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YOLXJME XXVUL
ELIZABETH CITY, K C, WEDNESDAY, MA Y 27, 1896.
NUMBER 1.
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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
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B.WU. 1 I A.. Wfc. - . . .
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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
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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
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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
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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;
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' '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
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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
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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
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GREATER NEW YORK.
. MONUMENT FOR DE LONG. t
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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.
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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;
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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