North Carolina Newspapers

J. J A., :'! - - .. . ' ' i'tl-.yl fi: : rS? . -. I --. 1 t iVi -;; '!?;! ; i S t 1 '' : .-; i " " v i 'f;' v : V i I i U it; . NEWS OlS ERVER VOL. XXVI. Raleigh nl c, sunday. morning, march 21. iss6. NO. 108 AND "7 Absolutely Pure. rhis powder never Tariea. A marvel of .rtirlry, strength aed wliolesomeueM. More i enaomioal than ordinary kinds and cannot be eJd in competition with tbe multitude of low ' eat, ehert weight, alum or phosphate powders -Sold only to cans. Botal Hauvo Powsa Co., 108 Wall Street, New York. 80M by W C A A B gtsonaeh, George T Btroaach and J B Farrall Co. rilB HOVSK OFK1LEIUB. Big Prices will not 4 these times, when even the wealthy cannot afford to waste their money and the poor require I doable duty of every dollar and even: erery penny. We deal in good goods and not intrasli, and believe the masses will patroniie the house that sells the best goods for the least money. Hence we throw before the masses these Bpe- -!i . ! '-!' . cialtiesl these matchless goods at match il - ,;., I less prices. We will show the people ;i the foly of their habit, frQm year to year, ojf wasting theirs money for the pallry consideration of a little" ereditJ How can you tell the worth of money ;-(( i . - h when you get your goods from a house : r 4 '' : " - 'i that bnys and Bells on long time? Upon our counters will be placed ercry day new arriTals of goods, at panic prices, from houses that hare col- lapsed; and from others that downl wU go We will offer suoh remarkable baf gains . si no house can match. Best ptints'at 5c. a yard; worth 7c. xBesi sheedpgs, 60. a yard. Silk gloves 30c) ;j ' i :t worth 50c. Violin, Banjo and Guitar Strings .each. Needles 2c. a paper: Pius j2c. a paper. Forty-eight hees . ' ::i ' . . M '. .' -! : 'i note -paper 5c. Twenty-fiv? envelopes 4for 3c. Good handkerchiefs 4e. each. Blacking lo. box. Great, bargains in Notions of AH Descriptions, Pry Goods, j . ' .'it'' Mjk and Shjes, Clothing, Hats, and X3aps, Carpets, Oilcloths, Millinery .Goods, &c. Please call and examine before buy- "ung yoar goods, and save'your money VOLNEY PUESELL & CO. '. H Raleigh, N. C. '" OF- ADULTERATED LARD. Il look well, but the odor from it whett cooking detect it. Kxwnloe tor yourselves and be sure jou are not using it. CASSARD'S "STAR BRAND" LARD IS OCAaASTKin PER. Put up in ail styles of packages. Ask your grocer for it and if be. hasn't it bv stock seud your address to B. H. WO DELL,.Bai- LjU. N. C , and you will be suppUed. 4jt. Gassard ct JJ A L.TLMUK1C Mii. Curen of tbe Celebrated Star Brand Mild Cured Bams and Breakfast Bacon. vTiiV 1 1 14 tTI A TfCh I 1 T A ; GRANITES AND SANDSTONES, Linehan & Co 409 Tay etterille 8t- Baleigh, R. 0 . prepared to make contracts oa the Moat a . ifabie Terms for saDDlrina Granite Band t.jsot tbe htmt juality la any Onantltoes tul. (Quarries at Henderson and Wades boro, C Ampto facial for aandliec an aiakfaf amek shipments to any point,, anasriB sw sjsjli ea taw 0ta4sw r PKET STORE BEWARE ( NEWS OBSERVATIONS. ' fi ' -Thef rebublioans feel about : Mr!. Lyman, as .they did about Mr. Eaton) tha he ,ii' toothoroughly . a reformer to stand as a fair representative of their party. H - I ;' f -i-TheProvidenee Journal says: 'fMf. Gladstone blows his nQse when asked about the Irish land bill.'' His friend would say that is because he knows his blows will toi : ? f ! -If it be teue. atftted, that a cr tain eminent lkwyer receives two hnn dred and fifty dollars a day for hit work In the Broadway railroad franchise in vestigation, it is no wonder that the end of the proceedings seems as far off at ever. - : ' ' A bill to provide for a commission' of five persons to ; investigate the aleol holio liquet traffic in its relation to rev? enue and taxation, and its general ecol 6onXrii& Atwiai; and"Tientili aspects in i connection with pauperism;, crime, social viriej public health and the general welfare of the people has passed the' Senate1. ' The commissioners are to be appointed by the President, are not all to be prohibitionists and shall serve without salary. ' t :. The Savannah (Ga.,) News, speak ing of a great fog in that city Monday night, saysri "The electric light qn the high towers were lost in the dense mist, and the 'street lights looked a few rods off like a halo. The fog penetrated the houses, and on -the streets every thing was ,in thick gloom. Pedestrians carried Umbrellas, and the late-outs and police wore their rubber coats to 'keep out the cold vapor that rested in thick masses like a'load upon everything." 3 The "bankinz and currency commit tee of the House had a conference with treasurer Jordan Wednesday night at his residence, during -which a general exchangVof Views' on financial questions-. took place, . The . conference did not have relation'; to particular measures, bdt Was devoted rather to -a ' statement of facts and figures in connection with finance "generally The principal- Buh- jeet of discussion was as to the best means to keep silver out in circulation as' long' u'possible. Treasurer Jordan favored making the banks the circulat ing agency' instead of the treasury. He thought this would secure the , ipngest and cheapesl; circulation. I ; -Sheriff Fellows, of' Winnemucca, Ney.t got marriel last Monday and set a basket of ehampagne to the offioe of the Silver State." Under the glowing inspiration of the third botUe the pas toral editor reeled off" the following giljt edged melody ? ; "May life's cares upon litem rcist iujwftly as the fall otl autum nal leaves upon the breast of mother earth and like the stars, which in early evening faintly glimmer, and then anon throw forth their dazzling beauty to the world's admiring gaze from thee far-off heavenly fields, so may their pathway adown the trends of matrimonial bliss be addrned with sweetest tiuwers of af fsctioo's worth,' ever opening their rosy petals to reflect continued lustre, as .the waning years roll stealthily away." : f J : Miss 'Cleveland in a letter to a friend sayst ! The ucwt-paperB state ment with regard to my ' 'Immodest dress'.' and'its influence in encouraging "shocking scarcity of waists and sleevel? in other women's dress has been sent me several; times, with ascomanyihg comments, but always anonymously, so that have been unable to reply, had I deemed the animus of the communiea tion honest enough to justify an Honest response.' :That has not always been the case, but today 1 received a note from , person who speaks of himself as an agejl clergyman, who signs bur full name tor to the communication and seems to be, genuinely concerned and friendly," a lough I scarcely can reconcile the; true interest and true respect- which he has given j apparently , to tbe' stated ment which forms the occasion of bis; protest. I. should hardly feel true inter- est or true respect for a person ' wuon I 1 believe to be doing what thejjewspa per slip represents me to begytag 1. ., using tnF uriet pruiuiune'ui uxj pom tion to encourage habits in dress ahc manners which are subversive of "what- soever tnings are pure, loveiy, hud win 1 1 ' al and; of good report." Such I belieye the immodest dress of some few. sQciety woufen tobe,: and against such immodr esty I have made the silent protes which it is etery woman s right, and duty to make, ty having my own dress waistp cut in a siyle which, . bo far as modesty is concerned, 1 should be quite willing to have all women to whom this style-of dress is becoming and comfortable fol low. I approve of evening dress which shows the neck and arms. I do notap- prove of any dress which shows the bOBjt. Between' the neck Imd bust there is line always to be drawn, ana it asiB cier to the most frivolgus society woman as to the anatomist. ;'' This line need never be passed, and at fashionable wpmaas low-neck evening dress neea never pe immodest. If it is so it is because Bhe prefers it to be so. It is wholly false, so far as I have observed, that a "shock ing scarbityof waists and sleeves marks the gowns of society women." This is sadly and painfully true ot aview 'soqi- ety women" and it is indeed shocking, nautiatihsr.-revolting and 'deserving bf the utmost denunciation on the score of morality, beauty, health and many Other consiaerauons wnicn gooa men aua wp- men should conspire to preserve arid ejt Ob. ucio in ueeu ui a yerj icw wumo oh this subject and no argument. I Any American woman can wear the waist of her evening dress up to the lobes of her ears if she likes. There is no queen to command her appearance in low corsage. A 1in Ua! an Anntriva tin At ana UUQ AAOV , m w. . V w uu. V" that by the expOseure of her person ill true social ethics and aesthetics as well are revolted. Between the.two there is an appropriate, beautiful ahd l modest mean, which all can, if they will, follow. CONGRESSIONAL, - 5 . TltE ROVSE HEABS NOME j VEST PLAI9 TAliK 3 tbe 'luatlan of Silver Oetaimr. mm tb I Washington, D. C, March 20. Housif. The House was called to order by the clerk, and on motion bf Mr. Morrison, of Illinois, Mr.- Crisp, of (reorcia- was 6ne.td ax sneaker nro -f o ? r 1 "Jem. duting the temporary absence of the speaker. Under a special order, made Tuesday t', the limited; debate en the adverse report on the free coinage Vul was be gan, and the floor was taken by Mr. James, of New York,' in opposition to the hilll J . ! Mr. James premised his speech with what he stated were a few words of per sonal 'explanation. People were wont te look to lawyers, professors 'and polit ical leaders for" legislation on financial 1 jues.tions .instead of to business men such as he was. The result of this looking ti lawyers, professors and political lead ers was that now the country was in a slough. The car of state was very nearly ditched. This was not a Question of doin something great; it was a ques tion of, getting out of. something bad. ft was not a question of making good time; it was a question of getting the wheels out of the .Blough. It was a question which 'business men ought to solve. 1 If business men had dealt with silver questions, the team of state would ot have been stalled in the mire as it Was now- They should have! spoken Out and insisted that their advice should e followed. They should join their roes for the judicious handling of great questions. The so-called demonet ization of silver had been from the start a 'great business blun der. .The coinage under the Bland act should be suspended, for jthe con tinuance of that coinage was but organ ized chaos in the United States. The coinage of silver under the Bland act had been from the beginning 1 and -was now a colossal business blunder, and he believed that had it not been for the passage of that bill silver would bave been remonetized long ere this, both in the United States and Europe. What the countrv wanted oould onlv be ac complished 'through the medium of sus pension And 'negotiation. He went on! to argue that Germany! France and England were in a condition where a little pressure, such as the sus pension of coinage in this country, would force them into adopting international bi-metalism. For the United; States to fix a day for: suspension of- coinage, unless there was international concur- j rence before that time, was a summons which- European statesmen could not ignore. : Mr; oeymour, of Connecticut, fol lowed the Bame line of. argument and spoke; of the unwarranted assumption of the extreme silver men. Tfiose gen tlemen who were opposed to free coin age were monometsjisis. & Mr; O'Donnell, of Michigan, branched off from the coinage question to advo cate a proposition to encourage the pro duction of sugar in this cohntry by a system of bounties, ! Mr. Hemphill, of South Caro lina, ; Said that the question before Congress was as to the best method of restoring gold and silver to parity as money metals, and , he advocated as a means to this end the appointment of a commission to secure an international bimetalio union. The "present standard silver dollar had neither a dollar's worth in it nor was it a promise to pay a dollar in the future. Every time that the gov ernment bought eighty cents worth of silver and -stamped it as a dollar, it stamped a falsehood on the face of its Own coin and robbed the man to whom it was paid. . Congress should not re quire the secretary of the treasury to perpetrate this gross injustice, and by forcing silver on the country event ually put geld at a premium and drive it out of circulation. ' Mr. Tillman, of South Carolina, sug gested that greenbacks, national bank notes, silver and gold alike paid debts and taxes. Mr.Hemphill replied that greenbacks and national bank notes did not pretend to be real money and no man accepted them as such. They were a promise to pay in the future. But the man who took a gold dollar or a silver dollar had right to rely on the honesty of the government, and when he took a silver dollar worth eighty cents he was fooled nnnnfrv Krl never Keen a double-standard country.; People had been prosperous and happy in the past and this had been confessedly under single standard of value. There could 1 be neither- justincauon nor excuse in forcing on the country a monetary policy directly in the teeth of past history and one which' threatened to- un settle values, discourage business and stop.; the wheels of progress, simply for the purpose of maintaining a financial . delusion among the people. He would be glad to see the two kinds 01 coin floating together, at par at a E roper ratio, but if the; country must ave gold or silver alone, he much pre ferred the former. There was $12 gold per capita in the country, against $4 in silver. The United States had been confessedly a gold-using country since 1834 and no reason could be assigned for such a ehange. in policy as would reduce pur metallic money to one-fourth of its present value. Mr. Bynum, ot Indiana, a member of the committee on coinage, weights and measures; supported the minority re port, which favors the passage of a free coinage bill. Possessing, as he -did, the greatest confidence in the in ihtegrity ; and patriotism of the the President and the secretary of the treasury, he expected, whenever and wherever he could, to support their views and uphold 'their policy, but on this question he was compelled to dis sent from the views presented in the message of the President and the report of the secretary. Commenting upon and sustaining the original act, he de olared that had the spirit and inten tion of that- law been honestly car ried out it is more than prob able that the problem would have been settled long ere this, either by free coinage or suspension. But the admin istration of law had been in hostile hands and the effect of the policy fol lowed only tended to further depreciate the market value of silver bullion. Mr. Stone, of Missouri, announced himself in favor of any measure which would tend to restore silver to an equality with gold. The House ad journed. !. ACIAUrsT THE STRI sjW. HmUbc f BasaJsMM aTa aad Cttlaeaa. GAtvxsTOH, March iio. Specials t the News from Tyler, Weatberford, Piano, McKinney and other cities in north- Texas report that largely attended meetings of the business men and citi zens were held at each of the above named points yesterday afternoon and last night, ttesolutions similar in mean ing to those adopted by. the citizens of Dallas, Sherman and Greenville regard ing the attitude and seriousness - of the strike ou the Texas Pacific and Missouri Pacific system were . adopted. The resolutions in every instance de nounce the strikers for their unlawful interference with traffic and tender support to the railroads in their determined stand against the strikers. A SenaavUosi In SUelly. Boms, March 20 -A sensation has been produced in Sicily by a most dar ing attempt by brigands to capture the great grandson of Admiral Nelson. The young gentleman is the Hon. Victor Albert Nelson Hood, son of the present and third Baron Bridport, whose father was the husband of Lady Charlotte, daughter of Admiral Nelson. His father is equerry to the queen and Duke of Bronte in Sicily. -The family estate includes the property containing the Castello de Maniace, which was given by the king of Sicily to the admiral. Victor was residing in the castle when the brigands, who, it is believed, had plotted to take him a prisoner and hold him for a high ransom, made an attack in foiroe upon the place. The servants were brave, and soon rallied around their young master in defense of his person and estate. A fierce fight en sued, which resulted in tbe defeat and dispersal of the robbers, but only after many of them were disabled by wounds. Four of the brigands were taken pris oners and turned over to the custody of we auinonues. Hew Trk Ctta Fa tares. Nxw York, March 20. C h. (Jreen & Co.'s report on cotton futures says: At the opening prices were forced up about 8 points, but meeting with more sellers than buyers there was a quick reaction, with the close tame at about last evening's rates. " Foreign advices were generally promising, and while no special pressure was brought upon the position, the indifference of the shorts and the scarcity of new buying orders ap peared to place "bull" efforts at a dis advantage. Another unfavorable in fluence was found in expected heavy re ceipts next week, consequent upon the moving forward of cotton previously de tained by the labor strikes on the south western railways. Tbe nUtnattoa Bomalsi VJaehe-os; i.K St. Louis, Mo., March 20. The'local situation this morning remains about,l unchanged. No attempts have been made to move freight, but the suburban trains are running regularly. , The strikers are quiet, no disturbance! hav ing - as yet occurred. All fears of a strike in east St. Louis have been al layed. All trains running into that city have either complied with the requests of their switchmen for an advance in wages or have promised them that ad vance. Weekly Bank Statement. Nxw York, March 20. The follow ing is the weekly statement of the asso ciated national banks : Loans increase, $796,800; specie .decrease, $3,093,900; legal tenders decrease, $1,091,700; de posits decrease, $337,400; circulation increase, $125,600;' reserve decrease, t 3,201 ,250. Thebanksuow hold $18, 08,793. in excess of the 25 per cent, rate. Seeking: tbe Brldg- Burner. Chicago, Ills., March 20. A speoial from Marshall, Tex., says over fifty deputy marshals arrived here yesterday from Rush and Jacksonville, in Uuero kee county.' They brought four saga cious bloodhounds with them to hunt the bridge burners on the Texas Pacifio railroad. The officers jridict several early arrests in connection with the burned bridges. Total VUlble Supply of vtlou. : Naw York. March 20. The total visible supply of cotton for the world is 2,948,614 bales, of which 2,451.434 are American; against 2,732,792 and 2-205,-492 respectively last year; receipts at all interior towns 30,212; receipts from the plantations ao.iia; crop in sign 5,926,180 bales.' Test Millie ta Bonda Called in. Washington, D. C, March 20. The secretary of the treasury will Monday next issue a call for ten million dollars in three per cent bonds. The call will mature May 1. ar Bb- T SJaaaWaii . i Mr. Walter W. Brown, of Gordons ville. Va., has presented this oflicc with one of his political charts, copies of which are for sale at the bookstores here. LLKWX M. NATLOIfAI, A JiU WOKril HEWS. CAROLINA Cox and the Civil HervlreReld to th , fcteaeiit4Jnrl Uleanlng. Special Cor. of the News and Observer. I Washington, D. C, March 20. The proposition of Mr. Ingalls, in the form of an amendment to the constitu tion, Introduced in the Senate this week, to change the date for the inauguration of the President from March 4th to April 30th, apears to be a most sensible and practicable suggestion, and its adoption by Congress and the several State leg islatures seems probable. A great deal could be said in favor of this measure, while I cannot see how any serious ob jection to it could be made from any source. CONCIRNINO THB CIVIL SXRVICB. The bill introduced in the House by Oew. Cox this week, the provisions of which were given in" my . last letter, is4 regarded as a very important measure, and has been a leading topio of discus sion in Congressional circles for several days. Before introducing the bill Gen. Cox explained its character to President Cleveland, who is said to have given it his cordial : approval. The chief pur pose of the bill is to discover exactly what the defects in the present law are, if any exist, so that the committee and Congress can act intelli gently in the application of remedies. From a political point of view the Democrats generally regard it as a wise and; timely act, inasmuch, as it is an as surance to that element of the party which is now dissatisfied with the oper ations of the law that it is the intention to perfect it in all of its details.- The bill is simply, but emphatically, an ear nest of what will be done when it is established what ought and needs to be done. The civil service committee, to which the bill ! was referred, has in structed its chairman to report it favor ably to the House. The principle is the same as that employed by all intelligent physicians in treating a patient. : They must first diagnose the case before ap plying remedies that can be effectual in "Doc-1 j J reaching the root of the disease tot? Cox has acted with discretion and much show of wisdom in the treatment of his legal case so much so that he is certainly entitled to the degree of LL.D. ; REPRESENT ATTV a REID TO THE RESCUE. The educational bill will not be de-: feated in the House if Hon. J. W. Reid can1 prevent it. The resolution intro duced by him last Tuesday will proba bly; bear good fruit. After reciting in the preamble the facts that the Senate had passed the. Blair bill, and that the House committee oh education had post poned action oil all education bills until the latter part of April a time. too late id the session to receive proper consider ation of the subject the resolution dei clares that it is "undemocratic, unre publican, unjust and unfair" to thus prevent action on the bill by the House and instructs the committee to report the bill forthwith, with such recommen dations as it may see proper. If the friends of the measure are really in the majority in the House, as is believed to be the case, this resolution will be adopted and the committee will be com pelled to make a report. Whether this should be favorable or adverse matters little the majority will rule in this in stance, as it generally does in other cases, and I believe the bill will pass the House, receive the President's signa ture, and thus become a law. Should these suppositions become events, there is no one of the 325 members of the House of Representatives who will de serve or receive more credit and thanks for securing the passage of this bill than James W. Reid, of North Car olina. As I have had occasion before to remark, he is one of the ablest, most thoroughly wide-awake and effective members of the 49th Congress, and any district honors itself and Berves its best interests in sending such a man to, rep resent it in the national legislature Unless these efforts of Mr. Reid avail; I see no hope for the measure. Tbe House committee, at a meeting held, last evening, redeclared its position by post poning action on the Blair bill the third Friday in April, as it had previously deferred consideration ! of the Willis bill. Mr. Willis will .introduce a new bill in the Houpc Mon day next and ask that it be referred, to some other committee. If I am not mis taken, however, it requires unanimous consent to make such reference, am there are sure to be objections made. I repeat, therefore, that unless Mr. lleid's scheme is successful there; is bardlv a prospect of the enactment of an educational bill during this session! of Congress. But (and I am very glad to be able to write "but just here) 1 be lieve Mr. Reid s resolution will be adopted. sen (tor Stanford's subscription - Some months ago Senator Stanford, of California, agreed to give Rev. J.i C Price, the colored president of Zion- Wesley college (colored) at ; Salisbury, the sum of $5,000 in aid of said college. provided he yaised S2U.UUU additional through other sources for the same pur pose. ; This stipulation having been complied with, president Price, accom pauied by VV. U-. fearing, of Worth Carolina, a departmental clerk here, called on Senator Stanford this Week and received from him a check fori the amount. district democrats and the people of Washington generally have manifested so much displeasure over the nomination of the New York negro, Matthews, to succeed Fred Douglass as recorder of deeds here, 'that it is very probable the nomination will be rejected. The matter was to have been cnnsidered by the Senate district committee yesterday, but owing to the absence of Senator Vance, who is one of the leading members of the committee, the consideration of the ease Was postponed until next Friday. Sen ator Yance is in New Orleans, whither he went as one of the Senatorial escort to the remains of the late Representative Hahn. He and other members of the committee have received numerous peti tions from all classes of citizens of the District, protesting against the confirma tion of Matthews, principally on the ground that i the office being a purely local one should be filled by a resident of the District. The prevailing im pression is that the nomination will, be reported adversely from the committee and rejected by the Senate in executive session. CONGRESSMAN COX :' having introduced a bill making pro vision for the appointment of an addi tional civil j service examiner, it will probably become a law at an early day; and Mr. Womack, the elerk to the crvil service committee, has notified J. H. Glass, of Indians? to appear before the civil service suD-commitiee ana prove his cnarges, embodied in a resolution introduced in the House, involving the alleged misconduct of certain employees ot the House. The payment or PSNSIONS to ex-Federal soldiers their widows and children, "and their sisters, and their cousins and their aunts," will soon : re lieve the treasury vaults of all the "surplus" cash on hand, if the prevent rate of increase, and payment of "ar rearages," through the passage of bills in Congress, is kept up. It does seem that this sort of thing is never to have an ending. ; 1 ! BELLICOSE BROOKLTNITES. Representative Bliss is a Congressman from Brooklyn, New York, and Jesse Carman is a lobbyist from the land of Bliss. Last Wednesday the constituent while engaged in conversation with the Congressman became very .angry and abusive in his language, whereat Mr. Bliss struck outrom the shoulder with such force and effect as to lay the lob byist prone upon tbe floor of the House corridor. The trouble grew out of the Prfessins f the Congressman that he did not see the "benefits" tt be derived from a scheme the constituent wanted to get through Congress, and now the latter is thoroughly satisfied that "where ignorance is Bliss 'tis folly to be wise. : PENCIL PARINGS. V Messrs. George McCorkle and W. IF. Leak, of North Carolina, are in Wash ington. Ihe bankruptcy bill will be taken up in the penate on the olst instant. ; A vote on the Hurd-Romeis Ohio con tested election case was taken yesterday at a meeting of .the committee on elec tions, resulting in Bomeis' favor by i vote of 8 to 6. ' ; ; t The bill which passed the Senate this week, providing for ' the study of the nature of alcoholic drinks and narcotics, and of their effects upon tbe human system, by pupils in the public schools of this District and the several Territo ries, is an example that might well be emulated by the State legislatures. ' The Washington - Evening btar re commends, editorially, the civil service bill, introduced by Gen. Cox, and ad vances the opinion that it will pass both houses of Congress an expression of opinion in which investigation leads me to concur. Llewxam. Death made no long separation be tween the two venerable earls whose records 4 in charity and religion were complementary of one another. Lord Shaftesbury died last October, and now Lord Chichester has followed to the tomb. Of them, as of Saul and Jona than, it may be said, they "were lovely and pleasant in their lives, , and in their death they were not .divided. Each had passed into his ninth decade. 'Lord Shaftesbury was 84, and Lord Chiches ter had reached his Szd year. This sad coincidence of loss is carried farther by the recent demise of Prince Torlonia, the great Italian millionaire, -whose charities were proportionate to his fort une. Ihe world may well mourn the triple bereavement, for it will,, we fear. have to spin down many a ringing groove of change before it sees another trio of octogenarian noblemen with their titles and nature so fitly matched. -Representative J. S. Barbbur, of Virginia, is expected . soon to issue a card announcing his intention to retire from public lite and giving his reasons therefor. Randolph Tucker has already said that he will not again be a oandi date for congressional honors, and a new man will be required to take the place of Mr. John W. Daniel, who has been elected to the United States Senate. Mr. Goff, of West Virginia, and Mr. Collins, of Massachusetts, it is said, will not seek re-election, and now the bame of Abram S. Hewitt is added to the xetir ing list. ' A Kjud en tbe thineee The massacre of a number of Chinese. in Wyoming xerritory wui no doubt m -w-r rW Ml 4 . ! form the subject of a very strict inves tigation by our government. Following close upon the unfortunate affair comes a threat of labor unions that they will boycott Chinese laundries on the ground that they interfere with White labor and are in many cases connected wun opium dens. Opium smoking is undoubtedly on the increase amongst us and we much fear that the taste for the drug is being cultivated by the use of "popular preparations for coughs and colds which contain narcotics, ia mereiore grati fying to know that such a popular and effective domestic remedy as Red Star . T. il Cough Cure does not contain any opiates whatever. A bjg spread The sky. JEFFERSON I.DAVIS jalCEPTB AH KIVITATIOJI TO TI RE AT HOkTVOHERV. X.F.C- Great Interest Manifested in tbe Ocra kton and It Cerement. j - - Montgomery, Ala. The monument committee today received , from Jefferson Davis, ex-President of ihh Confederacy, a letter officially accepting the : invita tion to lecture in Montgomery in behalf of the monument to be erected on the capital here in memory of the Alabama soldiers who died in the civil war. Mr. Davis will be here about the last of April. His lecture win be delivered" in a large warehouse," with j a seating'; ca pacity of 5,000 people. 1 He will also lay the corner-stone of the monument, (which will cost $5,000,ef which 10 000 or enough to complete the pedestal has already been raised', Hon. John W. Daniel.of Virginia, has been invited " to deliver an Address en . that occa sion. All men who kore a : promi nent part in the civil; "and military seryice of the Confederate government have been inviied to be present to meet Mr. Davis; also many prominent 'men North and ex-Union generals not now in active service. All of the Alabama State troops, some thirty companies strong, will be here and invitations will be sent the militia companies in all the States North and South, i It will be so timed that the companies going to the Savannah drill Can stop at Montgomery. Great interest in the occasion centres in the fact that at the capitbl building here Jefferson Davis took the oath of office as President of the Confederacy and that government was bete organized. The Capacity for Thinking-. TFrom Mr. Goschen's Lecture at the .Mansion House, London. I hSve asked and it lis a good test can you, on a long railway journey, think out a problem on a great:. social subject? Will you begin to think out that problem, when you have before you two hours in a railway j Carriage This is simply a form of mental indolence ; they cannot concentrate themselves and bring their thoughts sumcienuy together to do spontaneous work!.' It partly comes from this, again, that they wifl not give themselves time; from jthat they get out of the habit of steady thought, and they fill not dwell long upon one subject. Both in reading and thinking you never . get far unless you will have a long con secutive tete-a-tete with your book or with your problem, j People read and think in the same way that they visit their acquaintances and friends. They bave an exciting conversation for a few minutes, and then the! visit is over, if you wish to see a landscape or explore a character you must take time, and it ' must be done by steady, consistent, and continuous thought. I bespeak, there fore, for reading and for ; thinking, greater deliberation, more careful choice - of material, more consecutiveness and eontinuity, and, above; all, that it should never become necessary to hurry tnrougn anything, whether it be lecture, or book, or problem. j ;; ' ; President Wright, I of the Board of Trade, Louisville, Ky., used St. Jacobs Oil for severe rheumatic pains in his neck and shoulders. He says :, "Its ef fects were marvelous. I was well in a few hours." , . - , . Fink Butter. Bi an arrangement with Dr. Richard H.I Lewis, I will be able to offer everyj week! a limited quantity of the finest fresh butter, made at his dairy farms. In addition to this supply, I receive weekly consignments of choice butter from; sundry makers of high reputation near the city,; and from Alamance county. Also the choicest Northern creamery buttery, always in stock. I E. JV Hardin. Wi want to sell stoves. If you want to buy, then call at the store of J. C. Brewster & Co., for we are sellings heating stoves at just above cost, toa cash, to diminish. stock. Grape Milk. -A fresh invoice of this popular and healthful drink. Pure grape juice, non-alcoholic, effervescent, sparkling as champagne. Pint bottles 25 cents each; $2.75 per doeen; $5 per case of two doien. ih. J. Hardin. There were only seven wonders of the world in ancient days. That was before the dude was invented. in One Ooogfc,CbM, BormnM, Croop, Aetama, Broeohlti. WhooplnC Cough, lnclpiaiit Coruwmp- m ifc tloa,acf relieve eonnunptiT m peraona la ed-ntnBM stage of "X U. Price H6rUL Oa- I . 1 1 Cow Brrwp to told only ta I 1 1 wtuU ramr, end bear oar rwMMred Trademark to witi I AlluxVtIltndimC-irB,aRr- I I Strip Cauium-Labrl, nd thy C-iT-iJ f molmiJe tgrtarB of Jokn W. SALVATION OIL, r .Tbe Qfcatest Care on Earth for Pmla,'' WlH relieve mora, quickly than any other known remedy. - Rheumatism,' Neuralgia, Swellings, Braises, Burns, Scalds, Cnts, Lumbago, So re a. Frost bites, Backache, .Wounds, Headache. Toothache. Sprains, &c Sold brail Druggists, Price SO Cent! a Bottle, ! if i I.--- t ;.. i re . t 1 5 i 3 L I - r 1