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Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and aets
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sye
tenn efiectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing 10 the taste and &C
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in SOC
and 81 bottles by all leading drug.
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP co
SAN FRANCISCO. cal.
LOUISVILLE. kY NEW FcRK ~
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The DsmseraiIc State and County Ticket

NM. N. ABBOTT. E1ITos
The Democratic State and County Ticket.
For Governor
FRANK BROWN,
Of Carroll County.
Fer Attorney General
JOHN PRENTISs POE,
Of Baltimore City.
For State Comptroller:
MARION DEKALB SMITH,
OF Kent County.
FOR Clerk of the Court of Appeals
]. FRANK FORD,
of ST. Mays County.
For State Senator
ROBERT MOSS.
Fer the House of Delegates;
w. T. HUTCHINS, j r BRASHEA
@. SAPPINGTON, c. L. DONALDSON
For Clerk of the Circuit Court
MAJOR SPRIGG HARDWOOD.
Fer States Attorney:
JNo. IRELAND.s
For County Treasurer
F.W. OWENS.
For County Commissioners:
J.F. BALDWIN. w. J. DISNEY,
w. g. GISSCHEL, l.. i. WATSON,
X II. PHELPS.
Fer Orphans Court:
w. HAWKINS. ROBT. +. DODSON,
HENRY A TYDINGS,
Fer Sheriff
VIC. CLAUDE
County Surveyor:
LOUIS GREEN.
WEDNESDAY, Sept. Is, 1891
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ToAD7EaTIsERs.
Postoniccs to Which the WEEKLY
CAPITAL Is sent

The following are the postofices 70
which the WEEKLY CAPITAL Is sent in
this county
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INSURE IN THE IMPERIAL

We provide for you in case Of sickness, for
your family If you die, and pay you in 10
years (if living, the amount Of your endow-
ment In cash.
IL 10 splendid investment. as your insur-
ance cost you practically nothing.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-09-16
ELECTRIC BELLS.

Annunciators, Burglar Alarms, Electric
Bells. Bronze. Nickle and Wood Pushes, Dool
and Window Springs, Electric Mattings, Door
Pulls and Attachments, Magnetic Bells, Bux.
Eers, Batteries (all kind). Foot Pushes, Pear
Pushes, Desk Pushes, and all Supplies foI
Electric Bell Work. furnished on short notice,
work guaranteed to give satisfaction. Car
give good reference. Samples can be seen Al
NJ MARYLAND Ave,
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Hon. Frank Brown.


the following complimentary sketch
OF the Democratic nominee for Gov
ernor, Hon. Frank Brown
The Democratic nominee for Gov
ernor may not be as expert or robust
plowman as some field hand, but
he has qualifications which commend
him as well to the intelligent and
patriotic of the commercial and
manufacturing classes as to the
clear-h headed and right-minded agri-
culturists. He is not only a farmer
in sympathy and with full knowl-
edge of the farmers needs and
wrongs, but he knows the remedy
and will apply it.
He displayed an executive capacity
in the management of the agricul-
tural demonstration in this city two
years ago that is worth more than a
knowledge of blowing to the State
of Maryland. His business ability,
tact and administrative capacity
made a great success of what few
other men could have pulled out of
obscurity. Even against the odds
of insufferably bad weather, he
demonstrated grit and tenacity
that few others could have shown
under similar discouraging and dis
astrous conditions.
The Ne,CS knows the wonderful
powers of the young man, for it CO.
operated heartily and intimately
with him in the gigantic work he
had undertaken. Few men shared
his enthusiasm or believed h G
achievement possible. Yet nothing
daunted him. He was full of re-
sources. tact and skill and snatched
victory from defeat at every turn
The first days demonstration in
dictated the magnificent work he had
performed and people from one end
of the city to the other rose up and
applauded him with unstinted APP
prevail. The other features would
have been equally successful had the
weather permitted. But in defiance
even of the adverse elements Mr..
Brown did not falter or allow one
promise to be broken. The pro-
gramme was carried out to the let
ter from the grand parade on Mon
day to the minutest detail of the
bombardment of Fort McHenry.
As Postmaster of Baltimore he
was equally efficient and retired
from the office, leaving it in better
condition than it ever was before.
He moved it to the new building on
Monument Square and organized
its departments, and adopted every
salutary improvement of modern
mail handling.
Thus he has shown qualifications
that Governor should possess and
a farmer desire. He is a business
man; a good executive; a man
thoroughly conversant with the needs
and methods of commercial and
manufacturing industries as well as
of the demands of agriculture. And
tits this administrative capacity and
knowledge the farmer wants in a
Governor as any other citizen. For
he s interested peculiarly in
economical government. He pays
the bulk of the taxes for his prop
erty is tangible and as the principal
bearer of the public burdens he is
most deeply interested in public adj
ministrafion. Hence he wants the
best manager possible at the head of
affairs and where can he find the
combination of such qualities more
prominent and complete than in
the person of the next Governor
Frank Brown +?
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Copyrighted.


We present all the advantages of Life
Insurance, Sick Benefit and Savings
Fund Institutions at a minimum cost,
and in combined, compact, practical
and progressive form. The Company
offers TO the careful, saving and thinking
men and women precisely whatthey need.
ABSOLUTE security, for The present and
the future
II is thus practically the same as q
Savings Bank.
Its purposes are to help those who,
having few dollars to spare, instead Of
spending them uselessly, can make safe
investment of their money, which will at
the end of few years pay them, or pro-
vide for them q comfortable support
when sick, and In case Of death will more
than provide all reasonable expenses of
funeral, etc.
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The Imperial Mutual Life Insurance Company

OF AMERICA.
No. IL s. Holiday st., Baltimore, Md
Provides for You IN Case of Sickness.
Provides for Your Family in Case of Death.
Pays You an Endowment in Ten Years.
We are the first Industrial Insurance
Comsny to introduce this system to the
American public.
The t0kOIe World Of Life Insurance his
tory may be safely challenged 10 furnish
tie equal.
10 Years Endowment Table
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Immediate benefits on all policies. from date
Of issue, and the prompt payment Of all
claims upon presentation.
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Humphreys Specific No. 10

CURES DYSPEPSIA, INDI0EsTION
BILIoUsNBss a CONSTIPATION.
For Poor Appetite, Weak Stomach, Slug
Qish Liver Feeble Kidneys, Depressed
Strength. Want of yigor, and ~ an Anti
Bilious and Anti Ma'arial Protective and Cure
Il has no equal Thousands are cured by H..
Sold by dealers. b2S
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1891-05-28
ROSARIO.
Scenes in European City in South
America.

Scenes in European City in South
America.
Rosario, is vast business town, laid
out COMMERCIALLY, with straight streets
and blocks Of uniform dimensions, and
situated on q plateau commanding the
Parana River. The situation Is admir-
able, and the city is certainly destined
to become one Of the finest in South
America. At present. however, it is q
doleful place for tourists, who require
only few hours to visit the plaza and
the public buildings. and to stroll
through the principal streets, where
there are some fine shops and handsome
business blocks. On one side Of The
plaza is a large church, whose white
dome and towers are conspicuous from
afar, but when you approach you find
that the dome and towers are the only
arts Of the building yet completed the
rest Of the ediiice Is rough brick, which,
as was Informed, has been waiting for
its stucco facing for the past eight years.
But in Rosario nobody cares for
churches: it is a city OF business
men, and particularly a city Of young
men, who, after Office hours find
distraction in clubs, bar-rooms, i'm
msnsc cafes and billiard saloons.
Such establishments seem to be PEE
cuiarly fregaen. in this town. The Port
of Rosario, on the Parana River, is at
present In a terrible stqte OF disorder,
bur from morning until night there is
din OF pile-driving and dredging, and in
the course of q year or two we may ex-
pect to see there a fine line Of quays.
Meanwhile the quantity Of ships anchored
in the river, or lying alongside the ware
houses and wharves, bears witness to the
commercial activity OF the town.
Rosario is the natural port OF the
provinces Of the interior OF the republic,
Santa Re, Cordoba. Tucuman. Santiago,
Salia, and Jujuy, with which it is in
direct railway connection. In course of
time, too, railways will place it in com
munication with Bolivia aud Chill.
About the great future Of Rosario there
can be no doubt. Even now. although
its population is only little over
so, 600, the vast extent of the city, its
business ardor, the shipping in its port
including vessels Of the Messageries
Maritimes. the Chargeurs Reunis, and
Lamport and Holt. that came directly
from Bordeaux, Havre, Antwerp. and
Liverpool impress one with the present
importance and the greater future Of this
modern and thoroughly European city.
II Harpers Magazine.
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1891-05-28

Is in progress, and whateves the truth
may turn out TO be somebody Is sVFe 70
be disappointed.
Sour Of the English papers tell
rather curious storv about the doings on
board the Russian man-oi-Y VA Nuli ,'u
az Kingston. Jatnaica, recsAs'y' aI'et
two Of the crew had de@ftea anu oeen
recaptnred the commauder asked the
British authorities lorpermlssiou q nang
them an the ship While at anchor IN The
bsrlor ON this icing refused the Mir
,,.;n ,,,,t ~ sea she executions took place
.nd tbe vessel returned TO port. There
,,,ns ~ cousc. no iniraction OF British
n internasonal law in this, a Russian
man.of. yAr being Russian territory, but
II he Ae is ;rue it will have its effect on
puhE opinion in England.
mERE was notable funeral at Buoy.
Is, o., the other day. Frank, the pet
Dog Of the men employed on the Toledo
& Ohio Central Railroad, died. His
body was placed in a handsome casket,
and on the day Of the funeral an engine
aud car were draped Ia black, the casket
placed in the car, and the train bore
Franks remains TO the grave, while all
the engine bells in the yard were toiled.
Frank was an ugly dog in appearance
happy in disposition. and he had barked
in neighborly way and wagged his tail
socially among the trainmen for years.
Some men came fifty miles to attend the
funeral.
AN East Nashville, Tenn, colored
man. who sells poultry for living, re-
Gently found himself without any stock
in trade and minus the money to buy
any more. He had an old gray eagle,
though, which he had received from his
former master at the close OF the war,
and this he determined to kill and sell
as turkey, despite the fact that II was
known to be about forty years Of age,
He killed the bird of freedom, sold 1t
for turkey and was arrested by the
irate purchaser, who had cooked and
vainly tried TO eat il.
TOMMY LITTLE, an inmate Of the Pitts
burgh Penn Institute for the Blind, Is
ten years Of age, and his specially is
music. He does not understand note,
but il you whistle or hum tune Tommy
can instantly play il on the piano. II you
are musician and wish him to accom-
pany piece you tell him tho key and he
plays an excellent accompaniment
Without hesitation Tommy can tell you
the key Of any chord you strike. He has
special aversion to minor keys, and
can't understand why any musician
should use one.
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1891-05-28
Some Points on Flannel.

Apropos OF the summer season and
the Quantity Of flannel that will be worn
by both men and women, az IL will be
FAR more fashionable than ever before.
some interesting information concerning
the shrinking OF the material was given
the other day by prominent manufae-
turer.
He said that little Of the flannel used
IN the manufacture Of tennis suits was
produced in this country. as the factory
owners up to the present time have found
il Improbable. Cheap flannel, however,
an imitation Of the English article, Is
made al over the United States, aud
where possible It Is sold as the genuine
article.
Practically. all the white flannel
used. . said he. ''in the making Of flannel
suits Tor tennis. cricket and other outdoor
costumes IS imported from England.
Only the best qualities are used By re-
putable dealers. and the best qualities
are al ubjecsed 70 a shrinking process
unknown TO the ordinary manufacture
Of common goods. The reason Tor this
IS that the danneis require more cleaning
than any other msterial while IN the
tailcrls hands. Cheap flannel would
warp and draw all ont Of shape the
moment the wearer happens 70 vet
them.
THE shrinking process IS carried On
mostly in the west end Of London by the
most experienced cloth workers.
The faunels are placed between
49, 49, ehcrfe f~rf aud icff ii that
position from twenty four 70 thirty six
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1891-05-28
A Chastity Trophy.

A New York physician who has been
travelling for several years in Peru and
Ecuador returned to the city the other
day with a most interesting ciIrio, the
head OF an Ecuador Indian. Il was ex-
hibited at the Astor House for a few DAYS
recently, and attracted great interest.
The tribe to which the original cwner Of
this head belonged inhabits the uplards
Of Ecuador. along a branch Of the Upper
Amazon Il is q very wild race. ac-
knowledging no sovereignty and hest
tating al no deed Of bloodshcd. A
peculiarly Of the tribe Is It's custom Of
decapitating its victims killed in battle.
The heads are then dried. and the braves
wear them AZ their belts suspended By
the hair. as the North American In
dian wore bis scalplOck.
The head seen al the Aston House is
one Of these battle trophies. BY some
process known 70 the Indians alone the
bones have bern removed and the skin
dried 70 an extreme hardness. The nose,
chin. mouth, and ears retain their origi-
nal contour. although they are shrunken
% about One-f0urth the lie SIZE b rea-
son Of the drying process. The hair Is
about ten inches long. very silky, and
shows DO signs Of dropping out.
The laws Of the government Of Ecua-
dor expressly prohibit this horrible pro-
cess Of trophy gathering. imposing the
dEzth penalty upon those who practice
H. Ncw York rimes.
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1891-05-28

Birch wood is preferred. The wood Is
first sawed into sticks four or Eve feet
long and seven-cighths Of an inch to
three inches square, according 70 the
size Of the spool 10 be produced. These
sticks are thoroughly seasoned. They
are sawed into short blocks and dried in
hot.air kiln. At the time they are
sawed holes are bored pcrpendicularly
through each block which Is set on end
under a rapidly revolving. long-shanked
aucur. Next one whirl Of each little.
block against some little knives that are
turning at lightning speed, fashions IL
into a spool according 10 the pattern de.
sired, aud, that. too, at the rate OF ono
O second for each set Of knives. A row
Of small boys feed the spoo,-making
machines by simply placing the blocks
in q spout, selecting the best. and throw
ing out the knotty and defective stock.
The machine is automatic" but there
are some things which It cannot do.
hence the employment Of the small boys
above mentioned After the spools are
turned they are placed IN large drum
and revolyed rapidly until they have
taken on fine polish. For some special
purposes they are dyed yellow, black or
red. according 10 taste. When one sees
spool Of thread marked "2O0r or
1900 yards, II does not signify that the
thread has been measured, but that the
spool has been gagged. and Is supposed
to have that amount Of thread upon il.
list. Louis Republic.
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1891-05-28

hours. When removed they are spread
out on specially prepared rails In dry
ing room heated BY hot steam pipes
where they are allowed TO remain until
thoroughly dry.
"The next process u 70 place tho
lengths OF the hanncl In folds between
layers Of glossy paper aud subjected to q
pressing by hydraulic machines.
The more pressure they arc subjected
to the moro valuable and heavier tho
flannel becomes
There is large sale Of the cheap
material In America, and for that very
reason there are so many complaints
made against flannel clothing. A cheap
white sui, becomes a burden 10 the pur-
chaser within a week after he has begun
to wear Il. II loses shape, and although
made for large man. after the FIRST wash
il win comfortably 1T y medium-sized
boy. VI New York Herald.
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1891-05-28
1.-THE voIDE.e
An Ancient Custom That is Uni
versally Followed To-Day.


The custom Of drinking is as old
as the Chinese Empire, and rs early ~
$50 A. ID. duty was levied on the 'ea
that grew wild on the Chinese Noun
tains, But il Is within two centuries
that its use was adopted by the English,
when the East Tea Company imported
Il and II was sold at $e5 pound. Its
use was confined TO the royal household.
In the reign Of Henry VII. refreshments
consisting OF tea and cakes was called q
voido. On tho occasion Of the marriage
dinner OF Katharine of Arragon and Ar
thur, Prince OF Wales, the court chron--
iclcr wrote; "The evening refreshment
called voide was brought in by tourscoro
earls, barons and knights, walking two
and two. Ipocras aud commits were OF
fered. One noble seryitor presented tho
golden spice plate, a second the cups,
while third OF lower rank filled tho
cups from a golden ever
Since then what Washington Irving
calls the ''motherly teapot has become
a power in the world. People have
learned how 20 make tea rs well as TO
drink II. In It's first stage one English
man had II served up as greens, tho
water in which it was boiled thrown
away.
There has never been discovered
good substitute for tea. During the war
OF the revolution our forcfathers adopted
Liberal tea, which was made from
four leaved plant called 'loose strife.
This plant was pulled up like flax; its
stalks, stripped their leaves, were boil
ed the leaves were then put into an iron
kettle, and the liquor Of the stalks
poured over them. After this process
the leaves were laid upon platters and
carefully dried In brick oven heated
for the purpose.
Tea, favored with vanilla and rum, is
popular drink ii Germany. The rum
prevents the tea.drinker from lying
awake at night,
DR.. johnson aud sydney Smith were
both inveterate tea-drinkers. The for
mer said that che never gave his tea
kettle time 10 COOL while the latter
gave as a sure recipe against the the pro-
vailing epidemic Of his time, melancholy,
IA teakettle simmering upon the hob
Now that some calculating soul has
discovered that 400 cuns Of ten can DO
made from pound, We may expect
very mild decocti6n Of the ''cups that
cheer but not incbr.atc, as tho Poet
Cowper sang. II Detroit Free Press.
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1891-05-28
How Flies multiply.

From what do all the flies comet The
question is often asked and seldom re-
oeives so satisfactory an answer rs has
been given by contemporary. The
common fly layt more than 100 eggs,
and the time from egg laying 20 maturity
is about two weeks Most Of Us have
studied gcomeirical progression. Here
we see Il Illustrated Supp0sc one dg
commences 10 multiply and repleuish
the earth" about June I. June -, II
they all lived, would giye 100. Suppose
.seventy-iive Of these are females, July
would give Us, supposing no cruel wasp
or other untoward Circumstance 20 inter-
fcre. 11.2jO flies. suppose 5.G52 Of
these are females. We might have July
about 3. go dies. II Rarebiis.
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1891-05-28
Refused his own Medicine.

An amusing story Is told Of Sir viii
liam Thompson. the great English ply
sician, who has been III for some time
but who is now mendiog. His medical
attendants declare that they never had n
worse patient in the matter Of obstinacy-
He would not take bis medicine TOT days
together. and il was only BY the doctors
Threatening 70 ABANDON llm AitoSetner
that be reluctantly consented 20 swallow
he prescribed dFaughis The leading
physician expressing disbelief Ia drugs
as 2 remedy when bis own ailments arc
under treatment Is somewhat Of novelty
and calculated 70 rouse many sdspicions
and miscivings in ordinary lay miads.-
Chicago Herald.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-07-16
Probate Court.

The July term of Probate Court con
vened at the Probate rooms Tuesday
Judge Boswell, presiding. Among the at
torneys from other towns Ia attendance
were Messrs S. s. Hackett of Detroit,
G. W Cover of Solon, A. II. Ware and
j. j. Parlin of North Arson, c. A. WILDER
of Madison, c. A. Harrington of Nor
ridgewock, +. W Iovey and j. W, Man.
son of pittsneld, D. +. Thompson of
Hartland and Hon. ID. d. Stewart of St
Adams.
An unusually large amount of business
was entered at this term including ten
wills, the largest number at any one tern
If record.
Tuesday In the Insolvency Court hear
ing was given on the petition for dis
charge of George l. Morse, j. W, Man.
son appearing for the petitioner, and al
argument written by Abel Davis, Esq
was read in opposition.
Wednesday hearing WIS given upon
the petition for discharge of StckDey
Gray, A. Simmons for the petitioner,
Walton & Walton In opposition.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-07-16
FIRE AT SHAW N U T,
THE PuLr Mill TOTALLY DESTROYED ny
FIRE WEDNESDAY

THE PuLr Mill TOTALLY DESTROYED ny
FIRE WEDNESDAY
The great mill of the Shawmut Fibre
Company located at Shawmut, or Somer-
set Mills, took fire at about noon Wednes
day, in consequence of hot box in the
chipping room, 1t is said, and the flames
spiead with great rapidity, as there were
no adequate facilities at hand for extin
gushing fire. The Fairfield steamer was
AT the Bangor muster, and word was sent
to Waervi lie for assistance. The alarm
was promptly given there, aud at thirteen
minutes before one, the st amer had been
loaded and start made. The run was
accomplis he'd to Shawmut in ten minutes
Meanwhile the fibre mill was in flames
throughout, and burning furiousy, while
a large number of people were upon the
roof of the big lumber mill close by wet
ting the roof with pals. They had be-
come pretty well exhausted when a shower
came to their assistance, and when the
steamer arrived from Wutervi!le with y
full crew, she rendered valuable assistance
in this direc ion.
The mill was owned by the Shawmut
bre Company, the controlling interest
ii & hsld by E. j. Lawrence and the
Newhall heirs, the balance being with
parties in Boston and elsewhere. The
property cost about $3.50, 900, and was in
sured for half that amount, perhaps more
Forty TO fifty hands We're employed, and
it is not probable that the mill will be re-
built, as it has not been very paying
piece of property.
1t is very fortunate that the elements
were so favorable. otherwise the lumber
mill, which is one of the best in TIL State,
and much other property would in all
probability have been reduced to ashes.