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The Cotton World's figures put the total crop at 6,225,- " 000 bales. All other estimates, hith erto, have placed the figures much nearer.7,000,000 bales. ; The Atlan ta Constitution says in this; connec tion : . . :- ' ... " V ' "For the past three years the esti mates of the Cotton World have been wonderfully accurate, and this is the natural and inevitable result of the system employed." Returns from every county in each State Are carefully compiled, and the aggre- gate worked out State by State. It will be seen that such a system is much more accurate than any esti mate from scattered returns could be. ., -': The figures given by the Cotton World will challenge controversy, but the probability is that they will turn out to be substantially correct. We stated a week ago that Mr. Elli son, the highest authority on cotton in1 Great Britain, estimated in his ' annual circular that the world would need this year about 6,750,000 of American cotton. 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Even if everything else has failed, you, you may depend upon this for certain. - k ,-.i Absolutely Pure. This oowder never varies. ? A marvel c purityf Btrength and wholesomeness. More economical tBan the ordinary kinds, and cannot be sold in competition with the mul titude of low test, snort weight,' alum or - phosphate powders.- Sold only . in ' cans. RoTAt Bakiso Powdee Go.. 106 Wall t.,N. Y. : ' BOOKS for SALE! The; "Prayer And Praise" is by far the most popular Song Book now m nse among our people. I constantly keep it on hand an can furnish it at the following prices : Single copy, (shaped or round notes), ?' .75 a ci iiu.eu v Per half dozen, " " . " T 1-aat nr. vni on am continually re' ceiving, an elegant line of GOOD BOOKS, BOTH RKLIillOFS and LITERARY, which I can furnish at very low prices. BIBLES and HYMN BOOKS a specialty Can get you any desired book on Bhort no wee, at publisher s prices. P. li. TOWNSEND. THE OLD KOOFTKKE. From the New York San. 'Hello, Jim ! Where have you been lately ?" shouted a broker the other evening to a, portly, finely dressed, man in the corridor of the St. James. The gentleman stopped. shook hands with his friend, and replied, ''I've been borne to see uiy old father and mother, the first time in sixteen years aod'l tell you, old man, I wouldn t have missed that visit for all my fortune." "Kinder good to visit your boy hood home, eh ?" "You bet. Sit down. I was just thinking about the old folks, , and feel talkative. V If you have a few moments to spare, sit down, light a cigar, and listen ta a story of a rich man who had almost forgotten his father and mother." They sat down, and the man told bis .story. ... "How I came to visit my home happened in a curious way. Six weeks ago I went down to Fire Is land fishing. I had a lunch put up at Crook & Nash's, and you can im agine my astonishment when I open- ed the hamDer to find a package of crackers wranned un in a t.iece.of tui n... o newspaper, .mat newspaper was the little patent-inside country week ly 'published at my home in Wis consin. I read every word of it, ad vertisements and all. There was - George Kellogg, who was a school mate of mine, advertising bams and salt pork, and another boy 'was post master. By George! It made me homesick, and I determined then and there" to go home, and go home I did. "In the first place I must tell you how I came to New York. I had a tiff with my father and left home. I finally turned up here in New York with $1 in my pocket. I got a job freight elevator in the running very house in which J am now a My haste to get rich drove hts of ray parents fromme. partner, the thoughts and when I did think of them the hard words my father last spoke to me rank lea in my bosom, well, l went home. I didn't see very much change in Chicago, hut the magnifi cent new lepot in Milwaukee was an improvement on the old shed that they used to have. It was only hirty miles from Milwaukee to my home, ana l ten you, jonn, tnat 1 T . 11 T 1 ff train seemed to creep. I was actu ally worse than a school boy going home for vacation. At last we near ed the town. Familiar sights met ray eyes, and, darn it all ! they filled with tP.ira TWfl was Bill T.vman's red barn, just the same ; but, great Scott I what were all of the other houses? We rode nearly a mile be fore coming to the depot, through houses where only occasionally I saw one 'that was familiar. The tnwn hiL( crrnwn to fn timfts its size when I knew it. The train stopped v o- - - and I iumped off. Not a face in sight that I knew, and I started down the platform to go home. In the office door stood the station agent. I walked up and said : , "Howdy, Mr. Collins?" He stared at me and replied : "You've got the best of me, sir." : I told him who I was and what I had been doing in" New York, and he didn't make1 any bones in talking to me. Said he : i "It's about time you came home. You m New York rich and your father scratching gravel to get a bare living." I tell you, John, it knocked me all in a heap I thought mv father had or, tn lira ,mor onmfnrtAhlv Then fl; notion struck me. Before going. home I telegraphed to Chicago to one of our. correspondents there to send me S1.00Q bv first mail. Then I went into Mr: Collins' back nffice. Vot mv trunk -in there and nnt nn an old hand-me-down suit " - that. T used for fishinsr and hunting, t w:nf n.l i'kv' iftft. hat, took my valise in my hand and went home. Somehow the place did not look right. The currant bushes had been dug up from the front yard and the fence was gone. AH the old locust trees had been cut. down and vouner maples were planted. The house looked smaller somehow, too. I But I went up to the front door and rang ttiebell. Mother came to the door and said : "We don't wish-to buy anything to-day, sir." i 'It didn't take me a minute to survey her trom head to foot. Neat- Jy dressed, John, but a patch and a darn here and there, her hair just streaked With gray, her, face thin. drawn and wrinkled.- Yet over her asked a blessing .over' it, aud he act-eye-glasses shone those go6d, houest, ually trembled when he' stuck his benevolent eyes. I stood staring at her and. then she began to stare atl me. I saw the blood rush to her I like this in five years, Jim," he said; r. i . : . i i . , .1.1 it i . iace, ana wun a great sod sne inrew herself upon me and nervously clasp- ed me about the neck, hysterically crying: "It's Jimmy, it's Jimmy." inen jl cnea, too, jonn. j. just broke down and cried like a baby, She got me into the house, hugging and kissing me, and then she went to theJback door and shouted w . "George!" i Father came in in a moment and from the kitchen asked, "What you want, Car'line ?" - - ! Then he came in. He knew me m a moment. Me put out his hand and grasped mine, , and said, stern: V vven, young man, ao you pro- pose to behave yourself now ?" He tried to put on a brave front, but he broke down. There we three sat, like whipped school children, all whimpering. At last supper time came ana mother went out to pre- pare it. I went into the kitchen with her. "Where do you live, Jimmy?" she asked. "In New York," I replid. . . !. "Vhat are you working at now, Jimmy?" "I'm staying in a dry goods store." "Then I suppose you don't live very high, fori hear tell o' them city clerks who don't get enough monry r keeP l)0( an1 sou tooetuer- So ru'-jnst tell you, Jimmy, we ve got notning ut rojlst spareribs for sup- Per ain't got. any money now, T lir j 1 T - jimmy, we are poorer man joo s turkey." i I told her that I would be delight - ed with the spareribs, and, to-tell the truth, John, 1 haven't eaten a meal in New York that tasted as well as those crisp roasted spareribs did I spent the evening playing checkers with father, while mother sat by tell- ing me all about their misfortunes, from old white Mooley getting drown - ed in the pond to father's signing a nntfi fnr ji friend nnn hnvinor in mnrt - gage the place to pay it. The mort gage was due inside of a week and 11 ut l" UiCCb " juok ow. a - ' i -i ; :il a aoaa She W they would be turned out of house and home, but in my mind I supposed they wouldn't. At last 9 o'clock came, and father said : '"Jim, go out to the barn and see if Kit is all right Bring in an armful of old shingles that are just l , j 1 All It... i. inlue luouVi " ffaM pail. ,lhen we'll go oil .to bed and get up early and go a-nsbmg." j I didn't say a word, but I went out to the barn, bedded down the horse, broke up an armful of shin- . I gles, pumped a pail of water, filled the woodbox, and then we all went to bed. ,1 Father called me . at 4:30 in the morning, and while he was getting a cup ot conee l SKippea over io ine depot cross lots and got my best bass rod. Father took nothing but a trolling line and spoon hook. He rowedithe boat, with his trolling line in his mouth, while I stood in the stern with a silver shiner rigged on. -Now, John,! never saw a man eaten ' -w- all. .-".. y 1 ' fish like he did. To make a long story snort,; ne caugnwour uass aim five pickerel and I never got a bite, At noon we went ashore and lath er went home, while I went to the postoffice. I got a letter from Chi- cago with a check for $1,000 in it. i - . . . . . . . . With some trouble 1 got it cashed, getting paid in $D ana&iu Dins.maK I ino nnitn n roll. I then crot a roast joint of beef and a lot of delicacies and had them sent . home,. ' After 'that I went visiting among. my old schoolmates for two hours and went home. The joint was in the oven. Mother had put on her only silk dress, and father had donned his Sunday - go - to meeting clothes, hone the . best, : either. , This is where I played a joke on the old folks : Mother was in the kitchen watfihinor the roast. Father was out ' to -the barn, and I had a'clear coast. So I dumped the sugar out of the old blue bowl, put the. thousand dollars in it and placed ; the cover on again. At last suooer was read v. Father knife in the roast "We haven't had a piece of meat ana moiner put in witn, "Ana we haven't had any coffee in a year, only when we went visiting." Then she poured but the coffee ana nitea me cover on the sugar bowl, inquiring as she did so, "How many spoons, Jimmy ?" lhen she struck something that jwasn t sugar. She picked up the bowl and peered into it. "Aha, Mas ter Jimmy, playing your old tricks on your mammy, eh? Well, bovs will be boys." Then she gasped for breath. She saw it was money, one loouea at me then at father, and then with tremb- uug lingers urew me greai roil 01 bills out Ha 1 ha! ha! I can see father now as he stood there then on tip- toe, with his knife in one hand, fork in the other, and his eyes fairly bulg ing out or nis neaa. jsut it was too a much for mother. She raised her eyes to heaven and said slowlv : . "Put your trust in the Lord, for he will provide." Then she fainted away. Well, John, there's not much more to tell. We ;threw water in her face and brought her to, and we demolished that dinner, mother all the time saj'- mg, "My boy Jimmy I My boy Jimmy !''. h I stayed home a month. I fixed up-the place, paid on all debts, had a good time and came back again to New York. . I am going to send $50 1 1- T m 11 T f nome every weeK. i leu you, jonn, it's mighty nice to have a home." h , John . was looking steadily at the head of his cane. When bespoke he grasped Jim by the hand and said Jim, old friend, what you have told me has affected me greatly. I haven't heard from my home way up in Maine for ten years. I am 1 oping home to-morrow." I His Best Girl. From the Detroit Free Press. He hurried up to the office as soon as he entered the hotel, and without waiting to register, inquired : "Any letter for me ?" The clerk sorted over a lot with the negligent attention that comes of practice and flipped one a very sman 0ne on the counter The traveling man took it with I . ... . . ... . curious smile that twisted his pleas ant-looking face into a mask of ex pectancy. He smiled more as he read it. Then, oblivious of other travelers who jostled him, he laid it tenderly against his lips and kissed it. A loud guffaw startled him. "Now look here, old fellow," said a loud voice, "that won't do, you know. Too spoony for anything njoniess now, your wne aian i wrue that letter ?" I "No, she didn't," said the traveling man with an amazed look, as if he would like to change the subject- "That letter is from. my best gjrl.", "Phe admission was so unexpected that the trio ot menus wno naa caught him said no more until after they naa eaten a gooa ainner ana were seated together in a chum's - room Then they began to badger him. "It's no use.ou've got to read it to us, Dick," said one of them, Vwe . . , . i. . ... i. ... want to Know an auuui your utai - gin. -: ."So vou shall," saidvDie great" coolness, "I will give you the letter and you read it yourselves,-: There it is," and he laid it open on the table. ' V -. "I guess not," said the one who had been loudest demanding it, "we 'like to chaff a little, but; I hope we are gentlemen. The - young lady would hardly care to haye ber.letter read by this crowd" and he looked reproachfully at his friend. : 4 "But I insist upon it," was 'the an swer j ''there's nothing in it to be ashamed ' of except the spelling; that is a little shaky, I'll admit, but she won't care in the least." Read it, Hardy, and judge for. yourself." ' .Thus urged, Hardy i took up the letter, - shamefacedly enough, and read it. There were only a Jew. words. First he laughed, then swallowed suspiciously, and as he finished it threw it on the table again and rub bed the back of his hands across his eyes as if troubled with dimness of vision. . "Pshaw," he said, "if I had a love letter like thaC " and then he was silent. ';v' . ' "Fair play 1" cried one of tKe oth ers, with an uneasy laugh. "I'll read it to you, boys," said their friend, seeing they made nr move to take it, "and I think you'Jl agree with me that it's a model love letter." : And this is what he read : "Mi owne deer Pa Pa, "I sa mi Prairs every nite and Wen i kis youre Pictshure i ask god to blcse you gOOd hi Pa Pa your I bestgurl. Dolly." For a moment or two the compa-1 ny remained silent, while the little tegrity had been satisfactorily evi lettt r was passed from hand to hand, denced by his discharge of the du- and you would have "said that every one had hay fever by the snuffing that was heard. Then Hardy jump- edto his feet. ' "Three cheers for Dolly, and three cheers more for Dick's best girl !" They were given with a will. senator ransom's successor. what a Prominent North Carolina Business Man says. From the Washington Post. W. T. Blackwell, of Durham, N. C is stopping over in this city L day or two from New York on hi3 way New York Democracy and the South. He is the founder of the eel- friends of the administration. Col ebrated Durham Bull SmokinTo- onel Fellows, the Democratic candi- bacco and is one of the heavy capi- talists and manufacturers of the South. When asked by the Post re- porter what the political outlook in North Carolina is, he replied : "I am a Cleveland Democrat and most of mv State are of the same faith, We believe him to be a practical, sensible, honest business, and good enough President for the business interests of the country." "How about the outlook for Sen- ator in your State?" "Mr. Ransom, in my opinion, will be re-elected. No oue man can beat him, and it is not probable a com- La uiiiuLiuu .a" usugicui VI uuu uciincuu the aspirants for his seat that willl be successful." It has been suggested that ex- Gov. Jarvis will be candidate for Governor." "I do not think he will. Jarvis has a good place and will most likely retain it. He made a splendid record as Governor, which position he oc - cupied for six years. A large num- ber of pominent gentlemen are men - tioned for the place. All of them are good men, but, in my opinion, look- ing at it from perhaps a partial standpoint, mv farmer partner. Mr. Julian S. Carr, would have more votes than any man that cculd be nominated' I don't think Mr. Carr wants the place, but if 'he could be induced to accept the nomination, and I believe he could 'get it if he wanted it, he could get more votes than any man in the State. His Democratic supremacy in the na well known reputation as a businesa tfonal government.' .The, victory is man, together with his high charac- ter and many charities would com- mend him to the people irrespective ofparty.", . . j . ' Dan,,-, prophyiacuc fiuid. . Use it in every sick-room. Will keen the atmosphere nure and who e- some; removing all bad odors from any source. - ' - uiiecnuii iiuiu . icvcia uitu an cuuui- gious diseases. ? -, J The eminent physician, J. Marion Sims, of New York, says: "I ani convinced that Prof. Darby 's Pro phylactic Fluid is a most valuable disinfectant." ' Send us your orders for job printing. Tfce Iisvte Sleetlons. '. -1 ; . From the Wilmington Messenger. ! Tuesday's elections will prove far more' reaching in their results than would at first appear to the casual observer, and especially, is this the case in New York, both'i as to city and Stated In the city of New York a hot and determined fighlwas made by the twa great partrs; overe wmpfMYjr ? xia.guiuauv w fight the almost , universal eye of Pemocracy was concentrated s throV but the country ' It was'not a ques tioh bt the personnel of. the cahdi- datJe8' or of the merely local success uuu Buureoiauy, ui lue parties tuat occasioned such general interest. A graver and far more important mat ter was involved. It was because of the influence of the result in nation al politics, both as regards the pres ent administration and as bearing upon the nominations and elections of 1888, that both parties concen trated their best efforts in behalf of i victory and gave to the result such general interest." The Republicans, appreciating the importance of the local result in their national cam- PaiSn 01 next year unfler ltie 8uise of a popular reform movement, nbm- linated a young man and popular Democrat, whose efficiency and in- ties imposed upon him as Assistant District Attorney, in the recent al- dermanic prosecutions, commonly known as the "boodle trials," the re- suit of which, as they supposed, gave him a popularity that would enable them to elect him and thus furnish an opportunity for theai to assert the repudiation, by the co un try, of Mr. Cleveland's administration and give prestige for their campaign of 1888. This was a piece of political strategy which, happily for the country, fail-. ed through the united efforts of the date, arises from the, contest victo- rious, and by his election has been vindicated from the cruel and unjust charges and persecution of a hostile press, while his competitor, Mr. Ni- coll, a young man of parts and prom- ises, with a brilliant future before him, had he seen fit to bide his time, is now relegated to the shades of pn- 1 vate life, so far as political prefer- mentis concerned the usual fate of the bolter. In the State the same principles and ideas pervaded the campaign and i the results are as necessary to the Democratic party, lhe Kepuo- I lirfns rfilvincr on the Drestiffe of a I 1 J - o . a- name, nominated for Secretary of State Col. J. D. Grant, whose only qualification known to the public was his relationship to the great Northern General, U.S. Grant. It is to be hoped that his defeat will for- ever submerge m this country the I disposition to devote to public trusts en wnose oniy reroumieuuawu i bearing the name of illustrious sires. Such tendencies pertain not to Re- publics. - The result in both the city and State is a complete and thorough Democratic triumph- and an em- phatic - endorsement of Cleveland's administration. The majority; for ! Cook, the Democratic candidate tor Secretary of State, makes New York safely Democratic next year, and as? sures Mr. Cleveland's nomination and election, and a continuation of so decisive that the Democracy of the country may well congratulate itielf. In Virginia, the Democrats con- .. . l -T tinue in. control of tthe Legislature. ThIs body ;wlU flect a 8UCCessr to Itiaaieoerger, wnose cuuuuw, uum in and out of the Senate, has' been a disgrace to the mother of States and statesmen. Mahone and his friends made a5 determined effort to capture the Legislature, in order that he might succeed his former friend and ally in the Senate. The result will doubtless forever ' restore Mahone, the political renegade arid backsli- der, to the enjoyment of private life, and the people of the South, with one acclaim, will congratulate Vir ginians oh their deliverance for all time, from Mahone's political boss- I ism; Vale Ma hone. " ' The results in other 'States are about what was expected by both : , ThV,n mninrit v KPW Tr. sey elect3 a Republican legislature, Maryland is Democratic by a good majority and retains her place in the Democratic column . - - The country is to be congratulaN ed. ; Business interests are satisfied with ' Democratic administration of nfli:nni .ffai ani! if wise couUsela prevaii and prudent legislation fol- lows, the party will retain its gpower for time to come. . ; ; Woman Bohemians.' From a New York Letter. ' ; The womah who leads the Bohe mian life on a hall bedroom basis generally makes her own coffee, either on a gas or oil stove, and has a couple of rolls with an egg or two for breakfast. Her lunch is most frequently eaten at a bake shop, and her one solid meal is taken at dusk in a dingy restaurant of the sort that . have placards on their walls impart' ing the welcome intelligence that beefsteak and potatoes may be had! for v fifteen, cents and mince pie for five. A woman who lives this way can support life on $7 or $8 a week. By cutting : off on her restaurant dinner she can ; even rejduce her ex- , penses'to $5. The art of cultivating literature on. a little oat meal has been handed down by tradition from the early.- days of Grub street. Henri Mnrg her's famous remark to the effeclP that the Bohemian life leads either to . the hospital or to the academy holdsJgood for the New York female Bohemian. She may die of gastri tis and be buried at public expense, or she may ascend to the next stages of the Bohemian life, which means a - large, square room, with two or." three square meals at a good restau rant. Th is extra vaga nt existence costs from $12 to $20 a weeki Life on r the v square . is, ' hpwever, only vouchsafed to a few of the Bohemian sisterhood. The hall bedroom Bo hemian is truly the typical charac ter. The lodging house ' landlady rarely accords the use of her parlor to her tenants. This is not much of a loss to any one, as it is generally an awful nightmare of cbrbmos and flowers. V . A Boston Man In Arkansas. From Tid Bits. , ' ' . . . "I desire to retire," said a Boston 1 . . . , , e , . . . gue8tt the proprietor of a hotel m Arkansas. "You which ?" asked the dazed man. 'J." ' ' .- "I desire to retire." "Well I I I'll be durned if I b'leeve we've got it in the house, mister." ! . "Got what ?" asked the amazed guest. "1 didn't ask for anything." "Well, say it again an' see if I kin catch on." KIt is strange you cannot under stand plain English. I simply said I desire to retire, that is, I wish to go to my room." ' "Oh aw oh I .That's hit. You want to turn in, en.?' Whyn n't you say so? We don't know nothin' 'bout desirin' v to retire here in Ar kansas. We just put off to bed." And when be came down stairs he ; said to his wife ; "If that's the way thev talk in Boston it ain't no wonder there's so many fools there. "Desire to retire!" Well, I'll- be durned!'' ,,; ... - rVnMlm s W. D. Suit, Druggist, Bippus,Ind.r testifies: "I can recommend Electric BUterg ag the feegt remed Every bottle sold hasgiven relief in, every case, une man too k si doi- tlesf and ; was cured of Rheumatism of ,10 ; years' standing," ; Abraham " Hare,; druggist, Bellville, Ohio, af firms: "The best selling medicine I have ever handled in my 20 years experience, is li Electric Bitters." Thousands ' of . others have . added their testimony, so that the verdict is unanimous that Electric Bitters do cure all diseases of the Liver, Kid neys or Blood. Only a half dollar a J bottle at Fowlkes & Co's drug 6tore 4
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