St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 12, Number 32, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 5 February 1887 — Page 4

THE NEWS CONDENSED. THE EAST. Intelligence has been received at Wilkesbarre, Pa., by Alderman G. S. Graff, that his family have fallen heirs to an estate in Holland worth $76,000,000. Descendants of the original owner of the propertv are said to be scattered over the Western States... .Haymond Belmont, son of August Belmont, the banker, accidentally shot and killed himself in the shoot-ing-gallery in the basement of his father's residence, on Fifth avenue, New York. The flour and grain received in New York City last year, reducing flour to its equivalent in wheat, aggregated about 130,900,000 bushels, being 4,272,000 bushels in excess of the total received during 1885. Os this enormous quantity the New York canals delivered, in the seven months comprising the season of navigation, 44,000,000 bushels, or a little more than one-third, against a trifle less than 30,000,000 bushels in the corresponding time a year previously. In the summer months of last year the railroads only delivered some 4,182,000 bushels more than did the canals. Another of the boodle Aidermen of New York, named O’Neill, has been convicted of briber}’ in connection with the Broadway Railroad franchise. THE WEST. A Portland, Ore., dispatch says that “a high wind sprung up on the west slope of the Cascade Mountains, east of Tacoma, Washington Territory; about eleven miles from the west end of the Northern Pacific tunnel, it blew a large tree down into a camp where a number of Chinese laborers were sleeping. Nine bodies had been removed at last accounts, and a dozen or more were injured. There is three to four feet of snow on the ground, and several bodies are still supposed to be buried in snow under the fallen timber. At Hunt’s camp, a few miles west of the Chinese camp, a similar accident occurred among white laborers, and six were severely injured; none, it is believed, fatally.” At a justice’s office in the township of Jefferson, adjacent to Chicago, Nina Van Zandt and August Spies were married by proxy, the latter being represented by his brother, holding a power of attorney. Leonard Swett, counsel for the anarchists, pronounces the marriage illegal... .The aggregate annual product of Illinois coal mines, according to the State Board of Labor Statistics, shows a decrease for last year as compared with the previous year. Industrial depression and Eastern competition are the given causes. A revival is anticipated. THE SOUTH. A site has been selected at New' Orleans by experienced parties from Memphis for a mill to be run in opposition to the monopoly known as the Cotton-Seed Oil Trust Company. Stock has been given to the leading planters on the lower Mississippi, who pledge themselves to furnish ample raw material.... W. L. Cornish, of Sharpsburg, Washington County, Ky., shot Miss Lulu Green through the heart and brain because she would not marry him. He also tried to kill the girl’s mother and sister, but failed on account of his pistol being out of order. The mother received a severe wound in the hand, and was knocked down with the pistol. Cornish was captured and taken to Springfield. A mob composed of seventy-five men entered the jail and secured the prisoner. He was taken to a farm about two miles north of the town and hanged. Under decrees of the Federal courts, the property of the Southern Telegraph Company was sold at auction at Richmond for $460,000. The main and branch lines cover eighteen hundred miles between Washington and Selma. Father Lawler, of Louisville, has excommunicated from the Catholic Church a grocer named Michael McCoy, who maltreated his first wife until she secured a divorce, whereupon he married a young woman living next door. All members of the church are forbidden to recognize the offender... .John D. Lisle, discount clerk in the First National Bank at Baltimore, is a defaulter for an amount in excess of SBO,OOO. He deceived the Bank Examiner by substituting forged notes for genuine ones, destroying the bogus paper when the examination was completed. POLITICAL. It appears to be pretty well settled that Mr. Manning is to leave the Treasury Department to take the Presidency of a newly organized national bank in NewYork. It is also understood that Mr. Jordan, Treasurer of the United States, will resign to become cashier of the same institution. .. .An investigation is demanded in the Minnesota Legislature of the charges that the saloon men have raised a big boodle fund to defeat high-license legislation. .. .The joint resolution for submitting to popular vote a prohibition amendment to the Constitution was adopted in the Texas House—Bo to 21. Hon. John H. Reagan, at present a Representative in Congress from Texas, has been chosen to succeed Hon. Sam Bell Maxey as United States Senator from that State. The Senatorial dead-locks in Indiana, West Virginia, and New Jersey continue at this writing (Thursday). The New Jersey Senate organized by the election of a Republican President pro tern., and then adjourned for one week. In the Arkansas House of Representatives Speaker Hewitt referred to the obstructive tactics of a defeated candidate for the Speakership, for which he was promptly denounced by Representative Hudgins as a liar. Every member rose from his seat, but mutual friends of the belligerents brought about a suspension of hostilities. In the Illinois House a bill has been introduced “to provide for the preservation of health in the sale and use of whisky.” It provides that all whisky must be tw’o years and nine months old. In the Wisconsin House a resolution has been offered to amend the Constitution so as to prohibit members of the Legislature and courts of record from receiving free railroad transportation. The Alabama House has passed a bill making the keeping of a gambling house a felony, punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary. The Pennsylvania House has adopted' a concurrent resolution requesting the Congressional delegation to use all possible in- ' fluence toward the building of sea-coast defenses and the strengthening of the naw. The resignation of Governor Pierce, of Dakota, having been accepted by the President, the Governor has turned the office over to the Territorial Secretary, who will act until Judge Church is confirmed. ... .George De B. Keim is the Democratic nominee for Mayor of Philadelphia. WASHLWTOX A final dividend of 5 per cent, in favor of creditors of the World’s Exposition at 1 New Orleans has been made by the Acting Secretary of the Treasury from the Congressional appropriation of $355,000. The President has approved the Mexican pension bill Ninety-five applications have been received at the Postoffice Department for the establishment of the freedelivery system under the terms of the Act recently passed by Congress. The to-

tal number of towns having the re- | quired population or revenue is 180 The Naval Sub-committee on Construction has reached an agreement, which will doubtless receive the approval of the full committee, looking to an appropriation for the construction of two 4,000-ton cruisers of the Newark type, five 1,700-ton gunboats, patterned after gunboat No. 1, and three seagoing torpedo boats. It is stated that George H. Pendleton returned from Berlin at the request of President Cleveland. This gave rise to a rumor that he will be tendered the position of Secretary of the Treasury. Following is a recapitulation of the debt statement issued on the Ist inst.: INTEREST-BEARING DEBT. Bonds at 4'< 2 percent t 250,600,090 Bonds nt 4 per cent. 737,780,600 Bonds at 3 per cent 63,023,000 Refunding certificates at 4 per cent. 186,350 Navy pension fund at 3 per cent.... 14,00.1,000 Pacific railroad bonds at 6 per cent. 64,623,512 Principal. $1,129,619,462 Interest 7,660,070 Total $1,137,279,512 DEBT ON WHICH INTEREST HAS CEASED SINCE MATURITY. Principal $ 7,310,325 Interest 203,787 Total $ 7,514,112 DEBT BEARING NO INTEREST. Old demand and legal-tender notes.s 346,738,341 Certificates of deposit 8,720,000 Gold certificates 105,665,107 Silver certificates 118,315,714 Fractional currency (less $8,3/5,931 estimated as lost or destroyed). .. 6,950,974 Principal $ 586,390,138 TOTAL DEBT. Principal $1,723,319,925 Interest. 7,863,858 Total $1,731,181,783 Less cash items available for reduction of the debt $ 270,934,924 Less reserve held for redemption of United States notes 100,000,000 Total $ 370,934,921 Total debt, less available cash items .$1,360,248,859 Net cash in the Treasury 27,780,050 Debt, less cash in Treasury, Feb. 1, 1887 $1,332,468,809 Debt, less cash in Treasury, Jan, 1, 1887 1,311,984,495 Decrease of debt during the month $ 9,515,686 CASH IN THE TREASURY. Available for reduction of debt: Gold held for gold certificates actually outstanding $ 105,665,107 Silver held for silver certificates actually outstanding 118,315,711 United States notes held for certificates of deposit actually outstanding 8,720,000 Cash held for matured debt and interest unpaid 23,056,419 Fractional currency 3,500 Total available for reduction of the debt $270,934,923 Reserve fund held for redemption of United States notes, acts Jan. 14, 1875 and July 12. 1882 $ 100,000,003 Unavailable for reduction of the debt: Fractional silver coin 26,323,524 Minor coin 106,903 Total $ 26,430,427 Certificates held as cash 25,681,020 Net cash balance on hand 27,780,050 Total cash in the Treasury as shown by Treasurer's general account $ 450,826,420 INDUSTRIAL NOTUS. The steel rails already contracted for to be delivered during the present year aggregate 1,20 tens, which is about threequarters ua the allotment for the mills for 1887. The Connellsville coke syndicate has advanced the price to $2 per ton... .An infernal machine exploded on the Old Dominion Line steamer Guyandotte, when off Long Branch, shattering the decks and causing the wildest excitement among the passengers. Fire also broke out, but was quickly subdued. Txvo persons were injured. The vessel returned immediately to New York after the explosion, which is suspected to have some connection with the present strike of coal handlers.... The Board of Arbitration to whom was referred the differences between the operators and miners of the National and Fairview' mines, at Washingtonville, Ohio, decided that the price of mining should be advanced from 821 to 87 cents a ton. The award is satisfactory to all parties.... About eighteen hundred of the Lorillard strikers returned to work at Jersey City on the firm’s terms, and the strike is ended. The Lorillards have all the hands now that they will employ, and every department is in operation. A New York dispatch says “the extension of the strike to the freight-handlers on the railroad piers of New York is the most serious blow to commerce that the union men have struck. The effect of it on one road, the Jersey Central, was an almost complete suspension of business.” A Lowell (Mass.) telegram says “the strikes in New Y’ork City seriously affect the business interests of this city. If they continue much longer the loss to mercantile and manufacturing industries will be disastrous.” GEMRAL. The Railroad Commissioners of Illinois report that but eleven roads in the State pay dividends, twenty-eight yield only the fixed charges, and four fall short of paying operating expenses and taxes. The net income of all the roads is but 1.1 per cent, on the capital represented by their securities. The Dominion Government, says a New York special, is determined to enforce the crusade against American fishing vessels encroaching upon its reserves. If the fishery question is not settled before the fishing season opens several men-of-war will be dispatched to enforce existing regulations. The Canadians are jubilant over the situation, but the possibility of the suspension of commerce with the United States is creating alarm in commercial circles. The Senate resolutions on the sub ject were regarded as bluster at first, but since the vote on them there has been a change of opinion. An Ottawa (Canada) dispatch says: “A prominent official confirms the report that the imperial government will send out men-of-war next season to assist in protecting Canadian fisheries. The reason why aid was not rendered last season was due to the long correspondence which had taken place between Canada and England on the matter, and by the time the imperial authorities had settled on their policy the fishing season had nearly expired. There is no foundation for the report that the dominion government has receded from the position it has taken all along as to its rights, based on the treaty of 1818.” FOREIGN. A NEW tax law has been promulgated in Russia fixing a tax of 5 per cent, on guaranteed revenues derived from railway shares, and a tax of 3 per cent, on similar guaranteed revenues. . . . Conflicting rumors come from Europe with regard to the probability of war. On all the bourses of the Continent there is a general anticipation of eaily hostilities, but the German Emperor has given his dictum in favor of peace. At Paris, despite the reaction toward peace, there exists an undercurrent of belief that war is certainly among the possibilities. . . . Chamberlain, in a speech at Birmingham, said he was willing, for the sake of peace, to postpone the much-needed reforms in Great Britain, but he would not accept terms dictated by a portion of the Irish members of Parliament, nor would he submit to a minority party which represented an anti-English conspiracy. The British people would accept a conciliatory course, but had not sunk so lo\v as to accept a policy of surrender. He believed the question, by mutual concessions, could be settled on a basis which would involve no risk to the English taxpayer. There is considerable excitement in Paris over a pamphlet entitled “The Art of Combating the German Army.”... .A seat

in the British Parliament, to be made vacant by the resignation of Lord Algernon Percy, is likely to be accepted By Mr. Goschen, Chancellor of the Exchequer... . Three hundred emigrants, bound from England for Western Australia, were drowned by the sinking of the British ship Kapunda, which collided with the bark Ada Millmore off the coast of Brazil. A cable dispatch from Berlin says: The committee of the National Liberal party has issued a manifesto to the electors. They say: “Never since the Franco-Ger-man war has the danger of a great conflict been so near. No statesman can form any certain conclusions as to the future, even for a few weeks. The peace of Europe rests at this moment solely upon the strength, readiness for action, and moral trustworthiness of the German army. The National Liberals are confident that the voice of universal suffrage will pronounce the right decision. An unpropitious issue of the elections will bring down upon the country war with all its terrors, and, even with the best results, heavy losses.” On the London, Paris, Berlin, and Vienna Bourses there is intense excitement, prices all going to pieces owing to war rumors A London cablegram says: “There are indications that Germany meditates inviting France to consent to a reduction of the armies of both nations to a low peace basis.” ADDITIONAL NEWS. Glanders has broken out on twenty farms in Marshall County, Illinois... .The Illinois Central bridge at Cairo will require 3,000 feet of trestle. A commencement has been made xvilh seventy-five feet, and the work goes rapidly forward.,.. Father F. C. Jean, of Lyons, lowa, has been awarded $20,000 damages against Bishop Hennessey, of Dubuque, who deposed him from the rectorship of St. Irene’s parish at Lyons fifteen years ago. ... /The three Commissioners of Archuleta County, Colorado, were seized by a mob, headed by the Sheriff, and driven from the county, with threats that should they return their lives should pay the forfeit. A hotel owned by one of the victims was burned by the mob. The Legislature will investigate the matter. The Senatorial dead-lock in the Indiana Legislature svas broken on the 2d inst. In the joint convention Representative Robinson, Geeenback-Labor member, who. with three others, had all along voted for Allen, changed his vote to David Turpie, the Democratic nominee. An almost indescribable scene followed. The Democrats cheered wildly, the Republicans hissed, and the disorder was prolonged several minutes. The Democratic members rushed up and down the aisles shaking hands with each other, but amid the noisy and enthusiastic demonstration Robinson received little attention -everybody evincing a disposition to shun him. Judge Turpie sat among the Democratic senators, but seemed to be little disturbed by the exciting change in the proceedings. Before the result of the ballot was announced the three Repub-lican-Independents changed their rotes from Allen to Harrison- miking 71 for him against 70 for Turpie—and explained their reasons so; doing so. They each charged Robinson with having acted in bad faith, and declared that he had broken his solemn agreement will! them after the roll-call had begun. Their brief speeches were loudly cheered, and the convention became uproarious. The Republicans renewed their protests against the votes of Senators Brannaman and Smith and twelve members of the House. Speaker Sayre announced that there had been no election, but I’resident Smith declared Turpie elected. It is said the Republicans will contest the matter bo fore the United States Senate. A Chicago dispatch says the Knights of Labor, in pursuance of their intention to exterminate Philip b. Armot he great meat packer, “have place I a .y. ott on nearly 390 Chicago firms which are using his goods. A m >ve of this kind is stupendous, and it is one of the mast important ever made on the part of the Knights since the establishment of their organization. They recognize in Armour the power that crushed them in the stock-yards strikes, and by forcing him to succumb they think they would only lie exercising justifiable retaliatory measures. They do not care so much about the other influential packers, but in Mr. Armour they say the}’ have found an avowed enemy to their cause, and <n the hope of crushing him they have not ,nly boycotted bis firm throughout the country, but they now propose to treat similarly those wholesale and retail dealers who purchase and sell his products.” The House bill authorizin : the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River between Omaha and Council Bluffs passed too Senate on the 2d inst The sundry civil appropriation bill was passed by the Senate. Just before, the passage of tne bill Mr. Allison Hated that the Treasury surplus for next year is not likely to exceed $15,000,100, but Mr. Beck contended that it wtuld be nearer $90,030,903. By a vote of 34 to 15 the Senate passed the House bill appropriating $10,00) for the distribution of seeds in Texas by the Agricultural Department. A resolution was adopted calling on the Secretary of the Treasury for information as to lowa railroad land grants The House of Representatives passed bills to authorize the construction of a passenger bridge across the Mississippi River at Dubuque, and to define the Ohio collection districts of Miami and Sandusky. By a vote of 136 to 115 the House refused to repass the vetoed pension bill of Carter W. Tiller, the father of a soldier who died in Andersonville Prison. The bill to prohibit the appointment of Congressional funeral committees was laid on the table by a decided majority. The House Agricultural Committee reported back the Senate bill for the establishment of agricultural experiment stations, and it was referred to the committee of the whole. A measure calling for an appropriation of $20,003,03.) for the manufacture by Americans of first-class modern guns was introduced in the House. Microbes. Th? part played by microbes in nature, as i'ons. I’. L. Trouessart says, is an important one. We find them everywhere. Every species of plant has its special parasites, the vine, for example, being attacked by more than a hundred different kinds. These microscopic fungi have their use in the general economy of nature. They are nourished at the expense of ail decaying vegetable and animal matter, whose complex constituents they reduce to the simpler form of soluble mineral sul stances, which are returned to the soil to feed new generations of plants. In this way they clear away all the dead bodies and useless substances which are the refuse of life, and thus they unite animals and plants in an endless chain. All our fermented liquors, wine, beer, vinegar, etc.. a e artificially produced by the species of microbes called ferments, which also cause bread to rise. From this point of view they are profitable in industry and commerce. But, in addition to these useful microbes, there are others which are injuri us to us. Such are the microbes that produce diseases in wine, most of the changes alimentary and industrial substances, and, finally, a large number of the diseases to which men and domestic animals are subject. The germs of these diseases, which are only the spores or seeds of these microbes, float in the air we breathe and in the water xve drink, and thus penetrate to our bodies’ interior. There is not a single day, nor a single instant, in which we cannot be said to be in contact with microbes, which are, in fact, the invisible agents of life and death. “Who,” said a member of the Canadian House of .Commons to the members who were trying by interruptions to choke him off, “who brayed here?” “It was an echo,” retorted a member, amid a yell of delight.

INJUSTICE CORRECTED. Convincing Verification of Widecast rublie Statements. In common with many ‘ publishers and editors, we have been accustomed to look upon certain statements which wo have seen in our columns as merely adroit advertising. Consequently we feel justified in taking the liberty of printing a few points from a private letter recently received from one of our largest patrons, as a sort of confession of faith to •our readers. We quote: “We have convinced ourselves that by telling what we know to be true, we have produced at least a permanent conviction in the public mind. Seven years ago we stated what the national disease of this country was, and that it was rapid v increasing. Three years ago wo stated that a marked check had been given it “The statistics of one of tho largest life-in-surance companies of this country show that in 1883 and 1884 the mortality from kidney disorders did not increase over the previous years; other companies stated tho same tiling. It is not presumptuous for us to claim credit for checking these ravages. “Seven years ago wo stated that the condition of the kidneys was the key to the condition of health; within the past five years all careful life insurance companies have conceded the truth of this statement, for, whereas, ten years ago, chemical analysis to determine the condition of the kidnoys was not required, to-dav millions of dollars in risks are refused, because chemical examination discovers unsuspected diseases of the kidneys, “Seven years ago wo stated that the ravages of Bright’s Disease were insignificant compared with other unsuspected disorders of the kidneys of many misleading names; that ninety-three per cent, of human ailments are attributable to deranged kidneys, which fills the blood with uric acid, or kidney poison, which causes these many fatal diseases. “The uric acid, or kidney poison, is the real cause of tho majority of cases of paralysis, apoplexy, heart disease, convulsions, pneumonia, consumption, and insanity; over half the victims of consumption are first tho victims of diseased kidneys. “When the recent death of an honored exofficial of the United States was announced, his physician said that although he was suffering from Bright’s Disease, that was not the cause of death. He was not frank enough to admit that the apoplexy which overtook him in his bed w as the fatal effect of the kidney poison in the blood, which had eaten away the substance of the arteries and brain; nor was Logan’s physician honest enough to state that his fatal rheumatism was caused by kidney acid in tho blood. “If tho doctors would state in official reports the original cause of death, tho people of this country would De alarmed, yea, nearly panicstricken, at tho tearful mortality from kidney disorders.” Tho writers of the above letter give those facts to tho public simply to justify the claims that they have made, that “if the kidneys and liver are kept in a healthy condition by the use of Warner s safe cure, which hundreds of thousands have proved to be a specific, when all other remedies failed, and that has received tho indorsement of the highest medical talent in Europe, Australasia and America, many a life would be prolonged and the happiness of the people preserved. It is successful with so many dis rent diseases be - cause it, and it alone, can remove the uric acid from the blood through the kidneys." Our readers are familiar with the preparation named. Commendation thereof has often appeared iu our columns. We believe it to b> one of tho l>est, if not tho best, ever manufactured. We know th > proprietors are men of character and influence. We are certain they have awakened a wido spread interest in the public mind concerning the importance of the ki Inoys. We believe with them that they are the key to health, and that for their restoration from disease and maintenance in health there is nothing equal to this great remedy. The proprietors say they “do not glory in this universal prevalence of disease; but having started out with the purpose of spreading the merits of Warner' > safe euro before the world, because it cured our senior proprietor, who was given up by doctors as incurable, wo foci it our duty to state tho facts and leave tho public to its own inferences. Wo point to our claims, and to their public ami universal verigicat mu, with pride, an 1 if tho ] nblic dees not believe what we say we tell them to a k their friends and neighbors what they think about our preparations.” As stated above, wo most cordially com mend the perusal of this correspond, p.. h by onr readers, believing that in so doing wo are fulfilling a simple pub’ic obligat on. The Necktie (harm. If there is one thing more than another that a “sassiety” belle adores it is a hobby. Something neyv in this line is invented every little while by some fair sister, tor hobbies grow stale and uninteresting in a short time. Tho latest out is the collection of the small neckties which gentlemen now wear, and are used by the dear creatures who beg them in a most moral and sentimental manner. A small cord is stretched from post to post across the head and foot piece of the young lady’s bed, to which the ties are fastened. A tie, when presented by, or begged of, a gentleman, must be accompanied by a miniature card, bearing his name or monogram, under which the lady ivrites the prettiest compliment the giver has ever paid her. The ties are arranged artistically, with regard to color, and the belles of fashion vie xvith each other in endeavoring to be the first to have her couch fully decked. Each night a tie is taken from the line and placed under the pillow to insure pleasant dreams. If at the end of two months after a girl has completed the task of decorations she be not engaged to marry, the ties are put into a black bag, tied with a black ribbon, and hung in an obscure corner. She must then begin over again, in hopes that her luck will turn. After marriage a silk quilt must be made, and the ties are fastened in clusters here and there all over the top of it. This will m all probability remain a thing of beauty adornment until after the first quarrel, when the sight of the ties of his wife’s former admirers excites the young husband to greater anger, and he yanks them off, one by one, and throws them into the fire.— Cleveland News. In the United States Senate, during arecent debate, Senator Vest, of Missouri, paid a high tribute to the merits of St, Jacobs Oil. Other prominent men have also found it prompt in its cure of rheumatism and neuralgia. Price, fifty cents a bottle. A giant is coming to London, He is an Austrian. He calls himself Winkelmeier. He is eight feet six inches in height, and is one of the tallest men who have lived since the days of the Anakin. Throat troubles yield promptly to Red Star Cough Cure, as vouched for by U. S. Architect Clark. Its ingredients are purely vegetable and free from opiates. 25 cents. A Funny Little Boy. How funny a grate little boy can be and what an interesting thing it would be if one could only manage to fathom some of the blind depths of his mental processes! A young dame was supervising the sunning of her baby in a quiet Back Bay street the other morning, when in her walk she encountered a small and serious boy. He brought tho carriage to a halt and made a long and apparently satiating inspection; then he turned to the mother, and said: “Is this your baby, ma’am ?” “Yes,” said she, “it is.” “Ah! And how old is it?” “Eight months.” “Eight months! Ah! Well, will you wait a minute please?” And then master boy dived down into his pocket and brought up an assortment of little cards xvith the numbers printed upon them, and, selecting one upon which a fat eight stood out, he presented it with a severe bow, saving: “Well, will you take this, then?” and walked imperturbably away,— Boston Beat on.

ImponanT. Whon you visit or loavo Now York City, save baggage, expressago, and $3 carriage hire, and stop at the Grand Union Hotel, opposite Grand Central Depot 613 rooms, fitted up at a cost of one million dollars, $1 and upwards per day. European plan. Elevator. Restaurant supplied with the best. Horsi cars, stages, and elevated railroad to all depots. Families can live better for less money at the Grand Union Hotel than at any other first-class hotel iu the city. Wise Words of Lincoln. There is no landing place on the stairway from labor up to capital. There are no bolted doors along the ascent. It is treason to make out an irrepressible conflict bettveen them. The fact tvas never better put than by Mr. Lincoln in his first annual message: “There is no such relation,” he said, “between capital and labor as assumed, nor is there any such thing as a free man being fixed for life in the condition of a hired laborer. Both these assumptions are false, and all inferences from them are groundless. Many independent men everywhere in these States a few years back in their lives were hired laborers. The prudent, penniless beginner in the world labors for wagos for a while, saves a surplus, with which to buy tools or land for himself, then labors on his own account for another while, and at length hires another nexv beginner to help him. This is tho just and generous svstem which opens the way to all, gives hope to all, and consequent energy and progress and improvement of condition to all.”— Chicago Advance. The Effects of Mental Exhaustion. Many diseases, especially those of the nervous system, are the products of daily renewed mental exhaustion. Business avocations often involve an amount of mental wear and tear very prejudicial to physical health, and the professions, if arduously pursued, are no less destructive to brain and nerve tissue. 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For miners, machinists, and others whoso employment begrimes the clothing and hands Invaluable in hospitals, asylums, and prisons as a disinfectant and purifier. “Rough on Bile rills.” Little, but good. ICc, 2ic. “Rough on Itch" cures humors, eruptions, tetter. “Rough on Worms.” Sure cure. 25c. “Rough on Filin” Plaster, porosed, 10c. Best. Mensman'S Peptonized Beef Tonic, the only preparation of beef containing its entire nutritious properties. . It contains blood-making, force-generating, and life-sustaining properties; invaluable for indigestion, dyspepsia, nervous prostration, and all forms of general debility; also in all enfeebled conditions, whether the work of exhaustion, nervous prostration, overwork, or acute disease, particularly if resulting from pulmonary complaints. Caswell, Hazard & Co., proprietors, New York. Sold by druggists. “Rough on Rats” clears out rats, mice. 15c. “Rough on Corns,” hard or soft corns. 15c. “Rough on Toothache.” Instant relief. 15c. “Rough on Coughs." Troches, 10c; liquid, 25c. “Rough on Dirt" is unequaled for dishwashing, house and paint cleaning, cleaning windows, pails, pans, knives, forks, jewelry, wash basins, bath tubs, sinks, water closets^ etc. Cuts the dirt without injury or dis oloric tion. Keep it m the wash and toilet stands. :t months’ treatment for 50c. Piso’s Remedy for Catarrh. Sold by druggists. Dyspepsia Docs not get well of itself; it requires careful, persistent attention and a remedy that will assist nature to throw oft the causes and tone up the digestive organs till they perform their duties v illingly. Among the agonies experienced by the dyspeptic, are distress before or after eating, loss of appetite, irregularities of the bowels, wind or gas and pain in the stomach, heart-burn, sour stomach, etc., causing mental depression, nervous irritability and sleeplessness. It you are discouraged boos good cheer and try Hood’s Sarsaparilla. It has cured hundreds, it will cure you. Hood’s SarsapariHa Sold by all druggists. $1; six for $5. Made only by C. I. HOOD & CO., Lowell, Mass. 100 Eposes One DoUar ^RJ^eT-thFada^>n co 2 rMlKßlig I'.ite.it bo icitors Muncie, Indi >ni. few to SS a day. Samples worth J 1.50, FREE Cini^ not under the horse’s feet. Address Brewster’s S defy Rein Holder, Holly, Mich PENSIONSs^” Umm Agents, Indiana] olis. Ind.

Why did the Women of this country use over thirteen million cakes of I rocter & Gamble’s Lenox Soap in 1886? Buy a cake of Lenox and you will soon understand why.

Is It Really Consumption! Many a case supposed to bo radical lung disease is really one of liver complaint and indigestion, but, unless that diseased liver can bo restored to healthy action, it will so dog the lungs with corrupting matter as to bring on their speedy decay, and then indeed we hue consumption, winch is scrofula of the lungs, in its worst form. Nothing can bo more happily calculated to nip this danger in the bud thin is Dr. Pierce’s “Golden Medical Discovery.” By druggists. Strange but true; A word in season is scarcely ever spoken by a man in a peppery frame of mind. ___ Five Huntlred Dollars Is the sum Dr. Pierce offers for the detection of anv calomel, or other mineral poison or iniurtous drug, in his justly celebrated I leasant Purgative Pellets.” They aro about tho size of u mustard seed, therefore easily taken, wh!l> their operition is unattended by any grilling rain. Biliousness, sick-headaehe, bid taste in the mouth, ami jaundice, yield at once before tin so “1 tie giants” Os your druggist. “There is a report around. Jinks, that you have inherited n landed estate. “It is groundless, my dear fellow. “Brown's Bronchial Troches ” aro excellent for the relief of Hoarseness or Soro Throat They are exceedingly effective.” — Christian World, London, Eng. A negro minstrel, when asked what his trade was, responded that he was a caulker. EOK A1.1.. S3O a week ami expenses Vmißk A pai‘l. Outfit worth *5 nnd particulars Iv villa lro,i - P.O. VICKERY, Augusta Mame. mB M■■ F 3 Morphine Habit Cured in Ip '<> Ao w 1111 8 Dr. J- Stephens, Lebanon, Ohio. UUULU IU K IU-, VI .Ma k >ll «r .Mdwiml '• 1•. VIRGINIA LAND AGENCY. (’heap Farms. Sp'cndid uliimitD. Short Mikl tors. Hood market*. Descriptive Lam! Li>t Free. GKIFFIN &j£KRVIS. I et < q. \a. Garden Saedsß'S I KA M Is KRILL, Hempstead. I. 114 Island, W Pne ... 'LA Mv retail salt sot your ’TansiH’s l’urch"s-eent cisrar for last v» ar ( SS2) wore 182,(00. This year 1 expect to Rl .n Address R. W. TANSILL & CO., Chicago. ^FREEX BOOK ever!- J XL Thousand । oft I Engravings, Best SEED t y® . A ehenpe'-t ever grown, j A ' J‘kts :‘.e < ’heap as dirt by j M ' - ’ oz. d lb. 100IH0 pkts, new fd ' sorts divided VnV.X''. to t'ustmners. I give y C nwnv nmr<> than some firms sett. Send for my Uata’ogue. It. 11. Slmniway, liocklord, 111. A Cures and Prevents

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i.uit’Vr than any known renivdy. It was tho first and is the only PM REMEDY 'Hint instantly st- ps ’ho most ( XcrGriatin j rams, allays Infiammutu n an-1 cuie> < '.mu* Ntim^. wh« sher of the Lunrs, Stoma- h. B m - N.or other glands or organs. tone avpln ; t:< n. N > matter In n v:<' fut - r »‘\<rii'iatlm4 tho i an tho Rheumatic. Bedridden. Infirm. ( rippled. Nervtms, Neuralgic. < r prostrated with diseases mas suffer, RADWAY’S READY RELIEF will affor I inst-mt ,-asc. Thirty t - sixty dr ps in half tunibb r > f water will in a h-w minutes cm-,- < r.-m iis. S,,a ins. Sour Stomach. Naus,-.-i, 5.- mi inc. I’.dpi Udi, -n of the Heart. Malaria. chi Is and 1-,-v r, I- . iutmss. He rtburn. Sick H, a I U 1. I eart h-a. I v-. nt--r>. Colic, Win I m tlte lb w, s 1 all Intel nal Pains. 1 lity Cent s per Bottle. Sold by Druggists. DR. RAHWAY .V < 0., N. Y., Proprietors of Railway’s Sarsipanliian Resolvent and Dr. Radway’s Pilis. jS CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS. W 858 Best Cough Syrup. Tastes good. Use in time. S; jid by drug^i.-td. gi Hainesville, N. J.,) S October 15, 1886. f k i M I E. T. Hazeltine, k H Warren, Fa. m Dear Sir: g I was taken with a very K ■ severe cold last Spring, S M and tried every cure we k E had in the store, and could H get no help. g E I had our village doctor 1 g prescribe for me, but kept 3 » getting worse. I saw an- 1 ■ other physician from Port E Jervis, N. Y., and he told 0 me ho used Piso’s Cure « K for Consumption in his g practice. S' I bought a bottle, and K before I had taken all of | SB it there xvas a change for £ H the better. Then I got my « H employer to order a quan- b Ms tity of the medicine and H keep it in stock. I took Sg one more bottle, and my 8a Cough ivas cured. g liespectfully, Frank McKelvy. J 8 CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS. Best Cough Syrup. Tastes good. Use Lt time. Sold by druggistis । 0?IUM HABIT m ped liand-i and lii>s, audcold sores. Pno 5:1 ,-c n \t druggist’s or mailed by WMS. MFG.Co., Clev, laud. <3. <lnss THE < lIIS&ncAGO I i'dAuA.? TOEE IT 'O H Uohevcd and Cured bv Ur. ,j. \ LlUl 1 nn | £|^l"' , ’ I >« a n -’<i | iU’ t hod. Tims.-Who iD¥ERTISERS^^^^± on advertising space when in Chicago, will find it on file at the Advertising Agency of LORD&THOKfiS.

A QUESTION ^ o( ^| Browns I ron I Bitters I answered I Physicians re.-ogmz.e Iron na th« l.<? l’Abbe®? ■ agent kn.rvn t„ the profession ■ eo ns cho,meal hrm will substantiate .'l'’ I '’’ “ft' ■ tli a there are more prenarationH nf 4- the ■ * other substance lined in mediciA* ft < <-!u-iv.-:y that a »<’knowlX pd ^‘"^ I mipormrn factor in Hueeessful medicaH,.?> I however, a remarkable fact, that nri,™? a,t ice Il ery .t BIGHS N’S I ItO.N I ly sanstaetory iron combination b. l( X? “x terfeeL ■ < BROWiVSIROKBITTERS&S g headaelm. or produce constipation-,, n ■ niedicin, s,lo. It Ru\\ \ । ”J '»'flr On K cures Indigeelion, IliliousnesN H Dyspepsia. Halarin, Uhilte iin.l 1 Tired 1 eeli.ig.Geuer.tl Drbilit“ B Side, Buck < r l.iinbs.Ueatlncheana R pin for all these ailments Iron is pneueii ■ BRO Wil’S I BON BITTERS s^t± l bnnoht IS i, ,■■ ved emvgv. The innscle. <>l w firmer, tile d^estion improves. tISbX ‘“’ nb eS I S ■ In thooilect is usually nmierinirt.^Miiii IH Tho eyes begin at once to bright..,, o ,;o'“"uked ■ up; healthy color conies to the cheeks-n*^ 111 "'“li IB disappears; functional derangements i„. ■ lar. and if a nursing mother, übiimlan, . in " ,r eßu. ■ is >m|,pbe<l for tho child. RetnenihiTß. ll Bitt.rs in Hie ONLY iron ni.Xine ’ hou IB injurious. I•hysirUuis ,in,l dru^yisu jf.M K Tim Genuine has Trade Mark and cross.,i . ' -t! ■ on wrapper. TA K!I NO (ppll Hom K r n ib] I Tattonei! Brat on, — Tbs Crims of do Coit PROF. WM. HENRY PECK. ' The opening chapters of this great novel can only be found iu The UhicawQ 1 l.eil^er of Feb. IG. Send for it. j 51. 50 per year. H tT a ® LobVl u W InatructioDs and opinions as to oab ritabdity FRE E. I 7 year*’experience. I WE WANT YOU! profitable employment to represent us in every I county. Salary per month anil expenses, ore lam commission on .l- s if preferred. 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Dr. Horne, Inventor, 191 Wabash ave. ghicao* CThe OLDEST MEDICINE in the WORLD is A probably Dr. Isaac Thoiupson’s U debated Eye Wateil This article is a carefully prepared physician s prescription. and has I>-en in constant use formerly * century, and notwithstanding the many other preparations that have. it !-.>dn"cd into tho market, tue s -1,- of this nrticle is oust.rdlv increasing, it the m’ rectums ar-- :■ -I! -v, d a will rieverfail. }Ve pnrttenlarly invite t'm .-itt- ntion of ph>sieiaus to its merits.. dolm 1.. Thompson, Suus A- Vo., TROY, JUL Um Piso’s Remedy for Catarrh Is the Best. Easiest to Use, and Cheapest. - Also good for Cold In the Head, ■Bl Headacne. Hay Fever. *c. 50 cents. Bl , C. N. U. ’ ~ ” No. £ WRITING TO ADVERTISE^ ’ pleas,- nay y ou sllw the uibertisein S in this pai.er,

Colds, Coughs, Soro Throat, Hoarseness, Stiff Neck, Bronchitis, Catarrh. Headache, T oothache. Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Asthma, Frostbites, Chilblains,