VHE NORTH CAROLINA THE NORTH CAROLINIAN POWER ... ...TTi?r4 wtwv lrrnvinhiT Job Printing Office, Nor'Ji CaroIiRin Buildm-j, Main Street,. ' omfdr castof A'bemarteJIousei 1 ESTABLISHMENT n-ri-ms."$l0-a Year Adyance. - if 'nut plI hi sdvnncc $1.50 will be charged.?? la supplied wltb all th lqahitn for do!nj first-class Jobrrlntlog bnstacw.aad prompt IT executes Weddtnfi Cards. ViaUln CrcU, Business Cards. IUI1 Cards, Fancy Show Cards, Tosters, lln4blll Programmes, Bill-' beads, Dodg?rs Bil's ot Far. Wine. Cirds, Law Cases and Points, Statements, Pam phlets, Circulars, Books, etc. In the latest and neatest styles and at the lowest prices. ; Orders by mail trill rood to prompt attention. ' ? i KATE OK ADVERTISING! f An(,Vnto, one insertion, tl.05 ; twolnser-'.-:. l 60 ion month, t2.00 ;'tbree month, h r. fl . sk jnontliB, 8.00 ; ono year, 12.D0. W - S rVirg'T advertisements liberal contracts PALEMON JOHN, Editor and Proprietor. Devoted to the Interests of the City, the County and the District. TKaHS $1.00 a Year, in Advance. r.ff "j I .. 1 1 4 YOLXJME XXVUL ELIZABETH CITY, K C, WEDNESDAY, MA Y 27, 1896. NUMBER 1. tfoHORTHuAROLiHu - il i i i in ii ii in in y t. ni i i hi lint rT u i n rii - i 11 i 11 i v n i ni rv u n m n hi i ni i it m nt i . - i m m a- aaaw. a aaaav a . a a a a a a a a ai - a a .J a 1 a i a a - . -aw am va a abb a a : ' i 1 : ' ; ' ; i ; : ; " ' " n: r f"- i TSiwui, . --r 6rnsP pou tua tQio.; A GOOD INVESTMENT. "flmr ..'ydflow lrno of midsummer -Ijifcii-ij, ni'linlit tcDDon4 p'vcr the Vel- v. t '"'I'Vs wf tho -Ffcirhaveiifurrn; the i iv r-iiiui riiiiriiic;. Boftly over its.pebbly ! )H"Vi). Il 'iwlietl up hk n-aliopt of eil- yr itnl'. ll)0 juri)lo fields ' 6i ilovor n o'l'l'iiig tt ndy for "the Bcythe, filled iiu tun-mi uir with swtvt, olunibtrous l' wi woathr for tlio hayin', ' suid Kriit'iriii(-l'irUavvD. To Lift mhterial M-ituiv ( lid'u wiushfno anil tho' grand yliifii'fjf onrtli nnd riky were bat the n-trmiW-Ms.to Till hin iockei4r with VVr'lrd ':iia njero ficcossiotiH to.: a ' hh A -criiii." ' AtitH! ih not tVia j world i'nil ("ft l iiliukiiu ' I'atrliuvoiis n jjuu hh'ii'i: r uiiOtliei ? ' r , ' Miss tlom fort rmrhnvoti, sat j beside Im'ii kriittiu-Miid watching t.hp .citin-h-isuiiio froTics of n if it iwiii aesorita ny in .thtT, i hoin she was "In i.llliil." . ' r'rs" r,lt6 Hll.l, Wlth ing up . 1 I - it I ' l Z . 4 It ..I 1 ir -w.-ii: "W Ihj's that u-comiuK ni tho jmtli., I , wonder ?" --. ()ii. of thu new hand'I c:i culato,'' . . - . tiinl Llnikmi; screwing up s. eyes. 'I di lu't 'gree to give 'em tiieir sup jiir iiinl" board into tho bargain, a . ifi-'ht afore the job leins-4aud I'm ,.y ' v. . k ,. ' j j lijcssyd .il-:-there aiu't a little, with him !" ' ' V pal along J . v luiu't lio h iyin build," jwaid Mi.ss t int liiiviu jHaia iuihs rising' and going flowu the eut-iT jlender child of -nine ' i.a:tif.ort, r yenTts old,- who w'&'i leading a palc . bowed-down mnu, who walked with ttlflieidty, feinnug on a"- ernjeb. ; i ' "1 lertT t ah ve, c !i i id, " sn id .Miss Com--.furt, Avhoso kindly, -.nature' iuvolunta!r rilv-syinpathizod wi thai 1 who were sii i f'ermg. orm diKtr-esa "wha vund what do. you waut hero - "rieiiKe mit'aui," ' bean eiivefly, ."if you , ould ; itxila jou, . it 9'f lie the child iyo ' us a i Hifht s loflsing poor, papn so sick ; -niitl. tjretl, ami .". " vN; I can't 1" abruptly jbroko in . -Kli!ikHii. Eauhaven. . "rhis ain't 'uo tfliusltouse, nor yet n ohari jyplace, If ye can pay your way, well and good ; ' if ye ciut'i tho s'oonev you .vtnir'biiHUujs.s tlio better!" : V e have nb money," piujAjiO child, .-while..' tho go about iniidly bc inari as if jhtinmed and bewildered by the heart- - less iliirncv of the old farmer's ''Speech, -.1eauednp aurtiKt the feucq, pressing his hand on his ' fofeheadi iVbut " '-'ihen clear out- nu.l bo done with i-it! ' wiid" Ehakn, resuming his seat p with tlogtjeil compoHure. I f Miss Ciomfort Tooked appealiugly at fior . brother. . . - - ' ' ' - V-.--i "If I could, ju-st get 'tui a bowl " of : milk, Eliakim, and "- j -. 1 - ".Stuff-and nonsense,") sonorously -ejacnitrtod tho.favmor'; .''I.'ain'ta goim' . to frivo in to tins sort of tning. :Oace begin, irud you'll never lqavo off, you soft-headed womaufolk-!', f - s"j 'Sfaw.iy apd wearily tho . two poor travelers turned and podded their - "Avar ndown the broad, dijsty roac), the - languid footsteps of the invalid scarce ..bcopinguip .with tho tripping paco'of the child ! ' .- , . v"OU, papa, ptfpa," sobbed tho little girl,. 'turning her blue, wistful eye to' he white, worn .face, , 'how crnel eople are!".)' : . .';:.- , - lie placed his hand upon her cifrly . , uncovered head. j : "-Never m nid, Eisie,'5 ho said, xvjth . vf mournful, tender liathos . in his voice';-- "if will soon -end! ; ' .'It -..cftirn'ot be for long," os far as I hm concerned' :po6r child." But for you1". " He stopped, Ills voico husky - With "emo- tio.it. . . j , '. . They had walked what seemed to little Esther Bell a weary way, when there-was A rustlo arajorig the wild . Toee bushes. that overhung the- stoite Wall At thoir sido, and la voice called 'hurrioilly to them to ?4top. "' ' iJIt's mc,V Mud Mms! Comfort Fair haven, repkles.'i-. of 1 her; grnniman "Eliakimthat's nW brotherhe's gone over to tho qlrt-8 nieetki' at rxiuirc r Diuuliia . alu I cut down thruugli lots to overfa' no you. l tell you I can't somehow get your father's face voiut o' my min i, "ain't yo'ir. ni liter?"' Ypu'ro sick, "I shall soon be qujito well," he an Jwered culmly, nndj Comfort Fair- baveu's more i-xpericpced eyo detected thdbid'lon meihing j which : the little girl-ncyor .onco Kuspected. Yun, he would K.ooirbo well, but it would be in that country where tho inhabitants ncver.'say "I am sick." :. "Wnere . aro yiiii going?"., asked kind. Mis Comfort,; her voico growing huky in-,5t)itc of hciself. "Wo'ate going tq4 my grandpapa,' j . i ... said, littlo Essie. :. ''Grandpapa vas vexed with my mamma for marrying pnpa and going to England, bat papa thinks he'll take' care of ine now. ' But . . i . - t I won t stay with ! Ibim unless papa stays too.' f And she resolute a '- - I grasp upon hand. .. , feVer-burning : "I s'pose'you want to get to Lons dale?" said JLiss Coinf or t. The man' nodded. "Isitfar?" , "Eleven good miles yet," said Miss Comfort, "but I'll tell ye what ; I'll make Joab get out with a good bnffu the wagon, and o roue over tlie .seats.you'll ;ride .easy enough. They'll ' be back aforo Eliakim gets through shoutm and prayir ' ; and.whilo you're a waitin' I'll brin; down a smack o' bread and meat and a bottle of my currant wine. ' 'Taiut good to travel on an empty stomcjeh,'' And five minutes later Miss Com fort wascarryin ler hospitable in tentions, into effect, greatly to tlio de light and apprccia ;ion of tho hungry cliild. J . ; ; : " : " "Now, boo here," said Miss Com tort, drawing the child aside, wh n Jacob tlrove up with the comfortable farm wagotl and stout old horse, "J don't guess you'y e got more money than j'Ou can use, "We huve only enough for our rail- road ticket, sal d Essie, her counte- han.ee- fulling, "but " , v ' "I thought bo," said Miss Comfort ; "aud here's five dollar-bill I've laid aside out ' of of myi bnttep: money th;it on',t know nothiu' about Eliakim dc The child's eyes were brimming an she looked up in Miss Comfort's hou- est, hafd-featurei 3id face. Will yon let me kiss you, lust onCL.9" sho whispcred, standing on tip toe to bring her to tlve spinster's Iblooming cheek close wrinkled lips. : Kisiiiug, as Mbs Comfort mignt her self : have 'remarked, had tho leisure for a rcmnfk, was not muph in , her way, but she could not resist the sweet, wistful entreaty! , "There," s-he s.iid, with a strange moisture in her eyes, ."run along; Joab's yraitiu?." "On !"cried . ittle Edher, as, she sat on the. buffalo-draped . seat, "X wish I vii'a.iieh and gijown up?" - "Why, what honest Joab. ud youxlo?' demand ;1 amond necklace and a "I'd buy a d pink dress for that good lady.' Joab chuckltl u. "i don t know as they'd becomd jocularity. . ' 'So her," he said, with gee up old Doll I" I know I'm pretty old to bo look- in' arter a situ ition," sail Miss Com fort Pairhaveu, ''but I can't starve, nor I won't beg, so what's thV-re left? We ihad a good- farm puce, but my' brother conld l't rest till he spekilated if all awny, and now he's gone and I'm nil alonei : So, if you know of a good placp as housekeeper, or matron in ftn asylum, or general overseer, If dou't much ciiro wheTO " . -The'intellij enco office keeper, with a slight fchruf; of hh shoulders, broke in on the torrent of Miss FairhavenV tiiplanatory eloquence. ' ' "What wajjes did you ask?" "I ain't particular about that bo long aB it's a good home' (' J:' ,. V 'Here's n plnco that might perhaps suit you hojU8ekcepcr wanted at Mr. Dupj ponceau's, No. Fifth avenue. You'mi'ght try it, although I -hardly think a' person like you would suit." "I ain't y )nng, I know," 6aid Miss Comfort, ,w th a sigh, but there's, n deal, of ton jh work left in me yet. Givpme the ndclress I.shnn't give up and! starve vithout'tryin' for it." - i Yet, in spito of . all her philosophy, Miss Comfprt's. heart, likeUhat of the qiieen of Sheba of old, grew faint with in her as she sat in the luxurious re ception roo;m of the Fifth avenue man- iM, .'Burrinnded .by; silken chairs. jihled tabjles, flashing mirrors ind pictures, whoso radiant skies might have been painted in liquidized gold, so- rare and c'ostly were they. i ':"l'm most'sprry I come;?" thought. Miss Comfort. 'I don't fairly be- lieyj I can' givo satisfaction here." While the thought was passing, through her mind, tho door swung open, andja tali young lady "in a. blue silk morning robe entered a young lady with jgoldeu brown hair looped after the fashionable style over her brow, and deep blue eyes. - Miss Cpmfort rose' and dropped a stiff little courtesy. "I've called to see' she .began, but to her amazement the rest of her speech was abruptly checked by the young lady's arms being thrown round j her neckj ' .-; - "Oh, l ni so glad to see you, sne cried out ecstatically; "I thought 1 never should seo. you again. I went I to the old farm, but you bad gone awny, nobody knew whitherl j And bIio hugged Miss Comfort more 1 enthusiastically than ever, with bright I tears sparkling on her eyelashes. WhV." demanded tho bewildered i ' . spinsier "who are jou? ' "I'm Eseiel Don't you - remember little Essie Bell that you gave the five dollar bill to in the twilight by the wild rose bushes, when " . v "Oh o ohl"exclatmed Miss CJom- for. , "Yoa don't mean to say you're that" And i here she stopped, nearly strangled by Essie's renewed embraces wnue sne iisieneu vo ne story 01 now grandpapa' had adopted her ; and how she v us inrroun led by all that luxury could devise or art invent. 'And I have longed to Bee you again.' added Essie, "for if it had not been for your kindness papa never ,.I.l 1,,1 ' 1. 1,t And you shall live' with me always now, and be my darling old friend." "No," said Miss Comfort, gravely, shaking her bead. "I've come to apply for a situation as housekeeper, and if you won't give it to me, I must go else- whore." ', 1 .And Essie was obliged to consent. "But mind," said sue, nodding the golden masses of her crepe hair. "I shall give you what wages I please ! Grandpa always entrusts those things tu my management." ; So Miss Comfort Fairhaven stayed nominally as housekeeper really . the trusted and revered head of tho estab lishment, and her declining years were surrounded by a peace and lux ury she never had dared to dream of in her loftiest aspirations. , Miss Comfort J) air haven una in vested the live-dollar bill ndvanta geously. She had cast her bread upon . the waters, and after many days it had returned to her. , Thfrtecn Miles of Loaded Tables. - i . "At the coronation of. Alexander II." says the Moecpw correspondent of tho London .Telegraph, "there were. no less than thirteen miles of tables (672 in number) laid symmetri cally along the"Khodynsky Field, just outside of the City, and oh tho eye of' tho historic day, they were covered with various kinds of eatables for the multitude. Thus, on each table were placed fivo roasted sheep, the horns gilt or Bilvered, and on each side of the imnrovised tables stood hrs or 'linos', like the traditional Christmas .trees of tho Germans, from which huug, not moreiy the usual apples, pears, sweetmeats and fancy breadsibut like-' wise roasted ducks, chickens and hens galore. There were nq plates, and the venerable old saying was acted upon that 'fingers were 'made before forks, and hands before knives.' No government with the .wholesome fear wf bankruptcy before its eyes would dream - of undertaking to supply the people with alcoholic liquor in;. snffi cient quantities, and therefore barrels and tubs of waer were placed within easy reach of the thirsty moosniKS wno mignt De uniucny enougu io w their share of the 'creature oomioris, par excellence, which were also sup plied in vast quantities free of charge. ; Between the tables, and at intervals. along the thirteen miles o vor : which they extended,lPfty arabesque-covered , fountains were erected, whose capacious reservoirs were filled to overflow-. ing with Crimean wine and the purions k called mvod., The national vodka, hpwever, was co.nspicibus by its absence." . . j '. . " The Nimble Klipgpringer. 1 The klipspringer is a kind loi nnte lope found in Africa, being abundant in the mountainous regions as far uorth as Abysinia, and. if Soutli African sportsmen aro to bo believed he furnishes the finebt kind of yen's )ni 'Thcs animals are about 42 incheslong and 22. inches h'gh.and the males have sharp spike horns, sometitnej fivP iuches long. These animal J are rej markablo . climber' running on tlio tips of their hoofo, and goiug up rock faces apparontly as steep as tho side of a house. . The hoofs aro mado on the pneumatic principle, being marly cyli ndrical, aud cup shaped underneath; in order to break the fall by compressi ng the air. This same plan gives jin extra firm-hold on tho rocks. ; j i They are the most remarknbly built ih'tclopes, with ai. hip development pfinalot bv no animal, m America ble ave the rabbit, which tley reseml o very much ' that a sportsman seeing them going np a hill or in rapid loco motion might easily think they wpre the biggest rabbits ho had ever heard tell of, lot albno seen. It is not sorted that they sit ' upon their hind legs like tho rabbit or harep, all hough it is possible that they do juagiug from the hind legs, wmcn, n me nni' mals were Vto straighleu them put, would give them the . appearance bf a kangaroo on all fours. London J; ield. Hens That Hatch Fisli Eggs. i f The hens Of China lead busy lives. When npt engaged in hatching iut a brood of their own kiud they are put ' .1.- ..i.ia;noi novel l,.sk of VJ lUC a.w . - - 1 hatching fisU eggs. Chinese cheap 1 ..v.s Ajtl initio t h a .ftnii wn of fish ifrom the waters edge, places it in an empty -. ..n '-: u;i. U l.nn l.ermfcticallv a .UKr it , nder 1 fTA1. some days tho eggshell is removed and carefully broken and the spawn, which has been warmed into, life,' is emptied into a shallow pool well warmed by the sun. f Here'the minnows that soon develop arc ' nursed .until strong ..wSnrrii to ! be turned into a lake or 0 , . I . btream. Chicago Chronicle. j QUAIXT ASD CURIOUS. K. wealthy Roman, in the reign of Nero, paid $1,200 for a female flute player. 1 I. ... ' Clarke McGavisV of Colorado, is nineteen years old, six feet nine inches high, , and an enthusiastic bicycler.- According to a Frenchman, who has been experimenting, a single hair can carry a weight of more than six. ounces. ' i ' . '. . . - -1 Elche, in southern Spain, has; a palm! grove with 80,000 trees. The dates are inferior in - quality to the African. ' i Two boys fishing at Sag Harbor, 1. L, the other day, booked a bicycle and pulled it out. "t It was pretty ' rusty, but ptherwiso in fair condition,' The vital statistics of Steuben, Me., for the 12 months jast closed show a curious 'coincidence. Daring the year therie were in the town 16 births, , 16. deaths and 16 marriages. ; . i Prisoners in the Bangor, Me. , jail aro to be supplied with potted plants to care for in their colls. It is be lieved, the care of. the plants will have an "elevating, land reforming in fluence." . ' ; ' i . f - j i ' . An intoxicated musician was ar- rested in- baarburg, near JMetz, not ldn'g ago. The policemen who locked him up forgot all about him, and. a week later the musician was found dead from starvation.! they say that' a wealthy StLbuisan asked a commercial agency to get Mm a rating on his prospective son-in-law, who lives at Columbus, Ohio. .Tho young man uearu oi ii. uuu got uiuu. So tho weddingis oft ? j Samuel Taylor of Caribou, Me.,' cut r , i - i ; . a fine piece of maplo about j thirty years ago and now thinks that it ought to be about in .condition to make a cood back for a violin, so he has com menced to work on it. j A record of train accidents in the 8 ..-' ! United States during the. month of March shows that there were ,13-t in all, pf which 57 were collisions, 72 de railmeuts, and five other accidents. In these casualties 28 persons were killed and 95 injured. An inmate of thef Owasso,' Mich., poorhouse demanded ham and eggs for breakfast, and when it -was re- ' fused, proceeded to clean out the es tablishment, which he accomplished so effectually that quite a force of po lice had to be called.., '! The "egg-swallo wing championship" of Oregon is held by a man in Dallas, who swallowed 25-raw eggB in a few seconds under two minutes. .The best previous record was made by a Port- jan crank, who took, twelve;, minutes I to 8WOnow two dozen eggs. A nQvel indn,try in London is that of preserving eggs. Ihe eggs are shelled.the white and yolk mixed to gether, and the ' whole packed in a hermetically sealed tin." E'gs in this shape will keep for a long, time, and are chiefly used by pastry cooks. Contests in Olympian Games. The different contests consisted Pf leaping, the foot-race, -wrestling, throwing the discus (like the modern pntting the shot"), boxing, the pan cratium; the penthathlum, chariot racing, horse-raciDg, and the contests of the heralds and trumpeters. Most of these wpre more or less varied. The foot-races were for different dis tances, and one of them, that of the hoplites, or heavy-armed soldiers, was run in fullj battle armor. d"n boxing, the fists !bf ; the contestants wero wrapped ih the terrible cestus, a glove of hide loaded with metal, and its blow was Often fatal. The pancratium united wrestling and boxing, bait with out the use of the cestus. - The pen thathlum was a group of five contests leaping, .the foot-race, throwing tho quoit or discus, throwing the spear, and wrestling. I ho prize-winner most excel in alL Chariot-racing was with two for four hbrses, or even with mules; and the running horse-races corresponded very closely with those of modern times. Boys of "from four- I een ef8Qtee aso bad contests, ih all respects use inose oi auuits, ex cept that the boys did not use the ces tus. Inisome cases competitors stil within the boyish limit were permitted to do battle with their!, elders ; and these youngsters occasionally secured the crown, even in the severer con tests of skill and strength; St, . : .. Hpvr Snap Punished the' Cat. I venture to send you the following story of an ' Irish terrier which be longed to .my late father, a well-knoWni Cambridge . man. One day at lunch, while Snap's attention was for a I A. .1 l .1 - 1. 1 n f a moment u.y favorite cat managed to purloin some of his choicest chicken bones. . On discovering what had happened, the dog at once "made for puss; but my father said :- . Snap, remember you ore not to hurt pussy,' -and all was peace affain. Later m the after uoon, however the sound o vehement cat . anguage proceeding- from the lawn cai ed us to tho window, . and we beheld Snap holding 'puss fast with his j aws in spite of her : atrnggles, while 1 he deliberately and ; , evidently with tho ere a tout satisfaction, licked her fur the wrong 1 way. -Spectator. BRITISH LABOR.' ACTIVELY ; EMPLOYED IX LINES OP INDUSTRY. Geltinjc Better Month by' Blonth Much. Lareer Circulation of Wases Than la 1895 Our Democratic Tarlfl Uood for All of England's Interests. In the 108 British trade unions, with an ao-OTf7fttfl mprnhpuliin1 rvf A1K 7511 makincr vntnma tn th llnfiol. Tl,l I -C.0--O- f I of Trade. 14.717. or 8.5 uer cent., Were TerJOTtPfl no nnsmnlnW il fha I '. -. . " - r I end Pf March, compared with 3.8 uer cent in Febrnarv. and with fi.5 cent, in 83 nnmns. witr. fflomiuni,tn of Sft7 on? tft.m I of 387,907j from which returns were received for March, 1895. Iron Mining Employment in this industry oontinues better than a year ago.- At tho mines inoluded in the returns an average of 5.77 days per wees was worfced, as compared with 5.59 in March, 1895 The total num ber employed at the mines was 13,317, or about 500 more than a year ago. UI tnese b8.b per cent. , worked full time. Pig Iron Employment was better m rimpioymeni was Detter February, and considerably. than in hflttpr tliar. a vo orrn At tKa nf MamVi tho Wr.m0ar0i.a n..trin . tnma aq nnaa in Kiot 3 more than at the end of FebrnaTv and 40! more than at the correfln0nd ing date last year. ; The number . of workpeople employed at these, fur naces was 21,522, an increase of 78 over the previous month, and of 1559 over March, 1895. Steel Works Employment main tains its improvement as compared with a year ago, the number of work people' employed in 107 works being 3d, mi at the end of March, or 1.15 per cent, more than i at the end of Marn.W Pudding Furnaces and Rolling Mills . -At 85 establishments the number emPloved at tho end of March was 16. - 767, or 4.3 per cent, more than a year r " - , 9 ago. J. !' Tin Plate Trade has been much dis turbed and fewer mills are working than in February. . The number of mills in operation in the 89 works in cluded in the returns was, 286 at the end of March, as compared with 339 at the end of February. Only 40 of tho 89 works were given : full employ ment. . Engineering and Kindred Trades The percentage of unemployed union members has fallen from 3.4 in Febru ary to 2.9 at the end of March, com pared with 7.8 per cent, in March, 1395. Shipbuilding The improvement in employment in this trade has also been well maintained, the percentage of unemployed union members at the close of the month being 7.2,. com pared with 7. 8 in February and 12.4 in Maroh of last year. Building Trades Employment con- j tinues good, the percentage of .unem-j ployed in unions making returns being i 2.6, compared with 4.9 in March, 895. Furnishing Trades Bu6y, the per centage of unemployed union mem bers being only 1.0, compared with 2.6 in February and 4.9 per cent, in March. 1895. Printing and ' Book binding Em-! ployment continues steady, the per centage of unemployed members being ,6. compared with 4. 9 in February and also in marcn, j.ovo. Leather Trades--Employment has slightly improved, and the percentage of unemployed union members is o.v, compared with 6.2 in J?ebruary. Tailoring Trade Employment m the ready-made branch is very good. some overtime being worked, , and ihere is the usual seasonal improve ment in the bespoke branch. ''! Cotton Spinners Employment has improved. Weavers are better em ployed in some j districts, but ' are slacker in others.; . -Woolen Trade The woolen trade continues very busy. ; ; ( Hosiery Trade Employment gener ally is good. ' And what is the condition 01 laoor employed in similar industries in the United States? ; "The Livery of Democratic Tarifl Ee 1 form ' fj rover Cleveland. As adopted by true Democracy from the J. Bull model of theCobden Club, London. I - -.'. :" , -.;.' TTlien Trade Will Revive. Domestic trade has been reduced in volume on the ground that Congress contains too imahy-legislators who- are inexperienced in commercial, nnanciai and practical questions. If seventy- five per cent, of our legislators were practical men we never would have been precipitated into the misfortunes' of the past few years ; we all nave sui- fered. directly and indirectly, 6nr-Teoole are economizing, and bo far as commerce is concerned, instead Of buying a three montns bujcs. i-uey pretty piece ot property in Ainarrousse. hi3 are buying goods from "hand to native vHlage. j The Athens-Lauriain Bail mouth." to use V commercial expres- way Company has i bestoWod on htm a pcr i Vrr-ii. i t va n.iiwli petual free ticket for tho passage of himself . . 1 .. .. t it B.WU. 1 I A.. Wfc. - . . . . . . . 1.. ways and means and principles of the Bepublican party I. know that trade will everywhere revive ana tnere wiu be a general restoration of confidence in our National affairs, --ueorge 0 . oea- bury. New York. ; Bradford Scents Danger. Bbadfobd, England, May 8, 1898. . As time carries us forward to next November, there are Pertain influential parties on this side who would rejoice to see your States all at 'loggerheads' in the matter of your Presidential elec tion. Of all the names that are noted by Englishmen, Major McKinley is in deed as objectionable as one can im agine, and the very fact of him being a prominent candidate if, '.to Bradford especially, "gall and wormwood." Any side iE3ue or second place item which can be thrown into the battle wureu may xvtux w uib ijumjuio- tcicu- V- V ..il. .t. ; V.1 tion.ia, to men here, j the signalfor picuoauii cuuuucu iciuivK" I 1 . ,1 .1 x it- ?inle7. i hoped wfll be thrown. 6ten to what the Manchester Uuard haato say : "It can ecarcelv be doubted that there is a strong reaction in favor of hi eh protection, in the! United States. That has been demonstrated by the short-lived success of the Democrats. It has been intensified by the repeated gold drain from the United States and the necessity ot raising ; gold loans in order to .maintain the parity of tbl American currency by . replenishing the Treasury a gold reserve. Lven Dr; Andrews, a Democrat and a free trader, in.fl i1enlftTd that triAl TTnitfirl Statps - -. rpfeB8 mRr j 1 P"0 auxies so long as me paruy. oi ine va nous iorms oi , money must pe enaau gered by any adverse balance of trade. Furthermore, the average of prices in tQe Unltod State3 at W beginning of the present month was ' the lowest on reeoru,.aua iuis lactgaioue us lu nished protectionists fwith arguments: i record, .and this fact S alone has fur- Protection, it is boldly contendod, and rightly contended, will be useless to maintain prices without bimetaU ism ; but, on the other hand, it is urged that protection will be be neces-j sary to maintain bimetalism if the free coinage of pilve4 be adopted hj the United States -alone. On this "platform"ut is hoppd that the pro ectiom9t manufacturer . and the free trade farmer may H united ; and at P?sent the indications are that they will be united.- Nol the least signifi cant of these indications is the re markable growth of opinion in the State of Pennsylvania in favor oL silver free coinage, j Yankee." ! Real Free Trade - Goods Imported Frceof Duit 'IP 5VS 1431,21866 ! -'3S0fo0jMO--: Goods. Fe of Outj j 150,000,000 r Goods free qf Duty J 4?;jo,ooo,ofo 6co4sfreof DuU) 'clion Qve6 . a iUcKlnlejJ 1aiilg American Bacon. 'U-: At a recent meeting of the two Cham bers of the Legislature of Sweden,' for the purpose of voting together ; on various questions: on which their re- Bptctivo uittjuriiiifa were uui m Qtwiu, a majority of ; 19(3 to 167 decided in favor of ; raising the present duty on' smoked bacon from 25 ore to 39 ore w;r . , fTv Ifl frw 20 ore per kilogramme that on Dacpn of other kinds. This increase has beeii made in thOjinterests of the small peas ant proprietors an tno eouinern prov ince of Sweden but it has met; with considerable opposition owing to the largp amount ot bacon consuru 3a Dy tne inhabitants of trie more northern prov inces and; theif preference for the quality of the bacon imported from the United biatps. ( t Heed Ion Wages. ' j i The truth is that this very question of rising wages fa what makes a; good miany men free graders. People with , fixed incomes think that anything wnipu raises wages is iuuui wj hucw. Manufacturers who have foreign mar ket are naturally anxious to i. have wages on the foreign standard, and when a 'great cPcPa manufacturer .in Boston and a gyaat; agricultural tool maker in Philadelphia proclaim them- eelves on the side of free trade, we find in both cases a large foreign trade and along with t a desire for foreign wages, for their workingmen. Hon. Thomia B. Beed. : .j f- ' : "-I ' ' '- Labor's Tacation. Dun's Bevie4" said that "woolen goods have not improved in demand," aIra that "wool machinery is not more than half employed," and fur ther that "some cotton mills have ceased production. limes are so ."good" that labor is taiung a. vacation and without pa. no moticy ior raxes. "The existing tariff is chiefly a nnARtion of taxes and bounties. New York World, October 21, 1892. ; And now we nave a tarin 01 ueoi sou deficiencies, of hard times and free bread, with no money to pay the taxes or for bounties honestly earned. . Democratic Prosperity; Manufacturing failures, - 1 during twenty-three days of April, amounted to$i,602,5c6 en liabilities against $3, 61736 last year and $3,687,220 in; - r . .- r ' 'Honoring a Gree!t Athlete. -Louvs. the young Greek who. at the re-. vtved Olympio games, won tho priz3,oI Mar athon, is the object of the greatest admira tion among his countrymen, and has received I uuiumciauitj Yttiuauio ireius. uuo is a 1 kt. it V. 1 . . "V t I umyvm over lis uue; n muwr una 1 T0Wed to shave him and a tailor to clothe j him gratis as long as he lives. AiJMoxel-Canvaaa. i j Tyre York; of; North Carolina, wants to be elected to Congress, and is canvassing his district, traveling from place j to place, mounted on a half. 1 1 e-11 o . , 1 : .; 'm TERRITORY OCCUPIED BY TORNADO S AWFDL WQBL l;r x l j r i x p. r f j" ratal and Destructive otorm bweeps Over Texas. AN ENORMOUS LOSS OF LI FE. AFtU One Hnndjed and Fifty Feet Tfd Made Through the near of Sherman Ko Uullillosa Lelt Btandlnz The (City Hall Turned Into o. Morgue Great Destruction qC Property Dnitisoy, Texas, May IvjtfTbe olty of Sher 'man was visited by the worst jtornado lnj the history of North Texas about 5 o'clopk yestor- day evening. The pattt ot tne destroyer was 150 yarqs WlUO. Il Strucit ine ouy m. luo west end ot Post Oak Creek and swept in a westerly dlrootlon for several blocks.l and ilipn nr.rad n.nd snent ilts force. The track of the storm Is a erowsomo sight, the divns- Ution being complete houses, trees, fences r-In faot, everything tn Its pathway) ae fetroved. Tho loss ot Hfo will probably reaoh Sbne hundred, with as many moro bruised bccuDlel by 8. 0. Uolmes have been turned Tha niv Hail nnd rnn STororoom lurmunr Into temporary hospitals.! and -eigntoen bruised, mangled and mutuateu oomoa Awaiting ldentifleation. Noarly every house In Fatrview Addition has. been turned into a hrtarttt-al ' ; Following Is tho list ot dead so tar as known: B. L. Burns, wife and twoi pfcll-1 rtren; Mrs. Otto Paulding and two chiiaeni (Tames Nloholson. wife and two children;. 1. B. Montgomery, wife and two children fc John L,mes.' wife and two children; the Bey. Mr. Khearer; eight members of the PeareO and Richardson families at tho ! Wakefield farm; bhild of Mrs. Craighead, Mrs. James Da'f, Mrs. Jchn Fields, Luclndni Lake, colored; Charles Cox, colored; Eliza Cox. colored; jRoslna Lake, colored; Slo:in Balllnger , col- orett; Katie Ballinger, colored Viiuam ici- erson's four children, colored; Wrightl oiarK hid three members ot his family, colored; Mrs..Athens. i ,1' A Eighteen unidontiflod dead are at tno City ball. The seriously injured are Professor and Mrs. Kohler, 6ix children of J. B. Irwin and Ed ward True. Qrav's Hill and Fairview both worO badly damaged, and the tornadapasssd directly .west of the North ToxaSj Female College, uL.JLlu.-.ro ... . J .1 W Anmt Houston avenue directly after the stopm. He said that ho eaw at least seven men, women and children lying along tho avenue dead and many wounded. The devastation in spots where the storm wag the worst jis com B n Havies. a -coiivory uiiiu, uiuib plete. Trees were stripped 01 iDeir ioimKo i riioooa while ib others they were uprooted. Houses once the pride of the city are in some instances wuuraj n""- " others only a pile ot rubbish marks tho place where they stooa. .J , Captain Bly s flne dwelling was wuwu w pieces. His wife and two cnnareniwerv. ui Jiome, but fortunately escaped Wllhdut serl- T 1 1 . vr rt rumnlna to mark the spot where only a few! hours lofo5 stood fina hnmn of Caotaln Burgess. His fam- ily was absent from the nouse ai me time. Mayor Tone, ot Denison, who was in Hher- AAMV J- : taan during the storm,, gives the loiiowing account of it: "I was . pn iu "u"uooi sauare about 5 o'clock and heard o i roaring wind coming irom mo suiu. "" T tnivvthA air was thick with mud and Bmall specks reseaiblingi ashos.: J Tho storm did not strike the courthouse or ja'l, but fol lowed up Post Oak Creek. The roaring aiu nniinn over two! or threo minutes. During all this time it rained hard. In about n miniitiw rumors imu i . ".. rnany Uves had beten losr, ana lua rojiu Uo mara und worso as time! . passod. By 9 o'clock fifty dead borlles Dad been rJ t iu ..101. K.iil.l intra and sejirch- s ..rfioe nut for more. Ihe dead t.KTidn hv been found In trees, under iuA hnnuH ind on Post Oak Creek. An iron bridge over Post Oak Creek was twisted , TrrTU ttu Mnvie. A cyclone struck khe town ot Justin,, blowing twelve houses down, Killing one maui uiuw . . of Keller, Texas. &nd badly injuring seven- lean others. The cyclone also, did much damage north pf here. I . - j Foal Wouth, Texas. May 16. t-A special from Denton, Texas, says a cyclone struck the town ot Gribblo Springs, eight miles north of Denton. Four pereons were kllfod and five others so badly funded, they can- rNXjTeYa Injuredone of tnem 1 fatally, by :a cyclone Which passed hear Mound Bidge. f A stretch of country about eight miles In length and a hundred yards in width was devastated, Bamuel Bass ; was fatally injured and his house demolished. i Houston. Texas, May 1C Reports from different places throughout this Stato show that over a hundred persona have lost their lives In a frightful cyclone which swept tho country for miles. The damage to property fcannot bo even reasonably estimated.. A recent fire has pMsolosed the fact that bicycles are boing sold at a tremendous prof- .1 r ' a- " iMnrni,M w of a V- djKJntrnwhf arge n52j t ??t tind stock, bad been 'destroyed, it came, out m tb0JflltW ?lW ; Billed Hi Mother, j Frank Harding, ai well know icigarniaker tt Quincy, lit., fatally shot his mother, aged Ixty-flve, and tried to kill himself. Harding', tvho is in Jail, has a brother infcn insane asy lum. '' 1 1 .1 : ' -'! .- Tlie IiWr "World, There are 12,000 union stone masons. . ; St. Loulsservant girls aro organizing. ' BufTalo;N. x., has 800 bicycle makers. Chicago bricklayers want a six-honrday. New Zealand has a compulsory arbitration I?; T , Virginia now enjoys a legal Saturday half- knlM.. I ' Detroit brewers who wear non-union shoes nli .k - ' T 4. Buffalo, N. Y., has a PollBh freight han dlers union. M . Saginawll Mich., has a Woman's Union Label League. " - '. . : j A woman ' i President of the Lansing .perks' Union. I . r . i ' . . 1 .- - i : ,4 '. -; :-; ' j-wL. GREATER NEW YORK. . MONUMENT FOR DE LONG. t . 1 . ' 1 National Memorial for thoVlctlm of the Jeannette Eipcslltlon. Senator Chandler has Introduced in the United States Senate a bill appropriating uuu,uuu ior tne erection ot a National monument over the remains of Lieutenant De Long and his fellow heroes of f,ho Jean nette expedition. A lot ot ground had Ixwn purcnased In . Woodiawn Ceruterv. New York, by tho widowed Mrs. De Long in 1884, when the rescued remains - of tho ' JEANMETTE HEBOSs' MONCMENT. dead wcr0 brought to lilu country.; Here Lieutenant De Long hlrasolf aud 8ix ot nj3 companions were laid t0 res with' aolumn servioea, on pobmary 23. Tho bodies had been disin-i torrei1 rom tno spot in tho Lena doltn.whero, tn6ir jiacovercr. Chlof EaliiL-er George W.-, Meivlu0t Sad iuterre 1 tliemln March, 18S2. : r;hja wa3 a rua0t but a splendid aud appro-, priate sepulchre for Arctic heroes. Ou tho summtt- of Monument Hill, a solid rook 300 foet h,sl) no du Kll Krily,-; Aud above (hat gravoue pi. a gigautio wooJeu croris, la- BCrjDed with their nanvw. The monument In Woodlawn is to bo a fac-similo of that built by Chlt 'Eu-lneer ji0ivnio. Where wood was used, however, tQ0 pr0p030a tomb Is to have brour.e. . : 'fgpgy ar0 the names of tho burled in Woodlawn over whom it Is proposed to ct tho mohumeut: Lieutenauf-Coro- mander v. De Long, W. Lee, "A. (lortz, A. Dressier, N. Iversan, 11. U. Kack and AU fc'ana. : I ' ' - . ; ; , CHANCE IN PENSION BUREAU. Commissioner Locliren to Jet .a Judge-8liip---Succeedcd by Ills leimty. Tho President nominated Pension Com missioner Lochren to bo United States Ju'dgo COMMISSIOKEB LOCUBEN. raomtnatod; for United State3 Judgo in juiuu.-uia. , : . for tD0 District of Minnesota, and Deputy Commissioner Murphy to bo Chief of tho pCI13ion jj-cau. . j - ' . j ; The Dnpont Cano Settled. , :. ThQ clafm of Co,one, u Dupont for the vacant seat in the United States ;Senato fromMie State of Dolawaro wai deoldol ad- vcrsely to him by a majority ot one. The question has b- en dolmted at great length from tlmo to. time; Tho Piepub- ucan Senators, to a man, voted in ;aor of Dnpont's claim, tho Domocrats voted just as unanimously against it, and the Populists, allied themselves solidly on tho Dcimoeratio t side, making the vot on tho amendment,' which declared that Mr. Dupont was not en-' titled to the seat. 31 to 30. Thi3 closes th6 1 casj. After months of patient toll, after weeks J In preparation, after trial trips on San Francisco Bay, and spoed tests la the Santa Barbara Chalet, California, th United battln3hip 6regon repaid her builders v fohP. maAn an averse speed of 1G.78 knots beitinjlho Oregon, by her work, earns a premium of tl75,0OO for her builders. For a Continental Concresi. Tho messago of the President ot Brazil on the opening ot Congress favors tho idea of a congress of American republics. Fate of a lioatins; Party. ' I Near.Skamokawa, Wash., three persons j WOre drowned. . A 'boating party, composed 0f Mrs. A. K.. Crosby, Miss P.ctta Kennedy, Frank Peterson, Charles Newell and a Mr. Crafts, the latter from Portland, was return- ; ing from a trip to Gathlamet when the boat M r32SSL; : I - - - - Advised to Let Odr Securities Alona. : The paper which is the nnanciai authority. In London advises English Investors to leava ... American securities alone, owing to the a...AAM a kiiAitn kbl uhlnmanta fFArrt VaS I York and the nnanoial uncertainties attend I ing the Presidential campaign. PKXSIOS