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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-01-09
a SECOND M,kINLEY BILL.
The Chinese Wall of Protection Is to BE
Rebuilt.

hUB0AAts
Within the past few days two of Maj.
McKinley's bosom friends, Congress
man Grosyenor and Mr.. H. II. kohlsaat,
have given out evidently inspired in
formation which should fill the great
mass of tho republican party with
alarm. For it spells Reputation and de-
feat in 1895 and 1900. This information
is that the major is still inftamed with
his single and singular idea that he
was elected for the sole purpose of re-
| building the Chinese wall OF high tariff,
and that the clique that surrounds him
Is going to take full advantage of his
lnfatuation. Instead of keeping their
implied pledge to the nation that there
would be no immediate %reopening of
the question, they are apparently de-
termined to keep their expressed pledge
to the tariff robbers that the Wilson
bill would not stand a month after Nc
Kinley's Inauguration.
To begin with. according to inspired
Prophet Grosvenor, chief Of the corps
of v~aticination, Mr.. Mckinley and his
friends intend to abolish ad valorem i'm
posts. which have in the Wilson bill
approximated to honesty, and to return
to the old specific duty SYSTEM, which
enables the tariff robbers to levy rail-
the traffic will bear" in the immortal
words of Mr.. Coils p. Huntington, with
out letting the people know where the
wound is that is draining their blood.
Then they are going to restore high
taxes on wool, lumber, coal and the
products OF the farm; and information
is nonchalantly given that the duties
on glass, tin, pottery, chemicals and
some other products will be moved up
a neg or two" Not the least interest
ing OF the proposed changes is the inn
position of what is brazenly called q
reciprocity duty on sugar." which
indicates that the Havemeyers have
been pretty well represented on Mr.
Hanna's list Of contributors to the Nc
Kinley campaign fund. 1t is designed
to have the bill completed by March
4, so that 1t can be rushed through con
!, gress the first week of the extra SEES
sion in March.
, Meanwhile there is no hint from any
source to show that the republicans
have the slightest intention OF giving
the country relief from the present
dangerous condition of the financial sys
TEN. Though this was the sole ISSUE
of the campaign that resulted in Nc
Kinley's election, and though every re
, publican leader, in speech or in print
practically promised that there woult
> be no renewal of tariff agitation, tht
Canton clique are going to hurry u'
back to the Mckinley basis as soon a
I possible, in order to please their friends
and patrons, the mill bosses, and ar
going to ignore everybody else.
: Evidently Mr.. Mark Hanna has adopt
ed the philosophy of n OF the mos
eminent Of his predecessors-"After IN
the deluge."-N. journal.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-01-09
plrA N POINT.

Sam Singleton-"Do you honestly
mean to say that you spend less money
since you married." Benny Dictus-
my dear fellow, / have to."-Brooklyn
Life.
-Fuddy-"Football was a crime IN
England in the reign of Henry VIII"
Duddy-"The way they play it now is
d blunder, which is worse than a crime
Boston Transcript.
Saved by Delay. - Tiecounter-
"What do you think of my part IN the
last act2" Hamfattet-"That If it had
been in the first act we'd have been
mobbed."-Detroit Free Press.
-"Have you no pride at all?" asked
the Earnest Worker. "Nup,' said the
| Cumberer of the Ground. II am wait
in till it gifts cheaper. Pride, you
know. must have q fall."-Cincinnati
Enquirer.
Aunt Dorothy had just finished her
preparations for a bicycle rifle, and APP
peared at the door arrayed in bloom
ers. ooh, auntie." exclaimed Jerry
who was playing in the garden, "are
you going to be my uncle?"--Harper''
Bazaar.
--"What kind Of goods, ma'am"
asked the salesman. II think" replied
the young woman who had just bought
n wheel and was about to order hel
first riding suit, "you may show mt
some of your early fall styles."-Chi
cago Tribune.
Preparing for the Worst.-"Vy
Hans, how it vos dot you again vos 81
mooch getrunkeh" ut is like dis Is
/ vas heared dot deere vos sone talk lik
dey vos going to increase dot beer ia
soon yet. So l sit me pooty full vii
dere is yet blenty time.'-Clevelta'
Plain Dealer.
deeply Subtle Authorization"
believe l saw you coming out of a rur
shop this afternoon" said Rev. MI
Wilgus. 81 guess you did" said tn
parishioner. son business, l ma
hope" mo; I will be candid wit
you. I went in to get a drink. 70
see it was this way. l had a plugge
quarter passed on me-" yes" San
there are only two places a man can e
rid of a plugged quarter--a church an
a saloon, And, of course, I didn't war
to pass it on the contribution box
"Ah!"-IndianapOlis journal.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-01-09
HISTORY REPEATING ITSELF.

i.
II am lonesome" said Susie TO Roop'e
Won't you go and play with me,
[ have a ~play-house-a pretty pias-"ou
down under the old oak tree,
And nv toys and dolls are all down there,
and oh! there are the prettiest leaves
And Robbie. l found two sparrow's nests
too-old nests that dropped from the
caves,
And | fixed them up on some tiny sheiVes,
and oh! everything Is SO nice! ~,
Won't YOU go down there and play with
me?
If YOU will, I'll kiss you twice.
.I am lonesome by myself in the play
house,
And everything is so nice;
l think you might go play with me- fop-
bic.
II YOU will, III kiss you twice
Then with boyIsh contempt he answered
(she was six and he was eighu,
'I don't care anything for your playhouse
and the sight of dolls hate;
And your leaves and birds nests are noth-
ing If they do look so pretty n NICE
So | don't think | care to go with you, even
though you would kiss me twice.
Then her little lips quivered with anguish
and the child's heart swelied VIII
pain. ,.
While the tears ran down the soft little
checks.
He saw 1t, then answered again:
"Why Susie, you know was Joking
Don't cry. little sweetheart. Sue;
Let me get my rocky-horse and new to,
gun,
And I'll play all day with you"
The years had passed by all swiftly witt
their medley of pleasure and pain,
And one day l heard these low love word
In the spot by the shaded lane:
II am lonesome" said Robbie to Susie
won't you come and play with me?
I have built us a house, a pretty new house
down under the old oak tree.
And it's fixed all snugly and neatly. u
cozy and cheerful and warm
II you'll go I'll love you forever and pre-
tect and shield you from HARM
"I am lonesome by myself In the new house
And tits cozy and cheerful and warm;
I think you might go and live with mt
Susie,
And III love you and shield you fror
harm"
Then with woman's perverseness she ar
swered the lovers plea of the man:
II don't believe I'll 90 to your new house;
really don't see how / can.
And your neat. new rooms are nothing,
they do look SO cozy and warm;
So l don't think / care to go with you, eve
though you would shield me fror
harm"
Then the man felt the thrill Of anguish
the mans heart swelled with pain;
But she smiled as she looked toward hin
then softly answered again:
why, Robbie. you know l was joking,
am always your sweetheart true;
Let us set the wedding day, Robbie.
And I'll go and live with you"
Fins Garrett, in Nashville Banner,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-01-09
ROSA soNHEuR's DAILY LIFE.
Early to Bed, Early to Rise-Her Method
of Work.

Early to Bed, Early to Risc-Her Methsd
OF Work.
"My life is that of a peasant" writes
Rosa Bonheur In Ladies' Homo
journal. II wake with the day and lie
down to sleep almost at nightfall.
Early in the morning l stroll In the gar
den with my dogs or drive my pony
cart through the forest of Fontaine-
bleau lin the midst Of which is her es-
tate, Dy). Toward nine o'clock ! take
nv seat at the easel and work until
1880. Then ! breakfast quite simply
and afterward smoke my cigarette as
l run through the daily papers. Ire
sumo nv work at one o'clock and at
five l 20 out for a walk. Hove to see the
sun sink behind the trees OF the forest.
l finish the day by reading. The books
prefer are those of travel, hunting and
historical works. Often I read the
Bible.
ABefore commencing a picture
study my subject exhaustively, prefac'
ing this work with conscientious
studies from nature. Hook for the ex'
act sky and the exact ground that viii
suitably frame the subject, and not IN
til then do l commence the work on the
canvas. The ever-present desire IT.
bring myself nearer to truth and an In
cessant research after simplicity are
my two guides. I have never grown
tired of study. 1t is to-day, and 1t ha.
been during my whole life, a happiness
to me, for it is with persistent worl
alone that we can approach the I'm
solved problem which more than any
other elevates our soul and entertains
In US thoughts of justice, OF goodness
Of charity"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-01-09
v PROTECTION.
Devices OF the Mckinleyltes for Favorins
the Trusts.

A paragraph found in the news col
umns OF the press within a few days
to the effect that the fruit growers OF
southern Illinois are moving 10 estap-
fish local branches of the American
Fruit Growers union, with a view 10
solving the problem of securing proper
distribution of fruits and vegetables
among the various markets IN the couh'
try, has n wider significance than ap'
pears on the surface.
When an individual has secured pos
session of land adapted to the growing
of II crop and succeeds in producing
1t the problem of disposing of it seems
on its face very simple. Butfrom what
has been said OF it in various quarters
it is far from being simple.
To go a long way from home for an
Illustration, there are regions in Arr
zona peculiarly well adapted to the pro-
duction Of semitropical fruits, but when
certain owners lately brought these
lands into cultivation and found them
selves In possession of rich crops they
found at the same time that certain
combinations of California fruit grow
crs-whether this American union or
some other Is immaterial-had virtual
possession of the markets by reason OF
some kind of arrangement with the
nag of the rail lines OF access "
those markets, and because OF this the
crops of the new would-be competitors
practically went to waste on their
hands.
Whether this American union has
any such restricting arrangement with
transportation agencies is not known
Probably it has, and if so 1t is only
one manifestation of the constantly.
widening and ramifying problem Of
controlling trade" through the opera
ton of which the general public is
more or less deprived of the advantages
which should naturally flow from IN
creased production and increased facil'
tiles for REORGANIZATION.
It may seem hardly necessary to ado
that all such restrictions and hamper
inps of what should be free CONNER
cial movement operate ultimately to re
strict consumption and SO chill the gen
eral prosperity. But it should surprise
nobody that such clandestine and semi
clandestine devices for protecting
favored few are thus privately resortet
to among a people whose national gov
eminent makes similar protection 0
the interests of the favored few ut Tn
expense of all its openly-avowed poll
cy.-Chicago Chronicle.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-01-09
MCKINLEY saws that the present

Mckinley says that the present
tariff law is a failure both as a producer
Of cvenue and a protector Of labor.
But the treasury figures show that the
duties collected under the Wilson tariff
increased $40, 900 in its first year
and $685. 600, 900 the second year over the
last year Of the Mckinley tariff. Is that
a failure? The same is true of labor.
There is not one Of the manufacturing
schedules in which the duty does not
more than cover the labor cost between
this country and Europe. In many OF
them it exceeds the total foreign labor
cost in the imported articles. Wherein
lie the failure to protect? What more
has labor ever asked for than it is get.
ting under the present tariff? What
more could 1t reasonably demand?-
Minneapolis Times.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-01-09

Mrs. Framley ierked her skirts o
the French girls clasp. i
"You shall prove that in a court OF
Justice" she said, harshly. "A police
man! Why does not some one bring a
policeman"
The words had scarcely passed her
Inns when Fanchon de Lisle fell, white
and l~ifeless, to the floor, her luxurious
let black hair escaping from its bands,
and falling, like a veil, over her ashen-
pale face.
"She is %fainting," said Cecile, with a
culver in her voice.
"She is dead, ma'am," said Mrs. Hoyle,
the motherly old h~ousekeeper. Its
the heart-she was always complaining
of pains round the heart. You've fright
ened her to death, ma'am!"
Don't be a fool, Hoyle!" cried Mrs.
Framley, clutching ~nervously at her
throat. ats only a swoon. Get some
camphor, somebody. Oh, here comes
the otiicer!"
But 1t was no gruff-voiced policeman
who was ushered into Mrs. Framley's
boudoir-only Harold Disart, who
looked around him with a puzzled coun-
tenance.
pray pardon me-" he said, with q
courteous bow in Mrs. Framley's direc-
tioS. Il fear ! am i%ntruding; but l will
dctain you only for an instant. l have
CONT to return the diamond earring
Miss Chetwynde lost last night at Mrs
Fontaine's party. 1t was found in the
conservatory, close to the big palm
where l brought you that last ice, Miss
Chetwynde."
Cecile grew scarlet, then pale, as Mr.
Dissrt laid the glittering ornament be
side her on the table. She shrank from
her cousins eye even while she strov,
to mutter some faint formula of thanks
"The diamond that Cecile C~hetwynd'
lost!" Mrs. Framley shrilly calculated
beginning to comprehend the true stu
alton of affairs. "Cecile Chetwynde a
Mrs. Fontaine's party last night! Bas'
girl! How dared you deceive me thus
You have been haunting in my dla
monds! You have been systematicall.
, acting a false part! Wretch, viper!
wilt no longer have you in my housed
I Mr.. Disart looked from the infuriate'
matron to the shrinking girl. in surpris
, and perplexity; but there were half
score of voices ready to enlighten hin
on the matter.
Cecile buried her face in her hands.
IL meant no HARM" she faltered
ut was only for once"
"And you would have let this poo
child suffer for your fault?" Harol
Disart exclaimed, responsibility. "Ol
Miss Chetwyndc! how completely yo
have blinded me up to this time!"
4. And he turned away, in cold ange
and ill-concealed disgust.
At that instant the experienced oil
physician whom the servants had sun
moned glanced up from his examine
ton.
SIT will matter little to this GIRL h
said, quietly, what the world may sa
h of her henceforth. She has gone to
greater tribunal to plead her poor littl
IS cause!"
II He spoke truly.
d Tanchon de Lisle was dead.
The burial certificate called it "heal
s. disease" and they buried her in a lionel
n cemetery in a strange land, where n
j. tender hand could hang g%arlands on he
tombstone. But Cecile Chetwynde, a
:" belt she bears a brave front before tn
I, world, feels that she walks ever with tn
crimson stain of murder on her slende
= white hand!
d And sometimes she wishes il were sh
le lying under the daisies where Fancho
It sleeps.-N. y. Weekly.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-01-09
THE TARIFF AND BUSINESS.
Republicans Dealing Unfairly with the
Hnnnle.

Republicans DeallnB Sniairiy VII" -
People.
The Canton correspondent of the New
York Tribune writes that Maj. Nc
Kinley believes in a protective tartif'
and thinks the revision of the existing
revenue law the first step toward pro-
| curing a perfect restoration OF conil-
dence in the commercial world. The
men who have been invited to confer
with him on this subject say that his
conversation is an inspiration, and that
| his ideas about tariff revision are SO
broad, SO clear, so just, and at the same
| time SO exact and so freighted with the
wisdom of long practical experience,
that they inevitably sink deep into the
minds of the listeners and give definite
form to the purposes of those whose
task It Is to grapple with the tariff at
! Washington"
1t Is a pity that Maj. Mckinley does
lot say in public what he tells those
who are invited to confer with him.
The public needs inspiration, and the
lack Of knowledge as to the exact ideas
oG Mckinley IN tariff legislation is pro-
| ducing a feeling Of anxious uncertainty
| in business circles. Business needs in
SEPARATION, and it cannot come too quick
w. For our own part we belive that q
public announcement by Mckinley
that he approved the suggestion of
President Cleveland that the present
tariff be permitted TO stand a trial UNI
der the new conditions would be a rea'
inspiration. The New York Herald
says:
1.-THE mere suggestion that there may bt
an extra session of congress to again rI
up the tariff has sen a chill through tht
country and checked the advance which
started when the victory for sound none!
was won. The caution now displayed b,
industrial and commercial circles is basec
on good grounds"
The republicans justify the tariff rip
ping crusade by declaring that the st
Louis platform demanded protection
and the people voted for the St. Loui
platform. This is ingenious, becaus'
there was never a national platform 81
completely s%mothered and repudiate'
by the declarations Of candidates, news
papers and party orators as was tn
republican platform of 1896. 1t is with
in the bounds OF reason TO say that
the republican campaign had been con
Quoted upon its platform Mckinley
election would be jeopardized. TIL
st. Louis platform was kept in tn
background, and for Mckinley and hi
, party to assume that the people vote
for something that was swept out @
the canvass at the beginning is scarcel
: dealing honestly with the people,
c Utica Observer.
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are signs of preparatjon 70,

HeIe dFc niBus VI preparation LOT
another tariff ripping bill; of open doors
to bounty-seeking interests; of the re-
imposition of burdensome tariff taxes
upon food and raiment and shelter for
the consumers; Of another prolonged
period of discussion with no certainty
that the senate will -%concur) to make
business men rend their garments and
wonder why they are so sorely aflict-
ed. The death Of the Dingley bill pre-.
scnts an opportunity for the congress,
men to acquit themselves like patriots
go home and give the country rest. Bui
there appears to he little likelihood
Of their taking advantage Of the oppor'
tunity.-Detroit Free Press.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-01-09
Trains without Rails.

Experiments which are described as
satisfactory have recently been made
in the suburbs of Paris with a train.
drawn by a steam locomotive, running
not on rails but on an ordinary road.
The train used ut present consists OF
only two cars, one of which contains
the locomotive machinery, together
with seats for IA passengers, while the
other has "a seats. The engine is Of
16-horse power and the average speed
is about seven miles an hour. The
train is able to turn in a circle only "a
feet in diameter. Another train has
been constructed for the conveyance
of freight. 1t is hoped by the inventors
that trains of this kind will be exten
siyely employed in and near Cities
Youths Companion.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-01-09

Millions Of men who are daily "IoDaccS,
Shifting and Smoking Their lives Aw1N NJ
will be glad to learn that the makers .c ~
hehit cnre. that has freed over 400, 0~OOtobac-
Co users in the last few years, nave put on
the market a fifty ceutpackage Of their great
remedy. This viii give every tobacco user
n chance to test No!To-Bac's power 10 COZ,
tr0l the desire for tobacco In every iorm sno
at The same time be benefited by No-lo-
bac's nerve strengthening qualities. Every
tobacco user should procure o nifty cent DoH
Mt once from his druggistor orderit py man;
You will be surprised to see now easliy ana
quickly the desire for tobacco disaPpeaIi AZ;
ANY reader can obtain q sample anu pSTor ~
Chicago or New York, and mentioning tnls
paper.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-01-09
THE PRICE OF VANITY
BY ii. +. GRAVES,

In an exquisite boudoir Cecile Chef
wynde was sitting, one stormy winter
night, languidly watching her rich
| cousins toilet.
|. 1t was just such a place and scene as
Cecile loved; yet she was only here on
~suflerance-a poor relation, tolerated
with a sort of grudging hospitality.
And Mrs. Framley, her wealthy cons-
in, was a short, vulgar-looking woman
cross, ill-bred, i%ll-tempered and gaudi-
ly arrayed in ruby velvet.
"How strangely things are ordered!"
Cecile could not help saying to herself,
as she caught n reflection of her own
cameo-like profile and aristocratic fig
ure in an opposite mirror. Il should
have been the child of wealth; she the
toiler. But, never mind! l will yet
compel Fortune to empty her golden
Golfers at my feet!"
"How do you like the red camellias in
my hair, Cecile% Mrs. Framley de-
manded. mo. Fanchon. not the dia-
monds, you goose! The rubies. to-
night"
The trim little French maid tripped
airily to the jewel easket to get out the
great crimson rubies, that flashed in
the gaslight like drops of blood; and
Cecile, leaning back in her sh~ell-shaped
chair, thought secretly that her Cousin
Barbara would look like a scarlet
famingo in her intensely-colored velvet
and Jewels, and complexion to match.
And SO Mrs. Framley rolled away to
the ball in her ssftly-cushioned car
riage, well content with herself, and
| Cecile started out of her reverie.
"You may go, now, Fanchon," she
said, land you needn't sit up. ] have
letters to write, and l will attend to
Mrs. Framley's toilet when she re-
turns"
Fanchon lifted her dovelike eyes to
Miss Chetwynde's imperially beautiful
face.
"Shall | not remain to arrange the
room, mademoiselle?" she inquired.
"No, no, mol" Cecile answered, i'm
patiently. 1.-THE is well enough
and l would rather be alone"
And not until Fanchon had vanished
did she lift the scarlet Indian scar
which had fallen over the casket of dia
monds, with a smile of triumph mant
ling her exquisite coral lips.
II will wear them this once" sh'
murmured, to herself. Harold Disar
shall see that I can grace his wealth
: like any princess. How they glitter
how they sparkle! Oh. will the tim
ever come when l, too, shall wear din
monds of my own"
Swiftly and silently she hurried t
her W room, carrying the preciou
casket of white velvet, lined with snow
pure satin, in her hands, and dresse
herself in tarletan and clematic bios
SONS.
And while Mrs. Framley fondl
7 imagined her young cousin was sleepin
n peacefully at home, and poor Fancho
supposed her to lie writing letters, G.
|. cile Chetwynde was gliding throug
the mazes Of the redowa at a stated
mansion in Belgravia, with Harol
y Disart's admiring eyes drinking in he
= Hebe-like loneliness, while on her bro
d and throat and marble-molded arms tn
n. diamonds shone and scintillated lil
u threads and lines Of fire.
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WHAT AN ENGLISH DUKE COST,
Vanderbilt IL Said to HaveP Paid o16.0oo.-
o to the Ma;lboroughs.

Vanderbilt Is Said to Have Paid $4,000,
0 to the Ma-lboroughs.
Fifteen millions is the price OF q real
frst-class duke. At least that Is what
the New York World says Mr.. w. X. Van
derbilt paid for the honor Of allying his
family name with that Of the ancient
house of Marlborough.
This statement, says tho World, Is
made on the unquestionable authority
Of an English gentleman visiting In
Washington who has been In a position
to know oil the facts. His account ~
circumstantial and undoubtedly cor
rect.
The terms Of :hS~ settlement were
Sc cc3S66,;6oo-or, to speak with absolute
accuracy, the income of $4,000 ,ooo--on
Mr.. vanderbilt's daughter during her
lifetime and 5000, 900 on the duke. II
children are born they will inherit the
mothers portion at her death. II the
marriage shall be without issue this
$4,000, 900 will revert on the death OF
the duchess.
But the dukes s, 100000 is to be his In
any event.
The settlement was not made In cash,
but in Investments for the benefit OF
the duke and duchess. These invest
n.ents are principally in the stocks and
bonds OF the Lake Shore and other Van
derbilt railroads.
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