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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1884-12-10
Alarm OF the Cigar Trade Over Its Posst
bilIties- List OF Articles Affected by 1T,


bilIties- List of Articles Affected by 1T,
New YoRK, Dec. s.-The cigar msnufsc-
turing firm of Strsiton & Stern announced
to their 2 900 employees Saturday night that
the factory would discontinue work until
the uncertainty about the new treaty with
Spain in regard 10 the West India trade was
removed. In an interview Mr.. Sraiton
said: "Our firm now keeps its stock of to-
baccO in Havana, for If we had large stock
here and the treaty should be ratified, we
should be ont the amount that the duty is
reduced. At the first moment the text of
the treaty Is officially made public and acted
upon by Congress We shall open our factory.
The effect of abolishIDg the duty on tobac-
CO would be, think, to make the
United States the great center OF the tobsc-
CO trade of the world. Manufacturers would
welcome the abolition of the tax as it
would cause q great increase of business.
Tobacco growers, for obvious reasons, op-
pose 1t. look for 8 bitter hsht against it
in Congress"
Cigar-makers from all the principal fac
tories of the city held meeting yesterday
to consider the pending treaty. G. o. Myers
presided. IF this treaty" said he, ais rati-
fed by both countries it will cause reduc-
tion of so per cent. In duty on manufactured
tobacco from Cuba and Porto Rico. A mo-
ment's thought will show that this reduction
would be death blow to the tobacco trade
of this country. Tobacco grows naturally as
well in this country. yet it can not COM
pete with the fine grades of tobacco
from the Spanish possessions. 1t is
useless to argue that free imported
tobacco may be mixed with our American
growth in the manufacture OF fne cisars.
Smokers of Havana cigars will not be i'm
posed upon by any such deception- In other
words, smokers oil IavaDa cigars Will not
smoke an amalgamated production, only
they can get the genuine at the same price
as the smalgamsted. And this condition OF
the trade, we claim, will be brought about ii
the treaty is ratified. Other delegates here
report other large manufacturers preparing
to follow the example of Straiton & Storm.
Their employees csu not complain of such
action. Employers say, in justification, and
we know IL to be true, that they can not
compete with Havana cigars imported al
most free of duty. A reduction of % pei
ceEt. in duty OH Havana cigars might en-
able them to manufacture from Havana
leaf q cigar or cigarette that would allow
them 10 compete successfully with the i'm
ported cigar. but 50 per cent is rubbing it
in too deep, and hence their action in clos.
ing their shops. Twenty three hundred of
us are already laid OFF, aud by the end OF
another week there is no telling how many
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1884-12-10
The treaty.

New YORK, Dec S.-The Times this morn
ing publishes q copy of the trestv, which 1t
Obtained in Madrid, and its terms seem more
favorable to this country than was supposed
at yesterdays meeting OF cigar makers.
The following are the principal articles OF
the products of both countries which will be
affected:
To be admitted into the United states free
from duty: Horses, cocoa, coffee, fish. fresh
fruits. cotton, hemp, fax, hides, skins un.
dressed, analine and mineral dyes, palm oils
sugars net aoOve No. 16 DQtch standard in
color, losves of crystalized syrups of the
sugar cane, mslads, molasses, seeds, woods
castiron, eggs, honey, wax, spOngss, bones,
guAno, manure, espartO. horse hatT, rushes,
OsieTs, straw. coins of gold or silver. Subject
TO duty: Cigars, cigarettes bequeros, 81. %
per pound, l215 per cent ad vsiorem; tobacco
leaves requiring more than 100 to the pound
il having stems, &c per pound without
stems, 50c; other tobacco in leeves having
stems, II 1S cents per pound; TOBACCO manu-
factUred of every kind, tobacco without
stems, 20 cents per pound; snuff, powdered
tobacco, 80 cents per pound; tobacco not
manufactured, ID per cent. ad v7lOrem, Ar
tcts. the product of the United States,
which shall be admitted into Cuba, exempt
from duty; beer, fresh meats, bacon, fruits,
fish, she'll fish, grain and other cereals ex-
ceptiDg rice, wheat, -four of cereals other
than rice aDd wheat, lard. swine beef.
cheese, eggs and bread, woods OF all kinds,
slaves, knees, timber, pipes boxes of wood,
cattle, sheep aud goats, hogs stones and
earths employed in construction and in the
srts and industries, clay. TILES bricks and
tiles uDgiszed, hides and undressed skins,
minerals or metals, coius of silver or gold,
useful tools, agricultural implements, sgfi-
cultural appaTatus. industrial and scientific
motors of all classes and materials, separate
parts OF the same, raw cotton, hemp, FAX,
jute and all other raw vegetable fbres, wools
hogs, hair, raw horse hair, asphalt, refined
bitumen, tar, pitch and rosin.
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al shnrtare of Fnnd..

NEW YoRK, Dec. Sat q meeting OF the
Board of Directors of the American Baptist
Home Missionary Society to-day, the, Treas.
ury reports showCd d such ahortage Of funds
thsttbe appointments which were made were
for terms of only six months, instead of .
year gas usual. Apprehension that there
SALARIES ard expenses for full year was tho
reason. The society's embarrassment il
lsrgely due TO its having recently taken COM
pleie charge Of the missionary work among
the Cninese on the Pacific Coast, and -
large sums expended in the church edi6ce
ard educational departments.
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more will be eating the bread or rather the
crust OF idleness. importers are secretly az
work while we are lying idle The treaty is
probably already in the hands of the Senate.
By its conditions the proposed reduction
will take effectfrom the 1st of January next
We have but little time to work in. Let US
be up and doing at once"
The Executive Committee, which hsd been
in session during the early part of the after.
noon, reported in favor of issuing circular
explaining the effect of the operation OF the
treaty upon the tobacco interests of the
country, and calling upon the country at
large TO raise its voice in protest. The COM
mittee also recommended the appointment
of a committee to visit manufacturers aud
obtain their cooperation in the movement
The recommendations were unanimously
adopted. A motion to call mass meeting
in The interest of the movement was voted
down, aud instead it was deemed best to ap-
point a committee to go to Washington.
This COMMITTEES will be bppointed next Sun-
day.
The Executive Committee reported that 8
meeting of cigar manufacturers was called
for some day this week.
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This estimate, it will be seen, does not in
clude Buchanan County, Va. in which the
mortality is placed at over 125; Scott County,
Va, $50; Dickinson County, Va, 100; Pike
County, Ky, 100; Floyd County, KY, IS;
Leslie County, Ky, 50; Knott 5Oi and
KY, 400, which brings the grand total up
to 045, a startling figure truly, and one
that can not but strike a sympathetic
chord in the breast Of everyone who reads
this. Nv figures for the counties which
have not visited are based on statements OF
men whose reliability is not questioned f;
therefore have no fears that | have over
estimated the rsysges of this most destruet-
i've demon.
After leaving Virgins, and while en- route
to Mount Pleasant on nv return trip, ]
met DR.. J. .. Carson, of Bowling Green,
KY, who bad been sent out by the State
Board Of Health to inyes tigate the disea.e
and its causes. ! met him sfser yard at
Mount Pleasant, and be informed me that
be had visited several houses where there
were people sick, and ne had formed the
opinion that the mslady was not cOnta.
gious, though he was not certain that un
der certain circumstances il could
not be communicated from one
person to another. He referred 20
the condition described in a previous
letter He attributed the sickness to ma
lsris, as we'll as to impure water, and was
not satisfied as to whether vegetable or min
eJsl poison had cause the latter TO become
so banefnl Dr. Carson procured yisls OF
water from several streams on which the
plague has ragged, but heavy rains, which
fell day or two before his arrival. coupled
with the severe frosts has no doubt go puri-
fee it that it will not be Of much use in his
Investigations. DR.. Carson, like every ply
sicisn met, had a theory. and he informed
me that both Doctors MenOr, of Lee County.
Virginia, and Blair, OF Mount Pleasant,
agreed with him in the more material
points. His researches will probably be OF
more vslue than any Off handed Opioion,
and will doubtless result In the discovery OF
the real cause of the epidemic and OF cure,
should il recUr.
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a curious old Man.

sALEM, III, Dec. 6.-Uncle John Crutchfeld vss
eI hty five yeais old yesterday, and has been
resident OF this county about sixty years. he has
always been a very peculiar man, and the most
peculiar things OF his life are that he has never
rode on the railroad and has never been on q
hoNe, Whenever he wanted 10 go to any place ne
would walk. Ia the early settlement OF this coun-
try, when deer and other game were very plenty
Uncle Jonpnie would be seen starting out with
his gun on his shoulder and leading his horse,
which he took along for the purpose Of carrying
his game. BE is n very active man o. his sge. ana
Yesterday walked from PAtokR 70 salem, distance
OF sixteen miles and after remaining in toFn for
hour started for his home twelve miles
northeast Of this city.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1884-12-10
About IMcCullOch's Confirmation His
Tariff Views, Etc.

Special to the Sentinel
WAsHISGToN, Dec. S.-Much gossip has
been lndulged in here during the past week
ever the delay there has been in the con-
frmation of the nomination Of Hugh Nc.
Culloch, Secretary OF the Treasurg. Sus>
peoted Senators deny it, but il will alEays be
believed that the confirmation was objected
to on account of the Secretary's views
on the tariff He holds Abram s.
Hewitt's idea that ali raw material should
be free of duty. dozen or mare of the
Republican Senators believe that noRe OF
the American products should be duty free.
1t will teach future Presidents that il i5
better to ask for q creed when men are called
to Cabinet positions. NcCulloch was pre-
sumed TO be the most radical of protection
isis
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The TeIenhnna Rnaine.s.

Boston, Dec. 6.-The Directors of the American
Bell Telephone Company have voted 10 petition
the Legislature for authority to increase the
capital from sl0OO0.OO0 10 $40 00O,OO0 street
gossip IL that in the event of authority being
granted the stock win De issued at the rate OF
sl,C00 000 per annum nj par. The company expects
TO have wiars between Boston and New York
opened 10 lesse in July, 1855.
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who, it is said, were appointed Deputy Mar
sbals will continue until Congress sdjourns
for the holiday recess. Representative Stew
art SAYS private business will compel him to
remain at home during the holidays, and it
is possible, in consequence Of this, that the
sub committee will not visit Ohio until
January.
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rorAL DEATHS rHus PAR.

Having travelled through many counties
and made every effort 10 secure the most re-
liable information, / think the following
estimate OF the number of deaths as correct
IS any can be secured, certainly nearer the
truth than any figures given from outside
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-07-06
Amending the Verdict.

The train was just entering Erin
Tenn, when we heard the sharp tOot
foot! foot of the whistle, and such pas
sengers as looked from the windows saw
an aged African with bundle over his
shoulder straight ahead on the track
AThe whistle was blown and the bell rung,
but he paid no attention, and all of a sud
den the cOw-catcher picked him up and
flung him fifty feet to one side. A gang OF
men brought the body to the depot, and
among the dozen of us who stopped off at
the village COroner's jury was selected.
1t seemed a plain enough case. The man
came to his death by being struck by a
locomotive on the L. & N. Road. Such
was the verdict rendered, but no sooner
was it announced than the Coroner OBJ
served:
ssGentlemen, return and amend your
verdict. You haven't said anything about
carelessness."
We returned to the room and amended
by adding that the engineer was blameless
in the case, and the Coroner received us
with:
Every good, gentlemen, as far as it
goes, but the man was probably deaf, and
it would be well to amend the verdict ac-
cordingly."
We went back and amended to make the
victim as deaf as hitching post, but we
were not through yet.
.'You haven't got the name OF the coun-
ty in your report, and you don't say
whether it was a freight or passenger
train" observed the Coroner.
We returned to the room for another tus-
sic, and We're just congratuIating our
selves on having everything ship-shape,
when the Coroner put his head in the door
way and called out:
Gentlemen, amend your yeFdictl The
COMPOUNDED niger has come to lifer'
And when we rushed out to the freight
house he was sitting Cup on end and asking
if anybody had seen his bundle.
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4 Kentucky Pleader.
LoHi1gilEs Commerctosl, Jane Fl.


The effect of elOquence HPon large as
semblies YVES strikingly illustrated in the
court rooms st Henderson, KY, last week.
Two well known young men in the place
b ad beeZ arrested on the charge of send
il W scurriloUs letters through the mails to
a most estimalle and prominent citizen,
an . one Of then was on trial The Hon.
John Young Brown, formerly Rember of
Con gress GgOm That district, and who has
E1ad,s national reputation as an orator,
was employed for the United States. The
ARGUS ed were of prominent families, and
an effO 1T was made to defeat the prosecu-
tiea on some tecfnicality. Mr.. Brown
made an argument 20 the court, which is
described as having been remarkable.
The court room was crowded with specta-
tors and at one time the whole audience
was IN tears. TRis eject produced by a
prosecutor is certainly very remarkable.
Mr.. Browns point was made upon the
sanctIty of home. Circuit Judge CiSGell.
before WAom the case was argued, said
that the analogy Of mental and physical
leprOsy drawn by NJ. Brown surpassed
anything lie had ever heard. There were
gentlemen IN the court house who lived in
Washington city and had heard Black,
2everdy johnson, IngersOll, and all the
great lawyers who practice in the SUI
pTeme Court Of the United states, and
they declared that Mr.. iSrOwn2S great eff
fort eXcelled any and all Of then. The re-
peated outbursts of applause were spon-
tane0us and irresistible. The accused
were Eeld over for trial.
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BOOKS MADE OF CLAY.
The Most Curious OF all the CuEss0lIs
ThiaEs Unearthed at Nineveh
Eec York sun.
.t,,ds-ar street crook llT
Printers CircElar.

Far away beyond the plains Of MesaFO-
lama, On the banks Of the river TigFis,
lie The ruins Of the ancient city of Mise
ven. Not long since. huge mounds ct
earth and stone marked the place where
tle palaces and walls of the prOud capita
OF the great AssyTian Empire stood. The
spade, first Of the 2renchman, then of the
Enghshman, has cleared ali the earth
away and Laid bare all that remains OF the
Ola streets and palaces where the Princes
ll Assyrla walked and lived. The gods
tle! W0rshlEed and the books khey read
lave all been revealed to the Sight Of a
wondering world. The most curious of
az t1e curious things preserved in this
wonderful manner are tie books a Nine
ven. The chief library Of Nineveh was
contained IN the palace Of KOnElnjik.
Inc clay books which It contains are COM
Used OF sets Of tablets covered with very
sllau writing. The tablets are OblOEg in
shape, and when several Of them are used
To- one book. the first line of the tab
~ l0iI0WlnS was written at TIE end Of the
~ preceding II. TIE writing on the tai
- was OF course, done wheE the clay
as sslll- and then IL was baked 50 harden
z. 1-en each tablet, or book. vas num-
atleu and assigned 70 a place IN the IL
V u with corresponding number, so
.-@t INC librarian could easily find L, Just
- cur oTn librarians o. today number
We books We read. Among these books
are 70 De 5olnd collections Of the hymHs-
~ Tue subscriptions of animals and
-Lls, stones and vegetables. as well as
16-syteIt, raves, etc. The Assyrians and
ao!lonians we're great students Of as
.[Lonomy. The method of telling time by
ne sun and making it by an instrument
raIied a sun-dial, was invented by the
lSlter nation. None Of our modern clocks
81 watches can be compared to the sun
La LOT accuracy. Indeed, we have TO
lSslLate our modern inventions by the
ancient BabylOnian system.
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THEIR FIRST ICE CREAM.
Mr.. McEIhone win Hereafter Dread 1t
More than Dynamite.

san fftS7ciSc0 y eSe6 Letter.
A fortnight since party of eight gentle.
men were seated at one Of the tables in the
Palace Hotel dining-roOm. Their sun.
Drowned faces and the light tweed suits
they wore indicated almost beyond a per-
adventure that they were Australians. Ii
was midday, and the party had reached
the last course on the lunch bill of fare.
Mutual congratulations were passed
around the table upon the successful way
each and all had got through the repast
without punching the heads of the gentle
man of color who are known to the outside
world as walters. Small plates of ice
cream were placed before each of the
guests. The first to taste the frozen deli
cacy was Mr.. Ronald Campbell. of the
Wimmera. lie had enough of the Scotch
man left in him to make him cautious, and
only put in his mouth what he could lift
on the point of his spoon.
"What is it like.' asked his friend,
John McElhone, from Murrimbidge.
delicious! The best thing have tasted
since we left Sydney"
McElhone's spoon was filed to the brim
and transferred to his mouth. In an IN
slant the Murrimbidge mans face became
purple, the spoon dropped from his fingers,
he grasped c0nyulsively for his napkin,
upsetting beer bottles, wine-glasses and
playing general baYoc with al the crock
cry In front Of him. When he was aoie
to stand on his feet he gave a whitening
glance at his travelling companion, and
said.
"Campbell, we are in a foreign land,
surrounded by an inferior race; but that a
crowd of niggers are hooking on / should
have kicked you until you were black in
the face. Thank your stars, my boy, that
you did not play that prank in civilized
country"
In the evening the whole party met at
Collins, where Campbell ''set 'em up"
When the Kentucky wine had almost re-
stored McElhone's mouth and teeth to
their normal condition of warmth, one of
his friends asked, in a whisper, "what he
really thought of ice cream as a dessert?'
He called for another round, and then an
swered good humoredly:
swell, / have always had a horror of
dynamite and nitro-glycerine, but for the
future / shall dread ice cream more than
either"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-07-06
FOR NE ONLY.

r--s. climbing after a ros ..oud
rl5t grew little O. Hizh.
Tf5rsh J stood On .lvi0e 90 reach H.
When Ne@i aim passins p4'
be he-. IN hs hand liiy,
st0pT-si and gave y e me, ---.-,
r-tr tIearht oi The rosebud hanging
H.qa up on the trCllis tree.
All 5rrv took q . moment,
III -,-esscd ts petals apart,
O. ----l--r 7rc breath Of the fragrance
TFgt isv b it, golden heart
.rl.--T s-ve 10 back again e-tyiq7s. -..,,ts
..T..-. here. where my y. 7.]lI anus
T,5 ii Ia her dainty hands
.-. -rs4 and wcnt from me slowly
u. one who silently grieves,
,-fs1I The green uetn BEHIND hlul
..reva With white lily leaves,
A London SC-t-iY.
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Another Poor Man struck by Fortune

Another Poor Man Struck by Fortune.
The man who has prize in lottery is
regarded as the happiest of mortals. At
the last drawing of the Louisiana State
Lottery two Memphis men drew $4,000
each. Mr.. 3. j. Dorsey, foreman upon
the levees along the Mississippi, has been
living in humble circumstances at 80
Jackson street. An AUdldncbe reporter
repaired to the corner of jackson street,
and inquired where Dorsey lived. @.
''You mean the man that drew the lot
terry prize?" A. eyes" "He's moved
away He used to live in that little house
over there, but he's gOin' to live in fine
house in Fort Pickering now. Memphis
Tenn. AUdLdRche, June 4.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-07-06

THE display of orchids at the greaa horti-
cultural show at Paris and the fashionable
hUtter round the curious lowers has FeSsFed
a story Of a certain English nobleman ''goae"
on the orchid ques ton. It seems that q won
derfui specimen OF the plant was exhibited in
a shop on the Quai de Ia Megisserie. This
gentleman walked in, got the history Of the
plant from the owner, learned bow il had
been discovered in Mexico that a was the
only one known in Europe, and valued at 500
amount, laid the orchid on the ground, and.
crushing il with his heel, told the indignant
importer that now no one should boast Of
Tarer plant than he himself possessed,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-07-06

NO you call this a fresh egg. MADAME he
f- +4' s. ne turned from his plase to the land
--t1; >irl' she said, in a voice meant TO
t----lA &c him, i am no hen. and do not
--f"' am simply poor. OverWOrke6 land
-s. VINO run SO behind expenses last
Month, Teas Slfiags,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-07-06
BURNETT's COCAINE

And Keep ii in a strong and healthy condi-
ton, because it win stimulate the roots of
the hair. and restore the natural action
upon which Its growth depends.
BurRett's I ydUOr!aq Extracts are abso-
lutely pure,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-07-06

The little Corinne Opera Troupe will
travel about during the summer in the
steamer Buttercup, giving entertainments
at the various resorts along the Maine
coast.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-07-06
Read This and Save Money.

White Mosquito Nets 3755c. apiece.
Blue Mosquito Nets 40c. apiece.
Pink Mosquito Nets 45c. apiece.
Complete Net and Frame 81 only.
Mosquito Net Frames now 40c.
Fine Lace Nets zoe. and 25c. yard.
1000 dozen Pearl Dress Buttons To-
Csc, now l5c.; Silk Garter Elastics v
75c.; Bath Towels worth 40c.. at 25c.
French Powder &c; Bath Towels W
Csc; Genuine Lubin's Extract 15c.;
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-07-06


Hitle over $4,000 Is the state ONT of
.4eaey. by no means. But il was evident
slat We would need money before the year
y az OUT, ana II was considered best 70 take
aAe loan for the .Tufv fufaraaf = ssVTsu fho
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-07-06

Calico Aprons Slsc.
Pique Aprons Csc.
NainsOok Aprons 40e.
Good Misses Hose l0c.
Good Ladies' Hose Ice.
Good Half Hose loo.
75c.; Bath Towels worth
ate's Cachemire Bouquet
J, a dozen 50c.; Lubin's
, Handkerchiefs, a dozen
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-07-06

Our New BARGAINS 1liS Week.

ECKSTEIN
offs
attention
that al goods win be ound both
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Shirts, Drawers, Cuffs, Collars.

Keeps Cuffs So a dozen.
Keeps Cuffs SIS a dozen
Keeps Cuffs s. a dozen q.
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Keeps Bnlaundried Shirts ST.
Keeps Unlaundried Shirts 81,
Keeps Unlaundried Shirts 81
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Colgate's Bay Rum T5c.
COlgate's AmbrOsial csc.
Colgate's RosadOra 2jc.
Colgate's Violet 75c.
Colgate's Multiflora 75c.
Cnlmafnfs 1 .aVnnlar nc.
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In Quality and Price as Advertised.

hao rforthI weeko