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The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-05-08

Mrs. Charlotte Smith, of Wash.
ington,the President of the Woman's
Labor League, Was largely instru-
mental in passing the Educational
bill through the Senate. Finding
that Warner Miller and many other
Republican Senators we're o. posed
to it, she put herself in comm .nica-
ton with the Knights of Labor and
other powerful organizations, sends
ind over a hundred kilograms at her
own expense, and brought to bear
the united demands of eighty thou
sand laborers. TelegrGms poured
into the Senate from every town OF
note in the Union, and the Stalwart
Republican enemies of the bill sue
cum bed like little men, and gave up
their efforts to 30 amend the bill
that Southern Senators could not
support it,
Mrs. Smith is Southern woman,
and an acknowledged power when
ever and wherever she exerts her
ability. She claims that this bill
will add to the employment and re-
muneration of Southern women, and
therefore she fights for it;
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-05-08

AND now the opponents of silver
coinage are using all of their efforts
to induce Congress to suspend the
coinage of silver dollars for two years.
The efforts will be fruitless-the
convenience of the metropolitan
bankers is not to be consulted when
the prosperity of the South and West
is at stake. The resumption of silver
coinage was the death blow to gold
speculations, and itmade the resump-
ton of specie payment on the part of
the Government easy and practicable.
To the coinage of the silver dollars
our country owes much of the pros
perity that has come to it in the last
few years, for it has quickened every
artery Of trade, and made the move
ment and handling of crops easy as
compared to the preceding period
when the markets were bare of small
notes and coins during the harvest
season.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-05-08
Adulterating Food.

The report of the city chemist Of
Boston, is to the effect that but
small part of the milk sold in that
city is genuine. cit is skinned,
watered, re-colored with charcoal, land
adulterated with boracic acid, to keep
it from souring."
The adulteration of articles Of food,
should be punished with the greatest
severity. There can be no higher
crime than that which for gain poi
SONS the food of the people-for our
part we can see no moral difference
between killing man through the
medium of slow poison in order to
obtain possession Of his estate, and
the act of putting deleterious COM
pounds in his daily food in order to
make few cents day out of him
until the drugs carry the victim to
his grave.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-05-08

LONDON "Truth,' say: "Mary An
derson has made up her mind to
neither marry the Pope nor take in
washing" This remark is called
forth by the frequent announcements
of her engagements to members OF
the British nobility, all Of which de-
mand cards Of denial OF afford op.
portauitisa for press interviews.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-05-08

EDWIN Booth is said to be in very
bad health, and consequently will
only act next year in Boston and
New York. He has entirely recov>
cred from his financial embarrass-
ments, and is now the possessor Of
the comfortable fortune of a million
of dollars. BY the way, he has never
visited Washington or even passed
through it since the death of his
brother, Wilkes Booth--he comes to
Baltimore every year-his birth place
and plays week in that city, end
during this annual engagement the
railroads sell excursion tickets from
Washington, and thousands OF peo-
pie go over to Baltimore from the
Federal Capital to see him.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-05-08

THE probabilities point to a dead
lock between the two Houses of
OF Congress upon the subject of the
Senate amendments to the Naval and
Post Office Appropriation Bills. They
may be able to compromise on the
latter but the contest threatens to be
long and fierce in reference to the
amendments to the Navy bill pro-
viding for new steel cruisers, and it
would not be surprising if Congress
adjourned without making any ap-
preparation for the navy at all.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-05-08
As one passes through the noun

As one passes through the noun
tains of West Virginia on the Balti-
more & Ohio Railroad, nothing im>
presses him as much as the evidences
seen at almost every station of the
immense development of the lumber>
ing resources of that heavily TIMBER
ed region; and yet the sight is as
nothing to what must greet the eye
of the traveller in the near future
who passes over tho new railroad in
our State from Meridian to New Or
leans----a road that traverses vast
forest Of virgin pines of unusual
girth and heighth.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-05-08

The reports from Western Texas
are not encouraging: Cattle are
suffering and large numbers are
dying for want Of grass and water;
that region having suffered from
drought while the rest of our coun-
try has been delayed with rains,
buried by SHOWS or drowned out by
overfowing rivers. Myriads of cat.
ter pillars are also reported in
Western Texas, and they are making
destructive raids on vegetation OF
all kinds.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-05-08
Agriculture a Representative in
the Cabinet.

Even New Hampshire presents to
the United States Senate resolutions
in favor Of Col. Muldrows famous
proposition to make the Chief OF the
Department of Agriculture Cabinet
officer. This movement is not sleep
ing, but the bill which passed the
House at the last session will be re-
ported at an early day by Mr.. Hatch,
of Missouri, Chairman Of the Com
mittee on Agriculture.
Hon. Jacob Thompson, of Missis-
sippi, when Secretary of the Interior,
created the Bureau of Agriculture,
and Mississippi in the person of Hon.
H. L. Muldrow, has the honor of first
urging the elevation Of its chief to
the dignity Of Cabinet minister.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-05-08
Stories on the Road.
COMMERCIAL TBAyELERs M AT A wAys1pE Ixr

OOmmhhCiAL TRAVELLERS AT WAYSIDE 1HH
SOMETHING TO PUT IN A GRIPsACK.
Gentlemen, almost envy you the positions
you fill; your experience Of the world; your
knowledge OF business; the changing sights you
see, and all that you Know
lips of an elderly pleasure tourist last August,
and was addressed to a seniicircle of CONNER
cial travellers seated on the porch of the Linde
Hotel, st. Louis, No.
Yes" responded a New York representative
OF the profession, "a drtlmm er isn't without his
pleasures, but he runs his risks, too risks ont
side the chances Of railroad collisions and steam
boat ex pOsiOns."
What risks for instance?"
This, Tor instance" said Mr. w. ID. Frank
iln' VINO was then travelling for IN Eastern house,
and Is KNOWN to merchants la all parts OF the
ceahtry: Ihe rsk-which, indeed, amounts
almost 10 u cerialnty--of getting the dyspepsi q
srOln perpetual change of diet and water and
from having no fixed hours for eating and sleep
Ing. myself was IN example. 1 say was, for
/ am all right now"
mo discount on your digestion ?" broke in n
Chicago dry goods traveller, lightning his cigar
afresh.
Not a quarter per cent. But had 10 give nm
travelling for while. The dyspepsia ruined nj i
paper. Finally came across an advertisement
of pARKERS TONIC | tried il and it fixed mo
up to perle ction, There Is nothing on earth In
my opinion, equal to il as y cure Tor Dyspepsia
Messrs. lIISCON q Co., OF New York the pro.
protOrs, hold u letter from Mr.. Franklin stat
ing that precise fact. PARK kER'S TONIC aids
digestion, cures Malarial Teycrs, Heartburn
Headache, coughs and Colds, and all chronic
diseases of the Liver and Kidneys Put u bottle
N your yalise. Prices, SOC. and 81 EcOR0iny in
Jaeger sfZe'
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-05-08

The House of Representatives by q
vote of 140 to 1873, on the 18th, resolved
to consider the Morrison Tariff bill. The
Mississippi delegation all voted in favor
of its consideration except Judge
Jeffords. An analysis Of the vote show
ed five Republicans in favor of consid>
ering the bill, and about forty Demo-
Gratis opposed to its consideration. This
vote does not however indicate the views
of all the members in regard to the
merits Of the question, for some five or
six congressman who are known to be
strongly opposed to the bill voted in
favor of considering it for the purpose
of getting an opportunity to make a re-
cord against it in debate, and by finally
voting against it. It will probably con-
sumo q week or two of the session, and
enable many Congressman to get in their
campaign work in the way of speech
making.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-05-08

When we get the State Female
College, the Memphis, Oxford and
Columbus railroad, cotton factory
and the Georgia Pacific completed
to Birmingham, how would it do to
make sort of suburban attache out
of Aberdeen? Let it be to Columbus
what Jersey City is to New York;
what tho West End is to St. Louis,
or what Carrollton is to New Orleans
"a nice quiet place where we can
build our mansions, and after busi-
ness is over run out every afternoon
and get a breath Of pure country air.
--Colssmbus Dispatch.
We hate to have to accuse our
amiable neighbor of downright pla-
giarism, but it must be evident to
any reader that the above paragraph
simply embodies the substance of the
old joke of "tho tail trying to wag
tho dog" and yet our neighbor sings
that ancient song to new tune.
When our neighbor gets "the State
Female College, the Momphis, Ok
ford & Columbus Railroad, cotton
factory and the Georgia Pacific com
pIeted to Birmingham" We will, if
permitted by the powers behind the
shades, come to him from tho mould
and dust of centuries yet unborn, and
gently murmur, "shake."
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-05-08
VOL. XIX.
EDITORIAL MATTER.
From Tri-ws ekly issues o fMon day a nd rida.

We may be vastly mistaken in our
Interpretation of the signs, but it
looks to us very much as though
Ulysses s. Grant is to be the Repub.
lican Presidential nominee. His
friends are not making any fuss
about Linn, and are not travelling
with brass band at the head Of their
column, but they are lying around
loose and thick ready to take advan>
tage Of any development that may be
favorable to the fortunes Of their
chief. 1t seems to be very well sets
tied that neither Blaine nor Arthur
will have majority on the first ball
lot. and equally certain that the adj
herants of neither will 60 to the
other, hence the deduction that all
roads that go from Blaine and
Arthur, lead to Grant.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-05-08

Bajor Burke, Director General of
the New Orleans Exposition, is in
Washington working with the energy
of a Corliss Engine in the interest of
the gigantic enterprise he represents.
On the 21st, bill similar to that
passed by Congress for the benefit of
the Philadelphia Centennial Exposi-
ton, was introduced in the Senate by
Senator Jonas and in the House by
Representative E. John Ellis, and
every effort will be made to get it
through. 1t is understood to be
favored by all of the champion "ob-
jectors," on both sides, in the two
Houses.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-05-08

WE reproduce from the Vicksburg
Herald this rnerning the frank and
manly letter of Attorney General
Catchings, giving his reasons for not
appearing on behalf of the Commis,
sioners before the U. S. District
Court in the litigation involving the
constitutionality of the so-called SUI
pervision law. His action was in all
respects commendable. In this con-
nection we have no hesitation in say
ing that had he appeared for the
State, and the case resulted as it did
for his presence could not have
affected the decision--he would have
been loaded with abuse; and the
Governor would have been severely
condemned for entrusting the vindi-
cation of the measure to a lawyer who
had publicly and openly condemned
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-05-08

The Legislature of New Jersey has
passed bill providing for a tree
planting day in every year, such as
has long existed in Nebraska. On
that day all of the public schools are
to be closed, and the teachers and
pupils are expected to join in cele-
brating the day by planting trees for
timber and foliage.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-05-08

OUR ladies should devote as much
of their time as possible between now
and the middle of October to prepar-
ing exhibits for the Mississippi De-
partment of the New Orleans Exposi-
ton. We hope to sec many a glass
show case filed with the offerings OF
their needles, and that they will con-
tribute literally to the collection Of
paintings, drawings, ETC., besides en-
tering as competitors in all of the
other fields Of skill, beauty and in
ddstry,
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-05-08
REPRESENTATIVE Moneys bill 70

REPRESENTATIVE Moneys bill for
providing for cheap correspondence
by telegraph, is the subject of daily
discussion before the Committee on
Post Offices and Post Roads Of the
House. All of the prominent tele-
graph men in the country have been
heard upon the subject.
This bill proposes to contract for
telegraphic service for the public at
the rate of twenty-five cents per
message, with company that will
establish an office at or near every
post Office. The Government will
sell telegraph stamps which will be
attached to messages in the same
manner that postage stamps are ap-
piled, and will make all settlements
with the company for messages.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-05-08

DICK Putnum obtained divorce
from his wife, in Jordon, New York,
on Sunday last by the aid of two
cartridges out of his gentle little re-
volver; then he put the seductive
gun to his own thoughtful brow and
climbed the golden stair to glory.
And now those who were so ruthless.
ly separated here in this wicked,
wicked world, are united again be.
yond the stars, as it were, for ever
and ever, amen. Sing.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-05-08

THERE are many Art treasures in
Mississippi thai we hope to see on
exhibition to the credit of our State
at the New Orleans Exposition, and
we have no doubt but that the com.
mittee Of ladies appointed in that be-
half will succeed in securing the
majority Of them.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-05-08

Hon, Robert Lowry, Gov, of Mississippi,
Jackson:

Hon. Robert Lowry, Gov, of Mississippi,
jackson:
DEAR SIR-I have to day received from
Mr. MoWillie, one OF the Railroad Com.
missioners, the supUna served upon him
in the case of the Illinois Central Rail-
road Company against the Commission,
together with a notice that motion for IN
injunction will be msds before Judge
Hill. the 10th inst, at Aberdeen.
] presume that it is my official duty
under section 252 of the Code to defend
this suit, but | feel that uuder the circum-
stances the interests of the State would
be subserved by having the State defend
by special counsel. You have the pow>
er under section 2;643, to engage counsel
whenever in your opinion the interests Of
the State require it.
The features of the act of the Legisis.
ture assailed by this suit, which are
deemed by those who advocate it, as OF
the most Importance, are those having
for their object the supervision Of the
tariffs OF charges of the railroads, and
the imposition of penalties, etc,
am OF the opinion that the State can
not interfere with tariffs for the trans.
portation Of any freights except such ne
is to be carried wholly within the State.
Freight to DO transported from another
State to this, or from this to another
State, cannot, in my opinion, be con>
trolled by the State
am also Of the opinion that the act in
so far as it seeks to crsata the offenss Of
eXtortion, is wholly incapable Of enforce
ment, by reason OF its vagUeness and un-
certainty. II l am correct in my views,
the bill will fail to accomplish what it's
friends intended il to effect My opinion
in this respect are well known, md are
the result OF much thought by me.
1 could not advocate the bill therefore
except IN very rsrtuuctory way, for !
could not say to the courts that beleiy
Ell it to be valid law,
A lawyer who would make slth o state
ment unless true, would be unworthy OF
his profession.
There are able lawyers in the State,
who believe the law can be enforced in
all respect as written, ana l am sure it
would have better chsnce if advocated
by some OF these, than by myself Again,
] am obliged during the next week to
prepare my criminal docket for the SUI
preme Court, for the following Monday,
and cannot, therefore, give the neces-
sary attention to the case Moreover, il
is not my duty to go to Aberdeen, or TO
to appear IN sny case, except at the scat
Of Government. 1t was not The intention
Of the law that l should be required to
try any case, except at Jackson.
Under the foregoing circumstances, l
respectfully request that you employ
COUNSEL to represent the Commission.
| would suggest the employment OF
Judge Watson, Capt. Walker or Hon.
Robert Taylor,
Please advise me if | will be expected
to take any steps in the matter
| Respectfully,
4, @, CATCUIQQG,
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-05-08
The Demand for Pure Butter.

The proprietor Of the restaurant
Of the House of Representatives, has
ordered a large amount of butter
from the Jersey dairy Of Hon. Fl. L.
Muldrow, in Oktibbeha county, Mis-
sissippi. 1t is his desire to obtain
for his patrons the best and purest
butter that can be purchased, and if
the express charges prove satisfacto.
ry upon the first invoice, and he
finds that the delivery can be made
with q reasonable degree of prompt
ness, he will endeavor to make per
manent contract for his entire sup>
ply from the Jersey herds Of Missis
sippi.
The demand for we'll put.up but-
ter, that can be guaranteed as abso-
lutely pure, is almost illimitable now;
and there is no difficulty in contracts
ing with consumers in the large
cities at figures ranging all the way
from fifty cents to dollar pound.
II reasonable rates are offered by the
express companies, our Mississippi
dairies will soon control as much Of
this trade as they are able to handle.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-05-08
FREE SHIPS.

The House Of Representatives
last week took long stride in fur
therance of the theory of''free ships
that the Examiner has always advo-
Gated: The Dingley Shipping bill
was SO amended, on nation OF "Sun
Set" Cox, as to admit to Americn
registry steel and iron ships of 1000
tons measurement or upwards, bought
in any country in the world. The
restriction to four thousand tons will
not amount to anything, as that is o
standard ocean measurement, and a
future Congress may repeal the limi>
tation; but if the bill becomes o law
it will result in the rapid restoration
Of our Notwithstanding and America
will again compete with the great
powers for the carrying trade Of the
world. Under our present laws no
vessel is admitted to American reg
istry or permitted to fly the Ameri
can flag that is not built in our own
ports, while the merchants of all
other countries are free to enter the
markets Of the world and buy vessels
like any other article Of trade,
wherever they can buy the best ship
for the least money.
The Senate should sustain Cox's
free ships" amendment.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-05-08

Gov. Crittenden, of Missouri,
rendered Gen. Sherman-who is now
on the retired list and living in St.
Louis--an appointment as Brigadier
General IN command of the militia of
the Eastern Division of the State.
Gen. Sherman demonstrated the
possession of more sense than the
Governor, by promptly declining the
profered commission.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-05-08

MINNIE Palmer, the actress, has
just been celebrating her''ninetaenth
birthday" again, She does this
every few years, and has done it so
often that it is beginning to be q it.
tie monotonous.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-05-08

THE Magnolia Gazette expresses
its Presidential preferences thusly;
"Hancock and Lamar" The Clarion
would favor reversing the order and
making it "Lamar and Hancock"
We would gladly take the ballot in
either form if the time had arrived
for experimenting with the name of
a great, typical Southerner, on a
Presidential ticket.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-05-08

THE Indiana Republican delegates
to Chicago will favor a Presidential
candidate from that State, either
Senator Ben Harrison or Post Master
General w. Q, Gresham, but il they
fail to mako Roadway for a Hoosier,
will in all probability rally upon
Blaine.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-05-08

THE Mississippi Horticultural So
ciety will have a grand exhibit in
place in the Mississippi Department
of the New Orleans Exposition next
December, and this line of exhibits
will we hope be increased by many
volunteer contributions from various
portions of the State.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-05-08

DR. Talmage devoted his sermon
in the Brooklyn Tabernacle last Sun,
day to vigorous denunciation of
spiritualism. If the spirits had car
ried out of their mundane shells any
of the sold Adam" of resentment,
they would have materislized during
the delivery of that sermon, and
given the Dr., q lively fight for su-
premacy.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-05-08

THE South Carolina Republican
delegation to the Chicago Conven-
ton is uninstructed, though the Con-
vention that appointed them-which
was composed mainly of Federal
Office holders--kept itself solid with
the appointing power by passing a
resolution endorsing the Administra-
ton.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-05-08

TIE inquest over the victims of
the Cincinnati riot, is still progress
ing in that city, AN immense nun
Der OF witnesses have been examined
thus far, but no developments have
been made.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-05-08

THE excise Commissioners Of New
York have refused to renew the liquor
licenses of Harry Hill, and Billy
Madden, the keepers of houses that
have obtained wide spread notoriety
for their baseness.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-05-08

THE Northern and Eastern cities
are rejoicing in strawberries from the
sunny South. With the present
transportation facilities, New York
ought to enjoy strawberry season
of about six months duration.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-05-08

GATH, in one of his letters to the
Cincinnati Enquirer, says; ~ do
think that in the lower portion of
the Middle States there is more
back-biting than anywhere I have
ever been"
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-05-08

Charles Frieko, of Chicago,an aged
man who is too feeble to get out OF
his bed, obtained divorce from his
second wife last week. The pro-
ceedings were conducted with a club
which he used in slyly beating out
her brains.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-05-08

Mr.. Charles E. Coon, Of the loan
division, has been appointed to sue
ceed John G. New, of Indiana, as
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury.
He has teen connected with the de-
partment for over twenty years.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-05-08

THE 26th of April, the sixty-fifth
Anniversary of the organization of
the order Of Odd Fellows, was gen
orally celebrated throughout the
United States and British Provinces.