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Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-07-24
where Fire Crackers Are Made
Boston Budget.l

iOOShOh ouuRbbsI
Nine 'tenths of the fire crackers come
from Canton, where they are made by
convicts hired by Flashing g. Chow Hing
from the government at the rate of 8 cents
d day. All of the work is done inside of
the prisons, which consist of a reservation
of 400 feet square, staked of and sur.
rounded by high bamboo palings. The
paper employed in the manufac ,ure of
fire crackers Is made of bamboo film, and
is without doubt the strongest paper
made. Each cracker is filled. rolled and
pasted by hand, and the nimble fingers Of
the cOnvicts finish them with astonishing
rapidity.
The powder is different from any other
made, and despite the fneness Of It, is
nevertheless equally as powerful as our
best blasting powder. When ready for
the market they are sent to Hong Kong,
from whence they are distributed all over
the world. In the year 1884 500, 900
boxes of fire crackers were entered in this
country. Each box contained forty pack.
ages, and each package from sixty.four
to eighty crackers From this some idea
Of the number of fire crackers exploded
on Independence Day may be gained.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-07-24

[Blakely Hallin San Francisco Argonaut1
I have often been amused at the dis.
cussions Of actors over certain lines in
Plays. or "pieces Of business which thew
considered peculiarly their own. This
sort Of thing resulted in q fight once in a
corridorOf a Cincinnati hotel, where two
professionals, who were very much down
at the heel, waxed wrothy over a line in
"Othello 1t was that part Of the dia.
logue between 0thello and Iago. where
the Moor says of Cassie, as he not
honest3" Iago says, "Honest, nv lordSS
One Of the actors claimed that this second
line should be read with yelled and crafty
meaning--spoken. in fact, so as 10 throw
a very slight discredit on Cassio's honesty
and yet not openly accuse him. aThafs
rot. said the other actor, complacentlv,
"the way that there line should he read Il
with surprise and disgust You don't
suppose there would be a curse ct the end
OF the line without meaning somethingP
The way, to read that line is this: Honesty
My Lordp "
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-07-24
Exposition Items.

New ORLEANS, July 21.-The city
council tonight extended a franchise
to the Exposition railroad for one year
The Exposition management will COM
mence work at once and complete the
passenger railroad to Canal street.
Maj. ETA. Burke has been appointed
Dy the board of management special
commissioner to Mexico to secure re.
tention and enlargement of Mexican
exhibit and services of the Mexican
band for the New Exposition.
Keau Campbell, of Cincinnati, a well
known railroad man, has been an
pointed by the Exposition manage.
ment chief of Transportation
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-07-24
The Burden Falls on All.

Charleston News and Courier.
1t is a curious illustration Of the
contradictions and compensations
which obtain in human affairs that this
news from Afghanistan which de,
pressed securities in England and or
the Continent, and to that extent.im
paired the value of property there
should have enhanced the price Of
provisions and increased the value Of
property in the United States. 1t is al
Ill wind that blows no one any good
says the proverb, and we tlatter our
selves accordingly that we shall REAP
here a substantial benefit from the
troubles Of our fellow men in other
parts Of the world. But the fact is
not so. Whatever the temporary ad.
vantage that may accrue to US, war
means waste and loss on a large scale
and the peoples Of the earth have
become too closely united by a thou.
sand ties for the effects of the loss tt
be confined to one or two nations
The United States will have to beal
their proportion of the expense ant
damage Of any contest in which Eng
land and Russia may engage.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-07-24

Thus, with regard 10 the current
superstitions Of our peasantry and Of the
H~ighlanders, it is much more rational
to consider them, as Dr. Robert Cham
bers did, as "springing from a DISPOSE
ton Of the human mind to account for
actual appearances by some imagined
history which the appearances suggest, !"
than as relics Of the old world mytholO-
gies. The untutored mind ~disregards
the natural even in these days Of ap-
piled science.
There is an old weir across the Tweed
which the common people, forgetting
the mill which had disappeared, pointed
out as the work of one of the imps of
Michael Scott the wizard. Wherever
there are t~hree-topped hills there is sure
to be a legend of the work of this same
Michael or some other wizard. In the
same way, deep, clear lakes exist in
various parts of the country, concerning
which traditions survive Of cities lying
at the bottom, submerged for their
wickedness OF by the Vaccinations of
some evil spirit. Old buildings exist in
many phElS III ouCn uHldfOCdDl0 blJud-
tions that popular tradition can only
account for the singularity by the
operation Of some u~nfriendly spirit
transporting them from their original
locality. Large solitary rocks off the
coast or on hill-tops have been deposited
there by witches. Water springing
from a rock by the roadside has always
been the result of the stroke Of SONG
magician or saint.
Large depressions on hillsides are
generally the footprints of giants, like
the mark left by Buddha's foot as he
assembled to Heaven, which is still to be
seen on a hill in Ceylon. The circular
marks in the fields are the rings drawn
by the fairies for their midnight dances,
and a scaur or cliff bearing the marks
Of volcanic action or Of lightning is in
variably associated with some tale of
diabolical action. Almost every reader
can add instances of natural appear
ances or effects idealized by the work
ings of the imaginations of uneivilzed
or uncultivated minds.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-07-24
The Lesson Of Lynehburg.

NAI
IT'S the same old story Of official in
competence and neglect, at Lynchburg.
! A sewer from one Of the most popul-
Gus districts in the city. and the canal
that supplies the city with water, enter
and leave the river, respectively, at
about the same point. OF course the
sewer empties above the mouth Of the
canal. No explanation is given Of the
failure to connect them by a jetty or
otherwise, so as to compel a junction
Of the streams but the existing arrange
ment seems to have answered Its pur-
pose very well, as ali unusual amount
Of sickness EXISTS In the city, and has
been Traced to this cause.
There is an Oriental and French
proyerb that a womanis at the bottom
Of all mischief in society. Whatever
happens, the first question Is, "Who is
she?" The experience of this couu-
try, and of other countries, is that
whenever sickness occurs in a COM
murity something is wrong with the
water supply. The question, then, is,
"What is the matter with the
drains?" and it seldom fails that
something is found wrong with
them. Plymouth, in Pennsylvania,
is still burying the victims of
official folly and carelessness in that
town. Lynchburg is sufferingin turn,
and some other town or city will re-
peat the lesson of both sooner or
Charleston is highly favored in
the possession of a lasting supply OF
absolutely pure water, drawn from its
Artesian wells, and cities that can fol-
low its successful and beneficial exam
pie in boring these wells should lose
no time in doing SO.
The above is from the Charleston
News and Courier. The trouble with
us here in V~icksburg is, we have no
water-works. Probably no city in the
Union is so favorably situated for the
construction Of water-works. An IN
falling supply of good water can be
had from the Mississippi river, and the
water tower or stand pipe erected on
some one of the overlooking hills
would have all the necessary altitude
to force the water to every part of the
city. AS in Lynchburg and Plymouth,
sickness is traceable here to impure
water largely, as we heard one of our
most prominent physicians say a short
time ago.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-07-24

Auditor Jumel Censured for M. S..
PoWelPs Defaication--The East
Carroll Grand Jury's Report.
1t is with regret that we call atten-
ton of the court and the public to the
financial condition Of our parish, and
the official acts of our officers, both
State and parish. Our late sheriff and
tax collector is reported a defaulteI
for many thousand dollars. When
such heavy defalcations come to light
can one help exclaiming how did he
get SO far behind? What was the police
jury and State auditor doing? These
questions are hard to answer. w
believe our police jurors to be consci
entious gentlemen, who discharge theiI
unpleasant and thankless duties to the
best of their abilities. Still police
jurors have a stern public duty to per-
form. The office is onerous and dis.
agreeable, but when accepted, it should
be performed rigidly. The law re-
quires the tax collector to make settle
ments on the 10th day of each month
with the parish treasurer, and with the
police jury On the 10th day of January
of each year. The law also requires
the president Of the police jury, on
the 18th day of November of each
year to report to the governor OF
the State all defaulters. if there be any
and provides a penalty if he refuses
or. neglects doing sc. Had this
been done M. S. Powells deficit
to the State and parish would have
been very much less than it now is
and indeed in all probability would
never have occurred, but any rate his
second bond would not have been filed
and many innocent bondsmen would
have been saved much trouble and
probable loss. In this connection We
wish to call the attention Of the dis
trict attorney to Sec. 1871 of the Re
vised Statutes of the State. We are Of
the opinion that he should at oneC
commence action to recover the pen,
atty prescribed for violating said stat
ute, should it be shown that said Oft,
GERS have not done their duty. W.
can not condemn too strongly thu
action Of the late auditor Of
the State, Mr.. Allen Jumel, fol
allowing Mr.. Powell to go on FoUE
years without requiring him to file q
delinquent role. or make q final settle
ment. 1t is the duty of the State au.
ditor to see that all tax collectors set
tie promptly with the State for all take:
collected by them and in case Of failure
to settle, the auditor is required under
heavy penalty to report each defaultinl
tax collector to the governor. Mr.
Jumel's course in this matter hai
caused much loss to the State and hai
been exceedingly unjust to Powell'
boLdsmen.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-07-24
Coal Mine Closed by Order Of a Mex
lean Federal Judge.

EAGLE PASS, July 21.-The Sabinas
coal mines were ordered closed yester-
day by a Mexican federal Judge on a
suit brought by Milne, the sMexican
banker, who claims the property, This
is the third time since the mines were
opened in 1883 that operations have
been stopped by order Of the court at
the instance Of Milne, who claims the
property under a Spanish grant to his
wife's ancestors. The mines were
turning off one hundred tons daily,
employing two hundred men who are
thrown out Of employment. The
property with improvements is worth
Sl,500,000. 1t is expected that the
embargo will be removed inside of
thirty days as General Manager John
son is taking steps in the matter.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-07-24
The Liberals WIN he Invited.

LONDON, July 21-Numerous Lib.
sral, as well as Conservative, members
Of the house of commons, are sub.
scribers to a testimonial to Sir Stafford
Northcote. Many Conservatives have
asked for invitations to the banquet to
be given to Earl Spencer, In order to
express their disapprOval of the re-
marks made by Sir Michael Hicks
Beach, and Lord Randolph C~hurchhill
in the recent debate on Mr.. Parnell's
motion to enquire into the Mamtrasna
cases. Only the Liberals, however,
will be invited.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-07-24
Found HIdIngl In waads.

BLooMINeToN, ILL, July 2l.-Abra.
ham Deuzer, the German farmer. who
yesterday burned his house and barn
and all his live stock to prevent his
wlfe, who is suing for divorce, from
getting any property, and who was
supposed to have persisted in the
names, was subsequently found hiding
IN a.clump of tall weeds and was lodged
IN the county Jail. During the night he
improvised arope from his suspendors,
q towel, and a piece OF cord and hung
himself from the door frame Of the
cell closet, being found dead this morn
ing.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-07-24
Resolutions Adopted by the Demo-
Gratis Of PentIss County.


Resolved, That we endorse the ad-
ministration Of Gov. Lowry as wise,
honest and conservative; that we rec
ognize in him the gentleman, the
statesman and the patriot; that we rep
rebate the defamation and abuse with
which his enemies have pursued him.
Resolved, That we hereby instruct
our delegates to the approaching State
convention to use all honorable means
to secure Gov. Lowry's nomination,
and to vote as a unit to that end.
The first resolution was adopted, AZ
to 2; the second, % to IL; after which
both were made unanimous, by a ris.
ing vote.
The delegates were also instructed
to vote for Inge, for Lieut.. Governor
Hemingway, for Treasurer; Sloan, TO
Auditor; Harper, for Attorney-Genera
and Lipscomb, for superintendent o
Education. : 5.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-07-24

AS THE time for putting out or
chards approaches, tree-peddlers from
Northern nurseries begin to oyerrun
the South. Few Of these men or the
nurseries they represent are reliable,
and besides scions from Northern nur-
series are worthless in the South. This
is not written out of prejudice, but to
warm and protect those of our readers
who contemplate planting fruit trees
this fall. Fruit stock should be
purchased from nurseries situated as
neal the same latitude as possible, and
this done there will he fewer failures
and disappointments.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-07-24

GEN. DE CoURCY has prohibited the
importation Of absinthe into TOnquin.
Absinthe is a much more insinuating
drink than other liquors, and the habit
is easily acquired. While it is not so
degrading in its effects it disintegrates
the system and causes death sooner
than other liquors.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-07-24
Troops Leaving for Home,

EAST SAGINAW, MICH, July 21.-
One company Of State troops left for
home at noon and the others leave this
evening. There is no other change in
the strike except manifest weakening
of the strikers. many of whom show a
disposition to meet the employers with
a view to the adjustment of their
difficulty.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-07-24

DOES "protection" protect American
labor? Some people pretend to argue
that it does, and many workingmen
have believed the doctrine. But after
twenty-five years, the fruits of the fall
lacious system are seen in strikes in
all parts Of the manufacturing Sec
tions. Only a day or two ago, a squad
of nearly 100 disciplined policemen
were necessary to repel an attack Of
strikers OIL the Cleveland CO., Rolling
Mill. The following, from a special
to the New York Tribune, tells how
the striking workingmen Jared:
The casualties among the rioters
were much more serious but their real
extent is not yet known. AS rapidly
al the men were injured they were
helped to the rear where wives and
friends received them and hurried
them home. Nota policeman could be
found whose club did not bear eyi.
dence Of contact with the skull of
striker. Six Of the rioters were cap.
tured in the melee, all Of them pretty
well used up. Five gave their names as
James Melkeska, German; John Wills.
kofska, Pole James Pollock, Bohem
ian Michael Kobeck, Pole, and Johr
Lyons, Englishman. The sixth mar
was too badly wounded to give any &C
count OF himself and his companions
refuse to disclose his identity. The
injuries Of the men consisted Of cuts
aud bruises about the head. Their
wounds were dressed and they were
brought into the city and placed in the
hospital at the Central Station. The
unknown Bohemian will probably die
And in the Saginaw Valley, Michi.
gan, 10000 workingmen are out on q
strike, resulting in great suffering
among the strikers and a loss Of 800,
900 a day to the mills. In view of all
these things, it well may be asked
Who does '%'protection" protect?
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-07-24
Wholesale Masssora

LONDON. July 2l.-Intelligence has
been received from West Africa that
the king of Dahomey with many foi.
lowers. on May 10th, made 4 raid On
the villages under French protection,
near Porto Novo. His troops indulsed
IN wholesale massacre Of the inhsb.
ltants and burned all their villages
one thousand youths were CAPTURED
and carried back into Dahomey to he
sacrificed at the cannibal feast
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-07-24
Another One Added to a Long List.
SDeciai to Commercial Herald.

BRANDON, MISS, July 20.-Rankin
county instructs for Governor Lowry
and sends a delegation to the State con-
vention headed by Hon. J. L. McCas-
kill, Col. a.. j. Frantz, Doctor Norman,
and others. Also instructed for VIM.
Buchanan for Senator from Smith and
Rankin counties, and for II. M. Parker
for sheriff. They compromised on the
other offices.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-07-24

Golden Medical Discovery" will not
cure a person whose lungs are almost
wasted, but It is an unfalling remedy
for consumption If taken in time. All
druggists. b
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-07-24
The Cholera soo,,rna

MADRID, July 2l.-There were 2,l47
new cases Of cholera and 952 deaths
reported yesterday in SpS;1. In MAJ
rid 10 new cases ond Is deaths werA
reported. The scourge has invaded
Guadalaiara, Burgio and Alimeria.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-07-24

Protection FOR Commercial Ports.V
LONDON, July 21.-The admiralty is
maturing measures for the defense and
protection Of commercial ports in the
British Empire.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-07-24

Married, in Los Vegas, New Mexico, on the
9th of July, by the Rev. Mr. Murphy, Mrs.
MARTHA NJ. DUNCAN. of Warren county, Miss,
and MIR. j. NJ. HARRIS, of Boswell, New
Mexico.
Mrs. Duncan is a native Of Warren
county, Miss, but most Of her life has
been spent in Louisiana, especially
New Orleans. Her friends there and
in Warren will wish her a happy and
prosperous life in the new home of her
choice and adoption.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-07-24
"Rough on Rats"

Clears out rats, mice, reaches, flies,
ants, bed-bugs. skunks, chipmunks,
gophers. l5c. Druggists.
ap28-tue r
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-07-24

TEE official returns for the year end
ingJuly LIST show a decline in the trade
Of Liverpool as compared with the
previous year. This, however. is but
in keeping with the experience Of all
the commercial centres Of the world.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-07-24
"Buchu-Paiba.'

Quick, complete cure, all Kidney,
Bladder and Urinary Diseases, Scald-
ing, Irritation, Stone, Gravel, Catarrh
Of the bladder. 81. Druggists.
ap2s-tue
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-07-24
Fire.

NEW ORLEANS, July 21.-J. Dill.
Ga ; soaa water ma~nufactury, on
.Glrard street, burned with contents
Loss sl2,OO0; fully insured. Damage
70 otner property $4,000; not insured.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-07-24

REv. SAMUEL IREEUs PRIZE
died last Saturday at Manchester, VI.
BE was atsthe time Of his death and
had been for many years editor Of the
New York Observer, and wrote many
books, the most interesting being
books Of travel.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-07-24
aRouoh on Corns."

ask for Wells "Rough on Corns.'
15c. Quick complete cure. Hard OF
soft corns, warts, bunions.
an s-tue
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-07-24
Heart Pains.

PalpitatiOn, Dlopsical Swellings,
Dizziness, Indigestion, Headache,
Sleepness cured by "Wells' Health
REVIEWER"
aD28 the
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-07-24

BERLIN, July 21.-Four Arctic ex-
petitions will leave Germany next
winter,
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-07-24
The Heated Wave.

The Heated Waves
LEXINGTON, KY, July 21.-This
has been the hottest day Of the season.
The thermometer from 2 to 4 pm. was
SO.
LOUISVILLE, July p. - Edward
Bishop. engineer, was overcome by
heat to-day and died soon afterward.
The atmosphere is not so oppressive
as yesterday. The mercury was 95 de-
grees at z o'clock this afternoon.
DETROIT, MICH, July 2l.-The hot
wave still holds out. At 2 o'clock the
thermometer was 80, and now stands
SO. The minimum was "a at daylight.
The only death from the heat was a
horse that died this forenoon.
P~ITTsBURe. July 21.-This is the
hottest day Of the year. The mercury
rose to SO degrees at l O'Clock this
afternoon, when a thunder storm re-
duced the temperature to sc. Five
cases of p%rostration from the heat had
been reported at 2 o'clock. One of
them, q mill laborer, died in a few
minutes. and another, VIM. B. Cope
land, letter carrier, is in a serious con
dition. In several mills the employees
were compelled to quit work this
morning and the mills closed down.
Among the street car horses there is
great suffering, and on some Of the
roads the number of trips have been
reduced at least one third.
NEW YORK, July 21.-Dennis Sulli-
van. sixty years old, Jas. Reynolds,
thirty-nine years old and John
O'Shaughnessy sixty years old, died
to-day in this city from sunstroke.
Michael Schoon, a resident of College
Point, Long Island, also died from.sun-
stroke to-day. The day was extreme
ly hot and uncomfortable with no as
surance of cool weather. The Their
mometer registered as follows: 8 am.
"a 6 am, rs; Gam. 80 ; IL noon, 80;
l pm, 80 and at $3.50 pm. it was 81
Postmasters Should Read and Heed.
WASHINGTON, July 21.-The law
officer of the p~ostofice department has
given an opinion to the effect that a
postmaster who uses or converts to his
own use the postal funds in his own
office, although not required to deposit
them until the end Of the current
month or quarter is guilty of embez-
element. 1t has been supposed by
many postmasters that under section
l249 Of the postal laws and regulations,
revised statutes 1858, there was no
ENLIGHTENMENT by postmasters until he
had wilfully neglected to make his de-
posit as required by the regulations,
but the opinion holds that under the
provisions of the postal laws of the re-
vised Istatutes 1916, postmasters are
forbidden to loan, use or deposit in an
unauthorized bank or exchange for fur
Their funds any public money collected
by them. Ii a postmaster does use
any such money wrongfully or con-
verts them to his wi use, the act Of
July Both, 1879, provides that any off,
Ger of the United States or assistant
who shall embezzle or convert public
funds to his own use, shall be pun
ished by fine and Imprisonment. I'm
der this act any postmaster who uses.
postal funds intending to make them
good when the time for deposlting ar
rives, is liable to prosecution and pun
ishment.
Strenuous Appeals to the POST
master-General.
WASHINGTON. ,Julv 01-Sinca tho