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Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-02-09
Usurper ThaYer Quits.

OMAHA, Fob. 9.-Sunday night would.
be Governor Thayer sent letter to Gov
nor Boyd yielding the office of governor
up to his successor. Boyd goes at once
to Lincoln to take charge of the execu-
two chair
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-02-09
THE BLAINE BOOM.
Will 1t Cease Now That the
Secretary Has Declined
To Allow His Name to Go Before
the Conventionp
Some Think He III Be Nomi-
mated Just the Same.
A NUMBER OF PEOPLE INTERVIEWED
ON THE SUBJECT.

The Secretary's Letter to Chairman
Committee, Creates a Great Deal of
Political Excitement All Over the
Country-Cullom a Candidate-Senator
Brice Discusses the Situation.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.-The longex-
pected letter from Blaine, declining to
be candidate before the Republican
national convention, was given out Sun
day night 1t has created good deal of
excitement in political circles all over
the country. The letter is as follows:
WASHINGTON, Feb. g.
To Hon. j. S. Clarkson, Chairman of the
Republican National Committee:
MY DEAR SIR am not candidate for
the presidency and my name will not go
before the Republican national conyen-
ton. / make this announcement in due
season To those who have rendered me
their support, | owe sincere thanks, and
am most grateful for their confidence
They will, / am sure, make earnest effort
in the approaching contest, which is rem
dered specially important by reason of
the industrial and financial policies of the
government being at stake. The popular
decision of these issues is of great mo-
ment and will be of far-reaching conse-
quence. Very sincerely yours,
JAMES G. BLAINE.
Declined to Talk.
Mr.. Blaine declined to be interviewed
Sunday night, and would not add any
thing to what he had said in the letter
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-02-09
Dry Goods Store Burned.

PORTLAND, Me-, Feb. 9.-The fire in
Gorham village destroyed Emory's dry
goods block, valued at $4,000. Loss
covered by insurance.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-02-09
FoxhalI Keepe's Condition.

LONDON, Feb. 9.-Foxhall Keene's
condition is much improved and the
physicians are agreed that his chances
Of recovery are favorable.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-02-09
Secretary Tracy Not Surprised.

Secretary Tracy said: II am not sur
prised, / have been expecting such a
letter for some time. 1t points to Harri-
sons denomination and reelection"
Mr.. Tracy would not say that Mr..
Blaine's health had anything to do with
the present letter, nor would he make
answer to the query, WAS not Blaine
now stronger before the country than
he ever wasy'
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-02-09
Secretary Elkins Talks.

Secretary Erkins talked freely and in
terestingly ON the subject. For some
time" said he, "a month or more cer-
tainly, it has been known among the
Republican politicians, and was beccn-
ing generally known among the people,
that Secretary Blaine would not be a
candidate. Some of them are for Har-
rison, and some for others, but the gre 1t
mass are for the president, and he will
ha ranominated I"
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-02-09

Secretary Noble said: with Blaine
out of the field, there is no man of suffi-
cient national Importance to seriously
contest the nomination with Mr.. Har-
rison. His administration has been fair,
just and upright, regardless of sections
or nationalities. He will be renominated
unanimously and reelected"
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-02-09
Two Sick Cabinet Members.

The inclement weather that prevails
in Washington has had serious effect
upon Attorney General Miller and Sec.
retary Rusk, as both are suffering from
severe colds. Neither of the cabinet
officials could be seen.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-11-24

Given all the comforts and many
OF the Injuries Of life, how many
people are disconnected solely from
habit Of comparing their lot with
chose Of more fortunate acquaint-
ancesl They do not specially object
to walking-th they like the exercise
but, whenever their next-door neigh
boris carriage dashes by them, they
grow suddenly tired about the knees
and feel weakness in the back with
which pedestrianism does not agree.
Wooden gowns would be perfectly
comfortable il silk ones never rustled
In front of them. John Smiths brick
house Is better than he ever ex.
pected to own, and be would be con.
tent enough with it if Tom Jones.
who went TO school with him when
he was a boy, had not moved into a
stone-fronted mansion with hand
some portico.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-11-24
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

BY new device you can blow out the
gas.
Rice is the least heterogeneous of all
grains.
The average depth of sand in an Afri.
can desert is thought to be from thirty
to forty feet.
The only existing bird which has
fve-toed foot, when in adult life, is said
to be the Dorking fowl.
There is large factory near Chicago,
ILL.,, which does profitable business in
manufacturing useful articles from the
waste blood of animals.
Reviviug an old project, French
company proposes that lightships con-
nected by telegraph be stationed at in
tervals OF 200 miles across the Atlantic.
An English experimenter, E. T. Chap.
lin, has given an account OF hypnotizing
laying hen, and inducing her in that
manner to sit on sitting of eggs until
seven of them had hatched out.
Pictures are taken now of patients at
various stages of disease, and compar
ison of those with photographs of Others
similarly afflicted discloses phenomena
of great interest and value to medical
science.
Portland cement will not do for caulk-
ing the joints of greenhouse pipes. AL
ternate layers of oakum and red lead,
we'll rammed in, is the proper stopping,
and does not crack or shrink like cement
would, and again, Portland cement,
even if it answered in other respects,
would give too rigid joint.
Some one has estimated that twenty
two acres of land is needed to sustain
man on flesh, while that amount of land
sown with wheat will feed forty-two
persons sowed to oats, eighty eight; to
potatoes, Indian corn and rice, 176 per-
sons, and planted with the bread fruit
tree, over 5000 people could be fed.
Salt affects the freezing of ice cream
by causing the ice to melt, on account
of its own slight affinity for water. The
Ice in melting rapidly apsorbs heat or
renders heat latent, and hence reduces
the temperature below that OF ice, which
simply melts by heat acquired from sur
rounding objects by conduction OF con-
vection of air.
Light travels at the rate of 213, 900
miles second, velocity which causes
the rays from the moon to reach US in
little less than a secoDd and quarter.
The rays of Jupiter are ffty-two minutes
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-11-24
The Chiuaman's yellow oath. "

One of the strangest judicial proceed.
ings. perhaps, ever witnessed is that of
the Chinaman taking what he is pleased
to call the ssyellow OATH" The sioath, !"
or declaration, is always written on a
piece of sacred paper and is as fol-
lows: :.
This is to call the spirits. both good
and evil, TO descend and watch over the
trial of =, who is charged with MUIR
dering If swear falsely and tell
one untruth, or do not make statements
according to the facts in the case. l
humbly beg the celestial terrestrial spirits
to redress the wrong done to - - and
to punish me immediately for having
been false witness; to arrest my soul
in its flight; to make me perish by the
sword, OF to cause me to die while on
the sea far from home. This is my true
end solemn oath, uttered by my own
lips, and signed by me shis, the ~ day
OF the month in the year of the
reign of the Emperor and in
proof of the earnestness Of my declara
tions, may my soul be destroyed as I
now destroy this paper. by IRE. I'm
mediately after the witness finishes read
ing his yellow oath. /" lighted caudle
is handed to him and the paper Is given
as foodfo the flames. TO the writer's
certain knowledge this form Of oath has
been administered but once 10 an Ameri-
can court Of justice during the trial Of
Wong All Foo, who was accused Of
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-11-24
German
Syrup

My acquaintance with Boschee's
German Syrupwas made about four
teen years ago. contracted a cold
which resulted in a hoarseness and
cough which disabled me from fill
ing my pulpit for a number Of Sab
baths. After trying a physician,
without obtaining relief / saw the
advertisement of your remedy and
obtained bottle. Ireceived quick
and permanent help. / never hest
tate to tell my experience Rev. w.
H. Haggerty, MaTtinsville, NJ. .
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-11-24
ar Won wand a cook Bnok >

Send ten cents in stamps to Z. o. Mccormick,
9: p. & 4. Agt. c., II. q ID. r. R., Cincinnati.
have Issued a special edition Of the Martha
Washington Cook Book, $40 pages and fully IL
Illustrated. This Cook Book IS in use on the
dfning-cars on the c.. Fl. Il d. between Cincin-
natl and Chicago on which are served meals
unequalled for the perfect cooking The Book
will be sent prepaid to any address ON receipt
connection with the Monon, is the World's
Fair Route " to Chicago
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-11-24

Without this II cleveland Docks can
handle 1000 ord ~ carloads of coal
day, and the to 4 shipments from the
port each reach 10000 carloads, OF
enough to make train over $50 miles
longl Nothing could better illustrate
the magnitude Of these great interests
than that stupendous fact.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-11-24
How's rh:,e

We offer One Hundred Dollars reward for
any case Of catarrh that cannot be cured by
taking Halls Catarrh Cure.
+; J. CHENEY & Co.. Props. Toledo, o..
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe him
perfectly, honorable in all business transac-
tons, and financially able to carry out any OBJ
legations made by their firm.
WEST & TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo.
o.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, 0.
Halls Casarrh Cure is taken internally act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces Of the system. Testimonials sent free.
Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all druggists
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-11-24

A country newspaper correspondent
IN Maine recently sent this cheerful
bit OF news to his paper; Books is
at last provided with nice hearse
and our citizens can nov be conveyed
to their graves in decent shape. This
IS something that has long been
needed here. 9
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-11-24

: THERE are lots Of neglected graves
In the cemeteries occupied by people
who, like yourself, imagined when
alive that there would be as great a
rush around their graves as there is
around a bargain counter, to keep
them decorated
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-11-24

These Is inch display advertisement in
This paper, this week, which has no two words
alike except one word. The same is true OF
each new one appearing each weex, from The
Dr. Harter Medicine Co. This house places a
crescent on everything they make and pub
lish. Look 1T. send them the name Of the
word and they will return you BOOK, BEAUTI-
b0L L1THooRAPHs or SAMPLES TRzE
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-11-24

ONE ENJOYS
Both the method and results when
Syrup Of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn effectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup Of Figs is the
only remedy Of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac-
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 re SKRUP co.
SAY FRANCISCO. cal.
LOUISVILLE. xY REV YORK. ar
Am NJ No II 1892
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-11-24

The only heavy burdens are those we
try to carry ourselves.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-11-24

Viii do good in almost every case Of sickness
Small Bile Beans.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-11-24

Prime Minister Gladstone still adheres to
his lifelong habit of rising about $50
daily
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-11-24

Complexion cleared with smau Bile Beans
One of the most beautiful sights on
earth is happy child.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-11-24
Have You Asthma

Dr. r. Schiffmann, st. Paul, Mimi, will mail
a trial package of Schiffmann's Asthma Cure
free to any sufferer. Gives instant relief in
worst cases. and cures where others fail
Name this paper and send address.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-11-24

II you want positive cure for Bilious At.
tacks and colds use Bile Beans Small
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-11-24

False worship will kill the soul as
quick as no worship.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-05-19

the earth. Who would not, he added, first
favor his own family before his, neighbours.
Charity begins at home.
OBJECTIONS TO CHEAP MONEY.
The lecturer closed with few words on
the silver hcresy. He did not think the
people of this country wished to see the
standard yaue Of the dollar lowered. All
that there is in this movement is an at
tempt to do business with cheaper dollar.
Few of us think what kind of money Is in
our pocket. II is all good because we can
change one dollar for another. Just as
longas you can change any of your money
with the best dollar il is all the best.
But IL WIS not always so. There was a
time when you never knew whether your
bank note was good until you presented ii
at the bank. When you were receiving
your notes III payment of your coin you
looked them over first. The custom long
ago was to look UP your pocket Thomp-
sons Detcctor. You looked along the X
for the Kalamazoo Bank (for instance)
and il there was bad mark against it you
kept your coin. You would never lose
your sleep when man came to offer you
bank notes for debt due. But now we
have currency that is all good. The
dollar is good. What n predicament we
would be in with the cheap dollar. II
would send every gold dollar in the coun-
try to hide. The man who owed you a
debt were he lucky enough TO have some
gold about him would Immediately invest
i'll cheap silver, pay you your debt in IL
and make the margin at yonr expense.
You would receive 10 or G5 cents for the
100 cents debt.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-05-19
THE RUsTLERs ARE UsTLING.



DENVER, Coll, May 1.-THE Republican 5
special from Buffalo, Wyo., says. The
rustlcrs round-ups were abandoned and u
regular state roundup started yesterday
from Crazy Woman. From the best infor-
nation obiainable, the rustlers have been
making hay quite industriously and have
taken advantage Of the tangled condition
of affairs to work their branding irons
pretty hard for thespast few weeks.
1t IS believed here that there is trouble
and sensational developments in connec-
ton with the recent murder of George
Welman. This belief is based on the fact
that United States Marshal Rankin left
very suddenly for Cheyenne Sunday morn
ing, after making several engagements
for to-day. Wellman was commissioned
as United States deputy marshal only o
few days previous to his death and his
friends here who expect Rankin to insti-
tute close investigation into the details
for murder. This he has done but his
movements have been SO closely guarded
that it is impossible to say what was the
result of his inquiry.
Inference is that his discoveries were oil
| so serious nature and the affairs SC
| thoroughly under the control Of the rust
| Ter element that he has gone to consult the
state authorities before taking action in
the matter. 1t is generally understood that
the authorities are doing all in their power
| to conceal the facts regarding the Wellmar
murder from the public and they have thu
| entire community so thoroughly coweC
| that no one dare enter protests.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-05-19

BIG ZEAL EsT.fTE DEAL.
The North Side Improvement Compar
Purchases the "Circus Field " Il
sfjb 600

The North Side Improvement Company
Purchases the "Circus Field" for
S65,0OO.
The purchase of the 5l-acre lot across
the Brandywine, the property of Isaac S.
Elliott, commonly known as the circus
field, for $4,000, by the North Side Inn
provement Company, was contaminated
Monday afternoon.
The North Side improvement Company
was organized last week US follows: Presi.
dent, 5. IL. Baynard Vice-president, Will
liam Lawton; Secretary and Treasurer
Edgar A. Finley; Real Estate Agent, Viii
liam T.. Hawkins. The directors comprise
these officers and DIR. Willard Springer.
Jonn H.. Dandy, Solomon Stats and
Thomas Tatnall
The purpose of the company is to i'm
mediately convert the whole property into
| building lots. II is proposed to intersect
| il diagonally by n l00-feet wide boulevard,
| which will strike the Brandywine at Wash
| irgton street and which boulevard will be
in direct line with Washington street on
the south or city side. 1t is remembered
of course that the line of Washington
street as il now exists on the north side of
the creek is at an angle to Washington
| street on the city side. This new boulc-
ward will be paved severed and curbed,
and decided to the city free on condition
that the bridge is erected at Washington
street. Otherwise the boulevard will not
| be laid out, but the 81 acres cut up into
| building sites, the same as Eastlake and
| Elsmere. Under the boulevard idea its
route will traverse the 81 acres along its
highest ridge, which will drain either side
| affordng a perfect driveway.
| The North Side Improvement Company
will lay these facts before the Levy Court
at its meeting to-day.
OF the S65,O00 paid by the company tc
Mr.. Elliott for the land the sum of SOS, 00(
has been paid and the balance is on mort
| gage.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-05-19
AMERICANS YINDICATED.
But the Amende Has Reen Made Through
Private and Not Federal Exertions.

L. L. Hanf, jeweller of this city, states
he has just received news of termina-
ton in suit brought against the Can
ton of Berne, Switzerland, by five
Americans, viz: Hanf, Baker and
Griffith of this city, G. E. Coates of
Baltimore, Nd, and G. d. Mumford of
New York, for unlawful arrests while
travelling in Europe in 1889. The report,
under date of the 18th instant, is to the
effect that damages with cost of the suit
have been awarded.
This was the damage suit prosecuted
by Hoffecker & Hoffccker for the five
plaintiffs through the Hon. Julius
Pezolt, a prominent advocate of Berne,
Switzerland. The Swiss federal court,
corresponding in status to our Supreme
Court, awarded damages to the plaintiffs.
Mr.. Hoffecker is awaiting advice of
details from his associate counsel in
Berne. The amount of damages laid
was $4,000 in each case. 1t is hardly
expected that that large sum will be
realized, as counsel jocularly remarked
it might bankrupt the little republic.
At any rate the incident affords an
unusual and gratifying illustration Of
semi-private as contrasted with Federal
action in demanding and successfully
gaining amends for ill-treatment OF
Americans abroad.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-05-19
LIVES LOST By FIRE.
Destruction of Large Brooklyn Build
ing Monday Morning.

BROOKLYN, May 16.-Fire this morn
ing destroyed the Warner Institute, a
four-story brick building corner Of
Broadway and Myrtle avenue, causing
damage to the amount Of about $780, 900
and resulting in the loss Of one or more
lives.
The flames broke out at o'clock, a.
m., in a scenery room in the building,
Nos. 1918 to 1929 Myrtle avenue, the
building being owned by the Sellner
Mmnnercher, under whose auspices a
concert and dance was held last night.
The dancers had not left the hall when
the alarm of fire was spread and it
caused wild scamper for the doors. 1t
is reported, however, that all the dancers
escaped.
A boy named Carroll, employed in
the main building, and two young men
are missing, and it is believed that they
persisted in the flames.
The first floor was occupied by branch
post-officcs and by the societys bowling
alleys. The post-oftice and a large
amount of mail matter, and $4,000
worth of music stored on the fourth
floor of the building were destroyed
during the conflagration. About sixty
letter carriers lost their mail bags and
uniforms.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-05-19

ALroS, ILL, May 17-Numerous families
have been rescued from the tops Of their
floating houses by steamboats, specially
chartered for the purpose and the work is
being still continued So lar no lives have
been lost, but the suffering Of those driven
from their homes is intense, and to add to
the misfortune, LOO men will be thrown
out Of work by the compulsory suspension
of the illinois glass works which, reports
months. All the -four mills have also
been compelled to close. Railroad traffic
between ST, Louis and here has tempo
rorily closed, the only means of convey
ance now hcing by water. Fully $1,000
acres of rare farm lands have been flooded
and the crops destroyed. The river has
now reached 10 feet above low water mark.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-05-19
THROWN BY An ELECTRIC SHOCK.
Employe Richard Pussy Makes Ground
Connection With an Arc Light.

Richard Pussy, an employee of the
Wilmington City Electric Company,
while fixing the carbon in the Opera
House arc light Monday got mild
touch of the current and dropped from
the top of IL foot ladder 10 the tile
pavement. The shake from the fall or
the shock from the electricity, or both,
gave him very bad jar, 1t was half
an hour before the young man felt well
enough TO arise from the chair upon
which he had been placed.
1t seems that the ladder on which he
stood is very rickcty one. Close to
the arc lamp which was being fixed and
which hangs from the lobby ceiling, is u
gas lamp. Pussy stretched out his hand
to steady himself. Touching the metal
chandelier the current Immediately
grounded, and that was the cause of the
shock.
Young Pussy told the reporter that
he was holding, or in contact with both
when he got the shock.
Superintendent Reginald Trump
mounted the ladder and made the test,
holding both at the same time. Special
Officer Andrew Bernhard did the same,
the latter while street Car was passing.
Neither of them was affected. Mr..
Trump ordered a new ladder imnedi-
| ately
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-05-19
EQUITABLE G. &c =. cOMPANY.
Annual Meeting on Monday and Elcc
ton of FL Directors.

The annual meeting Of the stock
holders of the Equitable Guarantee and
Trust Company was held at the tenn
porary offices No. S37 Market street
Monday.
The following directors were elected:
Preston Lea, William du Pont, Thomas
Jackson, II. NJ. Barksdale, DR.. J. A..
Draper, Willard Salisbury, Jr., William
II. Swift, Edward Bringhurst, Jr.,
George W. Bush, William Il. Porter,
Joseph Swift, William q. Pennypacker,
j. Smith brennan, A. p. Robinson,
George V. Massey, II. A. Richardson,
William w. Pusey, Thomas b. Smith,
William Bowc, ii. G. Morse, Frank Pyle.
The statement OF the condition of the
company reported by Treasurer Ohio
Rowland included the following items
Assets, 81 $40, sos. 10; under the head Of
liabilities--capital stock paid in, S45l,-
200; deposits, SS22,710.Sli surplus,
S54, 949.71.