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. A Hine on -re Over rorty Years. The Commissioners appointed by the Local Government to inquire into the "history, causes, and effect" of the coal mine fires of Picton County have just finished taking evilence. The commission is composed of Inspector Gilpin, Deputy Inspector W. Madden, Henry Mitchell, and A. Dick. The work of the commission was directed mainly to an investigation of the con dition of the Foord pit. The mine has been on fire in one place or an other since the fifties, and it is burn ing yet. Explosion after explosion has occurred. and many lives have been lost. Whea fire broke ont ir one place the miners resorted to au other, sinking a new shalt. To avoid the fire on an upper level, a shaft wa;; sunk and coal taken ont on the level immediately below the fire. Soon the fire came through, and again the min ers were driven out. Nothin; that the owners could do availed to dr:ve out the fire, and the splendid mine has been practically abandoned, thou.Ih :t little coal is now being taken ont on a level below a part that ison fire. The object of the commission is to lenra whether something cannot be doez To save so valuable a property ws i lie Foord Pit.-Halifax (Nova 6coia) Herald. The Prevailing Malady lin.this country is dyspepsia. Probably more t be-fourths of the peopit suffer from tsoromrofitsnmanyforms. Nany have dy, +perlaand don't know it, because they have Whepadiess kind. Such are always half sick ' astibe their ailment to any cause but tho true eae. Where dyspepsia is known, or sus kmaed, Tyner's Dyspepsia remedy ought to be Vised. It is a wonderful medicine, very pleas ant to take, and not only corrects digestion in a few'minutes, but cures the wort cases of dyspepsia. For sale by all druggists. Piso's Care for Consumption has no equal as a Cough medicine.-F. N. AsOTT. ;P, Seneca St., Buffalo, N. Y.. 3ay 0. ,1n%. -dose Distressinz Coras! -Bad as they aro, Hindercorns w;ll remove r.ber, and thn you can walk as you like. The True Laxative Principle Of the rlants used in manufNcturing th1a pleas. ant remedy, Syrup of Figs, has a permanently beneficial effect on the human system, while the cheap vegetable extracts and mineral solu tions, usually sold as medicines, are perma mently injurious. Being well informed, you will use the true remedy only. Manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Cc,. stopped free by DR. Kr.ras GxrAx .2i*ys ssRoaza. No fits after first da3 's use. Xarvelos cures. Treatise and 52.00 trial bot tle free. Dr. Kline, 31 Arch St., Phila.. Pa. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teethins, softens the gums.reduces infiamma tion, a2iys pain, cures wind colic. 25c.a bottle, Eperience Leads Many 31others to Sa y "Use Parker's Ginger Tonic" because it is zood or col4, pain and almost every weaaess. "Good Spirits." The words have different meanings to a spir litualist, aKentuckian. and an averaze man. lFor the average man good spirits depend on good digestion. How to insure good cli-.estionF Ripans Tabule after each meal. 1 hzt's afl. !f afficted withsore eyes use Drjsaac Thomp son's Ey.e water. Druggists sell at 2.ic per bottle it is aFc 'That Hood's Sarsaparilla has an unequalled ecord of cures, thie largest sales in the world, and cures when all others fail. ~Hood's Sarsaparilla Is the Only True Blood Purifier Troinently in the publ.ic eye today. $1; ~six for $5; Be sure to get HOOD's. 1 = s ct haronion::!y with 200o's Plls Hood'ssrsaparinla The Greatest Ifledical Discovery of the Age. 'KENNEDY'S Medical Discovery. DONALD KElNiEDY, UF ROXBURY, MASSe Has discovet.ed in one of our commo."n pasture weeds a remedy that cures every hind of Humor, from the worst Scrolula down to a common pimple. He has tried it in ovcr eleven bundred eases, and never failed exect in two cascs (both thunder humor). He has now in his possession over two hundred cer'i:i 'tates of its value, all within t wenty miles -of Boston. Send postal card for lbook. A benefit is always expe:'ence.1 from the crst bottle, and a perfet cure is warranted when the right quantity is taken. When the lungs are affectedi it causes shooting pains, like nt.diles passhna through them; the cam' wIth~ tbo l.ive or Bowels. This is cause i by the ducts being stopped, and al-,nys disa; pca:-3 in a week after taking it. R'n'l the 'abei. Ii the stomach is toul or bliioas it will cadse squeamish feelings at !!rst. *No change of diet ever necessa:-y. iEat Ithe best you can get, and enou;;h ofit. Dose, one tablespoonful in water at bed time. Sold by all Druggists. HUDSON'S BUSINESS UNVER?STY -CHARLOTTE. N. C. Pays for Cornplete Buzsines 4O Course. Actual Business ir.a: start to finish. The only Business Coi'g it: the South that you can try before pay;:-: ~the tuition. Send for Catalocue. J. E. H UDSON, Pr-i:. Walter DMter& Ce.lU$It! * ."~.' The Largest Mna !cturers of *~. PURE, HICH1- CRADE CcAS ad CHOCOLATES oni this continen. he.e rice-red Hi$GHEST AWA!iDS frmthe great - ndustrial and Food EXPOSITIONS SIN EUROPE AND AMERIA, - caution: aerT0sy ' of the labcl' ted wrapptre .o ou.r ~oods, counn:wr.,-s shoul1 mnt :xro namely. Diorcheater. Slaos. is printe4 on er.thi packar,. SOLD BY GROCERS EVERYWHERE. LTER BAKER A 00. LTD. DDRCHESTER, MASS. Do TO AVGID TfIIS TJSE STETTERNE Tette, Rinwor:,ugiy pate T tos.,nion f:<.m ivyor poi.n a. Incs Couhrt at:.Ic, ed : ATEST REMS IN BRIEF. ULEANINGS FIOM MANY )1OINTS. Important IIappenings, Both Home and Foreign, Briefly Told. The Columnbian Liberty Bell Has Started. The Columbian Liberty D -11 started from Chicago. on Friday, on its trip arvund the world. It left on a special trthi -wl will first go to Atlanta. wheri it will rormaili un til the ci te * i thsexupo,ition. Arter that it 'will be taken through the S.>utr States and Mexico. From thore it will go to Europe and thence around the world. Newsy Southern Notes The Southern Iailway bs announced that it will supplement its two d.ailV limited trains between New iork and Atlaata by the addi tion of a third to be known as the "Exposi tionFlyer." This will make the run bit ween Atlauta and New York in twency-two hours. This additional service will be inaugurated about October 1st. At Atlanta Gecrge Adams, aged eleven years, was run over and instautly killed on the rthodes street trestle by a wild car. Iis little sister, Nura Kate, aged iiine years., had her riglht leg nearly :3evered from her body at the same time and, but for her bro ther's hero-sm, who lost his life in trying to rescue his sister, would undoubtedly have been killed. At Louisville. Ky.. on Thursday, ]Robert J. won the pacing ra -e from Joe Patchen and John R. Gentry. He made the circuit four times without faltering and was in the lead three times. In the concluding heat Joe Patelien was a nose in front when the word was given and he led to within fifty feet of the wire, when lie went oit his feet and Robert J. passed in a length ahead. The purse was ,000. Crime. At Phailaelpbia the grand jury found tru4 bills of indictment against Herman V. Mud 'gett. alias 1H. If. Homes. charging him with the murder of Benjatuin F. Pietzel. Disasters, Accidents, Fatalities. At IIoughton, Mich.. a party of men went down shaft No. 4 of the Oseola mine and found twenty-threo dead miners at the fourteenth l.ol! and two at the third level. Five are still missing. A S . Cloud, Minn.. special say,s: rassou ger trains Nos. 2 aind: on the Great Northern had a head-end collision at 3-lby Wednes day morning. Both were running at a high rate of speed and came together with ter rific forc. The dead are: J. K. Emerson, James Thiebodo, W. H. Kershaw. E. T. Johnson. Ira S. Uaiies, of St. Paul. Thirteen persons were more or less seriously injured. A terrible thunder storm visited Water town. N. Y., Friday night., The storm was of such force as actually to sway the railroad cars near iliehlands. The wind and lightn ing were accompanied by a deluge of rain. Several farm bouses were struck by lightn ing and burned. The "elone struck the village of Cape Vincent and the Rome Watertown and Ogdensburg depot collapsed. George Godfrey and Thomas Arneel. of Cape Vincent. received injuries from which they died within a:a hour. Many others were injured. Foreign. Spain has settled up the Mora claims $1,500.000 in Spanish dollars. The Province of Podolia. Rtussian Poland, has been oficeially declared to be infected with cholera. Washington. United States Coi sul Barclay has cabled the State department from Tangier, Moroc co, as follows: Cholera is prevailing here. It is not yet prononned of the Asiatie type. The average mortality is six daily. Miscellaneous. The membership of the Grand Army, June 30, 1894. was 371.550, and the gain during the veal: was 13.04O. At Fail Iliver. Mass., the manufacturers' asscition vote.i unanimously not to ad vance the wages I the mill operatives and a letter to that effect will be sent to the weav ers in a few days. At Chicago, Privates Williams and Coffee, two deserters restrained at Fort Sheridan, were detected in attempting to escape and were ord.ered to halt bythe giuard. They refused and the scllier fired, killing Coffee znd wounding Wil!iams, who succeeded in escaping. A VICTIM 01- THE MASSACRE, Career of Miss Hessie Neweombe, Killed by Chinese at Kucheng. Miss Hessie Newcombe, who was one of the victims of the recent massacre at Kucheng, was a native of Dublin. She was a member of the Zinana Mission station at Kuheme, and had been engaged in mission sry work in China since -18i6. Her sister Maud, who was also at Kneheng at the .lme, urvvedth as-r.MsHeieNw cob wa l- y pa hus,hrbd bin atewr h-w vrapeiie Sh Ua apros xe;nc fvolnea A ED _ _ YEA S Woman ine"~r- Mihigan. New Mrs.ewt Mary Ann Bua der thust,her night at She readenc l:~of erdghero ilne Novi tih., had 12 ear andtc atw mothe. Thyers ae aeri uoneh~ ithenti ec ordsin:a Ciuin.-en of thi amily she was dren olest teon, an hei msson.a toe an csoneaotra.un 3 1eath3o Atter cmng Atoa the lSaest mar rie Fanni Bush atiAlb-h.ny,hN. Y.,gat atthe ge ofegheen. oiHer dauter iubnd had N. Y. narly at ea rs agond wo burthal Twasfi' consarcl b'andel ny.tatni oram a'ion . Theitermo e wfsamily.Sh wa the wa d the ..ro'.de Maognswdwi.h teld was cisie wenChnadipen ret annase brn aet rnFrel Junes.3 Muc3. dauer i:ing oe by Staes fsre t - geo :g . Wi 1rlTe hsand hafild ta c-: equ-ntly hie that oregsn WA,ilNGTON L,rrEr%,. Syndicate Operations. Iuteresting Gossip from the Nations Capitol. Secretary Carlisle's as:zistaQt. are ov1r doing the making of protests i. t rumor ed preparations for another bond issuec-.Theil memories must be short. Before er.h of the other bond issues these sama protests were made, but the bonds were r.iso issued. Those who are now saYing that the bond :yndicate, which officials admit to be the sole reliance of Secretary Cathela it keep ing the gold reserve near the on hundred million mark, will shaorrly r:nove its props and force another bond is-.(, whih under their contract they wLi: h.4o 1.7e reuso' of at the same price paid f.r tho NA tsuo 01 bonds, may be wron-, but pro'1ity seomi to lean quite markedly their way. The olli gation to assist in m-tintaiifig the gold re servo will, according to those connected with the administration, cease 0tobor 1st. In other words the amnin.:-a-ioa will have no ground for complaint shonld the synti cate openiy raid the gold in the Tre!az::ry on the morning of O.tober 2nd. If that be true the syndicate will probably do whatever it i. most profitable for it to do, regairess of the interests of the U. S. governmvnit, or that of anybody else outside of the syadi-ato. Ac cording to what are believed ta be trust' worthy fgures. the syndicate made a proilt of at least $10,000,000 on its la-t purhase of bonds from the government, and upon another issue of equal amount would doubt less make as much or more. Is there any way thatthc syndicate cau make as much 13 helping the government maintaii the gokd )eserve? If not, the syndiate will nnost certainly try to for,!e another bond issue. Proflt is what the syndleate wants and will get whenever it ca. For nearly a year, work has been done towards theactistic improvement o! Unh Sam's paper money. and in the near future new one, two. five and ten dolia hills will be issued that the oll-ink believo will be ti most artistiC notes Cver is:ue. by any gov ernment. The desgus for thrs- notes are the work of three lea-din; Aneiiaa eti:;s-tl flve and .en doliare bills by W,lter Sherlow, the one by E. H. Blashfiel.1, m;l the two bV Will Low?. Ta- fiv dJllar n )t: w1I bim in the ba.mi!s of the public by the f o. of No vember. Senator Mills. of Texas, has gone home. but before poing he defined li.s position on th< silver question, and his enemies say 'he defl nizion dodgCs,or attempts to dodge. hi;Qs con sTituents if not the silver quetion. 11- d(' e!ares against the free coinage of ?!ver at 1G to 1 without an international a:greement, but says he will vote for it if the Tcxais democ:at estate convention of next year declares in its favor. Mr. Mills also declared nimself opposed t o a third term for Mr. Cleveland or any other President. It is now said to be doubtful whethor Mr. Carlisle takes any further part in the Ken tucky campaign, although he had fully made up bis mind to go there and mako soee seeches . The origin of the doubt seems to be that some of his friends in Kentucky have advised him to stay out of the State until after election. SEPTEMBER COTT ON REPORT, The Li .'-est Condition of the Plan Since 1881, The September cotton report of the De partment of! Agriculture shows a declin from August in the condition of the ero which Is 77.9 to 70.8 per cent., a declne< 7.16 points. This makes the lowest cond: tion of the plant since 1881, when It was re ported at 70 per cent. The next lowest sine 1881 was the condItion of 1893 when it stoot for the same month at 73.4. Cotton suffered severely during the mont: of August from the drought which charactem ized the early part of the month and oxces aive rain which succeeded it. The presenc of boll worms has worked great injury, an the crop has been injured by shedding an rust. The causes men'ioned by Texas coz respondents for the deterioration in th State are as follows: Drought, hot weather floods, boll worms, sharp shooters, Mexica wavil, caterpillars, army worms a-nd weedt There Is striking unanimity in the pessimis tic tone by correspondents throughout alt o the cotton raising States. The State averages are as follows: Virgir ia, 84; North Carolina. 79; South Carolin; 81; Georgia, 81; Florida, 79: Alabama, 7~ Mississippi, 77; Louisiana, 75; Texas, 50, A kansas, 79; Tennessee, 7G; Kentucky, 85. AtABA1MA SILVER DEMOCRATS. Over 500 of Them Gather in Bir rninghamn. 16 to 1 Resolutions -were Adopted. Over 500 prominent silver Democrats at tended the State Silver Democratic confer ence at Birmingham. Ala., on Wednesday Col. John W. Sanford was made President. United States Senator Pugh in a speech en dorsed the conference. He predicted thai Cleveland in his next messag.e will declarc for further legislation to maintain the gold2 standard. IIe further predicts that time necx1 Democratic National convention will den) Cleveland endorsement. Senator Morgan Con mgressman Bank herd. Rtobbins and Stal mn.s andi other prominent men spoke, all en, dorsing the silver movement. Th1e committee on resolutions reported it favor of free coinage of both gold and silvei at 16 to l. A campaign comnmittee of one from cr.ch Congressional district andl fiv< from the State-at-!arge was appointed whie'b, among other things, will put on foe the organization of silver Democratic clubs in each coumniy and precinct in the State and National conventions. The personnel of thi conference was strong, representing mana of the Democratic leaders of Alaima. ExpositIon Briefs. Saturday afternoon a s-pecild train on th Seaboard Air Line brought in two hundle< Chinamnen. imported for the Chinese Villag at the Cotton States and International Ex position. The Chinamen landed at Vane:Ju ver several weeks ago, were brought to Nei York by the Canadian Pacific and reache Alanta over the Seaboard. The Cotton States and Internmatianai Expo sition will open more advanced than th World's Fair did, and a very large propor tion of the exhibits will be in place. Withi: a, week after the opening the whole thing Wil be piractically complete. Monday. October 14th. has been designate as American Newspaper Publisher's Day. ij honor of the heavy weights of the professiom Mr. William C. Bryant. of Brooklyn. Seere tarv of the Association, has been notified ani requested to invite all the members of th Association. This brings the publishers t Atlanta the middle of October when the Es position and the weather will be at their besl AN AU'DACIOU'S VILLIAN. Tries to Smash tihe Old Liberty flel Wit h a Sledge Hammer. The Cjlmbia Liberty Bellspecial traIn ar rivesd at Areola. Ills.. Saturday evening an< about 2.000 people gathered to see it. While Manager Knapp was giving a.histor of the bell and the guides were hoisting it ti ring it. a man nam?d Matthews rushes through the crowd and struck the lower ri'a three hard blowvs with a sledge hammer min:m thm rev dents in it. The bell was considerably damaged. Mamn~er Knapp said: he would trust to tii people of Areola to prosecutethevillian wb< hadh so grr.ssly insulted American p.ride. Major S. A. D. Me-Williams, ot FourthRe im'nt. I. N. G., e'iT -ted the arrest and Mail XWARDE'D TO DEFENDiR, The American Boat Was rouiled by tbe Valkyrie IIL, in the Second Race. The second meeting of the British yacht ValkyrieIII. and the American sloop Defen+. der in the serics of races for the possession of ti-c America's Cup was held off Sandy Hcok, and it proved to be the most extraor dinary meeting of the kind known in the long histc.- of the contests for the famous trophy. -as extraordinary in that the 13ritish vac rossed the home line a leader of the Yankee boat by a margin of forty seven seconds. corrected time. It was extraordinarv 'in the fact that there was a collision between the two yachts be fore the starting lice was eross;ed. Which re sulted in springin_- the topmast of thd Yankee boat. an injury that com,pelled her to cover two-thirds of the course seriouslY handicned boy want 4 a proper spread of -anvas, a-6d on~e-third of the curse handi capped by such a paucity cf sail as was nhver seen in a rai: of the kind before. I The Defonder flew a protest flag just after I the coUision. which the P-egait: Committee formally recognized by displaying the an swering pennant. Tne conunittee, after hearing what Mr. Isoin and Lord Duaraven liad 'to ay down the bay, came up to the itv and went to the HotelB 'runswick, where tho pro - A of the Defende. was thoroughly discu. td. FrCOND ItACE-JT'ST BEFORE TIE STAnT. The eonditions of wind and water at the start 4of thp race wiere all in favor of the Talkyric Il., espec-ialy . designed as she was for -Peile airs nan: ze-phyrs. The sea wras rracticmlly dead flat, an:l -:hA wind that c:tme drittlin.- up from the soath as sweet as a maiden's breath -was covferin.- but four miles an hiour h:vtween 11 'cekand noon, according to the Governme.-nt official at Sandy Hook. Whilc maneu-.ring for position at the start the Valkyrie was brought too near to the Derndier, and roundin tothe alkyrie's boom cau!zht Defender's starboar4i topmait b:ackstay (or shroud-she hias but ono rorie there), anwl in a trice the straina on the shroud brokt off the horn of the starboard spreader or cronsstree.s The foree of the wind thraw the uppor end ofrte from teopmst clear off be yond the plane of tho lee rail, wrenehinz it above the can in a remarkable fashion, but. curiousy en~ouuh, witnut 1roakind it off entirchv. Tihe De cender's j.b top.--ait was at once haule:1 down, and, after runnin_- free for a minute she camoe up in the wind.cros in; the line anl goinf away on tho port tack. Of crurs. the Valkyr) ha l alreaty crossedI ahead o7 hepr, nand in fine fettle was beating toward thouinter mark. The dauaf.ge D the Defender was as quick lv and eT(etually repaired as ptone rot after trylinz toset the jib topsaii. one more the sailfhad to e hani dwu, while the jib was seen carry only a tiny jia topsail, suhasi usted n beain toeeal wrncrdin at aboeshe e.Andt in rmrble asin but seemroaly enh. appt reaiatinhgvat diffr ence ainte shel aa up the thwoinoatsothi ieg, the lie ndratl gigane on hpr tialk. Th ers he wasrneha1 exhibiva Crosse ahd ore,adtor prone ofetthe ws batn towardineotr ak The tdmae to the Dcour was asile1 as fordarffeftheualmThy rwda obere at ater tron to pot ta,n the jiwial ne mor -ther ast h ads haledd, hieer ji a encarryolya in ji h topsail . a suc alst au n beaito wiar inha seemri to at ho 1ails she tprea.st diffe. einthe, ai matea of coure tha ot s old Ilgi,ntisgo the racu:ly Thiei onlhyr rialed the nevrs uh anw eiut ad tistn secnds ofShe rcross for ho-c merine' Cup.ead oe ria r ro o h A p ririty of an resdels woud s'.caf oThesthirts' ove the course, as muien aen thusise the aus atthe.id show fonar of the mcany inerie of ther fter on h portioa, n toure ofwih ich a numbcer to fwitee , miehin oar Thon hre ad ar wselo eraauied, the fne ongalota a Comtee t N witor taht Clbi doine toe ssais she sproes t entere byMraein on hale of tus~ T Defendeo adcednto the fot urnlim t h avmine, been * tye cento the edr.:, h tm~ln iiAofher roningisvrdatLheRgt bomtteemowde pui astatr eollent thter efntothant oen mae tou" ind the yant-t rei thesam arosed abt wthout avail. Bhoth Lgod thren ran yar. Iein ptefeer a Erchpprincialat uei tecomite ht.t Atorlo proes0 agins the crseofwib astebof.n as ncuiatu .rdecDare corae awas keter. Thisor wxasmied h byt Regatta Committee . te w okYth Club deide :of Wsutainn. the ter hilbytr evekwnin onbhalfoth rnegi Larg 'cont of te 3fost cfteiiltonaes wee ths age to taute D ndr .nyote.b Afteirumfnruncing.t 'Syiht were rined,t effnr ad boes made tod ine the roofsThe reail cthe eodae.fro thuts andi croth weejudgmen he pahe o te rost EDhrwncia sued th caimingToy tahnits Benuion Fay,d the aive-edr-ola sorts Thmask Fay,nt Lo Dospia Ponde at vosrovin e ag,oais toy croatwichb seha namd aefende uliatum ValkyredI theecitemnt aen a t:ace hes tupe inenn the boyatt fellitt wae ad a drowned. ie ~:hs oud ateronditorsc Then Congresman.l hailstrmesman inmuet reQion. rgeb cal ofeasFureent Nee fully liy inhs anrge hoesgnere mae iant tho reoote This wo edtint the dipaofr~ sorm.ihhei edown. x~e$iigTo ah Benad way thesfetearoldso o Proidene, Wt.Iiams and Coie to oaserters estradinaed tfrtderid, twentyilesI hicago,iteet ahtig awre wst escape Cofnteendin athebofl intot. witer andias was droned... -IAte $10,e dTo an CoreratsLanas can),r of thieasouteer. Pa., starke Citydes whol min tn the dwarehouse of Jhi he. B rime, ilim and mncated to theswres horestrained. by Fr B.hrbaker,wet mile whicao were tirl detrydit toepe Co00: asrac intnyet h;scertamie bwillm no oe h os h iewas undoubt - Iir, a. The mtrisatroun ler t udon reivte rirahrday morning aeoS tof Jnd aaF Thefirt sevnty-comunicaed o the rnwae hoae owseventy miu. rbkr oho Twh offeia tire wsDistaed from thewr Yort Enrast: Buno y36t asetie,;u lle tie40Siutes;OU avieae 6E mle. a heria. ri novrHdo ie .RADSTREET'S REV IEW. Fall Trade Opening More Favorably at the South. Bradstreet's report for the past week says: rhe week is characterized in trade circles )y an unexpected, but no less pronounced, mprovement, South and West. This is -eflected at the markets from which supplies irc distributed to these regions. At the South, fall trade is opening tip more treely than anticipated, with marked im provement in business and increased confl ience as to the outlook at Jacksonville. At lanta and Augusta. The imiprovernent in ron has had ari influence at Birmnglhaa and throughout the trib,tary region, all evi Jenve of which is found in thp tempo'rary in ability ofBirminqham wjol1te'rs to rmt-ut the demand for hardware and grocer-is. Aside from the lirmnuss of ,tt-in goods iriecs, which is a feature in trit cierles Nrth and East, the iost e.ospicius novement is the continued activity in iron and steel. highest quotations yi reached having no efo-et in restricting demand. At Chicago relatively more orders are received rr.m the South and Southw.est than ever before. Revised estimates from Texas point to only halt a a tton crop: but trade is Pc tive and the outlook favorabl beemw::e of .1 greater relative increase in the price of cot. ton than the reduction in out-turn. The Louisiana sugar crop is reported from 15 per cent. to 20 per cent. smaller than that of last year. The tendenevy to re-action In prices, par ticularly among food stal-les, contiuues,witb further liquidati(ns in wheat. Indian corn, pork, lard and sugat. 1le-n"tions are re ported fn prices for cotton and1 hides. On the other hand higher coal prices have ap peared at New York and Philadelphia and the prospect is for furthe:. advances all along the line. In addition to higher quo ations for cedar, prices for almost all standard varieties of cotton goods are higher aud tend upward. Thea there is the .4 advance in steel rails, the latter now being on a parity with quotati ns for billets. Total of business failures throughbout the United States this week number 213 as com pared with 184 last week, 223 in the second week of Sptornber, 1894; 300 in that week in 1893, and 143 in the corresponding period of 1.892. 3ISSIONARY 3MASSACRE CASES. China Refuses to Punish the Ring Leaders. Gunboats Ordered Up the River. fa consequence of the attitude of obstruc 'tion assumed by the Chinese officials toward the progress ei the inquiry into the recent outra-es at Kuoheng, and their refusal to carr. out the sentences imposed by the ex amining court upon the ring-leaders in the attacks upon the Christian missionaries at that place, two gun-boats have been ordered to ascend the river to demand tte enforce ment of the penalties imposed. A rebellion has begun in the Province of Fo Kien and the local officials, instead of at tempting to suppress the rising, have fled. A force of imperial troops are on their way to the scene to try to put down the insurreo, tion. TnE LATEST ABOUT THE ISvEsTIGATION. The State Department at Washington Is without advices regarding the alleged latest phase of the Chinese situation in regard to a refusal of the ( hinese government to exe cute any of the men convicted of being par ticipants in the missionary massacre unless they are assured that upon the execution of these men all other demands will cease. Ac cording to the latest information of the De partment, the Kucheng commission was at work with its labors uncompleted, and zt investigation had not been begun. No dis patches have been received from Minister Denby, but they are expected this week and are awaited with interest. 'he Last Member of a Poisoned Fami ly Dies. At LaPorte, Ind., the fam".f of Charles F. Krueger, father, mother and six children, rangingila age from six to twenty years, were poisoned about a year ago by eating diseased pork and despite the best medical skill one followed another to the grave, the last surviving child, Helen, aged six years; dying Wednesday night. The physicians pronounced their disease trichinosis. Their bodies were literally alive with parasites. The Exposition. The Woman's Building of the Cotton States and Interna'tionfal Fsaitionl will be formal ly opne 1 o S 3Pty'>'r 19.b. -The leading 'ature of the o:'ainr exercises will be the ad ess by Mrs.'Jece. Thm ni5f. Pt<.4idzent of the Womrn's l; rirE lThe Chairman of the Co:nhlitt e.. 'r I m a esuo-'t addresses on the wo-ra of t], ir rP;.-tive departments. An orchestra co:nnas -d of twenty-tive yon adies from the sonthe:rn Baptist .College will furnish the music for the occasion and the program will be aa attractive one. FARMER BAILEY2 ESOAPE, AND TIIE IKATE EXt'ERTENCE OJi JOIIN Ir. .O . TJN. A Ia:'py Itelease A'ter it.,th Trad About - - Given Up. Trom the Caucasian, Clinton. K. C. We had been reliably informed that J. P. Baly, of Warsaw, Dublin Co., N. C., had been eur'd of c'onsumpt:ion, and sent a re. porter to see him aad make a report belier ing that the facts would be welcome to m-an raers of this paper. We foun-i Mr. Baile3 strong in the belief ti.at he ha.1 had con. sumption, though his physician, Dr. W. P E enndy, stated the case in a little differen way. The doctor said: "~Mr. BaIey was suffering from overwor and chronic malarial poisoning, withi some of he symptoms of chronic rheumatism and a general rn-down condition of his system. "Boils prevented him from work a part o the time. Bronchitis and. spitting of bloot were sources of great annoyance to him." t is probably true that the doctor was cor ret, though without doubt Mr. Bailey woul eventually have gone into consumption, as this disease frequently follows the symptoms and conditions above given. He was thor oughly cured, however. Mr. Bailey said t< the reporter: "In the spring of '04 I began farm work Soon I found my health failing and a hact. ingecough my constant companion. I grew so weak that I could no longe> work. My cough became so severo that: was unable to sleep, and I was constantil spitting up lolod and corruption. My phy sian could give me no re.ief and I contin ued to grow weaker and weaker. I hadi wel nigh given up all hopa .:> lihing. much lis being restored to my usis strength when friend called my attention to estimonials a to the v.dlue of Dr. Williams' Pink P.lls fo Pale People. I at once left oiT using tb mediciue prescribed by my physician an began to take the rink Fiils. I felt the goe< efeets of this wonderful medicine withis t b ree days. In less than t wo months' timi I was a 'well man, andi three boxes of Dr Wiiamn Pink Pills did the wor.. "Is it any wonder," qu:eriedl Mr. DBailey Abat I sitng the virais'-z of Dr. Willia'n Pink Pills when they huar (lone so muc! for :' ? But for the timely us;e of them would to-day be in rmy g -ave and I want th world to know of their incaleulable value a a meicino. The reporter having heard that Mr. Johi . Loitin, of Warsaw, had been cured o rheumatism by the use of three boxes of D. Williams' Pinik Pio, interviewed him wit1 the felc wizg result. Said Mr Loftin: "Isuf fere l intensely vwith rheumatism for te, onh.Iwe,s entirely helph-ss for tw, mnh.Itried various remedies but non of them' did mie acy good. Having heard IDr. Williams' Pink~ Pills and their wonderfi euraiive' powers. I procured'c a hex and begx the use of them with wonderful eflcet- 1: two wee rs' time I w'as aile to leav.e my bEd and in a few mcnths' time I wa~s able to d m aual labor. k'rom helplessness to mane: labor is may exp'rience. and I at tr.bute ti: great bec-afit soit'y to the use of Dr. WVilliai Pin:z Pi.!s." -Dr. 'Tilliam's Pink Pills contain all th elemuts necessary to give new life atn: ric1 o.ess to the blood and r,'tore shatw"re rerve.a They a:e for sale by :uil irlrugst or r:av be haK. cy' mail from Dr. E'lli::mv Medicrs Com.pany. Sehenectady, N. Y.- f i 5 cents per box, or six boxes for $250 EIighest of all in Leave=m ABSOLUT To Use the Earth's IleA. One of the schemes for future en gineers to work at, says an article i1 Curret-i, Literature, will be the sink ng of a s!--ft 12,00) to 15,000 feet into the earth for the purpose of util izing the central heat of the glob,. It is said that such a depth is by no means impossible with the improved machinery and advanced methods of the coming engineer. Water at a temperature of 200 degrees centigraile, which can; it is said, be obtained from these deep boring,; would not only heat houses and pnblio buildings, butwould furnish power that could be utilized for many purvoses. Hot water already at han,l is necessarily much cheaper than that which must be taken when cold and brought n-, to the required temperature. Once the shaft is sunk, all ccst in the ite:n of the hot water supply ceases. The pipes, if good, will last indetinitely, and, as nature's stokers never allow the fire to go out, there would come in the train of this arrangement many advantages. When, by sinking a shaft in the earth, we can secure a perpetual heating apparatus which %e can regulate by the turning of a key, one trial of life will fade into nothin. resa It is now a law in Pecunylvania that no sectarian garb shall be worn by teachers in the public schools. '-A return of the strikes of 1893 1in France, just pulished. shows that they numb?re 1 634. Four thousand three hunret a-l elghty-six factories and mines were:oC. e 1, and 170,123 workinen took part inthe striis. the numbor of working daN s lost being 3, 174,000. Deifn m anot be Cured by local apliations.as they cannot re;ch the ieapartio'l of theear. 'Ihere is only 9 e wayto cure deafness, and that is t:y con-Inu Miai remedie. -Deafness is c:sel by a i in I medoeondition of the Mutcou I lining of 1he Eustaohian Tube. NVhent this tabe geis in. ammed ya havo a rmbling sound or imper feet -hearing and when it is entirely closed Deafams is the result, and 'anlesw tih ivam mation can be taken out an41 thi4 iube re stored to its norxal condition, hear.ng wil he destroyed forever. Nine cases out of ten are massed by cat'rrh. which is nothing but an in named condition of the mucouq surfaces. We Will give One Hundred Dollars for any ease of Deafness (ca-sed by catrrh) th.t can not be cured by Rall's Catarrh Cure. Send fo. circuars, frie. F. J. CiT & Co., Toledo, 0. W Sold by Druggists, 7Sc. Tahiti, in the South Seas, Is niow lighte3 by eletri lamps. IOMEN'S FACES - Yr-like flowers, fade and wither with time. the bloom of the rose is only known to thet h eal t hy woman's S cheeks. The zxerv. Sous strain caused by the ailments and '9 i pains peculiar to the / sex, and the labos and worry of rearing - a family, can ofters be traced by the lines in the woman's fae.~ Dull eyes, the sallow or wrinkled face auf those "feelings of weakness", have thei rise in the derangements and irregularitieo peculiar to women. The functional de rangements, painful disorders, and chrom< weaknesses of women, ca.n be cured with Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. For th< young girl just entering womanhood, fo: the mother and those about to becom< mothers, and later in "the change of life,' the "Prescription " is just what they need sitis nature in preparing the system foi these events. It's a medicme, prescribe< for thirty years, by Dr. R. V. Pierce, chiei consulting psianto the Invalids' Hote and *ugia Insttue, at Buffalo, N. Y. Fertilizers isure the largest yield i of the soil. S Write for our "Farmers' Gu is brim full of useful information ,will make and save you money.. EVERY I OW1 By d. Hamilton Ayers, A. M., M. I This is a most Valua ble Book for the House hold, teaching as it doe: the easily-distinguishlel Symptoms of differen Diseases, the Causes anc Mleans of Preventing suc1 Diseases,anld the Simples Remedies which will alle viate or cure. 598 Pages,_Pr The Book is written in plair the technical terms which rende the generality of readers. This of Service in thie Fami understood by all. ONLY 60 CEI (The low prce onlybeing, dp Not only does tis Book coi Disease, but' very properly give pertaining to Courtship, M2 tion andi Rearing of 1alable Recipes and P 1,Botanical Practice, Cor New Editi;, Revised &E With this Book in :he h.ou-e there emergencv. Dornt wait u:ntI you har sendt at nce tor thi valuable vo:lurce. omT -Zi GC C2Z Snd po~stal notes or postage :a-mps L BO OK1 124 L r.-Latest U.S. Gov't Report Powder', ELN PULE - BasebaU by ElkltF BasebaH by electr;eity Zeci"a praetical test at Palmer's Theatre G-.. terday an.d was at once br&AQ& a a2 ees. The stage is stted uP as a ba-' d. e pYers ar OanI Agw -aned in their respective positiom' The catcher stands behind th' PW iad plays "back" or "o the bat. "fas 'as Wh circum"ew" den"t m=Oves on & Zort of we". Thepiol 4eg stands in the her.. d Umpiro stands behina the bate ande:1ticM Istee with great emphasis. OM & line are the "coachers.." w0 "W" their hands in a deirimum of b"a frenzY. The umpie anlomlA_ Y raises his hand, The b"after, 'a c' em" jured from the depthf, slowly emerge$ from a trapdoor at home pIwe and takes position, A globe im the PA&' er's band, denoting the baUj, a0filA sashes saa the baU is in ply.. It- geo" out, and then biases in te itChe ' band. -Tus a "bad or "trik"' is aoed. When the baU is knocked on, an electri( lamp ibmTe thia filM 1 Zotes which direcMion it goe& and &U Oter gash on the ground aa where it struk. Bepeat note every move of the baunW it again reaches the piter' band To% batter, 'whent thO bAa btg au. of fp fe frst bag. If heisut ba drops trough a trap door. - uode' ,ottinues around the ciraUit Unil bf rewlee hiome or is put out. p1ay is called A gree = ahd afont, The way the fgres ZuW ARde emerg from and drop through te trapaoors is extremely intre" SC New Tork Tribue. Ji,%N' Cn 31*L NXID yT31t TONI1C $1 o bots oift curea W ya e "d not a Ieg's cent unleSI it $0 hat does abillud Fever. 2nd R.11oun Diver S.d TYPEO)ID FATM 4-h. HoworrhagOc T11sM ith: D-rgueetee" Cth MAsse- . 7tkt. NenalgiA. HO.Y rPOKi(f nebotte~ 4%. . jed62713 &s$~ i .B. Gl'X1A.Svamwlb. XI.. Pcopiew Co3uf 'AXV SAW MILLS - U Water Wheels and may Presseso BEST i TIO IU.A.T. DeLoach 1111 Mfg. CO., 35, Ai&. a reearaera mado prpec%. Loders. tric way down-; 111 singe bam)e, 44.00; doubIC, IW. GU S mumle .oader,42.00 rificA.-.5 air rifle P X; revolverN SUM-; b* $1'5 e fnur.' Send stomps fOr 4&-pa2e plictoV catalogue. H D. Folsol ArmfSCO .,14 ?'way. Y. .PARK(ER'Si ~~HAIR BALSAMI mue an.d eatine h tuha. 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