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WORDS SPOKEN MAY BE FOBGOTTES, BUT THOSE WHICtt ABE WBITTENOB PBlXTED 8TANOS KECOBD. VOL 72. DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY .FEBRUARY 4. 1891 NO 4. Highest of all la Leavening Power ABSOLUTELY PURE You are in a Bad Fix Bat we will euro yoa it yoii will pay Hi. Our no-wuige is to tho weak, nervous and leliliuied, who, by arly evil habits, or later iodUcre tion1, have trifled away their vigoi of body, toiad and manhood, and who suffer all those effects which lead to premature decay, consumption or in eanity. If thia nieana you, tend for and read oar Book or Lira, written , by the greatest Specialist of the day, and sent (sealed) for 6 cenU in stamps. Address Dr. Parker's Medical and Kurgic&l Institute, 151 North Spruce St, Nashville, Tenn. Aug.-J7-1y. FARTHING & DUKE. WHOLESALE Doalorsin ' Notions, Clothing, etc W carry ia stock everything jou can find tn any general store. " We carry largo stocks of W.L.DOUGLASS Shoes, Satter & Lewis & Co.'s Shoes. OLD HICKORY a v? J-a. VTTw ons and Road Carts. Ober's Fertilizer The Na tional and Durham Ball Fer tilizers. The most rWls f.r the leaat money FARTHING & DUKE, DURHAM, rt.C Unirs !?.oo ,ai' W. L. DOUGLAS $3 SHOE S UaiM, an t an Mtsmp4 fcnn. A4Jr IsyUl;isLA.MrclatMNlIMto aWUs FARTHING &DUKE Main St., Sarinn, H C. for Infants Caataaknwa.4aadtoahabraUa In 1 ; mi. I aaprloriaaar . iaailplfc .. aa." U. A. Aaeaaa, U. IK, 111 a, Oatoa Si, BnoaJfa, Jl. T. "TV a af 'raatnrta' aTViaalipiaal nn4 tm BMrlM a wall aaawa Um4 H am a wark af atinararorauna) aaaadocaali, yaw arataa SmmiItmH famlllaa iw aa t kmp Caaturf l.fc 1 M Haw YorH I. LaH Taalo ttooralntdaW fcatorwaa tta Groceries BrjGooQS 1 , I ' n 3 1 VX 1 ' HI Hat., - V v - - - -- - - , - a x .. ... , a, . - . U. S. Gov't Report, Aug. 17, 1889. Batons Advice to Motner s. i'rs. Window's " Soothing" Byrop should always b used for ohildren teething. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays all pain, cure wind colic, and is the be&t remedy tor diarrhoea. Twenty-five eeots a bottle, sen 27-d-w-lv. ItS-Itcb, Manse, and Scratches on human or animals cured in 30 mine tea bv Woolford's Sanitary Lotion. this never fails. Sold by - N. H. JoiiJtsoH & UQ; umjrgist Purham, N O Woman Iter Diseases aud tbelr treatment. 72 psges, illustrated ; price 50c 8ent upon ft ooipt of 10c., cost rf mailiDg, etc. Address Frof. R. II Kline, M.D.,931 Arch Sr, rinla Pa. NORSE ANO CATTLE POWDERS Ma Rum will AM of Pot, of Ltl. F TK.. If Vitf ftn am mM to um. rwul Vnmtm will rare wl arrv.nl rloorrvn.mt. Poau' H'wl-r wilt pr-.fttit fi.r. l. Fowl torn Pow.i-r will tnnttf u qnutltr wilk wl mim ni pat anU antf ak U Umarflra .Art lWt . Fmul Pfrwd.ri wfll nf, ar prMwit itaM trsBY Dlr. to vhu-h H4fM u4 l'ttt M .nlilwt. FoCTII Pnwn.a. WLU. ! SATUTMnioM. SoM tnfrvMra. .... David I. roVTS. rreprui.r. "-' . SALTiuoaaL kd. Saw; Hill For Sale. The nndersicned will offer for sale at public auction, on 6atuiday, Feb ruary 14tb, 1891, on the premises, one 25 horse power engine and boil er, with taw mill complete; also two log carta, to sett! m busmei ot ihe firm ofG. W. Lvnn & roa. The mill is now in cpratiun on our land ova miles south of Durham. Terms of sale, Cash. ' - . G. W. & T. S. Ltxm jai.-21 4 Surviving partners , ma 1 ru. iirbiBa riiw. TKFtom o(Hnr: InUolMthl.f M U.f ln: .at n altkl; nmk, rirku(. If alios dWatiMa l or form, vfeje. dim mhI BlMrat, kla rr vn. St. OlMTMtVT UUUM L itc.ltlf bta-Uf. ftasi. lrafMka.aatf laaMaii ea-aa raaxxr. ia lum ara. Mdrn.iiWa. or by m.1 ,or an caaia. lr. Mut M rtiUadalpkl. HOW T (' All kl DlMam. Sari) spplf "ana' Olalmanl. latar al ta-4iciBa rxalia4. C,'.n atltar, aftaait, lira ail ampnoa a tb Urm, hand, a. a, atoi, larta(lbs la aiaar walla aa4 kaolin. It, ,raaiaaiwc aai tarallva puaar ata Kii .iai,S if aa anWr rratxif. Aah yant Sraaiiai fat a,? a', Owta-sl. . v m ?;vi Grand. Square and Upright Piano-Fortes. Fiftr Years before the public Upon theii excellence alone hare attained an unpurchased Pre-emience which established them aa uneaualled in TOXK, TOUCH. WOKKMXN Mill!" AND DLltAIULITV. WAREROOMSl 112 Fifth Arenue. Kew York, 22 and 21 IXRsljinjore St., Haiti. 817 market Sp ice, Wanhington, D. U. aeptlK. SSawawWLikwat and Children. faalwta mnaj CWWv Onaailfattiw llnur MIAtnara. IHarrhtvA. LmAUta. killa -irwa, (Ina ak, ani ptuaialwl dl- WllLuul Ugurioua BaxUmtloa. fdY Saaafal awan I ha a faanajimaiatail aaT ' (lam,' ami ahU alwafa ennUatia K do r ki 14 km latariaU pruOuuaa aiaimil wi f . FiaMS, M. D4 TU IHsawWp," UStb auaa and ft Aftx, HawTorhCttf. slits 1 na v'. ttft Mi J '" I'V' V.' ' ' ' a; ma i-iiuihii 111 Tn Csataim Otrtt, Tf Meaaaf Ifaaar, Raw Teas. COAL MINE IIOBBOB. Over a Iiuudred Mm Killed by bu Exploelou, A special telegram from Scott dale, Pa. to the Philadelphia Times gives the following par ticulars of a terrible coal mine explosion: An explosion of fire-damp oc curred this morning shortly af ter 9, in the Mammoth shaft by which 110 miners were instant ly killed and a large number in jured. " The explosion is suppos ed to be the result 01 tne igni tion of a miner's oil lamp, but whether this is true or not will never be known, as not a man is left alive of those who were working in the immediate vicin ity of the exDlosion. Those who were not killed are in a critical condition and many deaths are momentarily expected. FIRE ADDS TO THE HORROR. To add to the horror of the oc casion fire broke out immediate ly in the workings. Starting irom the place where the ex plosion occurred it passed along the tunnel into the larger work ings the flame increasing in vol ume about every hundred yards, or wherever the gas had accu mulated. Those on the : bank were quickly alive to this new calamity, for the hot air rushed up the main shaft forcing them back to a more retired position. As the fire passed into the older workings the gas would ignite and a series of light re ports were heard, giving warn ing that the fire was spreading. The machinery by which the huge fans used to force air in the mine are worked was uninjured by the explosion, and as soon as the fumes of the escaping gas moderated sufficiently to permit it they were called into requisition, and air was rapidly forced into the mine. It was thought thatthat would enable search parties to enter and be gin at once the work of rescue. In this, however, a failure was evident for a time, and the fire burned fiercer than ever in the farther portions of the mine. BELIEF PASTIES AT WORK. An entry -was effected and a relief party at once descended to do its work. 1 he scene in the mine was in every sense a horrible one. 1 he props in the tunnels were bodily torn away and in many places Hocked the f assage and had to be cut away, 'euetrating as near as possible in tho direction of the fire a large number of bodies were dis covered. Their faces were swollen and distorted and their hands clinch ed, showing plainly the desper ate nght they bad made for life. The fire had by this time passed on to the further workings and the relief party pressed forward to the spot where the explosion took place. A number of bodies, or rather portions of them, were found lying in every direction. 1 he lire had done its work. The bodies were charred and blackened and in some cases burned to a crisp, crumbling to dust at the touch of the res cuers. SIXTY BODIES RECOVERED. Sixty bodies were qnickly re moved to the surface by the several relief relays and then the work had to be stopped, the fire driving tho workers back to the main shaft. The injured were all near the entrance to the workings and had thus managed to escape the after-damp. They were quickly given assistance. THE SCENE OS THE BANK. The scene at this writinir about the mouth of the shaft bailies description. Following tue roar 01 the explosion there was a sharp concussion felt for at least a mile around. The frame shanties of the miners shook like rmls and it needed no messenger to inform the women and children of the aw ful calamity which had befallen them. The entire population rushed to the scene of the dis aster, screaming and calling uponneaven tor am. Mothers took their children in their arms and, regardless of the cold, ran to the mouth of the mine. Once there they were helpless, and cowered on the coal banks wringing their hands and trying as best they could to comfort cacli other. Several women fainted on tho bank and were left to lie there unattended ex cept by their wecninir children Kuch seemed absorbed, almost dazed with trouble. So far as can be learned sixty wives and f armies are left penniless by the catastrophe, and in some cases absolutely breadless, for the mine has not been working its ..II - t 4! iiiitivrvu iornvmu tune. ODDS AND ENDS. . President Mofifatt, of the Bio Grande and Denver Line, travels around m a $45,000 private car upon which, as yet, the porter hasn't got a first mortgage. ;, Sarasate, the violinist, netted $25,000 by a two-months' con cert tour in England. There is something more ' substantial than mere, honor in being first name. - 1 . Rose Terry Cook warns girls of a literary turn to place no de pendence on literature as a bread-winner. And Rose is quite right. A good boalthy, )ius- band is far more reliable. -j e . . Cardinal Manning is 82 years old and Gladstone is 81, 1 and whftn tha twit rrnniAa irftt frk. gether and talk about their boy- nooa's aays they are as happy as old soldiers t on pension day. Lord Randolph Churchill holds the opinion that a man has learned a whole encyclopae dia of political information when he is able to discriminate between a statesman and a poli tician. i An TCncrlisVi fninri'an ttt tria poor has been protesting against American pork and claiming that it was not fit to feed paup ers upon. "I would not fatten a fool upon it.'? He neglected to sav what he had bean fatten. edupon. . The Earl of TnaifalA 1IRPB ft snlendid Silver inVnt.ftnd nma. entedto him by the sluggers oiavin ana AicAuune as a testi monial of gratitude for the trouble he totilr in ravi'tut thorn from being sent to jail for pound- in-j eacn omer. Savincr dimtni in thn atrnnrr weakness of Mrs. D. H.' Mc Dowell, of Oekaloosa, la , and during a year and a half she managed to drop $118.70 into her little bank. It is more than likely that her - husband is a sound sleeper, The local physician who says that the people are unwise in being afraid of sending for the doctor when they are isick, should be rtniiaded that a man is not afraid , of a doctor. It is onlv the doctor's bill that knocVa him over the ropes. cruel man. Ha in fl it tori a.' Int nf speeches upon the people before neascenaea tne tnrone ana he is now getting them together for the nnrwiw nt nuhliratinn And yet the world wonder when a 1. 1 a. . 11 a uauuu UIVtlk.S UUV 111 rcYUil Against its rulers. 1 WllPB A nrnminant TtaatsinSan And himself in fAilino tionlth ha goes out upon the common and takes a look at the public stat ues. The fear of being served tin in the uma war aIwav ta Aa Atnnift ftnl tnnlrM Kim m. solve to live in spite of .the doc tors. Emin Pasha is still draffriner his coat tail across the Dark Continent and wanting some body to right with. And -the Drobabilitiea are that hul-twill get all the fighting he wants around Lake Victoria and be brought back to civilization on a snuttcr. t Channrpv t. TiaiMw mow nnt bo popular enough to become a President, but so long as he caa console himself with the thought that six hundred babies are named after him every vearhe need not imagine that he is in any aanger of being overlooked in the race for public favor. The Kinor of Italv la bound ta become popular. If there is a nouse on nre, a child run over or an intellectual dog-fight go ing on anywhere around his palace or where he may be stay 111K, 110 kwh vu to tne piace and makes himself as bnav &a if the success of the affair da. pended entirely upon ' the part ne tooK in it. 1. The monument over the late President Arthur's mn ia finished and paid for, and there is a surplus 01 $30,000 In the hands of the memorial mitteo. It ia ta b hnnmt that they will not hear of this in new xorK. it might tempt the Q rant monument committee to say that thev were auite will. ing to attend to the disbursing 01 tne nine oaiance. Hat that Will He Missed. OjaMrt SJaralA, i 'iU One of the notable changes at Washington shortly will be the disappearance of Senator Evarts famous old hat, which will be displaced by the glossy Broad way tileof Senator Hill. "Grand father's hat" will disappear sviuvwuat inter. ' INOALLS' BUCCESSOK. Sketch of the New Senator From j 'Kansas. Judge William A. Peffer was born in Cumberland county, Pa., in 1831, and will be - sixty years old next September, f lie went to California in 1850, and worked in ; the mines for 5 two years. ' Returning to Pennsyl vania be married and removed to Indiana, where for six years he tilled a farm in St. "Joseph county. In 1869 he removed to Morgan county, Mo., where he farmed and taught school until the war broke out. Then here- moved to Illinois and enlisted in the Eighty-third Illinois In fantry. He was soon ' made a lieutenant, and acted as a judge advocate, and then as a 'subor dinate quartermaster for the forwarding of supplies to Gen. Sherman. After the ; war he opened a law office at Clarks ville, Tenn., where he remained until 1870, when he settled in Wilson county. Kansas.' He edited the Wilson county Couri er for several years, and the Coffeyville Courier. He was a State Senator in 1874-'6, and was a delegate to the National Repubiican Convention of 1880, He has always been a Republi can, until quite recently, when his paper, the Kansas Farmer, a widely circulated and influen tial journal, espoused the l Far mers' Alliance cause. In the spring of last year he began a bitter warefare against Mr. In- fall's re-election. The Kansas armer each week urged the re tirement of Mr.' Ingalls,) and wnen tne late campaign was in its inception he so directed it as to make Mr. Ingalls the princi pal object 01 attacK.. ine result was the election of an Alliance House of Representatives; and Mr. Peffer's selection by the Alliance caucus as the Senator ial nominee. 1 J udge Peffer is even sit feet tall; he is quite as slim as Mr. Ingalls, being unusuall narrow chested and lank of limb. Thick black hair grows over his low retreating forehead. His black eyes shine deep under a heavy orow. ane lower ieaiures-oims face are concealed by a heavy black - heard, which reaches quite to his waist. - His voice is deep and guttural, but he has a pleasant timbre. . His manner of speaking is slow and deliber ate, but not hesitatingj ' Mr. Peffer has always been al tem perate man, and he is how a prohibitionist.' He is a mem ber of the Protestant Episcopal Church. He is a Master Mason and belongs to the Knights of Labor. Colombian Exposition. The buildings to be erected for the international exposition at Chicago will be on a scale of almost ' unparalleled ." magnifi cence. , The f ollowin g from the Chicago Herald will give the reader some idea of the (extent of the preparations: The' build ings that will be erected en 1 the lake front are an art palace 275 x 671 feet, two stories, to cost from El.000,000 to $1,200,000; al build ng for the decorative art dis play, 275 600 feet, two stories, estimated to cost $250,000; a water palace, six stories',' about 250 by 250 feet, that will cost from $goo,ooo to I soo.ooo: a building for an electrical dis- ay. 250 by 800 feet, which will probably cost f 75,000 and a tern pie of music extending 400 feet along Michigan avenue, ine latter building will cost S25O.00O. The total amount to be expend ed on the lake front buildings, excluding the stone arcade that will stretch from Kandoipn street to Park row, is from 12, 250,000 to $2,650,000. This does not include the two towers that will flank either side of the water palace. Chief of Con struction Burnham has been authorised to take possession of the lake front next Tuesday and begin the erection ot a tempor ary building to be used by the construction bureau." ' Inrortuatioa Wanted. . ' Clarence W. Bowen, t Secre tary of the Committee on the Centennial of Washington's In auguratlon, 251 Broad war, New York, desires information re garding the portraits of Timothy liloodworth and John iSevier, Members of Congress from North Carolina.' These portraits," for tne Memorial volume, are par ticularly pesired, to complete the list of portraits of the North Carolina delegation in Congress at the time of Washington' inauguration. 'The allver Senators are in fa tor of free coinage because they want tne country to aaopt imy metalUtrai. . Three Tariff Items, .-. jfauaaal Dnsamat, The London Times says that the exportation of pocket cut lery to the United States' has been seriously interfered with by the McKinley bill, which is, perhaps, a good thing so far. as the American makers of cutlery are concerned," but the Times also says that the English man ufacturers are proposing to cut down wages.: This: will affect us two ways. These English workmen are large-consumers of American produce, and the reduction of their wages! will be the reverse of a benefit to the American farmers. If a few of these English workmen come to this country the American' cut lery manufacturers will shave wages down, and the American workman will get beautifully left. , ! . . A short time ago an announce ment was made to the effect that tin plate was being manu factured in Chicago, specimens being displayed in various show windows throughout the: city. A careful examination shows, however, that the new industry is of exceedingly limited propor tions. The black iron plates forming the basis of tin plates were imported from Europe. The pig tin was also imported, and even the laborers who did the dipping were imported. The only manufacturing process per formed in - Chicago was the melting of the tin and dipping of the sheets into it. This sim ple and inexpensive work was done by imported labor of the cheapest kind. There are no works now in operation' . and there is not likely to be any for sometime. McKinley prices are as dura ble as the McKinley bilV and show as marked a tendency to rise as the whole Republican protection scheme does. A Chicago dispatch of last Satur day says: "The price of paints m small packages will be ad vanced next week 15 per: cent, as a result of the increased duty on tin plate put Into effect by the McKinley bill.- The advance wm be general throughout the country. The paint dealers have themselves borne the extra cost since the law went into ef fect, but as, in addition to the duty, the zinc men have in creased the standard prices,' an advance on the part of the paint trade has become a necessity." We begin to think the -Republi cans were right when they said it would take a year or two to understand the McKinley bill. The goats' hair fraud was dis covered last month; the retail price ot paints has just felt the effects of the bill, and we pre sume that for a year or two tne bill will from time to time get in its work in new and unexpect ed directions. r: Senator Dsuiiel on Mllver. Wetaiaftoa Oasatt. Senator John W. Daniel, of Virginia, who is well posted on the issues of the day, said yes terday: "The one issue on! which the South and West will unite, on which there is little if any difference of opinion, is free coinage. ' The South is almost a unite for free coinage and so is the West The Democratic party, which is composed of the peo ple, is committed to free coin age. Silver has ever been the money of the people, and while the people demand silver for their currency we should com ply with that demand. Since the rascally trick of demonetiz ing silver in '73 the issue of free coinage nas siowiy out 1 surety crowded its way to the' front, and if a free coinage lull does not become a law- (during this Congress, you mayt expect to see it become one of the lead ing issues in the Presidential campaign. The Democratic party is willing to go before the country in favor of free coinage. In my judgment, on the issue of silver you would witness the South and West retting togotn er for the benefit of a common interest. ' The vote in the Son ate on the free coinage bill shows an almost unanimous South and West against a solid East. The vote was significant, and it does not require a keen vision to see the current of the political mind." 5 Greensboro Patriot: Deputy Collector Fields has just return ed from a raid up in the county of Yadkin. He destroyed one illicit distillery inside the cor- tuwatA limita nt tTnat I Itniiit which run' two stills and had twenty-two ' beer 'stands the largest he has ever found. Three others were seized neaa there. Much beer wm destroyed, but no liquor found, or any 'arrests made. . Condition of Iron Industries. . ' " Haw.Tetk ta, There is a business maxim to the effect that the state of the iron trade furnishes an accurate indication of 1 the- prosperity of the country.' i It is,idtherefore, satisfactory to learn that the year 1890 was, signalized by in creased consumption and pro duction of iron; J In 'the1 'latter respect, indeed, the output beats the record: iThe furnaces of the United States ia 180,0. produced 9,200,000 tons of pig'iron; against 7,600,000 tons nr1889, an in crease' of ' l,600,000"tons,' or at the rateof about 21; per t cent. For the first time our ,iron pro duct exceeds the -y early f output of Great Britain, being, in fact, 1,200,000 tons greaterthan that of our chief rival. ' - " Somewhat contrary to general anticipation, the greater portion of the year's increase is credited to the Northern, and "Western States. Pennsylvania shows an augmented production! of 763, 000 tons: Illinois gains 184,000 tons and Ohio 173.000 tons. The total production of the South for the year was 1,953,459 tons, a gain of only 887,000 tons over 1889, of which ' gain ' Alabama contributed 123,000 tonB, Mary land 181,000 tons, and .'Virginia 76,000 tons. It is , noticeable that several States ' which have not heretofore been prominent as iron producers show (consi derable progress, this being not ably the case with Colorado, Missouri and West, Virginia. The record of the past year is satisfactory.-1 But 'the' 'outlook of the present 'season is ' not so favorable. The unsold stock of pig iron at the opening of 1891 is estimated at 680,000 tons, -against 390,000 tons on January 1, 1890. There has been a con siderable check to the produc tion, and between-. forty and fifty furnaces which r were in blast last Summer have tempo rarily ceased " operations. This is partly attributaDie to laoor troubles in1 the South, but it may also' be ascribed to 4 recent financial disturbances., The ef fects of the panic are seen in a decrease of building operations and railroad construction. With the present return of improving nnancial r conditions,- iron in dustries may, however, be ex pected to show a corresponding revival. 1 w 1 1 Government By a Minority, , AOaa Jaaoul, The election of Orville H. Piatt to succeed himself as Sen ator from Connecticut is a strik ing commentary or the system of popular government which is supposed to exist in. that State. Mr. Piatt received 141 votes to 134 for his Democratic opponent. In the popular "branch of the Legislature there are 117 Demo crats and 133 Republicans. The 117 Democrats were, elected by towns which cast 92,235 votes at the last election; the 133 Re publicans P oomerf rora towns which cast 42,0111 votes. The Democratic ; to wne. had 60,216 more votes than the Republican towns, and yet the Republicans have a majority of sixteen in the lower house ot the Legislature. Mr. Piatt's election is a vindica tion of tho right ot 42,019 people in Connecticut to govern 92,235. The rotten 'borough system which keeps' two -Republicans in the 8enate from' 'Connecticut is in vogue in several other New Emrland States. It is in conflict with the American Idea of pop ular government,' and the Re publican Congressmen who rant about the suppressed negro vote in the ' South maintain a stolid silence in reference to the enor mous white vote in New Eng land which counts for nothing. Iron Proctawtion In 1800a 1 toraokbatf YlnjtmlaaV. The production of pig-iron in the United States last year, for the first time in its history, ex & a a. . --w . . mi. f. ceeaea mat 01 -ureat Britain, having been , j,708 gross tons, an excess of 1,200,000 gross tons over the amount turned out in Great Britain, and aa , increase of 1,599.-061 gross tons over the domestic ' pjoduction In 1 889. Th is increase was well distribut ed throughout the principal iron producing; States, being more marked in Pennsylvania than in any other . State.; Tha in crease in the1 South ' shows a strong and healthy development of the iron interest Mark Twain is not, as is gen erally supposed, doing 'less lit erary work than ' formerly. It is onlf because he J puts such a high McKinley tariff price on his fun that the papers, are not able to use it, except upon State occasions, when a little extravagance may be safely ia dulgodio. .