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GOLD BROUGHT TO LIGHT. RICK NEW FIELDS RECENTLY DISCOVERED IN MICHIGAN. A Company Strikes a Rich Bed of Ore~ Exclteinent In the Neighborhood?Value of the Quartz Found?Thousands of Dollars Thrown Up by a Single Blast. Ishpeming, Mich., July 29.?Captain Williom U TaViwaaw a! T ftlrA Qnvva. nnn;ii xa. tr%/JLLUDUii9 ui tuc xia&c kjuy^riorlron Company's gold mine, came into town last night. He drove in, and in the buggy he brought several bags. These bags were full of rocks and their arrival created the biggest kind of a sensation. They were placed on exhibition this morning, there being nearly four hundred pounds of quartz, each pound containing from $2 to $75 worth of virgin gold. The rock was blasted from the bottom of the Lake Superior gold shaft, seven miles west of Ishpemicg, Thursday night. The shaft is only twenty feet deep, but several pockets of rich goldbearing quartz have already been found there. At the bottom of the shaft., where the gold came from, the quartz vein is less than two feet wide, but it is regular and clearly defined. Of the 400 pounds of rock broken by the dvnamite there was not a oonnd that did not carry gold.. The gold is in grains and 8earns and can be seen standing ont over the quartz. The rock carries much gold so finely disseminated that it is not visible to the unaided eye, but the assays show that the gold is there even where it does not show. To give an idea of how rich the rock is, it carries a larger percentage of gold than Calumet and Heck conglomerated rock carries of copper, ^^ero^jg^go^h *^""^^!^^SS?^wT!ckcdup in the Lake Superior Iron Company's vault carry nearly $10,000 worth of virgin gold. Immediately after the rock was placed on exhibition it became the only topic of conversation. As many people as could procure rigs drove to the shaft. Old mining options on iana supposeo. to oe in the gold belt were hunted up and new ones were applied for. The first result of the discovery of the Superior bonanza will be to put miners at work on every forty acres of ground that is within rifie range of the bonanza, and on many where there is no prospect of finding anything more valuable than a clay The Lake Superior shaft is located on the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter of section 25, township 48, range 28 west, The shaft is sunk on the west era inclination of a hill which rises some 200 feet above a little lake to the northward. The vein which carries the gold is from eighteen inches to six feet wide. Five hundred feet to the east, where the Michigan Gold Company has a shaft, the vein is twelve feet wide. From the Michigan company's property some very good results have been obtained, and gold in considerable quantities has been found ax a number of points along the Michigan workings, where the quartz vein has been uncovered for over a thousand, feet west of the shaft. No exploring has been done. The exploratory work of the Lake Superior company has been confined to the shaft and crosscutting the vein on the surface, merely to test its length. John W. Jochim, who is now in Knro/Iftn .Tn^orfl TT#mrv Milnon. "Robert Kelson of Chicago and others have options or leases of lands to the westward, and exploring on these tracks will begin at once. No talk but of gold is heard on the streets, and with such substantial foundation it seems safe to predict a remarkable mining boom. Work on many prospects will begin at once. The quartz vein on which the shaft was sank was discovered three years ago by Ishpeming men, but with the except taon of exploding one charge of V^Tna.mite, which exposed a rich pcSket of ?? gold-beeriagquariz, nothing was done, because the propety was owned by the X<ake Superior Iron Company, which would notlease or sell the land. Last summer the company put a few miners at work, and a test shaft was sunk to a depth of eighteen feet. At the bottom a small pocket was struck which produced gold bearing rock assaying $40,000 to the ton. ill work was suspended then, and nothing done until two months ago. The future of the gold find is uncertain from the fact that the assay has not yet been made to test the value of the quartz, nor has the blastiDg or digging proceeded to the extent of developing whether trie tew nun area pounas xasen out soma days ago did not exhaust the vein. The parties in interest, however, appear to be confident, and there is in their favor the fact that no effort is being made to issue stock nor yet to sell the property. The land belongs to Boston capitalists, who are represented here by a local ag6nt and one of the banks, and there is no probability of its being disposed of at the present time. The city of Ishpeming stands about 1,100 feet above the level of the lake, and a few miles to the north and west is the gold field. The Rope mine is located on a range about four miles north of the city and is bearing from $4 to $6 a ton, as noted in a former dispatch. To the south of this range about a mile is the Lake Supepior company's prooperty, to which attention is now directed, and which sold sis years ago for from 50 cents to $1 an acre. Its possessions embrace the west end of the range and amount to thousands of acres, while the east end belongs to what is known as the Michigan. Mining Company, where gold is also said to exist in large quantities. . Whatever may have retarded the former from developing its property the last few years, the fact that the latter has been in the courts is its excuse for doing nothing for the enrichment of its stockholders. The Michigan company, however, claims to have everything unclaimed by the other companies. It keeps a stan or two on the ground to guard it, and it is whispered around that surface veins of gold-bearing rock have been traded for a quarter of a mile east from the Lake Superior property. Samples of the quartz obtained are on exhibition, but the uncertainty of the ownership of the claim acts as a sort of a damper on the local enthusiasm. The- disputed ownership goes back some time, when the ?and was leased for ninety-nine years to a private individual. He defaulted on the conditions, where upon the Michigan company was formed and took it off ms hardi, and the courts are now to pass upon the regularity of the transfer. If the company should "be sustained it will develop the property; if it.is not, then the land mil probably be put on the market with all the advantage an attempt at booming it would bring. those the gold hurrah has brought here is Robert NeJson of Chicago, not the Bobert kelson of socialistic fame, who ran for Mayor against John A. Boache, but an old gentleman whose face might be taken for Chauncey M. Depew, who is familiar in Board of Trade circles, and who was practically tie founder of this city. He came here twenty-six years ago, when there were only two or three houses in the place, and up to six years ago was actively ideatiiied with every interest hereabouts. Ee owned nearly everything in sight, but by his liberality t? churches and his encouragement of industries he soon parted with large parcels of his real estate. Then, again, he was growing old, and had begun to loose faith in the city's future gaeatness, and sold large tracts, including parts of the present gold territory. He sold city property ten years ago at So an acre, and six years :: ago sold lots at $5 which cannot now be bought at any price. He also erected many of the leading buildings, and, baling the interest H!. is in the place, it was natural he bhould hasten here at the announcement that he had spent his earMer days over a gold mine without knowing it, and that what he had sold at 50 cents an acre a few years ago was now worth from $1,000 to ?60,000 a bushel. He has no mining property left, nor any land where gold is even suspi; cioned of being hid, but he came here very much as a father visits a child, and was received in that spirit. TARIFF TALK OUT WEST. Minnesota Now Claimed to Be a Doubtful State?Growing Demand for a Reduction in the Tariff. New York, July 31.?Congressman W. L. Scott had not recovered from his illness enough to be present at the first meeting of the Democratic Executive Committee utter its organization at the headquarters on West Twenty-ninth street today. He sent a snbstitute. The meeting was, of course, secret The session lasted several hours, which were spent in discussing the plans for the campaign. Chairman Bnce presided. Speaker Carlisle and Senator Gorman were the two most prominent men present. Speaker Carlisle and Senator Kenna of West Virginia came on from Washington to repres-nt the Congressional Democratic Committee and to decide with the National Executive Committee on the campaign plans. Both of them were in-i tervlewed. Speaker Carlisle said that he was glad there were no personalities in this campaign. "It's a campaign of principles,"' he said. "The issue is clear and all we have to do to win is to present the issues to the people and have them understood. We have a great issue and a great leader. We are keeping apace with the times in statesmanship, while the Republicans have not advanced since 1861. i think the chances of Democratic ittccess have not been better since the war." _ REPORTS FROM Senator'Kenna said that West Virginia wiil give Cleveland twice the majority it gave him in 1884, and that the Republicans never have a possibility of carrying the State in a Presidential election, and Senator Gorman said that Maryland would go Democratic, of course. The most interesting of the campaign reports made to the committee came from the committeemen from the Northwest. Michael Doran, of Minnesota; O. M. Barnes, of Michigan; J. J. Richardson, of Iowa, and Erskine M. Phelps, of Illinois, made favorable reports of the prospects in their States. Mr. Doran said that the passage of the Mills bill by the House of Representatives would gain thousands of votes for the Democrats in Minnesota if the Republican Senators prevented its becoming a law. The feeling in Minnesota was strongly in favor of a redaction of the tariff. On this issue the Democrats had steadily been gaining until, from being one of the strongest Republican States, Minnesota had become doubt ful, and the last Republican candidate for Governor barely pulled through, and at present three of the five Congressmen are Democrats, and Knute Nelson, one of the two Republicans, voted for the Mills bill. Mr. Doran believes that Minnesota can be carried on the tariff reform issue. IT WILL HELP THE DEMOCRACY. Reports from Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan and Illinois say that the tariff reform I issue will result in Democratic gains, especially in Iowa, where the making of Thurston and Estee, both railroad lawyers, the temporary and permanent chairmen of the Republican Convention has alienated the granger vote. John C. New returned from Indiana, where he has been making a survey of politics, and bad a conference with several members of the Rpubiican executive com-; mittee. Mr. New was harrassed in Ms trip by frequent appeals for money. The committee is not distributing any money at present and it will be a waste of time for avaricious patriots to demand any money before fall. Until then the committee will be distributing campaign literature. The campaign text book, which Edward R. McPhereon is preparing in Washington, will be ready soon. The Purroy Demo! Association has made a contract for Jk *1,000 banner, which will be the finest in !>the State. It will have the pictures of Clevelacj, Thurman and Hill. Hill, by the way, ?has not yet been renominated. THE JACKSON ELECTION. An Impartia: Statement of the Facta of the Case. Washington, August 3.?The minority report of the Senate committee on the Jackson, Miss., election, where certain United States officials werv. charged with aiding in suppressing the coiored,-?ote, was presented to the Senate today. It is signed by all the Democratic members of the committee, and makes nearly 200 pages of closely written manuscript. It disagrees with the report of the majority, and finds that the colored vote was not suppressed by any organized action of the citizens, and that none of the United States officials took part in any movement loosing 10 mai ena, or acted in any manner incompatible with their duty as officers or citizens having the good of the community at heart. The report reviews at great length the troubles preceding the election. The killing of Gambreli in the Prohibition campaign, and the mob which followed, and the killing of Mitchell by a colored man named Whiteside, backed by others?these things and the failure of Mayor McGill to enforce the law through his colored police and aldermen, led to meetings of the whites, irrespective of party, to nominate a ticket exclusively of white men against McGill. The latter, seeing the situation, proposed by letter that an election by whites exclusively be hsld, but this was rejected by the other side, when they proposed a primary election by the whites to select candidates. This proposition was rejected by McGill; but, owing to the general excitement, and, possibly, tor the purpose of manufacturing "political outrage" material, the negroes determined not to vote, and did not appear at the polls on election day. The report insists thai there was no movement, and with one exception no j speech, at the meeting held in favor of I the suDoression of the colored vote, exceot the proposition of McGill, the candidate of the party -with which the negroes usually voted. The stories of the cannon used at the polls are denounced as untrue, and growing out of the presence of cannon used for powder firing at political meetings. The report finds nothing to warrant the removal of the four ofiicers, as recommended by the majority of the committee, and says the Senators have exceeded their authority in recommending such action, as the power of impeachment would be with the House, not with the Senate or the President. . xothlvg equals it. Zalaha, Fla., June 2/ 1887. N. E. Tenable & Co.?I have been using B. B. B. in my family as a blood purifier. Having never used any medicine to equsl it. Respectfully, Mbs. R. M. Laws. MAXEl; A.\ OLD MAX VOt.\G. [?3: tract from a letter.] P. S.?I bought 3 bottles of your Botanic Blocd Balm from my friend H.; D. Ballard, at Carapobello, S. C. I have been using it three weeks. It appears to give me new life and new strength. If there is anything that will make an old man young it is B. B. B. I am willing to sell it. I can earnestly and honestly reeommeni Botanic Blood Balm. The fast young man is usually slow with his creditors. The deprivation of the right to vote for President and of special representation in Congress does not prevent the city of Washington from growing. A recent cen sus shows the present population to be 227,000, an increase of 24,000 since the last census. They may say what they please about the inefficacy of the faith-cure treatment, but more than one boy afflicted with kleptomania, whet they see other people's fruit, have been cured by the "laying on of hands." Layiag on of a slipper possesses the same virtue ANALYSES OF FERTILIZERS. Some Yalnable Information for Every Farmer. The July Bulletin of the Agricultural Experimental Station at the Unive.oity of South Carolina contains the following: The analyses contained in this Bulletin are almost entirely of materials used and of crops grown upon the three Experimental Farms. Floats, received from Ashley Phosphate Co.?Moisture at 100 degrees C, 1.12 per cent.; Phosphoric Acid, 26.60; Calcicum Oxide (Lime) not determined. Cotton Seed Meal, received from Southern Cotton Oil Co.?Moisture at 100 degrees C, 8.09 per cent.; Phosphoric Acid, 2.62; Ammonia, 8.72; Potash, 1.89. Kainite, received from Ashley Phos phate Co.?Moisture (at higb temperature) 15.05 per cent.; Actual Potash, 12.30. Marl, received from Ashley Phoe! phate Co.?Moisture at 100 degrees C, 0.72; Phosphorio Acid, 2.91; Potash, , 0.27; Calcicum Oxide (Lime) 55.42. The large amount of Lime in this sample is exceptional, and the Phosphoric Acid considerable. Cotton Seed Hull Ashes, received from Southern Cotton Oil Co.?Moisture at 100 degrees C, 8.16 per cent.; Phosphoric Acid, 10,13; Potash, 24.69; Calcicum Oxide (Lime) 9.00; Magnesium Oxide, 4.10; Insoluble matter before calcination, 14.80; Insoluble matter after calcination, 9.89. The same is a good one, The difference between insoluble matter before and after calcination ie due mainly to unburnt carbon remaining in the ash. It amonnts to 4.91 per cent. Muck, from the Spartanburg Farm.? 1. Analysis of the fresh muck, as received. II. Analysis of the dry matter. Per Cent. Nitrogen Organic and Volatile Matter.l2 94 50.10 Ash soluble in water 18 0.71 A sh soluble in dilute Acid... 2 29 8.10 Insoluble Ash 10.15 39.98 100.00 100.00 Paris Green, a sample bought on the market.?Moisture at 100 degrees C, 1.88; Arsenious Oxide, 40.36; Barinm Sulphate, 13.51; Other constituents, not determined. This material, so extensively used as an insecticide, is guaranteed to contain 57 per cent, of Arsenious Oxide (White Arsenic). This sample falls about 17 per cent, below the guarantee, and is an illustration of a fraud which is doubtless common in the State. The Burium Sulphate is of no value whatever, and was added as an adulterant for fraudulent purposes. It is easy to conceive of a crop being lost through the application of Paris Green so strongly adulterated as to be of insufficient strength to destroy the insects. Phosphate Slag, from Ashley Phosphate Co.?Moisture at 100 degrees C, 0.15; Phosphoric Acid,21.46; Ferric and Aluminium Oxides, not determined; Calcicum Oxide, 46.86; Magnesium Oxide, not determined; Insoluble matter, not determined. This material, known as "Phosphate Meal," is a comparatively new fertilizer on our market. It is obtained by pulverization of the Peine-Thomas scoria, or slag, produced in certain new metallurgical operations, whioh may be described in the language of ?. Weidinger, of New Yosk city, who advertises this material: "We offer to the American fertilizer trade the article above stated, whose rapid and successful introduction into various countries, with constantly increasing demand, gives hs a guarantee that its importance for agriculture will not be underrated. This is a very finely ground phosphate meal, obtained from the so-called Peine-Thomae scoria through the dephosphonzation 01 pig iron, after the patented method of Sidnay friloiuJ6t Thomas. The dephosphorization of the iron takes place by melting the iron with lime in a current 01 air, a proceeding by whicji pig iron, rich in phosphorus, is converted into steel, free from phosphorus, (ingot iron.) In this manner the phosphorus of the pig iron is converted into phosphoric acid, which, uniting with the lime added, forms phosphate of lime. The melted mixture of phosphate of lime, with the excess of lime and combinations cf the iron an# manganese, obtained by this proceeding, is called Thomas-Scoria. It is brought into the market, for the purposes of agriculture, in a finely ground state," Though phosphoric acid is present in this material in the insoluble form, it has not been found necessary to treat with acid for its conversion into soluble and reverted acids. This peculiarity is accounted for by the presence of a very large, even excessive, amount of lime, which, being acted on by air and moisture, causes rapid disintegration, and thus " me conveimuu ux mo u^ooo i&w a j^uw state of subdivision?in which condition the phosphate is available as plant food. This preparation has met with a favorable reception abroad. It is now being tested on the Station Farms. THE OLDEST LIVING DEMOCRAT. Fatrick Collins, Aged 106, Hopes to Vote for Cleveland and Thurman. (IT. Y. Star, Aug. 2) The oldest Jeffersonian Democrat of the country has been discovered by a Star reporter. Patrick Collins, of Brooklyn, according to his own statement, is now 106 years old, and, even at this advanced age, is intelligent and active. When Mr. Collins left his native county of Monaghan, Ireland, many years ago, he came to this country as a railroad laborer. For seven or eight years he kept to this work, until for a time his health gave way. Nevertheless he persevered and succeeded in keeping in comfortable circumstances a family of three daughters and two sons. . A short time ago Mr. Collins was knocked down and run over by an express wagon in Myrtle avenue. His youngest son, Patrick, and his wife cared for the old gentleman as best they could for a time, but finally decided that he would be much better off for a time with the Little Sisters of the Poor at DeKalb and Bushwick avenue. ! Through the courtesy ot tne sister id charge the Star reporter was allowed an interview with Mr. Collins. No one would suspect, from his bearing, that the old man carries the weight of 106 years upon his shoulders. He is active in body, and his mind is very clear. He suffers from deafness, and that defect evidently annoys and confuses him at times. Notwithstanding this, however, Mr. Collins is always affable, and certainly displayed great interest in the affairs of the day. "Yes," he said, "I can very distinctly recall, old as I am, the times of Washington, though I was not an American then, Bnd I believe I revere and honor his memory, but during more recent times, when I was of an age to take a more active interest in the hopes and aspirations of the country, Jefferson was my favorite." Mr. Collins is quite a pedestrian, and r^TTT tolrmi a wait fpw nftVS He says that he will walk up to the polls in November as briskly as any of them, and deposit a vote for Cleveland and Thurman. Arranging: the Republican Campaign. New Yobk, August 2.?The Executive Committee of the National Republican Committee went into session at noon today. There were present, Chairman Quay and Committeemen Clarkson, Hobart, New, Fessenden and Dudley. No information was vouchsafed as to their purposes, but it is probable that they will deal with all the necessaries pertaining to campaign business. It was announced that the campaign j would begin in Maine, and the Hon. James G. Blaine is booked to speak in Augusta on August 15. Gen. W. H. Gibson, of i Ohio, and Gear G. H. Grosvenor will leave for Maine in a few "days. They will make speeches during the campaign in different parts of the State. M????????W?SB WHAT ARE THE SKELETONS? Brldgetoii Excited over me stone muimj Discoveries?Exhuming the Stone Bodies of a Man and a Great Animal Which No One Has Ever Read or Heard Of?The State Geologist Investigating. Bridgeton, N. J., July 31.?The great stone skeletons which are being exhumed at the quarry near Ireland's mill are causing a sensation in this section which has not been equaled since the war. Each day something new is brought out, and the town is in a lively state of commotion, awaiting the latest developments. There have been numerous body forms excavated from the marl beds, a belt of which crosses portions of this and Salem counties west of Ireland's mill and running from northeast to southwest, but this is the first time that a stone formation has been found, and this is at least eight miles from the marl vein, and the village wiseacres are unable to explain it. The skeletons are found imbedded in the sand or "iron" stone common to the gravelly strata of South Jersey, which is used for building foundations, and, although it is partly formed of iron pyrites, it is commonly known here as building atone. When this stone i3 first dug out it is soft and crumbly, but on exposure to the air it soon hardens. ME8U RE.STENTS OF THE SKELETONS. The skeletons found were discovered about ten feet beneath the surface of the ground, and the animal lies upon its side at an tingle of several degrees, the back and head being nearer to the surface than the other parts of the body. The neck is in a bent position, the head being ?still nearer the top of the ground. The body of the man was first found, occupying a space of about six and a half feet, with its legs doubled under. The hind quartere of the animal, whatever it may be, were first dis covered, and this portion was quite imperfect. Careful excavation resulted in completely exposing the form, which iajv^ la.-#? o!ec. Tiic lcugth of the bod?f!!7~r the breast tojif**, V?"} quarte^iagffee" frp^the^ brj^ to the Rthe head is 4 feet. frorpJKi top of the head to the extremity 01 .mSTiujd quarters is 12 feet; the height from fJie hind foot to the top ot the back is 5 feet, while the height of the foreparts is 6* feet. The fore foot, which has been excavated, is broken off at the knee-joint and doubled up. The hoofs are cloven. The head and nose are nearly perfect There are protuberances where the eyes and ears were. PHYSICIANS MAKE EXAMINATIONS. The scene around the quarry today resembled a camp meeting. Hundreds of people flocked there and the roads were lined with wagons and carriages. Prominently interested in the skeletons are the physicians of this city, some of vhom have left for Philadelphia to see some scientific savants and have them come down and inspect the "remains." The quarrymen . guard them day and night, and, with na live ueiocjf siiicwuucao, wuaigc a uiu&ei iui a peep at the wonderful stone moasters. State Geologist George H. Coot sent his assistant, Frank L. Mason, of New Bruns wick, to examine it today. Profeas^r Mason took accurate mo?*>?Tements of the form, which looks like a huge beast carvea in solid stone, its outline and symmetry being perfect. The head was further uncovered today, exposing an erect horn about thirteen inches in length, extending from the top. Thrtje Men Try to Destroy New Jersey's Geological "Wonder. (.Philadelphia Times, August 2.) There was a sensational scene near Bridgeton before daybreak yesterday morning when three strange men tried to destroy the Jersey geological wonder. The men were surprised by Amos Penn and Frank Lovell, the discoverers of the "What-Is-It," and after an exchange of shots, they were driven into the woods back of the Ireland's mill road. Ever since the two humble quanymen struck the petrified man and the strange animal while prospecting in the loam for stone, there has been the hottest kind of envy and the pit has to be guarded day and night. The body of the man was found first, and that night was left unguarded. At daybreak the next morning the human fossil was found broken into pieces. The vandals had completely destroyed its scientific value. Late that day Pennand Lovell irti-Mvb. tuc uuui or nre~wonaerful Snunai,which they soon revealed to the light. While one slept the other discoverer kept watch in the pit in whiph the animal lies. Just after 3 o'clock yesterday morning Lovell was taking a nap under a tree and Penn was at Arnold's pond near ty getting a can of water when he sav three men pushing their way through thi thickets in the woods. Penn dropped tie can and slipped toward the pit just as tie first man mounted the low fence that surounds the excavation, a battle with valtdj,8. When Fenn hailed him the mn answered with the 3hot of a revolver, theball whizzing through the trees. Penn surned the fire and the three men dashed tack to the woods. Lovell had heard the sbts and he sprang from the ground and raafter Penn : as he rushed on the men. Th strangers ] dashed into the black shadows cthe pines, i when one of them wheeled and *ain fired. < The bullet whistled between Penn and 1 Lovell, who rallied and drove ft murder- ] ous vandals further into the w<l's, where 1 they disappeared in the darknes < Daybreak soon followed, id before 1 breakfast people began to jouey w ire- j land's mill to see the marveiou relic of a ] prehistoric age. Some came (foot, but ] most of the pilgrims rode to th?^t. Peo- j pie came from all parts of the scounding i country in all kinds of vehicles, Ira a sur?. i rey to a country ice wagon, whi'a num- 3 ber of Philadelphians traveled lown to f Cumberland county to get a pp at the wonder, Pena and Lovell, both veryoor men, 1 were digging for stone, the refct of their " work to be shared between thwelves and ] Lawyer Walton Baker, of fjdgeton, the owner of the land where the made their I find. Now hundreds of peop are paying 1 ten cents apiece to see the What-is-It, 1 and the quarrymen are pilingip the she- ] kels. They charged but a nice! until As- 1 sistant State Geologist Nason 3d them the ' price was too low. Yesterda; they raised i the tariff. Some of the countfmen kicked and produced newspapers to &ow that the 1 price of admission within thi fence was a nickel, but they had to give u their dimes. CROWDS VIEW THE WINDER. A big portion of Briagton's best^society viewed the animal ana id of Cumberland county's geologists seenxl to be there. Old men and young men steer! under the roasting sun on the brink of the pit and wrangled over their theoriesas to what the thing was e J how it gotthere. Old Job Scull, of Monroeville produced a book to prove that it had bee there before the deluge and Oscar Gilkison, a baldheaded horse doctor, after viewing the animal from all points with od pair of field glasses, said it was '*a d?estrange critter." John Steelman, a bluff-loo',iug schooner captain, had a lively argumat with a lot of other old fellows. He sal he thought the animal Jkilled the man whose body was found at its heels. Ancher wiseacre argued that they killed eaa other, and still others believed that th> animal was controlled by the man and tiat both were buried together. Amos Peni; in a hickory shirt, butternut trousers, a staw hat and a heavy coat of tan, delivered ectures every five minutes. "This 'ere animal," he sa3, "was built on the plan of yonder ice-side?high on the front legs and low at the md?and was <i trrpftt fpllAr tn PAt. nprdmmrriH Thfl Lord oiSy knows what the critter fver used that horn on the top of his head to." insulted by showien. While Quarry man Penn tos delivering one of his lectures late in theafternoon to eight women, five men, foir barefooted boys and a dog, two New Torkers, wno looked like barkers for a side-ihow, offered to buy the geological phenonena. When Lecturer Penn refused to sell, they denounced it as a "fake." Whei Penn found out what the word "fake" neant he was indignant and started after the men, but their carriage was well on the way to Bridgeton and he gave up thechase. The body of the animal is impregnated with iron and getting very hard. The wonder will be kept on exhibition until State Geologist Cook examines it and people Stop traveling to Ireland's mill to see Cumberland county's "What-Is-It." ; \ i s. * : > v OUR "PROTECTED" WORKINCMEN. * Castle Garden Immigration Nuts for Republicans to Crack?A Cloud of Famished Political Locusts after Banker Morton's Sub stance?Bright Democratic Skies in the West. New York, July 30.?The Congressional committee appointed to inquire into the conditions of immigration to tuis country settle down to business here some days since. Already developments of an extra sensational character have come to light. Passing mention has been made in these letters of the demoralizing conditions which surround the importation of pauper labor. Witness after witness at this investigation has explained to the committee how the padrone agents throughout Italy inflame the working people with gilded accounts of prosperity over here, by these faiiy tales allure them from their work and bring them here to feed upon the vitals of honest American labor. These blood speculators receive on an average $2.20 for each poor devil whom they succeed in landing at Castle Garden. The tarilf is paid by the transportation companies in the shape of a 'commission." But this is not the worst of it. Reputable witnesses have testified that it is a common practice on the other side to form societies for the express purpose of transporting convicts to this country. No less a personage than the Regent of Bavaria is shown to have been actively connected in proceedings of this sort. Tne committee, which seems to be in dead earnest, will take testimony in this city probably throughout the month of August, and then go to Boston. In the result of their inquiries the Democratic managers foresee a most powerful campaign document. It is proposed that every citizen workman in the close States shall have an opportunity of seeing the results of this. system which cuts downJJ-g duces his chances>ofesrDj?vmmt by bringmen who can live in'cloveron wages which to him mean starvation. Apart from this phase of the question, its social aspect?the Anarchistic, anti-soap end of it?will be made to appeal powerfully to the public conscience. Now is the melancholly ^ season of the year when the professional campaign shouter gets in his fine work. The big parades, jollifications and general blowouts are yet a little in front of us, but the shouter is expending his lungs in pleasurable anticipation of what the next few weeks will bring forth. Since it has become generally known that Boss Piatt headed off his National Committee by securing first pull at the Morton "bar'l," the "boys" nave been looking as spruce and chipper as you can imagine. Rhinebeck, the splendid country seat of the banker candidate, is the especial Mecca to which those patriot pilgrims bend their footsteps. Like the locusts of Egypt, for two weeks past they have been pouring down upon the vine-clad preserves of the gentleman who is understood to have unlimited "boodle" to dispense for the glory of the party and the fatuous vanity of Levi. The particularly devout are also taking in florkimer, the house of Warner Miller, on their route. The first requirement for your "practical politician" is the keen scent for the aroma of the flesh-pots, and where e:*e on earth will you find so much "practica?T)oIitics" as here? One-vf the most singular and not the least intei^rjg evo]ution of this campaign on the Kepuoican ai^e ^ reappearance nf a. ffpntlemftri - v rr -- - ??: t^-do was a conspicuous character m politics^ y^g ag0 ^ut su(j. denly went into retire^nt frofcm no fault of his own. He is none .,her th celebrated apostle of "additv^ aJSJJ? and silence." William ?. Rem^! 0?? bosship of the Republican party in jt^n. sylvania wound up with a sharp turn ei^j. years ago. Newspaper readers will havti little difficulty in recalling this interesting bit of history?iow Kemble and others were convicted cfL bribing legislators in connection with the bills reimbursing railroad companies whose property was destroyed in the Pittsburg riots of '77. It was Kemble who discovered Quay and caused him to be appoint Collector of State when this misfortune btfell him. It was Quay, true to his instiDctss, who, by virtue of his position in the Board of Pardons, stood between Kemble and the penitentiary when every other resource failed him. Kemble, though an enormously rich irnm and still president of one of the leading banks of Philadelphia, is to this day debarred by his conviption from exercising any of the functions of citizenship. It is doubtful if he will succeed in hii amb^n to have his disabilities remove^,a to vote for Harrison and Morfn? but word comes from the Quaker GW that he is the power behind Quay's thr^e at Republican headquarters, and is ea"*y the master spirit of the campaign. T16 a*uount of his per sonal contribution (0 the cause of "pure politics" ia said tooe very large. Chairman B*ce was looking as sleek and chipper as ? bridegroom when your cor-, respondent topped in to pick up any late crumbs *oout the progress of the ca*?paign. fle is extremely hopeful of c^rry- < ing tie State of California, and ^dginf? fro*i the amount of mail mattf?^which was ( pointed out as coming from that State with assurances of Democratic triumph, the jhairman'a enthusiasm seems to be well 'ounded. Mr. James M. Donahue, Vice President DflmnrratiP Stata?3<ammit- < :ee of (X71 fornix told your representative ;bat not in years has the Golden State , Democracy been in such excellent form. 3e insists that California is as certain to go , Democratic as Virginia. Blaine's great : popularity oil account of his especial chain- ' pionship of the California side Gf the Chi- ^ iese question, Mr. Donahue says, caused Jiousands of Democrats to swing into line 1 for him four years ago. This element of i strength will not only be restored to the ] Democracy this year, but the same reasons i which impelled Democrats to support the Republican ticket will undei1 precisely re- [ ? 3 rtf Pp. persea uuuuiuuuq ^auoi^i uivuoauuo v*. xw publican votes from Harrison to Cleveland, t Tbe Harrison about whom there is most lalk here just now is not the gentleman svnose name heads the Republican national ticket. Of an entirely different brood is be. Not in many years has any evangelist created such a stir in religious circles of wicked Gotham. He is known as "Harrison, the boy preacher, and ;he probably was a boy at some period of his career, contemporaneously, one would judge from his appearance, with men abom launching ; into their fourth decade. He has done all but work miracles here : during the past three months as a revival- : ist. Taking up one Methodist church atter another (mostly in those parts of the city i where the working people live), he has led the fight against his Satanic majesty with a fervor that has borne fruit in thousands of converts. Enormous crowds have attended his meetings and repentant sinners have almost fought their way to the anxious seat. "Three thousand" is the legend that greets those entering the John street church, which is at present the seat of war. The figures sigmfy the number of converts, and ? io nn Trioihlo ehhincr <vf thp tide. jCL liiCi C lO U U fMil/tV v? ? _ _ __ John street i3 very near Wall, and the "boy evangelist" took up his headquarters there in order to carry the war into the dominion of Mammon and figuratively overturn the tables of the money changers. These tough old sharks of the "Street"?maneaters, every one of them?proved themselves a trifle too waiy and headed off the danger of being ensnared by declining to attend the revival meetings. Multitudes thronged them, though, with no more serious purpose than to watch the progress of the fight. It was from those chiefly that the "boy preacher" got his recruits. Evangelist Harrison's methods and his powers differ from those of all the great leaders of his guild. He lacks the per suasive eloquence 01 jyiooay ana ms strength is not equal to the sledge-hammer blows of Sam Jones. The secrets of his success are indomitable energy, wonderful physical endurance and intense enthusiasm. He will walk up and down the aisles of his church, during the progress of a meeting, working his arms like pump handles, talking to this person and that, and exhorting the congregation generally at a two hundred-and-fifty-words-a-minute gait. There is hardly the slightest pause between words?each seeming to lap over its successor?and one has to listen intently in or der to keep apace with the frequently broken discourse. His voice is a rich bass, he is tall and rather spare, and you seldom see him without a short stubble of coarse beard on his otherwise boyish features. COiV The day has passed whe PLAIN FACTS?common sei fear of contradiction, that it is challenge medical science to pr and your druggist will tell you eloquent tributes, and speak fo CHEERY WORDS. For the Citizens of Tyler and Smith County as Uttered toy John SL Adams of the Firm of McKay A Adams, Druggists. I hare been a practical druggist In Tyler for a number of years, and In that time have had occasion to examine, try, and notioe the effect of nearly all tne highly recommended preparations or patent medicines on the market, and as I have suffered untold misery myBelf, the past number of years, from a severe form of Inflammatory rheumatism, and could find nothing to cure or relieve me, I had almost drawn a conclusion that all patent medicines were more or less frauds until about one year ago, I was induced by a friend now living In Tyler to try a preparation known as 3 B, or Botanlo Blood Balm, and after a long persuasion on his part I finally made up my mind to make one more effort to rid myBelf of the terrible I affliction; and it now affor^^g-gg-^4. pleasure of myjlfeja^ to ^ cttlzenfl of ^iflitn oo-nty that I am eatlrely cured, with no y loft and all fiffpetfld hv mua w "re ~--7 ?? ? ( the magic healing properties of B. B. B., which I consider the grandest, purest and most powerful blood remedy known to man. I have been subject to inflammatory attacks since tec years of age, and up to the present time have bad four. The last spell cam? on me in November, 1B8S, over a year ago, at which time I was confined to my bed for eight weeks, passing the nights in misery, with no sleep except when produced by narcotics and various opiates. The week previous to using B. B. B. up to that time I had only eaten six meals, and 1 could scarcely alt up without support; but 1 after using three bottles I was able to relish * my meals and to walk up town, and after six c bottles had been used, thank heaven, I was en- 6 tirely cured, and not the slightest pain felt c since that time. When I returned to business ^ in February, my weight was 145 pounds, but 1 gradually increased until my regular weight 8 was again attained, 210 pounds. The noticeable * fact In what I have so cheerfully stated Is, that this unparalleled and remarkable discovery B. B. Bk, cured me In mid-winter, at the very time my sufferings and misery were the greatest. I *tke it on myself as a. practical druggist to heartily, cheerfully, as wall as conscientiously recommend this glorious blood remedy to all sufferers of rheumatism or blood troubles, and not only myself, but the firm of MoKay & Adams, who handle it, will cheerfnllv indorse its superior merits, I - ? JohitM. JJATIS, c c and McKat & Adams, Tyler, Tcxm. All who want inform atio [ngs, Rheumatism, Kidney Com Book of Wonders, mailed free. ATTACKED BY A SHARK. Captain Tappen Has a Battle with a ManEaster In the tower Bay. [N. Y. Star, Aug. L] .While Captain Fred. Tappen, of the *S^-boat South Brooklyn, and the Misses Stapleton, -were out saiiing in a catDoat ^gterday afternoon in the lower oay, they Wtor^startled by a big shark appearing ne&r the v^t. The young ladies screamed, and Captain Tappen had all he could do to keep the boai be'nsr capsized. The shark followed in a?e w?ke of the boat with its big jaws wide opeD, finally getting so close to the boat that Captain Tappen could reich it with an oar. The Captain renamed cool, although his companions continued screaming. With all Of his Strength hfl hfittorerl the chorfc over the head with the oar until the blood from the man-eater made the water crimson. The battle was very fierce. Finally the shark sank from sight. Captain Tappen believes that he either killed the shark outright or mortally wounded it. He says th&t the man-eater looked to be about 12 feet l* length. One of the young ladies in the bt^t fainted wLile Captain Tappen was battlih^ -with the shark. After the latter disappeared, the Captain at once put into Stapleton, where the much-frightened Misses Walcott we>e landed. Perhaps a fisherman is to be excused for stretching the truth a little; but he should certainly draw the line somewhere. ]HAIVLOTTE CF.MAT/R INSTITUTE. 1 J II ?' ^ I No Institute for Young Ladies in^ the 30UXG IISB ttuvtuiui^co ou^/oiivi i*_> iQQgg jfiered here in every department?Colegiate, Art ana Mnsio. 1 Only experienced and accomplished 1 Ceaohera engaged. The buildhg is 1 ighted with Gas, warmed with the beBt yrought-iron Furnaces, and a Hot ! SVater Heater, has Hot and Cold S vVater Baths, and first-class appointnents as a Bearding School in every ^espeot?no Sohool in the South has superior. FALL SES3ION BEGINS SEPrEMBEK 5, 1888. For Catalogue, with full particulars, iddress Rev. Wm. R. ATKINSON, Charlotte, N. C. ? twt mn n at awt} a qpptwas k5JT Att.ftJj.Li.> It oil 1 il h ujtl ul ju xj.1 \a k/) CATAWBA COUNTY, N. C. Newly fitted up with new Hotel and Furniture for over 400 guests and the proprietors would be glad to see all their old and many new frends here. The. medical properties of the water are unrivalled for Dyspepsia, Rheumatism, Liver, Kidney and Urinary diseases, General Debility and nervous prostration. Healthier location not to be found. Much new furniture is being added. BATHS COMPLETE. i i Cool, Shower, Warm and Hot Sul- j phur, Hot Air and Vapor Baths. Fine ] Band of Music and all amusements kept ] at first-class Watering Places. Write for ? Catalogue. j 15B. E. 0. ELLIOTT & ?OJN, j Proprietors. < Gilder's Liver PILLS. i Purely Vegetable, mild and gentle, but ; effective in their action. GILDER'S PILLS for sale by all Druggists, Manufactured by G. BARRETT <fc CO., Augusta, Ga. JERSEY FLATS OHILL and FEVER ' CURE, guaranteed to cure any case of Chills, Fevers or Dysentery or money refunded. Large bottle 50 cents. If your merchant has not Jersey Flats send to G. BARRETT & CO., Augusta, Ga. i H. H. P. is guaranteed to cure Sick Headaohe in 20 minutes. Relieve any case of constipation. Relieve all Disorders of the Bowels. H. H. P. guaranteed to piease or money refunded by G. BARRETT & CO.. AUGUSTA, GA. IMON SEP in the world can be humbuggec nse facts ? about our wonderfi -- 1 VI/NTN fTITTT-l i the best remedy j>un i nu oduce its superior. It is endor: how it sells over all others, r themselves as to the efficacy < IT REMOVED THE PIMPLES. Rocttd Mountain, Tkx , ifarcb 28,1887. A lady friend of mine has for several years been troubled with bumpa and pimples on her face and neck, for which she used various cosmetics in order to remove them and beautify and improve her complexion: but these local applications were only temporary and left her skin in a wane oondition. I recommended an Internal preparation ? known as Botanic Blood Balm ? which I have been using and selling about two years; she used three bottles and nearly all pimples have disappeared, her is soft and smooth, and her general health much improved. She expresses herself much gratified, and can recommend it to all who are thus affected. MBS. S. M. WlLfiOS. COULD HEAR A TICK CRAWL. ^JUfcjgJB.^lLwrote from Shelby, Ala^Pebleard of B. B. BA^?*ttdMf an hear a tick ciaw^? **!eavefc -I GATE UP ' Enoztillb, Tsmr., I hare had catarrh of tha head for went to a noted doctor and he treated me i3F^ t, but could not cure me, he &ald. I was over Ifty years old and I gave up to die. I had a ^stressing cough; my eyes were swollen and I in confident I could not have lived without a ibange. I sent and got one bottle of your meliclne, used It, and felt better. Then I got four ore, and thank God 1 It cured me Use this ny way you may wish for the good of suferers. Kbs. Matilda Nichols, 28 Florida Street. * THIED FIVE DOCTOKS. HAWXHrgrriXB, Ga., Feb. 28.1887. This la to certify that my wife has been In ?d health for eight years. After trying five loctora and six or seven different patent medl- < lines, six bottles of your B.3. B. has cured her. J AVIS W. LANCASTKK. < n about the cause and cure of E plaints, Catarrh, etc., should s Address, BLOOD BALM COMPAQ TAKE THI E 0 B\T 0 A lt/fp ' i? ! ?' $ FEE - 240V1TTJJJITT TTT'CTTT LOCATED AT iaFm*^ This elegant Summer Besort is now ^cootM?a4ations equal to t&e best. Elev; easonabie. T55rra-??^-ilhicirated circular ates. Respectfully, . __ law Mill) Ginning and Agricdtura.1 MACHINERY. SPECIAL ATTENTION! Being agent for almost the entire State or Liddell & Co., of Charlotte, N. C., I im in a position to offer close figures on fteir Variable Feed Saw Mills, New Era Boilers, Boss Presses, Straight Line Engines, Shafting, Pulleys, &c. Their sngine, of which I have sold a number, is the most satisfactory I have ever bundled, and I earnestly recommend a consideration ot its merits to all prospective purchasers. Vta Winkle, Pratt and. Winship Gins will be offered as cheap aa manufacturers' discount to dealers will allow. The Improved Peering Mower with its durable and Unbreakable Steel Pitman Connections, in one of its three sizes?one-horse, two-horse and giant? ?J TVirtwoo TmnArial Hftv Bake and EU1U UiQ Auv?mw> j Plant and Cnltivator should be on ?very tarm. Don't forget that you will need a Barbour Cotton Seed Crusher in the fall. Wind Mills, Force Pumps, Brick Machines, Planers, etc., for sale. Write for descriptive catalogue. W. fl. GIBBES, JB., Successor to McMaster & Gibbes and W. G. & L. D. Childs, COLUMBIA, S. C. PITTS CARMINATIVE! FOB I.\FA\T8 AND .. I TEETHING CHIL DREN. Ah instant relief for colic of infante. Cures Dysentery, Diarrhoea, Cholera Infantum or any diseases of the stomach and bowels. Makes the critical period of Teething safe and easy. Is a safe and pleasant tonic. For sale by all druggists, and for wholesale by Howabd, Willet fc Co., Augusta, Qa vISE. 1 by nostrums. We give you ul remedy, and claim, without J[ BLOOD in the world, and we | sed by physicians everywhere, 1 The following certificates are V -\ of B. B. B. V :fcp| I TRflTmONTJITi OF THCft. A' > PAULK, OF BEBm f COUNTY. I Would not take $1,000 for It ? B4*| lieved of Fifteen Years' Suffer- f I ing from Dyspepsia. Alapaha, Gx., June 22,1887.? B. B. B. Com' pany, Atlanta, Ga.?Gentlemen: I had suffer?*! jfl from that terrible disease, dyspepsia, for over fifteen years, and during that time triaLevery- fl thing I could hear of, and spent 07W JBj hundred dollars in doctors' bills, without re-^^^M celvlng the slightest benefit. Indeed, I continued to grow worse. Finally, after I despaired of obtaining relief, a friend reooat mended B. B. B. (Botanic Blood Balm,) and I BB began using it; not, however; expecting to be benefitted. After using half a bottle satisfied that I was being benefitted, and the sixth bottle was taken I felt like ifl man. I would not take $3,000 forthegoEM has done me; in fact, the relief I derived it Is priceless. I firmly believe that I wcnfl have died had I not taken it. H Respectfully, etc., THOMAS PAUL* SUFFERED FEOM PILES. I Bxlttkobs, February, 6,1887.1 I had suffered with bleeding piles for tw<S years, and take pleasure in stating that I havoBV^R been entirely cured by the use of one bottiaol^ Botanic Blood Balm, (B. B. B.) I cheerfully make this statement for the benefit of tfee CHAS. Bxhthabdt, 8036 Fountain St, Baltimore, XI For the blood, use B. For scrofula, use B. B. B. For catarrh, uae B. B. B. jbui laouinmnij uso ja? a* ? i Tot kidney trouble*, qm B. B. E. For akin diseases, qm B. B. B. Tor eruptions, use B. B. B. . ^ For ?H blood poison, use B. B. B. cji Ask yocr neighbor who has used B. EL B. jf Its merits. Get our book free filled wttfc fl Mrtifloates of woodsrfal cam. Wood Poisons, Serofula, SweS!^73^ end for a copy of our 32-pagfr / 7. Atlanta, 6a. S ROUTE. colntarw iefvLa- UX/ iff* *" H?yCHARLOTTC (! South ?at | R O L l K A \ MAP y &k4*rinqJio6otia7v \ \ ofthtlfammu* V ALL HEALING ! MINERAL SPRING. : ^ WORTH CAROL!HA. \ gjfeAND COTTAGES'. speikgs. and special prices, with, list j COZZE1JS & mgnynr^iSa^.. aEng, Gaeton County, North Carolina. DIAL ENGINE' W^S?81^ A COMPANY HAS BEEN FORMED that are now operating these works, J manufacturing the Celebrated TOZER PATENT AGRICULTURAL ANI> I STATIONARY ENGINES, noted for their great durability, simplicity and m economy in fuel. Excellent vorkraaastip and deagft^ jB Return Tubulor Roilen * ip8tWy.^8* Also Saw Mill Shafting and boxes. |jfl Most convenient shop in the State Sac .5 having your repairs done. Jji All work guaranteed. Foundry work. * | ill xxou auu jeumbb. Write us lor estimates. W. P. LESTER, ftnppyitiiamfanj;, - jH THOBNWELL MoMASTEB,. Business Mutgff.*. jfl PEACE INSTITUTE* | m 6ISL5 m 1016 I* I BALEIGH, N. C. The Fall Session opens on the firast ? Wednesday (5th day) oi September an& -'M closes first Wednesday in June, 1889.. Every department of instruction 'IB by accomplished and experienced toach- m era. Boil ding one of the largest and :JH beet equipped in the South. Heated by -J| steam. Gas and electric light. Watec. throughout whole building, flprnir1' JB rates for two or more from same family*. V Correspondence solicited. For circular .j^H and catalogue address Rev. B. BURWEXiLi & SON. S Raleigh, N.'CL 9 PRIVATE BOARD. 9 Visitors to Columbia will find it to^ their advantage to stop at the "WILLIAMS HOUSE," Jgj Northwest Comer Plain and SuiBtarJj Streets. Transient board a specialty* % House open all hours day and night*4* M suit incoming trains. ?f MBS. WINTHBOP WILLIAffj^M S H OW CASES. WALL CAfifiStfl