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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-01-30

away they started across the fields.
Dlakeslee, too, had enjoyed those Sum
day walks, which always provided both
men with much history to relate over
the duck to Mrs. Blakeslee, with each
historian counting on the other ms
prompter and corroborator. He remem
bered, however, that there would be
nobody to recite to on the return, and
HYDE remembered that, too, so they
saw nothing and silently plungedalong,
Blakeslee had put on the 'possuIn,
with multiplex instructions to the girl.
The 'possum turned up in first-class
style, too. 1t was w~ell-cooked, rich
and toothsome. but 1t was a failure, for
there was nobody there to ~deprecate its
excellence and to say that it might have
been much better only for this or that.
And, of course. as there was nobody to
do this, there was no reason for Hyde
to go into ~ecstasies of testimony as to
its worth. Both men ate on silently,
like a pair of consuming-machines of
some sort, They began 10 resent each
other, They began to be exceedingly
uncomfortable in each others presence,
and to calculate why and wherefore
about each other. Hyde caught himself
wondering how on earth he had ever
been inveigled into thinking Blakeslee
was a good fellow, and what under the
sun had ever induced him to stand up
before the preacher with such a beast
Blakeslee ten minutes before had come
to the conclusion that Hyde had i'm
posed upon him for years, and that the
man was unworthy and generally USE
less as q friend.
Have a cigar" growled Blakeslee.
Thanks, don't smoke" snorted
Hyde.
After dinner they went into the par
lor. What a torment, what q torture il
all was! The piano was there, but Hyde
did not play, neither did Blakeslee; al
though both loved music, and Maud
Crompton's skill had been far-famed
long before she had left the high school.
Hyde settled down in a large rocker and
pretended 10 sleep. He was willing to
commit any sort Of perjury or fraud il
by any means he could get rid of that
outrageous tiend of a Blakeslee. Blakes-
lee walked up and down awhile, and
then pretended to hear the wind blow.
ing the storm door and hurried out to
the hall. 1t was such relief to get out
Ct the presence of that visiting male-
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-01-30
OF THE PRESS.

Perhaps when Maj. Mckinley
goes into the white house he will dis
arrange the republican cards and In
sist upon the carrying out of the pros
perity restoration programme. The
major isn't saying much on the sub
ject, but he must be doing a heap of
Observation-Disclosures IN. ~ Leader.
Ii is hard to get used to the idea
Of q cabinet for Mckinley without MI.
Hanna in it, but after all that has been
said, which place he occupies is not
a matter to higgle about. He has won
his position. He has established his
dignity. Where Macgregor sits is tho
head of the table. Mr.. Hanna VII, 20
the Macgregor Of the coming admins
tration.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
-Republican leaders are equally vo-
ciferous in favor Of civil service re-
form when the democrats are in con-
troll of the national government and de-
clare for it in most pointed terms, but
when they get into power the leaders
ore usually forgetful Of their prom
iscs, and seek by every possible means
to evade the laws they so heartily COM
mended to the nation. = Philadelphia
Times.
Mr.. Mckinley declared weeks be-
fore the election that 1t was "better
10 open the mills to labor than to open
the mints TO the worlds silver" Mr..
Mckinley followed up his invention Of
this campaign slogan by declaring that
ais uasi.olo Q. opening The Mli,s 70 labor
w. 70 increase tbs price Of the prod
bcts Of the mills and thus enable them
10 make higher prohts. II Il . very
-noug scheme ell the way through. We
6onSf pretend TO know how the rcpub-
i1rsns can restore prosperity and In
1850 ne wea1th Of the couRtfy " In
rIhs texnfion, but that q sope -
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FEET.


A plump little foot, as white as the snow
Beionging to rollicking, frolicking joe
IN a little red sock. with a hole IN the toe'
And a hole in the heel as well.
A trim little foot. In a trim little shoe
R~elongtng to slxteen-year-old Miss sue
And looking as II II knew just what TO 40
And do It in a way that would tell
A very large foot In a homely array,
Belonging to Peter who follows the dray'
So big that It sometimes is in Its own way
And moves with the speed OF a SNAIL
All, A very big thing is the human foot.
In dainty made shoe, or in clumsy boot
So It's we'll there are various tastes 10
suit,
And that fashion can't always prevail.
The plump little foot, a beautiful sight,
And the trim little foot, so taper slght'
And the very large foot, though much OF
fright,
Are travelling all the same road,
And It matters but little how small or how
great.
they never grow weary OF paths that
are straight,
And at last walk In at the golden gate
or the city whose builder is God.
Cumberland Presbyterian,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-01-30
THE TARIFF HEARINGS.
Developments Which Are Not Pleasing to
the Republicans.

AovViotSc
the Republicans.
There is manifest dissatisfaction in
republican circles over the develop
ments in the tariff hearings in Wash
ington. 1t is clear that the witnesses
who were heard were not swayed by
the slightest interest in the general well
fare, but by a consuming desire in each
cuse to see that mo. /" Is not
neglected. The New York Morning ADJ
v~ertiser says that "the only persons
who can read the testimony given so
far with any great degree of satlsfac-
ton are the saturnine free traders, who
hold as a matter of faith that a pro.
tective tariff is simply an aggregated
iobbery of all the self-seeking individu-
ais of a country who can get the ear Of
the government. With scarcely an ex-
ception, every witness heard during the
first two sessions has frankly admitted
that he wants the present tariff raised
merely to increase his own profits in
business, without the slightest concern
whether such a change would Increase
or diminish the revenues of the govern.
ment."
1t may be said that when protection
organs find fault with the tariff goings'
on at Washington, the public is justi.
fed in protesting against the proceed
ings. Everybody knows, OF course, that
very handsome sums were paid for pro.
lection, and everybody expected that a
good deal of it would be demanded in
return for the cash that was generous
ly paid in advance, but the programme
Of the tariff hearings is none the less
Objectionable to q patient and long.
suffering people. Commenting on the
spectacle that is now presented at the
federal capital, the Morning Advertiser
says: This truly is not an exhibition
of a very exalted form Of patriotism.
nor one that advocates of a reasonable
degree of protection to American labor
can view with pride or pleasure. 1t is
not likely that the country will view
any legislation shaped to reflect 1t with
other feelings than those of resent
ment."
This is a republican view Of the pro-
ceedings that are supposed to lead up to
the tariff bill that will be framed for
presentation to the Fifty-ffth congress
in extra session assembled. 1t is hard
ly to be wondered at that the people
are looking forward to the future with
considerable OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
ton IN. W Leader.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-01-30
PROTECTION EXPLODED.
A TarIr That Prohibits Importation
YialdA no Revenue

Yields no Revenue
Secretary Carlisle effeetually explode'
the notion that protective taxes, undei
the theories now prevailing. a b'
used to supply the deficit in the rev
enue. He says that while the revenue
from customs and from internal taxes
yielded a surplus, the fact that protec'
ton was destructive to revenue was
overlooked by the masses, Conditions,
however, have changed, and II the usua
proportion of taxes hereafter is to b
| derived from customs, the protective
| theory must be abandoned.
The protection theory, as practically
advocated in this country, would neces-
sarily reduce our revenue to a minimum
The details of the theory have often
heen stated, so that a bare outline will
answer our present purpose. 1t is as
follows:
Articles not produced in this coun'
try, or produced in quantities entirely
insufficient to supply the demand,
should be put on the free list.
Articles produced in this country in
sufficient quantity should be subjected
to a duty sufficient to protect the native
producer.
Under the first head raw sugar was
nut on the free list because it yielded
too much evenue and too little protec-
ton. Before the Mckinley bill was
passed it yielded about S~5S,ooo,ooo Yin
revenue per year. The free-listing OF
this article alone was sufficient to pro
duce the deficit in the revenue resulting
from the Mckinley bill.
The protection demanded by the pro-
iected interests Is such as will check
importations-that is, which Will either
stop their importation entirely or re-
duce them to a nominal figure. When
this happens the revenue from customs
ceases entirely or is reduced also to n
nominal figure. The programme has
never been fully carried out. but the
Mckinley act came nearest to 1t, In
the fiscal year 1890 the revenue from
customs was about S230,o00 900. In the
next fiscal year the revenues were
largely swollen by i%mportations made
before the bill went into effect, but still
the customs revenue dropped below
$500, OOO, 900. In 1892 it was down to
fit, OOO,O 900. In 1898 it was up TO $685.
900, 900, but in the fiscal year 1s94itwas
down to S131, 0o0, 900. Two months
after the close Of that fiscal year the law
was repealed and the customs revenue
mas been increasing and the deficit de-
creasing in every fiscal year since that
tine, until the present, which has still
more than six months TO run.
1t should also be noted that the re-
ceipts Of the fiscal year 1896 were sever
a. millions in excess of the expenditures
of the year 1890. If expenditures had
not been increased there would have
been no deficit in the last fiscal year.
Nothing can be clearer than that a
tariff which prohibits i%mportations will
yield no The nearer it APP
proaches this condition the less rev
enue will it yield. Protection and rev.
enue are antipodal. Complete protec-
ton, where the tariff is confined to pro-
tected articles, means no revenue. while
~ tariff for revenu only involves no pro-
lection If laid on noncompetitive ar
t'cles.-Louisville Courier-Journal.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-01-30
EFFRONTERY OF THE TRUSTS.
Astounding Admissions OF Protection
Fostered Monopolists.


The Hearings" of the ways and
means committee at Washington would
have been humorous If they had not
disclosed such an amount of frank ef-
frontery both on the part of the petit
TONERS and the republican committee
men. During the hearings admissions
were made before the committee which
are astounding and only to be explained
by the fact that the manufacturers feel
perfectly SURF Of their ground and GER
tain that their infamous claims will be
granted under the new administrations
revenue system. For instance, a manu-
f~acturer of cotton cloth, in answer TO
the remark of Mr.. McMillin that compe-
tition had not kept down the prices in
the case of many protected articles, in
| sisted that the reverse was true except
where artificial combinations existed.
"Then, in your opinion, artificial COM
binations do eXist2" asked the chair
man. Whereupon the manufactures re-
piled. Il have SO understood" Then
Representative Steele (rep.), of Indiana,
looked at Mr.. McMillin and repeated the
taunt of Tweed: "Well, what are you
going to do about it?"
Another day appeared Mr.. F.. B. Thur
Der, the New York grocer, who read to
the committee a long defense of the
sugar trust, which m~uch-abused COM
bination, he said, only got a third OF a
cent profit ON each pound. In his de-
tense he took occasion to denounce the
press which had attacked the combin-
alton of philanthropists known as the
American Sugar Refining company, and
he generously said: 81 would be the
last to put a free press N letters, but
there is riot in journalism as well as in
physical force" from which it will be
seen that, much as he dislikes 1t, the
New York grocer may yet spike all the
printing presses in the country II they
do not cease their iconoclastic attacks
upon the Havemeyers and Searleses. All
this he said, to quote his OWL words,
an the interest Of the consumers, dis
tributors and refners Of sugar in the
United States"
In the course of his examination he
admitted that the eastern and western
rcfineries farmed out the consumers of
the United States by dividing the ter
ritory and that a dealer who dared to
sell sugar at a less price than that au-
thorized by the trust lost aIl the special
profits otherwise accorded to him.
Only a third Of a cent a pound is given
as the refiners' profits and to protect
these men more duty is demanded. The
trusts dividends are IL per cent. on its
stock, while ut one-third Of a cent a
pound profit the 1,50O,O 900 tons of sugar
used in this country would net the trust
$40, 100000.
It is not recorded that Representative
Steele repeated his remark, but it was
q good place for him to have done so.-
Chicago Chronicle. Z
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-01-30
RoeeINo PETER TO PAY PAUL.
some Weak Points Of the Republican
"ReciprOcity" Idea.

Some Weak Points OF the hepuoicAn
"ReclprOcity" Idea.
The word reciprocity" has q tal'inG
sound about it, and it is very pleasant
10 know that one person reciprocates
another persons affection, or that one
nation r~eciprocates another nations
good will. The general idea Of reciproc-
ity in business or in commerce partakes
also Of the same sentiment-that It is
pleasant and equitable that nations
should interchange commodities On a
reciprocal plan.
The ways and means committee Of
the house Of representatives is en-
gagged in the task of compiling a tariff
ill to secure a bigger revenue to the
treasury, which is to be discussed dur
ing the extra session of the Fifty-titth
congress that will be conyoked soon af-
ter the installation of the president
elect. And we are nov assured on unim-
peachable authority that reciprocity"
is to be one of the leading features OF
the new measure. Now, while reciproc'
ity is n very pretty arrangement in the
abstract, as well us in any individual
case, it often happens that it is an
utterly inequitable system of doing
business.
1t looks well, for example, TO say
that the United States government eX-
poets to have reciprocity with Ger
many; II she admit free of duty our
pork, canned meats, ETC., which she has
been treating quite scurvily, we shall!
admit her wine and sugar free Of duty.
The arrangement may be completely
satisfactory and equitable in SO fur as
Germany may be regarded as one in.
dividual national entity, and the United
States another individual national en-
tity. But if we look at the matter a
little more closely, the equitable look
of this much-lauded reciprocity will
take on quite a different appearance.
The arrangement that Germany shall
admit American pork, canned meats,
ETC., free of duty within her borders is
a very delightful arrangement for the
millionaire pig-stickers and packers OF
Chicago. 1t will give an enormous clip
to their business, and will help multi
ply rapidly the millions they have al
ready. But in order that this reciproc'
ity should be strictly equitable, the
pig-stickers and packers of Chicago
should give up some advantage which
they already possess in return for the
big additional advantage which they
foresee coming to them. No other kind
or class Of industry in the United
States should be punished, or be made
to pay, for the benefit which the re
ciprocity will confer on the hog-killers
of the west.
But the popularity of the proposed
reciprocity is that the hog-killers are te
get the benefit Of it, and that the wine
growers and sugar-growers are to bt
made to pay for that benefit. And il
will be admitted that reciprocity o.
that sort is not equitable. Hawaii's
sugar Is already admitted into thu
United States free of duty; and, If Ger
many's enormous crop Of beet sugar b.
also admitted free of duty, as is serious
ly proposed in the reciprocity clause O.
the coming tariff bill, the sugar plant
crs of the United States will inevitably
be ruined.-New Orleans Times-Demo
crat,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-01-30
PRESERVING FRESH GRAPES,
In Cold Storage They Can BE Kept
Through the Winter.


Through the Winter.
The method of gathering and pre-.
pairing grapes for winter storage is as
follows: The clusters are carefully
picked before they are dead ripe and
then placed in trays in the packing
house for a few days until the stems
have wilted and the moisture has eyap-
Grated. The baskets are lined with
paratfined paper SO that it will lap over
the top of the basket. The grapes are
packed carefully in the basket, all loose
and punctured berries being removed
beforehand, and then, when the paper
is folded over them. the cover is fast
ened down snugly so as to exclude as
much air as possible. The baskets are
then placed in the cold, dry storage
house. In this way the Vergennes can
be kept all winter, the Catawbas until
the end of February and Niagaras until
after the holidays.
The only difficulty experienced by
growers is from rapid deterioration
when the grapes are removed from
cold storage and shipped to market.
They need TO be consumed Immediately
in order to appreciate their qualities.
Tbs large growers are arranging to ship
their grapes from their packing houses
to the cold storage houses in the cities
by means of refrigerator cars, and in
this way the quality will be preserved
until the grapes reach the consumers
table. But this shuts out the small
grower located some distance from tho
markets.
However, there are other outlets for
their crops of grapes which are rap
idly increasing in importance. One Of
the best is that of manufacturing "un.
fermented grape juice beverage that
Is recommended by physicians and
which is gaining ground in public es-
TEEN annually. 1t is said that the fresh
grape juice is next to good. new milk
as a wholesome beverage, and that all
people should drink it, especially the
weak and emaciated. 1t goes far ahead
Oh tea or coffee when taken with meals.
sometimes 1t is put on the market in
On aouiterated form, but there are
p'snty OF growers who make it them
seives from the fresh grapes. In Erie
county n. T., there is a vineyard where
sne grapes from 100 acres are an
~ 'uraed into unfermented juice.
W. JUICE q simply heated, carefully
nsersu and then bottled while bot.
~ z.,s way y VIII kcsp frcst qze S4ca
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-01-30

Against disease, one which enable us to I'M
derSo unscathed risks from hurtfui climatic
influences. exposure, oyerwork and fatigue,
is the yigor that is impaired to a deoilllatea
physioue by the peerless medicinal safe
guard, Hostetter's stomach Bitters., 0
may possess this vigor in a higher deeree
than the trained athlete, although your mus
cular development may be far INFERIOR 70
his, vigor implies sound, good uieeslon
and sound repose, two blessings cohier!eS
NV the Ritters. which remedies malarial,
rheumatic. nervous and kidney trouble.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-01-30
THE LATEST NOVELTIES.

A new razor strop rolls up on q spring
drum when not in use, and can be
screwed to tho under side of a shelf d
stand out OF the way.
Interchangeable Stats for blinds or
shutters are fastened to the side of the
blind by q plate held by screws so that
1t can be easily removed when the slat
Is broken.
Removable strainers for discharge
spouts in wash basins, ETC., rest on a
flange in the pipe and can be pulled out
when the pipe becomes clogged by
means of a knob placed in the center OF
the plate.
A new NALL bag lock has q number Of
pins fastened to a sliding bar to engage
the staples at the mouth Of the flap, in
stead of the old name of fastening
with the strap. The bar Is locked in
position by q lock concealed within the
flap Of the bag.
A handy device for holding the covers
on pots and kettles when pouring off
water consists of a piece Of spring wire
SO arranged as to press against the lid,
being held in position by pressure
against the handle, thus holding that
in an upright position also.
A recently patented device for in
specting the bottoms Of streams has a
heavy metallic tube, the lower end Of
which is closed with plate glass, an
auxiliary tube containing a lamp and
reflector and means for supplying air to
the fame of the lamp.
A recently designed "hog catcher'fo for
use in slaughter houses consists of a
number of curved steel bars so arranged
as to automatically grip the hog around
the body and throw him on his side by
the action OF the levers. The catcher
then raise the hog to the operating
table and holds it fast until 1t is killed.
To facilitate the rapid slicing Of
bread a recently patented bread box Is
fitted with an automatic step-by-step
feeder operated by the action of turn.
ing the cutter blade around by the
crank attached thereto, the blade III
creasing In diameter to q certain
point, when it again decreases in time
to allow the loaf to slide forward for
cutting the next slice.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-01-30

THERE is more Catarrh in this section OF
the country than all other diseases put To-
rnther, and until the last few years was sup.
nosed 10 be incurable. For a great many
Wears doctors pronounced it a local disease
and prescribed local remedies, and by con-
%stantly falling TO cure with local treatment,
~prononncedi il incurable Sciencehas proven
rratarrh 10 be a constitutional disease, ana
therefore requires constitutional treatmen.'
Halls Catarrh Cure, manutactureu py -,
Cheney 4 Co, Toledo, ONO, IS ,he on!
taken Internally in doses from 10 drops TO 3
teaspoouful. Ii acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces Of the system, lhey
Offer one hundred dollars for any case u
fails to cure. Send for circulars and test
mouials. Address F, J, CHENEY &Co'i 10
ledo. o, Sold by Druggists, iN.
Halls Family Pills are the best
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-01-30

They had Il special dinner at the
Blakeslee house that evening in honor
of the wanderers, suddenly and unex.
pectedly returned. And they talked
and talked, and after dinner there was
music, and the boy showed how he had
learned TO turn s~omersaults.
And both men decided that the "bully
old stag day had ended all right, after
all.-Chicago Record.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-01-30
FADS kND SuPERSTITlONS.

Kid gloves, with hand-painted flowers
on the back, are the latest lad in PARIS
High poke or Normandy bonnets OF
velvet, lace and feathers Tor young
ladies.
Girls as ushers have served the prob.
lem of filling the front seats Of q Car
thage (Mo.) church.
Mexican farmers follow a strange Gus
tom. They use oxen Of one color in the
morning, and another color in the aft
crnoon. They do not know why, but
they say that it must be the right thing
to do. because their forefathers did it.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-01-30

Probably the monastery Of La Grande
Chartreuse, which lies IA miles from
Grenoble, among the French noun
tains, is the Oldest industrial firm in
the world. This monastery was found.
ed about 1910.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-01-30
No-To-Bac for Fifty Cents

Over 10000 cured. WhynotletN No To-Bac
regulate or remove your desire for tobacco.
Saves money, makes health and manhood.
Cure guaranteed, SOC and SlW, alldruggisls.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-01-30

Those who insist that customs
1uties should alone serve to raise funds
for the treasury seem to ignore the cost
and delay of this form of revenue.
Secretary Carlisle says that it costs
1923 cents to collect each dollar Of Gus
toms revenue, or, ut least, it cost that
last year.. The year previous it cost
l.23. Internal revenue collections are
much simpler, and money from that
source is far more promptly realized.
But the average high protectionist will
have nothing Of this. Nothing but Gus
toms duties will do. Not q dollar must
reach the treasury that does not lean on
the protective principle" Boston
Globe,