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HE HAVE ON HAND AND FOR
] SALE. 500 bushels Corn. 900
hshels Black Spring Seed Oats. 300
hshels White Spring Seed Oats. TOO
ksheis Feed Oats. $50 barrels Flour.
|oight's High Grade. None better.)
tught cheap and we will sell cheap
cash. n. 3. JosEY.
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Rheumacide is not recommended Tor
the cure OF every i'll !; it does not cure
everything. But it is a certain cure
ior rheumatism, and Is a fine blood
purifier and laxatiye; try it.
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AtMorrisette's.

tThe "Tldal Wave" has arrived-Best
our on the market. Every barrel
I'd under positive guarantee. If not
tlsfactory money refunded in every
be. S-W. MoRRIsETTE.
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FJOSEY'S- BARGAINS.

large AND ATTRACTIVE LINE
of Percalas, Prints, Ginghams,
bucks. &c, for early Spring Wear.
'hst received. Call and see them.
n. 3. JOsEY.
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EXTRA EARLY SEED POTATOES ,
The earliest and best Irish Potatoes
bt Introduced here-l0 to Ii days
krlier than the bliss, at TAYLOR'S.
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RESH SUPPLY HEINZ'S SWEET
! Mixed and Sour Pickles, Sauces,
etchups and Baked Beans just re
Sived at TAYLOR'S.
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FOR FIFTY YEARS.

|Penny and Gedde's Butter has been
standard brand in North Carolina.
bst Northern Butter that can be had.
S. w. MoRRISETTE.
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where the membranes are clean and
healthy.
Mrs. Lou Davis, Fayetteville, Tenn,
tells in her letter how DR.. Hartman
great catarrh remedy, Pe-ru-ra, cured
her of La grippe and serious lung com
plication. She says:
"I was afflicted with a disease COM
monty known as lagrippe two years
ago; the doctors said I had consump-
ton. got one bottle OF Pe-ru-na ana
the second night my cough stopped
I took several bottles, and will say
that believe would be dead woman
now if it had not been for Pe-ru-na.
Mary NJ. Pruitt, Palpa, Mo-, says:
Pe-ru-ua Medzciue Co., CoIHnz6xs, y.
81 had la grippe for three successive
years; it seemed to get tighter holo
on me each year. It seemed was IN
the laws of death. What had helped
me before would not do me any good.
I saw an advertisement OF Pe-ru-na. L
nrocured two bottles and it cured me.
I have not felt any symptom since.
You may use this in any way you
please"
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t tHOfman's.

Dne car load of White Oak, Rust
bof and Black Oats just received.
sure and try us before you buy else
ere.
NE HAVE also just received AGAR
q OF Stocks Patent Flour which we
pght before the advance and we are
lng it at old prices.
NE HAVE Just received car load
Hay and expect Car load of Corn
week. We shall sell 1t at close
Ees Tor cash.
M. HOFFMAN & BRO.
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Money Found.

found roll OF moneJ on the street
this morning. Any ons who has lost
money and will describe it with tho
amount can get 1t by applying at THE
COMMONWEALTH office and "a, ing Tor
this advertisement.
Feb. l, '99. L. +. HILIIARD.
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lou SHOULD SEE OUR NEW
line of White Goods-Piques, Cords,
felts, Ducks, &c. this week.
N. B. JosEY.
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Ill VARIETIES SEED OATS AT
Reasonable Prices at TAYLOR'S.
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SPECIAL ASttJUNCEIENTS
Al RAYS New Grocery.

EGOOd Line OF Best Groceries, Con
etioneries and Fruits.
S. G.. RAY & Co.
#Penny and Gedde's Fancy Elgin
hitter, ard "TIDAL WAVE" FLOUR,
e Best on the Market.
"TidaI Waye" Flour is always fresh,
'ound in Norfolk by Norfolk Milling
b., and every barrel is guaranteed to
We satisfaction, or money refunded.
S. c.. RAY & Co.
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g EXILED FROM RUSSIA. g
~ Body of Russian Quakers Who Are Settling W
a in the Canadian Northwest to A9
& Escape Persecution. ~
8888@D8GB

A large body sturdy men and
women, e1iled from their native land
On account of Eheir religious opinions,
consisting Of 1000 of the 1900 Russian
Quakers, known as Doukhobors or
"Tolstoi's pets" who are settling in
tie Canadian Northwest, arrived at
st. John, N. B., o few days ago and
Immediately proceeded by rail to their
new home.
When the Doukhobors landed on
Canadian soil they were greeted by a
party of their representatives in
America, among them being the Rus
sian Prince Hilkoff./ Theit arrival
was made the occasion of q service
consisting of prayer and supplication
in which they gave thanks to God for
having brought them safely to land
Of freedom.
Prince Hilkoff said the French Gov
ernment had offered free transporta-
ton to the Doukhobors to settle in
French colony. The offer was de-
,lined, as the people preferred to set
TIC Ill auRlOsOdAOu oOulAlOuo, nACl0 Q
they would not be subject to conscrip-
lion.
The Universal Brotherhood Chris
5ians, as the Doukhobors q. e., "Spir-
it-Wrestlers") prefer to be called, have
suffered terrible persecution, especially
since June, 1895, and many of them
have died for their faith.
The Russian Government has ban
ished the men of these people by
scores to distant parts of Siberia. 1t
has used its arbitrary power to send
Cossacks>to attack and. fog large num-
bers of unarmed and unreaisting men
and women; to quarter .Cossacks on
villages where they outraged women;
to uproot administrations settlement Of
peaceful people; to oblige them to
abandon their cultivated lands; to re-
duce many of them to the verge of
starvation; to con1ne population.
accustomed to the cold climate of a
district lying 5000 feet above the sea-
level, in hot and unhealthys valleys,
where out Of 1000 people about 1000
perished within three years; to do
men to death by Aogging, underfeed-
ing, and physical violence in the
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Gridley Cheered by 1900 Men.

A letter received from John T. Nc
Cutcheon, the Chicago Records
correspondent with Dewey's feet in
the Philippines, contains the below
quoted paragraphs telling of the ova-
ton and good wishes Gridley received
when he started on the journey which
ended at the bourne whence no tray
eler returns:
"The ceremonies attending Grid
ley's departure were quite appropriate
and affecting. All the men on the
Olympia were drawn up in muster
just before he left the ship and boats
crew of officers rowed him over in the
captains gig to the Zafro, on which
he was to go to Hong Kong. The
band of the Olympia played 'Auld
Lang Syne' as he left, and then
switched to The Girl I Left Behind
Me- as he reached the Zafro, and last,
as the ship got under way, swung into
the strains of Home, Sweet Home.
Gas the Zafro passed between the
Baltimore and Boston, the crews were
lined up on both vessels and the Bal
timore's band caught UP the fading
notes of the Olympia's music and
played Home, Sweet Home until the
figure of the departing captain was
only white patch against the dark
shadows of the Zafro's awnings. AS
long as he was in earshot the cheers Of
the crews foated out to him and the
best wishes of 1900 men went with
him"
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A considerable majority of them re-
garded Peter Verigin as the new leader.
His conduct at this trying time ap-
pears to have been remarkable. He
refused advantageous offers made to
him, and set himself energetically to
work to revive the old faith and the
old custom of the Doukhobors. He
and they returned to vegetarianism
and total abstinence from intoxicants.
They left off smoking. They redivided
their property voluntarily, so as to do
away with the distinctions between
rich and poor, and they again began
to insist on the strict doctrine of nom
resistance. The Government felt that
Peter Verigin had better be removed,
especially as the conscription was then
being introduced into the Caucasus.
he was therefore, about twelve years
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and day had already dawned, when
two 'Gossack regiments arrived upon

and day had already dawned, when
two 'Gossack regiments arrived upon
the scene and were ordered to charge
the Doukhobors. The Cossacks charged
at them; but seeing crowd OF unarmed
and unresisting peasants, they in.
stinctively stopped when close upon
them, and only when the order to at.
tack had been repeated did they again
advance and begin to fog men and
women Unfortunately with their
whips. They struck right and left,
cutting the heads and faces of the
people; and when the lashes of their
whips were wearing out, orders were
given to attach fresh lashes to the
whips, and the fogging recommended.
Few stranger scenes are recorded in
history. Here were some thousands
of people bent on carrying out the die
tstes Of their religion, which was the
Christian religion professed by
their Government. And here were two
regiments of Cossacks cruelty Though
in some cases reluctantly beating men
and women, till clothes and ground
were stained with blood, and their
psalms were turned into cries fol
mercy and into groans of pain.
Why this was done nobody seems
to know. No one was triedf for it, and
no one was punished for it, nor has
any apology or explanation ever been
offered to the Doukhobors. The au.
thorities inst. Petersburg depend for
their information on the local authori.
ties who committed this blunder OF
perpetrated this crime. The news
papers have strict instructions not to
make any reference to such matters
and three friends of Leo Tolstoi's,
Vladimir Tchertkof, Paul Birnkoff,
and Ivan Tregonboff,; who went to st.
Petersburg with a carefully worded
statement of what had occurred, and
who wished to see the Emperor about
it, were banished, without trial and
without being allowed to make the
matter public.
Punishment fell not on those who
had done the wrong, but on those who
had suffered it INCREASINGLY. Cos
sacks were quartered on their village,
and there outraged women and stole
property. Four thousand people had
to abandon their homes, sell their we'll
cultivated lands at a few days. notice,
and be scattered in banishment to un'
healthy districts, where about 1000 Of
them perished in three years OF want
disease, or ill-treatment.
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'csnada's Famous Horsewoman.

Miss Elsie Jones, Of Brockyilles'
Canada, is noted as being the only
lady in Canada who ever personally
superintended the training of a horse
for racing. = ~
Miss Jones is magnificent horses
woman, member of the Montreal
Hunt Club and knows more OF q
horse's points ths9 most men. Over
three years ago Miss Jones came into
possession Of ayyoung thoroughbred
colt, sired by Wiekha am, dam Fanny
Carter. She thought the colt showed
promise and undertook to train it fof
racing. How we'll she succeeded is.
shown by the fact that when the coll
Wicker was>two years old he weighed.
$50 pounds and stood 1872, color o,
glossy, golden chestnut. When he
was eighteen months old he was put
in training, and ina months time he,
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whose banishment the Government
is considering, used his influence
with the Gear, with the result that the
persecution Of the Russian Quakers
ceases with their emigration to far
off land. Count Tolstoi is one of the
mightiest individual forces in Russia
to-day, and though he dresses in the
garb of peasant and lives upon his
farm engaged in the peaceful pursuit
of tilling the soil, the Russian Gov
ernment fears his power more than
that of any other man.
The Doukhobors believe in the pre-.
cepts, "Resist not him that's evil, but
Glove your enemies;" and they be-
lieve in overcoming evil with good.
They refuse to enter the Russian
army, believing that it is wrong to
prepare to kill meu. and the question.
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"penal battalions;" and finally, as an
act of mercy, the Russian Government
has consented that these ruined peo-
pie may leave their country, provided
that they go at their own expense,
that they never return, and that they
leave behind those of their number
who have been summoned for military
service.
The straneest fact in this drama of
Russian life is that it was mainly
through the influence of 'Russia's
greatest philosopher, Count Tolstoi,
that the Russian authorities permitted
these people to leave their native
land. This fearless man of peace,
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vines over the ONO River in Abyss

vines over the ONO River in Abys(
sinia. ~
In most parts of Africa bridges are
undreamed of; big rivers are crossed
by RATS and little ones forded. But
in the mountains Of Abyssinia the,
torrents that pour down to joiL tho
Nile are not SO lightly stemmed. Over;
one Of these the Abyssinians, who have
something like 8. settled country and
stable government, have thrown the
bridge. g.
Unlike the Brooklyn Bridge or the
Suspension Bridge of Niagara, these
Abyssinian engineers had no cables.
no scientific bands Of steel. Instead
they had only natures growth with
which to Withstand natures force
But ingenuity succeeded in the
absence of other resource.
II is built upon the suspension
plan, hung from big cables made ot
twisted creepers; from these depend
the uprights bearing the floor sup
ports. The roadway is very narrow,
for no one ever travels across't the hills
except with caravans Of porters hear
ing trade goods. - 5:,ai 4; J
The skill with which the. bridge is,
built is something marvellous. The
Bonvalot de Bonchsmps party set
out from Djiboutti, on the Red ses,
and travelled across the Somali desert
and the Abyssinian, hills to join
Marchand at Fashoda, which he
reached from the west coast. Thus
they, planned 10 throw strip Of
French soil right across the Dark;
Continent. It reached the head
waters of the Sobat and went boating
merrily down the river; but means
while the British gunboats reached
the junction of the Sobat with the
White Nile and the expedition is now
toiling back to Diibouti. The road
going out is q good deal longer than
it was going in. 81 80 81
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The Mechanical Houselnaid.

A machin called "the mechanics
housemaid" was patented few Year,
ago. The apparatus churns butter
washes and irons clothes, rocks tht
baby, and, in fact, performs almost all
the rest of the household tasks e1cep'
plain and fancy automatic sewing. Tht
patentee, in his specifications, de
scribes the operation Of the machine
at great length. "You place youi
baby in the cradle" he says, in effect
"your cream in the churn, your clothes
TO be washed in the receptacle provid'
ded therefor, etc." and the rest is the
merest turni ng of a magical crank.
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therefore, "What is to be done with
men who would rather die than kill?"
has made its way into practical politics.
Some 1900 Doukhobors are prepar-
ing to migrate to Canada, where free
land has been granted to them. Their
new home is where the Territories of
Assiniboia and Saskatchewan and the
Province of Manitoba meet. In Rus
sia, and also in England, money has
been collected to enable them to be-
gin to cultivate the land granted them
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in the country of their adoption, and
in the United States also, 'Tolstoi
Fund" has beon raised with the same
object. ~.
The man they look up to as their
leader is Peter Verigin. In his younger
days he is said not to have been as
steady as he should have been. Those
were days when the Doukhobors, hav-
ing been exiled by Nicholas I. to the
Caucasus, had settled on the lands al
lotted to them, bleak as those lands
we're. Conscription had not as yet
been introduced into the Caucasus to
trouble them, and they waxed fat, for
got to obey the precepts of their
fathers, smoked. drank strong drink,
ate meat, accumulated private prop
erty, discussed their religion as a
matter of intellectual interest, and
eased their consciences by being very
charitable" They founded ovid
ows' House." for the aged, the or
phans, or such as by any misfortune
were in want. Their Widows House"
accumulated capital of some $780,
900; and with 80 much property they
were dragged into the net of the law,
to have recourse to which was contrary
to their principles.
On the death of the woman who had
been regarded as their leader for many
years, and in whose hands the disposal
of these charity funds had. rested, the
courts of justice decided. that the
money should be regarded as the per-
sonal property of her heirs. This led
to o split among the Doukhobors, who
mum bered about 10000 at that time.
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ago, banished to Iaphnd. It. WAS q
TIoofSor of sCnolifino1 axpa6;aonv

ago., banished to Iapland. It. WAS q
ghatter of political expediency."
It is customary for the inhabitants
of the Caucasus to possess arms, but
the Doukhobora feel that 80 long as
you possess weapon it is difficult to abb
stain from using it when any one comes
to steal your horse or COW. So to re-
move temptation and to hold fast to
the rule "Resist not him that is evil,
they resolved to destroy all their arms.
This decision was carried out stimuli
taneously in the three districts they
inhabited, on the night of 2Sth Of
June, 1895. In the Kars district the
affair passed off quietly. In the gov
ernment or Elisavetpol the authorities
made it an excuse for arresting forty
Doukhobors, who were kept in confne-
ment more than two years. But it
was in the government of Tifis that
the most amazing results followed.
A large assembly Of Doukhobor men
and women attended the ceremony Of
burning the arms, and accompanied it
by singing psalms or hymns. The
bonfire was already burning down,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-02-08
A Talking TOy.

By pulling a string at the edge OF
a recently invented toy book certain
bellows and reeds concealed in the
binding are set in operation, when the
COWS moo, the cocks crow, the cuckoo
cucks, the small birds twitter, the
lambs and goats bleat, donkeys bray,
and the children depicted in the book
say "Papa and Mamma"
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worked one-quarter in 0.24, one-half

worked one-quarter in 0.24, one-half
in O.53t-no whip or spur used.
Miss Jones's splendid riding is, so
widely known that she was asked to
ride one of the horses exhibited at
the horse show by New York man.
She is slight, fue-looking girl, With
q pretty figure and clear, well-cut
features. Her admirable management
of her horse attracted much attention
at the horse show. She is the daugh'
ter of Mrs. E. NJ. Jones, who owns
one of the best herds of Jersey cattle
in Canada, and who in her youth was
one of the best horsewomen in the
country
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-02-08

1t is only in comparatively modern
times that buttons have been utilized
as fasteners. The Greeks and Romans
knew nothing of them, and, though
they presented themselves as orna-
ments in the fourteenth century, but
tonholes were still an undreamed-of
possibility.
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Kinp Corn's Palace.

The old world is to be given good
idea at the Paris Exhibition of what
American corn is. A corn palace will
be built showing a tremendous ear Of
corn rising tower fashion from its
front, and in this palace it is proposed
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-02-08

In contest between property own
ers over paving q street in Kansas
City, No., the paving advocates won o
majority of eight inches.
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Milwaukee had 257S manufacturing
establishments in 1898, employing
56, 297 persons and having an output
valued at Sal 1000, 600.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-02-08

The London police made 20,970 ar
rests in 1896, and only 1886 last
year.
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The latest available statistics (fo1
1s96) place our annual production o,
netroleum at 6O.960,361 barrels.
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to have corn kitchen and restaurant,
in which corn bread, corn pudding,
corn frjtters, corn dodgers, Johnny
cake, succotash and oil other forms
of this vegetable will be served.
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I sanyssln,Hs SUSPENSION BRIDGE. ]

A Remarkable Structure Made With
Cables and Braees; ofvines.
Many and strange were the things
seen by the French expedition BON,
valot de Bonchamps in Africa, but
nothing stranger than the bridge OF
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AMI sFZIX819a6EA8Gs3ResskA3EssS:
kYh HE FLOWER OF
HSNQZN GALA WATER.
81 a. EovH.sroRY.
2 BY AMELIA E. BARR!
~, Tccpyrsht. by yRosr,rB oxxrnss
AAfEovE#sToRY!.. Y.

BY AMELIA E. BARR

Tcopyrisht. by ROBERT BoxNrn's soKs) T..
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health is shattered, and a strong eff
! beaten by only two votes. Two Demo-
Gratis or silver Republicans voted for
him. The Republicans had a candidate
for speaker. but on most of the posi-
tons the members of that party voted
as they pleased. practically dividing
their support with the fusionsts and
the Populists.
A futile effort was made by the Popu-
lists to dispense with the chaplain. 1t
was an a. p a. move, and it met with
overwhelming defeat
The following is a list of the house
officers and attaches:
Speaker, David L. Evans of Oneida
.Oem.); chief clerk, James T. Keat of
Kootenai ISL. Rep); assistant chief
clerk, l.. r. Leads of Ada (Dem.): en-
rolling clerk, c. A. Brixen of Canyon
Oem.); assistant enrolling clerk. Miss
Mollie Sidebotham of Ada ISL. RepO :;
engrossing clerk, Miss Fay Leonard of
Blaine (Sil. RepO; assistant engrossing
clerk, Douglas Hicks of Bear Lake
Dem.); chaplain, Mrs. Rebecca Mitch
ell Of Bingham (Pro.); sergeant-at-
arms, Joseph Spracher of Fremont
Oem.); doorkeeper. George a. Man
ming of Nez Perez (Sil. Rep.): pages.
Syrl White and William Straight of
Boise; committee clerk, Miss Mary Crea
of Ada (Sil. Rep); janitor T. M.
Christensen of Bannock Dem); jour
nal clerk. Miss May Sweetman of La
tab (Sil. Rep)