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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-25
AN ADsENT-MINDED MAN.
Took on AnOther's Coat and An
swered an Alarm Clock for Tel

Took on AnOther's Coat and An
swered an Alarm Clock for a Tel
ephOne.
From the Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.
An amusing case Of absent mindedness
was experienced by a young south slider
the other evening. The young man is usu-
ally of a bright nature, but for some time
past his friends have been noticing that
he does some peculiar things. Not long
ago he was at a reception, and a few min
utes before closing time he went to the
coat box and secured his hat and coat.
Then he walked up stairs 70 the dancing
floor and picked up another coat and
walked home with It on his arm. Arriving
at his home he found that he had one coat
on and another on his arm. The next day
he found the owner Of the extra coat. and
mutual explanations followed and all was
we'll. But that has been eclipsed By his
latest exploits He had finished his toilet
and started for the street. As soon as he
made his appearance he was greeted with
smiles from everybody who saw him. He
walked down the street and could not Inn
aglne what made the passersby smile at
him. Finally he reached the restaurant
where he takes his meals. and then he
realized that he was carrying something
IN his hand He loked at II and found that
he had carried the lighted lamp from his
room and had walked several blocks along
the main street with II In his hand.
Another case Is cited concerning the
same young man. A. the ofice where he
Is employed be has occasion 70 answer
many calls az the telephone. One even
ing he was reading book In hls room
when an alarm clock rang in the adjoining
room. The abaent-minded youth got up
ana commenced 70 yell ''Hellol Hellog'
and when the occupant Of the other room
Inquired as 20 the c8use Of the yelling the
young man said Ia a shecplsh manner,
"Oh. ! thought 4 was the telephone bell
ringing"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-25
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-25

II saw a man to-day who had no hands
play on piano" That's nothingl We've
got q girl down IN our nat who has no
voice ana who slngsw-Yonkers States
man.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-25
TABBY ADOPTS A RAT.
The Young Rodent Sleeps aud Eats
Z with the Cats Four Kittens.

From the New York World.
Boston. April ia cat. four kittens
and a young rat were all members of one
happy family in this city. The kittens were
born four weeks ago. in a lemon crate with
hole just large enough for Tabby to en-
ter. 1t was cold there, so the mother NOV
ed. taking up her abode in a sugar barrel
partly Allied with straw.
Tabby's master was surprised few days
ago to fnd fifth little one nursing at her
breast Looking closer he saw the new ar
rival was a young rat
Many persons watched the foster mother
giving TO the rat bath similar to those
she gave to her own young ones daily and
also saw the rodent feeding with the kit
tens.
Three days after the rats eyas opened,
however, he disappeared, apparently APP
preciating his incongruous position.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-25

1T was great enterprise" said the
enthusiastic manager. when we opened
with that show we had two Uncle Toms.
two little Evas two Aunt Ophellas, and
two bloodhounds." yes" replied Mr..
bennington Barnes dreamily, land So
Washington Star.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-16
MARKETS AND STOCKS.
Wall street Review.

New York, March lj.-The security mar
ket continued to broaden. The sales of
stocks today aggregated 233,50O shares
The increased activity was accompanied
by higher range of prices for the leading
issues, although a number of shares for
special sales failed to participate In the
Improvement. The Nanderbilts, as of late,
were conspicuous in the dealings Omaha
made a new high record with sales up to
G2ss The upward tendency was che tel
during the afternoon by break of nearly
three points in Missouri Pacific. The sell
ing of the stock was due to a widely cir-
Culated rumor of an impending receiver
snip for the company. In the Changers
there was a disposition to dullness. The
lndustrals We're feVerish and weak Su-
gar rose to III and then dropped to lljls
on the unfavorable schedule in the new
tariff bill. Speculation closed steady III
tone Net changes show gains of iiA2 per
cent, outside of Sugar Tobacco, Rock
Island. Missouri Pacific, Reading and
Rubber, which lost lsa2l8 per cent.
Furnished by WILLIAM LINN, AL
LEN & CO.. stock brokers. Mears build
7OI-70G
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and hemp, in order to encourage these
and other industries here and especially
by increasing duties on such luNurtes as
liquors. tobacco, silks ana laces, etc
"As a rule the rates of duties proposed
are between the rates of tariff of 1890
and the tariff of 1894, such reduction of
rates from the former lazy, preserving
the protective principle being made feas-
ible by changed conditions.
IRON AND STEEL.
"The iron and steel schedule is changed
very little from that schedule in the tar
ff of 1884, the change being entirely in
the more advanced articles. The same is
true of the cotton schedule In the agri-
cultural, wool and glass and earthware
schedules alone are the duties of the
act of 1890 fully restored as a rule, and
in a few cases increased, with the view
of amply protecting and encouraging our
farming interests at every possible point.
While the duty on clothing wool is larger
in proportion to the foreign value than
on manufactured articles, vet 1t is
thought desirable for the public interest
and for our agriculture that we should
produce that prime necessity for our
selves. The duty on carpet woods, as well
as upon many other articles in imposed
mainly for revenue. The irritation caus-
ed by the use of few woods heretofore
classed as carpet wools being used for
clothing purposes has been remedicd by
transferring such woods to the clothing
wool classes, but the duty on clothing
wool has been restored to the rate of the
act of 1890
"ln framing this new tariff the aim has
been to make the duties specific or at
least partly specific, so far as possible,
to protect the revenue and also protect
our own industries. This has been done
i'm response to the wishes of the better
class of importers, as well as of the ad-
mnistrators of the law and of our own
producers. The very general substitution
of specific duties, even where they are
only the equivalent of existing ad valor-
EN- will of itself increase the revenue and
strengthen the protection afforded to our
industries.
RECIPROCITY PROVISIONS.
"The reciprocity provisions of the act
of 1890 have not only been fully restored,
but this policy has been extended by
adding to sugar. tea, coffee and hides as
articles on which to make reciprocal
agreements, such articles as champagne,
brandy, wines, artificial and natural min
eral waters, chicle, argols and silk laces.
In adding these articles the reciprocity
provision is strengthened greatly by pro-
vding for II reduction of duties on them
to countries greatly by providing for a
reduction.
"The bill as Il whole has the unanimous
support of the Republican members of
the ways and means committee. and Will.
it is hoped, receive the support not only
of Republicans but of others who believe
that revenue should he at least equal to
expenditures, with the conviction that
in adjusting duties to secure such rev
| enue it is a wise policy to encourage
home production and manufactures of
our people upon whose purchasing power
depends the market for our products"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-16
CHARLES BROWN AWAKES
He States That His Right Name is d. j.
TeIfaira=.A Strange Story OF
Adventure.

Olean, March IA strange mystery
of double personality. robbery and con-
spiracy has come to light here. Late
last night Il man, who has been known
as Charles Brown, aWolie at the Emer-
gency hospital and announced that his
name was David j. Telfair and that he
knew nothing of the existence Of his
former self.
On December %, 1896 there wandered
into Olean Il man who could not. re-
member his name when he applied at
police headquarters for assistance. All
that he could recall was that he had
been in a hospital in some large city.
Chief Hart gave him lodging. Several
days later the man remembered that
he had been in Chicago hospital. Be
yond this his memory did not take him.
For some time past Brown has been
conducting loan and real estate
agency in the Masonic temple here and
rooming a No. 164 Eighth street. When
he retired Thursday night he appeared
to be in usual health. But he did not
awake Friday nor Friday night. He
was taken to the hospital. where he
came to himself.
This is different" he said Where
is Allen?"
From other remarks it was evident
that he thought he was in a Chicago
hospital. He was very weak but after
taking some stmulants he became
brighter and seemed to be in his right
mind. He told a strange story
IMPRISONED IN AFRICA.
He said his name is David j. Telfair
| and that he is so years old. He and six
other Americans We're extensively en-
gagged in diamond mining in South At
| rca, near Johannesburg. Al the time
of the jameson raid they We're impris-
oned and he thinks his partners We're
killed. one of his Zulu guards, whom
he had frequently befriended, helped
| him to escape.
He was three weeks reaching the
coast, where he took a Portuguese YES
sci for Lisbon. whence he sailed fol
| New York. After staying there a few
days he went to Chicago in search of a
John O'Brien, who was a member OF
! the mining company, who had re-
! manned in America. He had been il
Chicago but three days, stopping at q
| lodging house ON State street, neal
| Twelfth.
out to Jackson park to hear the music
| While coming out of the park he was
seized by three men, who clapped some,
thing over his mouth to prevent an out,
| cry and tried to bundle him into
hack He struggled and was struck {
crushing blow in the back of the head
| That was the last he could rememDe,
until he came to his senses here.
When Brown, or Telfair, as he nov
| calls himself, realizes his situation, III
felt for a belt which he said had con
tanned diamonds to the value of $4,000
1t was gone He did not recognize
Chief Hart, although having seen hin
daily for three months. He says h
knew Barney BarnatO, Cecil Rhode
ana John Hayes Hammond in Soutl
Africa.
Chief Hart has been investigatnl
the case and has already learne,
enough to make him believe the stOr,
the man tells. He has discovered eVi
dences of his having owned property il
the cities he tells of, and learns tina
he was connected with a mining com
pany in South Africa
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THE NEW CONGRESS.
Lconeluded from Page II

and Mcmillan, of Tennessee, Demo-
Gratis.
Committee on ways and means
Messrs. Dingley, of Maine, chairman;
Payne, of New York; Dalzell, of Penn
sylvania; Hopkins, of Illinois; Gros-
venor, of Ohio; Dolliver, of Iowa;
Steele, of Indiana; Johnson, of North
Dakota; Evans, of Kentucky; Tawney
of Minnesota, Republicans, and Messrs
Bailey, of Texas; Mcmillan, of Tennes-
see; Wheeler, of Alabama; McLaurin
of South Carolina; Roberts, of Louis
iana Swanson, of Virginia, Democrats
Permission was given to the commit
tee on ways and means to sit during
the sessions of the house, and to have
all necessary printing done; and then
at y. IN. the house adjourned till
Thursday next.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-16

Chicago, March 1.-THE leading futures
ranged as follows: Wheat-March, 725sc.
13c.; May, 1850, 7ic,; July, 72c., 723sc Corn
March 23ascr 2S3sc,; May, A8sc- 2i3sc,;
July, 2j5sc, 2jiac, Oats-March, 1850.
1850; May, l7iic, 17isc.; July, lsAc,, lsisc.
Mess pork-AIay, $S.G2la. $S,S2la; July, $50,
1885,. Lard-May, 4,25, $4.3O; July, 4Sj,
H.37Ia, Short ribs-May 4.62ia &72la;
July, $40, $i7j. Cashquotations were as
follows: Flour-Quiet ana firm, un-
changed; No, >, spring wheat, 72asa733, C. /,
No. 3 do, 72a73l4c,; No. . red, s3asassac.;
No. . corn, 2Siac. No ? oats, i6l5c, No
rye, 32laaS3i2c,; No. 2 barley, $780, No. |
tiaXseed 7slaaSOlac.; prime timothy seed,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-16

Chicago, March --Cattle-Receipts, lG,-
600 head; market easy; common to extra
steers, Si.7Oaj.50; stuclers aud feeders,
49, 40a425; COWS ana bulls 81 9Oa3. 50; calves,
S36Oa6lO; Texans, S3,5Oa425, Hogs-Ro-
ceipts, 10000 head; market firm ana %.
higher; heavy packing ANA shipping lots,
49, 7OulO5; common to choice mixed, S3S0a
i,O5; choice assorted, $39iai0j; light, 49, Sja
4; pigs, S32ia4Oi. Sheep Receipts. ls,JJ
head; market steady; inferior to choice,
S3.25a4,2Q; lambs, sS.90a52j
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-16
NEW TARIFF BILL.
Chairman DingIey's synopsis OF im-
portant Changes TO BE Made.


Washington, March 15--The date
when the new tariff bill is to go into
effect is named in the preliminary
drafts submitted to the house today as
May /, 1897.
At quite a late hour in the session OF
the house Chairman Dingley presented
for reference to the committee on ways
and means, of which it was well under
stood he was again to be chairman
the bill upon which he and his Republl-
can associates have been engaged Tor
many weeks.
MCst of the essential details of the
bill. except it's administrative features
have already been made known in these
dispatches But in discussing the gen
erdl scope and purport of the blll TO Il
representative of the United Assoclat-
ed Presses today, Chairman Dingley
gave an interesting synopsis of what
he expected Of it as follows:
TO RAISE REVENUE.
The bill has two purposes, namely to
raise additional revenue ana to encourage
the industries of the United States.
ON the basis of the importatOns of the
last fiscal year, the bill would increase
the revenue about Sll2OOOOOO, divided
among the several schedules roughly as
follows:
ca Chemicals. $500 OoO; (b crockery
and glassware, 81, ,OOU OOO (c) metals, $1,000
0HU ~, ,'t,,,',, 81 nnn n1n, 10, agric,IIturaI
Ss goo n'o. ~, IioI,nrs $1 Sno lor. Cn cotton
81 9ny n,n, ~ i,t, ii,,,,, ,rl ha,nn n $40 =
n,n ~ ', ~, en- -,s, nr,. ul ,nannf.rtl,,
80, W., s5e ,,.n unn. ~, sniIs yt 5nn ana. nm,
pulp and paper, $5S,OOO; C) sundries, $500
NJ, ...,.... T., .,., 49,. ,.,,,,,,,.iti,,, ,,,,+
- "a ~ ,,i, t,,,,,Il
'' 't''Po' - " ,,,t ,i..,,rI o,,. w., In
~ ''i''' ~ - ~ 49, I,,+ 90,
-. 20" - - 49,, ,i,,,,,, .,.,
li'' ,i't'oI - " 49, ,.o, ,,,St+..
Sl'd' III pOuLlNS a. III 1000 'li' 'O''''t''' -~-
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Awful Experience With Heart Dis.


That DR.. Agnew's Cure for the Heart
works like magic, ana cures is proven
by the testimony of Mr., l.. j. Law, To-
ronto, Can. II was so sorely troubled
with heart disease that / was unable
for IS months to lie down in bed lest l
smother. After taking one dose of Dr.
Agnew's Heart Cure, retired and slept
suundly. | used one bottle and the
trouble has not returned"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-16
Knilnlo Live Stock.

Buffalo, n. Y, March 15.-Cattle-Gener-
ally slow: good shipping steers, $l6ja490;
light to good butchers $3.7ja4.lO; stockers
and feeders, firm; light stockers, 50 lOa350;
feeders, $35Oa375: common to fair $ia
4.75. Hogs-1Oc. higher; Workers mixed
and mediums. S4.15 pigs. $3.9Oa4. Sheep
and lambs-Market 1Oa15c. higher for
lambs sheep, firm; prime lambs, 55Oa5GO;
common to choice. $4.7ja5.50; mixed sheep,
good to choice, SI.2jai50; culls to good,
50 5Oa4 15
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$2G5: mess pork, A5Oa4.75; short clear
sides, S4.75a4.S7ia; whiskey, Sill; sugars,
cut loaf, $5l4; granulated, A.5l; standard
A, Si.2G.
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HELP WANTED-MALES.
HELP WANTED-FEMALES

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Write for pan lticuluIs, enclosing stamp,
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CHIROpODIST AND MANICURE

rORNS, BUNIONS AND lNGROWING
~ nails cured without the least pain or
drawing blood. Consultation and advice
given free. r.. NJ. HETIEi., Chiropodist,
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AGENTS WANTED.
Advs. Under This Head One Cent Word

S ALESMEN SCHOOL SUPPLIES; COlIN-
y try work; SlOO salary monthly, with
liberal additional commissions. K. o.
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Printing.

THE TRIBUNE PUBLISHING CO..
North Washington Linotype
Composition of all kinds quickly done.
Facilities unsurpassed in this region.
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WITHOUT A RIVAL.

Annual Sales more than b,UOO,UUO Boxes
26c. at Drug Stores. viii be sent by U. g.
Agents. b. L. ALLEN CO., 1856 Cana! ST., New
York, post paid. upon receipt OF price, Book
free upon application.
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Schools.
REV. THOMAS NJ. CANN,
WALTER II. BUELL..
Seeds,
Wire Screens.
Hotels and Restaurants.

THE ELK CAFE, l25 AND l27 FRANK
lin avenue. Rates reasonable.
p. ZEIGLER, Proprietor.
SCRANTON HOUSE, NEAR D., l. & w.
passenger depot. Conducted on the Eu-
ropean plan. VICTOR KOCH. Prop.
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Oil Market.
BAN KING.

oil City, Pa, March 15.-Credit balance
Gle.
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FRANK p, BROWN & CO.. WHOLE.
sale dealers in Woodward, Cordage and
Oil Cloth, 720 West Lackawanna ave,
THOMAS AUBREY, EXPERT AC-
countaut and auditor Rooms 10 and 20
Williams Building, opposite postottce
Agent for the Rex Fire EXtingusher
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Miscellaneous.

BATTER'S ORCHESTRA-MUSIC FOR
balls, picnics, parties, receptions, we'd
dings and concert work furnished, For
terms address r. j. Bauer, conductor,
III Wyoming avenue, over Hulbert's
music store
MEGARGEE BROTHERS. PRINTERS
supplies envelopes, paper bags, twine.
Warehouse, 1870 Washington avenue,
Scranton, Pa.
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A WONDERFUL MEDICINE,

EEECHAM,S PILLS, taken as directed.
VIII quickly restore Females tocomplete health.
They promptly remove distractions or iEregu.
larities OF the system. For a
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LOl RENl-LlCENSED llOTEL,C CORNER
L of Union and Washington. MRS. WM.
VI MACkENZlE, TaNlOr, Pa. Il Il
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-05-07
RATHRONE SISTERS.

Saturday was red letter day with
the Rathbone Sisters. Twenty
ladies, members of the Mystic Temple,
No. 3, of Ithaca, came TO Alma on the
evening train and eXemplified the work
'$or Royal Temple, No. l6.
Nix candidates were taken into the
mystS%es of the lodge, after which an ex-
cellent Ba9quet was served. All the
choicest dislr~S of the season filled the
tables, and the AIma ladies delightfully."-
attended to the <~2nts of everyone
present. After all had>>Reen satisfied,
toasts We're responded to by hQumber of
the Auests and hostesses, provoking
much merriment and helping the tifAe
to pass swiftly away. At IA late hour
the Ithaca Rathbones left for home by
special train, sounding the highest of
praise upon the Alma ladies for their
magnificent entertainment.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-05-07
Wants $1,000,

John Hall, who moved here from st.
Louis some months ago, commenced suit
for damages against the village through
his attorney, w. A. Bahlke, for $1,000, the
papers being served last Friday, claim
ing injuries to Mrs Hall from defec-
tive sidewalk. Hall is the man who has
for years Travelled the state with some
fake show, his latest being the Turtle
boy The village .has secured two of
the best attorneys in the county and
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-05-07
Long Looked For.

Senator Mudge's bill for the improve
ment of Maple River has passed both
houses and signed by the governor. 1t
provides for the appointment of special
commissioner TO cause surveys to be
made and levels TO be taken and report
the same to the swamp land commits
sioner, who shall determine the feasibil-
ity of the proposed improvement. 1t
also appropriates 400 acres of the re-
turned state tax lands situated in Elba,
Washington and Fulton townships, for
the proposed improvements, and gives
power to impose tax on the lands ben.
efitted by the proposed drain. If the
bill is constitutional, as we sincerely
hope it is, it will undoubtedly open the
way for the redemption of thousands of
acres from a useless state Senator
Nudge will be compelled to divide the
honors of the passage of this bill with
Ex-senator Martin, whose influence
this session, as well as last, with sena-
torial friends, was very material III
its passage.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-05-07
A Success,

The meeting of the Republican Press
Association at Lansing last week was
the most successful meeting ever held
by the association and by far the largest
attendance. The republican presses of
the state propose to keep up the political
fight every week in the year and keep
the important questions before the
voters of the state every day in the year
instead of taking up the matter each
with only few weeks to set
things right. G. +. Brown of this place
was elected member of the executive
of the eleventh congressional
Invitations were extended the
for its next meeting some
time during the summer, from Alma,
Cadillac, Petoskey, Benton Harbor and
Ionia. The date and place of the next
meeting was left to the executive com.
mittee but will probably be held soon
after the present session of congress adj
journs.