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SOUTH BRITAIN.
THE CONDITION OF CROPS.


The tobacco acreage here is the small
est for years, only three or four crops be-
ing raised this season. But the acreage
planted with potatoes is the largest your
correspondent has ever known. t.
Bishop takes the lead with five acres
They are most of them looking fine now
but must have rain coon to have them
set well. The bay crop looks now as If
it would be the highest ever known.
Many old meadows will not be worth
moving.
Mrs Fred Schielke has been covering
over and reshingling her house. Charles
Bishop is doing the carpenter work.
Alfred Smith of Brookfielu spent Sun.
day with his sister, Mrs Henry Perkins.
George j. Wentsch has bought John
Pierce's circular saw, carriage, etc., and
removed it to Little York where he will
replace his old up and down saw with
the same, having then modern mill.
Charles Kemp has purchased of ]. a.
Galpln or woodbury. hVe line yearllng
heifers.
r. S. Wheeler and wife visited friends
here recently.
Miss Eva Brewer of Qusker's Farms
has been a recent guest at Mrs Ssge's.
Mrs Oscar Squires and daughter OF
Hawleyvi Vile are visiting Mrs L. B. Brad
ley.
Mrs S. W. Post entertained her sisters
family and some young friends over Sun
day.
It you are sufferer from any kind of
tooth pains or aches the new adv. of the
Boston Dental CO., 420 Main street,
Bridgeport, will be Of special interest TO
you. In it they tell you how you may
obtain relief without pain nr any dread
of the dental chair.
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EAST MORRIS.
AN INSPIRING CONVENTION.

AN INSPIRING CONVENTION.
The Litchfield county branch Of the w.
@. T. u. met in Goshen and had one OF
the best sessions ever held. The address
es of welcome were by Mrs Whiting and
Rev Mr. Small. Fine words were uttered
through the The entire day. Mrs Boole,
the president of New York state, addt d
very much TO the enthusiasm OF the meet
ing. Five tables were filed with the
good things that the kind ladies so amply
provided. The home officers were re-
elected. Many members of the Morris
Union were present.
Rev Charles Smith Of Plymouth gave
an earnest discourse at the Union mis-
sIon, last Sunday.
s.E. stockman buried their little ons
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mains were taken to New Haven for burial
on Tuesday. she was about so years of age
Mrs Granville Warner has been very sick
at the home OF her son in Bethel, the past two
or three weeks.
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BERKSHIRB DIVISION,
NEW HAVEN-North, 9-35 q. m, s-57 p. m.
South, 0.65 q. M, 100 p. m.
sHELTON-North, 10.03 q. M, Al D. m. South.
10 % a. m, 7.03 p. "a.
tTEyENsON-North. 10Is q. m, 4-ss p. m.
South, l0-16 q. m, Gas pm.
hONROE-North. tlo-2l a. M lass p. m.
South, tl0.10 a. m, teal p. m.
ROTSFORD-South for New Haven, lO05 a. m.
6-35 p. m. See Botsford below.
tEWTOWS-North, IA, 1889 g. m :, IL 20, Al.
5 co. 7.(3 p. m. Sunday, IA q. m. South.
6-5s, S47, s53. n.T a. MAS el0. Gas p. m.
HAWLEYVIL1E-Eort 7-52. l0As q. M
South, 6-5l, s.59, 948, n.l4 a. m, Ais, 5o5 GIT
P. m. Sunday, 6.07 p. m.
BROOKFIELD JUNCTION-North, SOS, l0.5s
ll.0T a. m, lilo, Sis, SIS, 100 p. m. Sun
day, sos &. M. South, 6.42, $50, 9-SS, lilo
a. M. 4.06, $50, e07 p. m. Sunday 5-S9 p. m.
BR0OKFlELD-North, SOS, u-l3 a. M l.2o,
BPS, 1875 p. m. Sunday. sos. South, s-57,s.2s.
LASEsvILtE and IDS sill RIvERySo oiai i SIS
q. M, 535 7.32 p. m. South, $50. $40 q. M
40, 5.50t P. m. Sunday, north, s.l5 q. m,
NEW MILF kD-North. s.aa. HE, n.9s q. m.
2:oo 5,S2, 80 a. 10 P; m. Sunday, $40 q.
645 g =. N, Sunday, 6l5,s.S2 p. m.
hERWlNSVILLE-North SIS, n-Ss q. m, 2-S5,
t.57 p. m. Sunday ,s-35 am. South, lo-35 An,
40, 5-29 p. m. Sunday, 4-52 p. m.
KENT-Sorth, S.49, A9 q. m, SIS, clio p. m.
Sunday ,s49 a. m. South, 1913 q. m, SIS, s.52,
CORNWALL BRIDGE-North, 9.07 .. m, I2.G2
4. 1925. p. N: Sunday, sos 8. m. South, lo-l
q. NJ, $50, 5.07 p. N. Sunday, 4.05 p. m.
VEST CORSWALL-North, SIS g.. m, IL. IL,
4.S3, 6.35 p. IN. Sunday .s.l4 q. m. South, loyo5
a. m, 3.l6. 45S 2. m. Sunday. S52 p. m.
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What is Celery King Z

1t is an herb drink, and is positive cure
for constipation, headache, nervous disorders
rheumatism, kidney diseases, and the vari.
Gus troubles arising from disordered stom-
ach and torpid liver. 1t is q most agreeable
medicine, and is recommended by physicians
generally. Remember, it cures nstipation.
Celery King is sold in Csc. and SOC. packages
by druggists and dealers
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Bridgeport Steamboat
Company.
STEAMER NUTMEG STATE

Steamer Nutmeg State leaves Bridgeport
every night, except Saturday, at II O'Clock,
Returning, leaves New York every morning.
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Fare so Cents.

H6Excursion Tickets 75c. Good until used
Wes tern and Southern freight taken from
Bridgeport at New York rates, and bills of
Iading given. All cargoes covered by nre
and marine insurance.
\. Z. WEDGE, Agent
L. ID. Connolly, Supt.
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B. G. Norris is favored with several
bOarders at present. His house receives
as early and is filled as late as any house
about Lake Waramaug.
II. w. Browns new hotel, the Carter
house, is fast being put in readiness for
city guests and others, permanent and
transient, and Mrs Brown is looking for
ward to most successful season.
G. M. Brienig, with his family, moved
from their New Milford home to their
new cottage at Lakeside, last Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs Charles Stephenson of
Bulls Bridge visited at Ezra Douglass
over last Sunday. Gordon Stephenson
and Mrs Deveaux of East Kent visited
Mr. and Mrs Douglass, last Saturday.
Mrs E. Brown and youngest child are
passing few days at Wasssic, N. Y.
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DAHBURY DIVISION.

DANBURY-North MAIN s.. station) $50, TAB,
$50, ", M. S.4U, As. Sunday 5.25 N.
"uth Nv hi1e St. stat dE sss "a otS 20
$50 p m. [Maln st. station) 500. 7.25, Ills.
m, $50. sunday, sos a m, 6.Io, sou p m
500. $40, 6 As p. m. Sunday, 1903 m,
SLAP. N. South, Cos, $50 sA5, u-52, q. m,
geo pm.
REDDNG-North. 7.21. 9-ss a. M. 2.Gs. $40
p. N. Sunday, loAs m. SOS p. m. South.
OLE u.5S M, SAB p N. Sunday, s-lss
q. m. o.23 p.
sANFORD-Sorth, 7.I6 s.54 q. m. I.59, SIS p.
Sunday, 9-59 g. ~, 500 p. m. South, s.l6 q.
m, OF, 5.4S p. m. Sunday, s.22 g.. m, SGT p
N.
BRANCHyILLE-North, 40. e.46, Nse 8. m,
7.5s p. IN. South. 6.2l, 7.45, 1000 a. m. laos,
Iy46 S., $40 p. m. Sunday, SIS a. m, SIS
9-20 p. m.
4hQRG ETOwN-North, 7oe 9.4S q. m, lA9
o-Z4 pm. Sunday, s.49 a. M, 7-S4 p. m. South.
o. a. M. l2.ll, 5S6 p. N. Sunday. S-I s.m-s
6-56 ,.
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BERKSHIRE DIVISION,

NEW YORK., Ekw HAVEN AND IA RTFORD
RAILROAD,
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STEAMER R0sEpALE.

Steamer Rosedale leaves Bridgeport at AS
m. Returning, leaves New York, Pier So.
of East 8lst St, East River, at SIS p. m.
- On Satur ay, Pier 80, at p. M, and East
3lSt st. AT >. lb n. m.
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Fairfield County.
PLATTSVILLE.
AT LEES CHAPEL.


The Lees chapel Sunday school expect
60 hold their annual June concert, next
Sunday evening. Preparations have
been made for good concert and we in
vite all our friends to come and see, and
hear. A collection will be taken for the
Educational Fund. The object of this
collection will be further explained at
the concert.
The regular business and social meet
ing of the league will be held at the
home of Mr. and Mrs A. J. Clark On Tues
day evening, June 20. After the election
of officers short musical and literary
program will be rendered. All are in
vited. II stormy, the first fair evening.
HOYDEN's HILL AND VICINITY.
Patchen Brothers and help have L. A.
Jennings barn well along.
L. A. Jennings had the misfortune to
lose his watch, last week, while return.
ing from Bridgeport, on the Black Rock
Turnpike.
Misses Alice and Daisy Bennett were
nome on Sunday.
Mrs Jacob Erbe is very poorly.
The Ladies' club will meet at Mrs LET
ferris, Wednesday evening. A fine time
is anticipated. The gentlemen will at.
tend on that evening.
The many friends of Mrs Leroy Clarke
will be panied TO learn that she is much
out of health. Her physician thinks it adj
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NEW PRESTON.
AT THE VILLAGE CHURCH.

Rev Mr. Psngburn of New Haven
the pulpit here, last Sunday morning,
and gave a most interesting sermon upon
his views Of "Christ's temptation in the
Wilderness" There is a fair prospect
that Mr. Pangburn will be called to en-
gage here permanently In the work of the
Gospel ministry.
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BorsFoKp TO sRIpeEpoKr.

soTsFoRD-North.7 -S6, 1881 q. m 1905. asa.
SIS p. m. Sunday, 5-s8 q. m. South. 7I07,
$50, n.36 am, 49,, e.s5 pm. Sunday. ESQ
p. m. See Botstord above.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ,lOI6 am u-45 m, AS.
6.45 p. N. Sunday, TBS a. IA South, 1l6, s.OS,
LONG HILL-North,f1.22, 1ol1, u-Ss g. m, 4-s7.
SIS p. m. Sunday, fIe2 p. m. South. ia,
500, n.4s a. m, 4.4s. 6-5l p. ID. susday s-5S
TRUMBULL-North, fills. zoos, 1.22 q. M
l-3l, $50 p. m. Sunday, fills q. m. South
BRiDGEPoRT-North.7 !O6. s.s5.11.os q. m-4so.
6.22 D. m. Sunday, los q. m. Arrive, T-k0,
9.25 .. m. l2.o6, SOS, ITO p. N. Sunday 7.lf
Pm.
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For Sale by R. H BFERs CO.. Newtowp.
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wATKRrowN BRANCH.

wATERBURY-Leave. CAS- SIS. n.l7 q. m.
$50, 4.o3, $780, 6.l2, 7.Os, SOS, ll-so p. SUM-
days, $50 a; M. 7A5 p. m: Arrive-s:a5, 500,
I0.4O m, 1.o2, ass 4.4o, 6-52, CAT, 7-4. 1lsi
WATERTOWN-Leave,6 eos. 7.4s, 1o-22 a. m.
1874, 2L7 4-22, 63t, $50. 7sS, Hoo m Sunday.
ga a. m. 50 p m. Arrive, 7.o2, SIS, ll-S a.
m. LAT. 4.20. sir, s.2s. 20, s22 Ii 81 p. m; sum
day, 9.47 g.. M. SOC p.
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CleanabIe Hardwood
Retrigerators

Sold by us are going fast. Only few OF
those ss.7b couChes In myrtle velour left
Special sale OF notified smyrna mats ut 29c.
Pillow sham hn ders lac each. Veranda
chair Just received.
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LTTCHFIEL.D BRANCH.

Sunday 7.S5 q. m. Arrive $40 O. m, 40
6.55 p. M. Sunday $40 p. m.
a. sunday, 75o a. m. Leave tor Bethel sa7 I.
m. m,toT ~ 4og; m; s SUI ds SIS p: m:
ss sunday ISIS s soats P Fss Amp P SIS
s5 3 81 send fGS Is Or ns n-
aoxBuRY51North. n;ss 2. M $50 p. m:
r6 Fl n Sq BafBa so E ri tna a. m,
toe M a. Sunday, tsts q; x p; Is south tss'
m. sunday, s.O2 a. m. south, IS q. M sis
NEW w. pR Sn9Sek nc e m n4s a. M GIL p.
IN Sunday, 9.es q. m. South, 8 81 q. m, STA.
gg pen; Sunday. as ?, m m. .n
Rs sansss SIS a. n s oah a. fss s M s O.
p. m. Sunday, 4-26 p. m.
3 asg. - M 800 soasn isas $40 p !. m n 500 500
$500 IS !: = sog;s. Il, s : P
p. N. sunday, 4.o7 p. M. 4.
sanses Psas Il m SOUTH p M ,d ts = p
p. 70. Sunday, 556 p. IN.
| fTCHIIELD-Arrive 1920 p. m, s.12
| p m. Sunday, s.s5 9. m, soufh. SOS q. m.
HIGHLAND DIVISION.
| DANBURY-East so, lisa g.. 81, p. m.
West els m, 500 6.25 p m.
| HAW 43 liz, AN, 7.l2 p. m.
so MssI s ssNT n NJ a. p R
SANDY HooKmEass c isl n5s. am. 7as p.
so %sss 81 & ass s g. B. m p.
$40 g.. m; Ell, 5A9 p. m.
| sOUTHFORD-East s.os m, II 10, 7S7 p m.
| West s.S4 N, 2.l5, 6.43 p m.
| wATERBURY-East So N. II 80, us p m
/ West $40 m, 1-s0, 6.1s.
~-asrs -scr when stgnaisA ONLY
Saturdays only.
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AT
l. e e : !

We are Offering tho finest line of white
enRmelisd iron beds on the MAJ ket. Plain
ones for upper chambers, country and shore
use aud tnet ones, brass trimmed, tor gener
nj use. white drEssers and wash stands to
match. see them In our south window, The
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-12-06
TROUBLE FROM IMMIGRATION


The event of this evening will be the
concert at Kaumakapili church al
o'clock for the benefit Of the Lepers,
Merry Christmas. Some excellent
numbers are down on the program ana
the occasion will undoubtedly attract
a full house The proceeds Of the con-
cert which are expected to reach three
hundred dollars will be turned over al
once to Mr.. c. B. Reynolds, executive
officer of the Board of Health, VINO
knows better than anyone else how TO
best dispose of the money SO that all
the people at Molokai will know tnat
they have not been forgotten at this
festive season. Mr.. Reynolds has re-
Gently returned from Molokai, ana
while there had consultations with
those most interested, and it is felt
that he is the right person TO attend
TO the matter as he will probably go
to the settlement again before Christ
mas.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-12-06

The best everyday drink is whiskey
and water, and the best brand OF
whiskey is Jesse Moore IA.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-12-06
Thu JUDICIAR I.

One consideration alone that is re-
garded as sufficient in weight 10 de-
mand the most earnest consideration,
and at the earliest possible moment,
TOO. is the indefinite status of the Ha-
waiian Judiciary In ordinary cases
involving only property or even UNI
prisonment this would be a matter OF
gravity, but when, as has happened
recently, human life is involved 1T Is
felt that the stakes are too large 10
warrant reckless persisltency III the
nresent course The difficulty in these
cases lies in a radical difference be
tween the Hawaiian and the United
States laws, and although HAWAII mas
| been by act of Congress declared part
| of the United States, yet the Jurisdlc-
tion of the United States Supreme
Court over the islands has been denied.
STATUS OF OFFICIALS .UNDE-
FINED.
The status of the officials on the ISL
ands is also intentionally INDEFINITE,
even where those officers are connected
directly with the local government.
| The latter officials owe a divided alleg-
lance to President Mckinley and ito
President Dole, which lis not regarded
as sound practice. In the case Of the
| United States officials Mr.. SeWall,
formerly United States minister ito
Hawaii, is now rated as special
agent of the State Department, IN
order to carry him along until Con
gress otherwise provides. But 1t Is
doubtful if Mr.. SeWall himself has a
clear conception of his functions Ger
tain it is that there has been more ol
less conflict of Jurisdiction between
himself and Mr.. Haywood, who is SILL
ranked as consul general of 1.-THE Unlted
States, an anomalous office in view o.
the fact of annexation
In his case there is said to be tht
necessity of continuing the office, be
cause under present conditions tnert
is no oDher way to regulate the extern
sive trade between the islands and tnt
Pacific coast. Some one must issue
papers to ships and certify to CONNER
cial papers until the United State!
lfariff system goes into effect in Hawai-
and treasury officials replace the ex
listing force of local officials
TROUBLE FROM IMMIGRATION
The immigration question has als'
been a source of trouble, and until on
own laws are applied in their entirety
there is at all times danger of compl
. cations with foreign powers resulting
from the application of the local laws
All of these considerations have has
! their effect not only upon our own ad
ministration, but also upon the off1c1a
class in Hawaii, and the latter, weary
ing of the frequent points of contac
:. with the superior forces in America
have. like Mr.. Damon, been at frequen
intervals since annexation on th'
| of ,-aSi on alton
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-12-06
DAMON MATTER
What it Suggested TO the
President.
The Present State of Affairs Can
not be Continued Much Long
err With Safety.

We take the following from the
Washington Star:
The President has refused to accept
the resignation of Mr.. Damon, the Ha-
waiian minister of finance, and that
official will remain in office, at least
until such time as Congress provides
for a different system Of government
for the Hawaiian Islands.
Mr.. Dalnon'S resignation was tend
cred while he was in Italy seeking &c
secure the emigration 10 HaWai OF
Italian laborers, who are wanted on the
islands. This pursuit was IN the inter
est of an organization or planters ano
capitalists, and it was thought 10 De
scarcely fitting that the minister o.
finance should engage in such OUTSIDE
matters. The resignation was tender
Ell under those conditions, but as Mr.
Damon has since terminated the con
nection between himself and the or
ganization referred to the reason To-
| its accep lance at once disappeared and
he will continue in office.
NEED FOR REMEDIAL LEGISLA
TION.
That is only one of many recon
| happenings that has served u
! strengthen the President in the Dehe
| that the present state OF AFFAIRS II
| Hawaii cannot be continued mucl
| longer without results disastrous U
| the material interests OF the 1slands
! There have also been complications u
connection with the disposition OF IN
crown lands, and altogether it is deem
ed necessary that Congress proceed a
once upon reassembling to deal VIII
the problem of supplying a permanen
form of government for the Islands !
replace the present nondescrlpt lnstl
! tiCn
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-12-06
BASEBALL
TRACT
Bounded by KeeaumOku, Kinau, PiikOi an
LunalilO Streets. Only one block from th
Beretania Street car line.

This Tract is situated in of the finest residence
rt;onS of Honolulu and direct line with the cooling
breezes of Makik. go =
Lots so so feet will be sold for the reasonable price OF
25O Terms $3.50 cash. balance nstalments payments
This land has very gentle slope and purchasers can
immediately commence building operations Early pur-
can Secure Choice Locations.
New-York tribune., 1899-07-30

branches of manufacture, I am satisfied that
combinations Of this kind are not inmcal TO the
interests of the wOrkingman. on the contrary
the men employed by them receive steadier en-
ployment, and generally at better wages, tnhh
the same class of labor under open competition.
In fact reductions in wages are oftener brought
about by excessive competition than by any
other cause. If one competitor reduces wages
the others are of necessity compelled to follow.
and the aborer who is least able to help him
self, is ground between the upper and neither
millstones. When there is a virtual monopoly OF
the trade this necessity does not exist and IN
stances are very rare in which manufacturers
have compelled their employees to accept reduced
wages unless driven thereto by sheer necessity
II is the least grateful task tnat is laid on the
manager and the one that is last resorted to-
New-York tribune., 1899-07-30
PRICES TO CATCH THE EYE.
THE ITALIAN FRUIT SELLERS sHREwDNEss Il;
MARKING HIS WARES

MARKING HIS WARES.
The Italian fruit seller shows his shrewdness
as a business man in a small way by the prices
which ne puts on his The fruit is ar
ranged in tempting groups on his pushcart, and
each group is usually marked with ticket, so
that the pedestrian may know the prices with
out asking over a pile of pums may be seen
the tiny sign, IS for 9 cents" Now, the aver
age customer does not buy eight plums, and
when he asks for one it is two cents, or two FOR
three cents and, as the vender sells more lots
of one than anything else, the eight for nine
cents becomes myth and his stock averages
nearly two cents apiece. Peaches that are
marked twelve for % cents if sold in dozen lots
would be fairly cheap but one peach from the
same pile always costs three cents, and as two
for five is the popular sale in that class, the lot
which is advertised at % cents usually brings
more than so In the orange season IS for %
cents is a favorte price placed on the fruit,
which is really sold for four cents apiece.
bronzed Italian who has regular route over
which he sells fruit at all times of the year. was
asked: Why don't you make prices for one or
two, and not for eight or a doZen?"
"Eighte for nine macke ye look-den ye paye
two TO one" and he winked the other eye in a
way that showed that his reputation for shrewd-
ness was well deserved.
New-York tribune., 1899-07-30
SAVING SILVER AT THE MINT.

From The New-Orleans Times Democrat
Perhaps the most interesting scheme for the
recovery Of waste silver at the local Mint is
that applied to the utensils of the melting gang.
The big iron stirring rods. the dippers the
strainers and the ladies that come in contact
with the molten metal laid aside at inter-
walls and sent downstairs They are covered
with what looks like brown rust. but is really
oXidized silver. Suppose, to digress a moment,
one desired to get coat of paint off the
outside of house. In such an event the plan of
sCraping away the house and leaving the smell
of paint standing would be regarded some
what eccentric, yet that is substantially the
method adopted at the Mint. The implements
placed in baths of sulphuric acid which at
tacks the iron or steel but leaves the silver I'M
touched. Little by little a strainer for instance
will entirely disappear. That is to say, the orig
inal strainer disappears and leaves in it's place
a hollow silver counterpart, delicate as ar egg
shell. They are very curious. these fragile casts
Their surface IS a sort of natural figree, honey
combed with nnumerable fantastic perforations
The reproduction of bolt Screw is often
times as perfect electrotype, but they are
hurried remorselessly back to the crucible and
thus pursue their cycle until at last they frd
their karma In minted coin.
New-York tribune., 1899-07-30
DREYFUS'S SUFFERINGS.
THE sUPERHUMAN WILL THAT TRI-
IMPLIED OVER TORTURE.

,rr.us OF THE PUNIsHMENTs THAT WERE IN
FrJcrED ON HIM ON DEVILS ISLAND.
New-York tribune., 1899-07-30
FINAL REFINEMENT OF CRUELTY.

Over and over again he tottered on the edge
Of the gulf rs my wife dead?" he would pit
eously ask standing at the limits of his narrow
prison yard, and looking at the SKY tnal
spanned the sea. rs my family dead! Why
have they not wrtten?" Can any situation "
conceived more pathetic than that? Surely nor
except the that followed as soon as nus
question received an answer. Your fanliy haS
abandoned you." Such were the words Oh cor
roding poison that were poured into ms ears On
that island truly termed Devils by Christians
Of the close OF the nineteenth century. asU
Semi=weekly graphic., 1899-03-25
NO CONNECTING EVIDENCE
In theJacksOn McCloud Murder Case
 Defendants Released.

Sam McCloud and W llis Jackson, the two negroes wLo were charged with murder, are nov free men.
 OD November 27, 1898, Sam Mo- Cloud and Willis Jackson, in con- pany with Hilliard Lampkin, left thelr homes at Warner on a hunt or ramble through the woods. Nc Cloud and Jackson returned late in the afternoon Of the same day. Lampkin failed to show up and the two negroes were arrested and etar d with his mt r Ter. Whll enroute to Warner on February 10, or during the cold spell wbich was so severe throughout the south at that time, pedestrian found the body of negro frozen in a cake of ice, which was floating in a small creek. The body was taken to Warner and identified as that of Lampkin. McCloud and Jackson were brought up for trial in Lincoln circuit cou and were bound over to await the action of the grand jury. Their counsel took a change O. venue to Jefferson county and the men were arraigned in the Circuit court, Tuesday. The trial progress ed all day and a greater part Of last night.
 After the States evidence was all in, Prosecuting Attorney Sorrells asked the court to instruct the jury to return a verdict of not guilty.
 "There was no convicting evil dence against these men, said Mr. Sorrells, land what is the use of putting Lincoln county to $500 a day expense when we can dispose of tbe case now, with an already in- cured expense of only $50. If you let this case run along it will occupy four or five days and Lincoln county will have to pay probably thousands of dollars for the release of two in- nocent men. l am sure they are in- nocent and I asked the colrt to in struct the jury to return a verdict of not guilty" The jury returred verdict and the men were released
 It COW remains as great mystery as ever as to who murdered Hilliard Lampkin.