North Carolina Newspapers

' fc.v : - f i n EWS ! OBSERVER. OL. XXV. RALEIGH. N. C, FRIDAY MORNIN(j, FEBRUARY 3. 1888. NO. 24: N U II jl mm Absolutely Pure. I This powder never vane. A marvel s f purity, strength and wrjoleaomenees I More eooaondcathan ordinary kind and zajriaot be sold ia competition with the I multitude of low Met, short weight, f alum or phosphate powders, sold only ia I H1DB. ROTAL BAXTHQ POWDKB ?0., 1W I Wall Street, New York. I Sold by W. O. A B, Stronach, and 18 Ferrall Cq, I DARBY'S pRoruYiiicric fluid I It : nauAr fnlfl tn Ml LA CASE Ueve pain of Burns Scalds, Bruises of wounds ol any kind. or ACCIDENTS Prevents mnamma tliin anH .imnuratinn aud rapiilj heals, f leaving no scar. 'QtRCIRRIKOB PHOCD FLESH i NfTer Appear Where lb. Fluld.la Cse. J CLEANSES AND HEAlis i Obstinate Ulcers. Bolls, Carbuncles, I Eo'ipelasand running Sores ol every i kind. It destroys the disagreeable t f efflvia arising from Cancers, Ab- l . , Kesse. Ulcers and every kind of , purulent discbarge. I "I have used Darby's Prophylactic Fluid In hot- got netlilng better for sloughing, contused and i iaceraiea wounus. iuui mu iuuwwu , I as a disinfectant.1 J. F- HiusTin, Trot. Mobile Mruicai viwuegv. j W00LLC0TT & SOli'S, 14 East Martin Street. oentt a yd 2,000 yda Shirting Prints. iQ.cents a yd,8,000 yds Percales for shirts 17 : nd waists, worth 15c j in H cents a pair, boys Gloves, cheap at jZD 40c. j. l)K centa a pair, 800 pairs mens' all 0 , wool Gloves, chespat 45o.f 1; A cents, 300 ladies' Jerseys. A full assortment of IDIES' AND '.MISSES' RUBBERS. - -, i cents a pair, 1,000 pairs ladies' pose. Qt cents a yd, S.000 yds checked Muslin, )i A GREAT BAttliAiN. We Make Pants FROM SI. 50 A PAIR, and guarantee & fit. 14- - ! All' I IDA eSibeoideries and edgings. j A new lot of SCRAP BOOKS at half price. 1 SOMETHING ABOUT SOAP. 9 We have the largest and beet cakes of 'oilet Soap for 5c. ever bought. It weighs 1 lb and will t make your skin sou ana Keep u t - from chapping. MtV 'Ac AKE. Order for Picture Trames, Bric-a rack. Art Nc cities. Artist MaAeriaLs. A indow-shadrs, tl Paper, CorniM ill BARGAINS NEWS OBSERVATIONS. Kentucky will vote on prohibi tion next fall, and some of the people of the State recklessly offer to wager that the majority for whisky will not be over 150,000. The parade of carnival clubs took place in St. Paul, Minn., Tues day. At night a new feature was ad ded to the carnival in the Mardi Gras festivities. An agent of Governor Wilson, of West Virginia, has made an interest ing report in regard ,to the Hatfield McCby vendetta, showing that peace has again been restored, and tte bel igerent parties on both sides have disbanded. John Wilson, a bachelor farmer, died near Montgomery, Ala., last week, leaving an estate valued at $75,000. He left the bulk of this to the Orpans' Home at Tuskegee, and the Deaf, Dumb and Blind Institute at Talladega. -A delegation consisting of Mayor Burbridge, President Kreamer, of the sub-tropical exposition, and John Stockton, representing the Board of Trade, left Jacksonville, Fla., Sun day,, for Washington to invite Mrs. Cleveland to visit Florida on about February 22. i Hon. W. W. Crapo has authoriz ed the: statement that whilst he will pot make a personal canvass, he will accept the Republican nomination for Governor of Massachusetts if ten dered him. Mr. Crapo ia a steadfast friend of the Hon. James G. Blaine, and they will doubtless pool their is issues in fixing up the political slate in Massachusetts. I The officials of the Miners and Mino Laborers1 Amalgamated Asso ciation have posted notices through out the Connellsville region ordering a convention of coke workers at New Haven, Pa., on February 1. The call has bo in issued to offset the effect of the circular sent out by the Knights of Labor calling a meeting at Scott dale on January 28 to form a trades council. There is a strong rivalry between the two organizations, and a bitter fight will probably be the re sult. Bishop Garrett, of Texas, has been telling the Women's Episcopal Missionary Society of Washington that they should quit spending so much money on South Sea Islanders and send a few mi sionaries to the Lone Star State. "We want pio neers," he says "men who know how to take care of themselves along the frontiers. Brave, sturdy fellows, not afraid of the open mouth of ; a revol ver nor of the yell of a drunken cow boy. ! Men with muscles of steel, who can, any of them, (throw a' : yearling nteer over a wire fence as easily as he can jerk a lawless coyote out of a re ligious meeting if he attempts to make a disturbance. " The economical woman of today has ample opportunity, with a modi cam of good taste, for displaying her talent in making over costumes of last season's wearing with most satis factory results. The fancy for com binations renders the matter easy, and tiro generosity of fashion in per mitting mixtures is well appreciated. When the clothes press contains a white serge, albatross or nun's veiling gown that has done faithful service enough may be taken from it and ren ovated to furnish a straight plain skirt. A deep band of oriental stuff or gold braiding may be placed around the foot of this skirt, which will serve as the foundation for several costumes. For street wear, copper, Gobelin blue or sage may be chosen for the overdress, while the brighter shades of cashmere or Henrietta cloth, with collar, cuffs and vest piece of white moire, will contribute tasteful and inexpensive draperieB for house gowns. : On most long tilled farms the yearly crop is largely dependent on the yearly application of manure. It is therefore important that the ma nure, be evenly distributed; if not, the crop will be not only deficient, but unevenne88 of ripening, if of grain, will make what there is of it harder to harvest- This is especially true of commercial manures, which, owing to the small amounts used per acre can not easily be distributed uniformly so a to cover the entire surface even with the drill. On small fields with short bouts it is generally better done, for at each turn the driller puts in a fresh supply and Bees that the tubes are working all right.: If the bouts are long the farmer puts in a larger quantity, which is more apt to clog the tubes and cause them to dis tribute unevenly. The result is seen in a streaked appearance of the field after the grain is up, and this con tinues until harvest. More than half the value of commercial fertilizers is lost by imperfect distribution through the drill. Sown broad-cast they are still more unevenly distributed and have the further disadvantage of not being in contact with the seed. It ia this last circumetance that makes the drilling of commercial manures bo widely popular. If the work'is well done it gives the grain a quick, even start, and Boon puts it into position to make its own way to a successful crop. Cult ivator. . wSS-. ' Drowsed. Clinton Caucasiar. Our Duplin correspondent sends us the following : The body of Moses Pear sail, Jr., col., was fished out of North East River, just above Hallsville on January 29tb, ult. He was last seen alive on the 16th of January, making his way toward the river with the intention, he said, of crossing in a boat and going to his fitmily. Deceased was a negro of good character and steady habits. He wa, pr b.ib'y accidentally drowne.l. A liirillJm Adventure, Wilmington MesavJKvr. A colorod brakeman on the Atlantic Cost Li:;e, Li'.l a thrilling experi eDce jestirlaj in putting oo the brake near tne depot. The chain Sich locks the wheels broke and the akeman was precipitated between the cars. The entire train of fifteen cars paused ovor his prostrate body, but scared within an inch of his life, he lay fl it bstwecn the tracks and tfSCaptid unhurt. CONGRESS. PROCEEDINGS IliiTERDAY IN SENATE AND HOUSE. EIDDLEBEEOEB RISES AGAIN THE CASE F LOWBY VS. WHITE OTHER NEWS BY WIKK. f Washington, Feb. 2 Senate-4-Among the petitions and memorials presented and referred was one (nu merously signed) from Pennsylvania, asking such a change of the laws as to bar all pauper immigration, tjo prevent the landing of immigrans under contract, to debar from citizen ship all foreigners who owe allegi ance to other powers or governments and to require 21 years residence before an immigrant can hold any pub lic office of trust or emolument. A bill was reported from the commii tee,and placed on the calendar, autho rizing the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi . river at Natchez. The resolution offered by Mr. Plumb some days since as to the in efficiency of the postal Bervice in thp West and South was taken up for dis cussion, and Mr. Plumb addressed the Senate upon it. At the close of Mr. Plumb's remarks, Mr. Riddleberger complained that the time had been purposely con sumed until the close of the morning business, so as to keep him from get ting up the resolution to consider the British treaty in open session and he declared that he had overheard the Senator from Kansas say, in a low tone, thai he would fill up the half hour till 2 o'clock. In that conne tion Mr. Riddleberger made use of the expression "D fool." As some thing which he had also overheard, he displayed a 'copy of the New York Tribune of July 21, 1866, which, h said, contained the treaty with Great Britain and ridiculed the idea of its being secret. He remarked that some Senators, whose private secreta ries were connected with thet press, always managed to get thairpeechesj made in secret session, published very much in the order in which they were delivered. At 2 o'clock the Blair educational bill came up as unfinished business, but with Mr. Blair's consent it was informally laid aside, and the Senate took up and passed the bill increase ing the pension for total disability tQ $72 per month. The presiding officer announced thai he had appointed as a select committee to which had been referred' the President's message on the Pacif ic railroads, Messrs. Frye, DaweB, Hiscock, Davis, Morgan, Butler and Hearst. Mr. Kenna then proceeded to ad dress the Senate on the subject of the President's message on the sur plus revenue and tariff matters, and of Mr. Sherman's speech in reply thereto. He said that he had read the President's message more than" once, and with more than ordinary, care and had given more than a casu-i al examination to Mr. Sherman's speech; that the Senator was con spicuous in the councils of his partvi and bad much to do with the shaping of its policy,; so that his assault on the President's position in favor of revenue reform and reduction of taxation was to be regarded as significant. Time and thought had been devoted to the preparation of tlat sketch; the assault had been deliberate; iE might, there fore, be fairly assumed that the Sen-, ator's "reply" was exhaustive of hiri own and his partiy's resolution on that important subject. In the light of that fact the speech might justly be regarded as a challenge. It pre sented a square issue as to whether; the Senator's party should stand in that assault or fall in the defence. The speech, taken in connection with, the Senator's former utterances on the' same and similar subjects, presented, he said, a contrast as astounding as it was unnecessary; a conflict as irrec-: oncileable as it was positive and ab solute; an enigma which he would proceed briefly to analyze. In 'con-; elusion Mr. Kenna said, the question; before us at this time is a bare reference of the President's message. The debate upon that question has been precipitated andfe calculated tq alarm and to ten if y the country. But the country has been long preparing for this conflict- It is now ready for the fray, and it is my candid judg ment that the great masses of the people will support this brave strug gle for their rights and for the re lief of their bondage. Our people are becoming more and more inteJli gent day by day, and information is better disseminated and our action here is subjected to daily scrutiny which would not have been dreamed of twenty years ago. A generation of young men is rising up about us who are to control the destiny of the Re public. They are its pride and its hope. While the places of power and position are open to their aspirations they are to be taught that the pass word to their future . advancment is "Equality before the law." They are to realize their obligations to the country; but they are to realize and cherish as well the obligations of tb$ country to them. The child of labor and the child of fortune, linked in common destiny, bound by the ties which should know no breaking, are to go on together, guided by the spirit of our institutions, and inspired by the genius of our country's freei dom. These are to constitute the men of the Republic. After a brief speech from Mr. Sher man in reply to Mr. Kenna, and a stall briefer one from Mr. Reacan in reply to Mr. Sherman, Mr. Stewari addressed the Senate briefly in sup port of the education bill. Senator Call obtained the floor for a speech on the same measure, but gave way to a motion to go into ex cutive session. The Senate proceeded to executive business, and at 4 20 adjourned till Monday. BOCSE. Mr. Blount of Georgia, chairman of t o ' the committee on postofficea and post roads, called ud for consideration tha bill amending the lUtutfi 9 u tf provide that no publications that are but books or reprints of books, whether they be issued complete or in parts, bound or unbound or in ceries, or whether sold by subscript lion or otherwise, shall be admitted to the mails as second class matter. The object of the bill, explained Mr. Blount, was to prevent evasion of the law which designates what shall con stitute second and third class matter. Under the law, books must pass through the mails as third class mat ter, but an abuse had sprung up and the law had been evaded by publish ers issuing books at stated intervals and passing them through the mails as second class matter on the ground that they were periodicals- While the Bible and educational books had to pay eight cents a' pound, a yellow covered novel could go through the mails for one cent pfer pound Mr. Cannon, of Illinois, opposed the measure and stated his recollec tion to be that prior to 1879 legisla tion was had allowing this cheap class of literature to go through the mails at two cents per , pound, on the ground that the dissemination of sound and desirable literature should be encouraged. Mr. Farquhar, of New York, thought that trashy novels, dirty reprints and dirtier medical treatises should not be allowed to pass through the mails for one cent pound while the Bible God's word was charged 8 cents Mr. Bingham, of Pennsylvania, stat ed that the only class of mail matter which the government . carried at a loss was second class, and he did not think that these should be carried in that class of matter 'which was never contemplated at the time Congress reduced the rate from two cents' to one cent a pound. Mr. Cannon moved to recommit the bill with instructions to the commit tee on postffice and post roads to re port back a provision for the trans mission through the mails of all books, bound or unbound, up to the limit of weight allowed by law at the rate of one cent a pound. Lost; yeas 119, nays 149. The bill was then passed, yeas 145, nays 116. LOWBY VS. WHITE. Mr. Crisp, chairman of the commit tee on elections, called up the con tested election case of Lowry against White, from the 12th district of In diana. An arrangement was made that discussion should continue for eight hours, but the Republicans de clined to accced to the proposition that, at the end of that time, the pre vious question should be considered as ordered upon the majority and minority resolutions Of the commit tee. Mr. Barry, of Mississippi, took the floor with an argument in advocacy of the majority resolution declaring the seat vacant. It Was conceded, he said, that the contestee received a large majority of the votes cast at the Congressional election, and the only question which the House was called upon to decide was as to tha eligibility of the sitting mem ber. He argued that the only final proof of naturalization was the production of the court records and that it could not be proven by the oral testimony of witnesses. Mr. Cooper, of Ohio, sustained the claims of the confcestee. The records of Allen county had been proven to be wholly unreliable, while the con testee had thoroughly established the truth of his assererations that heaad ben naturalized twenty years previ ous to the election of 1886. The honor of American citizenship could not be taken from a man by negli gence of a clerk who failed to per form his duty. The matter then went over until tomorrow. : Mr. Cain, from the committee on presidential elections,' etc., reported a joint resolution, proposing a consti tutional amendment, providing that Congress shall hold its annual meet ings on the first Monday in January. House calendar. The House, at 4.45, adjourned. A ' v eman's Sentence Commuted. Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 2 Gov. Gor don today commuted the sentence of Eliza Randall, who was to have been hanged in Clay county Friday to imprisonment for life. Eliza Ran dall murdered her father, killing him with an axe. All the details of the crime were of the bloodiest descrip tion and not one word of extenuation was urged in her behalf. The public sentiment against the infliction of cap ital puniKbment was what saved her from the gallows. A Mill Strike. Cornwall, Ont., Feb. 2. Fifteen hundred cotton operatives are on strike here. The mill managers ex press the determination to stand firm until the employees ; agree to work for reduced wages. It is possible that the mills wiU close down for for some time with a view of curtail ing production. Tobacco Sales In Danville, Daville, Va., Feb. 2. The amount of leaf tobacco sold from the ware houses in January was 2,700,000 pounds. For the four months (the tobacco year) the sales were 10,700, 000 pounds, as against 6,500,000 for the some time last year. Collapse of a newspaper. AuousiA.Ga , Feb. 2 The Augusta (la?jttj which Bf art Art here eicht ftionths ago, failed to appear this morning, it is understood mat me paper is dead. Storekeeper and Oauger. John T. Berry, of Franklin, N. C, has been appointed a storekeeper and gauger by the Secretary of the Treas ury. Cotton Fin Charleston, S. C Fb. 2. The estimate is that 1,800 bales of cot ton were burned or damaged yester day. The total loss is over $30,000. A BIk Suit. Klnston Free Press. Messrs. Rountree & Co., of New York, we are informed, have brought suit in the United States Circuit Court against Messrs. W. H. Dail & Bro., of Snow Hill, and have attached the property conveyed in the aesign mvnt on the grotrna of fraud. DOUBLE DEATH. A MAK DROPS DEAD WHEN LEAVING HIS HOUSE. HIS WIFS HEARS THE BAD NEWS IS AFFLICTED WITH FAINTING TITS WHICH END 15 HER DEATH OTHER NEWS BY WIRE. CmcAcio, Feb. 2. Mrs. Alvah W. Briggs, ; postmistress at Cottage Grove Avenue, of the Chicago post office, died this morning under pecu liarly . distressing circumstances. Yesterday her husband dropped dead shortly after leaving the house in perfect health, and when Mrs. Briggs was made aware of her bereavement, she went into a series of fainting fits which ended in her death. The re mains of both will be taken to Oga denburgj N. Y., for burial. Fore lap. Hovra. San R jmo, Feb. 2. Prof. Virchow hat exaiAioed a fragment taken from the very 'centre of the trouble in the Crown Prince Frederick William's throat and declares that it shows no evidence; of cancer. London, Feb. 2. A sharp shock of earthquake has been felt in Scotland. It caused no damage. Shocks were also felt in different parts of England. Reports from Birmingham, Coventry and Edgebar ton, a suburb of Birminghan, show that disturbances occurred in those places. In Scotland shocks were es specially marked at Singwall, county Ross, and at Inverness. Senate Confirmations. Washington, Feb. 2. The Senate has confirmed the nominations of El lis Hunter, for postmaster at Bruns wick, Ga.; Jacob W. Little, for post master at West Point, Ga.; Buena Vista Wood, for postmaster at Rock Hill, S. G-i Wm. M. Nixon, for United States marshal for the eastern dis trict of Tennessee; P. F. Coghill, for collector of customs, at Petersburg, Va. Sale pt Extensive Iron Works. Lynchburg, Va., Feb. 2. ARoanoke special to the Advance says, that the entire property belonging to the Rover Irbn Works Company was sold today at ; public auction to Clarence M. Clark; of Philadelphia, for $36, 000. This includes a narrow gauge railroad of some length and very val uable iron ore banks. Tha Paramommt Iaana. Cor. of the Kews and Observer. Your article in the issue of last Tues day, headed1 "The Question of Para mount importance" has the true ring about it the question as to whether white supremacy shall be maintained in North Carolina is the paramount one in the campaign this year and it ought to be kept prominently forward by those who speak to the people. It is useless for us to go into a campaign laying great stress upon the Democratic party's position on the tariff and internal revenue, when we know very well that the only voters who can be divided upon these questions are the white people of the State. The Democrats might presen t arguments upon these economic; questions as clear as sunbeams and as unanswerable as facts could make them, and they would never change a single colored vote. There may be those among us who are tired of raising the color line, but it is not the negro voter. He always totes along" the color line. The white people of the State have got as much race pride as the colored people when their attention is called to the matter. Let the white people see that they are fighting for good goyernment and Anglo-Saxon civilization and the contest will not be doubtful. Those who hare noticed the colored vote for twenty cannot fail to see that it is as dangerous to good government in 1888 as it was in 1868. The men who will lead the negroes in 1888 are the same men who led them in 1868, with but few exceptions, and these exceptions have not improved at all the old rank and file. The Republicans may put up a man this tear who is confessedly un fit to be Governor of North Carolina, or for any other office, and yet the negroes will vote almost to a man ior him. What is the use to discuss econo mic questions with such voters as those ? It is all folly to do so. The Democrats cannot afford to conduct such a campaign, when the calami ties of 1860-'69 threaten the people of the State. It has been a long time rfince 1868, and there are some people who seem to have forgotten those iniquitous times, but if our leaders aro wise they will keep them before our people, and I therefore desire to commend, your article in that direc tion. Keep the idea prominent that we are fighting this year for Anglo-Saxon civilization. I should like to see the internal revenue abolished and the tariff reformed, but these are small matterB beside white supremacy. Democrat. ftlectiielty's Wonders. Electrical appliances of every con ceivable variety surrounded and mys tified the guests at the formal open ing of the Electric Club's new club house at No. 17 East Twenty-second street, New York, Tuesday night. At the very threshold the visitor was dazzled with a brilliant display of electric light, and, aa his foot pressed a concealed lever in one of the steps the door flew open. Inside, of course, every room was lit by electricity. Electric designs are used in the fres coes, and a maze of wires concealed in Unnni anil noilincrR iermits a mem- bbr Ht any moment to produce weird displays for vihiting friends. Elec tricity runs a htove in the house on which steak may be cooked. Elec tricity winds up the big clock. Elec tricity locks and unlocks the cashier's safe, and electricity is the invisible musieian which operates the piano. A feature of the entertainment was the presence of an improved long distance telephone, over which the guests conversed with friends in Bos ton, Philadelphia, Albany and other comparatively adjacent cities. hosriblk. A MAN ROBBED, MCBDFEED, AND HIS HOCSB BURNED ON HIS DEAD BODY. Special to the News and Obserrer. Washington, N. C, Feb. 2- About five miles from Makelyville, in Hyde county, a man named Lupton kept a a bar-room and grocery. -This morn ing his store was found in ashes with his charred remains in the midst. He is supposed to have been murdered, robbed and his store set on fire. No particulars- n. Burned to Deaths Special to the News and Observer. Hamilton, N. C, Feb. 2. Last night about half past twelve o'clock Miss Alice Savage, of this place, was so horribly burned that her attending physician considers her recovery hopeless. Her dress is sup posed to have caught before retiring, thereby setting fire to herself and bed. Her father, mother and brother-in-law were painfully burned in put ting out the names. FROM WASHINGTON. Cor. of the News apd Observer. Washisgton, D. C, Feb. 1. By 'a little good management Mr. Johnston got his public building bill through the House yesterday. He thinks the President will not veto it again. Mrs. Cleveland is a strong friend of the bill and the Buncombe Representative is very hopeful. Certain legislative days have been set apart for the consideration of the public building committee bills. The Charlotte and Wilmington billB will be favorably reported by the commit tee, which makes certain their pass age both in the House and Senate. nothing 15 IT. There is absolutely nothing in the recent attempt to bring Gov. Hill to the front as a Presidential candidate. A New York man said to me today that it had never entered his mind to be a candi date for the nomination against Mr. Cleveland. His friends on the Dem cratic State committee acted without his knowledge or consent. What they attempted was the boldest impo sition. Had they succeeded, their action would certainly have been re pudiated, both by Gov. Hill and the Democratic party in the State. The attempt was to till a vacancy on the national committee, which could be done only by a district committee. There is not a shadow of doubt, Baid the New Yorker, but that the New York delegation will be a unit for Mr. Cleveland, and that he will be re-nominated by ac clamation. Governor Hill will be chairman of the New York delegation in the convention, and will take the place of the lamented Manning. Pol iticians here laugh at the suggestion that anybody but Cleveland is even thought of in connection with the Presidential nomination. And they are just as sanguine about his elec- tion. 8TCCK ON SUGAR- Four of the six Louisiana Congress men oppose the 20 per cent reduc tion on sugar, and the Democratic tariff bill lacks just that much of uniting the party in the House in its favor. It is believed that in time the ultra sugar protectionists will yield to the inevitable, preferring a revenue protection to free trade su gar. With this difference reconciled, there appears to be no serious obsta cle in the way of a speedy report of the bill and its immediate considera tion in the House. CHANGE OF INAUGURATION DAV. The Senate resolution fixing Octo ber 15th as the day on which Con gress shall hereafter assemble, and April 30th as the day on which the President shall hereafter be inaugu rated, passed the Senate yesterday. There is no earthly reason why the present dates should not be changed. The change involves an amendment to the Constitution, which must be ratified by the States. There is a strong sentiment in the House in fa vor of a change. The House may amend the Senate resolution changing the date of the meeting of Congress from October loth to November 15th. Mr. Crain, of Texas, has introduced a resolution to that effect, which is now being considered by the House committee on the election of President and Vice-President. The House expects to take speedy action in the matter so that Mr. Cleveland can be inaugu rated Ai-nl 3Uth, 188y. H. Spirit ofthe State JPreas. Judge Walter Clark, is Bpoken of, we think, more prominently than any other person in tie state for Gov ernor. He has made an excellent upright Judge, and we knew "1)f no one who would nil the Governor s chair with greater honor. Beaufort Jiecgra. The people of North Carolina be lieve so much in "rotation in office that they carry it to an excess in the election of their Representatives in Congress, and thereby do themselves and their State a great wrong. It take an average member of Congress two or three terms before he is as signed to important committee, or can wield much influence, and just as he is beginning to be of benefit to his constituents, they remove him and sleet a new and inexperienced man. At least that is the way they do m North Carolina; out not so in other States where Represen tatives ore re elected term after term for several years, and conse quently those States wield a greater influence than they really are entitled to. (Jliatham Record. A tramp, identified as George Peppers, who is said to have made a fortune in the early days of tne Penn sylvauia oil discoveries, and who then squandered upward of $500,000 in Wall street speculations, died Wed nesday, at Sarcoxie, Mo., from the effects of exposure. Since 1887 he has tramped all over the Southwest, visiting Mexico, Texas, Nevada and the slope. Courtesy is one of the cheapest of vir tues; it coets even less than Judenea. Few realize this, but thousands know the benefit derived from the use of arner's Log Oabin Plasters for pain in the back or local aorenesB or any una. All drag glstis kp them. SMALLPOX ON BOARD A STEAMSHIP FROM CHINA. : ARRIVAL OF THE FOURTH; STEAMER FROM THAT COUNTRY INFECTED WITll THE DBEAD DISEASE THE VESSELS QUARANTINED. San Francisco, Cal., Feb. i The steamship Baltic arrived from Hong Kong and Yokahama this morning with four cases of smallpox on board and was placed in quarantine. This is the fourth successive steamer from China which has arrived with small pox on board. The City of New York, which arrived last week, is still in quarantine. i A Letter from Jefferson Davis. A Jackson, Miss., dispatch 8ays : Jefferson Davis has written the fol lowing letter : "Beauvoir, Miss., Jan. 24. To the Senate and House of Representatives of Mississippi: Gen tlemen I am sincerely thankful for the honor conferred by your concur rent resolution of the 12th instant in viting me to visit you during your present session. It would give me great pleasure to meet the represen tatives of the people I have served bo long and loved bo much. It is rea sonable to suppose that the time is near at hand when I shall go hence forever, and I would be glad person ally to know the men of the present generation to whom ; tha destiny of Mississippi is to be confided, Mis sissippians, from tne time of her ter ritorial existence, have borne an hon orable part in the affairs of the country, and ; have shrunk from no sacrifices which patriot ism has demanded. : Bearing testi mony as one who comes down: to you from a past age, I can applaud the chivalry and integrity ol old Missis sippi, and my highest wish is that her future record may be worthy of her past. When your very compli mentary resolution was received my health did not permit me, as I desired, at once to accept and indicate a time at which I would visit you. My anx iety to confer with and learn the views of my younger brethren caused me to hope tat at a later period I might be able to send to you ran ac ceptance, but that hope has not been realized, and unKsflt the session should be protracted I an compelled to announce my inability to attend. With erateful acknowledgment of your kind consideration, I am, with cordial wishes for your welfare and happiness, individually and collect ively, your fellow-citizen," 3 Jefferson Davis. The Hatfleld-Bf cCoy Yendeiba. A dispatch from Charleston, W. Va., says : (Jol. w. Li. Alan on, tne emissary whom Gov. Wilson sent to Logan county a week ago to inquire into and report upon the now famous Hatfield McCoy vendetta, has made his report to Gov. Wilson, and it is as follows : I visited all the Hatfields and found tksem to be good, law-abiding citizens, who have the respect and confidence of every one in the neighborhood; that while many depredations have been committed and the whole sur rounding country had, been in a state of excitement and tumult bordering on a genuine young war, peace has again been restored, and the belliger ent parties on both sides haye dis banded, and no further trouble is anticipated. The strangest part of the whole affair is the fact that the Hatfields and McCoys are related. The recent outbreak seems to have been caused by parties in Pike coun ty, Ky., resurrecting old indictments against the Hatfields which: were found against them five f years ago. Ibe trite county parties went to Frankfort, Ky., and had rewards offered for the Hatfields, and came into West Virginia under the guise of officers of the law, when in reality they had no requisition, and arrested (or rather kidnapped) Thomas Cham bers, Andrew Varney, Selkirk Mc Coy, D. D. McCoy, Moses Christian Samuel, D. D. and Pliant Mahon and Valentine Hatfield, took them over to Kentucky and placed them in the Pike county jail, where they are still confined. This party, headed by Frank Phillips, fired on and : killed old man Vance without as much as calling on him to surrender, and are the same parties who came over into this State and fired upon Constable Thompson and posse, at which time Dolphy and another man were killed. The citipens of Logan state that bad any parties other than those sent been called upon to make the'orrest no blood would have been shed, but the McCoys, who came; with Phillips to make the arrest, had sworn to kill the Hatfields, and would have done so after they were disarmed. Peace has been temporarily declared, ;but it is feared by the law-abiding people of the two counties (hat hostilities will be renewed before: a great rwhile. The trouble began during the war. The Hatfields were in the Confederate army and the McCoys ' in the Union army." " awn-a j Who 1. You Boat Frtendt Your stomach of course. Why? Be cause if it is out of order you are one of tha most miserable creatures living. Oive it a fair, honorable chance and see if it is not the beet friend you have in the end. Don't smoke in the morning. If you must smoke and drink wait tilt your stomach is through With breakfast. You can drink mor and smoke jenore in the evening and it will tell on you less. 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