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DALLY fTH ARTX)TTF, OBSERVER, MAY 10, 1896. IENT; AND MODERN MEXTCO DITIOK OF AZTEC 8ETTLKMKHT. pTatianal Coat of Amu of tha Country Illustration of the Legend of a M mui Inspired People and the, Sign y Saw he Aiteo Cltyiof Tenochtitlan t Its People- -Remarkable Civilization he Raee The Devastation of Cortes fhe Strnnle for Liberty. Led Br p Priest The End of Spanish Misrule, b the Empire of Iturbids The Fornia- Ia of the Bepablle The Texan Revolt 1 the Snbseiraent War With the United tee The French Invasion and the Ilgn of Maximilian Modern Mexico Ir People and Customs Climatic Peco- Irltlea An Unhealthy City Street Cars led as Hearses An Ancient Work of Ialtary Engineering The City Inandst for Two Years The National Bever, e Cheaper Than Water, tten for the Observer: Ienturies and centuries ago, a strange mysterious people, guided by the piration of their terrible god of war, I alter many years of weary wander I and untold sufferings, at last here, Ivhat it ' ow called the Valley of hico, "beheld the sign, that had been told to them as indicating the place re their wanderings were to- r.pas li where they were to find a home and hnd an empire. Tradition tells us rt in the lake of shinine waters. ich then almost entirely covered 13 valley, tnat there were numerous icds and that on one of these, the t?est, th2re was seen by these weary nderers an eagle perched upon a cac- bush, and holding in his beak a lugging serpent being the sign for ich they had been in vain looking centuries. aVhether this tradition is true or not. Ire in the midst of the waters of the ce they began to build a city and lav ; foundations of an empire which was last for many hundreds of years. And to those who may be suspicions the truth of the prophesy and the kdition, I would mention the fact that national coat of arms of Mexico to yy is a representation or theeagle with serpent upon the cactus bush. he city, thus founded, was called knochtitlan, was situated in the luthern end of the great lake where Ie waters were shallower. The centre the chy was on the largest of the lands, and the greater part of this and Ie other solid lands in the lake was cupied by the temples, palaces aod -er public buildings of these curious lople. iFrom this centre spread out in all Irections, wide, straight streets, some llf water, half causeway, and others Jholly water, crossed by wide carved boden bridges. The entire city was irrounded by water and the only ap roaches to it were the causeways. AXCIEXT AZTEC CUSTOM. It is said that even in these early there were many fine and hand sale two-storied houses in this curious ty constructed of stone and brick, jautifully colored with the native Lints and each one ornamented with wers ut the corners. The shores of lie lake were clothed with a most luxu- Unt vegetation and the islands with leautifu and georgeous tiowers, while the foothills around the citv were lormous forests of tall cedirs and the lountains were covered with eigantic lines. The snow-clad peaks of Popo- ipeptl and Iztaccihuatl were active i' canoes. The entire city being built the .water and water-eirt, the only ioins of transportation was in canoes. ro-day as one walks along the solid, Ind in many instances, asphalt-paved Lreets of modern Mexico, and too often lads himsglf enveloped in dense clouds If dust, sees the water for the city's use Irougat two or three miles from the lountry, he can hardly imagine that in ie palmy days of Tenochtilan, the LZtec noble, instead of taking his pleas- Ire drive in a French carriage drawn iy trie nnest or American horses, as his lescendant does to-day, would order his Ianoe and his slaves, and in this, cov red with green branches and decorated -itn beautiful flowers, elide hither and Ihither amid the brightly colored fcouses. But if we are to befieve in tra dition and in some histories such was he case. The people of this wonderful city tin oe saia to nave oeen divided into Inree ereat classes, the priests, who luring their centuries of wanderings liad encouraged them and kept alive heir hopes, by oft repeating, with pro- .ietio inspiration, the promisesof their ds; the warriors, who had fought their attjee and aohieved for them the name f being the most warlike race of the N'orth American continent; and, lastly, the business men and the laborers, in- :luding in this claS3 the carpenters, the artisans, the gardeners, the workers in :old and silver, the makers of feather find pottery work, the cultivators of the soil and the merchants. And although he altars of their temples were always reeking wi.th the blood of their cap lives, and when these failed of that of meir own people, and the greater part t the people were in an abject state of slavery, still these wandering tribes, men they at last had settled down and segaa to work out tiieir destiny, soon (reached a state of civilization far supe rior to that of any other nation of the forth American continent, and equal to that of many European nations. HIOH DEGREE OF TVII.I7.ATIOX. They were well acquainted with the use of steel and iron; they had attained to a considerable knowledge of the arts, and had in their daily use a calendar which is said to have shown that amongst them there were those highlv learned in astronomy. The remains of their aqueducts, temples, causeways, bridges, and their household imple ments and articles of war, which were to be seen a few years after the con quest, and the ruins which exist throughout this valley to-day, all tend to prove these facts. Such was the an cient capital of the Aztecs and such the people. The lake in which they had built their homes furnished them with all kinds of fish, the islands and the floating gardens in its midst supplied them with all the varieties of grains and surround- - by water was considered as 9afe against the attacks of any enemies. SPANISH COXQCEST OF MEXICO. Bat across the seas there came a con quering race, and the warrior Cortez, landing at what is now Vera Cruz, be gan his march towards this ancient "city. Montezuma, the then ruling prince, sent envoys to meet him, offer ing peace and friendship, and as they approached the city gates, went forth th all his court to behold this hardy band of adventuresome conquerors and welcome them to the. capital. Cortez and his warriors are received into the city. Soon by the machinations of the Spaniards and through the credulity of Montezuma he was a prisoner in his own palace, but the warlike instincts of the people were yet to be aroused to make one brave attempt to free their land from the stranger, and under the lead of thonephew of their prince and urged on by the efforts of the priests, and aided by the'women.tbey assembled their armies and after many days of weary battle and terrible slaughter drove tne Spaniards from the city. Cortex retreats to the southern part of the country where he makes allies of the Tlaxcalans, and thus re-enforced, once more marches upon the doomed city. A brave resistance is made, bat it is all in vain, Spaniard warrior clad in iron mall and Aztec noble armed with shield and spear die locked together, wauioiic moiu, iiia weapon in one hand, the cross in the other, and Indian priest vie one with the other in deeds r &. Soon the elty Is in the hands of the k conquerors, and then begins a reign of terrible cruelty never before seen in the world. Spanish, courage and daring had. subjugated a people whose civiliza tion was as old as theirs; Spanish, cru elty and avarice invented nnknown forms of torture and auSering to keep th ins and force them to reveal the stores of hidden wealth. For 300 years the history of Mexico is a story of misrule by the Spaniards, and tne sufferings of her people. The conn try was called New Spain or Iberia and was ruled by tceroys sent from tne mother country.! And while, as we read of the cruelties inflicted upon the poor Indians, the heart sickens, and we declare the Spaniards a race of as sassins and torturers, still when we see the entire population of the country, with the exception of some few wild tribes, converted to Christianity, and worshipping a God of peace and re demption; when, where once were the temples, upon which continually burnt the fires for human sacrifice, are now churches and lofty cathedrals, from which arise hymns of praise to the true God, we must admit that the Spanish race and the Roman Catholic Church have accomplished wonders for this land, and only regret, that in so doing, they saw fit to perpetrate deeds of horror and cruelty, which will ever be told as examples of human woe and inhuman torture. THE FTB8T STRUGGLE FOR LIBERTY. The Spanish rule began in August 1521, that being the date upon which Cortez captured and entered into the city, and during the 300 years that the country remained under Spanish rule, there were five Governors, two Audien cias and 62 Viceroys. The first armed tevolt against the Spanish rule was in the year 1810. when an old priest, in his lonely mountain town, seeing the wrongs and sufferings which were being inflicted upon the people, formed plans for a general uprising of all the Indians throughout the part of the country where he lived. His plans were all found out and reported to the govern ment and orders issued for his arrest and execution. A lady, at the seat of the government, who was his friend, sent him word that all was known and begged him to seek safety in flight. Instead of taking her advice, as soon as the messenger had left his house, the brave old priest, at the lonely hour ot midnight, wends his way to the belfry of the town church and there, by him self, rings the bell, the signal for the uprising. Ilis friends flock to his ban ner, and for a few months these poor, ill-armed mountaineers, with a priest as their leader and a sacred image of the Holy Virgin as their battle flag, hold the Spaniards at bay. But soon the leader is captured and shot. But his memory still lives in Mexico, and in many of the cities of the there are monuments to him birthday is a national holiday. END OF SPANISH KUI.B republic and his Then passed a dozen years of alter- nate revolutions, until in'1821, Iturbide with his army entered the city of Mexico, and then Spanish power may be said to have ended in Mexico. In May 1822 the Mexican Cortes elected Iturbide as Emperor. He, though, was soon forced to abdicate and leave the country. He returned, was taken pris oner and shot. In 1824 a federal re public was adopted, which was changed in 1835 by Santa Anna into a central republic. Texas revolted, and was an nexed to the United States. Then came the war with the United States.by which Mexioo lost nearly oae-half of its origi nal territory. THE FRENCH INVA-ION AND THE 11EIGN OF MAXIMILIAN. In 1SG3 the French army invaded the land, took the capital, drove Juarez, then President, to the Texas border, and under the protection of Napoleon, Maximilian was made Emperor. He reigned from 1863 until 1867, when he was taken prisoner at Queretaro and shot. The republic was then again proclaimed and has been the trovern ment since. MEXICO A9 SHE la. Thus in a few words have I attempted to describe to your readers, Mr. Editor, what Mexico was and has been. To-day as one stands upon the tower of the old cathedral, built upon the spot where once stood the Aztec temple of hu man sacrifice and looks down upon the crowded streets of modern Mexico, sees thousands of well dressed people throng ing them, street cars running in every direction, he can but wonder if all that he has read and heard of that ancient race and their watery city is not a myth. But let him raise his eyes from below and look around the horizon, and almost can he imagine that Tenochtitlan still exists, for yonder, gleamtng in the sun and reflecting on their placid bosoms the surrounding mountains, are the six lakes, the original one, from various causes having been thus changed. In the distance are the two snow-covered ' peaks, volcanoes no longer, it is true, but eternally clad in their white drapery, the islands in the lakes and the floating gardens still fur nishing the city with its sustenance, and here, in and on these floating gar dens, are to-day to be seen the Indians living as we imagine they did in an cient Tenochtitlan. But we will leave old Mexico with her wealth of legends and traditionary lore to the antiq aarian and the relic hunter (bidding them be ware of the Aztec of to-day, as he offers to sell them a relic of the mcient times ) Modern Mexico demamis our attention, and though many booics have been written descriptive of this city, still the stranger when he first lands here finds an unknown land and an almost unknown people, and it is of the people that I am now going to write. SIZE AND POPULATION The City of Mexico has, nccording to the censu3 taken last fall, a population of nearly three hundred and seventy thousand people, comprising almostev ery nationality. The city occupies an area of four square miles, while the val ley in which it is situated is a level plain 1,700 square miles in extent, en tirely enclosed by mountains and is nearly 7,500 feet above the level of the sea. HOME-LIFE AND COMFORTS The streets of the city are straight, all parallel and at right angles. Those in the olden part of the town are narrow. The houses are mostly one and two stories. They are mainly built of stone and owing to the fact that thee is but little drainage to the city, and its being the bed of the old lake and the waters in the rainy season settling into the ground, it is a difficult matter to have a solid foundation for a house. In fact the foundation for a large building costs nearly as much as the house. The houses are almost universally built around a court yard, are flat-roofed and those of the rich and higher classes are usually decorated with painting and mosaic work on the outside. The houses are all built right up to the streets, are joined cose together and the air and light for all the inner rooms come from the court yards. The doorways to the larger houses are massive in size, and are what we call double doors. Such a thing as a door bell is unknown, except in the modern -houses. A poner in the day time stands at the doorway for, dur log the day, the doors are always open. At night the doors are closed and bolted on the inside, and he who wishes to gain admittance after that time, must stir up the porter by knocking on the door with a brass or iron knocker, which is fastened to the door. You raise the knocker, let it fall buck against the piece of iron, of which it is a part and noise enough is made to awaken th'e dead, let alone a sleepy if exican. The horses and carriages of tkoae who are wealthy enough to own them are kept in the back part of the house, on the first floor. Some of the houses are very large, often containing from thirty to fifty rooms. The city furnishes water Into the first floor of the houses, where it flows into large iron tanks and is then pumped by hand to to the roof of the house into other large tanks and drawn off as needed. In a great many of the buildings the water for Che bathing rooms is heated in the tank on top of the roof by means of a charcoal fire uader the tank. The Mexican for cooking uses charcoal and braziers. J -.iM" large houses these are built into a- k i of range; -side by tide, thtoce. cOik; can attend to eight or ten braziers at the same ; time. Tne windows are all guarded with iron Oars, there is no back entrance to the houses, so that when-the porter bars the front door there is neither exit or entrance unless he says so. ' The court yards are filled with flowers, tropical trees and plants, and on a warm day as one pass ing along the sunnv side of the hot streets, catches a view of the inside of a fine Mexican house, with its owner and his family seated around the court yard, with flowers in greatest profusion and two or three fountains spraying water, it is indeed a pleasant sight. The Mexican eats bat little for break fast, a cuDof coffee, some eggs, a little fruit. Forlunch. which he takes about 1 o'clock, he will have rather a hearty meal, generally washing it down with copious draughts of wine or pulque. His dinner, that Is if be belongs to the higher class, is at from 7 or 8 o'clock at night. During the warm season the stores are all closed from 12 o'clock until 2:30 pr 3 o'clock, the merchants being supposed to be at home then. caking their noon-day sleep. The main imusements of the higher classes-are driving, walking, going to the trench opera, at certain seasons attending the race tracks and on the feast days and national holidays, decorating their car riages with flowers and driving in pro cession on the Paseo. RECREATIONS AND AMUSEMENTS. All classes are fond of music and twice a week in the parks the military bands play two or three hours. The fad in driving is to have large Ameri can horses and heavy French carriages The tails of the horses are generally docked, the coachmen of the wealthy are in livery, but side bv side on anv Sunday evening, you will see the finest carriage and horses that money can buy and the commonest hack and small, poor Mexican ponies, for on Sunday every one who can afford it must ride on the Paseo. RELIGION AMONli THE MEXICANS. Religion with these people seems to be genuice. All classes attend the churches regularly, and during Holy Week I have seen the people, rich and poor, proud and humble, crowding and pushing each other to get into the churches. Especially is this the case on Thursday evening before Easter Sunday, when they have the belief that if they attend seven churches in suc cession happiness will be' their por tion for the coming year. -But few of the churches have seats in'thjetn, so that unless you wish to stand or crouch upon the floor you must carry your chair with you, and it is no unusual sight to see hundreds of ladies on 'their way to church either with a camp stool under their arms or attended by a- maid bear ing that useful article. The prevailing religion os Roman Catholic, though there are 13 Protestant denominations represented in the re public, having about 35,000 members The first Protestant church was estab lished by a Baptist preacher who, in 13G1, being forced to leave Texas, on account of his Union sentiment, came to Mexico, and started three Baptist churches in the northern paTt PRAYERS FOR TUB QIKF.N. The Ep.scopal Church is under the auspices of the Church of England, and in the services prayers are said for the Queen. A colony of Mormons, and by the way, the most successful colony in Mexico, is in the State of Chihuahua. On coming here, they voluntarily sur rendered their peculiar ideas of poly gamous marriage. The'Presbyterians exceed all others in numbers. The Methodists hold their services in this city in what was once the Monastery of San Francisco, and I h ive listened to Moody and Sankey, preaching and singing beneath the old dome of the Cathedral of this Monastery. Quakers are also here, and as in the United States, are peaceable and prosperous The missionaries in Mexico are, as a rule, hard workers, and devoted to their duty, though they all have an eye open to business chances, and some of them have accumulated small fctunes; but when we reflect that in the course of their re.igious journeys, they often have to travel hundreds of miles on horseback, and as a rule have large families, we can noi blame, but rather praise them for looking Dot alone to the spiritual welfare of their converts: but striving for a competency for their families. HOTELS AND UUIsISE. The hotels of Mexico and here we are at ses, for to an American, accustomed to receiving at them in the United States all. and someti me' more of, the comforts of a home, a Mexrean hotel is i revela'iin are all on the European olao, pr.ces for rooms ranging from H 50 a d;iy to $10 You enwr the office, the clerk seems utterly uriiifferent to your presence, you register your name, your room is assigned, in a few minutes vou see your name written on a large black-bord opposite the number of four room, you go to the room and are then at the tender mercies of the Mexi can "wz-,'' or bell boy. YoucompUic to the clerk, asking for the luxuries you have been used to at home A silent ihrug of the shoulders, and you have your answer: but make friends with the boy who waits on your floor and you can live in comfort, i f utf in luxury. nd you can make the boy your friend ,y pursuing the same methods as in the Slates, for to him, uhe clink of Mexican silver has a very attractive sound. The restaurants -e generailj presided over by Frenchmen and if ihe stranger will exercise a little patience talk good English instead of trying to tir his limited knowledgeof French -vnd Spanish, he can get a fair meal at a fair price. MM ATE AND RAIN PALL. The climate of Mexico city is a pecu liar one. in latitude 19 North, a vertical sun, and an altitude of 7.500 feet. You never suffer from the extremes of heat tnd cold. True it is if in the summer months you walk in the sun you get hot. yes. fearfully hot; but the Mexican says that no one but fools and dogs walk in the sun. There is not a fire-place in the city. In December, January and February, when the maximum temper ature in the shade is 32 90 degrees Fah renheit, some few persons have 'oil stoves. The mean temperature of the year in the shade is 60 6 degrees Fah renheit and the maximum temperature is 84 92 depress Fahrenheit. The average annual rainfall is about 20 inches, and during 1SD5 the largest fall in 24 hours was 1.2 inphes. The city is uuhealthy, the death rate rang ing from 40 to 50 to the thousand a year. The main causes of death are consump tion, bronchial troubles, typhoicOuid typhus fever. " " The cemeteries of the city are beauti ful, weli kept and in them mapy hand some monuments The United States has a national cemetery near the city. STREET CAR FL'NEKAI HrnAOE. Corpses are carried to the cemetery an street cars and the friends and rela tives foSlow in private cars. You pay so much for the funeral car. and hire as many private cars for the mourners as you wish. Hearses are only used to cary the bodies from the residences to the nearest street car line. The ladies never go the cemetery with the corpse. and the grave is always filled in by the! employes of the undertaker and of cemetery. The rain-fall of the city in a ing only 20 inches, one naturall poses that Mexico is always a dry Such it is in the dry or winter season. but in the rainy season all the raia-that falls settles in this valley, and here it must stay until it is carried away by evaporation, for there is no outlet to the valley, and the ground, when you dig two or three feet, is always-wet. And so to-day, as in the olden times, the question of drainage of the city is a most important ols. Among the most curious remains of old times is the old canal, or taanel, oat to drain the son plus waters of. the lake. This work was begun in 1607, Four hundred and-sev enty thousand - Indiana were employed ft 1. I earrTre y-wuD- fbn. in the worky.The tunnel was com pic ted ; in two years, but in the end was practi cally useless, since it was neg lected and allowed to fall in. In a few years the city was inundated, the water rising in some parts of the city six feet high. Over 30,000 people perished, and the city remained inundated from 1629 until 1631, when Phillip IV gave orders for the removal of the city to the foot hills between Taculaya and Tacuba; but the people refused to abandon the city and their valuable buildings. The order was forgotten and the old tunnel was changed into an open cut, the work being finished in 1789, and until the present time has been the means of preventing the inundation of the city. NEGLECTED AND POOR SANITATION. Praotically speaking, the city has no sewerage, though a drainage canal, 21 miles long and a runnel six miles long passing through the northern boundary of the valley, have been nearly com pleted, and will, it is said, enable the city to control and dominate the waters in the lake, and act as an outlet for the sewerage of the city and the water in the rainy season. The drinking water is brought from Chapultipec in pipes and distributed through the city, and there are many artesian wells in differ ent portions Yet, except in the rainy season, water is always searce in Mexi co, and especially so with the poorer people. Indeed, pulque is easier to get than good drinking water, hence they act npon this and consume daily in the city from 60,000 to 75,000 gallons of that beverage. In my next letter, I will treat of the present government o Mexico, its sys tem of jurisprudence, manner of elec tion, criminal trials, etc. CAPE HATTEB1S LIGHT HOUSE. Tha Warning; Light on Our Dangsrona Coast mad How It Is Arranged and Operated. Correspondence of tbe Observer. Hatteras, Dare county, May 5 Cape Hatteras light house is situated in latitude 35 degrees, 15 minutes, 17 sec onds; longitude 75 degrees, 31 minutes, 16 seconds, about two miles north of the cape; ten miles from the nearest point of "The Diamonds," and about 300 yards from the edge of the surf It is 191 feet above sea-level, t he rock founda tion extending 30 feet below the sur face, surmountfcd by layers of rock, octagonly arranged, seven feet high, supporting a brick octagonal shaped base 30 feeu. high, forming the abut ment, as it, were, of the tower, of best pressed brick, thoroughly and forever- and-a day lasting, almost, cemented ith stone ledges for the six windows three looking north and three looking south. The circumference of the tow er, just above the ground, is 135 feet Tapering gradually and symetrically to just under the balcony "walk around" or watch-room, it is 24 feet. The thickness of the walls at the bot tom is 13 feet, drawn in surely yet so scientifically as to be almost imper ceptible, to two feet at the watch-room There is an iron balcony supporting what we might term a "promenade deck," encircling the room just oelow the copper dome, said balcony jutting jix feet from the main body. The lantern panes are 43 in number The lens consists of 24 flash panels. composed of 42 glasses of varying sizes the reservoir, which is tilled every morning, contains eight gallons of the best mineral oil, sufficient for one night The wat ch-room is 44 feet from the apex Tbe revolving brass and copper machin ery, adjusted to an extreme nicety, is kept burnished as bright as a maiden's love-lit eve, and is wound up every two hours. The revolutions of the lens are four times per minute. The light is 20O leet from the ground a aiip- mean sand. The tower has a spiral staircase, aDdis painted with alternate biack and white bands, which are, 1 be lieve, 22 feet apart. The lantern ap pears black as a day mark. The struc ture occupies about half an acre, and is about 200 yards from the site of the old tower, which was condemned and blown down, or up, in 1870. The present one was begun in 18R7. The approximate cost was about $lo0,0O0; I cannot, find jut accurately. It is enclosed by an iron railing. It has stone steps and a jrick alk to the gate, then there is a concrete pavement to the officials' resi dences. There are four officials. Th Keeper. Capt T. F. Smith, whom thank for courtesies and data, has been oft cially connected nineteen years, -ind is an entertaining encyclopedia He occuf.ies a very neat and convenient arick edifice, and near by is a tasty white dwelling, t hree-in-one, partition ?d otf for the first, second and third keepers, the last, A. W. Simpson, J. P.. oeing beacon tpnder. The beacon is situated about one mile south of the tower, and requires only to be lighted at sundown and blown out at sunrise, hough of course to be kept in perfect irder. Two annexes are built to the main '.ody of the tower, containing the stores if o 1. etc , each opening into a rotunda )f black and white diamonded marble, jvhich contains the "well," to receive ihe clock work weights, geutly and lowly deposited and drawn up by the lotion of the revolving machinery about 147 feet above. A winding stair-way if crimson-hued iron, of 200 steps leads ',o the watch-room. Every landing i made of diamonded blick and white onarble. The acoustic properties of the inte rior are very interesting, very resonant, without any discordance. The view from the balcony, 150 feet up, is very grand, beggaring my limited powers to attempt a description. Many interest ing features are necessarily omitted, but this will give an idea. From there to Cape Hatteras station is one mile. A. B. Lewis. Gold Past and Present. Chambers' Journal. Just before the California discoveries, namely, in 1S49, the world's annual mtput of gold was only about fU.000. 000. Then came the American and Australian booms, raising tbe quantity Droduced in 1853 to the value of 30, 000,000. After 1853 there was a gradual decline to less than 20,000,000 in 1883 This was the lowest period, and then the De Kaap and other discoveries in Africa began to raise the total slowly again. Between 1SS3 and 18S7 the El Callao mine in South America and the Mount Morgan in Australia helped greatly to enlarge the output and then fn 1887 the "Randt" began to yield of its riches. Tbe following are the esti mates of a mining expert of tbe world's gold production during the five years 1890-94, namely: 1890, 23,700.000; 1891, 26,130.000; 1892. 29.260,000; 1893, 31,110,000; 1894, 36,000,000 In these estimates no distinction seems to have been made between mine valua tions and mint valuations, bui it will be observed that the estimate for 1894 corresponds with that of the United States mint authorities. As to the future of the South African sources of supply, it is estimated by Messrs. Hatch & Chalmers, mining en ginnera, who have lately published an exhaustive work on the subject, that before the end of the present century the Witwatersrandt mines alone will be yielding gold to the value of 20,000,000 annually; tnat early next century tney will turn out 26,000,000 annually, and that the known resources of the district equal to a total production within the nexthalf century of 700,000,000. cf which probably 200,000,000 will be clear profit over the cost of mining. . Oon4eas4 Teatlaaeaj. Cbaa. B. Hood, Broker and Manufacturer's Asent, Columbus. Ohio, eerUne that Dr. eimi New OteoorerV aea u uo equal wa. Pros Gooa-a remedy. J. 1 Brqwa, prop.-m. James Hotel, rt-Wayne, lad-, testifies that be was eared ot a Ooagh of two years tend ing, caused by La rttpe. by Dr, .King's Mew Discovery. B. F, Merrill. Baldwins lUe. Mas mts tnat be has u,ed and reeoauweoded it, and never knew tt to tail, and weald ratber nave It tban any doetor, beoense it always eores. Mrs. Hemming, M K. Seta Bt Chicago, always keeps it at hand ana kas mo laar ex urmp, oeeaots it taetantly rsiisvf-. Freo trial toott t s?1! tore,' MR. SKINNER'S CURIOUS BILL. A HOST BEHABK1BLI PRODUCTION. It Calls Upon Congress to Make the Ex porsatlon of Cotton Possible Only Throegb tbe Treasury Department Cat enlated to Bring; About n State of. Tbsngrs Immediately Necessitating the Use or Free Coined Silver MoneyMr. Skinner Tells Wby and How Be Did It. and tbe Good HeTnlnks It Will Do Correspondence of the Observer. Washington, May 8 The following is Harry Skinner's "curious" bill, the outline of which was telegraphed the Obskbver. It is published at his re quest: A bill to secure international iree coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1; to -maintain the gold ieserve; to regu late the exportation and to protect the production and -manufacturing of cotton within the United States, Be it enacted by th Senate and Houe of Representative of the United Sflites of America in Uongres aemblea, That after thirty days from the passage of this act no raw ootton in any quantity, of any grade or quality, shall be ex ported from any of the ports of the United States, except by the permission and under the direction of the Secre tary of the Treasury. Sec. 2. That the secretary or tne Treasury, under the rules and regula tions prescribed by the board herein after created, shall purchase and ex port raw cotton for sale upon tbe unit ed States Treasury account. Sec. 3. That the commissioner ot agriculture of each of the cotton-grow ine States, together with the Secretary of Agriculture and Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, shall constitite, and are hereby created, a board to direct the purchase and sale of the Southern cotton crop, with all inci dent and necessary powers to attain nraotical results: this board, within their discretion, shall meet in Wash ington not earlier than the first day of February nor later than the first day of Ausust of each and every year and name the price and formulate the plans and regulations under which the secre tary of the Treasury shall purchase, care tor, store, sell ana export tne ooutnern states cotton crop for the ensuing fall. Sec. 4. That the Secretary of the Treasury, for such raw cotton accord ine to grades, under the rules and reg ulatioas fixed by the board created in section two of this act, at the price named, delivered at such ports or points as shall be designated, shall pay for same in all cases with Treasury notes in denominations of one dollar, two dollars and five dollars, ten dollars, twenty dollars and one hundred dol lars, redeemable on their face either in gold or silver, 16 to 1, or government 2 per cent, bonds, payable in series from one hundred dollars to one thous and dollars, within twenty-five years at the option of the Secretary of the Treasury, these bonds to be on their face interconvertible at the option of the holder In this same class of Treas ury notes, with interest added, and these bonds extended the same bank ing priviliges as existing bnndsiiave now or may hereafter have. Sec' 5. That the Secretary of the Treasury shall sell to American manu facture. s, either from the interior or from ports, at cost to government plus expense of carriage, insurance and storage, and shall accept as payment from them gold or silver, sixteen to one, the above-described Treasury notes, or any national United States currency or the above-described bonds, with interest added, at the option of the purchaser. Nothing herein shall operate to prevent the American man ufacturers from purchasing directly or indirectly from the planter. Sec. 6. Thai the Secretary of the Treasury shall have the power, and is hereby authorized, to negotiate and sell for export at not less than thirty-three and one third per centum net advance of cost to government. From bi metallic countries, to the extent of their manufacturing capacity, oe may accept payment therefor in the same classes of money, currency and oonds as he is authorized to accept from American manufacturers. From single-standard gold countries he shall exact payment in gold until there shall be an international agree ment for the free coinage of silver at the ration of sixteen to one. Such as international agreement shall operate as a repeal of this act. Sec 7. That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby fully authorized, under the rules and regulations of the Treasury Department governing the pre paration and issue of Treasury notes and oonds, to have prepared, issue and pay Dut and redeem the Treasury notes and bonds in accordance with and to carry into effect all the provisions of this act. Sec. 8 That all - provisions of law, I whether of statute or treaty, now in force in anywise inconsistent with or in eonilict with this act are hereby re pealed and set aside. In explanation of the b li Mr. Skin ner said: I claim that the bill would secure international bi-metallism By way of example say that the Secretary and this aoard had met in February, 1895, and under tbe provisions of this plan had advertised that he will give the planter 10 cents per pound on a basis of mid dling under the rules and, regulations precr.it.ed and i" the Treasury notes namevi. Tho single standard Cuuntries tbsorb the large bulk o our export cot un under this plan at 'S'.it per cent ad vance; it would cost, them 13 33 cents in oid; tnis would be covered into our Treasury amounting, estimating that they take and must have, five million bales per annum, of our crop, over three lundrad milliop dollars; this if kept up, in a few years would drain the single standard countries of their gold and put it into the Treasury of the United States and thereby make us the domi nating factor in the world's finances. The single standard governments would 3ee this rtsult and to prevent it they jvould promptly come to an interna tional agreement for free coinage of silver at the ratio of 10 to 1, so that they might supply their mills with our raw jotton oh the same terms that other countries d and thus reserve their :oi. VVe would bring them to inter actional silver 16 to 1, or destroy their manufacturing interests. Our Secre tary of the Treasury wonlcrqccupy tbe attitude that is clearly to the interest of this country of selling onr great staple cotton for gold at our price, rather than hawking our bonds and surrendering our credit to an English syndicate in order that the gold owners of the world may be perpetuated in their power to dictate the price of our export crops. "2. I claim that the bill will secure, so long as in force, equitable protection to the field and the shop in the highest, most practical and patriotic sense of the word, od will afford a net revenue of 1 00, 000, 000 to the govern meat. It is to be observed that under this plan the American cotton manufacturer would have 33J per cent, advantage in the cost of raw material. This would to a great extent stimulate and multiply our manufacturing interests and make us an exporter of manufactured cotton goods, a competitor in the world's trade in this line; it would give cotton-growing sta bility and prosperity, making the South a larger consumer of all other raw and manufactured goods, the planter would know what he would get before be planted and his planting could be regu lated so as to prevent an over Southern production, as we need not: fear the Stimulating effect this plan would have upon other cotton-producing countries an example: the effect upon tbe world's markets resulting in short ex ports duritig tbe war. We 'have for more tban 50 years the supremacy in the world's production of raw cotton, but it 'S evident, under the controlling influence and power of the single stand ard, that we must take some , steps -- to regulate the price or else go oat Tof the cotton-growing business. Estimating that the gold standard countries would be - compelled to have 5.UUU.UW Dales per annum of our cotton,, and this is a small estimate, which at 13 33 cents would put over three hundred million into our Treasury at 3d per cent, advance, the net revenue thereby made by the government would be more than one hundred per annum. In other words the Southern people would sur render their cotton crops and take the government's non-interest bearing pa per in payment tnerexor ana ruTnisn tne Secretary of the Treasury with cotton to sell for gold instead of bis sacrificing the government bonds for gold. The administration plan is to sell us fn debt and give the gold owners of the world the power or dictating prices, ine out contemplates naming our own prices and relegating gold to the position of a servant in the great international ex changes of the world. "3. The Treasury notes issued under this plan to the extent-of the size of the American manufacturing interest will prove perpetually self-redeeming. To the extent of the cotton exported we will put $1.33 in gold in the Treasury for every dollar issued. The profit to the government would be as stated above on a basis of three hundred million dollars value exported at 33$ per cent, advance would return a net revenue of more than 9100,000.000 per annum, which the cotton planters of the Southern States are willing to contribute as a tax to the government for governmental super vision as above indicated, xne oonas growing out of the plan would form a Oasis for the creation of such a new system of finances as may be practically hereafter devised, and within them selves furnish a currency. "I will not discuss the objections that may be raised to this plan, for I expect criticism, but I wish to emphasize one great truth that the price of our great staple cotton can be controlled by the government without haza.rdor loss and to the benefit of all sections of our coun try. The Southern Stales hold the su premacy of the world in the production of raw ootton both as to quality and quantity. The Manufacturers' Record commenting upon this subject says, "Try as it may to avoid it, tbe world at large will have to draw the" bulk of its cotton from the Southern btates ana consequently we can and ought to de termine what its selling price shall be instead of leaving that to be d ictated by the consumer Hon. J. M. Rusk, then! the Secretary of Agriculture in a letter upon Southern progress says: "The su premacy which the South possesses in the markets of the world as a cotton producing country, there is reason to believe, will never be forfeited. The natural facilities of the South for the productiun" of this great cotton crop, aided and directed by intelligence, must assure for all time the supremacy of the Southern States as tbe cotton produc ing region of the world." In the same line of thought Secretary McCullough in his fiscal reports refers to the active movements of the crops of 1805 and the good prices commanded, drawing large ly on the old country as saving the United States from a threatened finan cial wreck. Mr. Edward Atkinson, sta tistician, in a paper read before the Cot ton Manufacturers Association or New England sajs: "The Appalachian chain gathering moisture from the Gulf Stream and spreading it over the fertile fields of the Southern States has fixed our supremacy in cotton production. If other authority is desired I refer to the Centennial sketch of the cotton grade of the United States by that distin guished cotton statistician, Mr. Thomas Ellison, of Liverpool: to Bulletin No. 9 U. S. Department of Agrioulture; to Production and Price of Cotton for One Hundred Years, by James L. Watkins, The Annual Cotton Movements and Fluctuations, by Latham, Alexander fc Co., of Wall street. New York, The En cyclopedia Brittanica, article, 'Cotton,' by Thomas Ellison, and to any stan dard commercial . geography. After reading these authorities any one will be convinced that any person, syndi cate, corporation or government own ing the cotton crop of the Southern States could and wouldcontrol the price cf cotton. Under the plan that I have suggested the government can be come the owner of the Southern orop with a handsome net revenue attached and under conditions that surround us it is but patriotic that we exercise this great commercial power to save tho great industry of our country from wreck and ruin. If the Belmont-Mor-gan-Rothchild syndicate had tbe same lever power they would crush us in 24 hours, aud it is but right that we use it as an instrument to buy what gold may be necessary for our purposes, to en rorce i n ternational bi metallism, to extend and protect cotton manufacturing and to regulate and protect cotton production Every other nation in the world has legislated in the intresr' of cotton ex cept this government. They have done so for the purpose of making them selves competitors with us in the pro duction of cotton; with all their govern mental assistance hey have signally failed and have finally resorted to gold mono-metallism so as to purchase our cotton at their prices and the time has come when the government should come to the rescue of American cotton crop when it is so plain that by doing so they"'can make it to tbe advantage of the government by making cotton the controlling factor of the world's finance and commerce and bless humanity by restoring bi-metallism and thereby emancipate labor, production and, com merce. "Lest the public may be mislead in lieving that I regard an international agreement necessary to the success of free and uulimited coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1, I will emphasize that I belive in independent action without delay and the above plan car ried out in detail exemplifies our ability to so act. There are other reforms on tne other side of free silver that I be lieve in, but it is a use'esa waste of time to discuss them until we unshackle labor, production and commerce from the dominating inilences of gold. The patriotic influences of America need to be marshelled and focalized under this available issue of free siver, 10 to 1, to route the common enemy of humanity and civilization before we can seriously contemplate the many other reforms needed in the fisoal and economic ad ministration of our government. "And the Southern staple is the available weapon with which to route mono metali8m and restore universal bi metallism and thereby bless humanity." Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot? Booklngbam Bosket. We know of no greater pleasure re cently realized than in meeting an old friend, a school-mate of our boyhood days, Mrs. Laura Wade. A noble girl she was, and she has retained much of her girl hood vivacity. BOCKLES'S AKN1CA 8ALVK. 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Franels, alderman, Chicago, sayst "I regard Dr. King's If ew Disoove-y as an Ideal Panacea for Congas, Colds and Lang Oompialnts, having used It in my family tor the lass nve years, to tne exeia sion of physicians prescriptions ii Minsk! prepwrauous, Hev.joan "I have been Episcopal Church for 60 years or more, and have never found anything so beneficial or tbet gave me. such speedy relief as Dr. King's NewDteoovery." Try this Ideal Gongb Remedy now. Trial Bottle Free at 2 -j r well A Dunn's drag store. A DEATH BLOW TO HIS PARTY MB. BUTLER'S XOH -FTJSIOH POLICY. Tne Progressive Farmer's Assertion That tbe Pepnllats Oaa Carry tbe State Alone the Veriest Moonshine Isa possible for the People's Party to Kleet a Constable Without th AM of the Kepnblteans Democratle-Popallst Fusion .Means the Absorption of thm New Party Into the Old The People's Party and Their Com mittee Favor Co-Operation, and Butler, the Self-Constituted Autocrat. Co ea rn a a dt Otherwise and Will Dl( th Par ty's Grave To Bo Consistent Ho Should Beelam Hts Boat la tbe Senate. Because Be Was Sleeted By Co-Operation With tha Gold-Boss If the Convention De cides to Battle Single-Handed Few. If Any. Counties Will Pat Out Tickets, and None Will Kleet Their Candidates The Senator's Presidential Chins era Mr, Scuoolfleld Predicts That the Cnruly Calf Will Come Back at 8uck Time. To the Editor of tbe Observer: It appears that the Republican con ference committee was more particular tban the Populist committee not. to commit its party to the support of a. foreign principle. The paper offered by the Populist conference committee as a basis precedent to State co-operation was tha paper signed by Senators Teller, Pritohard and others which is, as I understand it, a high tariff pill, with a free silver coating. Free coin age is not a cardinal principle of the Republican, party. Neither is high tariff a cardinal principle of the Popu list party. Mr. But er appointed the committee and made himself chairman The committee was equally divided. Mr. Butler cast the controlling vote which not only committed the Populist party of North Carolina to the Repub lican doctrine of high protection, but made all further "efforts to effect co operation futile. That paper was sub mitted by Mr. Butler to the Republican conference committee as the basis pre cedent to State co-operation, ostensibly to force the Republicans to concede to the Populists the nomination for Gov ernor but in reality to break off co-op eration with the Republicans to give him "hand roomonce," as the marble nlavers call it. to dicker with the Dem ocrais.Of the 70 Popul.sts present at the committee meeting 60 or more earnestly favored complete co-operation with tbe Republicans on State, congressional, leeislative and county tickets, the only difference being that of the Governor, and the will of the committee was dwarfed by Mr. Butler's arbitrary ac tion in insisting that the paper above mentioned was the only way tq force the Republicans to cede to thei Popu lists the Crovernor The 'rank and file of the Populist party in North Carolina, like the execu tive committee, are overwhelmingly in favor of co-operation. In fact, thev oil not expect anything else And still the Progressive Farmer calls it the People's party. So it is the Peo ple's party if the people succeed in wresting it from the bands of an auto cratic dictator, and ir tney ao not sue oeed the Progressive Farmer had better appoint a committee to look out for a suitable site for its-graveyard instead of makintr such ridiculous assertions as appeared in -that paper April the 21st. The statement referred to is this: That tbe People's party would get in this State in the November eleotion 125,000 vots; the Republicans lOO.OOOr the Democrats 50,000 The Progressive Farmer evidently believes in the policy that if you are going to tell a he at all tell a "whopper " The question now with the People's party is not wnat majority it is likely to get, but it is, can it live at all under existing conditions? To pursue either course now advocated by the Progres sive tarmer, means deain. It it rues separate and independent tickets, State and county, every thing it can possibly do is to side-track from one to two hun dred votes in every countv in the State The Progressive Farmer and everybody else knows thai it cannot e:ect a con stable in North Carolina without aid from one or the other of the old parties To form an al.iance with the Democrats in any name means the oosorption of the party oy ihe Democratic party Everybody knows, who knowsanything. i hat the Democratic-party with all Us influence, intelligence, wea th and ac cjuirements for waging a political war fare, is not going to surrender its organ ization to a small party like the Popu list You had as well talk about Spain's surrendering its kingdom to the control of the Cuban insurgents. One is about as reasonable as the other. I do not think that the Populists of North Carolina wiil endorse the doctrine now advocated by the Progressive Farmer it is not human nature for them to do so, and it is unreasonable to suppose that a multitude of Populists in North Carolina will give up all chances of get ting congressional and State offices down to constable, and stand on a side track for no other purpose except to bolster up Butler's pretended principle. If Mr Butler had any respect for his medicine he would take a dose himself aud resign his seat in the Senate. The position he has assumed is absurd if he still retains his seat in the Senate. I do not see how any decent Populist can have auy respeot for the position taken by Mr. Bailer, when it is against his (Butler's) princip:e to co-operate with gold-bugs, as he calls them, but it is not against bis principle to hold an office obtained by co-operating with gold bugs. 1 suppose according to his way of reasoning that ii is perfectly consist ent to co-operate with gold-bugs two years before ihey vote for a President, but it is not consistent to co-operate with them six months before they vote for President. I would like for some one who knows to iaform us what is the limitation on principle that at the last moment oefore a presidential election a Populist can retain his principle and co-operate with goljl-bugs. If Mr .But ler is authority oni the subject it is somewhere between six months and two years. i The Progressive Farmer says that Mr Butler crushes the, schemes of the gold bugs as easily hs he would anjegg shell. We would like for the Progressive Far mer to tell its resd-s what schemes of the gold bugs Mr. Kutler has ever crushed.. All that; we know of is that tie mK.de a 10 ceutjspetch lo the Senate tha'. is be advertised it for sale at 10 cents aud it is net reasonable to sup pose thai- he oif-.red it for less thau its market value, lf ithe Progressive Far mer had sud that- Mr Butler crushes ;he wiil of the Pogulist party u North Carolina as easy ia he would an egg shell it voufd hufe come much nearer telling t lie truth, i The Prngressi ve Far mer perhaps toidi the truih one nine sii.c the meeting of the executive corn mu'ee, when it said that the Siate vtmiun wouid raufy the action of the conference coin .finite. Uole&s there is something drn to wrest the control of the Slate co.umitiee from the bauds of Dictator Butler the S:ate convention will be a mere farca. Because the Pop ulists who do not want to commit them selves to meet j renegade Democrats under a silver cioud to be enticed by them back into the Democratic (arty "Wilt vou walk Imto my parlor said the spldtr to the fly," will not attend the convention And also those who do not want to commit themselves to the side-track will not attend. If tne convention adopts the side-track policy, I do net believe that half of the counties in the State will put out local tickets. If they do it will receive little or fno attention. Senator Butler's wild-goose chase after the presidency reminds me of tbe story the stump speakers tell about the little boy who was driving a calf-along tbe road. Thei calf got away from the boy and followed an old steer. After" J sniinT vain effofta of the Ooy to get the callback, he gave up in despair and be willing to sme back wnea suck t'me omen." j Mr. Butler is like tie nnl Alffci is ff after the bid ureal dentlal steer. He will soon I find out that there is an milk there for him, and he will be willing to come back to his old dam when suck time comes again. But the trouble is if he kills the goose that laid tbe golden egg for him he will find no suck when be gets back. . 5 Benedict Arnold betrayed the army post at West Point, bis treachery was discovered, be fled to England and lived on the bounty of tbe British crown.' Mr. Butler mav be able to live on tne bounty of the Democratic party, when he returns from chasing his presidential Jack-o'-Liantern and . finds the old cow dry which furnished him the suck that elevated him from s huckieoerry patch in Sampson county to a seat in the United Slates Senate. I am a dear lover of principle myself, the genuine article when it is mixed with common sense, justice and " practical results. There is no sense, rhyme nor reason in the Populists of North Carolina sutren-. ueriuK every tuina; iu aijtut tur uu utuci purpose except to aid senator tsuiier to chase his presidential Jack-o'-Lantern. vv. ti. scnooLriiu). Reidsville, N. C, May 7, 1890. i 8. .-AnXl. ROUTE OF TflK FAMOUS ATLANTA SPECIAL" BE WEEK NEW YORK, WASHINGTON, NOR FOLK, and ATLANTA, NEW ORLEANS, 8OTJTHWEST, -atjbothb . ' "8. A. L EXPRESS." Bohrdnle In effect April 6th, 1891. WESTWARD. Wilmington I.umberion No. 41. No.sOS S 20 p. m. . 6 0 ar Maxton 6 1 lAurinburg ... 26 Hamlet 6S Hamlet 7 16 Rockingham 1 88 Wadesboro 8 01 Lv, Ar. 0 10 a.m. 9 tO 61 Monroe ... 8 66 Charlotte 10 90 10) 1186 - " Mt. Holly 11 w - " Lincoln ton .. IS fifip. m. " tShelby 1 60 u Ar. Butherfordton 800 IA8TWASO. NO. 88. NO. 0 Lv. Butherfordton 4 86 p. m Shelby. 65S 66 " Unoolnton " Mt.Holly Charlotte 5 ?5 a. m. " Monroe r 6 18 - wadesboro T07 " " Rockingham 7 o Ar. Hamlet 7 56 L.v. 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