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AN INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION IN THE STATE OF 3ISSISSIPP1 An Interesting Review by Geni. S.ephea 1). Lee of the Progress 31ade in Ireaking Up the All-Cotton Idea---Promise for the Near Future. (Wachisngton Letter o the Se York Sar.) Gen. St-pheu D. Lee, preident of the Agricultural and Mechanical Col lege of Mississppi, has been in the. city a few days. Your corres poideit, knowing that Niisippi has taken the lead among tue .3ouhern States in an organized ioveiient of redemption from the cotton specialty the fetich of the ore crop idea-and that Gen. Lee, as the head ot the machiuery of that movemient, would be eminently qualified to speak of its achievements and its prospects, cal-d on him at ti.e Ebbitt House. Gen. Lee was. enthusiastic over the outlook for his adopted State, and readily respond ed to all interrogatories. The follow ing is averbatim report of hisremarks: "A revolutioln is going on in Mizs issippi in diverifving her iidutries, especially in the line of agriculture. Heretofore, and even now, the farming interests are mainly in the raising ox cotton and corn, which have restricted her people to the incubus of the one crop-leading to soil exhaustion and money receipts mainly at one season of the year. Many intelligent ctizens, however, have long ince abandoned cotton, and it is- now known that Mississippi is soon destinf-d to be one of the leading States in stock and dairy farming. These gentlemen have dem onstrated that the native grases, suh as Bermuda, Japan clover, Johnison grass, crab grass and other kinds, supplemented with the varieties of sorghum-or, as known in its dterior ate(! shape-chicken corn, afford as great a variety of food for stcck, and of a permanent claater, as is given in any State. It is known, too, that cottoi seed is the most valuable food for cattle, and combined with the orasses affords better and cheaper food than can be had any where else. It is a fact that cattle in Missis.ippi have not been fed until of 'ate years. They made their own living on the commnon', subsisting on such ,; raus and food as the country afforded, even in winter. It is true they usually got poor during the three months of December, Jat -nary and February; but in the remain ing nine months they had ample food in grazing, the gracs affording good grazing from about March 1 (at % hich time corn is planted) to December 15. In other words, stock is handled read ilv throughout the year by feeding tiem only two and a half or three months, 'with whicn slight attention they are kept in good fix. Is it strange, the'n, that Mississippi is a stock State, when at the Nocth teeding is necessarv for four or six months? Ensilage also is easily prepared and succe ssfully fed to stock in Mississippi. Among the gentlemen who have led off in thiz important industry may be mentioned Col. W. B. Montgomery, ofStarkville, wno has a herd of over two hundted registered Jersey cows. In the same section, or northeast portion of the State, may be mentioned Col. Col. H. Maldrow, assistant secretary of the interior, John Allen, M. 0. Wi~nston Garth, Mr. Abbott, Judge Houston, Mat Mahorner and others. Col. White, of.Hernando, Col. Hemminmgway, Mr. 0. Deneal, of Jaci son, and Cot. Stuart, on the Gulf coast. In fact there is no portion of the State that is not suitable for stock of some kind. "Along the coast or southern tiers of counties south otf Meridian and the Vicksburg Railroad sheep are raised with great ease, and the recent Missis sippi exhibit gotten up by Major S. A. Jonas (interior department) demon strated that Mississippi had as fine wool as could be found in the United States. Market gardening is success fully carried on throughout the State, 'and the railroads are now furnishing refrigerator cars for sending vegetables and fruits to St. Louis, Chicago and other cities. Around Madison Station are mat y hundreds of acres of straw berries, and Dr. H. E. McCay, from his great success in handling and ship ping this fruit, is known as the "Straw berry King" South of Jackson an d along the Illinois Central Railroad is a great vegetable a td fruit restion. Large shipments of peaches, tomatoes, cabbages, beans, &c., are made every year. The lumber business of Missis sippi is very great. The State as yet has almost an inexhaustible supply of as good timber as is found in the world, and these valuable forests are now being bought up by lamber men. The extensive buildings for the Cotton Centennial Exposition at New Orleans wer~e made of Mississippi pine. The timber exhibit of the State at the Ex position attracted great attention. A great impetus has been given to diver sifying thc industries of the State by the establishment six years ago of the * Agricultural and Mechanical College of Mississippi a Stockville. This insti tutiontis a genuine agricultural col lege, arnd is conducted by an able board of trustees and faculty loyal to the agricultural interests of the State. It has had an average annual at tend ance of300students. During the present session 415 students have attended and over 300 were refused for lack of acccommodations. The college was. located on a farm of 1,700 acres of land, much of it made poor by con tinuous cultivation of cotton and corn. In a few years the farm has been brought up to a high state of cultiva tion, demonstrating that implroved methods and a diversity of crops aire peculiarly adapted tr the South. By inmroducing the stock feature the poorest lands afford ample and god grazing for more than nine months in the year, andl the best lands are giving remunerative retur-ns in the different crops planited. The, college is building up a fine-grade herd of t'ce different breeds; has now forty-five head of Pure-bred cattle, Holstein, Devon, Galloway. Hlueford, Jersey, &c., 150 grades. 100 common cows, &c., over three hundred head in all. Last June a creamery and tilary was established, worked entire-ly by students. A De L-val sep~arator- was procured, Tihe experiment proved a great success, and now, in less than a year since its establishment, (it was the first,) there are going up) twenty creameries in different portions of the State-at Meridian, Aberdeen, Macon, Edwares Depot and other points. It 1 has been clearly demonstrated that the< bugbear of "climatic conditions" does not exist and that the 'dtairy belt" hasi Gicappeared; that a suicce~-fol cream ery can be run in Mississippi as well as in Iowa or MIirhigaa or~ Ibinois.( Last July and August, immediately after startimr., 175 1,otnds of butere e t:r.: tipped daily to New Orieans, Jubile, Vicksburg, Memphis, &c., and he coAllege has never beei able to upply one-fifth of the demand made m it for butter. By June the milk of .0 cows will be handled at the college reamuery. ihe butter is put on the narket fresh, and commands a better )rice than "Elgin, l., butter." These :reaneries can be put up in Mississippi it an expense of from $1,200 to $2,000. Smaller creameries are now being put Lip at less cost and for individual use, 3s separators are being offered at re duced piiees or lower than the De Leval. It is seen, then, that a creani ery put up at the college has intro dueed a new indusiry in the State. Besides the stock teature, so success fully and .ofhcially demonstrated, the coliere is also cultivating large orchards of fruits. Over 5,000 fruit trCee are coning on; twentv acres of strawberries and other fruits, large and small, vegetables, &c. The col lege is liberally supported by the State, receiving from $3O,u000 to $40, 000 a year. It cannot accommodate all the students desiring to attend. The commenecinent occasions have usually from 2,000 to 3,000 visitors from all portions of the State. It is doing a grand work, and has demon strated that Mississippi can be made as great a success as a cattle and fruit State as a cotton State; that food for cattle grazin.g and winter food i, cheaper than any.were; that the land that were considered worn out are splendid grazing lands. Fields that have not been cultivated for years are now being inclosed by wire fencing and herds of cattte put on them. The ordinary Indian corn, cow pea, sor ghum, cane, &c., are being utilized for ensilage and feed. The onlinary or native grasses are equal to any other when cut and handled properly, and it is entirely unnecessarv to introduce foreign grasses. In fact, the native grasses are now awakening to the tact that if they will just look beyond a "cotton row" they have a State which will produce not only what they have always grown, but almost everything else, and her capacity for diversified agriculture and inidustries is inexhaustible. Gen. Stephen D. Lee is a tall, so! dierlv, handsome man about fitt% years old. Trained to military life and having given to that profession the earlier years of his manhood, he has, since 1965, devoted himself to the perceful arts of agriculture. Before he was called to the presidency of this college for or five years ago, Gei. Lee was a firm believer in the mournful old fallacy that a Southern farmer could raise nothing but cotton with profit. lie had seen the lands grad ualv exhausted under this murderous policy and the larmers living from hand to morth, never advancing or accumulating, always at the dis heartening dead level of stagnation and dependence; yet he dwelt in an atmos plhere of fealty to this system, and had not in his experience heard it ques tioned. He was among those, how ever, who first began to impeach its integrity and to discuss its overthrow. The establishment of the Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical .College was the practical result of this move ment. It has been in existence only a few years, but in that brief period it has showu Mississippians that their State is blessed with houndless re sources; that it offers rich rewards to every form of agricultural industry, and rejoices in a climate of unsur passed healthfulness. The college farm has demonstrated the capacity of the State for gardening, fruit growing, stock raising, dairy farming. The college is turning out every year hun dreds of intelligent young mnen, trained in all the details of diversified agricul tue. General Lee has every right to be proud of the great work he is con ducting, and hopeful of the result, no; only for Mississippi, but for the entire Southwest. HENDRICKS SOON FORGOTTEN. Tho Friends of the Great Indianian Find that There is no Charm in is Nanme. ( From a Washington Letter.) The political estate of the late Thos. A. Hendricks, n bich was burdened. doubtless, with too many admtinistra tors, has gone glimmering as it were. NonQ wvould have supposed that the personal friends of Hendricks would be so soon forgotten. To t hose who were his suppor-ters the administration apparently turns a deaf ear. Hen dricks had about him a few persons from Indiana whom he was especially desirous of having quartered in com fortable positions. Since the day his remains wvere laid at rest in Inidian apois but two avowed friends have been recognized, arnd each of those in the smallest subordinate positions. The man who stood nearer Hendricks and was his confidential secretary was relieved the day John Sherman was made President~ pro temnpore of the Senate and a Republican given the place. From that day to this promises have been made to Colonel East, with assurances that he would be assigned. East was true and faithful to Hen dricks, and in view of the prominent position he occupied it was njaturallv expected he would be properly pro vided for. Hendricks also had a nephew who was relieved from a good position by Sherman at the same time Colonel East was. He too has been protmised from day to day, but yet is uncommis sioned. To have been a friend of Hen dricks does not mean an office at the hands of this administration. The case of Colonel East is one of more than ordinary importance. lie has for years been a prominent factor rn In diana politics, and at one time, whetn wealhy, he contributed largely to the Democratic cause. He is heartily en dorsed by the Indiana delegation in Congress, but even that fails to secure anything more than promises. Hen dricks has been dead but six months, nd to-day it is almost impossible for a Iendricks Democrat to get anything within the gift of his party. MIischief is Wronghgt by bad ,:ooking, tough meats, late 'ou rs, business worries, irregular ivers, sour di.positions, evil digestion und impure blood. 3Much of this mis hief can be overcome by the use of Bown's iron Bitters-the best tonic ~ver mnade. MIrs. Emilie Crawford, Leidsvile, Ga., writes: "After trying rown's 1Iron Bitters we are per uaded that it is all that it claims to be' -a good and reliable tonic." Thou ands of others speak in like manner. * -The story is told on the Paciffc hat a Chinaman, discnar-ged on ac ounit of the boy-cott, turned to his late mployer- with anm air of genial and npersonal regret: "Oh, yes; Ilishman sk Nlelican man send away China an. That all right, ie go back to ~ira munrtt good. Binieby Ilishmuan SOUTH PACIFIC SAVAGES. The Marshall Islanders, Their Wars, Dress Rites and Social Babits. (From hie San Fraeisco caminer.) The inhabitants of the far South Pacific coast islands are in many re spects strange human beings, and not the least singular fact in connection with them is their manner and custom of life, both in the domestic circle and when battling with other tribes. Some 6,000 miles from this city is the Mar shall group of Islands, the inhabitants of which are conspicuous for their warlike propensities, great size, and gigantic strength, together with other traits of strongly original character, and regarding with little or nothing is known in the civilized world. A few days ago the three-masted schooner John Hancock returned from a trading cruise to the Gibe and Marshall groups and the master of the vessel, Captain William Chapman, secured a valuable collection of curiosities in the shape of war clubs, spears, boat paddles, shells, etc. With Captain Chipman, as a passenger, was a young man, S. F. Gray, connected with the house of A. Crawfbrd & Co., of this city, who, during his visit to the islands, gained much interesting information concern ing, the islands and their inhabitants. The natives are large and powerful. They are not unlike the New Zealand ere, being of a dark, copper-colored complexion. In addtion to a natural incliziation for wartare, they are very treacherous, and in some portions of the group are cannibals. Their main occupation i. like that of the Iudianl, loatingr and pickiig cocoanuto which ar1e prepared and shipped to this coun try with considerable profit When not engaged in harvesting tt.e scocon lint crop or loafing about on the ocean in a dug-out canoe, the Marshall islander puits in his time carving gro. tesque tigitres on canoe paddles and in whittling out murderous-looking war clubs, spears, arrows and other simi lar weapons. In carving they display great ingenuitv, and while the figures as shown on the paddles are not ex actly pretty, they are very intricate, and are not unlike similar work done in China. The figures on the paddle represent idols, and according to the islander's belief, if upon his boat pad. die there is carved a figure of an idol he can safely navigate anywhere. In this connection it may be well to state that these islanders are the boldest and most skillful canoe navigators in the Pacific. They make voyages extend ing over many months, trusting to Providence, or rather rain, to supply them with fresh water. They navigate by means of a chart composed of snall sticks tied together and representing the position of the various islands as regards the point of d4parture. In warfare their weapon; consist o clubs, spears and arrows, all ot whicli thep use with the greatett skill and accuracy. The clubs are made (1 ironwood, and are very heavy. They are of various shapes, the most mur derous being the gnarled root of the ironwood tree. The other clubs are ol lighter character. The arrows arc made of light bamboo, the points being of ironwood. The spears are al-. made out vf the same kind of timbei and run down to a fine point, which ii tipped with a poisonous preparation The feather end is fantastic and gaudy, a regular bouquet of feathers pincked fromn the rarest birds being ted and blended together with a strict regard for colors. The islanders, particularly in the vicinity of New Ireland, have no par. ticularlove for the whites, and it it not an infreqaent occurrence to find sonic settler lying in tront of his dooi dead. It is the work of some native, ,who, having become offended at the white man, has lain in wait and killed him. As a race they are very prolific, and it is not an uncommon thing, so Mr. Gray states, to see from fifteen tc twenty children in each house, the oft spring of one woman. The nativel do not tolerate polygamy, and aftem marriage the women are famonus fom their fidelity. A sort of a slave traffic exists throughout the islands, though, and single women can be purchased for servants and concubines for a mner< trifle. Clothing is a thing unknown ir most of the islands. In and aboul New Britain and Ireland, however the breech-cloth is used. A WASHINGTON correspondent tC the New York Tribune in a recent article, in speaking of the tariff, says: Speaker Carlisle is inclined to take a hopeful view of the prospects of tarif legislation at this session of C.ongress. He is reported as estimating that not1 more thamn fifteen i.emocrat3 will vote against the bill, while t wenty-five Re publicans will vote for it. Abram S. Hewitt thinks the bill will pass, and so does W. L. Scot t, who has d~cied to vote for it and wee is exerting hit infinence ini favor of it. To his eflortn are attributed* the rumored intentioni of two other Petnnsylvania Democrati -Storm amnd swepe-to support the measure. It is not a very profoundl secret that in his "new departure" M4r. Scott is cheered and strengthencd by the sympathy and api,rovs! of thE Administration. There is pretty good reason to believe that in respect to the proposed tariff legislation Mr. Cleve land does not cling tenaciously to hisi doctrine that the office duties of ai President are "essentially executive,' but that, on the contrary, he not onmly feels a deep Interest in the success of the tariff bill, but personally andi otherwise is bringing a strong pres. sure to bear upon Democrats who are hostile, wavering or inidifferent. This executive pressure probably will affect some votes. - Louin Praeger, a Baltimore mner chant, was killed and his daughter seriously injured by being caught oni a trestle by a railway train on Sunday. - -A jury has rendered a verdict for defetndaints in the Utnited States Court in Savannah in the case of John Il. Gonuld andi others, the case havitng been onz docket fourteen years. -The Knights of Labor are organ izing negro assemblies itn Arkansas and Texas. The citizens of Texarkania regard the movement as fraught with the gravest troubles in the near future. -The committee of the House, t>* pointed to consider the cause of labor troubles, was in session at Washing ton last week. Powderly aud Mc-. Dowell gave their version of the causes of the troubles, and Jay Gould gave his. Gould's position seems tobe that while the Railroads are willing to arbitrate, and to adjust differences, yet they will not submit to be dictated to by the Knights of Labor, or by anybody else, as to whom the Companies shall emi ply or whom they aball discharge. ould's statement was a strong pre mnentinn of his side af the case. GENERAL NEWS ITEMS. Facts of Interest. Gathered from Variou Quarters. -Ex-President Arthur is out agaf -The loss by the flood in Montrea is stid to be $1,685,000. -A prize fight audieiee has beei indi.ed in Louisville, Ky. -Greek troops are being pushed ti the front as rapiply as possible. -John E. Uenton, of Thomson, Ga. suicided, owing to financial troubles --The cholera is spreading in Ital: and has appeared in Ventce and Leece -The Weaver brothers, Danville Kansas, murderers, have becn lynched -Over ,000,000 in gold was ship ped on Tuesday from New York t4 Europe. -Co!. Wmll. L. Trenholm has dul, assumed the office of Comptroller o the Currency. -Capt. Burnhamn, the oldest light house keeper on the Florida coast (lied at Cape Canoval. -The Russian Government has de cided to attempt tea cultivation upon i large scale. -A blood1y fight between American and Mexicans occurred atN urphyville on the Texas Pacific Railroad. -The British troops have met wit! serions disaster in the vicinity of Man delay. -An order prohibiting the circuls tion of Greek newspapers in Tarka: has been issued. -It is said tiat the month of th, Mii-sippi are ngain filling up1), not withstmlding tl jetties. -The desolation in jStryi, Gallicia is ierrible. Muarlers, suiciles at'' robberies are of trequent oceurrenc -The New York Legi-;lattre ha repe-ded the chaiirt er of the Broadwa Surface liailroad. The Governor wi sign it. -E. M. lhtighes. a young w hite mar was tatally stat)bed -by a colored ma in Richmond, Va., without provocE tion. -G. A. Bennett & Co. have not fled the New York Stock Exchang that they cannot meet their engagc men t. -Gen. W. II. F. Lee, son of Get R. E. Lee, has applied through Set tor Butler to have his political disi bilities removed.. -Portions of Montreal are six fet under water and the city is in toti darkness, the gas and electric work being flooded. -George T. Jackson, late presider of the Enterprise Factory. Auguste Ga., convicted of embezzlenzent, ht gone to the penitentiary at last. -The Merchant bar mill of th Pennsylvania steel works at Harrit burg, Pa., was destroyed by fire; 1oE $150,000, insurance $40,000. -John Carpenter, confiled in tb Tombs, New York, under sentence c death for witf murder, conmmitte suicide by cutting his jugular vein. -Armour & Co.'s cainery at Chi cago has clo.sed and nearly 900 hand are thrown out. Dulness of trade an the large stocks on hand are the allej ed canses. -An uitimatum has been sent t Greece intimating that the Powers at in perfect accord in fixing a limit I the time in which (reece must disarn otherwise steps would be taken to ei force their demnands. --Au immnense Loyalist meeting wi held at Cork last week, at which honm rule was denouncted. A procession Nationalista pacraded the streets about the same time. There was n disorder. -T he Berlin North German Gti zette admits that the feeling in Franc against Germany has created a simihk feeling there against that country, an warns France that her official relatiot will suffer if the German~ an i-Frenc feeling be further aroused. -Three German boys disappeare fromt Quincy, Ill., six months ago, an it was thought they had been kidulal ped, but their bodies were recent] discovered in a sand pit-the suppos tion being that the saud caved in an buried themi while at play. - The fire at Stryi, Gallicia, is sti raging and the suffering is terriblt Over 100 lives are known to have bee lost, including 50 children in a scho< house. The authorities released tl: ptisoners, but ntot until about fiftee had perished. A stormn carried tt flamtes several miles in the country an caused considerable loss. Peasawi looted the houses and shops after cot flicts with their owners. -Senator Brown, of Georgia, said to have the most complete colle< tion of ttewspaper clippings in Wan1 ington, all relating to himself. Hi wife reads the entire daily press < Georgia, and most of the leadin papers from other States, and, as sh has been at the work for about 2 years, she is niow an exceedingly e, 'pert exchange reader. She keeps tw scrap books, one for the good thing and otne for thte bad things that atr said about her husband. Both ar full. -A London dispatch to Galignani Messenger says: Ret urtns were issue< ott Tuesday mnorning of thte number c cases of rabies in dogs and of htydra phobia int man that have beett reporte from January, 1885, to the presen time, within the Metropolitan Polic District. The total number of cases c rabies reported in 1885 was 373, ant the ntumber of deaths ini that yea from hydrophobia was 26. In th. preset'v ear 41 cases of rabies hay beetn reported, and 1 death fron hydrophobia. --Pope Leo XIII. is described by Henri dex Iheux, int an interesting little book, as having a merry mouth His smile is gentle and paternal. Tht eves are black anid d~rilliant. Hl features, ascetic and strongly marked have become benevolent and engag ing. his hair is white and arranigec in curls over his temples. The cassoc) seems to envelop otnly thte shadow of body. lie speaks slowly. -Int Italial he improvises with rapadity, but in French he has to call oni hiis excellen1 memory-. Needing renewed strength, or who auffer fom Infirmities peculiar to their sex, ahould try B~o vsaOn BT 0 TT1 BEST TOMIC This =oedicine comabios Iron writh pure ve~rtal-lo tonics, and is invaluable for Diseases peciar to Women, and all who lead sedentary lives. It En riches and Purifies the Blood, StizzulaLem the Appetite, Strngthen r the Museles and N rvc*-wA fact, thoroughly Invigorates. Clem the complexion, and makesthe akin smooth. It does not blacken the teeth. cause herdache, or produce constipation-all other Iron medicines do. MaS. ErZAm= BimD, 74 Farwell Ave.. Miw an. loWis., a, under date of Dec. 2ath. 1PA: " have used Brown's Iron Bitters, and it bras been more than & doctor to me. having cured m1p the weakness ladi have in hio. Also cured me of LIv or Oompjit. and now my complexion is clear And S good, as been beneficial to my children." Genuinehasabove trade mark and crossed red lines on wrapper. Take no other. Made only by BROWN CHEMICAL CO.,BALTIMORV MD. Lxnma' HAxD Bo-useful and attractivcn taining lit of prizes for inf t ab ooins. etc., given away by ,aers in medicine. or msailed to any address on zeoeint of 2c. stanin. FOR COUCHS AND CROUP US* TA.ThI2'B *EET G The.swee gum silathered ftaro ~e othe mae name awng a he sn screams In the Sothern States, - otains a simosing expectorant principe tha loena the pblegm productag the early toetninig cough. and sd=-n lawe the chbld to throw off the tolis. mnbraue to croop and whooplngOOnth. 10hen combined with the healung moat. Raginous priniple in Whe mullein planteof the old fields, pro. weta to2 lameN's CuseOas lZiccr o Swssv Oe AN 'seus~ the finest known remedy tar Coughs, Croup. whooplng.Co~th and Consnarfllos: sad so palatable any child to pleased to take It. Ask: vour draggis (ot it. rice. "250.sat . WATER A. TAYLOEAtlanta, GaL Use DR. BIGGELT HU'CKLEBERlRY CORDIAL Ine S1,rrhma. Dysentery and Children Teething. Fat sale ba IIe AURANTII Mostof the diseases which afflict mankrind are origin Sally caused by adisorderedconditionof the L IV ER. Forsal complaints of this kind, sch as Torpidity of ethe Liver, Biliousnein. Nervous Dyspepsia, Indiges 'tion, Irregularity of the gewels, Oonstipation.Flatu lency, Eructations and Burning of the Stomach I (sometimes called Heartburn), Miasma Malaria, ~,Bloody Flux, Chills and Fever, Breakbone Fever, Exhaustion before or after Fevers, Chronic Diar rhea. Loss of Appetite. Headache, Fool Breath. Irregularities incidental to Females. Bearing-down it"-l STA0IG ERS AURANTU is Invaluable. Itis not apanacea for allisases, bu al dCUseREth LIVER, b It changes the complexion from c. waxy, yellow htinge, to a ruddy, healthy color. It entirely removes low, gloomy spirits. It is one of the BEST AL TERATIVES and PURIFIERS OF THE SBLOOD, and Is A VALUABLE TONIC. STADICER'S AURANTII yForSalo by aUlDruggist. Price St.00 per bottl. ~'C. F. ST ADICE R, Proprietor, 140 SO. FRONT ST.. PhIladelphIa, Pa. Men Think -they know all about Mustang Lin imient. Few do. Not to know is not to have. WHMIITE LEOHORNXS. *I aml new breeding from birds that score fromt 85 to 90) points. 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BRADFIELD' This famous remedy most happily meets the demand of the age for woman's pecu liar and multrform afflictions. It is a remedy for WOMAN ONLY, and for one SPECIAL CLASS of diseases. It is a specific for certain diseased conditions of the womb, and proposes to so control the Menstrual Function as to regulate ali the derangements and irregularities of W9 man's MONTHLY SICKNESS. Its proprietors claim for it no other medical property; and to doubt the tacts that this medicine does positively possess such con trolling and regulating powers is simply to discredit the voluntary testimony of thou sands of living wItnesses who are to-day exultinz in the restoration to sound health and happiness. 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The sensation has been worked up from Buffalo, and for the benefit of certain social interests there. When the subject was first broached, about ten days ago, a very near and personai friend of the President authorized a positive denial of the report. Miss Cleveland, prior to her departure for Atlantic City, also gave it a most un equivocal contradiction, though it is untrue that she expressed any disap proval of such an alliance for her brother. Miss Folsom and she are warm friends, and the. younger lady was the guest of the former at the White House last fall. There might have been some excuse for the rumor at that time. Not that the engagement is by any means unlikely to be true, but because of the manner in which the story has been circulated is any real doubt cast upon it. The union would certainly be a desirable one fur \liss Folsom. That may go without saying. To be raised to the position of first lady of the land by such an alliance would charm any woman's imagination. The close personal friend ship that existed between Mr. Cleve land and his now deceased law part ner is known to every citizen of Btf falo. Nothing could be more natural than that the former should interest himself in the welfare of the widow and the daughter of his iriend. If the most positive denials given here go for nought, and if President Cleveland reallv is to be married in June, there will be a social upturning here such as Washington never before has seen. Despite Miss Cleveland's scholar ship, her position and her marny graces, it is an undeniable fact that she has been socially overshadowed by Mrs. William C. Whitney, the wife of the secretary of the navy. This lady, with her vast fortune, her splendid residence in New York, her commodi ous house on I street in this city and her country seat just outside the bor ders of the Capital, has been the recog nized social queen of the present sea son. Previously unknown to the country and unheralded on her ap pearance in Washingtcn, sie has, in one short ear, become the dictator at the Republican court and the leader of fashion. I am aware that many Wash ington ladies who read this will shake their heads, if they do not dispute the assertion even more wartnlv. But the less impulsive among them will recog nize its truth. Where is there any lady in any way identified with the lresent regime that can dispute with her the place at the top? She cannot be named. Mrs. Manning had all the charms that fitted her for such a posi tion. The treasury department out ranks that-of the navy in the unwrit ten code of precedence, but the dan "erous illness of Secretary Manning is likely to keep the lady of Albany out .)I the social field for sonic time to come. Everybody who knows anything about this season at Washington ad mits that Mrs. Whitney has been ap pealed to when a triumphant success in any charitable or social enterprise was desired. Her house has been at the disposal of her friends when she is at home, though it mtist be admitted that. some of her associates felt very badly because she recently declined to peruiit them to take possession of her home and servants when she was sud denly called to Cleveland, Ohio, by the death of her grandmother. She was resolute in her postponement of the newsboys' charity reception, hiow ever. For one woman to make a secret enemy of another is a serious affair. There is no such word as "forgive ness" in the feminine lexicon. I have been convinced of sincere womanly delight at the scandal which Mrs. Potter's reading of an obnoxious poem brought upon thme Whitney eoterie. It was the only serious misstep prior to the closing of her house, and, of course, she innocently suffered for her friend. Nobody supposes for a mo ment that Mrs. Whitney would have approved of such nauseating rubbish as "'Ostler Joe"-a species of verse that has for months been sold in beer gardens and in the smoking cars of trains, but never mentioned in the pres ence of ladies. The unforeseen act of her guest has placed Mrs. Whitney in a position of considerable difficulty. It is believed to have given rise to the remark in certain high circles that it was high time to make the White House the social centre of the Capital. Womanly malice had everything to do with this remark. It probably was the precursor of the wedding sensation now having its run. Sotne curious things have been told me by ladies during the past week retarding the channels through which the prospec tive marriage has been given to the world. I do not dare repeat them, for I should have the leaders of the social facetions about my ears like so many hornets. If Mr. Cleveland is to marry in the near future-and I believe it is a riht guaranteed even to presidents under the Constitution-it means the inaugu ration of a muerry war for social supremacy such as has not been seen in this Capital since the days of the Pierce Administration. The local nabobesses, now almost a uuit as against "the foreign invasion," so called, will inevitably divide and ally themselves with one or other wing in the contest. Miss Cleveland will retire to the leisure necessary to produce future successful literary fruit. She may contemplate writing "the great American novel" for all that is known to the contrary. If she does, anid in troduces a review of Washington so ciety, there are those who will be able to recognuize, if not dwell upon, some of the characters in the talc. Her reception by Washington society never has been excessively hearty, despite her charming manners, her bright in telligence and her excellent taste in dress. ADvICE TO MOTHERS. Mus. wiNstow's SoovmEiY Ssrv should al ways be used for children teeth rng. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays all pain. cures wind colic, and is the best remedy for 4iarrhea. Twenty-flve cents a bottle. .July14Lty1 -There is an osier-willow farm near the city of Macon, Ga., on which there are 400,000 willows growing, besides 80,000 slips recently set out. The willow switches are from four to seven feet long at the end of two ears, and are then cut and stripped of heir bark by machinery, wiped dry mad laid away to dry. All the leaves mnd bark arc dried and b 'led. They re used for medicinal purposes, and;