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Costly Reciprocity Coffee.

A beautiful instance Of tho working of
the Mckinley retaliation clause-other-
wise known as the reciprocity clause-is
pointed out by correspondent. What
civil war is doing in the way of cutting
Off our coffee supplies from Brazil Mr..
Harrison's proclamation of retaliatory
duties against Colombia, Venezuela and
Hayti has been doing all along. If those
countries were free to send us the coffee
they would like to, the present blockade
In Brazil would afford them fine chance
to make extra large shipments and make
good the Brazilian shortage. But we
have deliberately shut ourselves off from
that mode of relief.
Coffee consumers feel the Brazilian
war very keenly and are hoping that it
will soon be over SO that they can get
their coffee as cheap as before, but we
have never seen any considerable indie-
nation on their part on account of the
arbitrary tax which did what they now
lament to see war doing. The whole
thing is rather Il neat reminder of the
way customs duties act and are designed
by protcctionists to act-precisely like
war
Indeed it is Il well settled principle
with protectionist expounders of eco
nomic history that there are only two
possible explanations of an era of pros
perity-protectivo taxes or war taxes.
Mr.. Blaine was the pioneer here, and his
discovery that the Mexican war was all
that kept the country from going forum
under the revenue tariff of 1916 had q
great run. Since then it has become
automatic that, if the country was pros
porous at any given time, the cause was
protective tariff, or if that did not exist
then the equivalent blessing of bloody
and long continued war.-New York
Post.
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Republican Tariff Thinkers.

A "great manufacturing magnate"
has delivered himself of the opinion that
congress ought to ''pass q solemn decla-
ration that it would be unwise to dis
turb the present tariff law for period
OF two or five years. Nothing so kills
as uncertainty" No doubt this would
be very agreeable to the monopolists
who share the bounties. But when did
the Republicans ever leave the tariff
alone for five years? They have made
~ revisions or thinkers" since 1851
nearly one o year. The idea that the
country can't stand one honest reduction
OF taxes is REPRESENTATIVE York
World,
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THE TARIFF HEARING FARCE.
Tho Reiterations of tho Protected Manu-
facturer Arc Very Tiresome.


Tho Reiterations OF tho Protected Manu-
facturer Arc Very Tiresome.
The hearings before the ways and
means committee have familiar sound.
The manufacturer who is benefited by
the tariff makes his speech; the manu-
facturer who isn't benefited by the tariff
asks for reduction of the tax on ma
terials he uses or stays away lest he
should only make things worse, and nei-
Their the consumer nor the productive
system of the country rs whole is like
ly to be called to memory, except as an
individual member of the committee may
chance to ask question.
The speech Of the manufacturer who
wants all the tariff he has, and more if
possible. always informs the committee
that the business he is carrying on is a
new one. 1t may have been carried on
for 90 or 100 years, but some feature Of
1t is still new. 1t is in its infancy. When
it is older, it will get along without pro-
lection. Indeed it will make q price
that foreigners cannot compete with,
but just now it is rather more dependent
on protection than it was 10, 80 or go
years ago.
The manufacturer who appears before
him (the committeeman will tell him
all about the difference between daily
or weekly wages here and in Europe, but
he will not tell him what the labor cost
really is in his product. The department
of labor has had the utmost difficulty in
getting manufacturers to tell anything
af
some notable cases the superintendent of
the census failed entirely to get informa-
ton that would have shown approx
mately the cost of production.
The information that has been OBJ
tanned from public and private agencies
shows some exaggeration in popular
statements of tho differences between
European and American wages; they
provo conclusively that the daily or
weekly wage affords no idea Of the cost
of labor, and they go long way toward
justifying the generalization that where
the wages are highest the cost of pro-
duction is lowest.
The truth is that it has been abundant
ly proved that the higher wages in this
country are offset in whole Oh in part by
the greater efficiency of labor and the
freer use of labor saving devices, while
the higher cost of raw materials cannot
be offset in any such way, and so far as
the cost of materials can be reduced the
manufacturer and his operatives will
participate in the benefit. These con-
clusions are not reached alone by statis-
tical Investigations, but by the testi-
mony of such manufacturers as have
taken the trouble to analyze their own
expenses and have been willing to give
the public some information about tho
costs of northumberland of Com
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POLITICAL NOTES.
Meeting of tho Central Democratic CluI
To-night-Other Items.

Meeting OF tho Central Democratic Club
To.night-Other Items.
The Central Democratic Club of the
city, which has during It's existence of
nearly two years done so much effective
work, will hold an important meeting
TO night In the hall of Hughes 81 Camp
at the corner OF Lafayette avenue and
Filth street 9. Q. Besides the transac-
ton OF some very important business,
there will be addresses by }. Allen
Watts, the Democratic nominee for the
senate; Thomas w. Miller, A. Blair
Antrim and Eston Randolph.
The Central Club is now ensconced
In Its new quarters On Salem avenue in
the Office formerly occupied by Pole g.
Gum. Secretary e. 81. Donnelly may
be found there all the time ready to OBJ
tain transfers and transact any business
of that kind.
Chairman Woodward and Secretary
Eckloff' OF the city executive committee,
are in correspondence with several
prominent Democratic speakers whom
they hope to havo heard in Roanoke be-
fore the election. 1t can DO stated as
almost certain that Hon. John Goode, Of
Bedford county,, and Hon. Holmes
Conrad, of Winchester. will bein Roa-
noke within the next two weeks.
j. Ii. Altizer, of Montgomery county,
the reputed candidate for State senate
from this district against j. Allen
Watts, will probably favor Roanoke
with his presence in few days.
Hon Lafe Pence is expe cted at Vim
ton Friday night, and j. W. Hartwell
will expound the Populist doctrine to
tho sovereigns OF Ballehack on tho
Same evening.
1t is asserted by those who are on the
inside, and who ought to know, that the
Third partyites are pretty we'll "heeled"
with soap" and from now until the
night of the election there will be free
circulation OF the silver dollar.
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JUPITER's JUNIORS.

Secretary of State Gresham works seven
days week.
Professor David Swing finds recreation
in working like laborer on his farm.
Jim MCMILLAN, tho Detroit millionaire.
began life as clerk in a hardware store.
John Shuts, the millionaire baker and
horseman Of Brooklyn, began life rs work
ing baker.
The motto on Sir William Thomas Lewis
family coat of arms is "Gwna ddylit doed
ddelo" do thy duty, come what may)
Ex-senator Henry G. Davis Of West Vir-
ginia has presented to the town of Elkins
In that state picturesque natural park of
nine acres.
Sir Isaac Holden is an M. P. and four
years older than Gladstone. He smokes
every day four big, black, strong cigars and
can walk 10 miles.
Major Rofner, who has given q 5000
park to the public ON Stockton on Tees.
sold hot rolls on the streets of Hartlepool.
England, when lad.
Baron Fielder Of Vienna has occupied his
time for many years in gathering rare but
terflies. Recently he sold his collection to
Lord Rothschild for the sum Of $4,000.
Horace Boies has never used tobacco in
any form and is unacquainted with the
taste OF liquor, and perhaps his only pro-
fan1ty was when he swore in as the govern
or of Iowa.
Lord Beaumont, who is descended from
the last king Of Jerusalem, succeeded to
the title last year at the death of his elder
brother. He has travelled extensively in
the United States.
Justice Field will begin his thirty-first
lf yfoA H.
coming term. This record has been sur
passed but once in the history of the court
and equaled but four times.
Fighting Bob" Evans has been promot-
ed to be captain in the navy. He has earned
the ''step" by deeds which have conferred
honor on the country as we'll as by long
service and is still a young man.
j. Woodbridge Davis the inventor of the
life saving kite is somewhat slender, has
black mustache and the face Of deep stu
dent. He is the principal of Woodbridge
school and resides on Madison avenue
Edwin Gould, known in Wall street no
bad boy Eddie" has attained the dignity
OF fatherhood. His son is the fifth mem
Der Of the third generation Of the jay
Gould family. He was christened Edwin
Gould, Jr.
Swift MacNeill, M. p, the Irish gentle.
man who pulled Harry Furniss' ears be-
cause of caricature in Punch, Is declared
by disinterested people to be SO unspeak-
ably homely that Furniss couldn't have Ii
beled him.
1t is not generally known that the John
D. Rockefeller who recently celebrated his
swenty-ffth anniversary as superintendent
IF the Euclid Avenue Baptist church of
Cleveland is the New York millionaire of
that name.
Mr.. George w. Childs of Philadelphia
was so much interested in the Wisconsin
log house on exhibition at the Worlds fair
that he went in and bought it, complete,
and will have it. removed to his country
place near Philadelphia.
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LITERARY NOTES.

Altogether, Worthington's for No
vember Is magnificent number. AS
the season draws near when the large
army OF magazine readers will decide
the question "What magazine shall we
take another year?" IL is we'll for them
to keep an eye on Worthington's,' and,
whatever else may be taken, add it to
the list. 1t is second to none in choice,
high quality Of matter and attractive
illustrations, and 1t is very much more
entertaining than many of it's rivals
It's low price brings it within the reach
OF ala. d. Worthington & Co., pub
fishers, Hartford, Conn.
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History Repaat Itaelf

From the Florida Times Union.
Virginia's Democracy has nominated
man named Kent for lieutenant gov
ernor. Ii history Is to repeat itself,
virginia will do as Maine did many
years ago-"went, hell-bent, for Gov
ernor Kent
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-26

1.-THE revision Of the tariff, which the
people by great majority have elected
the president and congress to carry for
ward, should be made with the utmost
promptness that is compatible with wise
legislation" says the Chicago Record
Qndl
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What May BE Exneoted.

A few days ago Andrew Carnegie ex-
pressed his disapproval of any Demo
cratic interference with the high pro-
tective tariff, and now one William Nc
Kinley Of Ohio echoes the sentiment. It
is also understood that satan is prepar-
ing proclamation reprcving sin.-St
Louis Republic.
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The lively manner In which factories
are starting up in all parts of the c6hn-
try will tend to ruin some Republican
campaign speeches with which The Con.
gressional Record was recently stuffed.
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TOR RENT.-THE LARGE BOARD.
u ing house known as "Hotel Nor
wich, situated in the West End, can be
rented on reasonable terms and offers
one of the best openings in the city.
Apply to JAS. s. SIMMONS.
an RI
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M ANTED = FOUR OR FIVE
w table boarders; best accommoda.
tions; also two unfurnished rooms for
rent Apply 610 Henry street s. W.
10 "a 3t
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True Economy.

$50 you have bought your wife another
expensive ring Isn't that a waste of
money!"
ION the contrary, it is true economy, for
abe won't require half so many pairs of
gloves as formerly. "-Fliegende Blatter.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-26

EoK SALE OR RENT-DEsIRABLE
- nine room dwelling on upper Camp
bell street. All modern inn provements.
Address 3D." TINES office. 10 IS I'm,
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NJ Office is HEREBY GIVEN THAT

L havo lost stock certificate No. rs,
dated March &c, 1890, Of the CRYSTAL
Spring Land Company. Parties are
hereby notified not to accept same.
L. II. SIMMONS. Ola 2aw 2m
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LOST AND FOUND.
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT

| have lost stock certificate No. lis.
dated April /, 1890, of the Crystal
Spring Land Company. Parties are
hereby notified not to accept same.
JOHN r. GREENE. 9132a ON
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Made to order.

Mr.. Softy-Miss Nimbletoes has lovely
figure.
Miss Twirler-Yes, it is brand new
Truth.
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FOR RENT.

ID OOMS-SUITABLE FOR LIGHT
Ia housekeeping, or will rent separ-
ately with or without board. els Church
street. 1oo11w
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WANTED-HELP,
FOR SALE,

EOR SALE-PRETTY HOUSE, SIN
a -room house. very convenient to the
shops, in best location. fruit on lot
frlce 81 ,2O0-S1Oo cash. balance $40 90
per month. This is bargain. J. Il.
WAKEFIELD, 210 Commerce street.
10 25 1w
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NOTICE NOTICE-ALL REAL
4 estate delinquent in 1892 for taxes
due thereon will be advertised Novem-
Der l, 1898, for sale. Parties wishing to
redeem same and save costs will please
atteno TO 1t at once. Most respectfully,
G. w. THOMAS, Treasurer.
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FURNISHED ROOMS FOR RENT.
II communicating and otherwise, at
% 7th ave. 8. W., near Jefferson st. IL tt
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A REWARD OF SIS WILL BE PAID
N for information that will lead to
the apprehension Of the parties who in
lured my cow yesterday, September %
A. S. HUGHES. @ 90 r.
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Observation-Disclosures.

WANTED. TO INVEST 500 AND
w labor in some business. Address
p. o. box 542. 1925 ct
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BOARDING,

w ANTED-S SELECT GENTLE EN- EN-
w boarders. Good com Portable rooms
and good table board. Address "W,' -
TIMES office. 10 25 lot.
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That Old Song.

The autumn song has come again,
The song we heard Of yore;
1t thrills with pain, that wild refrain:
Dad blame It'll Shut the doorl"
Washington Star.
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BUSINESS NOTICES.

PENNSYLVANIA ZINC AND IRON
Il Company-A general meeting OF
the stockholders of the Pennsyl-
vanla Zinc and Iron Company
will be held at the company's
oiico Gerry building) in tho city of
Roanoke. Va, on Wednesday, the 2ed
day of November, 1898, at ii o'clock a.
IN. by order of the president and
board OF directors. Ii. M. ENGLE,
10 81 I'd Secretary
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NM ANTED-TO PURCHASE A SEC
w ond-hand cash register, cheap.
Apply TINES office. 10 20 f.
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Doom AND TABLE BOARDERS-
IL Mrs. Mitchell, of 800 Campbell
avenue, wishes a few reliable young
men as boarders. Reasonable terms.
Accommodating family. 1O11m
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TOR SALE OR RENT-A NEW
4 hotel, centrally located, 72 rooms,
hnely furnished, steam heated eleva
tor completely equipped in all depart
ments; now doing fair business. Call
or ADDRESS .. E. DUFFY, GOT Seventh
street n. W., Washington. d. c. 1O211m
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POARDERS WANTED-5 1eCHURCH
Dstreet. Comfortable rooms, moderate
prices. MRS. JOHN W. SNYDER.
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TOR RENT.-FINE FRONT OFFICE
Il on second floor new TIMES building
apply at Office. Us
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Hon. Lafe Pence is expe cted at Vim
ton Friday night, and j. w. Hartwell
Will expound the Populist doctrine to
tho sovereigns OF Ballehack on the
Same ever ing.
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FAILURE AT NAsnvrLLE.

The First National Bank & oses Its Doors
Payment of Deposits Gaarnateca.
NASHVILLE. Tenn.. Aug. 9-The First
National Bank tonight posted notice
that It was closed. The bank has lost do
posts steadily for some weeks, and this
finally nearly exbansted the currency.
The bank is solvent and will easily
pay out when gwen timc to real
ize on the paper and securi-
ties held by il. The csOifal
stock is s20000OO. and on publice tion Of
fhe last s,atrm ent thero were 81 05. .vO0 de-
posits. Alter the suspension Of the First
National Bank the directors of the Fourth
National Bank held a meeting those pres
ent representing several millions Of
apty. pledging themselves and thelr
individual estates u the payment OF all
deposits. They further state that the bank
is able TO meet all Of its obligations. Edgar
Jones president OF the Union Bank and
Trust Conn pany. ard John 81. Sperry, presi-
dent of the M-rphrnts National Bank. say
In interviews the. .r banks will open as
usaal TOMORROW.
The directors of the City Savings Bank
held a meeting tonight. and unanimously
decided to suspend payment for sixty days.
The suspension IL oaused by the strin-
gency of the money market The bank Is
considered solvent, and will pay depositors
and stockholders IN full. Deposits. S40.-
70ag; assets. Sl5i. .i9as2. 90 par cent OF
which is good. The directors of the bank
have personally pledged themselves and
their estates TO the payment or all depos-
itors in full.
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A mILLioNAIRE ASSIGNS.
Robert III. Coleman Forced to the wafi with
Liabilities of About S3.5OO.OO

Robert III. Coleman Forced to the wafi with
Liabilities of About S3.5O0,000.
LEBANON. Pa, Aug 9.-Robert II. Cole
man. the iron millionaire. has executed q
deed of assignment to his brother-in-law,
Archibald Rogers. of Hyde Park. n. Y. and
Henry I. Kendall. of Reading. Pa. vIce
president of the Pennsylvania Trust CON-
psny. both of whom have for over year
been managing his estate. The document
Is general deed o. assignment, bearing
the signatures of Rabert III. Coleman and
his wife. Edith +. Coleman. and trans
fers all the property TO the assignees
ia trnst. excepting Mrs. Coleman's person.
AL estate. The liabilities Will approximate
s.. 10000 and 10 Is claimed they exceed the
assets. Mr.. Colemap's interest in the jack
sonville. Tampa * Key West railway has
brought him To the verge of financial ruin.
The several salts instituted on account Of
the alleged hypothecstion of S40O. 900 worth
of bonds OF she r,sd by Mr. Coleman. as
we'll as continued losses and inability 90
pay interest. compelled him on Jan. 81.
ISL. to borrow 600 from the Pennssk
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FOUR BODIES In ALL.
Two More Victims of the Big Four Wreck and
Perhaps More.
Special TO the Indianapolis journal

Special TO the Indianapons journal
DANvILLE. Ill. Aug. 1.-TWO more bodies
making four in all. were recovered in the
Big Four wreck this afternoon. They were
lying close to the stone pier at the bottom
of the debris. One was Andrew Wallace,
aged fifty-six. a tailor. who formerly lived
in Danville. and then at Yates City. Knox
county. Illinois His family is supposed to
be In Peoria. He was an old soldier. and
he will be buried in the soldiers circle in
Spring Hill Cemetery. The other was
William Cross. aged forty six. q bricklayer,
who has worked at Decatur. The wrecksge
has not yet been entirely cleared away,
and the odor indicates that more bodies
will be found.
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the friends of free silver coinage. The
steering committee which had been
named. he said would probably meet the
committee of anti-silver men tomorrow
be had upon the bill outlined in the resolu-
tlon adopted. 1--WE will require ample
time." remarked Mr.. Bland. Ito carry ont
the terms of the resolution. and l do ros
see how 1t will be possible to come to
vote under q month or probably six
weeks. / cannot tell when the committee
will have it's bill ready to present to the
House. The question of the ratio TO be in
serted In the bill was not discussed. but 1t
is apparens that some of the free silver men
are satisfied that the present ratio OF 10 to
i should be changed. We shall probably
vote upon the present ratio of 10 to !. and
If that Is defeated. then II to !. and so on
up to 20 to !. if necessary"
In the course of the session Mr. Bland
presented the terms of the proposition
made to him by Bourke Cochran on behalf
of the anti-sllverites for the Immediate
discussion of the whole silver question:
This proposition. 1T Is understood. included
Limitation on the time within which q
vote should be taken. the number of
amendments to be offered to the measure
introduced for discussion and the manner
OF disposing of them. etc. 1t could be
made effective only. OF course. by the
consent of the silver men. and that
they might have an opportunity to
consider 1t was one of the principal reasons
for holding to-day's caucus. Every one
who talked about the proceedings this aft
ernoon avoided any mention of the views
of the members upon the subject but the
tenor of them may be fairly judged by the
language of the resolution adopted and
that of Mr.. Bland. The inference seems
that the proposition of the aDti-s,lver men
was not acoe ptable to the advocates OF free
coinage. and that. for the present at least,
there will be no general consent ar
rangements for directing the discussion OF
the bill to repeal the sherman law.
None OF the Indiana delegation In tho
House attended the free silver caucus to-.
day. The delegation is opposed to free
coinage, and all will support unconditional
repeal. If they can get nothing to take the
place of the present law.
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Mother ami Child Burned

LIMA. Ohio. Aug. 9.-Several buildings
burned here this afternoon from a fire that
started in the barn of David Dewitt,
situated In the rear OF the largest block in
the town. The fire originated from
children lighting matches. and the four
year-old daughter of Dewitt was roasted
in the flames. The mother ran TO her rescue
and fell IN n faint as she reached the door
OF the building. and was fatally burned.
Seven horses were burned.
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cents per ounce. The, price paid By the
treasury on Monday last was 72.6 per
ounce. This ad vance 10 accounted for here
largely by the heavy demand for silver IN
China 20 move the tea crop.
The offers of silver to-day aggregated
357. 900 Dunces and the amount purchased
was IL 900 ounces. at IS. ID cents an onnce.
The 81 me price was rendered for the re-
maindcr. The price paid to-day is an ad-
vance of 44o over the price paid on the
first purchase day of the month. Aug.
The gold IN the treasury to-day 10 s.. l51.- :
S54 above the Sl00. .C00. COO gold reserve,