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Cellar Floors. !

| Wooden floors should not be placed
in cellars. 1t is not easy to tell what
cellar floor may conceal from, sight. and
it should always be remembered that
the air of cellar circnlates freely
through the house. sss.ey aisfasss al
{ A plank cellat-foor of family in a
neighboring city had not been taken al,
for over ten years. The ssscellar SMELL.
was strong, notwithstanding almost
daily ventilation even in winter. rs
On removing the floor there were
found beneath it large quantities of saw
dust, decomposed TO a. moist, iffapalpa-
BILE powder. The stirringlup connected
with its removal resulted in several
members OF the family being taken with
severe tonsillitis. A cemented. floor
since given to the same cellar has rem
dered the air in the cellar as pure as
that in any room in the house. e
A family near the one already men
toned was troubled with constantly re-
curing attacks of sickness. After re-
iceivlng correct ideas of domestic hy-
giene, the "head Of the fanily's had
his premises carefully examined. ! An
expert first found under the L-floor an
old, disused cistern. the water Of which
was thickly covered with decayed mat
ter. 7.7''7sl
The air Of the parlorAtheuoh oare.
was constantly taken that this room
should be aired-having a very disa-
greeable odor. the expert went into the
front cellar. which was neat and clean,
and welt-warmed. There, having pried
up a plank, the man found soft mass
of deep black mud. the product Of de-
cay The family at once sought other
quarters, and have since enjoyed good
health. YOUTHS Conpanioaa.
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The Bird That Has No Nest. 8

v
The cuckoo and her mate have no
home of their own; but that does not y
seem to trouble them. They peep heEe r
and there among the leaves. until they
find the nest Of some other bird 4 lark, 10
perhaps or q thrush, or D yellow, ham,
mer; and, If the owner Of the nest &
away, Mrs. Cuckoo leaves within it. &C
small eggseA gas8 al sEtEt ashsssey sat
There are some birds Chat can take
care Of themselves almost as SOON las II
they are, born; but Mrs, Cuckoo never z
leaves her eggs in their nests. on, moi
she chooses Il ne in which th6s.youhRog
birds ara well cared, for by, their. moth
ers. aud fed with food on On Which tile
young cuckoos thrive best. i9ss llsdl lGzs
~, Why she is;tco idle e build hsr gXs
it IL because she STAYS lsonsh5rtssa, tihiDm
IN the same country that her young o n! 1t
would not get strong enough TO
away with her, II she waitedato abn1n -
her, nest Others think it is because.
she IS such d great eater that she tan "a
'notsspend ltimA t0lfimiAfood i6W shix5o
But the Kind fost IL mh6asher the 4afsss
and tbesthrashea care fforltha e9etbatE
the cuckoo leaves in their houses, Ala
though, Il any other bird leAves ok6' -
.theywill take no care ofs itaattalh hBesH
roll it out upon the ground.
The Scotch word Tor cuckoo, aybs6ksss'&
-rneansa also afoolish person. Bgtykrs
think they ought rather to have named
1T a wicked person; for the y60 -
cuckoo iso so ungratefnh and selfilh tAeset
he. often gets one Of the other little
birds on his back. and them ellffGngs*
to the top Of the nest. .tTows II QyeEas
the edge. These are the English
icuekoos III which / Nave been italIhsv
.yol,e Lam glad to say that their, AmeTitxz
can cousins take care of their OWN
children. - N6rsery.As .aG3oa 8 z.1ssa1 = y
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-06-23

The Philadelphia News says when
q young violinist serenades his sweet
heart all the neighbors know that there
IS a woman at the bottom of that scrape.
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Sad case; The girl who was locked
IN her lovers arms for three hours ex-
plains that it wasn't her fault. She
claims he forgot the combination.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-06-23

A New Orleans fashion Of showing
grief is to place the chair ofaa departed
member of the family in conspicuous
place in the parlor and drape it with
purple,
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W Do 1oucueu at the sight of the royal
carriage and the guards and the glitter
and the clatter, as the outriders trot
along, always in the middle of the road
and never crossed by any other vehicle.
An historical tree has lately been
destroyed in Greece-a cypress. de-
scribed by Pausanias 400 yearsiB. G,
and one OF the two largest in the Pelo-
ponnesus. Some 100 feet high. the
tree had a diameter at the base of ten
feet and circumference OF TWENTY-FIVE
feet at mans height, and of 24o feet
where the branches were most deyel
oped Some careless gypsies camping
In its shade set fire to the tree. NOT p
vestige surviving. Now the only giant
tree left in the province is a huge plan
sain near Naugactus, on the Gulf of
Lepanto, which is equally large, but
some SIX centuries younger.
Those industries which the Japan
ese Government directs through its
finance department are called by the ger
eral name 'Shiberio." They consis t
chiefly in the manufacture of paper
products, and the various operations
are conducted with admirable skill and
precisiol,. There are about $500 EN-.
pl0yes, Of whom more than one-half are
girls and women. All the employees are
in uniform, the overseers in black and
the rest IN white. and upon every uni
form are from one to six stripes; repre-
senting the efficiency of the wearer, to
which his or her wages correspond 1t
Is essential that every person employed
should possess an excellent character,
and thus these Government industries
exercise an important inH.ence upon
the national character,
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1881-04-21

Special to N. q. Democrat
ATLANTA, April l3. The Citizens Bank o.
Georgia, the largest State depository, sus-
pended this morning, producing the wildes'
excite menl throughout the city. Tho sus
pension was not regularly announced, but
the fact that the doors remained closed aftel
the opening hour told the tale.
II is said that last SUMMER this bank car
ed $6O0;00O of the States money which wal
placed there by Gov. Celfuitt without exact
ing interest. When the present State treas
ursr. Mr.. Speer, came nto offico last Novsm
vembsr. there was $334,0oo Of the Statel
money on deposit. He drew largo amounts
of this from time to timc, and when the banl
collapsed tod ay there were only about sos;
0Oc Of Georgia's money iu its vaults.
The assets Of the bank are not known Al
present, the officers keeping as dumb as oys
ters to outsiders, including dspositars. Thit
afternoon notice was tackled on the door o
the bank, stating that deed OF assg gnmen
had been made to Messrs L. j. Hill and W
f. Thompson fer the collection Of assets ant
distribution to creditors pro rata. Sore day.
will elapse b, fore the assignees can prepar.
report.
The depositors, of whom there are large
number, are very Respondent. large crswd
Of them have lined the street in trent of the
bank all day long, completely blocking the
way. The advertised capitol of the bank il
$lG0, 900; number of shsres 1900, Of whicl
s9eI is held in Atlanta. Among the non-res
ideut stockholders are the names of Oolam
bus Delano, Thos. A. Scott, of Pennsy lvania
and Jacob Leaver of Boston.
1t is stated that the city of Atlanta has
deposit Of $4,000 in the bank. 1t is believed
that the assets are sufficient to pay the dc
poaits.
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Cause ~fths Failure OF the Citi.
Zen's Bank Of Georgia.

ATLANTA, Ga, April 14.-The cause
of the failure of the Citizens Bank
was the number of debts for which
property instead of money had to be
taken. This property could not be
converted into cash.
A recent court decision gives the
State priority in the settlement of
bank claims; this had the effect OF
alarming the depositors, who made
rush and found the bank closed.
An assignment has been made. 1t
lie thought the loss will net be
severe.
LATEn.-The excitement caused
by the failure Of the bank still con-
tinues. Very little can be learned
concerning the assets and liabilities.
Business circles are not affected by
the failure. The attorney general
claims that the State is preferred
creditor and can move without for
mality. This has had the effect OF
closing the Bank of Rome, and now
the Citizens Bank and other failures
Of State repositories is anticipated
A State deposit is now an Injury to
a bank.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1881-04-21
The wheat Outlook in tho west,

Crop statistics compiled at Chi.
cago up to the 18th inst, show thai
the winter wheat crop has suffered
very severely, more especially in The
States of Indiana, Ohio and Nichi-
gan, whore it is estimated that fully
thirty per cent has been "winte,
killed" The reports are hardly
more promising from Illinois, Wis
consin and Iowa. No spring plow-
ing has been done and much that
should have been done in the fall
was prevented by tho winter setting
in unusually early.
In addition to the ealamities inci>
don't to carly frosts and tremendous
shows, tho fine st farming lands of
Nebraska, Iowa, Dakota, and other
famous grain regions have been subs
merged and devastated by unpre-
celented foods, and it is feared that
worse overhows are yet to come.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1881-04-21

The speech Of Vest, of Missouri, in
the Senate on the 11th, was one of
the most eloquent efforts ever heard
in that hall. Vest belongs to Pc
culiar class Of orators of which he is
the only living type. His magnetic,
wonderful, thrilling voice, reminds
the hearer of Prentiss and Clay, but
no one else. You could have heard
q pin fall in the Chamber while be
spoke, save when he convulsed his
audience with laughter; and when he
concluded there was an outburst OF
applause on the floor Of the Senate,
something that had seldom or never
been heard before.
His excoriatien of John Sherman
was terrific, and yet Sherman SEEM
ed to listen to his eloquent speech
with admiring attention.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1881-04-21
IAnaiSrAtion - the South.


A stream Of foreign enigrants ia
turning towards the South-the
North German Floyd Company have
now two steamers running to Now
Orleans and Galveston, and expect
to land many thousands of enigran ts
at those ports this year. The Lou
isiana sugur planters are importing
Spanish and italian farm laborers in
great numbers, who are selected in
their native countries by agents sent
abroad for the purpose, and they are
said to be giving great satisfaction
to their employers.
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stUnele TSn's Cabin" at Griffin
Georgia.

ATLANTA, April 49, At Griffin last night.
while the Jubilee Singers were parading
the stage in the first act in Uncle Toms
Cabin" a battery Of hen hand-grenades
were suddenly opened upon them from the
gallery Fer some seconds tho srdorsus
missiles fell thick and fast, producing the
widest commeton among the singers, al i of
whom ceased to be iubilant, and for the time
devoted themselves to The uncertain art Of
dodgng. grenade struck "Unclo Tenn"
in The face and burst, which aroused the
tiger in him and he called cut in tones Of
rage that if the thrower wsuld Como en- the
stage he would make hash of him Without q
moments delay. Tie Nihilist did not al
pear. "El "a" was damaged in the neck
and fled the stage with raoe-horse eehritv.
The police gave the command cease firing"
the curtain went down and the play was
abrup tly ended. The attack is condemned
by the Aunity.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1881-04-21

Secretary of the Treasury, VIM
dom, has fully made up his mind to
call in the six per cent. Bonds,
redeeming all that are offered for
redemption in gold or currency at
the option Of the holders; or, in the
event that holders prefer to retain
them he will scale the interest after
June 30th down to three and half
per cent. This plan is perfectly
legitimate, for the per cents, are
redeemable at Government option
this year, and if after the Govern
ment by calling them in has an
nounced it's readiness to pay them,
the holders prefer to stick to their
investment, they do SO under a new
contract accepting such terms as the
Treasury sees fit to offer.
The Attorney General, also, favors
this mode of procedure.
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EDITORIAL MATTER,
From Tri- Weekly issues OF Friday L. Monday


General Kemper, Ex-Governor Of Vir
ginia, and one of the best and trues
sons Of the Old Dominien, writes as fol
lows to Senator Johnston, of that State
''If the Democrats Of the Senate stand
firm, the Democrats in Virginia will
surely triumph in November, but any
step backward now, means defeat in
Virginia next fall"
That little paragraph gives the whole
animus OF the pending battle in the Sem
ate--it is fight for Old Virginia, and
the stake is we'll worth oil that it will
cost. The patronage of the Offices Of the
Secretary and Sergeant-at>Arms of the
Senate, worth about quarter Of mill
lion of dollars annually, was promised
to Malone for service in his Virginia
campaign, and the Democrats are deter.
mined that the goods shall not be deliv-
cred, and that the nefarious contract that
gave the Republicans his vote shall not
be carried out in any particular. This
firm stand has been disheaftening sur
prise to the Republicans, for they ex-
pected the Democrats to back down be-
fore the end of week, and now look
forward with blank dismay to the prob>
ability of being forced either to ignsmin-
iously surrender or remain at their posts
till next December.
This stand is hailed with delight by
the Democrats of the North and West,
and every Senator receives bushels of
letters from those sections entreating
him to stand firm, and announcing such
rally and revival in the party as has
not been seen since the war.
In New Jersey the effect has been al
most magical Thousands of voters have
returned to full afiiliation with the party
who leftit in despair last year, and they
say that if a State election could be held
there now, twenty thousand majority
would be given to h Democratic ticket
In New Hampshire a panic exists
among the Republicans, and Rollins has |
gone home to undertake the task of stiff |
fening up their backbones.
In Trenton, New Jersey, on the 18th,
the Democrats carried the city on a |
straight party issue by 300 majority, |
though the Republicans had 200 majori-
ty last fall-r gain Of 900 votes since
November, and it is attributed entirely |
to the Senate fight now going on.
In fact, tbs canvass of the November
States of the whole Union is now being
made in Washington, and the Republi-
cans confess that they are getting the
worst of it and lack the support Of Fed
sral ofice>seekers and the Rad ical press.
Even Teller, Of Colorado, has gone home
to try and mend up his fences.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1881-04-21

THERE does not seem to be any
Immediate probability Of the removal
Of Gen. LIE Due from the position Of
Commissioner of Agriculture, al
though the friends of DR.. Loring of
Massachusetts, and others, are siren.
uously urging their candidates for
the position. LIE Due comes about
as near being "the right man in the
right place as any Federal official
now on duty, and in common with
all those who have been close OBJ
servers of his acts, and given fair at
tention to his many publications and
reports, we shall regard his removal
in the light Of public calamity.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1881-04-21

TIE terms of peace offered to
Peru by he conquerors, the Cbilians,
are even harsher than those accord
ed France by Germany. They in
clude extensive cessions Of territory;
re- embarrassment of all war expenses
and losses the naintainance of a
hostile corps of 10000 men upon
her soil, indefinitely; the surrender
of one third of all the yield Of the
guiana deposits, and The engagement
to keep her forts dismantled for for>
ty ears, and not to rebuild her
navy during that period.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1881-04-21

That miserable old piped Rollins,
of New Hampshire, is strongly in
favor of of the confirmation of VIM
z. Chandler, as Solicitor Genera, ,for
his friends say that if not confirmed
he will be sent to the Senate to suc-
ceed Rollins if the Republicans Sc
cure majority in the next Legisla-
ture.
Tits reported that the Democrats
are unit in opposition to his con-
firmation, and that Don Cameron
end others on the Republican side ot
the Chamber are determined that he
shall be rejected
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1881-04-21

In the discussion in the United
States Senate on Monday, upon the
unfinished business" that has been
before that body for several weeks
Mr.. Vest, of Missouri, uttered the
following sentiments
Mr.. Vest thought that the object
Of the present position of the Repub.
licans on this floor was this That
the Republican party, with its vast
patronage, its great influence, its
patronage in the Senate, ,should throw
itself into the contest in Virginia and
crush out the real and true Democ-
racy OF that glorious old Common =
wealth. and Democrats wore called
upon in the name of the constitution
to cit supinely here and see this out-
rage perpetrated. He told the gem
tlemen on the other side, in no spirit
of bravado, that rather than submit
to this interference Of the National
Republican party in that contestant
rather than see the Democratic party
of Virginia stricken down after that
fashion, Democratic Senators would
stand here, God willing, until the
SHOWS Of December covered the hills
in their winding sheets. A coalition
OF parties based upon mutuality Of
opinion was legitimate, but a coali-
tion without that mutually was con>
trary to public morality and should
be denounced. Where q coalition
was made simply for power and for
offices, without community Of opinion,
it verged upon a corrupt coalition, if
it was not actually. Democratic
senator's had been told that they
groveled at the feet of the senator
from Virginia. 1t was not true; he
denied it emphatically and plainly.
The senator from Virginia had said
ln his opening address that he had
been invited to their little tea party.
II he had been so invited it had been
done unoficially. 1t had not been
BY the Democratic caucus.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1881-04-21

The United States Senate adjourn.
cd on Thursday until Monday. The
two equally balanced parties are
engaged in a regular game of Greece
out" while President Garfield and
Senator Conkling are having little
side issue of their own. The senate
meets en- the first four days in the
week, the presiding officer announces
the unfinished business" which ie
followed by motion to 60 into e1-
ecutive session, and then adjourne
until Monday, to drill their respect
i've parties.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1881-04-21

The Princess Dolgaronki, the NOR
ganatic wife of the late Gar of Rus.
s a,had six millions of dollars depos-
tied to her credit by him,in the bank
OF Berlin, a short time before his as
sassination. This, added to twenty
four millions that she already pos
sessed, will be enough to "keep the
wolf from tho door" in case that she
is forbidden to return to holy Rus
sia,
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1881-04-21

Axosc the new appointments made
for the Pension Bureau by Secretary
Kirkwood last week, VIM. H. John
son, R. H. Walker and Nathan Pi-
card, were from Mississippi, the last
tive being from Vicksburg. DR..
Walker has been in Washington for
some time as an applicant for the
Vicksburg Post Office, but we pre-
sumo bis present appointment va
Gates bis aspirations in that direction.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1881-04-21

l can assure you that in no single ins, ance has
the Teethina ever proved n failure. We We
tried the soothing ftiedic'nes. AID evfrything
known to us, ana "old Women" =" and Tecthina
is presmnsntly success, ana blessing to
mothers and children. j y. DELAGY,
Hatchechubbee, Ala
After trying Soothing Remedies without avail
and physicians without relief, | gave your
Teethina ,and it acted like magic. occasional
ly give powder to keep my Ohilds gums soft
S. X. BALDWIN, Columbus, Ga.
Sold bv j. w. Eckford i; Bro.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1881-04-21

The average loss of cattle by star
vation and exposure during the
winter just past in the Missouri and
Yellowstone valleys, is estimated by
the staticiary at st. Paul,at about ten
per cent. Other authorities make
much higher figures, and claim that
more than ten per cent. have been
swept away by the floods.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1881-04-21

Senator Lamar is expected to take the
floor again this week, and in addition to
a vindication of our noble Commons
wealth and her Southern sisters, will
pay his respects to Senator'S Hoar, Daw-
es and Hale.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1881-04-21

The Philadelphia Chronicle announce 9
new "exportation trouble:' 1t says
that "the inhabitants of the cannibal
islands have discovered trichinae in an
American missionary. This is bad
blow at one Of the country's leading ex-
ports"
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1881-04-21

On the 9th instant over 5000 pei
sons were driven from their homes
in the city OF Council Bluffs, Iswa,
by the flood, and the whole Missouri
Valley between that city and Omaha,
Nebraska, was one vast, raging sea.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1881-04-21

| special 10 N. u. Demecrat.
WASHINGTON, April 12-The 6 pei
cent bonds, when extended under
the option proposed in the circular
of the secretary of the treasury, will
be known as the "3a stamped loan.
The officials of the department are
in high glee over the favorable re>
ceptien of the experiment. Messa,
ges are coming in from national
banks commencing the action of the
secretary, and offering to keep their
bonds and have them stamped and
extended. 1t is believed tl.at the
operation will be q popular one for
several reasons. In the first place,
they are cheap. The bonds of the
stamped loan will be printed on the
old plate, bearing merely the stamp
on the back designating the extena
sion. II is thought also that this
operation will lead to the disposition
of the SIS in a simular manner, and
then the whole debt due this year
will be funded at 81 per cent with>
out the trouble of a funding bill, and
it will BIZ within the power of the
government to pay at any time,
which is an advantage that no pro-
posed funding bill contemplated,
AN EXTRA SESSION.
WASHINGTON, April 12.-While
there is no outward sign of break
of the deadlock, solution Of the
difficulty is confidently looked for in
certain high quarters. An intimate
friend of Secretary Blaine said to-
day that he coald announce, with
considerable certainty, that the end
would come this week. Senator
Morrill, also to-, day made the same
prediction, which is considered as
significant, in view Of the return of
Senator Edmunds. The latter has
come back from the South, and is
understood to be pressing the need
of an extra session of Congress.
There Is no ttlors reason to antici>
pate such thing, however, than be-
fore, because the plan of the Sec
rotary of the Treasury, if successful,
is regarded as settling the financial
question, which was regarded as the
only object worthy Of called ses
sion. IT was urged that it was nec-
essary to have the Session for the
of committees for the
investigation of election frauds in the
South, and it is understood this had
some weight upon the mind OF the
President, but it was seterally con-
ceded that the prime necessity, if il
existed at all, was for the solution
of the financial question. The pros
poets Of called session even in |
October, therefore do not look very |