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I M i1 Jr.' a ! s : ! This Argus o'er the people's rights, Doth an eternal vigil keep No soothing strains of Maia's sun, Can lull its hundred eyes to sleep" Vol. XVI. GOUDSBORO, N. C. THURSDAY NOVEMBER 1, 1894 NO. 51 j ... - TT . 5- ig S- w : ' - rr " 1 I ! 1 A a? J-7 5 .V ! "9 J 1 ' -J 1 . 1 1- 1 v, - I ' if - YOU AND I. If you were like the daybreak, And I were young as you, And it were early May-break, And buds were pushing through; If skies were only blue, And we were met anew, How sweet, how sweet the: Yea, take My heart and prove it true! How wide the world would seem then, How green the grass would be, How we should dream and dreanu then. Beneath the budding tret. If I could pipe a glee: Come, marry, marry me, And you could bend and beam, then, A Ben'edicite. But, ah, for toil and twilight, And you a silvery age; And I, with sob and sigh light For Time's long-taken wage; And love a blotted page. And life a pilgrimage, Where leaves that budded, die white Across the acreage. Alack, 'tis autumn weather, The chimney bears ud bud; A chill is on the heather; A mist is on the Hood And yet, from crackled wood, It sings along the blood That you and I together' Have loved arid understood. A Vile Caricature. Editor Argus: I was told to-day by a Demo crat and by a Republican f usion ist, both of whom were in com pany on the scene and heard him, that A. T. Grady, of this city, on the stump at Dudley I uesday, re sorted to the most coarse and vnlorar illustration of what the Third party is and actually thought he was funny and mak ing "a hit." Grady is a Populist and is a "rooter" in this cam paign for the success of that nartv. His associates should have him repeat his illustration on every stump in the county rtnrl should have hi in repeat it in the bv wavs. It is too vile for bavplv a, reference in print, but it illustrates the low, filthy and disreputable code of morals that guides that party in its tendency and rapid progress towards an archy and communism. On The Wing. Goldsboro, N. C. Oct. 24, U4. Yes, we have heard of A. T Grady's illustration at Dudley, above referred to, and our cor respondent is right, "it is to, vile to even refer to in print:" but it is not surprising, coming as it does from one who claims to stand upon the national platform of the Pfinnlfi's partv. which contains i. x this apt paragraph: "While our .sympathies as party of reform are naturally m..Ti the side of evesy proposi hi oh will tend to make men inteligcut, virtuous and tern iterate, we nevertheless regard ihese nuestions. important as tbor n.r a,S secondary to the rrroat icsilPS TlOW PreSSinST IOl' SO lution." What better can be expected of that, in its platform de- - vj A Clares that virtue, intelligence and temperance, are mere secon dary matters compared to the love of money and th greed for office, the latter the off, shoot of the former, and it "the root of all evil."--Ed. AftGUS. Incendiarism Bearing Fruit. The sentiment given expres sion tobv J. C. Li. Harris, of ha lfi rrVi ln.st, week to the effect that the. Rens and Pops would be jus tificA n sliootinsr down the Cnuntv Commissioners is bear incr fruit.. In JfasquotanK uuuuij on Monday a prominent RepuDii - cV,M a-nA oorinnlv WOUlldeu r.a.n shot and seriously wounded : rorrstmr of election m trial " o" - r-nnntv This is the nrst iruii uurue uv J . ,. r- 1 1 v,,. the incendiary advice of the Re publican and Populist leaders Look upon it. Mr. Butler. Look upon it, Mr. Harris. How do voulike it? Upon your heads is the blood rf this reoristrar. Italeialt Jewt- ami Observer. This is a sample of the virtu onrl vonnrri for 1t.W OI Xne average - - - r 1 T uiu.V - TW inrr about with a pistol e o his pocket. Ed. mi &SH.0NLY! CT"0 weakness U XW-Ei ,f Errors 0 k .t Errors or xcees Old or Young MISREPRESENTA TIONS. He is Taken to Task by Hon. B. F. Grady as to his Tariff Argu ment and Errors. Editor Argas: If Major Grant's peech at Warsaw on Tuesday was a fair sample of the speeches he has been delivering m Wayne, think justice to the cause of truth requires that those who have heard him should know how he has misrepresented his tory so far as the tariff is con cerned. He went into a history of tariff legislation, and read an extract from "Benton's Thirty Year's iew" to show how Benton said that free trade as a reduction of ariff rates always leads to dis tress, panics, etc. 1 shall not undertake to follow him through his history, but confine myself to three propositions which I tate in order: 1. Our first tariff was for pro tection and was signed by George Washington on July 4, 1789. Protection under this act ontinued until 1816 when the Democrats having beaten the Whigs in the elections, reduced the tariff and put the business of the country on nearly a free- trade oasis; and Benton said that the result was that business ame to a stand-still, distress came all over the country," &c, &c. Now here is the truth: 1. The rates under the first tariff act will not average more than 8 per cent. On ready made clothing 7;V per cent, was the ate, and it was the same on hats, on cut, rolled on hammered iron, on saddles, and on many other articles: on a few 10 per cent, was levied; while on wool and a long list of other articles, including cotton goods, not a cent was levied. And this Maj. Grant calls protection. 2. In 110 the Tariff act passed was called by the free traders Calhoun's protective tariff," md Benton says, (Vol. I, p. 3:) The question of protection for the sake of protection was brought forward, and carried in the year 1S1G." On ready-made clothing 30 per cent, was levied, and it was the same on hats, on rolled or hammered iron and on many other articles, the average being two or three times what it was under the first tariff. The distress depicted by Ben ton (Vol. 1, p. 5,) was not charged to Calhoun's free-trade tariff. Here is his language: The Bank of the United States was chartered in 1816, and be fore ls20 had performed one of its cycles of delusive and bubble prosperity, followed by actual and wide-spread calamity. 2no price for property or pro duce;. No sales but those of the sheriff and the marshal." Major Grant, I presume, copied tne paper he read to us from Benton's book. If lie did, what will be thought of his methods by the good, honest, patriotic people of this Senatorial Dis- trict whom he is asking to vote for him? He told us at Magnolia yesterday, that if elected, he proposed to join the People's party in electing the man of their choice for U. S. Senator if they would join him in electing a Republican to the U. S. Senate. Respectfully yours, B. F. Gkady. Wallace, N. C, Cct. 24, '94. T.IE SOUTH BECOMING lit lTtK KNOWN IN THE WEST. The following extracts are from a lelter written by an Iowa real estate and immigration agent to an immiffration agency in the South. The latter sent the let ter to the Southern States maga zine, of Baltimore, Md., with permission to use such parts of it as did not relate to private business matters: I am not a believer m special providences, but there seem to be events on all sides which tend to drive immigration to the South. The West is com 1 lled to ciiange its methods of I u -.1 ; agriculture, piaomg uu ccjjcu no dence whatever in rainfall, and the irrigating ditch is too limited to accomodate the public gener ally. Then, again, the ter rible Q.ought tnroughout; tne Northwest coming upon us just at, the time that there is so much agitation in manufacturing com m unities and strikes, that men who have never thought of re sorting to farming are now ser iously considering the necessity ..1 . e i!li: W ri ai 1 r m r -ttt m n , -.iT ;,i A I OI LIIILUX tile exjii unmus in HOme, SO as to meuu., I tiio onmmnn master, ranital. in the common master, capital, others' hands. Then, again, cli mate and cheap lands aft3 two most potent incentives "1?he logically-minded men are now amazed at their past stupi dity, and are only beginning to wonder why they did not con- sider and reason. "I always knew these facts but did not think: know it now GRANT'S but find it a task to i interest the people because of life-time habit and teaching. I am, however, glad to notice how rapidly things are changing. The circulation of the Southern States magazine is awakening an interest which will never cease until thousands know the facts as they exist. To-day I met an intelligent farmer to whom I have been handing my copy of the Southern States maga zine. He says to me; 'When ycu first commenced giving me thi magazine I merely read, here anc there, a line or short article; but x cently I have read every vord, and I tell you, sir, "South w rd t. e Star of Empire will tai e its Tay." I want to know whrn yov are going to make your and wrote the following for pub trip South- I will go with you." lntion- 'WHAT A GOLD STANDARD II AS DONE." Under this head the great cam paign issue of the Populist organ Butler's Caucasian, publishes a big cut, or picture, of 1 bale of cotton: 2 bales: 2 2-5 bales and 4 1-5 bales, screatitu, and below this picture publishes these lines in large type: "It takes 4 bales of cotton now to buy as much money as one bale brought in 1870. "This tells the story of the contraction of the currency. "Matt Ransom and John Sher man "co-operated" with the gold bugs to do it." That is the picture and those are the statements below it, and we presume the average Third party man looks at them, gulps them down as gospel truth and thenhow7ls forButler aud thePop- U ist party, aud goes his way be- lieving that these flaring false hoods and windy poppycock of the Caucasian are the correct so lution of the situation. Well, let's see about it. We know the average Populist will not belieye anything he sees and all are instructed by Butler and his gang not to believe any thing they read in a Democratic newspaper. But, perhaps, while their reason may have forsaken them and they are following blindly their communist leaders, memory may not have altogether departed from them, and to this we appeal. We remember when we worked on the farm: chopped cotton and hoed corn in the spring, plowed it in the summer and picked the fleecy staple, in the fall of 1870, that we hauled cotton to Golds boro in that fall and hauled it home again, because the price had dropped off on the market from 28 cents, if our recollection serves us rightly, to 27 cents. That was in 1870 in which year, according to the Caucasian, a bale of cotton sold for $120.00. At that time there were less than $8,000,000 (eight millions) of silver in the United States and a bale of cotton brought 8120.00. Cannot anyone, therefore, see that all this stuff and tom-foolery of attributing the present low price oi cotton xo me suspension of silver coinage is almost too ridiculous for serious argument. But its utter absurdity can be easily shown by a comparison of pnttnn nrices now witn those which ruled when silver coinage was not only suspended, but silver wras absolutely demone- tized In 1873 the silver dollar was stricken from our list of coins and in 1874 silver was demone- tized. deprived of its legal tender nnalitv. which was not resorted until 1878 How did cotton fare during that period? We give the average price for' each year: 1873- 74 17 cents per pound. 1874- 75 15 cents per pound. 1875- 76 13 cents per pound. 1876- 77 11.73 cents per pound 1877- 78 11.28 cents per pound Up to 1878 we had coined only a little over 8,000,000 silver dol lars since the foundation of the goyernment, and from 1874 to 1878 silver was demonetized. Since February 1S78 we have coined over 420.000,000 silver dollars, and thev are lesral tender to an unlimited atnount. xet r-ntton is now worthless than half its lowest price during the neriodwhen we had scarcely any A . - . - silver, and that a non- tegai tender. In other words, when we hnrl nnlv eie-ht millions of silver rlrlla,rs'in the country cotton sold for $120 per bale and now a with four hundred ana twenty millions of silver in circulation, cotton sells for less than $30 per bale. - The calamity howlers who at tribute the present price of cot ton to -the suspension of silver! Resolved, That we are the Re when we have about much silver as gold and when silver is an unlimited legal ten - der, should rub their thick numb skulls and explain the where fore of this why. NCT TO C03IE DOWN. Mr Spears, the Republican Nomi nee in the Third Congressional District, Wont Give Up for the Third Party Nominee. Mr. Oscar J. Spears, Repbli can candidate for Congress in the Third District, was in the city yesterday, on his way to fill an appointment at Elizabeth town, and called at the Star of fice. Being asked about the re port that he wrould withdraw from the race, he said he w7onld settle that question once for all, lication : Wilmington, N. C, Oct., 24. Editor Star: lam mortified by seeing and hearing of the false rumor of my withdrawal from the campaign for Congress in my District the Third N. C. I will not withdraw I am in the fight to the finish, and in to win, too. A convention of my party nominated me, in Clinton, N. C, Au ust 22nd, last. I am a true and enthusiastic Republican of the stalwart stripe. I am making a campaign for protection to American industries. 'Tis prin ciple with me, not the foolhardy policy of temporary success. No man or set of men can or shall pull mo out of the campaign or the race for congress. This is, this must and this shall be my ultimatum. 1 The Republicans of Craven county in mass meetiug last night endorsed me fully and declared their purpose to give me their hearty, undivided support. See JoimiaL Respectfully. to-day s Oscau J. Speaks. Wilmington, Oct., 24, 1894. Oscar Spears Endorsed by Craven Republicans. At a mass meeting held at the court house last night the follow ing resolution by Mr. R. P. Wil liams was adopted: Whereas, the Republican party of the Third Congressional district in convention duly calied according to the plan of organiz ation of our party, has placed the republican banner in the hands of that active, fearless and indefatigable Republican, Hon. Oscar J. Spears, of Harnett, and whereas our standard bearer is now engaged in an active and fearless fight against the Demo cratic party, We hereby pledge him the solid Republicans of Craven county, Ind assure him that his efforts to redeem our dis trict meet with our hearty sup port ana approval. ieicuern Journal October 2fh. They Don't Like Fusion. In these days of fusion of par ties and confusion of principles and candidates, it is indeed re freshing to find an honest and open avowal of principle, such as that made by the Wilson county Republicans at their convention last Saturday. The platform they adopted is also significant as showing the honest opinion en tertained by the colored people of North Carolina m regard to fusion and the Populist party l he resolutions auoptea are as follows: --We the people of Wilson county in convention assembled hereby declare our firm allegiance to the National Republican party; and with grateful hearts acknowledge what it has accomplished for the negro race. W e renew our adhe rence to its principles as de clared in its last national plat form and standing squarely upon that platform we' view with re- srret the departure whicn has been made by that portion of our organization in the otate now7 claiming to be fusionists. We denounce the effort made by the minority of our party to sell us out to the few designing I men whose ambitions are alone for office: who are emboldened to term us traitors , because we are not willms: to sacrifice our principles to further their ambi tion. We know that the attempt at fusion as illustrated by the de- mands and efforts ot tne so called People's Party in this county, has no show of fairness or justice about it, that the negro i 1 . i. -i .1 ii x is altogether ignored, ana tnar n he does not swallow at their aic- tation a ticket which he had nothing to do with making he is declared a renegade and a traitor. Thev have not even put a tte- publican of either color on their ticket, and they do not pretend to advocate a single principle - enunciated in the Republican - 1 platform. as publican partv. and those who J denounce us are the traitors, 1 W. H. Vick, Chairman: - W. S. Mitchell, Secretary - L. II Peacock, I E. L. Reid. Watchman! What of the Night?" How seems the outlook in North Carolina eleven days be fore the election? Can the watch men on Tower of Liberty respond "All is well"? Is that so? Is North Carolina really safe? , Can the State be shielded from the anarchists and plunderers who seek its ruin? Will the honest, well-meaning citizens who are following ' the will-o-the-wisp leadership of Butler and Otho Wilson, the dynamiter, continue to the end, hoodwinked, deceived, befooled, or will they withdraw in time and help to save the good old State? Will all the white men hitherto calling themselves Republicans throw aside all their principles for which they have striven to uphold, and go into the conspiracy with the Pop fana tical leaders who are, betraying their own trusting people? Will all the negroes sink the past, for get the principles they have as serted and unite with a faction like the Pops whose Big Boss Butler has again and again in his dirty sheet insisted for white rule in North Carolina? We know not how this will be. In the election in 1892, the Radi cal and Populist vote united was 14,500 more than the Democratic. That this vote will be overcome is not so sure as the prophets of success may think. It may be overcome It can be overcome. It should be ovei come. nit can be overcome, but will it be over come? That is the ouestion. The Georgia Democrats were much surprised at the result in that State. The Democratic ma jority fell off 40,000 votes. The majority is but 30,000, while heretofore it has be'en 70,000 or more. One of the chief causes is the radical division among Demo crats as to silver. North Carolina Democrats the real Democrats are united. are marching in column, and will make a splendid fight on 6th of November. Will they beat the enemy? We hope so. Bragging will not do it. W ild prophesy ing will not do it. Speaking will not do it. The united press, with all its activity and power. cannot compass that end. What then. Are we whipped? Will the Rad-Pops carry North Caro lina i Not if the Democrats will otherwise. How is that? What the Mes senger has been saying all along needs to be repeated with greater emphasis now on the near ap proach of the day of conflict that is to decide all. If the Demo crats loork as never before and will thoroughly organize every toivnship m the State they will beat ras caUy combination and conspiracy W hy do we say this : In every election held in North Carolina since the war the stay-aways have been numerous. The reg istration has been larger than the vote. The census of each de cade shows a much larger voting population than votes from time to time. The people do not all vote. By a fair estimate 40,000 Democrats, or men who could be got to vote for the Democrats, fail to go to the polls. In 1890, the population of North Carolina was 1,617,747. It is perhaps 1,700,000 now. It ought to vote, if full, 350,000. Will it vote 300,000? In 1892 two years ago it gave 280,665. Its voting population was then all of 325,000, as we doubt not the census would show, with the natural increase added. In 1889 there were 800,000 males in this State. From 21 years and up ward there wrere 342,653 males all could vote, with the exception of the convicts. Two years later the total vote, as given above, was but 280,665. More than 62, 000 men failed to vote. Surely more than 40,000 were whites. The Democrats can suceea, we repeat. The Democrats to ill suc- ceed provided, If they will organize in every township and work hard. they will win the day. To organ ize means this: to have a list of every voter in every township, to shut out all spurious or colon- izmg or tramp voters ana to get every friend of honest, just, eco- nomical, benevolent Government to vote for the Democratic ticket, Do that and you can carry North Carolina by 30.00U -majority Leave it undone and then see the issue ! Wilm ington Messenger. Racket - store. East Centre street, . Puchtler & Kern's Old Stand, Where we keep everything at very low prices suitable to the low price of cotton. We buy for cash and therefore buy cheap. We sell lor casn ana mere fore sell at small j rofits. MILLINERY & TOYS A SPECIALTY Give us a call and we treat you right. will S. Gohn & Go. A LI TERARY GEM. Classical, Historical. Political and Ethical, Linked Together with Genius of Poet and Sublimity of Thought. We can convey no better im pression of the inspiring effect of Hon. Chas. Aycock's splendid speech upon his vast audience, Friday evening, than by giving to our readers what we could catch from the impromptu speech of Mr. Jno. R. Morris, wTho occupied a seat on the ros trum and wTho was vociferously called on after Mr. Aycock had concluded. Mr. Morris said, in concluding his apt and eloquent remarks: When my distinguished friend. Mr. Aycock, was delivering the trreat speech which he has just closed, 1 was impelled to a train of thought, growing- rrom nis comment on the repeal of the Federal election laws and what De mocracy had thereby done for political noerty. Apart from those Questions of Doliti- cal economy, and in these days, even domestic economy, about which there may be 'diverg-insr views in mv own party, 1 am persuaded that Democracy is the chosen vessel for the conserva tion of those priceless spoils which, in our struggle against George HI., were torn from against the agony of battle, dragged across altars drenched with blood of perished sires, and borne as sacred gifts to where freedom knelt with eyes upturned to God a.-id hands outstretched to man. Fellow citizens, before fie advent of Democratic administration all stars of liberty, no matter where above the earth they were assumed to shine. were but illusions before the eyes of poets, or delusions in the minds of historians. In every age 'Of the world there had been flash-lights in the heavens. But nowhere, piercing the political firmament, was there a steady light an unquenched star to symbol the majesty of cil liberty. I know that piled above the sepul chre of perished art in-Athens there are ruins of dead democracies. I know that men who had died for human M-ights were, within the lurid glare of funereal torch, borne along the Appian way to the solemn stillness of the catacombs of Rome. Caesar himself, whether from fear or patriotism I know not, had thrice refused a crown. Brutus, fear ing lingering ambition in C;csar"s breast to leap to kingly power and overturn the sparse liberties of Roman citizens, had, with the dagger, given what Shakespeare called "the most unkindest cut of all," and 'asar, a vic tim to the holy passion for liberty, lay dead at the base of Pompey's statue iii a Roman senate. But, my fellow citizens, confused with fragments of democracies in Ath ens are the torturing instruments of despots. In Rome, Casar refused a crown and Brutus slew Ca-sar for the sake of liberty. Yet, from the second triumvirate with Lepidus in exile and Antony dead for love of Egypt's queen there came forth an imperialhead. Be hold Octavian crowned and sceptered as Augustus,C;esar! O the meadow-land which bears the name of Runnymede, the Catholic ba rons, in 1215, wrested magna charta from sullen king. But,beerinninsr with the monarch from whom it was obtain ed and descending to George III., its principles ana guarantees were vio lated more times than historians rnav record. The battles of Morston Moor, Nasebv and Dunbar Drove had been fourht. From these victories of the people over absolutism there emerged Cromwell, the avenger, his feet wet with the blood of Charles Stewart, his head bare of re gal plumes and his loins begirt with the coarse frock of a puritan. He had come to rule without throne, without crown. But, alas! he, too. was a des pot. For, dissolving parliament, hi sway was apart from representative government. It was absolutism the enemy of liberty. Again: An English parliament, in 1679. rising superior to the prolligacv and tyranny of Charles II.. defined and granted the great writ of habeas cor pus. But prime ministers in times of peace have since suspended the privi leges of the writ, and even the Earl of ohaitsbury, who introduced and urged the measure in parliament, died a hunted politic.! exile. t or the hope of liberty v ashington s heroes had stood shoeless, with bleed ing feet, in the snows of Valley Forge We had carved out a constitution lor these States. But to night. I declare to you, that neither Washington, sol dier and patriot, nor Hamilton, states man and publicist, was able to trans mute the customs of government wrought under kings and parliaments into the singular needs of a people struggling ifor the ends of purer re- Dublicanism. 1 aver tnat nigner no erty was yet an aspiration marked by imperfect administrative tests, until Thomas Jefferson, the founder of Dem ocracy, breathing the spirit of his indi vidualism over the ventures 01 govern ment, wrought the miracle of litness and adaptation in our new institutions. It was then that a star 01 liberty ap neared to linger above man. Then the Jove of human destiny uplifted his hand and unchained the thunderbolt which rent the last obscuring cloud and the world beheld the star of liberty, Supernal in its beauty, glorious in its refulgence, it, swinging irom tne throne of God. spills its splendors on the earth. Democracy! Democracy! Liberty! Liberty: -May Almighty CTod, so far as He may have determined a destiny of duration for these Confederated American States, make these two Democracy and Liberty one and eter nal. ii you warn, ft FIRST GLftSS BuaayorGarriarje. Surru or Phaeton, Road Gart or Warjon. Don't fail to call to see me. I have a full stock on hand of all kinds, in cluding all kinds of harness. Also horses .and mules for sale. D BENNETT, . Goldsboro. N. C SENATOR HILL'S CAMPAIGNS Greeted by Enthusiastic Crowds at Utica and Syracuse, Oswego, N. Y.. October 26. Senator David B. Hill arrived here shortly after 6 o'clock this evening and was met at the sta tion by over a thousand persons, who gave him an enthusiastic wel come. The Senator was accom pained by JamesLindsay Gordon, of New York city, formely of Virginia, Col. JohnS. McEwan. Hon. Samuel A. Beardsley and Agricultural Commissioner Mr. Schraub accompained the party as far as Utica. On arriving there the train remained for a few minutes. A crowd of several hundred persons surrounded Sen ator Hill's car, and there were cries for Hill. The senator step ped out upon the platform and spoke for a few minutes. He said: I am pleased to be able to say to you that since my visit here last week the cause of Dem cracy has been gaining ground. Be not deceived by the confident spirit assumed by our adver saries. We are going to win. The people are not with the Repub lican party: they are with us. Let them bring on Harrison. Mc- Kinley and Reed. We have no objection, but we are sorry to observe that the Republican party has not within its ranks within this State speakers who can defend her principles and answer Democratic artruments. I have only to say to these im ported orators that New York has always been able to vote for itself without outside instruc tions, and will do so this Fall. She has also been the one State which has always stood for Dem ocratic principles when the tide of Republicanism has swept over our sister States in past years. New York wTill be true to her record this Fall in this re spect, I can assure you." Hisjre- marks were received with pro longed cheers. The train to which was at tached Senator Hill's car arrived at Syracuse at 4.35 p. m. At the station another crowd greeted h im and a large number of peo ple boarded his car and grasped the Senator's hand. The Senator spoke but a few words from the car platform to the waiting crowd and then introduced Mr. Gordon, who spoke for a few minutes. At 1 o'clock Senator Hill left for Oswago accompanied by a reception committee from that city. Along the road to Oswego crowds greeted Senator Hill at Phoenix and Fulton. On arriving here he was driven to the resi dence of Theodore Irwin where he was entertained at dinner. Train Robberies. The latest train robbery occur red at Wagoner, Indian Terri tory, a few days agx Where the next one will occur, no one can tell, but it is safe to predict that we wTill hear of another soon There have been more than half a dozen such outrages within the last four months. A few years ago, a train rob bery was a very rare occurence and was unknown outside the thinly populated regions of the far West, but w e are not sur prised now to read the accounts of these desperate deeds every few days, and two weeks ago, one of the most remarkable rob berries on record occured within forty miles of the National capi tal. It appears to be a compara tively easy thing to hold up a train. Frequently it is done sue cessfully by three or four, or even two men. There is at least one instance on record where one man stopped and robbed a tram with a hundred passengers on Doara. tie pretenaea, oi a "i -r-r t 1 P course, to have a gang at his back, and nobody knew whether he had or not. Almost every train robbery that has occurred in this country could have been prevented if the plan suersrested by the Journal some time ago had been . in operation. We advocated the protection of mail trains by United btates sold iers. It is the duty of the gov ernment to protect its mails and two soldiers with modern arms would be mors than a match for almost any band vof train rob bers ever assembled. Besides, if it were known that trains had such a guard, an at tempt at train robbery wTould rarely be made. The idea is, at least, worth considering. To us it seems en tirely practical and free from bjections. Atlanta Journal. Yeast Cakes; Miss Ann Toler's and favorite yeast cakes are now sale at the store of Mr, C. G. Pork-ns for the season. WILT TIIOU BE LONG? Wilt thou be long? The workful day is o'er; The wind croons softly to the sleeping sea; At the old spot upon the lonely shore. I wait for thee, tlome to his nest the swift gray gull is winging; Through the still dusk I hear the . sailor's song: Night to the weary rest from toil is bringing Wilt thou be long-. Wilt thou be long? The darkir. -. . . i gathers fast; The daises fold their fringes on" the lea; Time is so fleeting, and youth will not last Oh, come to me! In the clear West & silver star is burning, But sad misgivings all my bosom throng; With anxious heart I watch for thv returning. Wilt thou be long? E. Matheson in Chambers' Jour nal. Washington News. Washington, Oct. '2G. Com modore Self ridge and the Inspec tion Board returned from New York to-day. They reported to Secretary Herbert that the Ma- chis was found in nearly perfect condition, that her crew were sufficiently well drilled for active service if any emergency required the use of the ship in actual ser vice. Secretary Herbert said he would promptly issue sailing orders for the ship to join the Asiastic squadron, and after tak ing coal for the vovatre and ro- ring extra stores for the Chi cago at the JNew York Navv Yard, the Machias will probably leave early next week. The flagship Chicago arrived Lisbon this morning. She will remain there until the arrival of the Machias. j The President to-day appointed J as. B. Greene an assistant sur geon in the Marine Hospital Service. Another case of smallpox was developed among Government clerks this morning. James. I. Parker, of Indiana, a law clerk in the division of the interior De partment, the cases where re ported, was the victim. Secre tary Smith issued directions to-day to have the depart ment closed to-morrow. This ac tion was taken before the Secre tary was aware of the new case. ' He said the order to close was on account of the fumigation of sev eral rooms.in the building, which was very disagreeable to the per sons employed in the building. In consequence of the discovery of the new case, the department closed this afternoon, as each fresh case becomes traceable to contact with persons employed in the department. The President held his first Cabinet meeting since the first week in September to-d,ay. All of the members were present ex cept Secretary Morton, who is in Lurope. Naturally, they had much business to lay before the President that had accumlated in his absence from Washington, Secretary Gresham in particular being charged with several mat ters concerning foreign relations, and all the Secretaries wishing to discuss the leading points to be treated in their annual re ports. The cash balance in the Treas ury at the close of business to day was $112,711,431; gold re serve $61,140,537. The increase in the gold reserve to-day was about $500,000, and during the last three days $1,624,085. To day's increase was due to pur chases of gold by the mints. Absolutely Pure.' A cream, of tartar baking pow der. Highest of all in leavening strength. Latest United States Government Food Report. ROYAL BAKING P0VVDE.RJG0. 106 Wall St. . N. Y. few I- ( i 'I 4 y t s, 13 If . I" J A ., i- I fl A y "writ.
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