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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-10-13
EXCITING CONTEST IN OHIO.
The Campaign Wakes Hot Towaft
Election Time in the Buckeye State.

The Campaign Wakes Hot Toward
Election Time in the Buckeye State.
Cleveland, Oct. 12.-Conservative
campaign managers on either side are
making no extravagant claims as to
the outcome at the polls in Ohio three
weeks from next Tuesday. It is now
generally conceded that the State is
in the doubtful column, and unless
some remarkable development arises
between now and election day, mana
gers will have to accept the uncer-
tainty philosophically and await the
result.
Democrats and Republicans both
claim the State. The former declare
that Ohio viii give Bryan a plurality
ranging from 10000 to 10000. Repub-
licans think Mckinley vii capture the
State by pluralities ranging from 90
900 up to 100000. Only yesterday n
member of the Democratic Executive
committee declared that by an actual
poll of the State of Ohio would give
Bryan 10000 plurality.
The campaign grows very exciting
as the election draws near.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-10-13

We have three items we wish TO tell you
about. Something choice and extra nice.
and we will occupy minute with each:
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MEXICO pRospERs ON SILVER.
Prices OF Silver Wheat and Cotton From
1872 Until 1895.

Washington, D. c.. Oct. 12.-(Spe-
aial Manuel Lara Missotten, prom
,nent citizen of Mexico, was here this
week. He said to a Post reporter;
s'The country at large is prospecting
in a higher degree than ever before IN
It's history. For the first time we have
3 surplus in the national treasury,
cash balance of $6,000,000. We produce
things for export on a silver basis and
sell them for gold. Because we have
to nav So of our own money for one
dollars worth of all imported goods,
we are buying just as little abroad as
possible, and that has driven us to
making articles that we used to get
Of other countries. We are now manu-
featuring furniture, cotton and wooden
goods, nails, paper, and many other
things. the list of homemade products
being constantly on the increase"
WHEAT, SILVER AND COTTON.
In an interview to-day Alexander d.
Anderson, author of several of the
campaign documents issued by the
Democratic committee, and of the sta
tistical brief on the Depreciation of
Values" which was incorporated in
the Democratic campaign book, said:
"As there seems to be a very wide
difference of opinion in regard to the
prices of wheat and other products
during the period from 1878 to 1896,
I desire to say thai the statistics on
these subjects in the campaign book
are all from official sources. The fol-
lowing is the table of prices of silver,
wheat and cotton, given on page SO
of this book:
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A New Discovery by the Sha
kerS.

For more than a hundred years the
Mount Lebanon Shakers have studied
the cultivation of medicinal plants and
sought to extract from them their heal
ing essences. Their labor has not been
spent in vain. They have made dis
covery that will be a blessing to man
kind. 1t consists of a cordial that
causes immediate relief in case of in
digestion. The importance of this dis
covery will be apparent when we real
ize that nearly nine-tenths of our suf-
ferings are caused by indigestion or
dyspepsia. Nearly evry person you
meet has this digestive trouble in some
of it's varied forms-sick headache, dis
tress after eating, pain and fullness
after eating, palpitation of the heart
etc, are but symptoms of indigestion.
To relieve these suffeIings has been
the study of the Shakers, and they
have succeeded. The reason the Shaker
Digestive Cordial has such an immedi-
ate and salutary effect is that it causes
the food eaten to be digested, for it is
undigested food that causes the dis
tress. The Cordial causes the food to
be digested before it has had time to
ferment and sour on the stomach.
When the food is digested it gives
strength and vigor to the feeble body
makes one feel bright and cheerful,
and makes one gain in flesh.
The Digestive Cordial is so prompt
in it's action that the very first dose
will have a perceptibly favorable re-
suit. 1t gives immediate relief.
Every druggist has ben sent supply
OF our handsome Donkey Puzzle Books,
and a copy may be had for the asking
Fl tells all about the cordial as well as
Laxol, the new castor oil.
Try a twenty-five cent bottle of Di-
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for you.
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Just now everybody is beginning to
take a spring medicine. And it is a good
thing to do, provided you take Simmons
Liver Regulator-the best spring med
icine. It's a sluggish liver that clogs
the system and makes bad blood. A
dose day will make new man out OF
you, and a new woman too. Look for
the red u on the package. 1t is Simmons
Liver Regulator you want.
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These prices OF silver are taken
from page 240 of the annual report of
the Director of the Mint for 1895.
The prices of wheat, about which
there is so much controversy, are from
a typewriter statement prepared by
the Department of Agriculture, which
statement I secured in person at the
department and now have in my pos
session. 1t is identicaly the same as
the statistics in printed circlar No. 1,
published by the department July "A,
1896.
The prices of cotton are taken from
Bulletin No. 9, of the department, is
sued July Is, 1895.
In other words, they are official
and governmental. Second, they were
prepared by officials of an administra-
ton which, as every body knows, is not
discriminating in favor of free silver.
Third, the wheat statistic were taken
from the department of the govern
ment which secures the original sta
tistics on agricultural subjects from
which other branches of the govern
ment and authors of statistical al
MANAGES are supposed to copy. Fourth,
the burden of proof is on those who
publish different figures to state their
authorities and prove their accuracy"
Senator Marion Butler, chairman of
the Populist National committee, has
sent out .telegraphic notifications for
a meeting of the National Executive
committee at 10: 80 a. m. Tuesday next,
at the Sherman House, Chicago. 1t is
understood that matters of impor-
tance relating to the campaign will be
considered at the meeting, but Mr..
- .4aAo he MI
pose of the gathering. Chicago is
chosen as the meeting place, because
number of the members of the Exc
cutive committee are campaigning in
the West, and, moreover, the chairman
says he desires to hold the meeting
at point which he regards as the
storm center of the political contest.
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TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
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How to Cure Yourself While
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Hamp was satisfied that he had estab-
lished the line. By that time there was
q regular procession OF bees coming and
going. Leaving the box where it was,
we struck ont after Hamp. He was go
ing for the tree where the bees were de-
posting that honey of his. Across the
clearing it was easy enough to trace the
busy workers, but when we got into the
woods it was different. and we would
have soon wandered from the trail, but
Hamp walked forward as steadily as IT
there had been guideboard on every
tree. More than half the time we could
not catch sight Of bee, but it was only
after we had tramped for half an hour
that Hamp told us TO watch the trees
1t looked like searching in haystack
for needle, but finally Hamp held up
his hand and stopped. Hear thatp' he
said. We've struck it, guess
We did not hear thing but the
oreeze singing in the tree tops, but
Hamp evidently did. for he soon point
ed out big old maple with buried
trunk. half way up was a knothole
about as big as an apple. Flying in and
out we could see the bees
Guess I'll just put my trademark
on this tree" said Hamp as he opened
his jackknife and proceeded to carve his
initials in the bark, "and termorrer
we'll come back and see how she pans
out. -
As we left the woods Hamp made a
mental map of the trees surroundings.
We were tired enough that night and
glad to hear that we were to ride part
of the way next day. A very different
outfit Hamp carried on the morrow. He
had an AK, some sulphur and a couple
of big milk cans. We rode as near the
edge of the woods as possible and then
carried our apparatus to the foot OF the
bee tree. First Hamp chopped hole i'll
the foot of the trunk and burned sui
phur in the hollow. This killed the
bees, and after that it was an easy job,
comparatively, TO chop the old maple
down, split it open and take out the
honey. There were about 10 pounds OF
pure wild honey in the tree.
"Pooty fair. poorly fairl" commented
Hamp as he looked at the amber colored
mass of ambrosial sweetness. "But I've
got as high as $50 pounds at one lick
before now. /"
But Hamp was probably trying to
cool the enthusiasm TO which we gave
free reign as we made an impromptu
feast on the proceeds Of the ind there
In the heart Of the woods.
SEwEIL FoRp.
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lifting the edge Of the bat. told us that
the bee had found the honey at the bot
tom Of the box and was busily loading
up his saddlebags.
That fellow in the box said
Hamp, using a dialect that cannot be
reproduced, thinks he's struck regu-
lar picnic. And SO he has. He'll get
more sweet stuff in five minutes than he
could collect from flowers i'll an hour.
He's SO tickled over his find by this
time that he has clean forgot all about
the way be got in there. Now, we'll
just leave him in there until he gets all
be can carry, and then we'll let him
go.
At the end Of about five minutes
Haap showed back the glass cover and
allowed the bee free exit. Soon after
that the little fellow left off boring and
winged his way ont. First he took few
circles around the box
He's locating that stump SO he'll
know right where it is when he comes
back, and he's getting his bearings at
the same time. Oh, you bet, he'll be
back fast enough--just as soon as he
has unloaded Now he's OFF,
All this time Hamp was standing in
an alert attitude, his hand to his eyes,
watching the bees every movement.
Mr.. Bee had taken straight course,
regular bee line, for the adjacent woods.
When Hamp had watched him out Of
sight, he looked around until he had
firmly fixed the direction the bee had
taken. Then he sat down on log and
lighted his pipe.
Eyes, that feller has gone straight to
his nest 1t may be 100 rods away, and
it may be mile or two Follow him?
No use in that yet. You would lose
sight of him before you got out of the
clearing. can tell when he gets back
about how far he's been by the time it
takes him to make the trip. Do you
know what he'll do? Well. he'll tell an
other worker about this private snap Of
his, and that fellow will spread the
news.
After quarters Of an hour of
patient waiting, during which time
Hamp had RECALLED us with wonderful
tales about caves filled with tons of
honey which he had heard about, but
which he had never seen, he quietly re-
marked:
"Her0 he is, back again. And he's
brought his mate along too. !"
Sure enough, when we looked into
the box. two bees were at work. They
loaded mp and then started off in the
same direction as the first bee had taken.
After another long wait bee showed
up again, and he was followed by three
more. The news had spread. 1t was
slow work, though, waiting for them
to make their round trips. Talk about
q fishorman's patience, q successful bee
hunter needs TO have all Of Jobs chief
virtue.
1t was o'clock in the afternoon, and
we had emptied the lunch basket before
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CUMBERLAND VALLEY r. r.
" -O-
In Effect MAY II, 1896.
DOWN TRAINS.

No. 4. Mail leaves Winchester 10 a.
M, Martinsburg 2 55 Hagerstown 40
Chambersburg 80, Carlisle 10 30,arrive
at Harrisburg II 10. Phila. 8 90, BALTIC.
8 10, N. Y. SO, p m.
No. s. Leaves Winchester 2 80, Mar
tinsburg % Hagerstown at 10 p.
M, Chamber sburg 05, Carlisle6 Id, ar.
Harrisburg Z 90, Phil. II Is. BALTIC. 10 40,
N. Y. 3 SO.
No. 10-9S. Mixed, leaves Winchester
5 90. p. M, Martinshurg 90. Hagers-
town 9 10. Harrisburg IL 45, Phila A 80,
BALTIC 6 20, New York Z 49,
Through coach from Hagerstown to
Philadelphia on train No. a.
u Through coach from Philadelphia to
Hagerstown on trains Nos. and 9.
Additional trains between Carlisle,
Harrisburg and Mechanicsburg.
No will run as mixed train from
Hagerstown to Winchester.
UP TRAINS.
No. 1. Leaves Harrisburg 5 90 a. M,
arrives at Hagerstown 80, Martins
burg 90, Winchester 0 90.
No. 8. Leaves Harrisburg 55 a. m.
arrive Hagerstown 10 80, Martinsburg
12 90, Winchester / 45 p. m.
No. 5. Leaves Harrisburg at II as p:
m. ar. Hagerstown 25.
No. Z, Leaves Harrisburg 45 p. m.
ar. atHagerstown 625, Martinsburg z 08,
Winchester at z So.
J. F. BOYD, Supt.
w. A. GUARD, Agent.
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sons who were SO ignorant that they
couldn't tell a bee line from clothes
line? OF course it was.
"Wild honeyl Why" said one of his
neighbors, II believe Old Hamp can
smell it miles away, and what he don't
know about bees amt with KNOWN no.
how"
But Old Hamp was more modest. He
firmly denied that he could smell honey
at distance of more than dozen feet,
and no said that he learned something
new about bees every time he went on
hunt
His preparations seemed extremely
simple. First, he saw that good sub
stantial lunch was put in a basket.
Then he ascertained that we had plenty
of tobacco, both ''smokin an eatin,"
also a good supply of matches. These
arrangements being made to his salts
faction, he took down his bee box. This
was queer looking affair and looked
more like a homemade kodak camera
than anything else. 1t was about six
inches deep, and perhaps ten inches
long. Tho top cover was of glass, ar
ranged so that it would slide. In the
bottom Of the box Hamp put good
sized piece of honey in the comb.
We followed him out into the brac-
ing autumn morning. After walk
of half IA hour We turned from
the main highway into little used
thoroughfare. Then we crawled through
pair of bars and struck straight across
a pasture. This proved to be short cut
to a woods which led us to clearing
where the stumps were SO thick that
travelling was difficult.
This is bout as likely place as
knows on, remarked Hamp.
To my mind it was about as unlikely
a place as he could have fou1d, but /
did not say 60 The clearing had evil
IDENTIFY been burned over the fall before,
and from the rich soil had sprung up a
wonderful growth of weeds. There were
great billowy stretches of yellow golden
rod blazing in the forenoon sun with
oriental splendor; splotches of purple
where stood clumps of bull thistle in
defiant ranks; tangles of wild asters,
milkweed, vervain and other Towering
growths that mono but IN expert bota.
mist could name.
Nov fer the bees said Hamp.
Sliding back the glass cover from his
bee box, he waded carefully among the
nodding blooms, bending a searching
glance on each. To the great laundering
Dumblebees he paid no attention. 1t
was honey bees he was after. Finally,
after few moments search, he found
one Of the little black workers busily
exploring the concealed sweets of tassel
of goldenrod. Breaking off little
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wv ESTERN MARYLAND RAILROAD
Schedule of DECEMBER 10, 1896.

Trains leave Cherry Run 6 02 and 1000
a. M, Williamsport "a and 10 81, arrive
at Hagerstown 6 55 and 10 45. Leave
Hsgerstown 02 a. m. and 00and is
p. M. ar at Highfield7 so and 2 SO. arrive at
Baltimore at 10 81 a. m. and SO, Ut
p. m. connecting for Washington, Phil
adelphIa and New York.
Leave Baltimore 80. s la m. and 408
p. M, arrive at Hagerstown at 80 a. M,
10 10 and 90 p M, and at Cherry Run
at 8 As a. M, 2 25 and 90 p. m. Con-
meet on B. & o. East and West; con-
meet at Highfield for Gettysburg and
Hanover and over the main line for
Emmittsburg, Westminster and all
stations.
B. & o. passenger trains leave Cherry
Run for Cumberland and intermediate
points, No. ID, daily at 81 a. m. For
Piedmont and intermediate, No. II,
daily except Sunday, at 90 p. M, and
Chicago Express, No. 7, daily at 10 4S
p. m.
Leave Bruceville for Frederick ct 8 SO
and Q 4Oa m. and 10 30 pm. Leave Bruce
vile for Taneytown, Littlestown. York.
Wrightsville and Columbia at o A a. m,
and 40 p. m.
Sundays only.-Leave Baltimore for
Union Bridge and intermediate stations
9 so a. m. and Q SIS D. m, and leave
Union Bridge for Baltimore and inter
mediate stations ut 4 05 p. m.
in. HOOD. Pres.
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DEPARTURES.

AT THE POST-OFtlCE AT MAhIINSbOhd
W. VA.
DEPARTURES.
Mail close az l0:40 a. IN. for Hagers
town, and all points east.
1T geo a. m. and and p. m, foI
Washington, Baltimore. Philadelphia
New ork and all points East and South
At 8 SO p. m. for all points East.
At 90 p m. for Pittsburg and all 10
cal and through points West.
At D. m. for Hancock, Berkeley
Springs. Cumberland, and principal 10
cal stations on the main stem of the B
& 0. and all through points West.
AT IS p. m. for Pittsburg and al
places West.
At745 a. m. and 40 p. m. for Hag
erstow n Baltimore and all inter me iiatt
stations on G. V. r. r
al a. NJ and OPP. m. for Win
chester and intermediate stations on the
C. v. r. X.
ARRIVALS.
Mails arrive by 7 a. m. from all through
points East, West, and South.
AT s % a. N. from New York, Phila
delphia. Baltimore, Washington, anC
local points on old line of B. &. o. r. r
At % and 40 p. m. from all point
East and South.
All $50 a. m. from St.Louis, Cincinnati
and intermediate points.
At 7 30 p m. from Chicago, Wheeling
Pitteburg, and intermediate points.
At 8 IS am. and 90 p. m. from Win
chester and intermediate stations on tn
CIV. r. r.
At / 80 a. m. and z ~ p. m. from
Harrisburg, Hagerstown, and interme
Aiate stations on the G. V. r. Z.
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A DAY WITH A BEE LINER
On a Hunt For Wild Honey With
Old Hamp.
HOW HE RoBs THE BUSY BEE.

Some Secrets of tho Art as DiyuIged by a
Veteran Honey Hunter-Lots of Patience
and Much knowledge of woodcraft Re-
qGircd.
Yes" said OLD Hamp, II cal'late
ter do leetle bee linin termorrer, an l
don't know as there's anything ter stop
yer comm along if yer want ter. :"
This was not very cordial invita-
ton, but no one expected cordiality
from Old Hamp. Was not he genius,
and was it not enough for genius to
say that he had no objection to having
for companions ordinary, everyday per.
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twig Hamp gently brushed Mr.. Bee
into his box and shut the glass cover.
Then he made his way to a stump, set
the box on it and carefully covered it
with his felt hat.
Then Hamp condescended TO explain.
He told us that Mr.. Bee was a short
tempered customer, and that he resented
any interference with his work. just at
that moment he was as mad as he could
possibly be. In fact, we could hear him
buEGing around at great rate inside
the box trying to find way out. and
doubtless ying all sorts of things that
strained bis bee vocabulary to the Mt
most Hanp said that the bees anger
would cool quicker in the dark than in
the light And it did cool in few
minutes. SsR soon Hamp. after carefully
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