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Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-06-18
Tennessee Republicans.

NASHVILLE, June l6-The State
Republican convention to-day nomi-
mated Hon. A. A. Taylor, of East Ten
nessee, for governor, and adopted their
platform. The platform renews the
allegiance Of the Republicans of
Tennessee to the Republican party,
1t charges the Democracy with the
present depression in business and the
sufferings of the poor. 1t declares
against bringing convict labor in com
petition with free labor. It favors The
employment Of short time convicts on
public roads, and demands the repeal
of the present per capita road
tax. II also Efavors the pass
age Of Gthe Blair bill, and the
protection of American labor and
a prott Give tariff. 1t demands the
repeal of the internal revenue system
and that corporations shall pay their
employees in money not in script and
merchandise. 1t fayors a better me-
chanic lien, and home rule, and free
ballot and fair count.
A minority report was read, favor
ing the submission to the people Of the
proposed constitutional amendment,
but suggesting that the matter should
be regulated by the people in their re-
spective legislative districts.
After warm discussion, an amend
ment to the minority report was adop-
ted, expressing the sense of the con-
vention that the people had right to
vote on the prohibition question.
Hon. S. G. Houk introduced the
amendment, explaining that he wanted
to straddle tae fence and thought he
had successfully done so.
The Republican State Judicial con-
ventlon yesterday nominated for
supreme judges VIM. M. Baxter, of
Knoxville; j. A. Warder, of
Sbelbyville; SAMUEL Watson, Of
Nashville, W. w. Murray, of Hunting
don, and VIM. M. Randolph, of Mem
phis.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-06-18
Coercion Not Desired by the Con-
serVatives.

LONDON, June 16.-Lord Iddes
leigh, in speech last evening, denie-
that the Conservatives advocated coer-
cioD, which he said was the last thing
they desired. They would, however,
use every means in their power to sup
press the land league. Mr.. Gladstone's
policy meant separation under Ameri.
can influence.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-06-18
Fixing the Hours for Work in Gus
tom Houses.

WASHINGTON, June IA Acting Sec
retary Fairchild has written to the
collector Of customs at Baltimore in
regard to the recent department ciTcu-
lar, fixing the hours Of business in Gus
tom houses. He approves the collec :
or's suggestion that one half of the
force be required to remain on duty
during the half hour at noon
also, and says that the limit
of official hours prescribed by the
circular-viz 9 am. to 4 pm, with a
recess of half hour at noon, does not
mean that the custom-house shall be
kept open to the public during the
period from SPIN. to 4 pm, unless the
collector considers such course neces-
sary. The collector is given full
authority to close the doors at three
o'clock, but the officers, clerks and en-
ployes of the custom house are ex-
pected to remain at their desks during
the hours specified in this circular.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-06-18
A Chicago Millionaire to Serve Out
His Sentence.

PITTsBURG, June 16.-A Harris
burg, IA, dispatch says: The pardon
board destroyed Milton Weston's hopes
for release from the pepitentiary
last night by refusing his application
| for pardon. The decision is final and
the Chicago mi lionaire must now
serve out his sentence. His friends
are much cast down over the decision,
Western cyclone. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1886-1887, 1886-08-26
She Feared a War.
Merchant Traveller.

Merchant Traveller.
Mrs. McGudley laid down her knitting
and in contemplative way remarked:
81 hope we won't have another war, but
am afraid we will"
"What makes you think SO, grand
MAJ" asked the lad who was mending
his kite hear by.
ION account of this terrible traffic in
human flesh. | thought the slave trade
was done away with, but it isn't, and I
am afraid there will be another outbreak
before very long"
why, grandma, there amt any more
slaves.
81 guess know" said the old lady a
little pettishly. Didn't I hear your
father say he had man on the road
(whatever that isl who saw ten men in
one day and sold six OF them? 1 never
thought to see my son engaged in that
business" she went on disconsolately.
"I'u have to talk to him about it."
Western cyclone. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1886-1887, 1886-08-26
A Mirage of the Thousand Islands.

A Carthage IN. W dispatch in the
New York Sun of August l, says a
spectacle which in this country greets
the eyes seldom more than once in a life
time was enjoyed by the people of Car
thage on Thursday between the hours of
II and > p. m. On elevated points
about the village, looking directly north
and northwest, could be seen in a mirage
the st. Lawrence river and the inviting
and picturesque Thousand Islands.
These objects were as plainly visible to
the naked eye as though they were only
a half mile distant The water. the
islands, and at times steamers plying on
the river, the village Of Clayton. the
Round Island house. and the citv Of
Ogdensburg were plainly outlined
against the sky. One party recognized
the cottage OF Thomas T. Alyord. situa-
ted opposite Clayton, and pointed ont
to bystanders points in the vicinity by
which he recognized it. This rare spec
tacle was presented to the view Of hun
dreds Of excited and eager persons, who
were entranced by it during its continu-
ance. 1t filed all onlookers with won
der and admiration. The distance from
Carthage to Clayton, the nearest point
on the St. Lawrence river. is thirtv-six
miles
Western cyclone. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1886-1887, 1886-08-26
PerpIexing Problems in Spain.
St. James's Gazette.

st. James Gazette.
Some of the new appointments arts
ing out of the birth of the little king of
Spain are perplexing. To pass over the
sixty seven major-domos and masters-at-
arms, equefries, chamberions, and keep
ers of the archives, what can the young
monarch want with a whole troop of
royal huntsmen? II a master of the
horse-even provided the horse were of
the rocking species-is a sinecure, surely
so is the troop of huntsmen. The ques
ton, What ;are they going to hunt
naturally suggests itself. Their young
lord and master, can not, we fear, be
expected even to ride a cock-horse" as
yet, and is surely too young to pursue the
domestic slipper. Lord Chesterfeld's
celebrated advice to his son was: Hunt
everything, from the elephant in the
forest to the flea in the blanket" We
fear the royal huntsmen, as elephants
are not plentiful in Spain, will have to
content themselves for some years with
tracking down the other game, which
we can not even hope will be plentiful.
Western cyclone. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1886-1887, 1886-08-26
a ReantY Contest,

We have not heard of a more peculiar
contest saws the Lewiston Me. } Journal
than that between two young women
who work in one of the cotton mills at
Lewiston. 1t was competition for the
palm of superior beauty. Both OF the
women are checked and buxom' One
of them is married. Each OF them is
old enough to be satisfied with the yer
dict of her husband or sweetheart. Inc
vexed question arose In the forenoon put
its settlement was left over until aIter
dinner, when each had had sufficient
time to fix up An extra ribbon or
two and gay jewelry adorned each Inc
most winning look-at- me smiles were
displayed by each. The hands IN the
mill decided the question. The girls
were placed side by side, and everybody,
from the back-boy to the overseer, looked
at the girls critically, with the eye OF an
art connoisseur, and rendered his decls-
ion fearlessly. Extra critics were sent
out after. A man with oil on his face
and smut over his eyebrows would de-
eide that this girl was trit1e more 70
his fancy, but that he "always did like
girls with red cheeks" etc. The damsel
made it a most serious matter. With
them it was no joke, as it was to the crit
les on beauty, Pretty eyes were filled
with tears more than once and cheeks
flushed red with chagrin.
Western cyclone. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1886-1887, 1886-08-26

THE Proper Study OF Mankind is Man."
says the Industrious Pope. If he had includ-
ed woman In the list no would have been
nearer the truth, if not so poetical. DR.. X.
'. Pierce has made them both life study.
especially woman, and the peculiar deran9-
ments TO which her delicate system is liable.
Many women IN the land Who are aoquaint-
Cd with Dr. Pierce only through his "Favor-
Ite PRESCRIPTION" bless him with all their
hearts, for he has brought them the panacea
tor all those chronic ailments peculiar to
their sex; such as leucoE7hoea, prolapsns and
other dAspkeeeuents, liberation, f1internal
1sEer, bloahna, tendency TO internal can
cer, and other ailnenfs- Price redaoed to
one dollar. By-dnRgiE4s.
Western cyclone. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1886-1887, 1886-08-26
Blowing Up He'll Gate

has been laborious and costly work, but the
end justifies the effort Obstruction in any
important channel means disaster. Obstruc-
tons In the organs of the human body bring
inevitable disease. They must be cleared
away, or physical wreck will follow. Keep
the liver IN order, and the pure blood courses
the body, conveying health, strength
and life; let it become disordered and the
channels are cioRged with impurities, which
result IN disease and death. No other medi-
cine equals DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery" for acting upon the liver and
purifying the blood.
Western cyclone. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1886-1887, 1886-08-26
MY HEART is A RING OF GOLD.

My heart is ring of gold; and you my love are
the setting;
The one fair jewel to me-the priceless pearl.
And the love give to you is above Times cease
less fretting
As the slow-paced days and weeks and years
unfurl.
For the faith keep is for life and death, for Joy
or sorrow
And reckons not such 1eeting things as to-day
and tomorrow.
For you my love, are as pure as the first sweet
breath of morning,
rYour face alone is heaven and earth to me:
Your voice is low and clear, and as fresh as the
thrush warning,
And thrills my soul like the music of the sea.
My heart is ring of gold my love, and you are
the setting;
| hold you there all tendorly the world out side
forgetting.
Earnest M'Gafey,
Western cyclone. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1886-1887, 1886-08-26

Lawrence Journal: Garden City
boasts that at that locality 81 inches OF
rain fall were recorded in July, while
only one tenth of an inch was recorded
at Lawrence.
Western cyclone. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1886-1887, 1886-08-26

Prescribed Tongaline for a patient
whom | lad been treating for neuralgia,
and after taking few doses she was en-
tlrely relieved. Having also used it in
one case of neuralgia, and one case Of
acute infammatory rheumatism, with
tie very best results.
j. n. Page, NJ. D., Vandercook, Ills.
Western cyclone. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1886-1887, 1886-08-26

Geo. Roth has unaided worked his way
through Elhott's Business College, and
is now book-keeper for Pilger Bros.
wholesale grocers OF Burlington, Ia.
Western cyclone. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1886-1887, 1886-08-26

Larned optic: The German Society
of the NJ. E. Church held dedication
services at their new church building
last Sunday presided over by Rev. c.
OFT, presiding elder. The building is
twentyfour by thirty-six feet; the spire
is fifty feet from the ground to the
summit with bell donated by Father
Hug, costing him sixty-five dollars. The
entire building, by close economy and
individual donations of labor, etc. cost
only about $1,000. 1t has all been pro-
vided for and secured, but about $50.
Western cyclone. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1886-1887, 1886-08-26

No one knows better than those who hav
used Carriers Little Liver Pills what relief
they have given when taken for dyspepsia
dizziness, pain 10 the side, constipation. di=
ordered stomach. DC. Try them.
Western cyclone. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1886-1887, 1886-08-26

W. l.. Clark. of Hartford, Conn.,, wal
shot seventeen times during the late war
His pension was recently doubled by
special act of congress.
Western cyclone. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1886-1887, 1886-08-26

Big bugs, about three inches long, one
inch wide, and armed with formidable look
ing claws, have appeared in great numbers
in Buffalo.
Western cyclone. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1886-1887, 1886-08-26

No greater nuisance could be found
Than old man Brown the country round
All thought he'd leave these earthly scenes,
Till some one gave him Smiths Bile Beans,
They stirred his liver, removed the bile,
Now all the old man does is smile.
Western cyclone. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1886-1887, 1886-08-26

The largest ship in the world is the Pal
grave, nov lying III San Francisco harbor be
tween the city and an island called Goat
island.
Western cyclone. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1886-1887, 1886-08-26

Zip" "Horsefy, Stiff" "Shad," and
Fodder" are the high sounding names Of
postofices recently established in the west
and south.
Western cyclone. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1886-1887, 1886-08-26

Work has been stopped in the largest cop
per mine in Arizona, owing to the low price
of copper.
Western cyclone. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1886-1887, 1886-08-26

A night Waterman in Brooklyn clint
,628 stairs every night, or over lao an hot
during the time he is on duty.
Western cyclone. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1886-1887, 1886-08-26

Pain in the Side Often Comes from til
Liver, and is relieved by CARrER's LITT1
LIVER PILLS.
Western cyclone. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1886-1887, 1886-08-26

A Washington letter states that five hun
dred more copies of Logan's than of Blaine g
book were subscribed for there.
Western cyclone. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1886-1887, 1886-08-26

Over a s. 600 900 has been spent in nev
buildings in San Diego, Cal, during ttt
past year.
Western cyclone. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1886-1887, 1886-08-26
WORTH KNOWING.

The worst Scah or Burn can be cured without
a scar il Coles CarbOliSalve ie promptly
used. 1t instantly stops the pain. Sold by Drug
Rists st IS and so cents.
Western cyclone. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1886-1887, 1886-08-26

25c. buys pair pf Lyons Patent Heel Stiffen-
ers, makes ABBOTT or shoe last twice as long
Western cyclone. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1886-1887, 1886-08-26

Be merciful to dumb animals. Hea,
all open sores and cuts with Stewards
Healing Powder, Is and 90 cents box.
Western cyclone. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1886-1887, 1886-08-26

To Regulate the Stomach, Liver
And bowels, take CARRIERS LITTLE Liver
PILLS. 25c.
Western cyclone. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1886-1887, 1886-08-26

A heavy growth of hair is produced by the
use of Halls Hair Remover.
Every description of malarial disorder
yields to the curative power of Ayers Ague
Cure.
Western cyclone. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1886-1887, 1886-08-26

The majority of tho coil paintings" i'm
posed upon the credulous citizens of New
York at 81 each, are made for thirty five
cents.
Western cyclone. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1886-1887, 1886-08-26

Colonel Daniel Snow, of Skowhegan, Me-.
has lived on one farm for eighty years. He
is 80 years old.
Western cyclone. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1886-1887, 1886-08-26
DR.. JOHN BUI
FOR THE CUREW
fever and Al
OR CHILLS AND ri

tANO tAAA tUItA6kANAAA IT,
The proprietor of this ceisbp
Justly claims for it a supsHortu'
edies eUeT offered to the publs
CERTAIN, SPEEDY and PERI
OfAgue and Fever, or chiiis cndk
er of short or long standing. HsN
entire Western and Southem
bear him testimony to the trvl'
sertion that in no case WhateOw
to cure if the directions are std.
and carried out. In a great N
single dose has been sufficient
and Whoie families haze besn
single bottle, with a perfect n,
the general health. tits, hows
and in eUeTy case more csFtcia
it's use is continued in smaller
week or tue after the dissun
checked, more especially In
iong-stdnding cases. Usuuly
will not require any aid to heeD
in good order. Should the potil
require a cGthdrtic medicine,
taken three or four doses 81 4
single dose of KENT'S FEGETlN
PILLS will be sufficient. Uss y,
Western cyclone. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1886-1887, 1886-08-26

Quebec was never so full of American
tourists as at present.
Western cyclone. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1886-1887, 1886-08-26

A street railway Is being laid in Halila1.
\. 5. 1t will be completed by the lst O..
October.
Western cyclone. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1886-1887, 1886-08-26

Relief is Immediate and a cure sure Piso's
remedy for Catarrh. 30 cents
Western cyclone. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1886-1887, 1886-08-26

GreystoDe, the late s. j. TiIden's home,
consists of 100 acres. The property cost
nearly $4,000.
Western cyclone. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1886-1887, 1886-08-26

1t took 81, 500 leaves of gold to guild Con
necticut's capitol dome.
Western cyclone. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1886-1887, 1886-08-26

APittsburR. Pa, clergyman claims to
have foreSeen T1ldeRs death -&eu-hours be-
fore the-eEeut.
Western cyclone. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1886-1887, 1886-08-26

The 10th of October is nov chosen as the
date for the unwilling of the Barthold'
statute.
Western cyclone. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1886-1887, 1886-08-26

IL afflicted with Sore Eyes use D.. Isaac
Thompson : Eye Water. Druggists sell il. pc
Western cyclone. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1886-1887, 1886-08-26

diet of raw clans is suggested as one of
the best remedies for dyspepsia.
Western cyclone. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1886-1887, 1886-08-26

The California orange crop promises to b.
as large as that of last year.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-07-13
A Kings Daily Life.

Leopold H., of Belgium, is tall and
slender, with strikingly elegant banners.
He wears a long beard, and his hair,
which is closely cut, is beginning to turn
gray. In spite of his delicate appearance
his health is extremely good. Indefati-
gably active, he is a better walker than
any of the officers accompanying him and
outstrips all his secretaries who assist him
in his work-room.
Leopold's days work at Castle Lacken,
which he has converted into one of the
most magnificent royal residences in Eu.
rope, begins at 6 o'clock. At 7 he break
fasts heartily and scans the daily papers.
While reading the papers the King gives
his orders for the day to his adjutant and
looks over the bill of fare, which is q
rather sumptuous one, consisting of some
thirty courses. Time permitting, Leo
pold then takes a long walk in the park,
after which he settles down to work in
his study. Every day the King, who is
always in uniform, goes to Brussels,
where he gives audiences at his residence
or the adjoining gardens. Access into
the Kings presence being easily obtain
ed, these audiences arc very numerous.
Work is again resumed for some hours,
and then after n dinner with his family
the rest of the evening is spent in read
ing newspapers and new books. Neither
sport, nor music, nor wine, nor smoking
is favored or cver INDUCED in by the
King. AT present he has developed q
special taste for building and plantation,
the results of which are several large
public parks in different parts of Bclgi-
UNI and several country seats which are
marvels of architecture. Leopold speaks
German, English and Flemish with
great fuency, and is of a very equal
temperament, although the only great
crisis in which his powers were tested
was the recent Congo question, in which
he showed great diplomatic talent. On
the fiftieth celebration of his birthday
some time ago, on receiving an invita-
ton to the festivities ut Brussels he
smilingly said: "What! fifty ycars2 I
am becoming quite an old inhabitant
of Brussels. "-New York World.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-07-13
Coke, and How II Ia Mnde.

Coke is the solid product left when all
the moisture and gaseous matters have
been expelled from bituminous coal.
There are two kinds: gas coke, which is
obtained from the retorts of gas-works.
after the gasses have been separated; and
oven coke, which is made by burning the
coal in kiln, with little exposure to the
air. Gas coke produces but a feeble
heat, md though it is used to a consid.
cradle extent as fuel in cities, being q
cheap sort, it is regarded by manufact-
nrcrs rs mere cindcrs. Oven coke, on
the other hand, is capable of producing
intense heat, and is valued for use in
furnaces or smelling metals, and also in
locomotives Of underground railways.
where the smoke of bituminous coal is
very unde sirable. At mines of btu
minous coal, coke is made in large
quantities, as in its manufacture
oil the fine refuse coal, screenings
and Goa dust, that would otherwise be
thrown away, a be utilized. Two
methods of cooking are in use. One is.
by burning the coal in ovens of fire brick
made for the purpose, these being usu-
nily about twelve feet square and ten feet
IN height. A door is made near the top
through which the coal is put in, space
being left for it to swell, while holes in
the coverings of the oven allow the cs-
cape of the gases. The coal is then TO-
nltcd from below, and q trench under
the oven admits the air necessary for
combustion. About forty-cight hours
arc necessary to complete the cooking
process. The other method of making
coke IS by burning it in the open heap.
1t is piled in long ranges, often contain
ing many hundred tons over a shallow
trench or air passage extending their en-
tire length. The heap is then fired, and
when it is once thoroughly afre coke
dust or ashes is heaped upon it, and when
thoroughly covered in this way the fire is
left for several days to smother and cool.
This is a wasteful process, as much of
the heap becomes ashes before the rest
has been thoroughly cooked. In some
parts of Virginia and other southern
states beds of natural coke is found
Chicago Inter- Ocean.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-07-13
Social Free LunchfnS..

A Washington correspondent of the
New Orleans Ptcayune says: know of
n woman in Washington who occupied a
small, dark, inside room on the fifth floor
of u tolerably fashionable hotel. She, to
use n theatrical expression, faxed out
her meals. That is, she arose at 8 or -,
bought a second hand newspaper for a
cent, and wendell her way to q small sa-
Don on Pennsylvania ave-, whose pro-
prictor has grown rich by making a spo-
cialty of delicious coffee and Vienna rolls
and fine butter. He charges ten cents
for this little lunch. This Madame Item
Grant would breakfast on her cup of
coffee and roll. Then she went up to
Congress, invariably riding in the three
cent car. There is a bob-tail car run
ming up to the Capito., the fare in which
is only three cents, and some folks are so
aristocratic they arc ashamed to be caught
riding in it.
Madame would visit a few of the men,
bcrs, loll for awhile in the gallery of the
House, and sit just long enough in the
Senate gallery to secure recognition by a
smile or bow from such of her Senatorial
friends as happened t be on the floor,
and after picking upa few choice items
of gossipy news, the conversational coin
with which she pavcs and pays her social
way, my Madame Itincrant gets back by
2 o'clock to her dingy inside room. At
8 she comes out Respondent in q nonpa.
reil velvet dress, and, card case in hand,
starts on the round of calls. She goes
from house to house, and daintily and
deliberately eats her lunch at each place.
In the course of ten visits madame has
more than satisfied the cravings of her
stomach, and has dined and supped for
the day. Do you wonder that I call this
'faking out ones mcals2"