The Aiken recorder. [volume] (Aiken, S.C.) 1881-1910, August 05, 1892, Image 7
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OUR FORHUtf COMMERCE
The Nation’* Trade Aceonnt for
the Fiscal Year.
The Balance of Trade in Our
Favor $202,944,342.
ri. G. Brock, Chief of the Bureau of Sta>
tistics, has completed his statement of for*
•ign commerce for the month of J une and
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1892. It is a
remarkable and gratifying showing of the
value of oar foreign commerce, which is
unprecedented in the history of this coun
try. The aggregate value of the im
port* and exports of merchandise
attained its highest point. amount
ing to $1,857,726,910, as against $1,-
729,397,006 during the fiscal year
1891, an increase ot $128,329,904, and an in
crease of $370,193,883, since 1889. This is
also a very large increase over the average
■nnnwl increase for the last ten years from
1882 to 1891, which was $25,421,517. Since
1889 our commerce has been making tre
mendous strides. There was an excess in the
value of the exports of merchandise over the
Imports of $202,944,342, a very large balance
of trade in our favor.
The value of our imports of merchandise
during the last fiscal year was $827,391,28 4,
as against $844,916,196 tor the fiscal year
1891, a decrease of $17,524,912, but an in
crease of $114,979,606 over tue average an
nual value of imports for the past ten years.
There was an increase of imports of coffee,
raw silk and sugar, but a decrease in the
imports of tin plates, manufactures of silk,
wool and tobacco and vegetables, fruits and
textile grasses.
The value of imports admitted free of
duty was $458,001,145, an increase of free
importsover the fiscal year 1891 of $91,759,
793. At the same time the value of dutiable
imports was $369,390,139, a decrease of $109,-
284.705. The value of imports of mer
chandise free of duty during the last
fiscal year exceeds like imports of
1889 by the sum of $201,514,067. In 1889
the per cent, of free imports of the
total was 34.81. In 1892 it was 55.88. In
1889 the average ad vaiorem per cent, of
duty on all imports, free and dutiable, was
29.69; in 1892 it was 2'».65. It will be ob
served there has been not only a very large
increase in the value of free imports over
prior years, but a large reduction in the
average ad valorem per cent, on imports,
and the lowest since 1861.
The total value of our exports of merchan
dise during the fiscal year 1892 was $1,030,-
335,626, as against $884,483,810 during the
fiscal year 1891, an increase of $145,851,816.
This is the first year of our commerce when
our exports of merchandise have reached a
billion of dollars. The average annual value
of our exports for the past ten years has been
$754,345,8-14. The exports ot the last year
exceeded that average auuual value by $275,-
989,782. This large increase in our exports of
1892 over 1S91 was made up largely of bread
stuffs, $173,706,945. and cattle, sheep and
hogs, an increase of $3,801,396. The value
of meat and dairy products exported
in 1892 was $137,411,385. There was
a decrease in the value of cotton
exported of about $32,000,000 because of low
C ices. The value of exjxjrts of the five
iding products were as follows: Cotton,
$258,447,741; breadstuff?, 1301.828,601; pro
visions, $137,411,386; cattle, sheep and hogs,
$35,654,384; mineral oils, $44,782,125; all
other exports, $137,665,370. I bis statement
shows a progress in our export trade that is
not equalled by any other Nation.
The total number of immigrants arriving
in the United States iu the year ending
June 30, 1892, was 691,320, as against 555,-
496 in 1S9I, an increase of 63,824. From
Germany came 130,622; Russia, 84,269;
Italy, 60,944; Sweden aud Norway, 57,153;
Ireland, 55.381; England and Wales, 50,182.
NEWSY GLEANINGS.
The plague is raging in Persia.
Italy has twenty-two crematories.
“SiBASTRourtpods prevail in Japan.
The cranberry cr^JPpromises to be large.
The British Parliament is to meet August
4tb.
Anti-Christian troubles in China con
tinue.
Mount ^Etna’s eruption continues to in-
«reaae.
Yellow fever is raging in Vera Cruz,
Mexico.
Heavy rains have delayed farming in
Canada.
The outflow of gold continues to attract
attention.
The cholera epidemic is spreading
throughout Europe.
A big wheat crop is expected in North
and South Dakota this season.
New Mexico is enjoying the first rainy
season it has had in four years.
In Arkansas over 9338 farms have been
inundated, causing a lots of $10,000,000.
The New York Arion Society is meeting
with brilliant successes m Germany and
Austria.
The pack of fruits and vegetables in
Maryland this season will be far below the
average.
There is quite a rush of people into the
Southern States who have a few thousand
dollars to invest.
The latest issue of Trow’s New York City
Directory, just out, gives that city a popu
lation ot 1,651,540.
Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany succeeded
in catching a whale fifty-four feet long off
the coast of Norway.
The starvation of thousands in the
drought district of Mexico is avoided only
by Government aid.
During the second quarter of this year
there were organized in the South 761 new
industrial enterprises.
Italy is much exercised over the scarcity
of fractional silver currency and is trying to
stop its purchase and exportation.
Seven counties of Northern Texas have
refused marriage license to a boy of sixteen
and a widow of forty who has'thirteen chil
dren. ,
The Papal encyclical of the Columbus
celebrations directs that on October 12th
the Mass of the Trinity be celebrated in the
Catholic churches of tspain, Italy and Amer
ica in honor of Columbus.
There is much speculation in Washington
just now over the statement that the Wash
ington Monument, 555 feet high and fifty
feet square at the base, is perceptibly inclin
ing Irom the perpendicular.
At the funeral feast of Ya-ten-e-ouitz in
Oregon, the wile of the dead Umatilla chief
distributed eighty-two ponies, fifty shirts,
101) blankets and a number of pipes and
beaded articles among the ludiaus and others
who attended. Fully 6j0 Indians were
feasted on a free dinner.
In the northern part of West Australia
farmers have to stand by and see t'aeir
flocks dying for want of food and wj ter.
The sheep actually eat soil to allay the piuigs
of hunger, which only hastens taeir dtatu.
The settlers are virtually beggared, with
nothing but poverty staring them in the
face.
A PITCHED BATTLE.
Attempts to Attach a Circus Result
in a Pree-for-AlI Riot.
There was a serious riot in the village o£
Phoenix, N. Y., a few nights ago, in which
two persons were fatally hurt. It grew out
of an attempt on the part of Deputy Sheriff
Vickery and two officers to attach the prop
erty otDownie & Callagher, circus owners.
The combination travels by canal, and
while on the way to Phoenix from Oswego
the circus boats ran into and damaged a
canal boat. The managers refused to settle,
and attachment papers were taken out. Wneu
the officers went to serve them the circus
men resisted and began shooting. The vil
lagers were attracted to the scene, and a gen
eral skirmish resulted, during which one of
the circus hands and one of the officers were
fatally hurt.
A large crowd assembled, and threats of
lynching the circus men in a body were
made. The wrath of the crowd was finally
appeased when twelve of the circus hau ls
were literally dragged to jail. * he villagers
guarded the jail all night to preveut taem
from escaping.
DEMOCRATIC NOTIFICATION
Cleveland and Stevenaon Officially
Informed ot Their Nominations.
Eighteen thousand persons attended Madi
son Square Garden, New York City, to wit
ness the ceremonies of notifying Grover
Cleveland and Adlai E. Stevenson of their
nomination for President and Vice-President
by the Democratic party.
The unusual spectacle of a notification of
nomination to candidates for President and
Vice-President in the presence of an im
mense gathering of people was a success.
It was the first time that the method of
performing this important and time-honored
ceremony m public has been attempted, and
the citizens of New York approved it by
crowding the vast auditorium to its fullest
capacity. The doors were opened shortly
after 7 F. m., and within twenty minutes
every available particle of space was occu
pied, both seats and standing-room, except
the boxes, which had been reserved for men
prominent in the Democratic councils,
their lamilies and other friends. The boxes
were not long in filling, and soon the
great structure contained a mass of
enthusiastic men and women, actuated,
seemingly, by the one purpose of doing honor
to the men who are to lead the Democratic
party in the coming campaign, and who
were about to receive official notice that they
had been chosen to perform this duty.
The audience chamber had been hand
somely decorated. A large platform had
been erected for the speakers of the
evening, and the various commit
tees interested in the proceedings.
Above the platform a canopy had been
placed, in which the inscription. “Cleveland
aud Stevenson” spelled out in elec
tric lights. flashed above two large,
silk American flags. Representations of
all the States of the Union, and festooned
with American colors, decorated the spaces
between the boxes around the circuit of the
hall which was brilliantly illuminated with
electricity.
At 8:15 <?clock, the candidate for Vice-
President, Mr. Stevenson, arrived at the
Garden. His appearance brought out a
demonstration of applause, which lasted for
four minutes. The tall candidate from
Illinois bowed very impress.vely and then
sat down.
When a moment later Mr. Cleveland
stood upon the platform, the applause
seemed to have gained redonbled volume.
Nearly every man was on his feet shouting
and waiving his hat, cane or handker
chief, and most of the women joined in the
acclaim. For several minutes, while Mr.
Cleveland stood bowing his acknowledg
ments, the cheers were continued.
Nicholas M. Bell, of Missouri, tbe secretary
of the Notification Committee, opened the
proceedings by introducing Congressman
William L. Wilson, the chairman of the
committee. It was the duty of Mr. Wilson
to inform Mr. Cleveland of his nomination,
which he did in a speech which drew great
applause.
While Chairman Wilson was speaking
Mrs. Grover Cleveland entered the building
with quite a party of friends, who took the
box reserved tor them at the left of the
stand. She was recogn’zed and cheered.
When Mr. Cleveland advanced to reply to
the address there was another outbreak of
noisy enthusiasm. Mr. Cleveland did
not wait for order before beginning
bis speech. He looked around to see
that Mrs. Cleveland had been safely tea ted
in her box and then began his reply. The
first few sentences could not be heard except
by those immediately surrounding him, but
order came later.
The cheering which followed Mr. Cleve
land’s speech lasted nearly ten minutes.
Then Mr. Bell, the Secretary of the com
mittee, read the formal notification of tne
nomination on behalf of the members of
the committee from tbe National Con-
Ten t.on.
Ex-Judge White, of California, then arose
to address Mr. Stevenson and notify him of
his nomination. Mr. Stevenson received al
most as cordial a welcome as did Mr. Cleve
land. when he advanced to reply. He waited
patiently for the cheering to cease, and when
sufficient quiet had been secured for him to
be heard, he delivered his speech.
Tbe reading of the statement signed by
the full Notification Committee to the Vice-
Presidential candidate followed, and then
the assemblage adjourned.
After the meeting at the Garden the can
didates were driven to the Manhattan Club,
where thousands personally greeted and
congratulated them.
CHILE’S GENEROUS ACT.
She Gives S'? 5 . 0 ®© Indemnity lor the
Attack on the Baltimore Seamen.
Chile has given $75,000 in gold to the
United States to be distributed among the
families of the two seamen of the United
States cruiser Baltimore killed in the riot at
Valparaiso last October and to the members
of the crew who were wounded.
The tender of that sum was made by Senor
Errazuriz, the Chilean Minister of Foreign
Affairs; it was accepted by Minister Egan in
behalf of the United States as “a frank,
friendly and entirely satisfactory settlement
of the deplorable occurrence at Valparaiso,”
and Secretary of State Foster has just an
nounced that “an entirely cordial and mu
tually satisfactory settlement had been
reached between the Governments of the
United States and Chile” upon the subject of
this indemnity.
After Secretary Blaine wrote January 30
that the President believed Chile’s sense of
justice would enable the two Governments
to make honorably a full end of the whole
matter nothing was done till last month,
when Senor Errazuriz entered the Chilean
Cabinet as Minister of Foreign Affairs and
communicated to Mr. Egan the disposition
of the Chilean Government to come to an
adjustment of the Baltimore indemnity.
Mr. Egan was informed by Secretary Fos
ter July 1 that the President was much
gratified at the indications received of the
disposition of the Chilean Government, and
that he did not doubt that it would be ready
to make a liberal indemnity to the families
of the deceased and to the wounded sur
vivors.
Senor Errazuriz addressed Mr. Egan a
note on the 13th p.acing at the disposal of
the latter the sum of $75,000 in gold and ask
ing him to cause it to be distributed among
the families of the two seamen who lost their
lives and to the surviving members of the
crew wounded in the affair of October 16.
On tbe 17th inst. Mr. Egan replied, cordially
accepting the offer.
The Baltimore indemnity finds no exact
precedent in the diplomatic history of this
country.
According to Captain Schley’s report two
of the Baltimore’s men were killed in the
Valparaiso riot, three seriously wounded and
fifteen slightly injured, making twenty men
killed and wounded. Chile’s indemnity
money could be divided into twenty parts of
$o75Q each.
CROP REPORT.
Comparative Acreage of TV hea'’. Corn,
Tobacco ami Potatoes.
The report of the statistician of the Ag
ricultural Department giving the compara
tive acreage of corn, potatoes and tobacco
and the condition on the 1st day of July of
corn, winter ani spring wheat, oats, rye,
barley, potatoes, tobacco, the grasses, fruits
and other minor crops has just been issued.
The returns show tae acreage of corn, as
compared with the actual area of
last year, to be 95.6 per cent. The
reduction of area is not equally dis
tributed. being mostly confined to
the great corn-producing regions of the
countrv. This decrease, the report says,
has been considerably offset by the increased
acreage in tbe South, where during the last
year eleven cotton States have given consid
erable breadta to tbe cultivation of corn.
The condition of the crop, 81.1 per cent., is
the lowest July average ever reported by
the Department. The condition of wheat is
very favorable, there being only a slight de
cline in several of the minor producing
States. The condition of oats, 87.2 per cent.,
is the lowest July condition with one excep
tion ever reported. The month shows a
slight increase in rye. The condition, how
ever, is slightly below that of 1891. Barley
has changed but little during the month,
but the average reported is the highest ever
known in July since 1885. The acreage of
potatoes is very low, there being a decrease
in the largest yielding States; the early ap
pearance of the potato bug has ruined many
crops. This month, the report continues, as
generally considered the largest yielding one
in the year. The returns from tobacco,
althougn very favorable, are smaller than
for tbe co{'esponding month last year.
THE ELECTIONS OF 1892.
Offices to be Filled and the Dates at
Which They Wdll be Held.
The elections of 1892 inc.nle those in ajj^
the States for 444 Presidential Electors,
which will be held on Tuesday, November 8.
All will be chosen by the several States at
large, except in Michigan, where two will be
chosen by the State at large and ten by Con
gressional districts. There are also to be
elected the National House of Representa
tives (two members have already been chosen
in Oregon) and State Legislatures, which
will choose twenty-six United States Sen
ators (one Senator having already been
elected in Rhode Island by the Legislature
chosen this year). The other elections of
the year are thus grouped by the Albany
Argus:
Alabama will elect Governor and State
officers August 1 and nine Representatives
in Congress November 8.
Arkansas will elect Governor and State
officers September 5 ani six Representatives
in Congress November 8.
California will elect seven Representatives
in Congress and a Legislature to choose a
United States Senator, vice Felton (Rep.),
November 8.
Colorado will elect Governor, State officers
and two Representatives in Congress Novem
ber 8.
Connecticut will elect Governor, Stats
offieerv. four Representatives in Congress,
and a Legislature to choose a United States
Senator vice Hawley (Rep.), November 8.
Delaware will elect a Representative in
Congress and a Legislature to choose a
United States Senator, vice Gray |Dem.),
November 8.
Florida will elect Governor, State officers,
and a Legislature to choose a United States
Senator, vice Pasco (Dem.), October 4, and
two Representatives in Congress Novem
ber 8.
Georgia will elect Governor and State
officers October 5 and eleven Representatives
in Congress November 8.
Idaho will elect Governor and State
officers, a Representative in Congress, an 1 a
Legislature to choose a United States Sena
tor, vice Shoup (Rep.), November 8.
Illinois will elect Governor and State
officers, and twenty-two Representatives in
Congress November 8.
Indiana will elect Governor and State
officers, thirteen Representatives in Con
gress, and a Legislature to choose a Unite 1
States Senator, vice furpie (Dem.), Novem
ber 8.
Iowa will elect Secretary of State ani
eleven Representatives in Congress Novem
ber 8.
Kansas will elect Governor, State officers,
and eight Representatives in Congress No
vember 8.
Kentucky will elect eleven Representa
tives in Congress November 8.
Louisiana elected Foster (Dem.) Governor
ani a Democratic Legislature to choose a
United States Senator, vice Gibson (Dem.),
April 18; will elect six Representatives in
Congress November 8.
Maine will elect Governor, four Represen
tatives in Congress, aud a Legislature to
choose a United States Senator, vice Hale
(Rep.), September 12.
Maryland wiil elect six Representatives in
Congress and Legislature November 8.
Massachusetts will elect Governor, State
officers, thirteen Representatives in Con
gress, and a Legislature to choose a Unite 1
States Senator, vice Dawes (Rep.), Novem
ber 8.
Michigan will elect Governor and State
officers, twelve Representatives in Congress,
and a Legislature to choose a United States
Senator,vice Stockbridge (Rep.),November 8.
Minnesota will elect Governor and State
officers, seven Representatives in Congress,
and a Legislature to choose a United States
Senator, vice Davis (Rep.) November 8.
Mississippi will elect seven Representa
tives in Congress November 8.
Missouri will elect Governor and State
officers, fifteen Representatives in Congress,
and a Legislature to choose a United States
Senator, vice Cockrell (Dem.), November 8.
Montana will elect Governor and State
officers, a Representative in Congress, and a
Legislature to choose a United States Sen
ator, vice Sanders (Rep.), November 8.
Nebraska will elect Governor and State
officers, six Representatives in Congress and
a Legislature to choose a United State*
Senator, vice Paddock (Rep.), November 8.
Nevada will elect Supreme Court Judge,a
Representative in Congress, and a Legisla
ture to choose a United States Senator,vice
Stewart (Rep.), November 8.
New Hampshire will elect Governor and
two Representatives in Congress Novem
ber 8.
New J«^»j will elect Governor and State
officers, eight Representatives in Congress,
and a Legislature to choose a United States
Senator, vice Blodgett (Dem.), November 8.
New York will elect Chief Judge of the
Court of Appeals, thirty-four Representa
tives in Congress, and the Assembly of 128
members to take part in the election of a
United States Senator, vice Hiscock (Rep.),
November 8.
North Carolina will elect Governor ani
State officers aud nine Representatives in
Congress November 8.
North Dakota will elect Governor and
State officers, a Representative in Congress,
and a Legislature to choose a United States
Senator, vice Casey (Rep.), November 8.
Ohio will elect Secretary of State and
twenty-one Representatives in Congress
November 8.
Oregon elected Supreme Court Judge and
two Republican Representatives in Congress
Jun® 6.
Pennsylvania will elect thirty Representa
tives in Congress and a Legislature to
choose a United States Senator, vica Quay
(Rep.), November 8.
Rhode Island elected Republican Gover-
ncr and a Republican Legislature, which has
elected Aldrich (Rep.) to the United States
Senate April 6, and will elect two Represen
tatives in Congress November 8.
South Carolina will elect Governor and
State officers and seven Representatives in
Congress November 8.
South Dakota will elect Governor and
State officers and two Representatives in
Congress November 8. , .
Tennessee will elect Governor and State
officers, ten Representatives in Congress,
and a Legislature to choose a Unite 1 States
Senator, vice Bate (Dem.), November8.
Texas will elect Governor and State offi
cers ami thirteen Representatives in Con
gress, November 8.
Vermont will elect Governor and State
officers, two Representatives in Congress,
and a Legislature to choose a United States
Senator, vice Proctor (Reo.), September 6.
Virginia will elect ten Repressntati ves in
Congress November 8tb. The Legir.ature
will elect United States Senator, vicj Hun-
ton, appointed pro tern.
Washington will elect Governor and State
officers, two Representatives in Congress,
and a Legislature to choose a United States
Senator, vice Allen <Rep.), November 8.
West Virginia will elect Governor and
State officers, four Representative; i-j Con
gress and a Legislature to choose a United
States Senator, vice Faulkner (Dem.).
November 8.
Wisconsin will elect Governor and State
officers, ten Representatives in Congress, and
a Legislature to choose a United States
Senator, vice Sawyer (Rep.), November 8.
Wvoming will elect Governor and State
KILLED BY LIGHTNINa,
A Man, His Wife anti Three Chiltlren
Found Dead at Richmond, Va.
A family of five persons were killed by
lightning a lew nights ago at Richmond,
Va. They were asleep in their two-story
residence, just beyond the eastern corporate
limits of the city, wh?n struck. The bed
room was in tbe upper stor3*. The building
was isolated and tbe windows were raised.
The house was set on fire, and the tragedy
was discovered by fire issuing from the
rooi.
The persons killed were Dale Emmett,
thirty-one; Alice Emmett, thirty-two’
Lilie Emmett, six- Norman Emmett, three,
and a seven-months-old infant. The father
was a carpenter, who, with his family, went
there from Westmoreland County, Penn.,
about a year ago.
When the rescuers reached the room by
ladders Mr. Emmett, his wife and baby, lay
in bed, while near by were smouldering the
remains of his six and three-year-old chil
dren.
The family were ^buried next day, three
hearses carrying the bodies to the grave.
Ixa-groweks in China are being ex
horted by emissaries of the “Literati” to
pull up the plants and grow sweet potatoes
instead, so that it will not be necessary for
them to trade with the “foreign imps.”
RELIGIOUS READING.
I heard an old f p-mer laik one day 1
Te'line bis listeners bow
In the wide, new country far away
The rainfall follows tbe plow.
“As fast as they break it up, you see,
And turn the heart to the sun,
As they open the furrows deep and free
And the tillage is begun,
* The earth grows mellow, and more and
more
It holds and sends to the sky
A moisture it never bad before,
When its face was bard and dry.
“And so wherever tbe ploughshares run
Tbe clouds run overhead.
And tbe soil that works and lets in the aun
With water is always fed.”
I wender if that old farmer knew
Tbe half of his simple word,
Or guessed the message that heavenly true
Within it was bidden and heard.
It fell on my ear by chance that day,
But the gladness lingers now,
To think it is always God's own way
That the ranefail follows tbe plow.
— [Mrs. A. D. T.Whitney.
THE ASSURANCE
What change took _
Jesus as he ascended t’
not be able wholly to
change we know, for
inherit tbe kingdom
that the putting off o
THE ASCENSION,
ice in tbe body
bis devotion, his
as he rose out
perceived no
strong telescope
does not affect the sjtrit. The real change
from earth to heaven I s shown in the ascen
sion. Jesus talked with bis friends up to
the moment of parting- He was the same in
bis love, his intermit,
thought, bis worefl;,
ot sight. Tbev
change. Had some
been in their hands they might have pur
sued bis ascent still further and proved that
distance did not change the character of the
spirit. He was the same during the first
moment out of sight as before; so the sec
ond and tbe third; bad be come again into
sight iiy the scattering of the cloud, he would
have been the same. T ke height of heaven
does not make one anofiKir person nor does
the transit from eartli tTbeaven. And that
which was true of (Tirist is true of oux
friends and w ill be trul of ourselves. A
living man with all his cfiaracteristics passed
into iicaven in sight of mortals. There is then
assured one living person iu heaven who is as
when lie was on earth. The disciples would
have lit en the same had they ascended in s
body. The removal of our spirits from the
earthly to the heavenly body, from earth tc
heaven, wilt be as little mock as is here dis
cerned and with as little diminution ot
power or conscious life. We may all take
sublime satisfaction lor ourselves in the as-
ceiision as portraying the naturalness of the
life in heaven and the fact that we pass the
border line, wherever it is, without jar oi
friction or change in the quality of oui
habits; with the woman who loses hei
self-respect and that of others; with a ronr
who ends a respectable life with somi
deed that is dishonorable; with all who fol
low 7 any course that brings its penalty ol
shame, "suffi ring, and death. It is the first
little step that does all; and it may not he si
very had a step in itself—only a little wrong
It in a v he only a mistake, indeed, but thi
end comes ail the same. Let every hoy anc
girl re member this. Just as it does not dc
to make a mistake at the bead of tbe stairs
so it will not do to make even a mistake ii
the beginning of life—especially a mistake o
tbe sort that leads to evil—for it often bring:
one to the bottom at last.—[The Myrtle.
SUNDAY IN THE HOME.
In many families the problem^pf tbeother
six days in tbe w eek sink into utter insignifi
cance when compared with that ever-recur
ring and seldom answered question, “What
shall we do with the chi dren on Sunday?”
Perhaps the old ways of keeping the Sab
bath day were too strict, perhaps the new
ways are too lax—there are any amount of
perhapses, but thev don’t count for much
beside the undoubted fact that, in most
homes, Sunday is an unsatisfactory day for
both parents and children. Some excellent
words by Elizabeth M. Rowland, in the
Congregationalist, bear on this subject:
“No child wants to rest on Sunday. By
the time he is through with a late breakfast
he is rested to death, and wants to begin liv
ing again. Now what shall the parent do?
“Take the little ones to church, so young
ami so constantly that the habit will be
second nature. Suppose they are restless,
there are worse states. Suppose they get
tired ; let them sleep—their fathers often do.
As they get older, accept no excuse that
would not keep them from a picnic or a
Christmas tree, and encourage them to be
regular at the evening service also. Don’t
delay buying the needed boots, nud if the
new dress isn’t done put on the old one. To
be sure this would oblige the parents them
selves to go in all weathers, whether the
wardrobe pleased or the minister interested,
just as they did when they first joined the
church—which is another way of saying,
‘We must be better Christians ourselves.’
“Tbe Sabbath seems to be tbe natural time
for Bible study at home. By this is not
meant settling a dispute between two
children, sending one up stairs to learn the
first Psalm, and seating the other on a
cricket by your side to B^udy the Beatitudes.
No exact rule will apply, but the broad prin
ciple can be held up that God’s day is the fit
ting day for the study of God’s Word.
‘•Is it behind tbe times to jflead for the old-
fashioned habit ‘of committing to memory’?
In the Sunday-schools of thirty and forty
^ears ago weVaid our verses,’andthat was all.
Our lessons are more interesting now-a-days,
our classes better taught, but what do our
scholars carry away? Again, not to know
many of our standard hymns is to be de
ficient in religious education. Most children
sing a little, and since ‘singing is the only
accomplishment we take to Heaven,’ we
otight to encourage it more on earth.
“Tbe children will study every Sunday |
more willingly if too much is not required at
a time. They are restless and fond of va
riety, and ipustn’t be expected to be so much
better students than their parents.”— [Golden
Rule.
of
It
THE FIRST FALSE SI I P.
is the first false step that teils. Yot
know that w hen you tumb.e down stairs
Oil. if you only had looked where you set
your foot, you never would have had al!
that rolling and tumbling, beyond your con
trol. until you found yoursel! at the bottom
So it is with everything else in this world—
with the man who lalis into dissipatec
Hemmerich.
health, and
A Veteran
Mr. Joseph Hem-
mericb, 52* E. 146th St.,
N. Y. City, in 18ia, e.t the
battle of Fair Oaks, was
stricken with Typhoid
Fever, and after a long
struggle in hospitals, was
discharged as incurable
with Consumption.
He has lately taken
Hood's Sarsaparilla, is in
cordially recommends
good ni .
HOOD’S SARSAPARILLA as a general
blood purifier and tonic medicine, especial
ly to his comrades in the G. A. R.
HOOD’S PILLS are hand made, and per
fect iu composition, proportion, appearat oe.
trough the air we may
;ell. That there was
|esh and blood cannot
God. It assures us
^utB earthly tabernacle
eriDANCE.
We are guided by the Providence of God,
by the Word of God and by the convictions
of the Holy Spirit. I do not say impressions,
because that does not go deep enough. 1 say
convictions. An impression may be upon
your intellectual nature, but a conviction
strikes clear down to the conscience. The
Holy Ghost can put convictions upon us that
are as deep as our very souls. And so God
leads us.
Tbe Lord never makes one of these things
to conflict with tbe other. The Holy Ghost
never guides us contrary to the Word. The
Word never guides us contrary to Provi
dence : and Providence does not .guide us
contrary to the Word or Spirit. So that
these three elements of Divine guidance art
alwavs harmonious. When you want to bt
divinely led. consult God’s Providence, and
consult God’s Word, and consult the con
victions of the Spirit upon your heart: aad
the Lord, if you are humble and teachable.
Sill see that yon are properly led.
inner being. Let us turn from the ascen
sion iike the earthly d;s<ip!*s and return tc
du.y w ith great jny.— [Dr. 8. II. Virgin, ir
New York Observer.
Tbe British Sunday-school Union re
ports 6681 schools, with 152.977 teach- !
ers and 1,531,432 scholars, but tbe '
large majority of British Suuday-schools j
do uot belong to the union.
At Home Or Abroad
You cannot be guarded against severe and
dangerous attacks to throat and lungs without
that greatest of all family medicines. Dr. Hox-
sie’e Certain Croup cure. It it -ft w-t c ntain
opium in any form. Causes no nausea. Sold
by all prominent druggists. 50c. Manufac
tured by A. P. Hoxsie. buffalo. X. Y.
The Italian Government has purchased
Caprera, the island that was Garibaldi's
home.
Beware of Ointment* for Catarrh That
Contaiu Mercury,
As mercury will surely destroy the sense of
' de
■mell and completely derange the whole sys
tem when entering it through the mucous sur
faces. Euch articles should never be used ex-
>5
Kidney,Liverand BladderCure.
Rheumatism,
Lumbago, pain in joints or back, brick dust in
urine, frequent culls, irritation, intiamution,
gravel, ulceration or catarrh of bladder.
Disordered Liver,
Impaired digestion, gout, billious-headache.
t»\%'A M P-ROOX cures kidney dittieultieo,
La Grippe, urinary trouble, bright’s disease.
Impure Blood,
Scrofula, malaria, gen’l weakness ordebillty.
Cuariintee—Use content* of One Bottle, If no, ben-
efited, will refund to you tbe price paid*
At Drueglsta, 50c. Mize, $1.00 Size.
“Invalids 1 Guide K, Health "free—Consultation tree.
Dr. Kilmkb ic Co.. Binghamton. N. Y.
DAOI All Fredk W. Janssen Co. r#n|E<
flAVLAIf 310 Broadway, >. Y. . **H#IE©
Superior quality AtbleUcA AqdalicG-hodsft Supplies
cept on prescriptions from reputable physi
cians. as the damage they will do is ten fold to
the good you can possibly derive from them.
Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J.
Cheney & Co., Toledo, 0.,contains no mercury,
and Is taken internally, and acts directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces of the system.
In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure you get
the genuine. It is taken internally, and made
In Toledo, Ohio, by P. J. Cheney & Co.
|2ir Sold by Druggists, price 75c. per bottle.
Pure and Whelesome (Quality
Commends to public approval the California
liquid laxative remedy. Syrup of Fig*. It is
pleasant to the taste and by acting gently on
tbe kidney-, liver and bowels to cleanse the
system effectually, it promotes the health and
comfort of all who nse it, and with millions it
is the beet and onlv remedy.
Nervous, bilious, disorders, sick headache
indigestion, loss of appetite and constipatioi
removed by Beecham's Pills.
If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr.Isaac Thomt)
son’sEye-water. Druggists sell at 25c.per bottle
Fixed just right
—Liver, Stomach, and Bowels, by
Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets. They
do it in just the right way, too —
by using Nature’s own methods.
That’s why they’re better than the
dreadful, old-fashioned pills, with
their griping and violence.
But they’re better in every way.
In size, for instance, and dose.
They’re the smallest and the eas
iest to take ; only one little Pellet
is needed for a gentle laxative —
three for a cathartic. They cleanse
and regulate the system thoroughly
— but it’s done easily and naturally.
Sick Headache, Bilious Headache,
Constipation, Indigestion, Bilious
Attacks, and all derangements of
the Liver, Stomach and Bowels are
prevented, relieved, and cured.
They’re the cheapest pill you can
buy, for they’re guaranteed to give
satisfaction, or your money is re
turned. You pay only for value
received.
Something else, that pays the
dealer better, may be offered as
“ just as good.” Perhaps it is, for
him y but it can’t be, for you.
I used August Flower for Loss oi
vitality and general debility. After
taking two bottles I gained 69 lbs.
I have sold more of your August
Flower since I have been in business
than any other medicine I ever kept.
Mr. Peter Zinville says he was made
a new man by the use of August
Flower, recommended by me. I
have hundreds tell me that August
Flower has done them more go«/d
than any other medicine they ever
took. George W. Dye, Sardis,
Mason Co., Ky. $
— OR. KI L. M EZ R’ S
S^P
FROM THE ‘PACIFIC JOURNAL.”
‘•A great invention has been made by Dr.
Tut!. Tliat eminent chemist bas produced
Ms Hair Dye
which imitates nature to perfection: it act*
instantaneously and is perfectly Iiarmless.’*
Drive. 81. Office. 39 A 41 Fark Place, >'. Y.
CO WEST.
The Harvest la South Ltakota is the mostwon-
Jerful yield ever produced by any Western State.
Thousands of men can get work at big wages all
summer and tall harvest.ng and thie«hmg. Lands
are cheap but rapidly advancing in value. 1 have
a tew choice pieces that 1 can yet -ell for &l to $bau
acre. Finest land in tbe world. Write to me for
further 'nformatlon. Chaa. L. Hvde, Blerre. So, L>ak.
FRAZER gIeVI e
BE8T IN THE WORLD.
Its wearing qualities are unsarp&ssel. actually
outlasting three boxes of any other brand. Not
kneeled by heat. £*f GET THE GENUINE. J
FOR SALE BY DEALERS GENERALI Y.
Mr. Darius Waterhouse. Chattanooga. Tenn.
says: “It cost but little to try Braaycrotine
and a trial is all that is necessary to convince
the doubting thousands that it will cure head-
f <he.” AH druggists, fifty cents.
ULCERS,
CANCERS,
SCROFULA,
SALT RHEUM,
RHEUMATISM,
BLOOD POISON.
these and every kindred disease arising
from impure blood successfully treated by
that never-failing Ewd beet of all tonics and
medicine*.
Swifts Specifics SR
Books on Blood and Skin
Diseases free.
Printed testimonials sent C
application. Address
Swift Specific Go
ATLANTA. CA.
EvERffloTHE"
Should Have It in The House.
Dropped on Sugar? Children Dove
to take Jobnsoh’fAhodtke Liniment tor Croup,Colds,
Sore Throat, Tonsllitis, Colic, Cramps ana Bains. Re
lleves all Summer Complaint*. Cut*and Bruise* like
magic. Sold every where. Price 85o. by mail; 6 bottle*
F.xnres* bald. $2. LS. JOHNSON & CO.. Boston. Mass.
RLE'Hg guff
SfOVEpoLisH
DC NOT BE DECEIVED
with Baste*. Enamels,
and Paints which stain
the bands, injure the iron, and burn off. •
The Rising Sun Stove Polish Is Brilliant, Odor-
teas. Durable, and tbe conaumer pay* for no tin
or glass package with every purchase.
Bl r ££!U A Kl,'-l&
, purify the blood, are safe and rf .
k xactual The beet gieeral family (
j medicine Known for BiUousneas.o
'Constipation. Dyipenda. Foul#
Breath Headache. Heartburn. Loaaf
■ ' “ rr-:
and*
burn.] ,
ot Appetite. Meats. Depreaetoo,!
Painful Digeation. Plmplea. Sallow'
. — Complexion. Tired Keeling, anc-
S everv svmptom or oweasa resulting from impurev
blood or a failure bv the stomach, liver or inuetlueej
•to perform their proper functions w, a
! over-eating are benertedhy taklngaTABl LE after ^
SeacLmeal. Price,by mail.IgrosaM: 1 bottleUc Ad-•
adroas THE RIFATS CHEMICAL CO.JOSpruoe St. JUT.a
e Agent. Wuatedt EIGHTY per rent profit- i
4»d» w^^^******^
.N Y S U—30
BETTER DEAD
• THAN ALIVE.
Dutcber's Fly Killer is certain death. Files are at
tracted to It and killed at once. The- do not live So
get away. Use It freely, destroy then egg* and pro
ven! reproduction. Always ask foi butcher's and
get best results.
FEED'S DUTCHES DB G CO.,
- b . ALBANS, VT.
■ Pieo’B Remedy for Catarrh the
Best. Easiest to Use, and Cheapest
CATA R R
Sold by druggists or sent by mail.
50c. E. T. Hnzeltlne. Warren. Pa.
LOVELL DIAMOND CYCLES
Lovnil
For Ladle* and Cents. Six style*
in Pneumatic Cushion and Solid Tires.
Diamond Frame Stee Drop Forgings Stee<
Tubing Adjustable Bali Bearings to al< running parts,
nc udirg Pedals Suspension Saddle.
Strictly HIGH GRADS in Every Particular.
BitTtlr Catalogue FKKE.
Send 6 cent* in stsuip* for onr 100-page Illustrated cata
logue ot tiong, Rifles, Revolver*. Sporting Goods, etc.
JOHN P. LOVELL ARMS CO.,Mfrs., 14? Washington St.,BOSTON, MASS-
CAUTION,— Beware of dealer* anb-
Stituting shoe* without \V. L. Uougiaa
n bottoi
name andthe price (stamped on bottom.
8uch eubetitut tone are fraudulent and
eubject to prosecution by law for ob
taining money un
der faliie pretences.
W. L. DOUGLAS
$3 SHOE
FOR
_ GENTLEMEN.
A genuine aewed ehoe that will not ri pi flue Calf,
seamless, smooth inside, flexible, more comfortable, stylish
and durable than any other shoe ever sold at the price.
Equals custom-made shoes costing from $4 to $5.
The only 93.00 !8hoe made wilU two complete
eoles, securely sewed at tbe outside edge (as shown in cut),
which gives double the wear of cheap welt shoes sold at the
1 same price, for such easily rip, having only one sole sewed
to a narrow strip of leather on the edge, and when once
worn through are worthless.
Tbe two eolesof tbe \V. L>. DOUGLAS 83.00Shoe
when worn through can be repaired as many times
necessary, a* t he^r
.This is the
Shoi
will never rip or loosen from the upper,
.users of footwear desiring to econo-
mite, should consider the superior qualities
of these shoes, and not be Influenced
to buy cheap welt shoes sold at $8M.
having only appearance to commend
them. W. L.. DOUGLAS* Meu’s
84 and 85 Fine Calf, Band
Sewed; 83.50 Police and Farm-
; 82.50 Fine Calf; 82.25
and 82-00 Workingmen’s j
' ' 82.00 and Youthir
School Shoes; Ladles*
I Hand Sewed: 82.50.
2.00 and Mlsae?
1.75 Beat Dongola,
are of the tame high
standard ot merit.
era;
.xrx-xrilTT-i >»•>
Will give exclusive sale to she* dealers
noagents. Write for catalogue. If not_T<
lit
nd general merchants where I
" direct to raj
rockt
.. rite for catalogue.' If not for sale in your place send dirt
stating kind, size and width wanted. Postage free. VV . L. Douglas, B
ha vo
£ta£
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ling Company, of Jersey City. N. J., |
I have undertaken to guarantee to !
'their Advertiniug patron* a total
► circulation for their variou* papers
,nf not le-R than ONE MILLION. !
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^ ness impossibility. This is pro bar •
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i and to that end have originated the .
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| (liMxibutinK Cush Premia*- or j
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ies or scheme* of chance, it in- f
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bcMlns; it is. in short, tbe very-
espcnce of what is commendable,
honerl. liberal aud attractive.
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. t-acn itmdie * il. found comp
thi
Ka< h da*!* jx-aring in The partially word* indicat** the ah?* nr* of a certain I
“'h*n the Iettvr> hie M;; piled the word 8t?i*eled to foiin
)** f AA\11*I.K: H —i- e m nu thintr * very funner should po>?e.s«. In,
ai-e the uit.Kteu ,eltei * o Mid a, uhc a l eu prcpeiJy »i.>eit*d tJ.e ct n p eteU word 1» HoRSR.
paid in cash the VERY DAY anv
answer is found to be correct
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land
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.tu nlar word—any one <f the entire ten will
bring you a 1*20 ei sh reward—while if you are
[bright enough toj-o ve mi rethan one your reward
I will be increased in proportion from iSi.TO to
$250. Also rerne.nner that you donot nave to be
• flri-t. or last with your answ-t- EVERY
.correct au-wer for e»eu a single word
I wins a splendid cash reward.
al!. just as you arrange between yourself andi
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y\e will pay f|j<* lull nniount ol ilie re-\
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who toend* |he uuiue**.
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vi j]i receive no attention and cannot ncAMibly win
l a toward even if correct. <
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fto secure Subscribers at or.ee and in large nurri-
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[shall be remitted w ith cverv answer. We publish
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word you must send a separate name and .The for
’every word you answer. Thus, if vou send
lanswers to two words, send an extra name be-
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r50c. for a year’s subscription for each word
? ou answer. The total amount of cnah rewards
hat von receive for correct answers can be di-
[ vided pro rata among the list, or you can keep ft
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ii V u nuer sea i.io ueopensu uecember,
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1; U lii the .Ii unary issues of onr four papers, sol
tl.nt a.I who have not received rewards for correct'
nnsweis u :I1 know w herein they fai!-d. This-
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