of Tama County. His op­ ponents were George Van Houteu, of Lennoy, Taylor County, add J. N. \Y. liuinple, of Mar­ engo, Iowa. The balance of the tleket waa chosen by ac­ clamation. The platform, which elicited the heartiest ap­ plause, is as follows: 1. The Republican party of Iowa, in conven­ tion assembled, gives renewed expressions of devotion to the principles of the National Re- puVIican party, and declares acceptance of those principles to bo the bond of union with th' Republican party of Iowa. 2. We commend the patriotic, wise, find courageous administration of President Har­ rison. 3. We commend the Republican party in the last Congress for its redemption of pledges made to the people as to a revision of the tariff in the interest of home industry, and its work in l>ehalf of liberal appropriations for pensions for old soldiers, in accoidance with the pledges of tho nation. 4. We approve the coinnge art by whioh the great product of the silver mines ot the United fetates is added to the currency of the people, and out of which exjx riment may coma a wise adjustment of financial questions, liberal to­ ward Western interests. 5. We commend most, heartily the policy that has been inaugurated looking to reciprocal trade relations with peoples of the American Conti­ nent. and the administrative efforts now mak­ ing for the enlargement of foreign markets for American beef and pork. C. We assert that tho Republican party standi on record in every t-tatc of this Union in favor of elections »,a«ea upon tho freedom of individ­ ual conscience, and that the Ro publican party may be trusted in Iowa, or in any State, to pro­ mote any plan of reform, Australian or other, calculated to ej tend this liberty and to further protect the purity of the ballot.* 7. While inviting to our shores the worthy poor of all nations, we earnestly recommend the laws that will protect our country and our people against the influx of the vicious and criminal classes cf foreign nations, and the im­ portation of laborers imdrj contract to compete with our own citizcua, and earnestly approve the rigid enforcement of theeo laws and of such further legislation as may be necessary. 8. We favor such legislation as will impose upon all classes of property, corporate ana in­ dividual, equally the burdens ot taxation. !t. We favor the passage of tha Conger lard bill. State legislation tending to promote farm­ ers' institutes, and enlarging the powers of the Dairy Commissioner. 10. We r^aid the World's Columbian Exposi­ tion as nn important event in the world's his­ tory, and wo are in hearty sympathy with the effort to make it a success'. In the friendly rivalry of States we should make a creditable exhibit of Iowa's products, and we favor a lib­ eral appropriation by tha next General Assem­ bly for this purpose, that our prosperity and greatness may be fully exempliflfd. 11. We take pride in the record of this State, and recognize that its growth aud power, its prosperity and its Rood name, are the fruits of its industrial people; and we believe in such policy, State and National, as will promote justice and vider oppcrtunitv among- these classes, and to their support in the future, as in the past, we pledge our most intelligent judg­ ment and our most sincere endeavor. 12. We point to the record of the State under Republican administration for justification In the declaration that we favor economy and honesty in tho administration of public af­ fairs. "To that reoord we also appeal for judg­ ment that th«» Republican party has kept faith with the people of this State in the obligations of the past, and upon that record we invite con­ tinued support and confidence. 13. We have no apologies to offer to the peo- ile nor to the Democratic party for the Repub- tcan record ia the conspicuous issue in tb» btate campaign this year. In the interests of true temperance, and under the laws of Iowa, enacted by the representatives of its sovereign ocople, the saloou v as made an outlaw in this state. We charge that the outlaw has had the patronage, counsel, aud protection of the Demo- era ic party; that the Democratic party,as it won ,x>wer, has nullified the law, defied the author­ ity of the Sta e an 1 the expressed will of its peo­ ple, and that now appeal is made to the electors of the whole Hate ?or approval of the lawless work. We recoguise'that the issue is law against defiance of law, subordination against insub­ ordination, the S'.ate of Iowa a£;ain*t the Dem­ ocratic party. We recognize that ihe issue ia between thein'eria s of true temperance aud the lrejdom and rule of an indisciiu inate traffic. We renew our allegiance to the people Of Iowa, and subm't to them the determination of the issue, rocogi i :ing that the control of the next Lesislatuie oy the Democratic paity ! means fetate-widn license, and that the control of the next Legislature by the Republicans means continued op] ositi:>n to the behests of the saloon i ow« r through maintenance and en­ forcement of the lav. 14. We denounce' the Democratic party of Iowa as criminal in its dealings with the saloon issue, v. e charge that party with service to tha •iloon, and with a purpose to strengthen tha saloon utasp upon the homes and politics of the State. We cite, in pr> of of this, its sur­ render thiB year of the local cp:ion feature ol the plank of under which, last year, pre­ tense of indorsement by this State was made, and to which pledge was given in proof for legislative autuoiitv. Wo charge that this abandi nment of local opti >n is the forerunner of further prented.t ited betrayal, and that trust in the Deni'ciatic party will" end in the com­ plete breaking down of "the temperance legisla­ tion of the State, and the complete turning over of the State, in every township thereof, to tha pollution and fester of the saloon, against what­ ever protest of communities now free. 1>. We protect against the election of Bbi«s to the Governorship o! the State. We charM that in his unwi&e and ambitious «e»l to oiu- jtUato the favor of altartd new allies te the M that Iiieuteuant Governor is an influential membsv " y* of the Farmers' Allaance. The soldier element* -A very strong in Iowa, has representatives on tte *. ticket, and all the nomintei stalwart Republicans. aru etraightovik, KorthwoK, and upon strength to < Abraham Lincoln's Boawell. .'jig « ^ For the bettor part of its knowlwfp* ^ ;.M of Abraham Lincoln posterity will .. ̂ stand indebted to William H. Henu '. <3 . don, who died in Springlield, 111., agef 3 ' '| 73. His son, aged 23, had expired - : ; ' i only six hours before him. His last .' ,?r ̂ words were an allusion to this: "I am - i? i •> 4 an overripe sheaf, but I take a fresher r one with me." «?| ' Mr. Herndon was Mr. Lincoln's latf -i, ̂ partner for about twenty years. Alt the bar they advanced with even stop They were not only business assoei ates, they were devoted private friends* But beyond that their paths wer#" \ -J widely separated. Herndon sought the shade, Lincoln the glare. Hern* <, J don had no desire to accompany hv .^3 . H companion into the broader public lift which opened before them after 1860w: He was content to celebrate the virtue* and chronicle the achievements of hi* K * over.-hadowmg friend. Immediately - ^ )J after the assassination he began te ' ly. supplement his own recollections ot J? ;J- Mr. Lincoln by a compilation of atldi* tional materials. {His life of Lineoht 4 I . is the most interesting one of all that - j! have been written.] * t ; He visited every scene of Mr. Lin® ;; ^ coin's life previous to his election t4» the Presidency; examined surviving ^ acquaintances; took their statement# '1, v;5 in writing, and secured letters and *'""f other documents of value. His coUeo* tion, conscientiously and systematically , ^ '? gathered, became the great magazin# ^ of materials from which every hiog* , ' J rapher of Lincoln, with any pre ten* \ ZJ| sions to accuracy, drew for the story - v ̂ of his subject up to the events of 1860^ # f | Beyond that Mr. Herndon laid n# yj claim to special infoimation. LamonVH •'$ life of Lincoln was constructed mainly , from the Herndon records. Nicolay'V V ,s j ar:d Hay's followed Iftruon's for th% ^ better part of the pciiort covered bjT.- v i £ Lamon's, and finally Mr. Herndon,* r 'Jf with the aid of a friend, Jesse W, * \ Weik, prepared the three Tolume*, entitled "Herndon's Lincoln," pub« lished in 1888--the reviews of whiell \ are still fresh enough to render furthex^ remark unnecessary. *«5ar "• -.'vji Mr. Herndon was mora of a than he knew. Ho imagined that Mb* ^ *:J only t? distinction was com»~ t prised in his association with Mr. Lin^, V ^T| coin. He preferred to walk jn tfaf ^ shadow of the man whom he deemed "the first American," and he chose tot. - ' j ̂ employ his best power in the exposi-^ <•' ' "J tion and the illustration of that life^ . , which he esteemed almost divine, be-*,*.' f Vi lieving that to set it forth honestly and?.. ^ 'V clearly was as great and honorable % •.... public service as he could perform. : "li] To those who have followed the SOT- : . eral Herndon narratives, it is plain,' " HIS that Mr. Herndon was not. in his rela- • tions to Mr. Lincoln, the subordinate ^ f* character he leaves us to suppose he" Y^ff was. He contributed decidedly to form " the mind of Lincoln and to mold his* career. But for Herndon the Lincoln ' i)p M of I860-'ti5 would not have emerged . *f from the dingy little law office at *• Springfield precisely what he was, nor would his history up to that period < - C| ever have been precisely told.--New ?' 3. rork ir„rt,i. .vj Tel« phone Profits ( \ The hope very generally entertained of a reduction of telephone charges at some future and not too distant day appears to receive considerable sup- - pott from the figures of the American Bell Telephone Company's bnsineta" for the year 1890. The total earnings are there given as ?4,375,290.88, and the operating expenses, including in­ terest and taxes, legal services, etc , as $1,500,872.53, leaving net earnings of : $2, HtW,418.35. The espeel ation of low­ er charges is based on the expiration of the main patents in 1893, though it has been intimated that there are minor patents which run beyond that time, which are of sufficient importance to effect at least a partial monopoly while they last. So far s.< the mar«n of profit goes, however, the outlook KMT a reduction seems to be very fair. JcLirs GOLIMXO, of 'Weissensee.near r : Berlin, has made a horseshoe out of paper, which, it is claimed, expands as ^ much as the horny part of the hoof up­ on which the horse treads. This shoe does not get brittle dining use, resist* ? the action of water, ai d even manure, in which the horse frequently stands. It does not become smooth or slippery i from constant nee, and can be floŝ not nailed, on. ̂ THK man who undertakes to DSETFV* jL Oad will not be true to his fellow me*. ? i. >•& ""A MiM'-Ju': 7& ^ *"y. /• n if .Ik*. Jl&u *1 » SjA jsfL IrliL u:.,., .Li s jfJtiA 'AiAii