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_The Gastonia ---- - -- . P*V°t*<l rrmfmilom ol Homo »n<J tk. loUuou mi tUo Co«m, VOl‘ 11, (.y Gastonia, X. C„ January 2, 189B. ‘ 1 nr Illfln IK IimirriTTni • I........ . - ~ ~ ^- —- 1_' A uLAntlB AT YBHBZU1SUL 80METHIR0 ABOUT THU OOCMTttY AID ITS VALUABLE RESOURCES Paatllaa nr ika ■<-po WUr—Thr I'Uin, lakM,Mnn, niMi rami at itavara atat-H«r Kink and Vartnt i'rmtuf. -'faloral Waallh rimI (’litirariei* •f III* IV*»I*. K#w Tftri Tint#*. Although tho Republic of VeutTieU Im* be«n a snmnwhat settled mid com paratlvely well-del) nod country for over »00 year*. It was not until 10 eently that the attention of ibu jien.-ic of the United State* became strongly attracted to this Mater republic on Uio South American continent. Venezuela, indeed, has hern prautiu aliy left to tho unaided resources of development of Its inhabitant*, since the period when the ancient conquerors abandoned the u-i rilory for Uioae other regions on the slope* of ihe Ande*. where Ihe precious metal* were soomiuaiy much more abundant end were to bo bed with the expendi lure of Infinitely lews time and trouble Duriou three several cenlurite the eoualrv slumbered, sod It* won.brful natural resources lay uadiacoverni. Tills was In part doe to the situnUnn of the country, and In part tlm conse quence of the easy-going disposition of the descendants of the original Spanish Inhabitants Immigration, liowrV<-r, added to the awakoned spirit of the age, has astonishingly quiekenaj the impulses of the Venrsuriant, us is at tested by the rapid growth and quickly perfected character of their chief oltiu notably Caracaa, the citpllal of tbu mi tioo acd of Us federal districts, which lias I wen likened by traveler* to Fans on a smaller seal*. The chief knowledge of Venezuela gained from tlie school geographies of a quarter of a century ago wn* eir cuiuscribrd by U>a fact that it was the Oral land seen by Columbus i.u hi* third voyage to the west, and that it was traversed by the Orinoco, one of the greatest rivers of the world. It was pictured as a region of limit less tropic forests, immense plains, and vast mountain ranges. Venezuela ha* frequent Iv been styled In reference to its dispute' with Eng land over it* boundary line, a small country. It is so only In the ooiupara live sense, when contrasted in the mind figuratively with tlie unormona development and oompact civilization of Great Ur!lain Vcnrx icU Is n Large country—larger than Franc’, Ger many, and Holland combined, it is equal in extent to the gre.il Sink $ of Texaa, Colorado, Idaho, nud California joined together. Including tlie terri tory In dispute with England, Venezu ela lias an area of almost GOj.OjJ square miles Visitor* to III* Chicago World's *'»ir were astonished to *ee the Variety of the production* o( Ventrula Umu dis played. These Included many kinds of mxlre. starch, sugar and sugar canc, hooey, beans, coffee, cocoa, chocolate, tobacco. hemp. .Mlmleaym, cotton, silk cotton. Bilk-wool, vegetable horse hair, vegetable sponges, mineral wa ters, alcoholic, aod other beverages castor bean*, castor oil, cucoanut ell. sassafras oil. vanilla, soaps, beeswax ornamental woods, dyeing ami tanning woods and barks, gums, resins, nml caootchouc, brooms, baskets. Hhres preserved frulta, coal, gold and sliver asbestos, e.uppor, opal, talc, calcic spar galena, toukr. bcAns. lignite, petroleum marble, paving atones, italaoUte*. kaolin, pipeclay, magoeslan Innestonn nitre, sulphur, robber. Indigo, phos phate, guano. Iron ore mustard, sarir.t |Mtills cioctiona bark, colt nuts, ta marind*, aud aleoa. Of forest woods atone there were 149 varieties. Including a tin* speci men of the algarrobo, u beautiful wood of dark yellowish color, streaked wllli green vein*. There were besides many specimen* of prepared prodocts. chemical and pharmaceutical, and of mao of actum, not to speak of n collec tion of peinlliig* by Venezuelan »r tl*t*, and of many book* and news . torrid equatoriul region, tlie grewt line passing through lha southernmost ter ritory of Alto-Amazonas. Mwtwlth atamling this, Uie temperatme of the country Is much milder than that of lha African equatorial coast lands— for instani-u, Oulnea and Zanzibar, Situated at ths northern cud »r South America, with the Caribbean Hea to Uie north, tlie Atlantic Ocean on tlie east, aiv(! high moon taint In the in terior. Venezuela la peculiarly favored by the natural elements. Throe moun tain ranges rear mow capped summits to the sky—the Andes, the Coast Kang* and (be Puri non Mountain*. The A ode* cross thn northwosteru States from northeast in southwest. The Coast ltaoge runs parallel with the Caribbean ooaat. Tb» P.vrim* Mountains, beginning in the interior of the central weelern State uf Bolivar run east and west and mark tlie south ern limit of the agricultural zone. Venezuela has the shape uf a lliroo leafed clovtr, with the statu on the Caribbean coast. Speaking generally, nearly every State in the eonniry Is mountainous to acme degree. Among the mountains Urn country varies In tamper*tare from moderate to eery cold. Ths temperate landa begin at the height of 7,000 feet above and descend until within 2,000 feet of tlm sun level. Below Unit level are the hot countries. There are but two seasons In Venrzne ht, the wet sod the dry, When tint sun readme the tropic of Capricorn the rains begin, ant' they do not stop until the ran has siitc, ed tlie Tropic of Can cer. Tims it Is rainy and hot from April l» tie tuber, and thu rest of the year It It dry and cooler. During ti n summer the prevailing winds am from the ttorilivaet. Tlicr* arc heavy ruin storms, called ’'northers,” usually in Novt>w»*r end December. Thera am over 1,000 river* nnd brocks In Venezuela, of which nvrr 400 erf ulUrvmta of lire Orinoco. The Orinoco Is navigable W0 miles from the ocean, and tape the fertile rugioo* «•" inu-rior uf the Oolumbla H« t'bblic. Suuil- i»f tUu navigable trlliu Mneaofibe Orinoco run couth and j-'in ibu Amazon or let tributaries, lliua u.fjihm A double route to tlto cea. Bmldea Uils net-work of river*, there «r« two largo Inland lake*, one of olilcb. Lake Mnmonlbo, la an large a* tlw Great Malt Lake In Utah, with on wort of A100 1411am mile*. The "ther. Lake Valencia. I* l,7iJ0 feel uInivm liie can level. are throe Hinds of soli 1n 1 eat zu.-la-agricultural. grazing, and wuslH There are 13,000 square w ire of imi'leuKural land, of whiob nolj 300 Mtuure miles aro under onlli vatlon. The Orinnoo sweeps oyer Um* aic of nil immrnso circle, i-iitrrtng on the ei.si coast, and emerging fn*u the count, jr on tho so ot ha eat luitler. ‘■ion- me ovi-r 70 Islands on the oomM I he I si gest, Margarita. being 411 rqusre miles in area. Tlicie uro oyer, 1.H00 miles of onast, scat t>-red along | winch are « harlioia mid 00 bays Like tho groat lakes of the United tlliltci*, tbo two great Inlaud lakes of \ .iirzuls have llxrirnwn porta. There sre live gulfs ou tbe oveno coast. the lai-geel of which is tbe Golf of Mars cribn, 1,600 square miles in extent. There sre many mines In operation throughout Venezuela, the more val itahla being hi the Yurusri region, ’rlih .i Is In the disputed territory. There Is situated tbe famous Callao gold mine. Gold is also found In tbe mountainous d'slricts of the Yaraeui Kiver. and near tho cities of San Felipe and Kirgun. Several rloh gold mines near Carnpano arty being worked with Ncw-York capital, and have Hsasjrd si-ven ounces lo tho too. Them arc ailvrr, oopper, and lend rubies in Vi.nrstuela. Seventy inllea raM of Finn to Cabcllo are tbe valuable Area copper mines, from wblcli comes the red copper. Iu the Cordillera region ere red hematite and Iron de posits. rtie tamest deposits of these ores are near the Imatac-i lllver. which Is one of the tributaries of the l.nwir Orinoco. A dozen miles from Barcelona urn extensive deposits of bituminous coal. Tbe IYdernalrs usiihalt Is similar to the Kgypllan icdned pindiicl. Hieie nre rich Halt beds iu tbe A ray* IVnlnsnU which have been constantly worked since 14H8, when Limy were discovered by Niuo. In tlio last quarter of a century they have pro ilucid ii Uoveruioeut revenue of *2.7(X).O06, In l.agreotllaa, -near Merida, there Is it lake Lite bottom uf whicb is oorcred with sesqul carbonate of soda, wliicii tbe natives call unto. There mo liirgn deposits of sulpliur in Bar celiuiii, Crcnitinn, and Coro, sod there, .iiu i> -xh.untiUe graoite quarries in the bills Mountain, near Caracas. Granite, chalk, slate, aud marble abound on liiti const aud In the IVnui.i Mountains Over ntun tons nf solid gold were taken from the Yurunii mines from 1886 lo 1800. In Corn, ut Ut Qulva, near the Fedrrgtl fund, there »re forty springs wblcli u Jali thruogh beds ns white us por cclaio. Agriculture lo Venezuela is mainly confined to tiie raising of rntfur, cneon, and sugar cane. There nre Dv.ihrr-of-pn.irl deposits Iu Nueva CsiMita. venernslit Is a Federal repulaio. lie l Ymalitutlon i* modeled on those of the United -Steles end .Swltr/irlsnd. UcmiiuiuH uulnuomy to the States In the confederal loo. There are open election*, free speech, tree preen, religious liberty, security of poison end property, prohibition of sluv«fy, end no imprisonment for debt. But in Y’enezneht there 1* no writ of haliens corpus and oo trial by Jury. The legndntivri power Is bulged m a Semite nnd a House of Deputies. There «ro three Senators from each Stale, uiid, with their alternates, tbev serve f.iur years. One Deputy la up purl limed to each 35,01)0 Inhabitants. Tiie Venezuelan Coo res* consists of 27 Sr mi i or s and 53 Deputies. Thu population cf Venisuela Is 2.40O.OCO by th« latest census. On tin* peace footing the army number* 7.000 men. In ease of war the effective force cuu be raised to 60,000 men. Tlu* annual revenue of the country is £3,300.000, of which two-llilrde is from custom* dotic*. Vruezuelu im port* nnnuelly £13,000,000 worth nf merchandise, mill import* £10.000,001 worth. The principal export Is coffee, tqual to $13,000,000 per anuutu Veni xuola buy# fi,000j000 worth nf flood* yearly from Great Britain, and sella John Ball only £300,000 worth annually. Tbs United State* bought £12.000,000 worth of goods from Venezuela in 1801. Veuezuvla has burrowed from Deputy from <n*eb Slate sod a Deputy from French bankets £750,00d. The internal debt amuuut* to £7,500.000. me executive pnwvr or voarsueia la vetted In a President who sets In conjunction with hie Cabinet and (lie federal Council, lie bolds office twu yean, and cannot bo at ones re-elected Tim federal CouneH la oomptwd of a Senator and deputy from each State nnd a deputy from tire federal Dis trict. elioawn by Congress from among ita own' members, for the term of two years. Tim fedetal Council ohooaea tin President of Ventauela from Ita own ranks. The courts are nrgaulxed much like lltoee la the Called States. Them la a system of free public och'iota. lire federal District cor responds to the Dlttrlot of Columbia. The ohlef oily of VeoesoeU It the tsipUnl. Caracas. It baa a population of 75 000 persmia. Tbs oUm chief title» are Valencia. 40.000 population; Maracaibo. .15.000; narqulslmeto. 59 - 000. and Clndad Bolivar. 12.000. In rtna of the One public square* In t Inreoj*s Is a large status of George Washington. Vcircxuela remained under Siasnisli rule until 1811, when Simon Bolivar proclaimed her Independent. Tire Independence of Vanexurla waa r»n ognlred Iry Spain In 1846. In 1840 a soileanf civil wars began, and did not rkra.^ until 1870i All slave* were emancipated iu 1AA4, 1554 , f„j. eral (••nMItntlou waa drawn up. Gnx<niin Blanco became Dictator In 1870 when lm waa elected Preetdcat. Tlia people of Vsoetoela art in the matu draounilnl from the Spaniard*. A good deal nf Indian blood liaa bran mingled with the Spanish strain. They arc a talented and courteous penpl*. who boat tbs reputatlou o( being n*e flgbtari. A considerable part of Yenirtnala la ittll practically ii'iexplorwd, and I* Inhabited by abori Rlnen. The repotdlc la divided into nine State*, a Federal Dlatriet, and 2V* F*’1,r*1 Tvrtitonaa, Them am 3.300 mile* of telegraph wire. Fiv* sU-nmahip lint* ply along ill* V*u ^uelun uuuats and through the riven. There are 281 mile* of railroad*. Th* monatury unit of th* country la the bolivar, equal to 10] cents American moiiijr, Carson, the capital, 1* aituated In lb* Valley of Cbnoao. aeveu mllea dialHut from the Caribbean cos it. Tire etty Is regularly laid ont. There *ru two main street* which croat each oilier at right angle*. There *ra several line parka. The city was almost totally destroyed by au earth quake in 1812. Mtrru Niinnara. "*“•» •»»»■« «M| Iniirr Cl—ly WMehlnc EMk Mktr, W—hinjrtno War. The Interest which Senator Butter of North Carolina and Senator Stewart of Nevada Imre shown In eaeh other einoe < longrtM convened lias, been e souioe of amueemcut to some of their colleagues Id the Senate, who brtve been watching them. Doth of these Senators are CcpulUts by reason of tlwlr surroundings end Iwtb are cunning. If they beveauy reason to ■liurust each other. It may result from iwcullar political conditions. There have been times when the gallerias nrd perhaps the 8enete, bare been con vinced of Stewart’s obtuseucse In not being eUe to understand that they were tired of bis liaraaguee on stiver, hut tie is really lost about as obtuse as be wants to be, and no more so. He Is probably one of the most cucniog old foxes lu lbs Senate. lie ueually plays to » purpose, whether posing as a ciack, a patriot or a sphinx. Like all men of hlr peculiar sort be Is abnormal ly suspicious and constantly watebfuL Ilia suspicious, when thoroughly aroused, become ae strong with him m realities. It Lake* but a fiance at tbe faoe of llutler to satisfy any observer that ho la crafty. Tliat characteristic to writ ton in every line of hie fees, die movements, the fortlvo gtaaoe uf bis eye nod tbe manner of bis speech still further testify lo nil craftiueas. Ha is a good listener, an evasive talker, nnd there Is u.i extant watchfulness In bis manner while engaged In a conversa tion. Us wus the great uukoown iu all calculations as to the Rousts before It met. lie Is ntiU ui.known, except perhaps to titewirt. Why these men Irate been so watchful of each other can only be surmised, bat no nna would lie warranted in declaring which was lbo right one. That eaeh recognized in the other at tight a crafty fellow is made evident by their manner. That each wua suspicions was strongly Indicated. Jt seems probable tliat each was determined that the other should not get ahead of lilm. lo what particular direction Ihero is reason to appiebvtid that, one might get uliead of the other Is en tirely a matter of speculation. Two rivals xping in the same direction, bem upoc Kreuadlng tbe same girl, might eye each otber thus suaplooualy, racli trying to deceive tbe other ae to lus Intent. M—4% Hail* of H»k«M«v Sttlt Lako Harmkl. The Utah Sugar Company tia* begun r» novel nee for tbe waste of product from lit* works at Eeltl, known aa by. product, nr onolaasrs. Road* are act ually being constructed with tbe syrups, whieb are valueless as sugar prod near*, the life having been ex tracted. The molasses la used as a cement, the body of tbe road material being mads up ur gravid. This new method was drat used on the road lead log from llm country road to tbe sugar factory, and the travel over this thorough far* sine* th* opening of the sugar season has d«mnatrat*d the value of the ayropa and gravel a* ma terials for the Improving of roads. The piece or road that ha* bean so lm proved Is ns hard a* macadam, and even the hoavieal loaded wagon* do not cat It up. Th* syrup* are first Poured over tbe roadway to be Im proved, and than a layer of gravel Is siirlnklad on. Mors syrup* and gravel follow in thslr tarns, until lh* road It In perfoot condition. There seems to b* just sufficient potash (alts In tli* molamea tu give It lha necessary o* "renting q sal I ilea. Rx-President Harr', sob rsoelvss a larger sum for bl* srliole* on ’This Country of Ours. *' which h* Is writing for The ladlte lhme Journal, than ha* been paid to any pabtto man la America for msgutiua work of aalmt lar Mature. Ill* first artlol*. In tb* Christmas number of the Journal, sold over 100,000 *xtra coptuu of lire maga tln*, of wbloh 790,000 ooptw wsru printed a* a first edition. C9MMP*naM9B» K»*vf>l4Mv« BdtffiHfe. From a letter written by Rev. J. Qundurnmn. of Dtmoudn)*, Mlob., we urn permitted to malt* tills extrsot: "I have no hesitation In recommending Dr. King s Hsw Ifieeorery. ss th* re sult* were almnat marvelous In lha ca»e o! my wtf*. Whll* 1 was pastor of Urn Baptist Omroh at Rivet Junction she was brought down with Pneumonia succeeding L» Grippe. Terrible paroxysm* of ooughlng would last hoar* wills IIUI* latermptlo* and and It ssemsd aa If sh* ennld not sur vive limn. A friend recommended l»r. King’* New Di*oovery;lt was qalek la It* work and highly aatlsfac tnry In reaalta’’ Trial buUlw free-t Curry A Kennedy's Drag store. Re*. ularsImMe. n*d 91 00 *■* VK9KX1 tn« DiarcTK. what It is All Mw-hMInlM »r ih« Ndi of liiatory SMI of Itwsl StwMrarato. rurltvilla, g, IX. Rnquitvr. Discovery, oooqaru ltd CoiouliA tlon. trader all recognised latentetlonsJ law. establish Ilia right and ownership of a civilised to an uncivilised ooantry. vlrtiio of theaa sots, Spain was ori ginally lha owner uf all the northern portion of South America, Including V enrxuela and tlia three Gulanas. After a luug war with Holland, la 1MH, Spain tranafarred to the Datch that territory *»„t uf tbs Beequlbo river, now known as Uritith Ouiunu. The Uutoli subeequeutly mad-1 several attempts to take |H<M«aalon of territory west of tbo Eeeqn lira river; but they wars each Horn driven back by the Spanish, and in X7KV, they formally reoognlied the elaimi of Spain to thU river os Uw proper and oslontl bound ary bet wean the po«ac**iunt of the two countries and naadu no further cBoiU to nncmeehnsoala. f- <hd A Vf . . .a • • ... 4A-4V v UBQIAirw IIW 11JUC | paodeuee of Mpuln, aud after long years '«f lighting, aecurvd a recognition of It tn 1848. Upon the estabilal naval of peaoc, Mpntn moogmrod Uie Kwqulbo firm as tbe eastern boundary of Veue euela, and tbe same boundary wa* alen roeogntMd by all the other nattooa ot tbe world, rhia fact te evidenced by aumerane official MUU paper* iu the poeeeeetoa ot Voaccu.la, and by all tba m«pa that have ln»n made d-irlugtb* paet 80 yean, except a few new onee that have been published in Great Britain during tiie past dvcadu in 1814 the Dutch ceded to Great Britain a portion of tbelr Uulaua pn» aeaelona and designated tbe Kiequlbo river as tbe woatern boundary. abort ly afterward Great Biltaln began cu ereuehiaeota to the wtatuf theZieqnlbn river. At flret. Venezuela waa an Pfd in war with Mpuiu and bar ottm neighbor*, and waa unable te give tbe natter attention; bnt a* soou a* (he got to a position to <io so, die Informed England that tbe K*»oibo wa* her •estero bouudarr, aud England practl oaUy admitted that such wa* the eaae. In 1843 the British aufeRuneqt noti fied the government of Veertuele that cue Mir Robert Mchomboifk bad been commissioned to matk oat the wesUrn boundary of BrHieh Goiaoa. Vrne caeU waa not naked to participate in the matter, mod as ahe wa* mtiaOed with Uie boundary as it then stood, (be took no cognizance of Behombuigk’a operations. Sclmmbnrgk wont abend with his survey and marked out a uaw line, some thing ilka 100 mlM* wvet of Uie ileequlbo river, and taking in about 3*1.000 equate tulle ol Vcneruel an territory. Tbe Vaaeaneiana be came su (Mikes and excited over tbi* uppercut n(.tempt to take their teal tory that tbe Brltwb govern meat de cided to retreat a little from IU posi tion. It announced that till* new line wa* not Intended a* a permaueul fixture; but was only run as a some thing on which to tame an agreement. The Verier oe I sue emtima] t« look hnffy, aud Oiially Great Britain ordered all of Sehooliurgk’a marks to be ob literated, and apparently withdrew to linr nbrn aiflu rsf tie* The dispute was afterward rsnewsd by Great Britain, wbioli country first claimed one boaudsry and Uutn an other until It bad made In all seven distinct claims, sect) snooeaslvu claim extending further writ into Vcnrsuel au territory than the one before. Some time ago the YeurautUn soldiers ar rested some British agents on tbs Ura ruan river, some 79 or 100 miles west of tire Eaequibo, but within tl>« limits of Uve Schombnrgk tins, sod this action brought matters to a phuss more acute thau had previously existed. The United 8talcs proffered Its kindly uni ces lu this settlement of tl>« dispute asveral years ago and endeavored 'o have the whole matter submitted to friendly arbitration. Venezuela was willing: but (inert Britain refused. After tii« arrest of the British agents. Great Britain demanded damages lo the amount of JflO.'lOU. Venezuela re fused to uav on the gronnd that such action wuukl Imply an arimiasion that »H tint territory claimed by Great Britain ni reallr Itara, arxl ah* was u it willing to Diana inch an udmUaion. Great Britain l>*f*n to threaten, and Urn United State* atepped la and loais lad all lira u.or* (trongly tint Ilia mat ter should be auta»ittrd to arbitration. In bli correspondence with Lord Salisbury.Great Britain1! war mlnltter, Seorelerj On ley bai rtvlewrd th* whole dispute between VenrimrU and Ur ret Britelu. He pointed nut thaencroach log policy of tbe BritUh end drew and expressed tbe ocoelution that if such a stair ot affairs was allowed to continue, it would only be a question of time until all of Urn weeker America* Mates should bo absorbed by European gov ernment*. Tbit would menace every Interest of the people of the United States, and ooueeqnently there was nothing left but»strict enforcement of the Monroe doctrine, which requite* that ne foreign o cue try shell be al lowed to acquire territory bi America except by peaceful me***. In effect, Secretary tHney told Lord Salisbury that If Great Britain could establish bag right, to tbe urrilory claimed, by arbitration, she eould have It; but oth erwise, she would either have to drop the matter or whip the United Stefa*. Lord Salisbury baa taken the posi tion that Ui* O.rited State* baa no more right to interferes In a quarrel bedw#*a an Amerledb State aad a foreign country, than »h* would have to Interferre In e quarrel between two foreign oonnliles. Ue therefore de cline* tn submit th* dtaput* to arbitra tion. and there the matter eUntU. Both eon»trie* seem u> he anequleaeally committed, and unit** on* or the other of lhem becks down there matt be war. Wlnatou Is t* have s uew court hose* at teat. Tbe Hupiams Ooart has decided that Um county commie •loner* can Imlld a 100.00) conrt bouse without the e< adrmatery rots of Hie People. or Miior kkwmm. MriUi win VWH Me TWi, nduiiBgs, smI rMw-ln *•“» win n»f«j rifkl ikh Hint, WkMiktr Man All t* Iwa Min la* I* Oats. Oraoovdfc, t. C„ Sew.. not 4b*« *<H beany Bght helwa*n Grant Hrltain and Ulia country. Hupoleon defined the British aa “a nation of shop It re pen." Tliat *** correct. They can fight end do fight as bravely and aa ilrongl* aa any people od earth wltex tlnelr shops are endangered or when lighting U nee near? to areara tbo supremacy or to extend the trade of their .shops. Th. y am boalaeaa people. They make war and conduct diplomacy on Ixtal neae principles and Away* for the 4I*® fi'orT »nd enrichment of EagUnd. In UiU ease they liave nothing to gain and everything to lose. If the* should beat the United Stales tbny woold acquire only a few hundred wionro caltea of South American t*r ntory and, in case of a onaplata vlo “*,?**” 1,,ld end population which woold »vt more !.» hold thau It oould loMlhlr eutse to. O', th# other band, there are the probabilities and the forUiuUos of «•*. The American trade la worth mwh every year—many tlroosawda of pounds sterling—to ihe London and Interior shop keepers. American cot • tremendous Item to the British faotorle*. American grain Is vast In Jomt to mills and factories of Bug '***“• ^•“wlcaj) o>HiiHterc* employ* y**4* of, «hl|w train lb* Clyde aud ™ •4'* *11this *»d tit# poaetWUty, eat to say the prnfaaUIUy, i*** •D» wU1 wmlmti heavily wkh (he shop keeping, the enisma-rcWI. the pound*, shilling* aog pence soul of the Influential Engltalimsu. Eor those of that nation who taka a higher vUw them win be eerioaeeon atderatteaa. If these sixty-fire ailllo.it of fighting poo|4e are Ismteu it moat be at a fearful oam of men and money and force. Every power In Sump* U eagerly awaiting the opportnulty to humble England's pride, to destroy her stnagth, to gather route of her eaonnoua territory. Any not of them would wrloome the opportunity, to laaep on her after so exhausting war. Thrwuenrd ou front ana Hank, with everything lo lose and nothing 4*f*}«V »*■ »o not believe Eoglsid will fight tlm United Mute* over tlie boundary line with Vonewiela. We believe the English bar* sound, oom marclal. bosinea sense. They would eonnt the cost and estimate tlm chancre and probabilitlca If Slight should coma this nation would rise aa one. This republic could pot five million fighting men to the fraet In a month, if they oonld lui armed sad equipped. There would be no ueed for drafW or iranremmeuts. TU* South slooe would furnish us many soldiers aa guns sad uniform* could be made fur with all the poweva of atom and shill. This is a usliuu of fighting people because It It a nitloo o( frw veo^, In wbtob every man of army age aud strength would feel that be had a part In and a right to aerial in auppocilug and defending. WsWtlnaloa War. ▲. M. Cleland of Dayton. Oliio. tells a good story of a gambler from that city who lias made a Urge for Inna ont of a saloon and faro room. I-a»t wlolar he waa in Plorlda with some friends, and visited n church where a bv colored people were en gaged Id worship. The roof leaked, and tha pastor prayed moat frrveutly that the laird would provide a way to repair the roof. Then a oollnotion wue started, the pastor saying that suecial blessings would b- naked fur nil contributions. Oaa guod brutl*r put in a dime. “A dime front Biodder Jurra. l)o Lo’d bless Hr u.ldt-r J i»ne*.” I Titan a quarter was received. •‘llrudder Johnson a quarter. lie LoM Ideas brudder Johnson." The collector readied the gamhlvr, who bad made Mg winning the night before, aad, flashing Ms roll, pat a dJO Mll tn the hat. The almost breathless collector said: ''What's da name. •eh?" “Haver mind Ilia aatM. I’m a gambler from Ohio." Tha pastor rolled his eyes up. sod. raising Ms bands, said In n voter choking with amotion: "Twenty dollars-gumbtah from Ohio. May da good Lo'd brass and I ms pah da noble gamblaii from Oliht.” -Tha gambler says ha has prospered aver since. 4 r*H««*t*wi arnkFr. OnxnnrOloA. a) Xm. Tl*a moat reoent xpecudo praeauted to Ute nabiolehei) gat* of tiila republic la Barrett, of M—dwtU, member of the lower bourn of the oougreae. Barrett (oared Into aatnlno -omloeticr on Tweaday with a reeolaUon nrn|»wtng the recall and Impeach nuiit or Tlmmas T. Bayard, nor arebumador to Knglaitd, tomeea of public epeectiea In which Mr. Bayard tleaoaneed the pitoolpl* and doctrine of protection. If Mr. Barrett wlthee to to a eouata teat idiot to aboaM extend lila Media tion to ootrer the aaaea of the nreatdent. membara of the cabinet, en.JurUM ,4 both the booaee of the laat cong Tern and About afglit million rotere, all of whom bava denounced, repudiated and re buked Urn protective tariff policy with* la the laat four yean. A does that tv alwaye Mvetxioirin la adtweof ttobmnna Mm Re.’niator, tha “King of Mm Medicine* " It keep* itoliver active; the bo we la rege tar; preveau UiUoaaaem; nod pro aootea dlgeetlon. Iu fact foil* keep rwalL MI have watched If* effort a f ami Ur* where I have proclkvd, I and lad It ndmlrnlile; both alterative and lowtc In Its mel»oti."-I>r. T. W. Mneee. Maeou.tla. t*m nw nrn* miiiimhi m*mr ** New tm MM ■•MMlHtta. Otmikam Uaoord. A notable and striking UlutlruUoa baa morfitly bean ninda of tb* practical working* of uur uew *y«Ua oTeoualy governuxot, that wa* eaanted by oar lato “reform” Leglilatorr. Under tU* formnr. or couch-aliuaad damecratte, •yatook tlus county eooimMoaen could not appropriate more than 1500 for any purpose without tbn content of Ilia iaa gw train* of the oouuty. But under Ilia uew, or reform system, tbe Uagte traioe hare no rote or voice whatever la the manage went of die county, aad the cucairlmloaer* Ou not have to ob tain tbelr eminent tn anything Uwy i may wleh lod<\ a* ha* bam very strik la«)y thowu lu Forsyth county. F'-r several year* the comiabeloM.r» of Foreyth county bam destrad to biilM a new court-houee. but never outild utouiu tbe eouteiK »1 ibv magi*. InMre of tlie county, although lliely nnieeut wa* repeatedly ached. Hot i under war new system tbs eomml*-1 Mooer* of Forsyth, (bocouwmt of the maaitUates sot briug now Decretory, * decided to build a new cosn-hoate at teml •a°-00<X «<»»* cltlieoe of; Foray lb doubted the legality of thi* : iiwlfln anuMad whether tbe commit-' sinner* bad the right Co do this . aad la •nsrler to hot lie legality atail was la* ■litutnd against them. The Judge of the superior ».«rt decided In favor of the commissioner*, ludding that they o»uH Imlld tlM ewnrt-houae, aad an anwal wa* taken fn»m Ida dechlou to , the bupreun- Omit, aad last week Uiai tribenal ntfrov-d In* decision 9o iiui our hiflMtft judioUl tnUvoA) —our ,#nou partisan” Maucam* Court — Iut» deriAH llutk according to our new system (4 comity govarnmont, tho eomrai winners of Forsyth csuoly om Spend $40,000 In betiding a court bouts, which tbc mu gist rates of that counts bed icon than once refused to consent to build. Forsyth m«y need a new court lion** badly and tho COW mUshmen may be rigid in urduring 430.000 to br expended in building oue. but It dua* seem strange end Incon sistent that a “reform” Legislator* Should hast so changed our system of county government us to give so mush power to county C"S wise toner*. And especially does tale erem a strange “re forin” «n slew of the way <>ar reform friends denounced “court house rings” nod the conceatrstiouof power In the bauds of a few men I And It Is sImi very strange that, al though tli* comulsskiMcr* of Forsyth have noted strictly according to law (a* decked by a “luni-partiMn” &a pi >'tnn Cunrt him! that law was one af the “reforms” of our “Fusion” Legis lature}, yet they arc being denounced hr tlio an called “reformers” of Forsyth an<> by their mouthtdeco tho Wtuslon lt'xnMlaui. ran rxrssnim uusea UiKmsUmU Lac-Why it hUatla Qatruai nv»ne«d>. IuwuvtSI*. W„ VMXte Kdiliug a pajsir Is ludeed a pleasant tiling, it It contains too much pollti ul muter people won’t hero it. If it coutaiun ton llule they wou’t ! lutve It alull. If t<ie type is large It lorf not uontaln enough rend lug mat- , tor, aud If the type U smaller ouii*t , read It. If we wit In a few Johet tliey , My we arc mu old fossil. If wa puuilsb orlgtuul m-ilu-r tliey . coudeun us Tor u it gm-ig **)rollout; If we give Uivd selections people say ■c are lasy. If sre give a man a Cum idlmoulaiy M’tic* uru areeeutured fur , be'ng partial; if are do not all baud* my vs arc a bo.e. IT we I-Seri an article that pleases ibe ladies, men uru Jealous; If wv do not cuter to I heir wlenea Ihu paper is not lit to be mi-11 in tho lino so. If we ntteud church, tliey say it Is nnly for effect; If we do not they de nounce US an deceitful and desperately wicked. U wa epeuk well of an net. folks say we dare not do otharwis*. ir we censure, Uiry call us trsltora. If >v« protect the Innocent from acan 4ul mongers, they say we art bought nfl; if wo d-in’t. We ought tubs dealt with. If wn stay in sai office and attend 10 »ur busin-m, f»iks any wa are too prdud lu uiiugie wlUi our feilnsru; If «u go out a bu. Utoy say we imd l»t ter stay »» home and get oti with our office w.n k. If we cai.mil |my our dents very iromtdly folks say weuiu last to la- trusted; if we da tbsy won der what* we g.il our money. UsssUAMaSsrU.ssOMs. OrvcrtvHM, 1C, km At M*eo», Go., them his been a contest i*tween magnetism and man cle. Tins famnuo Genigla ougi-eUc girl onIseed some jnwelry, went into a tiuuon and loomed It at lb* hoaao of a Mrs. Walker. Ao shr undent*A to ou ter Mr*. Walker met Iter and slapped tier face soundly. At last aoeouuts tlio woman who depends on main Strength and natural temper I* several lap* ahead of lb* woman wlio depends -MJ magm lic Influence* and traise* in formation. The latter baa a bruised and burning faoa and la making a war rant. Tho other »lu triumphant and peaceful control nf her own domicile. "" 1 ——r GOODFOREVERYBODY tad everyone needs k at all Um of tba year. Malaria ia alwaya about, aad At only preventive and relief it to katp tha Liver active. You mint help the Liver a bk. snd the best helper Is tba Old FlriaadlSM. •tom liver Regulator, tbe Red z. Mr. C. Hhnrod, of I .neater, Ot*L «y-: “Simmons Liver Rboulatom broke a case of Malarial Pevar of time years* standing for me, and leap than one bottle did the bueiuepp. l shall use k when In need, and recommend k.” Be tori that you pet ft Alwaya look for the RED Z on the package. And don’t forget the word REGULATOR, ftls&ft MONs LIVER Regulator, and them la only one, end every one who take* it It aura to be feentflted. The KSEFtt M ALL in the remedy. Take k also for Biliousness and Sick Headache; bod) are tauaed by a sluggish Liver. ■I.HtoUf «Co„ - The KngHab naarapsptrs seem to bavo dimottltr to apdamaadlag «hr Americana should light aad mad moaty aad life on a Matter of pda. dpi*. The truth U thla noaby baa •rtvrr fo« (lit tor anrdilte b7aS' riple. We bare tackled Great Britain twice oa questions of -im-f pvt*, dple. Wo fnaght aaob other aa that and half a million of *-firaa aa >a both tidro gave their blood ad lira la Hera combat with each other *< b peso question of principle. That lethaktodor people aw ere. Tbo deg we live under rrpreaeaU a artooiptoaiid a sentiment sod tan mil- > iloai fighting rum on Uils continent are ' ready to die under it thie ray day m liliout a tli >ught of wbethqr them •Hite ai»l U Cusboislljr profitable or Mt. Me are ubrivlUcad rneegli to tore a national soul above tba das md the dollar, devoted as we sre earn to bo to both, snnneesfnl aa wa uee boon with both. »• WoUrr the sent sa ~ms>i rtls 1mrlu.il.' IMirorrer. It was a Xortheru Democrat—of wurse It waa—who Introduced la tba touatr. Wednesday, a prosoattloa to r»|w*l the law which Brevities that no pwraon Who IwW n commission tv Urn urmy or navy of the United Stain at ho la-ginning of Um eivll war, nod elm nfirrwards served to bay Capacity, n the mUitonr, naval, or civil awrtaa if the Coo federal e States, shall be ap loluted to any poaiUao la the army or >u vy of the United Slntce. Aad equally if cihmm It WHO a Northern ileaublkwa rbo opposed Ha lamed lata eonslders •ion. The Democrat vms Mr. UUL of Sew York, tbo iV-pchlicsa, Mr. Kau. if Uoaiieuiieut. Wttauovwr eltsoa tba war a rules from North of Maaoa aad Dlxoc'a line I ms tamo lifted iu Cba CTriM lx djfoaoa of or la plow far tba fctulh. It hns been the voice of a Dens "‘fat. What wouder that lbe South ia IVtuoorsUc. seeing that Um only Irlmdi it has la tbe North are Uemo irata! rtM> name WM atxoOee Ms careSM. ~~nns Tie UisoirTurie. Mistakes win occur to this trtMblb inwie world, but among tbaia alt neaa iaon- -annoying can ptwalbly happea to » young man lima to gn the latter bo line written to Ms beat girl iu aa aa* P-loiav si H reword tn scene one siss. dneh a thing happened iu ttAa oouoty not long since ami tha maalt wan that n mw milt mau got a swart IKUs toe* h-Hsr; while a young lady raahwd* dux for thlny dnlUra asking her to please mailt at Anas. ■•aaeaid. Mat ibWsa-t Hurekrlhraar. Tlia man who gets mad at what tba papers au> nf Min. should rotarw tbaakb inter ilore daily tor what that know about him. bat don't say. rr——ori ii au.!w» HrsosSn hva. Bx-Anator M. W. Babmt baa written to Una. K»iw Ellas to ptwewxb for him 10 i«trs nf fine, home-kbit, Uacnii enuniy. wnoiea socks for tbo use nf hi* sons. * Wlnatnn lo tbe liMgi JTmm a ad OkMr't.-. Mi*. KoUoafc, a lady i>iiv< <-t»n «f t%taago, arba hn bfcba oiralixg a ar#»l at ovation la Yadfcta ouanty by claitalne to cor* all ktada at dlamar*, la now In Foraytfc, Oaa at her Ymlkln iMitmta, «lfa of fcf dkd a fair day* ago. Mr*, fold tfca ImaOai.d alia vMM b mf« to lik If be daaKwd. Uau -JCoi I want a new wtfa anyfaow.” 'IWa ara only M Catawba Indkwa ■hi Ua- raaanaltaa la York ceaatar. my Hki ftiqalnr. Whan Ur. 1 1. gmiUitoi-U oUarga m agaot for tfca Indiana la las*. Uw IrfM Oakland Ik Slortly af toward Muroaon arw**n unmug lln-at quit* a i.mnlnt to naan t» and oulf a fair of ttwaa W« tngK bank. Ur. laM i Ilia outiUuna; of tba Indiana la l«gta*» log atigttly tatbar ikan aUnwrkb.
Gastonia Daily Gazette (Gastonia, N.C.)
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Jan. 2, 1896, edition 1
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