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The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1886-08-21

sion OF the annual convention of the Ma.
tional Association of American Bankers
was called to order ut ten O'Clock bv Pres
ident Gage. The committee on nomina,
tions reported list OF officers headed by
Logan q. Murray, OF New York, for presi-
dent, all OF whom were elected. Immedi-
ately alter the election OF the officers Pres
ldent Gage made a brief address and called
the new president to the chair. President
Murray addressed the convention briefly.
Judge Lowell, OF Massachusetts, read o.
lengthy paper on Bankruptcy Legisla-
ton"
AT the conclusion of Judge Lowells pa
per communication was read from C. N,
Jordan, Treasurer of the United States,
which showed that the number of silver
dollars coined to June 30, 1886, was $685.
va, 2S6; estimated value OF the subsidiary
silver, $7O,0O0,0 900, total OF 5000, 1928.
2S6. The value OF the silver in the stand
ard dollar OF to-day's price is 71.21
cents, while subsidiary silver ia valued at
66.6l. Exclusive of abrasion, the present
value OF the silver coinage is $2l3, O61,-
352. 1T cost to maintain this circulation
$14.42 per 81 900.
A report OF the executive council urging
Boards of Trade, Chambers of Commerce
ana civil and political associations OF every
KIND to make persistent efforts to secure a
repeal OF the law, or suspension of the coin
age OF such silver dollars, was unanimous.
~ adopted; also n resolution urging that
continued efforts be made to secure an in.
tcrnational Uniform basis OF value between
gold and silver.
A resolution was adopted authorizing
the Executive Council to take such steps as
are necessary to procure such legislation
as in the future will secure the return of
from justice who may be at large
on account OF defects in the existing
treaties.
The Executive Council organized with
j ohm }. Knox, OF New York, chairman.
sine die.
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1886-08-21
AMERICAN FINANCIERS.
Tho Bankers Association Holds Its Ar
nual Convention at Boston,


Boston, Aug. 12.-The annual conven.
ton OF tine National Association Of Amer.
lean Bankers was called to order at ten
o'clock a. m. yesterday, with more than a
usually full attendance of delegates. Rev.
Phillips Brooks opened the proceedings
with prayer, after which President LYMAN
j. Gage, OF Chicago, delivered his opening
address.
In his address President Gage alluded at
length to the various financial matters
which had come before the public since the
last convention and said that among
the questions to be discussed by the
present gathering were banking re-
FORMS especially those which are
designed to favor the extension of the ma
tional banking system in the South; the
silver problem in its new and international
aspect; and the defects of existing extradi-
tional treaties. Copies of all existing treat
les with foreign countries would, he said,
be laid before the convention, and their
benefits or defects pointed out.
The secretary reported that the present
membership OF the association was / 1856
an increase of about 100 during the
year, the increase being the greatest in
the South and West Good work was re-
ported as having been done during the
year In the way of procuring the pun.
ishment of criminals whose offences had
been commi tied against banking insttu-
tons,
l. w. Hart, OF this city, delivered an ad
dress oil welcome, after which the president
read letter from ex-Secretary OF the
Treasury Hugh McCulloch, urging a sus.
pension of silver coinage the discontnu.
ance OF the issue Of notes under five dol.
lars, and the recoinage Of part OF the dol.
lars now iu the treasury into fractional
pieces. Mr.. Horton, OF Ohio said that
concurrent restoration OF silver to its for.
mer prestige was necessary to the preser.
walton Of our degree OF civilization. He
'lso introduced set OF resolutions in sup.
port OF this proposition. and gave his ex.
'srienee as a delegate to the monetary
difference at Paris.
BosToS, Aug. lathe second day 3 scs.
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1886-08-21
Suicide Caused by a Boycott.

CHICAGO, Aug. BE. N. Kabok, q baker
on Cottage Grove avenue. received notice
last Friday of the establishment of boy
colt, and because OF this yesterday morn
ing shot himself through the right temple.
lie lett letter addressed to the public
in which he says:
THE labor organizations are curse to
the country, They have been curse to
me. The Aroetler-Z eitu'g is curse. 1t las
ruined mon. 1t said that [ cheated NV
men and would not pay them good wages.
Great God! what lie! l have always
tried to do right by my men. l only de.
Quoted wages from them when they spoiled
bread Spoiled bread! My God look OF
the bread this morning!"
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1886-08-21

-Minks-See here, Binks, you
must be getting crazy. / hear you
backed your old nag against Lightning
last week. Binks-I did. "You
might have known you'd lose. Light
ming is the fastest horse in seven
counties, and yours can't 90 mile in
four minutes" THAT is all right, but
| know Lightning's driver, and my old
nag would have won if it hadn't been
for an accident" "What sort of an
accidentP' "Lightning's reins broke"
-,OmahG World.
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1886-08-21

"A mackerel with collar on was a
novelty caught in the black-bass trap at
Gloucester, Mass. Around the fish was
rubber band such as used on preserve
jars, and probably was put on there by
some fisherman when the mackerel was
a small tinker. The rubber band cut
through the skin on the back, and if
the mackerel had continued to grow
the head would have been cut off by its
rubber guillotine. boston Herald.
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1886-08-21

Of life which is usually unappreciated unti,
IL IS lost perhaps never to return, is health
what a priceless boon it is, and how wa
ought to cherish it, that life NAV not be n
worthless blank to us. Many Of the dis.
eases that flesh is heir to, and which make
life burdensome, such as consumption
(scrofula Of the lungs), and other scrofu.
lous ana blood diseases, are completely
cal Discovery" after all other remedies
have failed. DR.. Pierce's treatise on con-
sumption mailed for 10 cents in STAMPS
Address Worlds Dispensary Medical Asso.
cation, 663 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1886-08-21
Seventeen Buildings Burned,

HASTINGS Mich, Aug. 13.-Yesterday
afternoon fire broke out in Newton's plan
ing mill, which the fire department was un
able to control, and before it was subdue.,
destroyed very nearly 500, 900 worth OF
property, including the mills, which EN-
ploy great number OF men. Seventeen
buildings were burned.
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1886-08-21

"A large black bear got loose from
its fastenings in railroad car at Port
land, Ore, and, taking possession of a
local express office, held it against all
corners for several hours.
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1886-08-21
Imprisoned Knights Released.

PARSONS, Kan, Aug. 1s.-The count,
commissioners have released the executive
committee OF the Knights of Labor, who
have served their sentence in jail and are
unable to pay the fines imposed,
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1886-08-21
Fatal Explosion.

WASHINGTON, Pa, Aug. 13.-About tw,
O'Clock yesterday afternoon the boiler al
the Coast Brothers well, on the Smith
farm, exploded, instantly killing Johr
o'R:icn and seriously injurlng j, White
and Coonsy Sharn,
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1886-08-21

"A man has been sentenced in Phil
adelphia to six months Imprisonment
for stealing two hams. If he had gone
the whole hog, possibly he might have
got off scot free.
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1886-08-21

said David of old. He was probably
prompted to make the above remark after
Trying some unreliable catarrh remedy.
Had he been permitted to live until the
present day and tried DR.. Sage's Remedy,
kind. We claim that no case Of catarrb
can withstand the magic effects of this (,
wonderful medicine One trial of il will
convince, you of its efficacy. By druggists:
fifty cents. ee-''''
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1886-08-21

:, ALABAsTER is SCARCELY more immaculate
than the complexion beautified with
GLENN's SULPHUR SOAP.
Brown, Soc ~ N"oA VI
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1886-08-21

AN exchange says that "a race of hair
less Americans is probable" Please give
place and date; also excursion rates
Burlinoton Free Press
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1886-08-21

Delicate diseases of either sex.
however induced, speedily and permanent,
" cured. Book 10 cents in stamps. Worlds
Dlspensary Medical Association, 663 Main
Street, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1886-08-21

RHODE ISLAND is now two hundred and
fifty years old, but is very small for her
age.
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1886-08-21

OUT-oF-DooR SPoRTs-Those who hang
around the corners.
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1886-08-21

IF lady who hesitates is lost, what must
It be, then, for lady who stammers or
stutters?-N Y. TELEGRAM.
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1886-08-21

=, A HEAVY growth of hair is produced by
the use of Hall S Hair Remover.
Every description of malarial disorder
Yields to the curativepower of Ayers Ague
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1886-08-21

3 months treatment for SOC. Piso's
Remedy for Catarrh. Sold by druggists.
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1886-08-21

WHAT did your father leave you when
he died, Pat!n Faith, he left me an Or
phan "-IM-Bu
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1886-08-21

NEVER lend man money who talks of it
as mere trihe. ~ Y Journal.
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1886-08-21

OHIO is called the Buckeye State buck.
eyes tree of that name 1ourshes there.
.-Chicdgo Ledger.
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1886-08-21
Frazer Axle Grease.

The Frazer is the Standard Axle Grease
OF the world. Saves yourh horses and wagons
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1886-08-21

AFTER all it may turn out that the only
honest butter is the goat.-Baltimore Amer.
iCan
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1886-08-21
Peculiar

10 itself In many important particulars, Hoods
Sarsaparilla is different from and superior to any
other medicine.
Peculiar In combination, proportion and prepara
ton or ingredients. Hoods Sarsaparilla possesses
inc iui curative value Of the best known remedies
of the vegetable kingdom.
Peculiar in its medicinal merit Hoods sarsapa.
rilla accomplishes cures hitherto unknown.
Peculiar In strength and economy-Hoods Sarsa-
parlla is the only medicine of which can truly he
said, 100 doses one dollar" Medicines in larger
and smaller bottles require larger Doses and do not
produce as good results as Hoods Sarsaparlla
Peculiar In its good name at homc"-there is
more of Hoods Sarsaparilla sold In Lowell where
1t is made, than of all other blood purifiers.
Peculiar in its phenomenal record of sales
abroad, no other preparation has ever attained
such popularity in so short a time Be sure to Get
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-10-02

"No, - said Joe, with equal trmness.
The situation had come to a dead,
lock. just then wild scream was
heard, and a scurrying of feet. Mrs.
Parker, with face of fright, drew her.
sNlt upon the picket-fence, and called
for % Zoe.
Con e quickr' she cried. n'Tige has
tumbled bn to the cistern."
Joe ran as fast as he could. He knew
the cistern was two-thirds full, and its
side slippery, but he had not an idea what
to do; he lost his wits-and Mary Ann
found them!
She overlook hiss at the door OF his
mothers kitchen. "'IIere! herer she
said, breathlessly; mere pas scoop
net; it's real strong. You can't get him
out any other way" And yet five
minutes before she had made it vital
issue with Joe that he would not kill
this very cat. Girls are queer.
So Tige, resisting to the last, was
fished out of the watcr-butt and handed
over to his delighted mistress, who
rolled him in her apron and took him in
for repairs, singing over her shoulder to
Nanny a curt: Il don know how to
thank We enough"
NANNY said Joe, holding out his
arms in the moonlight.
Mary Ann rushed into them, and sob
bed out; 81 did act like all possessed!
| never should have liked you mite
again if you'd killed Tigem On, womanl
woman
So they were married, and lived happy
ever after, and had a cat of their
own handsomer than Peter, better than
Tiger, and peac3able as a Quaker
Rose Terry Cook, IN Harper'S BaZar.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-10-02
Indestructible Paste.

Letters or envelopes which it is de,
sired to protect against unauthorized
opening (by moistening the pasted por-
tion) may be securely sealed by using
a solution of OK de of copper ammonia
as paste. This liquid has the faculty of
dissolying cellulose. When appl ed to
the letter it dissolyes the cellulose on
the surface, and on drying the Two par
italy dissolved surfaces adhere indisso-
lub,y together. The same thing may
be accomplished by using water-glass
(sihcate of soda or potassa.) In this
case the chemical action is different, but
when it is completed the pasted surfaces
cohere as permanently as in the pre-.
ced nc case.-Medical ard Surgical Re.
porter.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-10-02
AN AFRICAN KING.
Description of the Royal Surroundings Of
an Old Savage in Jungle.

an Old Savage in Jungle.
Wading up to our ankles in mud
through the rank, dense vegetation,
and passing primitive forge, where
four swart negroes were making nails
on a stone anvil with 4 stone hammer,
their forge bellows being two sheep
skins worked alternately by man with
two short sticks, as if he were playing
on a pair of kettledrums- such bel
lows and forge, in fact, as you may see
any day on the Egyptian hieroglyphics
we caught sight of King Ja-Ja coming
to meet us. A brilliant-colored UNI
brella was held over his head by an at
tendant, and, as usual with African
chiefs, he was followed by quite crowd
OF evil-looking rapscallions of all ages
and in all states of undress, carrying u
perfect museum of obsolete arms, the
staff of state Qike beade's MACY and
other paraphernalia. Ja-Jais q tine-iOok-
ing old savage, as black as polished eb-
ony, with hair like silver, and was in full
dress to receive us-a red flannel shirt,
worn as usual with the tails loose, en-
broidered most deliberately with the i'm
perial French arms, and plentifuliy be-
sprnkled with Ms and rs, the Napo-
leonic bees, and other emblems of
| bygone dynasty in France. This was
the Kings only garment, except the
usual bandana loin-cloth of two uncut
handkerchiefs.
Ja-Ja received his great patron, the
! Consul, with much finger-snapping and
other signs of friendship, and led the
way to his house. The outer wall Of
his compound which incloses some
three acres of ground, is formed by the
huts of his slaves and people, the whole
place reelling with filth beyond all Eu
ropean Imagination. In the confer of
the compound stands fetch india-rub-
Der tree, with a ju-ju hut under it, and
near is built the house inhabited by
some of Ja-Ja's favorite wives, the pal
ace itself being at the end of the COM
pound and overlooking all. 1t is q
gaudily-painted wooden building, raised
on piles some eight feet high, and sur
rounded by a veranda. The house, q
new one, is the pride of old Ja-Ja's
heart, and was constructed by negro
workmen from the British settlement Of
Accra. 1t is furnished with desperate
attempt at European style; but the
whole effect is absurdly incongruous
with the nude or semi-nude male and
female seryitors, and the evident I'm
easiness of Ja-Ja himself among his
civilized surroundings. In the corner
of the principal parlor, which leads
straight from the veranda, is most
gorgeous red-and-gold throne, with a
liberal allowance of crowns, sceptcrs,
orbs, and "King Ja-Jas'' scattered on
every coign of vantage; and on its top
most pinnacle is stuck iauntily an alb.
surd conical hat like a FOOLS cap, with
enormous feather-like ears on each side
of it, with which head-dress the King
volunteered the statement that he haC
been making ju-ju," whatever thai
might mean.-ChGmberS' Journ8+.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-10-02
MOLE CRlCKETS.
Remarkable Insects Recently Discovered
by Georgia Planter.

Remarkable Insects Recently Discovered
bya Georgia Planter.
Commissioner Henderson received
from Mr.. NJ r. Hall, of Warrenton,
two curious little insects which look
like they might be q cross between the
ordinary ground mole and the merry
little cricket whose cheerful chirping is
heard about the hearthstone during the
long winter evenings. Prof. Nc
Cutcheon, the bugologist of the depart
ment, at once pronounced them mole
crickets.
They are 50 called from their great
resemblance to the mole, the forelegs
being palmate, short, stout, much fat
tened and armed with solid, tooth-Gke
projections, like the fingers of a hand,
and remarkably well adapted for Dig
ging in the earth, They are about an
inch and a half in length, of light
brown or fawn color, and covered with
a short velvet-like down. The wings
of these specimens are longer than of
those shown in the books
From a report of the entomologst at
Washington we learn that they gen
orally live in moist places, near water,
and form passages or galleries in the
soil The European species are said to
lay from two hundred to four hundred
eggs in a nest or kind of chamber under
the earth. They feed on vegetable and
animal substances and will eat raw
meat, when pressed for food will even
/ kill and devour each other A CORE
spondent of the National Department of
Agriculture sent some specimens rom
Virginia several years ago, where he
said they were very numerous and had
destroyed nearly his whole crop of pota-
toes, which were planted IN moist
ground. They also iniure grass and
vegetables, and sometimes green sod by
burrowing into it and cutting off the
roots. They are said to do much dam
age to young sugar cane in the West
Indies by destroying the shoots and
boring into the cane. They are not
very numerous in this country and little
damage to crops from them is reported,
yet in some parts of Europe they are
plentiful and said to do much damage
to field and garden crops.-AtlaR,a Con-
StjtUtiOR.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-10-02
PENSION STATISTICS.
Interesting Facts and Figures About Dis
abled War Veterans.

abled War Veterans.
A statement prepared at the Pension
Office by direction of the chief of the
certificate division, Mr.. j. E. Smith,
shows that there are only 453 pensioners
of this class on the roll who have lost
an arm at the shoulder-joint or a leg at
the hip-ioint. The small number as
compared with the number of pensioners
in the other classes indicate how few
survive the amputatiOn of an entire
limb. There is greater danger atten-
dant upon the entire amputation of a
leg than of an arm, for there are on the
rolls only 10 pensioners who have lost
leg at the hip-joint, while those who
have lost an arm at the shoulder bint
number 443. They receive $40 per
month. There are 3,105 pensioners who
have lost an arm above the elbow, and
2,64l who have lost leg above the
knee. Such pensioners are to receive a
pension of $50 per month, an increase
of Sc. There are also $50 pensioners
who have lost an arm below the elbow.
and |, 1876 pensioners who have lost a leo
below the knee. These pensioners are
to receive $50 a month, aA increase of
So. The bill further provides " that
nothing contained in this act shall be
construed to repeal section 1899 of the
revised statutes of the United States,
or to change the rate of SlS per month
therein mentioned to be propOrtionately
divided for any degree of disability es-
| tablshed, for which section 1896 makes
no provision" The list of pensions
now paid shows that i'll the higher
grades the number of pensioners
is comparatively small. For
instance, for what is termed total dis
ability, such as the loss of both arms,
both legs, both hands, both feet, the
sight of both eyes and insanity, the
highest pension is paid, namely $72 per
month. The number of pensioners in
these classes is as follows; Lost both
rms,2l both legs, y; both hands, Z;
both feet, 32 both eyes, 55l insanity,
190 There arc only two persons who
receive higher pension than $72 per
month, one of whom receives $75 per
month and the other 800, the latter
being General Black, Commissioner OF
Pensions, who received this pension by
a special act of Congress. OF the 25O,-
600 and more pensioners now on the
rolls, the largest number, 60,26S, re.
ceive 81 per month; the next highest
number, 44,775, receive IS per month
Then there are 1859 pensioners who
receive Sc per month; 26, 1873 who re-
ceive 81 per month; $3.50 who receive
$l2 per month; 1920 who receive so
per month; 1927 who receive $40 pei
month; 1927 who receive $50 per month
4,4SS who receive $40 per month, ant
3,4l3 who receive Sl4 per month. The
grades of pensioners run from 81 PEI
month to 500. and the above are TIT
classes which contain the greatest nun
Der of pensioners. In addition Their
are 1874 who receive $50 per month
and there is one at S4S, one at S47
seven at S45, and one at $40 %, one a
S42, IA at so, one at $500, one a
b S3S. %, GA at $3.50, and 36 at $780,
Washington Star.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-10-02
A COOLER.

He wet a great big cabbage leaf,
And put it in his hat.
He wore the thinnest seersuckers,
White necktie and all that.
He bought a flve-cent palm leaf fan,
And used IL all the time;
And where they sell those cooling drinks
He blew in many dime.
He lived on sherbet and ice cream,
And on a.cake of ice
He slept at night, but did not find
1t much like paradise.
In short, he did most every thing,
This poor deluded fool,
And racked his brains for novel schemes
Still he could not keep cool.
But one day on the street he met
A girl he'd never seen;
Her face was angel fair, but proud
And naughty asher mein.
Then i'm his simple, New York way,
He murmured "Ain't it hot?'
The Boston maid just looked at him
And froZe him on the spot
-SomerUillc Journal.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-10-02

"A family in Moncton, y. B.. could
not understand why the leaves fell of
tie plants until they saw a small mouse
on the top of a fine fuschsia cutting the
leaves oil. After being watched for
some time it descended to the fioUer
pot, and, scratching up the ground In
the pot, it began ling the roots.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-10-02

About 102 American iron steamers
of over 1000 tons, capable of running
fourteen knots an hour, and fitted for
auxiliary cruisers in ease of war, bail
from the port Of Nev York.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-10-02

during lie past twelve years III
men have been murdered in the town q
Elgene0d, 5. Z.