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Why Increase the Coal Duty?

Under the existing tariff bituminous coal pays 40 cents ton The Dingley bill proposes to make this 75 cents. In 1895-6 the imports of bituminous coal into the United States were l ,243, 835 tons. The exports were 2,246, ,264. The figures for Canada were: Imported from Nova Scotia. New Brunswick, etc., 123, 4O4 tons; from Quebec, Ontario, etc., 39,997; from British Columbia 627, 257; exports to these three divisions respectively, 413 tons, 1,67f, ,302 and 3,094. Canada now proposes in case the Dingley rate is imposed to retaliate by high duty on our coal. which will certainly not stimulate exports. Here is an export business worth twice as much as the corresponding import busi- ness, and it is proposed to run the risk of running the former for the sake of sorewing $350. 900 taxes out of the lat ter, and this on the plea of reviving American industry. Can any sane man fail to see that, even assuming that imports do not fall off, it is hardly worth while for the sake of paltry S350, 900 to tempt Canada into running an established business nearly twice as large as that which is to yield the tax? Yet this is the way in which "the old thing works. :"
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of police who are stationed ill the Senate's wing of the Capitol. Six men are employed in the Senate stables, where there are twenty horses and as many vehicles. A half dozen persons are hired to re- pair Senatorial furniture; twenty messengers, janitors and firemen are employed at the Maltby, sort of annex where Senators have pri- vate rooms, twelve as official report CTS of debates, and twenty in special work for the Senate or it's commit tees, such as stenography, etc. In addition to these there are sixteen pages, nine men employed in the barber shop and bathrooms, and about fifty laborers otherwise em- ployed.
 In short there are about 800 men employed to wait on 90 Senators, and the aggregate cost to the Gov ernment is $1, 40, 750, There are 360 members of the House and their salaries and the cost of attendants foot up to$ g, 901, ,O0O-another costly luxury.
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Protecting the Few woolgrowers.

Suppose the Dingley duties on wool would give the woolgrowers all the protection claimed and that the price of wool would actually go up the full amount of the duty, which, of course, is absurd. What would be the effect up- on the country at large?
 MT. Edward Atkinson, statistician, estimates the annual wool product at $55, GOO, 900 out of total of SIS, S,200,- 900, 1000 produced by all the workers of the country and the persons dependent on the wool industry at 300, 900 out of a total population of 73,000, 000 The wool duty then means that out of every 240 persons 239 are to be s'held up" for the benefit of the other one. This is a sample of what protection does Of course more than 300, ,000 persons may sometimes raise a few sheep, but the interests of these others are more those of the consumer than of the sheep raiser, and they would lose more because of in- creased cost of woolens than they would gain by the increased price of wool.
 The protective tariff system is farce when considered ill connection with the farmer or the workingman. Will they ever fully appreciate it?
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 Champ Clark's Wit.

Champ Clark of Missouri is not only one of the wittiest men i'll the house of representatives, but he is one of tho best posted on the tariff question.
 In ridiculing some of the rates of the Dingley bill that to him seemed subject to criticism, he recited how man of the name of Goodyear went before the ways and means committee and secured the tariff he wanted by some skillful palaver about the great statesmen that Maine had produced. Then he said:
 MT. Chairman, that piece of soft soap made it harder for every poor man in the United States to build a house. Governor Dingley swallowed the bait as quick as trout would swallow fly [laughterl, and next summer some poor devil out west, living in a dugout 100 miles from railroad station, who voted for Mckinley under the deluded idea that prosperity would come under his administration and who has not heard of this tariff bill, ciphers it out that he can build him two room cot tage with lumber and other building materials at the old rate. He goes to the station to get the lumber and finds that the price has gone sky high, and he goes back to his home and says to his wife: My dear, am sorry that we must stay in the dugout We cannot build our lit tie house. 4 great man by the name of Governor D4lgley has put the price of lumber and other things so high that we cannot do it, but. thank God, he has left dragon s blood free. Laughter. ] Next year, when my handsome friend from Iowa (Mr. Dolliver) returns to that fine agricultural district which he represents, some man who has not been able to buy coat because of the high price of woolen cloth will say to his neighbor, There comes Deliver, who put up the price of woolen goods. But the successful candidate for the post office in that district says, 'Oh, but Dol liver put divi=diyi on the free listP And ill chorus they sing, Deliver and divi-divi forever. Laughter. Ap- plause on the Democratic side.
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Hoods Pills cure aIlliyer ills. 25
A WELCOME GUIDE.

On receipt of 20 cents will forward to any address, postpaid, hand some catalogue of 72 pages profuseiy illustrated, giving full description of fruit trees, small fruit, ornamental trees, evergreens, shrubs, vines. roses bulbs etc, also giving formulas for spraying, when to spray, plant etc. The descriptive catalogue is q well come guide to all those in need of information, and should not be with out it. Send for it, it will please you. From the first order you send of one dollar or more, the price of the cata logue can be deducted therefrom.
 urcorrespondence kindly solicit. ed. Yours very truly, Ambrose Martell, proprietor Peoria Banner Nurseries, office and sales grounds, Nos. Ill to IF s. Jefferson ave, Peoria, III. 2-23-d &sw If.
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Blaine Opposed Duty on Hides.

The following letter from Secretary of State James G. Blaine i'll 1890 is supposed to have had great weight with the ways and means committee:
 WASHINGTON, April 10, 1890.
 DEAR MR. MoKINLEY-It is great mistake to take hides from the free list, where they have been for so many years. It is a slap in the face to the South Americans, with whom we are trying to enlarge our trade. It will benefit the farmer by adding to per cent to the price of his childrens s shoes. It will yield profit to the butcher only, the last man that needs it. The movement is injudicious from beginning to end, in every form and phase Pray stop it before it sees light. Such move ments as this for protection will protect the Republican party into 6 speedy retirement. Yours hastily, JAMES G. BLAINE. Hon. William Mckinley, Chairman Ways and
 Means.
 Where is the Blaine this year who can head off the westerners who want their share of protection and foolishly imagine that they can get it by a duty on hides? It is perfectly consistent with the protection system to tax hides, es- pecially as the bulk of the tax would probably go to few monopoly butch CTS and ranehmen. But observe some of the effects upon our industries:
 The importations of untaxed hides and skins last year were valued at S20.- 216, 528 The goatskins were valued at BIO, 803, ,359. The former were mostly converted into sole leather, beltings and such like heavy material, for which our native hides are not thick enough. The goatskins arc not produced in this country.
 From this raw material we not only manufacture boots, shoes and leather goods for our own people cheaper and better than they are made elsewhere in the world, but we exported finished products of the value of $20, 242, 75o. Without free and cheap raw material this export trade would have been inn possible, and our own people, as MT. Blaine pointed out, would be compelled to pay more for their footwear. The wages paid to our workers in leather last year amounted to $25, ,542, 166.
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TIE Amacker-Jones railroad con

THE Amacker-Jones railroad com mission bill passed the House Wed nesday afternoon by the decisive vote of 86 "ayes" to 5 "noes." Those voting in the negative were Messrs. Barnett, of Hot Springs Bratton, Rep.) of Searcy; Butt, ol Carroll, Madearis, of Washington, and Sallee, of Jefferson. Col. Nell. Williams, of Jefferson, voted for the bill while Mir. Street is recorded as absent and not voting.
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THs Senate IS very expensive

THE Senate IS very expensive luxury to the country, says. the New Orleans States There are 90 members, though very often there are only fifteen or twenty in their seats cs yyisihle. There arc fifty nine committees, all but fifteen of which are entirely ornamental--not at all useful. These fifty-nine com mittecs require a like number of rooms and clerks, thirty messen- cers, and in some cases assistant |Sseeeen gers. Thirty Senators being
 fthout committee chairmanships,
 5 6iren q clerk each at q, 200 a
 Sr. Forty men compose the squad
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SSpr ing i

Is the season for new life in nature, new vigor in our physical systems Als the fresh sap carries life into the trees, so our blood should give us renewed strength and Tigor. In it's impure state it cannot do this, and the aid of Hoods Sarsaparilia is imperatively needed.
 It will purify, vitalize and enrich the blood, and with this solid, correct foundation, it will build up good health, create a good appetite, tone your stomach and digestive organs, strengthen your nerves and over- come or prevent that tired feeling. This has been the experience of thou sands. It will be yours if you take
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IT is believed that war is again imminent in the Transvaal between the English and Beers. Chamber lain's note to President Kruger is largely in the nature of an ultimat- um. In the event of war between the English and Boers, Germany is likely to take hand in behalf of the latter.
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STATE AUDITOR SLOAN, in conse quence of the passage by the Legis- lature of two tax-extension bills, has notified the County Clerks of the State not to advertise Q delin quent tax list this year.
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THE GRAPHIC has been given Q tip to the effect that Charley Collins is very energetic worker among the Legislators for the passage of the railroad commission bill. Now, what has Charley Collins got to do with it? Does Charley expect to be oneof the commissioners if the bill is passed?
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Why We Shiyer.

It is true that woolen clothing. un- derwear and blankets will be out of the reach of people of moderate means when Dingley has his way, but just think how sweet it is to snffer for one's coun- try and to shiver in order that the rob Der barons may continue to wax fat and contribute to the slegitimate' ex- penses of the g. o. p!-Louisyille Post.
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Two negresses were hanged near Huntsville, Ala, yesterday for ad- ministering poison to a whole family.
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DTHE announcement that Gov. Bob Taylor will resign brings up the question of who will the Governor resign to? The Tennessee State Constitution is silent on that ques tion.
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Now, if Gov. Dan Jones will follow in the footsteps of Gov. Bob Taylor and resign, perhaps we can elect Charley Collins or Jap Smithee to succeed him.
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FROM the latest reports it seems that Prince Constantine is almost equal to Gen. Weyler in editing dis patches aud turning defeats into victories.
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IT is announced that something will be done" by the Senate Com mittee appointed to investigate the Cuban question. It is time the Senate were doing something" nothing has been done so far this session.
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Florence, Ark, April 9, 1S97.-I had u stomache and bowel trouble and could not eat any solid food. l have taken few bottles of Hoods Sarsa. paTilia and it has cured me. 1 am now able to do all my work. Mrs. Emma Warrick.
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DWE have seen so many different pictures in the newspapers of Gen.. Smolenski that we should like to know which one is a true likeness of Greece's greatest general
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 A announcement.

We are authorized to announce MR. JOE r. ALEXANDER as a candidate for School Direc- tor at the school eletion on Saturday. May 15 1897.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-05-13

We are authorized to announce MT. w. L. ERWOoDY as q candidate for reelection as School Director of this district at the cleo ton to be held Saturday, May 15. 1897.
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The opposition of the protected inter- ests of Massachusetts to duty on hides looks like an abandonmento of the favor ite protectionist theory that 'the for eigner pays the tax. 2
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Uncle Sam Sa Dingley, might we'll getting hesnuts and you're not foong voters Mckinley had
 
  of   make your bill popular by tomooery
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The following letter from Secretary of State James G. Blaine i'll 1890 is supposed to have had great weight with the xuaus and rnnans comm ittaa.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-14
WHAT IS YOUR TRADE.
Each Trade or Occupation Has Its
Special Disease.

It IS well known among medical men
that certain diseases are more readily de
yeloped in certain occupations than in 9th
ers. That each occupation has its attend
ant physical weakness. Engineers, rail-
road men and similar occupations suffer
mostly from kidney troubles and men who
are often exposed TO the weather suffer
from rheumatism. while clerks and pro-
fessiOnGl men, I'm fact, the army OF people
whose business keeps them indoors, are
ofJenumes great sufferers from piles and
constipation. In this connection the fol-
lowing letter is Of interest TO people whose
occupation will not allow suffi cient out
door exercise:
Mr.. A. F. Calhoun, notary public and
jeweler and matchmaker of Circleville. ".
Va writes as follows:
] had been a severe sufferer from piles
for years and had tried many remedies
with but little benefit. when about three
years ago ! saw the Pyramid Pile cure
advertised and sent for it,
! was badly afflicted when I got them,
bat after only two applications the piles
disappeared. and from that day TO this /
have never felt symptom OF the disease.
feel that I cannot recommend them too
highly to sufferers from piles.
The Pyramid Pile Cure is free from CO.
caine, opium or any mineral poison abso-
lutely safe, pleasant and painless. Sold by
druggists at SOC per package. Il there is
any constipation the Pyramid Pills should
be used with the pile cure. The pills are
= cents per package
Amy druggist will tell you that the Pyra-
mia is the best known and most successful
and popular pile cure ever placed on the
market and its reputation as a safe and
radical cure has only resulted from the
personal recommendation of people who
have been cured of this distressing all
ment
Send to Pyramid Co. Albion, Mich, for
valuable little book on cause and cure for
piles
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-14
PROCLAMATION

City Of Savannah. Mayors Office, Sept
10, 1S97-On account of the prevalence of
yellow fever in the cities of Mobile and
New Orleans. and the intervening and ad-
jacent territory, and for the purpose of
protecting the people of Savannah from
the said fever, rigid quarantine is here
by declared against the said cities of Mo-
bile and New Orleans, and all other
places and districts which now are. or
which may from time to time, become
infected with yellow fever
NO persons, baggage, cars, boats, YES
sells, or packages of any kind, from said
cities, or any other infected place or
places, will be allowed to enter the city
of Savannah, except after such detention
and under such regulations as may be
prescribed by the sanitary board of Sa-
vannah, Ca
No mails from said places, unless and
until disinfected, under the regulations of
the United States postal authorities. will
be allowed to enter the city of Savannah.
The officers, agents and all persons in
charge of railroads, vessels express com
panies, and other means of public or priv
ate conveyance, are requested to assist in
enforcing this quarantine, and
All citizens are earnestly requested TO
cooperate with the authorities in main
tanning the present good sanitary condi-
tons of this city, and in enforcing a rigid
quarantine.
This quarantine shall continue in force
until further notice.
Any person violating any Of the quar-
antine regulations will be punished in ac-
cordance with the statutes and ordinances
in such case made and provided
P. W. MELDRIM,
Mayor City of Savannah.
Attest: VIM. P. BAILEY,
Clerk of Council.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-14
How Aluminium Is Made.
From Review of Reviews.

The oxide, which is obtained from
bauxite quarried by the company in Geor-
gia, is fused with cryolte in pots of boil
eriron lined with carbon. An electric
current is passed through these long Sc
ries OF pots. and the result is precisely
similar to what it was when Hall first
sent the seVen-cell Grove battery current
through his two-inch crucible in Oberln
the melted aluminium collects on the
carbon negative electrode and, as already
stated, the quantity thus collected daily Is
measured in tons. Continually, night and
day without cessation, this operation
proceeds The raw material Is fed in as
required; the product is removed and the
carbon renewed. The waste of the pro-
cess is said to be so slight as hardly to be
an element of calculation Then comes
the casting into ingots and bars the roll
ing into sheets, and the drawing into rods
and wire. Previous to the opening of the
Pittsburg works practically no pure metal
was made in the United States. The mar
ket price of what was imported had not
been lower than s. a pound in New York
The American manufacturers were soon
able to place the pure metal on the mar
ket at so cents a pound, and an import
ant reduction from this price has lately
been made. Besides the original works
near Pittsburg. which have been operated
continuously since November ISIS. two
plants at Niagara Falls are now operated
by the same company, and the total pro-
ductiVe capacity of the three plants is
more than ten thousand pounds of alumni
mum day. This output nearly EQUALS
the combined daily capacity of all the
aluminium works Of Europe together.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-14
MELVIN STEWARDS CRIME.
HIS CRAVING FOR CIGARETTES
LEADS HIM TO BURGLARY.

Breaks Into an Atlanta store and
Supplies Himself with All He
Could Carry-When Arrested lie
Confessed and Claimed That the
Habit Had Become 50 strong With
Him That He Would Have Cigar
cites at Any Cost.
Atlanta, Ga. Oct 13.-Melvin Stewart,
Is years OF age. is victim OF the cigarette
habit and his craving for them caused him
70 commit burglary last night, which re-
suited in his arrest this morning The
boy lived with his parents at S6 Hendrix
street. His father J. ". Stewart, is a
hard working carpenter. employed at the
shops of the Southern Iron Car line
Melvin Stewart began smoking ciga-
rettes when he was just old enough to
strike a match. The habit became more
firmly fixed on him as he grew older. and
finally his salIow face and deep sunken
eyes told the story only too plainly. The
bov was in the grasp Of the deadly habit
and would have sold himself for a pack
age of cigarettes at any time
had this been the price Of them.
Last night he was without money, and
consequently without cigarettes. He saw
no one from whom he could beg them,
and. wandering up North Broad street, he
stopped in front of No. a. There were
cigarettes in the windows, cigarettes in
the show case and cigarettes on the coun-
tiers and shelves The boy looked al them
and the craving became stronger. He
besitated and then ran around the build
ing to an alley in the rear. He burst open
the rear door. aided only by the strength
of desperation ana entered the store. He
gathered up as many cigarette boxes as
he could hold in his slender arms, and
then left the place This morning, just at
daybreak he was seen, sim chnging to
his cigarettes. by a man who pointed him
out TO "a patrolman.
Il Just wanted cigarettes he said TO the
officer, in confessing the burglary, and
had to have them. l have been smoking
ever since was big enough to know what
cigarettes were, and couldn't do without
them"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-14
THE JURY COULD NOT AGREE.
MRS. ATKINsON's CASE STILL IN
SETTLED AT CHENILLE.

Her Testimony Gave n Favorable
ImprcssiOn-Seven Jurors stand
Firmly For AcGuittaI While Five
Wanted observation-disclosures
That the Prosecution VIII Ask Far
NOIIe Prose- Quf at the Next
Term of Court.
Glenvile, ". Va, Oct. 13-The
jury in the famous case OF Mrs.
Gov. Atkinson. on trial for forging her
former husbands name disagreed to-day.
and was discharged by the court. The
jury stood seven for acquittal and five
for conviction. II Is not believed that the
case will be tried again. The arguments
and judges charge were completed at II
o'clock last night.
Mrs. Atkinson had been on the stand
ten hours. Her testimony was a general
denial of all the allegations charged In
the indictments. She did not Waver from
the statement on cross-examination that
all the receipts in controversy given to
Owens were written at the dictation of
Judge Camden in his life time. and that
they represented what they show upon
their face. She insisted that all the other
papers and transactions relied upon by
the state to show criminal intentions were
genuine and instituted at the dictation of
Judge Camden. She denied that she had
any interest whatever in the Owens land,
or that owens had at any time paid her
money or any other thing of value.
The cross-exa mination was conducted
by Robert g. Linn, and was very rigid
Mrs. Atkinson's demeanor upon the wit
ness stand was modest and unassuming
She made a favorable impression. At the
conclusion of Mrs. Atkinson's testimony
at o'clock last evening the arguments
commenced the court allowing each side
three hours. John S. Withers opened for
the state and was followed by w. w.
Brannon for the defendant.
AT the night session r. f. Kiddell, Judge
Brannon and John Davis spoke for the de-
Tense, and were followed by r. G. Linn,
who closed the argument for the state.
The courts instructions to the jury were
impartial and the case was given to the
twelve men. At lis o'clock this morning
the jury asked for instructions on certain
circumstantial evidence. At 2:30 a. m.
they had not agreed and the court was adj
journed until a. m.
At $50 a. m. the jury reported that they
had failed to agree and We're dismissed.
There is a hint that the prosecuting at
torney will ask for nolle PROSE- qui at
the next term of court.