The Biography of a Young Industry.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3155, 16 March 1889, Page 3

The Biography of a Young Industry.

At & dinner in Now Hoik given by Henry «n«orge, one of the'V guests,: Cotonel.Down itt said:-'! lam not a single tax man I said, owins to my iaok.of intcUigenoo, I suppose, but £am a Freetrader.- 1 mint to tell you how I camoto be one praoticallyitheo:etically I have always beeuj one. .• Shortly alter the war,-when I went back home, I ran across a Mow who said I he could take the second growth ol hiokory-; on my. place ami convert it into beautiful ' axe handles.' As he had learned his trado in the penitentiary I'thought he. was proflcient, Under this persuasion I took an old sawmill and oonverted it into a handle factory. Ho look that so:ond growth and turned it into handles us'smooth as ivory, and as tough as the conscience ot a Hew j York alderaauJf (Laughter)._ Wo inado money hand over mitten until tho day II discovered that Canadian axe-handles were coming in and underselling I thought ' this would'nt do so I travelled to Washing, ton on a dead head pass and saw Senator Wade, who called in tho Hon ' Pig Iron Kelly Ho said,' Here is an infant industry that ought to be protected, and encouraged, and built up.' There is nothing mean about' Pig Iron,' 60 he said 'Certainly.; They slapped a duty on axe handles onough to shut out the Canadian competitor, and I Awent home thoroughly satisfied. We raised ,tHfl| price of axe handles. (Applause and Jlugiitor). But, bless your souls, this premium upon infant industry set every sawmill in Ohio to turning out axe handles •until they were a glut in the market. Ilight in the midst of all my troubles my nianufaotutor and bis two men-thatwas American labor 1 employed-(laughter)-struck, for higher wages. I told them I oouid not stand it, that there was a terrible shrinkage of value, the market was glutted, and the best " thing I could do would bo to shut down My foreman took me to one side and said, "boss, this thing is played out.". " I know it is" said 1, vl'JI tell youwhat to do, 1 said he; get a good big insuranoo on your old rattletrap, and some night I will stick a chunk undent, aud we'll divvy." (Laughter). Says I: "My friend you have been in the penitiary andyou don't mind it, Ihaven't been and I am prejudiced." (Laughter). _ lhat night he stolo my best horse and skipped. And that was the end of my protection. I have been a practical Free Trader ever ' since.

TkeDrugsast Collapsed tout some consecrated l.te," ho anccd ns he entered the stor.% " Y«u mem concentrated lye," suggested the druggist, as be repressed a smile. " Web, maybe I do. it does any differenoi. It's what I ounphor, anyhow. What does it sulphor»" " Eighteen cems, a cau," Then you can giro" me a can." X "I never cinnamon who thought hiin.-elf *«o witty as you >in,".saiJ the druggist in a ■Wyngerly manner, feeling callid. n, on to do . - n little puuniug himself, " Well, th-it'a not oad, either," laughed iho customer, with a syrupii.ious glance, "laiumonii novico ut iho business, good many puns that oth r puusters ro iped the credit of. however, 1 don't care a copperas far as I am concerned, tluugh - they ought to be bandied wi'huut cloveti.l thoy uouMn'c Wow whit was the madder wi h them, Perluos I nhouldj't myrrh-myrrh, We have had a pleasant time, ami I sh 11 ciraway—" It was to.) much for the druggist, Ho collapsed —Detroit Free Pro*.

Paris ■ Fashions. A correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, writing on Paris fashions, remarks: Waists are growing ahoner and shortor, a»ys the knowing ones. And between last year's bodice and this I. should say there was a difference of an entire inon—one whole inch between positivo ani comparaijjfe Will they ever reaoh superlative, I Wler? Probably not, perhaps, for all bodices. The shortest waists I have Been were those of homo dresses, receptions robes-iea'gowns yofl would call' tbeni, pjlonaise or- redingote, the waist-line of the under being concealed beneath tho folds of a scarf or the plain zone of a belt. This is an effective anil pretty amalgamation, It is a uewidea to make the coat—.with long basques or skirt-of cloth, that 'is now oia-sed as a dressy fabrio almost on the same level as satin and brocade. .One

of the soft pinks vim roit, terra-cotta, or erode green-may be chosen as most ifcplicable to the" style of an Empire gown. 1 Tne fronts of the coat, turned back on the breast with wide-pointed 1 ipels, are worn open. The shortness of the waist is iodi- - catcd by the curving in of the side and baok seams abovo the ordinary level, -lielow this apooryphical .waist the seems are] nnsewn. and the edge of the cloth is siitohed over on iho right side, tailor- : fashion : in a narrow hem at the sides, and a wide one at the bottom. Tho sleeve consists ol a deep bouillon of.oloth, m .ranted on an under tight-fitting sleeve reaching nearly to the waist, which should be of the same material as the uaderdresa dull faille of the same color iijpteeper shido ta the cloth, or black velvet. 'The latter looks decidedly bettor . to combine with green-in fact, the model lam to describe was composed of green cloth and black velvet, relieved by a small amount of gold, with bands of gold ' braid around the velvet sleeve, aud a long oblong gilt buokle to keep in their places the folds of the velvet scarf, whioli is pleated round the waist aud knotted once on the left side, just beneath the open team. At both ends the scarf is fringed with black aud gold. -

A Cabinet CouncilThere is a capita! collection of potraits of Mr GlaJstono in the January number ot The Magazine of Art. It is sate to say that n. statesman has over been so rauoli the occupation of artists as Mr Gladstone. lie is the painter's study, anil the oaritutulist's snort. The Magazine of arts alaxla entertaining proof of this alike in ita illustrations and in the accompa lying article by Wemyss Keid. The authir of the ' article a particularly interesting »ketch that will, iu conjunction, with that book, immortalise a certain Cabinet Council held in was that at which, weary of wait- ' ... ingflß\dolayednews from, the Geneva Arbitration Trirnnal, Lord Granville snJ Mr Foster adjourned to the balcony to play a game of chess, and were followed by tho whole Council That balcony scene was 1 . watched Irom the Colonial Oj-ce windows. It was cleverly sketched by Mr E i'airfield; and here we have what with great probability is said to be the first true picture ot a Cabinet Council taken from lite, Tho . fimiresare admirably sketched. Earl Granville has obviously given Mr Foster cheok. The latter ponders carefully on his neit move, Mr Gladstone stands by, and the attitude in which ho is sketched suggests '. sorao inward speculation on' the expected telegram, Lord. Sherbrooke (then, Mr Lowe) is coming up to tho players'irom behind with a peculiar step, duo partially to his extreme short' sight,, that will be recognised at a glance by those who" know bin. The artist has been somewhat cruel to Mr Stansfield,-who, though in the background, surveys the scene with, as Mr Reid remarks "an air of lofty superiority." Lord Ripon converse,) genially with an un- • moved" colleague, Lord Bartington, irom ' whom no.responsive smile is to be drawn. Mr Gosohen-had the artist the gift of propheej?—looks on Jrom the head of the double staircase, and oaq escape one way or another as freely a if ho, were outside upon a rail, 'I he Duke of Argyll, Lord and other Ministers o! the day aro ■*sijfcented in not less characteristic ..PHues, while the Horse Guards Parade below ■is traversed by taxpayers, all un- . conscious that hews affecting them is thus awaited by an emipeut group on a not tar diatont.baWiy. '

A Novelty in Canal Construction. A new system of canal construction has been derignod and recently patented by Mr irthnr Pickard, of the firm of Pickard Brothers, Leeds, and tho inventor lias just . completed a working model whioh jhows ; at a plance the leading prinoiple of the invention, and the method by which itij darned foto eft ct Tho object is to do *•■■■'■. ■!■' »way entiraly with tho necessity foratearn ■":'•; \ or horse power in oinal traffio, and this end it sought to be attained by tho treatioD ,of» current of water strong enough to carry the boats alon[| from po:nt to point, :' Mr Pickard has desired a doubhmnal, it one enrt of wbioh is a soiow,resomhling the propeller of a steamship, 'lhisHcrew, '; whfch is worked bysieam powor, forces the ourrent in one direction, and causesit t<> letnrain the parallel division of tho ';■' . ' canaUhe dircotiqn of the current being .'.-"' ... reversibieatwill.'B;fthisarrangcrnoD(;all ■' loss of water is obviated atd the tied of the ;' '. canal is 'kept The current isof ' '■■'., coarse confined to eich'' separate level of • ••'' the canal, and 'when.locks intervene current has; to he created. In '•'.:•' tbjfeiseih'! twocturehts wewnrkedby ; /" ;\ ' thfluio At of maohioey. Tho inventor • ■■'■. con'empUtcs.the'ertction of tank'cana's, ; which could be erected <>n the surface of -•.•■; ..•'■;; the pound, with lacavating, in level J ' r :■■■. , country, and carried tivt'r valleys on lattice $ '■':'■''. ■• UJBrdcr biidgts. In older to ex sting &■■ '■>':'. wttli to tho new nitfuod it'would'be v,-,- •.-, :\.t:#fmq to 4bM« Hm torn

by jnejhß of a double' row of • piles drivon iutu the ground, the.sp&ce.bct\veet) tho two row Mug 'filled with \".tiay. -Liko thoso <m' Mas Adolcr'a famous canal,. Mr PickarJ'a boita aie supplied with'wheels, hutthoy hro ut't inteinied-for use in the waterway,; ; The boats; can bo taken fairs' the canal nud ruu tiling Vtramway tg roc'ejvc their oirg.es it a pit b.nk or by other |Jaoa-not nnmtdiatoly, a-j icbrit io ■ tlw' water-side. It isproj 'weil that tile boats shouid be.o r namaiier siz's than t.iose .niiff used, and that iheJßiiould.be buil: to offer, ns e.,r..'at a resistance to tin water 83 pos.ibliv in order tint the current may have full efftot in-their propulsion. new Bjstem seems to be especially adapted to ahort Itvels of waterway, and. would of great utility in dissriciß like the Black Country, wheie the greater patt of tho coal aud iron traffic it cirried through canals,-

A Touching Story. . Congressman Blackburn, of Kentucky, is quoted as telling the following story; • Four days before 1 wont to the front with my regiment, my wife had a little girl baby. She is now grown up, and you always see her with me ata social gathering Well in our army tho fur oughs came very tarely indeed, Whonwe got into line'there was no clia ce for a man to get home. It was about threo years afterwards .that a fow of ub wero going down the Mississippi on a river steamer. I had been sick, and was returning to my command, but pretty well broken up eveii then. As'for money we did not have any; aud the night was hot as I lay down on the deck, niy throat almost parched with thirst. Preitv soon a 1 ttle tirl - made her appearance with a big glass ofjo'monade. 1 fell you it' looked good to me, She saw mo eying it, stopped a minute, looked very doubtful at mo, but finally camu up to my side, and said, " You look as if you wanted' something to drink," offering mo a glass. It wasn't quite tho square thing to do, bull to >k it, and handed it back to her. empty. It was liko nectar to me. Then I most cordially thanked tho little creature and sent her away. Soon after, jnst like oveiy child, she came back leading her mother to see tho poor soldier. It was my Wilo, and tho little girl was the bay whom I had last seen us a baby just born, You can imagine tlio re-uniou. They were with my brother's family, and happooedto b; going down the river. That was' the only time during the entire four years' fighting that I Baw my wife and baby, and under these oircumslauces what man would ever forget it?

Petunias for Winter Flowering.

We have by no means an over-abunda«oo of bright wHter-tloweriDg plants and few 1 think will deny any addition to tho regulntion list; and 'I fancy that few of the readers of Gardening are *wara what a profusion of thoir showy blossoms singlt petunias will afford in the greenhouse throughput the autumn and far into the winter months, with a very slight expenditure of .rouble. I have always- been a strong admirer "of, and advocate for the Petunia, and by carefully saving my own seed from the belt types only for some years, have secure, a strain that I flutter myself is sutpas-.ed by none in tooKingdoro. Many do toot know what a really gooi single Petunia is, and others I know fail t,i see any beauty in them; but I consider that a bitch of weU-grown plantß of a firstclass strain, either in the p. U or tho open ground, is a sight nut soon to bo forgotten.' Then they are so hardy, ao vigorous (seedlings in partioular-I never .grow these from outlings now), and so floriferous. If tho rain comes and ruins one batch of blooms, another lot is in full beauty in a day or two's time | and I have often had a brilliant bod of these showy subjects in town and other badly-situated gardens where I was told that " nuthing.would grow." But to return. I have often noticed a touJenoy in these plants fa) con. linue blooming until late in the season, circumstances-being at all favorable, but this Autumn I was greatly struck by their capabilitiesin this respect.. A rather largo batch of plants in Cinch and 6-inch pots were grown in an unheated houso through ihe summer to produce seed. They were not, however, sown until rather late, and in consequence of the dull and sunless season did not .commence to bloom until tho summer was getting advanced. I had got a good bit of seed sown when the sharp frosts oamo upon ub suddenly, md, though it killed a lot of t inatoes, oto,, in the house it did not areatly injure.- the petunias, though it oheokedthom for a time. But as soon as I got the boiler fixed and a little heat going, they' started off again, and bloomed profusely untii a few days' ago, whon the seed being nearly ripo, and the spaoo wanted for other things, I was unwillingly obliged to thiow them away. Had tbey been retained, a little liquidmanure given them, and a genial warmth maintained, I am suro they would havo continued blooming until Christmas, if not | later.—B.C.lt. iu liardsning Illustrated.

Strange Suicide on the Weddin* T T D * In January, a sapper in the Royal Eiigiueura,' named James Hoywood, stationed at Woolwich, wa3 to have teen married to a young ladv of tlit) same town, He was seen about ■lis ordinary duties in rear of the Garrison Female Hospital, and he seemed to bo in good health and spirits. Between nine and ten o'oiock he was found lying dead in one of the sheds, and there were indications of hishuviug ooiuniitted suioida by taking cyanide of potassium. He had previously written three letters In one of these he addressed his affianced wife as " My darling," and ttcpressfid a hope that God would help her to bear the blow, but assigned no motive for the act beyond saying, "My head swims" and "Believe me, darling, you have nothing to do with the trouble tlut has driven me to this," The letter concludes with "Good bye and bless you is my last, thought," and a number of crosses to indicate kisses. To bismotlier he had written ut similar latter, in which he says, "My life has become such ■ a burden, 'that 1 feel driven to desperation. Ins to have been'married to-day but oh 1 my head I Please give my darling Eliza, LIO out of my deferred pay to recompense her for her inconvenience. It is no fault of hers, but o( others and my own. God will surely not punish mo any more, for of lute I have suffered much." In a. third letter, addressed to no one in particulate says; " I fee) so miserable what with one thing and another, and it should be my wedding day. My wish is that my intended wife und my mother may have whatever ut belonging to me divided between them. I cannot say any more except forgive me, for my bead is splitting. Good byo all. Broken-hcarted James Heywood."

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