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I l i.e Government Has the Powetv In the oaae of United States vs. Gettys- burg Electric Bail way Company, in which was involved the question whether the gov ernment had the power to take and preserve the battefleid of -Gettysburg by the exercise of the power of eminent domain, Mr. Justice Supreme Court of the United 8tatee. says: ' ' 'The tend to be attained by this proposed use, as provided for by the act of Congress, is legitimate, and lies within the scope of the C asUtajtion. The battle of Gettysburg was one of the greatest battles of the world. The numbers contained in the opnostng armies wn; great; tbe sacrifice of life as dreadful, while the bravery, and indeed hero ism, dismayed by both the contending forces, rank with the highest exhibition of those qualities ever made by man. The Only One of His Kind. Prof. jr. W. Hoffman, of Tuskegoe Insti tuts, the only distinguished negro scientific agriculturist of America, has been elected a member of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society in recognition of the work he is do ing for toe race along scientific lines and for ortginatir.fr a new variety of strawberry a few years ago, now cultivated from New Jersey to Florida and along tbe Pacific const. Prof. Hoffman's worth has been recognized by members ta leading societies in this coun try and Europe. Owing) to a two years' drouth on the Paet fle side bf Nicaragua, tbe coffee erop has been much reduced, and Instead of the 200, 000 expected, It is not bettered that the erop will exceed 100,0 0 quintals. Albia, Iowa, is afflicted with a painful a is. ease, which the doctors there eafi the "pinic sye. The eyes gat very sore and give grat pain. A Urge number of people have th disease, and it Is spreading rapid v. Btats or Ohio, Citt or Toledo, 1 Lucas Couwtv. m Frakk J. Chbvbt makes oath that he is the senior partner of the firm of F. J. Chsnkt A to:, doing business In tbe City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and t hat said rirm willparthe sum of ONE HUNDRED DOL LARS for each and erery esse of C ttarrh that v Mrorn to nefore me ana xubeoribed in my presence, this 6th day cZ Decemb-r, A. D. IMS. ii A. W, Uliaso.v, SEiX.fi Hall's Cat arra Cure Is taken Internally and actt directly en the blood and mucous surfaces of the system Send for tet-monials, free. r F. J. f.'nEN k v A Co., Toledo. O. tafSold by Druggists, 7 jo. Hew Merit (emits. "Mt fa' her sot a box or TtTTERiwn from a Mend who had obtained It somewhere in the West. Hie bat had eczema very bad a lone time, and Trtbrihs is the only thin: that bat ever iencfiied him. "Please tend by Express C. O. D. half-dozen boxes. Iwe no doub' but it will be the means f sel ing a fieat deal of it here." Very truly. MBS. L- C. Malcolm. 691 Cranston St.. Providence, R.L 1 box by, ninil for 60?. in stamp. J. T. Sbcftrth a. Savannah, Ga. i . The Confederate Ke-Unlon. Great nrenarations are beine made in Rich mond for the annroachins Confederate Re- Union. rTnn TiMES, the leadintr paper of Virginia, is eivina more 9Dace to it than any other papier. The price of the Dailt Times is So per year; twice-a-week One Dolla Kiit Is the Time te Care Vonr Cerne with i: inler orns. It takes them oat perfect- ly and givjes comfort. Ask your dragjist. i-c. Horse racing does not prosper In New England, and the Charter Oak Par, at uamorai conn. . is oirerea tor sale. Strrrcn&vts from Cocoa. Soke Tbhoat, - a, I etc.. should be constantly supp' ed with "tfruviS Bronchial Ttnehe?" Avoid imitations. Hothouse peaches are now on sale in New York City at 91.75 aolece, or f 12 a dozen. When ai article has been sold for 81 In spite of competition and cheap Imitations, it mutt hay superior quality. Dobbins' Electric Soap bat ibeen constantly made and sold sinoe IBSJ, Ak hour grocer or it. Best of all. There is promise of an unusually large to crop in Connecticut this vear. I , 1 FITS p1loincd free b Dit. Kust'n Oreat Nerve RfcSTORiR. Noflt-t after flrit flae-use. Marvelous our. Treatise and $2.0trTnJ bot tle free. pr. Kline. 931 Arch St.. Phlla.. Pa j i i i ssasttttrs - 1 - Every .Met her Shut Id Alwsys Have a bottle of Parker's Ginger Tonic. Nothing re good for pain, weakness, colds and sleeplessness , Piso's Chre cured me of a Throat end T.nnc trouble of three years' etanding. E. Ciaoy, Huntington, tnd., Nov. iz, isbi. Mrs. Wihslow's Soothing Syrnp for children I set tning, sortens tne gums, reduces innmm ilon. allays pain, cures wind colic. S". a ho" Mothers j Anxions! y watch declining health o their daughters. So many are cut ofl hv cr1! hmnt'ou in early years that r.n cuul1 or uT'etv. In if bi-ages, wt; in uut Leyoua the reach of medioine. Hood's Sarsa parilla will restore the quality and quantity of the blood and thus give good health. Bead the following letter : "Tt is kn inaf to wrlt-A nhont mv daughter 1 Cora, asrod 19. She was com pletely run doWn, declining, ha 1 that lired feeling, sjad friends sai l he would not live over! three months. S'ae hai a bad and nothing seemed to do her any good. I happened -to read about Hoad's Karsapa- rilla and had her trivelt a trial. From the very first jdose she began to get hotter, after taking a few bottles she wa? com pletely care I and her health ha? been the est everf sinoe." lias. Addis Psok; 15 Railroaf Place, Amsterdam, N. I. ' . "I will bay that my mother has not aa strog words as I itat'vi my eaie in would have done, has truly pared me Hood's Sarsaparilla and I am now well.' Con Pscst, Amsterdam, N. Y. - Be sure to get Hood's, because Sarsa parilla IstheOneThme Blood Purifier. A ldru7t;tta.H Prepircsl oiir by C. L Hoo-1 a Co.. Lowell, Xavu U II. ni l- are Dur. i veireta ue, r - nuaa S riilS liabUand tvnefijl i. AND 1 Of and rnrT. (it. He tazt bdnks aed. AetaaJ bn-in dar of nterint. Bu-iuam ptutn. col. nM , Mill avr-ao? sal 0-d. Sen.l for hidiom Uiostratel oU- lotoa. Board oSsapaf thaa n saw Son thani oity. HAIR BALSAM sua Msaunes UM hlr. a luxuriant rrowth. Merer Palis to Hestoro Oray jSair to its Youthful ColorT Cuss sealp Sspapi fe hair fallias Morphine Habit Car la It to SO day. Wo par till eared. Oil. J. STEPHENS. Lebanon, Ohio. m CpKu WHfcfl ALL ELSfc FAILS. at (Uragh Syrup. Taste Good. Ul tattma Sold br dnigajsta Goucffi Hoods 70 I tltltlHMsl OPIUM VEATHER-CROP Bt LT.IiTIN Issued by the North Carolina Sta'e Weather Service, for WelKad-;l. ing Saturday, April 4th. The past winter, on the whole, has been a very favorable one for farm work in North Carolina. Al though the first three months were below the normal in teperatnre the deficiencies were not greater and the effect was chiefly to delay the blooming of fruit trees, so that several sharp frosts in March did little, if any, damage. There was an excess of ruin-fc.ll in February, but March waa relatively dry, and favored uninterrupted farm work. Plowing and other preparations for planting are generally well 'advan ced. The cool weather daring March was unfavorable for truck crops in the Eastern District, necessitating some replanting. By the last week of March plum and peach trees were in bloom, and the strawberry berries in tl e eas. p -rtions of the State ui coming gre n; Eastern Distbict. - virion- had set In the esstetu for oat trees ace i 1 -The past weejc hi the E .is tern District was generally favorable, th ugu tbe rains from March 29th to April 2d interrupted farm. work. There was a little ifyo much rain only along the northern coast. The last three days were clear, cool and windy. Frost occurred on two mornings, which injured stray berries, but the winds were so br that little damage is thought to hare occurred to frnit trees, of which peach; plumb and cherries are in bloom. Spring seems rutber late and vegeta tion backward. Truck crops, though retarded by cool weather, seem to j be doing well. Vegetables are just com ing up in the North, and are much further advanced in the South. (Jon- siderable progress has been made with gardens. iris a potatoes nave Deep planted, and sweet potatoc slips ar: being bedded. Corn planting is well advunced. Farmers, on the average. are well up with their work, and their lands are well preparer?, i Central District. ihe first fonf days of the week were warm and rainy, and greatly benefited small grains, though interrupting farm work in the central and northern portions, where the rain-fall was heaviest. The last days were too cool and windy. Frost and ico formed, and many reports; of damage to the peach crop were r e ceived, but it is very probable that the wind prevented the formation of frost mnch above tbe ground, and that !h damage to fruit has been over eeti ma ted. Peach, pear and plum trees are now in bloom. The ground dried out rapidly and work was well in hand the last part of the week. Much corn has; been planted in the South, and soine cotton. The condition of wheat, oat and rye is very diversified, though these crops are looking very well on good lands, and made much progre s during the first warm, rainy days i f the week. Tobacco plants are looking well ; are plentiful, but small. I r i b potatoes have been planted, and gardening is progressing in th South, Farmers are well up with their work. WksterN District. In the westeiil and northern portions of this district' there were some heavy rains on thtl 1st and Sd, especiallv in Yancey, Mad ison and Bunoombe counties, which washed lands, damaged crops, and caused floods in the mountain streams. In general the rainfall on the first four days of the week, with warm, weather, was beneficial, though interrupting farm work. The ground was slightly frozen on the 3d and 4th, and peaches have probably been damaged on low ground. Peach trees have commenced to bloom In the north, and are nearly all oat in the south. Some corn has been planted, and a fair crop of spring oats, which are up, with good stand in some sections. The majority of reports indicate that wheat looks well, is green and growing. Tobacco plants are coming up very well. Some pota toes have been planted. Vegetation, of course, is much later in this die tnct, except in tne ooutb, tnan in others, and spring appears later. En ergetic iarmers are fully up with their work. On the whole the crop season of 1896 begins very favorably in North Carolina. KlVfift AND HARBOR BILU The Total Amount Appropriated Ten Million Dollars. The Biver and Harbor bill of the Tlfty- fourth Qongress, over which there has been more speculation and anxiety among mem bers than any other bill, has been completed by the committee on Eiv- rs and Harbors and reported to the Hou e by Cbigrman Hooper. The total amount appropriated by the Mil; is, in round numbers, ten millions and provis ion is made for continuing works already under way, contracts to ie made by the see relary of War for works whioh will cost 151, 000,000. Appropriations and contracts for the South Atlantic States follow: Maryland Patapseo channel, $50,000 Patapsco channel to Curtis Bay, $50,000 Cbincoteague Bay, Va., to Deleware Bay, 25,000; Potomac river to Washington 100, 000. Virginia JameP. 120.000: York, 16,000; Norfolk harbor, 100,000; Virginia to Albe marle Sound, 10,000. Georgia Brunswick, 15,000. South Carolina Wiucyaw Bay. 110,000 Florida Apalachicola, 12,000; Pensacola, 100.(XH: Key West. 8U,IHK: Cbarlotte, 16, 600; Carrabelle, 10,000. Louisiana Mouth of Calcasieu river, con tracts 325; continuing 10 000. North- Carolina Cape Fear, below mmgton, 100,000. South CHroJiua Qreat Pee Dee, $12,000 Satrtee, 48,ooo. , Georgia Altamaha, 10.000; Chattahoo- hee, 25,000; Ocmulcret, tlO.000; Oconee $10,000; Savannah, 15,000; Coosa, between Rmp, Ga.. and Wetumka., Ala, 100,000; Savannah, Oa., to Ternandina, Fla., 14,000. Alabama Alabama river, 40.000; BacK warrior and Tom Bigb e, 115,000; Tom Bigbee. from Demopobs, Ala., to Columbus, Mis , 50,000. The Only One of His Kind. Prof. J. W. Hoffman, of Tuskegoe Instl tute, the only distinguished negro scientific agriculturist of America, has been elected a member of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society la recognition of the work he is do ing tor the race along scientific lines and for originating a new variety of strawberry a few years ago, now cultivated from New Jersey te Florida and along the Pacific coast. Prof, Hoffman's worth has been recognized by members la leading societies in this coun try ana Europe. Total Visible Supply of Cotton. The total visible supply of cotton for the world is 8,286,849 bales, of which 2.837.649 are American against 4.403,385 bales and 4, 117,185 bales respectively last year; receipts of cotton tHis week at all interior towns 20. 645 bales; receipts from the plantations 37, 690 hales; erop in sight 6.401,886 bales. THfi FIFTY-FOURTH COXGRKS. A Synopsis of tbe Pr coedlogs of Both '.Houses. . THE SENATE. WXDKESD.V. , In the Senate on Wed ii pdiy Mr. Bntlcr, of North Carolina, introduced a milwhich wa3 referred to tbe flp.nc committee, providing that payment of notes, uSlU, checks, etc., shall be in legal tender money, irrespective of any stipulation in the ooutract. lie ex plained that his object was to stop gold mortgages and gold notes. It did not affect existing contracts. A committee of conference was ordered on thn legislative appropriation bill, and Messrs. Cullum, Teller and Call were appointed con ferees of the Senate. A resolution heretofore offered by. Mr. Call, for an inquiry by tho committee on public lands as to the patenting of unsurveyed lands in Florida, waa laid before tho Senate and referred to the committee on public lands. Tne postofflce appropriation Mil wastasen up, the question being on the amendment ! coffee were twelve pounds to the dol reported by the appropriations committee, j , Wa m11mi W few vpar(1 hmrA allowing 80.000 additional compensation to the Oceania Stoatnsbip Company for carry ing tho mails from Sau Francuco to Ne,w Zealand and New South Wales. At the su .irestlon of Mr. Allison, chairman of the com mittee on appropriations, the atnendment as t, the Oceanic Steamship Company was pass ed over without action and the rest of the bill was procee ed with and agreed to. Mr. Allison said, however, that he expected to have final action on the bill Thursday as it was expected that the Senate would not be in session on Good Fri-iay. TUUBbPAY. Most of the tiraw oi tbe Senate Thursday was devoted to the discust-ion of the right of Mr Dupont. of I)' lewaro to a seat in that body. No.vote was taken. The remainder of the day's session was :aken up in the discussion of an amendment io the postom .e appropriation bill, relating to the consolidation of suburban postoflices and changing theia iuto stations and sub stations. No result was reached and thi Senate adjourned until Monday next. MONDAY. In the Senate on Mondav Gorman, Demo crat, of Maryland, attacks the Postmaster General in couuection to small postoflices near large towns. A message announcing the aotion of tn llouso oa tno t:uoan reso- utions was received by tie 8:nate, TCE.-L'AY. In the Senate on Tuesday Mr. Butler (Pop), of North Carolina, introduced a joint resolu tion proposing an amendment to the consti tution of the United States, limiting tna-ires-ident's veto power. It proposes that a pres idential veto may be overcome by a majority vote (instead of a two-thirds vote;, in botn bouses; also that an orders, resolutions ana votes to bich a concurrence of both houses may be necessarj . except on the question of adjournment, shall be prese: ted to the Presi dent, and shall be approved Dy mm oeiore they take effect. It was referred. THE HOUSE. WEDNESDAY. The House devoted the whole of Wednesda to the consideration of the sundry civil ap propriation bill. THURSDAY. On Thursday the consideration of the sun dry civil appropriation bill was practically closed in the House, and the bill was passed as reported from the committee of the whole. Mr. Hitt reported from tne committee on foreign affairs the resolution asking the Pres ident to transmit to Congress ail correspond ence in the State Department since Decem ber 1st, 1895. relating to offers of mediation or intervention by the United States in tho affairs of Venezuela, and it was agreed to. FRIDAY. On Friday before the Cuban matter camn up. tne House passea a private pension bills, which had been favorably acted upon nt previous Friday night sessions. In the course of this part of the proceeding?, Speak er Reed reversed bis famous rullug in tne Fifty-first Congress which has been the sub ject of bo much controversy, and declared that a majority ot tne actum memDersnip or the House constituted a quorum. In the Fifty-first Congress he held that it required a majority of the actual membership of the House constituted a quorum. In the Fifty- nrbt Congress h held that it required a ma- joritv of all the members elected to tho House to mate a quorum irrespective or vacancies. Mr. Hooker, of New York, reported tho river and harbor appropriation bill for the year endiug June 30th, 18117, which will be called up Monday. A bill was passed asking the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi river at St. Louis. Mr. Hitt called up the report ot the con ference committee on the Cuban resolutions. The report recommended the adoption of the resolutions as passed by the Senate. The report was discussed at length, no vote was taken. It is probable that the resolutions will be adopted Saturday. SaTLBDAT. In tbe House on Saturday Mr. Hitt, of Illinois, called up the conference report on the Cuban lesolutions. Mr. Turner, Democrat, of Georgia, argued somewhat elaborately against the resolutions. He sard: "My regret is that in so grave a 'matter, involving delicate foreign affairs, we nave so little information on wmcn to pre dicate our action. I yield to no man in my ; sympathy lor any people struggling for ;freedom,but it is not a question of sympathy. It is a question which effects our own in terests and which relates to. our duty as a member of the family of nations. It also deals with our duty under treaty stipulations With other nations. These, as Mr. Turner said, involved all the reasons which he advanced for opposing the resolutions. In the course of bi9 remarks fjklr. Turner referred to the trying circum stances in which the Southern States stood inuring the reconstruction period following the rebellion, and called the attention of th House to the fact that in Cuba there existed a condition which was not equalled in any Southern State. Tho Anglo-Saxon race had the instinct of government and no other race jiad it in nearly so large a degree. A con tention for tho mastery between the two races in Cuba, Mr. Turner, said, would be in evitable. Haviig had a:i experience in re construe' ion he would not willingly undergo it again nor do aught to bring about condi tions of things in any country that would re peat there that experience. ; MONDAY. In the House on 3i unday the Cuban re solution were adopted by a vote of 245 to 27. Wactsworth, Bpubliean, of New York, ar ranged to put up the garden seeds in pack ages of flvo instead of fifteen, aa first ar ISnjred, making 2,025,000 packages instead of 052,000 for tbe nee of members of congress.an Ideational expense of $5,000. The river and arbor bill wa passed under tbe suspension ef the rules by a vote of 216 to 40. TUESDAY. There was no session of the House on Tuesday. Ii GRAIN ANDJTKADE CONGRESS. AH Farmers and Grain Merchants Should Take a Rand In tbe Meeting. On the 29th of April there will be a meet ing of the South and West Grain and Trade Qongress in Charleston, 8. C. This indus trial enterprise was organized in April, 1894, And resulted from a movement which was undertaken to bring about a eloser trade r lation between tbe South and West. Reali sing the importance of such a step and hop (pjr, by an effort of this kind, to reduce the exec-Five cost of transportation, the farmers of Kansas, Missouri and other Western States came together for the purpose of con sultation, and tbe present Congress was the fesult of that initial meeting. Though little has yet been accomplished in the aggregate, Btucb good has resulted in the way of hope ful indications for the future, and some prac tical results have been achieved. The last two meetings of the Congress were held in th- Northwest, and the breadth of the move ment is distinctly set forth by the selection Of Charleston, as the place of meeting this year. The farmers and grain merchants of Ihe South will find it to their interest to co operate with these enterprising men and, if i oseible, to be on hand at the convention. ' ' ' 1 North Carolina Tobacco Centres. I According to the Raleigh News and Observer, the following are the tobac co centres of the State: Durham, Win ston, Henderson, Louiaburg, Oxford, Beidsville, Roxboro, Raleigh, Greens boro, Statesvilie, Warrenton, Rocky Mount, Wilson and Greenville, BILL ARP'S LETTER. SOME REMARKS ON THE P ENT POLITICAL SITUATION, William Says the United States Senate Should be Abolished. These times remind me very much of the times when I sold goods nearly fifty years ago, when cotton was to 7 Dents a pound and bacon about the same as cotton; chicken were 12$ cents, eggs 5 cents a dozen and sweet potatoes 25 cents a bushel ; sugar and lar. We called those few years hard times and the negroes felt the pressure too and improvised a song with a cho rus of "Hard Times Gome Again No More." But gradually there came on a change for the better and prices of everything advanced just as oottoa ad vanced. That i why cotton was called king. It seemed to regulate every thing. And tote thought that these hard times would soon pass, but they show no sign. Nearly everything has come down to hard times prices and the I consumers could live cheap enough if tbey couia get anything to do. There is the rub. The Irishman who came over here complained that chickens were 2 shil- tngs apiece and said he could get one over in Ireland for a sixpence. "Well, why dident you stay over there and bny them? said the market man. "Faith and begorra, I oouldent get the sixpense, be replied, mat is tbe con sumers fix now. The necessaries of life are oheap enough. The farmers and producers claim that they are too cheap. They want some kind of a tar- in max win mase everytnmg tney nave it ii i at ... it : I to buy as cheap aa dirt and raise the price of what they have to sell. An Irishman heard a Dutch butcher say that the way to make money "vas to buy sheep (cheap) and sell deer (dear.") He dident understand how that could be done and asked a Scotchman, who ruminated over it, and said it was to buy mutton and sell it for venison. But we can't do that. Onr young men who are every year swarming to the front are ready and willing to work, but they can't get work to do. No wonder that they leave their homes and go west or to Mexico and Brazil. I was ruminating about advising some of them to go to Central America and raise coffee. There mast be money in that business. For years and years I sold coffee at twelve pounds to the dollar and I don't understand why it advanced to double lh old nriflA and for vears has main- tained it. I was reading about the island of Jamaica and found that for thirty years the product averaged 25, 000,000 pounds a year, but when in 1843 England emancipated her slaves there, the production dropped in ten years' time down to 3,000,000 pounds. Iu fact, everything dropped away down except rum and that still holds its own. I wish that I was a great statesman and could see through all this tangled up business like the X rays penetrate dark and hidden things and bring them to the light. I remember when the great national question before the peo ple was whether the government should make internal improvements or not. The Whigs said it should and the dem ocrats said no and the democrats car ried it. At the next election the par ties changed sides and a system of in ternal improvement began. Appro priations were made for rivers and harbors and custom houses and post offices and this policy has been estab lished and gets wider aud bigger as the years roll on. Then again there was the great question about declaring war with Mexico and later on about -nexing Texas and the presidential el c tions turned on these issues. Now vie have got the tariff and the currency and party lines are very much unset tled. But as the preacher said: "Even this will pass away." Georgia is to be the forum of the great discussion and the people are to be the judges. I am triad that it will be over so soon. Let the people hear and then make choice. It is no new thing ; it is old and the people have been reading about it for three years and almost everybody is ready for the vote. I like this way of the people having a voice in the choice of a senator. Why not? What is tbe difference between a senator aud a rep resentative? The old-time theory was that the senators represented the states and the representatives tbe people. A hundred yeatsago there was something in that, but there is nothiug now. In my opinion the people should elect the senators just like they do the governor and all other offices. And the next best thing would be to abol ish the senate. It was intended to be an assembly of old men counsellors in wisdom, and who would protect tbe rights of the states, and a small state has as much power as a large one. J3ut that is a thing of the post. States rights have gone into a state of innoc uous desuetude an l money has more to do with a senator's fitness than age or wisdom. There is no good reason why Rhode Island should have as much power as Texas or Pennsylvania. If population should settle it, then New York should have fortyreight senators. If territory should settle it, then Texas should have 2,000 in proportion to Rhode Island's two. But we don't need such a body at all. One house is enough and there is no good reason in eighty-four men in the senate over riding 300 in the house. The consti tution requires a senator to be thirty years old ; he should be sixty. Then he would have more sense and less ambition. Well, I never voted for a senator in my life and many an one has been fili bustered through the legislature that I would not have voted for and the peo ple would not have chosen. A shrewd ambitious man can play "paHez vous" with 200 men, but he can't do it with 200,000 so let us all vote this time, t And now let the great battle for the next president come on. This is an age of surprises aud the democracy is not dead, nor its great principles aban doned. I wouldn't bet on its success, but we were not very sanguine .the last time. The populists will be in the fight pretty strong and there is no telling whioh way the cat is going to jump. Both parties are bidding for their vote and some wise men predict that there will be no election by the ' 1 " ' i ii r ' people ; bat MoKinley and his south ern friends are sanguine and jubilant. One of them made a speech in our town and said, with uplifted band, "that Charley McKinley would sweep the deck of the old ship of state like Napoleon Bonaparte swept the field at the battle of Waterloo." And all the colored brethren shouted, amen. But if we have got to take a republican, I belieir I had rather risk McKinley than any of tbem. He has never abused the south maliciously, nor malignantly, and that i my test of a northern man. Ba;. Ap.p, in Atlanta Constitution. ELKGRAPHiC TICKS. The jW. C. T. U. will hold its next National convention at Bt. Louis, Nov. 18 to IB. Mr. (Terrell, United States Minister at Constantinople, has arrived in Washington. Secretary Carlisle will not contest for the nomination of candidacy for Presidential nomination at the! Chicago Convention. senator xsutier has introduced a bill ati Washington providing for the establishment of a postal telegraph aystemjby the government. A bill taxing electric light and gas companies one-half of 1 iier cent, o gross receipts has passed both houses of the Ohio legislature. A number of mass meetings held in Tennessee endorsed McKinley. Collat Bros., Savannah, Oa., has been gutted by fire. Insurance, 871, 200 on stock and $13,100 on building. Tho estimated value of 6tock wup $80,000. Mrs.; Mary Lease is to take a trip around! the world. Col. W. C. P. Breckenridge, of Kentucky, is cominar to the front again i - w for re-election to Congress Everything is again quiet in Hayti. The friends of Cuba in all parts of the world are enthiisinntii! over the action bf Cangress in recognizing ita belligerency. A farliner in Illinois kills Lis wi!'o and two-year-old child in a most brutal manner. The marriage of Ex-President Har rison and Mrs. Dimmick solemnized at Bt. Thomas' Church, New York. A hundred he re power engine ex plodes in Ohio injuring three hit n a id doing S7.),000 damage. i iTffn i Consumptive Cured ar Abbeville. Dr. Karl. Van Ruck nnnouces through the New Orleans Parish Medical Society the discovery of a cure for consump tion. It is said that the eociotv will recommend its use by the State and city authorities. Dr. Van Buck haB been making a study of tuberculosis and Priof. Koch's lymph for several years. About a year ago he conceived the idea of a lymph which shonul ein body al of the curative properties of the Ivoph discovery without the ter rible reactionary effect which proved so fatal in the American experiments a lymph without the toxino elemeuts, His experiments have been conducted at A6haville. S. G..& and the results havo beu btartlinglv successful. The record ifor the year shows com plete cures. Shot His Daughter. There; is a sensation at Gold Hill, Rowan bounty, due to the shooting o Miss Francis Trextor, bv hi r father. 7 She had! a sweetheart, who took her to church, i Her futher, who opposei their courtship, got a gun and jawaitec their return, intending to kill her lover. She returned alone, however, and heri father told her how ho hat intended to kill her lover if he bat Come with her, when the gun was dis charged j and the entire load entered her thigh, tearing it to pieces. Some believe the shooting was not accidental. When a man is nsleep, and forgets that he s alive, is his happiest time. A "stejady" man seerqs to be more ad mired bf women than any other kind. SIS BACK ALMOST BBOKEtfr 4 GEORGIA FARMER'S CI DENT. 8ERIOUS AO- Walls Plowing- in the Field 17 Attempt! to U-.ier- a Pine Stump and In jure ilia - pine. Frotn the IshmaeUte, Sparta, Ga. "Did you notice the man who just passed as?" asked a gentleman of a reporter. "Yes, what about him?" asked the re porter, j "How ojd would you take him to he?" "Oh, abut thirty-five, I guess.' 'Well, you have made the same mistake that manj others have ma le. That is Mr. Oeo. Bradley, and he is fl:ty years of ae." A few nays later tho reporter was intro duced to Mr. Bradley and commented on his youthful appearance. He aeeaW please:!, aad in explaining the reason for it, inci dsntly tola-of a once serious accident to him self. "It will Ibe twenl y years next spring," con tinued MrJ Bradley, "that I was breaking up land for fotton in the northern p:trt of th State, and! my plow stuck under a large pin;' root. I loosed mv plnw and toM mythre- boys to hay tbe root pul!?d up by the tlm i eamearouind again. When 1 returned 1 found the root still there, and thinking th boys werejaot trying to get It up, I told them to get out of the way aud I would pull it uj myself. "I grabbed it with both hand and gave o jerk wbi h broke It and almost did the sam with my bkok. I had to quit work forborne time, in fnt. I was never able to do any more very laborious work. I suffered all tbf time; I (tried several doctors and many methods 4f treatment, but nothing wouki ease the terrible pain 1 suffered. Night and day it was" ihe same. "I moved to Massachusetts aad. staved there several years, during which time I tried several more doctors, but with the sanu disappoiatjing results. I came to this place fifteen years ago, aad bad beeome almost a faysi0al wrog. I suffered most excruciat ng pitas and had given up ail hope of ever being well! again. One day last year I saw aa aooount of a similar case which had been cured by 0;r. Williams' Pink Pills, aad 1 de cided to try them. I purehas"d six boxes, and by theltime I had taken them, 1 was en tirely free from pain and had gained twenty pounds, and I have sever been troubled since with mv back." Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People are considered an unfailing specific for such diseases as locomotor ataxia, partial paraly sis, St. Vitus' dance, ftciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism. nervoUe Beadaohe, the after ef fects of lc grippe, palalta-ion of the beart, Cde and sallow complexions, that tired feel e reeultina from nervous prostration, all diseases resulting from vitiated humors in tbe blood, such as scrofula, chrooie erysipe las, eta. Thev are also a specific for troubles neeallar to femaies. such as suppressions irresmlaritles. and all forms of weakness. Ia men they effect a radical cure in all cases arising ren mental worry, overwork or ex eeaeea of whatever nature. Dr. Williams' Piak PM are sold bv all dealers, or will be sent post pat i on receipt of price, SO cent a box or six Iboxea for 2.50 (they are never sold in bulk or Dy tae iju), py aaaresssuur svr Williams' Medtetac Oi. . Weaeetady, N. Y YOU paper an 1 book which you .ou't urn ioioo up u ou nau so ue eosapaet beolt which would give the in formation Jn a few lines? not be obliged to b anile Awenty-pouaf' encyclopedia coning 125 or U am bk f in tamps sent to BOOK PUB LISHING HOUSE, I 34 Leon- II" ard Street, M. Y. City wilt futnisb 3 oi, postpaid, with just ueh V a book, conjoins J& page, welt illustrated, with oomp'.ats hantfy Iadsx. Do you know who Crcsstu wts. aad where he lived? Whotatlt the Pyramids, anl when? That sound travel H25 feet pr saut4t What is tbe leanest rivar in the world? That Marco Polo invents I the compass in and who Marco Tolo was? That tbe Cordlan Enot 50 e. Af n1atiaf ana a (Mt ... , bout. Buy it at the 7ol a dollmr mnd UdFEOVE I'OVRSELf.- IB vrm Paper TEil'yKAilV, ALABASTINE ; Th Dooto "Ons Uyr of , paptorltbadaaaujra. tcu ne s art nro. wbnnrMo?(r Tcr rilLC Sourwtr 'torkrtfrstanvon'inefiUoolrtlilTipffi 1'a-'raB iSaaida. liieh. r uas can no c wmve The Letter :" An exchange says "e" is the most unfortunate letter in the alphabet be cause it is never in eash, always in debt and out oi danger. Our exehange forgets that the aforesaid letter is never in war but alwavs in peace. It is tbe beginning of existence) the commence ment of ease aisd the end of trouble. Without it there would be no bread, no meat, no water, no life, no gospel, no redemption. The consensus of milltarv opinion is that if a reoonquest ot the Soudan is intended a picked for or nrttisn ana inaian troops, 20,000 strong, will be necessary. Gladness Comes With a better understanding of the transient nature of the many phys ical ills which vanish before proper ef forts gentle efforts pleasant efforts rightly directed. There la comfort in the knowledge that so many forms of sickness arc not due to any actual dis ease, but simply to a oonstmated condi tion of the system, which tno pleasant family laxative, Syrup of Firs, prompt ly removes. That is why It Is the only remedy with millions of fnmilies, and is everywhere estccined so highly by all who value good health. Its beneficial effects are due to tho fact, that it is the one remedy wliich promotes internal cleanliness, without debilitating the organs on which it acts. It is therefore all Important, in order to get its bene fioial effects, to note when you pur chase, that you have the genuine article, which is manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only, and Bold by all rep utable druggists. If in the enjoyment of good health, and the system is regular, then laxa tives or other remedies are not needed. If afflicted with any actual disease, one may be commended to the most skillful physicians, but if in need of a laxative, then one should have the best, and with the well-informed everywhere, Syrup of Figs stands highest end is most largely used and gives most general satisfaction. ASK YOUR DEALER FOR W. L. Douglas S3. SHOE EESJo&D!HE If you pay 84 to SO for shoes, ex- amine the W. L. Douglas Shoe, and 9 see what a good shoe you can buy for wv sj OVER IOO STYLES AND WIDTHS, CONGRESS, BUTTON, and LACE, made In all kinds of the best selected leather by skilled work men. We make and Sell more $3 Shoes than any other manufacturer in the world. None genuine unless name and price is stamped on the bottom. Ask rour dealer for our 5, 84, 93150, 83.50, 82.25 Shoes; 8.50, 8 : and 91.75 for boys. TAKE HO SUBSTITUTE. If your dealer cannot supply you, send to fac tory, enclosing pi ice and 36 cents to jv.7 carriage. State kind, style of toe (cap cr plain), size and width. Our Custom Dept. wll! fill your order. Send for,new Illus trated Catalogue to Box R. W. L. DOUGLAS, Brockton, Mass. have washing What can not sympathy, that you want for washing and cleaning. Nothing else that's safe to use will save you so much down right hard work at the washtub or about the house. It saves ight too savqs the ruinous wear on clothes and paint money from needless rubbing. to Brown Chemical 4 i7n m jStreajrthens the I Brown's muscles, tones! J Iron digestion, puri- j I fies the blood, f I BltterS improves the J complexion. I Co. r mJkJ Pr 4W Pssr ' ssp . sssr ssr j - come across expressions and reference in the AtTu fully understand, and which yoa would u. At . , very low vrico ot Rfi OFTEN ALABASTINE. IT WON'T RUB OFF. 14 I osnJtr.rv MOTS, KCBS OFF A.VD H ALEM. Tnre. wnnfreat an 4 artlsrn walI-coati.p. Tr y fr th bruob mixing in cat watar. Far Kale by Palat Dealers Ererywhere. ITDFC A Tint Card Fhowtair IS desiraWe tint, also llahullui WE HAVE NO agents. WW- lW Sa,at l I Jir'tn th....- bu t as 1 1 u i reel to t B eiatm r at vbaWiai prirc. KM, anyvrhn for samlnstion bo'or ta!. Krarythin- wan ttl.. too styles of Car. rlagae, eo styles of Har nes,i styles P.iJiojSad. die. Write for ct.ilou. Euurxir Carrias Haratu 11 C Kkbatt lad. w.B.rar.sy. c 6vn fs a vigorous feeder and re sponds well to liberal fertiliza tion. On corn lands the yield increases and4;he soil improves if properly treated with fer tilizers containing not under 7 actual Potash. A trial of this plan costs but little and is sure to lead to profitable culture. Our pamphlets are not adverttsiS circulars boom, ing special fertiliers, but are practical works, contain ing Utest researches on the subject of fertilization, and re really helpful to farmers. They are ienl free io lUatkiBf. GERMAN KALI WORKSr 03 Nassau St.. New Yccfc Mrs. Annie T. Risley, of No. 1ST t South 60th St., Philadelphia, is the Wife of a prominent real estate agent and moves in high soeial olreles. She is also a membor of the Presby terian Church. Uuier date of Sep tember lllh, 1835, Mrs. gy writes "I write to thank you for the bone fleial results from the use of Itipaoa Tabules. I sar them advertised, j aod though I rarely put muohj confidence in patent medieines, I decided to try them. 8inee I beau taking them my dyspopala has di minished and 1 can feel that it fc ; leaving me. My complexion has improved, and I feel like n new woman not the 'new wotn;in' nf the present fad, but a rejuvenate and physically renoneralod-beinfc. (Signed). Mae. A. T. Bifucr." Ri(.aas Tabule are )ia by iruM , or ay mart U tbe prise eeaia a tx, 1 e'U (o i '-'r - CheniieAl Company, No. 1 Spmco L, e Xir. Baniete vKl. lu Seel. Pi ftyljftivi e i thor yrtu how to riite a..y: BD 01 j.-it '.r-; wtit r ntin tiie wrx aad t-n yi.a cm w.irk la iu lwiity h-r.- yuo dt moiI u, to n.- vrtdmn' and we will taplaln th rninnun ra'Jy; remain ;r w gaar a .i a -lpr ir;fl: ' a) lot -nr ay' '. a irk: ao.-oaitiw. nr5; . writ si aaca. T UORGAS.lfaiiBger, Baa LF. DETROIT. MICH ICAX. PAYING POSITIONS tlUAIt V'tkko in writing .gJSSST epic soar .a halv the tisi r U2 OKOKUIA n)H. COl-LKfcK, Macesj, taa. CREY'S LIVER PSLLS 'nrnl: Liver fon-.plalnt', Coustipntlon, mil aa, T.wpldlty, Liver Sy t.-, J vnn lice. Ascites, tc. Rjld iv -iru-'ifists or nt oroW on 1 ec-pt of price, !i5e. ri lal aiie. 1 Uc. GUK Y Mti. CO., ifi 4- lOWi-r , N. T. OPIUM snd WHISKY ha'rfts.rnrJ. Boek (frt raaa. fir. s. x. "dOLurr, sTUJiTi, si. 8. N. 15. V. What s your husband's vdl to do anything as hard as your and scrubbing? It cant be. a man do that's as hard, for most men, as tms constant noasc drudgery is, for most women? If he has any sympathy for you, tell him to get you some Pearline. Sympathy is all very well, but itT Pearline, 4 4 i i i i 4 4 4 Baltimore, MrJ. T i 1 M I If