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SUMTER. S. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1893,
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Aug. i -Tita
nm iiuxs JOB pi
AT BOTTOM PRICES'
SUMTER, S. C
The Phosphate Royalty.
Governor Tillman has at last hoard
from thc phosphate minors and they
will hear from him in uo uncertain man?
ner.
in a long lotter to tho Governor a
number of phosphate men tell him that
even if they were to start, with all thc
energy possible to restore the condition
of affairs they could not got ready
before June, 1894, if then. They say
that they could not produce 130,000
tons the remainder of this year.
The total reduction offered them by
the board, they say, including the
amount on the rock on hand when the
storm came, would be only $70,000,
when it will cost ?300,000 to restore
the plauts.
Tiley say that at the expiration of
1894 the royalty will return to ?1 O? a
ton. Had not the storm occurred they
could not have continued at that, price
and would have had to stop.
They say that they are compelled to
meet a fierce and increasing competition
from Florida, which State only charges
fifty cents a ton royalty.
The letter concludes by a proposition
to the Governor and State board of
phosphate commissioners that the roy?
alty be reduced to fifty cents a ton for
five years, the contract to be sanctioned
by the Legislature.
Governor Tillman has sent the phos
phate men the followiug breezy an?
swer :
EXEUUTIVK CHAMBER,
COLUMBIA. Oct. 20, 1893,
Messrs. F Brotherhood, Jacob Paul?
sen, M K Lopez and Paul S. Fel?
der, Beaufort, S. C
Gentlemen : Your letter of thc 16th
of Octoher, addressed to me as chair?
man of the board of phosphate commis?
sioners, has been received, and the
same submitted to the ex officio mem?
bers of thc board resident here, who,
with myself, constitute a quorum.
We have given full and careful con?
sideration to its-contents and regret that
the river mining companies, as repre?
sented by yourselves, seem disposed to
drive a hard bargain with the State,
and demand concessions which wo can?
not give.
Thc amount of rock on hand at the
time whet; the industry was paralyzed
by the storm, is estimated at from 30,000
io 40,000 tons. The reduction of thc roy?
alty on this to 50 cents, as proposed at
Beaufort September 16th. will cause a
loss to the State of from $15,000 to
?20,000. It is guess work, of course,
as to what amount of rock can be mined
next year, and it is just as easy to figure
it at 200,000 tons as at 130,000. and
the amount which thc State will lose
under the conditions imposed in that
resolution, and by the sale of the rock
on hand, between now and January,
can be just as easily and reasonably pur
at ?150,000. as $70,000. the amount
under your calculation.
You complain of delay, and request
prompt action on our part, in thc face
of the fact that more than a month has
elapsed since our meeting at Beaufort,
the proceedings of which were publish?
ed, and you gave no sign as to your
acceptance or rejection of our propo?
sition till now.
? may as well say once for all that the
board considers that it has made all the
concessions possible or proper, and it is
unreasonable in the miners to ask more.
We will not enter into any contract
reducing the royalty to 50 cents a ton
for five years, nor will we advise the
Legislature to make any such agree?
ment.
The royalty in Florida has nothing to
do with the royalty here, and then river
rock there cuts a very small figure in
thc market.
We are uuder the impression from
what we saw in Beaufort in September
that some of the dredges should be put
to work in thirty days, and that by
Christmas, at least half of th 2m would bc
mining. I do not know what, has been
done towards restoring the industry, or
whether it is intended to resume mining
at all, but the board is, not responsible
for any delay, and any attempt to drive
the State into yielding moro than ir al?
ready has will inevitably fail. We had
just as well leave the rock io the river as
give it away.'
The conditions offered hy the board
at Beauford, were as liberal and just as
we felt warranted in making, and unless
they are accepted at once and written
notice given, royalty on thc rock on
hand August 27th, will be collected at
the rate of 1 05 a ton.
If you choose to go to the Legislature
and make your plea there we have no
objection, but the board will not make
any change in the proposition already
submitted to you
Very respectfully,
B. R. TILLMAN-, Governor.
and Ch'm Phos. Cmn.
-Columbia Journal.
Fairfield Granite Wins.
The World's Fair committee on
awards has decided that, the stun* from
the Winnsboro Granite C>mpiny*?
quarries is entitleu to first, premium for
building and ornamenta! purposes
This news has afforded us intense
gratification, and it should be hailed
with joy by every citizen of Fairfield
who is interested in the success and
prosperity of local enterprises The
Winnsboro Granite Company is by no
means an in faut organization, ami dur
ils lili- has met with many fr\ing
difficult?s, but thc g?n : lomen who
compose ii have exhibited unusual per?
severance and business pluck Their
energy has beim amply rewarded, and
au already successful hu-iness wilt be
inestimably increased by thc favorable
decision rendered by the World's Fair
com mittoc.
Tho men who s?mie years ago in?
vested their capital in th<- quarries
had Unflinching faith in the superior?
ity of tho granite, and that faith has
been justified beyond all expectation
Their exhibit at thc. .fair was insig?
nificant and unimposing, bnf quiiity
will tell in the end. -News and Herald
Farmer's Hoy- Father, kin I go to
thc minstrels tonight with Hiram
Homespun? . Naw. 'Taint moro'n a
month since yor went lo the top o' thc
hill to soe the eclipse of the moon
'Pears to me yew wanter be on the go
the hull time."
A Question Answered.
The Spartanburg Herald asks this
question :
"Will The State kindly let ns
know exactly7 what part it would
have silver play in the financial
scheme of this country "
Certainly. We would have it play
the largest and most useful part it is
capable of playing.
To amplify somewhat. We believe
in a specie currency of gold and sil?
ver ; the former, by virtue of its supe?
rior value, furnishing the higher de?
nominations of coin, and the latter
supplying all other coin up to the
denomination where it becomes too
unwieldly for general hand-to-hand
use. Currency must needs be current,
or it is not properly currency. By
common consent it is agreed that silver
is too bulky a metal to be converted
into coins of greater value than one
dollar and proof that even the dollar
coin is too weighty for the popular
pocket is to be had in the fact that
there are now 360,000,000, silver
dollars stored in the Treasury and
represented in circulation by paper
certificates. To the extent that silver
can be utilized iu circulation without
loss lo the holders or the country we
would like to see it utilized. If it
cannot be utilized in circulation-if
there is no such demand for it among
the people as to draw it out of the
government vaults-then it becomes
merely a collateral security for the
paper money issued upon it and
diamonds or other precious stones
could take its place in the vaults with
equal or greater benefit to the peo?
ple ; for securities should secure, and
thc values upon which currency is
based should be stable and not
fluctuating.
We think that those who make
themselves the especial champions of
silver would do the best service to
their cause by inducing the people,
in whose name they speak, to use
silver more freely The fact that we
are unable to maintain our gold reserve
because all the world wants it, while
we have 360,000,000 silver dollars in
? the Treasury 'hat we can't get people
to take off our hands, is a telling
argument against two claims : ( I j
that the people demand more silver
coin, and (2) that silver is being
sacrificed. Depend upon it, if our
population were to show its willing?
ness to absorb 1,000,000,000 silver
dollars and hold them at their face
value, those dollars would be coined
with as little delay as possible.
It is because 54,000,000 ounces of
silver are being annually bought, not
to be coined and kept in general
circulation, but to be stored away in
dark vaults; because this silver must
be paid for in gold, or the equivalent
of gold, and the price goes to enrich
one small set of men, the millionaire
mine-owners ; because we are thus
losing our gold reserve and alarming
financiers, at home and abroad, with
the thought that, this reserve dis?
sipated, the country will fall to the
silver standard, which is a standard
of 55 cents on the dollar in the mar?
kets of the world ; because the papet
currency issued on this silver is not
fully secured by the intrinsic value ol
bullion ; because the distrust of such
financiering has created a money
stringency which may not be relieved
save by the repeal o? the silver pur
chase law-it is because of these ihinsre
that Congress has been called together
in extraordinary session to repeal the
law, and that The State and othei
Democratic papers press for the
earliest repeal
It is claimed by the silver men thal
the United States, acting alone, can,
by fixing a coinage value for silvei
much higher than it obtains in thc
markets of the world, maintain thc
parity between silver and gold at the
old ratio of 16 to 1-that we can go on
buying and coining silver unlimitedly
and still keep it at par with gold and
acceptable as money. That might
have been done in times when ead
nation lived to itself and when the
limited international commence was
mainly done by barter. It might
have been done in the times when
wampum served us as currency wit!
the Indian tribes and tobacco was the
medium of exchange among ourselves
But the international commerce and
finance of this age will not permit it.
There is inter dependence betvveei
all commercial countries. Overspec
ulation in Argentina, by causing the
failure of the Barings,reacted upon us
and knocked all the ''boom" out 0
the South. The demonetization o
silver in India closed the silver mines
in Colorado and Nevada. Eaci
country is bound to each othei
country by ten thousand ties of trade
and finance, and gold, is the only
international standard of value
While it so remains we can no!
escape its domination.
The Stale believes, with tito nation
al Democratic convention and witl
President Cleveland, that silver
demonetized in this country ii
L8T3-T6, can be rehabilitated bj
international agreement. What is
not possible to one country U
possible to all. If the United States
shall cease to bc in international
monetary conferences, the peculiai
representative of the silver interest
and approach the subject denovo
upon the same plane as the otiiei
powers, we believe that more can Ix
' done for the white metal than lias
been possible heretofore. The in?
fluence of the umpire is superior t(
. that ol" the special pleader. The
I world cannot got on without sub
sidrary silver coinage, and, natioua
! jealousy removed from tho subject
i there is no reason why a just rat rt
; cannot Ix? established between th?
j two metals and free coinage resumed
Of course this country can "go i
j alone" if it chooses to risk the experi
? nient, but it will be ;i disastrous ono
i lt will nm gold out of the country
j reducing circulation $800,000,000 bj
j that alone, and our silver dollars wil
i only purchase 55 cents worth of good:
: in Europe
I Thc free silver furor in tho Soutl
j would be inexplicable ii we did no!
; know that political schemers wen
working it up. They know that s
' free coinage bill cannot be pass?e
through the House, mai, II IL wmg,
it would be vetoed b}' President
Cleveland, and that insistence upon it
at this lime is therefore unless. But
they are persisting in order to make
an excuse for the Populist party, or
to get office upon the issue. We are
sorry to see that they have deceived
our good friend of the Herald by
their clamor.
The South doesn't care more for
silver than for gold. She has no
silver mines aad plenty of gold ones.
What she wants is more currency
whether it be based upon silver or
gold, diamonds or nickel, bonds or
real estate. She does want it to be a
safe currency, amply secured, and
worth 100 cents on the dollar. She
can get this at home and in sufficient
volume if the State banks are permit?
ted to issue notes. That relief is
attainable ; it is practicable, and it
involves no neks. That is why we
are for it. The South should refuse
to play catspaw for the silver
millionaires. She should provide for
her own household.-The State.
Come Back.
"Let us stand io the breach and call
the battle on and oever leave the field
until the people's money shall be re?
stored to the mints on e jual terms with
gold, as it was years ago."-Roger Q.
Mills, ia Congress, February 3rd,
1886
* #
We regret exceedingly to see so good
and true a paper as the Columbia State
deliberately read itself out of the demo?
cratic patty. In answer to our question
as to what part The ^tate would have
silver play, our contemporary says :
"the largest and most important part it
is capable of playing." Then it goes
on to amplify :
We believe in a specie currency of
gold and silver ; the former, by virtue
of its superior value, furnishing the
higher denominations of coin, and the
latter supylying all other coin up to the
denomination where it becomes too uo
wieldly for general hand-to-hand use.
Nobody wants $2 or $5, silver coins,
just as they do not want over $10,
gold coins, but when the government
will turn all the gold bullion brought to
the mint into coins and will not NO treat
silver bullion, the government discrimi?
nates
The mistake The State is making is
in persisting in treating gold as "supe?
rior to siiver." Why has gold a pupe
rior value? Because the government
discriminates against silver. Bat the
democratic platform is against this dis?
crimination, and we are against it
Suppose we have unlimited coinage
of gold, in coins of higher denomina?
tions, and silver for small coins, as The
State desires, is that not doing violence
to thc democratic platform, which says,
"We believe in the coinage of both
gold and silver without discrimarion
against either metal."
* *
The State is a stickler for platforms
, When the State democratic platform did
not conform to thc national platform,
our contemporary set up the national
, platform as the standard of democracy,
and wanted to read out of thc party
> forthwith, all who refused to swallow it
We contend that if the democratic
platform, the platform endorsed by the
people last November means anything,
it means that gold and silver should be
put on an equal footing before the law.
"No discrimination against either metal"
is all we ask. The statement that the
gold would leave ns under free coinage
is a gratuitous assertion which cannot
bc proved. It did not go away when
wc had free coiuage. But if it goes let
.it go. Let thc government put gold
and silver on an equal footing, just
where they were before silver was
demonetized and there will he no reason
for demanding gold. But so loug as
gold is treated by the government as
the superior metal silver will lie in the
vaults and gold be demanded by cre?
ditors.
*
The State follows up the well worn
argument that silver is not as good
money as gold, that it wont't circulate
and the people won't have it, and still
maintains that it is a bi tn et al 1 ist.
We are free lo admit, that so lon? as
the government discriminates againstsil
ver as it has for twenty years, it goes
down in price If the discrimination goes
a step further and the purchase of silver
bullion ceases, it .nay go a few points
lower, just a* if. dropped ten cuts when
India chwed her mints to it. But open
the mints, put gold and siiver on au
equal footing, as the democratic party
promised in its platform, and we will
hear no more about 55 cents dollars.
Suppose the government should today
declare that no cotton should bc manu?
factured in this country Cotton today
is worth, say 8 cents, tomorrow it
would go to G. Would The State
oppose a movement which sought to
repeal the unjust and iniquitous law,
simply because in so doing it would put
2 cents into thc pocket of everyman
who owued a pound of cotton ?
Silver is as much a money metal as
gold. It was used as carly as gold and
is used by more people as thc standard
today. "Gold and silver" isthe money
of the constitution, it was the money of
Jefferson, it is the money nf thc demo?
cratic parly and thc money of the peo?
ple.
But The State says :
The free siiver furor in the South
would bc inexplicable if we did not.
know that political schemers were work?
ing it up. They know that a free coin?
age hill cannot be passed through the
house, that, if it could, it
' would be vetoed hy President
Cleveland, and that insistence upon it
at this time is therefore useless. Hut
ihey are persisting in order to make an
excuse for the Populist party, or to get
office upon the issue. We are sorry
to sec that, they have deceived our good
friend of Thc Herald hy their clamor, j
We known that there arc some intem?
perate silver men so set in their ideas
that, they will not allow that the presi?
dent is honest in his views, just as The
State supposes that The Herald is influ?
enced hy political schemers. We caro
nothing for thai. The Herald is will
ing for The State to think of it 39 it
likes, but if we have been deceived theu
?x. p~i.j nan Uau:UUOZiCU ai ?,I)lCa?0
iud at every other convention since
1880.
We presume The State would not be- ?
levethat John G. Carlisle could be ?
aken in by "political schemers." We j
>eg to quote ao extract from a speech !
)f Mr. Carlisle : V !
"According to my view on the sub-'
ect, the conspiracy which seems to!
?lave been formed here and in Europe \
0 destroy, by legislation and other?
wise, from three-sevenths to one ooe
baifthe metallic money of the world is
he most gigantic crime of this or any
itber age. The consummation of such
1 scheme would ultimately eatail more
tnisery upon the human race than all
he wars, pestilences ?nd famiues that
3ver occurred io the history of the
world. The absolute and instantaneous
lestruction of haif the entire movable
property of the world, including houses,
ships, railroads, and all other appliances
for carrying on commerce, while it would
be felt more sensibly at the same mo?
ment, would uot produce anything like
the prolonged distress and disorganiza-j
lion of society that must inevitably re-{
suit from the permanent annihilation '
of one-half of the metallic monev io the
world."
*
* *
In 1873 the first blow at "three-sev?
enths to one-half the metalic money of
the world" was struck. Since then we
have had a gradual contraction gold has
been appreciating, the purchasing pow?
er growing, aud the last lick is now de?
manded, the final destruction-the
calamity which Mr. Carlisle thought
several years ago more terrible than
the destruction of one-half of the entire
movable property of the world, including
houseg. railroads and ships.
But, The State will argue that silver is
to be reinstated by international
agreement. Those who claim to be
bimetallics, but but who now ask that
we adopt the single ?standard as a means
towards gettiog the double staodard
have been waiting for an international
settlement for twenty years It is con?
fidently expected in 1878. In Presi?
dent Cleveland's first message it was
mentioned and at the Bruneis conference
it failed. Au agreement between the
nations is desirable but it will never
come by waiting or etill further discri?
minating against silver.
*
The Herald is in favor of gold and
silver coined upon equal terms at the
ratio of 16 to 1 until the currency in
circulation shall reach $50, per capita,
if it ever should reach that point.
The best authorities we can find, and
among them Mr. Cleveland's Secretary
of the Treasnry, give the opinion that
the annual production of gold will not
supply enough money to keep pace with
the increase in population This being
the case, we can see nothing under
the single standard bat a constant con?
traction. Year by year wages go down,
cotton goes down and money is harder
to get. Not ouly will the man who
owes a debt have to pay more than he
contracted to pay, but general cheapness
w products and labor pvevail. Bot
it will necessarily fall hardest on the
producers and laborers
We say, in the language of Roger Q
Mills: "Let us stand in the breach and
call the battle on and never leave the
field until the people's money shall be
restored to the mints on equal terms
with gold, as it was years ago.' -
Spartanburg Herald
Paid Admissions
During the week ending October 14
2,121,794 people paid to see the
World's Fair. It was the banner week
of the Exposition thus far, and far
exceeded the attendance for a like
period of any fair ever held. Of this
number Chicago contributed over 700,
000, a greater crowd, perhaps, than ever
before congregated within an enclosure.
Every effort will be made to induce
largo attendance this week and the one
following.
The big event of this week, will be
Manhattan day, which will be celebrated
by Gothamites next Saturday. New
Yorkers are active io their preparations
for this event and big excursions will
begin to arrive in a day or two from the
east .Mayor Gilroy'? official represen
tative is here completing the final
arrangements for the big day.
Exposition officials are at work for?
mulating a plan of closing thc fair
An effort will be made to have Presi?
dent Cleveland and the meuibera of his
cabinet present and the official life of
the Exposition will be terminated in a
blaze of glory.
This week will see the schoolchildren
at thc fair. The admissiou fee has
been reduced to 10 cents for girls and
boys under 18 years of age, which wilt
??ive every pupil the pjblic and private
schools a chance to >CQ the beauties of
the City before it is swept away. Thc
public schools of Chicago will be closed
this week and au enormous crowd of
youngsters is anticipated.
According to Gen. P. M B. Young,
TJ. S. Minister to Gautemala, that's a
daisy country for a lazy man. He says
he likes it. A man doesn't have to
plant sugar cane more than once in
twelve of'fifteen years, nor coffee more
than once in twenty or thirty years
Two crops of corn a year, and more
than a hundred bushels to the acre,
with more fruit and vegetables than you
could find in an orthodox nurseyman's
catalogue And all that is done with?
out a plow, a little stirring of the soil
with a hoe being all that is necessary.
But then yellow fever, snakes, taran?
tulas, scorpions, etc., are indigenous
and grow about as easy and abundantly
as tho "other crops."
Highest of all in Leavening Per
A?SOUl
Kew York Reporters at the Capitol.
Speaking of newspapers and the men
employed by them, Senator Manderson
had an experience that is likely to last
him. When any question of grave pub?
lic concern is on the carpet, it is the hab?
it of some of the New York papers to
round up anywhere from two dozen to
40 reporters who never before saw
Washington in their lives, dump them
into a car and send them over to do in?
terviewing. The men themselves are not
to blame, because they do as they are
ordered. Nor are they to be censured
for lack cf intimate personal knowledge
of senators and representatives, as they
hare been earning a precarious liveli?
hood by reporting police happenings and
writing editorials for their papers. On
arriving in Washington they brush the
straw from their hair and make a wild
rush for the capitol. One of them was
in the corridor back of the senate cham?
ber when the Nebraska statesman came
along.
"Are you Mr. Manderson?" he asked,
j "I am Senator Manderson," was the
somewhat formal response.
"What state are you from?"
The senator Gorgonized him with a
stony western stare. "Young man," he
said, "does your paper own a Congress
sional Directory?*
"Oh, I suppose so; I suppose so. What
do you think about silver?**
"I think,'* he responded as h<3 edged
toward the door and held it partly open,
"I think that it is a metal I have no
other view to express.**
It was as bad as the historic meeting
between Senator Sherman and Repr??
sentative Niedringhaus of St Louis,
which occurred some years ago.
"Ach, Gott, senator," he said, "I was
gladtto see you. I haf heard of you
more times as I haf hairs on my head t
You vast from Atlanta, ain'd it?'-Wtwih
ington Post.
How Sammy Came to Bebel?
Between you and me, some girls are
sillies. There's Eleanor Eastman-of
course you've heard that she's broken
her engagement with Tommy Tumbler,
and it was for no earthly reason except
that she objected to his weird looking
neckties. And there is poor Johnny
Jones, who has an ungraceful way of
handling broiled lobster, so Dot Darling
said she wouldn't marry such an un?
couth wretch. If I were Johnny Jones,
I'd forget that there ever lived such a
person as Dot Darling, and Pd go on a
silent search for a girl who couldn't tell
broiled lobster from a rocking chair, and
when I found her Pd just love her to
death. Why, half the engaged giris
think that their young men exist for tiie "
sole purpose of paying for flowers, thea?
ter boxes, carriages and all such thin?^
Great affection that is!
But I know of one man who isn't led
around by the nose, and he's engaged to
a very domineering little woman too.
When he first became engaged, his little
bride that is to be used to say, "Sammy,
dear, go over ki the corner and stand on
your head." Then Sammy would obey
orders unflinchingly. -'Sammy, come
here and kiss me," would be the next
command, and Sammy would be right
on hand. But by and by he wearied of
sandwiching kisses and somersaults, so
one day he marched up to the little wo?
man who had ruled him according to
her whims and said without a tremor,
"See here, I want it distinctly under?
stood that I am getting tired of this."
Wasn't he bold? If all men had Sam?
my's grit and could get mad and scold
furiously, the girls wouldn't make such
geese of them and would love them a
great deal harder too.-Chicago Record.
A o ueon In Exile.
The ex-queen of Naples, according to
her annual custom, has just taken up
her residence at the Hotel du Pavilion.
Boulogne-sur-Mer, where she will spend
a month or five weeks. Her majesty,
who was once a horsewoman as bold and
dashing as her sister, the empress of
Austria, now finds her great delight in
spending the whole day in an open boat
upon the sea, and as she insists in going
out regardless of the weather lier visits
are a source of fearful joy to the Bou?
logne mariners, who are pleased enough
to pick up a few 20 franc pieces, but
hardly share Queen Maria's contempt of
life. It used to be no light task to pilot
the Empress Elizabeth across a stiff hunt?
ing country, but the risks were trifling
compared with those incurred by those
who take part in her sister's aquatic rec?
reations.-St James Budget
No Mosquitoes.
Jinks-Ho! ho! ho! Nice time you
must have in the country! Carrying
home about a cartload of mosquito net?
ting, I see.
Winks-Oh, we have no mosquitoes in
Jerseyville-hardly a one. This is to
er-keep out butterflies and humming
birds.-New York Weekly.
Broken down horses in Germany are
restored to perfect health by being fed
with infusions of roasted coffee and
ground coffee beans mixed with honey.
Guaranteed Cure.
We authorize cur advertised druggist to s?M
Dr King's New Discovery f??r Consumption,
Tough? and Colds, upon this condition. If you
arc afflicted with a Cough. Cold or any Lurg,
Throat or ('best trouble, and will use this rem
e<>y as directe?!, giving it a fair trialf and expe?
rience no benefit, you may return the buttle and
h.ive your money refunded. We could not
make this offer did we not know that Dr. King's
New Discovery conld be relied on. It never
disappoints. Trials bottles free at J. F W
Do Lorine's Drug Store. Large bottles Sic
and $100. 2
For Over Fifty Years.
MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP has been
used for children teething. It soothes the
child, softens the gums, allays all pain, cures
wind colic, and is the best remedy for Diar?
rhoe*. Twenty-five cents a bettie.
Drink Glenn Springs Water for headache
indigestion and general debility.
For kidney and liver trouble Glenn Springs
water is a cure. On draught at ilughson &
Co's drug store.
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Par-a-8it-i-cide.
Cures Itch in 30 minutes. Price 50 cents.
Sold hy J F. W. DeLorme.
June 28-4m
Many Persons are broten
dova: from overwork or household cares.
Brown's Iron Bitters Rebuilds tine
lystem, aids digestion, removes excess of bile,
and cures malaria, ??et the genuine.
wer.-Latest U. S. Gov't Report
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