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COMPARISONS.

The weekly edition Of the New York Time. 1, Z, ooo
copies ana advertisements charged at 50 cents
,ln.i me american Newspaper Union gives an adj.
yertisement ~ 600 circulation for cents line Tho
humbug. UNIV" Lust
The weekly edition Of the New York Pos, I, 4 .,o
hne. The American Newspa per u MON ri YES N al
Nertlsement $40 circulation for less than cents
me The Posi- don think very well Of the Ameri-
can Newspaper Union. '
The New York Commercial ddrerfiser prints veekl v
euOh 81 S copies and charges advertisers 10 cents
a lde The advertiser has poor opinion also OF The
American Newspaper Union. - ~
The Boston Post weekly issues 3, 500 copies
euNsrthers l25 cents line, and xpresses doubts ~
tne honesty OF the American News Union which
gives that circulation for less than 81 =
price which the Post demands. " AS
The Boston Adverfiser charges 1917 cents linz tor
hdNettslDg IN weekly having 500 circulation and
its readers 70 beware OF an institution which
Inc toronto Globe prints the bcst weekly in Canada
mas SpO clrculation and charges Is a line The
,Ft9oe mas contempt for the American Newspaper
line ioi 10 Cunts
The Utica Herald prints 6t32 copies Of n weakly
edlton which advertisers allowed to use AT IN
cents line 1t Joins in crusade against the Amer
can Newspaper Union, which gives ,439 circulation
Tor 3 cents n line.
The Warsaw, On: " Democrat prints $50 copies.
co operative paper only 4 cent line WAS dem
then " 'N"" ~ was
The St Louis weekly Post sells IL el2 comics weakly
TO Germans in and around st. Louis Its adyertis
ing rates are 10 cents line and are very low h.,
because the american Newspaper Union gives ii oi2
weekly circulation to an advertisement for cont.
line the Post despises and speaks mi kindly ~ a.
me LOckport. N Y, weekly Times prints Teo comic.
ana charges advertisers 81 cents n line When m.
weekly Times becomes cooperative pa per
which Is all the American Newspaper linton deno
ior papers OF like circulation aud Influence
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Clarksville, Tenn, Laid in Ashes by
an Incendiary.

A FIRE, which developed into conaaora.
ton, broke out in the central portion of
GAINESVILLE at halfpast eleven on the night
Of the 18Th, and within six hours consumed
hity.seven buildings, Of which ten were
residences, one blacksmith shop. agricuI.
tural implement house, livery stable gro.
ceryiwarehOuse and four hundred hoosbeads
on tobacco, barber shop, restaurant, two mil
hnery shops, tin and stove store, newspaper
once bank, coal office, feed store. Court
house, Chancery Court Clerks Office. two
pubic halls, two saddle-shOps, book store
Two drug stores, three clothing stores, two
leWelry stores, eight groceries and four con
The FIRE was the work Of an lncendia,v
and H. supposed 20 have been set on FIRE
through malice. About month ago. a
negro was taken out Of jail ~ night by the
mob and lynched for an attempted rape
on young white girl. The negroes al the
time expressed strong disapprobation. and
treasured it up against the town, though the
lynchlng is supposed 70 have been done By
partes from The district in which the Young
lady lived.
Policeman Phillip attempted 10 arrest a
negro named Seats, when Seats at
lacked him with stones, and Pbillipe shot
and killed him. This raised a great excite.
ment among the negroes, who expressed a
determination 70 lynch Phillips. who was
placed IN jail 70 protect him from the an.
ticipated mob.
During the FIRE negroes stood around IL AZ
spectators and refused 20 do ANYTHING
toward stopping It's ravages Instead they
were in high glte, and eKulted a. II there
had been general understanding among
them 70 take no part in its suppression.
a large amount 81 goods was burned on
me streets and still larger amounts stolen.
Ihefe vas scarcely any end 20 pillage.
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only one, my quiekened conscience and
sense OF what il due 10 the cause of truth
and justice. During all the complications
oil these years, you have been my confiden.
tial friend, and therefore l address this let
ter to you, authorizing and requesting you
to secure its publication.
lSignedl "ELIZABETH II. TILroN.
brooklyn, April 10, 1878"
Frank Il. Carpenter, the artist, in an in
terview, stated there was no doubt about
the genuineness of the letter. Mr.. Ira b.
wheeler, he said, had been the private legal
adviser and confidential friend of Mrs.
hilton all through the trouble. LAWYERS
sherman, Morris, and Pryor refused to be
interviewed
Mr.. Beecher was outside the city when
Mrs. Tilton's letter was made public, and
his whereabouts was not known save to a
few friends. The New York Tribute tele-
graphed him a copy of the letter at "A late
hour, and received the following dispatch in
reply from Mr.. Beecher:
"wAvERLV. n. Y, April is, 1873.
" To hs Editor ~ the Neic York Tribune:
=" confront Mrs. Tilton's conf ession
with explicit and absolute denial. The
testimony to her own innocence and
to mine, which for four years she had
made to hundreds in private and in public,
before the court, in writing, and orally, [
declare to be true; and the allegations now
made in contradiction of her uniform,
solemn, and unvarying statements hitherto
made utterly deny. | declare her to be
innocent oi the great transgression.
Signed "HENRY WARD BEECHER"
The Tribune says that Mr.. Wheeler calle d
at the Tribune Office with the original of the
above document and submitted il for publ
cation. There was no ,stion of the
genuine character Of the document, no
matter under what circumstances il had
been obtained and promulgated and at
Wheeler's suggestion and wish it was put in
type.
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why f. It4

The truths of science and progressive
thought have always been compelled 10 bat.
ter down the bulwarks Of prejudice and dis.
belief, or remain forever unknown. Wbv
Is It that people are so reluctant 10 receive
facts that relate directly 10 the phenomena
of their own existence5 Astronomers. upon
discovering star, assign il a place at once.
and II is forever fixed. The rule by which
mathematical problem Is once solved no.
comes forever an axiom but no matter how
clearly the principles which govern health
and sickness be demonstrated, some refuse
TO believe. DR.. Pierce's Family incidence
which are now so generally used, and dc.
serYedly popular, were, in their early DAYS.
very reluctantly received by the people 10.
day, DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
has outrivaled the old-time sarsaparillas,
his Pellets are In general use IN place OF the
coarse, huge, drastic pills formerly 10 much
employed, while the sales Of his Dr.. Sage's
Catarrh Remedy and his Favorite Prescrip.
ton are enormous. Where the skin il sal.
low and covered with blotches and pinpIes
or where there are scrofulous swellings and
affections, afew bottles OF his Golden Medi.
cal Discovery viii effect an entire cure. In
you feel dali, drowsy, debilitated, have
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rive Hundred Souls Lost at Sea on n
Burning Steamer.
lBy Gable TO the Ennuirer.

Lloyd's agent at Larnica Cyprus, in let
ter dated March 10th, furnishes full partic-
niars OF the burning of the Austrian
Lioyds steamer Sphinx, near Cape Ella. in
the early part OF last month, by which FIVE
hundred Circassian refugees lost their
ives IL appears that the Sphinx was on
her way to Lattachia, from CavaIla. with
about three thousand Circassians on board
On the 9th of March, Z 10 a. M, she was
doub in the Klito Rock of Cape St Andrea
with strong wind from the southeast
with the intention of going to Fumagusta TO
wait Tor better weather and take in pro-
visions for the emigrants About 3 n. m
there was strong gale from the south.
east, which shifted to the west.
then to the north, returning at last to
southeast. At that time the ship would no
longer obey the rudder, and a heavy sea
striking the vessel, washed forty refugees
from the torecastle. The vessel could not
put back TO Alexandretta, as the matches
were open, and being afraid that the sea
would fill the hold, coupled with the fact
that the Circassians would not allow them
to be closed for fear of being suffocated.
Az D: 30 smoke was seen coming out Of
the fore hatch, aud the vessel was shipping
heavy seas. A little later she grounded on
a sand-bank; one heavy sea drove her on
the coast, and she sprunk a leak There
was no working Of the engines. Mean.
while the fire increased, and the confusion
and cries of the Circassians are said to have
been something awful
Seeing the fire could not be put down. the
matches were closed with the consent Of the
Circassians, and so upward of five hundred
liyes were sacrificed TO save the rest. Dur
ing the night attempts were made to ex.
tinguish the FIRE, but without success.
On the 9th the surviving immigrants
were landed. The Captain and crew fed
from the wreck, as the Circassians threat.
ened to murder them. The Circassians had
fires, II is said, i'm the hold 10 keen them.
selves warm and TO cook with, and Il is not
surprising the fire originated from the &C.
cidentat the upsetting of one of their stoves.
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Mrs. Stockholm's Discovery.

It is always a good thing for a wife to
read her husbands letters when she can
get an opportunity. In nine cases out
OF ten she will find great deal that is
funny in them, and in nearly all a
divorce suit at least. This was what Mrs.
Stockholm, Poughkeepsie, found in one
of Mr.. Stockholm's, letters, and that
gentleman was greately surprised TO hear
about it. This letter was not written TO
his wife: men of Mr.. Stockholm's kind
don't waste their sweetness writing TO
their own wives. Stockholm wrote to
his dear Lizzie" about his dreadful
lonely condition and his anxiety TO see
her more sweet and lovely than ever"
and winding up by begging her to allow
him TO imagine that he was kissing
those pretty lips" This was such deli,
cious thought, apparently, that it must
have turned the head of Stockholm, for
he folded his missive and addressed it to
Mrs. Lizzie Cobb, Orange county, and
az the stupid old post-office department
didn't seem To know what part Of Orange
county Stockholm's inam0rata lived in,
the letter was returned to his own adj
dress. The innocent and unsuspecting
carrier left ii at the writer's house when
the writer wasn't there, and the unsus-
pecting Mrs. Stockholm Immediately
penetrated the true inwardness of the
business and went into Mysteries without
any unnecessary delay. She afterward
called upon an attorney, and it seems
unnecessary to say, there was suit
for divorce. Mr.. Stockholm was very
much surprised on Monday when he
learned what had become of his letter;
It was the first he had heard of it since
1T was written in 1873. Mrs. Stockholm
got her divorce, and husbands will 90
on writing love-letters and wives will go
on looking out for them, forever.
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Beecher.TIlton Again.

The following letter from Mrs. Tilton an.
pears 10 the New York morning papers:
Mr. Ira p. WHec'er. Ny Dear SRA
few weeks since, after long months Of men.
al anguish, J told, as you know, a few
iflends, whom had bitterly deceived that
the charge brought by nv husband ~
adultery between myself and the Rev. Henry
ward Beecher was true, and that the lie I
had lived 80 well the last four years had be.
come intOlerable % me. That statement +
now solemnly reafiirm, and leave the truth
with God, % whom also ! commit myself.
roy children, and al who must suffer I
know full well the explanations that wi he
sought BY many Tor the acknowledgements
desire 20 return 10 my husband, insanity.
malice and everything save the true and
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sallow color of skin, or yellowish brown
spots on face or body, frequent headache or
dizziness, bad taste in mouth, internal heat
or chills alternated with hot hushes, low
spirits and gloomy forebodings, irregular
appetite, and tongue coated, you are suffer.
ing from Torpid Liver f" Btifousness." In
many cases OF % Liver Complaint" only par,
of these symptoms are experienced. As a
remedy for all such cases, DIR. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery has no equal, as
1t effects perfect cures, leaving the liver
strengthened and healthy. Debilitated fe-
males who have undergone all the tortures
Of caustie and the knife. and yet suffer with
those peculiar drGteing-doton sensations and
weaknesses, can have guaranteed to them
prompt and positive relief by using Dr.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription; while con.
stipation and torpid liver, or " biliousness,'
are promptly relieved by the Pleasant Pur-
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CHEW
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The Reason WHY
they Don't Like it.

THE COST OF ADVERTISING IN AMERICAN
NEWSPAPERS is TOO HIGH
ASKING PRICES HAVE NOT BEEN REDuCrn
BY THE BIG PAPERS SINCE THE WAR
THE AMERICAN NEWSPAPER UNION GIVES
ADVERTISERS MORE CIRCULATION FOR THE
PRICE THAN PAPERS PRINTED ON ANY
OTLE Err PLAN CAN AFFORD
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=, TIE Cincinnati Breakfast Table, one of
the pest family newspapers in the country,
postpaid to any address for one dollar. II
is bright handsomely printed weekly of
forty-eight columns, full OF original humor.
entertainment and instruction, frst-class i'm
every particular, as its wide reputation and
immense circulation fully attest. Address,
T.. T. Brown, Publisher, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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a FRENCH gentleman lately iour-
Ineyed TO Marseilles, taking with him the
body OF his mOther-in-law, who had ex-
pressed a wish TO be buried i'm the
family vault in that city. When he
reached Marseilles and went with tho
Commissioner of Police 10 receive the
body from the railway officials. he nc
uced that the coffin was not that which
he had delivered 20 them. The officials
had sent to Toulon the coffin containing
his mother-in-law's body, believing thai
1T held the remains Of n deceased Adj
miral, which was 20 be embarked for in
terment IN Algeria, while the coffin
awaiting delivery was the one which
should have been sent on. The gentle
man having requested the officials To
communicate with Toulon by telegraph.
proceeded hither himself with the cot,
fin OF the Admiral. He ascerta;ned
when he got there that the first coffin
had been duly received, taken on board.
amid the thunder Of fort and feet. the
state vessel which was waiting for IL
and dispatched TO Algeria. lie at once
called upon the Maritime Project of
Toulon and explained the circumstance
OF the case, but though a dispatch boat
was sent in pursuit, the other vessel was
not overtaken. lie il now at Toulon
awaiting her return, and declines 10 give
up. the coffin containing the deceased
Admiral until he Tegains possession of
his mOther-in-law's remains.
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IT has been noticed that European
bees, when imported in Australia, Tor a
year or two keep their hives in good
order, and make a very fair amount of
honey, but after that time they become
idle and wholly unproductive. An ex-
PLANTATION of this curious fact would be
of great interest.
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MoTHERsl Mothers Mothersl Don't fail
- procure Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
for all diseases incident to the period Of teetb.
ing in children. 1t relieves the child from
pain, cures wind collie, regulates the bowels.
aid, by giving relief and health to the child,
gives rest to the mother. 1t is an old and
well.tried remedy
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HIGHLY IMPORTANT TO FARMERs.-The
manufacturers Of Sheridan's Cavalry Con-.
dition Powders inform us that their powder
viii eilectually prevent hog cholera and ali
other diseases in hogs, and that they will in.
crease the size and weight one quarter.
large discounts to persons owning two to
three hundred hogs.
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IF there is person i'm the United States
VINO does not know Of Johnson's Anodvne
Eminent, we hope this paragraph will reach
mat persons eye, and that he will write us
Tor particulars Of II. IL is more valuable
Than gold, silver, or precious stones
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Don't do It.

Do not buy yeast powder or baking now
der OF short weight. A manufacturer that
deirauds by short weight will not hesitate to
make adulterated goods. You can always
rely on DooLEY's YEAST POWDER being
full weight and strictly pure.
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The ADORE fdcts explain The ulfriend'v attacks mod.
upon the american Newspaper Uaion bv N, S,,e Yo,L
Times, Post Commercial, Boston Post, Adrert.,r.
Iticd HeraId. and other iournaL..
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ITO GQMSuMPTIXES,

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know how to dispei like a miracle me ineinienv
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&1!!Il.iI|Il'IIKz3iY

Very few escape this affection. The symptomS
are dizziness; sick headache; costivenees: belehs
hg food; loss OF appetizer aversion TO exertiop
OF body or mind; highly coloTed urine; heartburn
cold extremities and low spirits.
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CONSUMPTION CAN BE CURED

PULuONA IL a certain remedy for the CURE of
CONSUMPTION and all diseases Of the Lungs and
Throat. Try 1t and be convinced. Price One Dol
lar per bottle at Druggists by tho Proprietor
on receipt OF price pamphlet containing valuable
advice to CoNSUMPTIvEs many certificates OF
ACTUAL CURES, and full directions for using with
each bottle. OF sent free to any address OSCAR q.
MOSES, Is Cortlandt Street. New York
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BEAlS g. FOSTER
GENERAL AGENTS
New York Newspaper Union,
"a PARK ROW, NY.
FEVER AND AGUE.

1tapt y; Conll, who was cured Of Consumption In
1869 10y Fellows Compound Syrup Of Hyrophos nbites
rrsuaded me 10 try the Syrup FOR Bronchitis from
Nhich had suffered mnch. used only three bottles
ana my health ie better than IL has been Tor
years W NEISON pridec@aVor ~ si"i
March. 1871 ~ '''' %''
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Why is catnip like corn? The caGI
eat II (the cattle eat il.
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COMPLETE ANSWERS, REFUTING ALL IN
JUSTIFIABLE CHARGES, TOGETHER WITH
CATALOGUES OF THE AMERICAN News
PAPER UNION LISTS OF ONE THOUSAND
NEWSPAPERS, SENT FREE TO ANY ADDRESS
ON APPLICATION TO
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Attention, Merchants Farmers

Hagerstown Agricultural Implement Man.
nhncturfnE 90. Manufacturers OF The Victor
Hay Hnhe.. with Locust or Iron Hubs Best Force
Zee; Sfain and fertilizing Drill Southern Once,
EMMERT, mAsAGES: Dealers invited to call and
isfactory disennn, -, ,h sSnt ON apphcation sat
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southern Items.

y Stevenson Ala special says "To.
night when nearly al the men Of The place
were attending a meeting, Henry Buns, a
by a blacksmith named Weedman ~
escaped. Parties have gone I'm every
direction looking for him The aIteroa.
ton was OccasjOned by Weedman and
Bunn's sons, young men Of eighteen wears.
quaueling Weedman was drunk. and
whisky was the main cause OF the ARRAY. " ...
william Briggs was arrested at Nash.
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ANOSsORCANS

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Insts1me1ts Of nve hrst;Ssss msePf, hy SsT
this Slsss Of Instruments. AGENTS WANTED for
PlhNDs Illustrated Catalogues mailed. HORACE
MNA TER, 4 SONG Msnutaeturcrs aud .. 'alsrs. 40
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1878-10-04
Sheep in Georgia.

DR.. Geo. Little, the State geolo
giSt of Georgia, says: When the
value of Bermuda grass is appre.
ciated by farmers, and the thin
and waste places of their farms are
clothed with 1t, which seems to
have been intended especially for
sheep, Georgia will sustain sheep
for every acre of territory, and
37,000,000 of sheep would be worth
to their owners in the aggregate
S37, 900, 900 net per annum-nearly
double the present gross value OF
the cotton crop of the State.