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The bee., 1884-06-28

AN American cricket team is playing
matches in England
A DISASTROUS inundation is reported from
Tmkestan- A river burst through a dixie
and the rushing water destroyed large mill
ta1'y camp and submerged large and fertile
tract of country. Many persons were drowned
ELDER SMooT, Mormon missionary, has
been expelled from Bavaria by order of the
minister of state. Smoot had succeeded IN
making numerous converts, whom he was
preparing TO send TO Utah
THE soldier named Misdei, who murdered
six of his comrades, and who was sentenced to
be shot in the back was executed at Naples,
Italy.
THE Prince of Orange, crown prince of the
Netherlands, is dead.
MOODY, the evangelist, made his farewell
address at a large meeting in London, at
which many leading clergyTnen Were present
A DISEASE which has been pronounced ASH
ATTIC cholera has broken ous in Toulon. France,
and thousands of the inhabitants have fed
from the city.
The bee., 1884-06-28
Foreign.

EARL SPENCER. lord lieutenant of ireland,
unveiled portrait of Queen Victoria in Bel
1aSt The large crowd which viewed the pro-
session was silent all along the rc lte, and at
7he town hall Earl Spencer was greeted with
1ningled cheers and groans
Ell MAHDI's rebels have captured the town
of CHA, near the Abyssinian frontier, TAX
ing six guns, zoo camels and 500 of the garTi-
Eon
BEARS are causing great havoc among the
sheep in Toilette county, Quebec
The French minister of agriculture wants
GO raise the duties on cattle imported into
france.
The bee., 1884-06-28

Mrs. Ann LocoT, of New Orleans, La,
writes: "I have a son who has been sick for
two years; he has been tended by our lead
ing physicians, but al to no purpose This
morning he had bis usual spell of coughing
and was 50 greatly Frustrated in consequence
thattleath seemed imminent. We had IN the
house bottle of DR.. VIM. Halls Balsam for
the Lungs, purchased by my husband, who
noticed your adveI tisement. We admins
tered it andhe was Instantly relieved"
The bee., 1884-06-28

THE chance concoctions of ignorant
men have sometimes brought disrepute not
only on their own worthless medicines that
deserve ro credit. but sometimes with much
injustice, on really reliable preparations.
Ladies should not hesitate abeut Mrs Pink
ham Vegetable Compound, for this rem
edy has been tried, proven and praised for
years,
The bee., 1884-06-28

MENsMAN's PEPToSIzED BEEF TONIC, the only
of beef containing its entire nut{-
tiootS properties. 1t contains blood-making,
force generating and hfe-sustaining properties;
invaluable for indigestion, dyspepsia, nervous
also, in all enfeebled conditions, whether the
result of exhaustion, nervous prostration, over
work or acute disease, particularly if resulting
from pulmonary complaints. G swell Hazard 4
Co., Proprietors. New York. Sold by druggists.
The bee., 1884-06-28

Dallas, Texas. is said To c ba!It orp-
graveyard of maStodons. and ibr five
or SIX years past excavations tor build
ings have eldom tailed 10 bring up
their bones.
The bee., 1884-06-28

when YOU have tried everything else and
failed try our Carboline and be happy: it will
prove its merits. One dollar bottle, and
sold by all druggists.
The bee., 1884-06-28

There are at present 1922 cars ,un
ming daily in the city of Boston, ;na
p, 7O3 men employed ty the same cor
porations.
The bee., 1884-06-28

Shall we paint our statues? Yes.
says Professor Treu, the director of
the Dresden collections of antiquities,
He has recently published pamphlet,
in which he expresses the opinion that
the attempt should be made to supply
marble, bronze and ivory statuary
with colored costume. A white mar
BILE Goethe in Werther attire, for
instance, he would furnish with
dark-blue coat, and give to his waist
coat the orthodox canary color. The
other side of the question is taken up
by the writer in the Deutsche RuIaI-
SchGu, who maintains that the more
a sculptor has mastered his art the
more he will value the natural white
ness of the marble. The spirit of the
artist gives life alike to the pure
marble, the dark bronze, and the pale
ivory Where that vivifying spirit is
wanting, no color can give life to the
STATUE. The paint pot, in short, would
be the death of the sculptor's art.
The bee., 1884-06-28
TOPICS OF'IaE DAY.

Steel pens are generally" made of
the finest and most costly steel. In
some European countries those which
have been used are carefully saved,
while we throw themaway by the ton.
Secondhand steel pens are utilized in
the manufacture of watch springs,
fine knives, etc. In Dresden it has
been planned to collect and sell them
for the benefit Of the education of
poor children.
The bee., 1884-06-28

The best muzzle for a dog is a reyolver's
muZzle.
The bee., 1884-06-28
"RuclIn Pnihn.O
Instantly Relieved.

Quick, complete cure, all annoying Kidney,
Bladder and Urinary Diseases. 81. Druggists
The bee., 1884-06-28

More than 100 tons of human hair
are annually bought and sold.
The bee., 1884-06-28

A correspondent in India writes
that the foreigners located there sell
dom go out unless accompanied by
snake dogs. These faithful terriers"
he says, hunt up the venomous rep
tiles and call attention to their pres
ence by vigorous barking. They will
not attack cobra or other poisonous
snake when at bay, but promptly
pounce upon the less dangerous ones.
They seem to have an instructive fear
of the cobra when alive, but vent
their spleen on him as soon as he is
laid out"
The bee., 1884-06-28
Rail- Handa-

Though on Coughs"
Knocks Cough or Cold endwise. For chill
dren or adults. Troches, 15c. Liquid, soc
The bee., 1884-06-28

Ten years ago neither India, Aus
tralia nor the Argentine, Republic had
sent a cargo of wheat to Europe
This year the amount of exportable
wheat from India is estimated at
50,000000 bushels, from Australia
25,000,000, and from the Argentine
Republic at 100000 bushels a
total of S5,000,000 bushels. In each
of these countries the opening up of
the country by railroads is stimulating
wheat production in surprising man
ner.
The bee., 1884-06-28

Piso's remedy for Catarrh is a certain cure
for that very obnoxious disease.
The bee., 1884-06-28

According to the last census the
total area of the United States and
the territories, not including Alaska,
is 100000 square miles. Of the
States, Texas has the largest area,
262, ,290 square miles, and Rhode Is
land the smallest, 1885 square miles,
so that the former would make 241 of
the latter. and have sos square miles
ever Of the territories, Dakota is
the largest, having 147, 700 square miles
and Washington is the smallest, with
only 66,SSO square miles, but yet 81
times the size of Rhode Island; but
Rhode Island is ahead of all others in
density of population, having 254 per
sons to the square mile.
The bee., 1884-06-28

Trough on COrns."
Ask for Wells Rough on Corns. ''15c. Quick,
complete cure. Corns, warts, buniOns.
The bee., 1884-06-28

We are becoming great cheese and
butter eating nation. The home con-
sumption of these two articles of diet
has increased in greater ratio than
any other food. Cheese, like meat. is
muscle-producing, and is very nutri-
tious to people who have stomachs to
digest it. People in southern Europe
can live on cheese with an onion and
little macaroni Time was when
our butter and cheese were very poor
compared to those in certain parts of
Europe. But our creameries and
cheese factories now turn out an arti-
Gle far better than the average of that
produced in Europe.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-03-20
THE LATE Coz. BEN. KING.

A correspondent takes umbrage at
an expression used by the EXAMINER
in paying funeral tribute to the
late Col. King, and sends us COM
munication that we publish, after
erasing certain phrazes that are alto
gether out of place in a discussion
over grave;
BEAUREGARD, MISS, March 70, 1884,
EDITORS EXAMINER
In the issue Of the Vicksburg Evening Post Of
the 9th ult see an extract from your paper
in which, noticing the death of Col Ben King, of
this place. you use the following Though for
the greater portion of his mature life he was a
prominent leader of the Dom Ocratlc party" etc.
In this you are mistaken. The writer has known
him from his earliest young manhood and he
was known and recognized leader of the Old
Wing party of Copiah county, at the age Of 10 /;
he fought the Democracy up to 1850 and was
once the Wing candidate for Representative of
this county. Early in life he joined the Hamll-
tonian school of politics, and was an ardent ad-
Hrer and supporter of Henry Clay for the Pres
dency. When the question of secession was
agtated he strongly opposed it, but after he
saw 1t was foregOne conclusion he went into
1t with the Democracy and was elected to the
Secession Convention and voted for the ordi-
nance of secession. When the war was over he
went about trying to rebuild his fallen fOrtu neS
but the actions of the Republican Congre IS in
proposing the recon structiOn measures to the
seeding States aroused him and he bitterly OPP
posed their acceptance by the South, and also
opposed the enfran chisement of the Negro, but
other counsels prevailed against him. Then
came the carpet Dagger and his terrible rule
Col. King, in 1875, and for years before that
fought the carpet-baggers with all his power
and Is entitled to as much credit for that achiev
ment as any other man in the State. As mat
ter of course he had to act with the Democratic
party in those campaigns, for 1t was the only
organized party opposing the carpet-bag rule
But the writer can say positively that in every
speech which Col King made in those cam.
paigns he invariably made the assertion, 81 am
no Democrat but an old line Whig." This made
MN Unpopular WIN the uitTa wing Vi the Dem
0cratic party hence the TRADE Of abuse heapcd
upon him by the Democracy when he accepted
the leadership of the opposition three years ago
In evidence Of these facts we have only to point
to the encomlllms passed upon his ability and
many good deeds since his demise by the very
papers which poured the pitfalls of SANDER upon
his good name when he was a candidate fol
Governor Of Missssippi-they are late in &C.
knowledging his claims on the people of his
country. b. r. JONES
The Examiner said that for 'the
greater portion of his mature life he
was prominent leader of the Dem
cratic party" and the Examiner adj
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-03-20
We Must Nominate our Strongest
Man.

In the Convention that will assem-
BILE at Chicago on the Sth of July the
delegates will be called upon to con-
slider but one question, and that will
be: Who can be counted upon, as
the nominee of our party, to carry the
most votes in the doubtful or pivotal
States: In other words, who of all
the good and true men who stand by
the teachings of Jeffetson and Jack
son, can best be depended upon to
carry New York, New Jersey, Indiana,
California, Connecticut, Nevada, and
Wisconsin?
1t is true that we all have our
favorites; that each thinking man in
the party feels deep interest in the
personal advancement of some one Of
the illustrious men who have been
mentioned in connection with the
highest Office in the gift of the Re-
public; but it would be anything but
kind to select ones friend for slaugl =
ter, and surely this must be the re-
suit of weak nomination.
What we all want, and what the
country greatly needs, is a national
Democratic victory, and if it cannot
be achieved by putting our favorite
at the head of the column then by all
means select another man, and if he
has spark of patriotism in him he
will applaud your decision, and if he
does not applaud it he gives conclu-
sive evidence of the prudence and
justice exercised in passing him by;
for no man is worthy of nomination
who would not cheerfully sacrifice
his personal ambition in the interest
of the Democratic party and the
country.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-03-20

The greatest horror Of the new
year was the explosion of gas in the
Pocahuntas coal mine, near Lynch.
burg Virginia on the 18th inst,
whereby l54 miners lost their lives.
Some we're near the entrance at the
time while others we're at the far
end Of the tunnel, nearly half a mile
from the shaft, and as the mine took
fire at once throughout its extent the
bodies we're all cremated. 1t is sup
posed that the fearful disaster was
caused by miner having driven his
pick into gas cell. The only means
of subduing the fire consists of clos
ing up the mouth of the mine with
earth, hence if the bodies of the poor
victims have escaped the conhagra-
ton it will be months and perhaps
years before they can ban exhumed
for burial.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-03-20

The Mexican reciprocity treaty
that was negotiated by Mr.. Prescott
of South Carolina and Gen. U. S.
Grant on behalf OF the United States,
two years ago, was ratified by the
Senate on the 18th inst, by the neces-
sary two thirds vote.
As near as could be asoertained,
the vote in Executive session stood
as follows, according to the Wash
ington Post:
"YEAs-Messrs. Allison, Bayard,
Beck, Blair, Bowen, Camden, Cameron
of Wisconsin, Cockrell, Coke, Cullum,
Dawes, Dolph, Edmunds, Fair, Farley,
Frye, George, Groome, Harris, Harri
son, Hill, Hoar, Ingalls,, jackson,
Lamar, Logan, Mcmillan, Mcpherson,
Henderson, Maxey, Miller of Califor-
mia, Miller of New York, Morgan,
Pike, Pugh, Sabin, Salisbury, Sawyer,
Slater, Vest and Wilson-Total, Al.
NAYs-Messrs. Aldrich, Brown,
Call, Congcr, Gibson, German, Hamp-
ton, Hawley, Jonas, Jones of Florida,
Kenna, Malone, Mitchell, Morrill,,
Palmer, Platt, Sewell, Sherman, Vance
and Williams-Total, 20.
Several amendments we're offered
during the debate, but failed to re-
ceive the necessary two-thirds vote
and were lost. MrJonas offered two,
one providing that hog and other
meats and producer, wheat and flour
should be added to the list of free
importations into Mexico. This was
lost by a vote of "a to 36. The other,
placing textile fabrics in the same
favorable category, was lost by "A to
35. Mr.. Morrill, offered an amend
ment fixing lower limit to the grade
of sugar to be imported, which was
lost by barely majority vote in its
favor.
Messrs. Butler, Colquitt, Ransom,
Rittleberger, and Cameron of Penn
sylvania, who would have voted
against ratification, we're paired with
Senators who favored the treaty, In
these pairs, as two-thirds aflirma-
tive vote was required, each Senator
who was against the treaty had to be
paired with two who favored it.
Under the operations Of this en-
gagement Mexico can send to this
country free of duty-as we under
stand it-sugar, tobacco, rice, fruits,
or almost any of her other agricul-
tural and horticultural products, hence
it was opposed by the Senators from
Virginia, North Carolina, Louisiana,
South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and
one from Kentucky.
If any American interests are in
juriously affected by this treaty they
will be those of the farmers, of course;
and if the treaty had to be ratified
the amendments offered by Senator
Jonas should have been accepted, for
they gave us genuine reciprocity by
permitting our farmers to carry free
of duty into Mexico their meat snd
grain products, and our cotton mills
to enter that market free, with their
fabrics.
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Is Tariff Reaucti On Revenue Re-
ductiOn?

1t is not reasonable to suppose that
any probable reduction in tariff duties
will result in decrease of revenue,
for if the protective system is found
ed upon the theory of limiting i'm
ports with view to controlling the
home market, every reduction of
duty must result in the encourage
ment of foreign trade and consequent
increase of imports. A reduction of
twenty per cent. for instance, in the
duty upon some particular article of
merchandise that has heretofore been
almost entirely furnished by our
home factories may make its impor-
tation profitable, and while we i'm
ported but million dollars worth a
year, when the duty was fifty Per
cent, we might swell our importa-
tons to twenty millions on a forty
per cent, duty; thus by an enactment
that would seem to reduce the reve-
nue. one hundred thousand dollars we
would actually increase it seven mil
lions and half. OF course such an
extreme case as this would not be
likely to occur, yet no one can foresee
the effect of a twenty per cent, re-
duction in the duties on certain tex
tile and metal fabrics.
If the real object of tariff reduc-
ton is to decrease the revenues of
the Government, then the desired
object is only to be attained by
making large additions to the free
list from schedules that represent
actual importations,and not by bring
ing within the sphere of importations
articles that are now almost entirely
supplied by home manufactures un-
der the "prohibitive" influence of the
existing tariff laws.
OF course twenty per cent, hori-
zontal reduction upon all the sched-
ules will result in lowering the prices
to consumers upon many articles of
necessity and luxury, but it can only
do so by throwing open our markets
to thousands of foreign fabrics that
are not at present able to compete in
price with home products, and this
cannot result in decrease in reve-
nue., but must, on the contrary, vast
ly add to the custom house receipts.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-03-20
The RritOn and the Arab.

In the battle between the British
under Gen. Graham, and the Arabs
under Osman Digma, at the Tamai
Wells, in the Soudan, Africa, on the
18th, in which the Europeans were
1000 strong and their adversaries ten
or twelve thousand, the fighting was
Of the most desperate character, and
at one period of the battle Che
chances were decidedly against the
British, but the pluck and discipline
of the little army prevailed, and the
enemy after suffering the loss of
several thousand, killed, sullenly
walked rather than retreated from the
field. The fact that the British had
only hundred killed is due to the
manner of warfare waged by their
enemies who rushed upon them re-
gardless Of the leaden hail that moved
them down, inficting whatever inju-
ry they did with sabre, dagger and
spear.
In this contest as in the wars with
Napoleon, the British resorted to
their famous hollow square formation,
and received the Arabs as in former
days they received the grand French
cavalry.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-03-20
Territorial Delegates 70 the Con
yentiOD

We are thoroughly convinced
that the policy of admitting Terrific
rial delegates to National Conven,
tons that has 50 long prevailed in
Republican usage, is we'll founded
and proper; and hope that when our
State Convention meets it will in
struct its representatives to Chicago
to favor the plan. The National
Executive Committee at its meeting
in February was thoroughly Impress
ed with the necessity for adopting
this policy, but did not possess the
power to act in the premises--it
howeve went as far as it could in
the matter, by advising the Terrific
ries and District of Columbia to
select delegates, leaving the matter
Of their recognition and admission to
the magnanimity of the convention
when assembled.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-03-20

heres to that opinion, notwithstand-
ing the dissent of its correspondent,
and in the face of the averment that
during his years of leadership he as
sumed to be an "Old Line Whig,"
though that party was entombed with
the political fortunes of Winfield
Scott, in 1852. In the campaign of
1881, when Benjamin King, for the
first time in nearly quarter of
century, poised a lance in opposition
to the Democratic organization, he
had for his opponent, in the person
of General Bob Lowry, another "Old
Line Whig"-one who stuck to the
gallant craft as long as it was sea-
worthy; as long as it could be kept
aaoat by all the art and skill and
cunning of commander, sailor, car
penter, pumper or caulker-and, in
fact, large proportion of the Demo-
cratic leaders and editors of the State
in that canvass, and in every canvass
since the war, we're old line wings.
In reference to the remark of our
correspondent upon "the encomiums
passed upon him since his demise by
the very papers" that assailed him
when candidate for Governor, we
have only to say that obituaries are
like funeral sermons and tomb stones
inasmuch as they are usually devoted
to the recital of the good deeds of
the fallen; and, surely, Ben. King
had many such white marks to his
credit. When the grave closed upon
him, whatever his faults were, they
were forgiven and forgotten, and he
is hardly good friend Or a wise one
who world sound the bugle over his
tomb and invite renewal of con-
test that ended when the polls closed
in 1881.
So far as we know or remember,
Col. Ben. King had no charge laid at
his door during that campaign save
that of Inconsistency and the abandon
ment of old political ties or alliances,
at the behest of ambition. Whether
he was amenable to those charges or
not, is of very little moment at this
late day; and if he was, his oppo-
nents are ready to concede that in
all the other relations of citizenship
he was an honor to the community in
which he lived and the State that
gave him birth. In many things we
honored him, and we aided in our
humble way in giving him honorable
and fitting burial and in admitting
his many virtues we in no wise re-
canted the expressions through these
columns that condemned his faults
of utterance and action.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-03-20

THE proposed newspaper copy
right bill, first came to Congress
asking for copyright of news for
forty-eight hours, and was spurned
with contempt by almost every Sena-
tor and Representative. 1t then re-
du3ed its demands to twenty-four
4ours, and was received with no less
dis-favor. 1t is now begging for eight
hours, and although this latter phase
will not materially affect the interior
press except in the way of delaying
the receipt of special kilograms to be
published as "extras," it is not ac-
ceptable and should not pass, far it
may if it becomes law prove but
the entering wedge to Legislation for
more dangerous and proscriptive in
its character.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-03-20
Monroe County Ahead.

From the Auditors Office, we learn
that Capt. E. L. Sykes, the popular
I tax collector of Monroe county, had
his land sale last Monday, the Bird
instant, and the next morning was
in jackson making final settlement
for the State taxes Of 1883. His
credits were small and his settlement
good one. Capt. Sykes is always
among the first to close up his ac-
counts. For the taxes of 1880 his
final settlement was made on the
10Th OF March; for 1881. on the 9th
Of March; for 1882, on the 9Th Of
March; and for 1883, on the 9TH of
March. Surely this is a good record.
Jackson Ledger.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-03-20

TIE Attorney General has at last is.
sued Instructions to U. s. Marshals and
Attorneys to take proper precautionary
measures against the exporting of explo-
sives and internal machines from this
country. This should have been done
many months ago, ere the United States
became the rendezvous and laboratory
Of all the cowsrdly sssassins Of Europe.