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THE SUMTER WATCHMAN, Established April, 1S50. "B? Just and Fear not?Let* all the Ends thou Aimr.'t at. be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's" THK TRUZ gorjTHKO.N, Established Jane, lcf^ Consolidated An?. 2, 1881.1 SUMTER, S. C, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1892. New Series?Yol. X1L So. 5. . Published every Wednesday, bt N. Gr. OSTEEN, S?MTER, S. C. TERMS : Two Dollars per arnum?in advance. adtsr7isrmknt8. One Square, rlrsi insertion.I.$1 00 Every subsequent insertion. 50 Contracts for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rate*. All communications which subserve private nterests will be charged for as advertisements. .Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for. THE SIM05DS NATIONAL BANK, OF 8CHTER. STATE, CITY AND COUNTY DEPOSI TORY, SC31 TER, S. C. Paid up Capital.$75,000 00 Surplus Fund. 10,500 00 Transacts a General Banking 3n3iness. Careful attention given to collections.. SAYINGS DEPARTMENT. Deposits of $2 and upwards received. In terest allowed at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum. Payable quarterly, on first days of January, April, July and October. R. M. WALLACE, President. L. S. Carsok, Aug. 7 Cashier. _ fM! If SDMI, S?MTER, S C. CITY AND COUNTY DEPOSITORY. Transacts a general Banking business. Aiso nes A Savings Bank Department. Deposits of Si-00 md upwards received. Interest calculated at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum, payable quarterly. W. F. B. HAYNS WORTH, W. F. Reams, President. Cashier. Aug 2i._; SE E. ALTA SOLOMONS, DENTIST. " . Office OVER BROWNS & PURDY'S STORE. Entrance or. Main Street, Between Browns ? Ptrdy and Durant & Son. OFFICE HOURS: 9 to 1.30 ; 2. to 5 o'clock. Snmter, S. C , April 29. G. W. DICK, D. D. S. Office over Bonn's New Store, imtramcb o? mais street S?MTF.R, S. C. Office Hours.?9 to 1;30 ; 2:30 to 5. Sept 8_ W?0H1IE SH0F7 All kinds of MACHINE WORK REPAIRS can be had in Sumter, at short notice, and in the very best class of work, at the shop re- i cently opened by the undersigned cz Liberty j Street, near the C. S. & N. Depot. Boilers Patched, and Hill and Gin Work a Specialty. Prompt attention given to work in the country, aud first class workmen sent to at tend to same. Call at the shop or address through Sumter Post office Aug 13 EDO AR SKINNER NEW I?M3EP? YARD. IBEG TO INFORM MY FRIENDS AND the public generally that my Saw Mill located on the C. S. & N. R. R.,"just back of j my residence, is now in full operation, and I am prepared to furn:3h all grades of Yellow Pine Lumber from unbled timber, at prices according to grades. Yard accessible on North side of residence. J. B. ROACH. Feb 18._ L. D. JOHNSTON, SUMTES, S. C, -THE Practical Carp*nter> Contractor AND BUILDER, WOULD RESPECTFULLY inform the citizens of Sumter and surrounding country that he is prepared to furnish pians, and estimates.on brick and wooden bui!ding3 All work entrusted to him wiil be done 5rst class. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. Ang 19 o Why Rent Land When You Can Buy a Home on Easy Terms ? FOR SALE. ATRACT OF GOOD FARMING AND Timber land, contaioir.g 900 acres with good dwelling and outouildings. ?vell located balf mile from Reid's station on the Manches ter and Augn3ta R. R., & miles from Sumter. ] Will sell as a whoie or in lots to suit pur- ! chasers. Terms?One-third cash, balance easy pay ments and low interest. See or address W. O. CAIN, Ramsey, P. O., S. C j OR E. W. Dabbs, Agi. Ramsey P. U., S. C. Dec. 30.?tf. -BY H 1529 Arch St.. Pnila. Penn. For Consomption, Asthma, Bronchitis, Dyspepsia, Catarrh, Hay Fever, Headache, Debility, Rheu matism, Neuralgia, And ail Ciironie and Hfervoiis Disorders. It has been in use for more than twenty vears : thousand? of patients have been treat ed, and over one tboasand physicians have used it and recommend it?a very siguilicau*. fact. It Is agreeable. Tbere is no nauseous taste, nor af?er-taate, nor sickening smell. ' "Compound Oxygen?It Mode of Action and Results.'' is the title of a book of 200 pages, published by Drs. Starkey ? Pxlm. which gives to all inquirers fall intimation j as to this remarkable curatiTe agent, and f : record of surprising cures in e. w* 1 range o chronic cases?many of them after bein< abandoned to die by other physicians. Will i be mailed free to any address ;a a: : iication m mm & film, 1529 Arch St., Philadelphia, Peau. 120 Sutter St., San Francisco, Cal. Please mention this ;>aocr. Dec. Highest of all in Leavening Power.?Latest U. S. Gov't Report. I AM STILL SELLING First Class Goods AT LIVING PRICES. It takes too much room to enumerate all the bargains 1 have to offer, but I must call your attention to our mmt CHAMBER SETS I Both in China and tin. BiS BR?VES IN GLASSWARE SHOES That are solid and will wear. HAVE YOU TRIED MY Coffee at 20c. pr, lb AND Tea at 25c. pr. Ib.? If not, you arc missing a genuine bar gain. It has long been a household word that you get nothing but good goods, and full value at ill IT Oct. 0. NEW COMMANDER & RICHARDSON, LIBERTY STREET, S?MTER, S. C. WE HAVE FORMED A CO-PARTNERSHIP For the purpose of working Marble and Granite, manufacturing Mii? Tei???M, Etc., And doing a General Business in that Une. A complete wcrk-shop has been fitted up on LIB3RTYSTREET, NEAR POST OFFICE And we are now ready to execute with promptness all orders consigned to us. Satis faction guaranteed. Obtain our price before placing an order elsewhere. June 16 W. H. COMMANDER, G. E. RICHARDSON. For Infants and Childrea. CastOTia proiricxes Digestion, and overcomes Flatulency^ Constipation, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea, and Feveris?mess. Thus the child is rendered healthy and its sleep natural. Castoria. contains no Morphine or other narcotic property. "Castoria i^so we?l adapted to ehil.ircr. thax 1 recommend it as superior to any prescription fciiowa to meJ" H. a. Archer, >L D.. 1!! South Oxford St., Brooklyn; N. Y "I use Castoria in my practice, and find it Specially adapted to affections of children.'''1 Alex. Robertson, M. D., 1057 2d Ave., New York. "From persona! knowledge and observation I caii say that Castoria is an exec-Hem medicine for children, acting as a laxative and relieving: the r>ent up bowels and general system very much. Many mothers have told me of itd ex cellent effect upon their children."' Da. G. C. Osgood, Lowell, Mass. The Centaur Company, 77 Murray Street, N. Y. . Tj53 sar>He3t PHI fa tho Worldly W?y do yo enfTer tfroca Dyspepsia, aa? fiick-Headacho, rendering life miserable? when tlia^* remedy to at your !ta <i<i ? rprrravpo 3513 m 11 m Lit ffl I will spec ify i*c?novc all this tr;m?>?c? ' en?* hlc you to eat ent? digest your food, prev?-:ii headache ana i/iit^vrt aa .eirtoyment of lifo to which you fmvo 'bconaifiraxsser. DosestaniL FvIc?v 25 coats. Oi?ice, SO ?Vri: i'laco, X. \. ? 0 GLENN SPRINGS IfiYFP i I W A T?;t> lllNM?JLi \t AlJCill ? 3 i. Safe, Pleasant Curt; fur all diseases of tin JVtR, KIDNEYS. BLADDER AND BOWELS. FOR SACK : t )?. A. J. CHINA, Du. J, F; W Del ?ME. --AND V. . It. DELGAR, Agent i'AiL SIMPSON, Shippei Glenn Springs, S 0. Mch. 2. COLUMBUS BAY PROGRAMME A PRELIMINARY OUT LINE OF IT. By PRAGOIS BELLAMY, Chairman of the Executive- Committee of the National Public School Cele bration of Columbus Day. A uniform programme- for every local ity in America, to be used on Columbus Day. simultaneously with the dedica tory exercised of the World's exposition grounds, will give a significant unity to America's celebration of its 400th anni versary. Accordingly the superintend ents of education, when they adopted the plan of a national public school cele bration of Columbus Day, instructed the executive committee to prepare an offi cial programme, identical for every city and village in the country. The executive committee is now en deavoring to secure contributions from the ablest American writers. The names of the authors cannot be announced yet, but the general plan for the exercise of the day is as follows-: The of?cial^programmc provides for A I?IornIng Celebration. The pupils of our public schools are to gather on Oct. 21, at the usual hour, in their school houses. But instead of the regular recitations the morning.is to bo devoted to exercises befitting the an [ niversary. These exercises may be sim ple or elaborate, according to the re sources of the school. Many schools will doubtless do little more than use the official programme, adding to it the old, familiar national songs and a few speeches by leading citizens. Other schools with larger resources are likely to extend the programme with addi i tional features, such as special music by chorus or orchestra, historical exercises, j pageants, etc. The largest liberty for individual ingenuity and taste is left to ! all schools, and the executive committee J would encourage a local variety to bo I given to the official programme. I The Official Programme ! will consist of the following features: j 1. Raising and Salutingrns Flag (under the direction, wherev r pwsible. oi r. detail <>: the v. . 'rr.:::; of the war). 3. Tns Soxc or Columbus Day (to a v.\ Il ara '.vu tune). 3. Ter Adi?I'.ess (to be declaimed by the best speaker antonc i the boy&). 4. Tus Odi: <?o bo read or recited by a young lady). 5. "America" (which will in all crimes bo the closing song). The 'song, the address and the ode will all be original, prepared especially J for the celebration by some of the best I of American writers. j By the 1st of Si'2'tc)iib<:r this official I programme, in a complete ftrrtn, ici.ll be publisfte<l throughout the country, and w?l also be writ to all applicants vrho ad dt\.<>; the chairman of the executive com mittee. Even if nothing be added to this pro gramme, except perhaps a few speeches and some familiar national ?ongs, the ceremonies will bo impressive and worthy of the occasion. Eut for schoi Is which desire to ar range a more enriched programme a number of other appropriate features may be at the same time suggested 03* the executive committee. The Publie School II??usc?, it is to l>o remembered, are to be the ! scenes of this morning celebration. As j far as possible in each school house ali I the rooms under the same principal j should unite in having the Fame exer cises. The parents and friends of the pupils should le brought together. Family interests on Columbus Day should bo made to ce-nter in the partic ular school house the children attend. In the country the day ought to le made a real holiday. Farm and house hold work might well bo relinquished, and the families of the district might come together at the school house with their picnic lunches prepared to make I a day of memorable festivity. The coni ! incineration exercises of the morning j being over, the nft-ernoon might be de j voted to games and to social reunions of j neighbors, which would make the day a joyous one to millions of our L*trd work ing population. The .\ fternouo Celebration. j In nearly all cities and large villages, I however, the citizens will wish :i formal demonstration on Columl us Day which ; may be in their own hands. Wherever I the citizens are to conduct a c< b bration i two matters should be especially ar J ranged: j Fir^t?That the civic celebration oc i cur in the aft* mo. ri, so '/sut it will t conflict with the morning celebrations which are going on in ail the school i houses. ! Second?That in the afternoon cele j bration by the people ample recognition j should be given to the public school I idea, which is to be the characteristic of 1 the day throughout the nation. I This afternoon celebration wil vary i j with each locality, but the citizens will j gladly accord to the free school institu- j j tion the place of r. \ j This leading position for the schools j ; iu the afternoon Celebration can be eas ; ily arranged: First, a most fitting feature will be a "Public School Review." if there is a general procession tin; : public school review may bo part oi \ it. and the most honored part. If there i ! is no procession by any other organi ! zations the school may have their re j view by themselves. Let th pupils j I march by in classes and with ban- j ners, led' by their teachers. Let the I ; timy veterans, north and south, th< I [ bb and tie- gray alike, be invited t< ! ? mu-rch with the scl tds =is v esc ?rt '<. | bon r. A rthc revi* ?ngstnrid re relied, j I whtrothe dignitari ; are assemb? d, lot 1 each part of the procession salute th* | I flag oi the nation with cheers an 1 wav- } ; ing of handkerchief s. I j If theweather is propitious then need I be no difficulty i;; a p< rfect arrange- : ment of this review. The streets run 1 i cleared: by the police, the marching < -.;] { mans of children can bo protected by organization on both sides, and the movements may be ma-do as safe as in the schoolyard itself. The afternoon celebration by the citi zens may also include a Mas;* Meeting at tin? public hall. This meeting, how ever, in many localities, will occur in the evening. An important place in the j exercises of this meeting should be given j to the free school as the characteristic j product of the four centuries of Ameri can life, and as the safeguard of our j fret; institutions for the future. At | least one of tho speakers should deal i with t?iis subject. Moreover, "The Song ! of Columbus Day," sung at the morning celebration in all tho schools, might be ! repeated by the general audience in this mass meeting. While in some cases it may be impossible for the schools to be present, en masse at the public meeting, they may at least send delegations. Prominent-scats should bo reserved for the representatives of therpupOs, and one of the exercises of tho afternoon might be assigned tx> them. In these ways, and in others which will euggest themselves, the Schools May Lead in the general public observance by the citizens. This dominance of the schools in all tho celebrations of the day is de sirable, because the object of tho public school celebration of Columbus Day is not merely to awaken in the pupils an historical and patriotic interest in their country, but also to impress on the people of America that tho free institutions of j tho United States are the product of free and universal education. The*ittcntion of the American public on this 400th anniversary must be di rected forcibly to the fact that the free school has given to our land its distin guishing civilization, and that the hope of the coming century lies mainly in committing to the public schools defi nitely the work of training the coming voters to the dut ies of citizenship. OCT. 21, NOT OCT. 12. At the instance of tho executive com mittee of the national public school cel ebration of Columbus Day, a bill was recently introduced in congress instruct ing President Harrison to issue a procla mation making Columbus Day a gen eral holiday. In the interest of scholar ly accuracy this bill wisely authorized ths change in date from Oct. 13 to Oct. 31. It has passed both bouses of con gress and received the president's signa ture, Abovo all other dates nearly every pnpii in our public schools remembers that Columbus discovered America Oct. 12,1402. They will all want to know why tho 400th anniversary falls on Oct. 31, 1892. For many centuries the calendar in stituted by Julius Cavsar, known as the Julian calendar, was commonly accept ed. This calendar assumed that there were 865days in a year. But as this made the year 11 minutes and 1 i seconds too long, it could not without correction very long an-wer the purpose for which it was devised. Consequently, in 1582, it was found necessary to reform the calendar, and the Gregorian calendar was adopted. In order to correct the errors that tho old calendar had made. 10 days were dropped out, and Oct. 5 of 13S2 became* Oct. 15. As tho error was found to bo exactly S days in 400 years, the Gregorian calendar omitted the leap year from every cen j turial year, excepting those which were divisible by 400. Tims the years 1.500. ; 1700 and lSOO were not leap years. As above stated, this reformation took place in 1582, and 10 days were emitted ! from the calendar. But as Columbus ; discovered America previous to the year 1500, which reckoned by tho Gregorian calendar would not be a leap year, there would be but 9 days to omit. On Oct. 21, 1502, tho sun will occupy the same relative position to the earth as on tho memorable Oct. 12,1402. The Gregorian calendar was not in troduced into Great Britain until I7?1, popular ignorance and prejudice up to that time successfully opposing it. By tho masses of The people it was believed that tho obliteration of 10 days would shorten their lives. It it remarkable that Russia still adheres to the Julian reckoning. We have already announced the change as in the interest of scholarly I accuracy, Tho public school stands fur j enlightenment and progress, and it would not be in keeping with this spirit to compute tl*e four centuries that will intervene between the date of the dis covery and the date we are to celebrate Iry an erroneous calendar which liad its day and was discarded more than 300 years ago. All the precedents for celebrating American anniversaries are in favor of correcting the old calendar to the new. For instance, "Forefathers' Day" in j New England is c' lebrated Dec, 21, al- I though according t< fno Julian calendar tho Pilgrims reached Plymouth Dec. 11. Washington was bom on the 11th I day of February, "old style,*' but we ! celebrate the anniversary of his birth on the 23d of February, "new style." Tho original proposal for the publie j seht >1 celebration set apart Oct. 12, but ! the friends of free education who are pushing tho enterprise believed a bad ; precedent would be established, as i: ; naniod u false date for the observance of j an historical event. This is the first i f fort that has ever been mad fittingly to j observe, by national commemorative ox- ; ercises, tho achievement of Columbus, and the right day should be celebrated \ For this reason we arc glad that ( vt. 23 I is to be tho day. Wo want the children ! of the laud to observe an anniversary . with ell that name implies, and not m*> j essarily the recurrens -f a fixed date, ; which, owing-tothe arbitniry changes ui : the methods of computing time, has hist i its significance 1 in our day does not ; accurately mark oft the century point. I Hurrah for tV national Columbian ; publie school . ; iebrntion of Oct. 21. CONGRESSIONAL SANCTION. The following is * ?opy of the bill ! v. hvh < ' ;:! ; ;s parsed in the interest of i th national publie school celebration of Columbus Day: .T.4i.it resolution authorizing aud directing j the ]>r !.h'??i! to prorhiiin u -t.iI holiday, : coniiaemoratlrrc the r-'th onidycrsary *>t ??iC j di-rv of America. <>n the ?st day or ?c'o- ; ber, 1W;* Kesolved, by tj... H-.-nnte w^i bouse of repre- ; rfDt.tflv.-sot the l"?:t< i State* of Amerie? in ; l'.--n-; . assembled, I hat the pre: \ii--:\t oi the trailed S*?t. !: > ;:>.< ]; 1 . :.<] Urceted to , ,.-,,] i;.:t;- :i ?:> the. j pe :]. :! ( : rv;iT o i:i .!*; tin ;- i <: i:tn-s of J t;...- Ivt-k anrivervirv of tb * i.i - v.ry of I A*:" riea o;: L>^; cf:,v f ta-r^er. 1*K, by ! pabiic ^ractH-tr?nens Pad by ^?tah.io -x-.r- ; ci - ;i! t- ci-m ho??3 and othci phevs of ??$- , seruajy. ! Over 50,0^0 public schools have al rea ly notified th? executive committee t )::it t r? \ will V?e i !: centers o? the i * ?. il observance m their various cities and towns. Th. e the schools in this county The State Printing. To the Editor of The State : Under this heading in the Register of tba 21st instant there is an extravagant editorial laudatory of the Attorney General and of another "giand legal victory for the Reform Admioif-tratiou." This legal victory, fully con?ummatcd, will be the violation of a contract by which a widow and her children will lose at kast ?5,000 And al! good people in the State who believe in open and fair dealing will denounce the transaction as a sham and fraud, more appropriately designated a ' robbery" than a "vic tory r Joint committees of the Senate and House select the State Printer, and the law says, "The contract * * shall be awarded to the iowest responsible bbider, who shall give a bond in the sum of $10,000, conditioned for the faithful performance of the woik ; said bond to be approved by the Attorney General." The award was made by the commit tees according to the letter and spirit of the iaw, reported and approved by the Senate and the House, and published in the act3 of the General Assembly. The bond was not given by Mr. Wood row, because it was not required either by law or usage to be given immedi ately. Any time before the work began would be reasonable time. Roth parties considered it of little moment as to time, for every officer knew it could be executed in an hour on notice. In fast and truth, it was of insignificant vaiue, and the usage was to defer the maticr for a considerable time after the award of the contract. Now the Attorney General had noth ing to do under the law with awarding the contract. This belonged to the joint committees and the Legislature His whole duty is prescribed in these words: "Said bond Jo be approved by the Attorney General." That is, the Attorney General was to see that the bond was in proper form and the sure ties worth ?10.000. Simply this, and nothing more ? The agreement between J. II. Wood row and tiic State was an ordinary busi ness contract for work which was to begin ten months afterwards. All es sential papers were executed and inter changed. In five months after the cou tract was made, Mr. Woodrow died. Now, had the Attorney General exer cised ordinary courtesy, and really sup posed the State w - in jeopardy as to its public printing, and that the bond was important at the particular time, he should have summoned the representa tive of Mr. Woodrow and stated the dif ficulty. If any loss could accrue to the State he well knew that representative could, and would immediately indemnify the State. Such action, it socm: to me, would have con>ported with the dignify of a State officer, ac-d shewn some regard o the rights of the citizen. But, cc the contrary, the Attorney General, in less than a month after the death of Mr. Woodrow, nullifies the contract and ad vises the Governor to advertise for the public printing, although the law says the Governor can only do so when the commit tees fail to award the contract. The Attorney General cannot shelter himself under the wing of Judge Norton. There is nothing in the judge's decision to sustain the morality or justice of the Attorney General's opinion or conduct. As far as I am able to understand the judge's decision it is merely a declara tion on his part that mandamus was not the proper action to enforce tbo claim of the petitioner. The judge was tram melled by a decision of a board of pen sions in this Stare, where the Supreme Court, ruled that vian<lani,us was not the adequate remedy. And as the Attorney General Lad disapproved the beard, he could not grant mandamus, and inti mated there were other remedies, aud would loi comment on this case for fear that he might prejudice the Icaim of the petitioner in another tribunal. The judge did not consider the merits of the question, but only the form of action. The arguments of the counsel for the State was all that good lawyers could do in a case which had nothing in justice, reason, law or equity to sastain it, and conscious of the weakness of their cause, they stuck io their answer ?that the mandamus was not the pro per action?aud woo on this point alone. They squirmed to argun that the con tract was "personal," when they knew at the time every difinitiou of the books confounded them. They tried a gram matical construction to prove that the bond must be given with theaward, ami quoted some United States cases, which were answered by the counsel on the other side, who showed that in these: cases the statute required the bonds to be tiled with the bids. The attorneys for the petition farther proved by many decisions that, in all cases of uncertain or contrary clauses in a statute the law j mus: be construed by cotemporancous usage, and the usage ie this State in re gard to riling of bonds tor contracts for printing was followed by the administra tor of Mr. Woodrow. Su much for the legal vietnry that, the Register flaunts before the world. | It despoils a widow and fatherless J children oi a few thousand dollars on a i mere technicality, but it scores one point against South Carolina that hoi i otnoials sometimes disregard the obliga ? ion '-i a contract. 1 have oo disposition to drag angeb down, but. in my humble opinion the Attorney General aus gained no laurel.; in the contest. Very respuetfally, V. W. McMaster August 23, 18U2 Virginia's State Debt. Richmond, Va., August 23.? Late .Saturday evening cuit was inst>*" ? and an attachment sued out :>i the. an eery court by William L. Royal agai st j the corporation of foreign bondholders j and Frederick L\ Oleott, Charles B. i Dickey, Jr., William h. Rull. ?high R j Garden, [leery Ru? go and J dm \ commonly known us t:; Bondholders' j Coinndt tee, of whom are non resi dents of this city. :: ! i the Planters' National Rank oi Richmond, ana Mann ! S Quartes as agent of said bank, and , all c>:her such persous or corporations ; as the plaint?ft may hereafter find oat, ! arc Indebted to or may nave any of the ?sta.L? oi i u: boOdhoi-Jtrs iC'tiiCU" uaetis or under their control. The complain ant prays for an award of $250,000 because of zn alleged breach of prom ise on the part of defendant corpora tion. This suit grows out of the settlement of the State debt, Mr. Royal claiming the above amount as fees due him by the foreign bondholders as the represen tatives in said settlement. Two Practical Lessons in Taxation. The tariff tax under the Republican McKinley law is 55 per cent, on pot tery. That high tax is levied upon the people for the benefit of a few men who own potteries. They have formed a trust. High tariffs make trusts. They are both father and mother of trusts. Well this pottery trust is doing of course a fine business?a very fine busi ness as will be seen. They can fix the prices to suit themselves as the high tax shuts out foreign pottery. The Phila delphia Record?good authority?says: "The important fact to note is that, with an outlay of ?1.-50,000, these capitalists expect to pay a handsome interest on ?3,000,000. Yet these men say the stock is not 'watered/ " That will do for pottery. Now let as look at another fact. A sale of 10,000 ounces of quinine has just been made at IG cents an ounce. Fact. We get the figures from the Oil, Paint and Drug Reporter. What is the lesson ? It is practical. At tend. Wc have seen quinine sell in Wil mington at ?5 aa ounce. That was when there was a high tariff tax on quinine. There were bat three manu factories in the United States then, and all three were controlled by one Phila delphia house. The tax was lifted by the Democrats. Marktbat. What followed ? Down, down, down, down went the price of quinine and now at wholesale it fetches but 16 cents. You can buy an ounce bottle at retail in Wilmington today for 37 cents. Here is a most notable object lesson. Any one can see now how the tariff operated in quinine then. You see as soon as the tax was re moved by the Democrats other manu factories were started in this country and the fourteen quinine manufactories in Europe could come in and sell their goods at reasonable live aad let live rates. The most scoundrelly taxation ever devised is a tariff for protection. It is a flagrant sin and is an engine of op pression aad robbery. Down with the Republican high, grinding tariff taxi While the mfercal tax is robbing the people and grinding them in the dust, the calamity howlers are doing their very best to re-elec Z^snjamin Harrison, the pliant tool of" Monopoly and the ! Money Devil?of tiie bloated Maoufac- j turers and the bloated Wall Street mag Bates and money Kings. He is the | strong advocate of a high tariff tax? j 60 per cent ; of a gold standard of cur- j rcocy that suits "Wail Streeter,'' as j the intelligent Weaverite calls it; and of a ballot for the South regulated by an army of Federal appointees backed up by the United States army of blue coats.?Wilmington Messenger.^ Another Good Year. The returns which begin to come in from the threshers throughout the Northwest indicate another year of abounding prosperity, la Southern Minnesota and South Dakota harvesting is suffi lien fly far advanced for a fair approximation of the crop of 1892, and it is a big one. Late storms have done something to diminish the yield, which would otherwise have rivaled that of last year ; but, even afjcr allowance for that has been made, the song of the threshers is one of ample fullness. In the Northern wheat belt there is still room for some uncertainty, but every day of warm sunshine is changing it to the assurance of plenty. The yield will not rqual that of 1891 That wao not to be expected, and it was hardly to be desired. The lateness of the spring and the excessive moisture of seeding time spoiled many fields at the start. There has been some storm damage since then, and there will be a iittlc deterioration in quality in some sections. But ii is a splendid crop, when every thing has be-on said ; and every hour that passes now puts it farther out of the roach of a possible frost. Unless r'rnre should be a sudden and mighty fall of temperatures within the next few Jays, the crop of North Dakota and of j the Minnesota Red river vailev region i will be secure. Wh le it will be less in j the actual number of bushels than that j of a year ago, and all numerical esti- i i?l-irrs arc mere guesswork, it will, we j no doubt, bring an equal or great- | cr return to the farmer. All of last ; year\i crop that was not threshed last j fall lias been practically unmarketable. ! If the farmers have uo more than they j can take care of they are as well off, j while the aarkct ;s not burdened and j prices ar<; nut broken by reports of a j : die nominal surplus. As taras indica tions now can be relied on, tho wheat crop of the year will ho a splendid one, i satisfactory to the farmer and an assu- j ranee of continued sod renewed pros- j parity to tho Northwest.?St. Paul Pio- ; ncer Press. Dr. Il W. St. Clair, of Fort Wayne, \ Indiana, tells how, a few years since, I he v.as riuiug on an engine and caught ; :t cinder iu his eye that caused him the j most excruciating pain. He says that he naturally began to rub the afflicted organ, when the engineer called out: ''Let that eye alone and rub the other oho." The doctor looked incredulously j at his adviser, but the latter only con tinned; "I know you doctor's think' you j know it ail. hut if you will let "hat alone j and rub the Othoi ?. the cinder will be eat in two n inutes " The 1 ?ctar . -vs that ho began cb the. well ye v< >r cuslv and soon felt the nuder move d<>wu to the inner corn r. Lie '.vis pr< paring !<' ta! it oat by tin aid > t a snail mirror wh.cs tho engineer ag??:a i admonished hiui t': "keep rubbing the weil eve." which he diu fur a minute ' looger, and then found the cinder bad slipped down on to rue cheek. Who can give a sensible oxfdi?uUyo of tars "!u proceeding; Changes on Mars. The Observations of a Harvard Col lege lJrofeisor. New York, Augast 20.?The Herald bas received a cable dispatch from Pro ! fes*or Pickering, who, in ?ecember, ! 1800, was sent to Areqnipa, Peru, by Harvard College in prosecution of its self-assumed task of making a complete map of the heavens. Another special object of the expedition was the observa tion of Mars during its present opposi tion. Following is the message receiv ed: "In my observations of Mars I have seen two large areas near the equator which are permanently blue. Near the edges they appear light blue. The light is slightly polarized. The total size of the area is about 500.000 square miles, one-half the size of the Mediterranean Sea. On Jnne25;h a small dark spot appeared in the southern snow cap. La ter this spot lengthened rapidly, and ear ly in July it W2sa thousand, miles long, deviding the snow in half. "Sixteen hundred square miles of enow have melted within the last thirty days. The melted snow has apparently been transferred to the seas across the land. Small dark areas, surrounded by snow appeared on July 10 and two days later I first saw a dark line in the fork of a Y shaped mark in the direction of the seas. The line became more conspicuous on July 14th, and on the 16 h a dark area, about the size of hike Erie, ap peared on the northern side of the stem of the Y, which was connected with the northern sea. This had grown much fainter by July 23. and a new area ap peared to the south of the northern sea concealing its outline. The line in the fork of the ? had disappeared, but the area of the Y had extended. On July 21 a large dark area, apparently either a lake or a sea, appeared near the melting sncw, on July 25 the southern branch of the Y became very harrow. The out lines of the northern sea were seen a gain, a narrow white line stretching north. "Many other changes were noted. Rapidly changing, faint with whitish area were seen. Green area near the poles have not been seen for many weeks but traces were recently sus pected and a bright green area was distinctly seen near the north pole Mon day night. - I.IL3- ? -.fini - The Asiatic Pestilenee. Washington. August 23.?The State Department has received a cable mes sage from the United States Consul at Hamburg, stating that the fatal cases of "cholerine" reported in this morn ing's press dispatches as prevailing in that pert have been pronounced genuine Asiatic cholera, and that Hamburg has been officially proclaimed as a cholera infected port. The great importance of this information, in view of the im mense .amount of travel between the United States and Europe by the Ham burg-American line of Tiansatlantic steamers, was at once appreciated by the State Department, and the dispatch was sent over to the Treasury officials for communication to the surpervisicg sur geon general of the Marine Hospital Service for prompt precautionary action. epidemic AT havre. Consul Oscar F. Williams at Havre reports an epidemic of Asiatic cholera at that place, with many deaths, and advises an inspection of the fast liner La Touraine. These raots have been promptly communicated to the health officers of Saten Island, and every pos sible precaution wili be taken by them in the matter, especially in view of the fact that the epidemic has now reached two of the most important ports in Eu rope with which the United States has direct and rapid communication. 1* ?ikca ut ion a r y me as l'res. Assistant Secretary Spaulding and Surgeon Austin of the Marine Hospital Service held a conference this afternoon, looking to the best methods to be em ployed to prevent the introduction of cholera into this country. The con ference was the result of ?he advices from Hamburg and Ilavro giving information of the prevalence of that disease there. It was decided to in form the health officers of New York and Baltimore of the condition of af fairs, and also to notify the immigrant inspectors. Secretary Spaulding is in communication with the agents of the >teamship Hues, with a view to having immigrants' effects thoroughjy disin fected on the other side of the water. 71ik plague in persia. United Stat?s Vice Consul Genera; Fox at Teheran, Persia, cables to the .??.atc Department as follows : "Feu: hundred deaths daily from cholera Five hundred eases have been treated by American hospital. Funds are badly needed. When may I expect?*'. The Department has replied that there are no general funds available fer this pur ncsc. but that the telegram will be made public. neaeino" this geiiman frontier. St. Petersbukg, August 23 - -It is states that the Asiatic coolers is stead ily aearing the German frontiers in its progress through Russia. Travelers who i have arrived at St. Petersburg by rail from Moscow and Warsaw say that the precautionary measures against cholera taken in those cities are perfunctory to the extent of absurdity, and appear to b ; adopted tor no other purpeje than to throw dust int.) the eyes of the Govern ment by a pretense of activity. Southerners in New York, Nkw York, August 2:> ?Represen tative Southern men, resideuts of thrs city, perfected last night a Cleveland and Stevenson campaign club. Wil- j liaro P. Thompson was chosen presi- j J dear. The vice-presidents elected , nam. r 100, promiuent among them j, effing roh;-. V [nman, Hugh Garden, Judge Joseph Daly, Rev. Dr. C. F Deems, Jud'ge Roger A. Pryor, Col Robert G. Urion roe aud Ihr, Net v in (vfocn > A statement or principles und the ; i object in forming the club, was read, i The burden of the document, was that j J the Republican party, by its advocacy i of the force bill, was a n?enace to the liberties oi the people and of imminent | i!u.iii?e? to the South , th*? it- was adv ??- i cated by theo on the pretense of pro tecting the sanctity of the ballot, and: Southern outragea wer? made a pr?test' for placing the oaachin?ry; of .elections4 in the hands ?f tfife r%t??n?i, govern-" ment Speeches' w'e?r made hf ?V. &. T. rYarrison, Who dwelt on" the tariff' and* the force bill, and G. Gordon Battle. The following resolution was adept-* ed : "Resolved, That the executive com*" mittes appointed by the mass meeting' of Southern Democrats shall, at the earliest possible period consistent with' their duties, issue an address ttf th? peo ple both of the North' and South,- that' will fully represent the true position' that has so long been maintained by their representatives in the North." Odd Funeral Customs! A correspondent of the New YorkT Herald, writing from Fogelsvill?, Pa.-t says, in reference to bow the ?utch i?1 Lehigh aad Berks counties act at fdncr-~ ah : When a person dies the bell of the church to which be belongs is im mediately and severely rung, after which the bell is tolled once for ever/ year the deceased Hved', wt?r?tfpon air the people for miles arotfbd' tsfee to' in quiring, "Who is dead?" * Then she bereaved family send oat* messages in every direction, giving' notice of the funeral to the furthermost consanguinity. To overlook even the' most distant refative-fn-law is an ?npar-' donable effence. To complete the ex tensive arrangements for th? funeral, from four to six days intervene between1 the day of death and the day of burial. If it can be arranged to have the" funeral pageant on Sunday, and will? the regular church service, the' moatc ers are doubly happy, for that insures s crowd, and these Sunday funerals al ways assume a magnitude that amount to Sabbath desecration The funeral services begin at tho house in the early forenoon, after tho" gathered mourners have breakfasted/ The officiating clergyman, upon bis en? trance into the house, greets the monrn ers with an address. Then the choir sings, or rather s,tempts to sing. Af ter another address 5*y t&e minister tce^ choir sings again. Now the procession starts for the church, where a full' ser vice with sermon has to be endured, These funeral sermons are nearly always far from the troth. Generally the less good a' man has done the more good the preacher is expected to say of him. No matter how much a man may have hated the church when alive, when dead his friends will do for his body what h?* would never do for his soul. After the sermon is finished the pas tor talks to the family, one after anoth er, reminding them of their loss. "Before the benediction is pronounced the pastor reads the "personal," giving full particulars of ancestry, date of birth, baptism, confirmation, marriage, how many children, grandchildren, etc., the disease, how long sick and age to the day. Then, by request of the fam ily, the pastor thanks the people for their attendance on the funeral, and :u the name of the family invites them all to go back to the house of mouruir.g and get something to eat. After "the remains" have been viewed the visitors from a line in the church yard, while the mourners follow She corps by twos to the grave, which iff always 10 the chcrchr yard, rfhtere an other service, with sinking', is held, and while tire fcrterm?nt is taking pla?a, people can be Seen hastening to the' funeral house in order to get at tbe first table. There is nothiog solemn about these' funerals after the services are over. Henceforth' the thing resolves itself iuto a pic nie. The entire neighborhood sus pends work and all come to" eat. I saw at one of these fress metches five cook ing stoves in full blast, three of them icr the yard, tables everywhere, and the' lueaU, vegetable':, pies and cakes tura b'ed and pilefl confusedly upon the' tables, and tbe crowding aad the gor maodizing would ura&e a fashionable New York wedding dinner blush to cos fusion. It was conservatively estimated that three hundred dined oa this occa sion , and not a cbrdren wing was ieftr to tell the tale. Funerals are so expensive in tn'is sec tion of the country that it costs more Co1 iic than fo ?ive. I have known men who' lied solvent, but became insol vent before* they got under ground. I have known families who iu their false reverence and1 mistaken affection have put thictr lasr iollar in the ground. Mr Ruskin is about the only aathor who is abie to have his books printed iccordinc to his own system of pnnctu ?tion lie allows 00 compositor te ta??e liberties with his copy. The Detroit Krce Press is about right when it says that "reciprocity is an admission that a high tariff is trot pop ular." ? ?a *> ? Fleet rte letters. This rotnCiiy i* becoming so we!! known nn3 popular *s tu neC'i no special mention. Alt tvho bave used l?;-c:ric Ctt?crs sin- tho sa'.ix song of praiso: A parer Kiedt^uie ??r?e's not ex ist and ft is cu.iranseed to do all t!::tt is e!:i. . cd. Electric Bitters will cere ail di?ea?cst>f .e [ivcr and kidneys, will rctarvc piitp?c-*, bv\^. salt rheum and ?ither.affections? caused by ita ;'i;ro bkod'. Will .irivc Malaria from the Mrs tern and prevent as well a? cirro a3 malaria! le ur.. ?or cure cf headache, constipation ana i:idi<-est:cn try Electric Bitters'--entlad' s^frV faction guaranteed, or icone."* defended. price" 50 cears and $i per buttle at J. F. W. T>e Loriac'.- crag store. 5 Oh; What a Cougir. Wilt you heed the warninp. The signal ^erhnps ot the sure approach of that more terrible disease Conunipuon. Ask yourselves' f you car. afford for the sake of saving 50c, 0 run the risk ?cd do nothing for it. We' <now froia experience that Shiloh's Cure will? :ure your cough. It never fails. Th& er iains why ftsore than a Willi-n Buttles were ?o!d the past year. It relieves croup and whooping cough at once. Moth-era, do not" je wiiboai it. For lame back, stde or chest ise Shuoh'ir Porous plaster Sold by Dr. A. J. 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