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Tho AtIauta EyDOSitiOn.

An Atlanta dispatch says The following
statement is furnished to the press by Messr5:
Atkinson and Garsccd, in behalf Of the National
Cotton Manufacturers association: ,
The first committee of tho New England
Cotton Manufacturers and their friends nave
separated, mostly going home. Ihey concur
in tho opinion that the meeting OF the Natlohai
Cotton Planters association, to be held on
December $500 to GOO in number-should be
met hv an equal number of manufacturers from
the North. They affirm that if this can be
brought about it will alone justify the Cotton
Exposition. They have found that the TOOLS
and machines for planting and for preparing
cotton for the spinners arc OF the utmost inter
est and Importance to both the grower and the
spinner. They have found all exhibition OF
cotton machinery such as has never before
been brought together in this country or eiSG'
where. They have found III the annex billi!-
ings evidence of the natural resources OF this
southern section in agriculture, III commerce,
in minerals and in timber which could not bo
coualcd by any other equal area OF the earths
surface, and in the uso to which these re,
sources will shortly be applied they find
promise of a vastly greater number OF custom,
crs for their own mills than they expect TO fhu
councillors in Southern mills. They, nave
met the Southern manufacturers with q hearty
good will and m earnest wish for their success
The samples OF Southern goods give promise
TLcv lipI reason to send back from the North,
as n" Soon nu as i they return, their master mechanic:
and ovcrsccrs to study the subject prcsen.ee
here. They concur unanimously in the judy,
ment that greater promise of improvement II
many directions, bit especially in the handling
of cotton, has cmanated from this exhibition
than from any ever held before. They earnestly
hope that crowds from the North Will NEE
crowds from tho South, and that the beneilcen
influence of this meeting may extend peyon:
material interests, and work a common eoo'
for the whole country.
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Rep0rt of the General of the Army,

General Sherman has submitted his annual
report to the secretary Of war inclosing the re-
ports of Generals Drum and Sackett and the
REPORTS of the commanding generals Of the d.
visions and departments. General Sherman
sag, referring to the reports of the latter, that
they all chow that our companies are too small
for efficient discipline and for economical SER
vice, and it is recommended that Congress re-
peal the clause of the existing law which limits
the enlisted force of the army at %, 900 men.
Considerable space is devoted to q discussion
of the subjects of officers servants, General
sherman maintaining that no soldier should
ever he compelled to do mental labor without
compensation or without his own consent, and
he recommends that the existing law be re-
pealed or modified so as to secure this end.
lettering to West Point, he says it has been,
and must continue to be, the fountain source
of military education in time of peace. In his
Judgment the military academy at West Point
fuliIls it's uses and can be safely intrusted to
prepare boys to become soldiers of the future.
General Sherman submits 4 statement of the
actual number of the enlisted men in the regu-
lar army, compiled from returns received at
the acknowledgements Office up to October Is,
showing the force to have been ut that date as
follows: Cavalry, G,SS2; artillery, 2,4O3 in
fantrv, 10, $50; total combatants, 1885 non
combatants (of the engineer battalion, ord
nance department, recruiting service, signal
corps, etc., 1871. Total enlisted force OF tho
army, 1885,.
The general, after speaking of the usefulness
of many forts, the care of which devolves upon
the army, says: II recommend that you ap-
ply to Congress for Authority to submit the
whole question of coast defense to q board oil
high officers of all arms of the service, who
shall report to tie secretary of war what coast
forts shall DO maintained, what sites shall be
retained for future use, and what may be abso'
lutely sold; and further, that authority BIZ
granted the President to sell the same, subjec
to any conditions which Congress may impose
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concluded with q number of patriotic
tossts attended with huzzas. When
the general took his leave there was q
universal clap, with loud huzzas. which
continued till he had proceeded a
quarter of a mile, during which time
there we're a thousand hats tossed IN
the mir. His Excellency turned round
with his retinue and huzzaed several
times" .
George Washington, as President OF
the United States, issued his first pro-
clamation for the observance OF q day
of thanksgiving at the city of New York
on the Sd of October, 1889, setting
apart Thursday, the 26th day of Novel;
Der of that year, "to be devoted by the
people of these States to the service OF
that great and glorious Being who is
the beneficent author of all the good
that was, that is or that will be" ETC.
His second proclamation, dated at
the city of Philadelphia, January. l,
1895, designated Thursday, Novem bel
26, as a day to be observed fora general
thanksgiving by the people of the
United States.-New York Herald.
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Head Hunting.

The practice of head hunting still *
lists in Borneo, though it is evidently
dying out in the regions over which the
Dutch have any control. 1t is a curious
custom. No youth is allowed to don
the t,kens of manhood or pay his adj
dresses to any Malay maid till he has
been able to bring in two or three ct his
enemies heads. Births, marriages, and
deaths and many other events in the
lives of these half savage people cannot
be properly celebrated without the pres
ence of a few fresh heads; and in almost
every house one or more OF these tro-
plies are slowed away wrapped up IN
banana leaves. 1t appears likely that
the custom is simply a survival from
cannibalism. Indeed, among the few
remaining cannibrl Dyaks in Keetei it
is still the custom to reserve the head
for the chief, the remainder of the vic
TINS body being divided among the
common people.
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Chinese Pirates.

The towns contain q due number OF
tame cheats, but the bold, hectorlng
h~ighwayman, the %truculent sea robber,
must be sought elsewhere. All along
the Blue and Yellow rivers are found
retail buccaneers, who hawk at q trltlng
quarry and fatten on slender profits.
These poor rogues do not aspire to a
ship of their own, they come padding
out of muddy creeks in the smallest OF
sampans, alarmed, ill-clad, but plenti-
fully smeared with fsh-oil. If manfnlly
confronted they fly; if grappled by the
crews of the fourth-class junks, which
thew select as prizes, they slip like SO
many cells through the hands that grasp
them, and their swimming makes
amends for their lax courage.
Seldom do any very sinister results
follow one of these attacks. If the
fresh water pirates prove victorious they
are mild conquerers. and only too eager
to be on the shore again with their
booty of rice and corn, stray garments,
odd fragments of chain, bits of copper
and Erass hastily ripped from the poop
and cabins, and, perhaps, the glorious
trophy of a few rafting strings of
cash.
The dollars and silver bars are gene
rally too we'll hidden to be detected by
such hurried searchers; food, rather
than fortune, is the object of the toray;
and, except in cases OF remarkable temp
tation, no life is attempted and no tor
ture resorted to.
With these amphibious, petty:larceny
rogues the magistrates deal mildly, &C.
cording to the traditions of Chinese
Justice. Thee hundred strokes of the
bamboo may be endured by the human
frame. Four sleepless weeks in the
"cangue," or bamboo pillory, may fail
to madden Il stolid, unimaginativc
coolie. A few minor fortunes need only
be added to these two first named ailllc'
tons, and the culprit is thought To- be
most tenderly d:alt with.
Pilferers in a fair or on the streets o.
a town are considered as still more
venial offenders. A vigorous bastinadt
and q week of the pillory is the law!
award in such trivial cases. Petty as
sauIts are as leniently disposed of; bu'
fire-raising is a sin of the deepest die
and the malicious piercing Of a neigh
boris dyke, to let in a devastating flood
is punished with extreme rigor. Muir
der and reasonable practices, WHOLESALE
piracy and armed brigandage, all or,
aloud for death, more or less slow ane
painful, and parricide provokes tn
sternest ,hastisement Of the Chinese, a
it once did of the Roman law.-AH III
Year Round.
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The Worlds Shipping.

From statistics recently compiled in
regard to the shipping of the world, 1t
appears that, emitting vessels OF less
than fifty tons measurement, Europe
possesses forty-two tons to every l,OOo
inhabitents; America, forty; Australia
seventy-nine; and Asia and Africa only
two tors per thousand. Liverpool, with
a tonnage of 2,647,373, ranks as the
most imp port in the world; fol-
lowed by Lend IN, with 1880, 6S8; las:
gov, 1892. 1854; New York, 1~,l53,6|o
tons. The nine leading ports OF Great
Britain have q tonnage OF STA, 1876
while the first four ports of this coun-
try have only 1865 $40 tons. Twenty
years ago this country carried sixty-six
per cent. Of its foreign trade in Ameri-
can built and American registered YES
sells, but it has gradually declined until
now it is less than eighteen per cent.
The gross tonnage Of Great Britain and
Ireland amount to about II, 600, 600
tons, end j%ncluding that of the colonies
the British flag protects 14,OOO.0 600 OF
the worlds tonnage OF 81, 900, O00.
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A FAIRY AFL0AT

The following description Of the fairy
vessel represented on this page is from the
Cincinnati Commercial: The hull is of the
finest selected white oak, braced, bolted
and riyctcd in the most skillful and work
manlikc manner, and is Ga feet in length,
II feet breadth of beam, % feet depth Of
hold, and draws twenty inches OF water
She carries %atubular boil or, andtwo beartl'
full little engines, mado expressly for her,
by the Ohio Machine Co., Middlcport, U
The dining-room is situated between the
boiler and engine rooms, and is artistically
grained, with frcscoed ceiling. 1t is fur
nislled in the Queen Anne style, and the
silver, china and table linen are ofthc finest
character. The p~ilot-house, cabin, main
:ulon and Captains office are on the saloon
deck and arc luxurious in their furnishing
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Fashion Notes.

Scarlet polonaises, to be worn over
black skirts, are shown by Paris mil
liners.
Among favorite ornaments in millin-
cry are those of iridescent steel and
beads.
The caprice of the movement abroad
is the absence of jewelry from even ball
toilets.
Bridal slippers are Of white satin,
high heeled and with rosettes or buckles
of paste.
Little boys and girls are considered
a necessary part Of a bridal procession
nowadays.
Velvet basques will be much worn
with silk, satin, Riradzimire and soft
wool skirts.
A novelty in dress goods are the Jer-
sey Weddings, an elastic fabric showing
a silk surface and a wool back.
A pretty collar for a serge gown is
square in the back, with a box-plalt II
the center, and has square ends in front.
American reversible carpets and rugs,
copying in color and design real Smyrna
ones, are attracting favorable attention.
These are excellent limitations and come
at much less than the cost of the
genuine ones.
A new sleeve, designed by Worth, is
described as having n seam which
comes inside the arm, and it is shirred
into q point at the neck, with the full
ness inserted between the back and
front of the waist.
Some of the most elegant novelties of
the season are in sash ribbons nine
inches wide. These ribbons are double.
faced: some show a MORE surface on
one side and plush on the other.
Roman sash ribbons come with a double
face of plush in changeable colors.
The things that on ingenious woman
can do with brocaded velvet are in
Vulnerable, and not the least pretty are
the borders which she can make for
brocade relerines by cutting out the
figures and button-hole stitching them
on the edge, setting feather trimming
underneath to puff between the pretty
!, curves.
Two wide box plaits for back
. breadths, single plaits Tor the side
b~resdths, and no plaits at all for the
front breadth, is one of the ways OF
arranging the fullness on new skirts
, The real skirt is very narrow and closely
t gored, and the plaits are an overskir'
3 in reality.
Bodices with girdles Of velvet o.
satin of contrasting %colors, or those
which harmonic with the shade of the
: dress, are very popular with stylish
. young ladies. Cut low under the arml
the girdle tapers off into a minute
point far below the waist. They ar
trimmed with beaded appliances, EN-
6 broidery, or are sometimes hand
t painted. Those of plush, however, arr
made perfectly plain, and laced frop
and back with gold silk cords. Th'
last mentioned models are considere:
the most elegant.
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A healthful moonlight evening is

A healthful moonlight evening is
good for building houses. No money
is required, only talk. Two young
lovers discuss the future-ofter they are
married. They sit down, with their
arms entwined around each other, and
say they will build as soon as they are
married and the season has advanced a
little. They will have q two.story house
with. an attic. They will have a three
story house, perhaps. 1t shall have
this or that number of rooms. This
convenience or that convenience will
make it much more desirable than any
other house. Hundreds of little points
are discussed. The season advances.
The season passes. No house built. The
other fellow builds the house.
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HEALTH HINTS.
Don't.
Don't sleep in q draught.

Don't sleep in a draught.
Don't 20 to bed with cold feet.
Don't stand over hot-air registers.
Don't eat what you do not need Just
to save it.
Don't try to get cool too quickly after
exercising.
Don't sleep with insecure false teeth
in your mouth.
Don't start the days work without q
good breakfast.
Don't sleep in a room without ventlla'
ticn If some kind.
Don't stuff a cold lest you be next
obliged to starve a fever.
Don't try to get along without flannel
Undertaking II winter.
Don't try to get along with less thar
eight or nine hours sleep.
Don't use your voice for loud speak
ing or singing when hoarse.
Don't sleep in the same uudergar
ments you wear during the day.
Don't toast your feet by the fire bu'
try sunlight or friction instead.
Don't try to keep up on coffee ane
alcoholics when you ought to 60 tt
bed.
Don't drink ice-water by the glass
take it in sips, a swallow at a time.
Don't eat snow to quench thirst ;
brings on inflammation of the throat.
Don't strain your eyes by reading o.
working with insufficient or Pickering
light.
Don't use the eyes for reading or fin
work in the twilight of evening or earl.
morn.
Don't try to lengthen your days b,
cutting short your nights rest !; it j
poor economy.
Don't wear close, heavy, fur or rub
Der caps or hats if your hair is thin 0
falls out easily.
Don't eat anything between meals ex
cep,ing fruits, or a glass OF hot milk
you feel faint.
Don't take some other persons medi
cine because you are troubled someWha
as they we're.
Don't blow out a gaslight as 20
would a lamp-many lives are lost ever
wear by this mistake.--Dr Foote's Heat
M01thlv,
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Trio rIrOuble i'll Ireland.

a manifesto signed by Patrick Egan has been
privately circulated throughout Ireland advis.
ing farmers to pay no rent, to avoid the land
court and to hold the harvest.
The London Standard says that the govern
ment c%ontemplates the formation of four more
sub-commissions under tho land act.
The Dublin Gazette announces that tho num-
Der of suspects imprisoned is 244.
The number of applications to the land COM
missioner to fix fair rent has reached 10000.
The home rule league has Issued o mani
festo to tho Irish people initiating a campaign
in favor of local self-goverment, with an i'm
perial senate to manage the affairs Of the Brit
ish empire.
Landlords and tenants in Ireland are begin
ming to compromise their differences, tho
former on account Of the sweeping reductions
of rent made by the land commission and the
latter on account Of the expense attending ap-
plications to the court.
Tho tenants upon the estate of Sir John Ennis
have unanimously resolved to demand an abate-
ment Of their rents. In the event of q refusal,
they will apply to tho land court. There are
upward of j, 900 tenants on the estate.
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n.u.ainr ! Rsp.fssisn.

The reputation, oftStnAuy COCO OF many
proprietary articles, Is IN some instances dam
aged by that most egregious Of IL business
follies, ho asmSoy G;ssn sassf With an .rtfol pa conc
corning which statements are made with the
evident design Of hoodwinking il, and is
pauseated rather than imposed upon by reck-
less claims to impossible merits. It has ever
been the aim of the proprietors Of Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters to make the published allega.
tions relating to it conform with reason and
proven facts. That they have succeeded in
this laudable design is shown by the fact that
their remedy is not only popular, but widely
respected. Experience without tho aid OF
bombast has demonstrated that it Is . tonic OF
the first order, q safe and thorough remedy for
and preventive Of malarial diseases, . s~alutary
anti-spasmodic and remedy for debility, and a
capital corrective Of disorders OF the stomach,
liver and bowels.
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A brilliant Plot.

Here is a plot for a novel which is
supposed to possess the merit Of truth:
A man, a boy and a dog are overtaken
somewhere in the boundless West by
Indians, who kill the man, bind the boy
to the corpse with rawhide thongs and
disappear, having neglected to extermi-
nate the dog. Much Inconvenience
by hunger, the dog ticks and gnaws the
rawhide, which eventually becomes
soft and slippery: Observing this cir
cumsta1ce, the boy pulls Lis hand out
of-the bonds, unt:es The knots and
lxaaks of with the dog to a distant
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Neyer Return,

It is said that one out of every four real in
valids who 90 to Denver, COL, to recover
health, never return to tho East or South except
as a corpse. The undertakers, next to the
hotel keepers, have the most profitable bust
ness. This excessive mortality may be pre-
vented and patients served and cured under
the care of friends and loved ones at home, If
they will but use Hop Bitters in time. This
We know. See other column.
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That poverty Which produces the greatest
distress il not Of tho purse but of the blood;
Deprived Of its richness it becomes scant and
watcry, 3 condition termed anemia in medical
writings Given this condition, and scrofulous
swcli;ngl ami sores, general and nervous de-
billy, loss of flesh and appetite, weak lungs,
throat disease, splitting Of blood and consnmp'
ton, arc among the common results. II you
are q sufferer from thin, poor blood employ
DR.. Piercc's Golden Medical Discovery, whlcl
cnriches the blood and cures these grave aztec
tons. Is more n~utritive than cod liver OIL
AMI is harmless in any condition OF the system
yet powerful to cure. BY druggists.
The oldest pensioner in the United States i
Mrs. Elizabeth Cretzer, of Baltimore, Md
She was 1O3 years old last December.
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There was in the Paris electrical exhi-
bition an induction coil capable OF CIV
ING q spark 40 inches long and piercing
q block of glass six inches thick.
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The Society Boy.

The other evening there was q little
up on Joralemon street, and
during II entertainment the hostess
dragged } r hopeful to the front to
"speak o iece."
"Come, Johnny, like a good boy,
and speak Marys little lamb for the
ladies and gentlemen"
Johnny knew that there was remun-
Grafton in the background, and the
preliminaries having been arranged IN
an undertore, he wet his thumb, slicked
his hair and started in:
"Maly had a little fleece,
Its snow was white rs WOOL
And every time that Mary LANDED
That fleece would so to school,"
CHOW, now, Johnny" said his
mother, "you know that isn't right.
Say it Just as You did this afternoon
and PHI here she broke into a
maternal whisper, and the inevitable
nuisance turned up again:
"Mary had q little lamb
Whose white was snow as fleece,
And everywhere that Mary went
That lamb would so a piece"
"Johnny, Johnny" chided the
mother. "That isn't quite right. Speak
it right this time. The ladies and gen.
tlemen never heard it. Now 60 on"
Once more the common and mex
tinguishable fraud went at it:
"Mary had q little snow, -.
Its fleece was lined with white,
And everywhere the lamb would so,
Mary was sure to bite"
"What O naughty boy" exclaimed
the proud mother, who had been train
ing the cub all the afternoon for this
display. "Now speak it right or
mamma won't kiss YOU when you go
to bed"
Thus encouraged the insect perpe-
trated himself once more:
"Mary had a little wool,
It's fleece was white as snow,
And every one that Mary tlceced
The white was sure TO show"
"Tm ashamed of you, Johnny, that
you don't speak it right. You must do
it this time or mamma will have to
punish you."
81 WON'T" bswled the nrchin.
But his mother promised him some
additional candies OF buns or clans or
something that had the great social adj
vantage OF laying heavy on his stomach,
and the wretch began to bawl:
"Mary had a little school,
It's snow vas fleece as lamb,
And everywhere that Mary went,
You'd surely lind that ram
Then the guests very properly inter
fered, and said it WAS a shame to tor
ment the sweet child. He had done
nobly, and should have his pay RICH
off.
And his mother packed him off t.
bed while the company found solace il
the reflection that he would probabl.
burst his head open before morning
bawlipg with the stomach ache AM
writhing under the nightmare.-Bro0
Inn, En1lr.
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DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets are
sugar-coated and inclosed in glass bottles,
,lcir virtues being thereby preserved nnim-
pai,cl for any length Of time, in any climate,
so that they are always fresh and reliable. No
cheap wooden OF paste5oard boxes. BY drug
rjIts
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It would be supposed from its popularity
that only one substance is known to the
world for the relief of rheumatism. and
that is St. Jacobs OIL st. Louis (Mo.)
DISPATCH.
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BY contracting q severe cough and cold,
was compelled to give up my daily work and
keep to the house. A neighbor recommended
me to try a bottle Of DR.. Bulls Cough Syrnp.
1t was procured and used to my astonlsAmch'
relief was instantaneous.
EDw. W. CLAYTON, Wayerly, Md.
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Mr.. E. Purcell, of No. II Ann street,
New York, used St. Jacobs Oil for rheuma-
tism with entire relief, writes a New York
Journal Richmond (Va.) Christian Advo'
oofa
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BENJAMIN F~RANKLIN's mother-in-law hesl-
tated about permitting her daughter TO marry
a printer. a. there were already two printing
offices in the United States, and she was un-
certain whether the country could support a