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. JLa JUL Ji News X r Ml AND ERVER VOL. XXV1T. RALEIGH, N. C. SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 8, 1SS6. NO. 73 ' . g Absolutely Pure;! Thin powder Barer varies. A marvel of iHrlty, strength and wholesomenwa. More reonomjcal than ordinary kin da and cainot bs ( Old In competition wan the multitude of low teat, ahsrt weight, alum orphosphats powder rld only in can. BotA'- Bitma Iowi O., 108 WU Street, N j w York. . bod bjfW C 4 A B Strouach, Goorg T S'ronsch and J K Trra!l k Co. OH! MV BACK Xrery strata er eoM attack that weak kack - aaa acaviy fa-estraies jaa. iiffiii! THE BESTTQ1IIC Btreagtaeaa the Alitaclee, &teattM ike Nerve, rarlckea tke Bleoa, Ulraa New Tksar. Da, J. Ia. StTxaa, FirJL Im, aais: ha Hon in my Itt yaua1 pnatkja. I hftw toond ft tprciiillj- hanflriil in iirrmu nr iihjiliaJ ihaa1iria. -ad ia all rtaailihitina aitaMaU that baar ao baarUy iw lln Uaeittrasty ia ny awa tandy." Ma. W.. Baoww.tSI Mta B.. Ooriaatoa. ., ar: "I waa ataaplaiaty brakaa anwa ia bWtn aaa troubled with paina in my back. Brown's Iron Bitten antwatr natond aaa to tnana." t kaa aboa Ttada Mark and eroaaad red linaf cawiappar. "1'aa.e a mtr. am our t7 BBam CHKMICaXOeV. BAl.TUI9U.MAi RACKET STORE v hare the pleasure to am: ounce a dvI-Ajturt, lie loeati n of an agent in New lrk, for the purchtse and selection of our stock, in order to enable us to quott lower prices thaa other bouses which buy on long time and ask big prlcea in these days of panic nd hard timer. Our agents are instructed to watch erry failure, to look after every house on the verge of bankruptcy and with cash in hand to to buy in the lump, or in lots, every ' almas of merchandise that we can get at leas t.a value, so that we can mark ia plain fig ures on our bargains prices that have not been .rrwri ar cuoted in this market or any etherrl Thus we are fighting against the old, rotten credit system; for money, for reputation and tor the people. This is the music and these are the prices that crowd our store, while other merchants sleep on their counters, mourning the day of dJsast-.rand ruin await ing aUwboJbuy on long time; who pay big prices and tell at figures which no people ean afford to pay. .t Onr alock will be rcpknlshed this week with some-lob lots of Umbrellv; doslery of all description; great bargains In Fap' r and ttbvelopes of all deicrlptlons; ladies' and gen tlemru's Sloes; lull assonnent of Table Oil -V Goths. GBEAT BARGAINS IS GENTLE MEN'S SHIRTS, At 78 cent-, worth !; Knit Undershirts at S3 cents, worth 60c i We Invite an early and repeated visit and in action. Our stock will be replsnlsbed every ftwdays. EesptclfuTy suln.jU.ed to tke cash trad only . '.)LNEY PUBS ELL 4 CO., Bo. 10 aat MrtiB Strosft NEWS OBSERVATIONS. American girls recover from their broken engagements rapidly. The chances are always good that the ' rapid" girl will become an old maid. Ex Senator Tharmin is 0 the opin ion' that the President n growing stronger with his party. Hubert O. Thompson, tho great York politician, died a poor man, his personal property not being worth moro than $2,000. Mr. Brcnnan, secretary Manning's private secretary, says: "Mr; Manning is very much better; in fact, he is al most entirely recovered " .there is always a plausible ex planation at the mountain resorts of th 3 view noit being quite as th3 hotel circu lar says-it is,, you know. Leprosy is not a contagion disease, according to Dr. George T. Fitch, who has been for five years in charge of the lepers of the Sandwich islands A Boston paper lays the wife of the proprietor of a New England resort gives an "air of horn in ess to tho place by Lor efforfs to please tho gaeafs.'.' "Homincss" is good. Dom Pedro's grandson is at New port, and the Prince Imperial of Japan at tho Clifton houso, Niagara Falls. John Smith is at Saratoga, and Tom Jones at Long Branch. A Pierre (Dakota) jury fats a new name for suicide. At a recent coroner s inquest tho, jury brought in the follow ing verdict: "We, the jury, do find that she oame to her death by felonious intent to hereafter dwell In the happy hunting groutd." i A 'young citizen of Guelph, Cana da, going home the other night, was neked by a woman to aid her in getting her husband into the house. The young man complied. He seized the in ebriate, who was lying bj tho fenoei and after much hard work got him into the ho'ise and cn a couch. The; tearful wonita thanked him warmly,' lighted a latrp and screamed. The lrunkcn was man not her husband. He came home quite sober a few minutes later. The death rite among postmistira throughout the United States seems t have been over 42 per cent greater du ring the first year of the democratic ad- misistration than it was during the last year of the republican party. This remarkable increase, from 412 to 587. would indicate that many republican postmasters were so attached to their offices that they preferred to die rather has. live in continual anticipation of democratic successors. Mr. Marius Moustier. the celebrat ed explorer who discovered the sources i nt (km iwst AfVfmtn 'titw wiger, ccra. m it ted .suicide week : before last by drowning himself in a small pond in the neighborhood of Marseilles. His body was found after four days inunction, and a letter in one of the pockets stated that he had been driven thereto bv tbsolute want and starvation. He wae till in the prime cf life. Tho fondness of Newport club men for porcelain eggs was explained last week by the accidental breaking down of a truck in Boston, on which were piled forty-eight dozen of "eggs" hi transit to tho Rhode Island resorts. Some Boston genius sampled some that rolled out in the crash, and found that they contained a very good quality of whisky, intended for the fashionable viaUors to the new prohibition btate. lhe new ter dpllar silver certih- cates are much handsomer than t .ose heretofore in use. 1 The 'ett ring is very fine, and ia the oeuter is a vignette portrait of the late Thomas A. Hen dricks. The new one-dollar silver cer tificate will have an excellent picture of Martha Washington. On the two- lollar oertifci tea will be a fiao portrait of General W. S. Hancock, taken from photograph selected by the family. It presents General Hancock in the uuftorm of a mijor-gencral, wearing his broad sash. Tho new low-coiled, basket-plaited coiffure has suddenly come into great Usbion, and one of the methods of ar ranging it is as follows: The hair', be ginning just , back of the soft bebe bang, is divided into three equal parts as it falls on the shoulders. It is then again subdivided, making an upper and lower plait of esch of these divisions. Then tsko take tuo two nuaaie putts, cross them and wind to form a coil. It is necessary jift here to bin these braids securely, tor they are tho foundation for the rest of the coiffure, ibese preumi naricB at nded to, the plaits aro then taken from behind each car and carried round tho 'coil. Lastly, cross tho two plaits on each side over the top of the coil, bring7 down and fasten the cuds sccurelv underneath. According as it suits the wearer, the ceils must be ar ranged either high or low, at the back of the head, for those to whom it is becoming, the basket braid is twined low in the nape of the neck. " -The American Agriculturist says : "Modern experience tends to favor the shallow and superficial culturo of corn, rather than deep plowing. After the corn Las been planted a plow should nut be used in the corn field, but the culti vator only. The surface alone needs to be stirred, and the oftener it is mellowed and loosened the tetter for tic crop. The writer has grown Eevcral crops of over one hundred bushels to the acre, and in every case ia which this uauual production was reached, it was when the ground, was worked with the horso hoe every week until the corn was in tassel. When, unavoidably this frequent culti vation was missed, the yield f ill some times as low as seventy or eighty bush els per acre, showing all other treat ment being the same that the frequent working of the soil baa a most useful result. AT rest: TILDEX'M nIV TAKEH Fit OH. UIS RESIDENCE TO THE TOMB. The Harks or Kospsct I'ald th Iad 'Matvnman. Yonkkrs,1 August 7. Tho day open ed with heavy, damp clounds brooding over Greystonc, where the body of the dead statesman was lying in its funeral robes awaiting burial. In this city a 1 public buildings were closed and emblems of mourning dis played on almost every house. Early trains brought large crowds to attend the obsequies, and the roads leading to the home of the deceased was thronged with mourners, among whom were many no table citizens. Long before the services were begun the house and the spacious grounds of Greystone were filled to ovei flowing. Early in the morning the casket arrived and the body was reverent replaced therein and rcmoired from the room in the second story in which it was first placed to the blue room on the first floor. This was not accomplished until eight o'clock, and it was not until that hour that the general publio were ad mitted to the mansion. The remains were placed on a catafalque in the cen tre of the room, The drapery of the catafalque waa black, crape and cash mere, and the entire room was draped in eable. By this time the friends of the family had began to arrive. The first train from New York to bring any member was at 7.05, but from that time on peo ple came by scores. Among the first to arrive at the house were Gen. Alexan der Hamilton, Charles A. Dana, Daniel Magone, John B, Trevor, ex-Senator William II. Barnum, Samuel J. Ran dall, treasurer Jordan, ex-collector Murphy and ex-assemblyman Monroe. Andrew H. Green received all and us-hcred them into the parlor, where the people generally were admitted to view the remains. They entered the east door, passed through the first parlor on the right to the blue room, and thenoe through the hall to the west or new entrance. The body was seen to be attired in a full dress suit with a white pink in the button hole. A white tie surround ed the standing collar. The right hand was crossed over his breast and his head lay partly on the right side. His fea tures, while showing some emaciation, did not suggest that the dead man had undergone any extended or considerable physical suffering. Among thote who passed in the long line, to take their last look at the re mains, were surveyor Beattie, Alger non S. 8ullivart congressman Lefcbvre, of Ohio ; congressman btahlnecker, of this district ; E. O. Perrine, olerk of the c iurt or appeals , yt . wvu-.oioner JohriD. Crimmins, JohnD. Traphagen. John Bieelow, Smith M. Weed, Dr. George L Miller, of the Omaha Republican ; Williarr Allen Butler, Dr. Chas E. Simmons and Col. John 0. .bellows, lhere were only two floral pieces on the coffin. A bouqet of calla lilies and white roses lay near the head of the casket, and at the foot was placed a theaf of palm under smilax and a Vic toria rcgia. All the flowers cime from Mr. Tilden's hot-bouses. The Victoria regia came from a plant of which there arc but three in America. By 9 o'clock several hundred persons of both sexes, white and black, Christian and Jew, rich aud poor, had viewed the remains. The tall-bearers wereMeasrs. S. J. Randall, John B golow, Daniel Manning, Smith M,. Weed, Charles A. Dana, Dr. George T. Miller. William Allen Butler, Daniel Magone, J. B. Trevor, Dr. Charles E. Simmons and Aaron J. Vanderpoel. Tho first fonral delegation to anivc was from the Jeffersonian club, of Newark, N. J. Soon after them mayor Bell, of Yonkers, and Yonkers alder men passed through and then the ten servants five men and five women paid their last tribute. The women without exception shed tears as they gazed for the last time upon their late master. At 9 40 o'clock President Cleveland reached the mansion. He wns accompanied by secretary of war Endicott and private secrotary Lvmont George W. Smith, Mr. Tilden's private secretary, took the President's arm and found a place in tho line of citizen?. Secretary Endicott followed, with Col. Lam on t. On reaching the head of the bier, the President stopped a moment or two and took an earnest look at the face of the dead, passed on to the hall, and was escorted to where the family were assembled up slairr; so also were secretary Endicott and Col Lamont; ten minutes later the pll-bearers descend ed the broad staircase in the centre of the house that lc J directly to the room where the remains .were. Secretary Manning, leaning on the arm of Mr John Bigelow, led the pall-bearers Secretary Manning seemed rather feeble, h: steps being by no means sure. As he camo down stairs Mr. Bigelow 's as sistance was by no means unnecessary. Delegations from varions bodies fol lowed the pall bearers and took scats in the blue room adjoining tho parlors Thefe were from tho bar aisocntion, beaded by Hon. Willism M. Evarts, New York board of aldermen, Tammany hall. Irvine hall countv democracy and several other organizations. President Cleveland entered the room with secretary Endicott, secretary Whitney and Mr. LamoLt; following next came members of the family, and Mr. Tilden's ncphew3 and nieces. Governor Hill arrived just as tho eercnionieswcre beginning. He was seated nckt to mayor Grace. Hundreds of people collected in the hall on tho other side of the black drapery that hung in front of the blue room, blocked up the entire passige and extended -oul on the porches and grounds in front and at tho rear of the house. Then Rev. Dr. William J. Tucker, who had come from Andovcr, Mass., to perform tho ceremonies, read tho funeral prayer of the Presbyterian church. The choir of the Madison avenue Presbyterian church which had taken up a position at tho foot of the main staircase sang "Abide with Me." Rev. Dr. Tucker next delivered a short address on tho per sonal qualities oi the deoeased. The revcrend gentleman spoke with great feeling that several times evinced itself in choking his utterances. He Baid ho would not undertake to speak of Mr. Tildene public life and great publio qualities. The press had done that with judgment and amplitude, buthe oould not keep think ing of and referring to Tilden's generous hospiltalties. None who had partaken of it would fail to appreciate it. Dr. Tucker continued: "A friend wrote to mc not long ago, referring to tho death of an eminent physician, that nothing was co plain in our attempts to give tho meaning of death, as thai we suddenly fail to communicate with thowho have been all in all to u. Death is the withdrawal of affeetion and love in a trial when we need it. It is an irrep arable waste. A great mind cannot be replaced. .That mind grasped the books from whioh it learned, and the faots embraced will remain, but the process of reasoning, the power to foresee and ap preciate, is gone. It is like the de struction of a fino library or the loss of a precious j wel. Few men have been of such greatness of mind in this gen eration as our deceased brother. Whether he considered men or plans he was always wiso,. sagacious and honor able, whom all loved to listen to and to honor. There was a fine constructive ncss of ideas in his reasoning that made his a great light that is gone out. That is tho meaning of death something is wasted. Does death mean any more than an interruption of his com munication with us? No; according to his simple faith, this mortal must put on immortality. There are obligations to live again, as there are to die. Ha was a Bimple, broad and clear believer in our faith. In that faith we surrender our death. Eternal is his refuge. " After this address Miss Antonia Henne sang very affectingly, " One Sweetly Solemn Thought," and Dr. Tucker made another speech. The choir sang, "Beyond the Smiling and the "Weeping," and the casket was closed. The body was borne out the hearse at 10:50 o'clock, and carried to the train for New Lebanon. Tho President, "GUvernor, mayor, cabinet officers and delegations followed with the pall-bearers in twenty-five carriages. As the casket was borne throuJ the marble-floored hall the choir sang "Rock of Ages." Eight of Mr. Tilden's employees carried the body. Among them were the cap tain of the yach. va,ia rTA0S-, the valet and the coachman of the dead statesman. The President and his sec retary, Gov. Hill, mayor Grace and delegations followed the casket in car riages, but neither boarded the funeral tram. Along the three-mile route to Yonkers the sides of the road were alive with people. Just as the cor tege started from the house a brisk rain set in, but that did not drive spectators from the naths- Many Bought shelter under trees and awnings, some raised umbrellas and some remained uncovered. "When the hearse passed between the crowds hats were raised and other signs of respect were continuously shown. When the depot was reached the mem bers of the family, Misses Tilden, Misi Gould, Messrs. Tilden and Charles F. MacLean, with their intimate friend", Rev. Dr. Tucker and Beveral of the delegations, entered thenars. The train left Yonkers at 11 15, three minutes behind time. It is unsettled whether or not the will will be read tonight. It is rumored, however, that it will be read at the old family homestead at New Lebanon. Among the eminent persons- present at tho funeral not named above were Congressmen Mcrri mon, ncwitt and Campbell, Mai. Gen. Schofield, Commodore Chandler, Ros- well P. Flower, Joseph Pulitzer, Waldo Uutchins. IRISH HOWS. 1IOW CATIIOMIN AND ORASflFlIAX Beiraat 4 gain lb Scene of 'Ilicwu Ditor-ra. Belfast, August 7. A riot took place this morning between the Orange men employed in the Queen's Islacd ship yard and the Catholic "navvies" employed by tho harbor commissioners. Tho fighting was vlfry severe for a time, and resembled in character that which occurred between the same elements on the 4th of June, when tho Orangemen, greatly outnumbering the "navvies," overpowered and beat and drove them into the water, where one was drowned, anumber of men both sides were so badly injured in today's fighting that they had to be removed to hospitals. Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, chief secretary for Ireland, has written to mayor Harland.of Belfast, saying that the lords justices are serious ly concerned about condition of affairs in Belfast, and consider it imperative that most energetic measures be taken to "terminate" disorders which are bring ing discredit and disgrace upon tho town. An inspector general of Irish constabu lary has been ordered to proceed to Bel fast as promptly as possible. A large meet ing of magistracy was held to day. It appointed an executive committee to take charge of the town and assign troops and police to various points. All taverns in the city have been ordered to be be closed at 6 o'cloctrthia evening and to remain closed until Monday morning. Lahjr DischaroU. THK ALLEGED MURDERER OF MOM'.OK M ID- ISON TRIED AND FOUND INNOCaXT. Special Diif atch to the News and Observer. Waynbsvillk, N. C, AuUat 7. A. B. Lakey, charged With the mur der of Monroe Madison, was tried to day on a writ. of habeas nory-us, before judge Gudger, and discharged li uns established pretty clearly in ;-roof that Madison committed suicide. The State was represented by M-srs Ferguson and Gilmer; tho prisoner by Gen. John stone Jones. There is a big crowd of visitors at Waynesville and the Whito Sulphur Springs. : DitrmlDed to End tli Strike. Augusta, Ga., August" 7- The ope raives in the mills at Augusta on goisg to work this morning found posted no tioes that if the strike at Augusta fac tory was not ended, and if the opera tives did not go to work Monday, every mill in Augusta would be shut down. These notices were signed by the mill pvoairlonfc' nrsanisftd for T.rotection against the Knights of Libor. This order does not include the Graniteville mill, though the latter belongs to tlie mill association. The Augusta factory operatives have been on a strike four weeks, with no proepectof a settlement. It is not now known what action the Knights of Labcr will take. Maw York Cot I on Fulnrss. New York, August 7- Green &Co.'e report on cotton futures says : Trad ing was light and the" market stupid, with the tone easier,' the most of the business taking place at 3 to 5 points' decline. There were no indications of selling the market -off, and in a quiet way offerings appeared to be absorbed, but the failure of Liverpool to lend any 8vsi8taLce discouraged operators for a rise, and most of the small "longs" un loaded rather tkan risk carrying over into next week. Punish I nur an Iu(rnioddlr. New Hawovkr Conn .Tudca Domini? in the c'tv nnnrt thin morninf? found - - 0 Benjamin F Glidden, a walking dele gate for a typographical union, guilty .f " l . t 1 1 rr ;. ui nuei against me journal sua courier. The objectionable matter was contained in "dodgers" circulated by Glidden. The court sentenced Glidden to pay a nne 01 ana costs. Baikk Statement. New Yokic, Aug. 7. The weekly statement of the associated banks is as follows: Reserve decrease, $4,231,47.5; loans increase, 3,841,600; specie in crease, $8 12, 800; legal tenders de crease, $o,268.500 ; deposits decreaie, 896,900; circulation increase, $162, 700 The banks now hold $8,647,250 in excess of the 2o per cent. rule. Fila John Porter on tho Batlrad List. Washington, D. C, August 7. The following order was issued at the war department today: "By direction of the President, Fi'z John Porter, having been appointed colonel in the army un dr the provisions of an act of Congress approved July 1, 1886, is hereby placed on the retired list of tho army in that rade, as of this date, in pursuance of tho authority conferred by and act, and at hu own request. Total Tlalblo Supply Cotton. New York, August 7. The total visible supply of cotton for the world is 1,350,233 bales, of which 924,533 aro American; against 1,412,914 and 990, 914 respectively last year; receipts at all interior towns 4, 10; receipts from the plantations none ; crop to date 0,4W,3o7. A Storm on tho New Jr-ey Coast. Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 7. A storm prevailed today along the New Jersey coaet. I wo schooners are athore; one at Absecom and one at Brigantine Bhoals. The sea is so rough that the life-aaving crews cannot reach the ves sels.; Wash-outs are reported on all the railroads leading to Atlantic City. No trains have arrived at Atlantic Lity since this morning. There are 107 carloads of excursionists there, who are unable to get away. Hwang- at Spartui.burjr. Charleston, S. C, Aug. 7 Edward Bundy, colored, was hinged at Spar tanburg yesterday for tho murder of Annie Ucckman, in March of last year. Arrived in low. Boston, August 7. Tho disabled North German Lloyd steamer Wcrra, from Bremen, has arrived below, in tow of a steamer. A Bold Blffamlst tn fli.tttiam County. The Pittsboro Hcini says that the notorious Bailey, who is wanted by the courts for bigamy, went to the house of Mr. Phillips, whoBe daughter he had married, last Thursday night, with the avowed purpose of taking the girl away by force. An altercation followed in which Bailey shot at Phillips three times, wounding him badly in the wrist. Bailey escaped. Daring the same night a party who wero on the lookout for him came across a negro' The negro ran and was fired at, a few shot Uking effect in tho head; but little damage was done. Baily is still free. It is Baid that some time ago a party found Biiley in a church at night, but he refused to come oat and they were afraid to go in. Baily pitch ed a small table out of the door, and thus drew the fire of his assailants. As soon as the table was riddled with bul lets. Baily rushed out and made his efcoape. Box and ship your old pianos to J. L Stone, and have them put in the best of order at a reasonable price. Write for prices. J. L. Stone, Raleigh, N. C. Wotea About tho Fruit Fair. Correspondence of the News and Observer. Fayettkvillk, N. C., August 6. lhe show of grapes was admitted by all to be the finest over made in the State, more than one hundred varieties bein on exhibition, and most of them 88 Drar perfection as grapes ever get to be in this country. One gentleman who has traveled much remarked that he had seen no such grapes since leaving California. The apple exhibit was very good in deed, fifty-seven varieties being shown by one exhibitor alone, Mr. G L. An thony, of Guilford county, and a great many varieties also by Mr J. W.Perry, of Chatham county. This is a poor year for peaches, but there were many excellent specimens to be seen, the best exhibit in this line be ing shown by the Messrs. Lincback Bros , of Salem, N. (J. Perhaps there were never seen at any fruit fair before more beautiful pears or more of them. There were whole trees of the Keiffcr and LeConte varieties on exhibition, loaded with these beautiful and profitable pears. Next to the grapes, tho most admired was tho splendid show of evaporated fruit, by Mr. J. A. Lowry and Mrs. M. E Perry, of Chatham. This fruit was sold after the fair at twonty cents per pound, and the demand was double the supply. Nothing more beautiful eould be de sired than those pyramids of ico in blocks, into which had been frozen grapes, peaches, halves of melons, flowers, ferns, &e., made by the ice man ufacturing company, of Fayettoville. A Btrikingly handsome exhibit of flowers and pot plants was made by Mr. I uamD, 01 r ayetteviuo, ana one 01 uv most perfect abutiions ever shown was from Mrs. Cole, of the same city. Many prominent persons Attended the fair and all who were heard to express themselves wero highly pleased and felt well paid for the trip. Mr. Jenkins, )f Baltimore, said he had attended many fruit fairs, and had never seen this one excelled. He remarked that he would like to tiho the whole thing and put it iown in I huadelphia where it could bo seen and admired by the thousands who .mow so hale about the possibilities of North Carolina as a fruit growing State. Among the leading premiums awarded ou grapes, Wake county came to the front, one being taken by Messrs. Wom- ble & Batchelor and one by S. Otho Wilson, Eq , of this county. The first premium on grapes however was award ed to Cpt 8. W. Noble, of New Han over, whose exhibit in this line wte perfectly splendid. Till BOCIETY. Interesting meetings of the horticul tural sooiety were held each day and night of the fair, at which were discuss ed the merits and faults of every variety at aftv- pears, peaches, appbsa. ra ,. grown by t a oso' present. These meet ings were well attended and very prof itable. Oje of our most prommeit Wake county farmers who was present. declared that he had been greatly bene fited by attending these meetings and expected to be on hand at the future meetings of the society. At a meeting held Thursday night a very able paper was read by Col W. H. o. Burgwyn, of Vanco county, on the "science of hor ticulture, and by Prof. J. A. Holmes, of tho University, on the "currents of frosts," embracing the cause and.pro- vention of uamage by frost. 1 hose pa pers were highly edifying to thoso who heard them and will be read with profit by those interested in horticulture or agriculture when they are published in the minutes of the society. The old oncers were re-elected for another year with two exceptions in the list of vice-presidents, Mr. K. P. Batch elor being made vice-president for the 4th congressional district. J. W. B. wo need be in no flurry over the propo sition. Raleigh is steadily .growing; and each year our .city is becoming a more important point. There will be no end of offers. Taxpayers. The Street Railway Franchise. Correspondence of The News and Odskrvex. Raleigh, N. C, Aug. 7. The proposition to obtain a grant from the city of Raleigh of a fifty years' franchise for a street railway, taken in connection with the charter obtained from the legislature of a street railway some vrars ago, is one that merits thoughtful and deliberate consideration Nothing should be done hastily. Our citizens would doubtless like to have a street railway but they should not pay too high a price for it. An exclusive right to opTato a street railway for fifty years is a big grant. Lot s sc : Raleigh may be expected to dduble her population every twenty years. In 1906 we will have, say 30, 000 people, and in 1926, say 60,000, and in lU3o, say 75,000. These figures may seem rather large; but fifty years is a long time and population doubles itself in the country by natural increase in every thirty years. The city should not, then, grant an exclusive right for anything for so long a period. The powers in the charter referred to are unusual. They embrace doing a freighting business and this provision is not to be found in any other street railway charter in the United States, as far as known. It would ab sorb the greater part of the draying business done in the city. The regula tion of drayage is within the province of the city authorities; but while the charter limits the fare of passengers to ten cents, it does net limit the tolls on freight. The right also is given to con demn private property, which is worthy of thought. By all means let us seek to aid capitalists in building a street railway for passengers, suoh as other oities have; but our board of aldermen should be careful not to part with im portant franchises, granting exclusive rights for a long period. Every auch proposition should be examined with great caution and prudence. There need be no fear that this will be the last offer for building a street railway here, aad The AngtiMt Century. The" midsummer holiday Century is noticeable for. "richly illustrated articlts and fiction." '""Of the former, the opening paper is an entertaining description of Algiers and its Suburbs; Mrs. Lucy M. Mitchell contributes a picturesque ao count of the town, Castle, and Univer sity ofTIeidclbcrg Sea-Birds at tb Fame Islands,'', by Bryan Hook, wilb illustrations by the author, gives a de scription of the birds to be found off the Northumberland coast on the islands with which is associated the heroism of Grace Darling; The Western Art Move ment, by Ripley Hitchcock, reveals art tendencies and achievements which will perhaps surprise those whose attention has been absorbed by the art growth of New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Bal timore and Washington. A sketch portrait of John Burroughs is the frontispieoe of the number, and Miss Edith M. Thomas contributes a short paper on John Burroughs and his Last Two Books; Charles Q. Loland gives the romance of A Gypsy Beauty, the famous Charlotte -ooper, whoso portrait by Leslie is reproduced in a full-page engraving. In the War scries, The Battle of Fed ericksburg gives scope for varied and stirring illustration. General James Longstreet contributes the title paper aud the Confederate view. The Union assaults upon the memorable stone wall are described by General Darius N. Couch, who was virtually in command on the field of Sumner's Right Grand Division; General William F. Smith writes anecdotally of the part taken b j Franklin's Left Grand Division, and his article contains several foot-notes' by General W. B. Franklin. miraculous escape. W. W. Heed, druggist, of Winchester, Ind., writes: "One of my customers, Mrs . Lousa Pike, Bartonla Randolph Co , Ind , was a long sufferer with consumption, and was given up to die by her physicians. She heard of Dr. King's Hew Discovery for ( onsUB. pttoo, and. began buying it of me. 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