LINCOLN
COURIER
IHjCj
NO. 22.
mCOLWl X. C, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30. 188T.
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U .ihh-.n Natiii'.tal Con
vent ton 5;; 1KG0.
Though it was not expccled to
be dt eisive, the voir tirst I ailoi fore- I
shadowed acce.i aleiy I lie final result, j
The ' eoinpliniematy " ( a: didates j
leieiced the tribute d' admiratian
lroia t'.icir le.-peeiive Stales. 'er
moid votia! i"f Coilauu r, and New
,lere)- hr Imyio-n, .saliii. l'eiin-
svivahia's compliir.enl to Cameron
va r-ia oi l! v.ites, 4 of which
vcat a: o:ue lor Lincoln. Ohio di
vidod her (otnj I'nant, o4 for Chase.
1 for McLean, and at once gave
Lincoln lar S lcmaining
votes, t
M isiuri voted solid for her rai di
date. Hate-, who a'so received a
scitteiir.g t vih-.i'e '.- .. i ' : dele
gatiotis. ii at all tiie- compliment
were of lo tie avail to their recipients,
lor lar above u:eh towered the ag
gregates of the Ic.diog candidates
Seward, lTd 1-2; Lincoln, 102.
In I he ground swell of suppressed
excitement which pervaded the con
vetwi ai there was no time to ana
lyze this vole: n i 1 e - delegates
and spe.-'.alors J'dt the fu'l force of
its r monition ; to all who de
fired the defeat of Seward it pointed
out the w inning man with alien ing
certainty. Another little wrangle
over .omo disputed and protesting
delegate made t'.e ai dn i.c almost
furious at the d. h-y, and "Call the
the rooi!" sounded from a thousand
throats.
A second ballot was begun at last,
and, obeying a force as sure as the
law of gravitation, the former com
plimentary votes came ru-hing to
Lincoln. The wln-la 10 votes o:
Cojlamer, 4 1 from Cameron, G from
Chase and McLean, were now cast
for him, f allowed b a scalier of ad
(lit ions along the whole roll call
Li Ibis ballot Lincoln gained 70 votes
Sewar ! only '11. The faces of the
New Yoik Delegation whitened as
the ballot I it.g progro.-scd and as t he
torrent of' Lincoln's popularity be
came a river. The result, of the see
ond failot wa : Seward H4 1-2 :
Linco'v, 1S1 ; scatteiing, v J-2
AVhen the vote of Li.. coin was an
v.ouneed there was u trcmendou
liut of applau.-e, wideh the chair
mat: j.; rale-. tip. but with diDieuity.
con' rolled :..?:d .-ilenced.
The tb'n: I allot wa.- begun amid
a L'loa'hhr s surpct.'se ; hundreJs ol
r.iMhfa y f i'!n! ti t.i rvi'iy hr.st ;
!h)iia.-t!y li ' e.-t ;n e e-y d. ed ;
Ilidd '"'i-;y i-h te n--. ana j'it !y ja-t.
Th. - t i whole of the. h: a l; a:,
eiv.d.
-Tlie lauth.
ncncils kept pace with the roll call,
and nervously marked the changes
on their totally sheets. '1 he Lincoln
figures flcadily swelled and grew.
Votes rami! to him from all the oth
1 thc-r condidalcs 4 1-2 from Seward'
2 form Cameron, 13 from Bates, IS
from Ck.se, 9 from Dayton, 8 from
McLean, 1 if in Clay. Lincoln had
-ujrjed 50 1-2. Seward had Just 4 1-2 .
.IngUdore lee cmca. ihm,, ,
1 un Uir columns sp-clalors and del- I
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iv" llie result"
Ja.icoln.
J -2, .Seward ISO. Counli'g tin;
sL-ailering votes. 4 Ci balto.s had bee.i
cast, and 2i"d were i.eccs.-avy to a
choice ; onlj- 1 1.2 votes more needed
to malic a nomination.
A profound stillness suddenly fell
upon the wigwam the men coa-ed
to tah'v and the ladies to flutter their
fans : one could distinctly hear the !
scratching of pencils and the tick
ing of telegraph ins'ruinents on the
reporters' tables. .n announcement
had been made by the chair; chan
ges were in order and it was only a
a Question of seconds who should
speak fust. While every one was
leaning forward in intense ex pee -
taticy, Mr. Carter spiang upon his
chair and reported a change of lour
Ohio voles from Chase to Lincoln,
Tju.rc w;iS a moment's pause, a tcl-
ler waved his tally idicet toward the
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skylight and shou.ed a name, a; d
then the boom ot a cannon on the;
roof of the w igwam anrouncid the
nomiia'io.i to the crowds in the
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j up and spread the news. In the
I convention the Lincoln river now
became an inundation. Amid the
jwiidist hurrahs, delegation after
delegation changed its vote to the
victor.
A graceful custom prevails in or-
K i ly American conventions, that
the chairman of the vanquished del
egation is; l'r.-t to greet the nominee,
j with a short address . party feal-
ty and u nuse of party support.
Mr. 1'varfs, the spokesman for JNew
ortc, essayed promptly to peii'orm
itiis courteous (-Glee, but wis de
layid a while Ly the enthusiasms
juid coid'u.-ion. Tl;e dm at length
subsided and the presiding officer
announced that on the thiid balh-t
Abraham Lincoln, of Illinois, re
ceived V,Gl votes, and "is selected as
your candidate tor President of the
United S.ates." Then .Mr. Evarts
in a voice of concealed emotion, but
with admirable dignity and touch
ing eloquence, speaking for Seward
and for New York, moved to make
the nomination unanimous. The
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ivili:ir Australian Ahci'iffiHCF. ;
The action of the government ot I
evvA rvMilh Wales in otlering
lino. 000 acres of lai d to any mis
sionary society which will under
take to civil. ze the natives of that
province, is a characteristic UIusn
i ration id" the tardy effect of the
Anglo Saxon conscience up m the
piliey of Lnglish Fpeaking conn
lies, in regard to dark skinneh
natives of territories colonize 1
When the Australia aboiigines were
numerous enough to be troublesome
or in the way of new comers, they
were shot, poisoned, al'owed to die
f smal'pox and bad whisky, and
generally treated much as the 1 n-
dians were in many sections of the
United States. Now, however, the
natives are few in rum her ntwi
dwindling rapidly, and they excite
something of the senlimentalism
which xe know so well iu our In
dian affairs, to say nothing of a do-?-i
re to do some sort of justice to a
race destroyed in lhe home of its
lorefa. hers. The idea probably is,
though it may not be very definite
ly conceived, lhat each acre of the
tract to be granted to the mission
aries will alcne for the murder of an
aboriginal lord of the land, and that
ten acres will square accounts for
the burning of a native village.
CLctland Lah
Why lie Didn't Follow Instruc
tions. Doctor. Did yon give the patient
that white powder at 10 o'clock ?
X ti rse. Y es, cd r.
Doctor. And lhe liquid at 11 ?
Nurse. No, sir.
Doctor Didn't? You rascal, you.
T want it understood lhat my orders
are to be obeyed. Yhy did'vou not
give the liquid ? Answer me
.ui,e.- ine palient died at 10:4a ,
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! September chop reports.
Returned to tlie Department of
Agriculture by special Cor
respondents. DI'.'.nT.UEXT OF An.HCL'LTrRE,
Raleigh, September 1(, '37.
There lias been considerable rain-
f.,jj w-,lC0 (he August report was pub-
,i.ed, and there has oea in ao J1" I
t-,on a rdu'jouiiA'Y 'Wnlavoni
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termed to the damage of growing
j crops. Cotton is suscept ible to cold
j and has, in consequence, been the
greatest sufferer. Corn was but
slightly affected by the cool weather,
j but suffered iu lowlands from exces-
si vo rnotsture ; in many instances
crops were completely submerged by
Lk0 fi00ds
Marked improvement is i
noted in the tobacco crops. The sec
ond hay crop has had fine growing
weather ; the same ma' be said of
peas and the green fertilizing crops.
Co if on.
There is complaint of shedding
bolls, and of leaves of the plant turn
ing red, and in some secti rs red rust
has made its appearance. When this
is the ease the plant ceases to grow
and but few of the later bolls devel
op. Notwithstanding these unfav
orable conditions, the average for the
S'ate is only reduced to S5 7-S against
07 for August. The majority of 1 lie
d image occurred on the border of the
cotton belt, and cast of Raleigh.
Corn.
The condition of this crop is still
excellent in the Siate, and consider
ing the acre ago planted, will still he
an enormous crop, lhc excessive i
rains have damaged late corn. In!
part of the State more than half of lhe llI:i.ulC0 lh:lt t!CSU slalC!,KMit.s be
the crop was swept away by the m:l,Ie j,, O1.dol. ,):., it may ,,ot bo
floods. These are exceptions, ony confoanded with n-.hcr alliances and
o earring in li'idtcl a-eas, and were similar orgaulzarions that have en
confined to bottoms, which were sub- I tOa K- .liilVrent obieem
ject to overflow. Taking into con
sideration a'l these misfortunes to
the crop, it is reported even larger
than in August. The grade of the
Stale has increased from 90, in the
last report, to 03 1-3 for the current
in on th.
Wheat.
Now that the crop has been thresh
ed, and the actual production asccr-
tained, there is a reported increase of
more than two points since j!lsi ,
month. Tho average grade of nl0
ate is now . ct down at 94 J against I
92 on August 10th.
tals.
Here and there is great improve
ment ovei last figures quoted. There
has been a steady increase in the re
Porlc'l production since threshing
commenced. The grade is novv a
small fraction more than 9G, an in- '
crease of about eight points over that !
of last month.
Tobacco.
The most notable change ocenrs
under this head. The amount of to
bacco set this year is only estimated
at two thirds of the normal cron.
and even that was not in good con-
dilion in many parts of the State
During the last thirty davs the crop
has imp-oved wonderfully in most
all sections of the State. The most
sanguine considered two thirds of a
..i-.j o i;hn.t ic;. r,1 n o" o i
set. The returns show that the crop
will grade in the Stato SS. This is
encouraging, and is 23 per cent bet -
tor than was expected
Po'jttocs.
Both Irish and sweet potatoes are
in fair condition as to quantity and
quality.
Cabbage.
The cabbage crop is not up to lhe
standard. In Piedmont and the
Mountain sections the crop is in fair
condition, but in man- parts of the
East there is a failure. A valued cor
respondent at Elizabeth City states
that, "Cabbage has been a com
plete failure, owing to excess of
rain.
"i S"" farmers are Frosper-j
OUS.
i to rail
cal1
-o wc!
j
We have often had occasion
j attention lo the fact that thos
arc accustomed to call -small farm-I
or.-," are genera!!' lhe mot prosper
ous people in the South. They are
not so beeau-e small farms and very
limited operations are in themselves,
best, but because these Lrncrs arc
working in harmony with circum
stances. They have accepted the
Httiali'in and iul l!!('irown hands to
the plough Having small capital,
and often very mnit.od knowledge
and skid, they go snfey, as they sec j
, wa dearly before them. The 1
ux' --v I " .m t,,t0n I
I witliout any cannai at ail ot his own.
am'nil,l vn '"""T. W
learniiiy Mgn nun ' luitresi; to
conduct large operations, without
closely conn' ing the costs or the
risks, and fail, as any hound minded
man, not infatuated with cotton,
would see that he must. This does
not jirove that small farms and small
f nceessaniy most profit
able, but that our operations, both as
to method and to extent, must cor
respond with our capital and other
circumstances. H-iml Gtrvliu'jn.
NATIONAL FAJMIKIJS' A LLI
AN( i: AM) ( O OPi; H ATiVK
I'MO.N OF A31i:ilICA.
What is it ? An AutlioriUvc An
swer. As there seems to be a general
awakening to the importance of or
ganization among the farmers, and a
special desire to organize on the
part of those who raic cotton, it is
perhaps due the public and the far
mers' alliance also, that some official
statement shouU ie published out
lining some of the main features of
i hat organization. It is due the
! public in order that none ma) join
for a purpose- that is foreign to the
nail objecvS of the order. It is due
Tiie farmers' aiiiance was started
in L.mpasas coui-ty, Texas. 31 r.
Garvin says in his history, some
lime between lS7d and '70. It was
chartered by the State of Texas as a
benevolent association in October,
1S50. In August, 1SS5, there were
about 700 alliances organized and in
one year from that time, August,
lS'Sd, there met delegates represent
ing about 2G00 alliances. This was
ondjrtul growth, and in fact was
co rapid, because it was spreading
,aslcr ll'u" il WJS stood. Feo-
p e who did not belong to lhe order
and could get no reliable information
as to its objects, formed wrong ideas
and began to antagonize the raovc-
I me ut. .Many joined the order who
i knew nothing of its object-. They
j had a preconceived idea lhat it was
j to some extent intended to be politi
cal in Us action and in some instances
they so taught for a while. But
during the last year a slower and
surer method has been adopted, and
gradually the merchants and other
business men, as they see the move
ment is not intended to antagonize
them, are becoming friendly to the
order. They are ail truly anxious
j fur lhe larm.T lo get as much for his
cotton as possible. The political
j soreheads who joined the aiiiance
j (there Were a few such) have found
j out their mistake, and as a rule have
. .tLui.ujtieJ it in disgust,
! The objects of the order as usually
! stated are to promote mental, moral
I social and financial imnrovement.
and this boiled dewn, means that it
is a friend! y luihuss asoc'-ation
strictly. The meetings are tncudly
and sociable. They tend to make
country life less lonely arid more
attractive, and the cultivation 'd'
friend'iness and soc ability has a
tendency to bring out and develop
the better part of human nature and
make man less selfish make Lim
think more of himself an I his fellow
man. This is good and it should be,
auu naiinuniz.es iiioo-ij wiiu me
other and more important object cf
the organization, that is, financial
I improv- ,nent. For if the alliance is ! wa-r anci u ,e,L d be soldiers lurn
! not a business organization it is not if- f! oalh'. hut pUtin
aiJ- luu'' a,,a ilJ" UL1 Jli--es Uje
necessity for having it a secret so-
necessity lor having it a secret so- ;
dety goJ iness n braids j
his buines-to the w. rid A sr. ,
fV T . S0CM
cestui hor.-e tiad:t cen, Keeps his :
mouth shut about hi business u nil
ready to divulge. It is well know.i
that no manufacturer or large dealer
will give any man or set of men, cuts
on prices unless they have some as
surance that the cuts given are not
made public. Why, in one tense tf
the word all our merchants are or
ganized into a secret society. We
know they have no secret ass ciation,
but thev all use a secret cost mark
and it is necessary in order to make
a success of their business. Cousc-
qucully it is he.u una in orou- iu
succeed as a business association a
secret organization is alsoJutely
necessary. But the very fact that it
is secret must of nccessi.y, obsolutely
pi'eciu do any tendency toward par
tizan political action. Nothing can
be liner than to say that whenever
you introduce any secret feature into :
a political part-it will destroy the
party, and vice versa. Whenever
you inlroJnce partizan politics into
a secret society, the society will die,
and should be avoided as contrary to
the spirit of our government.
In January, 1S37, the National
Farmers' A bianco and Co-Opeiative
Union of America was organized. It
has since been chartered by the
United Slates Government and now
has State branches in Texas, Louis
iana, Arkansas and Mississippi.
This National Association is organ
ized with only one object, and that
is clearly defined and well under
stood, and is of such universal ap
plication that it can be endorsed in
all the States. The watchword
the central idea and full purpose is,
co-opera1 ion. O.i this the National
Alliance depends and leaves all local
issues to local organizations. That
is whenever a Stale alliance is or
ganized in any Slate and chartered
by lhe National Alliance, the Stale
Alliance has aboriginal jurisdiction
within her borders and can make
and defend such issues as to the peo
ple of thai state seem, propel an 1
best.
Now to sum up: Tho alliance is
a strictly white man's non-poliiical,
secret business association. It does
not seek to force any issues on any
people, but asks them to co-operate
as cotton raisers and go into it them
selves and meet such issues as they
may have in any way they choose.
C. W. Maclxk,
Picsident National Farmers Aiiiance
and Co-Operative Union of America.
The Fate of an Alpine Unitle.
The Campaign Alpine is a branch
of the service of which Italy is justly
proud. The men are chosen from
the Alpine townships, and are a
magnificient set of troops, splendid
ly trained to their business, which is
the protection ot the Italian frontier.
Jn winter they are cantoned in the
large towns at the foot of tho Alp,
Beliuno, Coneghano, Verona; but
the Summer months they spend
camping out among tho mountains,
studying the lay of the valleys, and
gelling the various paths across the
mountains by heart. The captain
was with his com pan at Agordo,
and wished to take his men for a
march round the Palle ii San Luca
no. At the inn he offered thirty
frar,es for a guide, but noono would
close with tho offer, the difficulty of
the walk being well known. While
I he discussion was going on in came
a tall -oung fellow, famous lor the
airs he gave himself. Hearing what
was on foot, he turned to lho onpt
ain and aaid : "ignor Capitano, I
will take your offer; but, mind you,
where I go none of j our men will
follow me." This challenge put the
captain on his mettle. Selecting
thirty of his best men he started the
next morning with bis guide. Tho
young fellow led them up and up,
purposely missing the true path, un
til he and the thirty one soldiers be
hind him were clingingio the sheer
precipices of San Lncano; then lie
turned and said : "Signor Capitano,
I have mi-sed the way. Tell your
men to go back. I will go across
this place ana meet you lower down."
The captui'i, in a rage, gave the or
der t go back ; and the soldiers be
gan feeiing their way backwards
a!o"g the cliff, not daring to turn
! i-curd
The guide set off bv himself:
j but he had not taken two steps when
j a rock on which he laid his hold gave
' J c" v uiiu iaii ,
i g down and fetch him," and the
; sergeant did. When he got to the
sergeant did. When he got to the
f f he found the man-
K'ed body ol the guide, whose own
words had comoso true; --W
rone of yQU, mej moxv mcZ-
RtU Mill Gazette
Now io Act at a Fire.
In a lecture before the Society of
Arts, London, Mr. A. W. C. (ihean j .
"ave thrt folowing conci
directions how to act on the occur- j
ranc ? "of "fires. Fire requires air ; i
therefore, on its appearance every
effort should be made in exclude air
shut all doors end windows. By
this means fire ma' be confined to a
single room for a sufficient period to
tM.old. the inmates to bo urouscd
and escape ; but if the doors and
windows .".re thrown open, tho fan
ning of the wind and the drought
will instantly cause the flames to in
crease with extraordinary rapidity
It must never be forgotten that the
most precious moments aro at the
commencement of a fire, and not a
single second of lime should bo lost
in tackling it. In a room, a table
cloth can be so used as to smother a
large sheet of flame, and a cushion
may serve to beat it out ; a coat or
anything similar may be used with
an equally successful result. The
great point is presence of mind
calmness in danger, action guided
by reason'and thought. In all large
houses, bcJVf water suould be
'
placed on every landing, a little salt
being put into the water. Always
endeavor to attack the bed of a fire;
if you cannot extinguish a fire, shut
the window, and be sure to shut the
door when making good your re
treat. A wet silk handkerchief tied
over the eyes and noso will make
breathing possible in the midst ol , ucr r5n?9 AbK in fcizc
, ,, , lt .'sometimes al.nost disappearing,
much smoke, and a blanket wetted im;ili,bod r.Uo of grrtWlh Kftcr a
and wrapped around a body will en- 'certaiu age id the rule. Of four great
able a person to pass through a sheet J beeches mentioned by London, thcro
,.r c, .v,r.n i cnf.o r 1 were three, each about 17 feet in
KJ l 111! Ill tj 111 LUI1 'UIUIM V i4.W W f . J
Should a lady's dress catch fire, let
the wearer at once lie down. Boil
ing may extinguish the lire, but if
not. anything (woolen preferred)
wrapped tightly round will effect
the desired purpose. A burn be
comes less painful the moment is
excluded from it For simple burns,
oil or the while of egg can be used.
One part of carbolic acid to six
parts of olive oil is found to bo in
valuable in most cases, slight or se
vere, and the first layei of lint slould
not bo removed til' the cure is com
plete, but saturated by the applica
tion of fresh outer layers from time
to Jlime. Linen rag soaked in a
mixture of equal parts of lime water
and linseed oil also forms a good
dressing. Common whiting is very
good,' applied wet and continually
dampened with a sponge. Scientific
Amcr ca.
4
City and Country Labor.
Between the shop and the factory
the belter life of thousands is ground
into dut as between upper and
neither millstones. The factory by
day and the board inghouse, the
streets and the cheap und the banc,
ful r'luremcrils of the town by night
makes a poor school in which lo
train the fathers and mothers of a
coming generation. Possibly if the
labor reforms who are trying to
remedy lhe evils lhat beset working
men and workingwomen in lhe
struggle for life would turn their
attention to those mistaken policies
which offer inducements to life in
the town in preference lo the indo
pendent and wholesome life id the
country they might make town and
country life both more tolcrab'e.
There is 'an excess of labor that
keeps labor down. The country life
needs invigoralion through a diver
sification and enlargement of indus
tries natural to tho country and the
improvement of the methods of rural
'abor. Philadelphia Becord.
Origin of "IJosus.
The word 4 bogus" is of Georgia or-
igin. Win. A. Bogus was a Georgia
: . . .
kind lottery commissioner who k -
sued fraudulent land rights. The
word ' bogus" is defined by Webster
no ''.'I-i'iv'a": n lonl fnvm ni'tninnMn
"J i' "
applied to a counterfeit coin, and
hence denoting anything counter
feit." The newspapers associated
this definition with the name of the
fraudulent commissioner, and . since
fraudulent commissioner, and . since
j lhen b . .. b becn t he QniversuI
( . "
V0ll'V
j ie?s. It is appiicd more particularly
t money. Ihtroit l)c Press.
n't. i :...-... TTi.nnc
Every day some pet theory, long-
held and honestly venerated, is be-
. ! , 1 i" demolished and sent to the lim
ise and simple j v( h wilb TclVg app,0 ash-
ton's cherry tice and ether eld
acquaintances, now demonstrated
to be myths. Now the age rings in
liees have to suffer Unionization, if
that word may be allowed. Mr. K.
W. Furras, an agent of the United
Slates Forestry Department, who
has given much, attention to tho ago
of trees as indicated by rings as well
as by the period at which trees of
different species stop growing and
that at which the wood is at its best
has reached some conclusions afgen
cral interest, lie ?avs :
"Concentric or annual rings, vrbich
were once accepted a good legal
evidence, fail, except where climate,
soil, temperature, humidity and all
other surrotndings are regular ami
well balanced. Otherwise they aro
nicro guess work. The only regions
within my knowledge where either
rings or measurements wererehal-lo
indications are in the secluded, even
and regularly tempeicd valleys of
the Southern Pacific coast."
Annual measurements of white
' lm, catalpa, sott map.e, sycamore,
1 1' hickory, cottonwood, chestnut,
box elder, honey, locust, coffee tree,
bun. .ud wLilc oa!j Lack waluut
osago orange, white pine, red cedar,
muibery and yellow willow, nineteen
species, mauo iu southeastern Ne
braska, show that "annual growth
is very irregular, sometimes scarce
ly percep'ible and again quito large."
I and this he attributes to tho differ-
encc in seasons.
As trees increase in
girth, whose ages were respectively
GO, 102 and 200 years, ilr. Furras
found 12 rings in a blade locust G
ycart old. 31 rings in a shell bark
hickory of 12 years, 10 rings in a
pig hickory of G years, 11 rings in a
wild crab aplc of 5 years, and only
2u rings in a chc:4iUtoe.VL xA 24 5'ears."
An American chestnut of only four
years had G rings while a peach of
8 ears had only 5 rings. Lumber
World.
A Rip Van Winkle Sleep.
The fourteen year old daughter of
Absalom Baker, living in Wicomico
count3', Maryland, near the Delaware
Stato line, has not eaten a morsel oi'
food for forty-four Jdays. Life has
been sustained by taking a littlo
wine at rare intervals. In Juno last
her (stomach began to rebel and
would retain nothing but raw food
Cooked food made her sick. Gradu
ally her stomach failed her nnlil it
relused all food. She lies in an un-
natural stupor, from which sho can
be aroused only by a galvanic bat
tery. One cf her long naps lasted
sixty one hours, and then the battery
had lo be used for some time to wak
en her. She has occasional spasms,
but otherwise appears to suffer no
pain. Dr. Hammond, of Berlin, Md.
her physician, is completely nonpluss
ed. The child is sinking rapidly
and is not likely to live more than a,
few days. Wa-Hhhujion 8tav.
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8 00 a. in
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