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TEACHERS' ASSEMBLY .
Aug us Bureau,
Atlantic Hotel,
Mokehead City, June 28.
The few teachers that were in
Assembly hall this morning wish
that every thinking man and
woman in North Carolina could
have heard Capt. Denson, as he
plead so forcefully for a reform
school.
Superintendent -Mills, of the
Thomasvillc Orphanage, was on
the programme to discuss this
same subject. A letter was read
from him stating his inability to
come on account of the sickness
of one of his assistants.
First, a few items of business
were disposed of, the chief one
being the changing of the time
for electing the officers.. of the
Assembly from the second Fri
day to the first Friday of the an
nual session.
Then Capt. C. B. Denson, of
Raleigh, Secretary of the State
Board of Charities, took the
floor, and in words of eloquence
that came from the heart, and
went to the heart, presented the
cause of the unfortunate boys
and girls of the State that have
no home and no place of refuge.
The following is au outline of
his speech:
Our State is blessed with many
institutions her asylums for the
insane, schools for the deaf and
dumb, and the blind orphanages,
county poor houses and the like
what does she still need to com
plete the full measure of Heaven
ly charity 'i
We have a State University,
colleges, academies and schools;
we have a system of public
schools, but we have a great
need vet. We must reach the
voimir who till our jails and
work-houses, and are, by law,
exiled from the schools.
More than one-fourth of our
convict liomilation is under -0
vears of asre. A larger and in
creasing number may actually be
found in the State penitentiary,
who are under 10 years of age.
Children who are waifs some
times, born in the poor-house.
sometimes the children of widows
are swept away by little temp
tat ions early m lite. They are
brought before the judge who
cannot see the jail open its jaws
upon childhood. He is adiuon
ished and escapes punishment to
return to his training in evil and
become bolder and bolder as
law-breaker. 1'atience ceases,
and he is placed in jail, there to
be finally and totally debauched
in every way ruined physically
and morally by the hardenec
wretches, once susceptible, like
himself, of reformation and good
citizenship.
The third degree in his educa
tion downward brings him into
the neniteutiarv. and weighs
down society with the felon and
outlaw for life.
Practically, we arc training in
wickedness, and at fearful cost
only to strive in the end to repair
the damage always fatal. Why
, not train upward, at less cost to
society and to its infinite good?
Can this need be supplied?
How is it to be done? Other
States and countries began to
meet it seventv-five years ago.
France said childhood must not
have punishment, but discipline,
and she placed her vicious boys
in semi-military schools. Ger
many responded by a system of
trade schools.
In this country "0 universities
exist, in every State, except a
few of the South-East, devoted
to the reformation of the young.
Of these, not one has ever failed
of support after its establish
ment, and the evidence of th( i :
annual reports shows success in
75 per cent of their subjects.
Hygiene replaces medicine
largely; it does not annihilate
disease altogether, yet who would
have the world return to the days
when small-pox and plague rav
aged at will ? If preventive
be better than cure, it is moral
hygiene that we need sorely to
day. We need a reform school of
the open college plan with steady
work, the rudiments of mental
training, and the requisition of
at least one trade to secure future
livelihood. Character is to be
built bv habits, and the founda
tion of such habits should be en
trusted to consecrated teachers
in this work who shall give
themselves in the spirit of Flor
ence Nightingale, or rather of a
Father Damien, to these poor
childish lepers.
Under the prompting of the
distinguished President of the
Board of Public charities, Dr
Charles Duffy the women of the
State are hereafter to be repre
sented by auxiliary visitors in
every county in the care of the
poor and the prisoners. This
message will so to you. Come
and help us. Give us your wo
manly sympathy, you teachers
who have seen so many poor
children exiled from the daily
public and private schools.
If you will it with all your
heart and soul in the Providence
of God, this great blessing will
come to the young now sliding
down the inclined plane to ruin,
with no force interposed to save.
Let the General Assembly pro
vide a farm with simple build
ings, and test this thing by actual
trial. Hundreds of thousands
are given to punish. Let us
try a few dollars to reclaim and
restore.
The success of Buncombe
county in reclaiming its vagrant
boys, and hi redeeming the way
ward girls upon the streets of
Asheville speaks loudly to us.
North Carolina needs a relorm
school, on the lowest ground, as
a matter of simple economy to
the tax-payers.
ground, she needs
it, to perform the full measure
of the duty of the common
wealth.
Finally, we need it as the de
mand of the golden rule, that our
Heavenly Father hath given us.
After Capt. Denson had fin
ished, the subject was dis
cussed by Messrs. Scarborough,
Wilkinson, Clewell, Harrell and
Jerome Horner, all endorsing
Capt. Denson's argument. The
following resolutions was intro
duced by Mr. Horner :
Jtesttlcvd, That a committee be
appointed to see that the matter
of a reform school be
canvassed
before the people of the State
and to have a bill introduced in
the next legislature of North
Carolina for an appropriation for
i reform school in the State, the
motion was amended to author
ize the .chairmau to appoint ad
ditional members on the commit
tee, as he may hereafter deem
necessary, in is was m order
that a good number of the com
mittee may be in Kaleigh to pre
sent the question to the legisla
ture. Last year many members
were abstnt. The motion as
amended was carried and the
President appointed the follow
lowing committee: E. B. Den
son. chairman; L. W. Crawford.
J. M. Horner, J. U. Shearer, F.
S. Wilkinson, J. C. Scarborough,
J. Y. Joyner, 11. H. Lewis, J. B.
Brewer.
This evening Prof. D. II. Hill,
of the A. & M. College enter
tained, instructed, and amused
a small but appreciative audi
ence with a paper of original
style on "The Make-up of
Humor."
i irst on the programme uus
morning was Rev. J. M. Horner,
of Horner School, Oxford, whose
subject was: "The Relation of
Preparatory Schools to Col
leges." Preparatory schools and
colleges should be under differ
ent management, and in differ
ent communities. Because the
discipline of a college is differ
ent from that of a school, and
the influence of the college stu
dents -is bad upon the school
boys. Preparatory schools -in
North Carolina are troubled be
cause colleges in this State have
lower requirements for admis
sion than those of some other
cu'ates. This creates difficulty
when the same school is pre
paring some boys for North
Carolina colleges and some boys
for colleges in other states. Mr.
Horner said the colleges ought
to have higher requirements.
He claimed that this would in
crease their numbers, for the
boys that go to college ill pre
pared do not do well, and leave
after one year. A college that
is strict in its requirements for
admission commands the respect
of boys. The speaker referred
to boys of good ability, that
have no desire for a higher cul
ture than the school affords. He
thinks colleges could influence
many of these to seek higher edu
cation by having members of their
faculties visit the schools, to
speak to the students on literary
subjects, university culture, and
arouse ambition. JUr. Horner
thinks our colleges have been
neglected of this.
President Shearer, of David
son College followed. His sub
ject read "The Relation of Col
res to Preparatory Schools.
Dr.. bhearer began by giving a
history of his early life as a
teacher in primary and in sec
ondary schools. He has done all
sorts of teaenmg. He believes
in the secondary schools. He
held that Southern colleges were
made thorough Northern, and
referred to the fact that recently
60 per cent, of the honors at
Princeton College were held by
Southern youths. At the same
time there were 500 Northern
men and 100 Southern men at
Princeton. Dr. Shearer admitted
that boys are received at David
son- that cto not come up to me
requirements of admission. These
boys are taught preparatory
subjects, but the college has no
recognized preparatory depart
ment, lie said that the best pre
paratory schools he had found
were little country academies
But little time Was left for gen
eral discussion after Dr...Shearer
had sat down. Supt. Howell, of
Goldsboro, in a few words stated
the nature of the high school de
partment of city graded schools
particularly of the Goldsboro
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scnooi. uasz year mere were oi
boys and girls attending colleges
or high schools, sent irom tne
Goldsboro Graded School.
He
said that city graded schools in
stead of injuring the first class
preparatory schools greatly aided
them. A dozen years ago ho
could count upon the fingers of
one hand all the Goldsboro boys
and girls off at school and col
leges at any time given him. Mr.
Howell thought the criticisms of
the colleges made by the two
first speakers were well taken.
North Carolina ought to raise
their standards -of admission and
adhere to them. He saw no dif
ference between admitting boys
to college unprepared to enter
the freshman class, and having
a preparatory department.
It Avas decided to postpone the
discussion of this question until
the following morning.
This evening State Superin
tendent Scarborough delivered
an address in Assembly hall.
The social life at the Atlantic
is deliirhtful. The season has
opened earlier than usual. Every
other evening, sometimes of
tener, there is a germ an. Ger
mans are also frequently held in
the mornng. One yesterday
had 22 couples, a larger iwmbcr
of persons than were in the As
sembly hall at the same time.
Sails at night, and surf parties
are popular. Never has the As
sembly enjoyed better weather.
A refreshing breeze has blown
steadily from the sea. Rain has
fallen twice late at night, only
once in the day. That was for a
short time this morning.
Mokehead City, June 20.
The officers of the Teachers' As
sombly for next year were, elected
as follows : President, C. B.
Denson, Raleigh; First Vice
President, J. Y. Joyner, Greens
boro: Secretary, E. G. Harrell.
The session closes to-night with
a grand concert.
This morning a resolution was
offered by Mr. Britton. instruct
ing the President to appoint a
committee of three to see to the
formation of a Students' Vance
Memorial Association in the va
rious institutions of learning in
this State, in order that the youth
of North Carolina may be enabled
to give organized aid to the move-
ment to erect a statue to
in the city of Raleigh
ancc
The!
President appointed on the com
mittee E. E. Britton, E. G. Har
rell. L. D. Howell.
Mr. E. E. Britton, as chairman
of the Teachers' Bureau, made a
report. He had secured posi
tion for 47 teachers out of 01
that had registered with the Bu
reau.
The Assembly then went into
the election of officers with the
following result : President, C
B. Denson Associate Principal
Raleigh Male Academy: First
Vice President, Prof. J. Y. Joy
ner, State Normal and Industrial
School ; Secretary and Treas
urer, E. G. Harrell, Raleigh.
The additional vice-presidents,
selected by a committee and
elected by the Assembly, are
W. H. Ragsdale, County Super
intendent Pitt county, Green
ville; J. M. Horner, Horner
School, Oxford; Prof. L. W.
Crawford, Trinity College; Prof.
W. J. Ferrell, Wake Forest Col
lege; Miss Harriet Nixon, Win
fall; MissEiizaPoDl, CMy SchroT
Raleigh, Dr. Jas. Atkins, Jr.
Principal Asheville Female Col
lege, Asheville; E. T, Atkinson,
County Superintendent, Wayne
county, ijroldsboro.
The discussion ox the relations
between preparatory schools and
colleges was continued.
Dr. nearer made a lew re
marks in regard to the prepara
tory work done at Davidson Col
lege, which he called not prepara
tjry, but ' supplementary." He
said these students paid nothing,
but cost him considerable sum
every year. He wrould be glad
for any preparatory school that
wished them to have them
Capt. Denson gave an outline
of the work in English done in
the Raleigh Male Acalemy
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President Shearer iiiterrunted
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son on his school, and said he
wished that all of his freshmen
could receive such training in
English before thev came to
Davidson. Capt. Denson com
plained that the A. & M. College
received bovs too voung, and
who ought to be either in a sec
ondary school, or in one of the
intermediate grades of the Ral
eigh Graded School. He also
said that the graded schools of
Raleigh and his own worked in
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classes.
Mr. Scarborough spoke in be
half of preparatory schools, and
said that not every boy ought to
go to college.
The Assembly practically closed
this evening with a concert, con
sisting of singing, piano and
violin solos and recitations. " The
hall was filled, and all went away
pleased,
The French Republic.
It fa a ovidence of lho souud
construclive influence of the ad
ministration of President Carnot
that his untimely taking off has
raised no question in France of
the safety and endurance of the
Republic. A few years ago such
an t;vent would have been a sig
nal to all manner of ambitious
agitators to attempt to thrust
themselves into power amid the
tumult of popular excitement.
There is no lack of fervent ex
citement to-day, in every part of
France, but it is the excitement
of indignatiou and sorrow, and
there l appears no reason lor a
doubt that the Constitution grad
ually perfected through these
troublesome twenty years will
prove entirely equal to the
strain put upon it, and that the
government of the Republic will
be maintained without a break.
The importance of Carnot's
services to France lay in the
fact that while he everywhere
emphasized the existence of an
executive head, impersonating
the authority of the Republic, he
especially emphasized its official
impersonality. It was always
the President, not Sadi-Carnot,
to whom he gave prominence and
distinction. The man was im
portant only by reason of the
office that he held. He never al
lowed it to be assumed that the
office was dependent on the man.
This is the true Republican con
ception, and while it seems ob
vious enough to us, the history
of France throughout this cen
tury has given so much promi
nence to men than to institu
tions that the principle needed to
be strenuously enforced, and so
far as he has gained for it recog
nition Carnot has conferred a
greater service on his country
than a less miseinsii man with a
more emphatic personal charac
ter could have done.
The vacant Presidency will be
filled, in accordance with the
Constitution, by a joint session
of the two chambers constitut
ing the National Assembly. At
this distance M. Casimir Perier,
the President of the Chamber of
Deputies, appears the most
likely candidate. He is the man
possessing the largest share oi
public confidence, and the one
to whom the best sentiment of
the country has been most apt to
turn m time of doubt. He has
many oi Laruots qualities with
some added intellectual activity,
and even had Carnot survived
his present term, which was
nearly at an end, casimir l'erior
has seemed his most probable
successor. Dumiy, the p res-
ent fnrao Minister, is also an
avowed candidate for the place,
while the various radicals and re
actionaries will have their can
didates. The time has passed
however, lor a monarchical or
military President, and the iden
tification ox uarnot s assassin
with the Anarchist movement is
not likely to forward the prcten
sions of the Extreme Left
Everything, therefore, points to
the election of a conservative Re
publican President, who will
maintain the generally cautious
and dignified policy that char
acterized the administration of
Carnot.
Our own Republic has twice
passed through a somewhat
similar ordeal in a way that
greatly strengthened the confi
dence of the wTorld in free insti
tutions. If the French Republic
shall in like manner emerge from
this present shadow it will win a
triumph that must greatly
strengthen the cause of constitu
tional government throughout
the world.
The Rifles Complimented.
Morehead City,
Atlantic Hotel, June 28,
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To Editor of The Argus :
Dear bnt--l take great pleasure
in saying that the members of the
Goldsooio llifles, while in camp
here, in front of the Hotel,
the
in a
conducted themselves
gentle-
manly and orderly
manner, and
while thev were given
the freedom
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1 UIC1 lu7 uc,cl '!1raum u uu
that but were always polite and re-
ftitnif h-i I 4 a nil I 1. .n-n L-T"i AHTTl I
VJ 'V, li LI 1 AJ lit 1 ! A UUIC 1H- I V. A u. u it
i nnhtarv company in camp that
were under better discipline than
your bovs and their departure was
" mi .
retted by the guests of the Hotel.
Yours Truly,
B. L. Pekry.
Prop'r,
The above is high
praise of the
Goldsboro Kifles, who
always acquit
themselves with credit and win de
served compliments wherever they
go. The Abgus is proud of the boys
and they are an honor to Goldsboro
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as well as a saleguaru at an times to
our community. Ed.
T
OBACCO, SNUFF,
Canrly, Molasses,
Star le and heavy
Groceries gwnerally.
B, M. PRIVETT,
Wholesale Grocer,
Grain' and Provis' on Dealer.
OF THE WOIiLD.
TLe world grows greater as it goes,
And brighter still it seems
The flag of pence waves o'er our
And softens all our dreams !
The grass grows greener; and
foes
the
flowers
Climb higher to these homes of ours.
The world grows greater as it goes.
And more of love remains;
The sue light strikes the lowliest
rose
And crimsons all its v-ins.
The hills climb higher from the sod
And sweeter
sings the birds of God.
Frank Stanton.
The Assassination of Carnot.
If the wretch, Santo, had
sought throughout uropo, . he
could hardly have found a more
useful man or one who deserved
less the assassin's stroke than
President Carnot.
Of all the potentates of Eu
rope, not one deserved a better
fate; not one had a cleaner
record; not one has done more for
his people.
President Carnot s administra
tion has been one unbroken rec
ord of honor. He steered France
safely through many dangers; he
left the Republic stronger and
the people more prosperous than
he found them when he became
"President.
France owes him an everlast
ing debt ot gratitude, and will
write his name on the list of her
most honored statesmen.
The murder of this good man
is an outcropping of the spirit of
anarchy, which is growing more
rampant in every civilized coun
try. Santo will meet his de
served fate, but the chopping off
of his head will uot cure the dis
ease he represents. Wherever
anarchy's agents are found, they
must be suppressed. All gov
ernments have been too mild in
their treatment of the villians
who conspire against law and
order and hate all authority.
The fury of the people of
France who loved Presideut Car
not so well, is natural and just.
If the crowd who witnessed his
assassination had torn his mur
derer to pieces, it might have
had a better moral effect than
his legal execution
France has suffered a terrible
affliction in the death of Carnot
He had determined to retire to
private life, though he could
have had another Presidential
term for the asking, but whether
in office or in private life, his in
fluence would have boon a pow
erful aid to good government
and his example would have
been a source of inspiration
It would be hard to find, in all
history, a more cruel or more
causeless assassination. Atlanta
Journat.
A Workingman's Views.
Editor Arrius:
I believe it about time that
Goldsboro ought to rouse herself
and build a substantial cotton
mill and thereby keep up with
the procession of her sister cit
ies of North Carolina. Mr. D.
A. Tomkins, in last week's issue
of the MunitfavturerH lierord,
shows with crystal clearness the
way to utilize tne means aim re
sources of the community m
building cotton mills on the co
operative plan. He shows how
1.000 shares at muu per share,
and paying for the shares by in
stallments ot 50 centsmer weeK.
would build a handsome cotton
mill. I am sure there would be
no trouoie in gexiing noi uin
1,000, but 2,000 shares in this
city and surrounding country,
nrovided the right kind of men
took action in the matter.
It don't require any Napoleon
of finance to begin this business;
it only requires a few men of ex
perience, sound judgment and
honest-such men as have already
built the cotton mills of Raleigh,
Charlotte and a hundred other
towns in the Old North State
These are the men that are solv
ing the emigration problem m a
practical way and not by vision
J tf
ary and fantastic schemes wor
ll.r .,F ..,:,. manapr
Goldsboro occupies a very fa
vorable position in regard to cot-
ton manufacturing. She has an
abundance of the raw material
at her door and equally abund-
ant facilities for the transporta-
tion of her output to any part of
the world. Now is the time to
take action, when the price of
machinery is so low a cotton
mill can be built and equipped
for half the price one could be I
built for three or four years ago.
"n"Z
a cotton
mua wim muuciu
machinery
would be able to pay better wa
ges, make more profits for the
capital invested and promote the
general interests of LiOiasboro
better than anything else. This
city has a beautiful name, su
gestive or gold. Let us start an
enterprise that will put thou
sands of dollars of both gold and
silver into circulation every
month. Yours truly.
Tar Heel.
Thc Tariff Hill.
SENATE.
Washington, "June 2. The
pending question when the Sen
ate adjourned yesterday was
section 00 of the Tariff bill, which
requires business corporations
to keep full, regular and accurate
books of accounts wThich shall
be; at all reasonable times, open
to the inspection of internal rev
enue officers. An amendment
had been offered to it by Mr. Hill
so as to make it read: "Reason-
able hours between March 1st
aud August 1 st in each case,' and
Mr. Chandler moved to add to
Mr. Hill's amendment the words,
On due order of some Judge of
a United States Court,"
Messrs. Teller, Manderson,
Allison and Hill thought the en
tire section was objectio liable and
ought to be reformed or with
drawn entirely.
Mr. Vest, m the hope that his
action might terminate the de
bate, presented an amendment as
a substitute for the section, pre
pared by Mr. George and him
self. The discussion on the section
and on the amendments was kept
UP f.or another hour; and then, on
motion of Mr. Harris, Mr. Chan
dler's amendment was laid on the
table yeas 32, nays 17.
Mr. Hoar went on with his ar
ument and then added: "And
now, it our lively and wideawake
friend, the Senator from Tennes
see, desires to maife a motion to
lay on the table, I will yield to
him."
I avail myself," said, Mr.
Harris, "of the kindly sugges
tion of the Senator from Massa
chusetts and move to lay on the
table the amendment offered by
the Senator from New York."
Mr. Hill's amendment was laid
on the table without a division.
Then the question came on the
amendment offered by Mr. Vest.
The amendment was agreed to
without division. Then Mr. Hill
moved to strike out sectiou 0(5,
and that motion was rejected
without a division. Mr. Hill
moved to go back to section 5(5,
which requires indivduals to
make returns of their incomes,
and to strike out the words,
"By the examination of such
person." After some argu
ment Mr. Vest suggested, for
the sake of saving time, to
make the clause read, "By in
quiry of such persons;" but that
did not entirely moot Mr. Hill's
objection, and he insisted on
his amendment. The vote was
taken, and the amendment was
rejected yeas 22, nays 85.
Sections 07, 70, 71 were struck
out of the bill on motion of Mr.
Vest. Section OH was amended.
This finished all the sections
relating to the income tax, and
Mr. Hill submitted a motion to
strike tt em all out-of the bill. He
epitomized his objections to the
income tax under fifteen heads.
The question was taken on Mr.
Hill's motion to strike out all the
income tax section of the bill:
aud the motion was rejected
yeas, 4; nays, 0. there were
only two Democratic Senators
mr
Hill, of New York, and Air.
Smith. of JNew Jersey) voting m
favor of the motion; but it was
stated by Mr. McPherson. would
vote in the same wav if he were
present.
County Call.
The Democratic voters of
Wayne county are requested to
assemble at the usual place of
meeting in the several township
and voting nrecincts in said
county on Saturday, the 7th day
Gf July, 1891, at 3 o'clock p. m
to select delegates to the County
Convention, which will be held
in the City of Goldsboro on Sat
urday, the 14th day of July, 1894
at 12 o'clock m., for the purpose
of electing delegates to tho State,
Judicial aud Congressional Con
ventions.
"Each township shall be en
titled to cast in the County Con
vention one vote for every
twenty-five Democratic votes
and one vote for fractions of fif
teen of such votes, cast by that
I township at the last gubernato
riai election, but may send as
many delegates as . it chooses
Bv order of the County Ex-
ecutive committee.
F. DORTCH,
Chm'n Co. Ex.
Co.
June 23, 1894.
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Washington News.
Washington, June 29,-
-The
statement is made to-day from an
authoritative source that no issue
of bonds will be made by the Ad
ministration during the summer:
that the President and Secretary j
Carlisle are in thorough accord i
on the financial policy of the
Treasury, and that an end to gold
exports to Europe is believed to
be about reached.
The Administration expects
the new Tariff bill to go into ef
fect by August 1, and after that
date increased revenues are
looked for.
During July expenditures will
probably exceed receipts by $15,- j
000,000 which will reduce the
available Treasury balance to
about $100, 000, 000. The present
outlook is that by deferring
everything but absolutely essen
tial payments, the Treasury de
ficit for the current fiscal year
which closes Saturday, June 30,
will be brought within $75,000,
000. Less than ten days ago it
was estimated that it would reach
$78,000,000.
The passage by the Senate and
House of the joint resolution ex
tending for thirty days after the
expiration of the- fiscal year to
morrow all existing appropria
tions, it is thought removes the
only formidable obstacle to the
President's contemplated 4th of
July outing. The President ap
proved the resolution as soon as
it reached him.
The grand jury this afternoon
brought indictments against El
bertou R. Chapman, broker of
New York, and John W. Mc
Cartney, broker of this city, two
of the witness who refused to an
swer the questions of the Senate
committtee.
Some comment was caused by
the failure to return any indict
ments against the newspaper men
Shriver and Edwards, who were
the first witnesses certified by the
Vice-President to the jury, but it
is understood that the Govern
ment expects to make the brokers"
cases test cases, believing it has
a better chance for their success
ful prosecution than it would
have in cases of the newspaper
men.
A new source of demand for
United States gold has developed
n an order from Canada for $2;)0
00. This was taken out of the
New York Sub-Treasury to-day
and sent north. In addition to
the Canadian order, $2,225,000
were engaged ior shipment to
urope. With the days's en-
jagem ents deducted, theTreasury
net gold reserve stands at 04,-828,815-
Senator Jarvis' Fall.
Senator Jarvis, of North Caro-
ina, did not cover himself with
lory by his debutante speech in
tho Senateon the tariff bill. It
was in fact a speech of a sorrow
fully cheap kind, a swinging,
lurching effort to fall plump into
the arms of the Populists.
It was the manner of speech
that has been made a hundred
times to the "toiling millions
by demagogues. William Ma-
hone indulged in the same talK
and fooled many good men. It
has been sung by grcenbackers,
howled by Tillmanites, roared
by Dennis Kearneyites. The
burden of the song is the "toil
ing millions," Avho are forgotten
as soon as the singers get into
office by it. It was after the
regulation kind aud was cheap.
very cheap. In the first place
there was no more need for it
uhan there was for the speech of
Senator Hill. The -"toiling mil
lions" are just now crying for
speeches telling them how nice
they are, how the rich ought to
be taxed and are not, and how
the poor bear the greatest
dens. They have heard all
bur
that before. They ask that the
Con-
gress of the United States
vote
on the tariff bill and go home
It is to be regretted that the
Senator from North Carolina
should have swooped down so
unnecessarily into the Populist
fold. It is too late in the day
for anv Democrat to become a
Populist. If he has not demon
strated himself as such he can
not claim that position now. If
the Populist idea is to be
the thing, then it is fair that
such men as Weaver and Field,
Coxey and Waite, Tillman and
Irby should have the ofiices and
emoluments. If their actions
have ii roved its utility and wis
dom let only the Simon-pure
have its rewrards.
The real Democracy has no
use for the hallucination, the
danger in which has already
been demonstrated by Coxey ism
and the Coxey accompaniments.
These are the varieties that
mean devastation to the material
interests of the entire country.
Populism plays into disorder. It
begets it Where it is strongesl
and has progressed, there com
monwealth prosperity is weakest
See Kausas, Colorado and South
Carolina. Note the reign of
lawlessness and the steadily in
creasing poverty of the people
The next Congress will be either
a Democratic or a Republican
Congress, the next President
will be either a Democrat or a
Republican.
And the danger is this. The
ballot is more or less silent.
There are thousands of people
who, if faced by the danger of
an unstable government, made
up of political hash and all sorts
of isms, will vote for the party
that is most firmly knit together,
that represents the best ability
to handle its forces, in short,
that represents strength. They
will argue that if a party cannot
handle itself, it cannot handle
the government. If the Repub
lican party strictly eschews
these populistic isms, these dema
gogic and flatulent outgivings of
politicians of light brains and
loud lungs, and if the Democratic
party :1 swallows them, or toys
with them, then the Republican
party Avill catch this silent A-ote
cast by the safety sentiment of
the country. It was the vote
that elected Cleveland. In times
of great national emergency the
strong and overwhelming con
servatism of the country will
come up in full force to brush
away any manor party smacking
of instability. 'For Populism
is, therefore, danger. The par
ty can at least protest, when
Democrats in the Senate make
speeches of the Jarvis kind.
Hichuiond State.
BOSTON'S LATEST FAD.
th Girl of Culture Is Jfow Raiding CI gal
Stores For Tobacco Illbbons.
Tho Idea of making cushion covoj-s, tablu
covers and other decoratlvo objects out ol
cigar rlbtxms seems to have taken un en
during hold on tho Boston f.-mey. Tho
latest advices from there n-jwrt that to
bacco dealers aro bealegod by requests toi
tho ribbons, of which they have, of course,
a continual supply. At ilrst tho desired
articles were given away in handfula, but
the demand soon became so great thut the
ribbons assumed the Importance of mcr-
FANCY WORKDAO.
chrindlsc, and nil appruvhvhlo lwoiiuo Is de
rived from them. Yellow Is niitumlly lho
prcviilllng color of the objittts lpfco which
they aro lmwlo up, hut occasionally red and
oven blue rlbbona may be secured by the
fortunate fancy worker.
Largo vases of pluln Juprmcso pottery
arc populur decorations ut present. They
come in several shapes mid various colors,
yellow ond blue being thoso most often
seen. They are pretty and cffectlvo In
themselves, but as far aa holding llowcrs
goes they aro a delusion, for thoy huvo a
Crackled glazing, through which water
leaks away rapidly. This Is bad for flow
ers, bad for whatever tho vaso rests upon
and extremely bad for tho va.so Itself,
which will soon become discolored by tho
process.
A favorite way of marking handker
chiefs Is to write tho name or Initial by
hand In the corner, lnstjitd of having It
tamped In conventional letters, ana then
embroider over the lines with lino silk.
This stylo of marking has the merit of in
dividuality in every case and always shows
Itself indubitably to bo hand work, some
thing worth considering in these days of
machine manufacture.
Parisian women are fond of making lit
tle decorative bags that siem to have no
particular use except to keep somebody's
lingers busy In their manufacture. A
sketch Is given of a design for a shopping
or work bag. Tho foundation is composed
of a circle of cardboard covered with brick
red satin. It is crossed by bands of yellow
ribbon tacked on with clusters of French
knots In yellow embroidery silk. Tho cir
cle Is bent together to form the bottom of
tho bag, and tho end spaces are filled with
pieces of cardboard cut to lit and similar
ly covered. A lining of yellow satin ax
tends beyond tho top and forms tho bag
proper, which Is gathered on running
strings. It Is decorated with yellow rib
bon bows. For tho embroidery knots that
fasten tho crossed ribbon bands gold beads
may bo substituted with good effect.
Jt'DIC CUOLLET.
When She Wants to Be a )Can.
When her wet skirts flap about her an
kles and her hair comes out of curl.
When she earnestly desires to use a
word that printers expreas by a dash.
When she hears some one say, ' What a
pity It is that our girls are brought up to
regard marriage as almost Inevitable as
death!"
When she sees how effectively men ex
press all their emotions by posing with
their hands in their pockets
When Bhe loams that there are spring
styles In dogs as well as dres
When she compares tho price of a man's
Easter bonnet with that of her own.
When the queen of tho kitchen abdicates
and the daughter of the house has to tako
her place.
When she sees a girl do some absolutely
ldlotio thing and knows that peoplo will
say, "Just liko a girll" Nashville Amer
ican. Not Improved With Age.
A traveling man dining at a restau
rant ordered a broiled chicken for hia
dinner. It was placed beforo him, and
he tried in vain to make an incision
with his knife and fork. Turning to
the girl who had waited on him, ho
said:
"I was here five years ago and ordered
a chicken for dinner. "
"Oh, yes," answered tho .girl flip
pantly. "I remember. It was I who
waited on you. "
"How strange how very strange!"
remarked the man in a low, awestruck
tone.
"Why is it strange?" inquired tho
girL
"It's more than strange; it's wonder
ful such a coincidence could hardly
happen twice same girl, same chick
en," and he looked reverently at the
specimen before" him, while tho girl
mado a hasty rotrat,' S-ruifiK.
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