FAMOUS ENGLISH BUDGETS.
How Great Britain Has Raised the
Wind Heretotore?Ingenious
Taxes and Enormous
Resources.
London Mini.
The deficit tins year is a record
one. It is lucky the country is a
good deal better able to bear it
than it watt a century ago.
From a population lees than
half what ours is to-day, with
less than one-sixth the money,
and only one-twelfth the trade,
Pitt managed to extract no less
than seventy millions a year.
His budget of 1 *04, among other
things, put Ids. lid. a gallon on
light wines, and taxed salt 15s. |
a bushel?that is, thirty times its
value. Over 1,400 different arti
cles of import were taxed. As
for income tax, all incomes over
?00 paid, and people earning
?200 a year had to pay 2s. in
the pound.
When the war with France was
over Knglish people naturally
imagined that they would get
some relief from fheir piled up
burdens. Put the war taxes
were not taken off till 182.r?, and
even then there was no reduction
of the enormous import duties on
the commonest commodities.
It was not till lb42 that Peel
first had the courage to serious
ly tackle this question of import
duties. Backed by the pressure
caused by dear wheat awl the
Irish famine, he swept away in
four successive budgets the du
ties on nearly GOO different arti
cles and reduced the duties on
7."itI other ill-tides
To make up for these reduc
tions of duties l'eel reii 11 posed
the income tax, which had been I
in abeyance for Home years.
The year 1849 saw the wheat
tax abolished, nil but a registra
tion duty of a shilling a quarter.
This was kept on for another
twenty years, till 18G9.
Mr. Gladstone's first budget in
1853 is one of the most important
in the century, lie got rid of the
soap duty, which had been ?28
a ton, and had produced in 18.12
?1,180,000. lie cut off the
iniquitous advertisement tax,
which had brought in no less
than ?2,2(50,000, and cut the tea
tax down to Is. (id. a pound.
One hundred and twenty-three
smaller articles which had be
tween them only realized ?12,000
were declared duty free, and
?70,000 reduction was made on
188 others. To balance this he
extended the income tax, which
was then Id. in the pound, to
Ireland.
In 1851 the Crimean war drove
the income tax up to Is., and
then to Is. Id. under Sir George
Cornewall Lewis.
Mr. Gladstone was back at the
head of financial affairs in 1859, I
and immediately reduced the list ?
of 419 articles which still paid
duty to fortv-eight. He lost no '
money by doing so. As an exam
ple of theimpetus given to trade,
the importation of French wines 1
jumped 127 percent, in a year. !
In 18(51 the same Chancellor was '
at work at his pet project of re
ducing the income tax, then 9d. ?
in the pound on ?110 and up- '
ward, and (3d. between ?100 and (
?110. He got it down to 7d. by 1
18(58.
That yenr 1863 is well remem- 1
bered for M r. Gladstone's attempt '
to make corporations pay income 1
tax. lie made the mistake of 1
including charities in his sugges- 1
tion. There was such an uproar
as nearly turned the government
?out. Yet in 1885, Air. Childers 1
renewed the proposal, only leav- 1
iug out charities, and carried it *
through. o
It was not until 18G8, Mr. r
l'israili being at the head of r
affairs, that there was a deficit. 0
In 18(59 Mr. Lowe created much 8
ill-feeling by making land and in- 8
come tax payable in lump at the >!
beginning of the year. Hut
when three-and-a-quarter mil
lions surplus lewaraed him, and 0
another penny came off the in- h
come tax, the outcry ceased.
Another proposal of .Mr. Lowe's, ^
m 1872, was to tax matches to v
help pay for the reorganization ^
of the army. I'arliment would w
not hear of it and the idea had h
to be given up. t
To Sir Stafford Xorthcote be- ?
longs the honor of having in 1874 F
reduced the income tax to its
lowest dimensions?2d. in the
pound. Healsocut off the sugar
duty. r
Iii 1884, our exiienditure, for "
the first time since 1815, exceeded s
ninety millions. It was the Hus- b
sian war scare that cost us no F
le-s than eleven millions. Sir v
Michael Hicks-Beach clapped an- 1
other 3d. on the income tax, t
increased succession and death s
duties, and raise<l the stamp -
duty.
Mr. Goshen wished to try some I
experiments in the budget of a
1888, which Parliament success
fully objected to. K very pleasure
horse should pav.be suggested,
tl a year, each race horse to,
and horse dealers ?15 each.
I That was the year which saw
117,000,000 of t he national debt
paid off, a record since 1870.
That of 1HH4 is the most ex
citing budget of recent years. In
181)4 Sir William liarcourt's
famous Finance Act was brought
forward, the result of which is
that all property left by will is
liable to a tax of from 1 to 8
|K*r cent.
Catalogue of Trinity College.
We have received a copy of the
latest catalogue of Trinity Col
lege.
The catalogue shows eleven
lull professors, three adjunct pro
fessors, two instructors and eight
assistants, besides other officers.
The catalogue shows cuts of the
most important administration
buildings. There is also given a
cut of the handsome library
building which is to be erected on
the college campus. The standard
of admission is high, and each
department of instruction thor
oughly equipped. The graduate;
work is a marked feature of the
instruction given. This year the
catalogue shows that eighteen
graduate students have been in
attendance.
In addition to the scholarships
already in existence, the Trustees
have established t welve graduate
scholarships, ranging in value
from $>?"><) to $>200. Thesescholar
ships are open to graduates of
Trinity and other colleges. There
are also fifty scholarships offered
to undergraduates, ranging in
value from $>50 to $>75. Forty
of these are offered to the Fresh- j
man class,five to the Sophomore
class and five tothe Junior class.
These scholarships are awarded
as a reward for merit. Examina
tions are held at different points
in the State for the accommoda
tion of students applying for
these scholarships
Persons desiring a catalogue;
may secure one by writing to
YV. H. Adams, Registrar.
Trinity College, Durham, N'.C.
Shudders at His Past.
" I recall now with horror," ?
says Mail Carrier Rurnett Mann,
of Levanna, 0., " my three years
of suffeiing from Kidney trouble.
I was hardly ever free from dull ?
aches or acute pains in my back, i
To stoop or lift mail sacks made t
me groan. I felt tired, worn out, '
about ready to give up, when 1 I
began to use Electric Bitters, but '?
six bottles completely cured rue 1
and mademefeel likea new man." 1
They're unrivaled to regulate If
Stomach, Liyer, Kidneys and t
Bowels, Perfect satisfactionI (
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50 cents. 1
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[low to be Happy Though Married. 1
A Southern lady met a colored f
vidow, gaudily attired, laughing t
uid talking and seemingly in the Y
die best of spirits. d
"YY'hy, Lizzie," said the lady, t
stopping the horse she was driv- <
ng, "How is it that you are so t
?heerful when your husband died > ?
inly three weeks ago?" | c
"Lor', Miss Mary," returned c
lie widow, with a broad grin, fi
"ev'ybody knows there ain' no
nippiness in married life till one
>b 'em's done 'ceased." ? Har- u
>er's Magazine. n
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Miss Florence Newman, who I
ias been a great sufferer from '<
auscular rheumatism, says 8
'hamberlain's Pain Balm is the s
inly remedy that affords her "
elief. Miss Newman is a much c
espected resident of the village n
if (iray, N. Y., and makes this h
tatement for the benefit of others 11
imiiarly afflicted* This liniment "
< for sale by Hood Bros. ft
Ci
A tablet commemorating the "
me hundredth anniversary of the o
irth of Peter Cooper was un- d
eiled at Coojier Union, New h
"ork, on Saturday night. It A
,as erected by the Cooper Union s
dumni Association. The tablet f?
ias designed and executed by '
inner students of the institution,
he medallion by the sculptor
Lugustus St. (Jaudens, ana the u
lanel by William C. Haskell.
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Old Soldier's Experience. si
M. M. Austin, a civil war vete-|
an, of Winchester, Ind., writes: I'
My wife was sick a long time in "
pite of good doctor's treatment,'
iut was wholly cured by Dr.
ting's New Life Pills, which
rorked wonders for her health." G
'hey always do. Try them, a
fnly 23c at Hood Bros, drug It
tore. A
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A car of lime on the road. I1
lair, plaster and cement in stock w
.11 the time. W. M. Sanders. 12
Thought.
Thought is deeper than all speech
Feeling deepe. than all thought;
Sou la to souls can never teach
What unto theuiaelvea was taught.
We are spirits clad in veils;
Mmi by man wan never seen;
All our deep communing fails*
To remove the shadowy acrean.
Heart to heart was never known:
Mind with mind did never meet;
We are columns left alone
Of a temple once complete.
Like the stars that gem the sky.
Far apart, though seeming near,
In our light we scattered lie;
All is thus but starlight here.
What is social company
Itut a babbling summer stream?
What our wise philosophy
Hut the glancing of a dream?
Only when the son of love
Melts the scattered sturs^f thought.
Only when we live al>ove
What the dim eyed world hath taught.
Only when our souls are fed
My the fount which gave them birth.
And by inspiration led
Which they never drew from earth.
Wo, like parted drops of rain.
Swelling till they meet ami run,
Shall be all absorbed again.
Melting, flowing into one.
Christopher Pearse Cranch.
ROMANCE OF THE Y. M. C. A.
How the Organization was Started
in 1844-The Founder.
Few men live to seethe fruition
of their cherished schemes, but to
Sir George Williams this singular
happiness is vouchsafed. The
fifty-seventh anniversary of the
Young Men's Christian Associa
tion, originated by him, was cele
brated at the Mansion Mouse
yesterday, at a meeting presided
over by the Lord Ma.\ or, who
was accompanied by the Lady
Mayoress. Coming to London
in 1844 from 11 ridge water, Sir
George Williams obtained em
ployment as an assistant in
Hitchcock's drapery establish
ment. lie soon saw the necessity
of forming some organization for
getting young men to use their
evenings with a serious purpose!
of improvement, religious and
intellectual. His plan of useful
ness was helped and brightened
by a touch of romance. Like a j
good apprentice, he commended
himself to his master, won the
hand of hisdaughter in marriage,
and became a partner in the firm,
to which he added his name?
Messrs. Hitchcock & Williams.
To-day the membership of the
association is537.000, represent
atives of every class ami every
nation. The various centers, in
view of their moral an i social in
fluence, are not inaptly described
is "Cities of Refuge" for the
rising generation of men, and
they must be an important factor
or good when it is remembered j
hat they number 7,220, praeti
:ally forming a broad belt around
lie world, embracing at once'
celand, where there are 24 mem
bers, and Cape Town, with proba
>ly over 2,000. In the evening, |
lome 4,000 members and their
riends assembled at Exeter Hall,
he guests of Sir George and Lady j
rVilliams. Referring to the early .
lays of the association, Sir }
Jeorge Williams said he paid 2s.
id. a week for the room in which
he first meetings were held,
low they owned, in various parts ,
if the world, property valued at ?.
iver ?5,000,000.?London Tele- ,
;raph, April 30. j (
" It is with agooddealof pleas- j
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nendChamberlain'sColic,Cholera
,nd hiarrluea Remedy," says
)ruggist A. W.Sawtelle, of Hart- ]
ird, Conn. "A la ly customer, |
eeing the remedy exposed for |
ale on my show ease, said to
le: 'I really believe that medi
ine saved my life the past sum
ler while at the shore,' and she j
ecame so enthusiastic over its j
lerits that 1 at once made up j
l.v mind to recommend it in the
tture. Recently a gentleman '
nine into my store so overcome 6
ith colic pains that he sank at 1
nee to the floor. 1 gave him a
ose of this remedy wnich helped
i:n. I repeated the dose and in r
fteen minutes he left my store '
milingly informing me that he f
l! us well as ever." Sold by i
lood Bros. }
"Drinking champagne,eh? You
sed to be satisfied with claret."
1 know; but my rich aunt, who .
ied recently, left me?" "01 1
ee. Left you a lot of moneyl"
Not only that, but made me y
romise not to 'look upon the (
dne when it is red.' "?Ex.
It Saved His Le;.
P. A. Danforth, of Lad range, 1
ia., suffered for six months wit h c
frightful running sore on his ?
g; but writes that Bucklen's t
rnica Salve wholly cum! it in (
ve days. For Ulcere, Wounds, s
'iles, it's the best salve in the c
'orld. Cure guaranteed. Only p
5c. Sold by Iiood Bros. .1
CATARRH
Catarrh lia* Income such x common
disease that a person entirely free lrom
this disgusting complaint is seldom met
with. It is customary to speak of Catarrh
as nothing more serious than a bad cold,
a simple inflammation of the nose ami
throat. It is, in fact, a complicated and
very dangerous disease; if not at first, ii
very soon Incomes so.
The blood is quickly contaminated bf
the foul secretions, ami the poison through
the general circulation is carried to ah
parts of the system.
Salves, washes and sprays are unsatis
factory and disappointing, because they dc
not reach the seat of the trouble. S S. S.
does. It cleanses the blood of the poison
and eliminates from the system all catar
rhal secretion .. ami thus cures thorouglil}
and permanently the worst cases.
Mr T. A William*, a lending dry-Rood? mer
chant of Spartanburg, S. C., write* : '* For yean
i nau a severe iane 01
na*a! Catarrh, with all
the disagreeable effects
whk h Etloitt t ? that
disease, aud which
make life pain'.il and
unendurable, l used
medicines preset il?ed l>y
leading phvsicinn* and
sugite ted \>y numbers
of friends, l?ut without
getting any lie tier. I
then began to take S. S.
S It had the desired
efFect, and cured ???? ^
after takincr eighteen
bottles In my opinion S. S. S. is the ouly medi
cine n >w in u?e iliut will effect a permanent cur?
of Catarrh."
S/HJI ftXfc llie only purely yeg
1 el able blood purifiei
known, and the great
of all blood inedi
cines and tonics.
If you have Catarrh don't wait until il
t>econies deep-seated ami chronic, but be
gin at once the use of S. S. S., and sent!
for our book on Blood and Skin Disease!
and w rite our physicians about your case
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.. ATLANTA. GA.
Her Reason Why.
< )ne Sunday, as a certain Scotch
minister was returning home
wards, he was accosted by an old
woman who said:
"Oh, sir. well do I like the day
when you preach."
The minister was aware that he
was not very popular and an
swsred:
"My good woman, I am glad
to hear it. There are too few like
you. And why do you like it
when 1 preach?"
"Oh, sir," she replied, "when
you preach I always get a good
seat!"?Scottish Nights.
Foufht For His Lile.
"My father and sister both
died of Consumption," writes .J.
T. Weatherwax, of Wyandotte,
Mich., "and I was saved from
the same frightful fate only by
Dr. King's New Discovery. An j
attack of Pneumonia left an ob
stinate cough and very severe
lung trouble, which an excellent
doctor could not help, but a tew
months' use of this wonderful
medicine made me as well as ever j
and I gained much in weight." j
Infallible for Coughs, Colds and
all Throat and Lung trouble.
Trial bottles free. Guaranteed
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Bros.
"I feel like the moon he said as j
he paid the dinner bill and they i
were preparing to leave. "Full?"
inquired the gay soubrette. "No;
not that," he said; "I'm down to
my last quarter."?Ex.
"I have been suffering from
Dyspepsia for the past twenty
rears and have been unable after
trying all preparations and phy- j
dcians to get any relief. After j
taking one bottle of Kodol Dys-1
aepsia Cure I found relief and am
low in better health than I have
:>een for twenty years. I can not
?raise Kodol Dyspepsia Cure too
lighly," thus writes Mrs. C. W.
lioberts, North Creek, Aik. Hood
llros., Hare & Son, J. It. Led
?etter.
Mrs. Swellman?"O! I'm so
jlad you dropped in, I don't
iiiow what on earth ails the
>aby." Caller?"hShall I run for
he doctor?" "No?for an inter- I,
>reter. His French nurse left
aiddenly to-day, and nol>ody can'
inderstand what he says."?Fx.
To Cure a cold In one Day
rake Laxative Bromo Quinine
rablete All druggists refund
he money if it fails to cure. E.
iV'. Grove's signature on each '
>ox. 25c.
No reproach is like that we
tlothe in a smile and present with
i bow.?Bulwer.
If people only knew what we
enow aoout kodol Dyspepsia
?are. it would l>e used in nearly |
?very household, as there are few
leoplc who do not suffer from a
eehnp of fullness after eating,
>elclung, flatulence, sour stomach
jr waterbrash, caused by indi
gestion or dyspepsia. A prepara
tion, such as Kodol Dyspepsia
lure, which, with no aid from the
itomach, will digest your food, 1
ertainly can't help but do you '
food. Hood Bros., Hare b. Son,
I. R. Ledbetter. 1
INOW READY.
A MODERN FOUNDRY AND
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Metal Working in all its Branches.
Ten thousand feet of floor spare, crammed with brand new and
ponderous machinery direct from the manufacturers.
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WE KEEP A FIRST-CLASS HARDWARE STORE WITH
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CUTLERY, FIRST QUALITY BELTING,
SASH, DOORS, BLINDS, CROCKERY, LAMPS, Extra i.eavy Team Collars, etc.
Just received a big lot of Devoe's Old Reliable Paints and Colors
in Oil. Every Gallon Guaranteed.
Osborne Mowers and Reapers for Sale
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rAtlAI) HAAC ^ 're I'oultry and Fish Netting.
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Clayton Hardware Company,
C. W. CARTER, Owner and Proprietor,
1)10?tf. CLAYTON, N. C.
S. R. Morgan,
Cabinet /Waker
bmithfield, n. c. and Undertaker,
will repair furniture and frame {your^plctures. Full llneVif^ Caskcta and Cofflni
Men's, Ladles' and Children's Burial Robes and Shoes, Hose,{Gloves, &c. Thanks
|o my friends and patrons for past patronage. Hope to serve you In future
SHOP ENLARGED.
I have recently repaired and enlarged my shop and added many
things to my stock. 1 deal in
Dressed Lumber arid Mouldings
FOR HOUSE BUILDING.
Turning and Scroll Work done to order. Building Material, such as
Sash, Poors, Blinds, Locks, Hinges, Screws, Cut and Wire Nails,
Glass, l'utty, Ac. Cart. Wagon and Buggy Material. Car
penters' Tools. Agent for the
Celebrated Longman & Martinez Paints
AND PARIAN READY MIXED PAINTS.
White Tieads and Oil Colors, Linseed Oil, Turpentine, roofing
paints, &c. Machinists' Supplies, including
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Also a good line of Undertakers' Goodsalwavson hand such as
CASKETS, COFFINS, BURIAL ROBES,
SLIPPERS, GLOVES, &c. A X X
I have also rebuilt and enlarged my free lot and stables and all
nsiting Clayton are cordially invited to stop with me. Thanking
uy friends for past favors I hope to merit a continuance of the
lame. . v
J. E. F*/\GE, Giayton, N. G.
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