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One more word to the people who are
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banting credit and buying from credit
houses. The tax on credit is taken from
the producers of this country and is just
about one-half of what they grow. It
takes from them every other hill of corn
or tobacco or cotton to Tteep up the bills
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owed byjmen who never pay. Now how.
doiyou like that system ? The facts are
,hkt any,system that detracts from the
prosperity of the country is a curse
to
: ; .
UL and keying as we'ad
of mortgaging T crop for the means to
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raise it is deleterious to the interest of
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the masses, we say it is better to ; till a
mall crop with a hoe than -to plow up
great elds with mortgages. We say
the credit system is full of disasters and
defeats and you know it to your sorrow.
Get out of it and come to the Backet
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8tore.' We have all the advantages,
having buyers in the New York market
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all the lime with the almighty dollar
in haul, which enables us to offer
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goods in many cases for less
than they
can be
manufactured. We -are just
opcuihg some Great Bargains in. Prints
and Die as Goods; also Cottonades. Big
job is Violin, Guitar and Banjo strings,
4 cents a knot; 43 sheets note paper for
-5 cents; 25 envelopes for three cents;
other goods in proportion. Call and'
examine our goods and
save yout;
.money.
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SEKATOK VARCKU1VES 1IOTICB Of A
PK H AOAlNMrt ItlJ, NERVICS."
The House DUeaauM Nteanisttlp Kail
Stt batatas '-fcadf Hear Nome
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. WisuMiatoN" March 30, - SkItatk.--On
iiiotionof Mr Logan, the bill to in
crease the efficiency of the army was taken
up and its consideration proceeded with.
Mr Logan took tbe. floor and 'continued'
hia remarks in support of the bill and
in contravention of arguments presented
against the bill by the enaVprs oppo
sing it. Z' I ,t, . r '. i:: ' i
- After farttierC debate by Senators
Logan, Anderson and Teller, the bill
was laid aside and the Washington Tejr-'
ritory bill takeo 'up, Senator Fiatt tak
ing' the floor in its support. p
Mr J Vb(rhee8 introduced a bill for
the, admission of the Territory of Mon
tana, in pace of a bill beKre intro
duced by him. : '
The bill noir introduced by Mr. Voor
hees is an enabling act, while thej&rst
bill provided for the immediate admis
sion the Territory ; j
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Mr. Cox, of Nxrth Carolina, on behalf
of the oommittee on civil service reform.
-called up the bill to secure an equitable
classincauon and compensation of certain
omcers of the United atates, but the
residing of the report lasted till the
morning hour; expired. -
' The iiouse .then went into committee
of the whole on the postomce appropri
ation bill. "
Mr. J. M. Taylor, of Tennessee, de
fended the postmaster general from the
oriticisms made Upon him; by Mr.' Bur
rows; 1f Michigan, for not increasing
the! salaries Jo fourth knd fifth-class
postal - clerksp and quoted from die
Kecof d to show that this subject of in
crease had been left by Congress to the
discretion of the. postmaster general. ;
Mr. Bingham, of Pennsylvania, gave
his hearty approval to the general fea
tures of the pending bill, but criticised
the appropriation for foreign mail ser
vice, :: 'maintaining Ihatlian additional
sum of $50,000 should be given in or
der that the postmaster general might
have the full liniit of the law for the
payments to J&ierican steamers.
Mr. J)ingley, jof Maine, said ha op
posed the subsidizing of American steam
ship lines, but favored giving them a'
fair compensation for mail service. ' The
bill appropriated ! $375000 for : the
transporUtion Iof ( our foreign
Sf' T ff'fS
go- f to -,. foreign' i steamships and
onlt $60,000; to American steamships.
times as
mttch as AmerioaQ steamships, because
they per&rnt o mch more service.
That might bo;o if by ; 'service" was.
simply ineitntpieces tranp rted, without
regard to; ditanoe. The trole was
that our, basU of payment, which con-
sidered simplhe weight of mail, w.s
uittoi faW& foreign lines occupy-
ing the trlns-AtlanUc routes, where the
mail was heavy, while American lines
KnaL a ..nA.A I
W- v.;Sr -t, a i;-k
H iL:.i.k tx.L..A s uifu. e:. I
. thlrtviht nt WmJl fir kill
service on their outward'trips last year,
bft American, steamships, were paid
only four l cents per mue one
Vy and even on sea and inland postage
the maxiinum which our laws allowed
would only give eight cents per mile.
We paid one line to China and Japan:
.only 6 cents per mile last year and the
Venezuela line only H cents per mile:
one way;. 4. he amount proposed by this
bill would allpw only 3 cents per mile
to this line next year. At the same
time we. proposed to pay the- Cunard
line 38 cents per mile. . The last Con
gress appropriated a sufficient amount
to enable the postmaster general to pay
existbg : American steamship lines a
jnuch per mile as ; he paid the Cunard
line and to secure the establishment ' of
a new line to jsuenos Ayres. mat om
Cial declined to eiecute the law. and if
Ifas denunce'd as a ' 'subsidy. ' ' If thil
policy was to be continued we would in'
due time see the last American steamf
ship.in the foreizn trade
I Mr. Blount, of Georeia, defended the
action of tbl "poBtmt8ter-general in Te-
fusinV to ue the K4.U0U.00U appropria
ted by the bill 'of last year to compen
sate American vessel! for the foreign
mail service;. This lubjeet, he f said,
, had been considered at a cabinet meet
ing and whatever of error or crime at
tached not only to the postmaster-gen
eral but to the President and his cabi
net. But, he argued, the postmaster
general had: exercised a just and wise
discretion. r He. instanced the sums paid
to American steamship companies to
show that the amounts allowed for carry
lag mails were vastly in excess mi tpe
compensation which would be required
by such companies for carrying an equal
weight of xreight or express matter.
He challenged the correctness .of the.
statement that the foreign mail. service
was paid less than the railroad i coast
wise or itar reute seryices and he quoted
from ibi pj)stmastergenerars rejporf to
sustain the. challenge. )
jKeferring to the proposed re-enactment
of the compulsory. ; carrying law, fhe
Stated that that law had been first in
troduced into the Senate by Chafles
Sumnet, based upon petitions of eiti-
zens of Beston setting forth that Amer
ican steamers were refusing to carry'the
maibi, with a view o extorting larger
rates of py. ThiB law had been re
pealed in the conference report which
had never had any consideration in Hhe
House; The conference report ' upon
the shipping bill, which, under ;; the
rules, should have expressed fully ; the
-.- w-oDOsed in the bill, had been
mnu i - , j. , , . . . t'
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; being done. Then followed the 400,
1 000 provision in the last appropriation
bill, which the Iiouse after vigorously
fighting 'had finally been coerced Ho
agree to by threats of an extra ses
sion. The postmaster general j know
ing that nothing could couie- of
this provision but bogus bids and a
waste of time, had used a wise discretion.
He (Mi. Blount) had stood for years
With the anti-subsidy men fighting the
Senate and the executive, but now he
thanked God there was an administra
tion which did not understand this mode
of building up American shipping. Mr.
Vilas had been denounced on this floor
for his failure to use this fund. Gen
tlemen might indulge in this denuncia
tion on this floor, in ahireJ press.on every
stump and at every point that human
ear could catch a human accent, and
when their voices had crown hoarse
they would hear loud and swelling
toioes throughout this land praising that
tfostmaster "general who had the ability
and the courage to do his duty in spite
of all those execrations, and to remain
true to the great principles of his party.
Mr. Houk, or Tennessee, criticised
the ' administration and declared ; that
the President had assumed an attitude
before the .country what would not be
tolerated in any but two other countries
in the world. Russia or Persia might
tolerate his course, but neither the Siil-
tanoof Turkey nor ' the Queen of Eng
land would have occupied their posi
tions twenty-four bours after having
taken the attitude iwhlchtSe President
had assumed. He then went oa to de
nounce the action of the 'first assistant
postmaster general in removing post
offices in Tennessee from ' villages in
which theyad been situated for years,
and locating them in the piney regions,
because lie could not find any Democrat
in the! villages to take charge of the Om
ces. This action he denominated the
most outrageous and infamous act, which
had 'ever been perpetrated upon any
community. He did not know from
.what influence this came, unless it came
from, a! man who' had paid himself a
salary ontof the children's school fund
kwo years after he went out of office,
i Mr. McMillan: 'To whom djoes the
gentleman refer?"
I Mr )o uk: "You know just as well
as anybody else on earth. I have the
reoord tf you come round privately."
: Mr. McMillan: 'I insist that when a
man goes to assassinate character and
this is; unmitigated assassination he
should have the boldness to do it like a
man ! , ; ?
Mf. Houk: "ITiave the boldness to
tell yoia privately or to meet it in any
other way."
Mr. ! McMillan: "No man ought to
attempt to do thai .indirectly which he
has not the boldness to. do 4irectlv,
l undertake to sav that . the ' man he is
attempting to reach is the equal -of any
man he can boast of knowing; said I
will not, under th rules of this House,
?aJ.n?.w Iar.e f, ! inu
(Mr. Houk) in U that con-
""VHT a it.
,MJU5uk gefd that there were
Pf men on Pennsylvania vnue
now who cre the superiors of his col-
IVriuMi ' - j l 1 ' u f
i-- -5 -wA.an v nviiu vlivdo
uu vywwuu h. were pwumueuwv-
that; there were men in the penitentiaxy
who were the supenors of his colleague;
and Mr. Bouk said he had! ho doubt
that bis colleague's superiors had been
ngea in prisons.
After this playful exchange of com
pliments the matter was dropped and
the committee rose.
MH. Kandall. of Pennsylvania, asked
unanimous consent to offer the following
resolution: " : . '
Resolved, iThat a committee of five
members be apointed; whose duty it
shalKbe to investigate the circumstan
ces: and causes attending the killing
March 18, 1886, at Carroll ton, Miss. , of
a number- of colored citizens: of. said
Mr. Bcagan, of Texas, objected, on
the ground that Congress had no juris
diction over the matter.
Mr. Randall asked to have the reso-.
lution referred, but Mr. Beaean object
ed, notwithstanding a reauest made bv
3fr.3arksdale, of Mississippi, la behalf
ot the iUisaissippi delegation, that there
migm oe no ODjecuons. ,
The House adjourned.
Two Murderers Ljnebed.
Chicago; March 30. A special from
NashviUo, Tenn, says: Daniel Guth
rie; ' a prominent citizen 'of Cfdckett
county; was murdered ten days ago by
Wreakly Ridley and Tobe Williams, ne
groes, who were arrested and lodged in
jail at Alamo. The crime; excited the
greatest indignation. Word has just
been1 received here that early yesterday
morning a mob numbering several hun
dred persons appeared at the ; jail and
demanded the prisoners. The jailer de
murred, but was forced to give up the
keys. ; The mob entered the cell in
which toe negroes were confined and
taking: them outside lynched them with
out ceremony. Alter tne prisoners were
pronounced dead,-the mob quietly d is
persod. A Alabama
Cotton Factory
a Total
; Wreck, i i
MoNTooMaat, . Ala., March 30. A
Special from Prattville, fourteen miles
west of here, states tnat a ootton iactory
there ; has been undermined and has
falleu in and. is total wreck. The loss
is $30,000. . Two hundred laborers are
thrown out of employment.
"It is a curious fact," said the con
ductor, "that Friday is the lightest day
of the week for travel. 1 ye notioed it
for years. I suppose its because so
many people have a superstition about
the evil influence of that - day. The
effect is particularly noticeable on local
travel, where there would seem to be no
other explainable reason except popular
superstition."' :
Bold Mall Kbbrj.
Special to Tue News amd Observer.
Ashevillb, Marcli 30, 1880.
A mail robbery has just occurred on
the horseback route from Burnsville to
this placo. A number of registered
packages have been systematically ex
tracted from the mail bag. The open
ing of the pouch through " which the
packages were taken was so small that
it did not attract the attention of the
postmasters along the route. Two mail
carriers, John Lovin and Sam Lovin,
have been arrested and the lost checks
found on their persons.
W. W. V.
I'YCLOXSAO. I.
a Terrible Tornado la Ark.uut.
- Helena, Ark., March 30. A tornado
of unusual velocity swept hrough his
section last evening, aomg eonsiaeraDle
damage. In this city quite a number
of buildings were blown down and
turned over .The Atlantic beer garden was
blown over on the roof of a one-sjory
frame-house adjoining, crushing through
the roof and setting fire to it from a
cooking stove. By great effort the: fire
was extinguished before it had time to
spread. The walls of the Helena opera
house and other large buildings, rem
nants of the late fire, were mown to the
ground ; the coal fleet was swept! out
into the river, and the distress signals
of the boats added tp the confusion;; the
county court-house was unroofed and
Stripped of its window blinds, and the
glass doors and windows were smashed
in like egg-shells. The direction of the
tornado was from West to East. Erom
parties who have oome to the city since
the tornado it is learned that west of
the hills, which act as a barrier to; the
city, it was more violent than here,
leveling houses before it. It is impos
sible to travel on many of the roads lead
ing from the city west and northwest,
except on foot, owing to the trees blown
across them. No serious damage to life
was done that can be learned. Owing
to the losses being scattered it is impos
sible to estimate them. '
Heavy Ralu (harm.
Montgomery, Ala., March 30.The
heaviest rain storm for years has : pre
vailed throughout Alabama during the
past two days. There are washouts on
the Louisville & Nashville road, north
of here, and on the Western road be
tween Montgomery and Atlanta, stop
ping all western and eastern mails.: Offi
cials hope to get trains through by
tonight. The washouts on the East Ten
nessee, Virginia & Georgia railroad,
north of Selma, have stopped mails an4
trains. A special to the AdveH'uv.
from Wetumpka reports that the bridgt
across the fJoosa river at that point was
washed away last night. The loss is
$30,000. Specials from Opelika report
that a construction train went through
the bridge over the Tallapoosa river, on
the fJolumbus' & Western road, between
Opelika and Danville. The engine and
two cars, engineer and fifteen hands
went down. It is feared that some of
the men are loBt. Great cries- of dis
tress were heard, but nothing as to their
fate is yet known.
Tbe Work of (be Flame.
KfcY West, Fla., 5 a. m., March bo
A fire started in the San Carlos theatre
at 1 o'clock this a. m., and is still burn
ing and beyond the control of the fire
men, A fresh wind blowing from the
south caused thj fire to spread, and al
ready' five blocks in the centre of the
oitv have been destroyed. The fire will
probably go to the harbor. The Epis
copal and Baptist churches have been
burned, together with thirty ' other
buildings, stores and residences. ' Over
fifty houses have already been burned,
including the Alasonio nan, tnree or
four cigar factories and the bonded
warehouse, containing nearly a quarter
million dollars worth of tobacco.? Offi
cers from the United States steamers
Brooklyn and Powhatan have' been
blowing up some of the houses .with
powder, as there is no water supply,
the; cisterns being mostly dry.; It is
now entering the business part ; of the
city, destroying buildings containing
heavy stocks of goods and the less wil
be very great. It looks now as though
the hotel Russell would succumb shortly
The fire is working north, i Its track
has been so peculiar that it is difficult to
foretell the result. The indications are
that it will skirt the beach, (taking the
wharves and warehouses of Philbrick
and Tift, Curry's warehouses having al
ready been consumed. This will bring
it to the United States naval depot and
custom house. The buildings, with the
exception of the three warehouses men
tioned above, are constructed of yellow
pine and the heat is so intense as to
drive the firemen back. This added
to the lack of engines and water supply,
will probably result in the total de
struction of the city.
A Dufaulier'a Capture.
Harrison buku, Va., March 3Q Sam
uel R. Sterling, defaulting treasurer of
this county, was arrested this evening
and is now under guard at his home
here.
The 5th of April is now named as
the probable date of the annoauoement
by Mr. Gladstone of his scheme of Irish
legislation. The 22d of March : and
the 1st of April were the dates ore vious
ly mentioned, but a few weeks pave not,
as was expected, enabled the prime
minister to secure the desired amount of
Support, and luriner time is neeaeu.
The revolt of Chamberlain has greatly
increased Mr. Gladstone's difficulties.
The conviction is extending that the
unfavorable reception given toi the Irish
measure by. the commons will cause an
early dissolution. The primes minister
is confident that an appeal to the con
stituencies will give him an ample ma
jority.
ARBITRATION.
A I.O.( AX D PLRA.S NT CONFKRE5CK
BErWEKH.UOt'l,B A9III
POWnKKLY.
All
Agree, that Arbitration la
Panacea or Labor Trouble..
the
Nkw York, March 30. The confer
ence between Jay Gould, vice-president
Hopkins and George Gould and Pow
dcrly, Hayes, Turner, Bailey and Mc
Dowell, in the offic; of Jay Gould in
the Western Union telegraph building,
adjourned at 3 o'clock this afternoon
Nothing can be learned from either ;of
the representatives of the Knights of
abor and hot much that is definite at
Gould's office. , It was there said that
Gould had telegraphed Hoxie, asking
him 4o make a statement of the . situa
tion, Gould having told the board
of the Knights ' that he could
not do anything towards a set
tlement until he knew what Hoxie
thought about it. The wires are
working between Gould and Hoxie con
stantly, but owing to the storm del
ivery is slow. In the conference the
discussion Was broad and lengthy. Ar
bitration was thoroughly discussed and
the opinion was unanimous that all dif-
culties under most circumstances could
be fairlv settled bv arbitration. But in
this trouble Gould said no statement of
grievances had beeir made belore the
strike, so a thorough 'understanding
of the case must be had before they
could arbitrate. The conference did not
act officially, it Was said, Powderlv
being received as a private gentleman.
hen the; meeting adjourned there was
a feeling that the matter should remain
in statu quo for the present.
Secrety Maun lug- about the Name ae
Yeatterday.
Washington, March 30. "There is
nothing new to report in secretary
Manning's case," said Dr. Lincoln at 11
o clock this morning. "He is about the
same as yesterday, he continued. '?Ho
has lost no ground and has gamed none.
His improvement is very slow and tedi-
ous: in all proDaoility it will De some
time yet before any marked improve
ment takes place. We do not expect it
at least.' Neither of the physicians
spoke as encouragingly as they did yes
terday. The best that can be said is he
is no worse.
Two Apache hlefa Surrender. ..
Ft. Bowix, Arizona, March 30.
News has been received here that two
Apache chiefs, Geronomo and Natchez,
with twenty-nine bucks and forty-eight
squaws, unconaitionaiiy surrenuereu to
Gen. Crook, near San-iJernadmo, a
ranch on. the Mexican line, Saturday.
The captives were placed in charge of
Lieut. Maus, who is now conducting
them to this point.
Jr I
New York Cotton Fntnroa.
Niw YoRK.March 30. Green & Co.'s
report says : There was scarcely a feat ure
of interest on the local market today,
values fluctuating only' 2a3 points, and
closing mucn tne same as last evening.
i . l l
but tame. Orders from all sources were
unusually limited, and business was
confined solely to room-scalping. From
abroad public accounts were weak, and
private advices report Manchester easier.
with India and (Jhina lower.
Striken Return to Work.
Brussels, March 30. Quiet has no
only been restored at Charteroi, but thi
strikers are generally returning to work.
The only locality where disturbances
have increased is the central coal mining
district. .
Jllraoa Davie to Loeturo April SSCh.
M ostgomery, Ala., March 30. Jef
ferson Davis has fixed April 28th as the
date of his lecture here in behalf of
the monument to the Confederate dead.
Next day after the lecture he will lay
the corner-stone of the monument.;
What we should Kat and Drink.
The following from an eminent health
authority is worth reading and digesting
especially the milk and butter-milk part
of it: ;
Many people who fancy that milk
disagrees with them may find that by
adding cream to make it richer it wil
agree with them perfectly, Butter
milk, it is said, has a separate value as
well aasour milk, the lactic acid being
of use to the digestion. Buttermilk, it
as said, has a separate value as enabling
persons who drink it to dispense- with
stimulants. In Europe is a whey cure
for rheumatics and dyspeptics, where
m an v have found great relief. Milk
itself contains all the substances needed
to sustain life.' Among the greatest
nutritive foods may be named beef.mut
ton, fish, eggs, milk, bread, oatmeal,
rice, ripe fruits, etc. No one food is to
be taken altogether, to the omision
others, it nas oeen round that an am
inal fed .exclusively on one kind of food
will not be nourished, and if on purely
gelatinous substances it will die. Plant
eating animals, and people who live on
one kind of food, like black bread, may
be as vigorous as those who live on beef;
yet from the structure of the teeth and
the conformation of the stomach and in
testines, physiologists judge that man is
omnivorous, and facts in his habits con
firm.; this conclusion. The people in
some tropical countries live almost en
tirely upon vegetable food, while those
of the Arctic regions are confined chiefly
to animal foods.
Grape Milk. A fresh' invoice of this
popular and healthful drink., Pure
grabe juice, non-alcoholio, effervescent,
sparkling as champagne. Pint; bottles
25 cents each; $2.75 per doaen; $5
case of two dosen. E. J. Hardin.
per
A man who writes poetry in bis
is a versatile man.
hat
MORE ABOUT THE BI OS."
TUK &GUKST AUTHORITY ON TUB SCBJICT.
U. S. Department ot Aokici lti rb,
Division or Entomology; ;
Wamii.mjton, 1). C, March 29. '
T. C. Harris, Department of Agricul
ture, Raleigh, N. C. : ; .
, Dkar Sir : Yours of the 27th inst.
and the accompanying specimen have
just come to hand. This insect is a large
water-bug known as Belostoma Ameri
cana. The eggs of this insect are laid
upon the stems of water plants and it is
aquatic throughout its earlier stages,
feeding upon other water insects and
small hsh, and flying off to considerable
distances on attaining the winged con
dition. It is attracted bv light and 'par
ticularly by the electric .light. The same
pnenomenon ot which your, .newspaper i. 1
article speaks has been noticed" the paatr. :
year at New Orleans and at AthiiW
With the more general introduction dV
the eieetrio light it seems quite likely
that this abundant species will soon be
come rare, lours respectfully, ;
C. V. Rilky, Entomologist.
Mr, Wlttaerti Again lMaeuaees . the Bugs.
Cor. of the Nkws and Obskvkk.
N. Ci Experiment Station, March SO. .
I was very much entertained by read
ing in this morning's News and Obser
ver a lengthy article by a distinguished
entomologist on those wonderful "bugs.
feared the contrast between it and my'
short article of identification in Sunday's
News and Obskbvxr. On examination,
however, i found some tmnes even
more wonderful than the wonderful
a the wonderful
XTtt ot'e;
bugs. The article
them a dinerent name
gave, and as my former article was short
hope you will allow me a little space
or my defence.
In my identification 1 gave the. species
as Belostoma Americana, of the -family
Pedirapti(of course of the order Hemip
tera.) In the learned article of this
morning they are given as belonging to
the "genus Belostoma (according, ltd'
some Nepa), family Nepidae. " ; (The
family is Pedirapti Nepidae is -one of
the groups of that family. W. A. W.)
If he had just added "according to some
others Ranatra, he would have included
the whole group, as there are only three
genera belonging to it. lnere is
nothing like shooting with a large bar
reled gun; birds, and bugs as well, are
more easily hit )
He made no attempt whatever to iden
tify the species- the nearest he came to
doing so .was giving them the Common
name "water scorpion. ine scientino
name for this water bug is nepa opiculata,
which belongs to a genus entirely du-
erent from the bug in question.
I suppose we must excuse the "Prof.?'
however, for he says when he received
them the bugs were still alive and in
spired him with fear in their efforts to
escape from their prison, it K agopd
what was in the box, for if they had
there would have been a strike among
them without doubt and we should nev
er have read the article.
Although the bug was not identified
still the article is about some kind ot a
bug, which of course makes it interest
ing, as bugs are the leading topio
now.
This reminds me of a lawyer (he
didn't live in Raleigh) who always
read a supremo court decision before he
went to the; bar, always mentioned
the fact to the jury and of
course it j had great - weigm
with them. Unfortunately, however,
for him one day a brother questioning
him very closely found that it made no
difference with him whether or not tie
decision bore on the . case he only
wanted it to be a supreme court decision
I am a young man and a small man,
am not able to sign myself as 'Profes
sor. and last but not least itaake no
claims to being a bug-ologist. , In fact,
Mr. Editor, I confess to you privately
that this was the first bug 1 ever
identified, i and my short arti
cle was ' copied out of books
to. which I had - access, and here
I may say that if I had copied about a
column more there would not have been
much else to say about them
After this it is needless to sav I don't
expect to make a business of identify'
ing buars in the future.
I may add that I received a telegram
yesterday from Prof. U. V. liiley, U. a
entomologist, which reads "Bug seut
by Harris is Belostoma Americana
A. WlTHXKSi
"Lay thy sweet bands in mine " he said, but
she only remarked that she had neuralgia and
must hold her head. He gave her Salvation
Oil and now he holds her sweet hands by the
hour. i I
From, almost every section of the State
come renort of a general improvement of the
health of our Deo Die due no doubt to the influ
ence ef Dr. Bull' Cough Syrup.which costs
only 2d ceuu.
The supreme court is now in its ninth
week.
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