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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-05-11
IRON AND STEEL.
LEATHER. HIDES AND TALLOw.

Copper bottoms 500 PIanished copper, &c., solder.
LEATHER HIDES AND TALLow.
LEATHER-Oak SOLE 33 037c; hemlock sole, 26O
32c; harness, 3O935c; skirtihg, 3703sc black bril-
die, y doz., $50 06o; fair bride, $50 07S y doz.;
city ig sSSSsS French kip s5s9sl 20 city s ssl
HIDEs-No. /. cured, 6; No. 2, 404kc; No. l,
gree. &c; No., calf. green. &c; No. 1 calf: cured
6S1.s; No c.,s 2 2 e Of; dry salt sa ains ioa
SHEEPsKNs-50c0$1.
TALLow-Prime, 3ia 04e.
GREAsE-Brown 2isc; yellow, 2%c. white. Sl904e
OIL CAKE;
Oil caie-$23 p ton; oil meal $23.
PROVISIONS.
JoBBINa PRrcEs-S Smoked Meats - Sugar-eured
hams. 10 to IL lbs average 124c; Is lbs average;
20 ns average, iiise: English cured breakfast bacon
light medium, IL isc; sugar.cursd shoulders 10 to
II ms average. Saac; California hams. light or me-
dried beef hams, lac; dried beef hams, ssnall
pieces, 1Oc. Bacon clear sides. medium aver
age sise: IS rs and over. a average. sssc;
lies medium weight, s&c. Dry-salt. and Picked
MsatsCear aides tunsmoked) Sac; clear backs tun-
Sl s III s goo ss sO saS g.: p s:.
p bri 200 rs, $3.50; ham or rump. y brl 200 lbs
$14.00 pig pork. in 100-n kegs, key, $500.
.%s 7o L.rdFurs winss. Leaf sstti Kettle
in tierces, Ice; in onehaf brls See; in 50b cans
in 100 ID cases sasc; in 2o-rb in go n cases.
i'm tierces Sc; in 50-B cans In 100-b cases. Sl4c.
Sweet picked hams 94010Ac. according to aver
age. Sweet picked shoulders CLEO; elsar-rib sides,
71sc- Prime steam lard. 7lsc.
PRODUCE.
BEAys-Choiee hand-picked navy, $2.8503.25 y
bu medium hand-pcksd. $2.4002.S0.
BUrTER-Fair creamery 10 lie; choice 23023cs
country roll. 16d lec: common. 010c.
BEEswAx-Dark. lsc yellow. 20e-
Eeas-Selling from store 1t lee shippers pay
ing 10ia0 lie y doz.
PouLrRY-Hens and chickens, 999a 9c; roostsrs,
1c turkeys, hens. 909i9c young toms. Sc; old toms,
y dor; ducks, &c p 10; youfy chickens $5O006.0o
y dozen. according 70 size
FEATHERs-Prime geese 35e y %; mixed duck,
Zoe y 10.
wooL-Tub-washed and picked. 33035c I'M
washed medium and common grade. II In good order
2O022e; unwashed fine. 17olse; feeeswashsd, II
light well washed add In good order. % 130o, bury
and unmsrchAntable. according to their valua
6BED8-
Clover-Common red or june. prime lrecieans y
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-01-20
POPULATION OF NEW-ZEAL-
AND.
London Times.

The census Of New-Zealand was
taken on the night of Sunday, the
2Sth Of March, 1886. According 10
the official returns the population of
the colony, exclusive of Moaris. was
57S,4S2, or, adding the natives and
half-castes-who amount to Al, ,969
the grand total was G2O,45l. The
males considerably outnumbered
the females, as in all newly-deyelop-
ed countries. There are IA "bor-
oughs" in the colony, but only i of
these exceeds 10000 in poplation,
while 9 have less than 800 inhabi-
tants each. Auckland has largely
increased, Wellington has slightly
advanced, Christch urch is station
arv, and Dunedin has slightly de
creased. There are 1877 towns" in
New Zealand, but 50 Of them have
less than 100 inhabitants, while
Devonport, the most popuIous, has
only $3.50 inhabitants. Through
out the whole colony the re are only
1851 persons to the square mile.
Inhabited houses have greatly i'm
proved, for while there is decrease
of 264S in two-roomed houses, there
was an increase Of 5,026 in those
having three and four rooms, an in
crease of 1880 in those Of five and
six rooms, and of 5,693 in those Of
more than six rooms. Out Of the
whole population Of New-Zealani
51.S9 per cent are native born, 2l.-
72 come from England, 9.4S from
Scotland, s.s9 from Ireland, and
O.34 from Wales. With respect TO
education 1852 are able to read and
write. AT able to read only, and
21.05 unable to do either. 1t is cal
cuIated that only about 2.6 per ct.
of the children of the compulsory
school age are being wholly neglect
ed. The native races in New-Zeal-
and are decreasing, while those of
European stock are rapidly multi
plying.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-01-20
THE PAY OF LEGISLATORS.
Pail Mall Gazette.

Some curious statistics have just
been published concerning the sala-
ries given to members of Parliament
in various foreign nations. 10 be-
gin with France, the Senators and
Deputies receive the same remuner-
ation-namely. FL sterling day.
In Belgium each member OF the
Chamber of Representatives gets
Ell month. In Denmark the
members ofthe Landsthing arc paid
about 15s. day. In Portugal the
Peers and Commons are given the
same sum, which is f67 ayear. In
Sweden the members of the Dietre
ceive f66 for session of four
months, but they have to refund
fine of 12s. for every days absence.
That is not bad idea. In Switzer
land the members Of the National
Council get los. per diem, and those
OF the Council of State from 6s. to
los. In the United States Congress
men arc paid f20S year, and are
allowed an indemnity for travelling
expenses. In Norway the members
of the Storthing receive las. a day
during the session, which lasts
about six weeks. In Italy the Sem
ators and Deputies are not paid but
they are allowed travelling expenses
and certain privileges. In Spain
the members of the Cortes are also
unpaid, but enjoy many advantages
and immunities. In Greece the Sen
ators get ego month and the Dep
utie f10. In Germany the Repre-
sentatives receive an average of los.
a day. In Austria the pay is the
same as in France, fl day. En-
gland is the only country where
members of Parliament are not only
unpaid but have no right to privi-
leges.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-01-20
SAYS THE BANJO is STILL IN
FAVOR.
From a Boston Letter.

The primitive instrument, the
banjo, has lately obtained a renewal
of its popularity among the young
society women Of Boston. A lady
of my acquaintance whom | ventur-
ed to chaff mildly on the subject q
day or two ago took what said
quite seriously. "Why," she said,
as she ran her fingers over the cat
gut strings, "if antiquity implies
respectability the banjo should be
the most venerated of musical con
triyances. / have been looking up
the matter recently, so can speak
of it as one who knows. Pictures of
the banjo, in modified form, are
found upon the Egyptian and Assyr-
ian monuments built forty centuries
ago, and something very like it was
used on festive occasions by the an
cient Hebrews. Imagine, if You
please, that dignitied gentleman,
Moses, engaged in strumming
hymn tune upon the melodious
sheepskin. But, as well as | can
make out, the original banjo, as in
vented by the savage natives of Az
RIGA, was simply gourd with q
skin and the intestines OF some ami
NAL stretched across it. In this
shape it is still employed by the
cannibals of the interior to make
music at their banquets. | myself
have seen banjos of a precisely sim
liar construction played upon by ne
groes in the South. No doubt they
brought the banjo with them in this
undeveloped condition from their
own country. Presumably 1T he
came what it is at present through
the application to it of principles
already familiar in the guitar. Now
you know everything / nave been
able to read up on the subject. /
should add, however, that the Egyp-
tian banjo had four strings, with q
fretted finger board and a parch-
ment head"
Henceforth / vow that | will new
er speak otherwise than with the Mt
most respect of this chosen instru.
ment of negro minstrelsy.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-01-20
DON'T

let that cold of yours run on. You
think it is light thing. But il
may run into catarrh. Or into
pneumonia. Or consumption.
Catarrh is disgusting. Pneumo-
mia is dangerous. Consumption is
death itself.
The breathing apparatus must be
kept healthy and clear of all OBJ
structious and offensive matter.
Otherwise there is trouble ahead.
All the diseases Of these parts,
head, nose, throat, bronchial tubes
and lungs, can be delightfully."- and
entirely cured by the use of Bo
schee' 8 German Syrup Ifyou don't
know this already, thousands and
thousands of people can tell you.
They have been cured by it, and
"know how it is, themselves" Bot
tie only Is cents. Ask any drug
gist. aug l4-e w
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-01-20

Start the Liver TO Working, when
all other troubles soon
disappear.
.My wife was a confirmed dyspepitic.
Some three year ago by the advice OF DR..
Steiner, of Augusta, she was induced to
try simmons Liver Regulator. L feel
grateful for the relief it has given her,
and NAV all who read this and are af-
flicted in any way, whether chronic or
otherwise, use Simmons Liver Regula-
tor Iaud feel confident health will be
resorted to all who will be advised"
VIM. NJ. Kersh, Fort Valley, Ga.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-01-20
THE ENIGMA.
What the Scientific World Wants to
Know.---A 500, 900 Offer.

We have published in our columns
from time to time different advertise
ments in regard to Bright's Disease
and its cures.
What is this terrible disease?
We have taken the trouble to
make an investigation from the best
sources and we give the results to
our readers.
What astonishes us is tthe gener-
al Indifference given to kidney dis
orders. The kidneys do not sound
the alarm Of their diseased condi-
tion, owing to the fact that they have
very few nerves, hence few suspect
that there is any disease in them.
Irritation, inflammation, liberation
set in. and then the little tubes, of
which the kidneys are full, are de
stroyed and thrown of, and from
this fact are called tube casts.
AS soon as this begins to take
place it is only a question of how
fast decomposition goes on before
the disease results fatally. If the
proper remedies are taken before IL
nal decomposition or waste of tubes
commences or becomes too far ad-
vanced, that is the only and last
chance for relief. 1t is at this point
or before that Warmers safe cure
proves so beneficial, and may cure
or stop the wasting away of the kid
news if it has not advanced too far.
The most remarkable thing of all
our investigation is the fact that the
patient with Bright's disease has no
exclusive symptoms, but has the
symptoms of every common disease.
First he may possibly feel dull
pain in his back, generally upon one
side. which does not debar him from
his usual business routine. After a
time he may begin to feel neuralgia
pains. or have a slight attack OF
what he may call rheumatism, or
headache, with high or dark colored
urine, with an unpleasant sensation
in it's passage, and after standing
showing an unnatural condition.
Later on, come tired feelings, loss OF
ambition or vigor, or loss of or fail
ing eyesight, which is very common,
with a distressed condition Of the
stomach. Any one of these symptoms
is liable to occur.
This no doubt explains why the
proprietors of Warmers safe cure are
curing so many diseases. By regu-
iating and building up the kidneys
symptoms of general ill-health dis
appear. They justly accuse the
medical profession of treating the
effects and not the cause. Finally
if this disorder is neglected the pa
t:ent either dies of apoplexy, pneu
monia. heart disease, blood poison
consumption, or any other disease
that the system is most subject to.
There appears to be some cause
for nearly every other ailment of the
human system, but up to the present
time no one has been able to fully
account for this terrible malady
We understand that the people o
Germany have become aware of its
fearful fatality, and have Offered
400, 900 marks ($1OO,oO0) to any ont
that can satisfactorily explain th'
cause.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-01-20
THE MALE FLIRT.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox.

The male flirt who 'plays at court
ship" is mere refined and danger
Gus creature. He leaves it to his
less skillful biother to pay the same
compliments to each pretty girl lie
meets. He knows the fair sex too
we'll for that. If all his lady loves
meet and compare notes, they will
find that he has never been guilty
of repeating himself He is the
original and inventive, and suits his
compliments to its recipient
To the young and sympathetic
GIRL he talks much about "a wasted
life, and says he should have been a
different man had her sweet sympa-
thy come into his life earlier, but
there has never been any one to stir
his best impulses-and now it is too
late"
To the religious young lady who
yearns to reform the world, he hints
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-01-20
TRAIN DISPATCHING.

Some Thrilling Stories Illustrating the
Awful Responsibilities of the Position.
"A Mans Hair Turned White From
Anxiety.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-01-20
darkly of a sinful past which stands
like an accusing spirit between him
and paradise which has just dawn

darkly of sinful past which stands
like an accusing spirit between him
and paradise which has just dawn
ed upon him.
To the heiress he talks vaguely OF
barriers which fate builds between
a mans pride and his hopes IF hap
piness.
He plays upon the emotions OF
women as upon stringed instru-
ments, and the tender strains he
draws forth amuse and entertain
him. The minor chords are music
to his ears, too, but when they be-
come discordant he drops the in
strument, for he does not like to be
annoyed. His standard for woman
is high, yet he is forever tempting
her to come down to the plains of
folly, and despising her for her
weakness if she yields. If crime
and heart aches follow his footsteps
he does not hold himself, but the
frailty of woman, in fault.
The married male flirt is usually
the outgrowth of his own vanity.
He is like the old heather gods, who
required the fresh sacrifice of a hu-
man life each day to keep them in
good humor. The married woman
flirt is usually the result of a hus
bands thoughtless neglect or indif-
ference. A woman Graves admira-
tion OF appreciation as naturally as
a flower Graves the sunlight. Ifthe
flower does not receive the light
through the open window it will
strain toward crev;ce in the wall,
even if it warps itself out of shape
in the effort. If the light comes
freely and generously through the
window it does not lean towards the
crevice, unless it springs from a de-
formed root.
While Irritation does not deserve
to be called the spice of life, it is
certainly one of life's spicy condi-
ments. 1t should be INDUCED in
sparingly, like all condiments. The
man or woman who has reached mid
die life without having participated
in Irritation has no doubt missed
an interesting experience. But l
should not advise any tardy effort
toward achievement in that line, as
in this matter the old adage of bet
ter late than never does not apply.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-01-20
HOW TO TELL BRIDES AND
GROOMS.
New York Mail.

Yes" said an old and expert
enced hotel clerk yesterday, 81 can
tell bride and groom at a glance.
For some reason or other, they all
seem ashamed to have it known
that they have just been married,
and they all try to give the impress
sion that they are comparatively old
stagcrs, as it were, but it's no use
with me. l smile when | see their
old trunks-to come with brand
new ones, you know, would be to ad-
vertise the fact that they had just
been weddcd-and / laugh outright
when | receive letter from bride
groom, saying: Myself and wife
will be at your house on Wednesday
night, between twelve and one
o'clock. Our luggage will arrive
during the afternoon, but we will
not arrive ourselves until after the
theater.' Then / watch and see
them come in with bundle of um-
brellas and canes, hatbox and a
couple of valises, which | have no
hesitancy, of course, in believing
they took to the play with them.
How do / tell bride and groom /?
Well, there's something about the
way they look al each other when
they're together: and when the new
Unmarried man is by himself can
tell by the manner in which he uses
the words my wife, He's not used
to the combination, and they sound
as unnatural to me as they do to
himself"
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-01-20


JOHN BUNYAN, the author Of Pill
grims's Progress" work than
which none except. the Bible has,
it is said, gone through so many
editions. and attained, so wide popu-
larity in all languages, was born in
England, at Elston, near Bedford, in
1923. "He was brought up to his
fathers trade Of tinker, and his
name alone now serves to lessen
somewhat the disrepute into which
that craft has fallen. 1t has gener-
ally been taken for granted that his
early life was very loose and prof
ligate; this on the sole ground OF
his terrible self-accusations in after
years, when, from the height of re-
lipious fervor and Puritan strict
ness. he looked back on dancing and
bell-ringing as deadly sins. In his
sixteenth or seventeenth year he en-
listed in the Parliamentary army,
and. in 1915, was present, at the
siege Of Leicester, where he escaped
death by the substitution ofa com
rade in his place as sentry. After
leaving the army he married, and in
1856 became a member of the Bap-
tist congregation at Bedford. Soon
after he was chosen its pastor, and
for five years ministered with extra
ordinary diligence and success.
The Restoration put it in the power
of the cavalier gentlemen and cler-
gymen all over the country to op-
press the dissenters; and Bunyan
was about the most hardly used. He
was thrown in Bedford Jail in No
vember, 1860, and there he remain
ed, with some intervals Of partial
and precarions liberty, for more than
twelve years. After his liberation
Bunyan again settled at Bedford
and ministered to the Baptist con-
gregation in Mill lane until his
death at London, Of fever, in 1888.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-01-20

and one thing more is equally certain,
no one will remain dyspedtic who will
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-01-20

II will correc [
Acidity of tn e
Stomach,
Expel foul gases,
Allay Irritation,
Assist Digestion,
and, at the same
time
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-01-20
TIE VALLEY
FERTILIZER COMPN'Y.

col. r. PRESTON CHEW, President,
DR.. W. f. LIPPITT, Superintendent,
BE. WASHINGTON, Secretary,
RoBT. CHEW, General Agent.
Charlestown, jefferson County, West
Virginia.
Offer for the Fall Trade their old
brands, which always speak for them
selves, and have held their own Tor so
many wears that no certificates are ne
cesSary. They are
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-01-20
DYSPEPSIA.

Is that misery experienced when we
Il suddenly become aware that we pos
sess a diabolical arrangement called the
stomach. The stomach is the reservoir
from which every fibre and tissue must
be nourished, and any trouble with 1T is
soon felt throughout the whole system,
Among a dozen dyspeptics no two will
have the same predominant symptoms.
Dyspeptics OF active mental power and
a bilious temperament are subject to
SICK HEADACHES; those, tleshy and
phleSmatic have CONSTIPATION, while
the thin and nervous are abandoned 10
gloomy forebOdings. Some dyspeptics
are wonderfully forgetful; others have
great irritabilitY of temper.
Whatever form Dyspepsia may take,
one think il certain,
The Underlying Cause is in
the Liver,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-28
The Funny Man Proposes.
A. ", B. in It'd Bits

A. w B. an It'd Bits.
He proposed as seriously as a humorous man
could-and she laughed. He looked blue. Then
she smiled and said
That is u capital joke"
What's joker" be asked in surprise.
Your latest. Shall you have it printed"
That was no joke. l meant it,"
You didS Why, you have written so much
in ridicule of love, courtshp and marriage"
well, r-er-yes-but-"
Il should never suit you. write postscripts,
stop before the mirror, am slow in dressing for
church, admire new hat, sometimes want a
new dress, and"
But my dear Angelina. should never OBJ
iect--"
You have shown that happiness ends with
marriage and have a mother who would be
mothern-law to you, and who would want to
visit me; and
Why, I"
And may have my animosities, and may
look around in church; and you would find such
lot of things to write about
MY precious, would only write about othsr
people then; the neighbors, the -"
Those horrid Miss Sniffletons"
For fact"
And the stuck-up folks over the wayr
Most certainly"
Enough am yours"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-28
The Architect and the Devil.
From The CornhiU Mnonzf,e

All over the north of Europe the greatest
aversion is felt to be the first to enter a new
building or go over a newly built bridge If to
do this is not thought everywhere and in all
cases to entail death, it is considered supremely
unlucky, Several German legends are con
nected with this superstition. The reader if he
has been to AiX-la,Chapelle, has doubtless had
the rift in the great door pointed out to him,
ana has been told how it came there The devil
and the architect made compact that the first
should supply the plans and the second gain the
klldos; and the DEVILS pay was to be the first
who crossed the threshold when the church
was built. When the building was nearly
complete the architects conscience smote him,
and he confessed the compact to the bishop
Well do him." said the prelate; that is to saw,
he said something to this effect in terms more
appropriate to the century in which he lived
and to his high ecclesiastical Office When the
procession formed to enter the building for the
conservation, the devil lurked in ambush behind
pillar, and fixed his wicked eye on a fine fat
and succuent little chorister as his destined
prey. But, alas! for his hopes this fat little
boy had been given his instructions, and, as he
neared the great door, loosed the chain of a
wolf and sent it through The Evil One uttered
q howl of rage. snatched up the wolf and rushed
away, giving the door kick as he passed it
that split the solid oak.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-28
Invitation to Summer Boarders.

From the Netc York World
"Will you walk into my parlori" says the land
lord with a smile,
Were fixed for summer boarders in the very
We've a secondhand piano and some gorgeous
chromoS gay,
A hammock and tenniscourt- big enough
for play.
"our little sweat-box bedrooms. with stained
mating on the fiOors
Are fitted up with extra nails for clothing on
the doors;
The walls are newly papered-for the seventh
time at least
And bugs in beds of cosble-stenes are eager for
feast.
sour roachy, Hy.spscksd dining room has brand
new bills OF fare,
And boarders will be highly pleased if they can
Our walters cannot be excelled-for making
people watt
And tipping dishes on EN- if their own tips
aren't straight.
1--WE feed you farmers vegetables-that vera
last summer canned
And fresh eggs--from abe city, and spring
chckens-Noahs brand
We furnish milk-like water, and the sweetest
hutter-ine;
Our view-of barns and shanties-is the finest
ever seem
We've still and ocean bathing-ina pitcher and
bowl;
The fishing here is splendid-if you have a ten
mile pole;
The hunting is magni1cent-for any thing but
game;
No 'skeeters or malaria-in winter-here we
claim.
"our prices are so little for the Injuries we
give
That we have got to crowd you in to make
enough TO live:
But fifty dollars weekly and big extras-Phew /.
it's hotl
Just walk into my parlor and wen put you on a
cot" II. Q. DoDoE.