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Every. Day an Increase il Flesh b.
and WEIGHT is Seen and Fell.

Every drop Of tho sARsAPARILlIAN Rgs1l.
CRtT Communicates through the Blood, Sweet Urines
and other fluids and juices Of tho syss the Gor of
e Tor repairs the wastes Of the body With new and
Gsndular disease, Ulcers In The throat Mouth. IN:
orS Nodesn the Glands and other Paf6 q hs sys@m,
Eoro Eyos Gtrumorous discharges from the EarI and
the worst forms OF Skin Diseases Eruptona Fever
Sorcs Scah Head, Ring Worm, sat Rheum, Erydpelaa,
Acne, Black Spot, Worms In the Flesh, Tumorl Can.
ecrs Ia the Womb, and all weakening and painful dis:
eharues Niott 8weatS Loes Of Sperm and oil wastes OF
hs lie principle within the curative range Of thIs
wonder or Modern Chemistry, and q few days uso Will
prove to any pson using itsot either oftbsss forms Of
diseassi6 potmt power % sure thstn.
the patonk daily becoming reduced BY the WASTES
and decomposition thstis continually progressing, suo
0eedsdn arrostng these wastes and repair! the same
with new material mndo from healthy blood-end this
ihe sARsAPARILLI4N win and does sseurs.a euEe y.
Vort OF purt6catlen and Gucceeds.in dimnshing tho
io9 OF wsstea 10 repairs will be rapid and every day
the patient viii feel hsolf better and
the food dFest!ng bstta appsta improving ana h''n
Eot onv does the bAnsArlnrrlIlx RnsoLvxsf excel
nil known remedial egsntsi the cure Of Chrono Soio
fuious CONSTITUTIONAL and SKIN diseases but It . no
Aoiv /.
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BY tie way!A mile stone. ...
Some physicians say that swinging is
good for the health. That may be so,
death by it. ;.'". r ..;~.' ....-f.. r. 90.
IA Fon du Lac clergyman preached a
sermon leR ''The rich aaaan in hell--what
be saw there, and what he said when he
getyont.n. ..'.. ="
A little boy in Concord got q bottle in
play, and poured the contents owe his
legs. The fluid was vitriol, and he was
30 burned as to be crippled for life.
* spiritualistic medium announces
that Mr.. Wendell Philips has no orator
iical talent Of his own, but Is merely the
snouthpieee Of, the ghost Of the late
George VI Kashingten. s:,.a'i ".. So.
"t'Don't you mean to marry again, INV
dear sir ?'i, said q buxom widow to her
neighbor. "No, nay dear widow" said
old rusty; "I'd rather lose all the ribs
I've got than take another" -, -.
''Why," asked a governess of her lit
tie charge, "do we pray God to give us
our daily bread Why don't we ask
for four days, or five days, or a week ?''
.:We want it fresh, replied the ingenious
Child" 80. =: -."..- -.
A very bad little boy in Dubuque rub
bed Cayenne pepper dust all over the
back of his jacket, and then did shame
fully in school. The school ma'am
thrashed him briskly; but dismissed
school Immediately, to run to the nearest
drug store for eye salve. .u.. .... I
"tHi! where did yez get them trous-
ers?" asked an Irishman Of q man who
happened to be passing with pair of
remarkably short trousers on; II got
them where they grew, was the indig-
nant reply. "rhen, by my eonscfcnes," ;"
said Paddy, "you've pulled them year
too soon.n D.. %rf+ ~: -. :.
The newest robe for daepl mourning is
nade with tablier front Of drawn dou-
bic Grape; the train and sleeves are of
paramatta, faced with Grape; the bodice
Is entirelys covered with the same, "a
we'll as the, ,faise inside Of the stand-up
collar around the neck. This toilet Is
called Chiselhurst. }e%:,t ;-.r1,.,.t !
Good food and plenty of 1t, produces
the same effect upon q person who has
been starved that the Peruvian Syrup,
an Iron Tonic, does upon the weak and
debilitated: 1t makes them strong and
vigorous, changing weakness and suffer-
ing into strength and health.
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"a eofiin,o said an Irishman, "is the
house that q man lives in when he Is
dead."i "a rv r.
An; arch young lady should be an
archer, for she can bend her beau as
she pleases. ...
Jennie told young printer friend
that he might print a kiss on her cheek,
but mnsn't publish it.
i.If a Miss is as good as mile, how
good Is Q Mrs?" If she is widow, she
will be good for league under any cir
cnpastances. '." - 'E's.''. ."-
A Buffalo paper announces that by
the recent burning Of an ice house there,
twenty thousand tons of ice were "re-
duced to ashes"
Without money, without friends, and
without impudence, Is about as low down
ia the world as man can get, and keep
virtuous-. 80
Among the most conveniences in the
latest dwelling houses is the cremation
cellar, with self-rotating roaster, odOr-
escape fues, and deomfortable seats for the
mourners. ~
An old lady from one of our rural
districts astonished q clerk in one of the
stores few days ago by inquiring if he
had any "yaller developments such as
they did up letters in" -. ...
Arural Vermont newspaperannounees
that its minimum charge for first
class marriage notice will be fifteen
pounds of dried apples. Notices with
''poetry" cost twelve pounds of onions
more. .--- '----'-.....--..-. -...-.-
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u4OISs
People who believe the current stories
about intelligent dogs, will read with
pleasure that lost dog in Norfolk, hav-
Ing seen his masters advertisement In q
local print pronptly weas home.
The editor Of the Danbury Ne,rs asks !:
"Can the watermelon be successfully
cultivated on sandy soil, in rural
town Of 1900 inhabitants and q thee,
logical institute near by, containing 10
students studying for the ministry"
Acolored Mississippi Legislator lately
proposed bin to make each member Of
the Legislators, present and future, o
bona tide attorney and eounsellor-at-law.
His reasoning was directed: "For," said
he, "if ySu know enough. to make de
Jaw, why don't you practice um ?"
Sure enough, why not? ;IHEI ''T'1
A small boy got another boy, some
what smaller than himself, down on the
ground the other. day, and got hold of
both his ears, placing his knee In the
ssaau of the boys back, and asked him,
In ID ssersuasive manner, if he would
Boy pepiieaaSa' the affirmative. How
.kasyS is to settle thiags when ONE goes
:ab0utas iathe right way!
: a wager was made the other day tnat
George, the illustious Count Johannes,
.coUld,not instantly poetize in triplet
the two most engrossing wonders of the
day. The learned Count Immediately
responded as follows:
The wonders in the nation,
The bubble of imitation,
90, And ashes of cremation!
Those who have money
- Are troubled about it, -
Those who havenone .'#t i
IS Are;troubled without 1t.
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FEVER, AND AGUE.

- FEVER AND AGUK cured for any cents. There is
not remedial agent ln this world that I'll eurs Fever
typhoid, Yellow, and other lFeyers [aIded by RAD.
WHY'S PlLLsl 50 quick % RADWAYB READY Re-
sLIKE. Fifty cents peg bottle. 4.iTr :'...; =.
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HEALTH! / / |! .B|E BEAuTY!|! | VI l''|.!l
STRoN0 AND PURE RICH BLoOD-INCREAsE
= OF FLESH AND WEI0HT-CLEAR- SKIN AND
BEAUTIFUL COMPLEXION SECURED TO ALL
DR.. RADWAY'S
SasaDalIan RGs0lVelts !.

fHE GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER.
HAS MADE THE MOST AsToN1sH1xa CURES; so
QUICK 80 RAPID ARE THE CHANGES, THE
8ODY bEDERGORs, UNDER TH8 INFLUENCE
Of THIS TRULY WONDERFUL MEDICINE.
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Notice.

April %, 1874 2-19t !
Wilmington journal., 1874-09-04
'sfsc s.aylC Of xcSAi1

This Ill bred game ov kards is about
81 years old. It was fust discovered
by the deck hands on lake Erie
steam Boat and handed down by them
to postcrlty i'll all its juvenile beauty.
1t is generally played by 4 persons
and owes much Ov its absorbingness
tew the fact that yu can talk, and
drink, and chaw, and cheat while the
game is advancing.
1 have seen it played on the Hudson
River Railroad, III the smoking cars,
with more immaculate skill than emmy
where else.
If you play There, you will often hold
n hand theat will astonish you, quite
often 1 queens and 10 spot, which
VII inllGr:o YOU to bet I or dollars
that it is good hand to play poker
with, but you viii be moro astOnishCd
when you see the other fe!lcr's hand,
which invariably consists ov kings
and l spot.
IeWktr Is Il mulatto game, and don't
compare tew Oil sirdgo in majesty
emmy more than the game Of pins does
to square church rattle.
| never play yewllcr.
[ never would learn how, ont ov
principle.
l was originally created close to the
Connehtikut Inc. in M England,
where the game of mp, or old slcdge,
was born, and exists now III awl its
pristine virginity.
L play old slodge, tow this day, in
its nntiif tierceness.
But I won't play emmy game, if l
know my charakter, where jack will
take an acn, and IL ten spot won't count
game.
I won't play no such kind ov game
out ov respekt to old Connekticut, mi
natiT place.
Wilmington journal., 1874-09-04
why the south Eaiicd.

In lis address at tho late commence
ment of tbo University of Georgia,
Gen. John 2. Gordon incidentally
made the following allusion to the war
of coercion, and the failure of the
Southern cause. lie said:
''And just here 1 am tempted to
break the thread of my argument to
mako remark which | think ought to
be made i'll this connection. 1t is this:
That this civilization, and these insti-
tutions, whatever may be said of their
evils, Were also the sources from which
sprung tho matchless prowess and
sacrifice exhibited by the South in the
late war. And rs | have introduced
this subject, let me add also that l
mean no mimic regret when 1 deplore
the ei orts to place the responsibility
of our failure at the door OF this or
that man, or upon this or that cause.
The truth Is, we have failed because it
was impossible to succeed; and if,
" -th ali the experience Of both sides,
We had tho war to fight over again, VIC
should accomplish no more; nor has
'tny other race, under like clrcum-
stances, ever accomplished SO much in
the past, nor can ever accomplish SO
much in the future. What is it you
ought to have done that was left I'M
done a.? You did all that human hands
could accomplish, human intellect
human skill devise, or human
hearts endure. And you yielded at
last only to overwhelming calamitics,
to crushing impOssibilitcs, to the
dCcrees of Il destiny as inexorable as
aeath-to resist which you brought
public and private economy, united
ness, Skill, intellect, courage, will, oil-
HrSy, sacrifices, prayers, churches,
States, manhood and womanhood; en-
luriug suffering struggling with a
fa.th, a hcroism and mattial spirit mn
exampled in history and lustrons i'll
defeat.
Wilmington journal., 1874-09-04
VOL. 80.
AE.EGIls Politics

The New York Worlds correspond
ent at Montgomery, Ala, reviews the
work Of the State Convention of Ala
bama Radicals. which has Just adjourn
ed after session only less riotous
than the recent State Convention Of
the Louisiana Radicals at New Or
leans. The most important business
before the Alabama Convention was
to dodge the Civil Rights issue, and
this it succeeded in doing by Judi
cious gerrymandering OF the various
counties, and through the inilue zee of
Congressman White, who is more than
solicitous about the votes of the noun
tainCCTs Of North Alabama. But it
succeeded too we'll The whites have
not been hoodwinked into voting
with the Eadicals, and several scales
have been removed from tho eyes of
the negroes. In Alabama rs in North
Carolina tie whites Will vote in II mass
against Radicalism, and very many ne
groaa who are disGustcd with the fast
nni-loOsc treatment they receive from
tha carpct-bagSers will vote tic same
way. The contest in Alabama prom
iSes 10 he bitter one, bat All the IN
,lications point to II sweeping Demo-
cratic victory
Wilmington journal., 1874-09-04

the Indian and the hunter, it is clear
that the Indian would have preferred
half a turkey with half crow to the
whole crow which he got. But as the
hunter appropriated the turkey, there
was nothing left for the Indian but the
crow. The Southern white people
have to live in one country with the
negroes, the honestly rewarded labor
Of the negroes is as essential to their
prosperity as TO the we'll being of the
negroes. But it is essential both to
the white and to the negroes that the
profits of the capital and labor of the
whole community should not be left at
the mercy of mob OF Legislative
biockheads, controlled by a gang of
legislative Togues. And as these block
heads and these rogues are in power
by the force of the ''blach mans par
ty." how are they to be put out of
power except by a ''white mans par
ty 2 1t is not a question of races. It
Is q simple sum III arithmetic. Poll
tics at the South is not q game OF
domlnocs, where all the pic cs are
white. It Is Il game of checkers, where
half the pieces are black. The Radi-
cal thieves have mono polized the black
pieces. What can tho Conservative,
honest mon do but play the white ?''
Wilmington journal., 1874-09-04

Gancral Grant has been absent from
the seat of government since the aG
jOUrnmeMt of Congress Ill June, and
he now announces his intention to re-
main at Long Branch until about the
first of October It is well that he
does not read the papers this summer,
or he would get some advice that is
more pertinent than palatable. The
E'rcning Post, for instance, suggests
that it would lie S, emily in the Presi-
dent to pay more attention to his du-
ties. II cannot perceive that the con-
duct Of the Chief Executive, and some
Of his Cabinet, III letting the public
business go to the dogs, while they are
off froiickinG around the country, eat
taius fully to the measure OF just re-
gard for the duties which their public
position place upon them" The Post
chnractcrizes as "a very unfortunate
condition of affairs" the necessity the
Secretary of the Treasury is under to
make the journey to Long Bral ci, or
some other iuuketing place, VIII never
he wishes to consult the President on
matters of public moment. The Bts-
ton Iducrtiscr, desiring to place as
little restriction as possible upon the
horse-racing, frolicking and other dl-
versions OF the summer capital that
accord SO fully with the natural tastes
Of the President, proposes he shall re-
turn to Washington at least once
fortnight during the recess OF Con-
gress, for the purpose of holding Cab
met meetings. The Post supplements
the suggestion with the remark that
this observance by the President Of his
official duties "would not lead for
eicn Minister-a stranger to this
countrv-to ask where the seat of the
Federal Government IS. 1t would tend
to reduce to tolerable proportions the
evil of sabsenteeism' which, as sys-
tenn, is growing altogether too large
for decency or safety" But why
should these papers lecture the Presl-
dent? They knew his habits and his
tastes, and they helped to MAKO h'm
what he is.
Wilmington journal., 1874-09-04
.r.vr7soET.zECo COTTON CLAIMS.

x'EAyyJS THE COTEoN CEIAiFs>.
A Washington special to the New
York Stua says: Tuesday was the last
day for taking appeals from the Court
of Claims to the Supreme Court, and
the clerk of the former has commenced
his annual report to Congress, upon
which the appropriations for the pay
ment of the judgment are based. The
number of appeals this year is less
than usual, because tho points grow
ing out of the war, and arising under
the captured and abandoned acts, have
been decided at former terms. Ihe
most important case appealed IS that
of Alexander Collie, an English sub
iect, whose claim for cotton purchased
from the Confederate Government,
which was stored at Savannah. present
points never before decided. His Judg-
ment for over S95O,OOO is the largest
ever awarded by the Court Of Claims.
Judge Mott, who dissented from the
opinion of the Court. held that the
claimants was barred under that sec
tion of the amended Court of Claims
act which requires that the claimant,
whether citizen or not, shall not have
aided, abetted or given encouragement
to the rebellion against the Govern
nent; and that, as it was admitted
that Collie was engaged in blockade
running, and that his business was
| conducted surreptitiously and contra
! ry to the public policy of this country,
Wilmington journal., 1874-09-04
&sGSn:s sss.II>. ~ TA:H. %t,zEEz.

Tie St. Louis IGl)udHcnn, ,;i"cant-
ing, on recent collisions between whites;
auI blacks III tlIn SuutI,. nn4 :turicii,;.-
sing :,lt y '.,',.-t:ii!t rtcIrr,I.rr iind in
c"fH&ci vir,i.'rcr, says that Tie conIi
ti1H Of ,!I.ii,s Nilt rurcly ipvc.,ilr worse
when thac next Presidential election u
pending, II says il IL an error to in
n.;.3:" tlI"t the North can rem ~ uit
affected by this disastrous coniu,.cn
II viii vii, Ct the whole country. II It
continues it may bring troul}i,'a we
little dream Of, for It may tl,rbw into
dispute the legality of the election of
thirty or forty members of the next
Congress; it inay produce half a dozen
double governments; it may make il
fatal strain on that weakest poi It in
our polsty, tho Presidential election.
We may fiatter ourselves that in some
way or other these disorders will be
quictcd before 1876; but the cxper-
ience of the past docs not bear out the
pleasing anticipation. 1t is nine years
since the pacification and rcconstruc
ton of the South began, and it is not
finished yet; indeed, tho condition Of
some OF the Southern States is far
more threatening to-day than it was in
1860. Imagine the next Presidential
election taking place in this disturbed
Of ti,e South. with a close
contest in tAc North, and n compact
vote from the south, cast amidst vio
lenco and alleged fraud, coming i'll to
turn the scale in favor of one party
and VIC have T. possibility which VIC
may we'll do all i'll our power to avert.
Wilmington journal., 1874-09-04
RATES OF ADVERTISING
hearty cheers for Sol. Bear and the

hearty cheers for Sol. Bear and the
| ladies.
| MIR. A Weill's residence, on the same
street, was grandly illuminated, and
| the ladies' here too, graced the occa-
sion with their smiles and huzzahs.
! The residence of Capt. @. H. Rob-
lnson, on the corner of Front and Nun
streets, was magnificent sight. Moth
| ing handsOmer could be imagined.
In the multiplicity of attractions to
be noticed, we omitted to give a de-
tailed description of the Triumphal
Car. 1t was gotten up in real Oriental
style with gorgeous canopy overhead,
from which hung III magnificent folds
drapery of variegated colors, so blended
as to produce amost magnificent effect.
In this was seated bevy of Whining
tom fairest daughters, whose charm
ing smiles aud cheering voices
penetrated the souls of those around
them and impressed all who saw
them with determination never to
cease their labors until all the iniquit-
GUS measures of a corrupt govern
ment, looking to their degradation
shall be forever hlotted out in North
Carolina.
The ship on wheels was also q we'll
deserved object of attraction-rigged
up III real ship shape, bedecked with
the colors of nearly every nationality
and officered by half dozen mid
shipmen, in real navy uniform, it
presented splendid appearance.
The Jubilee has como and gone, and
it was worthy III every way cf the
patriotic people who participated in
it, honorable to the city in which it
took place, and expressive of the Joy
of our people in the great victory It
was to commemorate
Wilmington journal., 1874-09-04

| The following are the losses sustain
Ell by tho destructive fire that occur
red III this city on Thursday night
| last:
| Murray Il Co. between 700 and 500
casks spirits tnrpentine; 600 barrels
| of rosln, most Of which was of q very
fine grade-loss $4,000; insured.
JAS. Anderson & Co.-bctween 1000
| and 200 casks spirits turpentinc;
1000 barrels rosin-loss $25, 200; in
sured.
Barry Brothers-I, 800 barrels rosin
loss $1,000; insured.
/ Covington, Everett a Co.--30O casks
| spirits turpentine: 800 barrels rosir:
| 10 empty spirit casks; cooper's tools,
&c--loss $5, 200; insured.
Herchncr & Calder Bros-5I casks
Spirits Turpentine, $500 bbls Rosin.
10 tons Cotton Ties, II tons Guano, 2
bales Cotton, Cooper's Tools, &c.
Loss 100000. Insured.
The loss to the shed and wharf, on
which the above was stored, owned by
the same firm, was $500. Insured.
Mr.. Robert Henning-Loss on sheds
and wharves, $1,000. Insured for
$500.
Cassidcy Bros-Loss 10 Railway,
Machinery, Sheds, Timber, Tools &c.,
about $4,000. No insurance.
Alvord Ellis-Loss on Tools, Tim
bcr, &c, $500. No insurance.
Joseph Waddell-Loss on Tools
$3.50. No insurance.
L. j. Lord-Loss on harf.property
and sheds, estimated at 81 200. No
Insurance.
The Insurance was distributed in
sixteen companies and amounting to
$7S, 800 as follows Queen of Liver
pool $4,000, London and Liverpool
$4,000, Liverpool, London and Globe
$4,000, North British $1,000, Under
writer's S., 600, Home Of New York
S6, 600, Phoenix 81, 900, German Amer
lean $1,000, Continental 81, 600, Etna
of Hartford, $1,000, National $1,000,
Phoenix, of Hartford, 1000. Hartford,
s. ,00o, Franklin, of Philadelphia,
So, 900, Amazon, of Cincinnati $500,
Virginia Home $1,000, Wilmington
Mutual $4,000.
There were at least $500 bbls., of
rosin aud 1000 casks of spirits des-
troyed.
The wind at the time cf the fire was
blowing down the river, had it been
blowing from the south or south
would have enstIed. Iu fact, there is
no telling where it wouid have been
stopped, as from The point where it
was gotten under control, on Mr.. Muir
rays wharf, mp to Dock street there
was n much greater amount Of naval
stores stored than was i'll the burned
district.
The several fire companies turned
out promptly and did all that brave
tiremen could do to subdue the flames,
but their efforts were unavailing, to
great extent, as naval stores is of too
character to be effected
much by water, after having got under
headway.
1t is generally conceded that the fire
was the work of an incendiary, and
we are sorry to learn, that there is no
posetive clue to the perpetrator Of this
D+fon1o
Wilmington journal., 1874-09-04
The Alabama Negro.

In some towns, as Montgomery and
smaller communities in the region
where the most distress prevails, the
negroes seem to be entirely dependent
upon the charity Of the white folks.
Their lives are grossly immoral, and
the women, especially have Bat little
conception of the true dignity Cf
womanhood. One sees men and
women, like It,liAn and Spanish beg
gars, siouching all day fI"Ll snn to
shade, from shade to sun. living on
garbage aud the results of begging
and predatory expeditions ii prey to
any disease that comes along, a.t fes
tcring in ignorance. Some ii tfe'H
have been toying ag -icuIturc, and have
given it up in disgust, because they
they do not understand farming,
and there is 10 orc to teach
them. They have 1lockcd into
the towns, and there they remain,
seemingly nourishing vague ldcm
that something would turn up. It
often struck me that the thousands cf
idle negroes [ saw were in the attitude
of waiting. Their cxpectant air was
almost pathetic to witness. twas the
same thing which we often remark i'll
animals-that quaint and curious, yet
despairing look in the eye and poise
of the body. which seemed to say: 81
would like to read the riddle of my re-
lation to the universe, but [ cannot. !"
So they occupy themselves lazily in
lounging about the sherifI"' sales of
mortgaeed property-always q promi-
nent sight in the South nowadays.
alas-or in begging of citizens and
strangers with the greatest porsistency,
On the plantations they arc the same
as everywhere else in the cotton States
not always honest when they work
for other people, and reckless and inn
provident when they work for them
selves
Wilmington journal., 1874-09-04
Queer sGCa Bribery.

Somc Of the negro Representative
in che South Carolina Legisture mani
fest singular consciousness ABOUT the
sale of votes. Thus We are told q
negro preacher, member Of that
body, who would never take more
than $40 for his vote. It was perfectly
right, he thought, to sell his vote, but
it wes wrong to ask too high price
for it. The morality of his procedure
he summed up by saying: Dis ting
of gettin' 500 for vote is all wrong;
80 am rs much as it am Wuff."