HICKORY Pft&SS: MAY 4, 1893
Crests and ' iirolini:m
I'ChLlSUEU I'VKHY T HtKSI?.y BY
THE HICKORY PRINTING COMPANY.
Hickory, North Carolina.
TIfK NAVY.
The Xaval Review of the four
hundredth year is over, and the
most splendid pageant that our
country ever saw, has faded away.
Thirty-five war ships, from the
battle ship of Brazil to the torpe
do boat of America, formed two
long lines as they stood at atten
tion in the IIidsoii, to be re
viewed by the President. Near
two score righting ships- in fight
ing trim,their rigging gay with
flags, their decks crowded with
warriors, their officers gorgeous
with lace and gold and orders,
thundered forth salute after salute
as a plain gentleman in black
sailed up and down between their
magnificent columns, reviewing
the champions of ten navies as
sembled to do honor to his coun
try and the day of its discovery.
From the despot of limitless Rus
sia to the little Republics of South
America, nearly all friendly civil
ized naval powers were repre
sented. England and France neither of
theui sent their mightiest battle
ships, as both -knew we had none
yet completed to match them.
The Blake, although but an
armed cruiser, yet was double
the tonnage of our greatest ves
sel of its class. In two years, how
ever, we may expect the Maine,
Texas, Iowa, Indiana,1 Massachu
setts and Oregon, as well as the
New York, to present for inspec
tion to other nations battle ships
which for armor, guns and speed,
will outrank the hugest vessels of
Europe.
We suggest, as soon as our Na
yy is thus put in condition to in
vite notice and challenge criti
cism, that another great Naval
Review be held in European wa
ters. Such displays go far tow
ard keeping the peace of the
world. Each power knows by
sight what are some of the re
sources of the others. We learn
to respect each other more, the
more we understand each other's
strength.
It is idle for any of the Southern
States to complain of the lack of
c apital and immigration or to or-
ganize meetings of Governors to
make known "their wants when
they neglect so practical a plan
for advertising their resources as
a proper representation- at th
World's Fair would afford. Not
asinglo State in the South has
made anything like an adequate
appropriation for a display, while
Texas, Mississippi, Alabama,
South Carolina,and Tennessee are
not represented at all. They may
attribute lack of immigration and
want of capital to any cause they
think proper, but the chief cause
is a lack of proper enterprise and
public spirit. The outside world
has little conception of the vast
resources of the South, especially
in coal and iron deposits,, audit
is blind foil' for those States to
refuse a proper appropriation to
make them known. New York
World.
Mr. de Salol"Don't it make
you feel a little angry when a man
relays you for a fool and finds you
out to be one?"
Mrs. de Salol "I don't know;
how so? Why?'?
Mr. de Salol "Now that fellow
took me for a fool just as sure as
any thing, when be said that horse
was gentle, anrl was nine years
old. He talked about that all the
time, and wouldn't "tell me the
horse was twenty-two and was
gentle, because his leg had been
broken as well as his wind."
Mrs. de Salol " Well,why didn't
you do as I told you and buy a
horse like mine?'
HOLD UP HIS HANDS.
To modify a famous epigram of
Beaconsfield's, a political critic is
one ho has been a political fail
ure. He attempts to explain things
which his past showed he could
not comprehend; to advise in con
ditions which he can not appreci
ate; to condemn where he should
justify, and to justify where he
has been condemned.
It is to such gentry that the
country owes most of the late
alarmist articles on the ' Presi
dent's personalty, his domina
tion, his masterful absolutism,and
his reducing his Cabinet officers
to his individual clerks.
Such men as these critics are
too small to take in all that goes
to make up a Man. They cannot,
for very pettiness, gauge what is
so great as the character of
Cleveland. No matter how often
they are-told that the People,
weary of the administration of its
affairs by mediocre folks, made
up its mind last fall to select its
best man for the National Execu
tive, they cannot understand it.
They wanted somebody more like
thomselves, then they could hare
appreciated him. This President
is altogether beyond their ken; he
does things they would not have
done, he leaves undone things
they would have done, and so
they bubble and fret and stir, and
straightway we have the papers
darkly hinting at mysterious ev
idences of personal sway, of abso
lutism, despotism, and what not.
Mr. Cleveland is a phenome
non to them, no doubt, but he is
not a malignantjor dangerous
one; that he is larger does not
show he is worse, or that he is
strong does not make him a ty
rant. The greatest man in Ameri
ca must, of necessity, be a won
der to small people, but so long
as he does no harm, let us hold
ur his hands.
What a Newspaper Is.
Some people do not properly esti
mate the value and importance of a
newspaper. How many families are
there in which you find none not
even the county paper, which every
one ought to read, and for which few
men are really too poor to pay. It
makes no difference whether you like
the editor or not, or whether the pa
per reflects your individual ideas of
politics, religion, economic and social
questions, there can not fail to see
much that will interest and benefit
vou in the course of a vear's reading.
As some one has truly said, the news
paper is the cheapest thing a man can
buy, and will pay the biggest returns
for the amount invested, in the long
run. It costs less than a postage stamp;
less than to send or receive a single
letter. What good does it do you? It
instructs you and broadens your views.
It interests your wife, and it educates
your children. It comes to you every
week, rain or shine, calm or storm,
bringing, vou the news of the busv
world. No matter what happens, it
enters your door everyKveek as a wel
come friend, full of sunshine, cheer
and interest. It opens the door of the
great world and puts you face to face
with Its people and its great events.
It shortens the long summer days, and
it enlivens the long winter nights. It
is your adviser, your gossip and your
friend. No man is just to his children
who does not give them a good paper
to read. No man is good to himself
and his wife, who does not take a
newspaier; and the local county paper
should claim his attention; challenge
his admiration and command his sup
port first. Ex.
A bold, independent pajer is of in
estimable value, but one that can be
bought with money, or dragooned,
by disapproving subscribers, to act
againt the conscience of its editor, is
unworthy to enter the social precincts
of the homes of American freemen.
A LKt of New Appointments.
Washington-,' " April 25. The fol
lowing appointments are annoueed to
day at the White House: L, F. ilp
. Kinney, of New Hampshire, to be
envoy extraordinary and minister
plenipotentiary to Brazil; George
William Caruth, of Arkansas, minister
resident ami consul general to Port
ugal: John M. Wiley, of New York
consul at Bordeaux; Harvey Myers, of
Kentucky, commissioner from, Ken
tucky on the World's Columbian
Commission; J. C. Sanders, of Georgia,
alternate commissioner from Georgia
on the World's Columbian Commission.
Poisoning th Soldier.
Sax Francisco, April 25. Further
particulars are at hand as to the
poisoning of the provisional Govern
ment's troops on April 10 at Honolulu.
Capt. Good, at the barracks, said the
men had dinner at 6 o'clock. The bill
of fare was roast beef, boiled tongue;"
pea-s, and vegetables, with tea and
coffee. He could not account for the
trouble. He had eaten dinner at the
barracks, but he had escaped illness.
The men laid the blame to the boiled
tongue, and did not hesitate to accuse
some one in the employ of the roy
alists. Some thought the poison had been
placed in the tea or coffee, but several
men who had partaken of the liquids
mentioned, and who had not eaten
anything but cake or bread, say they
felt all right. '
It was pretty generally agreed by the
investigators that canned peas were
the cause of the trouble, but af terward
it was found that no canned peas, but
dried, were served at the meal, leaving
the matter still unexplained.
Five Chinese are employed in the
kitchen at the Government building,
but no suspicion attached to them. In
all about sixty men, thirty, at the
barracks and thirty in Company A
of the National Guards, were ren
dered unfit for duty, but most of them
soon recovered, and none are likely to
suffer permanently. The royalists
were very indignant, and deny the ex
istence of a plot to destroy the Gov
ernment forces in this murderous man
ner, and there is so far no general
desire or intention to hold them ac
countable. Thurston, it is now expected, will
remain in Washington as the Hawaiian
Minister, to succeed MottjSmith, whom
the provisional Government has asked
to resign. Chief Clerk Hastings of the
Foreign Office is prominently men
tioned for the Consul-Generalshij at
San Francisco. The published state
ment that United States Minister Ste
vens would relinquish his position and
return home on May 24 is a further
source of gratification to the anti-an-nexationists.
The name of his successor will be
awaited with interest, many professing
to believe that Commissioner Blount
will be the man. The United Press
correspondent called upon the Com
missioner and asked him if there was
any truth in the report that he intend
ed leaving for home on the steamship
Australia, which leaves on April 2Gth.
Mr. Blount replied that there was no
truth in it whatever. ,
44 My stay here is indefinite. ' It may
be two months; or it may 'be three
months. If I were in the States,11 he
continued, "I frankly say to you I
would talk more freely, but here 1 do
not wish to assist in propagating ru
mors.11 When told that if his position were
clearly defined it would assist to pre
vent manv rumors, he said he was not
giving himself any trouble about that.
4 'I suppose," he said, with some
irony, t4l should have made a speech
at the lowering of the flag, but I am
not making any speeches or issuing
any pyrotechnic proclamations.1 The
Commissioner w ould not intimate the
character of the report he would form
ulate, and said lie had not made a
statement for publication and would
make none.
By the last mail ex-Queen Liliuoka
lini received an autograph letter from
Queen Victoria es follows:
4 4 We" have received and. referred to
our advisers your letter relating to
the revolt in your kingdom. We sin
cerely trust that your Majesty w ill ar
rive at a happy issue out of your pres
ent troubles. We take this opportu
nity of assuring you bf our continued
good will and commend your Majesty
to the protection of the Almighty."
On Friday evening as the 'Lenoir
train was leaving the city Mr. Julius
Icard attempted to board it and was
dragged over the trestle South of the'
bank building, and some distance be
yond, before the train could be stoppM
and the gentleman taken from his
perilous position. Mr. Icard, while
painfully bruised, received no fatal in
jures. We trust the incident may im
press upon the minds' of .our people the
hazards to which we expose ourselves,
when we attempt to board moving
trains.
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Sunday. .
What is the use of Sunday to a busi
ness man or working man? It often
seems to put a stop to his work just
when he wants another day; but a sen
sible man knows he can not get on
without his Sunday, or day of rest and
change and recreation. Men have
tried to do without it, and some men
have no real Sunday. Napoleon tried
to make his army do without it, but
was obliged to give it up. The men
who do not keep Sunday are generally
bitter, discontented, hard, and disa
greeable. Why is it so, and what is
the use of Sunday
1. Sunday is a day of rest. No man
was ever intended to go on at his work
day after day without change.' It is
not healthy. This was partly the rea
son why one day in seven was appoint
ed for rest. The Sabbath was made
for man. God considered man's health
when he made the law. He told him
to do things because they were good
for him, and not to do other things be
cause they were bad for him.
2. Sunday is a day of worship. Man
is an animal, and needs rest. Man is a
spiritual animal and needs to lift his
mind to God and hold communion
with him, and offer sacrifice and
thanksgiving. Without these there is
no worship, and Sunday is a day on
which he can do this without the dis
traction of business.
3. Sunday is a day of instruction.
Sermon-hearing is not worship, how
ever much we may learn from it or be
moved by it. But we ought to know
whom and why and how w e worship.
Willful ignorance is a common vice
among Christians, and many men who
think that they worship God do not
kno.w as much about their religion as
they could learn from a five cent cate
chism, 4. Sunday is a day of good works.
Our Lord and Master healed the sick
on the Sabbath, and preached that the
right use of the day was rest from
work for self, but not from work for
others. Sunday may be used as a day
for works of mercy. All spiritual works
of mercy may be done on Sunday. To
convert the sir ner, instruct the igno
rant, counsel the doubtful, comfort the
sorrowful, bear wrongs patiently, for
give injuries all these are Sunday
works, and every man can do some of
them if he will. But that is not all.
The corporal works of mercy can be
done on Sunday, and few men can do
them except on Sunday. A man can
feed the hungry, clothe the naked, en
tertain strangers, visit the sick, go to
see prisoners, even if he has no other
opportunity. Ex.
Of the First Class.
Postmaster Kerr received notifica
tion from the department at Washing
ton that the Asheville office has been
designated as a money order office of
the first class, to take effect April 28th.
On and after that date Postmaster
Kerr will be authorized to issuecertifi
cates of deposit for such surplus mon
ey order funds as may be deposited by
postmasters at money order and pos
tal note offices.
The Asheville office is at present the
depository for postal funds for about
thirty counties in North Carolina.
Asheville's depository for money or
der funds at present is Richmond, Va.,
and this promotion places the Ashe
ville office in the first money order
grade along with Richmond and other
of the prominent cities. Asheville
Citizen.
Mrs. do Salol "I notice that
you are not writing" any thing- for
the Magazines here lately.'
Mr. de Salol "Xo-oh; you see,
I'm saving myself up for my great
work, the American Novel. It is
to be one grand masterful hit. If
I were to write anything- and pub
lish it now, it would make my wri
tings too commonplace reduce
my store of information and les
sen my chances for presenting
somethingnew and startling. "
Mrs. de Salol "Yes; that would
be so much nicer: Write one nov
el and then quit."
Mr. de Salol-"Oh, no! I don't
say I would quit. That would
just get me started."
Mrs. de Salol "I hope you will
not find a publisher then. What
did yon say is the name of your
great novel?"
Mr. de Salol "I never said,
but I will say: It is, 'My Budie
and I.' Do you see? That takes in
anybody vrho has a mind to chum
with me; my running mate, as it
were my fellow companion or
help meet "
Mrs. de Salol "What do vou
want to take them in for?"
Mr. de Salol "Now, there you
are, again."
Senator Cockrell Views.
Speaking of the Treasury situation.
Senator Cockrell, of Missouri, said: "It
is nothing but an organized effort bv
a party of sharp brokers to force an is
sue of bonds. 1 These people came vi-rv
near controlling Foster, and now they
are after Carlisle. 1 hope Carlisle will
light them to the hist. I believe he
will, and if he does he will win. of
course, these men would like to bring'
about a bond issue the more the mer
rier. They would get a commission
for their negotiations, and these londs
would serve as a further prop-stay and
argument for national banks. Thev
would continue that rinjj would, if
unchecked until the national banks
were given complete control of the en
tire paper issue of the government.
"If I .were Carlisle I would pay gold
for nothing but. gold certificates.. If
tliev brought greenbacks, or, in fact,
anything but the plain gold certifi
cates, they should get nothing but sil
ver. They say that this would bring
back our securities now in 'Europe.
What of it? There is plenty of money
here -which, in its idleness, goes to
gambling in the stock markets and the
boards of trade, which would snap
them up in a moment.
"Once before, in the late 70s, when
we pa'ssed a silver law, our securities
came trooping over from Europe, and
it was the best thing that ever hap
pened to us. They say, too, that a re
fusal to pay gold for greenbacks at the
Treasury would prove a panic. I don't
believe it. It is simply a threat. This
very ring. which is reaching for the
Treasury throat right now, would no
more dare to create'a panic than any
body. They would be the first to suf
fer; but even a panic is better than
some things; it is better than surren
dering the nation's finances to the con
trol of a clique, and I sincerely hope
that Carlisle will risk the worst be
fore he ever does it." Philadelphia
Record.
After Itanaom's Place.
Raleigh, C, April 2;5. The
next legislature will elect the successor
to Senator Matthew Ransom, who in
part has repsesented this State in the
United States senate for nearly a quar
ter of a century, and wire pulling has
begun. "Ex-Governor Thompson II.
Jarvis for years has had an eye on
Senator Ransom's seat, and it was al
leged at the time tnat the senator had
Jarvis appointed minister to Brazil, in
1 880, in order to get him out of . the
way. Now he docs not seek to dis
guise the fact that he is a candidate
for Ransom's official shoes.' There
are other Richmonds in the field.
Among the number ex-Congressman
A. M. Waddell, of Wilmington, and
Colonel Julian S. Carr, of Durham,
have been frequently mentioned in
this connection. The latter, however,
is a strong personal friend of General
Ransom, and will probably not oppose
his re-election. And then the - general
sentiment at this time favors the nom
ination of Colonel Carr for governor
in 1800. I
The farmer's alliance expects to have
a finger in the senatorial pie, and
Marion Butler, the State president, is
now canvassing the State. He de
nounces all political parties and al
though a Weaver elector at the last
election, alleges that all parties are
equally corrupt. At Henderson, Vance
county, last' week, he made use of this
expression in the course of his address:
"You put the ioliticians of the third
party in power and they will dojnstas
the others do."
Tk Secret oT Mr. Cleveland's Strength.
Probably not since Lincoln lias the
country had a .President- who jks
sesses so much of the sympathy and
the confidence of the ieopIe as Mr.
Cleveland. That was manifested in
his re-election in the face of all
established precedents as well as in all
of the circumstances attending his
restoration to jwwer. - The singular
influence which he has exerted in
shaping the destiny of his party and
in giving direction to national polities
is the fruit of the implicit faith which
the jeople repose in his sincerity and
his judgment. He carried this in
fluence with him into his retirement,
and it remained an active factor in
public affair when Mr. Cleveland was
stripped of every vestige of iowersave
that which inhered in his own . re
markable iersonality and character.
This is all there is to the domination
of which Mr. Goldwin Smith speaks,
and it is the head and front of the
"absolutism" about which Mr. Cleve
land's censors liave so much to ay.
The power which, the President has
developed for moulding and directing
American polities is in the nature of
incontestable evidence tliat he is a man
of the people, and that the masse
recognize in him a safe, faithful and
unselfish champion of their rights and
constitutional privileges. From the
Kansas Citv Star.