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South and West.

A SEVERE storm struck s;andusay, Ohio a
few days ago he wind bew gale, and
rain and hail fell in torrents Trees were up
rooted, corn and other crops were damaged,
while fruit was literally stripped from the
trees. Tile damage is estimated Mt 100000
CHARLES SooSs aud William Berry, OF
Little Rock, Ark, went to the cellar of n
friend 10 get some wine. There were two
kegs, one il;aning wine and arsenic for lily
poison and the other pure Wine They drank
freely from the wrong kcg and died within
Ill hour.
GENERAL WILLIAM C. WIcKHAM Vice.
President and Receiver OF the Chesapeakeand
Ohio ltllroad, an IL distinguished Confed-
crate General, died suddenly in his Office at
Richmond, Va, from heart disease.
TUE ninety-sccond birthday of Cleveland,
Ohio, was celebrated by the unyeiling of q
bronze statue ninc feet high of General Moses
Clcaveanil, OF Connecticut, the surveyor of
the Western Reserve, and the founder OF the
place which hears his name.
A. LuHD, his brother and four friends we're
drowned while fishing near San Pedro, Cal.
FIRE destroyed the coal mining town Of
Roslyn, Washington Territory, rendering the
entire population of $3.50 homeless Nothing
was saved. The loss is $5Oo,O00.
The six-story shoe factory of Krippendorf,
Dittman & Co, Cincinnati, has been burned;
loss, $4,000.
WIscoNsIN's Labor party has been in sas-
sion ut Oshkosh, and DR.. William Powell. OF
La Crosse, better known by his title of
"lVhite Bower formerly an Indian scout
was nominated for Governor.
A DIFFICULTY occurred between Aaron
and David Cunningham. brothers. of Lam
caster County, South Carolina, in which
Aaron was shot dead by David. The latter
had been drinking and was trying to shoot a
neighbours dog, when Aaron inter.ered.
Rich silver quartz deposits discovered in
the blue grass valley of the Palou,e River, in
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Hints About Picmics.

The most important part of picnic
however. is not the weather, or the
place. or the dinner. You may choose
the most beautiful spot in the world,
and spread the most delicious lunch
ever prepared, and yet have the whole
thing complete failure, simply be-
cause the company was not well Sc
lected. Out-of-doors, where people
are free from formality, unless they
are congenial friends. and what Mrs.
Whitney calls "Real Felix's" they will
be Likely to feel i'll at eilse, aud miss
the support given by company, clothes
ard manners. Small pcnics, for this
reason among others, are usually much
pleasanter than large picnics.
In making up the party be sure to
leave behind the girl who is certain to
be too warm or too cold, or to think
some other place better than the one
where she is, and who has horrld
time if she has to submit to any per-
sonal inconvenie zee for the sake of
others; and with her, the boy who
owes to tease, and VINO is quite sure
that his way is the only good way.
Put into their places some others,
young or old, who love simple pleas
ures, and are really to help others to
enjoy them.
Next in Importance to the company
is the place. 1t must not be at great
distance, or you will all be tired, not
to say cross, when you arrive there. 1t
must be reasonably shady, and not too
far from a supply Of good drinking
water. If the company arc to Walk
you must be especially careful not to
be overburdenel with baskets and
wraps, for the bundles which seemed
so light when you started are sure to
weigh down much more heav ly before
you reach your destination. BE care
full to have this work fairly distrib-
uted.
Never start until you are sure that
you know just where you are going
and the best way of getting there's
Wandering about to choose place
and thinking constantly to find one
more desirable, is very fatiguing. The
matter should be settled beforehand
by two or three of the party, and the
others should go straight to the spot
and make the best of it. If any dc
not like it, they can choose different
place when their turn comes to make
the selection.--.St.- Nicholas.
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IMPORTS AND EXPORTS.
Report of the Bureau Of Statistics
on Our Foreign Commerce.

Report of the Bureau Of Statistics
on Our Foreign Commerce.
The Chief of the Bureau of Statistics for the
United States reports that for the year ended
June 30, 1888, our foreign commerce shows
an increase of Sill, 1886, is6 in the total values
of the imports and exports Of a;, merchandise Sc
over the previous year. There was a
decrease Of O,2Je, 592 in exports, but an
increase Of sci ,545,37s in imports. Inn
ports exceeded exports by $3.50 49, ssI lathe the
s.9jg74.6ln. A comparison of the domestic
exports of the last fiscal year with, those OF
the fiscal ls8 shows that 1.-THE the decline sarn
refined sugar, and leaf tobacco; but
there was an Increase oe in nrodn ex:
and animals The imported articles when
exhibit The largest increase during the last
fiscal year are coffee vegetables ts in s bars
barley, silk manufactures, wool and railway
bars OF steel.
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At Erentidc.


Low burns tho sun; soft evening zcphyrs
stir
Tho silent copsc; while DER the yielding
Full starred with yellow dinlcms, and bloom
or myriad rosc-tin,s. warm, sweet odors
steal.
4 wave OF peace, deep, ndcfnablc.
ocrsprcads the Whiting earth; low, mystic
tones,
More palpablc to soul than sense, steal
through
The dreamy hush, as when tho lutc's sol
rings
vibmtc to responsive touch, and W ken
Tones that lingcr round lis ihr:'b5ns wiro',
And speak 10 us, when ear. list not
o Dealil,-l.iiu's trucst -Fricnd-como hitler
when
Tic sun thrills the earth with its sweet parting
And, in the golden glow, touch lips aud
brow.
And mould them into perfect grace; that
when
Love comes with old passionate cnrcss,
1t may behold the wonirous hush of peace,
And lcarn lis higher noher'lcs,iny,
And wake 10 swccicr bliss. Ger marble
calm
lmprin, the Souls great, glad surprise, that
May whisper softly: "ris not Death, but
Lie,
And she hnth learned it, blessed mystery"
Era Gorfon Taylor, in The Current
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minnie placing his arm around
her waist, 81 havelovcd You ever since
you were a child. ] want you to be
my"
The bank crumhled, and "cur chug"
he lunged into the creek.
Tom shouted. Hefell on The ground
and whooped. He rolled on tile grass
and yelled. The girl could not repress
her glee, and clapping her hands she
laughed until the tears wet her long
lashes. Harvey. scrambled out, and
joined in the laugh.
Nobody can say that this is a dry
love affair, ch, Tom?9 and Harvey took
off his coat and spread it over a bush.
"Say, Harvey" called Tom, II think
you deserve the girl. l have known
all the time that size was in love with
YOU"
"Why, Tom, amt you ashamed Of
yourself TO tell such Il big story?"
"There comes pap" exclaimed Tom.
eNow we'll catch it. .
Old man Estmore came up, and after
exchanging greetings with Harvey.
turned to Tom and said:
"Why amt you scrap;n that cotton?"
because I'm here, 1 recken."
$50 l see; but why are you here?'
because Pm not scraping cotton, l
reckon.
"HeIlo, Harvey, you seem to lave
been in swimming with your clothes
on"
Eyes, fell in jus. now" looking ap-
pealingly at Tom.
"Ycu needn't think that 1 am going
to say anything about it."
"About what?" asked the old man.
"Why you see." Tom said, regardless
of Minnie's imploring gestures, "Har-
vey made love to Min just now"
'rTomw
"And while he had his arm"
ooh. Toni"
earn around her waist, the bank
gave way and in he went
The girl burst into tears and Harvey.
as Tom afterwards expressed it, stood
with his head hung down like a sheep
killing dog.
Don't cry, NIin,' said the old man.
Harvey is a clever Teller, and will
make you good husband. There,
you needn't hang on to me.
The marriage was quiet, but as
bright as the perch which you can sit
at Estmores window and SEE, cleaning
as they turn I'M their sides of gold to
catch the suns rays.-ArkansatO Irac-
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LATEST NEWS.

CHARLES McCLoUD, under sentence of five
years in State prisls committed suicide in
his cell at Concord, n. H., by hanging.
Ex-SnER1FF CHARLES JANSEN committed
suicide at Los Angeles, Cal, in an eHtraor.
binary way. lie rieda handkerchief from
the toes of his right foot to the triggers OF a
double barreled shot gun. Both barrels were
discharged carrying away half his head and
splashing the ceiling with brains
THREE boys were drowned while bathing
in lake near Omaha, Nebraska.
NEAR Yutan, Nebraska, a Wabash car,
loaded with shelled corn, was ditched. While
the train men were transferring the corn
3 about an hour afterward they discovered the
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"Hc's a. Brick. "

Very few of the thousands who use
the above slang term know its origin
or its primitive significance, according
to which it is u grand thing to say of
a man, "hes a brick" The word used
in it's original intent implies all that
is brave, patriotic and loyal. Plutarch
in his Life of Agesilaus, king of Spar
la, gives us the meaning Of the quaint
and familiar expression.
Ona certain occasion an ambassa-
dor from Epirus, on diplomatic mis-
sion, was shown by the king over his
capital. The Ambassador knew of the
monarch's fame knew that, though
normally only king of Sparta, he was
ruler of Greece-and he had looked to
see massive walls rearing aloft their
embattled towers for the defence OF
the city, but he found nothing of the
kind.
lie marvcllcd much at this, and
spoke OF tito The king. Sire" he
said, 81 have VISITED most of the prin-
cipal towns, and find no walls reared
for the defence of the city. Why is
this?"
Indeed, Sir Ambassador" replied
Agesilaus; "thou canst not have looked
carefully. Come with me tomorrow
morning, and 1 will show you. the
walls of Sparta"
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The Progress Of Ii,Ucntioi,

One hundred years ago when thread
numbered $50 by the standard set up
by spinners, which was considered the
utmost degree of Iinencss possible by
English spinners, Il pound Of cotton
spun such tineness would give a threat
seventy-four mics in length-suilicient
to reach from Boston to Concord, N. Fl.
The machinery of to-day spins for use
full purposes thread numbere1260O-
from one pound, a thread cne hundred
and ninety-iive miles in length. And
machinery has been constructed so del
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RUNNING AMUCK.
Ike lambert. an Alabama Despe-
RADIO, Wantonly Kills Three Men.

Ike Lambert. an Alabama Despe-
RADIO. Wantonly Kills Three Men.
Ike Lambert, wellknown white man,
after several weeks of heavy drink
ing, reached conclusion to kill
a number of people in Mount
Pleasant neighborhood, Monroe CounGy,
Ala. He made cut q list of those he mad
condemned to deith, and arinins HIM
self with O Winchester File, a, shot.
gun. and three revolvers started out
on horseback. He was crazy drunk,
but able to move. Near Dixie he met
a colored man, William Jack.on, in the road,
and without a word shot him dead in his
tracks. The frstresidence he came to was that
of r. D. HeStle, wealthy citizen. Call
ing Mr. Hestle. the lat Ell came out IN his
shirt sleeves and sail: HOY are you. !ke.'
For reply Lambert said: lily business
here to-day is to kill you" With tnn5
he fred lis Winchester, shooting MR..
Hestle through the heart. Pursuing MS
way, he met q co.ored man, named
Casey in the road and killed him with sno5
from his pistol. Pursuit was now organized
by the people, and in half an hour they found
the murderer lying asleep in the roadway;
having fallen from his horse The guns ana
pistols were lying by his side He was pu5
in iail at Monroevlile.
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Eyes, you did. You stepped over
my pole just now"
81 hope you're not that superstitious
Wonder comes John Harvey"
Il reckon you are glad Of it, replied
Tom, with an air of disappointment.
She did not reply, but arising, greeted
John Harvey with smile and Il hearty
shake Of the hand.
"What luck, little girl?" Harvey
asked.
Both of us caught fishc, but they
jumped back"
"rhat was bad. Tom, hows your
cotton?'
"So-so," batting his hook.
For II time they wcresilent. intently
watching the red lluats-that is, all but
Harvey, who watched the beautiful red
on the girls cheek.
"Yom,' Harvey at length said, "if
your fishing is tircsome-that is, if-you
have any business on hand, I'll relieve
you of the rod"
"By George, you are COOL" Tom re-
piled. "lf you have any business on
hand we will relieve you Of sentinel
duty"
Harvey laughed and said: "Tom'
don't say we Perhaps Minnie does
not agree with you"
Eyes, she does. Don't you, Min?"
81 declare you men are too foolish for
anything You may both do as you
please"
81 like Tom first rate" Harvey said,
.'but think he hangs around you toe
closely.
Its none of your look out i'll do
ooh, yes, it is Suppose Minnie aud
were in love with each other. You
would never give lis Il chance to say
anything"
"In love with each other repeated
Tom, contemptuously. "shc couldn't
love such Il looking specimen as you
are.
YES, she could. Couldn't YOU
Minnic?"
"l'm going home if you people dom
hush
tom, your fathers calling YOU
said Harvey.
"No, he isn't"
But he will if you don't go home.
"Look here, it's none of your bust
ness
YES, it is, for want to tell this lit
tie girl how much | love her.
Minnie, did you ever see such
fool?'
"Don'task me- the girl replied, hid
ing her face. Harvey approached he
and took her hand.
"NIin, make that fool turn loose YOU
hand. I'll tell pap, blamed if don't
.Is1Eell, l will be dad blamed. as HarXe..
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"Tbe press Of the country has at various
times taken an interest in the matter.
Legislation on this subject is of great i'm
portance to the poor in our own country that
are compelled to buy what is offered in the
travagant prices which special brands bring.
sold on the guarantee of responsible concerns
catering to class of trade. This ques-
ton is also of great Importance to the
producer. The lack of inspection and super
vision of food products after passing from
the hands of farmers has caused their exclu,
sion from several European countries, and
tends to limit our exports where American
products are received. From both classes.
the producer and consumer comes demand
for a remedy which should be speedy and
complete, and to meet this demand is the
effort of the committee through these bills
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TRIPLE TRAGEDY.
Sad Consequences of Tennessee
Despcrado's Drunken Frenzy.

Sad Consequences of Tennessee
Despcrado's Drunken Frenzy
A Tennessee desperate named John Gray
son. with his uncle and two other compan-
ions. had been riding rough shoi over the
town of Abingdon. Va. Grayson, after firing
his Distol in the air on Main street, then lev
elsd it in his drunken frenzy at one o; his as
sociates. A peareable citizen, named Irigg,
observing the danger Of the latter, la,d !, his lis
hand on Grayson's shoulder and begged him
not to shoot.
Grayson turned sayagey on Trigg, at the ne
same time placing the muzzle OF his pistol
against Triggs shoulder and firing: Irigg
staggered and fell fatally injured drdaggng
sin then turned and fed. A large crowd
who had assembled upon hearing the re-
peated shouts pursued the ruffian with cries Is;
Of "Stop himn' "Catch him." Hang him!','
He fred another shot, and when captured
Was found to hare bullet in his left side :,
Triee was carried to his home pleading and
apparently dead. His aged mother was SO
shocked ut the sight that she died the same
night. Grayson expired the following morn
ing
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has to work this bright weather. Tom
said one day when he stepped into the
house, seized a piece of bread and
butter which he dipped from Minnie's
churn.
"Tom, you goose, that butter is not
salted," said Minnie.
"Nether is the milk" he replied
"but we drink it. Where's the old
gentleman
Gone over to Anderson's."
"Believe he wants to marry that
widow, don't you?'
NO, you foolish thing. He thought
too much Of mamma, ever to marry
again. What have you been doing in
the lield?"
"Scraping cotton. Have just finish
ed the patch to the right OF the turn
row. Say, suppose we drop everything
and go lishing?''
"Papa might come home
Suppose he does. Hang it, I'm
tired fooling around with corn and
cotton"
"All right, we'll go. Wait till wash
the churn.'
They went to the creek, after having
turned over the doorstep and dug
under it in search of worms, and the
BROAD hearty laughter of Tom, and tn
.ippling examinations of the girl made
merrier the beautiful scene. Seated on
The grass, under an elm tree. they threw
IN their lines, and sat with that electrical
expectancy with which an angler is
from time to time thrilled. The long
legged skipper skinned the blue sur
face of the pool; the "dollar bug
lodged around like streak of blue:
the hard-shell crawfish, with extenda
pincers. touched the bank with his
antenna, then shot backward into t.e
water and disappeared, itseemed in the
sky.
@ouve got bite. Min. Hold on
Wait till he sinks your cork"
"Tom, you are as mean. as dog.
He had, with rretense of non-inten'
lion. moved his line in the immediate
vicinity of Minnies nlbble. 81
wouldn't treat a dog that way"
(Which way?'
"Trv to take fish away from him.
Neither would I, for L wouldn't
have a dog-fsh You know"
You think you're awful' smart
suppose you'd have catfish, wouldn'
you?"
"Hi, you've got him. Pullshim out
Jerk him. Thunderation, he's gone.
at was your fault" with disap
T. ted pout ~ on Scilteu 1illil I'LL Nv
wouldn't take good hold
"No, didn't. If I had scared hin
he wouldn't have taken a hold at all.
"Oh, you are so smart
"Hold on. He's after me, now
Keep still. Hi yahI' anil he pulled on
a roggle-eyed perch, but as he reached
out to seize it, the fish gave a founce
fell back, and darted away
"Now you've done it, said Tom.
Ozone what"
"Caused that whale to get away"
81 had nothing to do with il"
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Ex-SPEAKEn SAMUEL ]. RANDALL has
So far recovered from his recent illness that
he has been removed to Wayne Station, near
Philadelphia, where he will pass the period
Of his convalescence
THE first certificate Of election to the Fifty
first congress MIS- JUST peen received by Cen
eral Clark, Clerk OF the House. 1t certified
that Binger Hermann, of Oregon, had been
elected to the House OF Representatives, by
vote of 81, $50, over John NJ. Gearin, who re-
ceived 25,4l3 The certificate is handsomely
eugrossed upon sheeps,in.
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ing, the king leo 5=gdssV-7-c'f0's1i79I
the plain where his army was drawn
up in full array. and pointing proudly
to the patriot host, he said, There
thou beholdest the walls of SPARTA
ten thousand men, and every man a
brick"
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Recent statistics show that total of
1000, people in England and Wales
are connected with the business o
moving goods and passengers. Thi
is in proportion to one in 6 IL of the
male adults, and exceeds the number
employed in any other industry.
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LIST OF, PRENIIU MS.

A-HO C.Ke v. F..
AMI Estan Shore Maryland horses
FIrsrD Ny--TuE AUGUST list
spring fly premium md premium s. Xieiol5ea at - A.
premium So End premium class otins i'll harness.
best jim mile lst premium End premium SO
AWE AUGUST 2eNn
Exhibited ut NJ
. :. g. at IL ~ -
Fastest wear old colt or y rottn harness. mile heats LIST
$50 class rottng in harness Sa5 End pr sl5
THIRD DAY
year fly premium 500 End So EXhioiton at M
old colt fl troin harness. best IN " MIC ~ 10
m SO
harness. best in mile heats Isl PREM ' no P
FoURTH DAy--FRID 9TH
Most looking So Exhibited at II A. NJ go,
in S11 nd premium
toing mile heats LIST pr s snd pr So
horses Colts to enter and two start or cnpeH W
the MIL lie sand
National Irotg
horse anctncr or
horse and forever expelled from
will be expelled or horses ruled from he
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Marriage often unites for life two
people who scarcelyknow each other.
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letter addressed totne
SC Eastern
will received on
hut in comp
the oo order when cnar
last By of
w J NJ. H. L.
y. G. a. ApA1R E. MAPP, Secretary
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MRs. MARY ScEooNMAKEH and her
nephew, James Bcrrian, while crossing the
track Mt Sing Sing, n. ", were killed by
train OH the New York Central and Hudson
River Railroad
The Springdale news., 1888-06-29
i BOARD OF TRADE.

The people of Springdale have long been wishing for, and talking about wagon factory, put It seems that no one has been found to put money into the enterprise and we desire to make a suggestion to the business men and property owners generally. It is q well known fact that capital goes where it is invited and where the best inducements are offered. Some towns are so favor ably located that but little porsua- sion is necessary to draw the mary investor of money, but all towns must be on the look out and De ready to show up their advantages, and, if neoe 3sary, offer something s a special bait to gain the various enterprises upon which the growth of town beyond a certain pre- scrlbed limit depend. therefore we would suggest that the merchants and business men generally proceed to organize board of the trade, or something after that order. whose special object should be to increase the business of the town by attract ing greater and more special atten- ton to Springdale as q business center than has ever been done be fore, and by keeping our natural advantages as q point for manufac- turing and other business enter prises constantly before those who have money to invest. There is an abundance of idle money at all times, seeking an investment in To- calities where the investment will be safe and reasonable profit can be expecte d, and by a united effort on our part there is no doubt about it's beIng induced to come to Spring dale. "The world helps those who helps themselves" is saving which plainly expresses the position of the people who desl:e to see the town grow and spread and occupy q prominent place in the business of the country.
The Springdale news., 1888-06-29

Tuesday was the Seth birthday of Hon. ". NJ Davis and hls estima- ble lady concluded she would pre- pare little surprise for him. She prepared nice supper and invited the band and the families of Frank Barr and J s. Patterson to come uI. Tuestay night and the invitations were accepted by all. Tho band rendered some of it's appropriate selections after which supper was served. MT. Davis says itwas the first genuine surprse of bis life. It was q very injoy able occasion
 The fruit and produce shippers on the Frisco road residing in and between Van Buren and Garfield will meet Ill convention Tn Spring dale next Saturday at l o'clock p. m. for the purpose of forming a combination against the Adams Ex' press company and secure, if pos sibIe, lower rates and the better handling of thelr goods. A large number of shippers have signifed their intention of being present, and, as an agent ofthe Express Com. pany will be here, the meeting will be an interesting one.