St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 14, Number 26, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 22 December 1888 — Page 2

H TELEGRAPH. THE NEWS RECORD. SUMMARY OF THE EVENTFUL HAPPENINGS OF A WEEK. Political, Commercial, and Industrial News from AH Over the land-Fires, Accidents, and Crimes—The Gist of the News in a Few Fines. THE FUTURE OF FRANCE. M. Challemel-Laeour Makes a Highly Inflammatory Speech. In the French Senate, during the debate on the budget, M. Challemel-Laeour said the present was not the moment to consider French finances, but the future of France. The main cause of existing evils, he declared, was radicalism. France had abandoned the most glorious of monarchies and was about to fall at the feet of the least of men. The Cabinet’s duty was to check the movement toward the abyss, but instead of doing this the Cabinet was hastening the movement. He appealed to the Hightto unite with the party of the Left, which was the upholder of order and liberty, and together stive the country. The speech created a sensation, and at its conclusion the Senate arose en masse and enthusiastically cheered the orator. M. Leon Say moved that the speech be printed and posted in public places throughout the country. It was ultimately decided that M. Say’s motion should not be voted on till the next sitting. DIED ON THE GALLOWS A New Jersey Murderer Hanged at Hackensack. John Myers Doremus, who murdered his son Jacob. June 7 last, was hanged at Hackensack, N. J. Doremus killed his son with a carving knife because the latter remonstrated with him for abusing his mother. Doremus was perfectly cool and died unflinchingly, as he said he would. In jail, before the execution, he greeted the ministers and officials cheerily and spent a long time quietly in prayer before being led to the scaffold. THE LOYAL LEGION. An Organization Perfected at Indianapolis, Ind, The Indiana Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion was instituted at Indianapolis by ex-President i Hayes and a number of dignitaries of the organization. General Lew Wallace was elected Senior Vice Commander. Three hundred guests attended the banquet, at which speeches wereamado by ex-President Hayes, General Wallace, and others. General Harrison attended the organization meeting, but was not present at the ! evening festivities. DASHED THROUGH A CYCLONE. Passengers on a Milk Train Have a Thrilling Experience. A MILK train on the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad encountered a cyclone near Newfoundland, N. J. As the train was passing a huge tree was torn up by the roots and went crashing down upon the cars, breaking through the roof of the baggage car and ripping off the top of the passenger coach. No one was hurt, but Conductor Cowan bad a narrow escape. TRAIN SNOWED UNDER. Severe Storm in New Brunswick Disastrous to Railroads. The recent snownstorm in New Brunswick was the severest for years. At Moncton more than a dozen trains were held because of the blockade noith of Campbellton. A snow slide at Metapedia covered a special train, but no one was hurt. A crew of shovelers dug out the train. The Quebec train was ten hours late. The storm will cost the company thousands of dollars to reopen communication. Killed by Mistake. Near Avoca, lowa, Joseph Hair, a young man In the employ of John Kelly, a rich bachelor, heard a noise in the barn at night and went out to investigate it. He was found later unconscious on the barn floor, his head battered in by a heavy bar, and died next dgy. The assassin is supposed to have been lying in wait for Kelly for purposes of robbery. Hon. Findley Begger Dead. Tee Hon. Findley Begger, Register of the Treasury of the United States from 1852 to 1860, died at Rushville, Ind., aged 82. _ _ TARIFF CLATTER. The River and Harbor Bill—Resolution by Edmunds—Uncle Sam Must Have Control, Bur little progress was made on the tariff bill by the Senate on the 19th inst., only three pages being disposed of. Mr. Voorhees, after action on several amendments, spoke on the Senate substitute, which, ho said, was conceived, not for the reduction of taxation, but merely to gain a temporary political success. He was followed by Mr. Hawley, on tho other hand, the debate being quite heated. The following resolution was introduced by Senator Kdur.nds and referred to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee: “Resolved, That the Government of tho United States will look with serious concern and disapproval upon any connection of any European Government with the construction or control of any ship canal across the Isthmus of Darien or across Central America, and must regard any such connect ion or control as injurious ij the just rights and interests of the United States and as a menace to their welfare. Heselveil. That the President of tlie United States 1 e requested to communicate this expression of the views of Congress to the Governments <f tho countries of Europe.” Tho Semite passed the House bill incorporating the American Historical Association. The House agreed to the conference report on the bill retiring Gen. A. J. Smith with tho rank i r of Colonel of cavalry. The House went into ■ ; committee of the whole on the river and harbor 1 bill. Mr. Blanchard (La.) explained that every : item of appropriation in the bill bad been in the i bill of last year, and that the 811,900,000 appropriated was a little less than 33'j per cent, of the amount recommended by tho chief of engineers, f After considerable debate the House adjourned. EASTERN OCCURRENCES, i ~ . । At Toledo, Ohio, John Shannon was — given a.verdict for $30,000 against the I. ; Columbus, Hocking Valley and Toledo ; Railway Company, damages for injuries caused by a falling derrick. At Hinsdale, Cattaraugus County, New (York, Harvey Luddington, aged 15 years, threw a chair at his father, fracturing the . old man’s skull, and causing death. ' Mrs. A. R. Parsons, widow of the , Chicago anarchist, addressed about seven hundred people in New York City. I She dwelt at length on the hanging of the anarchists, and said: ' be shed in vengeance. In London I attended meetings iu Hyde Park where tho red H«gs | waved, banml^’layed, "and anarchist speeches were made wiW 3 tho police interfering. While I was addressiW Meeting in Trafalgar Square, I learned that lJ^j)an ,n beld d Chicago had ordered that ths anaL sts be not allowed to meet. He had ordered hisLaliwions to see that no public demonstrationslk .place iu Chicago. That ia free America; wuil<AJ**were publicly proclaiming our theories iu monarchical England. We want a teeb-tal change iu the ownership of tho world a wealth, the land for the landless, toil for the toilers, homes for the homeless, and death for all tyrants an I tyranny. It s death for all who stand iu the way of the remedy. John 'Weisman, aged 28, who was omautically married six months ago to a । ’ennsylvania girl in answer to an adver-

। tisement in a Philadelphia paper, was found dead at his home m Shelburne, Mass., with a bullet-hole in his heart and I a pool of blood beside him. Lazare Zeni shot and killed Giovanna Peri at Shamokin, Pa. They, with seven other Italians, were gambling in a saloon, and the winning o p sl6 by Peri from Zeni was the cause of the murder. Fire destroyed a block of tenements at Ivil Minos, near Monongahela City, Pa., rendering nine families homeless. Charles O’Brien, a sa’oon keeper at Williams Bridge, New York City, was found unconscious in the street and died soon after. It is thought he was murdered. David A. Stewart, President of the Pittsburgh Locomotive Works, was found dead in bed in his residence in Pittsburgh. When questioned touching the report of a New York paper, that he had been requested by General Harrison to accept the portfolio of the State Department, Mr. . Blaine replied that he had nothing to say, WESTERN HAPPENINGS. J. S. Fussell’s farm residence near Charles City, lowa, together with a large barn, forty tons of hay, thirty head of cattle, some horses and hogs, was destroyed by tire. No insurance. The California National Bank of San Francisco has suspended payment. K. P. Thomas, President, says that the suspension is due to irregularities of Cashier C. H. Ramsden, but that the bank has sufficient available funds to insure all depositors against loss. Cashier Ramsden was suspected, and investigation of his books has not been sufficiently thorough for any definite statement to be issued. It is stated that the “irregularities” referred to are not criminal in character, but consist principally of bad loans. The bank was incorporated two years ago as a joint stock organization, tho shares being taken by investors in San Francisco and the East. Its authorized capital was $1,000,000, of which $200,000 in coin was subscribed. A special from Santa Ana, Cal., says that William Bartley, aged 76 years, with his wife, aged 80. his adopted daughter, aged 20, and tho wife of David J. Bartley, aged 43 years, all residents of El Modena, started for that city, and when crossing the Santa Fe tracks near tho outskirts of the city, the wagon was struck by an ap- : proaching train, and all tho occupants ; killed, on© of the women being thrown twenty feet in the air. Tho young lady’s head was crushed into an unrecognizable mass. Bartley was from Cummings County, Nebraska, and leaves seven children, five in California and two in Pennsylvania. Eugene Bartlett has lived for five years near Bross, Kingman County, Kansas, with his two daughters and young son. Ho took with him from Kentucky an old servant, a negro woman, known as “Good Old Rebecca.” The servant became impressed with the idea that she was being “hoodooed” by th© daughter, Jennie, about twenty years old, and told the young lady that “she must quit or there would be trouble.” The colored woman watched her opportunity for breaking the spell. One night tho family, exeepting Jennie, visited a neighbor. Shortly after their departure Robert Donnelly, a young man, called to seo Jennie. Ho remained until about 9 o’clock, when Rebecca, appeared and stated there was a sick horse at tho barn, and she wanted him to go to Bross for medicine. He left in response to the request. As soon as he had gone tho servant caught the young lady, bound her hands and feet, and, tying a rope around her hands, swung her to a joist with her feet about two feet above the floor. The negress then stripped the girl of her clothes and covered her body with paint and thin tar. In a short time she had placed a kettle filled with kindling wood under her, and after putting a large amount of oil iu it applied a match. While the flames were curling around Jennie’s feet and legs Donnelly returned. The front entrance was locked, and going to a window tho horrible spectacle met his eyes. He rushed to the back door, broke it open and at onco removed the kettle. He then cut the rope and carried th© girl to a resting-place. Soon after the girl recovered consciousness and told the story of her fiendish treatment. Her feet and lower limbs were burned to a crisp, and a few minutes later death relieved her of her intense agony. Near Springfield, Mo., an attempt was made to wreck the Texas express train on the St. Louis and San Francisco Road, but a wild engine was the sufferer, and the 200 passengers on the express train were saved by the heroism of the fireman of the wrecked locomotive, who, though suffering from a broken ankle, dragged himself a mile and flagged the train. At Hawk Creek, Montana, C. V. Strong killed William Houx, a stockman, who had on various occasions threatened to murder Strong. SOUTHERN INCIDENTS. Fanny Jones, colored, is under arrest at Westminster, Md., charged with killing a 4-year-old child by inhuman treatment. The child had been left with her by its mother to be taken care of, and she tortured it to death. The body was covered with scars and burns. The woman is accused of having tortured other children. A special from Grand Coteau, La., says that two men were killed and several other persons injured during a shooting affray a short distance fiom that town. The shooting was the result of a feud which has existed between members of the Higginbotham family for three or four years. Tho parties were attending a horse race when the shooting began. Thirty or forty shots were exchanged. A young man named Beard, who was acting as peacemaker, was shot and instantly killed. Two of Munro Higginbotham’s sons were fatally shot. Two other persons were wounded, one of them being the mother of young Beard. Her wound is not serious. The latest version of the affray at Wahalak, Miss., in which the blacks fired upon a posse of whites, is that Constable Seth Cobb was endeavoring at the time of the shooting to servo upon George Maury, colored, a warrant sworn out for tho arrest of Maury by Tom Nicholson, white. Maury had cursed a 6-year-old son of Nicholson, and when Nicholson interfered Maury called him a liar. Nicholson struck Maury, whereupon the negro stunned the whit© man with his pistol. The killed in the affray are: Seth Cobb and M. IL Maury. Tho wounded are: William Vaughn, John W. Dew, J. T. Maury, G. T. Nicholson, William Hare and Jeff Thomas. Vaughn and Maury will die. The negroes fled to the mountains, and are about two hundred strong and well armed. They were pursued by the whites, who swear vengeance. If the negroes show fight it will be a terrible affair. W. W. Smith, a Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court, died at Little Rock. INDUSTRIAL ITEMS. The American Federation of Labor, in session at St. Louis, Mo., elected officers for tho ensuing year, as follows: President, Samuel Gompers, New York; First Vice President, Daniel McLaughlin, Braidwood, 111.; Second Vice President, William Martin, Pittsburg; Secretary, P. J. McGuire, Philadelphia; Treasurer,

i Henry Emrich, New York; Trustees, Hugo Miller, August DMabar, and Josiah P. Dyer, New York. By a close vote Boston was selected as the place where the next , annual meeting will be held on the second Tuesday of next December. There was a bitter contest between tho friends of Philadelphia and Boston, Hie latter city being victorious by but two votes. ACROSS THE OCEAN. Prince Alexander of Hesse, uncle of the Grand Duke Ludwig, is dead. The Rom© Osservatore Romano publishes the Pope’s letter to Bishops in America with reference to the care of Italian immigrants. This letter says: Tho Pope deplores the fact that many Italians, forced by poverty to emigrate, find them selves in a worse position than ever in America Great danger attends their souls, both during tho voyage and on their arrival, owing to tho diticu tyof meeting priests speaking Italian. Being much preoccupied with these facts the Pope charged the Congregation de Propaganda Fide to study the two-fold question of how to promote both the religious and tho material welfare of emigrants, and it has been decided to dispa ch priests from Italy to localities inhabited by Italian emigrants. Th© Popa declares that it will afford him great satisfaction if the American Bishops will facilitate the task of those priests by referring to the Piopaganda in regard to any changes required in their sacred duties. His Holiness concludes with a benediction upon the Bishops, clergy and faithful in America. FRESH AND NEWSY. Spalding’s American base-ball team have arrived in Australia. R. G. Dun & Co.’s review of trade for the past week follows: The most important event of the week in the financial world, the failure cf the Panama Canal, has not as yet been felt in this country. The amount of securities held here is not large, and there is a general belief that the French government will be obliged to do something to avert widespread disaster. The bank clearings for the first week in December exceed those of last year by 18 per cent., which implies a large volume of present business. Throughout tho Northwest improvement is felt, except at a few points where wild speculation and overtrading last year did most mischief. In hardware some disposition to purchase in expectation of higher prices is noted at Cleveland. Cutting of rail rates demoralizes business at Denver, but the general tenor of reports is decidedly favorable. Wheat advanced IJ4 cents on small speculative transactions, exports to the Continent of Europe having reached 300,000 bushels, with none to Great Britain. Corn and oats declined cent each, and pork 25 cents, and lard a quarter. Cotton steady; a Memphis circular now estimates the yield at 6,700,000 bales. Coffee has declined '5 cent, and oil has risen 44 cent. The general average for all commodities is about 1 per cent, lower than a week ago, and slightly below the level of Nov. 1. Foreign trade is fair in volume. The Treasury has put out 82,10.',009 more than it has taken in during the week, thus supplying the loss caused by gold exports. The business failures numbered 303, as compared with 30 > last week, tuft! 222 the week previous. For the corresponding week of last year the figures were 288. On the morning of Dec. 5 four of Legitime’s men-of-war bombarded Capo Hayti. Th© gunboats dropped anchor four or five miles off the shore, lying broadside to the town, and fired blank cartridges to give notice of their warlike intentions. Tho foreign Consuls in th© city petitioned for time to get out of the city, and were given thirty-six hours. The people tied into tho hills, taking all tho possessions they could conveniently cany, loading their effects on the backs of mules, and as the supply of pack-mules was limited to fifty or sixty, fabulous priceswere paid for their use. The bamboo huts succumbed easily to the shots from the boats; but the stone buildings in the central and more elevated portion of the town were not so easily destioyed, the heavy walls resisting the fire for several houis. Despite tho warning they had received many of the residents clung to their habitations. In fact, it was impossible to remove many of the sick in the city within the time allotted by Legitime. Some twenty were killed and many wounded. During a severe storm that struck Montreal and raged all one day ami night, tho wind blew at times sixty miles an hour, causing many accidents. Just before th© 150 men employed in Rogers A Kings’ foundry would have gone to work, the smokestack was thrown down and crashed through the building in its fall. HIS REASON DETHRONED. E. L. Harper, th© Fidelity Bank wrecker and one of the principal figures in the big wheat deal, is a maniac. Harper was taken to prison at Columbus, Ohio, one year ago to serve a term of ten years

undertho sentence of a Federal couit. On Ills 4 th birthday (which he said was the only unhappy one he had ever experienced), when ho ' went to his work In the i Secretary's office, it was found that he was talking in a rambling manner of persons connected with his case—Beu Hopkins, who is on his

E. L. HARPER, death-bed in prison, and President Cleveland. He under- I took to demonstrate that these and others had died at a certain hour. Harper has been reading religious books of late and his mania is of a religions cast. As soon as his condition was discovered the officials undertook to remove nim to the prison asylum, but he refused to move without being commanded to do I so by God. The officials were two hours in getting him across the court square. The prison physician states that his Insanity is of a bad type, as “God may command him' at any moment to kill some one. It is believed the disappointment in not being assured of a pardon, and the prospect ; that Hopkins will secure a pardon soon, so I worked on his mind that reason was dethroned. ■ Harper and Hopkins are strong enemies, though they have kept up communication in prison. Hopkins, when told of Harper's condition, said that he knew Harper would meet some such fate because of the manner in which he had treated him. Os the Fidelity officers, O. j Briggs Swift is broken in mind and health, j Ha per is insane, Baldwin is dead, and Hopkins | is dying. MARKET REPORTS. CHICAGO. Cattle Prime Steers $4.75 @5.25 Medium 3.50 @ 4.50 Cunmon 2.75 @3.25 Hogs—Shipping Grades 5.00 @ 5.50 Sheep 3.50 @ 5.00 Wheat—No. 2 Bed 1.04 & 1.05 Corn —No. 2.... 33 @ .34 Oats—No. 2 25^@ .26 Bye—No. 2 50 @ .52 Butter—Choice Creamery 27 @ .29 j Cheese—Full Cream, flat .10’i@ .11^ Eggs—Fresh.- 20^(3) ,21& Potatoes—Car-loads, per bu 32 @ .35* ■ Pork—Mess 12.75 @13.25 j MILWAUKEE. W HEAT— Cash 95 V>@ .97>4 Corn—No. 3 31 *@ .32 ' Oats—No. 2 White .' .29 @ .3.1 Bye—No. 1 52 & .54 Barley—No 2 65 @ .67 Pork—Mess 12.75 @13.25 DETROIT Cattle 4.00 @ 5.25 Hogs... 4.5) @ 5.25 Sheep 3.00 @ 4.25 I Wheat—No. 2 Red 1.06 @ 1.06'0 Corn —No. 2 White 35 @ .36 Oats—No. 2 Mixed 30 @ .30U i TOLEDO. Wheat —No. 2 Rod I.o4>£@ 1.051^ Corn—May 37 @ .38 * Oats—No. 2 White 27 @ .27)6 I NEW YORK. Cattle 4.00 @ 6.00 Hogs 5.25 @ 6.00 Sheep 4.00 @ 6.50 Wheat—No. 2 Rod 1.06 & 1.08 Corn —No. 2 48 @ .49 Oats—White 33 @ .40 Pork—New Mess 14.50 @15.25 ST. LOUIS. Cattle 4.50 @ 5.75 Hogs 4.75 @ 5.25 I Wheat —No. 2 1.01 & 1.02 Corn—No. 2 30)e <8 .31’6 Oats—No. 2 24).j@ .25}<j Barley lowa 62 @ .63 INDIANAPOLIS. Cattle 3.00 @ 4.50 . Hogs 5.00 @ 5.25 I Sheep 3.(X) @ 4.50 I Lambs. 3.53 @5 00 CINCINNATI. Hogs 4.50 @ 5.25 Wheat-No. 2 Red. 1.04 @ I.C4Lj Corn —No. 2 35 @ .55'^ ' Oats —No. 2 Mixed 28b.@ .29's Rye—No. 2 54 @ .56 Pork-Mess 14.50 @15.00 EAST LIBERTY. Cattle—Prime 5.00 @ 5.50 F 4.00 @ 4.75 Common 3.50 @ 4.00 । Hogs 5.00 @ 5.50 Sheep 4,00 @4.75 Lambs 4.50 @ 5.50 1

• . IN HONOK OF A GODDESS. 1 । Terrible Tc turet Vmlergwe by Nativ es o the Island of Mauritious. I [From the Brooklyn Engle.] ! I Thousands of Indians had assembled i on the grounds, when I arrived, and , presented a picturesque appearance ! with their yellow, pink, or scarlet robes, wrapped in graceful folds about them, while the men wore massive ( i gold^or silver ear, toe, and finger rings, and Anklets, etc. An old man, who ■ seemed to be acting as a priest, after ■ going through various incantations, was approached by a well-dressed Indian. The old fellow muttered some- . thing and then they both set up a shout. The priest uncoiled a rope and \ began lashing the Indian over the head ; and face bringing blood at every blow. The victim, or “happy man,” as he | was called, never winced, but stood , motionless until the flagellation was over. He was then smeared with ashes and scarlet paint, and was considered one of the heroes of the day. My attention being attracted by a crowd at the entrance, I went to so© the cause, and found a young man lying quite nude upon, the ground. On making inquiries I discovered that he had been very sick and had made a vow that if he recovered he would roll around the temple, and he was about to fulfill his vow. As he rolled along his wife went before him to clear away any chips or stones that might hurt him. He appeared to be in the last stages of consumption, and when he had completed half the distance he fainted. Buckets of water were thrown on him and he revived sufficiently to continue, . the crowd encouraging him. He finished the circle of the temple and then fainted again. Four men removed him I to the shade of a tamarind tree, where : tho women combed the dirt out of his long hair and washed his body. He was speechless when I left him, and it did not si em as if he could long sor vive his task. The religious rite which is called running upon file created a good deal of excitement among the worshipers. Piles of wood were burned, which in abdat an hour became a bed iof live embers. These embers were | distributed over a square of about twenty-five feet. An excavation a foot deep and six feet square was made near the embers, which was filled with water. When everything was declared to bo ready by the priest, who was the master of ceremonies, music was heard ; in the distance and a procession moved ! along the grassy plain, preceded by a ' man bearing a platform, upon which was an image dressed in Indian costume loaded with jewelry. A similar procession advanced from the opposite side and faced the first. At a given signal an old man with only a cloth about his loins, bearing a child in his arms stepped into the square and walk ed across the bed of embers without flinching. Three young men followed, j and then a dozen rushed in and ran across, stopping for a moment to coo! their feet in th- trench of water. Th • j contortions, screeching, and yelling of j the latter were terrible, and would ' make the stoutest heart quail. The Indians who walk over the tire have to pay for the privilege of so doing, and they claim that it is only when they are sinful that the Hi• can hurt them. Anothi r form of worship, or rather torture, was to run wires through the body and then work them back and forth. When the blood ran a certain powder was thrown on tho body so it wou'd j not ihow «H>p’a nlv. I saw men and wome,’? with skewers thrust through thejj cheeks, tongues, and lips, and one pc-r wretiJi had a sharp wire, as thick as a l. rge pin, inserted in the forehead and passed through the face, downward, until it tame out at the chin. These mi n pai 1 $2 each for the privilege of having a wire run through them, besides other fees to the gods and priests. The Glio-t el a < ha ie ' | “Materializes” and Vaccines 11 veritable reality when health, a Will-o'-the-wisp oft 11 chits d in i vain, is sought by tho nervous, dyspeptic I bilious invalid through the agency of Hostetter s Stomach Bitters. L aiming in th- d stance at first, it is surely drawn toward the sufferer by the Bitters' potent influemo. It iuco pointes itself with his being. It is seen rejected in tho hue of the countenance, the animation 1 i thooye. It is felt in a sense of renewed vigor, in ths restoration of nerve tranquillity and digestion, ami undisturbed nightly repose. What 11 r on, suffering from any of the mela lies to which the Bitters aro adapted, will postpone the means of | cure knowing it can be relied upon? Dyspepsia, ■ constipation, malarial disorders, rheumatism, ! biliousness, kidney inactivity are certainly conquered by it. Aii I nthiishe:l Look. Mrs. M'ortbwaitc of Murray Hill has just moved into a new house. The pari lor is beautifully fitted with the most expensive specimens of the upholsterer’s ■ art, and has a polished oak floor, only I partly concealed by a few choice East- ' ern rugs. She is entertaining a mercantile guest of her husband’s. “We think wo are looking line in our new . house, Mr. Wabash,” she remarks casu- ■ ally. “Yes, indeed,” responds Mr. Wabash politely, “but it’ll look a good deal finer when you come to get your ' carpets down.”— Harper's Bazar. For Hickels, Marasmus, and all Wasting Disorders of Children Scott's Emulsion of Pure Cod Liver Oil, with Hypophosphites, is unequaled. Tho rapidity with which childri n train flesh and 1 strength upon it is very wonderful. T have : used Scott’s Emulsion in eases of Rickets ! and Marasmus of long standing. In every case thq;improvement was marked.''—J. M. Main, M, D.. New York. Sold by all Druggists. The man who abuses himself and | liquor both is one who drinks not wisely but too often. Plain Statements. Hamlin’s Wizard Oil certainly surpasses all similar preparations we have oversold. It is seldom wo note a medicine so popular and welcome to the afflicted. Thompson & Ohmsted, Galveston, 'Toxas. Hamlin’s Wizard Oil is tho best selling article in our stock. Wo have sold four thousand seven hundred and fifty bottles of I it in tho past six months. T. 0. Smith & C®.. Charlotto, N. C. A man always thinks his love letters models of composition till they come up in a breach of promise case. A Radical Cure for Epileptic Fits. To the Editor: Please inform your readj ers that I have a positive remedy for tho j above named disease which I warrant to I cure tho worst cases. So strong is my faith I in tho virtues of tins medicine that I will I send free a sample bottle and valuable 1 treatise to any sufferer who will give mo j his P. 0. and Express address. My remedy 1 has cured thousands of hopeless eases. R. I G. Root, M. C., 183 Pearl street. Now Y<?rk. Catarrh Cured. A clergyman, after years of suffering from that loathsome disease. Catarrh, and vainly trying every known remedy, at last found a ■ recipe which completely cured and saved i him from death. Any sufferer from this dreadful disease sending a self-addressed stamped envelope to Prof. J. A. Lawreneo, I 88 Warren street. New York City. willTe- | ceive the recipe free of charge.

The New Christmas Literature. There seems arising in these times a new Christinas literature which boldly । affirms that it lies behind, that science has ignored something, has left something out of the account, and that the forgotten factor is Christ himself. The new Christinas literature is not specifically adapted to the Christmas season; it is not expressed any more in kindly poems, perfervent essays, or tales, little or long, alone, but in books that have meaning for the whole year and for every moment of lif \ but that may be most profitably read and pondered now, when all the associations of the time ought to remind us of the Man who came to bring pe^ice and good-will to men. The new Christmas literature does not necessarily deck itself with sprigs of holly, and bathe itself in pools of burning brandy on platters borne by the tinsel-crowned, bottlenosed genius of the feast to the board smoking with bowls of wassail, while the upper servants carouse in their hall, and the scullions carry out the fragments of the second table to the dogs and the poor. But it remembers that the Son of man came eating and drinking, and it does not frown upon honest revelry and innocent mirth, though it entreats each and ever one of us first to love his neighbor as himself, and to be mindful of him not only now but throughout the year. Oddly enough, after a period of scientific exaltation, in which it seemed as if man might really live by the nebular hypothesis alone if he could but have a little help from the missing link, the new Christmas literature denies that there is anything of life everlasting in these things', and it reverts openly to the New Testament as the sole source of hope and comfort.—lF. 1). Howells, in. Harper's Magazine. Wk suspect that few who hang their Ayer's Almanac on its accustomed nail from year to year have any idea of the vast number of these pamphlets issued annually by the publishers, Dr. J. C. Ayer A- Co., of Lowell, Mass., manufacturers of the famous Ayer’s Sarsaparilla and other standard remedies. We are assure d that from thirteen to fourteen million copies of Ayer’s Almanac, in as many as ten principal languages, are printed every year. To accomplish this stupendous work, the publishers use a machine which prints and folds, ready for the binder, a hundred thousand almanacs daily, turning oil at the rate of a hundred and eighty b< oks a minute, and consuming about twenty-five miles of paper each dayl These astounding facts and figures are given in the preface to a neat volume of the Almanac for 1889, consisting of specimen copies of the several editions i 1 English and in nine other languages, also pages of pamphlets in elevon additional tongues. This book, for which the publishers wid please accept our thanks, will, we have no doubt, be appreciated by many as a rare literary curiosity. Your druggist- can supply you with Ayer’s Almanac in its usual attractive form. Phases of Modem i rade. First Lincoln man “Where did you get that suit you wear? It tits sublimely.” “1 bought a stick of chewing-gum and it was thrown in as a premium. And where did that diamond pin you are wearing come from?” “It was given to me with aping of chewing tobacco.” l.iiicohi Journal. A Great Surprise l-in store for all who us© Kemp's Balsam lor the i hroat and Lungs, the great gua anI remedy. Would you believe that it is sold on it ■ merits ami that any druggist is authorized by the proprietor oft his wonderful remedy to give you a sample bottle free? It m ver fail- to euro aeute or chronic coughs. All druggists sell Kemp's Balsam. Large Bottles 50c and sl. I’OCKi.T-BOOKs with bank-note trimming and coupon linings are very fashionable. It is to be assumed fiat the dealer in ships’ canvas employs none but competent sailsmen. “B have hcen alHtcHetl with an aft’oetion of the Throat from childhood, caused by diphtheria, and have used various remodiea, but have never found anything equal to Bhown’s Bronchial Troches. (I. AT. I'. llmnpton, Piketon, Ky. Sold only in boxes. Shaking up th© dry bones—the end man.

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