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A Hermit's Floating Home.
Anchored in the ’Frisco bay is a lit¬
old craft, originally a sloop, but
tle bot hulk, w.thont mast
no* nothing is a the floating home of
-ranine It
Biobard Smith, a marine hermit, who
believes that he is to be a second *oah
He predicts that San Francisco and
Oakland will sink into the sea because
of their wickedness, and then a few of
the select will come to him and be
saved from death on his rudderless
ft He believes that he has been
inspired to live in the water to avoid
the destruction, and he is awaiting to
• of the Order of
preserve the chosen
the Messiah. old, with
Smith is seventy years hair, a
long gray beard and long gray
He wears no covering on head or feet,
He is a bachelor and has lived a her
it’s life for thirty years, He lives
m alone and is the verg of
by faith on
starvation. He could catch plenty of
fish from his ard, but would rather
die than eat anything of the animal
world, subsisting entirely on pan¬
cakes, beans and potatoes. He for¬
merly traveled on foot throughout the
state, pushing a wheelbarrow filled
with’ religious books, Noah which is firm he adhe¬ sold.
The latter day Tolstoi's a teach¬
rent of most of Count
ings- —Ex.
A Missing Link.
Man...... Woman
Gentleman .. Lady
Youth..... ... Maid
Fellow... • Lass
Lad....... Girl
Boj....... —Boston Courier.
Silver Shipments.
Since 1875 $208,000,000 in silver has
been shipped from San Francisco for
use in Asiatic trade. Over $111,000,000
of it was in Mexican coin and the rest
in bars.
Icicle*
Glistening in the rays of the noonday sun are
beautiful exceedingly, but if one of them were
thrustdown your back how you would shud¬
der. this is precisely chill what you and do when the
jiremuiitory Tien the time of fever to take agu He ostetter’s e comes
on. is
Stomach malaria; Bitters, a also “knocker dyspepsia, out” of bilious¬ every
form <jf of
ness, fjonstipation, rheumatism and kidney
trouble,
Somemen are like vultures, always looking
fora wiuad in which to thrust a poinard.
Dr Kilmer’s Swamp - Root cures
al Kidney and Bladder troubles.
Ihmphlet Laboratory and Binghamton, Consultation N. free. Y.
The seret of a friend is not in safe keeping
with a nan either in wine or anger.
It In the Best.
A spedal feature of the Southern Ry. is its
passengu- train service. It is certainly the
best in tie South, and any line may well be
complinrnted Fite Southwestern on having such Vestibule excellent, Limited train
service.
between Atlanta and New York and the Cin¬
cinnati tnd Florida Limited between Cincin¬
nati. Atliuta and Jacksonville are trains of
the highist das- and comfort. When a pas¬
senger boards aiiuick a Southern Ry. train he is sure
to have and comfortable trip.
Not an Experiment.
The u -0 of Ripans Tabula* for headaches,
dyapepsixaml experiment other but stomach disorders is They not
an an assured success.
will do al that we say they will.
Karl’s ?lover Root, the great blood purifier,
gives freihness and clearness to the complex¬
ion and aires constipation, 25 ets., 50 ets., $1.
teething Mr*. Vinsiow’s Soothing Syrup for children
softens the gums, reduces inflamma¬
tion, alljyspain, cures wind colic. 25c. a bottle
1 use ii-o’s Cure for Consumption both in
my famlv aud practice.—Dr. G. W. Patter
sox, Infeter, Mich., Nov. 5,1894.
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gently refreshig pMnptly to the taste, the Kidneys, acts
Liver and yet on
tem effectual^, Bwels, cleanses the sys¬
dispels colds, head¬
aches and feers and cures habitual
only constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
ducen, remedy- pleasiq; yf its the kind ever and pro
to taste ac¬
ceptable its to te stomach, prompt in
action andtruly beneficial in its
healthy effects, prepaid only from the most
and areeable substances, its
many excellen qualities commend it
to all and hre made it the most
popular remed known.
Syrup of J<gs is for sale in 50
cent bottles y all leading drug¬
gists. Any fliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro¬
cure it prornpy for any one who
wishes to try it Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
SAN FWCISCO, CAL.
LOUISVILLE, Kf. NEW YORK, N Y.
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i ■ GONSJMPTION
SAYS IT IS BUGBEAR
MOVEMENT OF MILLS SOUTH¬
WARD DEPRECATED.
Ex-Senator Howard Speaks for the
Massachusetts Spinners.
At the statehouse at Boston, Mass.,
Tuesday morning the legislative com¬
mittee on mercantile affairs continued
its investigation into the causes of re¬
moval to other states of textile corpo¬
rations. The committee heard a dif¬
ferent story cf the condition of manu¬
facturers and employes in Massachu¬
setts from that given at the previous
session of the inquiry. The competi¬
tion of the south was stamped as a
bugbear by ex-Senator Bobert How¬
ard, of Fall Biver, who appeared as
the representative of the Fall Biver
Cotton Mill Spinners’ Association, Mr.
Howard said in brief:
“I have noticed during the past few
months that the comparatively few
manufacturers who are contemplating
the building of mills in the south have
spared no pains to obtain the widest
publicity for their views on the so
called ‘southern movement.’ The bug¬
bear of southern competition has been
running in the ears of the people
throughout the length and breadth of
the New England states, and Massa¬
chusetts particularly. It seems to me
that those who are doing the most
talking possess more of a theoretical
than a practical knowledge of cotton
manufacturing. The majority of the
manufacturers of Massachusetts de¬
pend more for success upon skilled
operatives and climatic conditions in
the line of goods they are engaged in
than proximity to the cotton fields,
“Short hours are not driving the
cottou trade away from Massachusetts,
for no state in the country has made
such wonderful progress in cotton
manufacture as this state since 1874,
when the hours of labor were reduced
to ten hours daily. Carroll D. Wright
says that Massachusetts made a gain
in spindles between 1870 and 1880 of
1,517,236, and 30,741 looms.
“If the cotton trade is leaving Mas¬
sachusetts, as some persons wish to
impress upon the committee, how can
you account for the great increase in
spindles and looms? In 1880 there
were 4,236,084 spindles in the state.
The latest returns show 7,160,480, or
an increase of 2,834,396 in the past
fourteen years. Fall Biver, at the
passage of the ten-hour law, in 1874,
had in its factories 1,258,508, and it
has now about 2,700,000. New Eng¬
land has 70 per cent, of the spindles of
the country.
“The south today has 33 mills strip¬
ped for sale in receivers’ hands. It
would be difficult to find three idle
cotton mills in Massachusetts.
“As fast as skilled laborers get to
the south you will hear the petition
for just such labor legislation as the
people of Massachusetts have sought
during the past few years. There are
but few using that bugbear of ‘south¬
ern competition.’ It has been stated
that raw cotton is taken by southern
railroads as fifth-class freight, while
northern railroads take it as only second
or third-class freight. This statement
is erroneous, since cotton is not only
shipped from the south to Massachu¬
setts, and presumably to all New Eng¬
land as fifth-class, but it can be re¬
shipped from one point to another in
New England in carload lots as fifth
class freight. Something has also been
said about coal. The two states which
are recognized as the most progressive
in the sonth are the Carolinas. Invest¬
igation has shown that the Carolinas
are as far from the coal fields as the
manufacturers of Massachusetts, and,
what is more, the facilities for its
transportation are greater here, since
we are not dependent merely on the
steam railroads, but we have the sea¬
board.
“Now, the mills in ..o so-called
Piedmont district in the south are
situated in a cotton belt in which is
raised cotton suitable only for coarse
goods and yarns, and unfit for the
product of the average Massachusetts
mills. I think statictics show that
Massachusetts has, iu reality, little
to fear from the competition of the
south.”
“I believe that every step that is
taken in the interests of the employe
to lighten his burden will return some¬
thing to the manufacturer and
the state. Massachusetts manu¬
facturers have always in the
past, and will be in the future, com¬
petent, owing to the skill and intelli¬
gence of their own against all compet¬
itors. In proof of this, since the
passage of the ten-hour law we have
seen great factories built, large fort¬
unes made and rich families multiplied.
I believe that today Massachusetts is
raismg class of mechanics , . who are
a
destined to become a source of strength
to and the prop and mainstay of our
American republic.”
^ rl»te,«. .
Le Petit Journal, of Ians, says the
prefecture of police has made the i is
Covery that dynamite factories in tno
suburbs of Paris have recently been
extensively robbed of their product. ;
The presumption is that the thieves
axe anarchists.
FREDERICK DOUGLASS DEAD.
He Was the Foremost Leader Among
Colored Men.
A Washington special says: Fred¬
erick Douglass, the foremost leader of
the negro race in the world and one
of the most picturesque characters in
American history, died Wednesday
night at his home in the suburb of
Anacostia. His death was sudden and
unexpected, as he had been in appa¬
rent good health up to the day of his
death.
Frederick Douglass was born in
Tuckahoe, near Easton, Talbot county,
Maryland, February, 1817. His mother
was a negro slave and his father a
white man. He was a slave on the
plantation of Colonel Edward Loyd
until at the age of ten he was sent to
Baltimore to live with a relative of his
master.
He learned to read and write from
one of his master’s relatives, to whom
he was lent when about nine years of
age. His master later allowed him to
hire his own time for three dollars a
week, and he was employed in a ship
yard, and in accordance with a reso¬
lution long entertained, fled from Bal¬
timore and from slavery, September
3, 1838. He made his way to New
York, thence to New Bedford, Mass.,
where he married and lived for two or
three years, supporting himself by day
labor on the wharves and in various
workshops. While there he changed
his name from Loyd to Douglass.
He was aided in his efforts in self
education by William Loyd Garrison.
In the summer of 1841, he attended
an anti-slavery convention at Nan¬
tucket, and made a speech which was
so well received that he was offered
the agency of the Massachusetts Anti
Slavery Society. In this capacity he
traveled and lectured through the New
England Btates for four years. Large
audiences were|attractedjby his graphic
descriptions of slavery and his elo¬
quent appeals.
In 1845 he went to Europe and lec¬
tured on slavery to enthusiastic audi¬
ences in nearly all the large towns of
England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
In 1846 his friendB in England con¬
tributed $750 to have him manumitted
in due form of law. He remained
two years in Great Britain and in 1847
began at Bochester, N. Y., the publi¬
cation of “Frederick Douglass’ Pa¬
per,” which title was changed to “The
North Star,” a weekly journal, which
he contributed to for some years. His
supposed implication in the John
Brown raid in 1859 led Governor Wise,
of Virginia, to make a requisition
for his arrest upon the governor of
Michigan, where he then was, and in
consequence of this Douglass went to
England, and remained six or eight
months. He then returned to Boch¬
ester and continued the publication of
his paper.
W T lien the civil war began in 1861,
he urged upon President Lincoln the
employment of colored troops and the
proclamation of emancipation. In
1863, when permission was given to
employ such troops, he assisted in en¬
listing men to fill colored regiments,
especially the 54th and 55th Massa¬
chusetts.
His Career as a Lecturer.
After the abolition of slavery, he
discontinued his paper and applied
himself to the preparation and deliv¬
ery of lectures before lyceums. Iu
September, 1870, he became editor of
the New National Bra, in Washing¬
ton, which was continued by his sons,
_ Lewis . and . J? -n redenck. j • i in t 18 ion <1 he v. was
appointed assistant secretary to the
commission to Santo Domingo; and
on his return President Grant ap
pointed him one of the Columbia. territorial
council of the District of
In 1872 he was appointed elector at
large for the state of New York, and
was appointed to carry the electoral
vote to Washington. In 1876 he was
appointed United States marshal for
the District of Columbia, which office
he retained until 1881, after which he
became recorder of deeds in the dis¬
trict, from which office he was removed
by President Cleveland in 1886.
In the autumn of 1886 he revisited
England tq inform his friends of what
progress he had made as a fugitive
slave of the African race in the United
States, with the intention of spending
the winter on the continent and the
followingsummer in the United States.
His published works are entitled,
“Narrative of my Experience in Sla¬
very,” Boston, 1844: “Life and Times
of Frederick Douglass,” Hartford,
1881; “My Bondage and My Free¬
dom,” Bochester, 1855,
SOUTHERN PACIFIC TROUBLE.
Chief Arthur Still Trying to Settle j
the Matter in Dispute.
Chief Arthur, of the Brotherhood j
of Locomotive Engineers, is still at j
San Francisco, Cal., pending the ad- j
justment of the difficulties between
the Southern Pacific and the engi
neerg> It wag 8a pp 08 ed that the
trouble was 8e ttled, but having heard
the company’s ultimatum of $4.70 a
day in the mountains and $4.50 for
valley i. engineers, fc this places all the
engi ers on . more equitable foot
j meQ making the moan
bi j n ruIi not relish a reduction of
ra t e paid to valley engineers. The i
coin p ftn y’8 offer is Btill unaccepted, j
Jt ig un( | e rstood that the railroads will j
ma j n ^ a j n it 8 ruling, and that there i
no m ore concessions to the men.
March April May
Are the Best Months in Which to
I
Purify Your Blood
And the Best Blood Purifier is
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
Which Purifies, Vitalizes and Enriches the Blood
At this season everyone should take a good
spring medicine. Your blood must be puri¬
fied or you will be neglecting your health.
There is a cry from Nature for help, and un
less there is prompt and satisfactory response
you will be liable to serious illness.
This demand can only be met by the puri¬
fying, enriching and
Blood-Vitalizlng
elements to be found in Hood's Sarsaparilla.
‘‘ My mother-in-law, Mrs. Elisabeth Wolfe,
at the age of 72 years, was attacked with a
violent form of salt rheum; it spread all over
her body, and her hands and limbs were
dreadful to look at At the same time, my
little daughter Clara, who was Just one year
old, was attacked by a similar disease, like
in
Hood’s Hood’s
Couldn’t Teach Him Manners.
He had his legs stretched clear across
the aisle of a street car when a man
who had just got on gave them a kick
which nearly slewed the other off his
seat. He recovered himself and turned
and demanded:
“Did yon do that on purpose, sir?”
“Yes, sir!" was the prompt reply.
“Wanted to pick a fuss, did you?”
“I wanted to teach you manners.
It isn’t manners for a man to stretch
his legs across a car.”
“Manners! You talk to me about
manners! Sir, do you know who I
am?”
“No, sir, and I don’t care!”
“Do you know that I’ve rid on a
street car more’n 20 times?”
“I thought this was your first trip!”
“Oh, ye did? Waal, it hain’t, not
by a long shot! I was right on this
car last night, and I not only stretch¬
ed my legs across the car and ate a
pint of peanuts, but laid down on the
seat when I got tired and went to
sleep. I guess I know how to behave
myself as well as most folks, and if
anybody kicks my legs agin he’ll want
to nev ius wilt made in advance.— De¬
troit Free Breus.
li u n n i U g a Foreigner.
Pompqy—“Can you tell me who
was j de fust man?”
Caesar— “Guess flat was George
Washington.” ob de sort, Ad
Pompey—“Nuffin’ man.’
am was de fust
Caesar—“Dat’s so; but I didn’t know
you wer gwine to include furriners.
—Baltimore Herald.
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F. J. Cheney <fc Co., Props., known F. J. Che
We, the undersigned, have and believe him
ney for the last 15 years, per
fectly honorable in all business transactions
anrf ^their'finn* 1 ^ ° Ut any
made Druggists, Toledo,
West & Truax, Wholesale
Ohio.
Druggists, To!*do. Ohio.
Hall’s f°t^§ Catarrh Cure is taken internal' y, act
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The ONI/r painless and harmless
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0 C I Tetter, Ringworm, ugly rough patch
R a * es Grouad on Poison the itch, face, from chafes, ivy crusted chaps, scalp. pim¬ oak.
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H | A Pleasant
V * r Reflection 1
—the fact that easy washing
has been made safe. Until
I Pearline came, it was danger*
ous. Pearline takes away the
A S. danger work. as it There takes is away no scour- the"
yV ing and scrubbing, to
is trouble tv in wear keeping things out; there
Pearline nt> is than things clean.
better soap. With
soap, you need hard work; for easy work,
you need Pearline.
Peddlers and some unscrupulous grocers will tell you,
“this is as good as” or “the same as Pfarline.” IT'S
YV FALSE—Pearlino i* never peddled, if your grocer send*
imitation, be honest— send it back. 290 JANES PYLE, X, Y.
Large Sores
under each side of her neck; had the attend*
ance of the family physician and other doc¬
tors for a long time, but seemed to grow
worse. I read of many people cured of scrof¬
ula by Hood’s Sarsaparilla. A a soon as we
gave Hood’s Sarsaparilla to Clara, she began
to get better, and before the first bottle was
gone, the sores entirely healed up and there
has never been any sign of the disease since.
She is a
Healthy Robust Child.
Her grandmother took Hood's Sarsaparilla
at the same time, and the salt rheum decrea*»
ed in its violence and a perfect cure was sooa
effected. It took about three months for bar
cure, and she ascribes her good health and!
strength at her advanced age to Hood’s Sar¬
saparilla. It has certainly been a Godsend to
my family,” Mas, Borau Wowr»,Zaleeki, Ohio
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A. N. U. Nine. ’95.