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NEVER SURRENDER THEIR LIBERTY. Filipinos Suspicious of Americans Americans Ignorant of Them. Rev. Peter McQueen, traveler, lecturer and journalist, recently delivered a lecture at Springfield, Mass., on the "Truth About the Philippines." Mr. McQueen hav ing spent several months in the Philippines, sneaks with knowl edge of his suuject. The follow ing extract from his lecture is given: "One thing the Filipinos will never surrender, their sov ereignty or their national inde pender.ee. From high to low they told me they were willing to give us every ad vantage we could reasonably expect; harbors, finances, franchises, but not their liberty to govern themselves, (ien. MacArthur reiterates the same idea. Constantly in his re ports lie asserts the passionate patriotism of the fighting Malays. We are also getting from Mac Arthur the first true light upon homogenity of the Filipinos. The Tagalos and Visayans, number ing 5,000,000 are now seen to be one nation, united by a solidarity of religion, blood and* natural feeling. "We ought to have $50,000,000 worth of trade a year with the archipelago. There would be no harm, but much good, result if an American syndicate or several such combinations should get hold of the valuable mining lands of Mindoro, or the rich woods and rubies of Mindanao. This can easily be consistent with Fil ipino independence. An example of such peaceful conquest is seen in Mexico, where, wit hout firing a gun we have practically acquired all the trade worth having in that country. No true patriot will be against the expansion of our trade, our laws, our liberty. Put these things come not by force or bloodshed, but by the warmth of kindly international feeling, by human kindness slowly melting the snows of prejudice and ignorance and hate. "Two things have been against ns in tiie Orient. First, the Fil ipino suspiciousness; second, our own ignorance of t lie people. We are an offense to thosequiet,gen tle, slow-going folk. Ourhustling fellows look to them like insane men. Then again a great many adventurers and carpet-baggers constantly find their way to such parts as Porto Rieo, the Ha waiian Islands and the Philip pines. It is easy for us to get justice here at home, where we are all a full-brained race, and speak i' . the same language. But it would be very difficult for a Fil ipino to get justice, because when he rubbed up against a full-1 brained Saxon, the latter being the governing race, would have I the inside track. It is easy to say that we love justice and would not part with it in any clime, and no doubt we intend to do rightly. But as Burns truly says:? Oh, mankind art* unco weak And little to be trusted; If aelf the wavering balance shake, 'Tis rarely ritfht adjusted. John Ruskin remarks well: "When -a/strong nation is at war with a weak one, the strong nation is nearly always in the wrong.' "It is a strangely pathetic cir cumstance that Dr. Jose Rizal, the real founder of Filipino na tionality, built all his doctrines on the reading of t lie lives of Washington and Jefferson, and when he first gave the Filipino flag to the breeze the insignia were three stars, after the stars in our flag; the three stars were to represent the three island states of theTagalos, theYisay ans andthe Moros. "There is a great deal of ful some rhodoihetitade that passes easily for patriotism. But this 30t.li century demands a higher thought than patriotism: it de mands refined and intelligent cosmopolitanism. The 10th cen tury used up nationalism. The new century will bring interna tionalism. In another hundred years there is room to believe tiEit bonier broils and wasting wars-will be only scarified memo ries in the black background of tint past. National hate is root ed in prejudice and ignorance. It the blunt German really under stood tiie refined and sensitive Frenchman lie would not hate hljn. it the ovt !-V:w ing Jhigli-h iiiar. appreciated the splendid chiv.dry of the Teutonic Boer no war would scourge the veldt to day; if the Filipino trusted the American, and the A riierieati re ape 0'| the poor stunted M day, I lie victinyd tyranny and cast,., the jungle\would not echo with Hen >r inure -r than lies in tiger's lair **()ne thing we must never for get. When a Filipino swears loyalty to our government he 1 A V E Ku9 docs so in every caw with thin understanding, namely, that he, is in favor of America establish ing civil government which shall be native from A. toZ. and finally result in entire independence and a Filipino republic. In this sense only are there any millions of loyal Filipinos. "In the end I believe in the aw ful embodiment of average char acter called the people. Pulpit and press do not lead the people. For these dejiend for their bread on the people's will. What edu cates pulpit, press and people is| hard, rough experience. When the people get their rill of trouble and want quiet and rest, then pulpit and press will lead them out of bondage. "It was my great privilege to speak the first words above the graves of our soldiers in the Phil ippines, and 1 said t hen as I think to-night. There is no language to express the debt we owe, the love we ought to bear to those heroic men. Words are but empty sounds. Hut in the sum mers that are yet to be, whether 1 in far Luzon or in our beloved land, we shall stand beside their graves and in the hush and silence we shall feel what speech can never tell." Remarkable Cures ol Rheumatism. From the Vindicator, Rutherfordton, N.C. The editor of the Vindicator has had occasion to test the effi cacy of Chamberlain's Pain Halm twice with the most remarkable results in each case. First, with rheumatism in the shoulder from ' which he suffered excruciating pain for ten days, which was re lieved with two applications of Paia Halm, rubbing the parts afflicted and realizing instant benefit and entire relief in a very short time. Second, in rheuma tism in the thigh joint, almost prostrating him with severe pain, which was relieved by two appli cations, rubbing with the lini ment 011 retiring at night, and getting up free from pain. For sale by Hood Bros. Gold Production in the United States. From April 2, 175(2, to July 31, 1834, tne production of gold , in the United States was $14,- i 000,000, the production of silver J during that period being insig-; niticant. From July 31, 1834, to Dec. 31, 1844, the production I of gold was $7,500,000 and nil-j, ver $250,000. In 1845 gold! $1,000,000, and silver $50,000, and in 1817 gold $880,000, sil- j ver $50,000. In 1848 there was i a great boom in gold mining and I ? the output jumped t<> $10,000, 000, while silver remained at 1 $50,000. In 1845) gold reached , i $40,000,000, silver only $50,000.1 < From 1845) to 1853 the increase I in gold production was $5,000,- i 000 a year, while silver remained i stationary. In 1855 gold fell 1 back to $55,000,000, no change, I in silver, and reached the lo w i point, $39,200,000, in 1802. f Silver jumped from $50,000 in r 1857 to $500,000 in 1858, and v reached $2,000,000 in 1801, and $4,500,000 in 1862. i Silver production increased t rapidly and almost uninterrupt- i ediv for the next twent-live years ( and reached over $00,000,000 in 1889, increased to $70,404,045 ! in 1890, $75,410 505 in 185)1. < 1 and attained its maximum of a i little over $82,000,000 in 185)2. i It fell off nearly $5,000,000 in ! 1893, and during the last six years has averaged annually about $70,000,000, the produc tion in 1899 being $70,807,000. From lN0)O the production of gold increased to $53.22.5,000 in 1805, fell back gradually ro $36,000,000 in 1872, again reached $51.^00,000 in 1878. dropped to $3^.900,000 in 1879, rear-lied low-water mark at $30, 000,000 in 1883. increased to $45,000,000 inl886, and since, 1890, when the production amounted to $32,845,000. ithas increased until in 1895 $10,010, 000 was reached; $53,088,000 in 185)6, $57,303,OOOin 185)7. $04, 403,000 in 1898. and $71,053, 00 ) in 1895).?Uhicago Record. I'rof. Ivison, of Lonaconingr, \Id., suffered terribly from neu ralgia of the stomach ami indi jr?-stion for thirteen years and after the doctors failed to enrol him they fed htm on morphine. A friend advised the Useof Kodol l>\-|>' i^i.1 (.'no' ami after taking a few bottles of it he says. "It has cured tne entirely. I can't i say too much for Kodol Dyspep sia Cure." It digests what von eat. .1. ft. I<edbetter, IInre& Son rilood llros. Tlie man who says that heenn in>t succeed in business because he is top honest is a whiner and n coward, onddarenot face liisown real I an Its.?1 .imlsay Denison. ' ...., ? NORTH CAROLINA RIVERS. Senators Carter and Butler Create Fun in the Senate Over Our Rivers. In the last hours of the Fiftj* sixth Congress Senator Carter talked the Kiver and Harbor bill to death. In the course of his remarks he paid his respects to the rivers of North Carolna. The following dialogue is taken from the Congressional Record: Ma. Caktkk?Mr. President, | Senators will find little instruc tion. but much of amusement in reading over the names of the various rivers provided for in the; State of Virginia. The interest will increase when you pass from Virginia down to the coast of North Carolina. 1 would at this point like to have the aid of the Senator from that State who is present (Mr. Ifutler), in the vain attemt which I shall endeavor to make, to properly pronounce the names of some of the rivers which are provided for in a most boun tiful manner here. First is: Improving Scuppernong River. North Carolina, #1-1,000. 1 desire to know from the Sena tor whether my pronunciation of the name is correct? Mk. 1U tlek.?The Senator's pronunciation is eminently cor rect and very euphonious; but tht Senator unfortunately is at tached to a locality in a part of the earth so far west that lie has never become acquainted with t hat luscious grape that is indige nous to North Carolina known as the scuppernong. M it. Ca htek.?t Hi. that furnishes ample justification for the pro posed appropriation 1 did not connect the grape with the river. (Laughter ) As happily suggest ed by the Senator from Massa chusetts (Mr. Lodge), 1 was thinking of water and not of wine. (Laughter.) Passing the Grape River, letting! $ 14,000 pass down the stream, we come next to the Pamlico River. I have heard of that river; but the Tar River never. And yet I suppose the Tar River is well known?in the locality j through which it runs. (Laugh ter. ) Mit. Bitler.?Why, Mr. Presi dent, does not the Seuator re member when he was a boy study ing geography that the men who made geographies in those days were so ignorant that they put j down in those geographies that [ North Carolina was noted for its ] production of tar, pitch and tur-1 pentine? Surely in his youthful j days the Senator was afflicted j with geographies that were writ-1 ten by men who were so ignorant j that they put that sentence in them as the things that North j Carolina was especially noted for. j [f the Senator did not know that j f he had been in the Union Army n the late war he would have earned something about tar, j tecause during that war the say-! ng became famous that asoldier rom North Carolina had so , nuch tar about him that he vould stick and never run. Mr. Carter.?Mr. President, 1 inderstood that the tar related ? ;o the heels of the citizens and j tot to the rivers of the State, i ; Laughter.) But we must pay the sum. | Vow, Mr. President, mark the words: we must pay the sum oi l $25,000 out of the public Treas- j ury to those comparatively un known streams during the fiscal year ending .June 30, 1002. The next river in North Caro lina that is taken cars of, to the extent of ->15,000. is the Xeuse, river, an old timer? Mil. Bi tmcii ?Surely the Sena tor is familiar with that river. Mh. Caktek. ? Yes; that is probably an old resideuter. That is probably entitled to $l.r?,000j if any of these rivers is. Then comes the Trent River in North Carolina. Then we come down to the creeks in North Carolina?Con tent in Creek? Mr. Bi ri.ek.?I will say to the Senator from Montana that while we call it a creek in North Carolina, he would consider it a river if it w e in his State. Mn. Cakter.?I have 110 doubt 1 of that. Ma. Bi runt.?\Ve< all ordinary I rivers creeks. Mn. Carter ? Mr. President, judging by the names in this bill, there are more rivers in the State of North Carolina than in any ei|iml portion of the earth's sur face anywh re to be found. (Laughter.) We have then '"improving the Northeast River," ihen the Cape Fear River, then another item foi improving Cape Fear River, and then the Black River in North Carolina. The.^ we come down I to the creeks a/* !. Wo strike a place called Tomf Creek, and w< drop f 1,000 at that point. i ? I Then we come to the W acca maw River, North Carolina. "For continuing; improvement" we give them $5,000. Then the Little I'edee gets a thousand dollars, and the Great I'edee p*ts $5,000. 1 will not go further into the merits of the NorthCarolinacase, but respectfully request Senators to turn to tlie report and care fully consider the merits of the respective creeks and rivers of that State. It is one of the most magnificently watered sections of the American Union. (Laugh ter.) We pass then to South Caro lina, and we have the Santee River, $20,000. Then the W'a teree River. Here we are getting down to the genuine article? "water." (Laughter.) Th n, passing from the W'a teiee, we come to the Congaree, and the Congaree has #3,500? for what purpose is not stated. A Masterful Figure in the Oil Trade. ?a'nes M. Guffey, principal owner of the great Lucas oil well in Texas, is the he? o of an un common career, which is set forth in detail in the March number of The World's Work. He was a schoolboy just out of his teens when he made his first venture at 1'ithole, a city which once had a population of thirty thousand, but whose former site is now a cow pasture. He lost the money he had taken with him to Pithole, nor u.d a large measure of success attend his op erations during the next few yearsbut after each failure he took fresh courage, and for a decade or more roamed the hills and valleys of western Pennsylvania pushing the drill in out-of-the-way places with an energy thatseemed a great deal like lunacy to less persistent men. Guffey's opportunity came! with the discovery of the Cherry Grove district. He was one of the first in that field, and secured leases which yielded him a com fortable fortune. He now owns oil and gas wells in half a dozen j states, and for several years past has been the largest individual oil producer in the world. One day hist summer there was a let ter in his mail from a man in Texas in which the writer stated that he had fifteen thousand acres of land in Jefferson county, that state, under oil leases. He would like Guffey to join him in drilling a test well. Guffey wrote the Texan to get leases on thirty thousand acres when he would help him. The bargain was made, and its first fruit was the Lucas well which has already produced oil worth $400,000. | A Good Coueh Medicine tor Children. "1 have no hesitancy in recom mending Chamberlain's Cough Remedy," says F. I'. Moran, a well known and pooular baker, of Petersburg, Va. "*\Ve havegiven it to our eliildren when troubled with bad coughs, also whooping coughs, and it has always given perfect satisfaction. It was rec-: ommended to me by a druggist as the best cough medicine for children as it contained no opium or other harmful drug." Sold by , Hood Bros. Origin of the Snowdrop. ( An old legend gives the follow ing as theoriginof thesnowdrop: | Alter Adam and Eve had been , driven from the Garden of Eden j live was disconsolate." One day . as she sat silently giieving, an | angel appeared and sou lit , means to comfort her. She longed for the flowers, but the ' fast-descending snow was wrap ping the barren earth in a rope of white. A?the angel stood and spoke words of hope to tlx1 weeping, repentant, woman, he caught a snowflake, breathed gent.y upon it and said: " i'ako form, pur** -mowflakt*, ' bud and blossom, and be a coni fer! to humanity, now and iornverl'' ? In a twinkling tlx* siiowliul changed into a beautiful flower, as white and pure as the snow itself; and when Eve beheld the new-born blossom, gladness and hope eame to her heart, and she ^miled through her tear*'. Having fulfilled his mission of love, the angel departed; but where he had stood th re imme diately spring up a i ircle of perfeot snowdrops. See that von g< t the original 1 IVWitt's Witch lli :e| Salve when you ask for it The gamine is a ?ertain cure for uiles. sores and skin diseases. Hood tiros., Hare & Hon, -1. It. hAdlxttter. (ilasgow has a smallpox score.] aixl 240,000 of its tioO.OOO in habitants have been vai emated already. < PORTO RICO'S RESOURCES. They Will be Exhibited at the Pan American Exposition. The enterprise of Porto Rico is evidenced by the preparations that are now being made for its participation in the Pan-Ameri can Exposition at buffalo next summer. The residents of this new pos session of the United States are wide awake to the fact that their interests will be well served by a display of the Island's resources. An appropriation of $10,000 has been made for a building and an exhibit. The building, which will have a desirable location in the Court of State and Foreign build ings, will be in the form of a kiosk, a one story structure, with a cupola, f>r> feet in height. The building will be constructed entirely of native woods of all va rieties, the floor being of hard wood tiling. It will be quite im posing, the Moorish style of architecture being followed. The kiosk will be built in Porto Rico and "knocked down," ready to be set up on its arrival at the Pan -American Exposition grounds. In the kiosk will be shown the work cf women, such as embroid ery, drawn and lace work, etc., in which the women of the Island excel. There will also be a coffee and cigar stand, where Porto Rican coffee will be made and served by charming Porto Rican senoritas. The kiosk will also contain the offices of the Porto Rican commissioners and it will j be a general headquarters for in formation concerning the coun tr2>. .1 The island will have 1,2001 square feet of space in the Agril culture Building and the sainil space in the Horticulture BuildI ing for exhibits. Most of th/ space allotted to the Island il the Agriculture Building will if occupied by a comprehensi ** exhibit of sugar, coffee and to bacco in variousstagesof grow/h and manufacture. Nearly evt/y species of plants and trees of lie Island which will bear transpor tation will be sent to Buffalo./ Besides everything prodi led and manufactured on the Ishfid, instructive tables of information have been prepared which /will be invaluable to agricultbjists and others inti nding to inv</;t in Porto Hico. I LakeCopais in B?eotia,ff mous in antiquity for its eels, hat now been completely drained and turned into 48,000 acres <i ara ble land. I To Cure a Cold In one Da Take Laxative Bromo feuinine Tablets AH druggists/refund the money if it fails to (tire. E. W. drove's signature j>u each box. 2."e. f The Legislatureof Alabama has j passed the bill for the purchase j of the house in Montgomery i which .(efferson Davis occupied. It will be used as a Confederate j museum, and to it will be re moved the Confederal flags and relics now in the Stp e Capitol, j on the steps of whic! Davis took the oath of office as ''resident of the Confederate Sta'es of Ameri ca. .Mrs. 0. E. VanDasen, of Kil bourn, Wis., was pflicted with stomach trouble Ind constipa tion for a long ti'e. She says: ?J have tried ma i# preparations but none have dor me the good that I hamberhia's Stomach md Eiver Tabletlliave." These Tablets are foti sale at Hood Bros.' drug stori Merlin is nfHi/ed with a n< w toy imp* rtiil mm I'aris. It i> a pocket whis/e that emits'a whine, w-inding/p with a shriek ing "Mama. mJrad-" Kirn; Williatl IV. V sit anal ion cost, the natio/ about 200,000. I In* exjiensc.-pif K in?i- Kdwnrd \ If s convinfon. it is c\|?pctcd, will hp much heavier. ? It is the *"lV commandment. Whatever l'glifl may he coming! to us in die ftture. that is the! taessax iorto/dftv, that we learn fo love (><!(> a/other.?Dr. W. S. Hainsforl. / Their promptness and their pleasant el.'itts make DeMitt'sj Little Lnrh'M'sers most popular little pilUi wherever thev anM known. Ihsy are simply perfect lor liverinnd 1 >\vel troubles.' I lare ,t-sin. Hood Bros., .1. K. Ixsltn ttc Bengal is suffering from the cocaine hribit and efforts are lieing tiade to restrict the sale of the aug, which the Hindoos, are usiilg as a substitute for opium. I EDWARD W. POU, Attorney-atiftvV/ SmltMIeM, n. c. PRACTICES I* ALL THE CODRt? Claims Collected. Estates Settle L. A. MUNS, M. D., Physician and Surgeon WILSON'S MILLS, N. C. Residence near Mr. G. F. lTzzle. office near MlMUkC. M A: W, Wilson. All calls promptly answered. .I12-3m l F. H. BROOKS, Attorney-at-Law, ^ SMITI FIELD. N. C. Oltice It Court House. _X ! DR. S. P. J. LEE, DENTIST Smithfield, : : N. C. ' Ojicein Smithwick Building. jw. w cole7~ Attornev-at-Law, SMITIIFIEl.l), X. C. 'Practices wherever services desired. . Kims collected and estates settled. Oltice in Smithwick Building. Dr. J. W. Hatcher, I DENTIST, j Selma, N O [ Office in Hare& Son's Drnc Store. FLOYD H. PARRISH, SMITHFIELD, N C. Fresh Meats, Beef and Ice. Highest Prices Paid for '.Hides. ?#~Bcef cattle wanted. "hotel dickens, 8mithfiklp, n. c. Transients and Boarders. On Main Business Street. Rates Reasonable. MRS ].E. DICKENS. Proprietress Treasurer's Card. | John W. Futrell, Treasurer of JohnsU* County, will be in Smithfleld everf Monday and Saturday and Court Week* Office in back room of the Rank of Smith field. In his absence county orders will b? paid at the Rank. ? Rand & Stephenson, We desire to call llie attention of the public of Smitlifield and vicinity to the fact that we have associated ourselves to gether for the purpose of engaging in ? -^Contracting and Buildings BUSINESS. We want the work and we think that we cijn nuke It to vour interest to haven* to' do yours. Estimates promply fi nished on all kind, wood or brick work. Call yn or address w'jdstephen'son.!' Rand & Stephenson. smithfield. n. c . Bill Files, Letter Files, You file vour bills? Then you need a Bill File. We have them in two sizes?for long hills and for letters. You wish to Keep Letters You receive? T1 en buy one of our Letter bile Books. With one of these books you can keep every important letter where you can Find it in a Mon^ent, Without any Trouble. All the above poods on band at reasonable prices. We also ?have a few Single I'm try Ledg ers on hand at low prices. BEATY. IiOI.T A LAKSITKK SMI I Hi-iKLIl, N. ('. Treatnv at Horses?Pneumonia and Colds. Give White's Fever Medieini' every half hour an<i apply White's Iilack Liniment.. Colic and Kidney troubles,give White's Colic and Kidney Cure. Staggers; Give White's Purga tive and White's Fever Medicine Worms: (live White's Purga tive and White's Worm and ( au dition Povrders. Ai.i.kx Lkk, Pruggisl. big stock bought low bfcash must go. Beet nvenntigh A Co
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