The Gastonia^
O.’vnUMl to th. riotwmon »t llom. an<1 th. ,ntn,o.t, .1 «b. Oo,«tr
Vol. XVI. (JaHtonia, N. €., May 16, 1895.
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No 20.
cumn x
w* nro or nix nutMS
tree • marry ana riolmre
■oaM talk exceedingly wall when he
aheaa, and that sight be did choose.
He appeared-to be im a eta'.r ol norv
otm exaltation I bare nr Ter known
him eo brilliant. Be (poke on a qeltk
ntMiriu o( nubjeets,—on miracle
pUrx, am roodleral pottery, os Btrsdl
reriae vidian on the Baddblam of Cey
loa, and on tha warships at tha fu
tare -handling eaoh aa th-mph be had
am dr a facial (tody of it TTlr bright
hamw marked the reaction from hlc
hUsh depracckm of tha preceding days
ddhrlacy Jonaa proved to be a eonUblr
•owl In hlc hoars of rvlaxtUoo. aad
toned hlc dinner with the mlr of a boa
HvnnV VW myaclf, I fait elated at
tha thought that we were nearing the
»»d of oar task, and 1 caught woo
“* <* Holmes’ ga.rety. Nome of uc
nllnaad daring dinner to the cause
which had brought ua together.
Whan the sloth waa cleared Holme*
gleaned at hla watch and filled up
three glass** with port. "On*
hamper," »ald ha, "to the moeem of
ear little expedltkm. And now it I*
high Urn. wa ware off. Hare yoa a
pistol, Watson?"
"1 bare my old arrvloe revolver la
my deah "
“Ton had beat take IV then. It 1*
w»U to ba prepared. I tea the cab I*
at too door. I ordered it for half-past
*» was a little part seven before we
reached the Westminster wharf and
tonad ear lnaneb awaiting ua Holmes
aged It arltloally.
“la there anything to mark It aa a
ylira hoatr
“Tea—that grew lamp at the aide
'"Than taka It off.’’
The email change waa made, we
Mappad oa board, and the ropes were
mtf KUtll AKD I liT OK TUB KMDCK.
«•*! oft Jones, Holmes and I 'sat in
the rtcn. There om one man at tlie
rodder, ana to tvnd thp engine*, and
two borljr police inspectors forward.
•‘Where toT’ asked Jones.
•■To the tower. Tell them to atop
opposite to Jacobson's yard."
Oor craft was evidently a wry fast
eat We shot past tha lean lines ai
kmdad barjre, aa though they wees sta
tfcmary. Holmes smiled with satisfao
tba ae w* orerheoled a riser steam
mr tod left bar behind na
“We oofffct to be able to eatoh any
(Uu aa the river,” he uld.
“Will, hardly that. Hot there are
•o* maay launches to beat aa”
“Wa shall hare to eatoh the Aurora,
pad she baa a name for bain* a clipper.
I will tell yon bow the land He*. Wat
mam. Too reeoUeet bow annoyed r was
•* hetap balked by so small • thin*?"
"Wall, I fare any mind a thorough
Mai tar phtngtng Into a chemical
•Mlyfe. One of oar grantee* etatee
MoWmU that a chaaga of work la
ffca baa* reek Ho It la. Whan 1 had
auauaadad la dlaaolrtug the hydrocar
bon which I win at work at, I came
haakto onr problem of the Kholtoa. and
thought the whole matter ont again,
lfy boya had bean op tba
Hver and down tba river wlthnnt
reeull. Tba launch wa* not at
any landing atago or wharf, nor had H
lotainad Tat H ooalri hardly hare
boon anarttlad to hide their trace*
though that alwaya remained an a pna
aikle hypothaaia H all alee failed. I
knew that Uila man Hmall had a cer
tain degree of low canning, hat I did
not think him capable of anything In
4be nature at delicate Bnsaaa. That la
usually a produet of higher education.
I than refected that rineo ha hod cer
tainly boon la London eccne time—a*
Wa bad evidence that he maintained •
acntianal watch nw Pondicherry
lodge—he could hardly leave at a ne
eeenf* notice, but would need aunt
IHtle time, If It were only a day, to
arrange hla affaire. That wne the hal
dace of probability, nt any rat#."
"It mm to a* to be ■ little week,"
••Id I. "It la more probable that be
had arranged bln affaire before ever ha
aet out upon hln expedition."
"Ho, I hardly thlnh ao. Thla lair of
hla would be too valuable a retreat In
aaaa of used for Mm to give It up until
ha area aim that ha aould do without
H. Hut a Mirrnd aoaatderation atroah
met Jonathan Hmall aiuat have felt
that the peuullar appauranw of kla
oMBpnatoa, however much be may
have top seated him, groald give rice
ks y naaly aad ponafbly be aaeoelatad
wtth U-b Xerwned tragedy 11a was
padka aharu eueueh to we that, Thar
1 hod started from tbolr headquarter*
uniter ooeor of darkne**. *uu be
would wt*b to get book before It wa«
brood light. How, It was pant three
o'clock, according to Mr*. Smith, when
they cot the boot. It would be quite
Irright, and people would I* about In
an hoar nr no. Therefore, I argued,
they did not go eery far. They |uid
Smith well to bold hi* tongue. re«rrrnd
hi* launch for the final ineepe and
hurried to their lodging* with the
treaanrr-bojc. In a couple of night*,
when they had time to are what view
the paper* took, and whether there
wo* any *o*pioion. they would malt*
their way under oover of darkne** to
wine *hip at Grareanod or In the
Down*, where no doubt they had al
ready arranged for paaaage* to America
or the oolnnlca.”
'But the launch? They could not
hare takes that to their lodging*."
“Volte so. 1 argued that the launch
mu»t be no grout way off, in *pitc of
It* inrielbiUty. I then put mywoif in
the place of Small, and locked at It at
a Sian of hia capacity would, lie would
jmobably consider that to send hark
the launch or to keep It at a whurf would
make pursuit easy if the poller did
happen to get on hie track, llow. then,
could he oonooal the launch and yet
lure licr at hand when wanted? I
wondered what I should do tuyaolf If I
were In his shoe*. I could only thiuk
at ono wuy of doing It. I might h»nd
the launch urrr to some hoalbuUdcr
or repairer, with direction* to make a
trilling change In her. Sho would then
1« rumored to hi* abed or yard, and an
be effectually concealed, while at the
same time I could hare liar at a few
hour*' notice "
“That seems simple enough.
"It U t«*t thess eery simple things
which ars aktromsly liable to be over
looked. However, I detormlnr-d to act
on tbe Idea. I started at ooce la this
harmless seaman's rig and Inquired at
all tbc yard* down the Hrer. I drew
blank at fifteen, but at the sixteenth—
Jacobson's—I leurncd that the Aurora
had been handed over to them two
days ago by a wooden-lcggml man,
with soma trivial directions ns to lirr
rudder. 'There ain't naught utnise
with her rudder,' aald the foreman.
There she lies, with the red strrnhv'
At that moment who should comedown
but llordocal Smith, the missing
owner? Ue was rather the worse
for liquor. I should not, of course,
have known him, but he bellowed
out his name and the name of his
launch. '1 want her to-night at eight
o'clock,' aald bo—'at eight o'clock sharp,
mind, for I have two gentlemen who
wont be kept waiting.’ They had evi
dently paid him wall, for he was very
flush of money, chucking shillings
about to the men. I followed hlmaotne
distance, but be subsided In an ole
Inman; so I wont bade to the yard, and,
happening to pick up one of my boys
ou the way, 1 stationed him as a sentry
over the launch. He In to stand *t the
water's edge and warchU handkerchief
tn na when they start. \V* shall be
lying off In tbs stream, and It will be a
strange thing 11 wc do not take men,
treasure and all."
"You have planned It all very noatly,
whether they are the right mca or
not," sakl Jones; “but If the affair
were In my hands I should bare hi:d
a body of police tn JioWn's yard,
and an-c&ted them vvlmn they came
down.”
“Which would have boon never. This
men Small la a pretty shrewd follow.
Ho would send a scout on ahead, and If
anything made him suspicious he
would lie an or for another wook.’’
“Hut you might have stuck to
Mordocsvl Smith, and so boon led to
their hiding-place," sold L
“In that ease I should have wasted
my day. I think that H Is a hundred
to one against Smith knowing where
♦hey live. As long aa ho has liquor
and good pay, why should he ask quen
Horn? They send him mnamget n-hat
to do, Xo, 1 thought over every poa
a!bis oonrac, and this in tho bast.'*
Willie thin eonreraatimi hn/l been
proceeding, we had hero ahooting thn
long eerie* of bridge* which spec the
Thame*. A* we pa mod the city the lo*\
rnye of the nn were gilding the crow
upon the enmmlt of 8t. Tanl'a It wu*
twilight before wn reached the tnwcT.
"That la .Tacobeoa'* T«rd," *ald
Holme*, pointing to a brittle uf inapt*
and rigging on the Surrey aide.
"Crol»* gently up and flown hero under
oorrer of Ihle tiring of lighten." It*
took a pair of night glaatoe from hla
rocket and gored aome time at the
•hare. "I *eo my eantry attUpo*!,
h* remarked. " bot an aign o4 a hand
kerchief.”
"Huppoec we go down atrrora a thort
way and It* in welt for thorn," mid
Jooea, eagerly. We were all eager by
thl* Ume, euro the policemen and atolf
era, who hed a eery rague idee of what
waa going forward.
"We hare no right to tntte any
thing for granted." lltdmra ananrered.
‘•It I* certainly ten to one Ihnt they go
down ktreem, lot w* rennet be eortelu.
frim thl* point w# can an# thr en
trance to the yard, and they can hardly
aoe l* It will be a olenr night and
plenty of light Wc muat »ta; where
we ana See how thr folk »w»rm orcr
yonder to the gacllgbt."
"They are coning from work in the
yard."
"Dirty-locking re real*. Imt I *np
i*°*o every one ha* wen* little Immortal
1 ***** mmoeaWd about him. Tou
WOUKI not tnina «, to rook at tnroa.
Tlicro Isno o priori probability about
It- A sti-uutfv onl^ma Is man I"
•Torn# one cull* Ulm a antil onnooalad
ts Bu lOjlrra).” I supported.
“M'iuivood Urfi*le la pood upon the
■oUJift," said Holmes “Do remark*
that, while tbo individual nu 1* an
lntolublo pnaile, iu tko apprepate ha
becomes a mathematical certainty.
You can. for example, never foretell
what »ny one mnn will do, but yoo can
i my with precision what an avrropo
j nmulwr will bn up to. Individual*
I vary, bnt pcrcentn^t,* remain constant,
bo says the statistic Inn. llutdolseea
handkerchief? .Surely there le a white
flutter error yonder."
“Yea It ts your boy," 1 cried. "I can
arc Ulm plainly."
*'Auil there l* the Aororw " exclaimed
floltnea. "und piiiuj like the devlll
Full rpeeil abend, cuflnoor. Make
| “Ifc’1’ that launch with the yellow
ll;rlit- fly heaven. 1 shall never lor
**VU myself U she prove* to hurt the
heel* of u»r’
Kite had slipped unsrsen thronyh the
yard rotrasuc tuul pawed behind two
or three small rrnft, v> Unit she had
fairly pot licr speed op l<eft»m we saw
her. Nosv eke was flylcp down Ike
i »lrvam. near in to the shore, gnloy nt a
tremendous rate. .Ions* looked jprarely
at her and shook Id* head.
•‘M>e la very fast." he said. “I doubt
if We shall cHtrk her "
"We must catch liorf cried Holme*
between hi.* teeth. ‘ITcup It ua.
stokers'. M:ikv her do all r-he eanl If
wc burn the l«oot we must hare UietnT'
We were fairly lifter her now. Tho
fai-nmira roared, and the powerful en
I glues tvhlan-rt anil (dunked, like « groot
metallic heart. Her sharp, steep prow
cut thrsmijU the etlil rirwr water and
cent two rolling wave* to right hod to
left of ua. With every thruli of Uie en
gine* wo sprang and quivered Ilka a
living thing. One prrat yellow )ua
tern in orr how* threw a long, flicker
lag luonol of light in front of ua.
flight nlii-ad n dark Mur upon the wa
ter (howpl where the Aurora lay, and
the swirl of white foe.nt behind her
spoko of the | nii-o at vsrVcli fhe was go
log. Wc dashed port lsu-ijvu, steamer*,
nwrehaat-voeulv In and out, behind
thl* one and round the other Voice*
hulled ns out of the ilnrkue**, hut atlll
the Aurora thundered ou. nod Mill tv a
folliiwod close upon livr track.
“Tile It on, men. pile it oul** eried
Holme*, looking down Into the engine
room. while llnj lierre glow from be
low been upon hi* eager, aquiline
face. "(Jot iivery pound of steam you
can."
•1 think we /ruin a Huh-," said Jonca.
with lit* eye* on tbu Aurora.
'•I am tt-rc of it." *nid L "We shall
he np trltli her lu a very few rain
ulna."
At that moment, kowevor, as our
evil fate would hr.m it. a tog with
thrre lr-vri'e* In tow hlrncVmd In
tcVaucii ua It wan only by putting
"■■r helm hard down that we avoid
ed ( collision, and bi furo we could
round them and recover onr way too
Aurora had gained a good two hnn
•‘a^tiiiuii isniK .\mtoHAr r.xcL4iMto
ya.
dtvU yards. She iw still, howcrcr,
well in view, nr.d the murky uuocrleln
twUltfht r. an settling Into u c.lesr star
lit night. Onr boiler* writ- xtrnlnrd
to their ntand the fmtl shell »y.
hrsted and an-alred with the (lerec en
ergy which was driving m along. tV*
had shot throogh tbe pool pr.st the
West Imlln rtoclTB, ikarn the long Deyt
lord Reach, and tip ngsln after round
ing the l'Je of I>.gs. The dell l.lur In
front of us resolved Itself now clearly
enough Into the dnllity Anrortu Janes
turned rmr nrsrelilight upon her, so
that wo eonlil plainly »oo the figures
upon her deck. Ore mau sat by the
•tern, with something Much between
hie kneosorer which he stooped. Ikv.ldc
him lay a dark ran** which looked like
a Kewfoundlend dog. Tho I my held the
tiller, while egnlnvt tli« red glare af
the fonmiw I on.iltl kqc old Knitlh,
stcl<y])c*l to the Wrtlit, uod shoveling
nool* for dear life. They m: y liave hrul
lews rtimlit nt first a': to rlictkt we
wcro really pnrruir.;' tlinn, but mm ns
vo followed ov-ry whidia'f and turn
ing which they lush thers c aihl no
lonjfor bo any quustlou about It. At
flrecnwlch we merenlicullbrccbnDdrcd
rimo behind them At Klnrkwiatl r/o
could tint hare been more thnn two
hundred and fifty. J hare eouned
many crentnroa fn many count rlra d,<r
Ing my clvokerad carter, Irut never iH 1
•port giro me such a wild thrill aa Ihta
mad, flying man hnnl down th»
Thamoa. Steadily we drew la upon
Utem, yard by yard. In Uie dlencv
of tka night v» eon )rl hear Ilia
panting and clanking of their ma
chinery The mu In the alert) atlll
erouohcd upr.u the deck, and Ma arm*
ware moving m though be wore buay,
while every now and thon ha would
look m* and meaauw with a glance the
distance which atlll .operated uo.
| Nmircr we same and nearer. Jonea
I wiled to them to atop. We were not
mere than four kak' lengths behind
Uiria. Imth biwta flying »t a trvarv.n
dona pace It was a elaar reach of
■ the river, with barking level upon
1 ou akW and tha melannholr PUm
Rnad Winnies upon tJH oUSffr. X\
our hall Uie man la the atrru sprang
“P *«"■ *■“ deck and shook his two
•Unshod flats at us. cursing the while
In a high, cracked voice. He
wm • good-sited, powerful roan,
and «• he stood poking himself
with logo astride I could m that from
the thigh downwards there waa but a
wooden "lump upon the right aids. At
the sound of hie strident, angry cries
there was ntorement In the huddled
bundle upon the deck. It straightened
Itself Into a lilt I a black mnn—the
emnllrwt I hare rroraArn—withe groat,
mlaehupAn head and a shock of tangled,
| disheveled hair. Holme* hod alrcadv
drawn hk revolver, aoT? wMpped out
Ddne at the sight of thla savage, dis
torted creature. ITe waa wrapped In
soma sort of dark ulster or bSaoket,
which left only hk face exposed I but
■z tooot HU TWO -t— ran
Mtl, l
that face *m enough loiln a man a
sleeping oljrbl Never have I sera
feature* ao deeply marked with all boa
tialily and creelty. nu mrnll eyra
flowed and burned with a aomber light,
und hi* thick Upa were writhed beck
from hi* teeth, which grineod and chat
tered at aa with o luklf *tdwl fury.
' 'Fir* If hr raise* hU hand." mid
Holmr*. qnlclly. Wa wer* within a
boat’* length by thi* time, and almost
within touch of our quarry. 1 can are
tli# two of there now ** they atood. the
white man with hit lenU*' apart,
ahrloklng out curaea, andftha unhal
lowed dwarf, with hi* hldedhe Ceoo, and
hi* strong yellow teeth «m»vl~r at na
In tha light of our lantern.
It waa wall that erg had eo clear a
▼lew of him. Seen a* wa looked he
plucked out from under hla cowering a
►Jiort, round piooo of wood, like a
•ehool ruler, and clapped It to hla
Upa. Our ptstoU rang vet together.
He whirled round, threw up hla
arm*, and with a kind of chok
ing cough fell aldaweya Into the
atroau. I caught osa glimpse of hla
rmrimoo* menacing eye* amid the
white awlrl of the water*. At the
mme muuicnl the wocdan-lcgged man
threw btmwlf upon the rudder «»■! put
It liard down, ao that hla boat made
atruight in for the southern hank.
while wc shot pest her stern, only
clearing l\er by s few feet. We were
round after her In so lantent, but she
was already nearly.at the book. It]
wo* a wild and dewdets plane, where
tha moon glimmered mpon a wide ex
panse of marsh lead, with pools of
stagnant water end bed* of decaying
mgetatlon. The lasaeh, with a dal)
thnd, ran up an the tend book, with
her bow la tha air lad her otern flash
with the water. The fsgiUr* sprang
out. hat his stamp lastantljr sank Its
whole length Into the sodden sod. In
min he straggled sad writhed. Kot
one step could he possibly take
either forward* or backward*. lie
yelled la Impotent rage, nnd kicked
frantically Into the mid with bis other
foot, but his straggle* only bmd hto
wooden pin the deeper Into the sticky
bunk, liken we brought oar launch
alongside ha was eo irmly anchored
that It wit* only by throwing the end
of a rope orer hi* shoahWr* that wa
were able to haul him out, and to drag
him, like some aril ®*h. over our fdcle.
Tint two Smiths father and sou, sat
sullenly la their Innneh, but os me
aboard meekly enough when oom
tnnndad. The Anrwa herself we
hauled off and mads fast to out stern.
A solid Iron cheat of Indian workman
ship stood upon the deek. This, then
eould be no question, was the sems
that bad roatalnsd tha Ul-onsenod
treason, at the Sboltoe There was no
key. but It wan of considerable weight,
so we transferred H carefully to one
own little as bin. As Wa steamad
■lowly upstream *g*in, we flashed cmr
search-light In terry direction, but
there was no sign of tha Islander.
Sontewhero In the dark ooae at tha
bottom of the Thames lie tha bourn, of
Unit xtrauge Writer to oar shares.
''f*ee hero,” mid tJolmea, pointing to
the wooden hatehwsy. ••'We were
lterdly qoleh enough with our pistols”
There, sure enosgh, Just behind
tvlioro wc lind been standing. Stuck
one irt those immleroasdarto which we
knew so well. It mast hare whiared
between u* st the Instant that we
flritd. IIoIbmw smiled at it, and
■hmjjged his ,boulders In his ease
fashion, but I oesfres that It turned
tnr sidt lo think of the horrible death
which bed passed so elate to us that
nlifhk
fcONTlMUKT) NWCT kf*g]
A RmtAnkN Ur» •*
/'Vo». tUr Urtfn f oaurttieei Itt'-ina,
1>i»W lewis, who h«* bn»n afflict'd
all winter by rbroitull**. U out again
ntid all «1na 1« or a of tlin rend lei new
ndrertlasd In nor eoU»«i. After try
ing erorythlog pnmtbto. ha nwd cimiu
barlaln'a I*ala B»1«. wb»eh baa rn
llerorl him of all pain, from which h«
waa a eonatant suffsrrf nod premises
u> make hlu> M for doty aonu. Wo
know I lurid boa be*" « treat suffrrar
amt are glad to asa him around acaln
K.e aah- tn Ghubt * KomnoT,
Diufftatn. ’
riMwUI MmL
Oreonvmu. a. c„ ««».
.„)V.B!l*Tire*d wUh d0»’ attention
■Cola* Financial Scliool," a Uule
Cllow backed book which aeeme to bo
lTta€ ^ a»»e part tn the present
that "Unole Tom's
th* agalnat slavery,
Tonr**c'* “A
Brrand > had to a campaign against
tbe Mouth a few yean ago.
“Coin** Financial Mchool" ii cleverly
ecoetroctert. It nirr.ktea the progress
made by a young and little man In
teeobmg the science of Duanes to the
people of Chicago. The narrative rtyle,
the eaay end somettaaaa strong man
ner la which poluta arc pot, tha Him
tratlonsand earicatarrs. all help to
poke the book attractive, net idea.
It hat the fortune to jump wHU tbe
popular humor.
“Coin's Financial School" teas full
fftaka, of looted figures and mis
leading statements and arguments as
“Uttcls Tom’s Cabin-' or "A Fool's
Irrnnd." It aril] pcotasbly bare a
powerful effect, Joat aa they did, sod
will conrluM many prtgylo that tbla
2 wSlJf f™” * oonipiiacy
of English bankers to destroy silver
m mosey just a* “UncleTom'S CaWn"
msdc thousands of people at the North
bo! lev* that the Soolh was owned by
Ugrsss and that horrible oruslUs*
sme dally practioed by all Southern
stave owner*.
Nothing le easier than for a min to
t»« beet of so argument when be
ssfci hlmaslf all tbe questions naked
and conduct* the debate for both sides.
“Cole" does Just tliat.
His argument Is that the silver dol
tar was tbe writ of values In this coun
try until 1871 that lu that year gold
**■ U»e unit; that elnou than
prtosn have atendllr fallen and unlver
“J^tarsea hue folio wad. HU remedy
U tbs adoption of tho silver staudard
*714 grains of silver to ba culled a dol
Ur—and the coinsgs of all tho silver
o dared Into dollars at that rate. The
gold dollar Is to lie frrelr coined like
wise, one-sIrteenUi of the weight of e
stiver dollar making a gold dollar. The
metals are to be toe bases— what be
calls primary money. Against them
can Ip Issued paper or other money
equal to their total coined value and
redeemable in either or both.
“Coin" dodges nil tbe awkward
points.
lie does oot tell os why there wm
ooe of th# worst panics tbe country
bee ever known In 1879, tefore silver
w*s demonetised, while the silver
standard, or unit, to which be plus bis
fetth, wm lu existence.
lie doe* not explain why oottoo fell
fwos SI oenta In 1808 to 17 oents lu
1879, a fall of 14 oecte, nearly 90 per
ovnt., lu sewn yens under the silver
rtendsrd sod g/v*nh*ck circulation,
while front 1873 to 1880—seven yn,tn
under the gold standard, it lost hut
9| cents, declining from 17 to 11:34,
tree then 33 per oent,
He doe* out explain why It is that
while all Die nation* of the earth at
one tlsee had tlw silver standard not
oee of them 1* wing It to day.
He doe* not explain how Ibis coun
try can form- other countries to follow
it In adopting tlia silver uUi-.dard or
' force them to accept our 371 grains of
stiver for a dollar. lie clalsas we could
force op tlw value uf silver ail over the
world by making It into dollars. He
does not tell us bow wo could fore#
anybody hut oureelves to five properly,
goods or produce for such dollars.
He says only foer per cent, of oar
bnsioe« Is done abroad and his pur
pose seam* to be to deprive us of that
four per cent, and fore# os to a system
of swapping ao unlimited quantity of
piece* of sliver we call dollars among
ourselves, forbidden from trading with
anybody outside except at a lorn.
H* Ignores tbe fact that tlia prior*
of a product are fixed by Uie prices of
tbe surplus of It, that tlw price* of cot
ton aud wlwat are flxed lu Liverpool
, where they meet the wheat and outtoo
of tbe world la competition.
Lika Mr. Hanoi, of Georgia, lie evi
dently think* we oan fore* prosperity
on tlw Mexican plan of ranulng down
our currency, keeping ont nil export*
and amusing ourselves with nominal
high prices.
Under ‘•Coin’*’’ plan * bole of cotton
might be made to eoU for Arty Ameri
can aftrer dollar* and would pay Ufty
dollars of debts, White It now |«ya but
twenty Ire, Built would ooroaxtod
only the quantity of Hour, moat, cloth
ing aud tools represented by the Bve
KngUati gold pounds which woatd l«
paid far It at Liverpool Tbs eotlau
tulaar might And that bo could cancel
Ms debt in Ibis country with ana We
et cotton instead of taro; but wlmn Iw
want to boy provisions, clothing and
tools ha would gnt for two hales only
•a mush aa bo Dow gets for ooc. Where
be would be gelner “Coin" does not
opMl.
The book la full of forgets. It for
geta the enormous changes In eoaomeroe
meda iu forty year* by railroad*. steam
•hiP«. oablaa and tab grnpli lines. It
forget* the tramcodcua tnereas* In
product Km brought by the opening of
new lands, by maehitx-ry nnd trans
portation. It forget a that Uure have
horn panic* and times of distrewi In
the world before sow. before sliver
was ileaaoovtland. It forget* that ihte
country I* steadily gaining and m
oovcrtng and that there I* every ladl
nation bow of returning prosperity un
der the so-oalied gold standard.
The oloetne rxrrenwt of llelwnoJ
loeUute wllitako plate on May l&ti
and ldtli. The annual n rimii will Im
preeofaed on the 1JU» liy Roy. II. V.
IMatr, of till K. U CkrUMan Ailrvi'U,
of (iremaWro. Tho llltfnry Addrene
will be detlvend oo tha 10th by Iter.
Jim*. C. Kllfto, Pmklml of Xrlulty
f’..)tl»fr, Durham.
AmkM HiUtt.
Tna Deer mauve In the world f.u
Hilt*, Bn lien. Serve, 11 terra, Hall
RUrum, Fever Horn, Tetter, Ctuijiiml
llAiidr, UhtltiliJna, Onw, nnd all *kln
Kreuttooa, noil poaltlrvly com I Mm.
or no pay required. It le guaranteed
tn elv* perfrm eatlefaeileu, nr etowey
refunded. lMm 13 rente per boa. For
tale k* Oerrry 4 Kaeuody.
I.MWU-* ntNNTIM.
wmu tm wui. bat twnnt
Ut» Tali*.
There bw been a good deal of cob*
trorerey lately ae to wliat occurred be
tween Alexander H. Stei.hms and
President Lincoln nt t*io faee-itu
Uiunptou Roads conference daring the
latter put. g| tbe war. The general
uuderaUndlng te that l.iiioolii pro.
poeed to Stephens Ltmt the nvmaiut
w<m»d pay fidW.OOO.W) for ttie donth
ern tlaree and p>wca would be dn-Ured
on that bask. In last dundsy'a Allan
la Constitution, Jibs Temple Uravee
itateil that oo proposition w-t* ceadr.
end to eorrob-watton of tbe statement,
qootei the reports of earlou* comm is
sldoers to tba conference.
Uapt. Brau T. Howell baa come for
ward with soma heretofore uiiixilrlislied
Information on the sulgast under die
coeelott Ho mye that ha got bis In
lonoaUnti direct from Alexander UL
8Upbaue, a abort time before tbe death
of that statesman. It was In deference
£ Suybea’a th»t Captain
Howell failed to make the information
WbUc. Hew, however, that the mat
ter bee become tbe emtyeot of a boated
!^T.fttfUin Unw
ell thinks that be should remain sliest
no longer.
Aooording <• Qeptxio HoweU, Mr.
Step**®., told of what occurred be
tween blmeelf anil Lincoln about at
foliowr “lltfore there wee an/ for
mal dlscumiou of the mutter under
consideration. Mr. Ltneolo took me
apart from tbe other* to a table on
which there waa tome writing nuueri
«*t *•* •»**: •* e® fled this ooafer
euoe haa bam exiled, and I believe you
and I can settle this nutter. I know
you and yon knew aw. 1 have ooafl
deaoe In your Integrity and 1 holiest
you have lu mine. ! do ant Uilnk you
would aak me to do anything Improper,
end I would not require yotir content
b> do aoytblug I bo.tcve to he uujott.’
Ttteu plcklua up a piece of pnpor and
putblea It towxrJ mo, lie uoutlnnrd:
•1 wtir write one word at tire too of
this tbeet of paper, end tltat word will
be ‘Union.’ and with that at a UttU.
you may write out Die term* of settle
meat, end on that will 1 oee all my
InAueucelo have cu-grtas settle as we
M1 then told Mr. Lincoln that Ureal
dcnl Davie bad Imiruetrd ua to agree
tn no terras of settlement that did not
recognise the independence of the
Confederacy. At lb It Inumgenoo, a
cloud came over Mr. Lincoln^ fuea
Ids chin dropped to Ills breast, and for
several mlnuteu lie did uot any a word.
After a panes be ntlesd out of hie teat
and said to oen with kinds uplifted.
‘Then 1 am not retuwolble for any
further bloodshed l h id hoped that
tbe war would eiul with tide confer
sues; but with the iustruettou* by
which you are bound, It la impostibie
to make any sfttlemoet, 1 trust that
you wit) consider confident wiiat baa
occurred between ua.’
“If wo l>ad been empowered to nego
tiate a aottlenxuit with the preserva
tion of the Union as a basis, thu SnnUi
would have been paid for our staves
and we would have got x Ju.t, an bou
"ruble and reasonable recognition at
Utehandsof Mr. Mnovla. Of oouna
our iiiatraettaaa binding Us to recog
nise only Um Independence of the
South prevented oor accomplishing
anything, foe at the threshold of Mr.
.Lincoln's desire for peace, woe bit
determination that It must be based
upon Union.”
Nmilllifr Mmrjr IXjr CrproM.
Hiirpsrt^'Otljr,
Of crursc there it no nivdt In carry
ing tiaingle ahlpinout of $1,000 at tlm
rate paid to toe United State* Er press
Company. The profit la in Imudlhig
eery large sums In one shipment. The
largest haul ever uo.-vla by tlie company
woe £15.000,000 taken from 'Va-ililng
tou to New York iu 1S80. It wus fu
bills of eery largedenomination. which
were coataiucd in two tvt>odeti boxes.
Though a eiwolal guard wrnt with tlita
shipment, tlte expense of the haul wae
not .ouch greater Um» If tbs boxes had
Uetd 81,000 eaoli. And for this work
tlm express company received 82.230.
This was a very profitable shipment.
The express company would tore
liked to lutve tbs contract fur carry lag
the 82,000,000 shipped from Han Fnui
bitec t»> New York a few years ago.
The United Stales Express Company
does not handle any currency or coin
west of the Missouri River. If the
shipment had been In territory east of
tbe Missouri tlm company could beve
Insisted no carrying it under IU con
tract. Bat aa It woe outbid t» tbe ooo
tnmt tenitory It was optional with the
guvenimeut to make it* own arrange
ment foe the bunl. The Secretary of
IU* Treasury asked for bida for tbe
luuulug of this estl rate, and tbe beat
rata ho onuld obtain was «,(K». I rum
tba WaU-Yargu Exprrsa Uonuuny.
Kigorfug tlm haul at 2.200 miles. the
i < gnlar rats for hauling U o money
hna been 8d5,33>; bnt on no large ■
sum SuoIj a rate would hare been
alwurd. Tba secretary of tba Treasury
put ahead of Urn expense eumpjuiri by
b:tvlnk five huodii'd wooden boxes ol
special dealga made, and shipping tlw
r»bl noroas the coalloeut by registered
mnil. Tba ciiUre coat ot tba able,
went waa about »j.lkXi.
UrwwMl HMyram
"I load a vary Km« orM on my
luag* that eaaaed inoch toraneea tad
B«*e an enaaidcr.rbta oneaelnera la te- I
wrd to Ue magll.” My« Mr. T. K. I
Smith, of Hitler let, \bn. **.\ local'
drunlat culled ihv ultcnllou t« (. lima
Imlata'a Cough k*> uteri y, and on hi*
woomnK odatkM, | f lr, ,|„ n^j »
cniaful rial. The rvauK surprlwd M«;
I recovered rolirdr In three rUya."
-a nit I SO cvi>l ImUlet (W Ail* liy
<-*■»•»v ft Ki-K*KI»Y,
I■— "■*, ■ l>* III
Clrvi-Und comity Is to liar" * new
cottier mill. The lil 'r r\)« U la to
be creofod at SCee'a SUojU thr.ar mtK r
froth PnttcTami nad Bee from Shelhe.
Mr A. V. Miller, shied by CliarlntU1
ce)Mtaltels, A the moving Sf»ilU, Tlw
mUlto to ha a •MO.WN eubenwiaa.
mEvazaisM £
bIIUobi of doilm* yet go art tor
**«»«- mhtoh ooaM ho and
•hoard ha grow* opoa aar —- *
7" get noma Idmaftto
rt, tba ““Ifngrg Jfa
>nf tout (oaulrtaa to a nu. m
dlrtrlouUug totals la Virgiata, Tm
Maaap. Aitanaas. Twua, Ueonrii ud
(but a f- poTatoTCaK*
ttouo State* u»<1 m* a
fneUoa of ouch poiata tbrw,
fr®* th* replies_
lean tad that theta aw* ebhtod ta
iSl?” tha Wrtk«L.
833 worth of maata tod laid- Mata*
000 of stock faad—ooro7oata.k«r dto
«« 8*873,000 t^rthVMSi£l
four, wheat, ooni-meal, do., making
an aggragata of 821,718,233 far ton
T^tlj^anMooctaT* ou S aU SutaT
itoSTiTO.Mo, *£
Dame-l aoao Ida* at* fa larwad at
iissriiSKSSvxJffJs^is
sstr'SSTrtrSa
that thia aggregate uwiniMUa
8100.000,00* -n rn
AnoarkaUa tblog abort thia ta
that tUera la not a gut* tala whUh
thaaa auppllea bar*beau rrntthat rwata
oot bate raised everything In a baa.
dauoe brought from the (VaataadaoaM
of them for ion money than tha Wm
tr* farmer can raiat them. X* Saar
*bfl*t 1* grown aayaheee to the worU
than can be grown la Mm middle (tor
of tha Ootithan. Mace*, and tto earn
grown in theea State* le proverbially
&m, aa far auuarior to Urn oaniaa, rtiy
eoru of the Weat aa th* pneau U to %
Tto pork fattaaad on Urn meat
sW‘jsrsara»jy»
farmer aod the Wetter* butetor atwai*
them. Tula would ha rtdieatoaatfit
watB‘l too aerioat to make light of.
bvppom a men orb* oulttvaiod a
hundred-sore ootton irtintattae. la
addition to hia help hired hia faram
and mates Instead of buying g
nilalngtbLta, whlah weald
room aeoaibie.) wouldn’t hia e
conclude that then wae a aorow
in hit bead? Bat that waotd ha abort
“» barter teed far th* abort
Uten It can he bongo t. u «* add 'ta
the amount aprutter teed tto amaart
aouaally spent for Itoraa* and malea
aearx mm «f which ooaM be raised l»
oar own farmer*, tlmr* would ha ala
other Mg run to be added ta tto 8MB.
000 oto m-ent f.,r uodSStSaT ^
1( une Mil IuhI to b* paid In ate
cent KiUna It wouM taka I* tto aatefa
borhood of *40),000 Inhm of 801 a
oaoh. or about one-third of fatal ta
crop, that in licit cotton ta
given away. Sootfara tet_ id
n«T«r aspect lu prosper with sort a
urrilit in dmt upon Uiu^ wh itom Hm
prioa of notion ar uhtoeoo toy ha.
I*-*** R<ri)l.
Mr*. A, a widow of two TW|')U*4
tot, drew • rlrack for tq.y). Pn^.t
l-Ril for iMrmMt, aka okaarredna
kinawHl «X|irr*tltra on Ura faoa nf UM
iwylnj tWWr it* ura rceUred tar
tnonrjr nud rtairartwl. A rawtb tear
hrr book wm wrtuaa n and tar
▼i.uclim t>turat'd, aad taa tawad
Axpwaaion ou itafaaa at Ura araHac
UlW wai axMalaad. Bar akaakata
tooatii }<rnvWraa read:
Blank National Hawk wm mt
o llvarcr t>ao Haahaad and Fifty Doi
Uta. ”
TtaInly la tidaklac at aatna Ura
book for Ura tatanoa An*. foTTi Ura
—— *'-*~-'r1— -t mWatad il
tlrat Ura ebook aaW for.
II DM Mr i|»,u_
>Ir. J. U, (VWi, paWUhtr of (to
Dt IWivom. WTr., bS
i ifmthMiMi m
< li«*trrMn‘» JUittDflM. A 1*9 Am
Hid wilier wm« —^—- - - *"
b»wrl Uo ihJe «n4
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