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l'LATTSMOUTII AVEElCik " llL'rcAiVtJ', iiiLTJioliA VV SEPTEMBER 20, 1S83. jaJLWirTTriMyitW?if,'aM r ; KENTUCKY , SLAVERY. m , THE OWNERS OF SLAVE8' GENER ; ALLY TREATED THEM . KINDLY; Exprioc or m School Teacher In Ant j IJellum J)ys Easy IJfo of the Colored yield XX an da Strong Attachment Be tween the Dlacki and 'Whites. To the average Now England youth who went to Kentucky to teach wjhool Anywhere from thirty to flrty years ago the slaves ap peared to have a pretty easy time of it. They did not work like tho sons of well to do farmers ia Maine and Vermont. They had more money and more time for enjoymont. Mason county at the time I lived there had a very large slave population. As compared with the white population,. I believe it was as large as In any part of tho south, except a few parishes in South Carolina. I expected to , witness much cruelty, Lut I never did. The owners of slaves generally treated them kindly. They certainly did not overwork them. I well remember tho first time I walked out from . tho village among tho farms. I saw fifteen able iKxlied negroes sit ting like so many black crows on tho top rail of a fence at ono end of a cornfield. It was a little after' 10 in tho morning. " Thero was no slave driver, with whip in hand, mounted on a horse, as I hail expected to see. The men who wcro resting, and whoso mules were eating corn leaves, wero sent out to plow corn. I asked tho man who was near est to me if anything was the matter. "Oh, no, massa," ho nnswered: "we was jess n-waiting for do horn to blow for dinner." I found that was about a sample of the, way slaves worked, or rather rested. On Saturday I was surprised to find most of the negro population in town. Many of them brought in wood cut on massa's place, which they sold and received tho pay for. The money they sint as they chose. Others were dressed in their Sunday clothes and had come into town simply to have a good time. I found that nearly every slave had a plot of ground of his own on which he raised to bacco, sweet potatoes and other thfngs, Which he sold for tho purpose of obtaining spending money. The two weeks that included tho winter holidays was tho time of jubilee when nearly every slave worked for whom bec-hobo and had the money ho earned. If masters end mistresses desired to have their own boys and girls work at home during the holi day season it was necessary to engage them some time in advance. Such opportunities for earning . money wero unknown to boys brought up on Kew England farms, as my old friend and myself could -testify to. "The next thing that struck mo as very strange was the strong attachment that ex isted between the whites and blacks that hod the same home. Nearly every male slave re garded his owner as the greatest man in the country.' He took priuo in him and boasted about him whenever thero was an" oppor tunity.' ' If he was treated pretty strictly or even severely be still thought massa was a mighty big man who hadn't tune to waste over common ieople. Almost every slave, old or young, looked on missus as a saint, and was not far out of the way. The south ern woman who was at the head of a large family of whites and blacks was in a worse condition of slavery than any person about the plantation. There was a birth, marriage or death In the family almost every week. She was the confidant of every one and tho person relied upon for advice and assistance. Her time was anybody's but her own. fcihe was literally "the servant of servants." Her responsibilities were many and varied. She had little time for reading, rest, recreation or society. The quarrels of slaves belonging on differ ent farms were generally taken up by their masters. No white man could abuse a slave belonging to another with impunity. He was called to answer for his act as promptly as if he had mistreated a son. In tracing up the cause of enmities between white families I generally found them to be connected with the treatment of slaves. Two nice girls iu jny school never talked together, I noticed, though they belonged to the same class and were general favorites. I wondered at this and inquired about it. I learned that the grandfather of one of tho girls, while in a passion, struck tho favorite servant of the grandfather of the other girl and declined to apologize for it. This occurred before my pupils were born. Both parties to the quar rel had long been dead, but the quarrel was not settled, and I question if it is now. There was a law in Kentucky, ns in other southern states, that forbid giving instruc tion to slaves in reading and writing. Still, I was convinced that all tho bright negroes who wanted to learn to read did so. It is very difficult to keep persons from acquiring a knowledge of a written language. If books ' and papers are exposed persons will learn to read them. I noticed that a colored boy who had a dozen letters to deliver at differ ent places left each at the right place. When a white child was being instructed in read ing at home half a dozen little blacks would be learning. A little white boy or girl who played "keeping school" had negro children lor pupils. A slave who learned how to read was not long in learning how to use a map. In one short lesson he found out where Can ada was and what state he would have to pass through to get there. Mild as was the system of slavery that pre vailed in Kentucky, there were some who es caped from it They were not, as is gener ally supposed in the north, those who were worked very bard, were denied all privi leges and pleasures, and were beaten for lit tle or no cause. The class that ran away comprised the petted or spoiled negroes, who had many privileges and ways of making money, but who did very little work, those who had so hard a reputation that they had no friends and wanted to try their luck in a new place, those who had committed petty crimes and were undiscovered, and those who bad made unhappy marriages. If there were two suitors for tho same dusky damsel one would sometime tell the other that his toaster was embarrassed and that there was danger of his being sold and sent down tho river. He knew that if he could scare his rival into running away he could secure the prize both were seeking. Love is a disturb ing element in the hearts that beat under black as well as under white skins. Itodney Yelcb in Chicago Times. The Xew College BlaVlng Great Progress. 'I hear you are erecting a young men's college in your town," said Alpha to Omega, How is it progressing P "Splendidly," replied Omega. "The base ball grounds are already laid out, and ground will be broken for the college buildings in a couple of months." Nomstown Herald. Follows Is'aturally. "Tour name, my childr inquired the ma tron of tho poor little waif that applied f ox ; charity, alary HaddelL" Little lambT feelingly exclaimed the ten der hearted matron. Chicago Tribune. , Tha safety of tha spire is not in thstbin sesi of the top, but ia the bolidity of tlte bot tomIvan Fanin- . NEGRO SUPERSTITION. AFRICAN FET1CHISM SOFTENED BY I CONTACT WITH CIVILIZATION. Charms Worn for I'rotectlon Agalnft th j 1I1 One The Holier to Wltclien and j "Cnnjor NIkk-mV' Slffna Fortendluc Death Vrloua Luclicroaa Notion. j The contact of tho African with a mighty civilization modified and softened his fetich ism, and today his superstition is of a differ ent fiber.' lie Is a firm believer In a personal devil, and accepts him with all time honored stage properties horns, tail, cloven foot and red hot pitchfork.. For protection against this awful one tho negro wore the greatest number of -charms. To ward pflt his familiars the witches, every negro nailed to bis cabin door a horseshoe. This charm, however, had ho power unless' it had been accidentally found. The "white folks at de biy bouso" were often presented with one of these witch ' deners.'and if they failed to nso it, the giver, pityingly and surreptitiously; nailed it same Where on; "marster'a" premises,.- i. ? Old.ncgro nurses teach their charges that tho. tangks which, after, a night's sleep are. npt to appear irj the hair we knots tied by witches, and everybody in tho southern' state is familiar ' with tho darkies' belief that' witches rule horses 'and mules i;i tho (lead of night, exhausting their otrenccth.' ! Toward olf tho approach of any of the foul sisterhood silver -dimes and five cont pieces with a hole in them, 6trung on a cord and Fuspeuded.froni tho neck, are unrivaled. Pdds and. ends of bones strung together, and plespci by a: Voudop priestess, constitute a; tJrigri, which, is a marvelous fpil against the Evil One. Jn southern Louisiana thero aro large numbers of negroes wljo believe 'that Certain other negroes have commerced with Stxtah, receiving from him a libera) endow montf of : his diabolic powers. These- are ;ikWii as "eunjur niggers,? who can hou- jioo" you. To incur the ill will of one of ther.i is i grievous misfortune. ; As every. negro, even the. . most doliased, is S'.'.ro of salvation, andspaaks with confidence Of his place in heaven, where ho will 'set. at tlo sanio tabid ez do white folks," it is not $tmu,jf that ho' revel'-i in ' signs portending death. ' His heaven, lfkJ tho Mussulman'e, is one of sensual delights, and corpses and fun erals are to him a great joy. To put a black pin into a child's dress, to try on-any one's' mourning garments; to open an umbrella in -Jlie.hx..uteT to break a looking glass, to carry a spado through- the., house, are all signs of ueath.- To drive a nail after dark, except in inaking a coffin, will, bring .death; and any man so unfortunate as to bury three wives Will bury six. A spider seen in the morning brings good luck; ?t noon, disappointment; and in tho evening, bad luck, j If cocidentallya garment be put on wrong iido out, and if it bd worn that way until noon, aud then turned, the wearer will have good luck. - To give a knifoor scissors to a friend is to sever friendship, except, indeed, a bent pin be given in return, which averts tho impending rupture. The Roman Catholic negroes of southern Louisiana will not cut tf banana crosswise, because through its center runs a dark streak, which if cut transversely presents the appearance of a cross. .To avoid this sacrilege tho fruit must be broken. They accept the Bible literally, and as they receivo it in most grotesque form from their "preachers," it is little wonder that their con ception of things spiritual is distorted. With out a pang of conscience they will eat tha r chickens from a neighbor's hen roost, the pigs from L 13 pen, the melons from his "patch," but cannot be induced to commit the unpar donable sin of eating a dove. If a. black cat enters your house you will receive money; an itching palm denotes the same thing, while an itching sole signifies that you will travel. Should your right ear burn, then some ono is talking in your favor; but if it be the left, the tongue is evilly en treating you, and you must immediately -ish that its owner may bite it. Should you succeed in spitting in your right ear, you silence your enemy. If a knife, fork or scissors in falling sticks up iu the floor, pre pare for visitors; also if a Uuck cock crows three times in succession at the back door. The possession of a frizzly hen means good luck to the owner, while two frizzly hens de note a measure ct prosperity which rouse? tho jealousy of "ole Satan." There is a ludicrous belief that to step over tho outstretched legs of any one will stop his further growth. But the evil spell will work backward, for "by stepping back over the legs they resume their suspended work of de velopment No work in garden or field can be done with out regard to lunar phasea An old auntie in my family would never make soap except in the full of tho moon, and then the soap must be stirred only one way. Her soap stick, of rare virtues and great age, was believed to have certain occult powers, which made it popular emong the soap making sisters. Ask a negro man why ho wears a brass ring in one ear, and he tells you it will cure sore eyes. Chills and fever aro cured by swallowing cobweb pills, and tho pain from any insect bite is instantly removed by rub bing tha puncture with three kinds of grass. What folly to endure warts when by rubbing them with a piece of stolen fat bacon, and then burying it secretly, the warts will dis appear in a few days. So, too, why weary the flesh with looking for a lost article when you need only to throw something away to find tho thing mislaid? Your mind, however, must Ik? fixed upon the thing lost to succeed, I 60 that ht.ro one of tho elements of the faith euro fic-ems to come in. Any J:dy who throws away the combings after dressing her hair will sii.'ier with headache, for the birds weave this hu:r into their nests. The young generation of negroes, who ore now tkimming over the contents of a multi tude of text books with high sounding names, are in bond to the same superstitions which enchain their fathers. Not all of the mental and moral philosophy set down in the books with which they are burdened can break the thrall cast by the witch and tho "cunjnr man," whilo tho study of the higher mathe matics has not yet developed that reasoning faculty which exorcises the incarnate devil with oil hi3 gallimaufry of evil spirit into the limbo of unbelief. Harper's Bazar. Satan's L;&1 ZUfhts. A London correspondent writes from Fin land that a property holder iu one of the interior towns of the province left a will be queathing ail his possessions to the deviL Tho dead man's family protested that the will was void, but the Finnish lawyers wera disinclined to interfere with tho rights of so formidable a personage as the new legatee, and, tit3 correspondent adds, the devil ha become, by legal right at least, a Finnish landowner. 2sew Vork Tribune. "When you are buying kid gloves remember th&t there is such a thing as a price that is too cheap. It is best to pay a good price and get tho good gloves that go with it. Ex amine the stitching to find places where the thread has broken through the leather, stretch the seams, and if the thread puils away, leaving a white spot, don't get the g!ovf i The leather should stretch easily to make a good fit and to wear well. 8TRAY. NEWSPAPER ..ITEMS. It ia announced,, that there will bo on Cither "Passion Play" at Ober-Ammergau in 1890. ., . . - - - Of tho 8.000,000 francs worth of china made last year at Limoges, ono half came to America.' ' '.'.''" ,' Engines, of, 20,000 horso .power have heen ordered for tho new cruiser Blako, at a cost of 110,000. It is said that barely half a dozen wa tering place hotels thus far have met their expenses.' The reports of extravagance and show at our watering places ore not so loud nor so numerous as usual. The daily opening of the churches is being advocated heartily by Lord Car narvon and the bishop of Cambridge. i Parisian swells steadily give way to English fashions. They now wear the regular Khort white tie for evening dress, instead, of ;.. their, former black butter flies. .. .. ... ; A newspaper in Constantinople Bays that 212 Christians and Jews have tie coma Mohammedan during the past year, a larger number than those who have fcliundoned Mohammedanism for, other religions. ' ; I A Michigan peddler who sold goods on (he oars, lir.-.t ringing: a comic song to Attract" attention and please his-- cus--tomera, dropped dead "in a train a few days ago. lie is believed to Fiave left a fortune of $200,000, accumulated in this manner. j Germany la doing ponsiderabjo ireign missionary . work -nowadays... It. baa eighteen societies and supports 522 mis sionaries, who look after their 210,000 ton verts.. Last year the total receipts in money wore over $700,000. i Throe'Chinese ; 'pheasants attacked a 14-fea'r-pU boy 'hear Vinegar Springs, Ore., u short '(line ago, and fought him so hard, that iie'cl ripped a sack of wheat he .was .tarrying and lied for ..safety. .When the lieiirhbois went to the spot the wheat and .bird had .both vanished.- An Australian- football club has ar ranged with an accident -insurance com pany to pay any of its members' who are tlisabJed while' playing tho "game "30s." pef week afif long as they remain on tli'o' fick list,' and 200 to the relatives if the injuries r received in" the. football . field . si lould' terminate fatally.. ' ' ' .. .. .. . i -Tho great white ...marble., palace whieh Wilbur F. Storey, of Chicago, built, and Which is one of the features of that city, is again offered for Bale. - Although fctill Unfinished,, more than: G0O,OGO has been epent ou it, while it is doubtful if one tjuarter of that amount will bo offered by n purchaser.. - ... . . - ... -. -. j Bolivia, which has an area of 500.000 square miles and a opulr.tioh of 2,000, 000, is without a Bingle Protestant mis sionary. Two American "teachers, en couraged by Bolivian gentlemen and recommended by the Presbyterian board of missions, expect 6oon to establish a school in La Paz, the capital. An Englishman who was playing bil liards in a public house in Bromiey made a bet that he could get one of the ivory balls into his mouth. lie did get it in, and there it stuck, in epite of all his efforts to dislodge it. The surgeon who was called in extracted the lump of ivory, but only after taking out several of the "experimentalist's" front teeth. At Spezzia, Italy, the whole Italian fleet is to assemble for a two months' ex ercise. One of the items of the pro gramme is to show the f acuity witb which a large force can be disembarked, fully equipped for attack, and English alarmists predict that it will show how easily England could be invaded before a defensive foice could be gathered at any point. A monument to the memory of Em peror William will be erected by the in habitants of the upper Fichtel mount ains on a peak rising nearly 4.000 feet above the level of the eea. The spot affords on ono side a view of the Saxon lowlands, on the other that of the Bo hemian forest, with the Keiberg close by and the spires of Carlsbad in the dis tance. A Bridgeport paper says that a cat was caught by a locomotive the other day and cut in two by a wheel, which passed over the body back of the Bhoul dera. "After tbo locomotive had passed," says the paper,. "the forward parts of the cat's body dragged themselves' to the home yard, two or' three rods distant, and tnere the httle life remaining flick- ered out in a few seconds.' The Little Seal Cried. A seal about two months old was seen yesterday on the deck of the 6chooner Arizona, which was moored at the Com mercial wharf. Ho is the skipper's pet and a great favorite with the crew. The captain said: "I have had the little fel low about six weeks, having caught him at Stable Island. He was asleep when I came upon him, and before he knew it J had him in my arms. In three days from that time he was as taue a3 a dog, and will now follow me all over the ves sel. In tha morning at about 3 o'clock the seal takes his position over the hatch, and there he will cry until some one of the crew goes on deck and feeds him. When we aro outside I throw him over board and let him swim until he is tired, and then he is only too glad to bo taken on loard again." The httle fellow seemed to enjoy him self on the vessel's deck, and was very fond of the caresses of the crew. When he saw one of the men approaching him he would hobble toward him and tease for a mouthful of fish that was generally forthcoming. Portland Press. Automatic Machine for rerfomery. One of the latest projects for catching the pennies of the public is an automatic machine for jerfumery, a number of wliieh have been set up in the approaches of ferries and other public places. By dropping a penny into a slot, in the same manner in which nickels -are dropped into the patent weighing machines, an automatic fountain is made to send out a epray of perfume for the handkercliief. The crowds of people who go down to the eea from Thirty-fourth street ferry take up so much cf this perfume that tho odor has become disseminated through the cars cf the Long Island railroad, and in some meas'ire acted as a public bene fit ia offsetting the horrible smells of Hunter's Point. New York Tribune. Persons ! - i Mr. N- H, Frohliclistein, of Mobile, Ala., writes: 1 take jjreat pleasure in re commending Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, havinjf used it for a a severe attack-of Bronchitis and Catarrh. It gave -me instant relief and entirely cur ed me and I have not hefu .idllU.tcd tince. I also beg to state that I had trid other remedies with no good result. Have also used Electric Hitters and Dr. King's New Life Pills both of which I can recommend. Dr, King's New Discovery for Cousump tion. Coughs and Colds, is Buhl on posi tive guaraatee. . Trial hot Lies frte at F. O, Fricke fc CVs drug utore. 1 Experienced Nurses and Physicians Expected at Jacksonville. New Okleakh, Sept. 14. A special from Jacksonville, Fla., says that I) O. Baker, editor-in-chief of the Cincinnati Post, who left there Saturday,, is stricken with fever, but it is not yt det ruiim-d whether it is yellow f'-v r.' Tom rrov eighty nurses are expect' d ln-ro, S-vrid phyp'.ciun&'who were present during the Memphis epidemic have already arrived. New cases of fever reported today, . 41; dentils;'1 3; totfd eitses to d-ite, 7-ST; dentlis lOi. The.Aux'illiiiry S-inita'ry iiVsoeiathm has seat an addrrss .of .-thanks i to 1 1 1 country for the genymm dd extender'. The. Knights Tempbii; have uls i i.-sucd .in tippeal for aid.. Bucklin's ArnicaS a've, ;. 1 he Best Sill ve iiv the world for Cuts. Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Suit Klieum, F vcr 8orei, Tetter,-Chapped-1 lands. Chilblains, Cui'ilv H'ld idl s - in eiuptio-is, mid pnsi tively ure-t li!-s .r m mv r m i m 1. 1' if- guhronle -d to give per feet t-.'.arti.i. r "ni-r.'ivev refunded." Price 2 c nt per box.' For sab- by F. G. Frieke i Co. ,11 i Harrison Is H jn ored by ihb Ve s Indi VNAi'oi.ii', S;-p, 14. Shortly al t- i general Harrison reached home lie was jal!ed upon by General Daniel Dustin.of Sycamore,. 111... accompanied by - a dozen (jomvadrf, en -rout" hoim- from Columbus. J-b7n'('rai.I)iistiii s til ! i : 1 1 ho'calh-d forth; , r . -. . . purpose; of .notifying General Harrison t?hti;t n recent lneeting .it -'Columbus of tjhe iurviVurs of lli First brigade of the 'third division, -Twentieth army corps, (4:'in?ral Harrison' was cl.-ctcd president Of .the association. - Beginning today General Harrison, will resume public re ceptions of visiting delegati ns, . G. A. Ft. posts of Chicago will he received to nioiToy. English Spavin Liniment removes al hard, Soft or Calloused luinus and Blem ishes from horses, Blood Spavin, Curbs, Splints, Sweeny, Stifles. Sprains, pink Eye, Coughs and etc. Sie$.10 by use of one bottle. Event bottle warranted by F. G. EmcKK & Co., Druggists, Plattsmouth. Neb. Fatal Termination of a Quarrel, IlAitTvrr.T.15, Wyo. Ter., Sept. 14. At noon yesterday, Sam Brown, a notorious desperado, was in Clark's saloon. Frank Williams, a cowboy, went into the saloon and asked Brown to step outside. Both went out, and Willi;; ms shot Brown twice, once in the arm and once through the body. Brown died in about an hour. Williams mounted his horse and left town. A warrant foi his arrest was issued but as he was well mounted, acquainted with the country and has numerous friends among the cowboys, his capture is uot probable. Brown boasted of having killed four men. Trouble be tween he and Williams had been brewing for some time, Wonderful Cures. W. D. Hoyt oc Co.: AVhoksale and Re tail Druggists, of Homo. Ga., say: We have been selling Dr. Kiug's New Discov ery, Electric Bitters and Bucklen's Arni ca Salve for four years. Have never handled remedies that sell as well, or give such universal satisfaction. There have beeu some wonderful cures effected by these medicines in this city. Several cases of pronounced Consumption have been entirely cured by use of a few bot tles of Dr. King's New Discovery, taken in connection with Electric Bitters. YVe guarantee them always. Sold bv F. G. Fricke & Co. " 1 A Preacher Attempts Abductian. DKXVEn, Sept, 14. A man giving his name as Rev. Edward W. Henderson, of Kansas City, was arrested here yesterdav on the charge of attempting to abduct Ellen Baird, an unusually handsome child of eleven years. The child states that Henderson offered her $.1 if shr- would accompany him to California. sayiD.g that if she did so he would give her everything that she wanted as soon as they arrived, Itch, Prairie Mange, i.nd Scratches of every kind cured in 30 minutes by Wool ford's Sanitary Lotion. A sure cure nnd perfectly harmless. Warranted by FG. Fricke fc Co. druggist, Plattsmouth NEW RATES DESIRED. Western Managers Attempt to Es tablish a Basis of Grain R tes. Chicago, Sept. 14. The managers of the lines west of St. Paul were in session here today trying to agree on a basis of grain rates to govern under the new agreement. The Burlington fc Northern refuses to advance its rates on merchan dise, while the Chicago,Mil waukee & St. Paul ndheres to its milling in transit rates, which are now on a basis of ? cents. As the conference did not prom ise to lead to a satisfactory conclusion, a committee of four was appointed to de vise a pi in for ni adjustment of the diliicultv and to report this afternoon. A Warning. , . , The modes of death's approach are va rious, and statistics bhow conclusively that more persons die from disease of the hrout aud lungs than any other. It is probable thut everyone, without excep tion, receives vast numbers of Tubercle Germs into the system ami where these germs fall ill on suitable soil they start ' int' life and d velop. nt lir.-t slowly and is bliown by a sliidit tickling sensation in the throat and if allowed to continue their ravages they extend t. the lungs pnxluc- ; ing Consumption and to tin- lend, c-.-ms- ' ing Catarrh. Now all this is fbuigerouM ; and if allowed to continue will in time cause death. At the onset you must act With promptness; allowing u cold to go without attention is dangerous and may loose you your life. As soon as you feel thit something is wrong wit'- your throat, lungs or nostrils, obtain a bottle of Ho shee's German Syrup. It will jr vm i m ni-di ;ite relief. Indi etlons f Fcul P'.iy Dakota City. NV , Sept. I'" quest held over the I ody ol Viidiii Crone, who died h roycM-Tdny.di.M-hs . th- fact that he was poisoned by ms n The evidence showed t hat he had b ')bl l nt' solue There is no cli to the mii'ty oaity. Drunk -nn3i or In - Li i.'nr Mm t i v I y lire-1 I A rl m i - i . h, Hiii ' ' ii 1 1 S)e ific- ; It Call hf- giv n ill n Clip "t ', tea without the kiiiv li-dL ol the ; . . taking it; is absolutely harmless and v. ' e fleet ' a permanent and- speedy n whether (he patient is a niod'-r it - dr-s : er ftr :tl! vie. .!...' i i 1 '' ' .ii-lii-.l.-.i' -...'- Iliell V. ho lerV- ! ...eii (!.. ii S, their coffee without tii ir knov 1-. dacan- to-day b lifvc th- .,tr. .f th Own fix-c wilt. I i' vi.VKl. ! system oin-e impregnated with the Speci fic it becomes tin utter impossihilitv . for the liqiior-npjKrtite to exist. For full particulars, address GOLDEN SIT'JFIC C'O"., 4.So lou' st.'. t'iiu inniiti, o. :v i An Italian Vess I Sunk j Maohio,' S pt." 14. Ad vices' r-c ive -nm. 11,111 ill. rM' fllilil j.illlil.li when (-nt ci 11r Port in 't'he "('. i-.'-'i inlands, bt-i ev niog, nu "b.lo tii ' b liiai. nerc state mat tn- steamer ,aiiii:i steaiip-r Lud, America from' Montevideo. The latter vessel sunk in n few minutes, drowning thirty-six passengers and four of the crew. S300 Kevv rd. We will pay 'he above reward for anj case of liver complaint, dy.pepsia, sick headache, indigestion, constipation a costi viiess we e)nnnt -tn-e will West's Vegetable Liver Pdl.N wli.n in directions are strittly complied with. They are purely vegetable, and never fail to give satisfaction. Large boxes lontaining 30 sugar coated pills, 25c. For sale by all druggists. Ueware of counterfeits and imitations. The gen uine manufactured only by John O. Wc & Co., 862 W. Madison St. Chicago,and Sold by W. J. Warrick. Floods Destroy Much Property. Augusta, Ga., Sept. 14. The damage to the canal, streets, bildges, warehouses, residences, stores and merchandise by the Hoods will reach $1,000,000. Xo esti mate can be made of the damage to farms and crops from Augusta to Savannah, while the country along the river is sub merged. $'200,000 will lie required to repair the canal, streets and bridges. All the railroads have been injured ami the cotton mills have been shut down. Elev en persons were drowned. SAD BLOOD. There is not one thing th.t puts a man or woman at such disadvantage btfor. the woild iisa vif.att d state of the blood Your iiiv.bition is gone. Your conrage has failed. Your vitality has left you. Your languid step ant! listhss ac tions show that you need a powerful in yigorator, one bottle of Begtrs' Blood Purifier and Blood Maker will put new life in a worn out system, and if it does not it will cost you nothing. O. P. Smith & Co., Dru agists. Undkk the present administration " Public office is a public snap." Colic, Dian hrca and summer complaints are dangerous at this, season of the year and the only way to guard against these diseases is to have a bottle of smr n li able remedy. Berks' Diarrhrra Iht'sam i. a POSITIVE HEME' in all th.se disa greeable cases and is pleasan' to ttike. It will cost you only 35 cents. O. P. Smith & Co., Druguibts. IlritriAir for Vermont ! She is us solid republican as her t-tcrnal hills. State of Ohio, City of Toledo, f Lucas county, ss. f Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is the senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co., doinr busiucss in the city Toledo, County and state aforesaid, and th r.t said firm will pay the sum of 02sE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each aud eyerv case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Hall's Catakrii Cure. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this Gth day of December, A. D. A. W. GLEASOX, (Seal) Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken it ternalJy and acts directly upon the blood and mucus surfaces of the sybtein. Send for testimonials, frte. F. J. Chexey & Co., Toledo, Ohio. EIPSold by Druggists, 73 cents. DON'T SCOLD; a man fr groinin.? when h ha Jlheunintibin or Neuralgia. Theism m simply nwful. No t .rmre in th encieut tiiL.ru wan more jmiuful than Uiese twiu ui'caseu. Hut oughtn't n man to bo blumf-d if, having Kheu inati'm or Jiciiralin, he wont usn Atli-b-phi-rv, when it 1 urn cured thou.saiuU who have tuuVn-il in Ilia same way ? It h cure.! humlrc.lj aftrr physicians have pronounced them incurable. "Tim sVill 1" prifictin miM not can w of ithnumnu-m hu ll 1 In tho Iiiim. nM-k arid lionlilnn. t inta'iiw thf iin ('"ii uiui i.mr.t linr-- KiMn I lio fin-t d" t A thl...li..r r me rlii)f, nd the third eiobl-l m to f .rl.mr ami hU hours without akinjf. I eiiiinn)t " ""' "m """! , ' Kkv. 8. 11. TliOYEK. New Allinny. lad. SPcnd KreuU for the tx- it i fill rulotvti 'e- ture, " MoorMi Maiden." THE ATHLQPHQRQS CO. 112 Wall St. N.T. r;TiTW, ji. k v 1 -m wi ftyr;' vtf : Thoroughly eh-nnso Mm Mood, which is tha frountiiin of health, hy usiny Ir. Pierce's (iold-. en .Medical Discovery, nnd umiil digestion. i fair skin, buoyant spirits, and. bodily Lcuitn and vivor will lie estahlished. - (jiohlen Medical Jliseoverv euros all hlimora, from the common pimple, tiiutch, or eruption, to tho worst Scrofula, or hlood-polHoii. Ks pceially has it proven it fflicucy in curing halt -rheum or Tetter, Kczema, Krysipolag, Fever - aores, Hip-Joint KisejiFe. Serof ulotia Sorea and Swelling;?, F.nhtrtrerl (Stands, Goi tre, or Thick iock, und .Eutintf toics or Ulcers. . (iolden Medical Discovery euros Consump tion (which is s;crofu!ii of tho Luns), ly its wonderful Mood - pm ifyiitir, - itiviKorutlnir, rid nutritive properties if taken in timo. For Weak Lfrnyx, Spittinif of Jilood, Short ness of Jtrcath. Cutrorh in tho Head, Ilron fhitis. Severe CoujrhS Asthma, and kindred ifections, it is a fcovereign. remedy. . lrt promptly cures tho severest CoiiRhs. : For Torpid Liver, Biliousness or MJLivor Complaint, Dyspepsia, and indigestion, it in r ufjei-pmlert remedy, tiohl liy drutrtfistd., J'rice $1.0, or six boltlea for 5.00, f 'si t:.t::!S voilnc Ail Uol --4 Ht.-JtlJ'inh ."Si-nip. '. le-'i-s 1 a; I I 1... :. ... 1 . ! H. ! H I ' I belie vo Piso's Curo for (.'ciisiun pt im s-nved my liib. V. II. Dowr.Li., I'ditor I'hjquiivr Kdou ton, N. C, April 'if ls,s7. H il pj r Tho 11KST C'onjrh Modi- I3 cln9 is Piso's CntK For. CoNsiuii'Tios. Cliildreu T'i take it without objection. M By ail druggists". 1:5c. ii V j .. .ii.i. hll 1LOL I Ml! J. ta BCEt llKl Sjru;). Ta.-tes CO(.(i. UEO Lil ill titnw. 80M liylruj.;'ists. ?9 rh0 IJUy mis' c: WfI is J-zii--mi'Z issue.1 MaiCh and fc'opt., i :'f "SfS each year. It is nn cv.cy f 'l jMclopeJia ol usetu! info.r. Dotion for all who pur 7??;'Z chose tho luvuiic:-. 'jr n,e neceasitie.s of liio. We cun cloihe you arid furnish, you witi r. 11 the necessary and uaecessr.r- cpFliancei to ride, walk, dance, sleep, cp.i, fish, hunt, work., no to ch'irc.L, or stay at home, anJ ia various sizes Ptjles aud quantitio-5. Just figure out h:t in required to do aU those thiu- j C0.V:r0P.TABL and you can :ra-o ii criiimnte of the valus of t.'is UUVErit, GUIDE, which wiii bci ibut uaon receipt of 10 cent to p-.v v.iv.v MONTGOMERY WARD Co! X1I-I14 JVXicbigan Avenuo, (:v. ,..,:i;0f fn. S''ii, Inward Iniiis, Irx)iuust ion. itt wnu,1. l,-r .MMl!i:itT:si:;, I-t-ili'llr V-iir;i!tt, ClTldul! I-:iillf ftM'l fiis- ordbrs oC the fctui; f.h aud iiowch. toe. L.t L'ruggixid The fnlc.t. sur-t ami Lost cure f'orCurnn, i:ijni'jn, A:. Rtojis :t',l j.ain. Lli-iiiv ciirnful-i to 1 he J.-i-t. vi-c StulA tucuru. Ii ecu to ut il'Ueo'LiU. liicvX ai CO., V. 8! SSHJ! - 3 2 s? e viz O 'TIP THK OLD if h W i V IS Ail Lu vsUli i'4 i M;!lljrl i, :.sl.. f V c- tile trade- Can )'v every demand Call and tT 't terms. Fo-urth tn :' In K -ar of On. ru House-. he 5th St. rcrchsntTailcr Keeps a F all ( Foreign & Ccircstic Gccds. Jnnsuit Vin:r rnrereft hj f : 1 vn i u (ja SHERWOOD BLOCK "l.-itrwmuili. tvtv When your skin is yellow. When your skin is dark and prer.sv. When your skin i ro.ih and coa'rs. When your skin is in;l ,m,.,j illu rt(-u When your skin is full of blotches. ' When your .-kin is full of pimr,- ueed a good blood m-dicine iK it V" relied upon. Ues Clood V S Blood Maker is warranted a, T' l'"-1 rnrn f .r oil ,.f tl... l, ' l os .ive v-i M. m Ult I 1 lit !l I 111 1 C. rA - bit . lji: r Ue of this won ', rful inn.l '. ; " 8 Pi it , r 1 Hi p AnZ -'. 0:f!CiSf? TOKIC. -MU.o.e, delay. Ilv.inf t.lli.tl l. HI I i- JliJ. J I 1 t I U 1 I (-11 nil J . -Jlf UHtSiLtH, by O. P. Smith & Co. " x or l! ( 3 f. VI I I