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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-05-17
M. SCHENCK'S
FULM0NIC
SYRUP
VIII Cure
COUGHS. COLDS,
And All Diseases Of tho
THROAT AID LUNGS.

TITS pleasant ~ the taste
anidoos notconiainaIulo.0
of opium 90 anything iniuri-
ous. Itistse rastCough 30 b
icine in tho World foE rsi'
hy 30 Druggists. Price 81.
rcrio,fic D.. schenckslaoE
on Consumption anlit5 Cuie,
mailelfroe. Address
DIJ.H Schencs d son. fhiis.
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Oraln and fnIfUn FNTIIiN--''
RICHMOND, VA, May IS, 1870.
OFFERINGS.
Wheat -230i bushels.
Como bushels.
Oats-2 $50 bushels.
Pcas-eb bushels.
MIL Ogal-2l tons.
sALEs REPORTED TO SECRETARY.
Wheat Lougberry, l,2W bushels very
rood ON private terms. Mixed, go bushels
prime. on private terms. ShoflDefry, -
bushels very good at 9jc.
Peas-lO bushels black, on Iriyate terms
COTTON REPORT.
Market firm.
Quotations. - Niddling, lic.; low mid
ding, l0Ac.; good ordinary, l0c.
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pI-KE AND WHOLESONE MAIER.

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"Castoria is the best remedy for children Of
which am acquainted hope the day Is not
far distant when mothers will consider the real
interest Of their children. and use castoria in
stead Of the various quack nostrums which are
destroying their loved ones, by forcing opium.
morphine, soothing syrup and other hurtful
agents down their throats, thereby sending
them to premature graves"
Dr. ]. F. KIScHKLoR,
Conway, Ark.
The Butler weekly times., 1890-09-17
Eczema From Childhood.

When an infant my body broke
out all over with an eruption or
rash, which became more agrivated
as I grew older. From early child
hood until l was grown my family
spent fortune trying to cure me Of
the disease. Every noted physician
in our section was tried or consult
ed. When l came OF age I visited
Hot Springs, Ark, and was treated
there by the best medical men. but
was not benefited After that, un-
der the advice of a noted specialist,
I tried the celebrated Clifton
Springs, New York. without any
good results When all things had
failed I determined to Try S. S. S.,
and in four months was entirely
cured. The terrible Eczema WAS ali
gone, not sign left; my general
health built up. and have never
had any return of the disease l
have since recommended S S. S. TO
number OF friends for skin di-
seases, eruptions, etc, anI have
never known of failure to cure.
GEo ". IRWIN. Irwin, Pa.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Dis
eases mailed free.
SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Atlaua, GA.
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The Story = told Of German, who took the
hands Of his clock to the maker to have them
1xed, because they did not keep proper time.
OF course, the clock maker demanded the
tro1ks, % in them hay the trouble. Boils and
exterior ten Of disordered condition Of the
blood within. II you have these indicationa,
be wDe IN time, and take Dr.. PieFce's Golden
Medical Discovery. II puts the liver and
Kidneys In good working order, purfnes the
blood, cte1neee the system from all impuri-
ue1. nom Whatever cause arising, and tones
up the funceions generally.
Golden Medical Discovery" checks tho
n1ghtful mroado OF Scrofuk and II taken
In time, arrests tho march Of CONSUMPTION OF
tho Lungs (which II Lung-scrofula), purifie1
and enricheo the blood, thereby curing I'M
Skin and Scalp Diseases, Ulcers, Sores, Swell
hgs, and kindred ailments. It h powerfully
tonic - weu - Alternative, or blood-cleansine.
In tts effects, hence It Strengthens the system
and restores vitality, thereby dispelling an
those languid, tired feelings" experienced
BY the debilitated. Especially has It mani
tested its potency in curing letter, Salt
rheum. Eczema, Erysipelas, Bofls, Carbuncles,
larged Glands.
Golden Medical Discovery" Is the only
blood and lung remedy, sold by druggists
and guaranteed by its manufacturers, to do
all that It IL claimed te, accomplish, or money
paid for It win be promptly refunded.
WORLDS DIsPENSARY MEDICAL AssocrA-
TON, Manufacturers, No. 663 Main Street,
Buffalo, n. 7.
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HUMANlTYS AVERAGES.
AL About Weight, Height, Blood, RespIr,
tion and Other Matters.

All About Weight, Height, Blood, RespIra-
tion and Other Matters.
The average weight of the male adult
Is 130 pounds: of women about 10
pounds. The average height of the
American is about feet Q inches. The
average height of all English speaking
nations Is about the same as above: of
women. feet inches. One inch of
height adds two pounds of weight on
the average. The specific gravity of the
body ranges from O950 to 1.O3O. The
heart wedges go grammes in women and
$40 grammes (10k ounces) in men: the
average weight is 29s grammes. The
period OF its maximum weight is be-
tween the ages OF 50 and so years.
The amount of blood in the body is
one-thirtieth the weight Of the body. OF
1ve or six quarts or II or II pounds.
The average man dies when he has los.
one-fifth Of his blood. The heart with
each contraction eiects six ounces OF
blood from each ventricle, at . pressure
in the left ventricle Of one-fourth of an
atmosphere. The heart sends all the
blood around the body of the average
man once every 80 seconds, or in abou,
IS contractions of the organ. A deadly
poison injected into the veins kills in
Is seconds on the average; injected
| under the skin in about four minutes.
A cubic millimeter Of blood contains s..
ooo,o blood cells in the average man,
and about 4,5oa,o 600 in the average
woman. There are 500 red cells to ever,
| one white hfon4 coll The ~oS LII
have an average diameter of 1-s,a0o o.
an inch, the white cells of LES, 900 of ar
inch, The specific gravity of blood i:
l.osa- The frequency of the pulse II
the new born is l5a: in infants wear old
llos at years, as: from . to II, IS: il
an adult man; -: woman, so. The re
splrations are one-fourth as rapid as III,
pulse.-St. Louis Republic.
The Butler weekly times., 1890-09-17
Amusing Old settlers.

burlington, Ia, Sept. 10.-The
Oh Settlers of Benton township,
eight miles north of Buriington. held
their annunal reunion yesterday,
which was attended by several thou
sand people. A unique feature OF
the occasion was a drama of pioneer
life prepared and admirably execut-
ed by the young men of the neigh
borl1ood. The natural lag out of the
land was most suitable for the af
fair. r.
The first scene OF the drama show
ed a covered and cfeahing emisrant
wagon moving slowly along the road
while peace and quiet reigned. All
at once the air was filed with the
noise of pistol and rifle shots and the
blood-curdling yells If band OF
savages. .These.amateur savages, ad-
mirably costu.ned and painted. at
tackled the unwary emigra"ts and
seemed about to massacre the whole
family, when suddenly il band of
fearless frontiersr,en put the simu-
lated savages to Eight. The who'll
affair was highly realistic.
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A MARVELLOUS FASTER.
A French Widow Who Says She Has Zee,
without Food For Nine Years.

A French Widow Who Says She Has Been
Without Food For Nine Years.
The little town Of Bourdeilles, in
Perigord, France, is becoming famous
through woman named Zelie Bourivu,
who pretends to have tasted for nine
years and who is now actually undergo
ing sixty-day fast, under scientific
precautions against fraud. The woman
Is the widow of farmer, of Paussac-
Saint-Vivien, named Guillame Garron,
by whom she had four children, all now
dead. The death of her husband was
the beginning Of her fast. She is a
brunette with brilliant eyes and excess
stve nervousness. She has lived since
her alleged fasting began under the care
OF DIR. Lafon, who says that he visited
her frequently, and, while unable to say
that her story was untrue. doubted it
very much, and endeavored frequently
to induce her to submit to systematic
course OF observations that would scien-
tifcally test her claim. She always
refused, and this confirmed the
doctor in his suspicion that the
woman was merely an ordinary
NySSA~As NAM pCAAopo UNCONSCIOUS
fraud Last month. however, she vol
UNFAIRLY offered to submit to the closest
surveillance the doctor might wish to
place upon her, and the present tests
were begun. Tho doctor declares that
he took every precaution against trick
cry or deceit For three weeks the
woman has remained under guard in q
place where no one is allowed to bring
solid food OF any sort She has drank
only little water In which toast had
been dissolved. which she rejected a,
once, and has sucked. once day. i. bi,
OF orange to takc the bad taste from he,
mouth. DR.. Laion proposes to keep he,
under guard for sixty days He does NO,
attempt to explsin the case. but has Ne
ferred 1t to Drs. Charcot and Ball, we'll
known specialists in nervous diseases.
The opinion Of the neighbors of thu
faster is divided concerning her. Som,
believe implicitly that she is as she pre-
tends to be, under Divine inspirat;on
and are expecting other miracles from
ner In due time. Others believe her
rather, to be possessed of the devil
Paris Letter.
The Butler weekly times., 1890-09-17
MARK TWAiN'S FATHER.

He Was the Original of Colonel Sellers In
"The Gilded Age"
Senator Bate, of Tennessee, gives me
interesting matter about Mark Twain's
father. Every one knows Colonel Sell
lers and most people are aware that the
play Is dramatization of Mark Twain's
book. The Gilded Age" Few know
that the characters are taken from life,
and that Colonel Sellers is representa-
ton of Mark Twain's father, who was
fully as visionary as Marks fancy paint
ed him. The Clemens family came from
the mountains of Tennessee. Marks
father had put all the money he could
make and scrape into the rough lands of
the Tennessee mountains. He owned
thousands of acres about him, and he
would look over these and say: "These
lands are underlaid with the finest
coal and iron. There is millions in
them! Millions. Millions" At that
time, however, the lands were worth
nothing. Every one laughed at
Marks father, and Mrs. Clemens, who
was Of a more practical and ambitious
turn than her husband, urged that they
sell the property and move into civiliza-
ton. She finally persuaded him to do
this The lands brought mere song
and the family went to Missouri, where
Mark Twain first saw the light Of day.
The recent developments in Tennessee.
says Senator Bate, have made these
lands, which Colonel Sellers-Clemens
owned, immensely valuable. They con-
tain valuable deposits of coal and iron.
| IS Clemens stated. and did Mark Twain
own them to-day he might have bigger
business than in his book publishing and
| book writing. He is now worth q mill.
ion Had his father stuck to his lands
and to his theories he might have been
worth his tens of millions. Had the for
tune come, however, during Marks
childhood the world would have lost
100, ,oOo, 600 laughs .'Innocents Abroad
would never have been written and the
prince and the Pauper" would probably
have remained unpenned.-F. G. Car
penter, in Philadelphia Press.
The Butler weekly times., 1890-09-17
Buckien,s arnlca SaIve,

The Best Salve in the world for Cuts
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers. Salt Rheum Fever
Sores, letter, ,Chapped Hands, Chlblains
Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and posi-
lively cures Piles, or no pay required. l,
is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction
or money refunded. Price IS cts per box
For sale by all druggists.
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CastOria.

Nd0tJx 40s
"Castoria Is SO well adapted to children that
recommend it as superior to any presc.ipt3on
known to me-"
n. A. ARcnxl, l. D.,
80 So Oxford St., Brooklyn, n, Y.
"Our physicians in the childrens depart
ment have spoken highly Of their expsRs.
ence in their outside practice with Castoria,
and although We only have among our
medical supplies what Il known - regular
products, yet We are FREQ to confess that IL
merits of CastoFiA has won ~ 70 look with
favor upon it."
UNITED HosPrTAL AND DIarxHsAxY,
Boston. 1aR
ALLEN c. SMITH, Pres,
.urray Street., New York CITY, .
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-oaepets should be thoroughly beaten
On tne wrong side first. and then On the
right, after which spots may be removed
oy the use Of OK gall or ammonia and
water. ,-
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Castoria Pitchers prescription for Infants
and Children. contains neither Opium, Morphine
other Narcotic substance. 1t is harmless substitute
Pare.orc, Drops Soothing Syrups, and Castor Oil.
1t is Pleasant. guarantee is thirty years by
Millions Castoria destroys Worms and aays
feyershness. Castoria prevents vomiting Sour Cur,
cures Diarrhoea and Wind Collie. Castoria relieves
teethng troubles, constipation and fatulency.
Castoria assimatcs tho food, regulates tho stomach
and bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep Cas-.
toria is the ChilGrcns Panacca-the Mothers Friend.
The Butler weekly times., 1890-09-17
CastOria.

"Castoria Is an excellent medicine for chill
dren. Mothers have repeatedly told me Of its
good effect upon their children"
Ds. G. c. Osaoop,
Lowell, Mass
The Butler weekly times., 1890-09-17

When fellow is in love with girl.
he can hardly believe that she returns
his affection But when he hears that
some girl he cares nothing for is in love
with him it does not surprise him in the
least-Terre Haute Express
The Butler weekly times., 1890-09-17
$500 OFFERED

ers OF DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy. for an
incurable case Of Catarrh in the Head.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-08
GOTHAM TALES.
IT,, JsmesG. Blaine, Jr.'s Health.
Will Hardly Go on the Stage.
,rtsbIe Typewriting-An Incident
IN the Bridge-l'alking 1,40O
Niles by Telephone.
,..,5sn. ClevsIand's Fet-Mrs. Potter in
,-.,r,IIa-Talmagr Not to Leave Brook
Iyn-POpulnr Gordon

.-,ondence OF the Gazette.
Corr IT. YORK., May 3.-Mrs. James
Maine. Jr., has about abau-
o. bone. Instead of getting bet
W. ma Is If anything, tritie worse.
',.,irel science does not seem to be able
,,,lsyiate, yet alone cure, her milan
-, rheumatism. 1t is not likely
D'. will ever go on the stage. She
=. rot been out of her sick room in
.,,b. Most of the time she is in bed
~ her unfortunate leg in q plaster
=, She is a patient sufferer, aud
ea, ror complains, although the cup of
ns.g, vas pressed to her lips very early
:, t0'i he Her baby boy is progressing
" lie, and is a bright, healt hful looking
a nr,s .nrIte-the only sunbeam that
n..,I It's mothers room. Some of
I7' friends are still loyal, but they are
W. w. No word has come from her recre-
~ y, husband or his family, although
a.. sS have been times when poverty
80, the Threshold of the sick room,
"a the moor creatures would have
a-Tsrad for the necessaTies Of life but for
49, in,ernositicn OF friends. OF the ones
"bo have proved faithful none is more
sasa,yinr of credit than the English
uai5.of-all-work, who has served Mrs.
RraiDe without pay, and at times has
Drawn upon her savings of years to keep
the volt from the door.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-08

city quite often snd is always royalty en-
tertained. He ia a welcome visitor in
wall street, for be knows more about
Southern progress and Investments than
any other two men south of Washington.
he complained in my hearing the other
night that New Workers were too hospit-
able, and that he had been forced to
dine out every night for a week during
this visit here. Then he went on to talk
of the South and its needs.
What We want, - he said, "is i'm
migration. We want good people who
are willing to work. The South presents
to-day to the industrious man and
woman the grandest opportunities and
greatest possibilities of any portion of
this country. Our people want less poll
tics and more work. There are great
fortunes to be had if men will only 90 TO
work in a patient and persevering way.
Ny advice is 20 all young meu, go South.
The West is becoming crowded. The
South offers fine fields and green pas
lures, and there is fame. aud fortune to
those who want TO work.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-08
Great Medical Congress.

Not the least important of the many
conventions and congresses that are to
be held in Europe this summer is the
meeting OF famous medical men from all
parts of the world, in Berlin, in August.
to discuss topics of the utmost import
ance TO the human family. 1t is TO be
memorable affair." Kaiser Wilhelm has
entered into the project very heartily and
the European physicians promise to give
the men from this side OF the Atlantic q
warm welcome. The most famous ply
sicians of the world are 10 be present.
The great Virehow Is president Of the
German body, and he is preparing a se-
ries of papers and questions upon medical
subjects that will attract the widest at
tentIon. American physicians and man
ufacturers of surgical instruments are
looking forward to the meeting as likely
to show the great stride that America
has made ia medical soienee. II Is
planned that the emperor shall attend
one meeting Of the conference, and also
give great reception in honor OF the
distinguished gentlemen.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-08
Mrs. Potter in Australia.

/ saw letter the other day from Mrs.
James Brown Potter to friend In this
city, in which she wrote of her success
in Australia. From newspaper clippings
sent with the letter learned that the
critics ad dealt very leniently with her.
She is playing to crowded houses in Mel
bourne, and her trip will be q financial
success. A great ovation was given her
leading man, Kyrle BelleW, upon the
opening night. Bellew is no stranger In
Australia, for he was a reporter in Mel
bourne twenty years ago, and has visited
that city many times since. Mrs. Potter
said nothing about returning to the
states. Her intimate friends here seem
to be inclined to believe that she will not
be back in hurry. And all the while
her patient, loving husband goes about
his daily work uncomplainingly The es-
arrangement between this ill-assorted
couple was no work of his.
FOSTER COATES,
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-08
Ex.Pre.idsnt cIsyeland,s Fat.

Considering all that is said about ex-
Presidents Cieveland's obesity, it
may be just as well right her
TO tell the truth, for fat is
likely to be prime factor in the poll
tics of the coming summer. The ex-
president is by no means the picture that
Mr.. Dana would have us believe. l saw
him on Broadway yesterday, and he did
not strike me as being too fat. As all
the world knows, he is a man of large
stature, and at a rough guess l should
say weighed about 260 pounds, certainly
not more. But his clothing hangs loosely
on him, and his habit OF wearing frock
coat gives him the appearance of being
of much larger proportions than he really
Is. looked at him very closely, but
could not fluid that there were any rolls
of fat hanging over his shirt collar. he
looked to me TO be in perfect physical
health-a trifie pale, perhaps, but that
10 all.
Nothing has annoyed him SO much
during his life as these attacks upon his
obesity. He is peculiarly sensitive on
that point, and dislikes very much to be
held up to public gaze as rival of the
famous Daniel Lambert, who. 1t will be
remembered, weighed nearly 750 pounds.
Mr.. Cleveland is undoubtedly doing all
that is in bis power to keep his flesh
down He is psrticularin his diet, takes
a large amount of exercise and is follow
ing the instructions OF the physicians who
have him in hand. Unless all signs fail,
he will be in prime condition for the RAGS
in 1892.
If the treatment that he is undergoinK
does not produce the desired effect, it
might be we'll for him to try the recipe Of,
the famous marquis of CoetRnia. a gsE
eral of the bloody duke of Alva, whose
body, history says, was in condition of
enormous obesity. BY the use of vinegar
he so reduced himself that he could fold
his skin around him like garment.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-08
Remarkable Fast Typewriting.

English newspapers have given consid-
s,abie space of late to the feat of par
usmentary shorthand reporter who
transcribed 5000 words in two hours and
three minutes. In a conversation with
MD E. Munson, well known as the
inventor Of Munson s system of phono-
GRANNY. ard one of the oldest law re-
rorlprs in the country, he made some in
tsrrsting statements about rapid writing.
"The fact is, - he said, "we have IN
ibs city one or two typewriters who
write from dictation at a speed of forty
folios Of 100 words an hour, and any
number who can write from thirty to
thrty-six foliOs in that time. Twenty
four foos is only the average time of a
good typewriter. l understand that
there is a difference in writing from die
tatioa and tTanscribing oue's notes, but
| do not regard the feat spoken of as
ANYTHING but fairly good work.
"The highest authentic speed in short
hand that know of was the feat of a
lady who wrote 500 words in one minute.
There is a great deal of humbue in the
way speed contests have been conducted
Of late years. A man sits down to write
after verv fast reader. He takes down
what be can, and what he cannot get he
lets 90. The number of words that he
has taken are counted and this is given
as his speed, looked at from a practical
ste1OgFapher's standpoint, every mis-
take made in contest by the competitor
should be counted against him.
1.-THE shorthand writer's in Washing
ton do as good work as is done anywhere
10 the world; and l think, taking it on
the average, the best law reporting is
done in the city OF New York. We have
q number of shorthand writers in this
city who have written as fast as $50
words minute for five or ten minutes.
The matter IN these tests was new to them.
"a court stenOgrapher works about
i've hours day. In that time he will
take, If thee Examination is a quick one,
about 400 folios. This, however, 10 a
heavy day s work, and the average is ESQ
10 800 folios. 1t is not always necessary
to tFanscribe the notes of trial. In re-
porting the debates at Washington the
slenographers are relieved every twenty
minutes 10 write out the matter they
have taken, go that the proceedings are
nearly always written out almost as soon
ssan adjournment Is TAKEN
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-08
Talking 100 Miles.


a., s'Ou deal of talk has been indnlged
= ABOUT the successful experiment in
Instance telephoning which is said
" uaFs been recently made between
mGs. 0W and Boulogne, distance of 2450
sla,a,.E Experts In this city discredit the
rD,no- and also the accompanying
mstir mat the Russian engineers ere
oT -s'l " Preparations for a similar test
abon, 'yvV miles Of WIRE. In speaking
dl,,sa'ne telephone as a means of long
BnJas COMMUNICATION, Mr.. Angus s.
tbs u' the general superintendent of
oonn american long-distance telephone
~ sau! 10 this city, said to-day:
up.h matter of fae., doubt very
bood "aether there Is in the neighbor-
eIns, = plant Of wires over which such an
oui ' ~ could be successfully carried
hsra -, however, the Russian engineers
ana : plant properly laid out In accord
the NH ~'.n he best ideas that we have at
hsys ,.,, time, they might do IT.. We
'Asd over our own lines in exDe-