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GRAND BUT AWFUL
SNOW SLIDES IN THE BRITISH
COBUMBI A MOUNTAINS.
They Represent a Power for Destruc
tion, Grand to Contemplate Yet Often
Horrible in Reality Picturesque in
its Awfulness, it Presents a Scene
That Can be Better Imagined Than
Described.
Imagine if you can the very roughest
bit of nature you have ever seen, or
take a newspaper, crumple it into a
ball, and placing it on a table suppose
all its raised parts to be peaks, and
the hollows ravines ; picture the sharp
edges as ridges more or less timbered,
the hollows bare, smooth or steep as
the roof of the steepest house you
know of, and you have an idea of the
mountains and gorges of the Slocan in
British Columbia.
Let us suppose we are standing
near the summit of one of these ridges
on a bright sunny day in January. It
has been snowing continually for days,
and the " beautiful" lies in plenteous
prolusion everywhere, six to eight feet
deep in the timbered ridges, and any
depth you like in the ravines ; the sun
gets warmer; up above you, near the
crest of the mountains, little bits of
crystals detach themselves and go
rolling down the slope; a tiny crack
forms at your feet and widens across
the gulch ; in an instant the whole
snowy mass is in motion, and with a
hissing, rustling sound and an up
heaval along its edges, goes hurling
down the gorge. Faster and faster it
glides; the air is filled with snowy
fumes ; where you stood it was a livu
let ; a thousand feet below it is a mad
torrent ; the noise increases as it gains
momentum.
Rocks are torn loose, broken to
atoms or ground to powder, trees
upturned and broken to pieces, logs
smashed to splinters. At half a mile
on its path it presents a crest of twenty
to thirty feet in height and moves
faster than an express train ; woe
betide any living thing in its way now.
Nothing made by man can stand
before it, the wind of its creation is a
hurricane, a cloud of snow and dust
follows in its wake ; in a seething
torrent it pours over rock and preci
pice, and moving resistlessly on leaves
in its track broken and crushed frag
ments of rocks and trees and the
smooth and polished crevasses in the
gorge. The thunder dies; is gone;
and the avalanche is passed. Down
at the foot of the slope, a mile away,
mountains of snow tossed up in hope
less chaos, a wild tangle of rocks,
earth, trees and logs remain to mark
the slide, and often, alas ! too often,
the bodies of brave men caught in its
rush lie buried in its icy embrace.
All around you can hear, day and
night, the distant, muffled roar of
passing avalanches. They come and
go at all times and at all hours ; each
year a new one is created, for the older
ones are well known. They have
claimed their blood tribute ; each has
it: record of brave men done to death.
These avalanches are everywhere ;
there is not a wagon road or a moun
tain trail that does not cross the path
of several. On the Kaslo-Slocan road
to New Denver there are five or six ;
on the winter road to Sandon and
Cody Creek, four ; all trails to the
mines cross and re-cross these moving
destroyers ; yet - at the season of
greatest danger there is more traffic on
these roads and trails than on many
highways in civilization. Marvelous
escapes are an everday matter. No
one hesitates or delays on account of
the peril to be incurred. Often, very
often, the snow slide passes a few feet
from the ore-laden pack team, but not
always with warning. In an instant
men and animals are overwhelmed
and tossed like straws in the boil of
seething snow ; it is merciful that
death is instantaneous.
The force of the wind created by
one of these larger slides is well nigh
incredible; in the valley of the Ulecil
lewaet, on the line of the Canadian
Pacific, tree tops are cut off by the
force of the wind on the opposite side
of the ravine through which the ava
lanche descends. The snow is pressed
into the hardness of ice, and literally
tears or grinds to powder everything in
its path. The many deplorable fatali
ties that have lately occurred in the
Slocan, are partly due to the destruc
tion of the timber on the wooded
slopes by the fearful fires of last sum
mer ; the trees holding up the snow
and preventing sliding. We read of
many brave and heroic acts ; but surely
the patient courage that daily takes
even chances with death on the slopes,
and in the mountains of the Slocan,
deserves more than a passing tribute.
A Household Treasure.
I). W. Fuller, of Canajoharie, N. Y., says
that he always keeps Dr. King! New Dis
covery iu tlie house and his family has
alwavs found the very best results follow
its use; that he would not be without it, if
procurable. U. A. Dvkeruan, Druggist,
C'atskill, X. Y., says that Dr. King's Sew
Discovery is undoubtedly tlie best cough
remedy j "that lie has used it in his family
for eight years, and it has never failed to
do all that" is claimed for it. Why not try
a remedy so long tried" and tested ? Trial
Unties free at Melville Dorsey's drug store.
Regular size 50c. and $1-00.
Capt. J. V. Wallace, of Morehead
City, has a duck that is laying black
eggs. She has laid fifteen and is laying
yet. The eggs bear the appearance of
having been dyed. Mr. R. W. Wal
lace brought one of the eggs, the
lightest colored one, up to New Berne
and left it at the Journal office. New
Berne Journal.
ALONE.
Ladies' Home Journal.
Since she went home
Jionger the evening shadows linger here,
The winter days fill so much of the year,
And even summer winds are chill and
drear,
Since she went home.
Since she went home
The robin's note has touched a minor
strain.
The old glad songs breathe a sad refrain.
And laughter sobs with hidden, bitter
pain.
Since she went home.
Since she went home
How still the empty rooms her presence
blessed ;
Untouched the pillow that her dear head
pressed ;
My lonely heart hath nowhere for its rest,
Since she went home.
Since she went home
The long, long days have crept away like
years.
The sunlight has been dimmed with doubts
and fears,
And the dark nights have rained in lonely
tears.
Since she went home.
R. J. BCRDETTE.
HUGHES ON DANIEL7
I Lewisburg (W. Va.) Independents
Judge Robert W. Hughes, of the U.
S. Court for the Eastern district of
Virginia, has recently written a very
interesting letter to the Norfolk Pilot,
in which he speaks in the highest
terms of Senater Daniel as an authority
on the silver question. He says of the
Senator that he is not a sciolist on
any subject, and is as deeply read in
finance as in law, his speeches in the
Senate on the subject of metallic money
being quoted everywhere, especially
by text writers. He says he prefers
Major Daniel for Senator above all
the men in Virginia Democrats or
Republicans. Judge Hughes is a
Republicen, but a very enthusiastic
ad vocate of the white metal, and has
himself written extensively on the
subject. His opinion of Major Daniel,
as an authority on the money issue, is
particularly interesting just now, seeing
that the Senator will be a member of
the proposed international monetary
commission.
Referring to the interest England
has in the maintenance of the gold
standard, the Judge quotes from a
London banker the following senti
ments uttered twenty-five years ago
and before our own fatuous Congress
demonetized silver :
" If we break the French ratio of
J54 to 1 ad the American ratio of
1 6 to i, by demonetizing silver, it will
do more for England than conquests
by arms, on both land and sea, for a
thousand years. England is a creditor
nation. Her greatest rival is the
United States. The American Re
public will soon rival us as a creditor
nation of the world. The only way
to prevent it is to keep her in debt to
us. We can do that only by cheapen
ing her products. If we can induce
the United States and other nations to
demonetize silver, this is what the
result will bes We will use their
cheap silver to buy wheat and cotton
in India and all values will fall in
proportion to the fall of wheat, cotton
and silver. The American products
must meet this competition from
India, and down will come all their
prices. We will destroy silver, one of
the principal sources of their wealth,
and with the general fall in values we
will destroy their balance of trade
with Europe. With their wonderful
recuperative powers, if they still force
a balance of trade in their favor, we
must overcome it by creating a
balance of money in settlement by
means of gold interest on bonds and
loans. What would make the United
States the dominant nation of the
world would be her net balance of
trade. At bi-metallic prices for their
cereals, backed with large production
of gold and silver, they would be
richer than England and all Europe,
in another quarter of a century. They
would own their own debts, and all
the world would be paying them
interest. We must destroy this balance
of trade in their favor. To do it we
must demonetize their silver. It is
the key to the situation. All the rest
will follow."
The Sew Revenue Act.
The new revenue act makes the poll
tax $1.29, State tax 213 cents, pen
sion tax 3J3 cents, school tax 18 cents.
Total, 43 cents on the ?ioo. Build
ing and loan stock will be taxed like
bank stock, and both must pay taxes
directly, through cashiers. Income
taxes are increased from 1-5 of 1 per
cent, to of 1 per cent, on excess
over $1,000 to $5,000. Tax on cigars
and cigarettes 5 cents per 1,000; on
manufactured tobacco cent a
pound ; all to be paid by dealers, not
by manufacturers. Persons who sell
liquors, drugs and seeds pay 2 per
cent, as license tax. Druggists who
sell liquor pay $50 license, and cannot
sell save on prescription. Liquor
manufacturer can sell on his premises
quantities as small as one quart. Tax
of 50 cents on each bed in a lodging
house is imposed. There is $10 tax
on lawyers, doctors and dentists.
J. S. Wilcox, who killed Registrar
James E. Brothers in Pasquotank
county last fall, has been tried in
Elizabeth City and convicted of mur
der in the second degree. He was
sentenced by Judge Boykin to fifteen
years in the penitentiary. An appeal
was taken and the accused bailed in
$10,000 to await the final determina
tion of the case,
PROTECTION from the grip,
pneumonia, diphtheria, fever and
epidemics is given by Hood's Sarsapa
rilla. It makes PURE DLOOD.
TRUTH TOLD
ABOUT THE ARREST OF PRESI
DENT DAVIS.
He Was Not Dressed In Woman's
Clothes as Has Often Been Alleged
What Gave Rise to the Absurd
Story The Details of the Capture
Near Macon as Narrated by One of
His Captors.
Chattanooga, Tenn., March 26.
The visit of the Wisconsin State Com
mission to this city to finally fix the
positions ot their troops at the battles
of Chicamauga in preparation for the
location of monuments, has brought to
light the real facts as to the capture of
Jefferson Davis.
The head of the Confederacy has
always been misrepresented as dressed
when taken prisoner, in women's
clothes and the enormous hoop skirts
then worn. Brig. Gen. Harry Ham
den, then Lieutenant Colonel of the
1st Wisconsin Cavalry, is present as a
member of the commission and denies
the current stories as false in this par
ticular. General Harnden, though a white
haired Veteran of seventy-three, grew
indignant when told of the story of
what he calls the gross exaggerations of
a very natural action by Mr. Davis.
In relating the story he said 'May 6,
1865, I was specially detailed from
Macon with 150 picked men of the
First Wisconsin Cavalry, the only
command then armed with Spencer
repeating carbines, by General James
H. Wilson, to overtake and capture
Jefferson Davis, who was making his
way in the path of Breckinridge and
Benjamin, South via Florida to Cuba.
Our course described a circle so that
we were overtaken by Col. Pritchard,
who was sent out two days later with
the first Michigan cavalry. The latter
rusried ahead during the night as news
of $100,000 reward offered on May
6th had reached camp before his
troops left, but we came upon them
before day break of May 10th. They
hred upon us m the dark. we re
plied and drove them back and cap
turing a Michigan cavalryman, first
discovered we were
righting our own
Col. Pritchard's
and a number
soldiers. . Two of
men were killed
wounded.
Davis was encamped with a party
of 40 or 50 about six rods away from
the skirmishing lines, just over a little
swamp, and asleep at the time, but
was awakened by the first firing, and
dressing quickly, stepped out into the
door of his tent. As he did so a pri
vate of the First Michigan cried
"Halt," but did not know who he had
captured till I approached.
The first man I saw was the Con
federate Postmaster General, Mr.
Reagan, of Texas, who very courteous
ly said: "Gentlemen, you have taken
the old gentleman himself." The sol
dier who arrested Mr. Davis said he
had a shawl thrown over his shoulders
when he first saw him. I reported
this circumstance to General Wilson.
We returned to Macon with the dis
tinguished prisoner, and the story was
telegraphed out from there, and in the
confusion the simple fact that he had
his wife's shawl around him was mag
nified into the ridiculous story that
Mr. Davis was disguised in women's
clothes. I have always branded it as
utterly false, and frequently at Post
re-unions have made myself exceed
ingly unpopular, by denying this yarn,
for untruths like that are sometimes
pleasant to believe.
I would not injure Mr. Davis, if I
could, by allowing a false impression
which I was unwillingly instrumental
in creating to prevail. The capture
took place in a forest of pine trees,
near Irwinville, Irwin county,
where Mr. Lavis with his small
nad pitched two tents. The
Ga.,
party
party
consisted of Mr. Davis and Reagan,
Col. Harris and his private secretary,
Mrs. Davis and her sister, teamsters
and a few unarmed soldiers. The
larger fighting escort had left him the
day before and Mr. Davis appeared
very pettish and blamed his wife in my
presence for delaying them. She was
on her way to her home in Mississippi
and Mr. Davis separation from Gen.
Bazil Duke's cavalry escort and the
delay cost him his liberty.
All other prisoners, except the
chief were paroled. The fallen chief
tain as he then appeared was tall,
thin featured and nervous but very
dignified and stately and would pass
as a high-toned gentleman in any
crowd, while he was dressed modestly,
but unusually well for the time.
IT STOPS T&E PROGRESS
of Consumption. The maker
of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery are certain of it.
They're proved it for yean past
and they're willing to sell it
with tho agreement that if it
doesn't benefit or cure, in atwry
case, they'll return the money.
Consumption is that scrofulous
condition that comes from Im
pure blood. The " Discovery "
prevents it, if taken in time ;
cures it completely. If you
haven't waited too long; givei
relief and comfort, even in ad
vanced cases.
Use it in severe, lingering
Coughs, Asthma, Weak Lungs,
and every Bronchial, Throat,
and Lung Affection.
D. C. ROSC.HBA.LM, KSQ.. Of
Dutch. Orainoer Co writes
as follows: I had been roing
down in strength and weight for
months. I was not able to stir and
I smotbered very often. After
taking; ' Dlaoovery ' my couch
was relieved, I oould walk three
miles without trouble, catching
cold don't distress me now. As
long as I live I'll praise ' Q. M. D." "
The State Convention of the Kings
Daughters will be held in New Berne
from the 15th to 17th of May.
EXACTLY SO.
There is, alas ! too much of truth
In the following, from the Goldsboro
Argus :
Mr. Robert Barr, a humorist who
mude a name tor himself in Araeriaan
journalism under the alias "Luke
Sharp" and has achieved a more
enduring reputation in England under
his own name, says :
The United States is the only civi
lized country in the world that takes
its literary opinions from another
country. Its attitude toward Englaud
in this matter ia abject, cringiug, and,
what is more astoundin?, financially
idiotic, fo I am thoroughly convinced
that somerbig fortunes are to be made
right here iu New York by the men
who first realize that America can be
as great in literature as she is in busi
ness ami inventions.
ROBERT BARR.
As a personal experience, he says
that he offered a book of sketches by
"Luke Sharp" to every publishing
house in America and it was rejected
by every one of them. He offered it,
under his undistinguished real name,
to an English firm, which accepted it
at once ; whereupon the author had
offers for its re-publication by three of
the American houses which originally
refused to touch it. " I have not the
slightest doubt," he adds, " that the
great American novel has been repeat
edly offered in New York, repeatedly
rejected, and at last burned in despair
by the disappointed authors who then
turned their attention to civil engineer
ing or the grocery business."
THE SOUTH'S OWN EXPOSITION.
Charlotte Observer. 1
North Carolina undoubtedly reaped
great benefit from its exhibits in the
agricultural, mining, horticultural,
forestry and fisheries buildings at the
World's Fair at Chicago. A number
ot representatives of the Observer saw
with patriotic pleasure that the indus
tries and natural advantages of the
State were being observed with inter
est by visitors. Specialists studied
our exhibits closely and reported fa
vorably on them. Letters received by
State officials from different parts of
the country, after the fair, showed
that the exhibits of the State's skill, in
dustry and resources had not been for
gotten, and better than all, the practi
cal results are seen in immigration to
the State and the investment of for
eign capital here.
Another great exposition, not of
quite such magnificent proportions as
the one just mentioned, probably, but
still not one of mean proportions, is
approaching. It is to be held in
Atlanta, Ga., the Gate City of the
South, in the fall of the present year.
This exposition is distinctly a South
ern one its aim is to show the world
what the new South is doing and has
done in the thirty years since the old
handicapping slavery system was rele
gated to history, and an unprecedented
successful era of manufacturing and
commercial prosperity entered upon.
North Carolina must not lag behind
any other Southern State at this expo
sition. The eyes of the world are
upon this heaven-favored section of
, the great Western republic. In the re-
cent panic this section withstood the
shock and crash and general wreck
and ruin better than any other part of
the country, and io much so that "all
the world wondered."
If North Carolina believes herself to
be a leading State of the new South
of industry and progress, she cannot
fail to be fully represented at the At
lanta Exposition.
The Legislature has refused to do
anything towards the State's represen
tation there, being too much engaged
in partisan politics and in making and
filling offices; but citizens and corpo
rations should not neglect the oppor
tunity to help themselves and the
Commonwealth by making individ
ual and corporate exhibits.
Capt. Mason's Retirement.
Xews and Observer.
Capt. Thomas W. Mason, whose
term as Railroad Commissioner having
expired, has returned to his home in
Northampton county. His retirement
to private life is nothing short of a
public calamity. He has filled the
office to which he was
personal solicitation
ability and with great
called without
with singular
satisfaction to
the people. He has held the scales of
justice evenly and has never failed to
mete out justice alike to corporation
and to the people.
In his official relations he has been
upright and capable, winning the
approval of all good citizens. In his
personal relations, he has by his cour
tesy, agreeable manners, and unselfish
ness endeared himself to all with
whom he came in contact.
I recommend Chamberlain's Pain Jlahn
for rheuuratisi:), lame back, sprains ami
swellings. There is no better lininie:t (
made. I have sold over 100 bottles of it
this year and all were pleased who used it.
J. F. PIER.SOX, druggist. South Chicago,
111. It is for sale by MellvUle lorsey,
druggist
TOBACCO MANURES.
KINDS PRODUCTIVE OF CERTAIN
RESULTS.
The Individual Peculiarities of the
Tobacco Plant Under General Culti
vation, and How it Must be Treated
Practical Tests Made With Various
Fertilizers and Their Effects Care
fully Noted Of Interest to Farmers.
T Correspondence Progressive Farmer.
The tobacco plant, probably, pos
sesses more individual peculiarities
than any other plant under general
cultivation; and because of its pecu
liarities its culture cannot be engaged
in with any measure of success by
farmers unskilled and inexperienced in
handling the crop. The difference in
grade and quality in tobacco was rec
ognized at a very early period in the
history of its cultivation and our
earliest records of sales show very
different prices, depending almost en
tirely upon quality. Notwithstanding
the early and general recognition of
difference in qualities of tobacco, we
find that there is a very decided lack
of information upon the subject of
what constitutes quality, and what are
the requisites of soil, of fertilization,
and of growth which go to make up
the desired quality.
Of course tobaccos for different pur
poses are graded upon very different
scales; bua the bulk of the crop is
used for smoking and it is smoking to
bacco that rules and sets the prices in
the market. In smoking tobacco the
flavor and aroma may be said to be
j the primary essentials and if for
j cigar making the texture, fineness of
I leaf with small veins and ribs are
i equally important factors, yet a to
, bacco may be produced possessing in
. the main all those characteristics and
j yet be very deficient incombustibility,
J that is having a poor burning quality
and, in consequence thereof, be very
nearly worthless and in order to be
used to any advantage at all must be
mixed with tobacco possessing a very
good combustibility, thus causing one
tobacco to burn and sell the other.
A good burning tobacco is one that
will continue to glow for some consid
erable time after being ignited, leav
ing a pale gray or white ash and in
cigars the ash should hold together.
There is no plant under general cul
tivation that can be modified to a
greater extent in one or all of these
essential qualities by fertilization and
cultivation than the tobacco plant, and
particularly is this true in regard to
combustibility. Experiments have
Bhown that the combustibility of to
bacco is chiefly dependent upon the
compositian of the ash; that is, upon
the proportions and combinations of
the mineral constituents of the plant.
In applying fertilizers or manure of
course it is always desirable to produce
an increase in the yield and in general
that is the primary object of fertili
zation and it is only in the increase of
yield that we commonly book the profit
from the application of manure. With
tobacco we find ourselves confronted
with a very different condition of
affairs, it often being easy to produce
an increase in the field, but the prod
uct will be of an inferior quality, and,
in consequence, its total value much
less than it would have been without
fertilization. Again, fertilizers will
often show little if any increase in
yield, but cause a decided improve
ment in quality, and thus give-return
by bringing more per pound than it
would have otherwise. The Maryland
Agricultural Experiment Station has
been making experiments along this
line and studying the effect of our
chief fertilizing elements upon the
feeding habits ofthe tobacco plant and
their ultimate effect upon its quality,
particularly the "burning quality.
These experiments, though conducted
on Maryland soils, yet have brought
I out many facts that are equally appli
cable to the crop wherever grown.
The experiments show the potash salts
to be the most potent factors in chang
ing the composition and quality of the
tobacco produced. It was shown very
plainly trut muriate of potash, kainit
and low grade sulphate of potash were
unfit for use as a tobacco fertilizer and
should never be applied to lands that
were ever to be cultivated in tobacco ;
because the chlorine which these potash
salts contain is taken up very freely
by the tobacco plant and chlorine
always produces a tobacco with bad
burning qualities. On the other hand,
high grade sulphate of potash always
improved the burning qualities. Car
bonite of potash (ashes) produces to
bacco with the best combustibility.
The application of potash was in most
cases accompanied by an increase in
yield, but in many cases the increase
was small.
Phosphoric acid proved to have but
little direct bearing upon the combus
tibility but generally produces a very
decided increase in the yield. Lime
and magnesia cam pounds in small
quantities seemed to produce little
effect pro or con, but in large quanti
ties produced a tobacco that cured
tadly and had an inferior tf-xture; the
duration of glow was considerably
larger with lime and magnesia tobacco,
but in many cases the ash was of a
bad "iolor. On the whole, while lime
and magnesia will often very materi
ally increase the yield, yet their quali
ty is -uch that their application can
not be reom mended.
The salient principles in the use of
fertilizers f:r the tobacco crop may be
summarized as follows:
ibt. Apply fertilizers with refer
ence to the improvement of the quality
rather than the quantity and never
sacrifice quality of tobacco for quan
tity. 2nd. Many things that produce
marked increase in yield make tobacco
of inferior quality.
3rd. Use concentrated fertilizers as
the extraneous matter matter not
plant food very often has the effect
of making inferior tobacco.
5th. Never apply fertilizer to to
bacco that contains much ifany chlo
rine. 6th. Chlorine always causes to
bacco to burn badly.
7th. Never apply common salts to
tobacco lands.
8th. Do not furnish the potash of
a tobacco fertilizer by means of muri
ate of potash as it produces a bad
quality.
9th. Do not apply kainit to to
bacco or tobacco lands, as it produces
a bad quality of tobacco.
10th. Do not use low grade sul
phate of potash in tobacco fertilizers
as it causes inferior quality in the
tobacco.
nth. High grade sulphate of pot
ash always improves the quality of
tobacco and generally increases the
yield.
1 2th. The tobacco having the
best combustibility was grown with
carbonate of potash, but the cost of
carbonate often excludes its use.
13th. Never apply lime to land
immediately before planting it in to
bacco. In fact its bad effects in cur
ing will sometimes last for several
years.
14th. Phosphoric acid generally
increases the yield but does not affect
the quality.
15th. Nitrogen produces in most
cases an increased yield, but no
marked effects on quality could be
detected.
i6th. Yard manure is not well
adapted to tobacco as it is apt to con
tain detrimental chlorine compounds
and contains relatively loo much ni
trogen and too little phosphoric acid
and potash. H. J. Patterson,
Chemist of Maryland Experiment Station.
ThosffVlio never read the advertisements
in their newspapers miss more than they
presume. Jonathan Kenison, of Bolan,
Worth Co., Iowa, who had been troubled
with rheumatism in his back, arms and
shoulders, read an item in his paper about
how a prominent German citizen of Ft.
Madison h ul been cured. He procured the
same mod. me, nud to use his own words :
" It cured me right up." He also says :
" A neighbor and his wife were both hick
in bed with rheumatism. Their boy was
over to my house anil said they were so bad
that he had to do the cooking. I told him
of Chamberlain's Pain Balm and how it
had cured me; he procured a bottle of it
and cured them up in a week." oO cent
bottles for sale by MeHville. 1'orsey,
druggist.
A VOICE FROM OHIO.
Norfolk Virginian.
The editor of the Farm News, pub
lithed at Springfield, Ohio, has just
returned from a trip to the South,
during which he took every pains to
get at the exact truth, with a view of
telling his readers his conclusions,
whatever they might be. "It was not
our first trip to this section of the
country," said he, "for we had been
there and staid there for months at a
time, but that was more than fifteen
years ago and to say that we were sur
prised at" the change is to express our
sentiments in a very mild manner.
" There has grown up a generation ol
young men and young women who
are free from prejudice, and ready to
welcome with a warm greeting the
stranger and wayfarer who stops with
them. Not only are the people gen
erously inclined, and as cordial as
possible to those who come from the
North, but the climate is as genial as
the inhabitants of the country. There
are possibilities for the farmer in the
South that can never exist in the
North. Lands are cheap, easily culti
vated and fertile. Railroads are ac
cessible in every part of the South,
almost, and enterprise will build them
as fast as they are needed, where they
are not now to be found. We shall
have more to say concerning this
country in future numbers. To show
what our opinion is, we need only say
that we expect to make it our home in
the future. We have a great affection
for Ohio; it is a grand old State, but in
the way of material advantages for
him who tills the soil it is not as good
a place as the South."
A Pointer For the South.
Baltimore News J
It is estimated that the South spends
annually the sum of $100,000,000 for
products, horses and mules, which
could be raised with greater profit in
that section than elsewhere. The bulk
o fthe vast sum goes to the West to
pay for grain and meats. Hefore the
war the South raised its own corn and
provisions and an agitation has been
started to return to that custom. If
less cotton were produced and more
acreage was devoted to other crops,
the finances ol Southern farmers would
be in belter shape at the end of a sea
son. Sprint; Time
Is when nearly everyone feels the need cf
some blood purnying, strength invigorating
and health producing medicine. The real
merit of Hood's Sarsaparilla is the reason
of its widesprewi popularity. The whole
system is susceptible to the most good from
a medicine like Hood's Sarsaparilla taken
at this time, and we would lay special
stress upon the time and remedy, for
history has it recorded that delays are
dangerous, the remarkable success
achieved bv Hood's Sarsaoarilla and tha
many words of praise it has received, make
it worthy or your continence. v e ask you
to give this medicine a, fair trial.
Pr. llllea' Pala Pills stoo Headache.
(RyUedicsne
Is a necessity because the tonic of winter
air is gone, and milder weather, increased
moisture, accumulated impurities In tha
blood and debilitated condition rt t!.s
body, open the way for that tired filling,
nervous troubles, aad other UN. The
skin, mucous membrane and the various
organs strive in vain to relieve the im
pure current of life. They a'l wiW.-:a
t3 &
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pariJIa to assist Nature nt this time when nhe
most needs help, to purity the blood, tone
and strengthen tho laboring organs aud
build up the nerves.
"I was almost nick in heil last spring
and I tegnn taking Hood's Sarsaparilla.
I grew U-tter in a short time ami now
whenever I feel tired and drowsy in the
morning and do n. t sleep well nt" night I
take some of Hood's Snrsnpnrilla and
about one or two f Hood's Pills". J. VY.
Saxdebs, Wise, West Virginia.
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" I have taken Hood's Sarsaparilla and
found that it gives me an appetite. It
strengthens me and purities mv Mood."
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