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Water In which the sick are hatlied should contain a small quantity of the lj5flld-it will render the skin soft and pleasant, allav ftohinn. prevnt .bed sores, scars, etc., re moving all heat and Irritation together with any tniticalUiy:iir oflvHtive emanations from the body. Vanderbilt University, Tenn.: , as a disinfectant and drterttent J)arlys Prophylactic Mukl is su . "-pernor to -any preparation with which 1 am acjuainted. H . T. LirTOK, Professor of Chemistry. J.SamB Situs, X. P.. lew ri : , I am convinced that Darby's Prophylactic Kluid Is a most val uable disinfectant. SPECIAL SALE ' OONiiiiKS-; ' HOC EDJ NC.S YESTERDAY" TIIE HOUSE. RANDALL US THK TA.B1FF ' BILLC MAKES An ; lab irate SPgECH OTHER NEWS. EC ! ORGAND IKS AND By Telegraph to the Kews and Observer. WashisqTox, May 18tb.--Hor-E The House was called to order by Mr. McMillin, of Tennessee, as Spea-er pro tom , and, the chaplain being ab seut and tbe rending of the journal dispensed with, the House immedi ately went into committe of the whole (Mr. Springer, of I'liuoip, in the chair) on the tariff b !1. .. Mr. Audert-oi;, of Ioa, denouuced the protective sssieru and its horrible progeny, the innumerable modern monsters known a "iru: ts," sir?1 -d by greed and d. mined by Coutriv:mce, which ruminated f oju Auienc.-.u com merce the vital piuip!e of competi tion. "(Applause.). Mr. Cheadl-jv, Indiana, confined himself to a discussion of the question whether jrbt ctiun . protected, and maintained tho-afli--: a'. ive of ilia pro position. The floor was '.Len accorded to Mr. Randall, of Pennsylvania. He opened his speech by referring to the Pes.denfs uk sitgi in which the Kxeeutive advised C;.ng:sJ that the surplus in the treasury by the 30th of June , a' tho end of 'he current fiscal ye.tr, woujd hi expected to reach the sum of 4140,000,000, in cluding tho prior accumulation, Or,' more 'closely ra!oJ, tne. sum of $113, 000,000 apart from the prior accumu lation, over and above all authorized expenditures, inciuditg the sinking fund for the current year. He then quoted from the President's message defining bis position on the tariff and internal revenue questions and said that from the utterance of the Presi dent, he uuderetood the Executive to be averse to any reduction of the interna! revenuo tax, as that mode' of taxation afforded, in the opinion of tho President, "no just complaint, and that nothing is bo well able to bear the burdcu without hardship to any portion of the people." The President further sail that the tariff law was the vicious and illogical source of the inequitable tax, and ought to be revisled and modified; and the President hid urged upon Con gress an immediate expression on this' matter, to the exclusion of all others. The President had asserted in sub stance that the reduction necessary should be made bv additions to the free list aud by a lowering of the rates of duly. In the presence of such language, emanating from the Executive, authorized by direction of the Constitution to communicate and from time to time give to Con gress information on. the State of the Cuiuu a -ill i ecoiuioiiix gucuiumaa.. as he should judge necessary, it was imperatively required of the repre sentatives of tho people to give fair, intelligent and prompt attention to the suggestions made. tie had in troduced and had referred to the committee on ways and means a bill to reduce and equalize the duties on imports and to reduce the internal revenue taxes, and some provisions of that bill showed that the remedies he would apply were at variance with those recommended by the President. a WOOliLGOTT & 14 East Martin Street, 50 Pieces of Iriutod Carrau I ) Organdies. Vili l Cjlor Carrarii) 'Organdies. -inted Rayon D 'Satin ee. S"lul Uay jii D'.:atiiie). fTUito' are, imported 1 cost to import 2.0 ; French goods, and cannot be bought" at retail in leas tl'ft l K5c a yard. New York city for 0 at ur NeW Yerk buyer tn jm "ite sacrifice. bought them a We offer them 14c a Yard, Wtiich is the greatest bargaiu fered to th i laJ.ea of Ualeigh- ever of ) pam'ples cut' S500 Reward! Vc will pay the alcove fewird for ;uiy case of .' ..,,,,.llnt ilvWneuslit. ! k llKHd-ll"-. Illdl- -..I1..1. " rtmstii;iU'i or cn-nvm Jl -.. w ill West's V.Mar.i-l.iv . rt. ..1.. ...1.1 ..m-r i.:l 111 -MV ul" M Vegviauir, oiin i ...n y fte. For sale ly all we u.not r I'i'.ls, wlnn the s iUi. Thi'v are i if.tr- - tlmi. Tari;e boxe containui)! :c suir coated K.'.r" 1nr-ale l,v alt ar.iKifisW. BeWar- . .....V.lerfeit.s aud iniit(ions. The eeiiutiie nian'i --;''u"rie':. h .Kill SC. WKST& CO., Si i W. VTl: ", ''r hfV;. ll. For sale hy J as. 2toi2r &i UruuKlsU 133 VayetteTlUe St. Th,e President sought to prevent continuation tne surplus revenue bv resorting to changes in . customs dutiea only."" The remedy he (Ran dall) proposed, was through a repeal ofinternal revenue taxes as well as bv" a full revision of the tariff, as promised to the people by the Demo crauc convention or 1684. lne re duction provided for in his bill ag gregated 77. million dollars on inter nal taxes. Those taxes had always been the last to be levied, and the first to be repealed when no longer necessary. Jefferson had civen. tbe death-blow to excise, taxes, that most vicouB of ail taxes, and among the hings he received the thanks of the legislature of his native State for do- ng' was for having , internal taxes abolished. The first tax to bo repealed af'.er the war of 1812 had been the excise tax which was recommended by Mad isoh, and was the first law enacted under the administration of Monros The Democratic convention of 1884 declared that the internal revenue was a war tax and this declaration, !aken in connection with the other declarations of the platform, clearly established the'fact that the opinion vl the convention was that some of the internal fevenue taxes . should fit st go and that they should all go whenever a sufficient sum was real zed from custom house taxes to meet tbe expenses of the government eco nomically. administered. The coun try was practically in 6uch a eondi tron now, and a truo responso lo those declarations warranted the re oeal of internal revenue taxes to the extent proposed by bie bill. He fa vored now, as he had always done, the total repeal of internal revenue taxes. (Applause). The bill which he introduced proposed, to Bweep all these taxes from the . statute books except a tax of 50 cents ou whiskey, and he would transfer the collection H of that tax to the customs officers if that was found to be practicable. If this internal revenue system was abolished today we would have no surplus revenue to scare the country, while the administration of public affairs would be rendered purer and better. Ilia bill ).roposed a revision of the tariff and a principle believed to be in harmony with the authorized declarations of the Democratic party in their lawt convention. These dec larations clearly recognized the fact that a difference existed in the cost of production of commodities in this and other countries on account of the higher rate of wages in the United States and declared for a duty .ample to cover that difference. There was a cardinal principle which must cover vfrv intelligent revision of the tariff Labor ia thie country received a much larcr.' share of what was an nually produced than m any other country aud'this advantage to, labor could oa y be maintained by giving :' industries protection equal to that d fferenoe. While a dollar might buy iu ''- in another country than here a d iv' labor here would obtain more oi the comforts of life than anywhere A.i?.. Under free trade this advantage to labor disappeared, It was impossi b'e it should be otherwise. If the lanff itself did not give higher wages to the laborer it did preserve from foreign competition the '.industries frpm which the laborer re ceived his wages." He wished to refer to a few fundamental propositions which have been main tained throughout this debate and which appeared to exercise a control ling influence over the opinions of men First, that the duties were al ways added to the price to the con sumer on articles n,ot produced in this country. This, was doubtless true as a general rulo and measurably true on articles in part- produced in this country but not in sufficient quantities to supply the market. Bit on all commodities produced in sufficient quantities p supply the home market a different principle controlled. In these things compe tition determined the price and for eign producers came into this market where the prices were fixed and the duties were what he paid for the privilege of coming to 'the market. Another erroneous proposition was that the duties on articles produced in this country were a tax or bounty which the consumer paid to the manufacturer, by mean3 of which the manufacturer derived large profits. If this were true it was not easy to see what justification there was for the Committee bill any more than for the present tariff law. But that it waa erroneous seemed apparent on closer examination of the liws of trade. Mr. Randall entered into an expla nation of the principles on which his bill had been constructed. He said that in fixing the duties the rates had ' been adjusted as nearly as possible' to cover the difference in ihe margin of the cost of production here &nd abroad. In working out the details of the bill it had been his pur pose to lower duties wherever possi ble. Between the extreme free traier on the one pand and a prohibitive tariff on 1 he other there were inter mediate positjons.One of them was to fix a revenue on imports just high enough to realize sufficient revenue for the needs of the government. An other, was to make the tariff suf ficiently high to cover the difference of cost of production in this country and other couatries. To lower' the rate of. dutv when tb.v. line was paa?ed must be to increase the reve nue. To raise the aate of duty when tho line 'of maximum rovenuo was reached would lesult in a decrease of revenue. Any coludu- tation that did not take these facts into account would bo utterly worth less. .He stated distinctly that if it could be mado to appear in any case conierred more protection ffifffi"! needed to cover the cost of produc tion he was ready to lower it. If in any instance the rate was too low to cover that cost he was ready to raise it. Monopolies existed without the tariff. The Standard Oil trust, whisky trust and cotton Beed oil Irust and others that he could mention, the greatest trusts in the whole country, were not protected ly the tariff. He was .for tbfo pro ection of labor. not in one State merely, but in all. the States. He waa for the protection and main tenance of that industrial system that allowed to labor a larger proportion ate share of its products than was re alized in any other country or under any other system. Certain provisions of the metal schedules, he sa;a, naa been very sharply assailed, and he de voted some time to answering speak ers who bad attacked hfe measure. Ho took up the 6chedul0s relating to steel rails, and quoted figures at length to sustain his action in fixing the duties at tho rates he proponed in his bill.. The duty on cotton .tics, he saw, was-one cf the inconsistencies cf the present tanrt. It was Only fair that they should pay rl-itv on boon iron, as an a.ticle of manufacture The present law was a positive discrimination against home manufacture and in fa vor of foreign products. The rate of waces in England in cotton tie man ufacturing was hardly one half of the wages paid in such manufactui ing in Pittshurrr. He theu proceodod to a criticism of the committee bill, say ,l 11 1 .I (Vila ing tna' a ueciareu purpose ui imo hi'.! is to secure free raw material to st: - ilate manufactures. Yet, in ex ec iviof this idea the bill places ol he free list a large number of ar ticles which are really manufactured articles, such aa salt sawed and rlr-.-oil lumber, elue.-various oils and eLejiealSv. China, clay i.c , and he a ?o cuea' a nuuioer oi examples Lere the duty on raw materials is c oater than on the manufactures of s ;'ch materials, and where both the raw materials and their manufactured products are free, thus making manu-. facturing impossible. . Mr. Randall asserted tha". instead Lof the bill reducing customs revenue $54,000,000, as was claimed, it "would be fair to estimate that its effect would bo to largely in crease the revenue instead of reduc ing it, while the amount of material wealth it would destroy is incalcula ble. He said he yielded to no man on his side of the House in bis desire for continued Democratic control in the adminis tration of tho Federal Uovernmont. He did not believe tho adoption of the committee's bill would make such a result certa n and added : I cannot be fcoerced into any particular action upon economic questions by direction of a party caucus. The period of the political caucus has departed never to return, and yet we should confer and have unity if it is possible. In these matters I speak only for my Belf. My convictions on the tariff are "strong and founded, as I think, upon principle and upon information and m'elligent comprehension of the sub ject. When any one nera eniers upon tbe task of invoking caucus power or other modes of coercion I can only say to him if he acts with a good purpose that it will prove a fruitless undertaking or. if with ill motive then I assign him to all the natural contempt which aelf-constjituted su perserviceableness deserves- In con elusion Mr. Randall quotefl from the earlier statesmen in u,pport of his views upon the tariff anq said: "If Jackson could say he was (confirmed in his opinions by the opinions of Jefferson, Madison and Mpnroe how much more am I confirmed in my opinion by his great authority added to that of the founders and builders of the Democratic partyt - I warn the party that it is nolj safe lo abandon princip es so fundamental to our institutions and so 'necessary to the maintenance of an 'industrial system, principles which , attest the wisdom of those who established them by, the fruits they have borne, the full fruition of which however, can only be realized in the extenbion of diversified industries to ; all prts of the couuiry, not in the North aud East -alone, but in the South and West as woll. Anew era lof indus trial enterprise La already dawned upon the South No section of coun try possesses greater natural advan tages than the South, with her genial climate, her limitless raw materials, her mines of coal and iron vith abun dan' labor ready to develop them. Considering what has been there achieved in a single decade, what may not a century bring forth from her under a system calculated to favor the highest industrial development ? When I real the histor of py coun try and consider the past and the present, and reflect on what is before us, I cannot believe that the idea that went down in the convulsions of 18G1 will ever again domiuae the destinies of the Republic." j The House was thrown into an uproar at the conclusion of Mr. Ran dall's hour. A request was made that Mr. Randall be allowed to pro cee.d, but objection was madB by Mr. Mills, of Texas, an objection which was greeted with jeers and losses by the Republicans. Mr. McKinley then yielded him a portion of his time, but by an amicable airangemeoit sug gested by Mr. Breckenridge, of Ken tucky, Mr. Randall was permitted to proceed without limitation of time. air. Mclvinley opened liia speech by Baying that tbe countrv was in a situation in which there was nothing resembling it anywhere in the world. hile we were seeking to find ob jects to relieve from taxation in order to relieve the prevailing pressure, other nations were engaged in explor- ipg ine ueias oi numan industry ana liuman production to find new objects tif taxation to supply- the deficiency. I.n considering the situation which cbi fronted ns, and the bill which waa intended to relieve it, it Ivas well tat it should be understood at the beginning what things alj were agreed upon. They were fifjst, that we were collecting more money than wiaa required for the current necessi ties of the government, and.; second laould be left with the people. The contention, therefore, wus not on re duction, but on the manner of reduc tionnot that no reduction' should be made but how and in what man ner it could best be accomplished. All the parties were6 further; agreed that tbe tax on tobacco anouid De abolished and that the 30,000, 0p0 now collected from that source from the manufacturers of to bacco should be hereafter left with the people. No hindrance or obstruc tion would there have been on tne Republican side to the abolition of the tobacco tax. The gentlemen on the olher side had united with thim during the laBt session to secure recog nition for the purpose of offering a bill to abolish that tax. But that recognition had beeD refused by the presiding officer of the nousse; re fused, too, wDen every intelligent representative knew that if ah oppor tunity had been given to vote upon the bill it would have received not merely a majority but a fijill two thirds vote of the House. If th-it bill had passed no iaimediate a.imlua would now bo in the . , i treasury to disturb lne .country, (iipplause.) But if this taxation was repealed now there would bo left, according to the report of the Secre tary of the Treasury, about 4,wu, 000 still collected in excess of public necessities. How should this sum be remitted to the people with the least disturbance of the great interests oi the country ? That waa the real prac tical question before the House today. At this point thepartiesand individuals were divided. Therein was manifested two lines of political thought which had existed since the foundation of the Government. He could not forbear from congratulating the country that it now had an issue on wich all tactions and all nationalities, unin- . . . , , j quenced by prejudice and nnoiaseu by faction, without regard j to past bartv affiliations,, could divide. Thero wa3 now an issue which left the past behind and lpoked only to tli present and futnre. It w"as an issue that ap riealed neither to race nor gaographi eal lines, an issue which the House could discuss and divide upon as each member should honestly believe was fm- the best interest of individual citizens and the country at large He congratulated the country that it had that issue now and in that spirit he welcomed the issue sharply made bv the President and embodied in this bill." He wished to reach the conclusion if possible which would to the whole country greater prosperity. What was the division between the two great political parties? It was upoQaprinci pie .as old as the government. It was between what was termed revenue tariff, as distinguished from protect ive tann, ana upon too niBpecuio merits of the two systems the parties must stand or fall. He sharply con trasted the "tariff for revenue"' policy of the Democrats, and the "tariff for protection" policy of the Republicans. He maintained that one meant the free admission to this country of for eign goof.B which could be producW here, whenever the line of excessive revenue was reached, and, conse quently tho destruction of American industries. The other meant protec tion aa well aa revenue. It meant the stimulation of our indus triea and the protection of Our labor in the fruits of its works There were manv illustrations of !:s!?.tl-"iVi:?!.b'il: n! : NEVAD A DEMOCRATS. was another. The bill meant that Calcutta and Dundee should supply us with cotton bagging, and the countries of the Eaat with wool and the Democrats since December had been letting our own people take care of themselves and trying to legislate for other and foreign peoples. In the couse of his' speech Mr. Mc Kinley entered into a vigorous criti cism of the bill and created much amusement and applause by his an alysis of the incongruities of its meas ures, while he said that owing to the lack of fime he could not point out all of the ridiculous features of the bill. He picked out a few samples by which he said the bill could be judged. He showed that the duty on steel billets had been increased from 45 per cent to 63 perj cent ad valorem, thereby causing an increase of from to cent on every pound of wire fencing that enclosed tho farms of the West.' The duty on cut nails, made from steel billetf, was reduced 25 per ceut, while the duty an thtraw material waa increased 45 per ceut. He criticised the bill, which the President had said must be passed whether or not, and which he was dispensing -official favors to have passed. He declared that 'lie bill waa seo tional in that the cotton planter could get hoop iron for his cotton ties free of duty while the farmer of the West must pay for the same iron 1J cents per pound if he wished to bind his thatch or his pail. Mr. McKinley,concludeda3 follows: "But now I say to the gentleman (Mr. Mills) and his associates, go back to the people and ask to be elected to the 51st .Congress on this bill and on the President's message. Then if a majority is returned to the next House you will be authorized, aye instructed, to vqte for this bill. Do not dodge or equivocate. Meet the issue squarely. Make your platform in Connecticut the same as in the Carolinas; in New Jersey and in New York.the same as in Mississippi and Tennessee. Then if a majority comes back .you will be instructed to accept the British sys tem and abandon the American. (Laughter and a'pplause). It is not important about the de4ails of this bill. It is a system that is on trial. It is whether the American system should be maintained or the British system substituted.'' When Mr. McKinley concluded he was greeted with round after round of applause and waa imuledia ly sur rounded by his party coljleagu- j, who were profuse in their coojgratulalions. When order was restored Mr Breck enridge, of Kentucky,Vs recognized and the storm broke out afresh. Gentlemen on both sides of the House joined with the galleries in a hearty welcome to the Kentuckian. as the surplus in the treasury was concerned, and with a statement oi the dangers attendant on an accumu lation of the surplus. He then said: When the committee on ways and means was announced, on January 5th, it necessarily had to confront this condition of affairs and' attempt to frame a bill which would so reduce the revenues of -the government as to bring its legitimate expenses- and its revenues close together, and this too, in such a way as to reduce the burden of taxation on the people. But this only increased the burdens of taxation. . The repeal of tho internal revenue law wonld also reduce the revenue to a point where there might be an annual deficit of UUU.VOU, but this deficit could not work harm for thf present, as the surplus remain ing in the Treasury June 30,188S,would be sufficient to comply with the re ouirements of the sinking fund until 1891, when four and a halfs, fall due But no large section of the American people really favored the plan which removed the taxation Urom spirits beer and tobacco and left tho necos saries of life burdened, nor was the committee willing, in the assorting of taxes and in attempts to give substan tial relief from the present unneces sary taxation,- to Udopt a plan which I d not light a single furnace, cause single wheel to revolve, give to abor a single day's wages, remove from commercial activity any burden, nor from the manufacturer any an noyance. Mr. Breckenridge, spokS at very great length, continuing sev eral hourB- J SESSION OF THE STATE CON-f VENTION. A PLATFORM ADOPTED ESDORSISO PBEsI- PE2TT CLIVBLAND AMD DENOCSCIXa THE SURPLUS AN ASTI IMMI O RATIOS PLANK. By Telegraph to the- News and Observer. Vibqinia, Nevada, May 18. The Democratic State convention last evening adopted a platform endors ing President Cleveland, calling for free coinage of sver and general free trade and den&uncing the surplus. It also Contains an anti-immigration Delegates to the national ion are ex oenator J. U. W. H. Mason, J. W. Dor- plank. convent Blair, N! soy, George Ernest, J. S. Mooney and B. Garragen. Presidential electors: Theodore Winters, J H. Hardin and W. C. Thomas. Congressman George W. Cassidy was renominated bo acclama tion. . AVri-H.4HO.1E. O.VE HESI LT OF THE KF PUBLICAN SPLIT AT rETPItSBl'ItO. Hy re'.enrapli to the News aud Observer. Peteksbubo, Ya., May 18. The a'nti-Mahone meeting remained in session until an early hour this morn ing. The committee to prepare bus iness reported and the report was adop'ed. It provides for a committee of twenty-five, to issue afPaddresB to the Republicans of the State, and submit plans of organization. Mr. Clay, of Roanoke, was elected chair man of this party. The convention proceeded to elect delegates at large to the Chicago convention as follows : Gen. V. D. Groner, of Norfolk; Sam. L. Yost, of Augusta; R. A. Paul, col., of Richmond; 0. A. Herman, of Mont gomery. A Ex-Gov. Wm. E. Cameron, and ex U. S. Senator John F. Lewis were elected electors at arge. On motion of Hon John S. Wise tho platform to be agreed upon at the Chicago convention was adopted as the plat form of the pirty here, and at 2 30 a. m. the convention adjourned with three roasiug cheers for Blaine. I'Utt D. Wn'kcr for Attorney General, Cor. of the News aad Observer. As nominations aro in order, please allow me, Mr. Editor, to bring for ward the name of Hon. Piatt D. Walker, cf the county of Mecklen burg, for the office of Attorney-General of North Carolina. Mr. " alktr is a man of recognized ability an 1 Spotless personal charac ter, and ext.reuiely popular. He will not only add strength to our ticket, but will be ?.n honor to the State as well.. Mecklenburg would hail with great p'ltit ou tilt oliaiO AUV) wiA fLlJ younger and able members of the legal profession would receive an im pulse to renewed exhertion in the line of their calling. If there be a more ctpable and available man for the office of Attor ney General than Mr. Walker, we know him not. In him would be united the Cape Fear section, for he is of the best old Cape Fear stock, and the Piedmont- ese. By all means, let us have Piatt D. Walker for our next Attorney Gen eral. A Delegate. Against Mr. Fuller. Total Net Receipts of Cotton. Bv Telegraph to the News and Observer. New Yobk, May 18 The following are the total net receipts of cotton at all ports since September 1st.: Galveston, 049,799 bales; New Or leans, l,7P7,717bales; Mobile, 203,021 bales; Savannah 8o0,347 bales; Charleston 428,216 bales; llmington 167,109 bales; Norfolk 470,512 -bales; Baltimore, 48,280 bales; New lorK, 89,436 bales; Boston, 83,475 bales, Newport News, 99,221 bales; .fbila delphia, 25,708 bales; West Point, 39G,85G bales ; Brunswick, 74,752 bales; Port Royal, 14,092 bales; Pen sacola, 10,99.8 bales. Total, 5,325.599 bales. Uond Offerings to the (o verumcnt. By Telegraph to the News iud Observer. Washington, May 181 Acting Sec retary Thompson today reoeived offers for the sale of bonds to the Govern ment as follows : Four per centa, reg istered, $15,000 at 127; $5,000 at 127; $11,000 at 127$; $50,000 at 127J. Total, $81,000. Four per cents, coupon. $265,000 at 127; $3, 150 at 127; Total, $208,100. Four and a half per' cents, registered, $5, 000.000 at 108: $1,000 at 107;' $1,000 at 108. Total. $5.0201,000. lirand total, $5,369,250. 1 c The Charg New Yoik Sun. The Senate committee on the judi ciary today referred the nomination of Melville W. Fuller to be Chief Justice to a sub-committee. This will have tho effect of delaying action on the nomination for a week or two,, possibly longer. Senator Edmunds desires to have an investigation of cer tain charges of socalled copperheadism made against Vr. Fuller. Some of the Senators have received letters on the subject, and a petition from Illi nois citizans has come to hand charg ing that while a member of the Illi nois legislature Mr. Fuller opposed the bill for the suspension of the ha beas corpus act and other war meas ures, inese papers are ail in tne pos session of the judiciary committee. At the meeting today Mr. Vest re buked Mr. Edmunds for declining to have Mr. Fuller's nomination con firmed at onoe by the full committee, instead of insisting on an investiga tion of a lot of old charges, and Baid that a man bo avowedly fit for. the office should receive more dignified treatment. Mr. Edmunds thought best, however, to have the nomina tion go to a sub committee. A Man Wh'in the. President Envies. President Cleveland, in acknowl edging the receipt of. the big Penob scot salmon sent him by r. J. P. Boas, of Bangor, Me., writes as fol lows, under date of May 13: 'My Deab Sib: lJlease accept my thanks for the beautiful salmon I re ceived from you a day or two ago. You say it us the largest one ever taken with a fly on the river.' I think upon my experimental knowledge oi its delicacy I should be willing to as sert that it is also the . best fish ever, caught in the river. I suppose I ougnt not to ask more than the op portunity offered me of capturingmy share ot tne nsn wnen servea -ana upon the table, but I am mean enough to envy tho man who caught it. lours, very truly, Gboveb Cleveland." Winston rath. Cor. of the News and Observer. . Winston, N- C , May 17. The spacious chapel of the Winston graded school was filled today to its utmost capacity with people who bad come together to witness the closing exercises of the school. The Salem orchestra was present in full force, and added no little to the pleasure of the occasion. This excellent musi cal organization is said to be the best of its kind in the South. The chapel was handsomely decorated with flow ers and evergreens, and the combina tion of flowers, music, smiles, chil dren and happy maidens presented a scene of unusual interest. I noticed seated on the platform Mr. J. A. Gray, Col. W. B. Clenn. J. O. -Buxton, Esq , Col. A. B. Gorrell, Revs. Norman, Davis and Brown, Cap'. M. W. Norfleet, Judge Wilson, Mr. R. D. Brown, Dr. R. F. Graj, Col. J. W. Alspaugh, Mr. C- B. Watson,' the grad uating class aud the male portion of the faculty, with representatives of the local press and a reporter of the News and Observer. The exercises of the day were opened with prayer by the Rev. Air. Davis, after which Master llobert Norfleet delivered the Salutatory in a bright, manly manner, and then the young orator introduced Miss Fannie Wil liamson, the Historian of the class, who acquitted herself very creditably indeed.. Miss Sallie Tbcrnburg was next introduced, and in a very effect ive manner recited a selection. Miss Thornburg has won considerable rep utation as an elocutionist. Mr. Herbeit Hemlin followed Miss Thornburg as orator of the class. Mr. Hamlin's oration waa well received and delivered in a s'yle both credit able to himself and his instructors. He will make his mark. Miss Fannie Dodson read an essay entitled "One hundred and Fifty Years Ago." The essay was amusing, instructive and caused considerable applause and laughter. Mr. J. F. Kerner made a great, hit as Prophet of his class. He shows originality ajid brain. Miss Lillie Franklin was , the Dreamer of her class. Her essay was a "Fareweli to her Studios." It was well written and well read. Miss Sallie Grogan read the. Valedictory, and impressed every one as being a young lady of fine ability. At this point Prof. Tomlinson an nounced that Mr9-E. E. Gray would delive the Peabody medals. Miss Sallie Grogan and Mr. Robt. Norfleet were the recipients of these medals and Mr.' Gray presented them in a few minutes speech which was most excellent and appropriate. Col J- W. Alspaugh in a few well timed.reinarks presented the diplomas to the graduating class, after which Prof. Tomlinson introduced R v. Jno. F. Crowell, President of Trinity Col lege, as the orator of the occasion. Mr. Crowell came forward and dliv- ever been our pleasure to near. It did not bristle with wit-, word-painting and fancv, but was full of hard common sense and was something that every one could carry home and think about. It'was an address that should find its way in print and be read by all North Carolinians. Mr. Crowell made a fine impression on our people, and the hundreds ?who heard his excellent address are satisfied that he is the man for the place he occupies. Messrs. Robt. Gorrell, Drew Patterson, Willie Elliot and Thos. V- atson were the marshals of the day and managed the large audience to perfection. The News' and Observes is under obligations to Prof. Tomlinson and Profs. W. A. and Jno- Blair for cour tesies extended. , The Winston Graded School is a great pet with our people, and it is an institution that is not only a credit to WinstoDvbut an honor to the entire Piedmont section, and I would not go too far if I was to Bay of Nirtb Caro lina, and its success is loubt a source of pride to Prof. T imlinson and his able assistants. Sam Small had a big b,ouse here. He was the guest of Dr. R. F. Gray while in the city, who was a school mate of his at college. Several mem bers of the local press, with several of Mr. Small's friends and scho'1 mates, met him at the residence of Dr. Gray by invitation of the Doctor. Miss Bettie Spicer, one of the graded school teacher, left t i s morn ing for her home in Goldsboio. Little -P s. 1 ' Miss Lou Gorrell accompanied ner .Tudffe Clark will hold court here o next week. A meeting will be held here tonight to take steps toward a Tobacco Expo sition. be Man Drowned. Washington Gazette. A colored man, Jno. A. Oden, get ting his feet entanged in a rope con nlctod with a flat drawn by the et-eamer Greenville, on which he waa a passenger, was thrown overboard Tuesday, two miles from Washington, and drowned before help could be given him. It is a singular, coinci dence that his brother, Alonzo Oden, was drowned from the steamer Edge-, Combe some years ago. When and how to prune ia a subject that is frequently discussed at public meetings and by the horti cultural press and is answered ia various wayB. The answer to the first part of the Bubject is often given, when the saw is sharp." To the Second part elaborate, directions are lven, the ideas of which have been erived from European sources.where the tree requires a much more open top thaa it does in our sunny climate. Now in regard 'o the time of prun ijng fruit treus, it has been found, and we think is au undisputed fact, that the best time to prune grape vines is as soon as the leaves fall in autumn.. And we contend that, this is the best season to prune our apple orchards. Pruned theu, tbe wound becomes seared over the same as the grape 5ine does, and the flow of the Bap is revented, which often causes a bad wound when the work is done in March or April: The latter part of the subject may i more difficult to answer, hut w fully concur with the statement of a well known pomologist that "Bharp saws have ruined -more orchards than bisects." : Some seem imbued with the idea that all that an orchard re quires to make it produce an Abun dant harvest is to prune it annually! Avoid cutting away large limbs as much as possible Unless they are dead or diseased, in which case they must be removed. ' It will be found that but few directions for pruning are required in order to keep an orchard in a good health condition. Farm, and Home. , A Safe Investment. Is One which is guaranteed to bring you satisfactory results, or ia case of failure a return of purchase price. On ' this safe plan you can buy from our ad vertised druggist a bottle of. Dr. King 'i New Discovery for Consumption. It is guaranteed to bring relief in every ca se, when used for any affection of throat, lungs or chest, such aa consumption, in flammation of lunga, bronchitis, asth ma, whooping cough, croup, etc., etc. It is pleasant aad agreeable to taetp. perfectly safe, and can always be depended upon.' Trial bottles at Lee, Johnson & Co's drug" store. Political Points. The vote of the Moore county oon vention, held ThuVsday, for Governor, we understand, was: Alexander 44; Fowle 10; "Clark 2; Stedman 2. 1 ajvick"to' Mothers. Mrs. Windows Soot.iis- Syrup should lalwayt bo used when children are cutting teeth. It re lieves the little sufferer atlonce. It jroduce nato- chill, softens' "I lie 'pnnsays" "alf palnT"W5lIeVi wind, regulates ue Dowels ana is we w uns remedy for diarrce, wbeyier rtrlnj from teett- ns or ncner causes. j roiy-DTe cu a owi- Baldwin AppleB, 1 gallon cans, 30c , at W. C. & A. B. Stronach's. Jersey Lily Creamery New Spring Butter 30c lb, st W. C. & A. B. Stronach's. Charles Dickens's nurse, Mary Weller GibBOnvhas just been buried. ; She was the: p-olotype of the pretty . housemaid in "Pickwick Papers,1' and furnished- him with the name of Weller. ' - ' sou- wEfofr r- B B " FT" rurb rSHfarSU Bonds Acceptances toy tbe Government. By Telegraph, to the News and Observer. Washington, May 18 The Treaa- . I, a ury today accepiea iDonas aggre gating $5,39,iJaO at Vii tor lours and 108 for four and a halfs. Une item of four and a halls was a round amount of $5,000,000- English Cotton Mltl Burned. By Cable lo the News and Observer.. London, May 18 The Poster Cot ton Mill at Todmoreden, Lancashire, has been burned. Loss $75,000. , There has been a disposition in some quarters to carp at the Universi ty and to array public prejudice against it; but we Deneve tnai u is lodged in tne nearts oi our peopie, for it is doing a mighty work, and its prosperity is no lees essential to North Carolina tnan tne administra tion of our government. Charlotte Democrat. Engineering in Montana. nnrv I. McDaniel. ex- City Engineer of Atlanta, now in charge of government engineering ia Montana ierriwjry, that he contracted a terrible cough which no physician could relieve, but was cured by Taylor's Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Gum and Mullein. Fresh Apples, 3 lb cans, 10c, at W. O. & A. B. Stronach's- Board of Trustee ot Trinity College, President Crowell desires us to state that the meeting of the Board of Trustees of Trinity College which was to have been held at Greensboro on May 8, has been postponed till May 22. ' Syrup ot Vi,m Is Nature's own true laxative. I is the most easily taken, and the most effective remedy known to Vleanse the System when Uilious or uostive; to Dispel Headaches, Colds, and Fevers; to Cure Habitual Constipa tion, Indigestion, Piles, etc Manu factured only by the California Fig Syrup Company, San Francisco, Cal. John S. Pescud. Sole Agent for Ral eigh, N- C. Printing In the Old. Sforth State. Charlotte Democrat. Theatalogne of the University, ,., li iL. . t iV wnicn is out irom tue press ot iiits Raleigh Observer Printing Co , is as handsome a p ece of work as wo have Been lately; and shows that the art of printing, as well as otnt-r attf, is lm proving in the good old North State The ftaisttron Atlaatir. Is a terTor to the timid voyaKtrs, scarcely less on account of the perils ot thie ijuep than the almost certainty of sea sickness. The best curative of. ml de mer Is Uoatettar Stomach Bitters, which settles Uie stomach at unee and prevents Its lis Mirhn. To all travelers aud tourists, whether bv sea or land, it presents a happy medium be tween the nauseous or Ineffectual resources of the medicine chest, and tbe problematical bent Dt derivable from au unmedicated alcoholic stimu lant, no matter how pure. . The Jarring of a rail road car often proouces sconiaciii j uisvratrrs hkiu to that caused by the rollin of a ship. Kor tills the Bitters is a prompt aid ctytain remedy. The use of brackish water, particularly on Urn voy ages In the tropics, Inevitably breeds disorders of the stomach and bowel. Hostetter's Stomach Hitters mixed with impure waters nullities Its im purities. Similarly It counteracts malarial and other prejudicial influences of climate or atino nhr. as well as the effects of exposure and fa tigue. Use It for kidney complaints, rbeuiuatism Its superior excellence'proven In mil lions of homes for more than a quarter ef a century. It ia used by the United I States Government. Endorsed -by the heads of the Great Universities aa the the Strongest, Purest and moet Health ful. Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder does not contain Ammonia, Lime ot ! Alum. Sold only in Cans. PRICE BAKING POWDEli UJ. irtw toek. Ohioa'Jo. sr. koca EDWARD FASNACll, EWELERIOPl MAN RALEIGH, N. O. SOLITAIRE and CLUSTER DUIOSDS Gold Jewelry Gold and 8ilver Watche (Jorbam b sterling oiiverware,Koger: plated silverware, any size and weight of plain IS karat Er. gagement rings constant ly in stock. Badges and Medals made to - order. and debility. Oar Optical Department Embraces an endless variety cf leneea which together with !our practical ezne- rience enables us to correat aJmotrt any liyporrnetropia (iar sight), JrTesbyopta (old sight). Asthenopia (weak sight) and giving prompt relief from that distress ing aeadacae wnicn oiien aooorapanie imperfect visieB. i OV K ARTIFICIAL Human Eyes Move ami took like the natural organ No pain when Inserted. - Patients at a distance having a broke eye can have another made witheoA call , log pareonauy. 4-' I.