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T11K NEWPORT MERCURY: FOR THE WhEK ENDING MAY 9, 1891. Furniture. STAFFORD BUYER WALL PAPER and HOUSEHOLD DECORAT10KS. Gold Wall Papers New Patterns, Idc. a roll.

156 Thames Street. Clothing, Miscellaneous. VI, ASHLEY ti Ttie popular and rdlaUoCliUljlert, a a i pre- for I i i a itwt of MEN'S, YOUTHS', BOYS' HAS AT HIS sroitK. I I UK- LATEST STYLRS 146 BELLEVIJB A A oT 42 CHURCH ST. i i Polished Top Tables from $1.50 up Alvi ti nice lino ol Bottoms, Cbaoter Sults.Pancy Tables, Screeus and Chairs.

PRICES. Wall Papers il'a Uloci i i We. i for CuttalDs, A 1 A A MUN'KV KX- Le i of JtlioJe The editorial i uf the May C.eulury narrate thu oJic-ap money ex- pcihuciit if KlicKle lal.imlm the close of Iho i i i i i i i a war. A more tituely i LLv not tioolU'rcd ut the loca-i iliu lj examine our sto Call and i aud Croclteiy Packed at Notice. A NEW OK A M.

Oo'ttrell's. NEW 8TVI.K3 IN Olianibor Fariiitui'c I.1SK 01' PAPJQR HANGINGS. FuroitQre of all Descriptions, Carpets, Oil Cloths and ladings, M. COTTUELL, 11-14 Xoxt lo tho I'oel JOHN ALDERSON, MERCHAKT TAILOR Street, i. 1 of litJOU AIIOYJ-; A STRKK1.

1 a Ulaieijauil Vi'ilkiDRCoita Uvtrrloof every tohdeto order A LINK Seasonable Goods I A lino o( I UPHOLSTERING GOODS 'UK -Furniture Coverings and Curtains. tiavo you call and ex- auJ prices. No. 146 BELLEVUB AVBNDE, rf Coart, No. 19 FRANKLIN STREET.

OPENING 3DEIO. Pine Imported. Chocolate and othei Confectionery from Mr, Frank Sobrick. supplier to the Imperial Court of Germany, Storo to he enlarged and The i Stouk of Pictures and Frames at (ireatly Ucfluccd nt, 12 Broadway, W. H.

AllNOU). Magazines, Daily and Weekly Papers for 1891. SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVED A FOIf New York, Boston. Providence and Newport Daily Papers. fnr All Magazines and Weekly Papers.

I 1 HI Imported FnFrench and German Baskets Juat received. the Newest and Most Desirable Styles at Very Low Prices. of tlie llnesi patterns are at very lo prices at Koschny's, 230 232 Thames St Spring Hats (Main all the Most Hobby as well as the Host Desirable Grades and Shapes. WM, P. CLARKE, PEOPLE'S LIBRARY BUILDING.

New Carpets We daily now carpoU and wall papen and ire prepared to show a finellne of New Patterns Ve are prepared tu i a nice of Indies' liui 218 malt 1 220 TfMies-st, AS A.N KIN CHUN Before the People A JlSeabury. I AWAY THE HANDSOMEST Pony Team A paper iiioiiey b.vtik jitul i vi'i a or caaie lo LDITOW niotiey iuut lor donblo ihe i dt-siitil. q-jote: The of tho now money i i i lU issue. Kvury niL'robiUt'. and lr iJt.iinau in Uic SUttj re- lUFcd it lor JU face-value, ill' lloKk-la uf It tu I I TliL' (iniu-cil Assoinljty catui- in tlio of lliy bank to i i-apci muiiL-y a by a i A forcing act jliuiiul i of Hsu lo lake Uiu bills iti fo; on rtiune terms us or frliouM in any dtsooiir- i f'ucuUtifJii on btich tot'iiiri, lo a uf uiio jjnumts ami to tbo loas of viKlita as a fieeuiiui.

Tiiis aia-le matters woiso than ever. Mer. and trailer icfnsed lo a a i i v.liatover. untiy of tliem closEti)' llicii shops, itisixK-iiitf of their slock ly Ijartci 1 atiJ out of budnoss. In fact, inonoy ultuost ceasccl to cJrcnlato utl.

Nearly nil kinds of business was transacted by barter, rents wero lit grain ami other commodities, ind tho only people who used tho paper ruutiey were thoie who hail borrowed it on their a The chief cities of the State, 1'rovitlcneo and presented a very rcnurkaljlo spcetaclo. Half ttielr shops were closed, their bLkbKaut.s idle, aud llieir streets auimaU ed ouly by of and conton- lious MR'11 blaming ono another for tbo blight which bad fallen their business and In order to retal- i a tho morchaulK atul for refusing to taito their inouey, the farm- era refused lo tiring i produce tu inavket. A famine was so i i in Providcuco bccausa of this withholding of supplies that a town meeting.was called ta doviso for obtaining iho necessaries of life. To provide i i i i relief for pciriiiis in of hurad i lumdn-d i i a i i i lo hi; i utid Kent aluonti to bny onni tu be sold oi 1 tiavtured by tho ttiivi council, hi Xowj.oil a mub 01 a riot by to force Rrain de.il- eis to soil p.iju-r umtiuv. In August, a two a the f-talilishment of Iho a alT.iirs became ik'Speialo that a Stale i vetitiou i dh'rl by tho towns adopted a ivport tlu- fjcticral Asseinuly to enfonrc and amend tho penal iu fiivrr of p.ii»er money, and i.dvising farmers ti i linld their front the i i of tbe hunk.

The Jcnoial Assembly, convened iu special session (fr the pur- IMISC, passed iin additional forcing act, which suspended the usual forms of justice 111 regard lo a hy an trial, within three days after coniplaint was eutereil, witliDiit a and before a court of i thvco should constituto a quorum, whoso decision should bo final, and whoso judgment should bo instantly complied with on penalty nf imprisun-nent. Tho fine for thu lirst ofi'i-Msii fixed from six t-j i pmimls, and snooiid at from ten to llfty ponuflfi. "Thia strous act of injustice," says S. 0. A iti his History of the State of Klioilo Island, "was carried through tho legislature by a a i i and llic solemn protest against it as a vio-.

latiou of every principle of mot.il and civil riyht, of the charter, of tlio articles of confederation, of treaty obligations, anil of every idea of honor or honesty entertained men," which a minority of the mom hers not allowed to appear on the recor.l. This second forcing act brought matters to a crisis. A Imtelier in Ketvpurt was brought into tlio Superior (Jourtoti a charge of refusing to receive paper money at par in payment for meat. A threat concourse of spectators LtUuiiil.nl tho trial, which was bo ft) re a bench of flvo judges. lawyers appeared lioUi sidesj and their menta oxicupicd an entire day.

Two of the judges spoke against the forcing bans and asking to Lave the holders of their forced lo take this at par in redemption of their lands. One- bag, a i i fourteen Ihuulnml dollars, was brought for the redumption of a single farm, Ihe conn refused to try cases of tbe i Tho v'aluu of the paper money dropped a i till litiecu paper dollars were- rt'oilli only one coin dollar. In A ns'J, the General Assembly showed its tirsl sign of returning reason by i Ihe operation of the tc iJc-r law. II followed Ibis l-y repealing tho i of of ilie deprceiiUion in Ibo value of money, and by extending lhi limo allowed for tho U'dcmption of nmtgagci J' of Information. Canada has people.

St. Louis has i railroad Tho pay of a pr ivate in an i a LIVE TO BE 100. i To rcacli a good old age i keep your blood pure and rid iKjuioui" iiurioR iho "iievoiutiuimv! 0ursc lf Constipation. was tijO a year. Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Loss of Appetite, Scrofula, Rheumatism and Chills and Fever by taking Kickapoo period" was SSO a year, IMiiladolphia has more a in proporliuii tu the a i a other city iu the country.

Louisiana, Mississippi Cinoliiia uro tho only more a i noiiiital Soulli highest i a i is (lalera, a place in 0 from live to tividva years. Kin.illy, in OtMulw, it repealed as of tho 1'jpi-r li ink act as m.uli Ihe hills a i par, iinddohtors were authorised to i i i i i property, at an apprised iluy, for money in discharge of debts. Tlio Mi which I'lTttclttl Ihe repeal Tiled value of Iho hilli at fifteen to olio. This was end. Tlironglioiil ihi.s entire to niako nioiii'y valuablu by ttatuie, by (MlliiiK It dollar and saying that it represented two dollars' worth of laud, ho bills had remained almost in the hands of their lirst likeis.

Xo was found who would receive the mouov, nave those whom Ihe State compelled to tako it, or to foifcit i nst claims. Absolutely nobody had lionefiied by tlio experiment except tho which hail not rid of a portion of its debt by dishonestly refusing to keep its obligations. I and trado of all kinds, well as the State's jooil name, hail suffered Incalculable njnry, and tho material progress had been retarded so seriously a il required a yuan to regain what had been lost. Tho deluded peoplo who borrowed of tbo hank on their land as collateral their desire of having more money in their pockets: thoy realized Iho dream chorislled by be- Movers iu "che.ip inuiior," in all lauds and In all times, a larger per capita currency in which they should share but they very soon found out that none of the blessing which hud si I a i mid f.illmv pnss.w- were destined to Wh.u was gained by plenty of m.iney if it emild lie used in i i of dcbls, if i iroiild In; lioiiijlit i it at advanced p-icn, aud if il wero to became and h-ss valuable as i svent on? At Madame Uecainiei'a. The s.ilcin of M.iuamo was lot, in any sense, philosophical or po- i after i A i i i i i if ll.npn.

tbe of 51a- d.uncde SiuSI, and thu similar misfortunes of ulniM' friends, her i i were t'p-i Mr-cms for hur diploin.icv, and ilRr.idii:illy Ml into the i.uiksof tliu opposition. Il was well i tbe ernpuror rcjianlcd all who went thuve as his ouemii's. and Mils yoiinj; and innoceni ss'oaian was destined to frel tho bittcnii'ss of his pelty din- liluasiue. cruiuot traco here tlio i i of her varied Oiire-r, the mls- (01 tnnes of the father tu whoju ehu was a i i i i i annul, thu loss of hor husband's fortune and her the years of i tho second period of brief and i i prosperity, Iho swift i led to hur i retreat. She was at tho height of her fainu in tbo early days of tho llc-sto- ratioti, whon her salon revived its old brilliancy, and was a center in which all a i met on tiDulr.il ground.

Her I i a relations with thoso iu power it A strong political inllnencc, but this was never a marked feature, ns it was mainly personal. the position in which nito is most inclined to recill Madatno Kecamier is in tlio convent of Abbaye-imx-Hois, wheru, tlive.stcd of foitune and i i in the simplest m.inner, ulio preserved for nearly i years the a i traditions of the old salons. Through all tho cbaujtes i tried bur fortitude and revealed tho a a henosin of a ctcr, she scorns to have kepi the sweet serenity unbroken, bending to the passing storms i tho grace uf a liacilo nature, hut never i at the in- oviilhlo. One may find in tliis flexible strength and gentleness of a cluo to tho Hubtln fasclnalion wbicl 'cm, above sea. K.isii'1 a nf i lie on i I i It i uu in nr i i tarlier ib.in did this year.

There are, by ihe census returns, niury men tlun women a L'acitie Coast, ami 70,001) inoro ivmiu-i, in Massachusetts tliim men. Tlio lamest i i a chinch iu the world iu lloor area is not St. Peter's In Homo, but Iho Cathedral of Cordova, built oriKin.illy as a Moslem mosiMie. The Hilary of Ihe United States A basiadors to and liussil is $17,500 a year, aud lo Italy, Austria aud Spuin Tlie sawinj; machiuu is only forty- live years old; matches have bjcii iu commou use since and AUICMLM'S first street car lino dates from 1S20. An oak tree felled In Branch county, tbe other day metsiired live feet in diameter and, according to the rings on the stump, w.is 4iK! years old.

1'rofesBor LavasKGur, two or three years atfo. In his for the Intern a i a Statintical I i estimated the world's I a i a at 000. It is figured that on the shipment of $1,000,000 worth of tfold coin iu au A a i voyage "there is lost by i pie i i between i and $2,000. I ll is believed that there was no por- tnaiienl strncturo for as a tln-aiio I i i earlier iliiiu the tlicaire of iJiou- i which mis eri'Clcd by A a i abimt tho year ifM li. C.

hi 1717, UK) iu silver woith in currency; in lamiaiy, Hlrf, it was in i a a i n7i' f742; in a a 1 iu Januasy, 17SI, The study of Ibe a was prosecuted by A i i i years before Christ a i a i a vlvisiiction was practiced criminals by Mrasiitriius and llehi philm, also clis.iccted Iho bodies of the dc.id. H'lvnlnUonary widoivs woro first i i i i i i by A 4, ISliJ. T'lioro I lerbs, gathered by the Indians. You cannot live to old age if you are diseased; just bear that in mind. Kickapoo Indian Sagwa will break up any kind of a fever; in fact by its occasional use you ward off sickness of every kind.

For sale by all Druggists. I I A Olt and It (ill. ImmeJUta Kqual. Ket-ji It in thj llou-f. IT.

i5 IWH. 1 fr.uta for Sl.Ol. vecii mnjuivr IT. IF KAVS "Uuvoliuionury arc few sons of acts. iinl tho oilier Llireo of the uro alwiit tliirty widows," lut llinro Kevolutionary veterans.

llritiulton Kisili la uno; of cuursu there are utliL'rs. "Illiiiois 1 is derived fnini Iho Algen- quiu wunl ''Itiiui," wliich i Krenuli "lllini." It "the men porfeot and accomplished," i ttio i i i i Mint uihor ore Tuc' sntHx i ois" is x'tieh ami ilcuotcs trilic. Pensions woro paid to Kovolulion- ry suldiors under tha act of Iho Conti- of Auuust 20, 177f; rom Juno 7, 17S-, Supleinbor 20, the state paid tlio pensions. Cilice 10 lust date the Unlu-fl Stnteri hag aid tlieu), I'LiiHioits wcru only men who had received privates received not more 1.1 ti $5 LI month, L'ltor acta increaicd rato to $3 a month, and full ay. I would f-all attention to my slock OVERCOATS, TJ I which Is tnc largest and best bail.

Also a large stock of A 189THAMES STREET. Prices as low as JAMES TAYLOR'S Anywhere. 11 to Iu the Country. Value $1,008,00, John B. DeBlois Son.

Parties Intending to Visit Newport This coming Summer are reminded that I will be ou taiid, as for tbe past eight years, to convey bag- same mind. On the following morning tho formal decision 'of the court wai announced, declaring acts unconsti tutional and void, atid dismissing tho complaint. The wnlh of tho General 1 Assembly at this decision was great. A was at onco convened, ind the wvro summono 1 iu of incredible arrogance, to nppcar before the Assetnbly to the "reasons and 1 for i cistni). Tlireo of the judges ohoycd the umtuoTis, liut as the other two wero detained by sickness the hearing was post- IrOncd till thf next session.

At tin: next session of the offending removed. Before ndjonri ing, the General Assembly prepared a new act to "stimulatn and vc eflicacy to the paper bills. 11 This was called tbe Test Act, and il contained one ol most remarkahlo oaths over prescribed to a free people. Every ono taking tho oath bound himself in Iho mosl solemn manner lo (Jo his utmost to support tbe paper hank and to tako its money at par. All persons refusing to tako the oath were disfranchiseu.

Ship-cap- tsius were forbidden to enter or to go out of ports of the lawyers were n-it to be allowed to pr.icticc, men wero not to be allowed to vote, politicians were not to bo allowed to run for office, and members of the legislature were not to be take their until the oath had been taken. This was EO stringent a measure that the General Assembly was afraid to take the rc- held tho devoted friendship of so many if if led men anil women, long after the fiesli char A of youth lia CJerc Mason, in the May Century, Invest $50D Make $600; Iiivea $6.00 Make $12.00. A wouM rather Apem! Iliu i a a i i cet tho return ami yet the et Utrir. Kin ur Intercut on i li tin: 8JH10, wtiethcr II .1. I taker an I I'll isptnte.f or IHI.

c.tct'pl Hie con sllylit rtiMitimnl cost he Ke i wiiile I i will do al i te auU tpjble I lie crop. A Little Girl's Experience In i Lighthouse. Lot en keepers the nov. at 8ant HeacJi. nicljlessetl witlj a a yearaold A i 3lie was a i i mcaale follovrcil witri i ilres'lful CU-JK!) arid into .1 frver- Uoctotsat homo ati-1 at Deiro tre.itcJ har but in v.ilo, she (jrcw worae raj idly, a i she a mere "hintlful of iKines she tridl Dr.

Kind's Nuw an i i two an-1 a a i c-mpletely cured. Dr. Kind's Ne la its in Rold, yet yo tn.iy got trial i a free at U. M. sponsibility of enacting it, and, after considering it, referred it to tho people of tho towns for approval.

Only three towns in the State voted in ita favor, all the others rejecting: it. sut-Wr. SO I It. full I A j.i.i:\. ttox 4an, A c.ill a 'l? a.

spade when It Is TheJFirst Step. a i i a rurnlowo, can't tat, can't can't ttilnV, c.nn't a nuil you wm'Icr a Vom 'l the warning, a.lls YOU, You i first step inlo Ncrrons need Serve Tonic an-1 In Electric I you will finil the ex -a remedy lor your nervous system to its normal, healthy condition. gage and Also that TMs ended Ml efforls to f.rce tbe I es orlta.es for pas.enge,-. dn TMJ Thorndike, took tlio first step, toward9 the repa-li- ntion of UIQ Stnte debt, by orderina; the treasurer to pay off one-fourth of it in tbe hiHs received fov tliat is eror ret mirnkd hi? own Inlo 138 Thames St. PATENTS Special Bargains! For the weiorCeronrtntirf Fall and Wink Woolens goods and (tytei foanrtln forcipo and domestic fibrlcs, at 15 Mian f-nr prices.

Thli we di in to make room for dnr Spricj snrt Sr.mmer Btvs, whicb wo will ahoat 15. we lha tnake-np of lo be the to glre general 1 I the O. OfBce attended to for MODERATE Oar'oSce Is oppojltethe U. 8. Offlce, Ud wo einobtain patents In i UOMremote Ir.im WASIIIXOTOS 184 Thames Street, MEHCURY BCTILDIWa.

Truckman and Espreesrnan. OFFICE 65 67 Bridge Street P. O. BOX 363. SpringWoolens.

Tire1 Ml Iho i au-1 A tins tan Romaaoe. Walter Hcsiint, the novelist, note received from him yesterday, nys: "Here is a story which does nil liolonir lo my corre.simndoncc, hut ihiuk It very I Rive it a tuM to me: A certain of ood fatnily, full in lovo ith a villixo i i he wished to nariy. Jlis father oji the of social disparity, made ar- hy which the tfirl was bc- rothcd to a young peasant of her own class, "Now, it is the custom iu some parts of Russia for tho ami Itli Erienils t-'t i i early in tho of tho niiirriAgo, BO that when the time conies for ilio church ceremony the groom has oflcn to IJQ led to the ahar and supported hy a friend on eithor hand. This happened ou the i of the marriage of tho Tho was led lo tho altar iiuil siippiHtcd ly two mon of whom one tlio ficntleui.in himself. "Xow, mnrk his ci aft and subtlety.

When the time came i i i i hnnds ho put (tut Ins own a tlic he- ing far to notice anything, and wo joined in Tnatrimony to the girl. Tho cenillcatc of the marriage had already been written In iho register bo- fore the ceremony, precaution obviously necessary. 'Tr. wedding over, tha young nohla took Iho nirl her people at the door, drovo her away, and took her to 1'aris, wlieio they lived t-jgether in amity for fiovoral years. "Then the father died, and it became necessity to return to Ituasia, and, if possible, for the siko of the children, to get the marriage duly acknowledged.

"This business was intrusted to a lawyer, who visited the villgo and the 5 ter. Ho returned, stating that it was tho marriage was entered in tho books as between the rustic and the girl, Hcing, how- over, assured that something must bo done, he returned, got possession of the register, and clumsily erased tho name of tho ruttic bridegroom. Toia done, he--at this poit.t you ask what ho did, and everybody Bays Filled in the other Ne, ho didn't; he wrote ajjain the erasure the name of the village swain. Ho did not, therefore, tho record, but if his noblo client afterward found il desirable to as-iert that one had dune so, tho tf the erasure would te appar- 'The Diamond HAMS, SHOULDERS BACON Are M. Pork Mini Corn SimiktMl, lire DIB i for Hale at COGQESHALL'S 2 4 Square, aud 130 Thames Street.

Old Solace i a I white flint glass bolUM holding fullquarU. Windmill HOLLAND GIN, la bulk', al30 In Imported wbtle elaM kvt Ics holding I qt. anil nt. (rmperial.mMunn For sale by Dennis W. Sheehan, Sole Agent for Newport.

the paper ney, whicb.at beinK forced to talso il on rrcscriberl liythc SI.Hi!, or to forfeit i claims. Tho last instilment of tho debt was got rirt of in I7 5 In a forced settlement, when the piper money which tho helplcsi creditors received VFUS worth only one-twelfth as rnncli as coin. "Had a general act of insolvency," siys Arnold, "reliovinKall denlors from i liabilities and the State from its obligations, been irirc i icM tiii't i Academy Xatur.il Soionces, had th i i a i i muc jo i ai ni- March. On Iho 13th it, "lik! a nt-x creature," wo )C common Jersey specie. jJularKEiij sirlvlis, Were captured an in tbo vivirium of the tcade my.

came out of Iho water and (rot un tho Rr.issy sod, shrugged itself for moment, tho akin parted at tlio The cerebral portion, however, men's ab tya jrre.iter. Poorly Paid New Yorkers. -A wriicron tlioincomeaof Vow York-! B8TABLI8HED 178O. Cast ell, Massey SL bare Jast received a oew lot or SACHETS, ir.cludiog their perfume, DOUBLE VIOLET -AND- White 'Heliotrope. The Celebrated Toilet NO, 6 COLOGNE tederaption of estates were fllpd in lareo numbers in the courts.

Tlie Superior Court nf Newport decKn-1 i i ve i c.ini,j m.TKy in luii i Juefs, tt rmrk cxiiil iitiiiii will theieforo lie trivi-n an 1 i i 1 il -tin: :r.i i Cry for VMtcher's Castorla. Nail Toilets. Faucy i Bon-Don Soxes, Traveling Caset, etc..