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The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1895-06-14
Free Trade Frauds,

There is to-day a systematic course
prize which everybody is seeking to OBJ
tain, and the piratical foreign maker
gives no quarter. The evil as it exists
to-day is only a suggestion of what it
is likely to be if permitted to grow. One
does not have to go far back to find a
condition similar in many features to
the present. Between 1870 and 1880
the frauds against the customs laws in
the importations of silks were enor-
nous: it is estimated by competent au-
thorities that the undervaluations
ranged from 60 to 80 per cent. The bus
mess was done entirely through local
representatives of foreign Makers; no
domestic house could buy goods direct
and import them; all purchases had to
be made through the foreign agent to
whom the goods were consigned. The
government fought for years against
this fraud and it was only after a long
and bitter struggle that it was able to
stop it. The German and French dress
goods business is going the same way;
it is largely a consigned business, and
will be wholly so in a short time unless
drastic action is taken to head off the
fraudulent e~ndeavors of these con-
sc~ienceless importers whose sole inter
est in this country is to draw money
from it regardless of how it is obtain
ed.-TeXtile Manufacturers Journal.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1895-06-14
Evans and the Negroes.

Governor Evans, of South Carolina,
has had another very severe attack of
negrophobia since his registration law
was declared unconstitutional. He. is
quoted as saying: There will now be a
straight fight between the white men
and the niger, and God save the white
man that goes to the negro" A Demo-
crat like old Andrew Jackson in the
White House would make Governor Ev-
ans think that he had enough to do to
pray for his own salvation. Jackson
threatened to hang a distinguished
South Carolinian higher than Hannah,
once, and this is a good time for an
other plain J~acksonian message from
the White House to the capital Of South
Carolina.-EX.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1895-06-14

Arthur Curzon bit his lip to check a
hasty retort. A pang of fresh doubt
and fear shot through his heart at the
thought of this wolf, with curiosity
aroused, prowling about the sheepfold
of the old Watch Tower, where Dol
ores laughed and sang in all innocence.
Would the maiden be cheated and be-
guiled by his batteries? In reality
Can't. Blake was a brave officer, cool
in danger, who had won his medals In
India and the Crimea. in periods OF
garrison inaction he was chiefly nota-
BILE for excelling in the national art OF
grumbling at earth and sky where he
happened t o be stationed and In keep
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1895-06-14
seekers

Returning homeward. Lieut.. Curzon
found himself the companion of Miss
Synthe. Mrs. Griffith smiled on the
young people with her most benevo-
lent expression.
The young officer, with a sudden &C
cess of high spirits, and full of i'm
patience to fulfill the mission intr1.sted
to him. replied mechanically to the re-
marks of his companion. She was of
a conventional type of correct young
ladyhood. He assured himself, with
WEAKNESS. that he had met scores of
girls just like her. lie could define to
a nicely, if so minded, her opinions on
religion, society, politics, dress, town
and country life. He did not attempt
to analyze this change of mood, only
the softly modulated accents of Miss
Symthe in his ear bored him.
fro HE rpNTINJ-En
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1895-06-14
Brice Claims yindication.

Senator Brice claims to have been
indicated by the deficit in the treas
ury because, had he allowed the origi-
nal Wilson bill to become a law, that
deficiency would have been $4,000, 600
greater. By the same showing Mr..
Brice has indicated Mckinley and all
the Republicans who opposed not only
the Wilson bill but its substitute, the
Gorman-Brice bill.-Inter Ocean.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1895-06-14

kind, for which the modern fashion
able girl, whether at home or abroad.
is often so remarkable. Woe betide
the innocent rival who should cross
the path of Ethel Symthe's purpose
and thwart her aims! The heroine of
many London seasons, deeply versed
in feminine wiles, had one of Mrs.
Barrett Browning's housewives in her
bosom, well stocked with sharp nee
dies and pins of jealousy and spite,
ready to sting and prick a victim to
pain.
Capt. Blake betrayed no pique at
her detection, but entered upon a
lively political skirmish with Mrs.
Fillingham, who prided herself on her
conservative acumen of judgment. If
the captain was a social wasp, moved
at times TO envy and malice, he
sheathed his little Weapon on the
present occasion and gave no sign of
irritation.
Friends in council aid me-" said
Mrs. Griffith, eating a last pate with a
fine appetite. The Russian grand
duke has kindly promised to come to
me after dining with the governor.
Of course, there must be a ball. l
sent out the invitations this morning.
How shall we amuse his highness? 1
have thought of some Introductory
dramatic entertainment before the
dancing commences Our time is very
short for preparations. What if we
had a series of tableaux representing
the early inhabitants of Malta receiv-
ing the royal guest?"
"Charming!" exclaimed Mrs. Fill
bingham.
"Give him a Cossack supper and
show him our Crimean medals" sug-
gested Capt Blake, facetiously.
Mrs. Griffith threatened him with
her finger. Il should require a beau
tiful girl for the early Phenician
type" she continued.
81 know of one," said Arthur Cur
zon. impulsively.
do you, really? That makes all
the difference. Can you induce her to
pose for US, Arthur"
II Will try, was the eager reJolnder.
Mrs. Griffith contemplated her cousin
with interest. Miss Symthe darted a
swift glance at him of surprise and in
quiry.
''Is she beautiful" the latter asked,
with assumed carelessness.
Lieut. Curzon bit his lip. He wished
that he had not again spoken of the in
habitants of the Watch Tower. and yet
the motive was a generous one. Dolores
longed to go to a ball. How strange
it would be if the caprice might be full
filed in a swift and unexpected fash
ion! THAT is a matter of taste" he
said, warily. cat least she would
serve as a foil for Anglo-Saxon beauty"
and his glance rested on Miss Symthe's
golden hair and delicate complexion.
I'VE need dark and rich coloring,"
said Mrs. Griffith. Can 1 rely upon
you, Arthur"
You may rely upon me-" he replied
gravely, suppressing a smile.
81 need the assistance of all of you,"
concluded the hostess, rising.
Then the remnants of the feast were
packed in baskets and hampers by the
attendant servants, and a last glance
taken OF st. Paul's bay by the pleasure
seekers:
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1895-06-14
CHAPTER Iv.-(Continued.)


The clergyman nodded his head
gently. Possibly he was amused by
the vivacity of the Ancient Mariner.
''Then the inhabitants of the Island
gathered on the beach to receive the
shipwrecked strangers. and made a
fire of fagots to warm the poor crea-
lures How nice and kind of them"
said Mrs. Griffith in her mellow, SYM
pathetic voice.
Paul abode here for three months,
the Roman centurion having refused to
slay the prisoners under his charge to
prevent their escape" added the cler-
gyman, restoring the Testament to
his pocket Truly, God works in a
mysterious way His wonders to per-
form"
"All this land must have belonged
to the Publius whose father was
healed of fever by the APOSTLE"
unused Miss Symthe, pointing to the
shore with her red silk parasol.
How awfully clever you are sto
know all about it!' whispered Lieut..
Curzon. while his glance plainly sup
plemented: Glow well you are look
ing to-day"
The young lady smiled with a GER
tain calm c~omplacency. Her sailor
hat was bound with a blue ribbon,
which impaired a youthful charm to
her delicate features, while her slender
figure was clad in a white dress with an
azure belt, and wide, mariners collar,
embroidered with anchors. She was
subtly aware that the masculine gaze
rested on her with satisfaction, and
even the elderly clergyman found her
allusion to Publius the more apt that
she was fair.
"As for the model of the ships of an
tiquity, we find it on the coins of Com
modus, Adrian, and Lucius Verus,"
said Capt. Fillingham, still contem-
plating the bay.
He turned suddenly to Arthur Cur
zon, with a twinkle of sly humor in
his eye.
Does your friend, Jacob Dealtry,
happen to possess any good Roman
coins?"
Don't know, l am sure; but / should
say not" retorted Lieut.. Curzon,
CURLY.
Capt. Blake, who was attired in a
uniform of vivid scarlet, and a short
jacket which impaired an additional
Suddy glow to his sandy complexion,
bushy red mustache, and bulbous
nose, tilted his cap over his keen blue
eyes
81 have no more doubt Of Jacob
Dealtry's dealing in Roman coins than
that he has a pretty daughter" he
said, in a bantering tone.
The company laughed. Arthur Cur
ION again started, and colored with
anger.
You are mistaken" he retorted
lightly. Jacob Dealtry has no daugh-
ter, as far as l I'm aware"
He was vexed, even startled. by the
swiftness Of the emotion which swept
over him at the mention of the young
girl in the garden. Surely the senti-
ment was merely a tingling irritation
of quick blood, the innate hostility in
rivalry of the sailor to the soldier.
He felt an u~nwarrantable resentment
at Capt. Blake, mingled with wrath at
himself for so readily betraying his
w annoyance. What a fool he had
been to ever mention the name of the
old man!
$50 there are no pretty daughters in
the house of Dealtry," said Capt.
Blake. mockingly. ''More's the pity!
1 am a great admirer of the fair sex,
and yet my enemies declare that l am
not a marrying man"
Here the soldier sighed and glanced
at Miss Symthe with an expression of
sentimental admiration, which was
real or assumed.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1895-06-14
Tons of Tin Plate.

The alteration in the American tariff
has been promptly responded to by a
largely increased movement of British
tin plate to the United States, the grad
ually decreasing export figures sudden
" mounting for the month of August to
1 5000 odd tons, greater than those Of
any other month except May.-Indus-
tries and Iron, London.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1895-06-14

Mrs. Watts-I saw in the paper the
other day that it is impossible for a
man to kick with full force when there
is nothing to kick at.
Mrs. Potts-I1l bet no married
woman wrote that.-Indianapolis
Journal.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1895-06-14
No Occasion.

Ex-Congressman Tom L. Johnson
and ex-Gov. James E. Campbell have
announced that they will both be can
didates for United States senator
against Brice if the Democrats have any
show of carrying Ohio. They will have
no occasion for getting ready for such
a Democratic contest. The successor
to Brice will be a Republican.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1895-06-14
Yield of the Income-Tax,

Inter Ocean: The biggest yield of the
income-tax law tariff for evenue will
be in the large yield of votes for the
republican ticket.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1895-06-14
Extra tariff reform tax".s 3,521,23

Extra tariff reform tax".S 3,521,2 33
During nine months, up to March
81, 1894, our dutiable imports on
an average ad valorem basis of SO per
cent, resulted in the collection of $104,-
1904 of customs duties from the peo-
pie. During the latter period ending
March 81, 1895, our dutiable imports
being nearly $50, 600, 900 larger, but
with only an average ad valorem rate
OF 40 per cent, resulted in the payment
of S107, 900 900 of duty through customs
collections.
1t is thus clear that under the tariff
reform Or free trade tax the assess
ments levied upon the people through
the customs were So, SOC, 900 greater dur
ing a period of nine months. The peo-
pie will certainly agree with the re-
formers and free-traders that their
tariff is a tax"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1895-06-14
GRAND OLD PARTY.
REPUBLICAN, TIMES ARE IN
SIGHT AGAIN.

As a Result of Last Years Political
Landslide Confidence Is Restored and
Business Men Are Preparing for q
Great Era of Prosperity.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1895-06-14

Excess of free 5 62,954,431 S 524,694
1t will be noted that during the ear
lier period our imports of free goods
were almost 500, 900 600 larger for the
nine months than our imports of dut-
liable goods, the protective tariff en-
abling the people to purchase goods free
OF duty to the extent of $1,000, 900 a
month more than their purchases of
goods upon which they had to pay duty.
During the later period, however, end
ing March 81, 1895, seven months being
under the German tariff, our imports
of dutiable goods were only S524,694 less
than our imports Of free goods. In
other words, the new tariff has result
ed In a decrease of our purchases Of free
goods and a very considerable increase
in our purchases of goods subject to a
customs tariff, which the free-traders
and the tariff reformers have never
ceased telling the people was "a tax"
That 1.-The tariff is a tax" when
framed by free-traders on a tariff for
revenue basis is clearly shown by a
further comparison giving the amount
Of duty payable under the old and the
new laws, as follows:
Dutiable Imports.
Nine Months Per Cent. Amount
to March 81. Value Advalorem. of duty.
1894 ......$2OS, 95s, OPS SO $1O4, 479, OLA
1895 ...... 267, 5OO,61S 40 107,OOO,247
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1895-06-14
Articles.

Totals .....S17 $50. 292$7, 702. 59SS9, CSC, 694
The increased market for foreign
woolens reached s9,6S0,694 in half 4
year, but if the increase fer the two
months only of January and February,
after the wooden schedule came into eff
feet be taken, the increase was SS,410,-
$50 for those two months, or at the rate
of over $50, OOO, 900 a year. The forego-
ing figures would be bad enough. but
the actual effects of free wool are far
worse.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1895-06-14

The brief published summary of our
import and export trade for March en-
ables a comparison to be made for the
nine months of the current fiscal years
ending March 81. 1894 and 1895. Sep
arating the dutiable and the free i'm
ports during each period we have the
following comparison:
Imports, Nine Months Ending March 81.
1894. 1895.
Free of duty. .s271, 912,45O $26S, O25, 312
Dutiable 49,. 20S, 958,02S 267, 500, 61S
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1895-01-18

ents, especially upon such an
important matter as this. If
Mr.. Jones has made any eff
fort to find out the senti-
ment of his county, concern
ing the change provided for
in the bill, the BULLETIN has
been unable to discover it.
Since the introduction of the
bill, we have seen many citi-
zens from different parts of
the county, none Of whom,
with one exception, were
aware of Mr.. Jones inten-
tons, and ali of whom, with
possibly the one exception,
desire that the Tenth Con
gressional District remain as
it is. To say the least, Mr.
Jones has acted hastily.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1895-01-18
NON RESIDENT NOTICE.

In the County Court of Hardeman
Co., Tenn.-R. M. Wright, ct ais.
VS.. Heirs of G. i. Branscom.-
Petition to sell land to pay debts.
1t appearing to the undersigned
Clerk, from the petition, which is
sworn to, that the following named
defendants are non-residents of the
State, so that the ordinary process
of law cannot be served on them, to-
wit: William Burton and wife,
Mary Burton, of the State of Missis-
sippi, heirs of G. L. Branscom,
decd. 1t is therefore ordered that
publication be made for four success
sive weeks in the Bolivar Bulletin, a
newspaper published in the town of
Bolivar, requiring said above named
defendants to enter their appearance
IN above stated cause, pending in the
County Court of Hardeman County,
Tennessee, within the first three
days of the January term thereof,
1895, and answer or demur to said
petition, or the same will be set for
hearing ex parte, and taken for con-
fessed as to them.
J. A. WILSON, JR.,
Clerk pro tenn.
Dec. I3 1904
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1895-01-18
MI. Jones' Bill

Hon. J. w. JONES has in
PRODUCED a bill in the legisla-
ture to detach Hardeman
County from the Tenth Con
gressional District, and to
attach it to the Eighth Con-
gressional District. The bill
further provides that Hardin
County be detached from the
Eighth and attached to the
Seventh.
The opinion of the BULLE-
TIN is, that a majority of the
people of Hardeman County
desire to remain in the Tenth
Congressional District; be-
cause it is safely democratic,
and they do not desire to be
placed in a doubtful district.
If, by transferring Harde-
man to the Eighth, it would
insure the election of a DEM
ocratic congressman from
that district, and at the same
time maintain democratic SUI
premAcy in the Tenth, of
course the change would be
entirely satisfactory. But
let us investigate the matter,
and see how the transfer
would result. In the last
November election, Mccall,
republican, defeated Enloe,
democrat, in the Eighth dis
trict by a much larger ma
jority than Hardeman can
possibly furnish, deducting
the vote of Hardin, which by
a small majority is republi-
can. So it will be seen that
by the addition ofHardeman
to the Eighth District, accor-
ding to the returns of the last
election, little would be gain
ell.
Mr.. Jones was elected as a
representative of the people
of Hardeman County, and 1t
was his duty first to ascertain
the wishes of his constitu-
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1895-01-18
GoYENoR TURNER'S me


governor TURNER'S mes
sage to the present legisla-
ture was read in both houses
on Tuesday of last week.
The Governor is OF the opin-
ion that it is very essential
for the legislature to appro-
pirate an amount sufficient to
complete the work on the
new penitentiary in ac' or
dance with the plans and spe-
cifactions accepted by the
committee. He refers to the
fact that the present building
is insufficient to accommodate
the 1881 prisoners, and also
alludes to the rapid increase
in the number of cOnvicts.
In order to diminish the
number of the State prison
ers, the Governor recon-
mends that those convicted
of petit larceny be worked on
roads in the counties where
convicted, and that stock
AIDES be constructed for their
safe keeping. Ifthe sugges-
ton is adopted, it would
cause an additional expense
to a majority, if not all of the
counties. A plan that would
be less costly and probably
more effectual in the estOpal
of the commission of such a
grade of crime would be a
public chastisement of those
proven to be guilty. The
Governor recommends that
the election laws be amend
ed as to require voters to reg
lister only once in two years.
In this particular reform in
line with the suggestions
made, it would be far prefera-
BILE to the present law. Adj
ditional safeguards to pre-
vent election frauds is recon-
mended by the Governor.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1895-01-18

seems to be but little dispo-
sition to curtail the acreage.
In Europe as we'll as Ameri-
ca, there has been within the
last 81 years a wonderful in
crease in the production of
cotton, and for this reason
there has also been a great
decline in price. AS long as
supply and demand control
the price of commodities, so
long will cotton be cheap
when the supply is greater
than the demand.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1895-01-18
NONRESIDENT NOTICE.

J. r. McKinnie VS.. r. w. bod.
son.
Proceeding by attachment before
d. w. McAnulty, Justice of Peace
of Hardeman County, Tenn.
1t appearing to me that writ of
attachment heretofore issued in this
case against the defendant, r. w.
Dodson, who under oath is alleged
to be nonresident of the State of
Tennessee, for the recovery of the
sum, sixty-two dollars and
twenty-five cents, alleged by the
plaintiff to be Justly due him from
said r., w. DodsOn by note, has
been duly executed by seizure of
property of the defendant by guar
nishment, and due return thereof
made to me. 1t is ordered that
publication Of notice be therefore
made for four consecutive weeks in
the Bolivar BULLETIN, a newspaper
published in Hardeman County, re-
quiring the defendant, K. W. bod
son, to appear at my Office, in the
second Civil District of Hardeman
County, at noon, on the 9th day of
February 1895, before me, the
justice having cngnizance of said
cause and defend the action thus
commenced against him by attach
ment;otherwise the case will be pro-
oeeded with exparte as to him.
This 5th day of January 1895.
ID. w. MCANULTY,
]. p. of Hardeman County.
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THE Manchester Mirror

The Manchester Mirror,
published in New Hamp-
shire, has at last realized the
great advantage the South
has over the New England
states in the manufacture of
cotton. Not until the estab-
lishment of cotton mills in
the South was there any un-
easiness in the manufactor-
ing States of the North, but
now that success has been at
tanned by those who have lo-
Gated and operated factories
in this section of the cOun-
try, some of the northern
papers are endeavOring to
show that southern mills will
never be able to compete
with those of the North in
the manufacture of finer
grades. The Mirror, though
being one of that number, adj
mits that the southern mills
are becoming strong compel
itors of the New England
mills in the manufacturing OF
the coarser grades. But AZ
experiments have proven
that mills can be operated
successfully in this climate
machinery for the manufac'
toring of finer grades viii
probably be added to the FAC
tories. The superior advan
tages of the southern facto
ries in being located in a cot
ton country, and the climat'
milder, will render competi
ton more difficult. The
prospects of the establish
ment of an additional amour
of factories in the South i
indeed encouraging, and a
there is much more profit ii
the raw material, it would b,
advisable for Iall southern
farmers, who are able to d.
lso, to take stock in cotton
| factories.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1895-01-18
ATTACHMENT NOTICE.

T. NJ. Patrick ~. y 10. 4. PatriC; A
tachment before J. A. Wilson, J. r
Harden an County, Tenn.
It appea ring thai writ IF Il ac,u''n
her tnFore issued in hi case asaIn~' q
feudAnt, VA. q. Patrick who nndar "s'r,
is alleged 10 he a DOR resident # the >ta
If renne-s,,, tor th- recovery Of il'e $"
of one hundred and len dollarS aiie&rd 10
the plaintiff Ia he justly due to him from
said Wnl. e. Patrick by note p"iG by -
a. endorser and account, haa been dn4'
executed bv seizing of property Of the d.
PENDANT and due return made to me. /
il ordered that publication of = nO.iee b
therefore made for four cOnst cutive week
IN the Bolivar Bulletin. a newspaper pub
lIshei in Boil var, Hardeman County, le'
nesaee, requiring the defenda Mt, VIM. G
Patrick, to appear at my Office, in Bolivar
Tennessee, at noon on the 9Th day of Feb
ruary. 1895, before me. the justice havinI
cugnizance of said cause, and then an
there defend the action thus comm,nc~C
against him by attachment, or otherwiS
the case will be proceeded with ex pari
| IA to him. This January 10, 1895.
IA. WILSON, J. p. H. e., Tenn