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West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-06-29
A GREAT BRIDGE.

Probably the most remarkable
piece of bridge engineering in the
world is a structure which is being
built across the Firth of Forth in
Scotland. This body Of water is an
estuary or arm Of the North Sea ex-
tending into Scotland. Edinburgh
stands on the south side of its wa
ters, and this inlet is in the way of
important lines OF railway, for which
reason it was necessary to bridge it.
The water there is some $50 feet
deep, and is exposed to the full fury
of the storms and waves. Where
the bridge is built the channel is
more than mile wide, and the bridge
is required to be so far above the
ordinary tide level that ships of any
class can sail under it. The work
has been in progress for five years
under the direction of Sir Benjamin
Baker, a distinguished civilengineer
ofLondon. This gentleman, whe now
is in America, was in st. Louis within
the past week. ifi
Speakingof the great work in which
he has been engaged he said that it
was expected to open the bridge for
business in the next eighteen months.
ut has been difficult undertaking
because of the immense spans from
the two shores to the middle pier,
both measuring over LOO feet.
You can form some idea Of the i'm
mensity ofthese spans when you con-
slider the fact that the longest one on
the st. Louis bridge is $50 feet.
One of the spans of the Firth OF
Forth bridge would span the Missis-
sippi at this point. We could not
think of building intermediate piers
because of the greaa depth Of the
water, and our only recourseewas to
place the main pier on an island
with strong piers on either shore.
We built the steel-woIk in such a
manner as to leave clear space Of
l55 feet between the bridge and the
water, to enable ships to pass beneath.
The steel work extends 210 fleet high
er, making a tota! OF 365 feet be-
tween the top Of the bridge and the
surface Of the firth at high water
This great height is necessary be-
cause of the fact that the most i'm
portant refuse harbor on the eastern
coast of Scotland is above the bridge,
and los feet headway was necessary
to allow the tall-masted vessels to
pass under in safety. In the days
of sailing vessels there were often as
many as 1000 ships in that body of
water at the same time. The cost
of the bridge will, when completed,
be in excess of $l5,O 900, and this
includes the railway approaches.
The superstructure is wholly Of roll
ed steel, and when finished will
weigh over $4,000 tons"
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-06-29
WHAT A WELL-BRED LADY
AVOIDS.

She never laughs or talks loudly
in public places.
She never turns round to look al
ter any one when walking on the
street
She never accepts seat from q
gentleman in q street car without
thanking. him,
She never accepts valuable pre-
sent from gentleman acquaintance
unless engaged to him.
She never wears clothing 80 sim
gular or striking as to attract par
ticular attention in public.
She does not wear her monogram
about her person or stick it over her
letters and envelopes.
She never snubs other young la
dies even il they happen to be less
popular or well favored than her
self.
She does not allow gentlemen to
Join her on the street unless they
are very intimate acquaintances.
She never forgets her ballroom
engagements or refuses to dance
with one gentleman and immediate
ly with another.
She never speaks slightiDgly ol
her mother, and says she 'don't care
whether her behavior meets with
maternal appreciation or not
She never takes supper or refresh
ments at q restaurant with agentle
man after attending the theatre un'
less accompanied by a lady much
older than herself"
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-06-29
Prophylactic in Sickness.

Typhoid Fever has broken out
here again. but wherever Darbys
Prophylactic Fluid has been freely
used there has been no fever. IN.
B. Lancaster, P. NJ. Ed. Central Ala
bamian.
"The Fluid is not merely q de-
odorizer, hut a disinfectant--a de
stroyer of the disease germs IN an
atmosphere which cannot be breath
ed without danger."-New York
Erening Post
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-06-29

In my honest opinion don't be-
lieye there ever was or will be .
remedy for the cure Of Rheumatism,
Neuralgia, Headache and Pain to
equal Stonebrakers Liniment. l
sell it in all my. stores.
Jos. N. Robinson,
Sept 20, 1887. Paw Paw, ". We.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-06-29

ment by the dead line, which may
be regarded as feeling the ground,
the indications alike of astronomic-
al observation and of the dead rcck-
oning.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-06-29

UNNNnN an REWARDED are those VINO
UINuI " read this and then act; they
0IlI1lI will find honorable employ
nlaon8A ment that will not take
them from theiI homes and
families. The profits are large and sure
for every industrious person, many have
made and are now making several hun
dred dollars month. IL is easy for any
one to make 81 and upwards per day,
who is willing TO work. Either sex,
Young or old; capital not needed; we
start vOu. Everything new. No special
ability required: you, reader, can do II
as well as any one. Write 10 us az once
for full particulars, which We mail free.
Address Stinson X Co., Portland, Maine.
feb.l7.'SS
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-06-29

"My attention, after suffering with
Constipation for two or three years, was
called To Simmons Liver Regulator, and
having tried almost everything else,
concluded 10 tryit. l first took a WINE
glassful and afterwards reduced the dose
to teaspoonftil, as per directions, after
each meal. found that it had done me
so much good that continued il until
took two bottles. Since then have not
experienced any difflcultv j keep it in
my house and would not bewithout it,
hut have no use for it, it having cured
me. Geo, w Sims, Asst Clerk Super
iOr Court, Bibb Co. Ga.
Take only the Genuine.
Which has on the wrapper the red II
Trademark and Signature of
Dec 9-eow j. II. ZELIN Il co.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-06-29

A friend without discretion is
more to be feared than an enemy IN
armor.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-06-29
Constipation.

rs called the ''Father of Diseases" be-
i cause there is no medium through
which disease so often attacks the sys-
tenn as by the absorption OF poisonous
gases i'm the retention of decayed and
effete matter i'm the stomach and bowels.
1t is caused by Torpid Liver, not
enough bile being excreted from the
blood To produce Natures own cathart-
ic, and is generally accompanied with
such results as ~ 81
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-06-29
TO
Business Men

Increasingly at it-writing, figuring
selIing-indOOrs most of the time. Brain
throbbing, eyes sleepy, appetite Naria-
ble-dOn't feel good anywhere. Brain
and hands do all the work, get all the
exercise too much work, too much con-
solidated exercise. Treat yourself as
your common sense advises others
give the majority of the body chance
exercise, combine pleasure and business
with il, see nature, eat, sleep and be
happy. Ride cycle, and be particular
to ride one Of thethirteen Columbia Cy-
cles for lSSS.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-06-29
Loss of Appetite,
Sick Headache,
Bad Breath, etc.

The treatment of Constipation does
not consist merely in unloading the
bowels The medicine must not only
act ;,s a purgative, but be tonic as well
and not produce after its use q eater cos
tiveness. To secure q regular habit of
body without changing the diet or dis
oroanizing the SYSTEM.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-06-29

WALTER A. WOODS MACHINES,
OLD HICKORY WAGONS,
ISc., &c.
ET OFFICE on the corner Of Charles
and Liberty streets.
iune lg.'SS-tf.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-06-29

Inquiry will prove, this pa
per is regularly read by more
persons,of thewell-tO-dO class
in West Virginia, than any
other publication.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-09-04

What He Learned During q Recent Visit 60
the Twelfth District

What He Learned During . Recent Visit 60
the Twelfth District.
Special to ths Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON. Sept 3-Repressntative Owes
returned this morning from q weeks sojourn at
his home in Losaasport He made a speech ct
the Cass county fair. lastweek, and visited several
points IN his district He said, this afternoon,
81 found the outlook for the Republican party
much brighter in Indiana than expected. l
confess that wts little blue when went
home The dispatches had for weeks been tell
ing me of disa fsctons in the ranks OF the labor
ing men and the refusal o. Ole time Republicans
TO support Harrison and Morton. These state
ments / found to be false. Ga the contrary.
there is a hearty emigration from the Demo
cratic 10 the Republican ranks. found not a
Republican mugwunpine but thsre are many
Democrats coming to us. When / got home aud
was told that there were many Democrats who
intended to vote for our ticket, this time,
said these were tbs men ! wanted TO see, and
asked to have them pointed oat. not that
doubted the truth of tie statement. but want
ed TO know their names and the
men personally. Well, I was taken
around to a large number OF them.
They come from every walk 10 life The farm.
srs and mechanics are with us in greater rum
bers than ever before. The tariff is eonvinciae
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-09-04
SPREAD OF THE FEVER.
Thirty-Seyen New Cases at Jacksonville, and
the Report Is Said to Be Incomplete.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Sept. There were
thirty-seven new cases of yellow fever reported
to the Board of Health to-day. Among the sick
are: DR.. Cone Williams, a prominsns drusgis t;
A w. Cockrell, ir, Of q leading law firm of tho
city, and Theodore h Willard. There were
two deaths-W. l. Baldwin and
George Tyler. clothing salesman
for p Fischer. Total cases to date. 295; total
deaths to date, &C. C. b. Rogers, leading
Wholesale grocer, Was stricken with fever to-
day.
The new cases reported to-day are numerous.
but it il now certain that several physicians are
not making reports to the Board of Health, a.
serting that the posting of yellow flags a. the
patients gates and publishing the fact that they
haye yellow fever has al injurious effect in
frightening them. These physicians tell patients
that they only have little bilious attack, but
treat them for yellow fever. They say the dis
ease frightens more TO death than il kills. Ii Is
now believed that the total number Of cases OF
fever not reported 10 large. The Board e:
Health are indignant at the neglect of the ply
sicians to comply with the law. Some OF
the CONSPICUOUS offenders will probably be prose-
cuted. The failure TO stamp ont the disease in
its incipisncy was undoubtedly due to the neg
lect Of physicians to report the first suspicious
cases promptly to the Board Of Health.
The Press has been very unfortunate during
the past few days. To-day only two members
Of the Times Union editorial staff are left on
duty. The city editor has four children sick.
The announcement: was made today that the
Florida Central & Penisuiar railway, in connsc-
ton with the Louisville % Nashville, will take
refugees in parties through to Nashville without
detention. Many will probably 60 by this route
during the coming week. 1t 10 difficult to get
Information about the trains iu the future
tla L. -h4
desire to get away. 1t is estimated that 15. 900
people are yet IN the city.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-09-04
MINOR MATTERS.

A Representative Of the r. r. v. Makes an
Hystericai Discovery.
Washington Special to Louisville Courier T-Journal.
a short while ago there was employed in .
certain bureau of the Interior Department an
octorocn girl, who was 10. only beautiful in face
and figure. but she was also bright clerk and
very lady-like in manner. She was reserved,
and made but few scauaintances. In the
same bureau there was a middle aged lady clerk
from Virginia, whose sole delight was ir re-
hearsne her pedigree. which was as long as a
telegraph pole. The number of coloneis and
judges who figured in her list OF ancestors was
enormous, and she had use for common
people, She was struck By the retiring manner
of the octoroon, and gave it as her deliberate
conviction that such queenly grace could only
come from aristocratic lineage. In due course
an intimacy sprsnc up between them, which
strengthened as time went on. They exchanged
lunchss, swapped condolences and prcmeoaded
the halls At lunch hour with their arms around
each others waists Que day friend OF the
VIRGINIA lady told her the truth about her com
panion, aud 1t resulted in hrst-class case OF
hysterics. 'Old Vireinny" was taken home on
q stretcher and was unable to resume her OH
cial duties for q week.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-09-04
DEADLY EXPLOSION.


NASHVILLE. Tenn, Sept 3.-At 6:30 o'clock
this morning the boiler of the Perry stove
works. at Soath Pittsburg. Tenn, exploded, in
ssantly killing Charles Taylor, the superintend-
ent Of the works; j. B. Mills, mschinis,; II.
Donovan. foreman Of the mounting department.;
George N. Carter, . lead.-g jeweler Of the town;
VIM. Plumbles, af Winchester, Tenn, and
William Watson, . moldsr. VIM. Gross. ma
ehinist, and Rock Scruecs, . molder. were both
fatally injured and will die. A large piece Of
the boiler was thrown end over end q distance
Of 100 yards, and, tearing a hole through the
side of Dietzens store, landed against the oppo-
site wall. Many smaller pieces we're thrown
distance OF several hundred yards. The boiler
and engine were in the corner Of the moldfng-
room, and the whole side of the building was
torn away for q distance Of forty feet. Had the
explosion occurred half an hour later tho loss Of
lite would have been appalling. The cause OF
the explosion is mystery. Perry's stove-works
moved to South Pittsburg from Albany, n Y,
and only few months ago were entirely do
stroyed by fire. They were just getting in run
ming order again.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-09-04
Opin,oas of Mr.. Blaine.

New YORK, Sept 3.-The Mail and Express
CORES spondent at Ellsworth, Me-, to-day ob-
tanned Mr.. Blaine's views on the fishery policy,
as follows: "The fishing season is over. Nearly
all the American vessels have returned, and
Canada will have none to operate upon until the
sum mer Of 1889. In the meantime anything
she may or may not do is . matter of supreme
indifference to the fishermen. Therefore, il is
better not to clothe the present Presidsnt with
any additional powers, since he has shown his
utter incompstency to deal with the general
subject. But let him carry ont the present law,
as he is bound to do. and this al one may bring
Canada TO her senses and secure as justice at her
hands For Republicans 20 vote for the bill re-
ported by Mr. Belmonts COMMITTEES in the House
would be confession by them that the Presidents
refusal to carry out the present law was justi-
fed, aud would put power Ia bis hands which
he would WELD for partisan purposes. 1t is
much better to let the matter lie over till the
new administration shall come in, which will be
better prepared TO handle the matter, free from
the excitements of our pending political con-
tests and in ample time to protect every inter-
est. To allow the President now to stop the
export business Of Canada through the United
States would seriously interfere with several of
our home transportation lines, especially those
leading to Portland, and correspondnely depress
the entire commerce Of that port. 1t would also
afford Canada o pretext for increasing her de-
rnands in retaliation for such inhibition. and
render more difficult the general settlement by
negotiation. The rights Of the Pacific coast
should also be remitted to the new administra-
tion
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-09-04

mas some ct the shortcomings 10 social matters
OF the most uneducated parvenu in the swim
oome time ago mention was made OF the fact
tnat some ladies called upon Mrs. Cleveland,
and that their cards were returned to them
wnen that lady sent her excuses. Nobody ever
neara OF cards having been returned before,
anc that fact was taken az an indication OF
desire on the part of Mrs. Cleveland to place
personal slight upon her callers, although it is
prooaoie she had no such idea ip view as the
iaoies We're entire strangers TO her, But the
want OF tact was there, and whether it was
due the President Mrs. Cleveland, or the ssrv-
ants with whom he has surrounded himself, Is
question which must be answered by Others In
any event there are around the White House
set OF iackies who are, to use a vulgar express
sion, ''too big for their breeches." Within the
past six months have heard cf dozens OF cases
where ladies have called upon the Presidents
wife, often by invitation, who have been COM
peiled to open their own carriage door, and
further than this to turn the great bronze
handle to the main door of the White House it
self, and to hunt around for the servants TO
whom to deliver their cards, while that func-
tiona-y sat in a eozy little retreat masticating
tobacco or putting at cigar. which 10 about the
only gratui.y that these gentlemen receive.
On one occasion Richard Mansfield, the actor.
whose impersonstion of DIR. Jskyll and Mr..
Hyde won him rounds of applause, was specially
invited to call upon MIRA Cleveland. When he
reached the White House he was compelled to
against stray servant his wraps were taken
from him and carelessly thrown down in some
secluded nook In the East Room. He eventu-
ally found Mrs. Cleveland in her rooms. and,
after spending few minutes In pleasant conver-
sation with her. arose to take his leave, and was
somewhat astonisbed over the fact that "the
first lady OF the land" was compelled to show
him the door herself, because Of the absence OF
the servants who should have been there. He
found his way through the gloom of the main in
ner corridor to the East Room. and was there
compelled TO search for his wraps himself
This Is only trivial incident. 1t il true, but
1t never occurred IN the White House before,
and it 10 certain that such thing would have
happened in any Of the legation buildings OF
other houses where good breeding is always
manifest The fact is that Grover Cleveland,
President of the United States, has surrounded
himself with class of servants for perhaps in
this Republic they should be called employed,
who are as surly and as churlish ss he - him
self. and the general public who are even on the
visiting list of Mrs. Cleveland are compelled to
put ND with great many annoyances. because,
in spite of all that has been said 10 the contrary
there is such . remarkable lack OF tact IN the
household Of the executive mansion.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-09-04
CLEVELAND AND THE PRESS.
Harsh and Unfriend,y Treatment of Corre
spondents at the White House.

Harsh and Unfriendiy Treatment of Corre-
spondents at the White House.
ereciai to the lndjanapols SournAa-
WASHINGTON. Sept 3.-Joseph Howard, in
one of his recent letters. printed at several
places throughout the country, made a state
ment to the effect that President Grover Cleve-
land had done more for the newspaper frater-
nifty than any Of his predecessors in the White
House. A statement SO far from the truth is
seldom sent out in connection with members of
tho press located in Washington. 1t is not
within the recollection of the oldes. member of
the corps Of correspondents that an occupant Of
the White House ever carried his resentment
towards the press to such degree as Mr.
Cleveland. Instead Of universal courtesy there
have been constant snubs. and frequently open
resentment shown to individuals at the execu-
tive mansion. So notorious is this fact that
who visit the White House for the purpose
of calling on the President than ever
before since Newspaper Row became feature
Of Washington itself. The President never
loses an opportunity for saying unpleasant
things against writer's for the press, and only
the other day expressed in forcible Ian guaee his
i'll feeling towards the men. OF course there
are exceptions. He has y few intimates 10
whom he unbosoms himself, but there is none
Of that cordIality OF feeling between the cor
respondents and the President that there has
been in the past. President Arthur, for in
stance, had knack Of winning the
friendship of even his political enemies
in the corps by his universal courtesy
and the eood-fellowship which he ex-
pressed towards them. And yet the newspaper
men of Washington could tell some very un-
pleasant thipgs about Grover Cleveland il they
chose to open up the batteries 1t may be said,
to their credit, that they suppress the truth
about Mr.. Cleveiand's personal habits and
past history ten times as often as anyone
of them ever does him personal injury by
misststing facts But it 10 not toward the
newspaper men alone that the lack of tact is so
evident in the SURROUNDINGS of the White
House. That remarkable lady who prssidss
over the household is usually regarded 40 ore OF
the most tasteful women iu America; yet ON
several occasions shs has dsmonstratsd that shs
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-09-04
The Kansa. 8or..-rb,.f War.

RIcHFIELD, Kan, Sept 3-Wild stories come
In daily from the Squaw canyon country the
horse thieves haunt and, allowing the usual
per cent. for romance, the facts seem thus: The
settlers are making general war upon the horse
thieves with ali possible vigor, but owing to the
strength of the latter and the nature of the
country, progress Is slow. Only one outlaw so
Ear has been killed and no settler. Nine horses
Lave been captured. Parties have gone from
here 10 reinforce the settlers. Sorne of
the thieves have abandoned Colorado and come
into the State. Pursuing parties arrived here
to-day. having traced their stock into Kansas
One of this party had lost eight head of stock,
sll he had. through the thieves In the western
end OF the neutral strip 1t Is alleged the thieves
lied, and operate by means of confederates, usu-
ally fast women, sent out to locate desirable
stock and report
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-09-04

DETROIT Sept. 3-The thirty-sixth annual
convention Of the American Pharmaceutical As
sociation began it's sessions in this city at
o'clock this afternoon. About 400 delegates were
present. The Michigan association, which con-
venes tomorrow, will send several hundred del
egates, and the two ORGANIZATIONS together will
constitute a very notable gathering The ses-
sious will continue four days. Entertainmsnt
has been literally sprinkled through the busi-
ness programme, including visits to the princi-
pal amusement places and excursions on the
river. The first session was devoted TO the
reading Of the presidents annual address and
the reports of the various committees. The
baloting COMMITTEES submitted the following
ticket as the officers for the ensuing year:
President, NJ. w. Alexander. ST. Louis: first
ce-prssident, James Vernon. Dstrois; second
vicepresident Fred Wilcox. Waterbury, Conn. !;
third vice president Mr.. Yeager, Knoxville,
Tenn; treasurer, S. A. d. Sheppard, Boston:
secretary, }. NJ. Maisch. Philadelphia; reporter
of the progress of pharmacy, G. Louis Diehl;
members of the eoul. Henry Canning Boston:
Emisn Painter, New York; G. L. Keppler, New
Orleans