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Denting on the Cuyunl Itlver.
In the fall of 1805 I set forth again
with another companion, this time go
lng up the Oujunl River. We took a
small ontflt. A prospector' flt duty
t Georgetown Is to obtain a license!
rom the colonial government He
'must engage his men for four months,
jand advance them from fire to eight
(dollars per man. Their wages are two
'shillings a day (about half a dollar lnj
Jour money), and their rations, like the
iwages, are regulated by the govern-j
lment A prospector on the Cuyunl;
"usually employs from five to ten color-;
led laborers. By steamer he proceeds;
from Georgetown to the Essep.ulbo
Sliver, and a few miles above the June-'
itlon of that river -with the Cuyunl ho
arrives at Bartaca Grove, where ai
British gold station la situated. There
he engages a boat, with a captain,
' "who steers, a bowman, who stands at
the bow to avoid rocks, and four boat
'men, unless he hasenough laborers In
ihU party to dispense with the boatmenj
It takes from fourteen to twenty men
to man one of these open boats. The
government regulations compel a pros
pector to hire a captain and a bowman,
the former's wages being fixed at three
dollars a day, and the bowman's at a
'dollar and a half. Century.
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Lakeland. Fla.
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this valuable runedy with gratitude. "
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A Terrible Blizzard 'in. the Far
Northwest.
RAILROAD TRAFFIC IMPEDED,
A Cyclone Strikes Kentucky and
Mlssisslppi--A Blizzard Also
Strikes Texas.
A special from Grafton, N. D., of the 27th,
eaya the worst snow storm ever known is
raging there. The blinding snow is being
driven across the country at a fearful rate by
a high wind. The north-bound Northern
Pacific train got as far as Pembina and the
south-bound train to Macinao. A train-load
of cattle was stuck in a drift. Argyle, Minn.,
reports drifts In the streets there as high as
the buildings alongside. Mail and freight
trains were tied up. The storm showed no
signs of abating. The mercury at Fergus
Falls, Min., is at eero and business is suspen
ded. Owing to the wires being down and the
roads choked by fallen trees, only meagre
details of the storm which t wept western
Eentuoky have reached Paducah, Ey. One
house was destroyed at Fulton. Along the
11 ne of the Illinois Central in southern Illi
nois some damage was reported. A man
and child are missing from Euttawa, Ey.
It is Bald they were blown into the Cumber
land river and drowned. The .- depot was
wrecked at Eddyvllle and a factory blown
down and the court house unrooted. Trains
are badly delayed on all railroads.
Keports received at bt. iraui, Minn., irem
innepeg, Man., state that the worst blizzard
in years is raging there. At Winnipeg snow
drifts eight to ten feet high are common.
The wind is blowing at the rate-of 60 miles
an hour. All telephone and telegraph wires
are down and railroad traffic is seriously de
layed. The weather throughout Oregon is very
cold, the thermometer registering 21 degrees
below zero, which is colder than it has been
in Portland in twenty-four years. At Eemo-
Ja, in the Blue mountains, the thermometer
registered lo degrees Deiow zero, it is rear
ed that much damage to grain will result.
The first blizzard of the new season has
swept down on north Texas. The mercury
felt close to the freezing point and cold oieet
fell early.
A cyclone struck a corner of Tunlsa. Miss.,
wrecking a box car and several small bouses
and killing a negro woman, besides injuring
half a dozen others. The fatalities were not
numerous.
SILVER LEADERS TO MEET.
Washington the Place, December 10th
the TimeBryan Will Advise the
Assembly.
An Important conference of leaders In the
late campaign of the free coinage of silver
Democrats, Populists, Bepubl'cans, Silver
party and American Bi-Metallio Union repre
sentatives will be held in Washington about
December 10th. The call for the conference
will be issued soon by Oeneral Warner, presi
dent, and O. E. Brown, secretary of the
American Bi-Metallio Union. Secretary
Bowen said that be wns waiting
to receive the form of the call from
President Warner or instructions to issue it
himself. He said it was expected that Mr.
Bryan would be preseLt to offer advice and
ne consulted regarding tne best plan to
solidify the free silver forces and conduct an
aggressive educational campaign under one
organization, if possible. The idea is to hold
tbe silver forces together - and to lose no
ground during the next four years, besides
making new converts to the cause. Senators
Jones, Butler. Teller, Dubois and Pettigrew,
Governors Altgeld and Stone, Messrs. wasn
burn and To wne, Metallic Union are expected
to be present.
PRESIDENT'S FUTURE HOME.
Cleveland Buys the Most Desirable
Place In Princeton, N. J.
The following has been authorized for
publication:
"President Cleveland has purchased the
residence of Mrs. Slidell, on Bayard avenue,
In Princeton, N. J., and will make Princeton
his permanent home soon after the expira
tion of his term as President. Negotiations
looking to this end have been in progress for
three weeks and were consumated last Fri
day by the purchase of the property A
number of reasons have attracted President
and Mrs. Cleveland to Princeton. The quiet
and home-like place, its health fatness, its
convenience to New York, the attraction of
University Society, ns well cs other reasons,
hare been Influential in his decision.
The actual purchase price of the property
could not be learned,
BRADSTREET'S REVIEW.
Tbe Trade and Business as Reported
For the Week.
Bradstreot's businesi review for the past
week says last week's disappointment at
tbe lack of demand in general lines cotinues
tbe intervention of a holiday having made
trade quiter and the volume smaller. At
some points of distribution there is no change
in the situation. The most encouraging re
ports are of an improved tone of trade and a
favorable outlook' for 1897.
The larger number of changes in prices of
staples were downward and weak, petroleum,
hides, apples, cotton and wheat flour being
lower, in addition to prices of metals. Un
changed quotations are reported for wool,
prirt cloths, leather, pork, sugar and coffee,
while the leading cereals, wheat, corn and
oats, opened with advances, as a.so prices for
leuf lard and tin. The reaction in the de
mand which appeared immediately after the
election, together with the intervention of
the Thanksgiving holiday, accounts for the
sharp reduction in total bank clearings
throughout the country, the total for which
is $910,000,000 this week, nearly. 24 per cent.
Fmaller than last week, but 7.5 per cent,
larger than in tbo corresponding week one
year ago. There were 295 business failures
throughout tbe United States, 13 fewer than
last week and 7 more than In the week one
year ago.
Mackerel Plentiful.
A dispatch from Boston states that the
biggest catch of mackerel for years has been
made this season, as nearly all the vessels
engaged in that industry have returned to
port with very large cargoes. The New
England catch for the f eason is 69,242 bar
rels, and the largest haul of tbe season made
by any single vcssl was valued at 032,000.
The best Individual rccord.says the Dispatch,
was made in 1882, when one vessel brought
in mackerel valued at S34.000. - Notwith
standing tbe large catches, prices of desirable
lots have advanced.
McKinley's Escort.
It is officially announced that Troop A.
Ohio National Guard, of Cleveland, will act
as a military escort of President-elect Mc-
Einley at the inauguration ceremonies In
Washington. Troop A is one of the finest
military bodies In the country and probably
embodies tne most weaitny memoer&nip. it
Is splendidly equipped and well drilled.
Not Allowed to Possess Corn.
Capt. General Weyler has issued a decree
notifying all growers of corn in the provinces
of Pinar del Bio Habana and Matanzas to
gather together all the corn still in their poS'
session and transport it to the nearest towns
and settlements by the 20th of next Decern-
oer.
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IIAUBOK IMPKOVE3IENTS.
Indications That the Convention at
Tampa Will Be a Success.
The Indications are that the South Atlantic
and Gulf States harbor and improvement con
vention to meet In Tampa, Fla., Jan. 20, 1897,
will be one of the most notable and important
events of the South for many years. The call
Is attracting a great deal of attention through
out the country, the comments of the press
being largely favorable to the proposition. It
Is believed that all of the Southern States will
be represented and by their leading publio
and business men, and it is also believed that
most of the Eastern, Northern and Western
States will be represented.
An invitation has been extended to President-elect
McKinley and it is believed tha: he
will accept. The probability that he will be
in Thoma3Ville during the month of January
adds much to the coufldei.ee and hope that
he can be induced to visit Tampa on this oc
casion. It Is probable that a special com
mitted of Tampa's prominent citizens will
add weight to Governor Mitchell's invitation
by a personal visit to the President-elect
when he comes to Thomasville.
It is also hoped that President Cleveland,
with members of his cabinet may be induced
to attend tbe convention in response to a
cordial invitation already extended. This
Important work so auspiciously begun by
Governor Mitchell will have the hearty co
operation of Governor Bloxham. That Tam
pa will be prepared to entertain this conven
tion in a manner befitting the importance of
the occasion with credit to herself, as well as
to the State and South generally, goes with
out say ng.
Secretary Cooper of the Tampa board of
trade bas been notified by the governors of
several States that delegates to the conven
tion have been appointed.
MULES FOR CUBA.
Live Stock Being Bought In Western
Cities for Use In Weylcr'sXext Cam
paign. The local members of the Cuba Libre So
ciety claim that the Spanish government has
representatives in St. Louis, who are buying
live stock and ammunition to be used in the
war in Cuba. Thirty car-loads of fine
horses and mules have been shipped South in
one train. It is claimed that the whole lot
will be sent to Havana and placed at the dis
posal of General Weyler. They were pur
chased in small lots at the National stock
yards and kept in a special pen until the
train load was completed. The traders at
the stock yards assert that there is a brisk
demand for high class cavalry horses and
army mulos.
Agents of the Span! h government have
also made large purchases of mules in the
Eansas City market, the last one from
SparksBros.. with orders to get them to New
Orleans as quickly as possible. The firm bas
arranged to send 275 of the animals and will
Bend tbe others as tbe government makes
requisition for them. It is understood that
the animals are to be used in transporting
supplies for the Spanish soldiers in the cam
paign that is to b9 at once undertaken by
General Weyler against the insurgents. '
SELECTING A CABINET.
Major McKinley ia Aided by
the
Grange.
At Canton, O., last week Major McKinley
listened to a formal request for recognition
by appointment to the. Cabinet. A commit
tee of the National Grange, an organization
of farmers with a membership of 250,000,
urged Major McKinley to appoint J. H. Brig
ham, of Ohio, Secretary of Agriculture. The
committee consisted of O. H. Hale, of New
York. Geo. B. Uoitop, of Michigan, W. W.
Miller, secretary of the OLio State board of
agriculture, and Aaron Jones, of Indiana, the
latter of whom acted as spokesman. Mr.
Jones said:
"We feel that the vast agricultural inter
ests of the country ought to be recognized by
the appointment of a practical farmer to the
position of secretary of agriculture. Col.
Brigham, whom we recomuend, is a success
ful farmer, a strong man of affairs, a good
writer, and a good Republican. He has been
for some years chairman of National Grange
and he is favorably and widely known. v e
are not satisfied with tbe course of tbe pres
ent administration toward the farmers We
hope the Republican nartv will give us not
only a representative in the cabinet, but fail
and generous treatment in its tariff bill."
Major McKinley promised to carefully con
sider the suggestions of the committee and its
members departed in excellent spirits.
Ex-Slaves Want Pensions.
The first national convention of the Slave
Pension Association of the United States mot
at Birmingham, Ala,, last week in three days'
session with representatives present from
several of the Southern and Southwestern
States. The organization was formed in
Topeka, Kas., last September for tbe purpose
of securing for all former slaves pensions
from the government. Resolutions were
adopted urging immediate action on a bill in
troduced in the Senate by Senator Thurston,
of Nebraska, whicn contains tne demands of
the association. State organizations have
been formed in Kansas, where the movement
began ; Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi. Alaba
ma, Missouri, Indian Territory, North Caro
lina, South Carolina, Tennesse and Oklaho
ma, 1 Liberty Bell Company Fails.
At Chicago Judge Gibbons appointed the
American Savings Bank receiver for the Lib
erty Bell, on application of Geo. S. Knapp,
who alleges that there is due bim as custo
dian of the bell a balance of $5,565. Knapp's
claim is against the Columbian Liberty Bell
committee. The failure is declared to be
due to the financial stringency past and pres
ent. The entire capital stock of the compa
ny is 2,000 shares ot $100 each, 1,400 com
mon and 500 preferred. The corporation
was onganized in 1895.
Kentucky Beef for London.
A special from Paris, Ey., says C. Alex
ander fchipped from his farm in this county,
six hundred and fifty head of Durham cattle
to London market for Christmas beeves.
They average 1,726 pounds. They are the
heaviest lot eversnipped irom neutucsy. it
will require fifty cars divided into two trains
to trains to transfer them to Norfolk, Va.. to
take the steamer Hurona for Loudon, Nel
son Morris, of Chicago, purched the entire
lot
Failure of Twenty-two Banks.
A Concord, N. H., dispatch to the Boston
Ferald gives a list of twenty-two" savings
banks of Naw Hampshire which have failed
In the last eighteen months, with deposits of
over $17,000,000, and bays of this amount
84.500,000 will be lost to the depositors. The
money, it is claimed, was lost in Western
land specultion.
Will Tour the South.
If arrangements can be made, the first in
fantry, Illinois National Guard, with 1,020
officers and men, Gatling tection, signal
corps, etc., will make a two week's tour
through the historio battlefields of the South
next June. Colonel Henry L. Turner, who
bas just returned from a trip in that section
of the country, said it is proposed to take the
Illinois regiment to Washington, D. C, Get
tysburg, Richmond, Va.. Fortress Monrco
and about twenty-five battlefields in tbe
South. The success ot tbe trip to Atlanta is
partially j responsible for the prer-ent under-.
Laking. Governor-elect Tnnner, of Illinois,
his staff and several huudred prominent citi
zens of Chicago will, it is said, accompany
the soldiers on the trip.
New Senator for Alabama.
The two Houses of the Alabama State Leg-
Alature voted separately for a United States
3enator and in joint session will formally
sleet Gen. E. . Pettus to succeed James L.
Pugh. The Republicans voted for M. D.
Wickershaw and the Populists for A. P.
Longshare.
Turkey to be Divided.
The London Daily Mail's Berlin corres
pondent says that the Grand Dude Nicholas,
of Russia, on a recent visit to Tienna took
with him a proposal for the partition of Tur
tey among the powers, and to make Constan
tinople a tnx port, Rus sia to have Asia Minior
tnd England to have Egypt.
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Annual Report of the Tr -.surer of
the United States.
MONETARY STOCK EXPLAINED.
i Shows an Increase in Gross Re
ceipts and a Decrease in Gross Dir
bursementn for the Past Year.
The annual report of Daniel Morgas,
rreasurer of the United States, has beet
Bade publio and shows the total receipt
from all sources during the year ended June
10th last, to have been $326,976,200, o
igainst $313,390,075 for the fiscal year 1895,
in increase t f $13,586,125. The rece ipts fron;
justoms aggregated $160,021,751, a gain o
t2.653.134; from internal revenue $146,762,
364, a gain of $3,341,192; from sale of publia
lands $1,005,523, a loss ot $97,823; from mis
cellaneous sources $19,186,060, a gain of $2,
479.622. Tbe total expenditures for the year were
1352,179,448, as against $355,196,298 for 1895,
a decrease of $4,016,852. The deficiency for
the year is $25,203,245, or $17,601,977 lesf
than for last year. The net receipts from the
8202,315,400 of bonds sold in 1894, '95 and
f96 were $294,164,295.
Continuing, the report says: In ordinary
limes and under ordinary circumstances
there is a natural flow of gold toward the
Treasury, which often is limited only by the
capacity of the Tieasury to carry the specie,
Tbe produce of our mines finds it way to tho
mint, where it is paid for b7 checks, and
these are presented at tho counters of the
Jub-Treasnries, or through the clearing
house in New York, as currency obligations.
Tbe result is an increase of gold reserv? and
a dimunltlon of the available balance of
notes and silver certificates. Gold imported
n the form of bullion or foreign coin takes
usually the 6ame course.
Besides these two sources of ordinary gain
Co the gold reserve there is another in the
nirect exchange ot paper for coin, where the
i aper is preferred for its greater convenience
yoitunate indeed has it been for the Treasury
that even during the mot criiical periods
hrough which tne country has recently pass
ed thesecurrents of in-flow have not alto
gether t3en checked, and that where the
volume hcj been materially dimlnisxed. The
loss has been partly made good by the
distance of financial institutions. In the flf
t en months ending with September last the
withdrawals of gold from the Treasury in
redemption of United Slates notes and Treas
ury noies amounted to the immense sum of
$192,972,205, while the net gains of gold from
all sources attained a total of $93,133,902.
The outstanding public debt, June 30th, 1896,
aggregated $1,769,840,323, as compared with
$1,676,120,933 on tbe same date in 1895. Ac
coidug to a revised estimatQ of the depart
ment tbe composition and distribution of the
monetary stock for the fiscal year 189C is as
follows:
In Treas.
In Circula
tion. $454.905,0M
52,116,901
60.204,451
1,302,563
568,258.984
224,249.861
95,405,347
215,168,122
42.197,119
330,657,i 97
Kind. and mintp.
Gold coin $112,589,974
Gold bullion 32.102.926
Silver dollars 378,673,137
Frac silver 15,767.056
Silver bullion 120.933,958
Total metallic 660.067,051
U. S. Notes 122,431.148
Trs. nts. of 1890. . . . 34.638.033
N't'l b'k nts 10,343,423
Goldcertif's 620,070
Silver certif's 11,962,313
Currency cer 320.000
Total naner 150.803.989
31.830.fc0J
tii' .tZ'eV,
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Aggregate 8i0,871.040 1,570.467,531
Tbe grand aggregate is $2,348,33H,ou. as
compared with $2,349,704,633 for the liscul
year i895. While these figures show an ap
parent loss of more than fifty millions ot
money, the Department officers say that ns
a matter of fact the loss does not now. exist.
Many millions of gold went abroad prior t
the closing of the last fiscal year, thus 6how.
Ing an unfuvorablo balance but it is claimeti
that since the irfiow of gold bas recurred
and the inportations have rown this monej
with credit addition thereto bra come bac
to tho United States. Th5 f et pioceeds of th
national bai.b notes redesmed during thl
year were $107,891,026, the largest amount
for. any like period in t n years, and witt
the exception of three years the largest sinc
1879. The cost for tio Tedumption of nation.
U bank not has M nsressed against
cbe tanks fit tbe f V S1.12K pet
1 1,000.
THE M'KINLEY ESCORT.
It Will be Blade Up of Ohio Troops,
With Troops Doing Special Hon
ors. Col. Geo. A. Garrettson, of Cleveland
h airman of the committee on escort to the
Col. Gregor, of Alliance, 0 command escort
of rresident-elect McKinley from Canton to
W ashington will bo composed of the Eighth
Infantry and the celebrated Troop A. of
Cleveland, commanded by Capt. It. . Bur
dick. Upon arrival in Washington, the Eighth
Infantry will form as personal escort from
the depot to the Ebbit house, after which the
regiment will take its place ia line with the
Ohio troops, and such other military escorts
as may be required during the inaugural cer
emonies will be performed by Troop A.
The Eighth Regiment, infantry, Ohio Na
tional Guards, is composed of companies lo
cated in the various counties which McKin
ley has represented in Congress and is re
garded as one ot the best national guard reg
iments in Ohio.
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Football a Felony.
The Kansas City, Mo Times states that
during the coming eession of tbe Legislature
nn attempt will bo made to pass a law putting
the game of football on the same plane with
przie lighting, whleh is a felony in Missouri.
Fatal Floods In Greece.
An immense amount of damage has been
2aused by the terrible storms and floods
which have inundated the low-lying quar
ters of Atbcn sand Piraeus, Greece. Seventy
persons have been drowned. Many houses
have been destroyed and the tents sheltering
the Armenian refugees have been swept away.
As a result of tho disaster great distress pre
vails. Detachments or soldiers from the
foreign war ships in port assisted in the
work of rescue.
A Lock Trust Next.
The Philadelphia Press says the leading
lockmakers of the country have just perfect
ed a new combination. It is to regulate the
prices of locks in general, but more particu
larly trunk locks, on which it is claimed
prices have been ruinously low during the
past two or three years. '
The Total Popular Vote.
Returns from all the States, either official
or estimated by State officers, give McKinley
7.050,516, Bryan 6,221,552, Palmer 138,570.
The total vote, including all parties, is placed
at 13,509,638. According to these figures,
which Ehould not vary maov thousands from
the final official table. McKinley's plurality
over Bryan 'is 829,000. Grant's 763,000 in
1872 comes next. Lincoln's plurality of 491,-
, 195 in 1860 has the third place, and Cieve
i land's of 380.810, in 1892, is fourth. McKin
I ley majority 1s also the largest on record.
! The total Prot hition vote this year is about
80,000, against : ,);2.799 in 1892.
United States and Cuba.
A cablegram from London to the New Tori.
San, says: ''Some dispatches frosl America
indicates the expectation of possible action
in Congress regarding the Cuban situation.
It may be said without reservation that diplo
matic circles in Madrid, Paris and London
expect nothing of tbe kind. In fact, it is said
wtih an a isurance that almost indicates know
edge that President Cleveland may be relied
pon to do nothing to disturb tbe relations
between the United States and Spain during
remainder of his term."
The rumor that the mining wages are tobf
Kit down throughout the State of Montan'
k Wely cause a general strike. '
HA
THE OLD TIME AL3IANAC.
Wh6 Was Philip Brooks, the Old
Time Astronomer, In Richmond
County?
Charity and Children Bev. John
EA.lbritton, writing of old almanacs
says:
" 'The North Carolina Almanac' for
1817 was calculated for this State by
Philip Brooks, astronomer, of Hick
xnond county, N. C
"Not every county can boast of an
astronomer. Who was Phillip BrooksV
or whence came he ? Some one might
give us an interesting article in reply
to these inquiries. I would be glad to
see a sketch of Eicb mend's astrono
mer. "The almanao was printed by T.
W. Scott at tbe Minerva press of
Baleigh. Abraham Hodge, with his
nephew, Wm. Boylan, lirst published
the Minorva in Fayetteville, N. C, in
1796. and & few years afterwards re-
moved it to Raleigh where it was
called 'The North Carolina Minerva
nd Baleigh Advertiser.' Hodge was
a New Yorker by birth, but spent the
last twenty years of his life in the OKI
North State, having died in. Halifax,
Aug. 3, 1805, at about 50 years of age.
He was said to have conducted Wash
ington's traveling press while the army
was stationed at Valley Forge. From
1875 to the date of his decease, he
published newspapers for a longer or
shorter period, at Newbern, Denton,
Halifax, Fayetteville and Baleigh. His
is another distinguished printer's name
that should be ever honored and per
petuated by North Carolinians.
"The publisher did not give much
space to wit and humor. v
Nearly AH tne Land SolC
At Baleigh, Bobert T. Gray, com
missioner, under an order of court sold
167.000 acres of land in Dare county.
Tl.is embraces the entire county save
what are known as the Banked section
along the ocean 6hore, part of Dur
rant's island and all of Roanoke island,
the latter being the one on which Sir
Walter Baleigh's colonists made the
first English settlement on this conti
nent. The land was bid off by the
trustee for the note holders, who are
New York bankers, the price paid be
ing 8100,000. This is the greatest
land sale ever made in North Carolina.
As Dangerous as Ycllew Fever.
Hemorrhagic fever has been gener
ally supposed to prevail mainly in cer
tain sections of the njrtheastern part
of the State. It is certainly a very ter
rible and verv deadlv disease, and the
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remark has been made that it is as dan
gerous as yellow fever. It seemB that
it also prevails in a township in Cum
berland county and in a malignant
form. It is said bad drainage is the
cause. The Fayetteville Observer
says the township in question will be
depopulated unless sanitary reformi
are inaugurated.
A Novel Decision.
The Supreme Court has decided a
very novel case. It holds that a pri
vate citizen, impersonating an ordain
ed minister,' who solemnizes marriage
between man and woman is guilty of
no crime either at common or statute
law. The case comes from Pender
county and person thus married are
satisfied and are living together as man
and wife. Defendant impersonated a
Baptist minister. A jury found him
guilty, but he was discharged, judg
xnent having been arrc&ted by the
judge. The solicitor appealed, but ia
now sustained by the Supreme Court
The receipts of the Agricultural De
partment from the sale of fertilizer
taxes are usually $28,000 annually, but
this year approximate $40,000, ac
there is an increase ot 'lo to 3U per
cent, in the amount of fertilizers sold.
Harbor Defense Convention.
Governor Carr, at the request of the
Governor of Florida, has appointed
twelve delegates to the convention
which meet? at Tampa, January 12th,
to consider tho question of fortifying
the harbors on the' South Atlantic and
Gulf coasts against foreign invasion.
Following are the delegates: lex
ander Sprunt, J. A. Galloway, John D,
Wbitford, James L. Fowles, B. B,
Creecy, W. G. Curtis, William L. Bat
tie, Peter D. Price, Joseph E. Pogue,
William M. Cooke, W. E. Breece and
J. H. McAden.
A Conflict in Dates.
There is a conflict between the Fed
eral and State laws regarding the time
of the meeting of the electoral, college.
The Federal law names the second
Tuesday in January, while the new
State law names the first Tuesday in
December, which is December 1.
Upon inquiry at the 'executive office it
is learned that the electoral college
will meet on tbe latter date.
Charlotte has another national bank
with a capital stock ot $125,000.
The Presbyterian church at Lincoln
ton will celebrate the twenty-fifth an
niversary of tbe pastorate of Bev. B.
Z. Johnston on January 8, 9 and 10,
1897.
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Nineteen snits. 6f $10,000 each, have
been brought against' the Cumnock
Coal Mining Company, by relatives of
persons killed.
f
The date of Governor-elect Bupsell's
inauguration has not asyet been made,
but it is thought that it will be made
iffer tbe Legislature meets.
North Carolina Railways.
The annual report of the North Caro
lina railway commission shows that the
total mileage in tbe State is 3,439, and
the valuation of railway property is
estimated at $26,676,096, or an in
crease of $14,254,392 since the estab
lishment of the commission. The rail
ways in the State pay one-tenth of the
State taxes. The' mileage built during
the year is as follows: Caldwell &
Northern, eleven miles; Henderson
ville & Brevard, twenty-two miles;
. Aberdeen West End (June 30, 1895,
j to Nov, 1, 1896), thirty-seven miles.
A USHER STORY.
Exposure Cams A ear .Ending II ii XAtm
From the rress, VUca N. T.
Mr. William Dale la a highly respected far
mer living In that part of tbo township of
BrookDold known as the "Waterman Dis
trict," and is well known a3 a thrifty and
honorable man of independent means. Three
ye-irs ago Mr. Dale was disabled from rheu
matism in a most aggravated form, which
medical skill seemed powt-rle to rUve,
but suddenly he bocarae to all apparno
cured, was able to ottund to his work, ana
ever since has been in looks at least the In
carnation of sound bodily health.
The following is Mr. Dale's own statement
of his enso and what wrought th chanara.
BnooxriKLD, Sew York, July 14ih, 189C.
I am ilfiy-one years old, and by birth an
Englishman. In my early II e I lollowed the
avooa lsnof fisherman. In whioh by xpo
sur I contracted rheumatism, from which I
suffered more or lees for many year?. About
thren years ago, I arose one morning to find
myself crippled, and the leat exertion
brought on most excruciating pnins, so I hat
I was forced to seek relief by going to bed
and remaining motionlws. Our family phy
sician was lmmedia ely summoned, and he
began the usul ooursu ot remedies hat In
stead of helping mo I became wore. My
Joints, especially in my left arm were in
flamed and hot. I suffered mueh from de
rangement ot the heart, and cock taut sweats,
which of n our. Ill umelllnir nature.
My appetite failed me, my tongue was thickly
coated, and altogether I was la a bad ay.
In addition to this, worrlment of mind be
cause I could not attend to the spring work
on two farms which I owned, mad my oon
dlllrin deDlorable,
"While in this uabappy rtate. my friend,
Mr Amos Jnqunyn, of Coluubus Centre,
hearing of my illness, came over and rrcom-
mended me to try Dr. wuuams- rinK rms,
whioh he said bad cured bim ot ktdney dis
ease, lie a'so stated thnt William Woodman,
whom I had known to be a terrible rhmi-
tnatio uffrer all bis life, wa through this
rrr.tdy now in the west ox health.
To make a long Jtory short, I sa over
to Mr. Silas York, who keeps a store and
sells groceries by wagon mroujru tne court
ty, for a box of Dr. Williams Pink Tills,
and began to takn them a oordtng to direc
tions. The results ot the new treatment
wre astonishing, as after taking nine ot the
pills I was at work and over since have done
inv full share of labor.
'Pink Pl l uro now our physician. We
always keep thorn in the house, and doctors
bl la have ceased to be a part of the family
expenes.
Ihoao pills aro Incoming preily well
known in thl part of tho country, as all who
have her used them wear by them, and do
all in their power to make their virtues
known.
"Tbe above is a true statement, and if
noueeary I will make osth to the same.
'Wk. DjlIM
Dr. Williams' Pink Pill.3 contain, in a con
densed form, ail tha elements necessary to
f ve new life and riohuess lo the blood and
r'B ore shattered nerves. Thov are an un
failing spwiflc for such diseaii as locomotor
ataxia, lartiul pHraly.o. St. Vitus' Oance,
Boia.lca, neuralgia, rheumatism, nervous
hoitilnche, the aft r effect of la grippe, pal
pitation ot the heart, p ile and na!low oom
plosions, ail forms of weakness either la
male or female, rink Pills uro sold by all
dealers, or will be s nt pont Pld on receipt
of piiee, 50 cents a box. on x boxes for II 60,
by addrefslng Dr. Y'illinms' Medicine Oon
puny, Schenectady, N. Y. .
Early Hours.
As vre crow older we learn wisdom
la this matter. Tbo gray-haired par
ent, whoso dancing days are orcr, and
whoso llmba arc not elastic. Is glad
to hasten bed-time, and to leave his
daughters to their foolish joy in tho
lato hours. lie would lengthen hla
nitfhts In spite of his difficulty In sleep
ing. Very few persons over 00 years
old caro to sit up after 11 o'clock In
tho evening, and would rather be In
visible at an earlier hour. Old age
may not need more sleep than youth,
but It Is more covetous of sleep, and
sooner disgusted with tho day's excite
ment "Go to bed early" Is the ad
vico which the elders give to the young
er race, all the more emphatic as they
remember their own elns In this kind
In the former years, and wonder that
they could have taken such needless
risks In those night frolics. That 13
tho advice, too, of the medical Journals
and men. Vvras there ever a wise phy
Blclan who would counsel his patients
to sit up until midnight as a rule, or
even as a frequent exception? The
wisdom In this matter, nevertheless.
Is of the kind that comes by experi
ence, and tho cage warning of the
fiMftra U oftenest unheeded.
It Is stated that the family of the
late Herr Lilienthal, who lately met his
death while experimenting with his
Hying machine, have ordered all his
treatises on aeronautics, as well as all
his diagrams and flying apparatus, to
be destroyed by fire, which Is taken to
be an expression of their grief over
the manner In which Lilienthal came to
his death. This is a rather unsym
pathetic tribute to the life work of the
distinguished professor of aeronautics,
whose enthusiasm was evidently not
shared by his surviving relatives.
The Chinese are throwing a little
light on the coal trust. Anthracite coal .
mined In tho Tonquln district la being
laid down in San Francisco at prices
greatly below those of Pennsylvania
coal. Everybody is sorry for the trust,
which Is a worthy organization engag
ed In the business of getting about
twice as much for coal as it Is1 worth.
. New York is about the worst town
that ever happened according to Rev.
Brougher, of Taterson, N. J. He says
of the old town: '"Its business men
are cheats, its politicians anarchists,
and society there a living lie." This,
too, after Roosevelt and Parkhurst
have been reforming the place three or
four years.
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in very county- Please apply
prompt lv to Georgia Busi
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Costly Trophies.
The head of tbe musk ox Is tho most
costly of mounted gamo heads, and
next Is the head of the bison or buffalo.
Fine buffalo heads, well mounted, brioa
from $150 to $500. A head of $500, how
ever, would be one exceptionally large
and choice, and a fine head can bi
bought for $250. Fifteen years ago a
well-mourted buffalo head could b
bought for from ;50 to $100. The In
crease In prle Is counted for by th
growing scarcity of the buffalo, which
has nojv practically disappeared from
the United States. The wood bison of
the Great B.'a b lake region of British
North America, which Inhabit wood
land or mountain districts, are rathot
more numerous than the pralrlo buf
faloes of this country, but their num
bers are limited and dccicaslng. TLj
wood bison is :ot eo large ns tho prcrta
buffalo, and its hair is stralgbter and
very black. The musk ox beads ate
held at $300 and upward. One musk
ox head owned by a taxidermist In
New York is valued at $750.
Gladness Comes
With a better understanding of tho
transient nature of the many phys
ical ills which vanish before proper tf
forts gentlo efforts pleasant cfroi..
rightly directed. Thcro ia comfort in
tho knowledge that so many forms of
sickness aro not duo to any actual dis
ease, but simply to a constipated condi
tion of tho system, which the pleasant
family laxative. Syrup of Fiprs, prompt
ly removes. That is why it i3 the only
remedy with millions of families, and is
everywhere esteemed so highly by all
who value pood health. Its beneficial
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ono remedy which promotes internal
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then ono should have tho best, and with
the well-informed everywhere, Syrup of
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