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NEWS OBSERVATIONS.
j -The Czar, It is reported, Las be
cciiue a most devoted fisherman,
j James Reynolds was taken from
jali at Leon, Iowa, by masked men
and hanged to a neighboring bridge,
j, ;Prince Ferdinand has taken tho
bath of office and assumed the throne
of Bulgaria. . The ministry has re
signed. ' ' :
: f St. Louis is making an earucst
effort to capturo the next national
democratic convention, and the pres
ent outlook indicates; her success. ! ,
' ; A connection f between the East
and West Railroad of Alabama and
the Georgia Pacific Jtaiiroad, at Pell
City, Ala., was completed Saturday
and trains run through. j
i The California State Democratic
Club has appointed la committee of
seven to consult with the State and
city authorities with a view to extend
ing a formal invitation to President
Cleveland to visit California. j
i The Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers met on Saturday at At
lanta, Ga., with three hundred mem
bers present. Mr. 'Arthur, chief j of
the Brotherhood, made an address on
the object and nature of the order.!
j A young married man from Bir
mingham, Ala., is crazy at a hotel; in
Spartanburg, S. C. He is said to be
graving maniac, and! the doctors at
tribute the cause solely to his exces
sive, indulgence in the cigarette, j
' Thursday night the west-bound
"feannon-ball" train oin the Transcon
tinental railroad ran over a cow throe
niils west of Dodd City, Texas. The
engine broke loose from the train and
turned a coniptete somersault, in
stantly killing fireman Hugh Mc
Lane. ' No one else was, injured, j
t As a passenger train on the Bur
lington and Missouri; River road, ten
miles west of Nebraska : City, Was
M ossing a trestle bridge j across; a
deep ravine, the wood-work was dis
covered to be on fire; An investiga
tion disclosed the fact that the string
ers and braces were entirely con
sumed. : The - train i -was ; -unusually
light, and this alone prevented a fear
ful catastrophe.
5 The tournure is
neither greater
nor less! it remains stationary. Skirts
will remain short for tho street, denii
trained for fetes and j five o'clock teas,
and full-trained for evening dress.
Corsages are wonderfully varied, j as
well for day as for evening. There
are plastrons, Yandvked pieces, back
insertions, vests, halt-vesta, guimpes,
blouse fronts with jersey sides, and
jersey fronts with loose side forms.
Later on, there will be small simulat
ed capes, the upper part of the corsage
made o plush or velvet, with Suvarof j
sleevesjgjving the top of the corsage,
pack and front, the (appearance qi a
short cape. Corselets, continually
altered! and modifiejd in aspect, are
still much worn. One style of even
ing corsage is open to the middle of
the chest, with a verv deeo : turn-
Idown cdllar of velvet 01 acontrasting
I color. Inside the opening is a pleat
ed fichu, crossed; made eirther of lace
or of tulle. The velvet of the ' collar
is repeated in a deep;, belt and in the
cuffs of the puffed sleeves. Other cor
sages are low on the shoulder, point
ed, ancTopen from top to bottom up
on a plastron of lace or crape crossed
and made to simulate an inner - low
corsage. This is a! very old fashion
revived.
That by crtvincr! swine a variety
of wholesome food, j an abundance of
pure water, comfortable, clean shel
ters and quarters, I and keeping! as
I jiear to nature's treatment as the Con
ditions of domestication will pennit,
we may nearly or altogether prevent
the appearance of swine : cholera, is
supported by som ucn evidence that
Lit cannot be denied with reason.
My father indulged! in the expensive
luxury of frequent outbreaks) of
cholera among his Swine for years;
then, .becoming convinced thai ra
tional, 'careful treatment- of the j ani
mals would prevent this disease; he
Btoppea nis searcn iot a remeuy,anu
gaI1 . i!TTmtT
(MAU UJiVUV AJL VUW ! J VV MAW VV
was almost
twenty years ago, j and
there has been butj one ; outbreak of
disease among his! swine since,! and
that only carried ojf five or six pigs.
He has always been known as an ex
tensive grower of the best hogs.j He
has raised nothing but pure! bred
swine for a quarter of a century at
least; hence ho has further demon
strated that pure-bred swine may be
protected from the disease. ' There
is no ; reason why disease should pre
vail among swine; more ' than other
animals, xcept thatj swine are kept
under conditions which are very un
favorable to heath- Swine plague is
Eroduced by , a bacterium, it is ( true,
ut bther diseases' i produced by bac
teria are quite eommon, and it is well
known Ithat'. general weakness favors
these diseases, while a vigorous! body
is more than a match for bacteria. No
remedy for the genuine swine plague
has been discovered; but that it . may
be almost, if not (juite, prevented has
been demonstrated by many j swine
raisers, and the measures of preven
tion are those which make swine rais
ing all the more profitable;! aside
from the prevention ; of disease.
Southern Cultivator. !
RiddUbefrgw Aft-ala.
Winchester, Va., Auer. 16.4-Sena-
tor Riddleberger: is still in jail' and
the grand jury has been summoned to
receive testimony against the mob
that released him. It is thought that
sufficient testimony will be forthcom-.
ing to convict the rescuers. Erery-
I Hliug im very quiut.
ANOTHER RACE. I
THIS TIME FOR THE CITIZENS'
CUP. 1
TUB VOI.XJ2CTEEB FORGES A1IEAD A3 USUAL
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TUB MAYFLOWBB AWAY BHUISDi
TUB FLEET ALMOST BECALMED 3
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OTHEB NEWS BV WIBE. I
Newpobt, August 16. The race for
the Citizens' Cup was started this
morning with a very light -JWJeeze
blowing and with the sea smooth..
The signal gun was not fired fmtil
10.47. The Volunteer and Puritan
crossed the line nearly at the iarne1
time, with the Mayflower a littl be
hind. The wind is increasing aid is
from the southeast. The race is over
the Sow-and-Pigs course.The Atlantic
was not entered. 1. ,
The start was good and the Volun
teer has forged ahead of the Puritan
and is leading her about half a fnile.
The Sachem is ahead of everything,
leading all. The Mayflower is far in
the rear. At 11.40 a. m. the sails of
the yachts are flapping in the wind,
which is almost a calm. At 12 boon
the Gracie has caught the land Meeze
and is loading the fleet. The; Sa-
che m has fallen behind both the f V ol
nnteer and
the Puritan. The May-
flower is behind
THE THISTLE.
A Pretty Craft With a Fine Commander
and Crew. ' f !
New Yobk, Aug. 16 The Sfotch
yacht Thistle arrived early this inorn
ing. Capt. Barr reports a plelsant
passage except 3 days rough weather
and three without a puff of wind The
rest of the time they had a (light
breeze. The Thistle is cer
tainly a pretty model andf her
appearance does not belie I her
claims I to speed. It will Itako
about two weeks 6 clean he up
set her topmast and bend on her rac
ing sails. She came over : un,
der small mainsail, topsail, ptay
s ail and , jib. For two dajfs of
the trip, she carried two reefs in her
mainsail. The rest of the trib.she
shook out everything. The! trip
took just twenty-one pays.
The officers and crew, twenty-one
men in all, are a .fine looking, lot of
men Capt. Barr is a heavy setScjotch
man, heavily bearded and bronzed
by exposure to the weather. I His
crew snare with him a just pridV in
their cutter. .
The! best day's run was macfe Au
gust 2nd, when, with! all sails s4t, in-
eluding her spinnaker, she reeled off
cross sea, which is
markable for so small
short sail.
considered re
a craft finder
Marder f aa American by Mexleaua.
Galveston, Tes., August 10. A
special to the News from Eagle! Pass
says: U. S- vice-Consul Mitchell re
turned yesterday from Santa jRosa,
Mexico, j where he went to
investigate the recent nrarder
at this place of Jas. B. Duval, an
American citizen. He brings I intel
ligence that the murderers, six
in - number, have already j been
convicted and sentenced to ; ten
year s imprisonment and are now on
their way to the penitentiary at Sal
tillo. Another man, ' who made the
remark that they ought not to bring
the "Gringo's" bodyj in a cart but
tie a rope around his heck
and drag him in, was arrested by or
der of the judge and given the! same
sentence as the others. The property
of the deceased is now in possession
of the consul, who holds it at the dis
position of the heirs.
rther From the ImdEan VpriainR
icaoo, Aug. 16. A despatch, from
Grand Junction, Col., says the man
I ager of the Philadelphia Cattlf Com
pany came in yesterday iromi ,uoio
I row s camp to the Unitah reservation
beji Ra- . f oryd hig
parti back and drove it before
them at full speed. Dreckef Roth
and other cattle men are riding
night and day, gathering up their cat
tie and hurrying them from the White
River range. All the settlers fin that
locality hav been warned by white
couriers to look out and they are
abandoning everything to gel; away
before the Indian s'can arrivp from
the reservation. i
Indiana on the Warpath ;
Chicago, August 16. A special from
Rawlins, Wyoming, says: A fnessen
ger I has just arrived from White
River, Colorado, who reports that
about 150 Utes are fighting at Beaver
Creek, fifteen miles from Meeker.
Families are rushing into Meker and
more Indians are coming Tfie coun
try is all on fire below Melkor be
tween White and Bear Rivea, Mr.
Golden, the messenger, i ; trust
worthy. One hundred mounted men
are ready and will march on tpe Utes.
Women are making bandages and
the' town is thoroughly excitd.
- A Cheek Raiser Abscond t
Chicago, August 16. A Neios
Montreal special says : J. fC. Page,
boOJC-Keeper oi tne large
stationery house of C. O. Beauchemin
& Co., raised a $25 check to $25,000
on
the Jacques-Car tier bank: today.
cashed it and absconded. He is well
connected, and has been in the em
ploy of the house for five yejars. He
has been speculating in bucket shops
lately, and it is said lost
n AAA :
ono of the establishments.
v,wv
Jalg HaU Better.
SpccUil to the News and Observer.
f) AsHEVjLLE, August 16.
Judge Hall is better today. Hopes
of hjis recovery are entertained
1 The Bouanut Kxeurslan,
Spcciil to the News and Observer.
Portsmouth, VaJ, Aug. 16, 1887.
All having friends on the Bonanza
excursion will be highly pleased to
learn that this new order of excursion
has proved a grand) success and that
the managers are highly gratified and
feel richly ' remunerated by their
profits. '
A delightful time is being had by
all. The elegant Georgia of the Bay
Line takes about one hundred and
fifty to Baltimore and Old Point, and
rnearly two hundred for Washington,
JJ. V., are safely anchored on the .Ex
celsior of the Potomac line.
Bat a Slmtilacrnm of a Party .
London Aug. 16. The Daily iVewa'
referring to the ,Koryyich.. election
says: Seldom has any ' government, a
year after its formation, mtt with
such an emphatic rebuff. A remnant
or simulacrum of the dissident party
still flits about ! the lobbies and
benches of the H6use of Commons,
but in constituencies it is not to be
seen.
The Morning 1'ost is depressed
over the result and urges the Conser
vatives to effect a better organization.
It refuses to believe that the couutry
is changing its raind in regard to
Home Rule.
The Daily Telegraph says: The
Unionist converts i have become per
verts and the abstentionists have re-
urned to their Gladstonian allegi
ance.
The papei' attributes there iult in
Norwich to the j weakness of the
Unionist candidate and campaign, and
begs the Unionist leaders to abandon
he belief that it 13 suffacient to send
candidate to a district with their
blessing to secure a victory.. ,
The ntamlanl thinks there is evi
ence that the Irish question isho lon
ger so powerful ia lever, providing
that the minds of Unionist electors
are becoming lulled into a condition
of false security. !
The Norwich election.the standard
adds, shows unmistakably that
the battle for the union has yet to be
ought. The Timts says the govern
ment make a fatal mistake if they see in
he recent elections any reasons for
slacking their efforts to cope effec
tually with the forces of disorder in
Ireland. :
Knulaeen on a Strike.
ElPaso, Tex. August 16.4-Tho En
gineers of the first and second divi
sion of tne Mexican Central railroad,
struck yesterday, The cause of the
strike is supposed to be the discharge
of one of theft- dumber. These divi
sions extend fron the city of Mexico
o Calero along stretch from the city
al Mexico via Galveston. The mail
and passenger trains on the Mexican
Central Railroad are running on time
despite the strike; of the locomotive
...... 1 1 - ?A .1 Al 1 it- i
engineers, but as it is feared that the I
rreignt cannot ue nanoiea, oraers
have been Sent out to the; station
agents -not to (receive perishable
freight. The morning mail train, ar
rived here on time today. The road
is! over 1,200 miles long and is the
most important artery of the interior
trade; and the strike is likely to be se
rious in its effects upon business for
a short time. Great efforts, will be
made to get freight engineers so that
the traffic may not be long interrupt
ed. The officials bf the road maintain
that the strike was prompted by pro
fessional agitators from the United
States, -and that no real grievances ex
ist; but the striking engineers mam-
tain that they left work because en
gineer Keler was' discharged; without
proper enquiry, j
' A Fatal Fight.
New Orleans, Aug. 16. Last night
a party of ward politicians were drink
ing in the St. Charles salooq when a
quarrel ensued between Jno. Neill,
clerk in the civil district court, Owen
Roper, an ex-deputy sheriff, James
Doran, Bpecial officer,and some others.
Neill struck Roper with his fist,
and pistols were immediately drawn
and discharged. When the smoke
cleared away Neill was found with a
bullet-hole through his breast and
another in his side. Doran handed
his pistol to the bar-keeper and was
arrested, as were also three others of
the party. , Neill was taken: to a hos
pital, where be is dying.
Cotton Futures In Hew York.
New York, August 15. rGreene &
Go's report on cotton futures says:
It was a decidedly dull market for
cotton contracts and without a feature
of importance, j Liverpool ; strength
ened action and there was a slight
response here. There was a demand
from local shorts, but no new orders
came in and the close proved tame
throughout August, and was quite
stupid and weaa ana not pressed se
verely f or sale in the - absence of
demand, though as a rule the holders
were very willing to realize. The crop
accounts generally continue in good,
form except in sections of Texas.
Shot and Robbed.
Chableston, S. C, August 16.
Thos. J. Croghan was shot dead at a
house near this city last night and
robbed, ana nis Doay araggea to a
piazza where it was found today. Sam
Hunter, colored, is held on suspicion.
The Cholera at Malta.
London, August 16. At Malta dur-
incr the past twenty-four hours there1
ui were uiree new ise ui cuoiera ana
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two deaths.
THE COST
OF THE CHATSWORTH DISAS
TER IN DOLLARS AND CENTSi
WHAT IS IT TO BE ? AND WILL TUE ROAD
BE ABLE TO 8TAXD IT ? AN INTEB-
ESTINO QUESTION OTHEBTELE-
' i CBAHPIC NEWS.
Chicago, August 16. A Times spe
cial from Peoria, 111., Bays: Many bf
the friends and relatives of the
Chatsworth dead were at the railroad
company's general office today and
considerable speculation is heard as
to the possible action of the company
relating to the settlement of claims.
The road is by no means in good
financial condition. Its stock, or at
least the greater part of it, is owned
by parties in New York city or repre
sented there. The officers of the
company are reporting to the
stockholders the extent of the calam
ity and all the facts connected there
with. As soon as these reports have
been received and digested, a line ! of
policy wil be marked out . and com
municated to the officials here. Then
a 'public announcement of the action
of the company will be made, The
aggregate loss measured by prece
dents will amount to some hundreds
of thousands of dollars.
The Hoatlle t"te.
Chicago, August 16. No confirma
tion of the rumored conflict with
Colorow's band of savages has been
received at Gen. Terry's headquarters
in this city, where any official news
would be first learned. Gen. Terry's
jurisdiction includes the troubled dis
trict, and Gen. Crook, who is in im
mediate command of the troops near
est the scene of hostilities, is under
express instructions to wire all ob
tainable information here at the ear
liest possible moment
Bllad Tom Vatder New Management.
Alexandbia, Va., Aug. 16. "Blind
Tom," under an order of Judge Bond,
of the U. S. Circuit Court, was today
turned over to A. J. Lerche, for his
new committee Mrs. Eliza Bethune,
of New York, by J. A. Bethune, in the
U. S. Court room. Tom, at first, de
clined to go but finally reluctantly
consented and left for New York this
afternoon, declaring, however, thai he
would not play again until he came
back to Virginia.
: wa I
; Ferdinand in Hot Water Already.
Belts, August 16 The North Ger
man (jrazette Bays : The manifesto of
Prince Ferdinand announcing his ac
ceptance of the Bulgarian throne! ap
pears to be intended as a declaration
of Bulgarian independence and j ag
gravates the breach of the treaty of
Berlin, of which he has been guilty.
Germany, says the paper, cannot ap
prove of Ferdinand's course.
More Djr
lte.
Dublin, Aug. 16. Two dynamite
cartridges were exploded on I the
West Clare Railway bridge at Ennis
today. No serious damage was done.
Two other cartridges were found on
the bridge which failed to explode.
The town : hall at Crushen, county
Clare, was. fired into today but no
damage was done.
A gal net Snppreesing the National Leagne.
London, August 16. The govern
ment is stQLnndecided as to the ad
visability of suppressing the National
League. Two-thirds of the conserv
ative members of parliament are
against immediate action being taken.
Receives an Oration.
London, August 16. Mr. Brunner,
the new Gladstonian member for
North wich division of Cheshire, took
his seat in the House of Commons to
day. He received an ovation from the
Gladstonites.
Tellowr.Fever.
; Key Wist, Fla., August
new cases of fever and one
reported since yesterday.
15 Four
death are
: .The "Railroad" Figure in a Dance.
:. One of the newest of the german
figures at summer resorts is known
known as the "Railroad." This re
quires six railroad tickets for the la
dies, six placards for the gentlemen,
and a whistle for the leader. The
gentlemen fasten the placards around
their necks, while the tickets are dis
tributed among the ladies. Upon
the signal from the leader the orches
tra plays a railroad gallop and the
gentlemen march in the room imita
ting a train. At the . sound of a
Whistle the train stops and the leader
calls the name of one of the stations
upon the placards, when the lady
with the corresponding ticket takes
her partner, the rest following ac
cording to their destination.
The great bell of the famous Ca
thedral at Cologne, which was re
cently completed and placed in posi
tion, is to be known as "the Empe
ror's bell," in honor of Emperor Wil
liam of Germany, who ordered its
construction from cannons captured
in the Franco-Prussiaij. w&ru Twenty
two cannon were "used. The bell
weighs over twenty-six tons, and its
perpendicular height is fourteen and
one-naii ieei. t it pears tnis inscrip
tion: "I am called the Emperor's
ViAli; I nrncl aim th Kmtwrnr a honor:
ill
on the noly watch-tower I am placed,
I nrar for the German Empire, that
peace and protection God may ever
a. m '
grant to it?' The bell was solemnly
blessed
by the Archbishop
bf Co
logne.
WILSOV JfKWS.
Matters and Things tu General.
Cor. News and Observer.
Wilson, N. C, August 14, 1887.
Charles Simms (not Simons), the
negro who burglarized Rountree &
Co s store some time ago,' is still at
large, although special efforts have
been made by the police to apprehend
him. Last Friday night a large ad
dition was made to the police force,
and Saturday morning about 3o'clock,
a negro man, supposed to have been
the culprit, who declined to be halted,
was fired at two or three times on
Nash street near the corner of Golds
boro, but made his escape. It is cur
renW reported and i generally le
lievM that he has been in the town
or in its vicinity since the burglary,
protected and hidden; away by the
negroes. j
Caesar Wooten, the: murderer of
Mittie Strickland, notwithstanding
the vigilance of town and county offi
cials, here and elsewhere,, has so far
escaped detection and arrest.
The spirit of improvement here, so
long overshadowed by disastrous
crops and the scarcity of money, has
been considerably revived during the
Summer, and there is a strong ten
dency towards another boom during
the Fall and Winter.) More enqui
ries are made after real estate, and
should therebe'no set-back by some
unforeseen disaster tb the beautiful
growing crops, the'piophetic croaker
will have but a scanty stock "of hard
times," to peddle on the streets of
Wilson, during the next season.
Branch & -Co., the largest firm in
town, will have a branch house at
Springhope in Nash County, on the
Williamston and Raleigh road,
in order to retain their Nash
and Franklin trade which was
threatened to be intercepted by the
merchants of Nashville and other
points.
Graham & Vick have enlarged their
business and now occupy two stores
pn Tarboro street. J.G. Rawls, the
jeweler, has sold his stores and
premises on the corner of Nash and
Goldsboro streets to Mr. . Joseph
Cobb and removed to York, Pa. Mr.
Cobb designs opening a first-class
restaurant and boarding house for
local and transient customers.
The three brick stores on Nash
street and the two on Goldsboro
street are rapidly going up and will
doubtless be completed and occupied
in time for the fall trade.
The buying and selling of stock has
grown to be a large industry
here. There are four establishments
of this kind in town with ample
buildings, but the increase of trade
of W. W. Edwards & Bro., one of the
largest dealers, demands more room,
and they are making a large addition
to their sale and livery stable, corner
of Barnes and Goldsboro streets.
The Wilmington! & Weldon R. R.
is laying a new track; west of the wa
ter station, near the site of the Al
bion hotel, its recent purchase, and
we feel confident a ; new and commo
dious station-house will soon be
built near this track,' to meet the de
mands of the travejpg public and the
growth of our prosperous town.
Our new city officials have started
out well and have the confidence of
the citizens generally.
Joe Simms, a i colored boy, shot
and killed John Moody, another col
ored boy, yesterday. ThE shooting
is alleged to have been accidental,
but Simms has disappeared. The
pistol with its fatality, accidental or
otherwise, increases the death rate
considerably in our country.
The Disciples Church, at Antioch,
Pitt county, had a delightful Sunday
school basket pie-nic at Farmville on
last Friday. A large crowd was pre
sent.
Owing to the settling of the i walls,
or some other cause,
store on the corner
Barnes streets was
Rountree & Co's
of Tarboro and
considered unsafe
fronv the widening of the fissures of
the front wall. This wall has, there
fore,! been taken down for repairs.
When replaced the foundation will be
solid and the danger obviated. A
Eavement of granite flag stones will
e laid in front of the building when
completed. M
Another excursion of the Cumber
land Presbyterians picnicked here
last Saturday and, judging from ap
pearances, the occasion was a joyous
one to them as it was a very pleasant
oho to us.
While the heavy rains of the first
week in Aumist have materially dam
0 j - - -r y
aged the crops on tho fiat lands of
the water-courses the promise of a
good crop is still above the average.
Credible information from Pitt and
Greene counties show a belt of land
from five to ten miles wide, running
nearly east and west, where the rain
fall has not been excessive and conse
quently there has been no injury to
the crops. The rise of the Tar river
has almost destroyed the corn
on tne ricn river oottoms
from Tarboro to Washington. The
damage approximates the disastrous
freshet of 1867, when almost the en
tire crop was lost.
A syndicate of northern capitalists
ia buying up all the timber for sale
between! the Roanoke and Tat rivers
from Williamston to Greenville, with
a guaranteed right of way for a rail
road within fifteen years, the limit of
the timber contract. This is ono of
the finest timber sections within our
Knowieage, ana wiu be largely re-
munerative to those engaged in the
enterprise, xt wui moreover mate
-
rially aid in building up and develop
ing the resources of this hitherto un-
- 1 favored section of Pitt and Martin
counties.
His aareetlon Put to the Test.
From the New Orleans Picayune; '
It was midnight, and an impassion
ed lover in an up town drawing-room
kneeled at the feet of hia heart's
choice and exclaimed :
"Gerty, I will do anything in this
world to make you happy f'
"Do you mean it, George ?"
"I do, I do, darling." T
"Then for heaven's sake go home
and let me go to bed-" !;
She Had no Fear.
. "Terrible thing, thra j ice cream
sickness," remarked, Charley, as he
was out walking with hia girl. "It's
caused by something or other called
tyrotoxicon. I'm told the ice cream
dealers have suffered a good deal of
loss since its appearance. The girls
are all afraid of it, you! know." And
Charley grinned to himiself. They
walked on in silence.! After awhiio
she hung on to his arni with " both
hands and murmured : "Charley,
dear, I do not know what fear is when
I am with you." 'I
The habit of the, average American
in forming his conclusions from a
superficial view of the questions that
are of the most interest to him, is
one of the chief causes of the contin
ued existence of the protection idea.
We feel confident that were the aver
age man disposed to probe that idea
to the bottom, unless he is directly
interested, protection would measure
its existence by days. The great
mass of the American pepple are not
only not benefited, but ajro positively
injured by the application! of the tar
iff laws. We believe that tho sooner,
these laws are repealed; .tho sooner
will this nation bo able, fin all com
mercial enterprises, to compete with
all other nations of tho globe. While
we do not think, at present, absolute
free trade is possible or; practicable,
owing to the fact that the people
have grown accustomed lo that mode
of taxation, and also owing to the
present needs of the government for
a revenue, yet by gradual process
the government should repeal ' all
protection laws and might, in a few,
years establish absolute free trada
and let all revenues necessary be ob
tained by other modes oftaxation. It
is far cheaper. The costtto the people
could scarcely be felt while' the poor
man would but bear his: just propor
tion of the public burden. Monroe
JtJnyuirer tt Huywess. , J ! '
Give Them a Chance t
That
is to say your lull KB. Also all
your breathing machinery.
very won-
derful machinery it is. iNot only tho
larger air passages, but the thousands of
little tubes and oavities ! leading from
them. j: '
When these are clogged and choked
with matter which ought not to be there,
your lungs cannot half; do the work.
And what they do they cannot do well. " ,
Call it cold, cough, croup, pneumonia, '
catarrh, consumption or any of the fami
ly of throat and nose and head and lung
obstructions, all are bad. i ;All ought to
be got rid of. There is just one sure way
to get nd of them. That Is to take Bos
chee's German Syrup, which any drag
gist will: sell you at 75 cents a bottle.
Even if everything else has failed you,
you may depend upon this for certain.
Don't fill the system with quinine, to
prevent or cure Fever and Ague. Ayer's
Ague Cure is the specific for this disease
and leaves no poisons to 'produce dizzi
ness, deafness, headache or other disor
ders. ' . ii '
Wines. The wines of the Thomas
berg Vineyard, Clinton, Thomas
berger and Clarets; Garrett's Scup
pernong, &c, &c. These fine wines
need no recommendation.
E. J. Habdin.
"Doctor" Henry Harris, a Voodco
healer, was jailed in Desha county,
Ark., for poisoning a patient.
If
Did n't Know 't was
Loaded
it
May do for a stupid boy's excuse ; bat
what can be said for the parent who
sees his child languishing daily and fails
to recognize the want : pt a tonic and)
blood-purifier? Formerly, a course of
bitters, or sulphur and molasses, was the
rule in well-regulated familiM ; but now
all intelligent households keep Ayer's
Sarsaparilla, which is at once pleasant
to the taste, and the moet searching and
effective blood medicine ever discovered.
Nathan S. Cleveland, 27 E. Canton st.,
Boston, writes : ' My daughter, now 21
years old, was in perfect health until a
year ago when she began to complain ol
, fatigue, headache, debility, dizziness.
indigestion, and loss of appetite. I con-
eluded that all her complaints originated
in Impure blood, and induced her to taka
Ayer a Sarsaparilla. This medicine soon
restored her blood -making organs to
! healthy action, and in due time r estab
lished her former health. I find Ayer's
Sarsaparilla a most valuable remedy for
the lassitude and debility incident to
springtime." Ij t
J. Castright, Brooklyn Power Co..
Brooklyn, N. Y., says : . "As a Spring
Medicine, I find a splendid substitute
for the old-timo compounds in Ayer's
Sarsaparilla, with a few doses of Ayer's
Pills. After their use, I feel fresher and
stronger to go through the summer."
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