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1t is well known that at a certain stage
of heart disease dropsy inevitably sets in.
Professor German See, of Paris, has long
been experimenting with a view to dis
cover what element in milk rendered it
such an admirable agent to stimulate the
kidneys, increase the flow therefrOm and
hence prove of such great service in
drOpsies. The conviction which he ar
rived at was that the one important ele-
ment is sugar of milk. Acting on that
theory he selected twenty-five patients
with heart disease, in all of which there
was more or less dropsy. To each he
gave 100 grammes of the sugar Of milk
a day, dissolved in two quarts of water.
In all these cases a marked effect on the
kidneys was felt within twenty-four to
fOrty-five hours, aid the dropsies di-
minished rapidly, and after a series Of
treatment lasting from six to eight days,
almost all such swellings disappeared.
This discovery is regarded as one Of the
most important which has been made in
the medical world for years.-New York
Telegram.
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motion was promptly voted down by the
members, who desired to complete the
list Of officers.
Nominations for the clerkship being in
order, Edward Mcpherson and John NJ.
Carson, both of Pennsylvania, were
placed in nomination, and Mr.. McPher-
son was elected, receiving 116 votes to
fifty cast for Mr.. Carson.
Over the selection of the candidate for
sergeant-at-arms there was hardly any
contest. AdOniram J. Holmes, an ex-
member of congress from Iowa, and A.
H. Reed, of Minnesota, were the candi-
dates, and Holmes was elected-142
TO Is.
The contest over the next place, the
door keeper, was very amicable, how
ever. The candidates were Charles w.
Adams, of Maryland, and James A
Wheat, of Wisconsin. The vote was
very close, and the news received out
side indicated the selection first of one
and then of the other candidate. A re-
count of the roll call was necessary, and
when it had been made the result showed
that Adams had defeated his opponent
by bare majority, the vote standing SO
to 50.
Mr.. Wseat was, however, Immediately
nominated for the Gftice of postmaster,
receiving 90 votes, against Is fG G- .eelteu,
20 for WOrrell, and is for Mckee.
Rev. Charles B. Ransdell, Of the North
Presbyterian church, of Washington,
was nominated for chaplain, receiving "a
votes out of a total of 147, the remainder
being divided among half a dozen other
candidates.
The caucus then, at 5:15 o'clock, adj
iOurned.
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GEO. H. PENDLEToN. den and terrible
death had an influence on his health.
Some days ago it was reported that Mr..
PendletOn was dangerously i'll, but his
son said that it was only passing indis-
position. He was mistaken.
The Pendleton family came from Vir-
GINA, Edmund Pendleton Seing one of
the signers of the declaration of indie
pendence. For two generations the Ohio
branch of the family have sustained the
reputation of the blood Gentleman
George" was his nickname, which was in
itself personal tribute to his personal
graces of manner.
Mr. PeudletOn was born in Cincinnati,
O., July %, 1925. He received an acad-
emic education, studied law and was adj
mitted to the bar in Cincinnati. He was
a member of the state senate in 1873,
and was elected to congress on the Dem
Ocratic ticket in 1856, serving until 1865.
He was a member of the committee on
military affairs during each term, and in
the Thirty-eighth congress served on the
committee of ways and means, and as
chairman of the special committee on
admitting members of the cabinet to the
floor of the house of representatives.. He
was nominated for the vice presidency
on the ticket with George B. Mcclellan
for president in 1854. He was appointed
United States minister to Germany by
President Cleveland in 1885.
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Seasick.

Only one who has gone below when
the wind did blow, and there paid trib-
ute to Neptune, knows anything about
the suffering of a seasick person
Mr.. Denton, in his Collectors Ram
bles," tells of lying in the bunk Of Pa
cifc steamer, and hearing a seasick man
above him sOliloquize about his foolish
ness in leaving home.
Il can't see" he was saying to him
self, "what on earth ever putt into your
head to go away from home. You may
do well enough in Honolulu, but, obi
you'll die before you get there. Charlie,
you fool, if you ever get home again,
you stay thereT'-Youth's Companion.
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From statistics gathered by a promi-
nent life insurance company it appears
the occupation most conducive to lon
gevity is that Of merchants. Next to
these in expectation of life come farm
ers; then follow in succession doctors,
lawyers, clergymen, shop keepers and
hotel keepers. 1t may be mentioned that
among hotel and saloon keepers, brewers
and wholesale liquor dealers the deaths
from consumption, heart disease and
zymOtic diseases are comparatively few,
while the rate for nervous diseases and
diseases of the liver is extremely high.
Brokers follow hotel keepers as regards
average length of life, and then mechan-
ics.-Herald of Health.
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Practical Rather rhan Sentimental.

"DO you remember when and where
we first metz" heard loving wife ask
her husband. Certainly, my dear"
''Tn wager you don't, she said; II don't
believe you can tell me now" "The first
time met you," he said quite readily,
"was at a charity ball at the - hall. Z"
$50 it was" she said, quite pleased; ''it
is very nice to know you remember so
well" And when she left the room he
turned to me and said: ''For heavens
sake don't say anything; but 1 remem-
Der because that night some fellow
walked off with an $50 overcoat of mine,
andI had to go home without ny."-SaD
Francisco Chronicle.
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Several families fled. but the flames did
not reach their abodes and they after
ward moved back.
Fourteen firemen were knocked down
In Kingston street by fragments of a
falling wall, but all escaped serious in
jury. About dozen fircmen and DO
Icemen are at the hospitals suffering
from laceratiOns, bruises and broken
limbs
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CONFEDERATE MONUMENTS.
correspondence Between Gen. b. I. JOhr
ston and senator Butler.

Correspondence Between Gen. Il. 7. John
stOn and senator Butler.
COLUMBIA, S. c., Nov. 27.-Gen. Brad
ley T. Johnston, of Baltimore, who COM
manded the Maryland line in the Con-
federate army, has written a letter to
United States Senator N. c. Butler, of
this state, in reference to the action of
Patterson Post No. So, G. A. R., in OBJ
jecting to the erection of Confederate
monuments by the Maryland regiment
After recounting the circumstances Gen.
Johnston SAYS:
''If my advice is taken they viii re-
move their monument, and if no spot
can be found here where it will be duly
hOnOred we will place it at Eutaw
Springs, where another regiment of
Maryland rebels made their mark in
years gone by.
Information. observation and refec-
ton for twenty-fOur years have con-
WINGED me that the war would never
have been waged against the south ex-
cept for the profit there was in it, and
that the agitation against us is carried
on since only for the pensions that are to
be got.
ss1'he war was contractors war, and
the agitation is a bOunty-pensiOn agita-
ton. In the days of trial that will sure
" come. when belief in God and truth
and Justice and right must stand against
worship of MammOn. lust of gold and
greediness of materialism in defense of
the rights of the people against the
power Of the phutOcracy, then the whole
world viii turn for assistance and relief
70 the men whose ancestors on 50 many
battleiields, by 50 much blood and suf-
fering and poverty testified their devo-
ton to liberty, to order, TO truth and
right"
Senator Buffers Reply.
Senator Butler has replied as follows:
Il would much rather be the dead
lions whom this shaft was intended to
commemorate than the live animals
Dracticing their heels against the Second
MARYLAND regiment. To my mind it APP
pears almost fiendish. The hyena is the
most cowardly Of all wild beasts, and
vet the most ferocious in the graves Of
the dead. He has q counterpart,
think. in the Abe Patterson Post, and
Governor Beaver is not far behind them
In invading the graves Of the dead Mary
Ianders. He IS strongly in favor of the
government making an appropriation to
erect markers on the positions occupied
BY the Confederate commands as a mat
ter of history.
"A government appropriation, you
see. covers all the objections to treason
and disloyalty, because there is a Job in
it for somebody in Pennsylvania. Where
we have monuments to erect hereafter
let 5 plant them on cur own soil. The
presence Of monuments to worthy and
gallant Federal soldiers in cur midst
viii not give US the nightmare, or de
tract from the sacredness Of our memo
rails or the irnperishable renown Of OuI
dead"
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THOMAS 3. REED, friends Or the var
ious candidates were earnest u their eff
forts to add to the strength Of theirfayor-
tie.
The caucus was called to order by Sec
rotary McCemas- Mr.. Cannon, Of ILL
nois, holds over as chairman Of the can
Gus, but in view Of his candidacy for
the speakership, he retired and Nh. Ken
dersOn, Of Illinois, was elected chairman,
The first business IN order was 70 cal the
roll Of members.
The roll call developed the presence Of
165 members, four less than the entire
Republican strength in the house. ny
Mudd. the contestant for 1ir. COmptOns
seat from the Fifth Maryland district,
occupied a seat on the floor, but took no
part in the proceedings.
The FIRST business transacted was the
adoption of a resolution that the BALLOT
ing for speakership should be open.
Bv previous agreement the usual pre-
senfafion speeches were omitted and the
nomination of a speaker was immediate-
" entered into. The candidates were:
Reed, of Maine; Mckinley, Of Ohio; Can
non, Of Illinois; Burrows, Of Michigan
and Henderson, Of Iowa. The secretary
called the roll and the result was: Reed,
70; Mckinley, 80; Cannon, %; Burrows,
10; Henderson, 16.
A second ballot was at once taken,
which resulted as follows: Reed. 80;
Mckinley, 50; Cannon 10; Henderson,
IA; Burrows, 10.
The announcement Of the vote which
gave Mr.. Reed the Republican nomina-
ton for speaker was greeted with ap-
plause. and that gentleman returned his
thanks IN q neat little speech.
AT this point in the proceedings an at-
ten1pt was made to exc a recess, but the
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ELECTRICITY DID II.

The Fire Said to Have Been Caused BY
the Crossing of Two Wires.
New YORK, Nov. ga Boston dis
patch to The Times says:
The cause of the fire may be ascribed
to the crossing of the Boston Time COM
pany's wires with the lines Of one of the
Electric Light company's. So far as can
be learned, all the clocks in the city run
by the Time company stopped at Gas
o'clock Thursday morning.
The Office of the company is in the
granite building in which the fire started.
The contact of an electric light wire
with the wires of the Time o6pNanY
would cause a current which, acc ESgng
to experts, would be much too strong for
the company's wires to bear. OF course,
the result would be the burning out of
the cOmpany's wires.
At the city hall the clock in the city
messengers Office stopped at GAS. The
telephone switchboard was burned out,
and the wire connecting with police
headquarters had melted. The telephone
linemen established connections. In a
short time the district telegraph Inemen
arrived, and after vain endeavor to find
the cause of an open circuit, they asked
permission to take down the electric
clock.
When this was done it was discovered
that the wires connecting with the clock
were burned completely away, and that
the interior of the clock as well as the
part of the wall against which it was
placed was schorched and charred.
Nothing but the merest accident had
saved the city hall.
Soon messenger from a jewelry store
in Court street appeared with the intelli-
gence that his clock had stopped at lhe
same time-6;4S o'clOck-and the watch
man, who sleeps all night in the store,
had hard work to put out the blaze
caused by the burning out of the wires.
1t seems that the Time company's
wire, with twenty-fOur others, enters the
city messengers Office at city hall in one
cable Any extraordinary current forced
through it would cause the connections
to burn out.
The fire starting from an ignited
switchboard of the Time company at
GAS o'clock would, because of the admir-
able construction of the building in
which it was located, be more than likely
to burn half an hour or more before
being discovered.
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William II. Vanderbilt once sent to
Paris for a chandelier, for which he paid
5000. It was very heavy and awkward
looking. The parts were screwed to-
gether in such manner that the screw
heads showed plainly, and. though very
expensive, and in one sense elegant, it.
did not pl>ase the New York millionaire
He sent it to a store in New York. offered
It for s., 500, for which price it went
begging, and It was finally sold in this
city for 800, and now hangs in the par
Tor Of a prominent gentleman here
WASHINGTON Post.
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Cincinnati.
WHEAT-2@7Sc.
Con-. on1aall.

WHEAT-72675c.
CoRN-30a3gc.
WoOL-Unwashed, fine merino, 1s@19c;
1<-blood combing, 23d24c; medium delaine
and clothing, 24G25c: braid, 1Sd20c; medium
combing. 24d25c; fleece washed, fine merino
XandXx, 2Sa29c: medium clothing, 300
Sic; delaine fleece, 30Sd31c.
HAY-ChOice timothy sells at s11. 5O912O 90
per ton; prairie brings S7.50Q9O0; straw,
S5.O0@6O0
CATTLE-Good to choice butchers, 5000
500; fair, s2O062.75; common, 81. 2591 IS;
stockers and feeders, So O0a3O0
HOGs-Selected butchers and heavy ship
ping, SS.65@S.75; fair to good packing, So 90
@S.65; common and rough packing, IS Goa
$50; fair to good light, s3.6593-15; pigs,
S3O09370
SHEEP-s2. 5005O0
LANBs-sS. 5Oa575.
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VOLUME III.
CoURT DIRECTORY.
CIRCUIT COURT

CIRCUIT COURT.
7,.:r5 Monday in March and SePtem-
Der. n,..,o,
gIorESmonwcalths Attorney, Chas. J.
Bronston. , ,,.,.
Commissioner, J. K. Burnam.
COMMON PLEAS COURT
First Monday in January and June )
- Monday in October.
Judge. T. ]. Scott.
CIeTk. W. H. Miller.
Commi,siorcr, 5. E. scott
QUARTERLY COURT.
Fourth Monday in January, April, July
and October.
COUNTY COURT,
First Monday in every month.
coURT OF CLAIMS.
second Monday in July.
CoUNrY OFFICERS.
IpIge. John c. Chenault.
TIelk. Thomas Thorpe.
Attorney, ,. A. Sullivan.
sheriff \ q Deathersge.
Tailor. J. V. MauPin.
To-oncr, B. ID. Miller.
surveyor, F. Crooke.
Assessor. John Mcpherson,
Superintendent Public Schools, Mrs.
A. T. Million
CITY COUNCIL.
Mavor. J. 5. Collins.
First Ward J.. Brooks.
second Wmd-Sam Rice.
Thi-k Ward-W. B. Smith.
Fourth WaTd-J. w CaPertOn.
Clerk. I. 7 Gteenlesf.
Time Of meeting-First Tuesday night
In every month
CITY COURT.
Judge. A. c. Rice.
Attorney. W ). MoJerley.
Mzr,hal. !. ID. Feenev.
Time OF holding cOurt-tirst Saturday
IN every month for civil business.
CITY Treasurer J. Stone Walker.
Civ Collector, L. Baxter.
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One Of the busiest men in Boston is a
gentleman whose Office is situated not
far from fremont house. He is the bust
ness representative of a New York pub
fishing house, and also of Philadelphia
magazine, besides this he furnishes mat
ter regularly to four other journalistic
enterprises, is trying to patent an inn
proved kitchen utensil, is thinking Of
bringing out a volume of poems, has just
begun work on some encyclopedia
articles, and is about to be married.
With all. these things he manages to at
tend to many other business enterprises
whenever theycome in his way. Boston
Advertiser.
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BRUSSELS, Nov. 97.-Hon. George II.
Pendleton succumbed to a stroke of apo
plexy. His death occurred in the Hotel
Bellevue, where he had been lying sick
for six weeks. His two daughters were
present when he died. The funeral
Services will be held in the Protestant
church on Wednesday next The body
viii remain in the church for several
days, and will be taken thence to
America
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ANDERSON, Ind, Nov 27.-At ElwoOd,
a small village near mere, lives I. J.
Myerly, who is accused of whipping his
wife. Monday night N yerly answered a
knock at his door, and was seized by five
masked men, taken to the outskirts of
town, tied to a tree and beaten with
switches and boards until he was insensi-
bic and covered with. blood. 1t was a
most brutal outrage, nd the perpetrators
viii be prosecuted as soon as Myeriy Is
able to appear.
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England ResIsts Portugal in Africa.

LONDON, Nov. 2T.-The Pail Mall Ga
zette publishes a dispatch from Prime
Minister Salisbury to the British minister
at Lisbon ordering the latter to protest
against the Portuguese proclamation
claiming countries north and south of
the Jambezi river, in Africa Lord Sails
bury says that Mashona land, which is a
part of the territory referred to in the
Portuguese proclamation, is under Brit
ish protection.
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PRICES CURRENT.
Review of the Money, Stocks and Cattle
Quotations for Nov. 80.

Quotations for Nov. 80.
WALL STREET, NEW YORK-MOney closed
offered at per cent. Currency skies 1171<
bid: fours coupon, 127 bid; fOur-and-a halls
do 1851 bid
The stock market this morning was mod
erately active, and weak with Chicago Gas.
Sugar, AtchisOn, Reading, Richmond and
West Point, Western Union, Union Pacific,
st. Paul, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and
st Louis the features. Chicago Gas contin-
ued to attract the greatest speculative inter
est. In the first hour the price dropped 5
per cent, Cleveland, Cincinnati Chicago and
St. Louis dropped o. per cent. by midday,
and Sugar Trusts 3. The weakness in the
securities named caused the whole list to de-
cline, and at the close the general list was =
to per cent. below yesterdays closing fig
ures, notwithstanding the fact that the
bapk statement showed an increase in the re-
Selves of S4O6, $50. The sales for the day
Amounted to go 800 shares
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Foreman Dakota Slasher--I see the
big safe you spoke Of has arrived.
'sYes; had it hoisted in this morning.
Beauty, amt it, Ten feet square on the
inside, walls a foot thick solid iron I
Just tell you, nothing can 80 through
that
But you say you can't raise money to
pay the printers; what do you want Of a
big safe ike thatsP
''Oh, that isn't to put money in It's
for me TO get into when my great reform
crusade starts. New York Weekly.
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State S to Ger
many, died in this
citySunday night.
Since the death of
his wife two years
ago Mr.. Pendle-
ton has been a
c h e d m an.
She was killed in
a runaway acct
dent in Central
park, New York
city, her husband
being in Germany
lat the time. The
shock of her sud
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WHITES VS.. BLACKS.
Bloody Encounter on Board an Arkansas
Passenger Train.

Passenger Train.
LITTLE Rock, Ark, Nov. pa seri-
Gus encounter between negro passengers
and the white crew of a train that left
here Saturday took place at Taltic Sun
day. One negro was killed, and others
fatally wounded. The disturbance was
begun by a negro, who attempted to set
a brake between the stations. The brake
mems indifference was the signal for a
fierce conflict in which pistols, knives
and clubs were used. The negroes are
making such threats that greater vio-
lence is feared. The United States mar
shall has provided guards for all the
trains, the road being in the hands of a
receiver appointed by the court.
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Hoes-Light. SS609S.7O; mixed, $3.50
375; heavy, So GOES s..
CATTLE-Extra beeves, s4.50@5.15; steers,
S3Oo7450; cows, bulls and mixed. 81. 250
SHEEP-$000525
LA5lBs-S4 10000
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OF Inferior Make.

'JOhn," said Mrs. Virgins, 81 think
we had better change our ice man."
''Why, my dear? Doesn't Mr.. Freezer
give full weight?'
Eyes; but his ice melts so quickly
Harper's Bazaar.
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The CITY oE SHOES.
Lynn, 1Iass., Has a $4,000, 900 to 81
900. 900 Fire.


Lynn, AIass., Has a $4,000, 900 to &c.
900, 900 Fire.
LYNN, Mass, No.. 27.-Fire broke out
at 11:55 a. m. Tuesday in Mowers build
ing on Almont street, and in a few min
utes had become uncomfortable. A high
wind was blowing, and showers of Gin
ders and blazing brands were blown 10
the roofs of other buildings. Soon it be-
came evident that an awful confagratiOn
was unavoidable. Firemen fought brave
" and Untiringly all day and far into the
night TO save homes, lives and property.
And from NeighbOring Towns.
Aid was sent from Boston. Salem and
all surrounding towns, and at last the
furious flames were under control, but
only after one square mile had been
burned over, and between s., 1000, 600 and
S1O,O00,0O0 worth Of property swept
away.
Eight Thousand Homeless.
Prominent manufacturers are of the
opinion that the total loss will be be-
tween $1,000, 900. and $4,000, 900. The
number of burned buildings was 296, of
which forty-twO were brick blocks; liz
wooden buildings used for business pur-
poses and 142 dwellings occupied by 164
families. The number of labOring PEG
pie thrown out of work is estimated at
5000, and 200 families are homeless.
1t was a terrible spectacle as the fire
progressed and destroyed building after
building, and structures built with all
modern safeguards against fire could not
resist the tremendous volume of flame
any more than an ordinary wooden
dwelling, from which a thin line of
smoke would be visible at one moment,
while few minutes later pile of ashes
marked the spot where the building
stood.
Through the associated charities many
families were furnished lodging Tues
day night in rooms hired at lodging and
dwelling houses, and rations of hot soup,
crackers and bread are being served to
all in need of food. As soon as some
plan for assistance can be devised, the
work of providing for destitute families
viii progress rapidly.
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morning as early
as 10 o'clock, al
though noon was
the hour fixed for
themeeting Of the
caucus which was
to decide W no
should pre- 81 d g
over the dehbera-
tions Of the house
during the Fifty
first cong re- s.
Members assem-
,blad 10 groups b
ak oVeF the sia+
lafion. and the
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HOGs-An grades from s.. eOa4O5.
SHEEP-Extra, S5.o005-20; good, e4GO0
4So; fair, So .; common, s2000SO0.
L.AiIBs-e o04625
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M. MCCARTHY,
elsahiag, Gas ana steam Fitt.ag.

Jump Repairing q Specially All
4 -. pi pumps kept al Gas WoTks,
iIaehmand. Leave orders ~ Bnnsuza
Aiilis or w q. Whites Drug Stpfe.
Sd 49,
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THE AGONY OVER.

Congressman Reed Selected for the
Speaker of the Next House.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.-The floor Of the
house nresentad a husv scene Saturday
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Work.

am prepared 10 do all kinds Of
Carpenters work ia lFsf-elass style.
Aisn estimates furnished On short
notice. II, TYLER BAXTER,
a.