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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-28

Judge Gilmer did a very proper
thing if he did not feel that he could ac-
cept the nomination, TO say that he was
not in the race, and t. say so candldly
and unequivocally. Charlotte Obs~rrer
AIR. Cqwper tells a thrilling incl
dent which occurred at Salisbury on
Friday morning just previous TO the
leaving Of the train for Asheville. The
train was backing in to attach the
sleeper. A party of young ladi, 5 was
on the first class coach: One OF them.
d Miss Baker from statesville, who had
come down TO see some friends off, de-
clared she would stand on the rear plat
form to see the cars bump When
they did bump" the train moved up
and the young lady thinking the tram
was off for Asheville, hastily jumped
off. In doing this her dress caught ano
she was thrown under the coach, to the
imminent peril of her life. Capt. Fra,
zier 1--WE presume from the description.
promptly came to her rescue and extrl.
Gated the young lady, not however until
n of her feet was painfully cut ano
!acerated.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-28

-. Greensboro Workman: The hands
on the G f & Y V r II are going ahead
with the r r. They are running the
They will leave, we understand, for Mt.
Airy on next Friday.
Ills many friends 10 this section
of the State appreciate the compliment
paid to DR.. Walter c.. Murphy. in elect
ing him to the position of Secretary of
the North Carolina Medical Association,
at its late meeting in Raleigh. At home
DIR. Murphy is regarded not only as a
physician of clever parts, but is rapidly
rising to the position Of a progressive
farmer. Star.
1--WE learn from Mr.. Walker that
a large and enthusiastic Railroad meet
was held at SO. Boston, Va, on the I'D
looking to the building of a road from
Lynchburg to Durham. A pledge to
build the road to the North Carolina
line by Virginia was made, and books of
subscription ale to be opened on this end
to see what can be done as to its extern
sion through Person county and on to
Durham.-Durham Reporter.
Thirteen deaths from yellow fever
at Havana during the past week.
Three persons killed and five Others in
jured in a collision on the New York
Central Railroad. The total rainfall at
Coushatta, La, since the lst inst, has
been nearly thirteen inches the crops
are suffering from continuous rains and
planters and business mon are much dis.
couraeed.-in Texas, on the Brazos
river, cotton and other crops, fences, ane
everything have been swept away nc
trains have run on the Trinity & Sabine
Railroad since the 20th.-Sibley 4
Co.'S warehouse, at Chicago, burned
loss s75, 900; losses on other merchan
disc stored in the building amount t.
$40, 900 The Mayall rubber factory a
Reading, Mass, burn; loss 5000, 600.
Mr.. j. II. Mills has a good wor,
for our late towns nan,-Jonas NJ. Rosen
baum His contributions, his kinc
and sensible suggestions as to the bes
bargains. and his influence With hi
friends, were of very great assistance
On one occasion, he collected and for
warded, from five friends in Baltimore,
fifty dollar check for the Orphan Asylum
| had "a standing invitation to call on hin
and his friends for a hundred dollar
whenever the orphans were in distress
In trading with him, / simply told hin
what was needed, and paid his price
which Was generally very small. In thi
connection | will state that a Gentll
makes a great mistake when he enter
the store Of a Hebrew and attempts t
Jew down the price of goods. A niue
better plan is this: Say to the merchant
Il know you are a gentleman, and | al
willing to trust you fit me with a goo
summer coat, and | will pay your price.
Deal fairly and kindly with the Jew'
and they will not be excelled in !airne'
or kindness
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-28

The FATHER or TWENTY Sym
CHILDREN. -Saoeu Cty, y e., May
25.-Near this place there lives oUe OF
the largest families IN the CBited Stats
Mr.. Joel. Vaughn has been marriei
four times. His last three wives we're
widows, all Of whom had Children bs pre-
vious husbands. respectively eight. seten,
and four, . total of nineteen. The~~ four
wives bore Nh. Vaughn t~~enty-re.en
children. which, added TO tue uirete, q
step-children, gave Mr. Vaughn contnl
OF forty-six children. There are thu.
seven different sets OF children
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-28
baltimore, May 23.-Mls.

baltimore, May 23.-Mls. j
Randolph Mordecai, wife of one OF Bal
timore's most prominent merchants.
and a leader in the highest social circles
has been taken to an asylum. On Sat
urday last Mrs. Mordecai went out
Yachting with "A party of friends. and it
IS thought that her brain was affected
by the sun. She acted strangely on the
return trip. On Sunday, during services
at the Franklin Square Presbyterian
church. her conduct was such as to com
pei ner removal. A few days later she
called two friends of the family into the
hous e-Mr. Robert Garrett, OF the Bal.
! timore and Ohio Railroad, and Mr..
Thomas Hillen--and began talking
! wildly to them. They saw that she was
insane, and had her placed in charge Of
her family. Prior 10 the trip on the
Yacht Mrs. Mordecai was apparently IL
good health. Mrs. Mordecai was a gen
eral favorite in society and immensely
rich.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-28

DEATHs.-In Raleigh, Mrs. Eliza
Weathers, aged 69.-At Red Noun
tain. Mrs. Capt. w. X. Parrish, an es-
Unable lady of whom the Durham pa
pers speak in very high terms. She
was a sister Of Mrs. John 5. Lockhart.
IN Henderson, Mrs. Maj. j. II.
Young.-Peter Il. Baxter, a we'll
known citizen of Lincoln, and an old
Confederate of fighting record, died last
week.-Mr. VIM. Gamble. a respect
ed citizen OF Rutherford. dropped dead
recently.--Mrs. W. f. Holland and
Mrs. j. G.. Lewis, died in Dallas one
day last week.-Mr. TAYLOR Cherry
died suddenly in Pitt, and Mr.. Jonas
Rawls, in Beaufort, both without warn
ng.-In Louisburg, Mr.. Jas. c..
Wynne, a brother of Mr.. Geo w.
Wynne.-Sabbath day was sadden-
ed by three deaths in Raleigh. Mr.. Gay
Jones, at one time a member of the po-
lice force, died at his fathers residence,
aged 3i.--"Mrs. Elizabeth A. Cor
man, relict of the late Thomas NJ. Cor
a and mother of Gen.. John c. Cor
man, Mrs. John Nichols, and Mrs. Ja-
cob 5. Allen, departed this life in this
city on Sunday afternoon May 25, 1884,
in the 18Th, year of her age, having been
born in Raleigh, Sept. 9th, 1909. She
was for twenty years matron of the
North Carolina Institution for the Deaf
and Dumb and the Blind, and by her
motherly care and attention to the wants
of the pupils endeared herself to them
all. She was a woman of great strength
of character, a perfect type of the past
generation heinz noted for her uniform
piety, generous impulses, and firmness
of purpose" says the Daily Visitor.-
Mr.. James Harvey Moore vas another
landmark of the town. AS Local Edi-
tor Of the Sentinel, and as steward of the
Insane Asylum, he was brought into
wide acquaintance, and highly esteem
ed.-In Chapel Hill, little Lena,
daughter of Mrs. and Mr.. Eugene Har-
ris .--Near Wake Forest, Maj. w.
Dickson.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-28

Hon. w. L. DoRTCH.-A correspon-
Dent elsewhere dominates our esteemed
friend and townsman, Hon. w. L Dortch,
for the office Of Attorney-General. We
only repeat what we have repeated,
said that Mr.. Dortch is not a candidate
for any nomination whatsoever-State
ticket or otherwise and that lis name
will not 60 before the State convention
with his consent.
MIR. Dortch has been warmly urged to
allow his name to be used at the Burgaw
convention for Congress, and as from
this 1T may be inferred hat he would
~antagonize other aspirants In the contest
for the nominations, we deem it proper
here to define Mr.. Dortch's position. He
is not a candidate for the nominations,
nor has he been at any time, repeated ur-
glng Of his friends Notwithstanding.
While, perhaps, he would not decline
the nomination did it come to him as the
spontaneous offering of the people, he
has requested his friends, and emphati
cally so, that they will not enter his name
In the scramble Tor the nomination. This
was clearly demonstrated In the Colds
Doro township meeting on Saturday. A
resolution, strongly endorsing Mr.. Dortch
for Congress, was offered. and would
have been unanimously adopted, but for
a statement made by |. L. Dortch, ESD,
that his father was not an aspirant for
the nomination and requesting that the
resolution be withdrawn.
Were MIR. Dortch to suffer his name to
20 before the Burgaw conventions, he
would received a solid and enthusiastic
support from Wayne, and if nominated
would carry this county by perhaps 81, 500
majority. Many Republicans would vote
for him. His many friends here regret
that he declines to enter the contest.
And these friends are not in Wayne
alone. In Duplin, Onslow, Sampson.
and generally throughout the district, he
has the confidence of the people. and
many consider him the most available
man to represent this district in Congress.
Messenger.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-28

A DISTRESSING ACCIDENTAL Mon.
roe yesterday morning a little ten-year-
old daughter Of Mr.. G. &. McLarty, clerk
of the Union county Superior court, not
knowing the danger, poured kerosene oil
from a can on the fire 10 the cook stove,
when an explosion occurred which scat
tered the burning fluid all over the child
and burned her very severely, if not ia
tally. Charlotte Otserrer.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-28

"Wednesday Rev. Mr.. Gwaltney.
Mr.. Chas. Cooke, Of Henderson, and
Miss Lizzie Pool, Of Raleigh.-In
E~dgecombe. Mr.. J. {. Bryan and Miss
Bette 1rake.--In Scottsyille. Va.
Mr.. X. {. S:rudwick. of Durham. and
Miss Lewis. Messrs. Il. h. Smith and
j. w. Virgins accompanied the groom.
In Concord, on the 10Th inst, Mr..
James Reeves and Miss Lille Benson.
of Charlotte.-At Huntersville, on the
10th inst, at the residence of DIR. J. NJ.
Wilson, BY Rev. A. VI. Watson. DR.. NJ.
{. Hunter and Miss Ida Wilson.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-28

IMPROVED ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
John c. Witty, Esq, shipped to the
farm of Mr.. Gerret Vyne one of his two
horse Buck Eye cultivators. Messrs,
George Allen Il Co. one of the Flynn
Caltiyators TO MIR. Cyrus Foscue. while
Dali Bros. forwarded to Mr.. Wilson, at
Pitch Kettle one of their Improved cult
,atoss-N Wilmington Jou6ndL.
see a card from MIR. Witty i'll this
Daper.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-28

Some of our farmers who have used
Phenol Sodique, pronounce it one OF the
hest remedies they ever used for hurts,
gals, scratches itch, and other diseases
of animals. 1t is an excellent remedy to
prevent the spread of coltagion. '-Jg
~fersontan, West Chester, Pa.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-28

FAILURE AT GARYsBURG.IODe
day last week Messrs. Jordon and Key,
of Garysburg failed in business They
were merchants. Their liabilities 500
STOCK on hand about $1,000. Weldon
Xelrs.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-28

4 CAPITAL TICKET.-If the Demo
gratis act wisely they will nominate
Duncan Cameron and ex-Sheritf Hughes
for the House of Representatives, and
A W. Graham and A. j. Hester fol
the Senate.-Durham Recorder.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-28

A NEW IDEA "A desire to be diver
ted just now with new speakers, men
who are new, and of Ehom the people
have heard and are curious to see, con-
trolls the political hustings, and an old
politician who has had his day on the
stump In many past campaigns must al
most turn a somerset without touching
his hands, or paint up as an Indian and
have a brass baud to blow him around,
before he can ever draw more than a
handful of people at best to listen to him
speak. They are worn out, tired Of the
same old thing. They are tired of mud
hlnging, too. They would like to hear
an orator who is strange to them. Fer
that reason we think that Octavius Coke
OF Raleigh. and Thomas c. Fuller-if not
placed at the head of the Democratic
State ticket themselves should flank the
man that does head it as his right and
left bowers in the canvass.
York is going TO draw. Not that he
Is any orator-but the people have heard
SO much of him and his mule that they
are curious to see him, and Democrats
themselves will go out of their way to
hear him. But new men like Coke and
Fuller will not only bring them out but
will leave a dent in their heads after they
are through. Remember. The first time
since the war that Wake county was car
ried Democratic Tom Fuller took the
stump. He's a daisy.-Milton Times.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-28

....Atlanta, Ga, May 2l.-The re +
itors of j. II. James. the banker. met
this evening and unanimously voted to
accept the compromise offered. which
leaves the property in trust. Mr.. James
made a speech. with much emotion.
which was received with applause BY
the creditors
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1884-11-10
HAMBURGER LIME.

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5rtiden
NEW YORK nm HAMBURG.
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Bon GdDve: Stenitn0S.
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GalitSuoiiagterert uno Smur er ter GGtlte, oeren
Nrets tros Der pobtbefaunteu Gorii9ltbfeit Der Mccomz
mobatiou uno &slpfe9uus beaeuienS ~reSu;trt uno iest
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H0fa9e=NrciIe BON WeW BORT:
J. @alitte mad Y09e Der SammrrH) $50, 365 uno SzA
Sptibenoed $50.
Bon Glpmoutb mad Scuoon fret.
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Dte DON bieer ginte berau5qeqebene European
Tourist Gazette" miro Npplitanten gratis suaelanot.
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G;tabIttt lett 1851.
Henry SCnOeEIkOpf,

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sptideu Rranflin> urO Dtartet : StraBe.
offerirt in better feiniter Qualit6t
9tedlte, Ntofft ttno SnUe 4aice,
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StdinlnS ttstO dItHcifid1en S1t8iuer,
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G1rtpITelntcbl MitO RnnitesneDI,
Wcue Sitic, Gri:ttfcfit ttto y dino ti enarit3e,
itaIicaifdJ r. NfGccaro | uuo Wuoein.
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NtaM0cIt, &itroudtc u. YSontiter aus Ell CbaGIe,
9cHtid)cs Iocldbcnntt mio Iaare &irId)en,
gieHcrniife tItlo Sebfmden,
0etro6nete Sirie t ttno S3eiocIbeeren,
Me6)te franS. SarSimcit,
gtedIteS Wfpltz aua SltpeaDL,
= OppelitarfelG gSctnfiIig iito Sent
Ncmc SSattbuFger NoH @acttGe,
sou. Woubdrin9e G.tO ~SSeOiar,
Wsnrimirfe SSur Htu tl,tS Nsai,
SemfsYSnfrclen MtO Ecif=Satotncn,
SaIS=SGrSelsn mito SnrSeMenbutfcr,
SttiidleH Wiiin iter= uto ~yinbnf2ic.
No9ucfort mo FrOImage de ESrie,
Tarmclnm mtto GonuaersfdIe,
&itnbur9cr uMo $Sdn0f1ic,
Qlcd1t ~ $djWci3cs INTO GrdttctfHIe,
9eutlG1e spintrToer ,no @ootSid>nb,
Barrier Sdlnupft0bat bon &obbe&,
NQes 5u ben btatsiten 4retier.
Henry SchO9l1kop
bin. f1ttum Wholesale 81 Retail Grocer.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1884-01-24
TEMPERANCE DEPARTMENT.
EDITED BY THE woMEN,s CHRISTIAN
TEMPERANCE UNION.
THE RUmsELLER.s REMoRsE.


Wis., = " ny VfAN
81 have come lhome to you, mother Father,
your hayward son
harm he has done.
have bleached vour hair ont. father. more than
the frost of wears.
I,ve dimmed vonr Find evcs mother nv MANY
bitter tears.
Since left you, father to work the farm alone,
And,bought q stock of liquors with what | called
I've felt ashamed to see you, 1 knew it broke
you down,
To think you had brought up q boy to harm his
native town.
I've gwen u al up Molhei - heNei 'ei ~
more.
I've snashea the CASKS una p'rreis' sii"'
woman STOOD snd sang
The clerymen gave three hearty cheers, and
poth the church bells rang.
~ ny onins see'" ~ 'A''''' ~ % 0''i'io
q, -, no t,l.. ~ Soa' ,oo -. ao,,
= i 'ne ios' ''''o ~ - "'i' n.y. nv >''--
ineio , gu 'uuse y niue 'as' oiopp'ns in'o q
$40
'1,. - /" : 49, 9i'''' - 20
ny 'h''' ss''Se
Ana rthere is youne Tom Elliott He was q
tr,c+1, lod
made him drink the first hot glass of rum he
avarhoa
mart ''' : go ~
He as;mai,oad his litt1a sistor ana hrol,an bis
motbar,s heart ''''' IN -
rbon tboro ,s uorrx,yarnor who n,orr,od Rass,e
ae strne,- and ,,,,aa mar hoh, whom 4 rvas
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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1884-01-24

The President in special message has
recommended the appropriation of S., 0O0,-
600 to the improvement of the Mississippi
River. This is the same President, it
will be remembered, who vetoed the River
and Harbor bill two years ago. and, accor d
ing to Democratic speakers, for the reason
that Southern Rivers, and especially the
Mississippi, were included in the scheme
of Improvement. One by one the Demo
cratic guns explode and kick backwards
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1884-01-24
Ia YOUR Life Worth a Dollar

Perhaps that seems a higher price for 1t,
considering how poor your blood is, and
how your whole system is Frustrated, de-
bilitated, and enfeebled. People have been
heard to say, under such circumstances,
that they would not give the toss of cop
per for the choice between life and death.
But when it comes to actually drawing near
the grave. man naturally draws back.
and aays he 4 oes not want to die. Life is
very precious. and even to broken-down
man it is worth saving.
One dollar will buy bottle of Broicfe s
Iron Bitters. That one dollar may start
you on the road from misery to recovery.
A IMAM must take a very mean view OF
himself who is not willing to invest that
much in making one serious effort to res
cue himself from deadly debility, and 10
step Into the enjoyment of solid health
Broaea's Iron Btters vitalizes the blood
tones the nerves. and rebilids the system.
Its work is well known. Invest that dol
ar ina bottle.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1884-01-24
A. DEMONSTRATORS SALE.

n
AS administrator of Joseph w. Myers, deceas-
ed, will sell at the Wagon Yard of MYERS d
BROWN, in stanton, on
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30th, 1884,
SIX HEAD EXCELLENT WORK HORSES,
TWO HACKS zone of them new, and pur- :.
chased but short time ago in Bal
timore) TWO BUGGIES,
l SPRING WAGON
ONE TWO-HORSE WAGON,
Sleigh 8 Sets Double and 3 Sets Single Har-
ness, Cooking Stove, Desk, Set of Robes,
Forks, Buckets, &C., &c, and also the unexpired
lease OF the Stables and Yard.
TERMS.-S2O and under, CASH over that
amount, 80 days credit negotiable note satisfac-
torily endorsed. stt-- Dgse>s
E. M. Cushing d. Son, Auctionee rs
N. bail persons indebted oAthe estate:of
the late Jos. W Myers, and all persons holding
come forward at once that settlement may be
made. JOS. HOUSEMAN,
janl7 Admir-.
V,RUsTEE's SALE ~ sal
VALUABLE STEAM ENGINE & SAW MILL
By virtue of Deed of Trust executed to me
by Albert Marlxley and j. Wesley Cook on the
Dist day of September, 1882, and recorded in the
Clerks office of the County Court OF Augusta
county, to secure debt to the Staunton Iron
WORKS Co., ana III accordance WIN the terms
of said Deed will sell at public anctlon, to the
highest bidder, in front OF the Court House In
ONE l6-HORSE POWER PORTABLE STEAM
Engine, one l6-Horse Power Boiler, one No. 2
Saw Mill, together with all fixtures with or be-
longing to said machinery, ON
MONDAY, JANUARY 2Sth. 1884,
County Court day, at II o'clock in the day. The
engine can be seen at Stockton q Bros shops
previous to day OF sale.
TERMS.-Cash in hand $25000, and for the bal
ance negotiable notes will be required of the
in four equal instalments, at 3, and
months, with interest from date of sale, and
personal security to be approved by the Trus-
tee. Ii. +. STOCkDON, tsAl
ianl7-tds. Vim. C Trustee.
NUS A. WEBERS 4,ist
GREAT AMERICAN
BARGAIN HOUSE
has not sold out. He will be right there him.
self Come and see my
GREAT BARGAINS
doors from Opera House.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1884-01-24
PROHIBITION IN MAINE.

CONSTITUTIONAL PROHIBITION IN MAINE.
The state of Maine votes nextVSeptem-
amendment to the constit ution. Several
hundred town committees have been APP
pointed te organize the movement in favor
of the amendment. The temperance wo-
men have special committees. 1t is said
that over 1000 speeches in favor Of the
amendment have already been made in the
state. The question will complicate mat
ters somewhat in the next canvass, when
a governor and other officers are to be cho-
sen.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1884-01-24

Alter about fourteen years hard labor,
the great susp enion bridge between New
York and brooklyn has been completed
and thus two large cities connected in
manner which was never dreamed of in
Revolutionary times. 1t is indeed the
browning work of the century, and can be
.lassed among the wonders of this country.
The suspension bridges at Niagara F alls
md over the Ohio river at Cincinnati, ara
merely foot bridges in comparison with it,
lis dimensions, history aud cost are IA
niiliar to all readers OF the daily papers
and do not need to be repeated here but
We do wish to speak of PERUNA. the great
est discovery of this century. 1t is a
medicine discovered by Dr. S. b. Hartman.
OF Pittsburgh, and prescribed by him in
thousands OF cases during thirty years of
continuous practice. Ask your druggist
for the pamphlet entitled the Ills OF
Life. (which gives full and complete di-
rectiOns for the preservation of the health.
Try Perana, the great tonic.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1884-01-24
CHAPTER II.

MAIDEN, MASS. Feb. !, 1880.
Gentlemen-.'I suffered with attacks of
sick headache
Neuralgia, female trouble. for years in
the most terrible and excrnclating man.
ner. e
No medicine or doctor could give me re-
lief or cure until used Hop Bitters.
1.-THE first bottle o
Nearly cured me -
The second made me as strong and well
as when child.
And have been so to this day.
Ny husband was All invalid for twenty
years with serious
Kidney, liver and urinary complaint
Pronounced by Boston's hest physi-
''Inearable;!f el5
''Seven bottles of your bitters cured him
and know OF the
Lives of eight persons
In my neighbOrhood that have been
saved by your bitters,
And many more are using them with
great bepeht, ~. 55s,sF 81.
They almost frese
Do miracles ?'' Mrs. L. D. Slack.
The total abstinence society of Harvard
College was addressed in Seaver Hall, De-
cember II. by Governor st. John, Colonel
G. w. Balm, and John B. Finch. This is
a new departure. Oxford, England, has a
imilar organization
The National Roman Catholic Total
Abstinence Union numbers 36O39 men,
bers. ~"
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1884-01-24

Says Father Burke, of the Roman Cath
Ollie church: when God made us He
gave us soul and body together, in all
the activity of their powers. The man
that annihilates his own soul for single
instant by drunkenness, commits an out
rage against the God that has made him,
against the author Of his nature