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              * Et) citing J®jfe (Safett c NUHBBH 1*44 ( Wwklr BilakllrtMl 183*. f PI1TSTON. PA., WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 7, 1887. V two cram. ) ran Coau m Wok - THE ANNUAL MESSAGE. rC store at this time any part of our surplus revenues to the people by Its expenditure consists In the supposition that the secretary of the treasury may enter the market and purchase the bonds of the government not yet due at a rate of premium to be agreed upon. The only provision of law from which such a power could be derived 1s found In an appropriation bill passed a number of yean ago, and it Is subject to the suspicion that it was intended as temporary and limited in its application, instead of conferring a continuing discretion and authority. No condition ought to exist which would justify the grant of power to a single official, upon bis judgment of its necessity, to withhold from or release to the business of the people in an unusual manner money held in the treasury, and thus affect, at his will, the financial situation of the country; and if it is deemed wise to lodge in the secretary of the treasury the authority in the present juncture to purchase bonds it should be plainly vested, and provided as far as possible with such checks and limitations as will define this official's right and discretion and at the same time relieve him from undue responsibility.considered, as well as the preservation oi our manufacturers. It may be called protvtion, or by any other name, but relief from tbe hardships and dangers of our present tariff laws should be devised with especial precaution against imperiling the existencj of our manufacturing interests. But this existence should not mean a condition which, without regard to the public welfare or a national exigency, must always insure the realisation of immense profits instead tit moderately profitable returns. As tbe volume and diversity of our national activities increase, new recruits are added to those who desire a continuation of the advantages which they conceive the present system of tariff taxation directly affords them. So stubbornly have all efforts to reform the pr sent condition been resisted by those of our fellow citizens thus engsged that they can hardly complain of the suspicion, entertained to a certain extent, that there exists an organized combination all along the line to maintain their advantage. manufacturer under the operation of other tariff laws. In the meantime tbe day arrives when t e farmer fin s it necessary to purchase woolen goods and material to clothe himself and family for the winter. When he faces the tradesman for that purpose he discovers that be la obliged not only to re turn In the way of increased prices his tariff profit on the wool he sold, and which then perhaps lies before him in manufacture! form, but that he must add a considerable sum thereto to meet a further Increase in cost caused by a tariff duty on tbe manufacture. Thus in the and he is aroused to the fact that he has paid upon a moderate purchase, as a result of the tariff scheme, which when he sold bis wool seemed so profitable, an increase in prioe more than sufficient to sweep away all the tariff profit be received upon the wool he produced and sold. GENERAL NEWS BREVITIES Sbnwtbur D a. prompt and effective action. Both of the great political partiea now represented In tbe government have, by repeated and authoritative declarations, condemned the condition of our laws which permit tbe collection from the people of unnecessary revenue, and have, in the most solemn manner, promised its correction, and neither as citizens nor partisans are our countrymen in a mood to condone tbe deliberate violation of these pledges. Yellow, rich, fat Hud juicy. The flne«t oysters iu tfcp market. Ttiey have a distinct live flavor and are not to be compared with common oysters. Blue points, famous on the half-si ell. The best of all delicacies, as well as plain food, at Lohmann's rtataurant, 139 East Market street, WilkeaBarre. Prices are reasonable.MUSIC HALL. Tuesday, December 13 th. THRILLING SCENES AT THE BURSTING OF A WATER TOWER. It Deals Only with the Tarifl LAUGH 'Question. Accidents and Incidents of Recent Hap- pening*—Brief Mention of Current Events Brought Across the Wires and Boiled Down Into Short Paragraphs. TAXES MUST BE REDUCED. YOU CANT HELP BUT UU6H. Our progress toward a wise conclusion will not be improved by dwelling upon tbe theories of pro»"-lou and free trade. This savors too mui.u • 'flying epithet*. It is a condition wliii 'j onfiunu1 us—not a theory. Relief from t . -4 uJ '. on may involve a alight reduutii * e a ! vantages which we award our bo.nt; -'Ions, but the entire withdrawal of suuh advantages should not be contemj/ rtoi. The question of free trade is absolute - and the persistent claim Tat io • -'n quarters, that all efforts to relieC m* people from unjust and unnecessary 'fixation are schemes of so called free traders, is mischievous and far removed from any consideration for tbe public good. D0 QUESTION OF THEORIES. This is the most extensive manufactory of wrought iron fcncen in the country and its products are seeu throughout a large territory Its AVams metallic picket fcnce is great for farms, yards and cemttcries. Canal and Unon ttreeta, Wilkes-Barre. d4w The Eagle I run Works. President Cleveland Urges Immediati Aotion on the Fart of Congress Atlanta, Deo. 7.—Yesterday morning a water tower in Thomasville, La., collapsed, with tragic results. Four men were kill, d outright, all being buried beneath the fallen masonry, and horribly crushed and mutilated. Four others were badly injured, one of whom, and possibly all, will die. Four others were left for nearly an hour clinging like flies to the side of a portion of the tower, which remained standing until they were rescued by means of a rope. Tbey were seventy feet above the ground, and clung to the projecting bricks of the half ruined wall, which threatened to fall at any moment When the hook and la der company reached the scene it was found that its ladders lacked at least twenty-five feet of being long enough to reach the men. To come down arope hand over hand to the top of the ladder waa their only chauoe of escape. The wall was swaying in the breeie and threatened to collapse before ropes could be procured. It did not, however, and a cord attached to a rope waa tied to a brick and, after several attempts, thrown over the top of the tumbling masonry. A score of men lent eager aid pulling up the rope and getting it in reach of one of the men. A moment later he descended it to the top of the ladder and finally reached the ground in safety. A mighty shout went up from the crowd. The rope was moved successfully from one man to another of the remaining three until we all were finally rescued in the same manner as the first The killed were: Joseph Moore and T. J. P. Rommerdall (white); Levin Wells and "Joe" Fabian (colored). The injured, all colored men, are lid ward Dorsey, John Tate, William Ken nedy and Frank Fatsiam. Tate cannot survive, and the recovery of the others is stiU a matter of doubt ■MI88. Victoria Temple. He Strongly Advises a Revision of the Existing Tariff Laws, and Declares That When the number of farmers engaged in wool raising is compared with all tbe farmers in the country, and tbe small proportion they bear to our population is considered; when it is made apparent that, in the case of a large part of those who own sheep, the benefit of the present tariff on wool is illusory; and, above all, when it must be conceded that the increase of the cost of living caused by such tariff becomes a burden upon those with moderate means and the poor, tbe employed and unemployed, tbe sick and well and tbe young and old, and that it constitutes a tax which, with relentless grasp, is fastened upon the clothing of every man, woman and child In the land, reasons are suggested why the removal or reduction of this duty should be included in a revision of our tariff laws. The Prettiest and Brightest Star on the Ameri stage, in the Funniest of all Funny Plays. THE NEW Unless Measures Are Taken to Reduce Wonderful Care*. the Surplus, the People Must Suffer. He Appeals to tho Manufacturers to Exert Themselves In Favor of a Tarifl W. D. Hoyt & Co., Wholesale and Retail Druggists of Rome, Ga., say : We huve been soiling Dr. King's New Di.-covery, Klectrie Bitters aiid Buclibn's Arnica Salve for two years. Have never handled remedies that sell as wCll, or give such universal satisfaction There have been some wonderful cures effected by these medicines in this Citv. Seve al cases of pronounced Consumption have been emitely cured by use of a few bottles of Dr. King's New Discovery, t«ken in connec'ion with Electric Bitters. We guannteo them always. Sold by A. B. Woodward. MUGGS' LANDING We are in tbe midst of centennial celebrations, and with becoming pride we rejoice in American skill and ingenuity, in American energy and enterprise, and in the wonderful natural advantages aud resources developed by a century's national growth. Yet when an attempt is made to justify a scheme which permits a tax to be laid upon every consumer in the land for the benefit of our manufacturers, quite beyond a reasonable * lemand for governmental regard, it suits the purposes of advocacy to call our manufactures infant industries, still needing tbe highest and greatest degree of favor and fostering care that can be wrung from federal legislation. Reduction. EVEuY HINQ NEW. NEW MUSIC. NEW SINGIKQ. DANU NO and SPECIAL NEW 8CENEBY. Washington, Dec. 7.—The president's annual message, read before congress, is as follows: TBI QUESTION OF PURCHASING BONDS. In considering tbe question of purchasing bonds as a means of restoriug to circulation the surplus money accumulating in the treasury, it should be borne in mind that premiums must of course be paid upon such purchase, that there may be a large part of these bonds held as investments which cannot be purchased at any price, and that combinations among holders who are willing to sell may unreasonably enhance the cost of such bonds to tbe government. The simple and plain duty whioh we owe the people is tt reduce taxation to the necessary expenses of an economical operation of the government and to restore to the busi ness of the oonntry the money which we hold in the treasury through the perversion of governmental powers. These things can •d should be done with safety to all our striss, witucu'. J anger to the opportutf Hi l tive labor which our » • ••-•U. d with be' eflt to them en.- p cyi -y cheapening their means Oi i ttence a x -L. Teasing the measure of fclOforts, ALL OTHwr. y-i LAID ASIDE. The caiBtitutio i lortJw that the president "sLsD, from -f-ie t» time, give to the congress .BfOrm if the state of the Union." U hns custom of die executive, il v ir-M with this provision, to annual.y eahlbit to the eongrees, at the opening of Its session, the general condition of the country, And to detail, with some particularity, the operations of the different executive departments. It would be especially agreeable to follow this oourse at the preeent time, and to call attention to the valuable accomplishments of these departments during the last fiscal year. But I am so much impressed with the paramount importance of the subject to which this communication has thus far been devoted, that I shall forego the addition of any other topic, and only urge upon your immediate consideration the "state of the Union" as shown in the preeent condition of our treasury and our general fiscal situation, upon which every element of our safety and prosperity depends. To the Congress of the United States Diagram opens Saturday morning. Dec. loth at» a. m. You are confronted at the threshold of your iexislative duties with a condition of the national finances which imperatively demands immediate and careful consideration. FAIR"-- FESTIVAL The amount of money annually exacted, through the operation of present laws, from the Industrie* and necessities of the people largely exceeds the sum necessary to meet the expenses of the government. Shilok's Vitalizer Ib wbat you need for eon atipation, loss of appetite, riiziiness and al symptooa of dy»pepsi». Price 10 and 75 eenta per bottle. Sold by J E. Fleming. under the anspicea ol the It has been suggested that the pre ent bonded debt might be refunded at a less rate of interest, and the differenoe between the old and new security paid in cash, thus finding use for the surplus in the treasury. The success of this plan, it ia apparent, must depend upon the volition of the holders of the present bonds; and it is not entirely certain that the inducement which must be offered them would result in more financial bcn«flt to the government than the purchase of bonds, while the latter proposition woulil reduce the principal of the debt by actual payment, instead of extending it. THB LABOR QUESTION. Iii •peaking of the increased cost to the consumer of our home manufactures, resulting from a duty laid upon imported article* of the same description, the fact is not overlooked that competition among our domestic producers sometimes has the effect of keeping the price of their products below the highest limit allowed by such duty. But it is notorious that this competition is too often strangled by combinations quite prevalent at this lime, and frequently called trusts, which have for their object the regulation of the supply and price of commodities mado and sold by members of the combination. The people can hardly hope for any consideration in the operation of these selfish schemes. INCREASED COST O* HOME MANUFACTURES. THE PUBLIC TREASURY A HOARDING PLACE. It is also said that the increase in the price of domestic manufactures resulting from the present tariff is necessary in order that higher wages may be paid to our workingmen employed in manufactories, than are paid for what is called the pauper labor of Europe. All will acknowledge the force of an argument which involves the welfare and liberal compensation of our laboring people. Our labor is honorable in the eyes of every American citizen; and as it lies at the foundation of our development and progress, it is eutitled, without affectation or hypocrisy, to the utmost regard. The standard of our laborers' life should not be measured by that of any other country less favored, and they are entitled to their full share of all our advantages.Ladies of Trinity Cborcli When we consider that the theory of our Institutions guarantees to every citizan the lull enjoyment of all the fruits of his industry and enterprise, with only such deduction as may be his share toward the careful and economical maintenance of the government which protects him, it is plain that the «xaction of more than this is indefensible ■extortion, and a culpable betrayal of American fairness and justice. This wrong inflicted upon those who bear the burden of national taxation, like other wrongs, multiplies a brood of evil consequences. The public treasury, which should only exist as a conduit conveying the people's tribute to its legitimate objects of expenditure, becomes a hoarding place for money needlessly withdrawn from trade and the people's use, thus crippling our national energies, suspending our country's development, preventing investment iu productive enterprise, threatening financial disturbance, and inviting schemes of public plunder^ Catarrh cured, health and aweet breath aeeured, by Shilob's Catarrh Remedy. Price 60 cents. Nasal injector free. 8old by J. K Fleming. WEST PITTSTON, Wby will you cough when 8hiloh'a Cure will givo immediate relief. Price 10 ct»., 60 aud $1. For sale J. K Fleming. WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY DEPOSITING MONET IN BANKS AN OBJECTION. Shiloh'a Catarrh Remedy—a positive cure for Catarrh, Diphtheria and Canker llouth For aale by J. K. Fleming. The proposition to deposit the money held by the government in banks throughout the country, for use by the people, is, it seems to me, exceedingly objectionable in principle, an establishing too close a relationship between the operations of the government treasury and the business of the country, and too extensive a commingling of their money, thus fostering an unnatural reliance in private business upon public funds. If this scheme should be adopted it should ouly Tie done as a temporary expedient to meet an urgent necessity. legislative and executive effort should generally be in the opposite direction, and should have a tendency to divorce, as much and as fast as can safely be done, the treasury department from private enterprise. Mr. Blaine and the Presidency. DEC. Tth and 8th, If, however, in the absence of such combination, a healthy and free competition reduces the prioe of any particular dutiable article of home production below the limit which it might otherwise reach under our tariff laws, and if, with such reduced price, its manufacture continues to thrive, it ia entirely evident that one thing has been discovered which should be carefully scrutinised in an effort to reduce taxation. Niw York, Dec. 7.—Mr. J. W. Small ey, the foreign correspondent of The New York Tribune, cables the following from Paris concerning the Maine statesman: By the last census it i« made to appear that of the 17,893,099 ef our population engaged in all kinds of industries 7,670,493 are employed in agriculture, 4,074,338 in professional and personal service (3,934,876 of whom are domestic servants and laborers), while l.itlu.'SM are employed in trade and tranalortation, and 3,837,113 are classed as employed in manufacturing and mining. Sleepless nights, made miserable by that terrible cough. Shiloh'a Cure ia the remedy for you. Sold oy J. E. Fleming In the Lecture Room of the Churoh. Mr. Blaine authorises me to say that the reports of alleged interviews with him, cabled of late by various persons from Paris, in which he'is represented as speaking with great freedom of bis political intention* and of his expectations touching the presidential nomination and election of next year, are absolute fabrications. It may be addod that the presidency is the one subject upon which Mr. Blaine has maintained a steady reserve since he came to Europe. But it is not to be denied tbat all those who hold Intimate relations with him have in some way gained an impression that he does not expect his name to be presen ted to the Republican convention of 1888. Mo one, however, has been authorized to make such • statement. That hacking cough can be so quickly cur ed by Shiloh'a Cure. We guarantee it. Sold b» J. K. Fleming. Supper will be served from 6 to zo p. m. Ovsters and Ice Cream during the evening. This condition of our treasury is not altogether new; and it has more than once of late been submitted to the people's representatives in the congresj, who alone can apply a remedy. And yet the situation still continues, with aggravated incidents, more than ever presaging financial convulsion and widespread disaster. The necessity of combination to maintain the prioe of any commodity to the tariff point furnishes proof that some one is willing to accept lower prioes for such commodity and that such prices are remunerative, and lower prices produced by competition prove the same thing. Thus where either of these conditions exist a case would seem to be presented for an easy reduction of taxation.ftOTAl For preeent purposes, however, the last number given should be considerably reduced. Without attempting to enumerate all, it will be conceded that there should be deducted from those which It includes 375,143 carpenters and joiners, 385,401 milliners, dressmakers and seamstresses, 173,736 blackimitbs, 133,756 tailors and 103,473 iiasoiis, 76,341 butchers, 41,309 bakers, 33,083 plasterers and 4,891 engaged in manufacturng agricultural implements, amounting iu the aggregate to 1,314,033, leaving 3,633,089 persons t mployed in such manufacturing industri s as are claimed to be benefited by a high tariff. The reports of the heads of departments, which will be submitted, contain full and explicit Information touching the transaction of the business intrusted to them, and such recommendations relating to legislation In the public interest as they deem advisable. I ask for these reports and recommendations the deliberate examination and action of the legislative branch of the government A great variety of fancy and useful articles, suitable for Holiday Gifts, will be offered fur sale on the eral tables. It will not do to neglect this situation because its dangers are not now palpably imminent and apparent. They exist none the less certainly, and await the unforeseen and unexpected occasion when suddenly they will be precipitated upon us. Of course it is not expected that unnecessary and extravagant appropriations will be made for the purpose of avoiding the accumulation of an excess of revenue. Such expenditure, beside the demoralization of all just conceptions of pnblio duty which it entails, stimulates a habit of reckless improvidence not in the least consistent with the mil sion of our people or the high and beneficent purposes of our government. There are other subjects not embraoed in the departmental reports demanding legislative consideration and which I should be glad to submit Some of them, however, have been earnestly presented in previous messages, and as to them I beg leave to repeat prior recommendations. SURE TO PLEASE. OUR The considerations which have been presented touching onr tariff laws are intended only to enforce an earnest recommendation that the surplus revenues of the government be prevented by the reduction of our customs duties, and, at the same time, to emphasize a suggestion that in accomplishing this purpose, we may discharge a double duty to our people by granting to them a measure of relief from tariff taxation in quarters where it is most needed and from sources where it can be most fairly and justly accorded. KEY WEST CIGARS. On the 80th day of June, 1885, the excess of revenues over public expenditures after complying with the annual requirement of the sinking fund act, was $17,859,735.84; during the year ended June 30, 1886, such excess amounted to (49,405,545.30; and during ih» year ended June 30, 1887, it reached the sum of $55,567,849.54. Washington, Dec. 7.—The president has sent the following nominations to the senate: Lucius Q. C. Lamar, of Mississippi, to be associate justioe of the supreme court of the United States; William F. Vilas, of Wisconsin, to be secretary of the Interior: Don M Dickinson, of Michigan, to be postmaster general; Charles 8. Fairchill, of New York, to be secretary of the treasury; George L. Rives, of New York, to bo assist? ant secretary of state; Isaac H. Maynard, of New York, to be assistant secretary of the treasury; Sigourney Butler, of Massachusetts, to be second comptroller of the treasury; James W. Hyatt, of Connecticut, to be treasurer of the United States, Changes In the Cabinet. 5 Brands. Henry Clay, Boxes of 50, $3.50. GRAVITY OF THE SITUATION. To these the appeal is made to save their employment and maintain their wagca by resisting a change, There should be no disposition to answer such suggestion* by the allegation that they are in a minority among those who labor, and therefore should forego an advantage in the interest of low prices for the majority; their compensation, as it may be aff»cted by the operation of tariff laws, should at all times be scrupulously kept in view, and yet with slight reflection they will not overlook the fact that they are consumers with the rest; that they, too, have their own wants and thoee of their families to supply from thr ir earnings and that the price of the necesaaricw of life as well as tbe amount of their wagef will regulato tha measure of their welfare and comfort. As the law makes no provision for any report from the department of state, a brief history of the transactions of that important department, together with other matters which it may hereafter be deemed essential to commend to the attention of congress, may furnish the occasion for a future communication. GROVER CLEVELAND. I have deemed it my duty to thus bring to the knowledge of my countrymen, as well as to the attention of their representatives charged with tbe responsibility of legislative relief, the gravity of our financial situation. The failure of the congress heretofore to provide against the dangers which it was quite evident the very nature of tbe difficulty must necessarily produce, caused a condition of financial distress and apprehension since your last adjournment, which taxed to the utmost all the authority and expedients within exrcutive control; and these appear now to be exhausted. If dis aster results from the continued inaction of congress, the responsibility must rest where it belongs. POWDER Rosa, $3.50. La Boxes of 50, THE BIIfKINO FUND. The annual contributions to the sinking fund during tbe three years above specified, amounting in tbe aggregate to $138,058,- 820.91, and deducted from tbe surplus as stated, were made by calling in for that fmrpose outstanding 8 per cent, bonds of tbe .government During the six months prior 'to June 80, 1887, the surplus revenue had grown so large by repeated accumulations, and it was feared the withdrawal of this great sum ef money needed by the people would so affect the business of tbe country that the sum of $79,864,100 of such surplus was a pp ied to the payment of the principal and interest of the 3 per cent bonds still outstanding, and which were then payable M the option of the government. The precarious condition of financial affairs among the people still needing relief, immediately after the 30th day of June, 1087, tbe remainder of tbe 8 per cent, bonds then outstanding, amounting with principal and interest to the sum of $18,877,500, were called in and applied to the sinking fund contribution for the current year. Notwithstanding these operations Ok ttu treasury department, representations of distress in business circles not only continued but increased, and Absolute peril seemed at hand. In these circumstances the contribution to the sinking fund for tbe current fiscal year wss at once completed by tbe -expenditure of $27,684,283.55 in the purchase «f. government bonds not yet due bearing -4 and 4% per cent interest, the premium paid thorton averaging about 24 per cent for the forbier and 8 per cent for the latter. In addition to this tbe interest accruing during the correct year upou the outstanding bonded indebtedness of the government was to some extent anticipated, and banks selected as depositories of public money were 3D rraitted to somewhat increase their datrasita.Nor can the presentation made of such considerations be, with any degree of fairness, regarded as evidenoe of unfriendliness toward our manufacturing interests, or ot any lack of appreciation of their value and importance. El Rosal, Very Popular, Boxes of 50, $3.50. Wm. Penn, Boxes of 50, $3.75. Washington, Dec, 6, 1887. At the conclusion of the reading the house, at 1:90 p m., adjourned until Thursday. Los Trees Hermosas, Boxes of 50, $3.25. MANUFACTURERS UROID TO CO-OPERATE. COMMENTS OF THE PRESS. These interests constitute a leading and most substantial element of oar national greatness and furnish the proud proof of our country's progress. But if in the emergency that presses upon us our manufacturers are asked to surrender something for the publio good and to avert disaster, their patriotism, as well as a grateful recognition of advantages already afforded, should lead them to willing co-operation. No demand is made that they shall forego all the benefits of governmental regard, but they cannot fail to be admonished of their duty, as well as their enlightened self interest and safety, when they are reminded of the fact that financial pnnio and collapse, to which the present condition tends, afford no greater shelter or protection to our manufacturers than to our other important enterprises. Opportunity for safe, easeful and deliberate refornj is now offered; and none of 114 should be unmindful of a time when an abused and irritated people, heedless of those who have resisted timely and reasonable relief, may insist upon a radical and sweeping rectification of their wrongs. What Some ot the leading Journals Say Regarding the Message. New Vork, Nov. 7,—The following are brief extracts from the editorial C3lus*is of the morning papers: His Daughter Deputy Marshal. Absolutely Pure. Trenton, N, J., |Dec. 7.—United States Marshal Gordon has appointed his daughter, Alphonsine M. Gordon, a young womnn just out of her teens, as his deputy. The marshal has been too ill for several months to attend to the duties of the office, and his daughter has full power to sign all papers in bis name. She is attractive and has appeared here several times in her official capacity. The appointment is not without precedent.  The best Cigars Obtainable for the money. This powder nntr varies. A Barrel of purity, strength and whole* menras. More economical thaq the ordinary kinds, and cannot be sold In competition with the mul lturte of low tear, short weight alum or phosphate powders. Sold only in oanfl RoyalBjUtnfa PowdcrCo., 166 Wall 8t.,N. Y. Though the situation thus far considered is fraught with danger which should be fully r alizsd, and though it presents features of wrong to the people as well as peril to the country, it is but a result growing out of a perfectly palpable and apparent cause, constantly reproducing the same alarming circumstance—a congested national treasury and a depleted monetary oondition in tbe business of the country. It need hardly be stated that while tbe preeent situation demands a remedy, we oan only be saved from a like predicament in the future by the removal of its cause. But the reduction of taxation demanded should be so measured as not to necessitate or justify either the loss of employment by the w orking man nor the lessening of his wages; and tbe profits still remaining to the manufacturer, after a necessary readjustment, should furnish no excuse for tbe sacrifice of ihe interests of his employes either in their opportunity to work or in the diminution of their compensation. Nor can the worker in manufactures fail to understand that while a high tariff is claimed to be necessary to allow the payment of remunerative wag s, it certainly rt suits in a very large increase in the price of nearly all sorts of manufactures, which, in almost countless forms, he needs for t))e use of himself and bis family. He receives at tbe desk of his employer his wages, and perhaps before he reaches bis home is obliged, in a purchase for family use of an article which embraces his own labor, to return in the payment of the increase of price which the tariff permits, the bard earned compensation of many days of toil. The Tribune says; It is a most unwelcome task to speak only in oritical an t controversial terms of the annual message of a president. But in this instanoe the president himself, not speaking for the whole people, whose official representative he ought to be, has chosen to speak exclusively for one faction of one party, and only on the chief issue between parties. _ HURLBUT d CO., HA!HA! Fined for Not Reporting the Lepers. J. w. Nimmo. The World: The admirable message of the president has given to the Democratic party what it has long lacked—an issue and a leader. The issue is tax reform. The leader is the president. _• . Philadelphia, Dec. 7.—A resolution was adopted by the board of health yesterdsy that Dr. A. Van Harlingen be fined f50 in each of the two leprosy cases for pegjepting to report them as a contagious disease. The boavd reoeived a letter from Dr. Van Harlingen in which he said that leprosy has never been regarded a contagious disease. BEVAN Merchant Tailor OUB BCHKHC OF TAXATION. Our scheme of taxation, by means of which this needless surplus is taken from the people and put IntP the public treasury, consists of a tariff or duty levied upon importations from abroad, and internal revenue taxes levied upon tbe consumption of tobacco and spirituous and malt liquors. It must be conceded that none of the things subjected to internal revenue taxation are, strictly speaking, necessaries; there appears' to be no just complaint of this taxation by tbe consum rs of these articles, and there seems to be nothing so well able to bear tbe burden wi h Dut hardship to any portion of the people. Vksl ana 1 to do? TIEUE The symptom of Biliousness are unhappil j but too well known. Thae differ in different individuals to some exteut A Bilious man is seldom a breakfast ealer. Too frequently, alas, he has an excellent appetite for liquids but none for solids of a morning. His tongue yill hardly bear inspection at any time; if it is uot white and furry,{it is rough, at all events. New York, Dec. 7.—A three days' heavy sea at Coney Island has done great damage to the beach and buildings. Hotel Brighton is partially undermined and Qliqost ruined. It will baye to be moved 500 feet inland or abandoned, The marine railway was partially destroyed. The total damage on the island may reach $160,000. Great Damage at Coney Island. —AND— TAILOR The difficulty attending a wise and fair revision of our tariff laws is not underestimated. It will require on the part of the Congress great labor and care, and especially a broad and national contemplation of the subject, and « patriotic disregard of snob local and selfish claims as are unreasonable and reckless of the welfare of the entire country. eENTS' FDRKISIIKR. The farmer and the agriculturist, who manufacture nothing, but who pay tbe increased price which the tariff imposes upon every agricultural implement, upon all he wears and upon all be uses and owns, except the increase of his flocks and herds and such things as his husbandry produces from the soil, is invited to aid in maintaining the present situation; and he is told that a high duty ou imported wool is necessary for the benefit of those who have sheep to shear, in order that the price of their woo) may be increased. They of course are not reminded that tbe farmer who bas no sheep is by this scheme obliged, in his purchase* of clothing and woolen goods, to pay tribute to his fel low farmer as well as to the manufacturer and merchant; nor is any mention made of the foot that' the sbepp owners themselves and their households must wear clothing pig use other artioles manufactured from the wool they sell at tariff prices, and thus as consumers must return their share of this increased price to the tradesman. AN APPEAL TO THE KAHMER8. Pr' vj .. • The digeetive system is wholly out of order and Diarrhea or Constipation may be s syrrp ton or the two may alternate. There are often Hemorrhoids or even loss of blood. There may be giddiness aDd often headache and acidity or flatulence and tenderness in the pit of the stomach. To correct all this* if not effect p uufe try Green's August Slower, it cost but a trifle and thousands attest its efficacy.Democrats Successful In New Haven* AGENT FOR THE Under our present laws more than 4,000 articles are subject to duty. Uany of these do not in any way compete with our own manufactures, and many are hardly worth attention as subjects of revenue. A considerable reduction can be made in the aggrogute, by adding them to the free list The taxation of luxuries presents no features of hardship; but the necessaries of life u-ed and consumed by all the people, the duty upon which adds to the cost of living in every home, should be greatly cheapened. New Haven, Dec. 7.—There was a very lively city and town election here yesterday. All of the Democratic candidates on the city and town tickets were elected. The Democrats control both branohes of tha common oqunpil as well as the town government, Last year the city government was a tie. SURPLUS REVENUES. But our present tariff lawi, the vicious, lnequitahle aud illogical source of unnecessary taxation, ought to be at onae revised and amended. These law*, M their primary and plain eftect, raise the price to consumers of all articles imported and subject to duty, by precisely the sum paid for sucb duties. Thus the amount of the duty measures the tax paid by those who purchase for use these im ported articles, Many of tbsse things, however, are rais.nl or manufactured in our own country, and the duties now levied upon foreign goods and products are called protection to these home manufactures, because they render it possible for those of our people who are manufacturers to make these taxed articles and sell them for a ppice equal to that demanded for the imported goods that have paid customs duty, Bo it happenf that while comparatively a few use the imported articles millions of our people who uevor use and never saw any of the foreign products purchase and use things of the same kind made in this country and pay therefor nearly pr quite the same enhanced price which the duty adds to the imported articles. Those who buy import* pay the duty charged thereon into the public treasury, but the great majority of our citizens who bj»y mtstic articles pt the same class p iy a sum at least approximately e%wa) to this duty to the home manufacturer. Thi# reference the operation of our tariff laws is not tn»Cl* by way of instruction, but in order that|we may be constantly reminded or thp planner in which they Impose a burden upon those who consume domestja products ns well as those who consume imported arlfclo* and thus create a tax upon all our people. TARIFF LAWS SHOULD BE AMENDED. While the expedients thus employed to release to the people tbe money lying idle in the treasury served to avert immediate danger, our surplus revenues have contiuued to accumulate, the excess for the present year amounting on tbe 1st day of December to $55,258,701.19, and estimated to reach the sum of $113,000,000 on tbeSOtb of June next, at which date it is expected that this sum, added to prior accumulations, will sweU tbe surplus in the treasury to $140,000,000. Yonmao and Gayer Hats A NICE LINE OF Five Persons Thought to be Drowned. Cincinnati, Deo. 7.— On Sunday night as some men were crossing Rowan creek, near Kenton, Ky., they discovered that a portion of the bank of the creek had washed away during the freshet of last week. A with fire occupants had been carried into th? water, apd it is supposed all were drowned. The radical reduction of the duties imposed upon raw material used in manufactures, or its free importation, is, of course, an important factor in any effort to reduce the price of these necessaries) it would not only relieve them from tbe increased oost caused by tbe tariff on such material, but the manufactured product being thus cheapened, that p .rt of the tariff now laid upon such product, as a compensation to our manufacturers for the present price of rmw material, could lie accordingly modified. Suph reduction, &r free importation, would servo beside to largely reduce tbe revenue. It it not apparent how such a change oan have any injurious effect upon onr manufacturers. On tbe contrary, it wonld appear tc give them a better chance in foreign markets with tbe manufacturers of other countries, who cheapen their wnres by free material Thus our people might have the opportunity of extending their sales beyond the limits of l»oi»e them from tbe depression, interruption in bpjinees, aifd loss gauged by a glutted domestic iqarket, and affording their employes iflure pertain and itpady laLpr, with (Is resulting qqiel upd POUteutfHent, Hardware and Hecreatlon. NECKWEAR There seems to be no assurance that, with such a withdrawal from use of the people's circulating medium, our business community may uot in the near future be subjected to the same distress which was quite lately producei from the some cause. And while the functions of oar national treasure should be few and simple, and while its best condition would be reached, I believe, by its entire dime nil ection ivith private business interests, yet when, by * perversion of its purposes, it idly holds money uselessly subtracted fronp (fee channels of trade, there it) be reason for ths claim that fcctnu legitimate means should be devised by the government to its'-ore in an Cmergeney, without waste or extravagance, such money to its plane easong the |DeC pie. B. H. Ricker, an enterprising Wilkes-Barrean' combines theaa two ideas in a shooting gallery and tool store in the small building on Eaat Market street next to the vacant rink lot. Five cents pays for three shots. Prisas are also given to thoee who can knock down dummies by throwing balls. It is great amusement. A good variety of light mechanics' tools are sold at a fraction of ijsual prices. Good tools, toocno toys. Save money and enjoy yourself. SdSmo Does not want the whole earth, bnt jusc one small corner of it to devote to the Suffering Humanity. For the naked must be clothed and BEVAN can do it. He has all kinds of goods suitable for Gents' wear; tho most fastidious can bo suited or Qverooated, An immense line of Pants goois jus', reoeived and offered at prices that would opt-n your North Main St, - - - Pil Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 7.—An eighty-five horse power boiler in the Hogansvills oil mill, Troup county, exploded At an early hour yesterday morning, Instantly killing three negro employes. The horribly mutilated body of one was blown a distance of 400 feet. The others were disfigured beyond recognition. Blown to Atoms. yfOOL QUESTION. I think it may be fairly assumed that a large portion of the' sheep owuqd by the farmer* throughout tho country are found in small flocks numbering from twenty-flv» to fifty. The duty 011 the grade of imported wool whioh these sheep yield is ten cents each pound if ot the value of thirty cents or less, and twelve oents if of the value of mors than thirty cents. If the liberal estimate of six pounds be allowed for each fleece, the ftifty therpon would be sixty or seventy-two cents, and thfs piay he taken as the utmort .enhancement of it* price to the farmer by rsaton at duty. Eighteen dollars would thus represent the inprpased prico of tlie wqo! from twenty-flve sheep and 100 io4t fropj (be Wool of fifty sheep: ana at present values this addition would amount to abogt onethird of its price. |f upon its sale the farmer reive? th s or a top tariff profit, the  leaves bis hands charged with precisely tliat um, wliCh in oil its changes will adhere to 'it until it reaches the consumer. When manufactured into cloth and other goods afld material for use, its cost if not only inereassd to the extent .of the farmer's tariff profit, but 4 further 1 sum has been added for ths benefit of th* TELEGRAPHIC NEWS CONDENSED. IVars of joy should fidl from every aesthetic eye when it is known lilt most beautiful works of art can now be bought at Monti's at pnoee which make the gratification of refloat ftnd elei aiod taste possible to a!) Pictures, easels, mirrors and artists' materials, in various grade* of egcellenoe, are sold at wonderfully low priooe. Extraordinary Inducements are offered in framing. Italian statuary, as nice a* Rogers, at a small fraction of.the cost. No. 32 South Main street, WiiKM-$atrni Prepare to Sbrd Your Tears Tbe concentration of Russian troops on the Austrian frontier is causing uneasiness, The sea Invaded a portion of and about 100 houseq were destroyed. Two mCDu were Killed and two fatally in- Jured by the fall of • derriok at Port Richmond, Pa, If such an emergency arises there now exists uo clear and undoubted executive power of relief. Heretofore the redemption of 8 per cent, bonds, which were payable at the option of thu government, lias afforded a means for the disbursement of the excess of our revenues; but these bonds have all been retind, and I hero urn uo bonds outstanding the payment of which wo have the right to insist upon. Tlx) contribution to the sinking fund which furnishes the occasion for expenditure in ttie pgrrhftee of bonds has been air 1 i dy made for the own nt year, so that there is 110 outlet in that directiou. D0 KTZCUTITB row EH OF RELIEF. Doubt* Bonel Doubt* 8*Cunl ONI DOLLAR. SOLD EVERYWHE Mrs. Paran Stevens bad her snit against the trustees of her husband's estate  before Surrogate Rollins, in New YCirfcv  piles of legal documents tUo aptDj. tators. H4MU7CTUIUNO INTERESTS MUST BE PRQ-. Patriotic Dtrrr involvxd. Bortree Co., Jackson, TECTED. Tbe question thus imperatively presented for solution should be approached in a spirit hight than partisanship and considered in the light of that regard for patriotic dijjty yhieh fboiiU] the of }hese intrusted wlih the weal of a confiding people. But the obligation to declared party policy and principle Is not wanting to urge ICortl Mayor Sullivan has been removed to Td'amore JaiL It is not proposed to entirely relieve the country of this taxation. U mii-t be extensively continued as the souro of the governjnent's income; and in a readjustment of our thrift t£e Interests of American labor en- I» manufacture should be carefully Atlanta, Ga., municipal elections occur today. The issue is "rum or no rum." I. Xj. For Beat. A panic was caused in a school at Eliz abeth, N, JxC tDy a boy throwing a match In'.o soiu* waste paper. The prompt action of tfe* prevented fata\Ut«s. Two store* one nlooo, om halUi Inn, on foath Main gtrert. Two 4 all mo lern unproTomeeta, ■■ wli on William «traot, naar Mala. OB* bo Fltutoa lowaahlp. *91*7 fn the present state of legislation the only yestensa of an/ misting executive power to Shiloh's Cough and Oonsi mptian Ours it sold by J. B. Pinning,"on aj guaranM It our# consumption. Merchant Tailor and Gents' Fttrniaher.