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The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-11-12
congressman Bryan Out of Politics.

OMAHA, Neb., November 12.-Con-
greSsman Bryan has issued a manifesto
to Nebraska democrats in which he
sums up the causes which led to the de-
feat Of the fusion forces. and announces
his retirement from the political arena.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-11-12
EVANS DEFEATS TURNEY.
nope, OF the Democrats in Tennessee
\ut Born Out by tn, Returns.

, >>.'tLE, Tenn, November 12--
.".~ rom several counties continue
.* republican gains and there
..~ ." he no longer any doubt about
".~ election for governor. The
""a'c committee still hope that
..'N will pull through with a small
.tN. Later returns fail to change
'ngrr>>ional delegation six dem
.#'N and four republicans.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-11-12
Delaware.s Republican Majority.

NuNuNcToN. Del. November I0-tOr
governor. MarveIs. republican. plurall-
ty is I.240; for congress, Wills, rePuo
Ncan. plurality Is 1855.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-11-12
THE COMMITTEE OF SEVENTY.
First Meeting since Their Victory on Tues
day-The Work of the Future.

First Meeting Since Their Victory on Tues
day-The Work of the Future.
NEW YORK. November -. The COM
mittce Of seventy held its first meeting
since the election in the chamber Of
commerce Yesterday afternoon. and the
occasion was one Of general iubilatiOn
over Tuesday 5 victory Resolutions
were unanimously adopted that the or
ganizutiOn of the committee be con
tinued for the pre>eXt. to coop crate
with the city officers nominated by it
in securing to the city Of New York an
honest. efficient. economical and non
partisan government; to secure the re-
moval and punishment Of such persons
holding municipal offices as have been
unfaithfuI aud inefficient in the per
fOrmancc of the duties cast upon them
by the law: to frame and procure the
enactment Of such laws as may be
found necessary to the better govern
mcnt of the city and to take such other
further action as may from time TO time
be deemed conducive to the best inter-
ests of the city and its inha bitants.
\ committee was appointed to frame
some suitable measure and present it to
DR.. Parkhurst. 1t was also decided to
arrange for public demonstration in
honor of the doctor. VIII Travers
Hume. Jr. has been retained by the
committee to punish all violators of the
election laws high or low. rich or
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-11-12
THE ANTI-SALOON SPEECH.
An Indirect Cause of IncendiariSm in
Louisiana.

MONROE. La. November 12.-George
+. Stuart. Of Cleveland, Tenn. made q
red het auti-saIoon speech here 10 sev-
eraI thousand people. He was the guest
of prominent banker while here and
in the night some person or persons set
fire to the house in which he was stay
ing. The portion Of the house occupied
bl- the servants was entirely consumed.
There was great excitement. 1t IS
thought that the speech was the cause
Of the da>tardly deed.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-11-12
Lost Money and the Office Too.

NEW YORK. November l2.-Of all the
candidates who have thus far filed their
expense accounts in the last campaign
William Sohmer, Tammany candidate
for sheriff, spent the most money. 1t
cost Mr. SOhmer S149SO. 10 to run.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-11-12

The worst forms of
ScrOfula, Salt rheum,
letter, Eczema, Erysip-
elias, BoilS, Carbuncles,
Enlarged Glands, Tu-
mors and Swellings, are
cured by it.
Mrs. JOHN G.. FOSTER,
Of 50 Chaplin Street, Can
dsddtguq, ". y. says:
Il was troubled with
eczema, or salt-rheum,
seven years. l dOctored
with a number Of our
home physicians, also
with Rochester. New
York, and Philadelphia
doctors, and received no
benefit. ! paid out hun
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-11-12

NEW OKN. NONtHOtT =. = IIe
Bakers association. comprising the
principal wholesale bankers Of New
York City. is to make t-cent reduction
in the price of bread, Those who have
investigated the subject assert that
bankers are making from 100 to $50 per
cent on their invested capital by the
present scale of prices.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-11-12
Hart Gets In in Pennsylvania.

PHILADELPHIA. Pa. November 10
The official count in the four counties
comprising the eighth congressional.
district which has been completed
show, that Hart. democrat. i elected
by 49, majority over NirkpatricN. re
publiCan
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-11-12

dredS Of dollars to no purpose have taken
ten bottles of the Discovery and ain en-
tirely cured.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-11-12
A RECORD

Of cures such es
no other medicine
can boast Of. has
been won during
the past p Y ars
by DR.. Pierce :
Golden Medical
Discovery.
The Progress., 1894-01-13

Dreadful details are published of
the fate of the 800 Chinese passengers
OF the Spanish steamer Don Juan,
which was burned off the coast OF
Manila not long ago. The cargo in
cluded 1000 cases of kerosene. and
whca the ship took fire the oil ignited
and the flames spread with terrible
rapidity. Hundreds of sharks. at
tracted by the light, surrounded the
vessel and when the unfortunate peo-
pie. maddened by the heat, Jumped
overheard they were instantly torn
TO pieces by the savage man-eaters.
Only one lifebOat could be saved from
the flames, and when it was lowered
into the water, with thirty Cinnamon
aboard. it was Immediately overturned
b. the ravenous sharks. A British
steamer saw the fire and coming to
the rescue saved the survivors, but
more than half the persons on the yes
sci perished,
The Progress., 1894-01-13

A number of our great and most IN
veterate tobacco smokers and chewers
have quit the use of the filthy weed.
The talismanic article that does the
work is No TO bao. The reform was
started by Aaron Gerber, who was a
confirmed slave for many wears to the
use of tobacco. He tried the use OF
Motto bac. and to his great surprise
and delight il cured him. Hon. {. w.
Ashcom. who had been smoking for
sixty years. tried No-to-bac, and it
cured him Col Samuel StOutencr.
who would eat up tobacco like COW
eat,hav. tried this wonderful remedy,
and even Samuel, after all his years OF
slavery. lost the desire. J. {. CObler,
Lessing Evans Frank Dell, George b.
May. {. O. Skillington, Hanson Robi-
nett. Frank Hershberger. John Shinn
and others have since tried Noto- bac
and in every case they report. not only
a cure of the tobacco habit but won
dcrful Improvement in their general
physical and mental condition, all OF
which goes to show that the use of to-
hacco had been injurious to them in
more ways than one,
All of the above gentlemen are so
NflI plcdStu WIN iuc ItSullS iHdI "0
do not hesitate to join them in recon-
mcnding il to suffering humanity, as
we have thoroughly investigated and
are satisfied that No-to-bac does the
work well and is a boon to mankind.
The cost is trifling-a dollar box
and the makers, The Sterling Remedy
company, have so much faith in No-to-
bac that they absolutely guarantee
three boxes to cure any case, or refund
money. One box in every instance in
the above, effected cure. with one or
two exceptions No-to-bac has a won
dcrful sale upon its merits alone,
throughout the United States, and can
be secured at almost any drug store in
this country or Canada, and it is made
by The Sterling Remedy company,
Chicago Office, 45 Randolph street;
New York Office, 10 Spruce street.
i From The Press, Everett, Pa, Dec
Is, 1898
The Progress., 1894-01-13
An Antipodean Giant.

One of the human wonders OF the
South Seas is a Victoria. New South
Wales, youth by the name of Mclean.
He is now Il years and few months
old and weighs in the neighborhood
of 500 pounds. He is not human
mountain of fat. "monster of obe-
sity," or anything of that sort, but
is q well-proportioned young man OF
surprising stature and great height.
On his seventeenth birthday he meas
ured feet and 3 inches, and if he
keeps up his regular yearly increase
OF stature will far surpass in height
all modern giants. At the age of IL
he was feet 4 inches; at l3. feet /
inch; at ii. 6 feet 8 inches; at Is, 7
feet Il inches; at 16, feet 8 inches,
and at II, 8 feet 81 inches, as men
toned above.
The Progress., 1894-01-13
A Chinese Custom.

In honor of the celebration OF the
G9th birthday of the queen regent of
China, 1,20O, 900 pieces of red silk.
each forty feet long aud three feet
wide, were ordered to be made in the
imperial mills Of Marking. Soo-Chow-
Foo and Haug-ChOw-Foo. With
these the streets of Pelin are to be
decorated for q distance of forty
miles, The queen regent has decreed
that the customary birthday gifts
annually presented by the provincial
mandarins be omitted this year and
the money devoted to the relief of the
poor, who have suffered much from
the unusually severe winter.
The Progress., 1894-01-13
Lives With Broken Neck.

1t is commonly thought that to say
that a man has broken neck is the
same as saying that he is dead, but
there seems to be exceptions to this
rule, as to all others. More than two
months ago Samuel Merry. a carpen-
ter OF Providence, r. l., fell off a root
that he was shingling and wss taken
up with his neck broken. He was
momentarily expected to die, but he
did nothing of the kind. He pro-
ceeded to get well as fast as possible,
and is now in a fair way to recovery.
The doctors say he will soon be able
to go to work. Merry is ovS SO
years old.
The Progress., 1894-01-13

The troubles to which the people
OF Guatemala are now subjected by
reason of Barrios proclaiming him
self dictator are said to lie at the
door OF woman, and an American
woman at that, New York lady
whom General Barrios married. She,
1t is said. urged him to make the
plunge which will be apt to finally
result in his death or his being a
fugitive from Guatemala The Guate-
malans denounce this woman in
whispers and condemn her in pla-
cards pasted on the dead walls after
nightfall. They style her the amer
lean interloper"
The Progress., 1894-01-13

One of the lessons in fruit man
agement taught by the worlds fair
was the entire success of keeping
fruit by the coldstorage method. 1t
was in this way that apples and
pears of the 1892 crop were brought
to the exhibition in perfect condition
In June last AS they became out
of condition other specimens were
brought out. and thus a succession
was kept up until the fruit ripened
-tbe same year was ready to be
brought forward.
The Progress., 1894-01-13

THE Golden Rule notes that where
as man used to be held an exceed
ingly daring advertiser if in the
course Of year he bought $50, 900
worth of space in the journals of the
country, now man is not held t. be
a large advertiser unless he spends
from $500, 00) to 5000, 900 a year for
advertising space. advertise lib
orally" is recognized now as the
golden rule Of business success.
The Progress., 1894-01-13
a New Scheme.

An instrument has been invented
for sounding the depths of the sea
without using lead line. A sinker
is dropped containing a cartridge,
which explodes on touching the bot
tom; the report is registered in a mi
crophone apparatus and the depth
reckoned by the time at which the
explosion occurred.
The Progress., 1894-01-13

CAPTAIN SAMUEL G. SMITH has been
acquitted at Los Angeles of the muir
der of boy who had sailed in the
schooner with him The murder
was particularly atrocious and the
captain confessed, but jury decided
that at the time Smith had been in
that mental condition during which
murder is an incident rather than a
crime The boys who ship with the
worthy captain hereafter should
bear in mind his weakness.
The Progress., 1894-01-13

ANOTHER mistake l made" says
toy manufacturer Crandall of New
York. in explaining the reasons of
his failure in business, "was my fail
ure to advertise my change of loca-
tion. Had i used printers ink
would not have had to suspend. &"
Printers ink is something no man in
business can get along without now
adays.
The Progress., 1894-01-13

THOSE McXicans who are risking
their lives. fortunes and their more or
less sacred honor in kidnapping Amer
Ian girls for wives are gong to
lot of useless trouble. Let them tel
cgraph to Massachusetts for few
eligible young women and then listen
for the galloping hoOf- beats that will
sound the answer
The Progress., 1894-01-13

The Chicago Record boasts that
the towering, sky-scraping buildings
in the city keep the visiting stranger
so absorbed in looking aloft that he
does not notice the condition of
the streets below" First. be is
absorbed" in skyscraper, then
absorbed" in the street, and that
seems to be the end of him.
The Progress., 1894-01-13

IT is said that the great European
powers are trying to agree upon
some method of expressing anar-
chism. If at the same time they can
agree upon some method of disband-
ing the great European armies that
arc impovcrishing their people. they
will do the world an incalculable
good.
The Progress., 1894-01-13

A CRUsTY old bachelor says that II
II really does take four yards OF silk.
ordinary width, to make pair of
dress sleeves. there is more cloth in
the Sleeves than there Is sense in the
heads OF the women who wear them.
The Progress., 1894-01-13

WHEN an undcrtaker's wife adjusts
moose about her neck while stand
ing on barrel, puts revolver to
her temple, blows her brains out,
kicks the barrel away, breaks her
neck, and is discovered hanging 10y
the neighbOrs it's a sign she was
sired of life. And woman at Mill
vale, Pa. did all this
The Progress., 1894-01-13
SHREVEPORT,

TALKING too much doesn't aisays
pay, but if people didn't want to talk
as much as they do may be the Bell
telephone company couldn't pay an
extra dividend.
The Progress., 1894-01-13

ANOTHER boz playing with a rcvol-
yer has succeeded in killing his little
brother. Still the loaded toy will
continue in popularity and children
be allowed to handle it.
The Progress., 1894-01-13

MUCH has been said OF late OF
LincOln's religion, and now Richard
Watson Glider has been lccturing on
his literary abilities. IL is begin
ming TO be understood that Lincoln
was many-sidcd man, and that
every one of his sides was interest
ing.
The Progress., 1894-01-13

SAN FRANCISCO expects to see fly-
ing machine in action during the
midwinter fair. Chicago heard q
great deal about that same fling ma
chine before the Columbian exposI-
tion. but after the Midway was
opened the voice of the flying ma
chine runner remained mute,
The Progress., 1894-01-13

COUNTESS ADELE OF Essex is to be
congratulated. She has secured a
title at last after having sought for
years to trade herself for one. and
after having narrowly escaped a
worse bargain. She may joy in her
achievement, but really she is likely
to miss the pleasure of the chase. so
long, her chronic amusement
The Progress., 1894-01-13
1t looks as though modern suroer

1t looks as though modern surgery
proposes to stop at little short of Gre
alton. Some New York surgeons are
now at work supplying artificial jaws
for those who have been so unfortun-
ate as to lose those very convenient
appendages, and so well do they do
the work, it is said, that the patient
is able to mastiiate his food almost
as well as with his natural machinery.
a Mrs. Kiddoo of Savannah, Ca, has
been thus furnished, and also a Miss
Tampnay Of Flatbush, l.. /. Mrs.
kiddoo was operated on more than o
year ago and with perfect success.
The Progress., 1894-01-13

Few folks have any idea that in
Elizabethan times the custom of child
marriages prevailed in England.
but the dilapidated volume of deposit
tions in the ecclesiastical court of
Chester, A. ID 156166, proves that
these marriages must have been fire.
quent in Cheshire and Lancashire,
and no doubt other like records, when
looked up, will establish the fact that
such marriages were common all
over England. The birth of a child
in the Berkeley family, when the
father and mother were only 1SB
years old, shows what was going on.
The Progress., 1894-01-13

Statisticians claim that the earth
will not support to exceed 1894, ,OOo.-
600 people. The present population
is estimited at 1,467, 900, 900, the in
crease being 8 per cent each decade.
At that rate the utmost limit will be
reached in the year 2O72.
The Meeker herald., 1894-06-16
church Property In New York.

The total value of church property In the
state OF New York is $40, l23, ,O0S. The de
nominations which are the chief beneiiciarcs
OF the exemption roll are these ProtestanS
Episcopal. l.li2, ,6l3; Roman Catholic,
S25. 76g, AS; Presbyterian, So, 727 l93; Me-
thodist, SIS, ,305, 200; Baptist, Sl3,G255sS, I,
Reformed, s7,69S,2sO; Congregationalists.
S5. la, ,262; Lutheran. S4, COB, ,375; Jewish con-
gregations S5,3l5, 200; universalists, Sl,19s.-
$50; Unitarans, SI.ll1, 800; Friends. S767,-
$50: Independent congregations, s722, 100;
German Evangelical synod. SGSl,51O; Evan
gelical associations, S40i, $50: Disciples OF
Christ, 1858. $50: Christians, S21 $50; New
Jerusalem. Sllg9O0; Morsyians, Sl21 200 :
Adventists. ?5s, 700; Catholic Apostolic
churches, 5000; United Brethren, 1850 ,
spirltualists, s33, ,25O, and Chinese temples,
$4,000
The value of church property In New Yori,
city is S54, ,GIO,60J.
The Meeker herald., 1894-06-16
horn, not Made

Weak by imprudence, arc many stomachs Puny
people have. Invariably, weak digestion. The ro'
bust as a rule eat heartily and assimilate their
food a naturally weak stomach, or one that has
become, although not so originally, derives Seed
ful aid from this thorough stomachic, ilosteiters
stomach Biltcrs The restoration OF vigor to the
delicate is the prompt effect of recourse to this
profes sioually sanctioned and universally es-
trcmed promoter of health Nerfousness-a
H. 10 are liver complaint aud constipation. In
cipient rheumatism aud kidney trouble 1t defeats
thoroughly and st constitutes az efficient defense
against malaria. But in ordvr ,hst the fun benc
NJ detivabir irpm ts nsc should lot be used IN n
hnphazard way, hut continually. Inc sAinr ssS
gcstion holds good OF all standard remedies.
The Meeker herald., 1894-06-16

THE Boston West End railway sends
the mayor of that city 5000 tickets
every week to be used by him for
charitable purposes These tickets
are sent to the hospitals aud various
asylums and to various poor quarters
and are all used in giving those an
airing who but for this opportunity
would rarely feast their eyes on any
green leaf or their cars on the songs
of birds. The contribution does not
lessen the receipts of the railroads
penny while at the same time it puts
new life and hope In many 9 sad-
deped, dlscontepted heart
The Meeker herald., 1894-06-16
Not a Rose of Any Kind.

Tho common tube rose is an excel
lent illustration OF popular mis-
nomer. The plant is not q rose at
all and has no connection with the
rose family. Its name is a corrup-
tion. The French gardeners always
call it planto tubereuse. and tho lat
ter part OF tho name was corrupted
by ignorant persons into tube rose
The similarity of sound no doubt led
to the change of name and conse-
quent mistake, similar instances
having often occurred.
The Meeker herald., 1894-06-16

I. &. Henry and Mr.. Mordaunt Of Denver
have returned from the San Luis valley where
they located a party of men, among whom
are James johnson from Nebraska who is the
advance agent for a number of families of his
couutrymen who wish to move farther west,
Owen brothers who have bought land on the
Empire farm, Graham Armstrong aud j. IL.
Lace of Chicago. Mr.. Lace has selected two
sections of the Empire farm for ten families
who want to move this month. Besides this
he reserved land for friend who is Interested
In settling colony OF eighty families. The
plan Is to settle large colony, build a town,
;chools, churches, etc, aud make n prosper
ous community. II is backed by ample cap
itsl and promises to be the best colony ever
brought to the Esq Luis vslley.
The Meeker herald., 1894-06-16

PEOPLE always expect big ship
to fire her biggest guns on saluting.
Big guns take big charges, which
means big money. Consequently
vessels use their secondary batteries.
six-pounders and such small ordnance
when firing for politeness, and re-
serve their big guns for business.
Moreover. the life of these big guns
is limited, few hundred discharges
exhausting their vitality and making
them dangerous to those who serve
them.
The Meeker herald., 1894-06-16

Il gratitude for the kindly con
duct OF our government towards it
during the recent rebellion, the Bra
lillian government has resolved to
celebrate our national holiday, the
Fourth OF July, with great pomp and
circumstance. 1t is delicate com
pliment that will be fully APP
preciated in this country, and tend
to cement the kindly relations that
exist between the two great repub-
lies of the Western hemisphere.
The Meeker herald., 1894-06-16

ANOTHER new explosive which .'is
destined to revolutioni2e the art of
war" has been discovered by Tur-
pin, the inventor of melinite. At
the rate at which these inventions
are announced it would seem as II
grim-visaged war would stand but a
poor show in the future.
The Meeker herald., 1894-06-16

A PoRrLASD, Ne, clergyman has
aroused the wrath of a portion OF
his flock because he drinks ginger
ale and attends baseball games; and
yet his only purpose might have
been to put more ginger into his dis
courses and to get on the curves Of
his congregation.
The Meeker herald., 1894-06-16

A MAN in New York put down fif
teen cents on a bar and when the
bartender refused to give him a
drink he dropped dead. 1t may have
been apoploXy or heart disease. but
the chances are it was pure amaze
mont. Further comment will be re-
served until it is learned whether
the barkeerer kept the money.
The Meeker herald., 1894-06-16

IL knighting Isaac Pitman. the
venerable father of photography,
Queen Victoria paid a fitting tribute
to one whose invention of the first
practical system OF shorthand has
completely revolutionized modern
business methods, and made possible
the preservation of the speeches of
the great men of the age. which
would otherwise have been lost
The Meeker herald., 1894-06-16

SOUTHERN EUROPE and South
America have been shaken by earth
quakes while India and China have
been visited by disastrous floods.
The numerous nieces and nephews
of Uncle Sam should be thankful
they live on II farm with solid
foundation and reasonably good sur
faco drainage
The Meeker herald., 1894-06-16

ALL the gold in tho world could
be put in room twenty-four feet
each way, it is said. That is prob
ably the room in which Mr.. Corbett
is willing to meet Mr.. Jackson alone.
The Meeker herald., 1894-06-16

y glimpse into the giz2ard OF a
California rooster revealed tho pres
ence of gold. Unfortunately the de-
ceased had left no memoranda AS to
where he had been in the habit OF
dining. ASS consequence the Santa
Rosa rooster who does not wish to
be assayed will do we'll to hunt a
high limb
The Meeker herald., 1894-06-16

THERE are British war ships in
Boston harbor for the first time since
the revolutionary war, but they have
very little tea on board and no
trouble is feared.
The Meeker herald., 1894-06-16

The New York woman who claims
to have been pursued by 800 raven
Gus rats was psobably unduly eX-
cited. Still, to the average woman
three or four scampering mice are
terrifying enough to warrant such a
claim
The Meeker herald., 1894-06-16

CHICAGO complains that as an art
center it is not what it should be.
The fact that Chicago artists are
starving hurts the city's pride. How
ever. in the matter OF making sau-
sage Chicago yields the palm to one.
The Meeker herald., 1894-06-16

The doctors have discovered that
highheeled shoes cause blindness.
1t has been noticed that high in
step and neatly turned ankle are also
very straining on the eyes on windy
luys
The Meeker herald., 1894-06-16

To REMOVE the Ferris wheel to
New York requires five trains OF
thirty cars each. The great axle
alone weighs seventy tons, and it is
estimated that it's removal will cost
SljO, 600.
The Meeker herald., 1894-06-16

THEY don't call the head OF the
Pennsylvania university the presi-
dent, nor the dean. nor yet the
chancellor but the "provost A
new provost has just been chosen.