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Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-07
Testing Railroad Employees.
ILoganeport Pharos.l

The work of examining the Panhandle
employees on color blindness is interesting
to ON observer. The men are marched
into the armory one at O time, and are
first examined on the strength Of the aye
sight by reading letters and figures This
is quite difficult The matter Of telling
colors is tested by showing the candidate
a skein of yarn either red, green, or pink,
and then after he has told which 1t Is, he
is told to pick q number Of skeins from a
bundle of various colors which will at all
resemble the color first named To pick
out all the shades that may be found in
the bunch is no small task, and very few
of the candidates pick them all out.
There are no very glazing mistakes made
by the boys. The hearing is tested as
we'll as the sight,
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-07
Cure for the Heartburn.

lblaRely Hall IN Inc ArRonaut,
We went up TO see the other man whose
specially is cigars He Is obliged to ex-
anime the millions that arrive every week,
and he smokes from fifteen to twenty five
cigars q day. He gave q recipe for heart
burn which l do not think is generally
known. Very many smokers suffer from
this distressing form Of dyspepsia after
having INDUCED in a cigar or two too
many. j have often been hit pretty hard
myself that way, and have absorbed vast
quantities of bismuth, pepsin, baking
soda, carbonic water. Rhine wine and
settler, and the various other remedies
which have been suggested from time to
time l asked the cigar mar in the
appraisers Office If he was ever troubled
with heartburn, and he shook his head
gloomily.
1T is an awful penalty for too much
smoking, and lots of men have it because
they don't know Of a very simple and
pleasant remedy"
"What is the remedy9" | asked
"This, " be said, dramatically; II ON
suffering from heartburn, l hold out my
left hand thus, knock some of the ashes of
the cigar into the palm of my hand. allow
it to get cool, touch my tongue to the
ashes, and, prestol the heart burn is gone.
You look as if you don't believe it, but it
Is an unfailing and accurate remedy.
There is hardly q smoker in Europe who
Is not acquainted whit and | have never
explained it to an American in my life
but that he was surprised"
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-07
An Exotic.
San Francisco Chronicle,

San Francisco Chronicle,
A bloated, hideous Chinese leper sat
under a bush yesterday afternoon in
the grounds Of the Hall Of Records Of
Oakland. He was the centre of a
group of wondering small boys and
curious spectators. A reporter went
up and asked: "What is the matter,
JohnP ?" He answered in a single
word: "Leprosy." 1t seems that he
had been brought in that morning
from San Leandro and turned over to
the Board of Supervisors, then in ses-
sion. That body did not know what to
do with him and he had been deposited
on the grass near the receiving hos
pital pending negotiations. Health
Officer Buck refused to assume control
of him for the city of Oakland, but Of
fered to send him to San Francisco to
ascertain on what terms the Health
Officer there would take charge Of him.
if at all. Subsequently DR.. Buck con-
sented to place him in the Oakland
pest.house, the charges to be borne by
the Supervisors until his ultimate dis
posal is determined. DR.. Buck pro-
nounces it an undoubted case of lep-
rosy Of an advanced stage.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-07
TO Recover Lost Property.
New YORK SUM-

LAfHM AtAA sum-
SHow Is Il that Tiffany @ Co 80 often
advertise rewards for the return Of stolen
property" was asked Of a member Of the
firm.
@We do It for the convenience Of our
customers, " he replied @They don't
want to have all kinds of people running
TO their houses. They bring q description
Of the lost OF stolen property to US and
authorize US to pay a certain reward. It
is impossible to deceive US by the substi-
tuition Of paste for real diamonds, and we
cannot be deceived into taking a fraudu.
lent article Of any kind. When the lost
article Is brought In we examine 1t to find
if it is all right, and if 80, we pay the re-
ward without asking a question. 1t
Is possible that thieves know
detection in dealing with us, although we
never advertise mo questions asked We
have offered rewards of from SO to 81, 900,
and in nearly every instance we have re-
covered the property. The average re-
ward Is one .quarter of the intrinsic value
of the property. That is as much as the
thief or finder could hope to sell it for,
and by bringing it to US he avoids the
danger of getting into trouble. If less is
offered, or if the loser waits too long,
there is very little chance Of recovering
lost property. The finder may watch fol
a reward for three days, but after that he
considers it Tindings-keepinga' If 8
thief, he pawns it or melts it up.
Occasionally respectable people find o
valuable article of jewelry, and we adver
tise for the owner. and when he comes we
make him describe the article very care
fully before we surrender it An i'm
mense amount of property is lost every
year in New York, and much Of it ii
never recovered because the losers do no
make the proper efforts to do 3d."
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-07

MILLER. Of the Tupelo Journal, is a
hard hitter and sometimes rough in
handling a controversy, but the fol
lowing. from the Journal Of July S1st,
is gentle and suggestive:
Congressman Catchings has incur
red the displeasure of the Vicksburg
Post and twelve members of the Young
Mems Democratic Club of Vicksburg,
by endorsing the application of Mr..
VIM. Groome for postmaster of that
city. If there was any doubt of Mr..
Groome's appointment before the man
Hesitation Of said d~ispleasure, there
ought not to be any now. The old
saying that "young folks should be
seen and not heard" applies to politics
as well as society.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-07
Dynamite Gunnerv.
G'Gath" in Cincinnati Enquirer.I

NN A4iIAlIOTsI
Col Gabe Wharton told me a few DAVIS
ago that he had made an excursion TO
Sandy Hook to see some of the guns firing
dynamite against obstacles. He said:
at is o singular fact that they are dig
ging up the old smooth.bore pieces half
buried in the sand, and using them for
this new kind of gunnery. Ri1ed cannon
will not do 10 fire dynamite shells from.
Consequently our old s~mooth.bore pieces
are again in request.
Said 1: %Do the officers at Sandy
Hook say they have got this dynamite and
glycerine gunnery down to a perfect
poirt?"
"No, they do not claim that, but they
do claim that they Gre very much encour-
aged; and they think that in a little while
70 come they will be able to demolsh any
New York"
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-07
Rurned To the Waters Edee.

PEMBROKE, ONT, Aug.-The steamer
G. 0. Kelly, Of the upper Ottawa Tow
ing Company, was burned to the wa
tiers edge at the lower town wharf this
morning. Four Of the crew lost their
lives and two others were very seri-
ously burned. Those burned to death
were Lewis Richard, Sidney Smith
Jno. Gibson and Angelo Hirl. The
steamer was valued at $780,
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-07

The condition Of the road leading
to the National Cemetery is very bad.
and likely to grow worse, unless some
thing is done 10 improve it. The
Board of Supervisors, we understand,
think it is no part of their duty to
repair this road, which is a singular
position to take, as nearly the whole
travel from the section of the county
north would pass over it. The expen-
diture of two hundred dollars, it is
estimated, will repair the road and
render it passable.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-07

THE Aberdeen Examiner, in MOTTO
ing the nomination Of Gen. J. H..
Sharp for the Lower House of the Leg
islature by the Lowndes county Demo-
crazy, suggests the election Of this
distinguished soldier to the Speaker
ship, the following extract being from
the article:
"When the Legislature deliberates
upon its choice of Speaker Of the
House it would be the proper thing for
Monroe to second his name for that
office. His talents, lrmness, address
and courtesy would not only endow
that body with an efficient presiding
officer, but a shining ornament that
would adorn the State. AS such, We
present him with the hope and belief
that Mississippi will appreciate bis
merit and place him in this position to
which he is so aptly suited"
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-07

SENATOR JOHN SHERMAN is like
Banquo's ghost, in at least one quality,
in his effort to get the Presidency-he
will not down at the bidding of even
hisOwn party. He is now making his
fourth unsuccessful effort to get the
Republican nomination. He never had
any show, and has less now, even
should he get the nomination.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-07

The army officers are well pleased
at the appointment by the Interior
Department Of Gen. Frank Armstrong
as inspector Of Indian agencies. He
Is eminently qualified for the intricate
duties Of the office.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-07
A Suggestive v4gnotte.

For It's private work the bank of Devils
Lake, Dakota, has adopted o rather pecul-
lar but very suggestive vignette. The
base is q sheaf of wheat, on which rests a
silver dollar, over the back Of which
Satan Is climbing, holding in one hand
the scales Of justice and In the other a
lance, AT his left is a map Of the lake,
which forms the place for writing the
amount OF draft or check, on which are
the words "Give the devil his duo >
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-07
Asked to be Excused.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1-Vice Admiral
Rowan, being compelled by i'll health
to ask to be excused from lserv-
ing as a pall-bearer at Gen. Grants
funeral. The president has designated
Rear Admiral John S. Warden to act
in his place.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-07

EGRANT's noble letter, in which he
expressed so much qualification at the
reconciliation Of the North and South,
will live long after the bloody-shirt
howlers are forgotten. The slandered
South will regard it as a heritage from
the great Northern soldier.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-07

THE naval department Ofthe United
States seems to have been run mainly
for the benefit Of John Roach since
1862. He has been paid over 100000
GOO since that time for constructing
inefficient and nearly worthless YES
sells.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-07

THE cholera scourge in Spain con-
tinues to spread with undated viru-
lence. Thousands have gone down
before the march of the dread disease,
and it has not reached its climax.
Every precaution should be taken to
prevent the introduction Of the disease
into this country.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-07

NEW YORK, Aug. 1-JudQe Cullen,
to-day in the supreme curt. rendered
decision in the Case ofthe Gypsies who
were brought here on a steamer of the
Bordeaux line, which they win be COM
e.led to return tOFrance.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-07

TEE pending duel between W. B.
Walker, Of the Aberdeen Weekly, and
S. a. Dalton, Of the Aberdeen Ex-
aminer, has been amicably settled
through the efforts Of mutual friends.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-07

YESTERDAY the Louisiana, New Or
leans s. Texas railroad lost the services
of two of its prominent oficials-Mr.
Charles E. Armstrong, who has filed
filed the responsible position of
Auditor, and Mr.. Thomas McGhee,
who has had charge Of the Land
Department Of the road. The loss of
the railroad in losing Mr.. Armstrong;
services is V~icksburg's gain, as be
comes here to engage in business. Mr..
McGhee goes to New York to accept
the Presidency Of an Electric Light
Company,
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-07

TIE cotton caterpillar Is reported in
Montgomery county, east Of WinOna,
In this State.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-07
THE BOOM.

Tom Plat, ex-Gov. Cornell, Silas B.
butcher and Sew Payn have fixed up
a combination which has for its OBJ.
iect the nomination of Ira Davenport
for Governor and the election of Cor
nell for United States Senator. One
particular object this clique has in
view is the control of the health and
quarantine officers In New York City.
The health officer is the recipient of
about 100000 a year in fees. Before
DR.. Smith, the present Health Officer,
was appointed by Gov. Cornell in 1880,
he was a country doctor in Allegany
county, said to be in receipt of an in
come of about $500 a year. The
story is now that the combination
knows just how these fees are divided
and they want a Governor who will
keep health officer Smith In his snug
berth. He swore before a Senate COM
mittee that he contributed $4,000 to
the Republican campaign fund in one
year. No wonder that the Republican
Legislature has refused to pass a law
making his Office a salaried one-such
a change as was effected for the Reg
lister and County clerk of New York.
both Of which positions are held by
Democrats and likely to be held by
Democrats for years to come.
Tom Platt gets $1,000 a year as
a quarantine officer, a sinecure which
he wants to hold on to.
OTHER REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES,
Other Republican candidates fol
Governor, as now mentioned, are Judge
Noah Davis, Senator Eyarts, Levi P
Morton, j. W. Drexel, and Gen. JOSEPH
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-07

In Q recent issue Of o well known
French journal appeared the following
advertisement; Wanted, q distinguished
md healthy-looking man to be cured pa
tent 2 2 Doctors waitingFoOm Adj
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-07
rHE GOVERNORS

i. Prospects and Possibilities on the
Republican Side Of the Fence.
Special to the World.
ALBANY, July Ex-senator Warner
Miller having returned from his West
ern trip. is expected to enliYen Repub-
iican politics in this State. Before he
went away he set the ball in motion
bv getting himself interviewed, and
setting forth his "views'-particularly
As to why there should be enlarged
representation in the Republican State
Convention. The party machinery is
not now under his control. He can
hope for hardly friendly recognition
from the present organization. The
only hope for him was in increased
representation. It offered him a
chance to secure a more friendly State
| Committee, as the new delegates,
amounting to more than half the next
convention, would come there through
his efforts. All this was preliminary
in Miller's plan to his reelection to the
United States Senate. The State Sena-
tors chosen this year will vote on his
successor, and it is becoming evident
that unless he can do something he
will be shelved, even should his party
retain control of the Legislature.
1t did not take long for other candl-
dates to discover the bearing of Miller's
plans, and therefore his proposition for
an enlarged convention is doomed to
failure, even if the State Committee
had any power to act upon it.
The fight for the United States
Senatorship seems to be the only lively
contest going on in the Republican
ranks. They are measurably certain
of controlling the Legislature, owing
to unfair apportionment, but they see
no fair chance Of electing a Governor
unless the Democrats nominate a weak
candidate; hence the leaders are all
maturing plans for securing the
nomination Of legislative tools. Miller
has thus brought out George B. Sloan
as a candidate for the State Senate in
the Oswego District and Titus Sheard
in the Hsrkimer District and is work
ing in other directions. Sloan deserted
his associates at a critical moment in
the Saratoga Convention of 1879 and
since that time has been distrusted in
politics. Last year he tried to deceive
the Arthur and Edmunds men at the
Utica Convention by working for
Blaine under the guise of being for
Edmunds. He comes out from his
retirement now at the request of
Miller, but he stands a poor chance Of
securing the nomination and even less
of an election, were he nominated. AS
to Sheard, his record as a Miller tool
in the Legislature of 1884 is too recent
to require repetition.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-07
The Building Grant was Born in
Sold.

CINCINNATI, Aug. lit is reported
that Michael Hirsch, owner Of the
building at Point Pleasant, in which
Gen. Grant was born, sold it for $1,000
cash. If true, the building, which is
of stone, will be removed to one OF tn
New Yo Ikparks.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-07
New sOrt Of Peach.

We this week saw q curiosity in the
shape of q peach from a plantation in
Alachua county, Florida In form it
is to the peach species what the
mandarin Is to the orange spe.
cies, viz: Slightly fattened at the
ends, and the pit partakes Of the
form Of the fruit 1t Is produced by
grating the peach on TO a mandarin
orange stump. 1t is known locally as the
pinto. and we see no reason why It should
not become very popular as an orna-
mental table fruit at this season, the ship
ping qualities being nearly perfect
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-07
UP IN ST.

In the st. Lawrence district there is
a row because of this senatorial ambi-
ton. In an unlucky moment the Re-
publican convention Of 1881, nomina-
ted Leslie W. Russell, of st. Lawrence
for attorney-general. He found the
Office a good one and he does not ap-
pear to have lost anything by holding
it. He had his cousin appointed re-
ceiver for n life insurance company
and provided similar places for friends
and st. Lawrence county politicians.
As a result General Russell
was able to find work to do as counsel
for receivers when he went out of
Office. Since then he has had what st.
Lawrence county men call the "big
head" and is of tie impression that he
can be elected Governor or United
states Senator, Speaker Erwin is one
of Rus-ell's machines associates--Er'
win Of unsavN rY reputation in Albany
last winter. who lIssthered the Tontine
strike and other simii,aar ventures
Gen. Curtis, Of st. Lawrence, snu oeu
ator Gilbert, of that senatorial u.,stf1cL
refuse to be parties to any schemes u
further the Russell Erwin combination
So Curtis and Gilbert are marked for
destruction. One Gleason, who voted
for Tweed's tax levy, has been trotted
out against Curtis and the combina'
ton has fixed up matters SO as to con
troll the senatorial convention and de-
feat Gilbert for denomination. The
prospect now is that an Independent
Republican candidate will be rur
against Gleason for the assembly II
the first district. Other things of pc
litical interest may happen in that sec
ton Of the State, all because Russell
and Erwin want votes in the legisla
ture to trade for the United State
Senator and other matters.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-07

Chicago Ledger Energy and q boy dig.
ging fish. bait both mean about ths came
thing.
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-08-06
BLACK AND WHITE ROMANCE.
The Remarkable life History Of n south
ern Ueiress Who Died the Wife Of .

Troy. y. Y. Special J


Linked with the life Of Frederick Nc
Kinney. a colorsd man who has just died
AZ Amsterdam. = an interesting romance.
Years ago be was a slave In the servi GO q
Oscar Bardwell, a Virginia planter. with a
dau -hter whose every wisl was graft fed
Until 10 came 20 asking Of her father hi
consent 20 her MARI age with a youu
man of a nei ghborl nE and " aithy family
There had ION 5een bitter feeling between
the heads of the household. aud time had
not he Ell the breach Bardwell. incensed
over the thought ~ a union between his
daughter AMI he son II his enemy. CON-
mani 4 the girl 20 reuounce the young
man. Uni ke the modern heroine. the girl
instead ~ leaving the parental roo and
fleeing With her lover. yielded obedience
20 ber fathers order. Not long after
wards Miss Bardwsu brouzh into her
fathers preseuce Mckinney. the colored
slave. and. with al the FIRE thsts reveng ge-
fal sct can inspire, exclaimed; This is
ny husband Bariwell drove them both
from "a home. and the comely white 81
snd her lark skinned partner went ou
in+e the worid They "a led a Troy sew
arsI years ago AMI here ue+ negro VIII
vas also formerly one z Barfvelts slaves
snd rbo furu shes the 4 tails - 80
strange union of The tvo Ives They A.
tsrward removed Amsterdam. where.
On psuper's CT n N County Poor
house. tie once heaafffai Ma Bard d~@ll
hrea-hai her last 40 the sze ~ sixty one
vesrs Althosgh hers vas n0- = usrris e
u we - said - her red = tbst sha
acfrd fhronsh wears ~ poverty sd e.
he uart ~ = notls H f. ~ -er husband. 81
whcns sha bore se~ersl eh dr r. Nrkn
rav I'D IN r-eries- silently "a A. =. g..
Fr-ra the day thev EFF ere FrEn ar
taf7or they Rad newer 1ear1 ron the r.
fsehar sri sith 7uzh e+fan n1ansosd e.
want sever s01zrr sss STAGE
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-08-06

for them by that time.
IF you are interested call
and price ours before you buy
a. it will be to your advant-
age.
Our line Is row complete
and prices have never been 80
low.
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-08-06
The Most Reliable Cure.

Scrofua Diseases of the Skin Weakness and Debility. Dy
pepsa Loss of Appetite, Liver Complaint Bloatng, lndi
gestiOn. Costveness and many other Diseases which
arise from bad state of the blood and digestive organs
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-17

iuTe will fall. 10 your detriment. The bed
Itself ehould be moderately hard but very
smooth and even. the bednio.hes light aud
warm, and the pillows soft and rather high
The room should De j1dicously ventilated.
and the curtains should not go right round
the bed. / need scarcely sdd that narcotics
or sleeping draughts sre most injurious.
whether in the shape of opistes or that slo "
bat certain poison called chloral hydrase.
In conclusion, If he values his lis life sid
comfort, the sufferer from nervous unrest
must do bis best TO avoid oyefexcitenent of
all kinds, both bodily aud mental aud en-.
deayor to maintain the mems sana in corpore
ssno, which. for once in way. must trans
late as a pure mind in a pure body.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-17
New York G;aphi,


HE rode" an old friend says, Into town
on borrowed horse, without earthly goods
beyond q pair Of sadd e-bags two or three
law books, and some clothing in q bag He
came into my store, set his saddle bags on
the counter, and said: "Sneed tell me wat
the furniture for q single bedroom will Isl"
/ took my pencil, figured it mp, and found il
would cost 81. Lincoln replied. SIT is cheap
enough, bui 1 want to say that, cheap It
is, have not the money 10 pay. Bat if y,u
will credit me until Christmas. snd my ex
perrin eDt here is a sGccess, | VIII pay you
Their. II / fail, shall probably never be
able TO pay you The voice vas so me.sl
choly felt for him, and told him that had
q very large double bed, which he was per-
fectly welcome TO share with me, IL he en- pse.
Where is your bed2' said Lincoln. Up
stairs, answered. He took his saddle bags
on his arm, went up stairs. set them on he
floor, and came down laughing taying. Well
Speed, I'm moved The ludicgous ides Of
moving all his eartn,y goods and ehstte.s BY
tskirg ais saddlebsSs mp stairs had N de
his elastic spirit So miIthfai as jast beio. e il.
was Cd pl eSsing.