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THE STYLE OF ALDERMEN.
People Who DO Address Them as "The
Honorable" In Spite of Webster.

Il
| In none of the ready letter writer's
are directions given as to the prefix
which it is proper TO put before the
name Of an alderman, and it is for this
reason perhaps that a controversy has
recently arisen. One of the disputants
says:
"When writing to a member of the
board of aldermen or a commissioner in
one of the city departments, it is high
| falutin, | think, 20 address him with
the prefix Hon. =" In proof Of the cor
| rectness of this view of the case this
correspondent invokes the testimony of
Webster, the dictionary compiler, who
said of the use of 1.-THE honorable:"
AN American usage 1t is u title Of
courtesy merely, bestowed upon those
who hold or have held higher public Of
fees especially governors, judges, men,
bers of congress or of the senate and
mayors.
Webster was born in Connecticut in
1853 and died in the same state in
lS43, long before the establishment, as
such, OF the present New York board
Of aldermen and at Il time when that
body was generally known rs the COM
mon council, and any opinions which
he may have expressed in his dictionary
or any views which he may have enter
tanned personally on the subject of hon
orary titles in use in the United States
could have no especial bearing upon the
case Of the New York aldermen. whose
fame as Legislators has now spread to
confines where the name of Webster is
quite unknown
The title alderman is derived from
the Saxon word californian, other
wise alderman or elder 1t was a title
OF honor i'll early days in England, and
the alderman or alderman was local
functionary responding somewhat to
the present justice of the peace. In Eng
land the alderman was usually a Judge,
but afterward the Office came to be an
elective one, and from the English word
has come the American title alderman
SO valiantly upheld by the aldermen of
New York, who insist upon full share
OF all political honors, perquisites, priv
ileges, rights, advantages and immuni-
ties, and he would be courageous man
indeed who would omit from the des-
ignation OF an alderman Especially an
alderman recently elected) the title
1.-THE honorable" The legal duties of
aldermen are so few, their exercise is
so carefully guarded by acts of the leg
lslature, that it is necessary, so to speak,
for the aldermen TO find, if the express
sion may be used without offense. work
forthemselves. Accordingly from time to
time resolutions are passed by the board
taking the form of ordinances which by
tacit agreement among the members it |
is arranged shall not be acted upon un-
less the alderman of the district in
which the applicant or applicants reside
assents to action In this way the pow !
ers Of an alderman in a district are very |
enhanced, and in such cases
the petitioner, realizing the full force
and Importance of the alderman office.
is glad of the opportunity TO address
him as 1.-THE honorable, and realizes
the futility of another course. New
York Sun.
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A strong Hat.

The late Professor Jowett had curl
Gus way OF comm' Eiiug ON the work
that was brought to him by students
Oh one occasion he wa~ shown set Of
Greek verses After looking them over
carefully he glanced up rather blankly
ana sad to the author, Have you any
taste for mathematics?'
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A Corroborated Criticism

what the piece needs, said the man
who volunteers advice, lis more atmos.
phere.
That's exactly what said," replied
the manager II told the leading lady
yesterday that when she plays that part
she ought to put ON more airs. Wash.
ington Star
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-05

The best theaters in Australia are
usually built on English plans, but are
managed more like American play
houses The prices charged are much
less than those cheerfully paid in Eng
land. Dress circle seats or stalls, "
which bring g. 90 in London, will not
sell for more than $1.25 in Melbourne
or Sydney.
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Early Associations.

Dld you ever notice the queer. rota.
ny gesture Mr. Chilkoot always makes
wnen his wife rings for the butler?,'
Yes You see, he used to be a mo.
torman before he went to the Kion.
dixie. Chicago Journal.
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1t Is pleasant to know that the man who
discovered the American Beauty rose IL
worth 700, 900, all Of which he made out of
the peerless flower which unites all the
qualities Of perfect rose.
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The other Side.

He-It seems to me that bashful
lover is about the most pitiful object
in the world
She-How about the girl?-Chicago
Journal
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Iceland, in the north Atlantic; the
isle OF Man, between England and Ire.
land, and the Pitcairn islands, i'm the
south Pacific, have full woman suffrago
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"A man well up in dog lore counsels in
tending purchasers of a puppy to let the
mother Of the puppy choose for them. In
carrying them back to their bed the first
the mother picks up will always be the
best.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-05

Sixty thousand dollars year. a sal.
airy drawn by the French ambassador in
London, is the largest sum paid TO anv
diplomatist in the world.
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Ii the armies of Europe should march
at an eight mile gait five abreast. IS
inches apart, 1t would require 90 days
for them to pass given point
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-05

In Brussels the height of house front
age in public streets is determined by
the width OF the street The maximum
height is 60 feet
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"A Daub of Paint.

Inc blood of Rizzio. Mary Stuart's ia
.vorite cannot be seen on the floor where
ne was murdered by Darnley and the other
cohspirators. What is seen there is a daub
ol RED paint. annually renewed for the
benefit of gaping tourists.
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widow" 'he
"Yes?''
anyway, her weeds have disan.
peared London Answers
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CAPITOLA CAFE. Tamales.
LEADING JEWELER of sa,

70, SO j street, north side, between Third
H. Wachhorst. ~
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AT ALBANY IN 1881.
Bribery Story That One Man Kept
and Two Sent in Vain

The best story that failed to get into
| print concerned a story which never
| was written.
| Conkling and Platt had resigned from
the United States Senate. and the legis-
lative session of 1881 had dragged along
into the summer months because the
legislators were unable to agree upon
the successors of the two statesmen
named. There had been rumors of dhe
use of money to corrupt weak members.
and every newspaper man at the Cap
ital was under orders from his editor
to get along with as little sleep as pos
sible.
l sat one evening in the reading-room
Of the old Delavan when the corre-
spondent of a Western New York news
paper rushed in excitedly and beckoned
me to follow him. On the sidewalk he
said:
One Of the New York fellows has a
story which win be on the wire within
an hour of an attempt to buy a member
Of the Assembly from the extreme
western part of the State It is a cir
cumstantial story, and if it is printed in
New York in the morning and is not in
my paper I shall be recalled The man
involved is from my section. and it will
be impossible for me TO explain away
the beat want you to help me
out"
landed the story without much
trouble. The correspondent who had it
was so elated over his success that he
could not find time to write it. He was
spending the evening in front of the
Windsor bar, toasting himself and his
paper. Along in the neighborhood of
II o'clock he was in no condition to
write
I gave the Buffalo man the facts and
he wired his editor. Back came the or
der to drop the story. I was working
on an afternoon paper, and the follow
ing morning 1 made up my mind to
use the story in my own paper. wrote
two or three columns and threw in such
mass of narrowing detail that an edi-
torial council was called. 1t was decid-
ed that the story was too rich for the
paper, particularly as ii would hurt the
stalwart end of the combination, and
that was the end my paper was sup
porting.
Two or three days passed. In the
Assembly Chamber the Senators and
<ASSClflDlt iIlSlI were lOI q
joint session for the purpose of taking
another vote for United States Senators.
There was an air of suppressed excite
ment about the place, and all hands
were more or less unstrung. The New
York correspondent who had discovered
the great story. came in and took a
seat beside me- His appearance be-
tokened a hard siege. He ran his hand
TREMENDOUSLY over his face few times
and then reproached himself for his
foolishness.
IF I had held myself together" he
said, "and had written that story 1
would have made a hit.''
In less than fifteen minutes the Legis-
lature was in an uprear. Assembly
man Bradley of Cattaraugus, had risen
and handed Lieutenant-Gov Hos
kins an envelope containing $1,000
which had been paid him for his vote.
| There was the story. W. c. G.
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SUPPRESSION OF NEWS.
STORIES WRITTEN THAT WERE
NEVER PUT IN PRINT.
a Family's Honor Saved-An Ex-
perience With q State Pris-
on Warden.

(k'rom the New York Mail and Express J
The experiences Of newspaper report
ers include not only the circumstances
surrounding the stories they do write,
but the stories they do not write-or per-
maps 1t would be better to say the stories
that are written but not printed. for 4
vast amount of material is daily pre-
pared for publication in every news
paper office in the country that never
Sees the light OF day.
The reasons for this suppression are
too many to be enumerated. 1t may be
that important business interests would
be disastrously affected; that the happi-
ness Of a family might be needlessly in
terfered with; that improper informa-
ton, or dangerous information, might be
given TO the public-a hundred and one
things interfere as regularly as the news
comes in. A few incidents TO illustrate
the character Of some of these SUD-
pressed stories are printed below, and
printed now, because the time has
passed whey they could affect any in
terest in the social, business or political
world:
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really alive, and here was a good story
of the morning visit TO him
How are you feeling, Wilnamf ;
asked the Warden. Have smoker"
"Thankee, sir. I'm gettin' along all
right. Say" he said 10 the reporter,
have one of my cards?"
He handed out a card written by him
self. He had learned to write in prison,
and was proud of his new-found accom-
plishment. In one corner was the rear
view of the head of the Buffalo lawyer
assigned by the court to defend him.
''Will it hurt much?'
On being assured that he never would
know what struck him, he said:
Good by, sir; thankee very much"
Have another drink before you go, -
said Mr.. Durston, when we returned TO
his office. By the reporter that glass
OF brandy taken at o'clock on that
August morning was one of self-con-
graduation. He had good. exclusive
story and an entire day TO write it in.
Good morning. Warden. Thank you
very much" he said. hurrying away.
The gatekeeper's hand was on the
lock. He was just about TO open it when
the Wardens voice was heard.
L say! Come back a minute" He
was at the foot of the steps Don't
write anything about this. It'll ruin
me-"
Charles F. Durston has been dead
three years. He was the Warden of
Sing Sing when he died c. H. w.
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KEMMLER WAS ALIVE.
A Midnight Visit to the Murderer
Before His Execution.

What are you doing here?' asked the
heavy. gruff voice of Charles f. Ours
ton. Warden of the State Prison at Au-
burn. It was o'clock in the morning
From only one window outside of the
Warden's quarters came 4 ray of light.
That little window was in the cell oeeu-
pied by William Kemmler, the irst
murderer to be executed by electricity.
In forty-eigl1t hours the world was to
know something of the new method Of
execution. but Ii was not certain as to
the exact time when the condemned
man would be taken from mis- cell to
the death chair. Scores of newspaper
men were in the little city awaitins; the
hour. The Warden had announced to
them that he would fool them all, and
not let them know when the execution
would take place. All sorts CT rImors
were in circulation, and s1rae were of
the opinion that the murderer had been
killed. that he had been hutchered and
burned that the physicians and wit
nesses had been spirited into the prison
by back gate after having driven from
a nearby railway station II happened
that the reporter was temporarily alone
at the prison gate when the Warden re-
turned nome III d JoNidA ItteoA lEOlH al
ey ening with his friends.
Come in and have a drink.
The big gates We're swung orcn by the
keeper at the Wardens word. A bottle
Of brandy was brought out. The War
der became friendlv. and told of his
woes and troubles on account of the
coming execution.
rs Kemmler really alive?" said the
writer.
Alive. why of course he's alive. il
you don't believe it, come with me-"
Down narrow. dark =3assagawavs and
iron stairs the two went .Sroning their
way by the dim gaslight. Al intervals
a guard would step out from some un-
looked for recess and look carefully at
the Warden. A reassuring It's me-
made it all right. A light came through
a set Of grated doors. A man, was walk
ing up and down smoking vigorously.
while two armed guards watched his
every movement.
William, here's gentleman to see
youl"
The murderer came to cell door and
stretched his hand through it. He was
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A FAMILY'S HONOR.
Saved From Public Disgrace by a
Reporters Plea

The city editor of the san Fran
cisco paper on which l was employed
gave me for an evening assignment"
a New York dispatch, stating that IL
young man, employed by a well known
New York business house, had been
arrested, charged with embezzlement.
The New York correspondent had rec
ognized the young man as the son of
a very well known resident of San
Francisco, whose name. fifteen or twen-
ty years ago, was known from the At
lantic to the Pacific 1t was to call
on the young mans father and find out
whether he intended to allow the boy
to be prosecuted.
When I reached the house on Mob
Hill'' 1 was admitted at once TO the
fathers study. I had met him before
and he greeted me pleasantly. He SEEM
ed in such high spirits that for a time
I was unable TO tell him what I had
come for. I saw at once that on me
devolved the necessity of telling him
bad news. I laid the telegram on his
desk without remark.
The old man grew years older be-
fore my eyes. The boy was his only
son, and was the light of his eyes, and
had gone East much against the faith
er's will The old man sank in his
chair. staring at the little piece OF
''fiimsy," not a motion betraying that
he was a live. I became frightened
at last and rose, touching him on the
shoulder, as I did so. He started,
looked up and said, hoarsely:
"Go-for Gods sake go. I've got 70
tell his mother"
I went. I would not have asked him
a question if my position for life had
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depended upon it. I went back to the
office, and sat down to write my story.
The city editor had gone out to sup
per. ! waited to see him, for I want
ed him to suppress the story When
he returned, before I could tell him
anything he asked if l had seen the
father I said had
How much did you make of the
story?'
About three sticks, answered.
Three sticksl Give it column"
/ rewrote the story, making it of the
length he required. l was about to
take it in to him when the managing
editor passed through the room, and
told him the circumstances
He did not seem to be moved in the
slightest, and I went on to tell him of
the way the old man had taken the
news, and did my best TO make my
description graphic. When I had fin-
ished, he said nothing. but looked at
me rather queerly. and walked into the
city editors room, closing the door af-
ter him. He had taken my story with
him.
sat in the local room for ten min
utes. feeling that | had done no good
to any one by my wish to suppress
news. but had injured myself in the
estimation of the city editor At last
the door opened, and the managing
editor came out, Just as he passed
through the door 1 heard him say land
he said it emphaticaIy).
We'll, that story shall not go. 1
don't care whether we are scooped or
not
And I never felt so much relieved in
my life. To-day there are not ten per-
sons outside outside of that newspaper
office who know of the young mans
downfall. j. w p.
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NO FREE ADS.

No free "want" ads. are taken in
THE RECORD UNION. Births,
deaths and marriages also charged
for. NO PREMIUMS GIVEN. NO
CATCH-PENNY DEVICES. The pa
per is worth the money yOu pay for
1t, although higher priced than most
others. Published Sundays also.
The class who have money to spend
all take it. Rich and poor like it for
its cleanly, healthy tone. Classified
ads. by the month, Wants, For Sale,
To Let. Personals. etc.. 50c per line.
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PACIFIC GROVE BAKERY.

We make a speciality of strictly home made
goods. Try our domestic bread; can't
be beat Rice Bros, S23 j.
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One of Them.

Talking of rich strikes" observed
Professor Bob Fitzsimmons, after a
casual glance at his own bank account,
Il still think that one right over the
solar plexus is about as good as any
Chicago Tribune
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MEETING NOTICES.

n. D. C. W-REGULAR MEETING OF
o Galila TPs Psrl9r onN No z FvF51GG At Grangers
ust 10th, at O'Clock.
INIE NJ. GILLIS. President.
Mary l.. Woods, r. S. 1t
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SPIRITUAL

SPIRITUAL. MEETING BY DIR. A. G.
Larson, in Foresters' Hall, on | street.
between Seventh and Eighth, Sunday
7:30 p. m Tests from the rostrum
Everybody welcome. 1t*
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II o w E S ACADEMY - GRAMMAR
grade. high school, normal and business
branches. elocution, French and German
are taught. Ninth and | streets
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SELECT SCHOOL.

IN HIGH SCHOOL,
studies by an experienced coach: gradu-
ate of Beloit College and Yale Univer-
sity. G. w. Trimble. 1907 NJ street.
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PERSONALS.

DR.. RECORDS RESTORATIVE PILLS,
the great nerve tonic and specific for ex-
Lausted vitality, physical debility, vast
ed forces. ETC.; approved by the medical
celebrities of the world. Agent, j. G.
Steele, 635 Market street, Palace Hotel.
S. F. Price, box of so, 81 25 of 100, 81;
of 200. So 50 of AGO. SIS: preparatory pills,
81. Send for circular.
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MISS M MURPHY, DRESSMAKER.
Removed to S101a K, where she will be
pleased TO see old patrons and friends
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DRESS AND CLoAKMAKING.

MRS. STORTZ e. KNISLEY, FASHION,
able dressmakers. 500la K street Mad
dlIx Building
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ELECTRIC Tamale Factory and Private
boxes ,iel NJ; guaranteed chicken tamale;
also Spanish dishes. Mrs. W. NJ Souza.
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S23 New French Dyeing and Cleaning
Works just opened. j. Duchey, prop
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S. F. MARKET, 504 K ST, WHOLESALE
and retail; melons fresh every daY
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WANTED.

900 MEN TO HAVE OLD HATS MADE
new. 1126 L cornec Twelfth.
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GENERAL NOTICES.

Mr.. JOHN AVILA SUSA, THE ORGAN
lzer and leader of the Freeport Band
was in the city Saturday, and bought
from the Kohler q Chase Music House,
III street, a complete brass band
outfit OF twenty pieces for the Freeport
bdnQ. Its
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DRUGS. WAIT BROS. 5s1 J ST. a.
c. 5. Waits Fever and Aeue
eS5 "A sure cure ana preventive of cLiIls
nt. ana Iever and all malsrial disea ses-lo 003
bottles sold. and never a failure. S'N''
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VIAVI-
Local office 9oS Tenth street, s. E. cor.
Office hours l to 8 y. m.
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INSURANCE. AvId WHEN N. YOU fSI IN. IN
| will place your Insurance in sac 70.
~ iIaple companies at the lowest rates @.
o. Hayford, 231 ] street.
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FOR RENT-A CAMP WAGON IN car
of Lee Hayes, the uptown plumber, Ii
street. au15-I
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RELIABLE sE;{!z =
and ENTERPRISING
SACRAMENTO DEALERS.
DELICATESSEN. :

hrst-class; choice salads. roasts of meat
poultry and game. Dainty lunches to take
nome, or served here for 15c and upwards.
Fresh oysters on hand.
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DEAD STUCK FOR BUGS

Kills Reaches. Fleas Moths and Redbugs. Nom
poisonous: won't stain. Large bottles, al druggists
and grocers. % cents jy2l-5w
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TO LET OR RENT.

415h K ST.-NICELY AND NEWLY
furnished rooms; rent reasonable
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TO LET-TWO 5-ROOM COTTAGES,
with all modern convenienceS, S0S-S10 Z
street. Apply at $40 Ninth street.
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CRYSTAL PALACE. 906 J STREET
The choicest of wines. liquors and cigars.
Call and be convinced. Schneider &
Freygang PrOprietOrS
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RAG CARPET WEAVING; OLD CAR.
pets woven into rugs Mrs Johnson. 12i4
Eighth.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-05-15
The Language Of Crime.

The general tendency of the criminal
to reduce the abstract to the concrete, to
denote the substantive by one of its at
synecdochioal phraseology. Thus purse
is leather; a street car is q short, COM
pairing its length with railroad car; a
handkerchief is a wipe, and pair Of
shoes pair of kicks.
Again, some of the terms appear to
be purely arbitrary, and were it not
that the creative power is absent in
criminals as in women I should not
hesitate to state it as fact. But it
seems wiser to conclude merely that the
origin Of these terms has become OBJ
scured. To suppose that they were Gre
ated would be in too distinct contradic-
ton to all obtainable evidence, indirect
though it may be. Such expressions ara
to kip, meaning to sleep; to spiel, to
make q speech; jerve, a waistcoat pocket;
thimble, a watch; to do lam, meaning
to run.
Some Of the expressions are very de.
scriptive. To run from police officer
is to do hot foot A person who is al.
ways listening to other peoples CONVEX
sation is called rubber neck. The
word push, meaning crowd, is occa
sionallly seen in the newspapers. To bt
arrested is to be pinched; to be convict
ed is to fall To refuse a PERSONS ap
peal is to give him the marble heart
Such expressions require no explana
tion.-A. F. B. Crofton in Popular Sci
ence Monthly.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-05-15
Blaine 70 Mckinley.

The Canton, Ohio. News-Democrat
produces the letter of James G.
Blaine to Mr.. Mckinley in 1890,
when the Mckinley bill was pending.
It fits just now.
"Washington, April 10, $780,
Dear Mr.. Mckinley: It is q great
mistake to take hides from the
free list, where they have been for
many years. 1t is . slap in the face
to the South Americans, with whom
we are trying to enlarge our trade.
It will benefit the farmer by adding
S to 8 Ger cent to the price of his
children's shoes. It will yield q
profit to the butcher only-the las,
man that needs 1t. The movement
is injudicious from beginning to end
in every form and phase. Pray
stop it before it sees light. Such
movements as this for projection will
protect the republican party into q
speedy retirement. Yours hastily,
JAMES &. BLAINE"
Objections to the duty on hidel
apply equally to the tax on wool. A
tax on hides increases the cost o
shoes, as Blaine said; and tax or
wool increases the cost of Clothing
blankets and carpets. The tax OF
wool is the greater burden Of th,
two.