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Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-07-22
TARIFF AGREEMENT.
IMPORTANT CHANGES ARE
MADE BY CONFEREES.
Tho Sugar Schedule RearranEed--FII-
teen Per Cent Duty on HideS-The
Tariff on Lead Ore, Lumber and
other Articles.

WASHINGTON, July 15.--The indica-
tions are that the tariff bill as agreed
to by the Republican conferees prob
ably will have passed both houses of
Congress and be law at the end of
the present week.
The bill, as agreed upon, will, when
made public, present an entirely new
sugar schedule, at least in the main
item of duty on raw and refined sugar
There is an increase in the duty on
the highest grades of sugar, bringing
the total duty on pure sugar, testing
100 degrees, up to cents per pound.
This increase is attained by adding TO
the Senate rate u of .Ol of a cent per
pound on sugar testing even 70 de-
grees, and it is claimed that the in
crease ON the higher grades which this
change insures will add immensely to
the protection to the sugar beet in
1ustry.
The refiuers necessarily receive in
cidental benefit from the same in
crease, but for the process of refining
they get only one-eighth of cent, us
provided by the House bill.
1t is estimated that the changes in
the sugar schedule will raise about
s., 900, 900 additional revenue.
Following are among the more inn
portant changes made in other sched-
ules:
Hides, IS per cent ad volorem, in
place of the 20 per cent fixed by the
senate. The house of representatives
made a strong fight to have hides re-
stored to the free list, but they were
compelled to submit to the untiring
demand of the senate.
Lead ore, / = cents per pound.
Pig lead, "a cents, the Senate rates.
Iron ore as fixed by the Senate.
Coal, bituminous, 81 cents per ton.
White pine lumber was restored to
the House classification and the House
rate of SO per 1000 feet, instead of the
Senate rate of 81.
The reciprocity clause has been
transformed into modification of
both the Senate and House schedules
that is, the number of articles which
can be used as basis for reciprocity
agreements has been increased, but
the Presidents discretion as to rates,
and the ratification of treaties by the
Senate, which was the main feature of
the Senate provision, has been re-
iected
Another victory of the House was
the elimination of the Senate stamp
tax on bonds and stocks. 1t was de-
cided that the machinery of collection
was too cumbersome
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-07-22

WASHINGTON, July 16.-Pacifc rail-
road affairs occupied the attention of
the Senate throughout yesterday, and
the Harris resolution relating to the
pending judicial proceedings against
the Union Pacific road finally went
over until to-day.
WASHINGTON, July IT, No business
was transacted by the House yester-
day. Immediately after the journal
was approved, recess was taken on
Mr.. Cannon's motion until to-day, Mr..
Cannon having giving assurances to
Mr.. Bailey that in his opinion u par
tial or complete conference report on
the deficiency bill would be ready by
that time.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-07-22

WASHINGTON, July H. The open
session of the Senate was brief and
uneventful yesterday. The Harris
resolution relating to the Union Pa
ciflc was further discussed. At 1890
the Senate went into executive ses-
sion, remaining behind closed doors
until o'clock and then adjourned
until to-day.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-02
TALLYINe PlNEAPPLss.
quick Work Done In Handling the Fruit
on the New York Wharf.


Tho pineapple season lasts from about
March to about Aug. /. New York
gets pineapples from the Florida keys,
from tho West Indies and from the Ba-
namas. Some come III steamers some
IN sailing vessels. Fincapples from Ha-
yana by steamer are brought III barrels
ana crates. Pincapplcs brought in sail
ing vessels are brought mostly in bulk
not thrown i'll loosely, however, but
snugly slowed, so that as many as pos.
slble may be got into vessel
On the wharfs here pineapples
brought Ill bulk arc handled with great
CELEBRITY. Men i'll the hold of the vessel
I'LL bushel baskets with them and hand
the baskets up on deck, where they are
passed along and set up on tho string
piece OF tho wharf. Tho trucks i'll which
they arc to be carted away are backed
down handy. A box of suitable height,
and which is rs long as the truck is
wide, is placed Mt the end Of the truck.
q man standing near OH tho wharf lifts
the baskets from tho stringpiece and
sets them up on this box. Two men
stand Mt the box each with basket Of
plneapples i'll front of him, to count the
pines and throw them into the truck.
winch has racks at the Sides lengths Of
board are placed across the end as the
load rises. Two men stand in the truck
TO level the fruit as it comes to them.
The two counters are experts, and they
work with great rapidity and stcadincss,
keeping pineapplcs going all the time.
Each man picks up two pincapplcs at
time, one with each hand, and gives
them toss into the truck, beth men
counting as they go along, orc after an
other, ''one, " two. three "''four,"
five, " and SO on up, each count mean
ing two pincapples. When they strike
"one hundred" the tallyman makes a
straight chalk mark on the end of the
truck; that stands for 200 pincapples.
While he is making tho chalk mark tho
other counter keeps right on, and he may
nave got up to 1.-TWO" or "threc" again,
for 1t takes second or two to make tho
chalk mark, but by that time the tally
man Is ut it again Ginning III with
four" and away they go together
again, counting up rapidly toward an
other hundred. If man Oh the load
finds speckcd pine, he drops it over
the side of the truck into basket that
stands there, and says: Conc out. 3" Tho
tallyman tosses i'll one without count.
ing, TO keep the count good
as fast as the counters empty the
baskets they push them off the box, and
the man at the stringpiecc setsup a full
one Ill its place and the counters keep
the pincapplcs going without cessation.
at the fifth hundred the tallyman makes,
a mark diagonally across the four ne
has already made, i'll the commonly
used method of tallying freight; but
these five marks hero stand for 1000
pincapplcs. On double truck there are
usually carried from 1900 to .. 500
pincapples; on Il single truck, from
q 600 10 3.h00. New York .Ss.n.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-02
Pntent Omco Profits.

So far there have been nearly 200
patents issued for horscshoes, " observed
u blacksmith. every ono of thom was
supposed to have merit. a large num-
Der OF them were supposed to be of
value for the reason that they could be
put on horses by bands or clasps and
thus save time and the expense of horse
shoers. Six thousand dollars, therefore.
has been paid into the patent Office by
inventors of horseshocs
Not ono of these inventions was
ever used, and today, rs during the
past, horses are shod. The only shoe
that can DO put on horse must be nail
ed on by II blacksmith. There is no royal
road to wealth, and there is no way to
shoe IA horse except to nail OH tho shoe
This Sc, 600 is but small part of the
money paid out ill connection with pat
ented horseshoes. "-Washington Star.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-02
QUEER BuLLETs.
Nuggets of Gold and Wooden Slugs Cssd
by hunters In Emergencies.

ny hunters In Emergencies.
When q hunter in the old days lost
all his bullets or hadn't any to shoot
with no usually devised substitutes
that on occasion served tho purpose
well. All sorts of things have been fired
ut game or Indians, as tho case might
be- Old Hank Ellison, living up in JEFF
ferson county, n. Y, told to his dying
day how he was coopcd up by Indians
out west once with q little lead, lots Of
powder, belt full of gold nuggets, a
fine rifle and bullet mold. 1t was on
the top of knoll where his log cabin
had been built, and ho had u barrel Of
water and n lot of wood for emergen-
oies The Indians kept just out of
range, dashing i'll onco in awhile to
draw his fire. He soon used his bullets
up and then used the gold. He fired
nearly half his fortune ut tho redskins
before they left him.
Many hunter has used pebble in
tho hopo of getting close deadly shot.
Jackknives and ramrods have served
their time rs missiles. Forest and
Stream tells about u hunter who had
only single bullet, but lots of powder
The bullet shot the horn of big buck
off, and the buck charged tho man, who
took to tree top. He spent half an
hour whiting off two inch lengths of
branches and putting them into his rife.
Then he rammed them down on the
powder and fired mt the maddcned deer.
Ills partner came along after awhile
with belt full of bullets and, MAX
ing run for the tree, gave u bullet to
tile shooter, who quickly killed the
deer. New York Sun.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-02
They Face Balloons In Paris.

The newest sport in Paris is the bal
looa game, which is played i'll this
fashion:
A number Of toy balloons are entered
for the competition, and in each of
them is placed an envelope, containing
postal card, which is addressed to the
Judge of the contest. The little balloons
are then set free. and after more or less
time como to earth again in different
parts Of the country.
Those who find them see the envelopes
and notice thereon - request that the
time when each balloon was found, and
also the place. be written on the postal
card. which is then to be dropped III the
postoffice.
At the end of week the various DOS
tai cards arc compared, and the prize is
awarded to that balloon which Travelled
the greatest distance in the shortest
me.-Paris Letter.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-02

According to an estimate i'll work
on building. three plastcrcrs, with enc
hciper' VIII put on $50 yards OF two
coat work in IL day.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-02
Cautious Prophet.

III these days, when people arc won't
to complain of any mistake made in the
representations sent ont from the
weather bureau, it is amusing to read
OF the complaisant manner in which
Clough, i'll his New England Alma
nack' for the year 1902 and later, pre-
dicted the weather.
Perhaps, he says, from the 10Th
to the esd of january, Sit will be very
cold weather if it frese by the fircside
on on tho sunny side of fence at noon. ;"
In April he says: ''Perhaps wet
weather if it rains" Nov fair wealth
CT If the sun shines. 2" Windy or calm "
And i'll July he writes pleasantly,
IL now the weather do prove fair, peo-
pie TO Cambridge do repair -
1t appears that Mr.. Samuel Clough
knew how to secure himself against
criticism
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-02
ADVOCATES SURFACE puRIAL.
Sir F. Seymour Haden Says n Slight Earth
Covering Soonest Absorbs Bodies.

OH r. ocJHour hauen says n slight Earth
Covering Soonest Absorbs Bodies.
Sir e. Seymour Haden of London has
practically studied for ten years the best
methods Of disposing of the dead. The
result Of his Investigations he terms
Natures method of disposing of tho
dead, by far the most practical and Ger
tainly tho natural method.
He has buried animals, largo and
small, i'll his lawn. By digging them
up and examining them ut intervals
varying from one to five years he found
thatt buried at depth of ~ fcet-the
depth required by the government for
the burial Of human bodics-an interval
OF from three to four years was neces-
sary for complete dissolution. Buried at
the depth Of one foot, year and IL half
he found was sufficient for the complete
dissolution of large and year or less
for the smaller animals a body simply
laid upon the ground, with covering
OF earth foot thick completely tlisap-
pearcd Clones excepted) in year
DIR. A. B. Poorc, after experiment.,
states that if body is buried so rs to
further its complete dissolution the land
would be ready. after short interval,
to receive second body, and that if the
cemetery were systematically planted
with flowers the earth would be puri-
fled and the air freshencd by the flour
iShing vegetation.
An acre Of ground would provo ami.
pie burial ground i'll perpctuity for n
population of 10000 persons New
York World
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-02
TARPON FISHING.
n Texans Experience with tho MosA
Thrilling Sport In the World.


y Texas sportsman, in Forest and
Stream, gives an account of an exciting
experience while fishing for rarpon in
Galveston bay. He says:
As had made my arrangements to
return to Houston at O'Clock, | told
the boatman that if he would give me
one more fresh mullct l would bait the
hook, and, when that was taken, we
would go i'll. He gave ne the mullet.
put his oars Ill the locks and was ready
to start when l threw my bait over
board. L had not got three feet from the
boat before there was Il mighty splash.
Water was thrown all over me, and my
mullct was taken by tarpon. I was
scarcely prepared for him, but ut tho
same time ! prevented his getting too
much line, and the reel sang the pref
test kind of song, until he had gone
about 90 feet, THAT | ever heard At
this distance he jumped ut least O feet
ont OF the water, and, finding L had
him safe, [ gave him no more slack
whatever. He turned immediately out
the channel to sea against the tide and
continued his rapid gait, jumping clear
he had jumped nine times. He kept UP
the pace until he had gone miles to
sea and into very deep water.
Il had no control of him whatever,
and he had taken on several occasions
during this outward sea movement
nearly all my line ut least 500 feet.
After this distance he turned to the left
and went at least 2 miles, until lie
got into or & feet of water Then
he turned back across the channel and
went OH the opposite side of it, probably
! = miles. After ~. hours he went
back into water So or 4 feet deep. ami
had some hope of getting him into
water where | could gait him. But,
without warning, he turned to sea again
and did not stop until he had Como u
miles. This fish took us around over
the bay for . J., hours, and distance of
not less than IL or 10 miles. found [
had no control over him, and / knew I
had him foul i'll some way, because no
pressure that | dared bring to bear
seemed to turn his head, and when |
got him broadside toward me and en-
deavored to hold him L would draw him
broadsido tome. and not head foremost,
which told me L had him hooked some
where i'll the side.
After had Worn out Captain Frank
Marsh, my boatnun and myself, ana
we had on several occasions almost do
cided to cut the line and let the fish go.
we began to have little control over
him, and worked him toward shallow
water. and ut & 10 l got him into water
about 8 i. feet deep, and the captain got
into the water himself and worked up
to the fish and gated him, as he had II
gatf with handle about 6 feet long
After he got the gait into the taIpon no
drew him toward the boat, and killed
him with an oar ~
Pious Pellets.
At the beginning of this century most
peculiar cholera remedy was in use In
Persia. 1t consisted In wadding up lea1
from the Koran and forcing 1t down tho
patients throat
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-02
Sardou's Hobby.

Sardou's hobby is building himself
houses. In this way he delights in
spending his wealth. On Mount Boron,
on the outskirts of Nice stands hugo
erection of stone, dwariing the surround
ing villas, which is merely tho founda-
ton of palatial residence which the
eminent dramatist commenced, and
after an expenditure of some 5000, 900
was prevented from completing on the
ground that the structure would inter
fere with tho outlook of the fort perched
on the hill behind.
SELECTING PICTURES.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-02
Strange Dailroom Scene.

Seldom is a ballroom the scene of such
MI event as took place not long ago at
Cadiz y magnificent bali was being given
by the Gaditan club, and tho entertain
ment was in full swing, when the Mar
quis Go Casa Laiglcsia, formerly Spanish
minister at Washington, and subsequently
ambassador in London, was seized with "A
Ill ana Tell to the floor. His condition APP
peafeu so alarming that tho doctors or
dercu tho last sacrament to 10 admins
tered to him. AS the priest arrived with
the viaticum the orchestra played the royal
march, all the ladies knclt down and
crossed themselves in true Spanish fashion
as did most of the men. Happily, the old
diplomats condition improved so greatly
IA little afterward that he was able To 10
removed, and the ball, after this strange
interruption, continued until O'Clock in
tho forming.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-02
SELECTING PICTURES.
in Choosing Paintings Get mt the Inten-
ton OF the Artist.


''Tho value of IL picture depends upon
what there is i'll it for its possessor, -
writes William Martin Johnson in The
Ladies Home Journal, on the ''Sclec-
ZION and Framing of Pictures. - "a
painting by an amateur may be moro
precious Ill your eyes than ono of Ra-
phaci's cartoons. Therefore sell your
cartoon to the highest bidder, and when
you outgrow the little painting buy bacl,
tho cartoon If you have learned to SEQ
its beauty.
No one can tell you how to under
stand art without your seeing it, study
ing 1t, living with it, any more than
any one can tell you how to tell good
cloth from bad. You must first have had
experience with cloth. Learn IL language
before You try to converse. But do not
go SO far rs TO imagine that you must
learn drawing and painting before you
can appreciate pictures. The less you
know about technique the more capable
you Will bo of looking at u painting with
an unprejudiced eye. Get Mt the artists
intention. Does he express an idea TO
you? Is he interesting i'll the way he
tells his story? Does hu convince you OF
truth? Ii the picture is that of II head,
does 1t impress you rs having the char.
acteristics of an individual? Does it
look like human being? Suppose Il
landscape Is under discussion-do tho
trees sway, the clouds float? Is there any
atmosphere i'll the painting? These are
the tests of Il painters facility with Ian
gudSc. But moro than this is required
it is the intellectually behind tho
brush. Herein lies the difference be-
tween sublime nrt and tho common.
place
Fooled Again.
All" said Mr. Knight Starr, the
emotional tragedian. as he came in
sight of farmhouse "Mayhap this
worthy peasant will give some refresh
ment for the inner man. What, no.
there!'
The worthy peasant gazed at the ira
gedian for moment and answered,
Yew durn fool, don't Vow know n
pitchfork from hoe:'
And having thus spake he disap-
peared within his abode. Cincinnati
Enquirer
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-02
nc HEART AND TIE BLOOD.
Views Of Scientists who Differ With uar- |
vay'a Thcory on Their Kolntinns;


v0y's Theory on Their Relations.
Do you know that some of tho very
best physicians i'll the land arc far from
being satisfied that the heart is the or
gan which causes the blood to circulate
i'll tho veins and arteries? Tho theory of
Harvey, which maintains that tho i'm
puisivc stroke of the heart is ''the sole
motive powcr,' is disputed by persons
who know moro about blood circulation
III u minute than he ever did i'll his life.
Various causes for the phenomena of
blood circulation are assigned by the
diiferen5 students Of the subject, but
the majority of those who differ from
Harvey say that the true cause of crcu-
iation is to be found i'll respiration.
That function brings carbon into the
lungs This carbon mikes with the
vcnous blood, the mixture forming the
true fuel of animal life. The oxygen
which is also taken into tho lungs with
every breath mingles with the carbon,
and Il slow form of combustion ensucs.
Wherever combustion is going on heat
is evolved. In this case tho heat is COM
municated to the blood, which is about
sevcn-cighths water.
Tho lungs being i'll partial vacuo and
having temperature of at least 80 de-
grces above that required to change wa
ter into vapor (when the water in ques-
ton is i'll Il complete vacuum), steam is
generated. This enlargcs the volume of
the blood and cxerts a specific force
The valves on the right side of tho heart
close against this force, while these on
the LEFT open to give it free passage.
Thus, according to this theory, the truo
motive power is produced which first
causes and then keeps up the circulation
OF the blood.
When this theory is elaborated, it is
very conclusively proved that the heart
has nothing whatever to do with the
circulation of the blood but to deter
mine, by its valves, the course of tho
current and, by the mechanical force
OF the stroke, to cqunlizo tho tlow.-St.
Louis Republic.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-02
a Matter of Passion.

Mrs. Prosy-Reading is quite pas
sion with my husband.
Mrs Dresser-So it is with mine
when he reads my milliners hills -
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-01-27
NEUROLOGICAL.

MAYS-Marshall, Texas. January o5.-
Mr.. d, May. an old and respected citizen OF
Harrison county. died yesterday morning
and was buried at $3.50 this evening.
DURllAM-Falrle Texas, January %.
Elijah Durham died this morning at $40
o'clock. He was 6s years old and had lived
in this community for over forty years.
He was consistent member of the Meth
odst church and was loved and respected
by all
UESSLER-Mason. Texas, January
25.-Mrs. Francis Schuessler, wife OF Mr..
jacob Schuessler. died somewhat suddenly
on the 23d Instant. Mrs, Schuessler was
30 years cid and the mother OF several
children, all Of whom were at the funeral
except one son living at Eagle Pass. Mrs h.
Schuessler's death has cast quite gloom
over Mason, whore she was rcyered and
loved by all.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-01-27

rt,ines celery compound is working mir
acles in the cure of d sease.
So says a recent article by the foremost
mes, cal essayist in Boston.
Nothing shows more conclussvely," he
adds, "the astonishing capabil.ty of Paine Is
celery compound than the thoughtful.
opcn-mlndel class of people who Use 1T
and recommend It. both in public and
among their closest and dearest friends
AMI relatives. Among us Uphyslc.ans)
there Is no longer any hes fancy IN rec
ommendng this greatest remedy without
STINT of praise
About the, same time the above article
was published there appeared m the Bos-
ton Journal the following letter from Da-
v.d Is. Chaser of i52 W ndsor street, Cam
bridgeport. suburb OF Boston:
Il take great pleasure in testifyng to
the eXtraor AnarS merits of Palne's celery
compound. Fer some tme past ! have
been uos!er the trentment of two well
known local doctors, but their combined
efforts proved of no avail. have been for
years harsh slleptic IN regard to alver-
tiso1 medicines but having suffered ek-
cruciating pains in the head, which the
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-01-27
Cattle Imports.

Eagle Pass, Texas, January 26.-Messrs,
Nelson & Weller of Mexico imported
through this port last week $50 head of
beeves' which were shipped to market. 1t
is thought that there will be several i'm
portations OF cattle from Mexico soon>
mere seems to be an impression that
the duty on cattle will be increased TO $40
per head as soon as the, matter is reached
by the incoming administration.
Quite number will go from here to San
Antonio on the Goth to hear Hon. William
J. Bryan speak, provided reasonable reduc-
ton can be had on railroad fare.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-01-27

Georgetown, Texas January G.-Distrlct
e9lfi, r1w SRI fesslan took up the criminal
f0ekft ihK morning with vim character
1850 %; zee officers In charge Judge
ITD0bs, Attorney Buriexon ana Sheriff
Pun The folioNins pleaded guilty and
were seufcnced 20 ne r,enitentiaTy. Juan
FOdoso theft u horse five years; Richard
W0rsck burglary. two years Richard
Womack theft over $50 two years VIM
User theft two yesrs; VIM. Dser, bur
pisry. tao years zepandco Rodriguez, bur
glafy. two years; Zepandico Rodriguez
theft. TWO ycarl.
The following we're sent to the reforma-
tory: Walter Robinson. burglary. TIVE
years: Vim Gamer, burglary. two years
John Connolly, burglary. two years San
Etrcttrf burglary two Year,
The trisl Of Al Moore for rape and lnces
n now in progress