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THE ROADS OF THE WORLD. HOW COUNTRIES BUII.D PATHS FOR COMMERCE AND WAR. The Ancient Koiii.tu Kmulx?Those ol Moil'trii Kurope? south American <villi F|Ji lloiitU. Since tnaukind constructed society and became distributed over the world roads have boca necessary to the existence and progress of the race. From the timo of Moses there have been royal roads. First the Egyptians, afterwards the Israelites and then the Greeks called their lines of travel that were not used for Qnppinl tiiirnn<iiu ''rnrrtl rnn UM nr t.ho king's highways. In Greece the royal roads were inspected and eared for by the senate at Athens. In Lacede.nonia, Thebes and other States they were under the supervisiau of the most eminent men. Their roads, however, were not the best of the (indents'. It was reserved for a commercial city, Carthage, to build the jrst paved roads. The Uomans followed the example or the Carthagiuians. and these great highways, which connected Rome with its provinces, were the most renowned and durable ever constructed. All over Europe, Asia aud Africa, wherever their Emperors ruled, they built roads that have been supposed by the ignorant of different ages to be of supernatural The continued existence of some of these wonderful roads thousands of years after their completion has proved the skill and greatness of the master minds which planned aud built them. The Roman via Aopia, the via Aurelia, the via Flaminia, the roads to the Rhine and the Danube, aud the 400U miles of road from the Wall of Autoninus in Great Britain through Rome to Jerusalem still reveal lessons of construction worthy of the study of the road builders of the uinetceuth century. They were accuratelj* divided by milestones,and ran in a direct liue from one city to another, with liUln ?1... X..J ...V.V. V.tU UimiWIBJ IJl nature or private property. The middle part was raised iuto a terace ami consisted of several strata of sand, gravel and cement, and was paved with large stones, which, near the capital, were of grauito. Adam Smith's assertion that "the IBtaqau?xonatiruction of roads is the greatest of all improvements,'' and the saying of the Abby lleyual that "wherever wo shall find no facility of travel from a city to a town or from a village to a hamlet we may prouounce tho people to be barbarians" have long,especially in Europe, been accepted bymaukinl. U iads are the acknowledged civilizors of the world. Americans who hud themselves in ^Europe are struck with a^touishment at the euormous loads dtawu by horses and dogs. Oue glance of the eye from the loads to the roads and half the wonder would be accounted for, because the roads have almost everything to do with it. The aucients knew and appreciated tho importance of good public roads. Many of the roads built by the aucient 'Romans and traveled by the proud Jtoman conquerors remaiu to this day. iThis is particularly the case in Turkey, em, boon in use, with little or 110 repair. Roads 111 Europe arc quite usually flanked on either side by two aud sometimes four rows of shade trees, which add much beauty to thecouutry through'which 1 ,111 Oiul frnin <1 |1 iatonnn 11 rn nnrlinn. J ' UUW l,V,M U'l.-JfWUVV ?nv lnrlv picturesque where several roads intersect. Oue cau mark the roads in tlx ir windings sometimes as far as tho eye can reach by these fresh green shade trees, which, with the various teams ol horses and dogs laden with the products ol farms, mines and shop, conspire to make n very pretty scene. The public roads of Belgium enter into successful eompetion with the railroads, so much so that u innu who has his team docs not by any means consider himself forced to send his products by rail. Oue can mount his wagon at the English Channel and drive through the breadth of Europe (except iu time of" snow), or its length, without sinking as. deep as the fellies of his wheels in the aiud, iu any weather at any time of the year. The ro t Is are so firm that ram lloes not soften they; they are no sloughs fo wale through, no periods when the j facto./ an i the farm are cut od from the I . ...f ... . ufAi.il 1 I.t .... ...... ,.f I uiu i. The loss in break downs of vehicles, of breakage in harness, in time to ubor, iucroiso I food, shortened life and injuries to horses by bad roads in the United States would amount to an immense sum of money if statistics could bo gathered and formulated. Railroads, i.lso, are directly interested in good country roads. Whatever opens up the remote farm lot for euy hauling to the railroad .station, or brings an additional acre of arable land nearer to the city, cheapens the market for the poorest and increases the volumer of trade and commerce for all. The French roads have compelled the tetfpec. nucl admiration of foreigners for a century, and of nil the roads in the country tho^e considered the most excellent and at the same time most difficult of maintenance happen to lie in the most rugged of the Alps, with their peaks forever .snowelad and rising to a height of 11,000 icot. These Alpine roads aro numerous, of easy grade, solidly built, always open and al vays good save when temporarily blocked with sno v. They are subjcctc 1 to the most changeful and violent forces of nature. Snow, trust, Ice and furious glacial torrents springing suddenly into existence at unexpected points have sought for a decade to destroy them, but in vain. Tiie greatei part of the roads in Franco are macadamized , it is only in to vns that paving stories are used. A serious objection to the use of the latter in cities lies in the ready weapons which they a'lord in the bauds of inob* during periods of riot. No part of the road system is neg lected; the r >utes are divided inte sections of half a mtle to three miles in lrogth, according to the importance of the road, each of which is confide I to a man or numli-r of nu i, so that every foot oi the railway is impede 1 daily and is kept in thorough repair. fn respect to coiHt.ru ttioa the fljr na 1 road making is identic il with that of France and Switzerland. Every im portant road is a graded ma^i lamizod turnpike, with culverts of missive 9toae, ditches on either side and goucrally lineo with trees, eitlmr poplar, sycamore 01 linden. Tim general principle which obtained in Saxony formerly was thai the obligation of keeping up the*r<?a b depfen led on the levying of toll an 1 safe guard duty on them. This species ol % V* ./ -? v -} " ? SUNBEAMS. T William Jackson, of Ellsworth, Me., h*a lost six wives within the past 55 years, ' the last having died a few weeks since. It is 6tated that in 1800 the number of persons killed in India by snakes was 21,412, while the number of snakes slaughtered was 510,050. The mandolin, banjo, and glee clubs of Harvard University will give public performances during a Western tour in the last week of tho year. It appears that Sir Edwin Arnold tickled the fancy, raised the pride, and touched the heart of the Uostonians by saying that they speak the English speech better than the people of any other American city. At Santa Rosa, in the republic of Uruguay, 200,000 vine shoots were planted this year. Next year there will be twice ns many planted. They grow luxuriant* ly and bear abundantly in that part of Uruguay, and are profitable to their owners. The Australian city of Melbourne, which was founded less than 50 years ago, has already a population of Nearly half a million, and staude fifth among the cities of tho British empire. It is now a great shipping port, aud its slum quarter is small. It appears by the report of the treasurer of Yale College, which has just been published, that the gifts received by the college during the year covered by the report amounted to the large sunU'df"" $343,395. The gifts ranged from $100 to $50,000. In Athens, Ga , a system of electric railway and a system of electric fire alarm have been established this year. In the coming year a new system oi street paving ami a new system of waterworks are to be established. The introduction of small factories of many kinds is to be encouraged there. Judge Crisp's father and mother were ton was s"> called bccau3o in format times travelers passing over insecure road leading through forests or thinly settled districts were escorted by armed knights who levied this safeguard duty iu return for their services. Russian highways are as a rule badly built and continually in prociss of mending. When Alexander Dumas returned from Russia, which he had been visitiug, he was asked how ho like I the roads in that country. Ho replied : "I never saw any. In winter they were coverc 1 with snow and in summer thoy were always being repaired." In no country in the world is the construct ion of roadwavs carried nut with more scientific skill and thoroughness than in Switzerland. The mountainous nature of the country, the consequent difficulty of providing means of ensv communication between points an i t ie severe tests to which roads are subjected by the violence of storms and the sudden swelling of water courses, have from the earliest period rendered the subject of road building oue of primary importance to tho dwellers in the Alps. One of tho greatest charms of English scenery to the American visitor is the beauty of its hedge-lined, stoa-.-bs Me I roads. Much of England's sccnerv would he nothing without them. Tho country roads in Ireland su Ter materially from comparisons with the roach in Eng land and Wales, but as compared with the average country road iu the United States they seem to approximate closely to perfection. The course describe 1 by the country roads iu Ireland is most irregular and even tortuous, tho apparent purpose being to avoid the points of the compass, but they arc uone the less beautiful on that account. Iu South America there are hardly any roads worthy of the name. Communication between towns where there an no railways to the interior is by water ii small boats or canoes, or by bridle piths on donkeys, inulcs or horseback. Togo In a carriage ol any dcscrip^i live, ten, twenty, forty or any number of miles, few or many, into the interior a thm,' unheard of and unknown. Iu Brazil thirty days are often require I for traveling a distauce of 250 miles. Tne subject of scientific r >ad h uidint in Japan is one that has only of recent years received atteutiou. IVevious t.1 the opening of the country to foreign intercourse nearly ult of * the inland travel aud carrying was con m? 1 to the backs of coolies and pack horses, and iu spite of the introduction of railways aub jiurikishas such is, to a very groat ertent, still tho case. In Fiji there arc n > ro.rd? that deserve the name. E icb magisterial district is at present making a dirt run 1 by cutting two parallel ditches 'aud throwing tiie dirt from them betweeu the two, Hi ire to employ prison labor than to' build roads for traffic or pleasure. The main streets of tiie cities are in i lo of broken coral washed uf> by the 3ul, which is a very goo.) material for the purpose, bul not very lasting. The truth j of the island! is all done by water; co.isuqumtly roils are not require 1. FEDERATION OF LABOR. Annual Meeting of The American ? 2c5y For Tho First Timo In Tho South. Birmingham, Aj.a., [Special. ]?'The annual meeting of the American Federation of Labor?the first ever held in the South?was called to order at 10 o'clock in the morning ?t French's Hull by I resident Samuel Gompcrs. Nearly one hundred delegates from every part of the I nited States and Canada were in attend auce. The meeting \\ iil occupy tlie entire week. A fund has been raised by the local labor men and the merchants of the city for the entertainment of the visitors, and near the close of the coii ventio i a grand banquet will be t ndcr d to the declgatei at the Florence Hotel. The feature of the meeting will be a number of excursions given by railroads to mines, furnaces, ami other industries iu the viciu ty. The executive committee arrived here several days ago to audit tlie accounts and prepare the nnnunl reports, wh ch were submitted. One of the important matters that will come up will be the question of recognition of working cards between the Federati n of La' or and the Knights of Labor, as suggested by the latter. While there are no matters of paramount importance to come before the convention much work will he done. The morning addresses were made by Governor 'i hotnns B. Jones on behalf of the Stntc of Alabama. City-Attorney J. Banks on behalf of the city of Binning ham and Samuel If. Freeman on behalf of local labor organizations. President Gompers responded. Orgnniz tion was allected and the usual comrnittic* were appointed. President Oompers, in his annual re port, reviewed the growth of the organ? zation. He set forth the history of the eight-hour movement which it hud been proposed to put into effpet by the mincis on the firei of last May, and expressed his chagrin at the failure of the movement. Fie impressed upon them the im portnnce of the movement, and cited many instances where it had been a local success. The president tecommended the election of a delegate to visit the Trade Union Congress of Great Britain and the Trade Union Congress of Get many, to be hold in 1892, and other labor organizations. He recommended ho ding an International J.abor Congte s at Chicago September, 1892, or in May. 1893. lie recommended the personal visitations of the representative of the American Federation to all parts of the world in order to insure representation at the Chicago convention He oppost 1 political action as a body, and urged national lefrialstirtn mnlrin.r Itin \r.... 'lay in September, labor day, a legal holiday in the territories as it is in most ? f the States The secretary's repoit showed that during the yew 2Rt charters were issued to unions in thirty States and ten national unions. Too Many Insane Persons in Maine Hanook, [Special.J? The situation at the Maine Insane Hospital at Augusta i? becoming serious. The institution was crowded with patients two years ago. and a bill for the establishment of a new asylum at Bangor wss introduced in the Legislature, but it lei'uscd to make any appropriation for the purpose. In the asylum are 678 patients, and the number is increasing rapidly. The authorities arc at their wits' end to know what to do with the uext batch of hi nfics. all the cells being occupied, while many patients are obliged to sleep on rots in the hallways. Five hundred theatres have been burnt down all the ryorld over in the last l<Hl years, entailing* loss of about 4000 lives. pany in the days before the war, and the future Speaker, then a youth, sometimes appeared on the stage in minor roles. His brother, Ilenry Crisp, who died about ten years ago, was an actor of promise, and had at one time been connected with Jno. T. Ford's company in Baltimore. Judge Crisp is said to have had a fine stage presence, but however that may be he is certainly a prominent ligure now on the national stage. It is not vory often that a preacher ,pf national reputation is met at a published appointment by a congregation of one But that is what happoncd to tho famous Parson Brv-wnlow?the Swift of nprovin rial age and place. It was before the war, when he was about equally venom ous sgniust the Baptists and abolitionists. The fame of his controversy with both filled several States. Somehow, though, when he stepped into the pulpit of a Methodist church in ClsrksvjUe, Teun., notoriously a Methodist town, ho found himself with just one auditor. The sexton even had gone away after opening the doors and ringing the bell. The parson looked about him for a minute, then lifted his hands and said, "Let us pray." The prayer was long and ferven' hut nobody came. At the close of it the minister sang a hymn. Still there were no more listeners. Drawing a long^ breath the preacher said, "Sister( xewtli be dismissed," then repeated the beuediction, grabbed Iiis hat and overcoat, and took the next train home. disgracedTTis calling. A Preacher Who Posed as An Evangelist Ie Put Out of An AnciiAt.fi. Hfttsl. Auoosta, Ga , | Special. ] ?Rev. Thos. II. Lcith, of Charleston, 8. C., the great evangelist who created so much religious excitement throughout South Carolina last year, was put out of the Augusta hotel here for being beastly intoxicated. Mr. Leith is a preacher of the ultras usatioual at ripe and his sermons last year drew immense crowds. He tised the most aggressive lauguage in his disburses, and made a specialty of society evils. In a sermon at Williston, 8. C., lust year he seriously offended many of his hearers by declaring that no man ever waltzed with a woman without having in his heart impure and unholy desires. As a strange coincidence, one of the gentlemen whom he offended on that occasion was present at the hotel and witnessed the maudlin scene in which the reverend gentleman was the disgraceful actor. Mr. Leith was forced to hunt for another hotel. A Minister Charged With Wife Stealing. Winston, N [8p?cial.]?Intelligence reached Wicstou that Rev Hnrrison Rlankenship, a Baptist preacher, was arrested on the Blue Rigde Mountain, in Wilkes county, upon the charge of deserting his family last summer and "skip ping" with the wife of bis neighbor, Thos. Waiters, both leaving at home several small children. Blankeuship, at the time of his sudden departure, was pastor of several churches in Wilkes end Ashe counties, and although his education was limited, he was gaining considerable popularity as a minister. Besides his pastoral charges he left a wife and eight small children, fonroi'wtfom have since died, and it is sai 1 by the attending physician thav death was brought on principally by the inability of the mother to properly provide and care for them, as the husband and father was their sole dependence for support. Blnnkenship came back to his father's, in Wilkes, where he was arrested, claiming thai he had secured a divorce from his wife and had married the woman with whom he had gone away. He lm> been tinned over to the authorities in Ashe, by whom he was wanted. The neighbors are sa d to be greatly wrought up over the man ner iu which the preacher lias acted. Two estimable and prominent ladies died here. The first was Mrs. M. M. Stockton, who pawl away at the age of 70 years. Five sons who are well-known business mer. >>f the county survive her. The second was Mrs W. P Sides, who dropped dead from heart disease how "they will travel. Managers of the Negro Exodus Fix Their Route. nAi.Eir.it, N. C, [Special.]?The scheme of the negro exodus managers is revealed. They propose to run three excursion tiains from Goldsboro to Waycross, Savan^an and Atlanta, Ga. For those who go to work under contract for farmers there will bo no charge for the trip. The trains are leave immediately after the holiday The object is to evade the North ''wolina law against the removal of labop-r*. HmAian pea?ants defraud the umiqerelief commissioners. * alliance Department. The MovementjIb^Sprdad Over to The Liberal F&aty There Takes U| Tho Cause If the British Ti'watry. * A London crfbjegnuv says: The Liberal Leaders i4 'ho Btglish Parliament are determined that something shall b< done for the farmers. One of the principal Libera) journals savs: "The magnitude of the Liberal victory in South Mfitoii and the conviction thai the capturoof the rural vote by Liberali will lead tc overwhelming success in th< general chctions has lifted the measun in favor oftcnant farmers into the fron rank of tie Liberal proposals. Thii resolution tu the part of the Liberals hoi been hastened by a movement of tin Conservatives in the same direction. Th< history of tie Conservative party present no change noro surprising or more sudden tliau tint which has'occurred on th< English lane question under dread o what wouldnuppeu to landlord's interes through the lpnsiug of the Liberals ant farmers uudt thcLibrrala. Since thcSoutl Molton election tho .^ndon Qlobe ha led in advocating^option in Eng land of the IusfaV^^W^chuse act. Th labor^^o^ks^^y^j^afqu're stual piots or i^mrooMfHpd through simpl methods, aud tho influ must also assis farmers to become ovners against a cer taiu number of years without payinj more than the customary rents. It is un certain to what length the Liberal lead crs will go in shaping the tenant farmers bill. Opinion of the National Libera Club is in favor of giving the farmer judicial rents as in Ireland for a detinit period, and purchasiug powers similar ti those granted by the Ashburn act." From tho above it appears that th farmers arc making trouble in othc couutries besides America. ****** The Farmers' Advocate (Charleston W. Va/l <ays: "llov much longer will it take for th majority of tho people of ihis country t realize i&e fact that what promotes th prosperity of the farmer solves tho prol lem of national prosp.tity. Truly, whe tha demar of the Alliance are clcarl awUuUy \ ? th.- present antaga nism will disappear like morning vapo before the rising tun. If every on would read in an earnest search for th truth, they would uot be long in grasp ing the situation." ****** Vice-President II. L. Loucks was clcc ted president of the National Alliance n St. Louis in December, 1889, and tervei one year. Last year ho was compelled t have one leg amputated and hu now us< crutches. He is a very able aud tru man. + * * *y/* * In the Uuitcd Statis, Europe, Caned aud Australia, we finf 309,000,000 peopl depending upon agriculture for supporl In this pursuit there ft invested the eno, nious sum of $'10,000*00,01)0. The tab! bckr.T ~H1 give apjudBdea of the naagu tudc of the farming Juteresta of ourcoui vy- Wftt'nrir aajBMM.'l x" -UI.mT . 1SJOO.SCO.O va.<7ytuluo is.20?.?n(,t Tolfc A 4i,47l,5OJ.0 ileal esf/.-j. *, i I 1 tc.wtu 14,U?i,0OO,u Rallroai./j y bl*(e? 7,U)0,UX>.0 Manufacn/VT .<Sy 9,000,l0?'.l The lesson ta ?ht by these figun should be carefully studied by every ma who would gain a true idea of the gravit of the reform problems now up for sole tion, especially that embraced in th money question. Wheu we reflect tin the true function of money is to "ropr< sent the value of property in exchange we discover the importance of this que tion to the American pcopie. It isfouu that all the preciousmietals, as they ai called in the country do not amount t one-third of the annual hay crop alou< It cannot be questioned that with tb immense value of products to be e: changed, a speedy and immense iucrcai of circulating mcdifim should at once I furnished the people, GREEN GOQD&iG&EEN GEESE. Two Men from Spartanburg, S. G Caught by New York Rascals Sharper than Themselves. Jehsi.v City, N. J., [Special.]?Micl acl C. Trisley and Garrison Perrutli, hot from Snartanburir countv. S. C . wei arrested by Doctective fcilcauley at tl Central Itnilroad station in Jersey Cil while they were waiting for a train th: would t ike theiu home. They had wil theui a neat box tilled with packages i green paper cut out to the exact size < bank not< s, with good bills on the ou side of eat li pack ago They were tak< to the police headquarters, where th< told the superintendent their story. Several month) ago they got circula sign d "G. Watt of No. 141 Mo stieet, New York, telling them how few dollars would My lots of others, ii distinguishable f < a those issued 1 Uncle Sam; stolen Mtlates were used 1 make the bilTf^l^RflMrffey'wcre all righ Tlie men scnt'on ilr come of thp stu and received word that it had been fo warded by fx press. It did not come nntl fMfV i-^lu^fattilv tVi the exprtsycompany had lost it. Th< they sent for more. That, too, was )o in transit, Ahey supposed, for Watts a sured then that it had been expressed them. I They trade up their minds to trust 1 longer to the express companies. Tin would goto New York themselves. Tbi wrote to Yatts and were instructed to f (o the Columbian Hotel, No. Ill Nor Broulstiict, Philadelphia, where tb< would We met by an agent of Watt This they did and were met by a mi c ilied "SVip." He took them to a pla on >lott stieet, where they met one Ha rv Miner aad a man named "Big Bill whose name was Miner. They gave t $1,000 iu ?ood money for, as they su posed, $30,000 of c* intcrjeit end starti for home by way of the New Jersey Ce tral. * f/jn-fc When they tho bo* dpened ar found that there w|s only $80 in it thi wo e as much disgusted as they were su prised. They were sure that tl -'goods1' were there, as they had seen tl bux prep i red and nailed down. Th< UUA.uu? vv puiKCU Ui? 5?"5 "? had got so much fcf their money, at Superintendent Snjjtb, remembering th the Inst batch of j^nuthern countrymt arrested by Kilcaulty had gone to Mo street and had been entertained wy 4lHa ry Miner" and Big Bill, sent tbero Superintendent <>/ Polic Murray, fn Ne Vork. The ?vfu"*4re1 of j* cons' eraUly long or in Lnglaad tUanio iVAaoi 1 Ik i / FLORIDA'S TRAGEDY. A Whole Family Was Exterminated. > Defenseless Women and Children Brutally Murdered by Ruthless Hands. Looking for the Fiends. t Jacksonville, Fla., (Special.]?The ) latest developments in the horrible tragedy at New Smyrna, in which Mrs. L. D. Hatch (formerly of Maine), hei young son, Miss Adelaide H. Bruce, of New t York, and Frank l'ackwood, Jr., aged ' four, only make the case more mysterious 3 than ever. 3 The scene of the murder is a beautiful t and romantic spot, seven iniies below ? Smyrna, or half way between Smyrnn and s Oak Hill. A grewsome fatality seems to 5 have clung to it, for it was here that the s Strives family?father, son, wife and 3 baby?were murdered by the Indians in the war of 1856. The house where this s later day murder was perpetrated is on f the site of those ruins. It stands on n t shell mound thirty feet above the Hills1 boro river, and commands a magnificent il view of the two rraceful nwecut of that b stream. WHERB THE DEED WAS DOME. [ On this mound are two houses; one B "HdUlO of two rooms was used for a din* t ing room and kitchen. A house of the same sire twenty steps away is where the * deed was committed. These houses are * shaded and surrounded by nncient cedars, fir trees, oaks, palmettos and palms. , back or west of the house is a dense liamj mock with a flat pine and beyond. 1 Saturday at 10 o'clock in the raoruing, the murder was discovered and a 0 horrible picture it was. On her back by the window in a pool of blood, Mrs. Hatch lay with a pistol ball wound on the inside corner of her left eye. Her face was blackened with powder. Ths other bodies lay near her. When the crash came she "had evidently been naar the window. When the murderer ' entered, her little son, frenzied with l0 fright, had probably fled as a child would 0 ana had sought refuge in tho bed clothes 0 of a lounge at the end of the room. He was torn from these, shot over the loft Q aye And his throat cut from ear to ear. y THEIR AWFUL WORK COMPLETE. '* On the bed lay the body of Miss Bruce, T aViftf hroiinrh thn (apa and har Yrood torn" e bly bruised by blows from a gun stock, e the shattered remains of which showed ' the force of the murderous blows. .She had been beaten all over the body. Nearby lay pretty Frank Packwood with his throat cut. '* Mr. Packwood had gone to Orltndo, in South Florida, the day before The 1 murderers probably watched his de < part ure. A posse of one hundred armed men ie have been out since Saturday morning, but no trace of the murderers has vet been secured. It was first thought that a the crime was the work of tramps, but [e this delusion was subsequently dispelled by finding a trail leading around the r_ yard to the north and tlieu through the h?.Mi2icck, south to the ycud, a pr*th Ihst i_ none could travel unless he was familiar i. with the country. Mr. Packwood has suspicions, and will give them to the coroner's jury only, when it is expected oij that several arrests will be made. m MILWAUKEE is"WIDE AWAKE. 00 00 She Will Deluge Washington With y Beer to Qet the Demoi. cratic Convention. Mu.wAi.KiiK. Wis., [Special.]?A ^ hundred citizens signed their names to n guarantee fund of $100,000 to pay the " expenses of the Democratic National s- Convention, should it he secured for d Milwaukee. A booming committee has re been selected nnd hotel quarters secured .0 in Washington. Milwaukee will make a b. big effort to secure the prize, and the is representatives, who are to present the i- figures to the Natinnul Committee at its so meeting next month, will go to Wash >e iogton in style. Each member of the committee of one hundred will wear a dark suit with creamcolored trimmings. And one of tho big breweries will send a car lo?d of beer to the capital for free distribution. An architect who examined the Exposition building reported that there would he a seating capacity of '22.000, with standing room for 5,000, and 48 delegation rooms, t- Twenty thousand dollars will be spent in h refitting the building. * re ? io Flogged and Blacked in Valdost*. Savannah, [Special.]?At Val [Vl dost a in the night Dr. Benton Strange 1 was taken from his roams by a mob and f after being flogged was given a coat of ! ink. The citizens objected to Strange's conduct while on a spree. He was not " seriously hurt and has left town. Ladiza needing a tonic, or children who ... want building up, should tako Brown's Iron Bitters, it is pleasant to take, euros Malaria, tt Indigestion, Biliousness ami Liver Com_ lilninta matoo -l- J wmncia vuo umuu 111/11 mill J'UIO. n' A nrxw Tannate* 1*w prohibit# Bundaf ?y work. i Malaria to nf I* believed to be caused by poisonous mlatmi wiring ^ from low marshy land, or from decaying vegetable matter, and which, breathed Into the lungs, enter 8* and poison the blood. If a healthy condition of the 1- blood la maintained by taking Hood's Sarsaparllla, tO one Is much lesa liable to malaria, and Hood's Sarsaparllla has cored many severe case* of this distress10 lng affection even In the advanced stages when the 5y terrible chills and fever prevailed. Try IL y Hood's Sarsaparllla ^ Bold by all druggist#. #1; six for $5. Prepared only py by C. I. HOOD * CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass. g. Hood's Pills.?For the liver and bowels, act eas)n Uy yet promptly and efficiently. Price, Mo. ce ~~ r- Advice to Womeh Jp If you would protect yourself p- from Painful, rrofuse, Scanty, k! Suppressed or Irregular Menn struation you must use id ! ^ ? BRADFIELD'SV ? FEMALE I Z REGULATOR 1 id * ... CiBTIMTIUJ, Apriln, 1086. a Thla will certify that two member* of my in Immediate family, after having suffered for <? year* from fflenatrual Imcuerlty, being treated wlthont benefit by phyalcUna, r- were at length completely on red by one bottle (o of Bradfleld'e Female fUgnlatar. Ite w effect le truly wonderfuL J. w. Stiuroa Book to " WOMAN " mailed rMB, which eoatetaa valuable Inform at km en eu female din mm. 0RADFIELD REGULATOR CO.. '* ATLANTA, OA. ^ h | A Good Heritage. On the civil pension list of Great Britaiu may be found. "Heirs and do- j sceudunts of William Penn, $20,000 per ' annum." This {tension was granted in George III.'a time "in consideration of his meritorious services, and of the losses which his family sustained in cousequence of the American war." A Colonel Stewart is the heir and descendant who now draws the peusion. Surely a nice little sum?$20,000 a year?in consideration of being a great man's descendant.? Chicago Tribune. Musical notes, as uovv used, were invented iu 1380. There is more catarrb in this section of the eountry than all other diseases put together, and until the last few years was supposed to be incurable. For u Kreat many years doctors pronounced it a IoohI disease, and prescribed i local remedies, and by constantly failing to cure with local treatment, pronouueed it 'ncurablo. Science has proven catarrh to l>e a constitutional disease, and therefore requires constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure, ; manufactured by F. J. Cbaney & Co., Toledo, I Ohio, in the only constit I, .filial euro on the market. It is taken internally in doses from 10 drops to a teaspoonful. It acts directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer $100 for any caso it fails to cure. Sena for circulars and testimonials. Address F. J. CriENEY & Co , Toledo, O |3F~ Sold by Druggists. 75c. The man-of-war Tallapoosa has been otth IsmaecL | The I,aillcs Dcllshtcd. The pleasant effect and tho perfect safety with which ladles may nso the liquid fruit laxative. Syrup of Figs, under all conditions make it their favorite remedy. It Is pleasing to theeyoand to the taste, gentle, yet effectual in actingon tho kidneys, liver {ind bowelsHouse flesh In Germany la now nearly as aostly aa beef. The Only One Iver Printed. CAN YOU FIND TRI WOltD? These Is a 3 Inch display advertisement In this paper, this week, which haw no two words alike except one word. The satnu Is true of each now one appearing each week, from Tho I)r. Harter Medicine Co. This house places a "Crescent" on everything they make and publish. Look for it. send t&amyhe name of the word and t.hoy will return ynVnnox, beautiful lithographs or samples free. There are 079,664,033 acres of pubilo lands still vacant. a cube for nearly all of tho common ills? what, doctor.-? Pshaw! Take Bccchara s Pills. For sale by all dru.gists. Mi cents. Counterfeit Swedish money is made la this country. MAirr persons are broken down from overwork or household cares. Brown's Iron Bitters rebuilds tho system, aids digestion, removes excess of bile, and cures malaria. A spendid tonic for women and children. Co-operative Alliance stores are to be Mt*blished in every county in Kansas. FITS stopped free by Dr. K link'ft Great Nerve Rkstorkk. No iits after first day a uaa Uarveleus cures. Treati-e and fit trial battle free. Dr. Kline. 981 ArcbSt.,Phila ,Pa "August Flower" This is the query perWhat 19 petually on your little boy's lips. And he is It For? no worse than the big"" gCTfotderrfealder-headed boys. Life is an interrogation point. " What is it for?" we continually cry from the cradle to the grave. So with this little introductory sermon we turn and ask: "What is August Flower tor ?'' As easily answered as asked : It is for Dyspepsia. It is a special remedy for the Stomach and Liver. Nothing more than this; but this brimful. We believe August Flower cures Dyspepsia. We know it will. We have reasons for knowing it. Twenty years ago it started in a small country town. io-ciay it lias an honored place in every city and country store, possesses one of the largest manufacturing plants in the country and sells everywhere. Why is this ? The reason is as simple as a child's thought. It is honest, does one thing, and does it right along?it cures Dyspepsia. ? G. G. GREEN, Sole Man fr,Woodbury,NJ. m THE SMALLEST PILL IN THE WORLD! _ Z TUTT'S Z tiny liver pills lumall thcvlrtuM of the I*rf?r onr?| ^ equity effective) purely vegetable. Mi Kxact (Im ihovn in thlRtorder. * Ely's Cream Balm wp.Lcrue ?ATAR<Veol CATARRHF? \ i n i > mi i:\i- | ky y fc* Apply I'eiiu into eacu nostril. tLY OitOS.. 06 Warron St, N. V. J50^ PaUTBIOies - One nil NOkOIMUl M dlsebled. S2 ti'? for Increase. 'At veers ex. pertenre. Write (or Lews. A.W. McCob trice j Hons Wa??ik?tom. I). C. Cincinnati. O. A CTUIUI A na. TAFrsisTnmi.uHi, "your Vtt'Vi:,ii-i.cg.T.',yfFREE PATEN T88/i.'.?!f: 40 pnirbooK irri DROPSYii Positively Cured tvitli Vegetable Kcmrdin IhtucnrM thounndiiut ca*e?. Cure patiai-ta pro ni uticad liopalae by beat pliy.dcians. From tirat do?u ryniptoms rapidly disappear ; in 10 daya two thirds of a) rymptoma removed. hand for Ires book of testimonial of mir.iculoua cures. IO dava' Irraiment flrea l>] mail. It yon order trial. ??net leo. 1? rtaropa to pay poet age. flit. II. II. ttHKKNdt SONH. Atlanta. Oa 8. N U. fta. ' cold; cs? cougi ^ h0ar5 ^ consi ALL AFFECTIONS OF T TAYLOR'S CHER SWEET GUfl Is the BEST K] Ask yonr druggist or mors as nothing else c*n take Us pla - ' - - ' 1-WuMN 1 WINTER | COTYWCHT ISM All the year round is the time when Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery works the best. It purifies tlio blood. It's not liko the sarsaparillas, which claim to do good in March, April, and May; you can depend upon it always. That's why it is guaranteed. If it doesn't benefit or cure, in every caso for which it's recommended, you have your money back. No other medicine of its kind eays a3 much ? but no other doe* as much. It cleanses, renews and invigorates tho entire system. For all skin, scalp and scrofulous affeo4Unn o a rP/>ff- V Qllf .yKnilWI tiuili?) 4*0 JUL-iiV. Uia^ X l/V W* y UU1V'IUVI?HW^ White Swellings, Hip-joint Disease, and kindred ailments, it's a posititHf??^ cure. The propriotor3 of Dr. Sage'e Catarrh Remedy offer $500 for an incurable case of Catarrh. It isn't mere talk ? it's business. They mean to pay you, if they A can't cure you. But you'll find * that they can. - ~ DONALD KENNEDY Of Ro^urV; Mass,, says Kennedy's Medical Discovery i cures Horrid Old Sores, DeepSeated Ulcers of 40 years* standing. Inward Tumors, and every disease of the skin, exoept Thunder Humor, and Cancer that has taken root. 01 ka ; . M. *11*7, fl.UV. LW1U UJ OTOIJ Druggist in the United States and Canada. A^pA MONTH for 3 bright Young Hmm VnH 1 .miles In each county. Addreaa P. W. /,iF.tJL.EK A;CO., Phlln.. Pa. Anilllfl Morphine rinblt Cured In lO IVHIHH to 21) ditys. No pay till cured# I IWIu DR. J.STEPHENS. L*banoq.Ohte. KANSASFARMS s-BS good price*. Form* for ealo nt bargain* list ft Mb CHAS. It. WOOl.l.KY, Oeborae, lUfc PENSION H AGENTS limine and I ot In One 1 year. Our copyrighted method* free toafi U drilling a Home, or buiirtes* change. (7* |t ,0 gioo Monthly. Teacher* and ladle* fine B? hig pay for rpare hour*. Tbeasurv Pu?g cha-ing Aolhcv, *7 4th Are., New York. KING COTTON Buy or ell your Cotton onJQjfES M f%t%5-Ton Cotton 8cale. w i" b a not cheape8t but beat. H H H For term* add rear ttJJ U KBjo.veb or binohamtojt, V V v piNGHAMTON N. Y. BEAUTYofPoLI saving labor, cleanliness, i DOBABlLTTY&CHEAPNESS.UNEOUAliaXl No Odob When Heated. I . ffffinlllaBSBaSEHBEMWHi ICraionptlvo mil people who have wotk lung* or A?tbma, should dm puo'i Oar* for Consumption. It hu eared tk,aiMdi. It has not Injur- v ^ ed one. It la not bed to teke. It Is the boat cough syrup. V Bold ererrwhere. ??c. ' i "1 ^ gf ^ B ^||Ml ? 1! [ > RELIEVES all Stomach Distress. - j REMOVES Ntaiet, Sense of PaOMMt COMOZSTlOl*. PAIW. . REVIVES Failing ENERGY. ! I RESTORES Normal Clrcmlatkm, mA Warms to Tom Tin. R. HARTBR MEDICINE CE.. M. MMa. ?e, rhoroHjrh, rmetlc.l Instruction. Grtrtuatcssstiited lo poailloni. CatalOKue ftw. Write to !E7AHt I ST&ATTOH BUSINESS C0LLS8S. LOUISVILLE. KV. I . ... . . , ... ' . 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