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MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1886. TO TARIFF Ql'ESTIOl (KMSOI'S IULL REPORTED TO THE HOUSE, - Arroinpinled bj Reports From Both the Mjority and Xlnorltjof ' the Committer. WnixeiTOri, April 12. The foljow inir in the mij-riiy report ol the Cotn-nntt.-e pn Wsys nnd Mean, r" P"! by 01 airman .Morrifon and Mr. Hew itt, vtbic-h Bccoinpanii'd the Urifl bill reported to the Hon trday. Tfc. Majeriry Report. The rate of doty or tax on impoited -orla inbject to duty is aa low as 5 on Some and higher than .20 per cent, on othf is. The average rate lor the fiscal year 1885 a little exceeded 47 per cent., or J47 ol tax on the $100 worth ol im ported Rooda. This is the highest rat paid in any year since 188,nd above the average rate ol the war period from 1802 to lStKS. After quotations from the messaires Arthur and Cleveland, etting forth the nectmity tl tariff re vision, the report continues: "Ihe Treasury receipts lr the fiscal year 18K', were J32.it 90.70H 38. Ihe io i-u.uwl VM-flitl is from customs and in' oriii,! tuiM. thee nrinci pal aourcee ol revenue lor the months ol the fm a year 1KKB a'ready F' over the weipUol the sain i mantles of luft year, justify the estimates ol tlit reeeipti l r the present fiscal your, w ill e xcoii 1335,0 0,1)00, nor may oor aniMial TreKury receip's be expertd .pair, to lull below that sum with out niduced taxation, inasmuch ae these receipts result chiefly frnrn the Uir on articles of necessity and comfort to be consumed in continually increasluK (juanlities with onr ever growing p(ipnlation. The expendi tures lor the fiscal year 18S5, includ inp pensions and the leual reqnire Dientsol the public debt, were $306, 8:10,1)70 64. Neither the actual needs of an economical administration of the government nor the palriotie expectations ol the people Tastily any increase of this enormous annual surplus to exceed $30,000,000. The redactions to result irom the pro posed bill are within this estimated Burplns and a little exceeds $24,000,000 on the bails cf last year's importa tions." ltalnrence is maJe ta Secretary Man- Tiinr'n vlewe. aa expressed In bis first annnal report, touching the HI effects of the maintenance ol war duties, pointing ont inequalities in the pres ent law and favoring the admission, Iran nf dntv. of raw matt rials, of which the report says : "These views of Sec rntarv Manninn as to the existing con dition ol the customs service and tariff taxation are not partisan, bnt in accord with the views pressed on Congress by his predecessors. Hecretaries Folaor and McUulloch. It is the purpose of the bill, reported to correct some of the classifications, rid the customs laws of the complications of which the Necre.nry complains, and so change these laws for the better that they will bo capable of being administered with impartiality to all our merchants. The dnt'es intended to be removed bv the bill are chiefly those which tax articles UBed by our own manufactur ers, which now subject tliem to a hopeless competition at home and abroad with the manufacturing na tions. none of which taxes such ma terials, thus securing markets for the products for hands now idle for want of work to do. Home of the materials npon which great industries are built, such aa wood, sa't, hemp and wool are placed on the free list. In the past twenty years ws have obtained from taxes on imported wood au amount leee than $20,0O0,(!O0 to encourago fell ing onr trees and destroying our for ests. In a much shorter period , we have given 35,000,000 acres of land In the country to encourage the planting ol other trtwp.. The tax on imported salt is remitted to those who catch and trade in fish, and to these who pack men's for the foreign mar keta. It is believed this tax aliould be remitted to all. Altera century of failure to make heiiu)Uhnr a prufitublo crop or a stw ceesful industry through protective taxation. Imtiier illorts should be abandoned. For nearly a century, with only au interval, hemp bus been protected, and yet its production has decrttiHcd, because its culture, under protection, was nnpr.luhlf, while the consumption of artioW s manufactured Iron, this and kiudicd fillers has euor- ruousiy inert ad'ed, until now ihe an nua' tax on imported hemp, ruanilla m.! similar libera is several times greator than the annual value ol all the hemp rni.'nul in tut I iiited States. When at the beginning's revenue wat. found necessary to our national exigence wool, with everything im ported, was taxed. From then nntd now eome qualities of wool have paid soiu" rate qf duty. For many yearn Can'' the rate cn iinrniNd wool has nen more than double that imposed on othc r products ( the pasture, fiold and farm. Iiiue other lower tax pro tfctjd products havo outrun or k,ept I&rin advance ol the wondious growth ot our population. Wool protected double as much as has fallem further behind. Wool timls it market at home, and its price is IncrcaHed by a tax, part of the bur.leu of which must be borne by the growers of other farm products, whose surplus in foreign markets fixes his price at home, asd to the increase of his wool growing ne:g':ibor contributes nothing. The price of wool has been downward tor many years; it dtclined when the tax wa highest and protection greatest. From the statements of the Ohio and other woDl-growers' associations, it appears that the ma'ket price of wool w not three-fourths of the actual coat of production; that with the existing pro'ec'ive rales of 10 cents ou the pound, the price is niill 10 cents be low ttia price ut which it can bo profit ably grown in '.he great wool-growing -if.os of Ohio and Pennsylvania. It appears, theiefore, that the attempt to sue wad-growing profitable by the nee of the t ixing power has not been saevf mini, while the tax has been the great national hindrance to the woolen manufacturing industry, a well as a nioet griev oif burden upon all buyers of woolen clothing. It has been already si. own by sutements of wool growers that the wool duty imposed by Oen Garfield's astociates, successors, and school of economists did not promote the growth of sheep husbandry, and it is proposed to remove It. For the hut year this duty on imported wool ws$3,10Viy5!)i). The specific duty imposed on woolen good", says (ten. iaitild (treating of tbe Tariff Com ruibsion scheme), as near as possible equal 1 the duty put upon the wool which entered in the manufacture, wasfll,r)OJ,000. This, with the $3, lW.'tJo (Hi equivalent duty, is to be removod, and a duty of 35 per cent. au valorem on woolen goods, as a pro tection to the Dianutut tuicis againsi fan-inn competition, remaius, and will yield the needed revenue. In some cf the echedules wherein ra'es are riropo:ed to be ret need, especially woolens, flax, hemp, Jute and linens, the. industries are left with substan t ally the rarae, if not greater, advant ages than nnder exUting laws. Other articles the rates on which ere to be - reduced, as cotton, yarns, threads and coareer cotton cloths and engar, are new dn'iable at unnecewtrily and nnreaionahly high rates. These will find compensation In the burden of taxation sought o be removod fcr reductions far greater than any proposed by the bill. We gft from duties on cotton goods $10,900, 000. The rates on goods from which we collect 1210.000 of the amount are slightly reduced, while the rates on which we collect the $3,800,000 are unchanged. Bngar, at tbe present low price, is left st the high but revenue rate equivalent to 66 per cent At the present higher rate we collect on sugar more than one-fourth ol all revenue derived from customs. With tbs still existing high, if not unwarrnU'sle, scale of current ordinary expenditure, and the one-ball of tbe money obliga tions o! the lata civil war, yet to be paid, a high rate of taxation mast be long maintained, and in submitting the proposed bill affecting the ccst of shelter, of part ol the food and of all the cloihing of the people, it has been the effort of your committee to adopt encn rotes ol taxation as will be per manent, and as will only need to be disturbed by unforeseen national emer gency, nnd at the same time exempt neceeeary articles oi taxation anu thereby promote domestic industries. In the hill herewith submitted some of thei embarrassments suggested by the Kocrotary of the Treasury (in his letter to the Hpeaker ol February 10th IshI) nreought to be removed, and whatever is iormuiated lor this pur peso has received his approval, it is not pretended, however, that the com mittee has dealt exhaustively with tlietvila which have exacted the con demnation both of the mercantile clamcs and of the officers whose duty it is to enforce the law. bo long an the present complicated tariff shall exmt and duties are imposed more than 4,000 articles largely subject to ad valorem rates, these evils will con tinue. AU H at CoDgresi can do in the absence of a general revision of the tuiff with new and simple classi fications is to provide for each case of complaint as it arises. In the bill pro posed the most pressing and promi nent of the grievances are dealt with. In addition to tbe settlement of such controverted questions, sn attempt has been made to re.tax the provisions of the law which Interfered with the freedom of exchange, mora particularly with ref erence to the warehousing of goads in bond and their withdrawal for con sumption or re-exportation. A pro vMon has always been inserted for the allowance of drawbacks to the full ex tent of duty paid npon any imported materials which have entered into the production of articles exported. The oh j ct of this provision is to remove an impediment to the growth of our foreign commerce. In ordor to release both the merchants and the custom officers from annoying exactions and unnecessary labor it is proposed to abolish all oaths and fees and to substitute in lieu theroof.es in other commercial coun trine, the declaration of tho importer. but preserving the same penal ies now imp wa by law tor false statements. A limitation of $500 bea been ira posed on the value of wearing apparel and other property which may be brought in free of duty bv a passenger, excepting lounsis arriving in toe United Elites from abroad. This pro' vision, taken in connection with the proposed section making it a crime either to give or receive any money for the parsage of baggage through the custom-house will, it is believed, bring to an end a great abuse in re gard to the excessive amounts of bag gago brought in free in competition with the merchandise of importers who have to pay duties. THE lb Minor! Ij Roport. The report of the Republican mi nority. which has been prepared by Mr. McKinley of Ohio, begins with the statement that tbe bill agreed upon by the majority in a new creation, and embociifa little matter that was in eluded in theoriginal bill thatwasintro- duced by the ot airman, After rec.it hil' lue various articles which it is proposed to place npon the Iree l:st, and the reductions to be made in man uf act u re el goods, the minority report says: "The majority assett that in 1885 the average of duty upon import ed good a littie exceeded 47 percent, but thiu on;y means that values ami prices wore unusually low, and fur- nihhed no justification for this hill Nothing is more unsound and fallacious than to RHuuma that a reduction ol du ties in demanded when an average ad valorem iu'ea show a high percentage. In times of business depretpiflon and low prices the ad valorem correspond ing wtU the npecitic duties show in rii'iitmil percentages over periods ef higher prices, because a given epeeiih duty iB a larger per centage of a ,. low value than it is of a higher.1 There is no At'ctupt in this bill to equalire the' duties upon imported goods on any jiiat principle or to make equita ble redactions throughout the tantl lit-t. Ol thirty-one or more articles dutia'ilcat from 100 to 3)0 percent., not one is dealt with in this bill, while other articles upon which is irnpo.-ed a duty from 10 to 20 per cent, are cut down or transferred to the free list. This bill goes into operation tbe first of January, 1887, except as to hemp and llax, winch are exempted nntil July 1, 1S87. Why these productions should have six months of license not ancorded to other Industries equally deaorving may be manifest to the majority, but is not surely based upon any principle of fair play or sound statesmanship. The tree list is peculiarly an ansault npon the agricnltnral interests ol the country, seeking ont trom the 4000 nrlictitt in tariU thoir leading pro ducis, 10 oe driven out by ruinous competition fioui abroad. The metal, glass, poitsry, sugar, rice and other important interests affected by the original bill were given due notice ot the changes proposed, and had ample opportunity to make a successful de fense through their well-organised as sociations. In this i-onnection the re I ort says: "The wool-growers ol the country were le! to believe from tho bill firt before the committee, that no adverse action would be had touch ing their interests. They were, there' ror, not oeioro tne committee in any official way, and those who were beard spoke for the restoration of the duty or isti7 without dreaming that the in adequate protection they now enjoyed wa to beawept from them and their vat interests lilt to the mercy of a competith n with' wool- growers in Australia, New Zea land and South American States, where the principal cent ol production is trie holding required hy ehepberde, whose labor is cheao, and where fte 1 ing, whether in winter or summe r, does not euter into tbe cost ol sheep bus baudry. The first eBort. therklo'e, in tho direction of free trade is aimed at the unorgan ted farmers of the coun try who, removed from the centers ol trade, busy on their farms and plai t- tio"S, onused t3 meeting committees ot Congress and unadvised that their interests were to be dealt an unfriend ly blow, they are to be the firet vic tims of the British policy through the agency of the Americsu policy. In 1803 the sheep in the United huifs numbered a liitle over 22,000,0 10. In 1883 the riomber had reached 50,0' - 01)0. In 1800 the clips were 60,2lXi,lX. In 1883 it reached 320.oOO.(HX). The duty of 1867, which gave to wool grow ing its greatest encouragement and in duced the farmers to increase their flocks and spend their means lor the (inert varieties of sheep and lor their ore, and which made the American wools tbe beet in tbe world adapted to all uses of man ufacture, has added nothing of cost of ool to the manufacturer or consumer. On the contrary, it bas been cheap ened, in io 7 tbe price wai oi cenis, in 1870 it was 40, in 1875 43 cents. There has been a steady reduction un tit now it is so low as to be unprofitable. The decay of sheep husbandry in the United States would be a national ca lamity. It would place our manufact urers at tbe mercy oi me lorergn pro ducers. This is an industry that can not be built np in a day. It bas le quired years of cost to reach its pres ent development, and sound policy demands its encouragement The mi nority endeavored to meet the reason able expectations of this large class ol their fellow-citizens and restore the duty of 18(17 on wool, but were prevented by the votes of the majority, and from the same cause are unuble to rraintain the rates. We could not believe that the majority would take from the dutiable ht-t wool, which has boen keen kept there Bince 1824, and which even the free irade law of Robert J. Walker, framed in 1884, had not made Iree, but tbe majority olthe committee has done it an far aa it can. and nothing remains lor this great interest wblcb enricues prope every mate in trie union dui to appeal uivisu to Uongresa ana to me country io re nniliutntha work of the committee. The flax-growers and spinners of America protest against tbe unjust and nnraasonab e action of tbe com mittee in taking flax from the dutiable list, and convention held in Febru ary. 1886. declared a reduction of duty on foreign fibres would be disastrous to the domestic industry. The bill roposes to enact the very niitmnn thit renewal of the Canadian treaty, the fear of the poesibility tl which so aroused the indignation of tha whole Mew England fishery inter ests without distinction of politics. It does more it nroooses to give to Can ada for nothing, what the Dominion is longing to pay a high price tor. ine majority view the bill as the first step towards a reversal of a revenue sys tem founded by the fathers and tbe subftitution of the British system ef tariff for revenue only. The commit tee have accepted and adopted the Secretary's political creed. "That the first duties to be safely Discarded ar those unon materials used by our manufacturers." and its free list dis cards wool, lumber, flax, hemp and all fibreB. The second step will be to discard all duties on imported articles, then at last duties will only be levied upon articles not produced in the United States, among which are tea and coffee, We dissent wholly from tho dootrine and its conclusions and insist that the true method of levying duties upon itnpoiU to raise the reve nues for the government is to impose them UDOn the imported articles which compete with the products of our own industries and labor ;andwhile such duties will secure the noccatary revenues they will at the same time encourage home productions, create a home market and furnish employment lor American workmen without in creasing the burdens ol the people. The minority declare the bill la boin of false sentiment. It is here because the Democratic paity is in control. The people of the country are not asking for it. It is in response to no public sentiment. In judgment of tbe minority it will increase rather tbau uwn.uioii our custom receipt); that it will answer no sentiment lor a reduction of the surplus; it will help no American interest; it will cripple, if not destroy, all ittouches. FORTY-MTII CONGRESS. LABOR QUESTION IX THE HOUSE. 1 he Indian And District or Columbia Appropriation Bills Proceed ings in the Senate. Bnddeu tiniiK. II the body receives daily a proper amount of nutrition, and daily expels the worn-out parte, health Is the cer tain com eciuence ; but, by a sudden change of weather, the pors of the skin may not perform theiroflice well, and matters are ratuined which should have passed off by that avenue. All ran hps which impede insensible per solution are fraught with danger, be- aueo mattera which should have passed away through the skin are re turned acaiu into circulation. Brand reth s 1 ills will remove all impurities, lioni whatever cause they may come, curing pain, inflammation and colds arising from .above caiee in a- lew hours. ItrxprvcMl III Vale I'AHKKKSHI'KCi, W. Va., April 12. A telegram from St. Marv a suvs that " . .... . . i . i Saturday night Nuniiei Kusneii snot nnd fatally wounded Mike Leaper, Both men are well-known citizens t. : tl... !.... f....t.,.. 1 . who is fiftv-two years of age, induced Mias Carrie Russell, a girl eleven years old, to elope with him. The girl s ab sence was at once discovered bv' her father, but as there was mi clew to the course taken by the pair Mr. KimsclJ was roni muled to await devolopiiienis, l.ast Saturduy Leaped- returned alone. Russell soon heard of his presence and startinl to find him. The two men met about 8 o clock, when Rus sell drew a revolver and tired four shots with the effect noted He was at once hurried nwevbv friends, and as yet theolllcers have been unable to find him. ltd lent r ItUeitara Of either sex, however induced, promptly, thoroughly and permanent Iv cured. Send 10 cents in stamps for large illustrated treatise. W orld s I) s- pensarv Medical Aeeociauon, ino, rata Main street, Buffa'o, N. Y. Murder nt Bobbery. KrhMAurii. Dak.. April 12. Coroner Carson has returned Irom the Agards bottoms, where he held an inquest on the body of Jacques Lejiiie, a French man about' fifty years old, who was found brutally murdered in lus siisck. U'iaie came to this part ol the country about three years ago with two com panions, one of whom is now iler-eosed. and with the other of whom he had since quarreled. He lad $1000 on arriving here, and he has been known not to spend any amount of momy ex cept for proving up his claim and the purchase of a yoke of oxen. The de ceamd was found with his head bruised and battered with an ax, which was found in the shack oovored with blood. Hut little money was found, and robbery is supposed U have been the motive of the crime. There1 is no clew to the perpetrator. LontHVllla Central. FBBPAIUC FOB FLOOD. Foundations, cellar walls and buihK ngs subject to overtiow enoum m iw ftrncted with louieviuevjHU"""' the standard. Wasiiinotos, A Til 12. liQiue. Mr. Morrison 111., from the (Jomuiit tee on Ways and Means, reported a bill to reduce tariff taxes and to mod ifff the laws in relation tl the collec tion of the revenue.and it was referred to the committee of the whole. Mr. McKinley O. presented the views of the minority of tho committee. Mr. 0 Neil Fa. asked leave to liave printed in the liecord a protest of em ployers, representing 47,000 working men in all the States of the Union, against a reduction of the tariff. Jir. OTOrriBOIl lUI.J mui um protest should be presented through the petition box. Mr. Morrison 111 , from the Com mittee on Rules, reported a resolution for the appointment ol a select com mittee of seven members, to bo ap pointed by the Speaker, to investigate the causes and extent of the disturbed conditions now existing in the rela tions between railroad companies en gaged in the interstate commerce and their employes in the States of Illi nois, Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas and Texas. The committee shall have nower to send for persons and papers, to sit during the sessions of the House and to visit such places in those States as may be necessary in order to laciu tttte the investigation. It shall report during the present session with suedi recommendations as it may deem r to make. Adopted withoutl Vlbioo. ' Mr. Morrison stated that the bi)t which had recently passed the Houtf. known as the abitrution bill, was n adequato in its provisions. The object of the pending resolution was to en able Congress to learn tho facts of the case, so that it might perfect its legislation. Mr. Reagan Tex. contended that Congress had no more power to regu late eiuesuoiiB arising ueiween cuuj- mon carriers and their hired laborers than questions arising between carri ers and their Lutcuers or grocere. These were local questions, and tho fact that one of the pa ties might be engaged in interstate commerce did not give uongress jurisuiciion over the other. The question was whether a Democratic Jlouse of Representa tives would deny and repudiate local self-government, or whether it would assume thattlu States were no longer able to execute their tunctions. Mr. Morgan Mies 1 thought that it was time the House should dispel the illusion in the minds of laboring meo, an Illusion that relief laid in the body of this House. Relief could not be found here, or be aided by any legis lative enactment. It was the duty of the House to speak at once in order that the worLiegmen might stop and pause and consider. Mr. fowderly stood at the head of a powerful crgan i.itiou which be endeavored to gov ern with wis lorn. He had been un able to do so because his subordinates had refused to acknowledge his authority. The workingmeu said thev wished to a'bitrate. What was there to arbitrate 7 They said to the railrcad companies we want employ meet, and tbe companies raid we do not want vour service. The men siid. "We will arbitrate," and the rail road company answered, "We will not arbitrate because we QO not want vou." This was like any other con tract; when the services of the men were declined there wai an end to the transaction, and Congress had no power to pass a law which would make a contract lor ine men. Mr. Randall f Pa 1 ea.d that no mem ber was more desirous than he of re striding legislation within constit tional limits, yet in this case the gov ernment was intecested in seeing neace and order prevail instead of dis content. The resolution had reference to interstate commerce which was now interrupted. There was no harm in the House possessing itself of full information on the subject. Mr. Hiscock fN. Y. I was curious to see bow many gentlemen on me other side of the House would invoke the constitution against tbe right of petition, how many would go on record againit the 701,000 men who said thev had wrongs to be redressed and who asked for the assistance of CoriEresa. Mr. Koed Me. said that t-ongress, like every other legislative bedy, sat for the hearing and redress oi griev ances, and in this chsp it was bound to give the invent gition. aeked for, to learn what the fact were, and thon to act upon them, if It turned out that the facts were sucn as could be acted upm. He protested against the evil design in cutting off ot the constitu tion against every proposition which was presented in the iious9. ine ef fect c,f this would be to make a mock- erv ol the constitution, end to give point to the jest that the constitution in the mind of a strict constructionist was in favor of every bill he wanted, nnd against every bill he opposed. Mr. Warner, Ohio, emphasized thegravityof the occasion -.maintained that in power other than Congrtes was ade quite to deal with the subject, and contended that the proposed in vestigation came within the provis ional f the constitution. Mr. Cuttln, I'ennsylvania, said that the pnrpese ol the resolution was to investigate the causes of the unrett of (lie people. If corporations had violaWd tke righ's of the hum blest man in the country, he had a right to relress, and bad a right to a hearing before tbie august assembly. If the mart was wronged, let Congress understani it, and lay the band ol the Gvernment on those who had wrongpd him. If there was not nnwer in the constitution to redress the wrong, it was a broken stall. Mr. Sprmger III regretted that the gentleman horn Texas (Mr. R-.agn) should have placed his opposition to the resolution . on tonstitutional K-ounds. That Rentlemaii should have been the list man to oppose a propo sition which had in view the securing of valuable information touching inter state .commerce. Hi" u" "i" House should not be fritte red away in discussing constitutional points every time the rights of the workingmen were involved. . The resolution was adopted without division. - Under the cill of States afumber of bills were introduced and referred. . . ... I 1 ... 1 I - ... Ua pAMmit. Mr. .Turner ivt.jr m m vumwu tee on Elections, submitted the report of that commit teo on the contested election case of OampbeJl vs. Weaver, f oiii the Sixth District of Ohio. Or dered printed. The District of Columbia appropria tion bill was then pBssed v.ithont die- CllfSlOn CI BUOeinmmi wKiiuu..-.- The House then adjourned. agreed to, appointing Senator Gibson of Louisiana to the membership of the Senate Committee on Commerce in place of Senator Jones of Florida during the pr'-sent temporary absence of the latter Senator from the Senate. Setnutor Morgan's resolution, recent ly submitted, relating to the Nicara gua chims was, nt his request, re ferred to the Committee on Nicara gua Claims. Senator Kidlleberger moved to take up the resohuion relating to the con sideration of executive nominations in opea seftdon. He refused a re quest to permit the Indian nppro priatioi bill to bo taken up. and ho liisistel on the yeas and nays, w;hich resulted in the defeat of tbe'motion yeas, j; nays, M. (This vote is not in aif semse a test of the strength of the Oeasure, as many of its strongest advocates, including Senators Piatt, Tellef, Gibson and Mitchell, voted in the legative.) Senator Long eubmitted an addi tion to his resolution relating to open executive sessions. The addition re cite the Senate rules which the reso lutions propose to amend. Stnator Piatt asked and obtained umpiimous consent to address the Semte after morning business to-mor-roy, trr support of bis resolution re lating to open executivo sessions. the Indian appropriation bill was thtn taken up, and while it was being re(d, Mr. Hoar moved that the Senate pficoeel to the consideration ol execu tive business The motion was agreed to, and the S nate doors were accordingly closed. When the doors were reopened, the uvsidiiii: otlicer, Senator HarriM, in ie i-hair. i aceel neiore ine nenaie as io "unfinished business" for the t'ternoon Senator Frye's fisheries reso: ution. Senator Frye, by unanimous con sent, allowed this to go over in formally in order that consideration of the Indian appropriation bill might lie resumed. On motion of Senator Conger the Senate then took a recess of twenty minutes to enable Senators to observe the nani.de of the Veterans of the DiBtrictof Columbia, who were cele brating tho twenty-fifth anniversary of their muster into the military ser vice of the Union in 18 il. At tho expiration of the recess the Senators returned to the chamber, and the reading of the Indian nppropna tir.n hill whh resinned. On motion of Senator Conger, and after debate bv Senators Conger, hniim Dolnh and Plumb, tho amount of the appropriation for Indian schools in Alaska was increased irom io,uuu to S20.000. Tho b 11 was then passed substan tially as repor ted from the committee. and the Konate acijouriien. Ofvm uOmd. tmt Mldom unrarwl utiitunnrOj: " Im then a nmOj known to th MdScil prnfwrinn lht Ul ally Uf ttJMiogB peculiar to wonwo who aabjact to Dutmtmm i m mA Ha rwtvlwu ditonmlcrtrf SCCQS There Is 're'lef toryoil 1t ha be eVffund In' (S? Read tchnt an eminent phyHrtan hat t tay upon tht mubject: - I hn derived prtlcnUrlr arrtlWnt reiolf from tbe me of Tomnlino in nw of Dysmenorrhea Jm the OMe of a U.lr of rhmjm&UC eondieioo. and a ehronio aafferer frum tbie dieeeee. who had beea till lee elmoat to the verge of ineanity by her nweitlil anflennite . iu action, oae been moot eatiaf actory. ItrelieTeat iunimrtl, and aha no Daeeea the onee dreaded perioda with Dot little diaconfort. I oonld mentiea other instances of a eimilar character, but this is a remarkable ease." T. F. FRAZKO, el. A For sale by all Druggists. Prirs I per buttle. A A MFI I IFR. Sola PrnnV.'0TJ W.ehi.tATe LUMBER YARD! BiiievCarllgrtsiiActlCo JBrtnkley, ArkM Manufacturers of YELLOW PINE AND OAK LUMBER, Doors Sash, lillnaV, Dressed Flooring, Cellinir, Weather-Boarding Our facilities are unsurpassed by any 'aw mill in the South for fit ing orders promptly. Flooring, Ceiling, Biding, Step Lumber and Cypreaa shingles a speoialty: alio. Framing Lumber of all dimensions. We make tbe Wholesale Business a apec.al feature. Orders soiiciieu suu pruuipwy uueu. GEO. BAY1IIM.ER, AWENT, No. 124 Jefferson Street - Memphis, TenneBSftftj Chickasaw Ironworks JOIIX E. CANDLE & CO., rKOPR'S, 98 Second St. Memphis. Term. FOUNDERS & MACHINISTS, MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN ujriucfs Boiler, SawmUla, Bradford Corn and Wheat Mil If, Cotton Frews Cotton HIus, Shafting, Pulleys, feic. SPECIAL HOTICB-We are prepared to 811 orders, on soor notioe, for the oele. rated Medar Wrongl'-'" Fuller. We carry in stock oyer Two Hundred Assorted Mars, ax- Send for Catalogue and Price-list. C. B. WITESMAN. EDMUND MoOEHEE. ST rani & warn, API ID GROCERS J 369 MAIN ST?. MEMPHI8. TENlff. The First Sign Of fulling health, whethor Iu tbe form of Night Sweats and NcrvouancBS, or In sense of General 'Weariness and Lose ol Appetite, should suggest the use of Ayer! Barnaiiarllb. This preparation to most effective for giving tone and strengtB to the enfeebled system, promoting the digestion and assimilation of food, restor ing the nervous forces to their normal condition, and for purifying, enriching, and vitalizing tbe blood. Failing Health. Ten years ago my health began to fal I was troubled with a distressing Coostl. Night 8weats, Weakness, and Nervous ness. I tried various reruoJies prescribed by different phvsluians, but became so weak that 1 could not go up stairs with out stopping to rest. My friends recom. mended mo to try Ayor's Sarsanarllla. which I did, and I am now af healthy and strong as ever. Mrs. K. L. Williams, Alexandria, ilinn. I have used Aver's Sarsnjiarilla, In my family, for Scrofula, and (now, if it s taken faithfully, that It wll thoroughly eradicate this terrible discus. I have also prescribed it as a tunicas ye" R n "Iter, ative, and must say that I Bonestlv believe It to be tha best blood ineillcinc ever compounded. W. F. Fofvler, 1. D. 8., M. D., Greenville, Term. - Dyspepsia Cured. It would bo Impossible for m to de eribe what I Buttered from Indigestion and Headache up to the time 1 began taking Ayer's SuraapnrUla. 1 was under tho care of varioin physicians and tried a great many kinds of medicines, but never obtained mere than temporary re lief. After taking Aver's Sarsaparilla for a short time, my hecdache disappeared, and my stomach tV: .'formed i: 3 duties more perfectly. To-Jsv mv healtU is com pletely restored. Mary Harley, Spring field, Mass. T tisvn lieen L'rrntlv benefited bv the prompt se ot" Aer"s Snrsspurilla. It tones and Invigcralcs thosyslem, regulates tbe action of the digestive and assimilative organs, and vtili.es the hloud. It. Is, without doubt, tho most reliable blood purifier vet discovered. U. 1). Johnson, Sb3 Atlantic inc., Ilruoklyn, N. Y. Ayer's SarsapariUa, rassBMl by Dr. .1. ('. Ayer!& Co., Lowell, Mass. prim ! s els littles, 85. RELIEF! 1 Fort j Year a Snffcrer from Catarrh! WONDERFUL TO RELATE. 3T"iolcl Peas "Waaxteci AT CRAIG'S SEED STORE, EED COM 9 Farming Tools, Grass Seed, Garden Seed, Onion Sets, '.Millet, CORN AND COTTON PLANTERS. R, G. CRAI6 & CO., MEMPHIS. SLtDtiE HKOS.,of Como, Miss, F. M. SOBFLEET, Resident Partner. COTTON FAOTCSS, Rti-ftfit Mftmnh' TV tip fe 35 Front H. QaslB. JOtaai B. SalllTKsi. ruos. Vlsrk. , J. Vlstr - Wholesale Grocers, Cotton 3Petoi- And Commission Nsrchar.ts 232 and 234 Front St., Jfiemphis, Tecs. ijKTWECH ADAMS AHii JKFFKBSOB. I N RAINEY devotes his whole time to the weighing and sa-e 01 a u voiion niru. Mr, 1 r.nr hTrg notron W.rehn,,.e. tfl Wn.hirgton erpe. ! MANHATTAN SAVINGS BANK AKD TRUST COMPANY. BOABD OF TRUBTBES. NAPOLEON HILL, ffi?KLloYYP aXotu. reeId I; sum. f 1W upward, and interest al.o.ed cn .. Semi annually. . . , nnr,A. and Sai-urities ieneral!y. pay taxes, acta srWebuy ana seu looisi buriaess reuirinif safe and responsible J. a. HANDWERKER, DAVIT) P. HADDEN, JAMES A. OMBEHU, KWD. O0LDSM-1TU. UARDW1G PERES. "FOR FORTY YB RS I have been a yu tiin t OATARRU-thrre-lourtfs of the time a sufferer from EXCRl't'lATlNi PAINS ACROSS MY FOkKUKAD AND M NOS TRILS. The dwharicca eere so offensive that I hesi:ato to mention it. except lorthe giod It may do some other suffert-r. 1 have spent a youn tortune from try e:unin itnrin. mv fit.lv fpln of .utTorinB- to obtJIin relief Irom the doctors. I have tried patent medicines every one 1 could learn 01 irom the r.inr rnrnfm nf the enrCh. wit' no relief. Ann AT LAST l?7 yearn of anel hnve met with a reme.ty that has cured ine entiroly mnile me a npw mm. I weished 12 pound? and now weiph 146. I used thirteen bottles of the medicice, and the only reitret I have I., that hnins in the humble wal ks of li le I may not have influence to prevail on all ca tarrh sufferers U ufe what has cured me (iulna's I'loneer Blood Renewer. " HENRY CHEVK5, " So. 267 Second street, Ma4-on, (in. Mr. Henr Dinv... the writer of the shove, formerly of Crawford county, now of Macon. (.. merits the oonfidon of all la tereitcd in catarrh. . A. H' FF. " Ex-Myor of Macon. A SVPtllB FLESH PROOUCtR & TONIC (ininn Plone'er Blowel Bcnewer. Cures all Blood and Skia Diseases, Rhruui.v t'sm. Sorolula, Old tore. A perfect S-inng Medicine. It not in your market, it win he iraraea onreceipto. price, bmrt'l bottles, fl , lurse. II To Kaay on Tiloo.1 and Skis Pisrasu mailed ml'vUN HEDiriKE C hlPalT. naren, Sjcortln. trustees, and. In general, execute any fina vV6.niVsu drafts. In iioms to suit purchasers, on all parts of Enrope. W. himrnod the deposit ot valuables, wb.ch a at the JBffl). WOLUSMITH, Yice-Prcsident he servlee of our customere, s-Tex 01 a urKe. n. p. HAliDES. PresideuU JAMES K4THAI5. rlilpr. REC EIVEK'S OFFICE II Exchange National Bank KOBI'OLK, VA., Feb. 16,1S. PROPOSALS will be rt1T3?d,"l!hi-' ol?. until Saturday, March 27. lS8o, for the r.ureha. of the hereinafter mentioned prop erty in its entirety, anu . .... ... - n&roeis 01 me same .:. .mrto! ' 11-- a.H rr.ntrtv which fist, ; ' Ita'ting tm. of -a,, will f$5j ufon application to the undersirned. The t reject any and all bid is reserved: Vis: ive and valuable property lo arf.dk and Portsmouth, a.. .. . th. "Se sboard t-oiwin voujrrv.. 1. lHWir.. intton and uiortzes mv , V - , : l.euv v. u-sv. of three (3) other merchandise, and.tbe .ui. M..it.t. therefor. '"J" klh x.n.ists r.'t class improved cotton compresses: two 121 stm S three (3) tranMKrttie U) steam ,?.,,.,. n-ce.sary to a well wuiprd establishment of this character. WI a N "lu TouTtl, fr.'iew.r.hous.. (m.talreofs) JvJtV. ma"? thousand, ton. of fertil.- "tT: LhVrVi and docks, which afford axaple nm.f.a-orV.iUnah?-?U.t,Th, fC-arXus. ind dk property in Port, S"h is about 6H acres, todW with aU it. Till property, which is fully described i th. list. ove refe-red to RtPtiT.r. EALTIIIH WEALIH.-D1. K. O. Wskt-. Nervs asp BrtAin Tixatuskt. a guarantee.! .pecillc for Byateria, Disif nesa. Convulsions", Fits, Nerrom Neural lia. Headache, Nerc- Prottration, eauseel by the use of alcohol or tobacoo; Wake fulness, Mental Impression, Seftening of the Brain, resulting in insanity and lea.lingto misery, 1 decay and death; Premature fll Age, Barrenness, Loss oi Power in either .- Involuntary Losses and Spermator rhea, can by over-exertion oi the brain, self-abnse oroverindolgenoe. Each box eon tain, cine montb's treatment. II a box, or ia boxes ior to, sent bv mail prepaid, on receipt of price. We auarrntce Six Boxes tecure any ease. With each order reoelyee by us for six boxes, accompanied with So, we will send the purchaser our written guarantee to refund the money if the treat ment doe' ot effect a cure. Guarantee issued only bv A RKNilEHT 00., Drot gists. Memphis. T-t. IIt. C. SWAIJf, OAK SECOND ST., MEMPHIS, TENN., ZrxO ha. been in this eity i year., treat ing all disease, of the Rectum aa a Special ist with uniform success, without the meot the knife or ligature. Diseases treated. Constipation, Inflammation, Piles, Reotav Vloers, Fistula!, Fissures, Polypi, Catarrh, Mneture, itxcresoences aroana ismmctssi Prolapsus, Pruitis, fi.morrhags. Spasm ol the Sphinctua, Chronie Diarrhea and ckronia disease! generally. Call and see testimonial.. Consultation free. At borne the seeena nd fourth we-ke of esch n.Q"th. A Valuable Patent. Itia Tbe nnal., iv..nv-nTox. April 12. A ivuolu- tion. offered by Sen-or Benk, was 1 KAfSI lJi-lts C AtSKS and CV R K.t: c e who as deaf twsntv-eiKht year T'at 'd 1 mwt ol the nsted si ecilists. V- e d y with t bcne6l. tap HiNS.i ri three months, mi since then hundred. 01 other, by .itiae process. A plain, aimpleand successful hom treatment. AddroM T. S. PAUh,ls4thst.,Kew York CUyJ DuBjj'i (Horwe) CB anJ Vr P1B. Sen. aAVINO perfKrted my invention, I wish o rise it before the public, especially manufacturers. As a Corn Planter, it is t perfect sucoessooens the drill, distribute tk. .uj ..m -fl,-l. nrtiniuren. and cover the same, tb'retv one man performing the work of t'nree. Tlie-- have been used m .hi.Mcti.. tn, .... a do.en years with per fect ati .faction, tan give respor .ibl testi- JOHN H- DAMTr.Dancyrtlle, Haywood county. Team, 1 1 Sam-V Ctssai ess. ateas-a a. a a A Rult . 'aHUVLRTlSINS A book of 100 rages. best boot tor ' ad vei tiser to eon- be he epert- enced.'or otherwise- oontam. lists ei newspapers and estimates o the cost 0 1 aa- . ' r.. j..tiB.rsllAUI R tO SP404 olla'r. ftnds in.it tne; information he re- "bire for Mm who. will invert on. vertu one dj Sur drid .hou .nd dollar, in advertising. . Jche. isi Blicated which will meet "his everv TeqnKfem.nt. or cn I'D, m""'" - ..Anions hive beenis.neJ, to any address ior wu fiv-three Sent, po.tpiiid. Apply to Gl. JiEVTSPAPKH AW- 1P ROW KLL nnwsri 1 VEhTISINtl BUREAU.iUHprueelt. 1 ing Hou.e Suuar . New fork. (Print-