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TBI B.lKOAlai HOCM OF BILEIUH.
If people will think for moment,.
common'; sense will teach them
that
the merchant who buys goods on time
and sells ok time must sell his goods
higher to cover his losses. All lines of
merchandise go through a regular chan-
nel of trade. There are distinct profits
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charged and to each .of them an exta
ten per eent is added to cover the losses
by credii Count this up: ten per cent J
bj the manufacturer who sell to th iob-'
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W, tea per eent by the jobber who'
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ells to the retail merchant and twenty
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flve per eent by the merchant who sella
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to you; and you have at the least est-
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mate I thir ty-five per cent which you,
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have to pay to cover the losses caused by
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men who never pay.
Upoh each.one of
ihese transactions six per eent "can be
taken for cash or a total of eighteen per
cent, making 48 ets. on the dollar. This j
b a tax which the consumer has to pay !
-and it must all eome from the
hard-
arned dollars of the laboring masses.
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No. Toa ean aee the difference between
- the credit and cash systems. This credit
takes from' the producers
just
about one half what they grow to foot
up the bills of the men who never pay.
Now how do you like the system 7 We
should think you would get very tired
jf It. Any system which detracts from
the prosperity of the country is a curse
to it. - The credit system is lull of Lbv
aster. Get out of it.
The BACKKT STuBE has all the ad
vantages of having buyers always in the
market, with the cash in hand to secure;
bargains j from the disastrous results
which come to men who go ia debt. NOW
come to the BACKET STOKE, get yous
Mwia and save vour money. Wo 4r
fnat oneninflr sume Spring Styles PrinU,
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,ice for 6c; worth 7e. Great bargains
Bleaehed and.Brown Muslini ani
tions f allxinds. We are also, agents
Choice for 6c; worth 7e. Great bargains
in.
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- NEWS OBSERVATIONS.
' -When Utopia his5 been reached it
will probably be found that prohibition
tnij prohibit. ' ; ' 1
- The treatj of peace between France
nd Madagaaosx has been ratified by the
chamber of, depnties.
Serria refuses to accept the treaty
of peace drafted by Bulgaria. The
treaty , has, t therefore, not yet been
signed. .: ii ' : r
Fred. Plaisted, the oarsman, states
tbatj he and Boss t will row a boat
through the f 'Niagara rapids the : com
ing summer. 5 .j '! : S
Vice-Chancellor Bacon is the oldest
judge on the bench in England. He is
eigbtyeight years old, and is. remark
ably well-preserved sugar -cured, so to
speak.
A widower in New York hits been
supplied with aft iron jaw. it is sup
poited that he is contemplating a second
marriage. Experience is man's beet
friend., - t jj '
' 4fT. Fits , tee's-proposition for a
commisaion on the Virginia debt has
been met by ao much-opposition that ft
will be abandoned. - ,
Arrivine at St. ; Paul froin : New
York Sunday;Theodore P. Rich learned
that his wife 'Was living with A. L. Gale.
Kich sought but his faithless . wife, shot
her dead and then killed himself.
! The publishers of Gen. Grant's
memoirs have sent to Mrs. Grant a check
for $200,000, her share of the profits on
the aale of the first volume.' ' The second
Tolunie insures a . like Amount.
; United Sutes Senatorrelect John W.
Daniel, of Virginia, has written a letter
indorsing Got. Lee's ; suggestion that a
debt commission be appointed to induce
State creditors to; fund as provided n
der the iiiddleberger lawl , ;
v With.r6a,k)0 adult Chinamen to
60,000 adult whites in 8an Francisco,
tio wonder there is a serious importance
attached' to the . Chinese question there
f hich it does ; not possess here. ; It is
said the expttlsioti of the Chinamen from
Seattle and other places has resulted in
their oongregation in San Franoisco to
the extent1 named, and many of: them
are idle and destitute!
3 ---JPaot that are coming out in connect
tion with the failure of a firm of brokers
in Wall street show how easv it is to
et nd p tnni of ,money in that
tofaier of the firm left $1,500,000 on
deposit (td be : nsedi in speeulation,
fnd so aeUve wew thobrokers in! turtt-
mg over" their patron's nicmey tat ih
1 been ! turned
over to other parties, and in addition lia-
bilities of another quarter of a million
had been charged to the firm on this re-
eponsibility Of one of its members! His
partner called on that gentleman to
make good th deficiMand he promised
to do SO, but ! characteristically set to
work to recover his losks by fn fibpee-
ulaUon, and finally sank anptbcr muhoti
the Arm.
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terproof garments arei intended to keep
out the wet; H it is- a drawback to
their "use. and a serious discount, on
their value that; they ilso, and in direct
proportion, keep ; in I the warm , Vapor
which ought 'to escape from the body,
and, condensing- it, saturates the ordi
nary clothing with moisture, which be
gins to evaporate the moment the toack-
tntosn is remoTca. umdeavors. to ven
tilate water-proof clothing by cuna'ingly
eonttived sUt and - holes have been per-
"sn"J w?. m W1UI Tarying meas-
ttres of suocess.; For a time, and under
certain propitious conditions, ventilated
mackintoshes- are less injurious, than
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tnose wnicn are unvenuiatea out we
inoiine; to , the; belief that it is in the ju
dioious wearing; of these defences against
the .weather rather than m their con
stroction that safety must be!! sought.
The' mackintosh I needs to be so loosely
made that there; ouj be as free an escape
for the perspiration as can be! secured
consistently -with keeping out the wet
-Practically, ' waterproof clothing Ought
aiwaya u tus vue saape oi a cape or
elbak rather than a ooat, and the smallest
practicable-part of the body should be
enveloped sby ! iany single sheet of the
material.! 'Thtti the ibouiders and chest
may be cOfereiby a cape, the hips and
frbttt Of the bodv bt a skirt or anron.
The I lower extremities, if they j must
heeds be covered at all in this wsy,
ahould be separately provided, and by
itn if vry wide skir
.. 0i m pernicious
legJ wraps, the conventional overalls or
trousers; ' It Mby no means surprising
that the wearing of Waterproof! leggings
or overalls is; sooner, or later, ' in the
majority of cases, followed by: rheuma
tism, or even worse troubles. Some
thing would, be gained if it were more
generally understood and borne in mind
that thermaokihtosh; under shy and all
of its forms is useful only in proportion
aa it keens ut tHe wet. and that r it is
always perilous in proportion as it un
duly raises, the beat ot the) skin ana
moistens the ordinary clothing by keep
ing in the - perspiration. ' j
It requires close personal care to
succeed in growing early lambs for
market. It is slow, "puttering" work,
bat this in farming is what pays better
than any other. Muscular labor alone
is probably -uiQre poorly paid in -farming
than in any other occupation. . unless a
farmer is willing Ui become 'an under
paid drudge, ho must change: his catling
a0 as to include thutw branuhus wherein
dkili and care, rather than severe mus
cular toil; are: required. It' is idle to
complain that our labor is poorly paid,
while we neglect to ao tne tnings mat
pay best. When a tarmer shows him
seif able to i successfully manage afev
Savep,T ii U jreasohable to - suppose that
iUo same clow attention to little things
which tha tuanaeement of sheep inoul
catcs will insurer his success in other
brawhes dfjaming.
t UONGItESSIOJSAL.
A FIELD DAT IS THE NEK ATE OA THE
BLAIR BILL.
' With 4 hara-a ! OuBlar-Chanra.
Washington, D. C.,! March 2. Ssm
ats Mr. Van Wyok from the oomm it
tee oh pensions reported with an amend
ment the House bill to increase : the
pensions of widows and dependent rela-
Sives - of deceased soldiers and sailors,
'he amendurent provides for an increase
I the pensions of the minor children
from $2 a month, the amount fixed bv
the House, to M ia month.
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Mrr.Van Wyck said he would' ask an
early consideration of the bill aid would
asa uje oenaie ; cp increase the mipor
children 'pensions to '-$5 a month .instead
of 04 bs rcccommended by the commit
tee.: lie would also ask that the insane
o helpless children should receive the
pensKfu given to the minor children
oevoua is years pi age so lonjr as the
disability or insanity should continue.
Among tne peuuons presented was
one py Air. Hoar from the workingmea
employed in the government workshops
since the eight-hour 'law of 1868 was
passed, praying Compensation for over
tone r reference of their claims to
some tribunal that may decide the ques
tion wnetner tney ought to have such
compensation. 1
At. I o clock the Senate took up the
education bill and Mr.; Call addressed
the Senate in opposition to! Mr. Allison's
ameudment. He; characterised it as a
reflection on the States and an abandon
ment of one of the principles of our gov
ernment. ! i
Mr.! Call read from the edueational
statistics of several States and compared
tne ngures ot scnpoi attendance in each
with similar figure relating to. Florida,
to show that Florida had proportionately
as large a school attendance as the other
States for a oertain number of months in
each year. Mr. j Call said the school
taxes ;0f Florida were now applied to
the schools without distinction or oolor.
If this money were distributed on color,
the principle of Mno distinction' would
be violated. 1 I h . "' -
Mr. ; Saalsbury opposed the bill,
hether with or without the Allison
amendment. There was, he said, not
only no constitutional authority for it,
but not even the slightest necessity for it.
xuo uvHuiera oukuit were amply aoie w
to educate all their; illiterates. The South
had extraordinary resources.. It. had
a monopoly of the. cotton crop, the enorj
mous tobacco crop, a; monopoly of the
sugar crop and fchc roe arop.. Tho
reat mineral and manufacturing re-
sourccs were rapidly developing. Why I
kut uiuerpnco ui ue coat oi laoor aione I
between the South and North . was 1
enough to pay for the education of all (
he illiterates of the South. j,The eeneral
welfare clause of itbe isdinsUtution never
contemplated such schemes si this. It I
was inublio aims-ffivinff without anv l
authority whatever.
Mr. iiiddleberger opposed; Mr. Alu-
son's amendment j It would jrive 83 to
the colored children for every 21 going
to the irhite children It would destroy
the hill and would destroy 'the public
scBools of Virginia. He appealed to the
ivepnblican party to consider what harm
it was doing to the colored people whom
they; were seeking to help. i. It would
absolutely flestroy all! chance of iheir
education, as the white people would
destroy the school system through which
the money was to b paid out. ; I
Mr. Hampton! said he was a sincere
friend of the colored man and' would be
very sorry to see Mr. Allison's amend
ment adopted, as jit would do the colored,
people more harm than almost anything
that eould be done. ! The white people
of South Carolina, be said, paid 97 ; per
cent, of the school fund of the State,
leating only 3 per cent, to be paid by
the wjlored neonle: vet the constitution
audi the laws of the State provided that
the sohool fund j should be distributed
according to the jnumber of children at
tending public schools.
! Mr; lngalls favored Mr. : Allison's
amendment if the bill were to pass. He
thought the amendment threw the neo
eflxiry safeguard around the fund; and
sail the money ; was - to be distributed
by the secretary of the interior Land the
laif officer of the interior department.
Montgomery, th assistant attorney gen
eral, was a man j notoriously opposed to
the public school system. Mr. lngalls
read extracts from pamphlets containing
extracts from i Montgomery's speeches
oil the subject. ! He said Montgomery
hid disputed the correctness of some of
the quotations credited to. him, but he
read one.; which he said Montgomery had
not disputed. The book was entitled
'IDrops from the Poisoned Fountain.
Facts that are Stranger than Fiction, by
S. Montgomery, of the California bar'
Mr. lngalls read from a speech delivered
by Montgomery before the Roman Cath
olio Sunday sohool teachers association Of
California in 1873 Speaking of the
telegraph, railroad and newspaper, the
pamphlet report sayB: "They are the
the means ot spreading taise rumors and
tnorSl sentiments that eorrupt the minds
of good Catholics in this land. Instead
of rMg00""1? 4?". teach
your children the truths of the church
and tnat wm to wem irom toe wniri-
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pool of Protestantism and heresy in all
its forms. The notion that Protestants
ientertain about the great progress made
in the 19th century I wish to warn you
to abstain: from. The Protestant
theory oft independence, : making
jup : our mmds for. ourselves on
matters pi reugion, is ; raise u veil
as damnable in the extreme. There
is no such thing a personal freedom in
religion and morality The whole power
lies with the successor of Saint: Peter
and the Holy See of Rome." These, Mr.
lngalls said, were extracts that had not
been denied; jYet ths bill before
Senate was to be administered on anon
sectarian basis, j Mr. Ingaifaj thought
we bad better put every); safe guard
possible in the bill. . X,
Mr. Hoar said the Allison amendment
would be an invitation to the States
themselves to make a discrimination in
favor of the white children. The truth
might as well be :told;namely that Sena
tors were unwilling to trust the au
thorities of the States with the adminis
tration of the fund. The. "Montgomery
argument" was the trouble ; the argu
ment that we could not trust the Ameri
can people, j
The debate lasted without interruption
until 6 o'clock, j The other speakers
Messrs. Hall, Harrison, Piatt, Blair,
Edmunds, Do! phi and Hoar. - Several
Suw51 prTl "1
PK Hou4e Clowned
amendments were present and ordered
HOTTSK
Mr', Morrill, bf Kansas, from the
committee on invalid pensions, "reported
the bill extending until July 1st, 18$,
the time within which; applications for
arears of pensions; may bejBlod, extend
ing the prorisions of the a pears act to
special provisions and providing that in
applicants for pensions the person on
whose account the pension is claimed
shall be presumed; prima facie to have
been Bound and free from disease at the
date of entering service. Referred to
committee of the whole.
Mr. Belmont, of New York, from
the committee on foreign affairs, re
ported the consular and diplomatic ap
propriation bill and it was referred to
committee of the Whole. i
The speaker laid before House the
response of the secretary of the treas
ury to the Bland resolution, calling for
information; concerning the circulation
of the standard, silver dollar, and the
policy to be pursued a to the payment
of silver. ' Referred to the . committee
m eoinage, weights and measures.
The morning hour expired without ac-
tion being reached upon any 1 measure.
The House then went into committee of
the whole on the pension appropriation
bill and a general debate began.
Mr, Wilson, of West Virginia, made
a stirring speech in reply to the one
made a few days ago by Mr. Henderson,
of Iowa, in which he defended the com
missioner of pensions and retorted upon
Mr. Henderson his charge that by their'
Vote on the increase .of widows' pensions
the Southern members had unfurled
again the bloody shirt. He said that
this had been donej by Mr. Henderson
himself in the inferences he drew, from
his analysis of that vote, and bv Mr.
Bou telle recently in criticising the
Southern people for raising a few modest
monuments to their friends who had died
in defenoe of their j.opinions. Mr. Mat
son, of Indiana, also: defended commis-
sioner Black andthe House pension
wibuhm.' : - iur. .miuuuiuuu. i vicvxjci,
amid that it had been a principle of the
Democratic party when in power, that
wnen a man Deeame a puDiio omcer ne
might think what he pleased, say what
he pleased and do what he pleased, but
mat nis services must pe eiven u tne
public and not to his ptrtv. The Presi
dent of the United 8tates stood today in
viting the American people to come back
to the old paths, 'land in them you shall
find rest." ; Referring to the question
of widows' pensions, he said that that
question had been jup a half doxen times
since the wr,
the wr, but it had never been
proposed to increase them until now.
This tact answered the argument of the
gentleman from Iowa (Henderson) when
he arraignea souinern memners.ior vot-
mg against an increase. The "stuff" in
his speecn, mat; tne consutution naa
been invoked to protect that vote, did
not need a reply. The bitter gall against
the men whom he took daily took by
the hand. as his frjenda did not need a
reply. The spirit of his speech, not
only in manner, jbut in cold,,' printed
words, carried with It condemnation of
hisargumentandbeedednomore reply
than when ha conmimed the Confederate
gned
to hell and then intensified
hell by a
promise to go there with them. (Laugh
ter and applause.)
Mr. Butterworth closed the debate
in a long speech, full of humor and
sarcasm and generally very wide pf the
question under consideration. It took
in tha whole ran ire of recent ; nolitical
events and particularly dwelt upon the
Ohio election.
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At 5.15 the House adjourned and a
Democratic caucus was announced for
this evening. ' I J
; Haw frUCtfm FatNra.
New York, March 2. 0. Li Green &
(Jo.'s report on cotton futures says:
After several ' moderate fluctuations the
contract market; closed at about last
evening's rates and only barely steady
Beyond some fair buying on Liverpool
account the new demand proved unex
pectedly light. .There was considerable
realizing ou small deals, and; the sup
port was due to the efforts of one or two
leading operators, thought to be hold
ing for additional sales.. The general
influences reveal notnwg ot a . more en
couraging nature. .
Chattawooga,! March 2. The agents
who have been j thoroughly canvassing
North and South Carolina for colored
immigrants sav that the colored exodus
from Southern States to the extreme
wegt has only fairly begun.' At least
I .
3.000 are reported to be now making
arrangements to leave during the pres;
ent season, fully as many having already
gone. They state that they fare going
because they are offered regular wages
as farm hands, (and are becoming im
poverished in the South by high rents
and small wage.
DiAB4Iltl SUaaavad.
WA8HaTOHr; March 2 The Presi
dent today approved the acti removing
disobilities of Alex. P. Stewart,
Mississippi: Edward G. W. Buttler, of
Misonri, and Jhonias L. Rosser of Vir-
the ginia.
THE CHINESE
PatEMtDEKT CLEVELAND THIHK
TUETSBOULD BE ISDCn
' WiriED '
far their Bad Traatmaat and Loaasa to
' tba Panfle Cat Oatr.
Washington, March 2. The Presi
dent sent to the Senate today a message
calling ithe attention of Congress to
recent events upon the Pacific coast in
which a large Dumber of unoffending
Chinamen lost their lives and property,
and stating that the Chinese minister
had argued that the United; States was
under reciprocal obligation to indemnify
those who suffered. The President says
the claim of reciprocal obligation cannot
be sustained against the United States,
but he recommends the matter to the
benevolent consideration of Congress) in
order that that body may direct the
bounty pf government in aid of the in
nocent and peaceful strangers whose
maltreatment has brought discredit upon
the countrjj with the distinct ; Under
standing, however, that such action is
in nowi?e to be held as a precedent, is
wholly gratuitous and is resorted to in
a Fpirit of pure generosity toward those
who are otherwise helpless. .
GraaC MaUraa Htr k.
Fort Worth, Tex., March 2. -There
was universal ' surprise in this city last
night at the great railroad strike which
began at 5 50 p. m, There was no in
timation1 that it was coming. When the
whistle blew every machinist, car re
pairer, section hand, baggage handler,
and in fact every man who - belongs to
the Knights of Labor association, stopped
work. Business on the Texas Pacific
and Missouri. Pacific was greatly re
tarded for a . time. Three hundred men
had stopped work in an instant. Orders
eaine from Sedalia. The causes aire said
to be numerous, hut the chief One is
that $1.60 per day is demanded as 4
day's wages for unskilled laborers, 'who
now receive $1.15 per day. Other
reasons are the : refusal to make eight
hours a day's work and the discharge of
men at Marshall, No railroad work of
any description was done last night ex
cept the movement of passenger trains.
; 0rtrjr Wblta7a tmstraett.
I Washington, D. C. , March 2.-Sec-retary
Whitney today : telegraphed in
structions to Capt, Chester, ' command
ing the United States steamship Galena;
atKey West, to deliver to the United
Stat l marshal at Key West the steamer
City of Mexico, which was seised on sus
picion of being engaged in a filibuster
fng expedition against Honduras, to4
gether I with ; all persons papers
and property connected therewith. The
case nasi been xeatred to the attorney
general,! and further proceedings are to
be directed by turn.
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; KrvoBalirariaa IHaea-rda Oaaaa.
j ; Vh.nna, March 2. A treaty oi peace
between! Servia and Bulgaria: was signed
at .Bucharest today.
j, .jnve Har4 ftkaatla,
Ashevilie Advance.
" We are told that in the' mountain
fastnesses of north Georgia, 'where the
locomotive whistle has never been heard,
where the Vworm of the still never
dieth" and the missionary has not
preached, that there are men and chili
dren who cannot read, never heard of
Jesus Christ, His mission or death,know
nothing of Sunday schools, Or the pro
per observance of the Sabbath or what
Christmas means. It is related that
when a man's thirteen year old daughter
died up there not long ago, the father
oent oyer ; . tne corpse, witn weep
ing eyes : and lacerated heart,
and exclaimed: -"She t did not
know there was such a thing as death
Sbe M never seen anybody dead; she
f never been taught she had to die,
nointng or the snaaowy land, or
eternhy or hell: yet thousands of dol
lars are annually collected from the oeo
pie and, sent to Christianize the "heathen
Chinee' whue in the mountain seclu
gions the rough and illiterate inhabi-
tuts scratch the ground, shoot the deer,
barb the trout, make and drink their
whisky, and are oblivious of the gospel
I oi vuritii. ) ,iguurauoe u uius, dui
thero: is a i misdirection of funds ana. a
lack of; discernment in this matter quite
apparent, j
' The following is a list of the jurors
drawn by the county commissioners jto
serve at the next term of Wake superior
court for criminal cases, which meets
Monday, 22d inst:
First week J. H. H. Walton, A. B.
Andrew. 55. Mangum, T. L. Penny,
Dorsoii Young, J. S. Peebles, Reuben
Kelly, B. F. Stephenson M A. Martin,
W. H. Wetmore, J, d. Jones, J. H.
3Imgum, J. M. Adams, W. T. Honey-
cutt, L. D Womble, R. H. Utley, S.
T. Hall, B. F. Garner, Li Rose i thai,
Benjamin Rhodes, colored,: A. E. Aus
tin, N W: Poole, S. C. Pool, W. T.
Utley C. C. Lowry, T. TJ Holland, T.
A Bingham, Geo. Mitchener, G. O.
Bar bee, Elvis Watkins, Rufns Gardner,
A.M.- Counoil, Isaae Perry, L. H.
Wood, Paschal Parish, G. H. May-
nard. !
Second I week G. A. Upchurch, Jr.,
L. ii. Jones, John G. Powell, J. K
Carter, J. L. Markham, G, D.; Martin,
J. C. iMedlin, William Medlin, color
ed, J. T Haywood, J. P. Beck, Horace
Baueom, W. D. Partin, .Rutin Evans,
colored, C. W. Blanchard, Fab. H.
Briggs, T. W. Blake, A. M. Beck, T.
A. Bo wen.
Satan recruits his ranks from the va
grants- Christ's twelve; chosen men
of I
were 'workingmen. The ' drifting boat
drifts down the stream. : xouncr aun-
leasneas is the beginning of all iniquity,
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raise hocis aud HasiHT."
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eaitaral CaavaatUat at Jaekaaa.
At the inter-State agricultural con
vention which was last week in session
at Jackson, Tenn., the following resolu
tion was adopted, with an! amendment
to include bread stuns and hog products,
as well as cotton : if .i-ii
The manipulation by speculators of
the cotton crop of lo-ao which so de-
tressed prices that they have fallen be
ow the actual cost of production forces
upon the planters of the; South the
necessity of relieving themselves as far
as in their power lies from the influence
of bo ruinous a system as that which now
controls the chief exportable product of
the country, and with this end in view
the representatives of the agricultural
interests of Tennessee m convention
assembled, call upon - our brother
planters of the Southern States to
protect themselves' by united action.
Emboldened by past successes the spec
ulator has already fixed the standard.
price for the cotton crop Of 1886-87". '
This he has' done before the- seed has
been put in the ground or even ploughs
have been started. The cotton futures
for the months of October i November
and December, 1886, and January, 1887,
are today quoted in New York a t from
o.yUc. to ojc, according to the months.
This means not exceeding 8ci for mid-
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uiing cotton in new lorx or ofc. at the
rmcipai cotton shipping ports of the
outh ineludbg such cities aa New Or
leans. Charleston, Savannah, Augusta,
Mobile, Galveston and Memphis. Mid
dling cotton at these cities; selling for
sic. means not more than 7 Jc. to the
planter, who must pay freightiinsurance
and regular commission charges, which
generally average from 3.6c; jto le per
pound. Now in view of these conditions
so ruinous of our interests we appeal
to the intelligence of the cotton" grower
and ask him can he pay the ; expense of
farming and ' make even a j bare living
by selling cotton at i 7o. per
pound. The answer is: already
given in the negative. The next question
following upon this is whit is the
remedy ? We answer diversified crops.
riant one-third less cotton land more
grain and grasses, liaise hogs and
hominy. Let cotton be the surplus
crop. - Instead of producing 3,500,000
bales make only 4,500,000 ; bales. By
this means we may realize a : long price
for our labor, and at the same time live
independently of the speculating sharks
who profit by our I losses. In addition
to this the legislatures of each of the
Southern States should be petitioned to
make dealings for future delivery, un
less eotton is actually on hijuid to sell
and is actually delivered to, the con
tracting purchaser;, a felony punishable
by a hue and imprisonment of not leas
than 11,000 and two years in the peni
tentiary. The time is now propitious for
marked antinti and wa .Tn4l tn 'ftn 1
press of the North to aid us m our efforts
by giving every publicity to this protest
and appeal, which We feel! cannot but
result beneficiaUy to the I planter if
promptly acted upon and lived up to
honestly. fj . ' :f
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Charlotte Observer. V ; ;
While passing a grocery store in this
city, Monday, Key. Dr. W. M. Robey
had his attention attracted: to a coop
of chickens, by the odd an ties of an old
hen, confined therein. Just as the doc
tor was passing the coop, the old; hen
set up a terrible cackling and commenced
beating against the slats of the Coop
with her wings, making a. commotion
that could not fail to attract attention.
Taking a glance ; at the ' old hen, Dr.
Bobey at once identified her as his favor
ite "biddy," a hen that had, been raised
with his family. ; and which, if we are
not mistaken,' was brought here by Dr.
Bobey when he moved from Goldsboro.
Her age ia not recorded, but she has
been in the family for years, until a
few days ago, when she mysteriously
disappeared. Her joy at' seeing her
old master was something that moved
the hearts of all. and I the
groceryman at once planned to catch
tho party who had stolen ; her. j Site
bad been sold to the groceryman; by a
colored boy named Fred Hoi ton, s who
Va-1 also Bold him a number of fine
chitkens. The boy was arrested and t
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uu uvuh was iuuna an asaorwnent qi
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game birds and fowls of divers kinds.
Eight fine Plyiapnth Rocks, stolen from
Maj. w. A. Moody, eight ; homing pig
eons, stolen from Mr. M.T. Iwmr,
Jr., and a canary bird, Stolen from Miss
S oenoe r. constituted a part of the youth
ful adventurer's stock in trade The boy
had been going about the city as
"bone picker" and in that capacity se
cured access to, and mad himself fami
liar with many people's back vards. He
was sent to jail to await trial by Judge
Meares. It is a pity there are hot a few.
more hens like Dr. iiobey s in town.
Otaatr CfeMmlaalMars.
This board was again in session
yesterday, but transacted; only rou
tine business. It decided to
devote today to the consider
ation of the election on the, question of ,
prohibition. The registered vote ana
the lists ot voters woo nave signea ,
petitions will be examined,! so that the
action taken .tay be in a proper auu
legal manner. ; J
A Skattaf Mlm Swapl Away, j
Habaiboii bubo , Va., March 2. This
morning about 2 o'clock a skating rink
owned by Cooper & Hancock and .occu
pied by them in the sale of : buggies and
harness, also as a bicycle hall; together
with an empty store-room belonging to
James Ney and a warehouse belonging
to C. A. Sprinkle & Son, were all
burned. The fire was the! work of
incendiary. mi r t i
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Tfca Raaalt r a DfacrlaalaaUaat JtaaiMi '
ainlaata r JLalr.
St.; Louis, Mo., March 2. A dis
patch from Crystal City, thirty miles be
low St. Louis, says trouble is brewing
in the glass-works there. It is said thf
president of the company notified the
employees several days ago that all
Knights, of Labor in the works must
leave the order or the works. In com
pliance with that notice twenty-six of the
men were discharged yesterday, and no-:
tice was served on 'the remaining
Knights that they would be given two
more days in- which to make wd their
minds. The action of the company has
created a exeat deal of excitement at -''
Crystal City, and it mav anread to St.
Louis, where the headquarters of the
Knights of Labor for the district are lo-'
cated. The Crystal City-works employ
600 men. I i r i
Th MeOanalek Workaia PaiU WUat.
Chicago. March 2. The MeCormick .
works; opened as usual this morning.
There were Jaree erowds of idle men
abont the works, bwt the nrsawacw tf the
police prevented.any outbreak en their
part, even though they had ieontem'
plated one. ; Five hundred and forty
men reported for work, an increase of
200 oyer yesterday, and the managers
of the works expect the number to be
increased to 800 tomorrow. The offi
cers think the strike practically ended.
Thq annoyance occasioned by the eon- v
stant crying of the baby at once ceases
wnen the cause is promptly removed by
using Dr. Ball's Baby Syrup. ;
Only those who have tried h iknow
its value Day's Horse Powder, we
mean. ' . . i -
No one ean think clearly when suffer
ing with headache. Dr. Bull's Balti
more Pills cure headache. I
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It is a great thing for a man to so live
as to make others' better! One who sue-.
eeeds in this is truly gteat. ;
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POND'S EXTB ACT : During severs
and changeable weather no one subject
o Bheumatia Pains should be one day
without Pond's Extract. It is of. the
greatest benefit for both Chronic and
Acute or lmflamatory Kheuznatum.
Pond's Extract is a wonderful and sooth
ing remedy, and possesses decided ano
dyne propertie.The pain, lameness and
soreness are relieved, and the entire dis
ease often out'short and subdued! For,
sale everywhere. Be sure to ret the
Genuine'. ' . ' h '- . !' I". .
;es of iron workers at Lebanon ."fl
Pi., have been advanced ten per cent I
without solicitation. i . I
H'Caaaaa Oaly m Waak Afta SXardl Brmm.
The pleasure seekers; at the Mardi
Gras festival at New Orleans. Lai. will
hVO Until Mttch 9th ShrOVC Tttesdav.
this year. Lent then commences, and
onUesday, 51 arch 10, the grand extra-
mwy drawing (the lWth monthly)
fthe Lott"Ma Stete lottery will take
place when over a half millioi of dol
lars will be thrown around promiscu
ously ; all: about which event 'any one
can learn on : an application to M. A.
Dauphin, New Orleans, La.
Chicaeo societv doesen't like Sam.
Small's denunciation of charity balls.
Kali
Why are the tallest people the laxiest?
They' are longer in bed than others, and
if they neglect their coughs or -colds
they , will be: there still longer.! Use
Taylor's Cherokee Remedy ef Sweet
Gum and Mullein. 1 -
The New York spring dry goods trade
starts off mueh more favorably!, than a
year ago. ' y
Uas Ua4 Tkaaa Farty Ttm
R : S. Day, of Watsonville, BanU
Crux Co. , CaliforniA, writes February
3, 1885 : - When my wife was seventy-
three years old she was troubled with a
very: bad cough, and it looked if, she
would die with consumption. She would
not call in a doctor, but commenced
raking Brandreth's Pill's, two and
three every night. In three weeks ihe
whs completely cured and her health
is now very good, and I'm sure the Pills
hive prolonged her life: as well, as my
own, for I have used them forty years,
and am now eighty four years old4 They
1 have been mv onlv medicine. t
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Mary Jane. Cleveland; teacher in
an orphan home in New York city, has
received, permission from the icourta to
change net that it will read Mart
Grover Cleveland.
he said Jane was
too humdrum.
Oouek. Inrlptaot Cooaamr
. mjia relieve awnatin
Ik. M.TWir. Miu. An.
H(Mn4 frmdi-luM. to wtti
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.Tha Oraatast Cora oa Xarth for Fata,? '
Wm rellevw mors quickly Uiaa say .
other known remedy: Rheumatism, ,
Neuralgia, Swellings, Bruises, Burns, 1
Scalds, Cuts, Lnmbax,-o, Sores, Frost
bites, Backache, Wcvnds, Headache.
Toothache, Sprains. tc Sold by all
Drngglstsvl Price 85 Cents a Bottle,
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