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Harmony.

Again we plead for absolute har-
monv in the Democratic ranks OF the
Ninth Congressional District. Who
soever the nominee Of tho Bristol
convention may be, old grudges must
be buried, and old sores healed. All
the principles for which the Demo
cratic party ever fought, suffered de-
feat and triumphed are involved in
this campaign. fever it behooved
the true Democrat to stand by his
colors, he should do it now. The
air is thick with predictions of Dem
ocratic disaster in the approaching
November elections.
The Republicans are organizing all
OYER the District and seem jubllant at
the prospect of approaching victory.
TheDemocrat mover fights better than
under such conditions. Let his old
time ene,sy assume the aggressive,
let him buster and bray, and then it
is that the Democrat dons his fight
ing clothes. He will do it this fall,
and Republican fur will fly. We
are going into this fight to win. We
must, as we have repeatedly before
urged, organize. In every magister-
ial District, in every mountain set
Element we must summon the clans
to active, vigorous, unceasing work.
The principles of Democracy are not
dead, they cannot die, and they will
ultimately and permanently triumph.
But to this end we must enter into
the contest Like patriots, we must
6ght the good fight as one harmoni-
GUS, undivided army, and the victory
will be ours
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Thousand and One Nights.
NIGHT SIXTH

Did you ever 90 to real old fashioned
New England camp meeting? That is the
place for typos. for enthusiasm, for long
haired eyangcli,ts and short haired re-
formers, for the eccentric aid interesting
in religious fanaticism, for the simple and
earnest hearted in religious experience.
1t il the only recreation the year round
that the hard -istcd old farmers and the
faded faced farmers wives Of many a
neighborhood have i'll all their monoton
GUS round Of milking and moving, Of bak
ing and brewing. The Moody and Sankey
songs are rustic substitutes for grand OPP
era. The temperance speakers and the
mcthodists cxhortors speak to soul-hun-
CRY, brain starved prisoners Of the work
a-day farm world, where new faces sell
dom come and new ideas seldom reach.
The flare Of the torches at night has the
enchantment of footli.hts. The"rcvival"
of souls that sweeps across the lines Of
wooden benches and carries scores Of
hystcrical women and emotional men to
the "mournsrs seat" in front is psyche
logical phenomenon in this rcpressed,
quiet, New England life. The doctrine Of
fire and birthstone and the burning lake
seems never so certain and awful as at
camp-meetinG 1t is the only place now
adavs, outside the salvation army bar
racks, that religion is really picturesque.
boston Post.
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Newspaper Laws.

Below we give the United States
Postal law relating to newspapers
and subscribers, and earnestly reque5t
it's careful reading:
/. Subscribers who do not give
express notice to the contrary, are
considerable as wishing to continue
their subscription.
2. Persons ordering their paper to
be discontinued must pay all arrear-
ages, OF the publisher may continue
to send it till the full amount is paid.
8. IF subscribers neglect or re use
to take their periodical from the office
to which they arc directed, they are
held responsible until they have set
tied their bill and ordered them dis
continued.
1. If subscribers move to another
place and fail to inform the publisher,
and the papers are sent to the former
direction, they are held responsible.
3. Any persons who receive a
newspaper and make use oft, wheth :
er he orders it or motifs held in law
TO be subscriber.
6. The new postal amendment has
made it penal offence to refuse to
pay for newspaper and the subscri-
Der may be imprisoned for fraud.
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Looking Ahead.

Democratic leaders are now discus
sing among themselves what the effect
Of the passage of the tariff bill will
be on the party in the approaching
congressional campaign, and nearly
all ofthem agree shat when the good
points of the bill are made known by
stump orators the people will be
pleased and the patty will gain votes.
In Indiana the Democrats are conf
dent that they will car. y the State in
November, because while the Senate
bill was not entirely satisfactory to
them, it is a far better measure than
the Mckinley act and its passage has
united the party there.
The Republicans, On the other hand,
claim that they do not want better
campaign document than the Senate
bill, and they will use it to show the
people that the Democratic party is
controlled by the sugar trust. In
yieWof the fact, however, that the
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sugar trust will be the political issue
OF the campaign, the Democrats
should show that it was created and
fattened by the Republican party:
that the Republican ueses in the Sen
ate supporting those of FIVE or six
protection Democrats enabled the
trust to dictate the sugar schedule of
the tariff bill and to compel the
House to accept it or get no tariff bill
at all.
The people will, in the course Of a
short time, fully understand the stu
alton in Congress and why the House
was forced to surrender, and we do
not believe they will hold the Demo-
cratic party responsible for the failure
to pass a satisfactory tariff bill,as our
friends the enemy hope and believe,
but, on the contrary. they will APP
preciate the truth Of Congressman
Wilaon's statement that the Senate
is protection body, or, as the New
York World puts it, the country has
a Democratic Senate with Repub-
can majority.
The fight for real tariff reform,
however, will not end with the enact
mcnt Of the Senate bill Separate
bills wifi DO passed from time to time,
cutting down the duties in all impor-
tant schedules, but it will be done
gradually in order to avoid disturb
ing the business of the country, be-
cause it is considered by Democratic
as we'll as Republican managers that
it will be years before any general
revision Of tho tariff is again attempt
ed.-Richmond State.
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.ao tho MIR bebina somewhat toe

made the pair behind somewhat too
weak, so that they bent under the
strain they had to bear. In this way way
the back part of the machine was Va
liberated from the control OF 'ne
check-rail and naturally begun 70
sway violently. The front wheel on
the left hand side in consequence
Jumped the rail and the only remain
inc euile-wheel ploughed into the
timber. It was then soaring al
considerable angle, when 1t was
brought to a standstill, considerably
damaged, on the turf, by Mr.. MAX
inns shutting off the steam. ~
The machine from which this strlk-
ing result has been obtained is a ma mar !,
vel Of engineering ingenuity. with v. It'll
its four sidesails and "aeroplanes' set
;tover one hundred feet wide, and 1t
is described as looking like huge
white bird. with four wings instead
Of two. 1t is propelled by two large
two-bladcd screws resembling the
screw-propellers Of a ship driven oy
two compound engines, which are
in proportion to their weight the
most powerful that has ever been
made. They can develop one-hors i:
power for every two pounds OF their
weight. The boiler is of novel &C.
sign, and consists of very many tiny
tubes. through which there is a lore &C
ed circulation Of water. LII is so eth
cient that the pressure can be raised
from 900 pounds per square men &c
300 in about minute, and is more
than capable of supplying steam te
the engines, even when they arc max
ing 500 revolutions a minute. In
this successful trial Mr.. Maxim start
ed with a pressure of 80 pounds
which had risen to 900 when he mad
traverscd some 500 yards The fneI
used was gasoline. The total weight
of the machine on the 31st was about
5000 pounds, while the engines were Hea
giving a lifting power Of aboutlo, wv
There was, therefore, a surplus fiota-
tory power of some 1000 pounds or ,,
in other words, the machine coult
have flown with something near tina
amount of extra weight above wha
it actually carried.
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WASHINGTON LETTER
{ Posts Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, AUG. II, 1894.

Editor Post:
"Speed the parting, welcome the
coming guest" Congress is going,
but the Uniformed Rank Knights of
Pythias, with their cousins, aunts
and sweethearts, have taken posses
sion of the pretty white tents erected
by hoSpitablc Westinghouse i'll the
shadow of the Washington monument.
Come to read that over it is a little
mixed, and liable to create misappre
hension. 1t is the Kni gifts who have
taken possession Of the tents; their
cousins, aunts and swecthearts a:e
quartercd elsewhere. The city is
quite generally decorated in honor of
its guests, who will find every hour
of this week that is not absolutely
required for rest taken up with pleas
urc or occupied with business. Fari-
Gus causes have operated to make the
crowd, both of Pythians and accom-
paning friends, smaller than was an
ticipated when it was decided to hold
the encampment at Washington, bnt
the principal one was the greed Of
the railroads, which refused TO put
reasonable and fair price on the tick
cts. There is one satisfaction about
it; they have deprived themselves of
a large amount Of money, and the
loss may make them moe liberal in
the future.
Another notable gathering will
take place in Washington on this
week, when the Southern Develop
ment Convention begins it's first SEES
sion. This organization, as its name
implies, is composed of southerners
interested in developing the natural
resources of the Southern States and
bringing their attractiveness as plac-
es of residences to the attention of the
world, and incidentally making mon
ey for themselves. It is expected
that every Southern State will be
at the convention, and
those interested express confidence
that it will be speedily followed by
practical results which will demon
strate the wisdom of its originators'
The report of the House Naval
committee, which investis ated the
charges male against the Carnegie
Company of having furnished the
Government by fraudulent means
with armor plates not up to the
standard that was paid for, is prac-
tically about the same as rendering a
true bill by grand july Accom-
panying the report was a resolution
specifying cersain plates OH certain
vessels and providing that they
should be removed and subjected to
tests to ascertain whether their de-
fects would substantiate the sworn
testimony taken by the committee.
That resolution was promptly passed |
by the House. but when it reached
The Senate it was referred to thel
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AGAIN an epidemic of suicides
sweeps over the country. Not many
weeks since Hon. Robert q. lngersoll,
the noted in6del, delivered a dis
course favorable TO this method OF
"throwiny off this mortal coil, and
since that time the number Of suicides
have notably increased. This is a
free country aud every man has a
right to entertain and express his re-
lir;ous sentiment without fear OF
civil restraint or interference. But
when Mr.. Iugersoll, with the enor-
nous influence he exerts, practically
suggests that our laws bearing upon
suicide should be disregarded, it GER
tainlv seems that some lawful method
might be devised by which this sort
of talk can be stopped.
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NIGHT SEVENTH.

"rlle PariSienneS are born comtdians,'
said IN author of the last century, and
this is the description he gives of Il true
Parisienne: To he or not 10 become q
Parisicnne woman must be gourmand,
capricious, bilious and coquettc; she be-
gins to live only toward evening:at II she
is at her zenith.
She knows nothing, not even how to
make cup of tea but she serves her
sickly beverage with 30 much grace, and
her Scvcres cups are so transparent and
so exquisite, TINT you love it and love her.
When the Parislenne gives a dinner
party she thinks Of the flowers and the
fruit, and leaves the rest to her cook, so
sure is she to mend a bad dish with a
bon mot. Her beauty, Which is profile
matte, and has nothing to do with the
type preferred by the sculptor, lasts her
quarter Of Il century; this becatse the
beauty Of the Parisienne ia the bcaute GU
diable, and the devil never gets old. She
never forgets how TO sit. or to get up, to
kneol; hon to do everything, for she new
err forgets her role, and is always on the
stage; sire has studied herself in all posi-
tions-fuli face, side face and three quar-
ter face, and she knows what she con 90
without losing an inch of her charm and
when abe stops in time.
If size has wisp of hair moving about
or dangling on her forehead, or sticking
up above her coils, do not say: 81 beg
your pardon, Madame, your hair is out Of
order" for this visit has been studied and
arranged, and whore it is and how Il
bangles, it is meant to he and to danela
On her face is the suggestion of all beau
ties, but none is perfect; she reflects the
white snow of the north and the sun ravs
of the south; she has the quiet eve of thc
American and The dreamy look of tho
Russian; she is dainty, like the Enrlis,,..
as lively as gypsy OF Seville or Flour.
entlne sisnora. All is hers, wit, charm
artistic couqetry, easinass of manners
kindness and mischieyonsness, either 81
duchess, millner, actress, circus rilsr
tanner OF beasts and of mon, she isalvavs
the Parisienne, and always has been n
creature stamped at her birth hy NJ, angel
and devil, both ofthem having lcft Their
seal on her-Lonisrille Post
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a NEW FLYING MACHINE.
Mr.. MaxIm's Marvel of Englneerlng
Ingenuity In Kent, England.


Ingenuity In Kent, England.
The London Times says: For
some years past Mr.. Maxim, as is
well known to our readers, has been
carrying out certain experiments with
a view to constructing machine
able to propcl itself through the air.
His effects have now been crowned
with success. On the 31st ultimo
he, together with two of his men,
travelled through the air on his flying
machine for a distance Of some 800
feet. This, of course, does not mean
that the problem of aerial locomotion
has been completely solved. On the
contrary, very much has been done
before flying will be practicable for
the human race. What Mr.. Maxim
has done is to show that it is possible
to make a machine combining 80
much power with extreme lightncss
of construction as to be able to travel
through the air carrying it's water,
fuel, and its engineers with it. For
his experiments, which have been
conducted near Bexley, in Kent, Mr..
Maxim has laid down a track of light
railway, some 1,600 feet long, on
which the machine runs.
One side of this railway, and stand
ing about two feet above it, is an IN
verified track of strong timber. From
each side of the machine there pro-
iects two arms, carrying fiange'l
wheels, which press against the low
err side of the timber track whenever
the machine rises more than an inch
or two from the rails, and SO prevent
it from soaring in the air. On this
occasion, as is plainly shown by the
marks ON the timber. the machine
almost directly after starting rose
from the metal rails and sailed along
for some hundreds Of feet, held down
by the outside checkrail. 1t would
doubtless have gone the whole length
of the railway but for an unfortunate
accident. Mr.. Maxim, calculating
that the main stress wouldIall IN the
forward pair ofprojecting arms, had
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;.4oo IN Naval affairs, which

n,;+toe nm Naval affairs, WHICH
was = settler for it as far as the pres.
wac sess;on is concerned, because
the there was not a quorum of that com
mittee in Washington to act upon H.
oven il its members desired TO 40 30
+ ;s asserted by some that the reso-
1ut;on will never be acted upon by
the Senate. Senator McPhcrso.'
chairman of the Naval Committee Is
in Europe. g tho
political situation is the fear openly
expressed by shrewd members =, OF tne
old narties that the populists Will
hold the balance Of power in the next
House. 1t may be that these fears
are being expressed merelyt to stir the
old parties up to extra exertlon' o"'
# Is odd that these men should now
concedc what the populists IN Con-
rress have claimed to be certain OF
for many months. 1t will be no
small! thing to hold the balance OF OF
the power in the next House. II
will mean the certain naming OF the
next Speaker, the man who has more
power to shape legislation than any
other official under our form OF gov
eminent. But it may mean even
more than that. In case the election
Of the next president shoald be
thrown into the House, and it may
be, the balance of power might mean
the naming Of the next President
Congress will adjourn tomorrow
unwept, unsung and unregrettcd; IL
started out with a great flourish Of
trumpets more than a year ago t'
relieve the distressed of the country
If any law passed by this congress is
to give the country relief it is yet tc
become apparent to the people. Great
promises have been made, but only
time can tell whether all of them vii
prove as delusivc as some OF them
have already proven.
The foreign student Of America!
politics must find the tariff bill which
tomorrow will be the law of the Lane
an unsolvable problem. lie regards
our system of government as one o
the majority, and vet here is law
on one of the most important sub]oct'
that Congress is ever called upon t.
legislatc on that was not wanted BY
one-ffth of Congress, nor by tn
lcgislate on that was not wanted b,
one-ffth of Congress, nor by tn
President. Still it takes its place OF
the statute book. 1t is puzzling t.
Americans who are responsibly ia
milliar with congressional legislatlv
methods. If it proves anything i
proves that skillful manipulation
and not majority Of votes, is villa
counts in Congress, and it prove
that we are hugging delusion il
believing this to be government o
the people. do not mean by TIM
that the new tariff bill is wholly bad
for it is not. 1t has many good am
desirable features, but in order to ge
them the majority had to consent t.
many bad, very bad features.
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AOne-Sided Scheme,

A professional labor leader who
could take broad view Of labor
questions and suggest a just and
fesble method of adjusting difference
es between labor and capital is some
thing of which the labor organiza-
tons of the country stand very much
in need. At present there is scarcely
a prominent labor leader who does
not lend himself more to stirring up
hostility between workmen and their
employers than to Fastening the era
Of good feeling and peaceful arbitra
ton. 1t seems to be impossible foT
these men to divest themselves OF the
idea that labor has an Inherent rlgn.
to dictate terms and to enjoy spec
ial exemption from obligations that it
wants imposed on those with whom
it may have controversy.
This sentiment crops out very
naively in the statements made by
Secretary Keliher, of the American
Railway Union, in his testimony be-
fore the National Commission now
engaged in investigating the recent
railroad strike. Secretary kelliher
explained to the Commission the
kind of compulsory arbitration in
which he believes:
"Let the law be such that in case OF
trouble with its employees the railroad
be compelled to submit the matter to
arbitration. Then let it be under
stood that if the railroad will not &C
cept the terms upon which the arbl-
traitors decide the company be conf
PEELED to go ont of business. In
other words the company be compell-
ell to abide by the decision, and as to
the employees, if they are not suited
let them leave the employ of the
company"
That is to say, let the law COM
pei the railroad company to accept
the decision of the arbitrators or in
cur the sevcrest penalty that could
befall 1.-THE forfeiture Of it's right
to exist-but to permit the employe
to accept the decision or not, as he
pleases, with the privilege of contlnu-
ing on strike if he does not care to
accept it. In other words, Secreta-
nv Kelliher wants arbitration that
shall be compulsory on the part OF
the railroad and voluntary on the
part Of the employees. Of course it
did not occur to him that the public
might be tie worst sufferers from
compelling railway companies to
discontinue the operation of their
lines. 1t is the habit of killiher and
his kiud to leave the public out OF
consideration entirely.
If wo ever have compulsory arbl-
tration in this country it will not
make fish of one and foul OF another
of the parties to the dispute. 1t
must be equally binding on both, with
all the force Of the usual judicial de-
cree. Undoubtedly it would do VIC
lence to our ideas of individual lib
erty to compel any man to work on
the terms offered, but the only way
to avoid that is to let compulsory ar
lor he
organized like capital into RESPONSE
bic corporations, which may be held
amendable under proper penalty to
the decision of court of arbitration,
just as a corporation Of capital can
be held, there seems to be al lnsur.
mountable difficulty in the way Of
compulsory Observation-Disclosures
State.
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their living by wages. The meaning

their living by wages. The meaning
Of it is that If our trade is unfettered
and made absolutely free, orr bound
less resources and that inventive turn
Of our people due to our free institu-
tions and the native geuius of our
people will enable us to compete any
where in the world with the manu-
features of any people in the world.
American laboring men ought to see
from the facts that we have re:lted
that their condition must go on get
ting worse if protection remains a
principle in our legislation. And
they ought also to see that if they
are only untrammelod and given an
opportunity to compete everywhere,
they will have the best Of everything
that this world ofcrs.-Richmomd
Times
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The China-Japan war drass on
apace. What the result will be
seems very problema'ical. Japan
has tbs skill and courage Of soldicry
arrayed on her side, while the Chi
nese have the advantage Of numbers.
The sympathy Of civilization is with
Japan.
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If our recollection serves us Alright,
the Republican press throughout the
country q few mouths ago, INDUCED
in a long political sheer as j. Hamp-
ton Hogc logged" it over the CONT
nent. And now that party has swal-
lowed him, Jog" and all, without
even little sugar-coatinS.
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OUR Republican friends in this
District may take "a long pull, a
strong pull, and pull all together, -
but they will not be able to pull Jim
Walker through. Not this time.
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WIxu "Jim" Walker az our OPP
posing foe, we will elect Judge Mort
son in the coming November election
by an overwhelming majority.
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TIE Ayers Democratic Club must
organize for the coming campaign.
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Hon. II. S. X. MoRIsoN was nomi-
mated by acclamation.
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JUICE MonIsoN IS our next Con-
gresham.
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I've POST has the largest circuya-
t'on Of o,ay paper IN Southwest Fir-
gi'sio, and st is steadily Increasing.
An inspection Of its subscription list
IS limited By those contemplating ad-
certising.