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Why He Left the Cabinet

1t was always matter of doubt
as to what particular circumstance
or incident caused Philip Francis
Thomas TO resign the Treasury port
folio during the administration OF
Buchanan 1t was a subject that he
meyer dwelt upon in conversation
but rather avoided, with that diplo.
macy which was so large part of
his political character.
This morning, however, our des-
patch from Easton explains the mys-
terry. 1t is told in Mr.. Thomas
own words, and it was read yester
day in a speech by one of his init
mate friends at the meeting held in
honor of the dead statesman. It is
a very important contribution to
the history of the ante bellum. The
resignation was connected with the
issue of ten million of bonds at the
time when the national credit was
very low. A New York banking
house sent word to the President
that it would not subscribe for the
securities while Southern man re-
manned at the head Of the Treasury
Department. Secretary Thomas
heard Of this, and he also heard that
the President had listened to the
bankers objections. He very pr ompt-
ly and very properly resented the
implied imputation upon his fidelity
to his trust, and at once resigned
refusing to accept another office
rendered by the President.
This fact very distinctly enhan-
ces the reputation of Mr.. Thomas.
His action was entirely creditable
to him, and we are glad that he left
q full record of the interesting cir
cumstance.
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Western Apples Coming East.

The apple crop Of Missouri and
Kansas is gathered, apples are now
practically in the hands of Eastern
dealers. For the first time in the
history of the country buyers have
been driven west of the Mississippi
for apples to supply the East. These
buyers operate in different ways.
Sometimes they purchase the orchard
and pick the apples themselves, some
times they buy the apples in barrels,
aud sometimes they get the apples
as they are piled in the orchards.
The principal varities purchased
here are Ben Davis, Wine Sap, Gene
tin and Missouri Pippin different
radically from the Baldwins, Green
ings, Russets and Northern Spys Of
the East. Buyers universally admit
that the best apples on the North
America continent are to be found IN
Northwestern Missouri and North
eastern K~nsas.
The ruling prices for apples pur-
chased By the barrel vary from 81 30
to 50 so, according to location and
quality. When the orchards are
purchased by the buyers the cost
has been sometimes above the maxi
mum and below the minimum
depending upon the shrewdness of
the farmer in driving bargain.
The largest and most profitable
orchard in the west, if not the entire
country is owned by Wellhouse d
Wheat, near Leavenworth. The
apples in this orchard sold at So per
barrel. As the orchard yielded over
$4,000 barrels, the profit on the 45O
acres of orchard land amounted to
more than $4,000. Kansas Csty
Times,
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$500 REWARD.

We will pay the above reward for any case
of Liver Complaint, Dysp epsia, Sick Head
ache, Indigestion, Constipation or Costive.
ness we cannot cure with Vests Vegetable
Liver Pills when tne directions are strictly
complied with. They are.purely Vegetable,
aud never fail 70 give satisfaction. Sugar
Coated. Large boxes, containing 80 pills,
25 cents. Beware of counterfeits and imita-
tons. The genuine manufactured only by
THE JOHN g. WEST COMPANY, CHI
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Governor oaIesby and the Apples.


The crew of a passenger train on
the Alton tells good glory OF Gov
ernor Oglesby. He got on a south
bound train at Elkhart the other
day and had couple of little boys
with him. The news agent came by
in good time carrying basket of
red apples. Uncle Dicks boys
wanted apples and importuned him
to buy some for them. First he
would not, but finally he relented a
little. Then he asked the news
agent:
GLOW do you sell apples p
give cents EACH"
allow much p
Five cents each"
"My goodness, sell better apples
than those, grown on my farm, for
thirty cents a bushel. Give the
boys an apple apiece. Here is your
dime"
Presently one of the boys said to
the Governor
"Pa, please lend me your knife"
"What for ?"
II want to peel my apple"
"Oh, no." replied the Governor.
You will not peel apples at five cents
each with my knife. Eat it all my
son-skin, core and seeds"
Then the carload Of passengers
broke out in a roar, in which the
Governor joined most heartily. =
Rochelle (UL) Herald.
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Through Tickets and Baggage Checked
to all points.
For rates and other information, address
W. j. ROBINSON, G. p A.,
Parkersburg, w. Va.
A. j. DANDY. Palkersburg.
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A Safe Investment.

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A Wonderful Doctor.

~ tell you'll" exclaimed the young
medical student. sour professor is a
great surgeon
flows that?p asked his chum.
"Well, fellow was brought in
with a crushed leg. The Professor
said it must come of. So he hacked
away, and, by gosh and cut off the
wrong Leg
"Do you call that great SURGERY"
"Wait q bit. The Professor said
it would be horrible for the poor fell
low to go about with no legs at all,
so he splintered up the crushed leg,
instead of cutting that off, too, and
now it is as good as ever. An ordi-
nary surgeon would have left the fell
low legless. Wonderful skill, the Pro-
fessor'sn- Brooklyn Life.
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SLAVERY IN MEXICO.
They Get Paid SIS Month and Can Buy
Their Freedom,

tp~s' NS9Ohs
Senor Don Salome Sastre Veraud.
Esquipulas, Conduacan, Tabasco and
slave owner, has been visiting Chi
cago. Tabasco is one of the south
ern States of Mexico, one of its
borders resting against Guatemala.
mo railroad pierces it's vitals," said
Senior Veraud, "and the products
ofour plantations, consisting of su-
gar, brandy, mahogany and rice, are
carried to the river Grijalva, placed
in canoes, in which they are carried
to San Juan Bautista, the capital Of
the State, and shipped thence to all
parts of the republic. Our planta-
ton is worked by slaves, ninety-seven
in number, and we pay them each So
a month.
''Our system of slavery does not
gall the necks Of those on whom it
rests, for their sole aim is to get
enough to eat, together with suffi-
Gent money to get drunk. A slave
can buy his freedom if he has the
money. A man becomes a slave in
two ways-the necessity of discharg-
ing the debts of his father or his
own debts. To illustrate: A slave
an debt dies, leaving widow and
children. His wife and daughters
become free at his death. If his
sons are old enough to do mans
work they are slaves, and must con-
tinue to work until they pay off their
fathers debt. If they are not old
enough to do a mans work they can
remain on the plantation doing light
work among the fabrics. But they
are free thus far and get paid for
their work. But suppose they want
to borrow some money from the
owner of the plantation. They get
what they want, from S. to $50, and
that makes them slaves until that
debt is paid.
SIT is seldom paid. On the con-
trary, it increases, and the men once
becoming salves remain so until
death releases them. But if they
dislike their master they are not
obliged to remain with him if they
can sell themselves to others. When
a slave is dissatisfied be goes to his
master and asks for his paper. This
paper sets forth the amount of the
debt. The slave takes it and goes
to some other slave owner, to whom
he tries to sell the paper. If the
slave has family of two or three
working boys-the family belongs
to the slave and goes with him-the
slave-owner will, if the debt is not
over say $500, pay the obligation
and take the slave. This system
does not prevail all over the repub-
lie, but in those states in which it
does everything is satisfactory,
brandy being much more highly
priced by the slaves than liberty"
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BILL VESTS HEAD.
Tom Starr, the Desperate, Cut 1t on
and Got 81, 900 for 1t.

Tom starr, the DeSpera00s Cut III OH
and Got s2,0 900 for 1t.
The remarkable career of old Tom
Starr, the notorious Cherokee des-
perado, which has lately appeared in
print, recalls an incident in his life,
the plainest statement of which
sounds like a romance. Bill West
was old Toms brother-in law and the
most powerful man of his day in the
Cherokee Nation.
A blow from his fist was as deadly
as a Winchester bullet. With this
formidable weapon he killed several
men, and a law was passed declaring
Bills fist deadly weapon. Old
Tom and Bill had been close COM
panions, but one day they quarreled
over the division Of the spoils of a
plundering expedition. West struck
at Starr, but the willy savage lodged
the blow and at the same time deity
placed long keen knife blade be-
tween the formers ribs. This was
the tragic end of Bill West. At this
time there was reward of $4,000
offered for Vests head and SIS 900 for
that Of Starr. Old Tom was in need
of ready cash and determined to run
the risk of losing his own head by
trying to secure the reward on that
Of bis brother.in-law
So, after killing West he cut off
his head, pat it in gunny bag and
proceeded to Tahlequah, the capital,
where he presented his CORY charge
to the chief, with the proof that it
was the right head, and demanded
tie reward. The chief and the treas
urer are both old men and they knew
Old Toms reputation. They also
knew that the reward on West s
head was only $4,000, while that for
Old Toms was $4,000. But Starr
WIS there himself, and meant bust
mess. At the muzzle of six shoot
er the treasurer forked over the
$4,000, and Old Tom departed with
the money, to the delight and aston
ishment of the people of Tahlequah
without killing single person.-An
Ardmore e. IT, Special.
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Sonoething New

Something New
at P. @. HUNTERS. The Aristo picture is
way ahead of the silver prints for fine detail.
fine finish, and in every way more ''eauti-
full picture. You ought to get them TO- the
holidays. Call and see. Now look-a life
size portrait in Crayon, Gilt FIR. me, only SIS
for the holidays; Oil, life size, as low as $40;
India Ink, life size, and your money thrown
in. ''Heavings, Capting," what is the mat
ter? Come and see; Hunter is mad and
wants to see if he can't beat the lowest in
low prices. 26 Queen street. Mar tinsburg.
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Feb. 18th. 1888.

Mn. LEE. Why. stsste ron needn't CRY about
I'll only said .rs Al. a very WELL
Informed woman, assd Y is...l ~ would follow
her example"
Mrs; LEE. Yes ard las. week You said you
wished could mr1s - l.'eE stylish as Mrs.
she has what hast
Mr. LEE. "Wasf Is A:t."
MRS. LEE :. y eli. lie II Is all Of her informa-
tion from the Mac-sz they take. / admit that
yhe kncws all tlldt il going on. and is bright and
entertaining in conversation but | could do as
well as she does If had the same source Of
information. She Knit the last number Of her
Magazine laI.ly, and earnell more in one hours
reading, about vaTio social matters and the
topics OF the day. IN ws,i.ld pick mp in amonth
by my occasional chats with friends. IL certainly
the day down to tAe details of housekeeping
and everything is beautifully illustrated, too.
Every time Mamie GOES over to the Aliens she
comes back ind leases me to get you to take
Demorest's Family Masazine. rs the stories are
90 good. Eveh Ia. boys watch for it every month.
as place is fond for tern also in its pages: and
Mr.. Allen sssesrs by it. 1t Is really wonderful
how it suits every member Of the family |"
Mr. LEE. ~ ell perhaps had better send for q
Specimen Copy; for. ii il is anything like what you
Eayit is twin amuse and instruct the whole Of
Mrs LEE. " / see that w Jennings Demorest,
the publisher IL East iirh Street, New York, Ia
offering to send Specimen Copy for 10 cents, 90
we can't lose anything. NJ each number contains
o Pattern Oruer' entitl ng the holder to any
Pattern she may choose, and in any size-whfch
alone makes each COPY worth 80 cents and just
want jacket pattern like Mrs. Aliens. Tho
subscription price is only So co q year; and
must say can't see how they can publish 90
elegant Magazine for ~ htte money" --
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The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-08-28
JUDGE CHRISTIANS Plan.

Judge Chrisman SAYS the section of
his Suffrage plan relating to proper
ty qualification has been misquotcd
and misunderstood 10y many. Right
~ interpreted, it Sould give any man
otherwise qualifedl the right to vote
who owned homestead, or whose
wife owned homestead, WithOm ref
erence to the rdlue Of same or any IN
cUmbrdnce thereon. In case neither
owns a homestead, one or the other
must I've possessed Of WRiRcumbCrei
property, real or personal, of the val
We of 5000, listed for taxes, and not
then delinquent for taxes thereon"
His idea is that any one who owns ~
homestead, however humble, is II cit
izen identified with the country and
its welfare and interested in the cleo
ton of good officers and maintaining
good government. The provision re-
curing 5000 worth of HRiRcumbercd
a homestead, was to prevent large
land owners and politicians with
money from deciding the necessary
amount of property to irresponsible
persons only to control their votes,
and still holding the property hy
mortgage.
The Judge says lie will not insist
on retaining the word anincumJered,
but for the reason stated, thought it
safest at first to insert it.
His plan, with this amendment, will
come nearer solving the race problem
than any yet proposed, not excepting
the Fewcll plan, which itself is based
on a property qualification, and as
such it is worthy of the sober and
earnest consideration of the Conven-
ton. Mountains can't be moved like
frog stools.
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FAIR RIVER NOTES,

Mr.. VIM. Neice died recently in his 9th
year and was buried at Grange Hall.
Mr.. Brewer accidentally fell recently
while repairing his gin and broke several
ribs.
Mr.. L. Cupstid is building a new cot
ton press preparatory to packing what
the boil worm leaves.
Boil worms are doing much damage,
destroying very near all the young cotton
bOlls and blossoms. Cotton is also open
ing rapidly on the up-lands.
Fair River is infested with book
agents, range agents, lightning rod
agents and clock agents. Will some one
tell how she may rid herself of the above
mentioned polite gentlemen
John Bailey has commenced grinding
corn. He has his turning lathe nearly
ready for operation and says he will be
ready to gin his neighbors cotton. Old
John will get there if he is u little slow.
Mr.. Younger Guests eldest son Walter
has had his eyes Strengthened. DR.. Rus
sell did tho work, and says he can fix
Walters arm also, which was dislocated
bya gig turning over with him.
The protracted meeting at Fair River
was largely attended and closed after 6
days. There were no additions to the
church. however, but much interest was
manifested, and no doubt but a great deal
of good was accomplished through and by
the earnest preaching of Revs. Z. Doug
lass, S. Morris and Pastor Hall.
MARK.
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The Jewell Plan.

A Columbus corresp Ondent in a pri-
vate letter, writes:
II do not know what you think of
the Jewell plan, but since it's intro
ductiOn, have been giving special at
tention to learn how the Lords of Gre
alton in Columbus and Lowndes
county stand upon the question. I
was also in West Point attending up
on Sam Jones' meeting part of the
time, where met many acquaintance
from different parts of the State and
heard the matter pretty generally dis
cussed, and my conclusions are that if
the Convention in its wisdom and SOW
ereignty is disposed to consult the
wishes and desires of majority of
the voters of this section--and that
the majority is made up of the best
and most intelligent elements of So
ciety-it will adopt the resolution and
give the ballot to our noble women
who have ever been ready and willing
to help us out of our troubles. In my
judgment it is not within the power
of the Convention to bestow n great
er blessing upon the State than to
adopt Mr.. Fewell's resolution"
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Ladies of jackson Present
Judge Chrisman a Bouquet.

This faithful chronicler of the new S
yesterday published paragraph that
Judge j. B. Chrisman had offered
resolution inviting the ladies to at
tend the Convention. Of course every
lady in jackson had read it before
night, and there was a general wish
among the fair sex to suitably reward
the gallant cavalier from Lincoln. So
it was understood this morning on the
outside that fair little widow was
visiting the various hot houses in the
city in search of choice blossoms to
lay at the shrine of the Conventions
champion of woman.
Accordingly, this morning, when
Col. Jewell was making his female
suffrage speech, bouquet of choicest
flowers was placed on the desk of
Hon. j. B. Chrisman. 1t needed no
explanation. His bushes were nat
ural-his surprise unaffected. BY
unanimous consent his fellow mem
bers realized the source of tender
compliment, and cheered heartily.
The Judge has been tenderly re-
membered and during the balance of
the session will be the ladies' man of
the COnventiOn.-Cld Clarion Ledqer.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-08-28
CONTENTION ECHOES.

Enough resolutions have been in
troduced to date to make half dozen
new Constitutions, and ont of TINS
mass Of matter the committees mnst
select and make up their reports.
The special report of the Judiciary
Committee published in full on first
page, touching the extent to which
the Convention mag go i'll dealing
with the suffrage, has been received
as settling that point. 1t will be not
ed that it follows the same line OF
argument and cites the same Supreme
Court decision the LEADER did in its
issue of August It'll.
The Committee on AppOrtionment
and Elective Franchise is still sitting
with closed doors, with all the various
suffrage plans before it. 1t is report
ed that II new appOrtionmcnt has
been agreed upon which gives 100 Rep
rcsentatives in the Legislature and 80
Senators. Each county is given one or
more Representatives, with rear
rangement Of the fioatorial districts,
and there are only II senatorial dis
tricts, several counties being thrown
together and three or more senators
elected from each. BY the new ar
rangement Lincoln is made to float
with Amite, and is placed in the same
senatorial district with Adams, Frank
lin, Lawrence, Covington, Clarke,
Jasper, etc.
The Memphis Commercial cores
pendent believes from information re-
cciyed from reliable source that the
report of the subcommittee of the
Franchise Committee will embrace
the following idea: Two years resi-
dence in the State and one in the
county and precincts; So poll tax to
be paid year before registration and
voting, and failure to pay forfeits
franchise. Educational qualification,
reading and writing the test, and
property qualification of $3.50, to take
effect in 1896.
A large part of the delegates seem
to favor electing all officers except
Judges for years and making them
ineligible as their own successors.
Others favor disqualifying only the
Governor, State and county Treasur-
ers and Sheriffs as their own success
sors.
An elective judiciary has many
friends, but it is probable that if the
Governor is made ineligible to sue
coed himself, the appointment system
will be continued.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-08-28
MisfOrtunes Multiply.

Col. w. l.. Hemingway met with
quite an accident about dark Satur-
day evening, on South State street.
His horse became frightened and ran
across ditch on the south side of the
street near the A. & V. depot, throw
ing Col. Hemingway violently to the
ground, causing painful if not seri-
Gus injuries in the head and side. A
large crowd of people happened to be
near the scene of the accident and
ran to his rescue, got him in hack
and sent him out home Clarion
Ledger of the 25th.