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PUBLIC OPINION.

That the cOlOred republicans of Ohio
are not satisfied with the treatment
they have received at the hands Of the
administration n party leaders is an
old story and a true one. They are
in particular sour on Senator Hanna,
and the senator is represented as being
willing to promise anything they want
to sweeten them. But they demand
something more Observation-Disclosures
Plaindealer.
MI. Nelson Dingley very coOlly in
forms the country through The New
York World that his celebrated tariff
act may reasonably be expected to pro-
duce a deficit in the governments rev.
enue Of something like $50, 600, 900 before
it a be expected to max it's benign
influence felt. Between Mr.. Reeds
Estate of mind as a panacea for finan-
cial evils, and Mr.. Dingley's deficit-pro-
ducing tariff act, the country has some
rare prospects before it.-Atlanta Con-
stitution.
What a pity it is that presidents
n governors, who are so anxious to
subordinate the civil to the military
power, and to shoot down peaceful cit
liens ~(including women and children
under pretext of due enforcement OF
the laws, annOt see. other occasions
LOT exercising tnelr nlSn lunctloHS duC
prerogatives, and in a peaceful man
ner, too! It is 1.-The due execution OF
the laws, in the ordinary course OF
proceeding" that calls loudly and in.
c~essantly for their intervention; but
they are deaf and needless. It is only
an extraordinary occasion that can at.
tract their attention and arouse thei1
sense Of duty. And yet, from the petty
constables of a district, to supreme
judges, encouragement and gov
ernors, one perform their own swcr1
and special duties, in support ant
maintenance of the constitution AND
laws of the state and Of the United
States.-NOrfOlk Pilot.
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wants to control cotton just a the
Standard OH Company does oil.
The art building Is very far superior
in contents - well as exterior design
to that at Atlanta In fact 1t contains
by far b best collection of pictures.
expeditions save the never to be for
gotten one at Chicago.
The auditorium Is Well filled at the
musical performances. ConternO's band
is now playing and its spectacular
Battles of our Nation" makes the
crowds enthusiastic. But Victor Her
bert, who succeeds Pat. Gilmore as
the leader of the world-famous TWEEN
ty-second regiment band, a given the
Nashville people such usic as they
can never forget He Is the popular
idol there.
Several Of the great railways make
notable shows. in buildings and on the
grounds. Mr.. Frank Green, 50 well
known as a manager. Is in charge of
the Southern's exhibition. The nam
moth car Of the Seaboard Air Line il
very conspicuous.
What was the Midway" at Chicago
and Atlanta is at Nashville Vanity
Fair" It is not SO good as that at At
lanta, and the arrangement is faulty.
The Streets Of Cairo" is of course
very much IL evidence, with the well
known camels, Holy Smoke, Holy
Moses, Queen Victoria, Mary Anderson
and Lillian Russell. The Ferris wheel
is replaced by the Giant See Saw. One
can Shoot the Chutes" for a quarter
and great fun it is.
The attendance at the exposition Is
not large. Money will not be made
there. That is quite clear. The ex-
cessive heat and the yellow fever scare
initiate against it.
On the return from Nashville Thurs
day afternoon, a sanitary officer from
Chattanooga boarded the train at
Wauhatchie and locked the door,. This
began to look like a medical inspection
vas imminent. But at Chattanooga
this medical gentleman unlocked the
doors of the cars and called out "All
right, walk out" Further down south
there is a shot gun quarantine. A rail-
way official told me that at a water
tank in Mississippi a woman put her
head out Of a a window. Instantly
there was protruded out of the dark
ness the muzZle of a gun and the Jay"
who was at the other end OF the piece
shouted, Lady, take in your head
quick" Il WON'T" said she; I've a
right to put my head out of the win
dow" He replied: IF you don't take
in your head and let down that window
there'u be a new face in heaven in less
than a minute" At this continuation
Of complaint and threat she closed the
window. F. A. OLDS.
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Reprocify with British Colonies

Washington, September 27.-Sir Ju-
liam Paunceforte, the British ambassa-
dor, is expected to return here from
his London trip about October 10Th,
notwithstanding reports that he would
not be back in time for the Behring
sea conference. The staff of the Brit
ish embassy, now at Manchester-by-
according to present plans. the entire
British representation will be here
when the sea- conference is held. With
the return Of Sir Julian, it is believed
that steps will be taken by the British
authorities to negotiate reciprocity
treaties, under the new tariff law, be-
tween the United States and British
American colonies. Word reaches here
that Sir Augustus Hemming, governor
general of British Guiana, has urged
the authorities at London to effect re-
ciprocfty arrangements with the United
States, and, in support of this, the leg
islature Of the colony adopted the fol-
lowing resolution:
That his excellency, the governor
general, be respectfully requested to
cause inquiries to be made in connec-
ton with the reciprocity claus in the
new tariff bill Of the United States. as
to the expediency of entering into any
arrangements which VIII assure the
admission of b sugar product Of the
colony on the most favorable terms."
1t is urged in support Of this resolu-
ton hat the sugar industry Of the col
ony was dependent on the CnI,ed
States market, which takes Il pei
emit of the entire product. Sir Cav
endish Boyle, the colonia secretary
said this evening that this view had
been presented to the colonial minister
Joseph Chamberlain, and 1T was ex'
pected thai the British minister a.
Washington would be asked to look af
ter the interest of the British colonie:
in this particular. A r~eciprocit,
treaty would permit a reduction OF dut,
on the sugar of Guiana Of about 3
cents on 100 pounds. Under the Brit
ish colonial system. all treaties in be
half of the colonies must be made b,
the imperial government. It Is be
| lieved that if reciprocity negotiation
are begun in behalf OF British Guian'
I and other southern colonies it will lea.
to similar negotiations for Canada
where the lioeral ministry is favorabl
&c reciprocity.
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c. F. & 7. Y.
CoDe feQT 0ld Y0d6l VQI|ev R0I|TQv

Schedule In Effect May 3oth, 1897.
TRAINS LEAVE WILMINGTON.
DAILY. Arrives Fayetteville 3:ss D. m.
l1:ls p m Sanford 5:oz p. m. Ore I'M 5:N
p. M. Greensboro TBS p. m,
Walnut Grove sos p. m, Mt.
Airy HOO E; m: Connects with
boro. Arriving Salisbury $50 D.
m. Ashevtlle l2:12 q. m. Knox
VILE 400 a. m, Chattanooga
7:40 q. m, Nashville 1:35 p. m,
Charlotte 1000 D.. m, Atlanta
6:10 a m. Danville l2:00 night,
Lynchburg 1:5S q. m, Char
l~ottesvtlle SIS q. m, Washing
ton go q. m, Baltimore 500 q.
m. Philadelphia 1918 g. M, New
York I2:E3 p. m.
TRAINS ARRIVE WILMINGTON.
DAILY. From New York. Philadelphia,
4:30 p m. Baltimore, Washington. Char
l~ottesville, Lynchbu::. Danville.
Mt. Airy, Walnut Cove. Green's
boro. Nashville. Chattanooga.
Knoxville, Asheville. Salisbury.
Atlanta. Charlotte and all points
North, South and West.
LOCAL FREIGHT TRAIN No. 8.
Leave Wilmington 2:55 p. m. arrives
Fayetteville 9:15 p. m. Passenger Coach
attached to this train.
J.. w. FRY, w. E. KYLE.
Gent Manager. Genl Pass. Agent.
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Schedule in Effect May 80, 1897.
TO Al POINTS.

Schedule In Effect May 80. 1897.
Train A.-Leaves Wilmington $40 p. m.
arrives Lumberton SOS p. m, Pembroke
5:46 p. M. Maxton 6:12 p. m, Laurinburg
6:23 p. NJ. Hamlet s:53 p m. Connects at
Hamlet with train Il for Charlotte and
mouth. Richmond, Washington and points
North.
Train H.-Leaves Portsmouth $40 a. M.
arrives Weldon 11:l q. m, Raleigh $3.50 p.
Rockingham 1883 p. M, wadesboro s:11 p.
m, Monroe 9:12 p. m. Charlotte 1925 p.
m, Athens 3:45 q. M and Atlanta $40 a.
m. Connection at Weldon with train from
man sleeper, Portsmouth to Nashville.
Tenn.
Train 4o3.-Leaves Washington 4:lo p. m.
Richmond 1856 p. M, Portsmouth S:45 p.
2:N a. m, Sanford 3:35 a. m. Hamlet $40
a. m. Rockingham 5:23 a.. m, Wadesboro
5:54 a. m. Monroe 6:43 a. m, Charlotte 1850
a. m, Lincolnton 1920 q. m. Shelby ILLS
1:15 p. M, Atlanta $3.50 p. m. Connections
at Atlanta for all points South and West.
Pullman Sleeper, Washington to Atlanta,
and Portsmouth to Chester.
Train 3S.-Leaves Hamlet 500 a. m. Ar
rives Laurinburg 8:46 a. m. Maxton 9:05
a. m, Pembroke s:3l a M. Lumberton
9:53 a. m, Wilmington I2:6 loon. Con-
meets at Hamlet with trains from Wash
AosSs ~
lanta.
Train 402.-Leaves Atlanta 100 p. m. Ar
rives Athens 3:16 p. M, Monroe $50 p. m.
/ Leaves Rutherfordton ABS p. m, arrives
Shelby 5:55 p. m, Lincolnton 6:56 p. m.
Charlotte S:1S p. m., Monroe $40 p. m.
Wadesboro 1851 p. m, Rockingham L:o5
p. M, Hamlet 11:20 p. m, Sanford 1:02 q
NJ, Raleigh Zig q. m, Weldon 4:55 a m.
Portsmouth 7:25 q. m, Richmond 8:18 q.
m, Washington 1881 moo Pullman
Sleepers, Atlanta to Washington and
Chester to Portsmouth.
Train 18.-Leaves Hamlet 7:15 p. m, ar.
rives Gibson $40 p. m. Returning, leaves
Gibson TOO a. M, arrives Hamlet 7:50 q. m
Train 17.-Leaves Hamlet $40 a. m, ar.
rives Cheraw 1000 q. m. Returning, leaves
Cheraw 500 p. M, arrives Hamlet Ga
p. m.
All trains daily except Nos. II and Is.
Trains make immediate connections a,
Atlanta for Montgomery. Mobile. New Or.
leans. Texas, California, Mexico, Chatta,
nooga, Nashville. Memphis. Macon
Florida.
! For Tickets. sleepers, ETC.. apply to
THOS. D. MEARES,
! Cent Agent, Wilmington, N. c.
E. ST. JOHN.
: Vice President and GenI Manager.
II. W. B. GLOVER, Traffic Manager.
". e. McBEE, Gen'1 Superintendent.
tt. ANDERSON, Gen'l Pass. Agent.
General Offices. PortsmcNth. Va
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The Emperor to Bismark

London, September 27.-The Ham
burger Nachrichten today says that
Emperor William t~elegraphed his con-
gratulations to Prince Bismarck upon
the occasion Of the launching OF the
new German cruiser Fuerst Bismarck,
at Kiel, on Saturday last.
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FROM THE SOUTH.

DAILY No. H.-Passenger-Leave Tan.
12:15 p. n. pa 500 q. m. Sanford 1:60 p. m,
Jacksonville 6:35 p. M. Savan.
nah 1880 night. Charleston 6:o
a. m, Columbia $50 a. m. At
lanta $40 a m, Macon 80 Q.
m. Augusta sos p. m, Denmark
ass p. m, Sumter 6:6 q. m,
Florence S:55 a. m. Marion On
Q. M. C~hadbourn 1913 o n.
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WON View York for Wflmington.
s. s. CROATAN...-.-Saturday. October 2
s. S. Saturday, October 9.
Prom Wilmington fev View Yorh
S. s. CROATAN.. Wednesday (am) Sept. 9.
S. s. Monday, October 4.
FROM wss~ss~9ton for G~evx~t>-n.
s. s. Tuesday. October s.
Through bills Of lading and lowest
through rates guaranteed to and from
points in North and South Carolina.
For Freight or Passage apply to
n. G. SMALLBONES,
Superintendent.
THEO. G. EGER, Traffic Manager.
5 Bowling Green, n. Y.
VIM. p. CLYDE & CO., General Agents.
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mt on the latter the NlSltOE
short climb reach Lookout
gest hotel on a mountain in
tates. The latter company
hole top of the mountain.
vn down the stairway by
from Point Lookout used
can divide with Pitts
pf the Smoky City" The
IL with smoke that the
S if it had curdled. Chat
of the most self-con-
satisfied places on the
Wing of rivalry toward
e and Nashville is re-
of talk about yellow
kout mountain a res
said to me: I'm 1875
gates to the yellow
ey poured in. AS a
(eople died of that
yer repeat what we
avor Of a shot gun
on Lookout noun
few sick went UP
be neither thrived
1t height. No Won
hotel is filled with
coast, particular
made it their reg
Nashville, stands
le, but the cover
er than at Nash
test place in Ten
is dug up and
government built
tanooga it simply
nd got limestone
very handosme
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DR.. MILES MEDICAL CO.. Elkhart. Ind.
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National Traveler.)

(National Traveler.)
The hotel bus from the midnight train
Brought only one passenger through the
rain
A travelling man. tired. weary and sad.
For he had toi,ed all day. and trade was
bad
Not a single order was on his book.
The disgust he felt was on his look:
With a careless hand he wrote his name
On a page OF the ook unknown to fame.
The drowsy clerk the signature scanned.
Then a letter placed In the drummer's
hand:
See how he starts. while a smile OF deligh,
Comes DER his face at the welcome sight
Thus clouds OF despair will ever appear
To the travelling man., sometimes in the
year,
Are often dispeiled in such simple means
As one friendly letter. How queer IL
seems.
So wives. s~weethearts. brother and
chums.
If you know where VEN be when Sun
day comes,
Write to us there, IL your time will
permit.
Draw on us at sight, and We will remit
Our Thanks.
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bless Dr..
Dr.. Miles Remedies
are sold by all drug
gists under a positive
guarantee, first bottle
benefits or o re-
funded. Book ON dis
eases Of the heart and
nerves free. Address,
DIR. MILES
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RS. MARY LEWIS, wife Of a promf-
I nent farmer. and we'll known by all
~ old residents near Belmont, N. Y.
writes: "For twenty-seven years 1 had been
a constant sufferer from nervous prostra-
ton, and paid large sums of money for doc
tors and advertised remedies without bene-
ft. Three years ago my condition was
alarming; the least noise would startle and
unnerve me. / was unable to sleep, had a
number OF sinking spells and slowly grew
worse. I began using DR.. Miles Restorative
Nervine and Nerve and Liver Pills. At first
the medicine seemed to have no effect. but
after taking a few bottles / began to notice
achange; I rested better at night. my appe-
tite began to improve and I rapidly grew
better, until O I am as nearly restored
to health as one OF my age may expect God
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-04-28
A Big Poultry Farm.

According to Farm Poultry, Isaac
Wilbur, of Little Compton, r. l., has
the largest poultry farm in the world,
and ships 10000 to 100000 dozen eggs
a year. He keeps his fowls on the
colony plan, placing about forty in a
house eight by ten or twelve feet in
size. These houses are set in long
rows, about $50 feet apart, over the
gently sloping fields; there are about
100 in all. They are cheaply built Of
unmatched lumber, without shingles
on roof or building paper on walls.
Some have the double pitched roof,
others the sloping shed roof. They
cost perhaps $40 apiece. The morn
ing feed is mash of cooked vegeta-
bles and mixed meals, made up the
afternoon of the day before. The af-
ternoon feed is whole corn the year
round. The food is loaded into a low
wagon, which is driven to each house
in turn, the attendant feeding as he
goes. At the afternoon feeding the
eggs are collected.
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Producing Prolific Layers.

Experiments have been made to see
if the number of rows of corn on a
cob could not be increased with sue
cess. The same method which was
pursued with corn is applicable to
poultry breeding. For example, one
starts with fowls which lay 100 eggs
each in a year. Among their descend
ants are some which lay $50 eggs per
year, and these are selected for breed
ing. From these some are produced
which lay IT'S eggs per year, and from
hen is produced.
The problem is not quite as simple
with fowls as with corn, for it is nee
essary to breed the males, as well as
the females, year after year, from
prolific layers, in order to succeed.
If one looks after the breeding of the
females only, he may introduce on
the male side blood which is lacking
in prolifcacy, and thus check every
attempt at progress. 1t becomes nee
essary, therefore, to breed the males
from hens which are varying in the
desired direction, and which show a
cumulated variability in that direc-
ton.
1t is just as essential that the male
should be from hen which laid IT'S
eggs and whose mother laid $50 eggs,
if the 2O0-egg bird is to be produced
Improvers of laying fowls are too
apt to forget this and introduce males
with little regard to their breeding,
and then wonder why the prolifcacy
of the flock does not increase.-Ex
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prevented but does not destroy the
desire. Get soap box with a top and
compel the hen to go into the box for
a nest at the end, so as to compel her
to walk in. The box should be large
enough for her to go in and not
stand up comfortably. Fix the nest
ten inches from the floor, or so that
she cannot stand on the floor and eat
the egg in the box. If she cannot
stand in the box she will not attempt
to eat the egg when on the nest.-Ex.
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Preventing Egg Eating.

At this season of the year some of
the hens will be guilty of eating their
eggs, and it is one of the most annoy
ing vices that can exist in flock.
1t is a habit that is acquired, one hen
becoming addicted to it and teaching
the others. Hens will never eat their
eggs, however, unless induced to do
so from some cause. If fresh shells
of eggs are given them, or an egg be-
comes broken, they learn that they
have a source of food and take adj
vantage of their opportunity, The vice
cannot be cured. That is, if the hens
once begin to eat eggs they will al
ways do so if they can. The best rem
edy, however, is to get rid of them
and begin with a new flock. By ar
ranging the nests egg-eating may be
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from her nest, place her under your
arm and carry her quietly to the new
nesting place. Give her a thorough
busting with Death to Lice and
place her on the eggs. If your hen is
an old, reliable sitter, little watch
ing for day or two will probably be
all that is necessary; if she is not, it
might be well to keep her confined to
the nest for a few days, letting her
off every day just before dark for a
bite to eat and sup of water. But
as soon as she has learned her new
nesting place it is better to allow her
liberty to GO and come at her own
pleasure, and keep food and water by
her at all times so that she may help
herself whenever she wishes.
1t is always best to set two Or more
hens at the same time, because by
testing out the infertile eggs and
those that die because of weak germs
you can frequently give all the eggs
to one or two hens and reset the
others in a new series, and when they
hatch you can give all the chicks to
one or two hens and reset the other
one, or place her back in the laying
pen. However, do not give one hen
more than twenty chickens, if you
wish best results. Then again, you
can watch a half dozen hens just
about as we'll as you can one, for sit
ting hens must needs be watched, be-
cause you can never tell what they
may do, nor when they will do it.
Perhaps they will think they are
lonesome and will fly over the fence
to make visit to their old flock and
forget to come back, or, being in need
of exercise-as indeed they must be
they may get up and dance can-can
and break half the eggs, or if you
have several hens sitting near to-
gether one will get jealous and think
the other one has more eggs or a
more comfortable nest, and so per-
haps you may find two or three hens
piled into one nest and the other
nests taking an airing.
Because of these and many other
calamities that might happen, we al
ways take a peep at our sitting hens
at least three times a day, morning,
noon and night, and we always find
something that needs adjusting-J.
r. Lyman in Fruit Grower.
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The Sitting Hen.

y
every evening, and if you notice hen
on her nest, rout her out and place
her on the rOOst. This alone will
sometimes be sufficient to break her
up, but if she is really in earnest you
will find her there again the next
night. Now, what are you going to
do with her? If you wish to break
her up, put her in Jail at once. AL
most any hen is easily broken up if
placed in solitary confinement with
no nesting material, or, placed in a
yard with a vigorous young cockerel
OF her own breed, a few days will suf-
flee for change of mind, and in a
week or ten days she will be laying
again. On the other hand, if you hap
pen to overlook sitting hen for
three or four days, it will probably
save you considerable time and pa
thence to give her some eggs and graf
ify her natural instinct, for by this
time the incubating fever has become
firmly established, and with some
birds it will be almost impossible to
break them up.
If you wish to set her, the next
question to be decided is, where?
We used to think that the best place
for sitting hen was on the ground
But experience has taught us that il
matters little whether the nest is
made on top of the hay loft or in pit
underground, or under an orange
tree or where, providing the eggs are
fertile and from strong and vigOr-
GUS stock, and the sitting hen faith
fully performs her duty. For the past
two years we have had a few vacant
hen houses that we could use for sit
the floor, which is of boards and two
feet from the ground, and have had
satisfactory results. But wherever
you locate your nest be sure that it
is in a quiet, secluded spot, where she
may sit in peace and comfort, undis-
turbed by other hens, and also Sc
cure against 'possums, skunks and
other 'varmints," for there seems to
be nothing more palatable to our
friend, the skunk, than half-hatched
hen eggs.
Having selected the proper place
and fixed the nest to the best of your
ability, sprinkle it well with 'Death
to Lice" to guard against vermin. We
use for nesting material a small arm
full of dry ST. Lucie grass clipped
from the edge of the lawn. Now, if
you know your hen to be a reliable
sitter, you may put the thoroughbred
eggs in the nest; but if you don't
know your hen, it might be better to
place few unfertile eggs in the nest,
to console biddy for few days, I'M
til you can see what she is going to
do; for some hens will stand or sit
standing after they have been re-
moved from their old accustomed
nest. And again, if you don't know
your hen, it might be we'll to let her
sit few days on her old nest before
moving her.
The best time to move sitting hen
is just after dark. Take her quietly
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POULTRY DEP ARTMENT.

Address all communica tions to Poultry De-
partment Box 2OO DeLand, Fla.
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S1.oo per 100 pounds.-
E. O. Painter & Co.

& Inn an acre can only be made from one source
WIVV poultry Perhaps you may smile but try keeping
hens Told only in SOC yr Sample
free. Address Co.. Box 10 ParkesburgPa