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VOLUME 6.
SMITHFIELD, N..C, MAY 19, 1888.
NUMBER 46.
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THE MILLS BILL.
TIIK BILL. PROPOSED BY MR MILLS
TO REDUCE TAXATION AND SIM
PLIFY THE LAWS IN RELA
TION TO THE COLLEC
TION OF THE REV
ENUE. ( CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK.)
State is hereby authorized to
make such general regulations
in regard to invoices and con
sular certificates as in his judg
ment the public interest may re
quire. Sec 12. That all fees exacted
and oaths administered by
officcrs of the customs, under or
by virtue of existing laws of the
United States, upon the entry of
imported goods and the passing
thereof through the customs, and
also upon r.ll entries of domestic
goods, wares, and merchandise
for exporation, be, and the same
arc hereby, abolished ; and in case
of entry of merchandise for expor
tation, a declaration, in lieu of
an oath, shall be hied, in such form
and under snch regulations as
mav lie prescribed by the Sec
retary of the Treasury ; and the
penalties for false statements in
such declaration provided in the
fourth section of this act shall be
applicatc to declarations made
under this section :
That where such fees.
Provided,
und
er ex-
istimr laws, constitute, in whole
or in part, the compensation of !
any officer, such officer shall re
ceive, from and after the passage
of this act. a fixed sum of each
year equal to the amount which
he would have been entitled to
receive as fees for such services.
Sec. 13. That section twenty
nine hundred of the Revised Stat
utes le. and hereby, id amended
ho as to read as follows :
"Sec 2900. The owner, con
signee, or agent of any imported
merchandise which has been ac
tually, purchased may at the time,
aud not afterward, when he shall
make and verify his written
trv to the cost or value trive
en-
in
the invoice, or pro forma invoice,
or statement in form of an in
voice, which he shall produce
with his entry, as in his opinion
may raise the same to the actual
market value or wholesale price
of such merchandise, at the pe
riod ot exportation to the United
States, in the principle markets
of the country from which the
same has been imported ; and the
collector within whose district
any merchandise, whether the
same has been actually purchas
ed or procured otherwise than
by purchase, may be imported
or entered, shall cause such ac
tual market value or wholesale
price thereof to be apprised; and
if such apprised value shall ex
ceed bv ten per centum or more
the entered
value, then, in addi- j
ion to the duties imposed bvlaw
on the same, there shall be levied
aud collected a duty of twenty
per centum ad valorem on such
apprised value. The duty shall
not, however, be assessed upon
an amount less than the invoice
or entered value, except as else
where especially provided in this
$ec 14. That all invoices of
imported merchandise shall, at
or before the shipment of the
merchandise, be produced to the
consul, vice-consul, or commer
cial agent of the United States of
the consular district from which
the merchandise is imported to
the United States, and if there
be no consul, vice-consul, or com
mercial agent for said district,
then said invoices shall be pro
duced to the consul, vice-consul,
or commercial agent of the dis
trict nearest thereto, and shall
have indorsed thereon, when so
produced, a declaration signed
by the purchaser, manufacturer,
owner, or agent, setting forth
that the invoice is in all respects
correct and true; that it con
tains, if the merchandise was ob
tained by purchase, a true and
full statement of the time when,
and the place where the same
was purchased, and the actual
cost thereof and of all changes
thereon ; and that no discounts,
bounties, or drawbacks are con
tained in the invoice but such as
have actually been allowed there
on : and when obtained in anv
other manner than by purchase,
the actual market value or whole
sale price thereof at the time of
x,,or!
mi- ti i.:t? i.iiii-CLi varies
m
a
the principal markets of the
;-o mtrv lro n wf.cnce exported;
r.
1 tli.or iikdifKrent mvoice oil
the merchandise, mentioned in
the invoice so produced, has been
or will be furnished to any one.
If the merchandise was actually
purchased, the declaracion shall
also contain a statement that
the currency in which such - in
voice is made out is the- currency
which was actually paid for the
merchandise by the purchaser.
Sec 15. That section twenty
nine hundred and thirty-one of
the Revised Statutes be, and here
by is, amended so as to read as
follows :
"Sec 2031. That the decis
ion of the collector of customs
and of the naval officer, if any,
at the port of importation and
entry, as to the rate and amount
of duties to be paid on any mer
chandise, and the dutable costs
and charges thereon, shall be fi
nal and conclusive against all
persons interested in such mer
chandise, unless the owner, im
porter, consignee, or acrent of
the merchandise shall, within
ten days after and not on any
day before the ascertainment and
liquidation of the duties by the
proper officers of the customs, as
well in cases of merchandise en
tered in bondasforconsumption,
give notice in writing to the col
lector, if dissatisfied with the
aforesaid decision, setting forth
therein, distinctly and specifical
ly, and in resject to each entry,
the reason of his objection there
to, and shall also, within thirtv
days after the date of such ascer
tainment and liquidation,, ap
peal therefrom to the Secretary
of the Treasury, who, on receiv
ing such appeal, shall forthwith
call upon the collector for a re
port thereon; and the collector
shall thereupou, if he adheres to
hi decision, set forth, specifically
and in detail, to the Secretary,
the reasons therefor ; and the de
cision of the Secretary on such
appeal shall be final and conclu
sive, and such merchandise, or
costs and charges, shall be liable
to duty accordingly, unless suit
shall be brought, within ninety
days after the decision of the
Secretary of the Treasury on such
appeal, tor anv duties which shall
have been paid before the date of
such decision on such merchan
dise, or costs and charges, or in
ninety days after the payment of
duties paid after the decision of
the Secretary. No suit shall be
be cum or maintained for the re
eovery of any duties alleged to
hare been erroneously or illegal
ly exacted, until the decision of
the Secretary of the Treasury
shall have been first had on such
appeal, unless the decision of the
Secretary sha.ll be delayed more
than ninety days from the date
of such appeal. And when a suit
shall be brought by the United
States to recover the additional
duties found due on anv asccr-
tainment and liquidation thereof,
and not paid, the defendant or
defendants shall not be permitted
to set up any plea or matter in
defense excepting such as shall
have been set forth in a protest
and appeal made as herein pre
scribed." Sec. Hi. That the section of
the Revised Statutes numbered
three thousand aud twelve shall
be, and hereby is, amended by
adding at the end of said section
the following words :
"And there shall be attached
to the said bill of particulars,
when served as aforesaid, a copy
of each and every protest or no
tice of dissatisfaction, and of
every appeal relied upon by the
plaintiff or plaintiffs in said suit;
and the said bill of particulars,
having been served as aforesaid,
shall nqt hereafter be amended
by the plaintiff, or by the court
on the plaintiff's motion, so as
to increase the total sum claimed
therein as having been exacted
in excess."
bv this act, or bv anv law of the
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Sec. 17. ihat no suit wnicn
United States, is permitted to be
begun against a collector of cus
toms to recover money alleged
to have been illegally exacted by
him on imported merchandise,
shall hereafter be begun or main
tained in any court of any State
of the United States, but each
and every such suit shall be be
gun in the circuit court of the
United States for the district in
which such alleged illegal exac
tion shall have been made.
Sec IS. That section three
thousand
and t .velve ard one-
nnu oi 7 n : rcvkiu ocmi.v
shall
j be, and iurebv i, amende. so as
i to read as toiiows:
"Whenever i. snail be ;liown
to the satisfaction of the Secre
tary of the Treasury (first) that,
in any case of unascertained or
esteemed duties, more money has
been paid to or deposited with a
collector of customs than the
law required to be paid or depos
ited; and also (second) whcjxexcxl
the Secretary of the Treasury
shall have decided,- on an appeal
to him as herein provided,- that
more money has been paid to or
deposited -with a collector of cus
toms than the law required ; and
also (third) whenever any judg
ment shall have been recovered
aud entered, in any court in the
United States, against a collector
of customs, for duties illegally
exacted by him on imported mer
chandise, and a certificate of
probable cause shall have been
entered in said suit, in compli
ance wito the provisions and re
quirements of section nine hun
dred and eighty-nine of the Revi
sed Statutes, from which judg
ment the Attorney-General shall
certify, in conformity with the
act of March third, eighteen hun
dred and seventy-five (chapter
one hundred and thirty-six), that
no appeal or writ of error will be
taken by the United States, and
from which judgment the Secre
tary of the Treasury shall also
be satisfied that no such appeal
or writ of error ought to be ta
ken; and also (fourth) whenever
. .
any suit or suits nave been be
gun against a collector of customs
to recover money exacted by him
and paid under protest, and an
appeal, as required by law, and
a bill of particulars has been serv
ed therein on the defendant orkis
attorney, as required by law, and
when by the legal effect of any-
judgment of a court of the Uni
ted States, satisfactory to the
Attorney-General and the Secre
tary of the Treasury as afore
said, the said exaction of such
duties shall have been declared
illegal, and protests, appeals,
and bills of particulars have been
made according to the law in
force at the time of importation.
and the proper officers of the cus
toms shall under the instructions
of the Secretary of the Treasury,
have rehnquidated the entries
covered, by said suit or suits,
and bill or bills of particulars, ac
cording to the principles and
rules of law prescribed by said
judgment, and the district attor
ney appearing of record for the
defendant shall certify that such
suits have been discontinued, the
Secretary of the Treasurv shall,
in each and all of the before
mentioned cases, always except
iner judgments or judsrmcut ca-
ses' m suits commonly known as
'charges and commission suits
which last named shall only be
paid in pursurance of a specific
appropriation therefor, draw his
warrant upon the Treasurer in
favor of the nersow or net-sons
entitled to the overpayment, or
the sum expressed in said judg-
ment. or the sum thus found due
on reliquidation of the entries in
discontinued suits including costs
payable by law, directing the
Treasurer to refund and pay
the same out of any money in the
treasury not otnerwise appro
priated. The necessary moneys
therefor arc hereby appropriated,
and this appropriation "shall be
deemed a permanent indefinite
appropriation."
Sec. 10. t hat section twenty-
nine hunred'and twenty-seven of
the Revised Statutes is hereby
amended by the addition of the
rnllnu-mor words thrrpto'!
"No allowances for damage to
croods, wares, and merchandise
iniported into the United States
snail hcreaiter oe made m tne es
timation and liquidation of du
ties thereon; but the importer
thereof mav abandon to the Gov
ernment all or any portion of
goods, wares, and merchandise
included in anv invoice, and be
relieved from the payment of the
i .1 . . : u : .-xr. nk..
duties on the portion so aban
doned: Provided, That the por
tion so abandoned shall amount
to ten per centum or oyer of the
total value of the invoice.
Sec 20. That any person who
shall give, or oner to give, or
promise to give, excepting for
such duties or fees as have been
levied or required according to
the forms ot law. anv money or
thinsr of value, directly or indi-
rectly. to any ofT' er or servant
of the ct
oms o; o. the united
i States, i
onuec to: with or per
il the .iiportation. or
taming
appraise
ination,
wares,
ent, oi emry, or exam-
inspection oi goods,
:nerch: ndse, includin
cr
herein aAy baggage, or of the
liquidation of the entry thereof,
shall, on conviction thereof, be
fined not less than one hundred
dollars nor more than five thous
and dollars, or be imprisoned at
hard labor not - more than two
years, or both, at the discretion
of the court ; an evidence of such
giamg, or offering, or premising
to give, satisfactory to the court
in whech uch trial is had, rhall
be regarded as prima facie evi
dence, that such giving, or offer
ing, or promising was contrary
to law, and shall put upon the
accused te burden of provinr
that saeh'act was innocent and
not done with an unlawful inten
tion. .
Sec. 21. That any officer or
servant of the customs or of the
United States who shall, excep
ting for lawful duties or fees, de
mand, exact, or received from
any person, directly or indirectly,
any money or thing of value in
connection with or pertaining to
tne importation, appraisement,
entry, examination, or inspection
of goods, wares, or merchandise,
including herein any baggage or
liquidation of the entry thereof,
shall, on conviction thereof, be
fined not less than one hundred
dollars nor more than five thous
and dollars, or be imprisoned at
hard labor not more , than two
years, or both, at the discretion
of tne court ; and evidence of such
demanding, exacting, or receiv
ing satisfactory to the court in
which such trial is had, shall be
regarded as prima facie evidence
that such demanding, exacting,
or receiving was contrary to law,
and shall put upon the accused
the burden of proving that such
act was innocent and not with
an unlawful intention.
Sec. 22. That section t went v-
eight hundred and sixty-four of
the Revised Statutes be, and here
by is, amended so as to read as
follows: ;
"Sec 2864. That any owner,
importer, consignee, agent, or
other persons who shall, with in
tent to defraud the revenue, make
or attempt to make any entry of
imported merchandise by means
of any fraudulent or false invoice,
affidavit, letter, or paper, or by
means of anv Jalse statement,
written or verbal, or who shall
be cruiltv or any wiiiiui act or
omission bymeans'whereof the
United States shall be deprived
of the lawful duties or any portion
ereof, accruing upon the mer
andisc, or anv portion thereof,
embraced or referred to in such
invoice, affidavit, letter, paper,
or statement, or effected by such
I act or omission, shall for each
offense be fined in any sum not
exceeding five thousand dollars
not less than fifty dollars, or be
imprisoned for any time not ex-
ceeding two years, or botn; and,
in addition to euch fine. 6uch
merchandise, or the value thereof,
which forfeiture shall only apply
to the whole oi the merchandise,
or the value thereof, in the
case
or packing containing the par
ticular article or articles of mer
chandise to which such fraud
alleged iraud relates; and any
thing containing in any act which
provides for the forfeiture or con
fiscation ot an entire invoice in
consequence of any item or items
contained in the same being un
dervalued be, ana sameisnercDy,
repealed.
Sec 23. That all imported
goods, wares, and merchandise
which may be in the public stores
or bounded warenouses or on
shipboard within the limits o
ny port of entry, or remaining
m the customs otneers, on tne
day and when this act, or any
provision thereof, shall go into
effect, except as otherwise pro
vided in this act, shall be subject
ed to on other duty, upon the en
try thereof for consumption, than
if the same were imported re-
spectively after that day; and all
rnnnR warps, anrl merchandise
goods, wares, and merchandise
reinaing m bonded warehouse;
on the day and year this act, or
any provision thereof, shall take
effect, and upon which the duties
shall have been paid, shall be en
titled to a refund of the difference
between the amout of duties said
goods, wares, and merchandise
would be subject to if the same
were imported respectively after
that date.
Src. 24. Thv.t sections three
thousand and ' 'even and three
tho usand and th teen of the Re
vised Statutes 'v and hereby are,
repealed as to e' importations
made after the tate of this act;
and all laws ai.e parts of laws
insistent with the other require-
ments and provisions ot this act
are also hereby repealed.
Sec. 25. That on and after the
first day of July eighteen hundred
and eighty-eight, all taxes on
manufactured chewing tobacco,
smoking tobacco, and snuff, all
special taxes upon manufacturers I
oi ana aeaiers in s&ia articles,
and all taxes upon wholesale and
retail dealers in leaf tobacco be,
and are hereby, repealed : Pro
vided, lhat there shall be al-
owed a drawback or rebate of J
the full amount of tax on all orig
inal and unbroken factory pack
ages of smoking and manufactur-
ed tobacco and snuff held by
manufacturers, factors, jobbers,
or dealers on said first day of
July, if claim therefor shall be
presented to the Commissioner
of Internal Revenue prior to the
first day of September, eighteen
hundred andeighty-cight, and not
otherwise. No claim shall be al-
owed and no drawback shall be
paid for an amout less than five
dollars, and all sums required to
satisfy claims under this act shall
be paid out of anv money in the
Treasury not otherwise appro
priated. It sliall be the duty of
the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue, with the approval of
the Secretary of the Treasury, to
adopt such rules and regulations,
and to prescribe and furnish such
blanks and forms as may be neces
sary to carry this section into
effect.
Sec 26. That on and after
the first day of July, eighteen
hundred and eighty-eight, mann-
facturers of cigars shall each pay
a special tax ot tnree dollars an- j
nually, and dealers m tobacco
shall each pay a special tax of
one dollar annually. Every per-
son whose business it is to sell or
offer for sale cigars, cheroots, or
cigarattes shall, on or after the
first day of May, eighteen hun-
d red and eighty-eight, be regard-
cdl as a dealer in tobacco, and
the payment of any other special
tax shall not relieve any person
who sells cigars, cheroots, or cig-
arettcs from the payment of this
tax : Provided, That no mann
facturers of cigars, cheroots,
or
cigarettes shall be required to pay
a special tax as dealer in tobacco,
as above defined, for selling his
own products at the place of man-
ufacture.
Sec 27. That the sum of twen
ty thousand dollars, or so much
thereof as mav be necessary, be,
and the same-is nerebr, appro
priated, out of any money in the
Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, for the alteration of dies,
Dlates. and stamps, for furnisaiMEf
blanks and forms and for such
other expenses as shall be inci-
dent to the collection of 6pecial
taxes"at the reduced rates provi-
ded for in this act.
Sec 28. That section thirty-
three hundred and sixty-one of
the Revised Statutes of the United
States, and all laws and parts of
which impose restrictions upon
the sale of leaf tobacco, be, and
are hereby, repealed.
Sec 29. That whenever m any
statute denouncing anv violation
of the internal-revenue la rs as a
felonv, crime, or misdemeanor,
there is prescribed in such statute
a minimum punishment, less than
which minimum no fine, penalty,
imprisonment, or punishment is
hereby abolished ; and the court by such collector or deputy col
or judge in every such case shall lector shall be deemed good and
have discretion to impose any sufficient for all legal purposes."
fine, penalty, imprisonment, or
punishment not exceeding the lim-
it authorized by such statute,
whether such fine, penalty, lm-
pnsonment, or punishment, be
less or greater than the said
minimum so prescribed.
Sec 30. That no warrant, in
any case under the internal-reve-
nue laws, shal be issued upon an
affidavit making charges upon
information and belief, unless
such affidavit is made bv a col-
lector of internal revenue or by a
revenue asrent: and, with the ex-
TvrioTi aforesaid, no warrant
shall be issued except upon a
sworn complaint, setting forth
the facts constituting the offense
and alleging them to be within
the personal knowledge or tne
affiant. And the United States
shall not be liable to pay any
fees to marshals, clerks, commis
sioners, or other officers for any
warrant issued or arrest made in
prosecutions under the internal
revenue laws, unless there be a j al of the Secretarv of the Treasu
conviction or the prosecution has j ry, may exempt distillers of bran-
been approved, either before or
after such arrest, by the attoney
of the United States for the die-
trict where the offense is alleged
to have been committed, or un-
less the prosecution was com
menced by information or indict
ment.
Sec 31. That when ever a war
rant shall be issued by a com
missioner or other judicial officer
haying jurisdiction for the arrest
oi any person cnareed with a
criminal offense, such a warrant
accompanied by the affidavit on
which the same was issued, shall
be returnable before some judici
al officer named in section ten
hundred and fourteen of the Re
vised Statutes residing in the
county of arrest, or, if there be
no such judicial officer in that
county, before some such judicial
officer residing in another county
nearest to the place of arrest.
And the mdicial officer, before
whom the warrant is made re
turnable as herein provided, shall
have exclusive authority to make
the preliminary examination of
every person arrested as afore
said, and to discharge him, ad-
mit him to bail, or commit him
prison, as the case may require :
Provided, That this section shall
not apply to the Indian Territory.
Sec. 32. That the circuit court
of the United States, and the dis-
tsict courts or judges thereof ex-
ercising circuit court powers, and
the district courts of the Territo
ries, are authorized to appoint,
in dinerent parts oi tne several
districts in which said courts are
held, as many discreet persons to
be commissioners of the cirruit
courts as may be deemed neces
sary. And said courts, or the
judges thereof, shall have author
ity to remove at pleasure any
commissioners heretofore or here
after appointed in said districts
Sec 33. That tiie Commission
er of Internal Revenue, with the
approval of the Secretary of the
Treasury, may compromise anv
civil or criminal case, and mav
reduce or remit any fine, penalty,
forfeiture, cr assessment under
the internal revenue laws
Sec 3-i. That section thirty
one hundred and seventy-six of
the Revised Statutes be amended
so as to read as follows:
"Sec 3176. The collector any
deputy collector in any district
shall enter into and upon the
premises, if it be necessary, of any
person therein who has taxable
property and wrho refuses or neg
lects to render any return or list
required, or who renders a false
or fraudulent return or list, and
made, according to the best
m-
formation which he can obtain,
including that derived from the
evidence elicited by the examina-
tion of the collector, and on his
own view and information, such
list or return, according to the
form prescribed, of the objects h-
able to tax owned or possessed
or under the care or management
of such person, and the Comtnis-
sioner of Internal Revenue shall
assess the tax thereon, including
the amount, if any, due for spec
lal tax, and a penalty of twenty
five per centum, and he mav add
to such tax interest at the rate of
ten per centum per annum there
on from and after the date when
such tax becomes due and paya
ble. The interest so added to
the tax shall be collected at the
same time and in the same man
ner as the tax. And the list or
return so made and subscribed
Sec 35. That nothing in this
act shall in any way change or
impair the force or effect of any
treaty between the United States
and any other government, or
any laws passed in pursuance of
or for the execution ot any such
treaty shall remain in force in re-
spect of the subjects embraced in
this act ; but whenever any such
treaty, so far as the same re
spects said subjects, shall expire
or otherwise terminated, the pro
visions of this act shall be in force
in all respects in the same man-
ner and to the same extent as if
no such treaty had existed at the
time of the passage thereof.
Sec 36. That section thirty
two hundred and fifty-five of the
Revised Statutes of the United
States be amended by striking
out all after said number and
substituting therefor the follow-
i "And the Commissioner of In
- ternal Revenue, with the approv
; dv made exclusively Irom apples,
peaches, grapes, or other fruits
from any provision of this title
relating to the manufacture of
spirits, except as to the tax there
on, when in his judgment it may
seem expedient to do so."
"The Secretar' ot the Treasury
may exempt all distilleries which
mash less than twenty-five bush
els of grain per day from the
operations of the provisions of
this title relating to the manu
facture of spirits, except as to
the payment of the tax, which
said tax shall then be levied and
collected on the capacity of said
distilleries; and said distilleries
may, at the discretion of said
Secretary, then be run and oper
ated without storekeepers or
'storekeepers and gangers.' And
the Commissioner of Internal
Reyeue, witl l the approval of said
Secretary, may establish special
warehouses, in which he may au
thorize to be deposited the pro
duct of any number of said dis
tilleries to be designated by him,
andin which any distilleries toand
in which any distiller operating
any such distillery may deposithis
product, which when so deposit
ed, shall be subject to all the
laws and regulations to bonds,
tax removals, and otherwise as
other warehouses. The Commis
sioner of Internal Revenue, with
the approval of the Secretary of
the Treasury, is hereby author
ized and directed to make such
rules and regulations as may be
necessary to carry out the pro
visions of this section : Provided,
That such regulations shall be
adopted aa will require that all
the spirits manufactured shall be
subject to the payment of the
tax according to law."
Sec 37. That the provisions
of an act entitled "An act rela
ting to the production ot fruit
brand', and to punish frauds
connected with the same," ap
proved March third,eighteen hun
dred and seventy-seven be extend
ed and made applicable to bran
dy distilled from apples or peach
es, or from anv other fruit the
brandy distilled from which is
not now required, or hereafter
shall not be required, to be de
posited in a distillery warehouse:
Provided, That each of the ware
houses established under said
act, or which may hereafter be
established, shall be in charge
either of a storekeeper or a store
keeper and gauger, at the discre
tion of the Commissianer of In
ternal Revenue.
Sec 39. That whenever it shall
be made to apyear to the United
States court or judge having ju
risdiction that the health or life
of any person imprisoned for any
offense, in a county jail or else
where, is endangered by close
confinement, the said court or
judge is hereby authorized to
make such order and provision
for the comfort and well-being of
the person so imprisoned as shall
j be deemed reasonable and proper
Sec 40. That all clauses of
section thirty-two hundred and
forty-four of the Revised Statutes,
and all other laws which impose
any special taxes upon manufac
turers of stills, retail dealers in
liquors and letail dealers in malt
liquors, are hereby repealed.
Sec 41. That this act shall be
in force from and after July first,
eighteen hundred and eighty-
eight, and all laws and parts of
laws in conflict herewith are here
by repealed.
Tho Milk in tho Coanut.
Senator Ingalls tries to explain
that when he spoke of McClellan
and Hancock as allies of the Con
federacy, he referred to their
political and not their military
careers. That is far too small a
hole to crawl into, in view, of the
fact that he declared in his speech
that McClellan tried for four
years, 186164, to make the war
a failure. Perhaps that is what
he was doing at Antietam.
A Earo Young Beauty.
A famous Canadian beauty,
who boasts that she has never
applied a particle of any cos
metic to her face, yet can keep
herfreshness and brilliancy during
a tiresome Washington season,
has given to the Philadelphia
"Times" as the secret of her good
complexion the fact iudicious;
I that she never washes her face
j during the day, but cares for it
', thoroughly at the stated times,
j On retaining from a walk or
drive slic wipes every particle of
i dust from her face with a soft
chamois leather and t.'kes par
ticular pains not to si. too near
a fire or in a draft aft r exercise.