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A Three Lions ;
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2 H. RIDER HAGGARD ,
CHAPTER I_(Cosmnnro.)
"At last the crisis came. OneSatur
*day I had paid the men as usual, and
bought a muid of mealle meal at sixty
.shillings for them to fill themselves
with, and then I went with my boy
Harry and sat on the edge of the
thundering great hole that we had dug
in the hill-side, and which we had in
bitter mockery named Eldorado. There
we sat in the moonlight with our feet
hanging over the edge of the claim, and
were melancholy enough for anything.
Presently I pulled out my purse and
emptied its contents into my hand.
There was a half sovereign, two florins,
nine pence in silver, no coppers, for
copper practically does not circulate in
South Africa, which is one of the
things that makes living so dear there,
in all exactly fourteen and nine pence.
‘“There, Harry, my boy!’ I said,
‘that is the sum-total of our worldly
wealth; the infernal hole has swallow
ed all the rest.’
" ‘Gracious!' said Master Harry. ‘1
say, you and I shall have to let our
selves out to work with the Kafirs and
I' ve on mealie pap,’ and he giggled at
hi3 unpleasant little joke.
“But I was in no mood for joking,
for it is not a merry thing to dig like
mad for months and be completely
ruined in the process, especially if
you happen to hate digging like poison,
and consequently I resented Harry’s
light-heartedness.
“ ‘Shut up!’ I said, raising my hand
Us though to give him a cuff, with the
result that the half sovereign slipped
out of it and fell In the gulf below.
‘“Oh, confound it all,’ said I, ‘it’s
gone,’,
‘There, dad,’ said Harry; ‘that’s
what comes of letting your angry pas
sions rise; now we are down to four
and nine.’
“I made no answer to these words
of wisdom, but scrambled down the
steep sides of the claim followed by
Harry, to hunt for my little all. Well,
we hunted and hunted, but the moon
light is an uncertain thing to look for
half sovereigns by, and there was some
loose soil about, for the Kafirs had
knocked oft working at the very spot
a couple of hours before. I took a
pick and raked away the clods of
earth with it, in the hope of finding
the coin; but all in vain. At last in
sheer annoyance I struck the sharp end
of the pick-ax down into the soil,
whfch was of a very hard nature. To
my astonishment it sunk in right up
to the haft.
“ ‘Why, Harry,’ I said, ‘this ground
must have been disturbed!’
“ ‘I don’t • think so, father,’ he
answered, ‘but we will soon see,’ and
he began to shovel out the soil with
his hands. ‘Oh,’ he said, presently, 'it’s
only some old stones; the pick has
gone down between them, look;’ and
he began to pull at one of the stones.
“ ‘I say, dad,’ he said, presently, al
most in a whisper, ‘it’s precious heavy,
feel it,’ and he rose and gave me a
round brownish lump about the size of
a very large apple, which he was hold
ing in both his hands. I took it curious
ly and held it up to the light. It was
precious heavy. The moonlight fell
upon its rough and dirt-incrusted sur
face, and as I looked curious little
thrills of excitement began to pass
through me. But I could not be sure.
“ ‘Give me Tour knife, Harry,’ I said.
‘‘He did so, and resting the brown
stone on my knee I scratched at its
surface. Great heavens, it was soft!
“Another secret and the secret was
- out; we had found a great nugget of
pure gold, four pounds of it or more.
‘It's gold, lad,’ I said, ‘it’s gold, or I'm
a Dutchman.’ |
“Harry, with his eyes starting out of
his head, glared down at the long
gleaming yellow scratch that I had
made upon the virgin metal, and then
burst out into yell upon yell of ex
ultation, that went ringing away
across the silent claims like the shrieks
of somebody being murdered.
“ ‘Shut up, shut up!’ I said, ‘do you
want every thief on the fields after
you?’
“Scarcely were the words out of my
mouth when I heard a stealthy foot
step approaching. I promptly put the
big nugget down and sat on it, as
though it had been an egg, and un
commonly hard it was, and as I did
so I saw a lean dark face poked over
the edge of the claim and a pair of
beady eyes searching us out. I knew
the face, it belonged to a man of very
bad character known as Handspike
Tom, having I understood been so
named at the Diamond Fields because
he had murdered his mate with a hand
spike. He was now no doubt prowling
about like a human hyena to see what
he could steal.
“‘Is that you, ’unter Quatermain?’
“ ‘Yes, that’s me, Mr. Tom,’ I
answered, politely.
“ ‘And what might all that there
yelling be?’ he asked. T was walking
along, a-taking of the evening air and
a-thinking about my soul, when I 'ears
’owl after ’owl.’
“ ‘Well, Mr. Tom,’ I answered, ‘that
is not to be wondered at, seeing that
like yourself they are nocturnal birds.’
“ "Owl after ’owl,’ he repeated, stern
ly, taking no notice of my interpreta
tion, ‘and I stops and smacks my lips
and says, “That’s murder,” and I lis
tens agin and thinks, “No, it ain’t; that
’owl is the ’owl of hezhultation; some
one’s been and got his fingers into a
gummy yeller pot, I’ll swear, and gone
off ’is ’ead in the sucking of them.
Now, ’unter Quatermain, is I right?
’ Is it nuggets? Oh, Lor’!’ and he smack
ed his ltpa audibly—'great big yellow
boys—la It them that you have just
been and tumbled across?’
‘"No,’ I said boldly, ‘it Isn’t'—the
cruel gleam In his black eyes altogether
overcoming my aversion to the He, for
I knew that If once t > found out what
it was that I waa sitting on—and by
the way I have heard of rolling in gold
being spoken of aa a pleasant process,
but I certainly do not recommend any
body who values comfort to try sitting
on it—I should run a very good chance
of being handspiked before the night
waa over.
" ‘If you want to know what it was,
Mr. Tom,’ I went on with my politest
air, although in agony from the nug
get underneath, tor I hold it always
best to be polite to a man who is so
handy with a handspike, ‘my boy and I
have had a slight difference of opinion,
and I was enforcing my view of the
matter upon him; that’s all, Mr. Tom.’
** ‘Yes, Mr. Tom,’ put in Harry, begin
ning to snivel.
“ ‘Well, all I can say Is that a play
ed-out old claim is a wonderful queer
sort of a place to come for to argify at
ten o-’clock of night, and what’a more,
my sweet youth, if ever I should ’ave
the arglfying of yer’—and he leered
unpleasantly at Harry—'yer won’t ’oi
ler In quite such a jolly sort o’ way.
And now I’ll be saying good-night, for
I don’t like disturbing of a family
party. No, I ain’t that sort of man. I
ain’t Good-night to yer, ’unter Qua
termain—good-night to yer, my argl
fled young one;’ and Mr. Tom turned
away disappointed and prowled off
elsewhere, like a human Jackal, to see
what he could thieve or kill.
“ ‘Thank heaven!’ I said, as I slipped
off the lump of gold which had left a
dent upon my person that did not wear
out for a week or more. ‘Now then,
just you slip up, Harry, and see if that
consummate villain has gone.’ Harry
did so, and reported that he had van
ished toward Pilgrims’ Rest, and then
we set to work, and very carefully, but
trembling with excitement, with our
hands hollowed out all the space of
ground into which I had struck the
pick. Yes, as I thought, there was a
regular nest of nuggets, twelve in all,
running from the size of a hazel nut
to that of a hen’s egg, though of course
the first one was much larger than that.
How they all came there nobody can
say; It was one of those extraordinary
freaks, with stories of which at any
rate, all people acquainted with al
luvial gold-mining will be familiar. It
turned out afterward that the Yankee
who sold me the claim had in the same
way made his pile—a much larger one
than ours, by the way—out of a single
pocket, and then worked for six months
without seeing color, after which he
gave it up.
"At any rate, there the nuggets were,
to the value as it turned out afterwards,
of about twelve hundred and fifty
pounds, so that after all I took out of
that hole four hundred and fifty pounds
more than I put Into it. We got them
all out and wrapped them up in a hand
kerchief, and then fearing to carry
home so much treasure, especially as
we knew that Mr. Handspike Tom. was
on the prowl, made up our minds to
pass the night where we were—a neces
sity which, disagreeable as it was, was
wonderfully sweetened by the presence
of that handkerchief full of virgin gold,
which represented the interest of my
lost half sovereign.
“Slowly the night wore away, for
with the fear of Handspike Tom before
my eyes I did not care to go to sleep,
and at last the dawn came, blushing
like a bride, down the somber ways of
night. I got up and watched its perfect
growth, till it opened like a vast celes
tial flower upon the eastern sky, and
the sunbeams began to spring in splen
dor from mountain-top to mountain
top. I watched it, and as I did so it
flashed upon me with a complete con
viction that I had not felt before, that
I had had enough gold-mining to last
me the rest of my natural life, and I then
and there made up my mind to clear
out of Pilgrims’ Rest and go and shoot
buffalo toward Delago Bay. Then I
turned, took the pick and shovel, and
although it was a Sunday morning,
woke up Harry and set to work to see
if there were any more nuggets handy.
As I expected, there were none. What
we had got had lain together in a little
pocket filled with soil that felt quite
different from the stiff stuff round and
outside the pocket. There was not a
trace of gold. Of course, it is possible
that there were other pockets full
somewhere about, but all I have to say
is I made up my mind that, whoever
found them I should not; and, as a
matter of fact, I have since heard that
that claim has been the ruin of two
or three people, as it was very nearly
the ruin of me.
“ ‘Harry,’ I said presently, ‘I am go
ing away this week towards Delago to
shoot buffalo. Shall I take you with
me, or send you down to Durban?’
“ ‘Oh, take me with you, dad,’ beg
ged Harry, ‘I want to kill a buffalo!’
“ ‘And supposing the buffalo kills
you instead?’ I asked.
“ ‘Oh, never mind,' he says gayly,
‘there are lots more where I came
from.’
“I rebuked him for his flippancy, but
in the end I consented to take him.”
CHAPTER II.
“Something over a fortnight had
passed since the night when I lost half
a sovereign and found twelve hundred
and fifty pounds in looking for it, and
instead of that horrid hole for which,
after all, Eldorado was scarcely a mis
nomer, a very different scene stretched
away before us clad in the silver robe
of the moonlight. We were camped—
Harry and I, two Kafirs, a Scotch cart,
and six oxen—on the swelling side of a
great wave of bush-clad land. Just
where we had made our camp, how
ever, the bush was very sparse, and
only grew about in clumos while here
and there were single flat-topped mim
osa trees. To our right a little stream,
which had cut a deep ohannel tor Itself
In the bosom of the slope, flowed mu
sically on between banks green with
the maiden-hair, wild asparagus, and
many beautiful grasses. The bed-rock
here was red granite, and In the course
of many centuries of patient washing
the water had hollowed out some of
the huge slabs In its path Into great
troughs and cups, and these we used
for bathing-places. No Roman lady,
with her baths of porphyry or alabas
ter, could have had a more delicious
spot to lave herself than we had within
fifty yards of our skerm or rough In
closure of mimosa thorn that we had
dragged together round the cart to pro
tect us from the attacks of Hons, of
which there were several about, as I
knew from their spoor, though we had
neither heard nor seen them.
“It was a little nook where the eddy
of the stream had washed away a mass
of soil, and on the edge of it there
grew a most beautiful old mimosa
thorn. Beneath the thorn was a large
smooth slab of granite fringed all
with malden-halr, and other ferns, that
sloped gently down to a pool of the
clearest sparkling water, which lay in
a bowl of granite about ten feet wide,
by five deep In the center. Here to
this slab we went every morning to
bathe, and that delightful bath Is
among the most pleasant of my hunt
ing reminiscences, as it is also for rea
sons that will presently appear, among
the most painful.
« was a lovely night, and Harry
and I sat there to the windward of the
fire, at which the two Kafirs were
busily employed in cooking some im
pala steaks off a buck which Harry,
to his great Joy, had shot that morn
ing, and were as perfectly contented
with ourselves and the world at large
as two people could possibly he. The
night was beautiful, and it would re
quire somebody with more words on
the tip of hiB tongue than I have to
describe the chastened majesty of the
moonlit wilds. Away forever and for
ever, away to the mysterious north,
rolled the great bush ocean over which
the silence hung like a heavy cloud.
There beneath us a mile or more to
the right rolled the wild Oliphant
river, and mirror-like flashed back the
moon, whose silver spears were shiver
ed on its breast, and then tossed in
twisted lines of light far and wide
about the mountains and the plain.
Down upon its banks grew great tim
ber-trees that through the stilly Bilence
pointed solemnly to heaven, and the
beauty of the night lay upon them like
a dream. Everywhere was silence— si
lence in the starred depths, silence in
the fair bosom of the sleeping earth.
Now, if ever, great thoughts might rise
in a man’s mind, and for a space he
might lose his littleness in the sense
that he partook of the pure immensity
about him. Almost might he hear the
echoes of angelic voices, as the spirits
poised on bent and rushifig pinions
swept onwards from universe to uni
verse; Aid distinguished the prhite fin
gers of the wind playing in the tresses
of the trees.
“Hark! what was that?
“From far away down the river
•there comes a mighty rolling sound,
then another, and another. It is the
lion seeking his meat.
“I saw Harry shiver and turn a little
pale. He was a plucky boy enough, but
the roar of a lion for the first time in
the solemn bush veldt at night is apt
to shake the nerves of any lad.
(TO Bl COSTIVD8U.I
AN OLD MOSAIC.
Unearthed by a Party of Soldier* In
Tunis.
After Italy and Provence there is no
country where Rome has left more
monuments in every state of preserva
tion of decay than in Tunis, says the
London Dally News. The largest
Roman circus after the Coliseum is
El-Djem, Arles ranking next and Nimes
coming fourth. At a recent sitting of
the Academy of Inscriptions in Paris
M. Bolster, our correspondent says
gave an account of a remarkable
Roman discovery at Susa, in Tunis
The French, who, unlike the English
in Egypt, have settled down in Tunis
for good, have got a camp at that sea
port which is “a mine of mosaics,”
where fresh discoveries are made every
year. The other day a party of soldiers
digging foundations unearthed a mo
saic with three human figures in a per
fect state of preservation, covered with
only a few inches of soil. It is only
three and one-half feet square, but the
subject, “Virgil Writing the Aeneld,”
will Interest all. There is a front view
of the poet loosely draped in the folds
of a white toga with a blue fringe, sit-..'
ting with his feet in sandals resting on
a step. He holds on his knees a
papyrus roll on which is written-in
cursive letters one of the verses of his
poem. With his right hand on his
breast, the forefinger pointing upward,
his head erect in an inspired attitude,
he listens to Clio and Melpomene, who,
standing behind, dictate his cantos.
A Good Samaritan.
“There are several things In this
book ot mice that I think are particu
larly good,” said the young writer. “No
doubt; no doubt," replied the man of
many experiences. “Have you submit
ted it to a publisher?” “Not yet. I
■ wanted to get your advice.” “My can
did advice?” "Certainly.” "Well, if i
were in your place I’d go through the
j book and pick out what I considered
the passages of striking excellence-”
“Yes?” “And throw them away.”—
Washington Star.
Poor Soal.
An exchange announces on the death
of a lady that “she lived fifty years
with her husband and died in confident
hope of a better life.”—Texas Sifter.
NEW TAEIFF BILL.
HOW !T AFFECTS THE FARM
ERS OF THE COUNTRY.
—— ■
A Statement Showing Its Bates of Dutjr
Compared with Those Coder the Me*
Kin ley and Wilson Caws—Ample Pro
tection for the Parmer.
(Washington Correspondence.)
Tlhe following statement shows the
rates of duty imposed by the new tariff
bill just introduced in the house of
representatives, upon articles in which
the farmers are especially Interested,
This relates both to the articles which
they produce and which they want
thoroughly protected and also to the
articles which they use In considerable
quantities and regarding which they
are equally interested as to the rates
of duty fixed by the new bill.
The Republicans In the house of rep
representattvea have broken the record
In the matter of promptness touching
tEe new tariff bill. Congress met In
speojlal session ten days after Presi
dent McKinley wae Inaugurated and
within three hours the house had or
ganized by the election at officers;
rules had been adopted; the ways and
means committee had been appointed,
i the tariff bill had been presented in
complete form and had been regularly
referred to Its proper committee with
the understanding that It would be re
ported back to the house before the
end of the week and passed that body
within a fortnight
The provisions of the new bill are
extremely satisfactory to members of
congress representing the agricultural
districts and agricultural Interests. All
of them who have had an opportunity
to examine It speak In tho highest
terms In regard to it. No man In con
gress is better able to judge of the bill
and of its prospective work than Gen
eral Grosvenor, of Ohio, who, as a
member of the committee, has studied
every article and Item carefully,
guarded the interests of the farmers
closely and consulted with the farmers
of his agricultural districts regarding
the Important features of the bill
which affected not only their own In
terests but those of farmers generally.
Speaking of this feature of the bill he
said:
“The farmer will find; first, general
protection of his product in the form
of tariff duties levlde upon articles of
importation of every character such as
he produces in the United States. Thus,
the development of the sheep industry
we have taken up and resumed at the
point where the Wilson bill destroyed
it, with the hope; first, of a profitable
industry directly, and second with the
hope of diverting a vast amount of
agricultural lands of the middle west
the west and the northwest from the
productions of agricultural grains, veg
etables and fruits, to the production of
sheep, and secondly In the same direc
tions' stands the protection to sugar.
So far as the wool features of this bill
are concerned, the protection is very
much better for the sheep grower than
was the McKinley law because of one
great feature, the removal of the pos
sibility of fraud by the Importation of
carpet wools, which at once, on their
release from the customs house, became
clothing wools.”
The following statement, gives in the
first column the rates of duty pro
posed by the new bill; in the second
column, the rates showing the present
Wilson tariff law, and in the third col
umn those of the McKinley law. It will
be seen, that in almost every case the
rates are much mere ad'Tant"geou8 to
the farmers than ihose ot the present
law and In many cases superior to
those of the McKinley law. This is
especially true with reference to wool,
the explanation of which is found in
the remarks of General Grosvenor
quoted above. These should be ex
amined carefully. His statement upon
that subject is Important because with
out it the reader not skilled In the de
tail of the tariff matter would not un
drstand the advantages given to the
farmer by that feature of the bill
which prohibits the classification of
coarse clothing wools under the carpet
wool schedule, by which under the Mc
Kinley law enormous quantities of
wool used in clothing came into the
country at very low rates. It was
this feature of the wool schedule
of the McKinley law which proved
damaging to the wool producing
interests of the United States, but
the ways and means committee
has taken advantage of the ex
perience thus gained to make their
classification such that this will be pre
vented in the future. Thu3, while the
tariff rates on wool under the proposed
bill appear the same to the unpracticed
eye as those of the McKinley law, they
are very much more favorable to the
wool producer; so much so that no
doubt Is entertained of the prosperity
of the wool producers as well as of
the farmers generally under the new
bill when it becomes a law and has had j
time to adjust itself to conditions. |
The rates named by the new bill,
compared with those of the Wilson and
McKinley laws, upon artioies in which
the farmers are Interested are as fol
lows:
Cattle valued at
not more than
$20 a head. If
one year fld
and over, l«r
head .
Cattle leea thin
one year o'd,
per head...
Cattle valued at
more than $20
per head .
Hogs .
Horses and
mules, valued
at $100 or less,
per head.
Valued at over
$100 .
All horses and
mules .
Horses valued at
$160 and over
shall pay a du
ty of.
$0 20 p. c
$S 29 p. c
80p. e
$1.50 20 p, c
$20
26 p. c.
,MI $0 P« c
$10
$2
$1.50
$30
30 p. ft
Sheep, on* year
old or over.
Lon than ona
year old. TSo.
11.60 top. & *1.80
Other live ani
»p. c. 75c.
«f 4
mala, not spe
cially provided
for . SOp.c.
Barley, per bu. SOc.
Barley malt, per
bu . 45c.
Barley, pearled,
patent or hulled to. lb.
Buckwheat . 18c. bu.
Corn or malae... 18c. bu.
Cornmeal . tOc. bu.
Macaroni, • vermi
celli and similar
preparations ... to. lb.
Oats . iso. bu.
Oatmeal and
rolled oats. lc. lb.
Oat hulls, per 100
pounds . 10c.
Klee, cleaned. Sc. lb.
Rice, uncleaned, '
or rice free
from the. outer
hull .....'.me. lb.
Rice flour and
rice meal, and
r 11 c e. broken,
which will pass
through a No. It
wire sieve. Me. lb.
Paddy, or rice
having the out*
_er hull on. 14o. lb.
“ loc. bu.
Rye . .
Rye flour. So. lb.
Wheat . Kc. bu.
Wheat flour. S6 p. c.
Tapioca, oassava.
or cassada, fa
rina, and sago.
In flake, pearl
or flour. Me lb.
Arrow root flour Sc. lb.
Butter and sub
stitutes therefor fc. lb.
Cheese. 6c. ib.
Fresh milk. to. gal
Milk, preserved or
condensed or
sterilised. In
cluding weight
of package. Sc. lb.
8ugar of milk.... 5c. lb.
Beans . 60c. bu.
Beans, peas and
mushrooms, pre
pared, or pre- .
served. In tins.
Jars, bottles or • >
otherwise,
weight of pack
age Included.... IHc. lb,
8k 16 p. c.
Other prepared
10 p. c. SO p. o.
40 p. c. SOc.
40 p. c.
45c.
40 p. c. Sc.
15 p. C. 15o.
16 p. O. . 16c.
Up. c. ;; SOc.
SOp.e.
Up.o.
Sc.
15c.
Up. c.
la
S-10a lHc.
He.
Ho.
Me
lt p.o.
Up. a
Up. a
Up. a
Stp. c
Free.
SOp. a.
Free.
SOP. c.
4c.
Free!
tc.
6c.
Ic.
Sa. Sc.
6C.. 6c.
SO p. a 40c. bu.
r r
sop. a 40p. c.
viiMauM. in
cluding pickle*
end sauce*, not
specially pro
vided for. 40 p. o.
Fish paste or
sauce . 40 p. c.
Cabbage*, each... Ic.
Cider . Be. gal.
Eggs . Bo. aos.
Egg yolk...... 18 p. c.
Hay . 04 ton
Honey . 20c. gal.
Hops . Uc. lb.
Onions . 40c. bu.
Qarllo . lc. lb.
Peas# green. 40c. bu.
B0 p. a 40 p. c.
20p. e.
Free.
Free,
tc.
3c. do*.
10?
8c.
too.
7p. c.
Free.
Me.
60c.
lc. lb.
10.
Free.
16c.
28a.
20c.
J.
10 p. c.
16 p. c.
18 p. c.
10 p. c.
tOp. c.
20 p. c.
2c lb. 20 p. c.
Peas, dried........ 60c.
Peas, split. 80c.
Peas In cartons,
paper, or other
small packages.
Plants, trees,
shrubs, vines,
bulbs and roots
of all kinds, not
specially pro
vided for. 00 p. c.
Potatoes. 26c. bu.
Castor beans or „
seeds . 26c. bu.
Flaxseed or lin
seed and other
oil seeds not
specially pro
vided for. 80c. bu.
But no drawback
shall be allowed
on all oil cako
made from Im
ported seed, nor
shall any allow
ance be made
for dirt or other
.Impurities In
Seeds of all kinds
not specially
provided for.... 40 p. c.
Straw . 11.60 ton
Teazles . 80 p. c.
Vegetables In nat
ural state ' not
specially pro
vided for . 25 p. c.
Apples, green or
ripe . 25c bu.
Apples, dried,
desiccated, eva
porated or pre
pared In any
manner, not
specially pro- _
vlded for. 2c. lb.
Peaches and other
eatable fruits,
including ber
ries, when dried.
Fruits preserved
In their own
juices . 85 p. c. 20 p. o.
Comfits. sweet
meats and
fruits preserved *■,
In sugar or mo- •>*
lasses, or in
spirits contain
ing r.ot ever •
Ktr cent of alco
ol, and not
specially pro
vided tor. and
jellies of all
kinds . . 86 p. c.
Figs, plums,
prunes, raisins
and other dried
grapes .2%c lb.
Zante and other
currants .lwc. lb.
Olives, green or
prepared. In ,
bottles. Jars or
similar pack
ages .... *8c. gal.
In casks or oth
erwlse . 15c. gal. 20 p. c.
Grapes . k. 1J. f# p. c.
Peaches . lc. lb. 10 p. c.
Oranges, lemons,
limes, grape
fruit, shaddocks
or pomelos. %c lb. »..*
In addition there
to upon the
boxes, barrels . .
or other articles *
containing the
foregoing .
Oranges, lemons,
and limes, la
packages. Be. cu.ft.
Oranges, lemon*,
and times In
bulk, per thou
sand .. 1 81.60
In addition, upon
the boxes or -
barrels . * JO p. c.
Oranges, lemons,
and limes In
packages of ca
pacity of lit cu
bic feet or less, ,
per package. 4
In packages ex
ceeding H4 cu- '. 1,
blc feet and not ~
exceeding 2%_ 1 •
In packages ex
ceeding 2V4 cu- , A
blc feet, for .• ,
each additional —•f*' ’
cubic foot or
MP. c.
Free.
6c.
6c.
26 p. c.
20c?
16c.
40c.
10 p. c.
40c.
20c.
60c.
lc.
80 p. c.
23c.
60c.
30c.
20 p. c.
Mp. c.
80 p. c.
Up. c.
16c bu.
2c.
20 p. e.
top. e.
.av i<; •
80 p. o. SB p. c.
H4c.
H4c.
2Ho.
Free.
M p. c. Free.
Free.
00c. bbl.
10 p. c.
Mp. c.
13c.
23c.
In bulk per thou
sand .
In addition, upon
the boxes or
barrels .
Orange peel and
lemon peel, pre
served or candied 2c lb.
Citron or citron
peel. preserved
or candied. 2c. lb.
Pineapples . 2c. lb.
Almonds, not
shelled . 6c. lb.
Clear shell . 7c. lb.
Filberts and -wal
nuts of all kinds 3c. lb.
Filberts and wal
nuts, shelled .. 6c. lb.
Peanuts or ground
beans, shelled .. lc> lb.
Peanuts shelled.. 114c lb.
Nuts, shelled or
unshelled, not
specially pro
vided for .114o lb.
Bacon and hams.. Sc lb.
Sausages of all
kinds . Sc. lb.
Beef, mutton and
pork . 2c, lb.
Meals of all
kinds, prepared — -
n.so
30 p. c.
30 p. c. 2c.
20 p. c. 20 p. c.
30 p. c. Free.
3c.
Sc.
20 p. C.
20 p. c.
5c.
714c.
2c.
3c.
4c.
Sc.
20 p. c.
30 p. c.
lc.
114c.
Sc.
6c.
20 p. c. 26 p. c.
20 p. c. 26 p. c.
or
not
preserved,
— specially
provided for.... Mp.«.
Extract of meat. i
not specially
tjsnug-si"-*
iS?’.SIS
Poultry, live .... Sc. lb.
Dressed . Sc. lb.
. 10. lb.
Wool grease. In
cluding fegras.
viuuiiib legraa.
or brown wool v .
grease ,....T..... %c 11».
Chicory root, un
groi
Cl»l
the duty ' pitiS
sed In
on salt use. ...
curing flsh on
-els or oij
SD p.a.Dp.%
.« '•
»fcc. SPo*
*P.O- gP.Ob
»p.r
top.c. __
So. *v
Prea v-. Jp.
lc lb.
jt K
>und
.. 1 c o r y root,
burnt or roast
ed. ground or *
otherwise pre
pared not spe
cially provided
for . So. lb.
Chocolate and co- .
coa, prepared or .
man ufactured, I
valued at not
_ above .lttc lb.
Alto, lb....A.Up.o.
Valued above llo
lb . So. lb.
And not above
„«o lb .A SSp. a:
Valued above 3Sc lb SO p. c.
Cocoa, prepared
or manufac
tured, not spe- »
clally provided
for . *..*
Chocolate, valued
at SSc. lb. or i f
leas . ....
Valued at exceed
ing Ke lb. ....
Cocoa butter or
cocoa butterlne. Sc. IK
Dandelion root
and prepared
acorns, and oth
er articles used
as coffee, noa
specially pro
_vMed for .. lHc lb.
The provisions-of
the McKinley
law remitting
fro* tt*
VMft. •
.*« Sc. :r
*r. #
. t .
•MS
»C»*
Se. lb.
; af
So. lb. fta»
St p. c. Sc. IK
Dio. SMK
Die. Iff*
t
the shores „
navigable wat
ers of the Unit
ed States, and
In packing
meats, Is re-en
acted.
■
;■ > 'A }
niBivii, uiuiuuihB
•11 preparations
lit for use as
starch . 2c lb.
Dextrine, burnt
starch, sum
substitute, or
British sum.l*c lb.
Mustard, ground
or prepared .... 10c lb.
Capsicum or red
pepper, or cay
enne pepper .... 8*c lb.
Sage . lo lb.
Sweet majoram .. tc. lb.
Bummer savory.
. coriander seed
and thyme .... He. lo.
Spices not spe
daily provided
for . 8c lb.
Vinegar, gal. 7*p
Castor oil .88c gal.
Codliver oil .18c gal.
Cottonseed oil ... 7c gal.
Croton oil . 20c lb.
Flaxseed and lin
seed oil, raw,
botled, or oxl- „
dtsed .Sic gal.
White lead, white
paint and white
pigment, con
taining lead .....
Cement, lime and
1*0.
1*0.
SBp. o.
1*0.
sc.
1
.lc.'
So..
M 88c.
Stn. o.
Free.
Free.
80e.
18o.
10c.
SOo.
8*0 lb. 1*0.
Sou
"plaster; Roman,
Portland and
other hy
draulic cement.
In barrels, sacks
or other pack
a g e s. Includ
ing weight of
barrel or pack
age .
8c.
, to.
10 p. c.
7c.
SOp. e»
Be.
8o»
S1.SB M.m
Free. IS p. ou
6o.
10c.
n.a»
to.
10c. 19 to llow
Be.
Sc. per
100 lb.
7c. per
In bulk. 100 lb.
Other cement .. 20 p. c.
Lime, Including _
weight of bar- Be per
rel or package. 1001b.
Plaster of Paris
or gypsum,
ground or cal
clned .81.80 ton
Burr stones, man
ufactured or
■ bound up Into ,
mill stones .... 18p. o.
Grindstones, fin
ished or unfin
lshed .81.78 ton 10 p. c.
Crosscut saws,
per linear foot..
Mill saws, per
linear foot .....
Axles or parts
thereof, axle
bars, axle
blanks or forg
ings for axles,
Whether of iron :
or steel, with- m . .
out reference to ” ,
the stage or
state of manu
facture .. 1*0 lb. l*c lb.
Hubs for wheels,
poets, last
blocks, wagon /
blocks, heading
bolts, stave
bolls, or
blocks, heading
blocks and all i
like blocks or . <^a-.
stloks, rough
hewn or sawed _ „
only . 20 p. c. Free. SO p. c.
Lathee, per thou.
N
SC. ttb
•and
Sugars, not above
iff Dutch stand
ard In color,
tank bottoms,
syrups of cane
Juice, mated a,
concrete and
c o n c e ntrated
molasses, test
ing by the po
larlscope, not
above 75 degrees
Leaf tobacco,
suitable for ci
gar wrappers,
and not stem
med ..
If stemmed .18.78 lb.
Flax straw .i. 86 ton
Flax, not hackled
or dressed . lc. Ib.
Flax, hackled .... Sc. lb.
Tow. of ffax, not
retted . *c lb.
Tow of flax, ret
ted . %c. lb.
Hemp . 888 ton
Tow of hemp, not /
carded . lo lb.
Tow of hemp.
18c. ^ Free.
180.
lc lb. 48 p. e. Free*
88 lb.
81.88
82.78
Free.
88.78^
88 tod
Free.
Free.
Free: *c lb.
.Free.
Free.
*=•»»>.
828 ton
Free. *c lb.
carded .l*c lb.
888 ton.
Hemp, hackled .
Yam of Jute...... lc. lb.
■ V A10 p. c.
Free.
Free.
88 p. c.
&vb
. ton.
ffSp.O.
Bismarck's Intrigues with Autrl*.
A letter written from Berlin to t
London newspaper says that Dr. Hein*
rich Friedjung is about to publish a
book on “The Struggle for Supremacy
in Germany, 1859-1866,” in which he
will give an account of information
given him by Prince Bismarck with
regard to the ex-Chancellor’s proposals
to Austria in 1866, before the outbreak
of war, for a partition of Germany be
tween Austria and Prussia. As both
powers were then armed to the teeth,
they could have Imposed their will
upon Europe. The proposal, it is said,
was kept secret because it would have
involved the political subordination of
the Bavarian crown to Austria. Prince
Bismarck went even further, and, in
his own words, proposed that Prussia
and Austria should make a united at
tack upon France with a view to the ^
cession of Alsace. Austria was to take
Strasburg, Prussia Mainz—the calcu
lation being that Napoleon could dm
nothing, his army having been demoiv
allied by the Mexican expedition. >