VOL. 76 NO. 87.
1
ESTABLISHED 1820
CHAMPAIGN AXU BUTTKIlMIIiK,
The great fight oa now over
the monetary question is be
tween the millionaire and the
millions. "
Along this line John Wilber
Jinking, one of the able attaches
on the staff of the Raleigh News
and Observer, and who reported
the Chicago' convention for his
paper in such an able manner
that he was complimented on all
Bides, sent the News and Obser
ver the best thing we have yet
read. It is as follows and is
"rich rare and racy:"
. Last night the glad lights
blazed in fulsome grandueur in
the Auditorium as the guests
dined casually in the gorgeous
dinner room. They sat there in
well fed superfluity and touched
the menu here and there with a
languid carelessness. The dia
tnonds blazed from the fingers
and shirt bosoms and dresses
and threw back the liht that
came from tne gorgeous chan
deliers. They were all from the
Northeast. They wore on their
coat-lapels a little button that
read sound money." - ; .
On the paving outside the
plate-glass windows stood a
crowd of men, gazing with a
bit of longing into the great
dinning-roora and at the money
bates that dined in opulent mag.
nificence. Some of these out.
aiders had eaten quarter din
ners and few had not refused
the bounty of the free lunch
counter. They were not "in
style" in cut of clothes or swjng
of gait- Many of them wore
cloth badges with the homely
features of Honest Dick Bland,
are not all city people nor coun
try; not magnates, not even
"leaders."
Just then a "Sound Money'
club passed down the street, silk
hats glossed and top coats
jaunty. A moment later a long
procession of men of all styles
and situations turned from a
side avenue into this main
street, with the blaze of a
thousand tin horns and the din
of ten thousand shouts. It was
a jarring sound but "sixteen to
one" were the words and
music of the song.
These silk-hatted bedia
monded magnates have come to
town to tell the honest common
people what is good for them,
the common people. Their pro
tracted meeting has resulted in
few converts, for the erring sin
ners have no faith in 'the evan
gelists.
These sixteen to one fellows
have been ' pulled out of the
heart of the common people,
and sent here to wipe oil a bad
aoper-structure, and get down
to bed' rock foundations once
more.
"The Democrats will not get
a dollar from the East, and we
will fnrrfl them to us if thev
would win," said Cold Hug
jurmr. .
"V Am riiyht. ia our cam
palgn fund," spoke Richard
Bland.
And this is what it all comes
to.
This money fight is a battle
between the people and tho
plutocrats, oeiwcen me -millionaires
and the millions, be
twwn mnner and manhood.
With the lines drawn clear
and square, who can doubt the
cnar
Xew Yokk. who is ever anx
ioua to outdo Chicago in the
i...;t.t nf ur buildinirs. is coins
aiviiw m i.
to erect one of tallest buildings
known. It will be 3 led nign
2(1 Lirif- iu iho main and 3 in
the towers. The weight of the
alructura is to be T,2,000 tons. The
front of the bnitding will bo pe
culiarly reason of the complete
omiiwion of an important corni.
In tho foundation, piles, 73 f
li(T. nnder water, a ill be united
at the bead by a concrete bed 3
a-j The buildinz will be
furnished wHh fifteen elevfltors
nSnafmm the first floor to the
twcnt-firet, four express elevators
to the twenty sixtli and two from
the twcnty-wxtli to the twenty
ninth.
W. J. BKVAN TIIK MAX.
Having no party or creed, but
yielding to no man or journal in
its interest in the common weal of
the great masses of otoretaed and
outraged American citizens who
follow the Bible injunction and
try to earn their bread by the
sweat of their brow, the Rkcokder
feels disposed to congratulate the
democratic party in that it has
somewhat departed from its usual
comedy of errors, and nominated,
in the person of w. J. Bryan of
Nebraska, a man who can pos-!
sibly carry the banuer of Ameri
can freedom through the coining
battle witn foreign enemies, with
out letting it trail in the dust
which follows the march of those
who bend the knee that thrift
may follow fawning.
I eeterday at Chicago,surround-
ed by the untold wealth of the
nation, the great heart of the
American people was opened, and
outraged justice asserted the senti-
tneut of the nation, both against
the present administration and
the St. Louis platform exempli
fying and proving that (dead but
loved Zcb Vance was right, when,
with that prophetic vision vouch
safed him when the shadow of
death darkened his optical orbs,
that "the principles of democracy j
are Immortal."
It appears to us that Mr.
Bryan will be acceptable to all
classes who sincerely desire fi
nancial reform. He has proven
his faith by bis work some
times involving personal sacri
nee.
W. J. Bryan is a Nebraska
man, aged 3G years. Before he
was thirty years of age he was
persuaded to run for congress
on the Democratic ticket in his
district by the Omaho Bee,
and though the district was
largely Republican, by the force
of his oratory and personal in
tegrity and magnetism, he was
ekctod to congress, where his
speech on the motion to repeal
the Sherman law, without a
substitute for tho continued
coinage of silver, at once gave
htm a national reputation as a
man of brains of honesty, and
strong convictions. ouch is our
limited knowledge of the Dem
ocratic nominee.
THK MOl'Tli.
The Middle South, a new
monthly paper published at
Somerville, Tenn., has the fol
lowing timely article about the
South in its issue:
The South has climate, water
power, never-failing springs
everywhere, water transporta
tion, tremendous mineral re
sources, a fertile soil, estab
lished civilization, and prosper
ity extending everywhere from
Virginia to Texas. Open air
work Is done all the year; some
thing can be made every month;
no cyclones or blizzards, and in
recent great strikes the South
was not in it This country is
ready for a great forward move
mcnt of expansion, development
and prosperity. The iron and
steel industry has to come
South. The South now produces
more coal than the North, and
the Uditcd States has to depend
on the vast Southern forests
practically untouched for its
timber supply. The cotton fac
torios are coming to the cotton
fields, and commerce has
switched to north and south
lines. '
A Xew Sotrl hf Kailyard Kipling,
Ruilyard Kipling is now put
ting the last touches on a fifty-
thousand-word novel dealing with
the (ilrurcstcr fishermen and
their life on the Grand Banks
(t is written from close personal
study of the scene and the cople.
It is American in its characters,
and in its plot seafaring and ad
venturous. It breaks entirely
new ground. The title is "Cap
tain Courageous."
There has been a lively com
petition for the serial rights, of
"Captains Courageous." They
have been secured for the United
States by The & 8. McClure Co.,
and publication of the novel will
begin in the November number
of McClure's Magazine. For sale
byT. J.Oaltis&Son.
POLITICAL PREDICTION.
Political predictions, even " by
experts, is no yet. an expert
science. Americans have long
since ceased to look to England
for accurate, hardly for intelligent
opinions as to politics on this side
the Atlantic. It is not surprising,
therefore, to see the Loudon Spec
tator saying in a recent number
that the Democrats "can hardly,
in the face of Mr. Cleveland's
opinion, accept the silver cry."
They have accepted "the silver
cry" with great enthusiasm. The
New York Journal of Commerce,
in an editorial prinited since the
bt. Louis convention declared
that "there is no longer any silver
question; it has been . eliminated
from politics." :
Last winter, after the vote in
tho house against silver, Harper's
Weekly, edited by Carl Schurz,
preached the funeral of the free
coinage movement. It is said
with all the positiveness of a pro
phet. One thing is ceii-iin,
neither party will dare, in the
face ot this vote, to nominate a
presidental candidate who would
not veto a free coinage measure."
Well, one of them has so dared
and in throwing off this gold bug
yoke the American people will
stand by the ticket.
The Jump the Game.
Washington- July 10. Among
the democratic newspapers so far
heard from as repudiating the
Chicago platform, are the New
Sun and Times, Brooklyn Eagle,
Philadelphia Record, Buffalo
Courier, Chicago Staats Zeitung
(Postmaster Wash Ilesing's pa;
per) and Louisville Post. The
New York Herald also denounces
the platform. The Louisville
Post and Chicago Staats Zeitung
bolt both the platform and the
tickets. (Let them go. Where
one is lost ten is gained. This
will be a campaign of - right
against might and right is sure to
win. Then you will see those
same papers creeping back into
the fold and exclaiming "Have
we not prophesied in thy name,"
etc, and the answer will come
back "depart, we never knew
you."
BIIYAVM CAIIKKB EHIKFLV,
The following brief history of
W illiatn Jennings Bryan, of
Lincoln, Neb., the ' demo
cratic nominee for president of
the United States, will not be
out of place just now, . He was
born in Salem, Marion county,
111., March 1, 1 800; attended
public school until fifteen years
of age, spending his vacation on
the farm; in the fall of 1875
entered Whipple Academy, at
Jacksonville, 111 ; entered Illi
nois, College, Jacksonville, in
1877; completed a classical
course and was graduated with
the highest honors in 1881; at
tended Union College of Law,
Chicago, 111 . for two years, dur
ing which time he was connect
ed with the office of ex-Senator
Lyman TrumbaH; began the
practice of his profession at
Jacksonville; ; removed to Lin
coln, Neb., October 1, 1887, nnd
became a member of the firm of
Talbot & Bryan; never held an
elective office prior ta his flec
tion to Congress; was elected to
the Fifty-second and re-elected
to the Fifty-third Congress as a
Democrat, receiving 13,784 votes,
against 13,644 votes for Allen
W. Fiejd, Republican, 803 votes
for R. W. Maxwell, Prohibition
ist, and 2,409 votes for Jerome
Shamp, Populist.
A LKSHOX FROM JiATCKK.
The same conditions of weath
er and climate are not favorable
alike to all plants, says the Or
phan's Friend. One requires
plenty of water and shade,
another thrives best in the sun
shine. Corn and other cereals
grow up spindling and runty
under the spreading branches
of a tree, but give them the sun
shine and a low-ground situa
tion, and the harvest will be
fourfold. It is the same in the
physical rs the natural world.
1 child that grows up in the
darkness of ignorance and vice
cannot hope to achiev ) the same
results that come with so much
leas difficulty to him who is
brought up in the way he should
o. It is the duty of Christian
ity and the Stat to give every
possible advantage to tie youth.
The better the advantages the
less need for an expensive sys
tern of protection, as well as
prisons and reformatories.
Notable Memorial to Mr. Lincoln.
In the summaries of work
done by the Congress in its re
cent session we have seen no
reference to one of the moM
significant items of legislation,
viz., the appropriation to pur
chase the house 616 Tenth
street, in which President Lin
coln died. This item was added
to the sundry civil bill by ex
Qov. Sayers, of Texas, and met
with no opposition in either
House or Senate. The matter is
now in the hands ot Col. John
M. Wilson, of the army, and
will be consummated as soon as
the necessarry papers can be
passed. This crowns the patient
labors of the Memorial Associo
elation of the District consist
ing of eighteen of our leading
citizens, with the Chief Justice
as President. This association
brought here four years ago a
large and valuable ' Lincoln
museum from Springfield, 111.,
which wis fully described in
The Post when it was opened to
the public. It is hoped and ex
pected that Congress will next
winter provide for the purchase
of the museum, thus completing
the first notable memorial at
public expense to Mr. Lincoln
at this capital.
What we need in North Caro
lina is more circulating medium,
and more confidence. If A
wakes up ia the morning with
the determination not to pay out
the five dollar bill he has in his
pocket, it placet all tho balance
of the alphabet ia a false post
tion before night, and makes
men loose confidence in the in
tegnty of as honest men as ever
lived.
OUR GREAT fllD-SUMMER
CLOSING OUT SALE !
IS DRAWING WONDERFUL CROWDS.
NEVER BEFORE HAVE WE SOLD GOODS SO LOW AND CHEAP !
Never have you had an opportunity to buy Fresh,
jNew uiean u-ooas so uneap.
No Old, Shelf - Worn Goods Here
T r Ma 1 We still have a few of those liclit colored Suits, sold formerly at
lUL 1U 1 $10 to $12.50; price now r.
T Ot" lTo O )on t m'ss this lot. All new goods. Black and Blue Serges
LUL 1U, w and Oassemeres. Good sellers at $10 to $15; price now $7.50.
Ooinj; fast.
T Cit TO Peacedale Worsteads, Cheviots and Cassimeres in regular cuts,
-LJ i also cut long slim. Were popular sellers at $12 to $15; price
now .$8.50. 1
T Ol" O ZL Iost r0Pular suits we have had this year. New shades, new
J-vV-'1' patterns, some silk lined, some half lined, all beautiful and
made by our very best tailors. Sold easily at $15 to $18.50;
price now $10. This lot going fast. Won't last long, better hurry.
See what bargains we have in single pants, and odds and ends in shoes. We'll surprise
you. Don't come too late for these goods. Sale lasts only thro' July and best things go
first.
W. .A.. SLATEE 5s CO.
I Sorrow no Titrable
One of the most foolish prac ¬
tices indulged in by mankind,
says the Coldsboro Headlight,
is that of meeting troubles half
way, for it frequently happens
that the troubles to which we
are looking forward and expect
ing with fear and trembling
either do not come at all, or,
when they do coma, are not
nearly so terrible when actually
faced. "Sufficient unto the day
is the evil thereof " This is a
comforting reflection, and, if
not followed too literally, would
help us to struggle against
those fits of despondency and
depression to which we aro all,
at some period or other of our
existence, only too predisposed.
Anxiety about present difficul
ties or about prospective
troubles cannot bring any good
to those who give way to it.
Anxiety for the future, both
temporal and spiritual, in mod
eration is good, but it must not
be carried to excess. If so car
ried, it degenerates into de
spondency and despair.
The heirs of the lute Charles
Pratt, a rich millionaire who
died sometime ago in Brooklyn,
decided to build an expensive
vault fot the last resting place of
his ashes. The vault will 1
constructed of the finest quality
of marble and will be elaborate
in design. It will cost fl 80,000
in addition to which the sum ol
$60,000 will be set aside fur the
proper care and maintenance of
this handsome monumental struc
ture. In furtherance of this plan
agreed upon by the heirs a part
of Mr. Troll's estate near Glen
Cove, L. I., has been set aside at
a private ccinolcry and the vault
will be erected.
narpers .
i M w v. i' .
Cures
Indigestion.
WHAT IS
Is a new and wonderful cure for Indi
gestion, all Liver and Kidney Trou
bles and Constipation. A great blood
purifier, a tonic for weak and disor
dered nerves, and for general debility
it is without an equal. If you are run
down, over-worked, suffering with that
tired feeling, or recovering from a spell
of sickness, Kai-Ku-Ra will be inval
uable to you. It will. aid digestion,
strengthen the nerves, purify the blood
and tone up the system in such a man
ner as to heartily commend itself.
Read what a few of the hundreds of
people who have been benefited by
Kai-Ku-Ra, say about it.
KIDNEY DISEASE OF u YEARS CURED.
Let Mr. R. B. Harper, the originator of Kai-Ku-Ra,
tell what it has iloii for him :
I wit great sufferer from kidney disease
and indigestion for twelve or fifteen years, and
bail become to be an invalid. I tried great
ninny different remedies, tint none gave me
any relief until I commenced using Kai-Ku-Ra.
When t commenced using Kai-Ku-Ra I did not
expect to live long, and did no an a kind of a
forlorn hope. After using it a couple of day
I commenced to improve and continued to im
prove, and in three month, during which time
I tited no other medicine, 1 was completely
cured. I weighed at the time I commenced
taking Kai-Ku-Ra, about t.yj, and to-lay 1 am
a good a specimen of healthy manhood a you
care to see, and weigh 175.
(Signed,) R. n. HARPER,
Durham, N. C.
Harper's
Cures
Constipation.
BAD CASE OF INDIGESTION CURED.
Here is what 'Squire Rufu Barbce, a promi
nent citizen of MorrisviUc, Wake county, N. C,
says:
The Durham-Harper Medicine Co., Dur
ham, A. C-
Dkar Sirs I have been a great ufferer
with indigestion for over ten yeare, and have
had the very best country physician that could
have been had, without any permanent relief.
My case became so bad that I concluded I must
soon die if I did not get relief. I decided about
the List of September or first of October to go
to Chase City mineral springs, and had a day
set to start, but just before that day I met with
a friend in Durham, who told me what a great
sufferer he had been with this same trouble
and had been cured by the use of your Kai-Ku-Ra.
I then concluded to get one package and
try it for one w eek before I went to the springs.
I did not go to the springs, and have used half
dozen packages of Kai-Ku-Ra, and am to-day
well and can eat anything I wish without any
suffering from it. I can't say enough for your
valuable medicine, and I decided to write you
this withou your request, in order that our
suffering founds might know what your medi
cine has done for me, if you choose to make it
known. I am your lasting friend,
(Signed,) RVFt'S BAR BEE.
We could add many more testimo
nials, but it is not necessary. The
originals of these are all on file at our
office, and can be seen at any time.
I'"or sale by all Druggists.
Insist on having Kai-Ku-Ra.
Take no substitute. If your druggist
doesn't' keep it, send $1 to The
Durlum-llarpcr Medicine Co., Dur
ham, X. C, for large size bottle.
MASI FACTI BKt AND OWKED BY
Re Durham-Harper Medicine Co.,
Durham, N. C, V. 5; A
Harper's
Cures
Liver TroubJes.
Harper's
Cures
Kidney Troubles