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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-01-27
HEALTH Is WEALTH.

NERVE AND BRAIN-TKEATNEST
a guaranteed specific for Hysteris, Dizziness.
Commissions Fits. Nervous Neuralgia, Head
ache Nervous Prostitution caused by the use
of alcohol or tobacco. Makefulness. Mental
Depression SOftening OF the Brain resulting
In insanity and leading 10 misery, decay, and
DEATH Premature Old Age. Loss Of Power In
either sex caused by oyer-exeruon of tho
brun or oyer-indulgence. Each box con-
tains one months treatment; 81 box, or
SIX boxes for So, sent by mail, prepaid on re-
celpt of the price. WE GUARANTEE SIX
Bon ~ 70 cure any case. With each order
received by us for six boxes, accompanied
with S. We will send the purchaser our writ
ten guarantee To refund the money II the
treatment does not effect cure Guarantees
issued only by JOHN q. WESp& CO.,
e6z west Madison street,
au 22-d&wly Chicago. Ill
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-01-27
RInnE. MCINTOSH couNI

NInNE, WtININ@V 'NVNIl WN'
~. J. Brddneld. Dear Sir, i have taken
several bottles Of your Female Regulator
for diseases OF slxteen-year' standing. ana
Trcally bcliere Tam eUred entirely, for which
please accept my heartfelt thanks and most
profound gratitude. ] know your medicine
saved my life 50 you nee cannot speak TOO
highly In It's favor. have recommended t
TO several Of my friends who are suffering
as was. YouS very respectfully.
MRS. ". r.. sTEBBINS.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-01-27
: Ssss Ssss Ssss :
: ssss-- sSss~.. ssss"" ?

From experience think Swift's Specific
Is "A very valuable remedy for cutaneous dis
eases and at the same time an lnNigorating
tonic JAMES JACKSON,
Chief Justice Of Georgia.
Atlanta September 1854.
INOCTIATED POISON. After trying all
the other remedies. Swif's specific has
cured me sound and well OF "A terrible blood
poison contracted from "a nurse
MIN. 1. ". LIZ. Greenviile, Ala,
POISON-OAk.-A lady here has been en-
tlrelN cured 0f poi,On-oak poison by the use
OF two bottles of :. :. ;.
H. >. BRADFORD. Tiptonviile. Tenn.
ULCERS TWENTY-FIVE YEARS. "A
member OF ny church has been cured OF an
uicriatod leg Of twenty-five yeas standing
with two bottles Of SW!fts Specific.
T.. H. CRUMPLER.
Pastor Methodist church. Macon. Ga.
Swins Specific isentheiy vegetable. Urea
ties on Blood and skim Diseases mailed free.
The SWIFT SPECIFIC COHPANY. Drawer ,,
Atlanta. ia. or l59 west Iwenty-third
street. New York. ia 1j-lW
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-01-27
Meeting a Run uctessfuiIy.
lBy telegraph to the Dispatch.l

NEW HAVEN, CONN, January &c.
The run on the New Haven Savings
Bank continued to-day from Z O'Clock
to the closing hour. \ line varying
from seyenty-fye to two hundred per-
sons was kept in order by squad of
police. About three hundred accounts
were closed and 100000 paid out.
The bank still has plenty Of money on
hand, and, moreover. Treasurer Tuttle
saws he can obtain all the funds re-
quired faster than the money can be
distributed.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-01-27
ATLANTA. GA.

n "
DR.. J. Brddfeid: Dear Sir,-Some nfteen
years ago examined the recipe OF Female
Regulator and carefully studied authorities
In regard to It's components. and then. ~
well as now. pronounce IL Ia bs the most
scientific and skllful combination Of the
really reliable remedial vegetable agents
known to science To act directly ON tho
affected organs and parts sympathiAing 1T
rcctly with them; and, Therefore. providing
A specidc rcmc,iy for all diseases for which IL
IL recommended Noun truly.
JESSE BORING, NJ De- ID. ID.
Treatise on the Health and Happiness u
Woman mailed free to any address.
THE BIiAnFIELD REGULATOR Co.
la 23-dIwGwlt EOX ~. Atlanta. Ga.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-01-27
NORTON DOOR.sPRlSG.
SIT is ALMOST HUMAN -

THE NORTON DOOR-SPRING.
Banks. Offices. dwellings. churches schools.
hospitals, clubs, hotels. theatres. and restau-
rants require IL. Draughts avoided; siam
ming OF do0rs prevented; breaking Of glAss
impossible. Call and SEQ IL.
BELL & B0WLES,
sole Agents.
No. 50i west Main street,
ia 2S-iw Richmond. Va.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-01-27
PORT OF RICHMOND. JANUARY 50, 49,.
AUnfxEn-


PuRT OF RICHMOND. JANUARY %, assss
ARRIVED.
steamer Old Dominion. Smith. New fos1
merchandise and passenger u. W. Ahs"s
'e Sloane, amer Ashland. Pannin. Phiisde,phis.
merchandise and passsnsers. .. W. Acos~
I'm pr,s fueenie (British), Menro. New York.
tight, 10 load -four for 0sllego- MIN Ms""-
'" seSnone ry i"nnieH 4. Mcyausb,on. Adams.
Philadelphia. fertilizer. snead, fras~ a ~
SAILED.
Steamer ARIEL clifford Norfo'k. unitcu
states mail. merchandise and psssenxcr-
l.. n. Tatum, agent. ,..s.~
Brig Jonas Men (>ofwexiane hssn}o'
Rio Grande do sul, Hour. ,
Brig Belle Of the hay (Americanh Wetso"s
CardsDas. hoops; vessel curtis tnfN~..
schooner ~. l.. shares. u~bornss New
York. coal. Chesapeake and ONO Halfway
schooner II. II. Grant. sotphin, Apo
mattox river. 10 load pine Wool 'of view
l PoRT OF NETWORKS NEWS. JAs'r 10.
lBy telegraph
ARRIVED.
steamship Azalia (Eiritishl. Adams. New
orleans for Pay mouth, for coal.
s,eamship Manhattan, stevens, New
York, and sailed for West Point.
Steamship Florence (Brltishl, Glp>on'
New Orleans for Copehagen, to coat -.
steamship George Appold, warren ITO
violence. and sailed for Vest Point
steamship Sybn (Britishl. Ross. New Ut
leans TOR Frederickshaven, 90 coal.
SAILED.
Steamer Kanawha. Greenwood, New iot-
don. Conn, coal. Chesapeake ana ohiofai-
way.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-01-27
MINERAL WATERS.

WAUKESHA GLENN MINERAL
w WATER, PURE DRINKING WA
TER from the Waukesha Glenn springs.
Waukesha, delivered In any part OF tho
world. The demand for the celebrated
water by our leading families AS regular
drinking water Is daily increasing. lnvalu-
able In all kidney and liver difficulties. For
sale by leading druggists. sample. rooms,
groces, or direct from spring In barrels,
halves, and glass bottles. Addre.
T. III. BRYANT.
no s-Sa TuxThiv Waukesha. Wis
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-01-27
RICHMOND STOCK EXCHANGE.

MONDAY, January %, 1885.
SALEs.-sjO0 Petersburg city IS,
due 1895. at lls: 5000 Richmond city
IS at l05; 5000 Petersburg Glass Ii
at S34: 1000 Virginia new 3'S at j3,
Geo do. at SO.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-01-27
Horsss. mULEs. cows, Ae.

c00 HORSES AND MULES ~
COO FOR SALE.-l have iot LIE
HORSES AND MULES on hand and 100 10
arrive from Tennessee ard Kentucky. They
will lie sold low, Wholesale and retail. APP
ply at BANNER STABLES. 1906. 1903
isi0. and 1919 Franklin street and lia
Eighteenth street.
Ia 22-eod5ts EDMUND boSSlEUA.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-01-27
srEAm.ENGINEs. sAw.MlLLs. Ae.
TANNER & DELANEY ENGINE
COMPANY.
RTrIINfnNn VA

COMPANY.
RICHMOND. VA.
WILLIAM T.. TANNER, WILLIAM X. TRr00.
President: Nice-President:
ALEXANDER DELANEY. Superintendent.
MANUFACTURERS Of STEAM-ENGISE5.
BOILERS. SAW-MiiJ.S, GRIST-MfLii5.
NARROW GAUGES and TRAMwAY LOCO
MOTIVES. ToBACCo-FIXrUkEs. GAS
APPARATUS. and other machinery;
GEARING, CASTINGS, REPAIRS. SOUTH
eTn agents for Arlington a Sims's cele-
brated AUTOMATIC ENGINE.
Correspondence solicited. Catalogues
furnished.
Branch Office: No. III east Main street.
ia 23-tFe26i
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-01-27
Dynamite JusriGer Utterly Crushed.


DUBLIN. January 2G.-At meeting
of the local branch of the National
League held at ClOnmell to-day Town
Councilman Phclan took the floor and
spoke in justification of Saturdays out
RACES in London. Approaching the
climax, he cried out 4" SO long as
England withholdS Ireland'S just rights
these explosions by dynamite will con-
tinuc." This declaration raised such a
furious storm of dissent that Phclan
was Silenccd. and he retired to his seat.
Then the Catholic priest who was pre-
siding over the meeting took up the
issue. He denounced the work Of dyna-
mitcrs as OutrageS against Ireland and
sins against God with such stirring clo-
qucncc that the councilman apologlzcd
for his utteranccS and withdrew his re-
marks, requesting the aSSemblagc to
forget that they had ever been delly-
cred.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-01-27
TESTED 4 QUARTER OF A CENTURY
Ir STANDs rNRIVALLEp.

LAGRANgE, GA.
DR.. J. Brdddeid. Atlanta, ca. Dear Sir
take pleasure In stating that have used
for the last twenty years the medicine YOU
are now putting up. known as DIR. brad
fields Female Regulator and consider II tho
best combination ever gotten together for
the diseases for which II Ii recommended.
with kiudest regards, am. respectfully,
W. u. FERRELi. NJ ID.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-01-27
LATE WEATHER REPORT.
Especial telegram TO the Dispatch.l
w Asytrxcrov January 27-l.i5

WASHINGTON January fills A.
k--For the Middle Atlantic StatSs,
fair and slightly colder reather, fol-
toced BY shorty rising temperature,
Testerly 'cinds shifting 10 southerty,
rising followed in the southern portion
by falling barometer.
For the South atlantic States, fair
and MARINER heather, southwesterty
shifting 10 southerly minds.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-01-27

HENN1 uEVSEN.
III SALOON. RESTAURANT. AND Bill
LARD ROOM, No. l2es MAISsrkEkf.
WINES. LIQUORS. and CIGARS o. the
finest quality kept constantly ON hand.
RFsTAtRANT and LuSCH-cOUNrER
supplied with the beat the market Affords.
which Is served IN first-elass style. The best
appointed and equipped BiLLtAkp-R ROOM
in the city. Location central Polite and
attentive attendants - a-sn
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-01-27
ClOTHsExs, AND TAILeRs

John LATOUCHE, MER->N
- CHANT TAILOR. No. 4 Tenth N
s sTSk E fsysR T2HsFA s NTi1
GETTING UP FINE. STYLISH. AND DU-
RABLE GARMENTS. The low prices will
surprise any one used to tine work.
lie 2l-eod
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-01-27
MARKETS By TELEGRAPH
NEW YORK.

Me- 1Ohh.
NEW YORK, January 26.-COtton
dull sales to-day, "a bales; uplands,
He; Orleans. He; net CONSOLE
dated receipts. l4.424 bales exports
to Great Britain, 5,0jG bales; to CONT
nent. 246 bales. Southern flour rather
weak common to fair, extra, s3.2Oa
$40; good to choice extra, $i.45a
1915. Wheat-Spot, &c. lower clos
ing weak ungraded red, S6a96c. ; No.
> red, 9l4a9ls; February. 9la9llc
Corn-Spot. la2Ic. lower; ungraded,
53a5Gc. ; No. 2, January, 53lc. asked /;
February. j0ic. Oats sa!c. lower {;
No. 2, 37!a37sc. Hops firm for
choice grades. Coffee-SpOt fair; Rio
dull at $3.50; No. Rio spot, $3.50.
February, s7.70as7.75. Sugar firm;
fair to good refining, 5a5 Bloc; re-
fined iirmat 5a5lc. extra c, 5ia5Ec. !;
White extra c. 5sc.; yellow, 4la5c. :;
off A, jsa5ic.; mould A, 6.c.; stand
ard A, 6a6!c. confectioners' A, &c. /;
cut-lOaf and crushed, Obac.; pow
dered, 6sc.; graduated, 6lc. cubes,
&c. MolasSes firm. Rice steady.
Cotton-seed oil, 36a3Sc. for crude ;
Ale. for refined. Rosin quiet at 81 .25a
sl.3O. Turpentine dull at 30ia3lc.
Hides steady; New Orleans, lOallc.
Texas. 9ai0c. Wool firm; domestic
fleece, 34a3Sc.; Texas, l3alSc. Pork
steady and quiet; mess, spot, l3ic.
Middles firm long clear, Gle. Lard
case. higher; western spot, 81 .l5s
s7.2O February, o. .l4as7.l6. Freight'
dull.
BALTIMORE.
BALTIMORE, January 26.-Floul
steady and quiet; HOward-Street AMI
western superfne, s2.75asS.l5; extra
3.25as3.I5; family, s4as5 City Mill
superfine, a2.75as3.l5; extra, sa.25'
s3.75: Rio bands, e4.T5. Wheat
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-01-27

SAN FRANCISCO, January ga
sharp shock Of earthquake was felt here
at l:35 o'clock this morning. No dam
age has been reported.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-01-27
RED .C- OIL.

4 PERFECT LIGHT.
IA THE RED &C" OIL,
PURE, ODORLESS, NON-EXPLOSIVE.
and In all respects the MOST PERFECT
OIL MADE FROM PETROLEUM. IL can
he used In any kerosene or Students lamp.
Try IL. For sale at wholesale and retail by
BODEKER BROTHERS. Agents.
Beware OF limitations. la l7-eodfm
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-01-27
WHEAT BAKING-P0WDER.

PURE AND WHOLESOME.
n contains no injurious ingredients.
IL leaves no deleterious substances In the
bread. ms all pure grape Cram'of-rartar ant'
Alum Powders do.
IL restores to the fiour tina highly-import-
ant constituents rejected In the bran ~ the
wheat.
II makes a better and lighter biscuit
than any other baking powder.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-01-27
CUNNINGHAM COMMITTED.
He Has At Least Guilty knowledge or SAT-
urday's Crimes.
filv cable To the plspatehl

LONDON, January 26.-Cunningham
was conveyed to Bow-Strect Police
Court to-day by strong guard Of po-
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-01-27

MARTIN KAIBFLEIsCiIS SONS.
SIS Fulton street, New York.
Established In 1929.
For sale by all leading eroeers.
de li-eod3m
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-01-27
ST. LOUIS.

ST. LOUIS, January 26.-Flour I'M
changed. Wheat lower; red, sIla
81 }c. cash, S7,aSSlc. February. Corn
lower and slow; 36a36ic. cash Boa
3Gic February. Oats very quiet; 32a
sole. cash. Whisky steady at sl.l2
Provisions firm and slow. Pork;
$l2.37I. Lard. 1913. Bulk-meatS -
Long clear, 500; short ribs, 500;
clear, 3G.jj. Bacon-Long clear, s. :;
short rib. $7.l2l; clear. $7.37l.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-01-27
MILWAUKEE.

MILWAUKEE. January 26.-Flour
in fair demand. Wheat dull No. ,
Milwaukee, nc. cash; February,
7S!c. Corn scarce; No. 3, He. Oats
dull; No. ,. 30a3lc. Provisions higher.
Mess pork, 1920 cash and February.
Lard-Primc steam. sos cash and Feb
ruary. Sweet-pickled hams firm at
S3a9c. Hogs higher at si.3js4.7j.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-01-10
NO. 45.

Times Democrat.
There seems to be an organized
effort in certain circles in the North
to modify the tariff in a manner de-
cidedly hostile to the South, either by
the passage of measures like the Span
ish and Mexican reciprocity treaties
or by direct Legislation on the tariff
itself.
A Southern paper stated the other
day that the articles selected to be i'm
ported free under these. so-caled re-
ciprocity treaties were precisely those
in which the South is Interested, as
sugar, tropical fruits and tobacco, the
products of Louisiana, Florida, Vir-
ginia and Kentucky.
Another Southern product is Just
now being made the subject Of se-
we're tariff assault; one, moreover, in
which Louisiana is virtually Interested
rice. The New York Mil and
Express published, the other day, a
series of interviews with the most
prominent dealers Of New York,
wherein they suggested the advisa-
bility of removing the duty on this
Southern crop, declaring that this
would not injure the American pros
duccr, but, at the same time, that ii
benefited the consumer
Fortunately this very question was
made the subject Of special inquiry by
the Tariff Commission few years
ago, and the assertion of the New York
dealers can be met and controverted
lby facts, The duty. on rice is 2 Ia
cents pound Prime foreign rice
can be delivered at American ports at
cost of about 2 9-l0 cents a pound.
The cost Of raising rice in this coun-
try is 4 l-3 cents a pound. The diff
ference, therefore, in favor Of the
foreign product is 81 43 per hundred
pounds, The duty makes the cost
here $5 10 per hundred pounds, leay-
ing the Louisiana or Carolina planter
the exceeding small profit of 50 cents
per hundred pounds, with all the risk
and hazards of cultivation.
The defense of the duty on rice
rests on the same foundation as that
Of sugar The reason why the foreign
paddy can be sold so cheap in this
country is because it is produced by
slave or coolie labor. The difference
in cost between the American and In
dian products, is altogether due to the
higher cost of labor in this land. Any
attack on this duty would consequent
ly be u direct attack on labor.
As for the effect of any very great
reduction or the absolute removal Of
the duty on rice, there cannot be the
least doubt in the mind of any sensi-
bic man that it would be extremely
damaging to this industry, if it did
not entirely destroy it, The assertion
of the New York rice dealers and the
AaH and EapreSs to the contrary is a
mere pretense they well understand
the effects of the legislation they pro-
pose. Fortunately, however, it is not
likely that they will succeed in this
project
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-01-10
A Suicidal EPedeInic.
New York Observer.

new loTk OpsefRef
What does 1t mean! Is there any
special cause to bo'assiged for the in
creased and increasing number of sui
cidcs ! Doubtless some persons deny
the increase, asserting that it always
has been so, but more publicity is
given to tho cases now than ever be-
fore We are not speaking with such
skeptics, We wish they were right.
We know they are wrong.
Greater publicity is indeed given to
the cases now than formerly and this
tends to increase the number. News
papers with reports of suicides are
very wisely excluded from Iudioiously
managed asylums for the insane, be-
cause the suggestion tends to create
passion to go and do likewise. There
is sense in which every suicide is
out of his right mind, and when rea-
son is partially dethroned, and strong
emotion dominates the mind, the tact
that one has found way out of the
world undoubtedly encourages another
to follow. 1t is not wholesome TO so
cety to publish the details of suicides
If the fact must be mentioned as part
Of the history of the times We live in,
let it be with the least possible color
ing and with strong condemnation.
Il is great sin, a great crime and a
cowardly act, if the victim be sane
when the deed is done.
Where tho suicide is intelligent and
moral, the act is almost always the
result of pecuniary or, domestic trou,
b,es. Except those instances in which
iutemperance was tho impelling de-
mon, the cause of suicidal despair may
be largely found in these two quarters.
And he must read tho journals of the
day very cal elessly who does not sec
that the habits of business and the
features of domestic life are loose TO
degree hitherto unattained. We are
passing through troubled waters in so
cial and business concerns. Tie foun-
dalious are shaken We have sown
TO The wind, we arc now reaping the
whirlwind, Tho moral epedemic is
fierce and spreading, and we have not
seen the worst yet, There Is a vast
amount of wrong doing unrcyealed,
Much Of it may not be. But we shall
hear from time TO time that meas
hearts fail them because Of fear, and
rather than bear the ills that are, they
hy into the dark, perChance To hide
themselves from an Impending calam-
ity a sound mind il a sound body
is a great good, aud he who has It
with a clear conscience will wait Gods
time to leave This beautiful world,
Aro you Bilious Are sou trop-
bled with Sick Headache, Indigesliop,
GosliFeness Torpid Liver Or gaandieel
4f SO. INL Liver Pills sin curo you,
For sale by DR. W. A. Knapp, Lake
Charles noY2s-lY.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-01-10
HEAVY LIFE INSURANCE.
Policies for Large Amounts
Carried by Prominent NEem.

The Philadelphia Times publishei
some very interesting information
about big life insurance policies, and
those who hold them. John b. Stet
son, the hat manufacturer of that city
is one of the largest Policy-holders in
the world. He pays premiums on
S720,o00 insurance. Thereodore B.
Peterson and Richard Peterson, the
booksellers, each have policies for
100000. Franklin B. Gowen, ex-
president of the Philadelphia and
Reading Railroad Company, carries a
policy for $4,000. John Wana-
maker pays premium on $250,ooo,
B. B. Comegys, president of the Ma
tionaI Philadelphia Bank, will leave
at his death a policy for $4,000.
Lewis C. Cassidy is insured for $780,
900. Benjamin H. Shoemaker has
100000, and Wharton Barker has a
policy for like amount. Richard j..
Dobbing, the builder, owns 100000
policy, and so does Geo. Harding, the
patent lawyer. President Wilbur of
the Lehigh Valley Railroad, also has
a 100000 policy. George Ii. Stuart,
president of the Mechanics National
Bank, is insured for 100000, The
dry goods firm of Hood, Bonbright 4
Co, have $250,0oO insurance on their
lives. Joel J. BaiIy carries $4,000
on his life. Judge Joseph Allison has
a 100000 policy. J, f. Kingsly, of
the Continental Hotel, has policies
which will be worth at his death 1925
900.
Among well known New Workers,
William ii. Vanderbilt is insured for
100000, and every policy he owns
has been issued within the past five
years. Jay Gould made up his mind
a dozen years ago to insure his life,
and year by year has added to the
amount, until he can produce policies
for 100000, which he calls his emer-
gency fund Pierre LoriIIard has
$250,0 insurance on his life. F.
w. Devon, the paint manufacturer,
carries policies for $250,000. Cyrus
w. Fields life is insured for $240, 900.
Alexander Barrett and T, B, Roberts
each have 100000 on their lives.
John Glib, the spool silk man, has
policies for $l7O,0OO. Charles Pratt
and II. B. Hyde are each insured for
$l65,OOO. Charles a Dana, of the
Sun, is insured for $4,000, and
Thomas Mast, the cartoonist, possesses
paid,up policy for $4,000. Henry
Ward Beecher, has paid the premium
on "A policy for 500, 900 for number
of years. "UncIe" Rufus Hatch is
insured for $4,000, Judge Fullerton
for $4,000, and II. b. Clafin, the
dry goods prince, for $l25,000.
Senator J. Donald Cameron, of
Pennsylvania, has life insurance of
800, 900, and the late Senator Matt
Carpenter was insured for Ss5, 900,
The Hon. D. J. MorrelI, of the Cam
bria Iron and Steel WoIks, At Johns
town, Pa, carries policies for $780,
600. A year or two ago j. ii. HaV-
erly, the theatrical manager, had poll
cies for 100000, but whether he car
res the amount of insurance now is
not known. George NJ, Pullman of
Chicago, of Pullman car fame, has his
life insured for 100000 J. H, Nc
Wicker, the theatrical manager, and
father-in law of Edwin Booth, for
$4,000, and Potter Palmer, of Chi
cago hotel fame, is also insured for
$4,000.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-01-10
A Wonderful New Cotton PLANT

Attention is now attracted, says an
Atlanta (Ga) dispatch, to cotton
plant which bids fair to be immensely
valuable. For many years A, A. su-
bers, of Macon, has been carefully ex-
perimenting to hybrydise the cotton
plant that grows in Florida, with the
common Okra. The cotton plant used
is of that species which is found in
the low lands of the Caloosahatchie
river. The new plant retains the okra
stalk and the foliage of the cotton.
Its flower and fruit, however, are
strikingly mike either cotton or okra.
The plant has an average height of
two feet, and each plant has only one
bloom. This is a magnificent flower,
very much like the great magnolia in
fragrance, and equally as large. Like
the cotton bloom the flower is white
for several days after it opens, after
which it is first the pale pink, then
gradually assumes darker shades of
this color until it becomes red, when
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For about ten days this boil resembles
cotton boil, and then its growth
suddenly increases, as if by magic,
until il reaches the size of big cocoa
nut. Not until it reaches this size
does the lint first appear. Then its
snowy threads begin to burst from the
boil. One inexperienced hand can
easily gather 800 pounds day, and
fast hands much more. Were the on
ly saving that in gathering the lint,
the result of Mr.. Subefs Experiment
would entitle him to the everlasting
gratitude Of the Southern farmer. But
this is net all-there are no seeds in
the lint. Each boil produces about
two pounds of very long staple cotton,
superior to Sea Island, and at the bot
tom OF the boil there are from foar
to SIX seed, resembling persimmoR
seed. This new cotton, therefore,
needs no ginning.