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THE MONROE
VOL, XL
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’ ( Dyspepsia, Kidney mid Liver
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•ok nc.nUohe. bn a been eutlrch cared by
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i e w.fc bad jn’uess to tluvt mcdicuic. Two
of my children were cure.t of nasal catarjh
by it. It is tru v
A CRSAT REMEDY.”
It Is said that proprietary m.» ticlncs a-e
nsuallv endorse 1 on'.v bv thebi-.v. r aiid m re
dcaorant clas-e* of the piople. tiormetm r i> !
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prominent >erv t t
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ant ta^te and harmless nature. i:« si:;pilar
merits and nnq ws'loncd superiority recoat
meniMt to ln'.ellig«‘nt people everywhere rs
the safest, sure t end b-st remet'v'kttown to
medical sc once for the relief and cure of l.i
jltgestlon. Kcrvousneee, Drspepe'a, Kldc.cv and Cu-srrh, Bladder Kbc Tnmbles. mutism.
Jbuvel CompUints, Fevers and all Malarial
Disorders.
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Have used end recommended it to my friends.
All derived great benefit from its use.
Mrs. M.vTtt.n v Laksox, Peoria, Ill.
Best remedy I have ever used for irregular
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November. 1888. Selma, Col.
1 have suffered a great deal from Female
Troubles, and think 1 am completely cured by
Brsdfield’s Female Regulator.
Mbs 1-mma F. Swoed, Mansfield, Ck
Book “To Woman” mailed free.
BNAOFICLO REGULATOR CO-.
Fei sale by »ll Druggists. Atlanta, Ga.
If you are feeling
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and generally ex¬
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and can't no appetite work,
begin ing at once tak¬
the most relia¬
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medicine,which Brown's is
Iron Hit¬
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comes from the
very first dose it
won't stain your
troth, and it’3
pleasant la take.
FORSYTH, MONROE COUNTY, GA, TUESDAY MORNING, VPRIL !), 1895.
WASHINGTON NOTES
ITRM8 OF NEWS PICKED UP AT
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Sayings and Doing*, of the OfTlcD!
Heads „ . of ... the Government. .. .
The president has selected under a
provision of the sundry civil appro¬
priation bill the following persons as a
board to investigate and report upon
tho feasibility, permanency and ex
pense of the Nicaragua canal over the
route preferred by the construction
company.
u Secretary . Tr Herbert , ,, has notified Com
mander Davis, of the Montgomery,
that the Coal Creek and Teuneaeee
Coal companies of Knoxville, Tenn.,
?i°u Be If ,ty '? ^ vo to WlU "? , b of ®
< ' 'ere - o the vessel at . lobile, -, and
it expected they will be tested dur
ln /\ ! ut vessel s trip to Nicaragua
Farmer*’ Bulletin.
)0 TT United States department of
agr multure has/issued especial “I arm
ere Bulletin, (No. 21,) on “Barnyard
. a,n ’ ro > prepared by W. H. Beal, of
le o ico of experiment stations, which
is of special interest and value to
armors in tho south at this time on
account of their inability or indisposi¬
tion to buy commercial fertilizers for
the benefit of their crops, but is of
permanent valuo as well. The bulle¬
tin is in fact a pamphlet of thirty-one
pnges, containing all that an intelli¬
gent farmer wants to know in regard
to the collection, valuo, composition,
management, preservation, application
and effects of barnyard manure, with
much other useful information on the
subject which cannot be specified here.
It can bo obtained free of cost by ap¬
plication to tho secretary of agricul¬
ture, Washington, D. C.
Spain Conies to Time.
Reports that the Spanish govern¬
ment is taking steps to meet the re¬
quests of the United States in tho Al
lianca nffuir, that tho commander of
tho offending ship has been relieved
from his ship and that orders have
been sent to tho other Spanish COitl
manders in Cuban waters to observe
the requirements of international law,
and to refrain from improper interfer¬
ence with the ships of the United
States or other foreign nations, has
caused much gratification in offloial
circled at Washingt A.Dhoiieb. tho
state department officials decline to
admit the fact, there is reason to be
Hove that these matters have been
communicated to them either through
United States Minister Taylor at Mad
rid, or through Senor Muragua, the
Spanish minister at the capital. There
is no disposition iu any quarter to
doubt that the Spanish assurances are
satisfactory as far as they go, and that
tho inciilont has ulreftily pitssed into
£5*“jS by ordinary e ” methods H Th U ? 1<a of ?V diplomacy. 1 T ,Jn ** 3, J “ t
is ; Second Class Matter ?
Tho third assistant postmaster gen
eral, Mr. Kerr Craig, is very busy at
present trying to determine what is
second class mail matter. Tho well
known position of Postmaster General
ifissell on tho subject of second
class matter and his resolution to
ni":.! 11 :;, 1 ;"”!*‘,Tr, n ‘ tat 10 t t
\ aj era and periodicals and those winch
aro published for advertising purposes
solely, has induced postmasters to draw
the lines more tightly, and more pub
lications are rejected than formerly,
or if admitted made subject to
review by the department, The
rt sim is that publishers and attor
neys for publishers have been fre
quenting the department, presenting
their side of tho case, and arguing for
tho admission of their publications
without restrictions. All these matters
Come come before ueiore the ine third imru assistant assistant nost- post
master general for final determination,
and just at the present time there are
bo . nmiBiinllj- large number of cases
P rf:
„ Public „ Debt ,, , Increase for , „ March. ,
The monthly treasury statement of
the public debt shows that on March
30, 1895, the public debt, less cash in
the treasury, amounted to $908,730,
046, an increase for the month of $18,-
137,105. The amount of the new 4
per cent bonds issued during the
month was $28,807,900. Following is
a recapitulation of the debt:
Interest bearing debt, $713,851,960,
increase during the month, $28,808,-
100; debt on which interest has ceased
since maturity, $1,770,250, decrease
during the month, $9,050; debt bear¬
ing no interest, $381,787,366, decrease
during the month, $762,270. Total
debt, $1,664,591,749, of which
$567,944,442 are certificates and
treasury notes offset by an equal
amount of cash in the treas¬
ury. The treasury cash is classified as
follows: Gold, $139,486,496; silver,
$510,259,879; paper, $131,267,047;
general account, disbursing officers’
balance, etc., $16,224,166 ; total, $797,-
237,589, against which there are de
mand liabilities amounting to $609,-
320,328, leaving a cash balance of
$187,917,261, of which $19,643,307 is
gold reserve.
Watching Yellow Jack.
The authorities charged with the
conduct of quarantine matters and
general supervision of the public
health are keeping a sharp lookout to
prevent importation of yellow fever
into the United States. The care that
is being exercised by all quarantine
officials is illustrated by the action of
New York officials last Sunday in or
derincr the vessel Portuguese Prince
back to quarantine for disinfection be
cause one of her firemen had died
der suspicious circumstances beforo
the vessel touched at Santos—this,
too, in the face of a clean bill
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of health by the quarantine of¬
ficials of that port and of the
United States consul. The regular
quarantine season begins May 1st. All
quarantine stations are thoroughly
equipped and each in charge of a phy¬
sician of experience and an assisting
force that has dealt with fever in the
p ast ’ The th re ,? lar *?e quarantine fita
tions are as follows: , South Atlantic
station, at Blackboards island, Sapelo
sound, near Aberdeen, Ga. ; gulf sta¬
tions at Ship island, off Biloxi, Miss.,
and Key West station, at Dry Tortu
gas.
/hero rn , is . also . a very complete ..... station
ftt Brunswick, Ga., but it does not
m P°; nt of equipment and
ability to care for yellow fever ships
with the three just named.
The insurrection in Cuba causes a
condition of affairs unpleasant for the
health officia i 8 to consider. Marine
hospital officials declare that the ship
ment of eeveral thousand new Spanish
troops into Cuba at this season of the
non-acclimated, is bound to pre
cipitate an epidemic of yellow fever,
the ill effects of which must, in a de
gree, more or less severe, bo felt in
J
overrun with country people seeking
to escape the contending forces eu
gaged in continuing or suppressing
the insurrection, and that as a conse
quence, sanitary precautions will bo
even more neglected than before. Plans
are being perfected by Surgeon Gen
oral Wyman to meet any contingency,
AN EXTRA SESSION
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Of the Missouri Legislature Called to
Meet April 215.
Governor Stone issued a call Tues
day for a special session of the state
legislature to meet on April 23d for
the following purposes:
First, to enact such legislation ns
may be necessary and expedient to
properly define the relations between
the different classes of employes of
railroads of the state, and also the
proper relations between all such em
ployes tnemselves and also between
such employes and the said railroads
for injuries done or received by one
such employe as the result of culpable
negligence of another such employo
while engaged in the service of such
corporations.
Second, to provide such legislative
enactments as may bo necessary and
expedient to prevent the maintenance
of an organized lobby at the capital of
the state, either to obstruct or to pro
mote any legislative regulate tho or executive act
and also to manner of pro
«e=)*inar any question affecting idgh-iJ.
tion by persons interested therein be
fore the general assembly or any com
mittoe thereof.
Third, to enact such laws as may be
necossary and expedient to prevent
fraud against tho elective franchise
and to secure honest elections in all
cities having 100,000 inhabitants.
Fourth, to consider any other sub
ject that may be submitted during
orir» B e»ion.
Fml “’ *° app r ° priati 0n f °f
the „ of this extra . - of
expenses session
the general assembly.
GROWTH OF THE SOUTH
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Xhe In<lugtrial situation as Reported
f Qr p as t Week.
u eportg from all over the south for the past
week »re to the effect that the various branches
of indusry prominent in the south are in act
of uew cotton mills. The list for the past week
includes & cotton mill with *i $150,000 capi‘o*\
tli^LanS^er McDonough,* S Ga'., c’ o^w'th IKS? caEi
til at find others at Alexsei
der City, Ali, and Carterjville, Ga. Enlarge
“ iIls al ^ J?* 0 *** at Newton Ala.
iron creasing. t0 northern" The and westeni of lumber “pohit^re'T"
output is increasing
in some parts of the .-outh, but the increase is
^nuTcturer^ ^ faVOr of
Among the fifty-three important new inlns
tries established or incorporated during the
week were the Buffalo Coal and Coke Co., of
Eairmouat, W. Ya., capital $500,003; a cotton
com $500,000compress pr^8 at ! alias, Tex, to cost $150,000, and
a at Dublin, Ga.; gas works
at Tampa, Fla., costing $150,000. and the No,
H *' Co - o£ Atlanta. Ga, with
$50,000 capital. ,
«50T0° tohac® 0 facitovy will be esDabiished
«t Oilando, F;a., and one with SIO.OjO capital
at Ocala, Fla. There is al-o reported a H5.000
cotton mill at Greer Depot, S. C.. a bleacbery
at Brunswick, Ga , brick works at Chattanooga,
Miss., lenn., and canning factories at Aberdeen.
Electrical Olive, Tex, and Sistersville, W. Ya.
plants will l>eestablished at Livings
ton, Ala., At'anta. Ga.. Versailles, Ky..
?Kfo«r 8 Sr-'y. Ea TnS, e “,1
Hallandale. Miss., and Alexandria, Ya., an ice
faetory Knoxville, at Cullman, Ala., and machine shop*
at Tenn., and Houston, Tex. Coal
mines are to be opened near Hawesville, Ky. t
and isouth^ Sutton, Pittsburg, W. Ya. Tenn., Jlanufacturiug San Antonio, Te'x.,
comm
nies have been chartered at Tampa, Fla., ai;d
«rM^a FiuMrS'Tei* "andThJmssrti’ft;;. “
Among new bnildincs of the week, are busi
ness houses at Little Rock, Ark., South Pitts
ing at Galveston, Tex., and school buildings at
Mt. Ficasant, Tex.—Tradesman (Chattanooga,
T ~>
DANA AGAIN RESPITED.
Argument on the . Application to Take _
Him to Washlnglon Postponed.
The argument on an application for
the removal to Washington of the case
La“« Ganan was il to nave^ueen D X: a hS, n ear d in New
Tuesday by Judge Brown m the
l mted States uistnct court. Both
for Kr 11 Criminal criminal ■nLY^ainsV'Frftnt li oei a aimt r rank ^ ±5.
Noyes, of the Washington Evening
Star. The hearings, however, bv con
sent of 1 counsel < ; ounse .‘ ® on nDot11 both side*;* sides, were were
adjourned ,. until Friday. The matter
a.d B ot come up » court.
Japan Wants 400,000 OOO Yen \
o^^froL « • , . Tokffi b’ kuLul T^fvia r San
p j ««vq it •" nu
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authority that the , indemnity .. demand- ,
ed by Japan from China will be 400,
000 ’ 000 ^ von in g.0,1 & •
STATE NEWS
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CULLED FROM MANY SOURCES
BRIEFLY PARAGRAPHED.
Happenings of General Interest to
Georgia Readers.
Several thousand dollars have been
subscribed at Dawson towards build¬
ing a cotton factory, and a proposition
has been made by a northern mill man
to move his plant to the city. He
writes that he has improved machinery
and that everything else belonging to
his plant is in good condition.
Last year the farmers of Burke coun¬
ty used over $10,000 worth of guano,
more than wili be used this year. That
means 500 bales of cotton saved.
Every farmer is “up to hie neck,” too,
for grain, bacon and lard. Old Burke
has been hit hard for the past five
years, and could not realize the im¬
portance of these things until the past
two seasons when cotton went for four
and five cents.
County Treasurer Waring Russell has
filed suit against the city of Savannah
for $5,000 damages for land which he
says was taken from him to open up
some of the principal streets, in 1871,
and for which he claims he has never
been compensated. By decree of the
courts it was decided in 1875 that the
lands belonged to him, but why he has
delayed the pressing of his claim until
now is not known.
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m, lhe Gol n . “esvilIe ... Eagle _ 1 remarks: .
v Now, a word to farmers and garden
crf V ^ iCSQ government seeds a
e f re ne ‘ ^ cr 011 first-class „ Ju j ier with and them. often
V . or e g°od seed. Go to a
stable dealer , , and buy them. And
sure an go them fresh. Insist on
- ,a ^ lu G as year s seed. Ear more de
onigoocl seed than good ground,
JU 1 a 08 a com ^ iria Ii ori of the two
, .
’° mft i ’° a success * •
The case of the Gate City National
Bank, of Atlanta, against the Fidelity
and Casualty Company to collect tho
Amount of Lewis Redwine’s bond to
gether with damages and Attorneys’
fees, has been concluded and a verdict
for the plaintiff rendered. The bank
was allowed the amount of the bond,
810,000, interest in the sum :f $1,121.
ub,ii„ 0 >, » u -, r j
attorneys’fees in the sunfr m’ $1,200.
The other side will carry the case to
the supreme court.
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a i a T° , ,, 6
n prmnni - 0
the * iudipuHnns fi ? fv, P. instltut8 lce f’ ai ^
nr 0
m ^ f , an evei
i . mi
uronohod SistiDguishedEpiscopal W R°1 T &s *“
dirtoe of
ton, ivf Mass. OCD 1 he sermon was listened
to by 3,000 people. The chorus of
150 voices, under Mrs. T. J, Simmons,
is tbe finest in the history of the chau
tau( l ua -
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At Atlanta, a few days ago, Judge
Lumpkin handed down his decision in
tjj e case D f j jj 'the Mecaslin and other
8n w«,e. ^
Phosphate Company. The charge
made was that the company when it
™ organized had purchased a tract
of land at four dollars an acre, and
yet the new subscribers were made to
take it at ten doUaw an acre. An ap
plication was made for a receiver. The
j case has been before the court for a
i i on „ time an(1 it was decided Saturdav
by the receiver being denied. The
other side wdll carry the case to the
supreme " 1 court,
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j Sheriff Callo of Wilkes county,
; £ ay,
! will be in his glory during the Atlanta
1 «poB.tion .., He ^ will Georgia _
j serve
barbecue from the time the gates of
the show open until they close. He
mad . e application ,. for f the privilege and a
his proposition was accepted. He will
! erect a suitable building on the
grounds ■. and o will be constantly on ex- _
hibition in his favorite role of barbe
cuist. His fame has gone abroad and
Ihousands of northern visitor, who
heard of him will have the pleas
ure of enjoying his delightful meats,
\
^ 1aen The channel in Brunswick ,
1 harbor shows twenty-five feet of
water,
j Br wie ^* l° u,h '
Aork “ ea “ s and Norfolk, ?“!‘ will 1 have f the 0 best
harbor on the coast, and as a result of
the competition oi heavy class vessels,
Mill get the lowest freight rates to be
had. When all of this shall have been
-d ‘he competition in
signt, Dranswicfc wui owe a monu
j ment to Colonel C. P. Goot year, who,
a * t “ e ri8a °* 118 P rITate fortune,
cleaned the sandbars, y and established
the safely and perpetuity of the har
bor. Colonel Goodyear', -ork upon
tne outer bar is now being surveyed
^“tTnrve; congress to survey 1 ft"Id 11 a d'etml aete miue 0 '
whether he has secured the dt-p.hs re
quired under that act.
A suit of more than local interest
has been hied j in • n ft,e the snnerior superior court court at at
Macon. The parties to the suit are
Major J. F. Hanson, one of the most
. manufacturers in the South
, ««d , haa , been beeu^yea^, for vears .one one of of
countrv, ’g and United States Senator
a TWnn The senator is the
I defendant.' The suit grows out of the
fact that Major Hanson was compelled
to to P nav a T ft a bond which wlJlca he signed " gaea JJL,®
Years Ago for one of Senator
ADVERTISER.
aWVZ'iifl™
that he sues. Majrr Hanson sets out
that he was induced bv Senator Bacon
to sign the bond on grounds of long
friendship, and that Senator Bacon as
sured him that he could not possibly
lose anything. He says that Senator
demnify ^ ftC °u has, him repeatedly, for the loss declined of the bond. to in¬
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The Commission Named.
The members of the special com
mission to pass upon and decide all
matters of controversy between the
state and any person or persons affect
! n °* re ’ a ting to the NS estern and
°
. antic railroad, have
been named by
• overuor Atkinson. They are: Judge
■ olin L. Hopkins, of Atlanta; Hon.
Nainer Lull, of Merriwetner county,
aU rre-° U ’ ^ m ? s L- Jones, of Dalton,
Ims commission . is created in ac
cordance with house joint resolution
No. 13, adopted by the last legislature;
aud the special matter which it will
eonsider is the controversy between the
s.ate and the Central Railroad Corn
pany over certain property between
orsy h and V iiitehall streets in At
anta. The Central ciaims the prop
erty in question as part of its right of
way, while the state contends that it
belongs to the Western and Atlantic
right of way.
The commission will sit at the capi
to], but will probably not begin its
ivork until June or July. Mr. Wim
bish will represent the state iu all of
theso cases. The matter of comper
sation of commissioners is left to the
governor, with the approval of the
next session of the legislature.
A . Distinguished .. .... Approval,
** on ‘ Charles W. Dabney, Jr., as
sistant • secretary of
United agriculture of the
States, after visiting the Geor
gia experiment station, said:
‘ It was very unique in many re
spects, set off as it is by itself, and
not having a college located in con
nection. I usually find colleges run
in connection with stations, and then
the practical and scientific farming go
hand in hand. But here I find more
practical farming than I have found
elsewhere, and I am inclined to think
that it may be that it has proven bene
an '^ ^ * 8 we ^ ^ or some stations
..f 8cieDtific and otliers practical.
I had acceEs to all of the books
the papers of the station, and was
8 own .over the farm. Colonel Red
. right-
18 man the right
P. ace > and i s surrounded by able as-
818tau ts on the farm, but he really
more hdp a clerk anyway—
/. l ustice to
118 ^rresponcience olh er duties. when ne attends to
During my tour through the south
and west, I fouud no station that is so
uoat y kept, and can unhesitatingly
say that it is tne best kept farm that I
walks verything is in perfect . order; _ its ,
drives, lawns and the prepared
ground itself shows that not.img is left
“ d .°? e ', ^ ™ust confess that I was as
““Of'course it^“be 11 musi not De e^pooted expeciea
to , see any showy , crops, for that is not
the object of the station, but you can
say for me that I found this station
conducted on a most progressive and
rational plan, with better drainage,
better system of water works and
buildings in better repair than any I
have visited, and my visit was one of
pleasure”
ELECTRIC FREIGHT RAILWAY
To Be Constructed to Run B tween
Chicago and New York.
The Inter-Oceanic Electric Railway
Company, incorporated at Springfield,
II!., purposes to make seme decided
changes in tho present method of
freight transportation. The company
has a capital stock of $200,000,000,
the largest ever incorporated in the
west, and a number of Chicago, New
York and San Francisco capitalists are
interested in the corporation. The
intention is to construct an elevated
electric freight railway between Chi¬
cago and New York for the transpor¬
tation of coal and grain. The plans
and specifications have been drawn by
a Chicago engineer, and the company
will own a number of patents on elec¬
tric devices used by the road.
CHICAGO’S NEW MAYOR.
Republicans Carry the City by a Big j
Majority. j
The entire republican ticket, with
the exception of a few isolated alder- j
men, was elected at Chicago Tuesday,
George B. Swift’s plurality for mayor
1{ > o’clock Tuesday night810 precincts
ou t 0 f 920 returned Swift, republican,
129,764 votes ; Winter, democrat, 90,-
591 and Holmes, populist, 9,876. The
council will stand overwhelmingly ’ re
nnblican
Democrats Successful in Missouri,
Returns received so far from muni
pl eo tions held throughout Mis
; son'i r ,, r .-r Tueaday, r l indicate indMate that th»t » a lar^e large
, . .. or a ma tie i or itv of the
Of U mum
i ci a j ities heard from the democrats
successful in 25, the repnblieans
i | - n g &u( j t ^ e c jtizens’ ticket in 5, while
j in five other cities there was a mixed
result._______ result
filmed * the Scale fur this Year '
The Mahoning . and Shenango valley
^ ron manufacturers met the officials of
fte Amalg „ mate(1 Aasociation and sign
ed a wage scale for the coming year,
There is no change from last year’s
rate of pay This will avert a strike
, valley. The manufacturers
1Q
wanted wages reduced from last vear’s
fieures Lguree, bat but the the Amalgamated Amalgamated held nehl out out
i ir the same fig 111 " 66 antl were success
ful.
SILVER ADVANCING.
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bLPI cT-ppr L y ' A>D anti DEMAND nvrMAwn JU8T1FY iitstiitn
1IIE RISE IN PRICE,
Helped by the Prospective Conference
and the Eastern War.
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Commenting on the position of the
silver market the London Times says
that the free speculation in silver on
the likelihood that the cessation of the
Cnino-Japanese war would create a
large demand for tho metal may have
to wait longer for the desired result
thau thoy imagine. The idea is cer
taiuly well founded. This, tho Times
thinks, in addition to a general belief
that the coming conference will assist
silver, is the principal cause of the ad
vance in price. It is not likely, how
ever, that these causes would be ef
fective if it were not f«vr the fact that
the production of the metal lias been
restricted by its recent cheapness,
The Times lielioves that silver was
too cheap at 28, and that notwith
standing the rise to 30 was caused by
speculation, the conditions of supply
and demand justify it.
Tho Australian colonies have in¬
structed their agents general at Lon
don to urge upon the British govern
rnent first, to permit each colony to ba
represented directly iu auy interna
tional silver conference that may be
called, or, if that may not be cousid
ered advisable, that the colonies con¬
jointly may be allowed direct ropre
tation.
Several of the colonies, notably
South Australia, produce silver, but
while their own mints are allowed to
coin gold, all receive their silver coin
from the imperial mint in Englaud.
The bimetallic talk in Europe is
given by some as a factor in the bullish
tendency of silver, but that is open to
argument. Prices of exchange for
eastern markets—India, China and
Japan--have risen, and that has helped
in the upward trend of prices for the
metal.
As a matter of fact the transactions
in the bullion itself greatly overshadow
those in the certificates. Be the
causes what they may, tho rise in silver
has been steady and sure, and Wall
street is beginning to wonder just how
long it will be before the tide is at
flood.
WILSON SWORN IN.
IT., T:ik©a the Oath of Offb'e as Posl
"masterT* eneraT.
A Washington special says: Con¬
trary to expectations Hon. W. L. Wil¬
son too! *h(Foatb of office as postmas¬
ter genei . Wednesday. Chief Jus¬
tice Miller appeared at the postoffice
department at 11 a. m>and adminis¬
tered the oath in the theN*^ Vj>''sence of the
principal officials of 'artmeut.
Mrs Fuller, wife of the 2 justice,
and Miss Wilson, daughter of the new
postmaster general, were present at
the ceremony. Mr. Bissell and Mr.
Wilson conferred for a short time and
saw some of the heads of the bureaus.
Then Postmaster Davtou, of New
York, introduced John N. Parsons,
president of the Letter Carriers’ Asso¬
ciation of New York, and the latter,
on behalf of the carriers, presented
the retiring postmaster general with
au engrossed copy of resolutions pass¬
ed by the association commending the
administration of Mr. Bissell, his in¬
dorsement of the 8-hour law, and bis
extensions of the civil service laws.
In the afternoon Mr. Bissell receiv¬
ed the employes of the department
and ended his official labors.
Secretary Gresham sent Mr. Bissell
a hickory walking stick which he had
himself cut and trimmed from the
grounds of the president’s summer
home at Woodley.
Shortly after these preliminaries the
employes of the department were in¬
troduced to Mr. NVilson and said good¬
bye to Mr. Bissell. Mr. Wilson will
enter the active discharge of his du¬
ties at once.
TENNESSEE LEGISLATURE
Reassembles at Nashville After a Re¬
cess of Forty Days.
The general assembly of Tennessee
met at Nashville Tuesday noon for the
post-recess session. There is a great
t ]eal of work yet before the body and
if it gets down to business promptly
and progresse .3 smoothly, much ought
to be accomplished in the four remain
ing weeks,
disturbin'* factor in ri the situs
m “ st prominent" one before the of people.
p. l4 . t' nprp other matters attention uruent
j or tauce that p^tentiWY, demand
‘
Th ese „ e tie revenue
Rm i rpnlenniil A rmpstions 7. The com
... f^^ame eleXTfo? . , gote3 ,
begin work on their report at
once.
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RHODF RHODE ISI ISLAND \\D PPPl'RllfAN REPLBLICAN.
The Democrat,'^ed Under-Lip.
Pitt for Governor.
The democrats of Rhode Island were
simp’y snowed under at
election. The returns indicate a gen
eral falling off in the democratic vote
of about 40 per cent. The vote was
exceedinglv foV light, but Lippitt, repub
Governor ’ is elected bv L a
largely increase i major.. ■ ir :i_ The i he en
tire republican state ticket is elected.
The democrats will retain at least their
present representation of five in the
legislature. In two or three towns
there was some interest owing to eon
, tests on local issues, but apathy was
shown m most instances. East provi
dence and Pawtucket voted license af
ter ter a a hard hard fight light, and and Coventrv Coventry, for tor the tne
first time in its history, voted to be
bibulous.
NO. 10.
The Value of Prayer.
m, T ho Tf 1 . of . not . often ..
® 6 grayer is
, d ll d \ >ut Texaa
m ° ” s 8 ? ft
farmer 18 - edited , with such an opera
tion. The story is told by llev. S. H.
Thrall, one of the pioneers of Metho¬
dism in Texas, lu company with a
number of itinerants who were on
their way to conference, I)r. Thrall
stopped to spend the night with an old
farmer. It was the custom then to
settle the bill at night, so that they
might rise at 8 o’clock and ride a good
way before breakfast, and lie by m the
heat of the day. Dr. Thrall acting as
spokesman of tho party, said to the
old farmer after supper :
“We are a company of Methodist
preachers going to conference. If you
will get the fami’y together we will
have prayers with you.”
After prayers ouo by ouo settled hia
bill. Dr. Thrall’s turn came, and ho
asked for his bill. Tho old farmer re¬
plied :
“Well, pa’son, I charged tho rest 25
cents, but bein’ ns you prayed for us
so good, I won’t charge you but 20
cents.”
The brethren had tho laugh on Dr.
Thrall.— lip worth Fra.
The Age for Marrying.
“If things keep on this way we won’t
have any grandfathers and grandmoth¬
ers in fifty years,” observed a man who
had been running his eyes along tho
list of “marriage licenses.”
“Look here, in this list of thirty-four
licenses all but two of the men are more
thau 22 years old, and all but two of
the woman are above 18. It would
seem that the average ago of a groom
these days is 30, while the bride is but
two or three years younger.
He ran over the ages and found that
the average ago of the groom was 28
and of the bride 27.
“Now, what does that mean?” he
continued. “A man does not rp^rry
until he is 30. If he has sous and
daughters they will not reach the mar¬
rying age until he is at least GO, and if
he hopes to see his grandchildren grow
up he must live to be at least 80 or 90.
“In the country where I was born
people married young, and it wasn’t
uncommon to have grand mothers who
were less than 40 years old. But if 39
is to be the marrying age in Chicago
we will at least have to get along with¬
out great-grandfathers.” — Chicago
Record.
Don’t Write on Beech Trees.
A novel ~deee of evidence wor intro¬
duced rece jt’each of promise
uftoo iu jjati*.
stinately denied the charge, and stated
that his accuser had nothing to show
to jirove her statement. The latter, a
buxom village maiden, asked one day
to be permitted to bring in her evi¬
dence. The court granted her request,
and adjourned until 10 o’clock the
next day. At the appointed time she
was on hand, and upon the query of
the judge where her evidence was, she
opened the door and four lumbermen
brought in a tree trunk, upon the bark
of which her faithless adorer had in¬
cised both their initials with a flaming
heart! She won her case. — Trog
Times.
A Dangerous Thing.
Lawyer—What’s that book you are
reading?
Law Student—Oh, it’s a work on
common sense.
Lawyer—Yes, sir ; and one day with
such a book as that would ruin your
mind for legal work forever.— Judge.
A YOUNG GIRL'S TRIALS.
NERVOUS TROUBLES END IN ST.
VITUS’ DANCE.
Physicians Powerless—The Story Told by
the Child’s Mother.
(From the Reporter, Somerset, Ky.')
Among the foot hills of the Cumberland
Mountains, near the town of Flat Rock, is
the happy home of James McPherron. Four
months ago the daughter of the family, a
happy girl of sixteen, was stricken with St.
Vitus’ dance. Tho leading physicians were
consulted, but without avail. She grew pale
and thin under the terrible nervous strain
and was fast losing her mental powers. In
fact the thought of placing her in an asylum
was seriously considered. Her case has been
so widely takad about that the report of her
cure was like modernizing a miracle of old.
To a reporter who visited the home the
mother said:
“Yes, the reports of my daughter's sickness
and cure are true as you hear them. Her af¬
fliction grew into St. Vitus’ dance from an
aggravated form of weakness and nervous
trouble peculiar to her sex. Every source of
help was followed to the end, but it seemed
that physicians and medicine were power¬
less. Day by day she grew worse until we
despaired of her life. At times she almost
went into convulsions. She got so that we
had to watch her to keep her from wander¬
ing away, and you can imagine the care she
was.
“Ahnnt this time when nnr mi«pr» wm
another case, almost similar, that had been
cur®* by a medicine known as Dr. Williams’
Pink Pills. Almost in desperation I secured
some of the pills and from that day on the
wonder .„, wo , t 0 , re „ or », ion eommencadi
grew strong both mentally and physically
^
“It is no wonder that I speak in glowing I
terms of Pink Pills to every ailing person
meet - Tbey saved my daughter’s life and I
“Aforegoing is but one credited of many Dr. wonder- Will
ful cures that have been to
iams’Pink Pills for Pale People. In many
cases the reported cures have been rnvesti
gated by the leading newspapers and veri
fled in every possible manner. Their fame
; has spread to the far ends of civilization and
£ SST*
Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale Peopls
are now given to the public as an unfailing
condition of the blood or shattered nerves.
The pills are sold by all dealers, or will be
Bent hrisixboxes post paid on receipt of price (50 cents a
^ for $2.50 -they are never
jn bulk or by the 100 ) by addressing
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Company, Schenec¬
tady, N. Y.