North Carolina Newspapers

Br WlLtlAffl tt. IsBBIfmRD. .. WILMINQTOJr. N. C. Sunday Morning. Dec. 27, 1896 BOLTING THE STEIKE PE0BLE1L There is no iadostrial system in this country more. Interested in pre Tenting strikes among Its em ployes than the railroads, - for there is no system that suffers so much by strikes when they occur, and not only 'the railroads uffer but the country generally in proportion to the magnitude of the strikes. Hence any movement to prevent such strikes Is a matter of public interest and mast attract public attention. ' ' In this country and in some other countries manufacturers and .mer chants - have adopted what they call the "profc-sharhg" system, each having his owa -particular plan, the obrect beinz to Identify the 'em . ployes with the business ia which they are employed and bring them and their employers , together by antttag their interests more closely. B this plan or these, plans the em ployes secure a certain' percentage of the net profits of the business, bat re ceive their.5 regular wages -all; the same regardless of. this feature and are not required to assume any por tion of the responsibility in the event of loss of business or loss ot money.' The profit-sharing is not coupled with contingent loss sharing, but is .simply a reward offered for faithful service and a stimulus to continued faithful aess and zeal in their respec- .live cuijJiuj iusuu. iug piaus as far as we know have worked well, and we have never read of any clashes between employes and em ployers, nor strikes ' nor -lockouts where they have been in' operation. The Illinois Central Railroad, which extends from Chicago to New Orleans, and is one of the best man aged roads in this country, has adopted this idea, but not simply on the profit-sharing plan, but goes fur ther than that, as will be seen by the following Chicago dispatch, which' describes the method pursued: Illinois Central Rulroad officials have before them the applications of 1, 500 employes of that road who desira to purchase the company stock. These applicants are toming in at the rate of 850 and 800 a month and indicate. a strong desire on tae part of the working force of the road to be in fall harmony; with the executive department. . The Il linois Central employ 22 00 J men. More than one-fourth of the employes are now stockholders and it is tboaght one-half will soon bp enrolled, v I: ia believed the company has taken a formal step in the direction of solving the strike problem and-teaching tie laboring classes the value of economy. Stayvesant Fish, president of the company, is the author of the plan, which no other railroad has yet adopted, although its success has beeo provel after months of experiment.-. Ua the first day of each month the Illinois Central quotes to its employes a price at which the application will be .accepted for stock during that month. An em- oyee is onered the privilege; ol sun- rioing for one share at a time, payahle by installments in sums of S3 or any multiplelof 3. , on the com jletion cf which the company will deliver to him a certificate of the share registered in b s name on the books of the company. He can then, if he wishes, begin the pn chase of another share on the ins ailment plan. Tae certificate of stock is traos fe aile oa the company's booics and en tities the owner to such dividends as any be declared and to a vote in the ntectioa of the m;m-ers of the Bjard of Directors. Aoy- officer or employe of the company making payments on ibis plan wilt be entitled to receive interest on bis deposits at the rate of 4 per cent per annnm . daring . the time he is paying for his share of stock, provided be does not allow twelve consecutive monies to elapse without making any payment. Alter pay ments are began on this plan any officer or employe who wishes to discontinue them can bars bis money- returned to him with accrued interest by making ap plication to the head bt the department ia which he is employed. The first ef fort to make the plan a success i was made three years ago. Many employes were then afraid to ' invest ia snch stocks, and subtrq lently the bad times kept them from making purchases. The big strike of 1891 bad also an unfavor able effect on the plan, bat President Fish and the other officials kept pressing it, and now, with a strong indication of : better times, tbe company fiads a warm desire on the part of its employes to fi nancially ct operate with them. Vice President Harahan said yesterday : 'We are having eminent success with the plan.;" It seems from this that this is. not altogether a new experiment with . this road as the plan has been in op eration to some extent for three years, and has met the expectations of the originator, and doubtless, also of tbe employes as the -number of applications for stock would not be on the increase at the 5 end of three years. That was ample time to test its merits, and see whether there was anything jn. it or;; not.: (With (over one fourth of the employes stock holders, 1,500 applications pending, and applications coming in at the rate of 250 '-to 300 per- month there is good ground for the belief of Pres ident Fish, the author' of the plan, , that within a year or two every de sirable employe of the road will be a : stockholder ; in it and a member of . . the company. ' . . .', It doesn't require the application - of an X ray to see through tbe merits , of a "scheme like this for it speaks for s itself and the flavor ;iritb which it is received by- the employes, who h would be very quick tq detect any .. flaws la It speaks for JJC By this plan the road - becomes practically a co-operative oney ln whirt JV Ux-i stalment feature enters-withVut any of the drawbacks of the instal plan." The operations of the road, or, - its credit are not dependent in any. . way onrthe iustalmenu to be paid by these stock-purchasers, for 4t has; i ample capital to conduct its busi - ness and meet its liabilities without tohchinlgciany 'bf these, while the a employe wbojiwns stock feels that he is not simply working as a wage earner but also as . at 'profit-sharer. When the ' employes, numbering as many as this road employ's, share its profits as other part-owners do, they will feel that it is- their road, and there will be very, little danger of their striking against themselves, especially when - they have as much voice la the management, ia propor tion to the . amount of stock" they bold, as other stockholders. - The working of this plan will doubtless be watched by other rail road corporations and working well there Is no reason why it should not be followed by other corporations and In course of time be generally adopted. ; Ittooks like a level head-. ed, business-like and simple way of solving the strike problem by bring ing the company and the people in its service as close together as it is practicable to bring them and mak ing the interest of some the interest of all without in any way impairing the efficiency of the service or the relations that should exist between employer and employed, where rules, regulations and discipline are necessary to success. -Why couldn't a. similar plan be tried by manufacturing, mining and other companies to test its merits as a solver of the strike problem with them ? If it works well in one great enterprise, employing 22,000 men, it ought to work well in . similar enter prises employing a greater or. less number of men, and in other enter prises, too. ' ' ' KIBU& MLKJITI05. Secretary Carlisle's report shows a deficit for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1896, of $25,293,246. He esti mates tbe deficiency for the current year at $64,500,000, and for the year following . at $45,718,970. This would give as a total for the three years of $135,422,216. It is pretty evident from this showing that the Government needs more revenue, that is if the present rate of expend! sure is to be kept , up, but bow this revenue is to be secured is the ques tion. There is nofrvthe slightest probability of any material redaction in current expenses, for - we have started on the down grade of extravagance and it is mighty hard to put on the brakes. The Repub licans a lew years ago discovered. when the Democrats were chiding them for the Iavishness with which they were spending and squandering the people's money, that this was "billion dollar country" and they have been acting on that idea in all the legislation with which they have' had anything to do. As straw indicating that we need not ex pect any reduction of expenditures bills have been already introduced tor appropriation? for new public build ings amounting to over $7,000,000, Of course alt, of these will , not go through and many of them have been introduced without any. expectation that they will. pass, but simply to make the gentlemen who introduced them solid with their constituents, and there are very few constituen cies which object to pulls from the Treasury when they get. the .benefit of the' pull. As Secretary- Carlisle contends that we will get as much revenue from the present tana as we would from any tariff the Repub licans. might offer he doesn't shed much light on how we are to run the Government without issuing bonds, as he has been doing, to meet ex penses. y Mr. Geo. E. Boggs,of .Haywood county, has recently shipped a few barrels of winter apples to Germany, and believes that this is the begin ning of a baslness that will i grow and reach considerable proportions. arieties of apples grown in North Carolina are pronounced by eminent pomologists to be equal tbe best apples grown anywhere. Speci mens lof ; these apples have been exhibitedat expositions, v. and it is probablylhrough the attention they attracted at: these exhibitions that this shipment to Germany has been made. ' We have seen v apples grown in that section and in the central section of the State side by side with the finest apples that 'are grown in--other -,s States,. t where special .v attentlonaets t given to raising: the choicer.varietifcs which would comparewith any. in size, beauty and quality, and. hence it has been to as a matter .of surprise that so little effort has been made to find markets.abroad for this crop, which is a large one in our State. If we re member correctly, over 300,000 bar relsof American apples have been shipped to Europe this year, a laree -Increase over the shipments last year, due jn a great measure, no doubt, to . . . mm m . tne aonnaanc . crop ana low prices. Bit of all these apples probably hot a uanarea- oarreis came irom any Sute South of , Maryland. 4 Whether this is lack of pusb, by our apple growers, high freights or .something else we. do not know, but possibly this venture of Mr. Boggs may result in turning attention to .this subject, and introducing the North. Carolina apple in foreign markets Appointment for -Vmiuuod br BUhopthe , of Btst Carolina. ! December M- Christmas, Woodville, Bertie county, brace. December S7,an4ay after Christmas, M.-P. Morning Prayer. "1-P.i-Evenlng Prayer. Vriomninnion. CommnnloB . .Offerings for Dioceaai KMiasions unless otherwise annoaactd; SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Winston Sentinel: Mrs Eber hardt died suddenly of heart disease. this morning, on Poplar street, Sa lem; aged about 70 years. - Rocky 'Mount Phxnuc. Last week an "old farmer somewhere In the gold district of Granville and Vance counties, who said that he was tired of waiting, gave an option on his tract of land for $20,000. The man who secured the option has since disposed of it for $50,0C0. Greenville Reflector : Tbe Greenville tobacco market has closed for the holidays. The season- has been marked with great success, the sales up to this time reachiog 4.509,. 975 pounds.,. This is an increase of nearly one million pounds over last year.-. With probably from 8 to 12$ per cent, more tobacco than last year now la the .hands of farmers tributary to this marker, it is not an overestimate to say that the market will sell this year between 6,000,000 and 6,500,000 pounds. .' , Concord Standard: Sam Hood and George Heathcock, charged with the death of Will Honeycutt, were given a preliminary hearing before Justice C. F. Smith, of No. 9 town ship, Tuesday. Evidence in the case developed that Hood alone was re- sponsiole for tbe deed and be was turned" over to Deputy Sheriff Geo. F. Barnhardt, who . brought the prisoner to town last night' and landed him in jail, while Heathcock was bound over as a witness :n the sum of $100, which was given. Salisbury World : One o the oldest citizens of Rowan county passed away last night in the death of Mr, John P. Rehner. He had lived in this county all his life and was considerably over 90 years old when old age caused his death last night. Tbe World 'is in receipt of a communication from: W. S. Gregg, of Barnesville, Ohio, asking for information concerning Salisbury and vicinity. Mr. Gregg says in part, "several of as are talking of coming, to Salisbury to locate and do business."- - -' Raleigh Visitor', Auditor Ayer, who paid his respects to the Governor-elect, told os that the inaugura tion would not occur before the thir teenth. "This much is settled upon," he ; said. The statement pub lished a few days ago to the effect that the expenditures in the Depart" ment of Agriculture was something over $58,000 is incorrect. The De partment expended $45,719, and a good part of this was for permanent improvements and . additional build ings.. There is a special fertilizer tax, the proceeds of which are' em ployed in meeting the expenses of the Agricultural Department. Charlotte News-, Mrs. K W. Hannon, widow of tbe late Mr. Jesse Hannon, diedJFtfesday afternoon at her residence on West Fourth , street, aged 74 years. She leaves . two daughters, Mrs. Smith, of Wilming ton, and Miss Mary Hannon, and one brother, Mr. John Stevens, of Shelby. Austin Wilson at tempted to commit suicide yester day afternoon by drinking two ounces of laudanum. Wilson, it seems, having beard of the warrant that had been issued for his arrest, came back home yesterday with his supply, of laudanum determined to put an end to his life rather than be arrested. CURRENT COMMENT. There is no tening bow much the fifteen million dollars failure of the bank of Illinois and the fifteen hundred., thousand dollar failure of the Bank of Minnesota would have amounted to had Mr. Bryan been elected. Speculation up these points is idle, but it is interesting. Now, if Palmer and Buckner. had been elected, but we will not pursue tbe f urt her to day. Charleston News and. Courier, Dent. - Information given yesterday ot the reduction of wages' in the shoe shops of Lynn, Mass., and vicinity, and tbe closing up of some tempora rily, illustrates the value, or! perhaps the want of value, of the pre-election praise of McKinley as "the - ad vance az"nt of properity," and the denunciation of Bryan as "the ad vance agent of commercial and in dustrial rnin." Brooklyn j Citizen, Dent. . The deal between Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller, said to have been perfected recently, is probably one of tbe biggest on record. Mr, Rockefeller controls tbe richest iron mines in tbe world, m the Mesba range, and Mr. Carnegie con trols the biggest iron and steel mills in the country. The combining of their interests is said to mean that tbeybave the "ability to wield $100, 000,000 of capital in one line of trade." What the effect of the deal upon smaller concerns will be re mains to be seen. 'Savannah News, Dent. : - Prof. Hypnit "Now, yonng lady, yon will greatly assist tbe test by remaining poesive. So er concen trate your tnnd on nothing. Ethel ' Ob, Cbollv, how fortunate yon came with me. Proceed professor. fudgt. X now 1 o Gorham i-OWO. 4? .8 .? 4? 4i - b Direct inquiry cfany first-class jeweler in the , & United States will enable you to obtain a GOR HAM Silver at prices no higher than those o asked for more ordinary . grades, In exceptional bl cases it may.be neces- rary to insist upon being shown the trade-mark, c - i& o. in order to be sure that J 9. thz, goods are as repre- sented and it is always w. a wise precaution. : ' Too good for Dry Goods ' : ' Stores Jewelers only. ' 1 Btiy " ' 1 I. A 1 ' " : VOBIH WHILE. " " XT-LA WHXILXR WILCOX. I 'Tis easy enough to be pleasant When life flows along like a song; Buf, tbe man worth while is tbe one who will untie i" When everything goes dead wrong; For the test of the heart is trouble, - And it always comes witb the years, And tbe smite that is worth the praise of . . . - earth -Is the smile that comet through tears. It Is easy enough to be prudent ; " When notbing tempts you to stray; .When without or within no voice ot sin Is luring your sonl away: Bat it it only a negative virtue Until it it tried by fire, And the life that is worth the honor of earth Is the one that resists desire. J By the cynic, the tad. the fallen, Who bad no strength for the strife, - Tbe world's highway it cambered to-day They make up tbe item of life. -Bat the viitue that coeqaert passion, ' And the sorrow that bides a smile . It it these that are worth tbe homage of " 1 earth, . For we find tbem but once in a while. ; SUNDAY SELECTIONS. When -men's estates are littled up it is but too common for men's hearts to.be puffed np. ; . -'"'' The Lord's army was never de feated because tbe opposing army had giants in it. Ram's Horn. The more a man has to say in church tbe more it burrs the cause of trae religion. Ram's Horn. " v Prayer is the golden key which should open tbe rooming and lock ; np the evening Bishop Hopkins. , ; The more a stone is wounded bv the hand of tbe engraver, the greater beauty is soperlndaced thereon. . The man who would have the power to move mountains most begin on graint of tand. Ram's Horn". :l The way to ascend is to" de scend; the deeper a tree roots, the wider do iU branches spread. Ram's Horn. :-. The pure in heart: see God in everything, and tee him everywhere and tbey are supremely blessed. J..G. HPl land. . '.. ' . ::; Earthly crowns crumble, earthly prizes fade, earthly pleasures pall. At tained, they are neither in themselves what we dreamed, nor do they lead on to better things. What a failure is tbe life which has made such things its chief desire! But how pyous. how rich, how now eternally progressive is the lite which hat been fixed upon earthly tningsi - There is only one place where blessing can be obtained waiting at the throne of grace. Let us open oar hearts heavenward, sacrificing everything, with the one obj ci of seeing what God can do for them that wait on him. It God gives as grace to say. "This one thing I do, I watt on tbe Lord," we may depend on it that be will arm and lead bit peo pie oa to blessing and power such as tbey bavenot known. Christian Neigh bor. TWINKLINGS. "I hear they ve laid off a num ber of handt down at the taw mill." "Yes; to the surgeon wat telling me.' Chicago Journal. My wealth -brings me no hap piness, becaase I have neither kith nor kin." "To at titt or to crpw over." In dianapolis Journal. "George Maitland left his wife a widow this morning." "Poor dear, I'm si torry for her. "Bat they lay George didn't treat her very wen. "Ob, it Isn't that. With her sallow face she'. I look iast horrid in black. Cleveland Plain Dealer. Sister There, yon have candy all over your new sail I What will mamma sa? - Little Brother Well, mamma won't let me have any fua.in these clothes till I get 'em spoiled. Bostou Traveller. 3 "You'll save half your money by baying one of these patterns," said the clerk at the bargain counter. "Then i ll take two and tave ail my money." tweetly smiled tbe newly mar ried shopper. Detroit Free Press, Mrs. Larrabee "I thought your minister wat to have a call to Minnea pohs." ' - Mrs Fenwlck "There was talk of it bnt it's all off now. He ' went there to preach a trial sermon, and absent-mind edly took his text from St, Fagl." fn dianapolish Journal Prevent sickness and save doctors' bills at this season by keeping vony biood rich and pare witb Hood's Sarsa- partlla. t Sorcery In tha Wlddla Acea. In the middle of the twelfth, century priests were the only doctors. , By an 'edict of the council of Tours surgery was separated from medicine and the practice of the former forbidden to the clergy. - The latter then employed theix barbers to perform surgical operations. This arose from, the fact of the monks having . their, heads" shaved frequently and observing the dexterity acquired by the barbers in the use of "edge tools. The knights of the razor, from, cupping and bleeding, passed, on to tooth draw ing and finally to other operations rer quiring skill and deftness, if pot ranch knowledge. They knew practically neth tag of anatomy. It is said surgery wat denied to the clergy by a canon of tbe Church which forbade then ta shed blood. This was considered the dark age of medicine, and somber indeed if must have been to the worthy citoyeq who, perhaps, placing himself in the hands of his barberjor relief, might, at the same time that he .was getting rid of a tumor, also part company with his head. Exchange. ' . . Th Tact of Brat Vriaadahlpi, The hardest test of the. friendship of - : , . . . a pet animal is to call it away fcom its ioou wiu. jw aiuiBUT f it from its meal, bnt merely call it A real friend of a dog, for instance, will . . , m I L 1 , not have to call a dog; it will come without-calling whether eating, or not. If a gentle master has been away for a week the demonstrations of joy will be of a most lively character. But the ap proach of a cruel master make a dumb creature flinch and shrink away In fear and trembling, and caresses are received with bowed head and quivering body. New York Sun. " . r4- ; .Batter Fae&fLc; A system of packing butter which does away with" cold chambers is being tried in Australia. The butter is being packed in cubical boxes made of glass, the joints being covered with adhesive, greaseproof paper.'- The boxes vary in size, holding from 1 pound to 300 pounds. ; When a box is filled, it 4s covered with . a quarter of an inch of plaster of paris, and this with prepared paper or canvas. The plaster, being a nonconductor of heat, preserves the hermetically sealed butter. The heathen mythology not only was not true, .but was not even supported as true. It not only deserved no, faith, bnt .it-demanded none.-7Wbatey. It is stated by some authorities that the wood of the American poplar make ,ihe best variety of wood paper. , EVERY ONE CAN SINGf INGENIOUS ' .-THEORY ABOUT THE TRAINING OF VOICES. Sinflnx Is Just u Natural m Talking, bnt tha Voice Most Be CnltlTated Aeoording to Inflexible Sales Practice Should Be gin at tbe Top of the Voice. ;. In fairy days when the fox wished to make his voice sweet he went to the miller and asked f or challc 'This he atd' with such satisfactory results that his next call was made without any of the unlucky effects generally produced by his naturally harsh voice. It is very evi dent from all that one hears' and reads nowadays that this end of the century is pKpecting to be told of some royal road to voice improvement Why should not such a road be found! In these days of Roentgen rays and consumption cures why should net the art of music advance .tremendously? . - 'S -- v ; , - ; i The human voice is used ror two pur poses by every one to speak with, by many to sing with. That many wish to sing but find themselves un;le to do so is unhappily true. That all these could learn to sing is. also true, though this ia not without question in many minds. Jr. Much has been written lately in criti cism of the disagreeable qualities of the" speaking voice," especially the harshness of the voices of American women. - Lit-" tie has been suggestedj however, to. rem edy the defects. , As for the singing voice, it has lately been state4 that "of all branehes of musical stdy the mcst dis couraging perhaps is the cultivation of the voice." - Here i8 something which interests thousands of persons, and' when we in clude ill our subject the improvement of the speaking voice it is one which should interest millions. People are scarce who really care nothing about raSsio. They are, scarcer still who do not carry a "musical instrument about with them wherever they go. The sing er is at no trouble or expense to procure an instrument upon which to perform. All he needs to da is to open bis mouth and it is ready. Moreover, this instru ment, rightly treated, needs far less .practice than- any piano or violin, .and there is a method of right treatment which can be described to "out of the way students. " This method consists of just two things relax the throat, begin all practice at the top of the voice. In tnrder to gain a relaxed throat simply try to stretch the throat open,' as in yawning, and to sing as low down in the throat as possible. Neyer imagine that any tones proceed from or go to . the top of the head, bnt think that they all start from a point low in the throat, and must come directly out of the mouth, toward the front teeth. . A con tracted throat produces a rough, rasping or nasal voice. An open, relaxed throat produces a round, smooth, clear voice. The second injunction begin all prac tice at the top of the voice is most lm portant More harm has been done by the training of voices upward than the world has yet any idea, and it is mar velous that we have not : learned this fact 'before the end cf the nineteenth century. Scales should .never be sung upward by beginners, because' this tends to emphasize instead of to bridge over any breaks that the voice may have. By always training the voice downward the difficulties with regard to breaks and registers are overcome without any theorizing and experimenting oh the part of the student. An exercise which can be practiced with immense benefit by every student is to begin at the high est tone that the singer can take easily and singeach successive tone downward to the syllable "ha" low down in the throat as possible, using a great deal of breath for each syllable and , taking freslpbreath for each One. " -; Besides the question how best to im prove the singing voice, persons are seeking answers to two other questions how can we improve our- speaking voices mad can we all learn to sing? The speaking voice can be made pleas ant and agreeable in the same way that the singing voice is improved. It is most emphatically true that many persons speak habitually in tones that are un necessarily shrill and rasping. This is caused . by throat contraction, which squeezes tbe tone and renders it rough. To relax the throat by stretching it open as in yawning and to speak low in the throat allows the tone to be smooth, round and clear. A very unwise injunc tion is often given in this connection viz, "Do not speak in such a high key. " The very opposite of this should be iri culcated. Voices are never shrill because they are high ; they only sound shrilly because the throat is apt to be contract ed more on high tones. This weakens the high tones and the effort to speak loudly causes forcing of the voice. If people would relax the throat and then strengthen the high tones by their free and proper use, they would soon notice a vast improvement in tone quality, "Can every one learn-,to sing?" Un? questionably, yea Every one who can speak can also learn to sing, if he will take a little' trouble, for the very same instrument, the larynx, furnishes the voice for both speech and song. The only difference between tbe speaking voice and the singing voice is that tha former uses thejower and medium tones and the latter uses chiefly the higher Hand medium tones. If a person thinks tne cannot sing, let him, in the first place, ibe satisfied to begin at the begin ning, instead of-at the end. Let him not be discouraged because he. cannot at once sing a whole tune correctly, but let him believe that, if, as must be the case, he can form any single tone or two tones correctly, he can improve upon this ability, just as any one who can add two' and two can also add three and three, and then four and four. The main thing to understand ia that inability to sing ia not gGperally canoed, as Is so often supposed, by want of voice or want of ear, but simply by lack of flexibility, of voioe--that is, weakness of the mus cle which tighten and relax the vocal corda New York Herald. , Dora as m Beg-gait 1 wbiu enow invention fc not fa Ma wonderfr4 illustrations. Gustavo Dore could show invention bn alao in matters of everyday life, I One dav a friend nr. Wmna .... , was tak I ,v 1 ing photographic view of a nictnr- esque old street, and Dare tried to as sist by keeping off the crowd of idle lookers on.' It was a difficult task, and the more he gesticulated and threatened the greatxr became the throng. Sudden ly Dore had a splendid idea. V "Wait a minute," he called opt to his friend, "and J'U disperse them," He then took off his coat, threw it on the ground, and, assuming a pitiful ex pression, he went round, cap in hand, to beg for a few soldi As he advanced the crowd drew back and melted away, and his friend quickly obtained the neg ative. -Philadelphia Press. '"!." An fniUcaObo. If a chicken is served with dumplings, that settles it. It ia at least a year old. No chicken can lay claim to having died yonng if it ia served on the table with dumplings. Youth, in a chicken is sufficient garnishment, as it is with a girL Atchison Globe. -.,,-. ??..-.;;; - ' . ' -;p ''.", A caveat is a notW given to the pat ent office under thX caveator's claim that he beUeves hirjrself entitled to the credit of an invention for which a pat ent has not yet been applied for. 1 The Princess Lonise- draws from the British treasury, the mod est allowance of 8, 009 per year. k LIFE FOrf A MATCH. y Factory Femes That Are Impregnated With Fatal tiseases.$ V V. If frequent' buppengthnt tbo fumes inhaled by vrorkniou In match- factories destroy life within a few months.: .A man once attacked by thrf dlseaso lnrtlng In these factories must abandon, hope of re-, eovery. .- Although matches are apparently very simple little affairs, their manufacture necessitates aj large and -complex manu facturing plant. Tbe little sticks undergo a long treatment and must pass through many hands before they are capable of Btritlhg fttftittFtfTVryT?? ' The apparently harmless sulphur tips are In reality a deadly poison, and the fumes arising from this mixture when In course of preparation cause a terrible suf fering and ultimate ; death. Although called sulphur matches, the little sticks are in reality tipped with a complex mix ture composed of glue, chlorate of potash, phosphorus and whiting, a combination froquently used for suicidal purposes. ' The poisonous fumes first attack tbi teeth which have begun to decay. Al though all Boris of devices are employed to keep them from getting In the moutb, they apparently manage to do so.- - If all the teeth are perfectly sound,4be fumes oon Start tbe decay. , As soon as this no tion has oommenred tbe decayed part spreads rapidly toward the jaws. All the teeth are affected in a short time, and tha disease, when It has once taken root In this way, can never be driven out :-' . The effect of this action is to rapidly loosen every tooth In the sufferer's head,, so thatthoy trill fall out ot their own ao cord, - Before this happens, however, the portion has spread to tho jaw and taken a firm grip upon: it. The pain which the victim suffers in the meanwhile is exceed ingly sharp. 'Tbo course of tbe disease never varies.' Having' once reached the jawbone, it soon cavers itr, and. the bone becomes in this way actually coated with a deposit of sulphur. . I : :- The only possible way to give tbe victim any relief is to scrape the bono. This he roic measure has been, tried several times in Now York city, witb more or less suc cess. Tbe operation is exceedingly pain ful. San Francisco Examiner. ; ByJtems' Different Systems of Writing;. - About the year 450 B. C. the Ionlans first Introduced the system of writing from left to right, i Previous to that tune all scribes and penmen in general had been in the habit of beginning )ibe line on the right hand side of the page and running it to ward tho left. The introduction of the left to right mode of writing' caused eon slderable confusion for a time, and from tbe mixed systems which prevailed during tbe following century sprang the famed method known1 as - the' boustrophedon. .Those who used the system last mentioned would begin a line at the left margin ol their parchments and run it through to tbe opposite margin, ana then drop a space below and run back to the opposite edge of tbe sheet again. In other words, the boustrophedon mode of writing was a sys tem in which the lines ran alternately from left to right and from right to loft. This evstem did. not entirely disappear until about tbe time of Christ. . The ancient Hebrew and Greek languages were written from right to left, but at about the time the Ionianswere reforming writing meth ods the Greek letters were changed in form from tbe uncial to the cursive, and the system of writing was changed 'In- both cases so as to run from loft to right. - The following quotation from Franklin illus trates the mixed, or boustrophedon sys tem or writing: "When I see a merchant overpoiite to elttil a ekat ot meht gniggeb ,sremotsue sib brandy and throwing his goods on the ot xa na sah nam taht I skniht ,retnnoo grind." bt. Liouis Republic Maklns; It Pay. v. Not long ago a well to do New York woman bought a country place out on Long Island in tbe midst of a farming dis trict. She spent considerable money on the house, nad a fine vegetable garden made. In whioh two or three men were constantly at work and set up an imposing carriage with a pair of horses and a coaohman in livery Hearing nil her neighbors talk about selling their products influenced her after a.time, and she became possessed of a desire to make her farm pay. One day sue gathered a baskotiul of radishes, which she tied up into six little bunohes. Seated in tbe imposing carriage behind the man in livery, she drove up to the largest gro cer's store in the nearest town and offered the radishes for sale. Tbe man knew that she was a good customer, so, laughing in wardly, but preserving an outward appear ance of solemnity, he took the six little bunches and banded her 13 cents, which She pocketed with an air of satisfaction that' it was worth the amount to hare called forth. New York Journal. : Women's Pets. Most sensible people will be sorry to Iearn, says Ella Hepworth DixoffTthat apdlgs are now bred so small that they are often "taken to theaters and other public entertainments" concealed be-; neath their owners armsX "Needless to say that -he arm always Belongs to a woman, and a very foolish one at that It is difficult to realize that at the end of a serious, not to say pessimistic, cen tury, there are still people silly enough to want to take their pet animals to theaters and tea parties, and receptions. A woman with, a dog is always more or less conspicuous. IS aho is of the spec tacular blond type, she is scarcely a xe-. fined lootirg object in a drawing room, reading room or on the street leading or holding a dog. ; The dogs would no doubt be happier at home and occasion ally yelp information to that effect. New York Telegram. ' v - . Olsm Netheraole. Some JO or 12 years since a certain quiet English lady was in search of a nursery governess for her. little bey. There was one candidate for the position, who was so sweet and young and pretty that she was engaged on the spot, and her employer took much interest in her. The lady found, Tiowever.that the ak tractive little governess was less mild than she looked, as she soon developed such a decided genius, for violent flirta tion that she was felt to be far too much responsibility for a British matron to eope'with, She has since proved con clusively that she was meant for other things and that her talenta could be turned advantageously into other chan nels, for, she is now playing Carmen, ana uer name is UJga .K ethers ole. A Bomber ACCklr. The first dewing" room of the Lon don season was a rather somber affair a the court was still in mourning, and it was intimated that the queen would appreciate ladies appearing in slight mourning. , Of course all the ladies of the diplomatio corps, were in court mourning, so the changes were rung on the somewhat limited scale of black, white, gray and violet. ; Ingenuity was taxed to vary these limited costumes, one of the most effective dresses being worn by the wife of the minister of the Netherlands. The train wai of black velvet lined with white satin, the skirt and corsage glittering with jet and graceful jetted net sleeves hanging from the shoulders. New York Times. " - The Tall Centerpiece. Tall table decorations are coming into fashion. At a recent dinner, where the host and hostess and 83 guests sat at a round table, the centerpiece was a per fect forest of palms and high ferns. Out side of this were the silver candelabra four in number, and twice a many cut gliss vases, in each of which a few large pink roses were artistically arranged, Kkk Lemonade In a rmlWer Shaker. . "If there is no shaker in the house," said Mr, ozlimVa glass fruit jar will do for one. For an egg lemonade, for Instance, yon put in the right quantities of lemon juice and sugar and of cracked Ice and an egg. Then you screw on the top and shake.; Yon want to crack the ice up pretty finerfor a big chunk shak en violently might, break the shaker New York Sun. . yG keif's i..IahiIv nril-h declining health of AUuuom n.;. AontrYitara - Rn nuuv are cut off by consumpnon in eany yeamvua for anxietv. In the early stages, when not beyond Hood's Sarsa- Uio itivu v. - parilla.: will, restore the : quality , and ,,nftfir nr tha blnod and thus cive good health. Bead the following letter. at . but Just to write aooui mj li.n.MflinM' nd IS.. She was com- pletely run down,' declining, had that tired feeling, and friends said she would not live.over three months. She had a bad and nothing seemed to do her any good. I happened to read about Hood's Sarsspa rilla and had her give it a trial. From the very first dose she began to get better. After taking a" few; bottles she w com pletely cured and her, health has beenthe best ever since." Mks. Addib Peck, 12 Bailroad Place, Amsterdam, N. T. -"I will say that my mother has not stated my case in as strong word as I would have done. Hood's Sarsaparilla has truly cured me and I am now well." Coba. Peck, Amsterdam, N. Y. : Be sure to get Hood's, because f LnJO SarsaparHIa Is the One Trae Blood Purifier. All dru treists. tl. Prepared only by C. CHoeoX6weIirHass. . w-k'tt are purely vegetable, re. flOOd S FlIlS liable and beneficial. 2S& - - T r Trwri 'Kvr.r Wifai T tnattMi V ' Littlb Dick" Pop oaoglit me snoldiitTe miia CtMn to lick me,1 Xjttim DicxQaickMlMnlstfaxoB.A amoUny Pick IjbmL," 5!.!0i(iriG TOBACCO Xade-from the PnrflBt, BTpet ami Sweetvt leaf grows In tbe Golden Belt of North Carolina. Cigarette Book with each J-fw. pooch. , A T.T, FOR IO CENTS. A Pleasant, Cool sad Delightful Smoke. Lvon e COi TMMeaWsmu. Durham, ft. C. . Baekleafa Arnica 8aive. . Th Bkst Saltx ia tbe world tor Cuts, Bruises, Sores. Ulcers, Salt Rheum. Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions and positively enrea Piles or no pay required. It i guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money re funded. Price 25 cents per -box.' For sale by R. R. Bellamy. r Tne Discovery Saved. Hla Life. ' Mr. G. Callonette, Drncglst, Beavers ville, 111., says: "To Dr. Ktog'a New Dis covery I owe my life. Was taken with La Grippe and ; tried all the physicians for miles about, bnt of no avail and was given np and told I could not live. Hav ing Dr. King's New Discovery in m? store I sent for a bottle aed began its use and from the first dose began to get bet ter, and after using three bottles was up an1 about again. It is worth its weight in gold. We won't keep store or house without it." Get a free trial at R. R. Bellamy's Drug Store. Wholesale Prices t nrreDit. The following quotations represent Waolestle Prieesratetallr. - In making ap small orders bister prices kave to be charge. ... Tne qnotaoost are always -gnea as accurately as possible, bat the Stab win not be responsible for as) variations boa the actual ins r ret price ol the articlei quota. BAGGIMG -Vy-.r SVjJute... ...i... WESTEkN smokkd Hun V a ? sd m .....,,..... Sides VB)" . Shotilotri a .. 19 BARRELS pid s Tarptntine Sccond-hasd. escb. . ...... . New New York, each,.. a.. New City, each ...... ........ ISEESWAXV BRICKS WUiajngtoa J M....... S2i"c,,l ' BUTTK . ...... . . Monh Carolioa f) a,,,,,,,,,, coMIai:""'- i- Per Bnsbei, to sacks ,.., Virginia Meat COTTON TIES-V bundle.. ' CANDLES 9 Sv MMM . Spiral .........,.. --""Wne CHIESK - f) t . . Northern f actory ............ i '. JDairy, Creaia. Stt COF! KaV-f LsgUTrn......,,",,......... - Rio DOMES'! ICS Sheet g. 9 Vaid..,.,..,. Flfc ................. s 9i 1 si 1 eo o 1 10 1 as & 1 40 1 o . 84 SO 00 IS as O TOO w 1100 40 r & 1 so 18 f 85 40 11 IS 10. so - 10 16 0 18 ?i Mackerel, No l'. barrel half-barrel barrel.... ; haif-banel barrel. ta 00 31 00 1 00 15 00 16(0 18 00 - 8 00 ft 00 19 00 14 eo 00 s or 6 75 0 50 0 J 85 5 10 85 8 50 '' 8T5 400 O 4M 4 T5 5 00 445 t5t0 Mackerel, No S, Mackerel. No S, U.!U m 1 Mn leu IB k K-Ml ........... FiOUR-TJ barrel- J-01"0 ................... -Che ce ,.,....... : Straight...,,,,.., First Patent ..,.,...-...! 81 ' Com, fro store, hapWhite, Coro,.a-go,in hulk Whita... - Own, cargo, hi bans White., : Rib S" JL'i ' Cow Fen 45 45 40 0 80 40 46 "a 45 60 hay, ioa'SSl' s.tVj iT6 North River,.,. ...-..... HOOP IRON. !....:" " . LARD, U- . Nortacn ......,,....,,,... North Carolina lime barrel SI08 0 . 85 t 8 LUMBnRfd iv sawed). M lest Ship Stnff resawed.,,,,,.,.. .. west India cargoes, according: to eoalit ........ . . Dreawd Flooring, seasoned" Scantl nc snd Board, coanm MOLASbKS, talioo- . T' . N Crop Cuba, in hhds.. potto Rico, in bhos."!"::: ' Sngar-Honss, ia hhdt.. ...... . " ia bbisTi.ru!::: NAILS, keg. Cut OOd basis PORK, ff b rrel- ' ""'' 1 86 IS 00 14 00 ISM igoth. 18 W g 00 .14 00 15 00 City Mess Rump... rope. SALT, sj sack Aium"!:" - Uieip9olT...7:. . ; Lisbon ,in"!r"" 8HINGLKS, 7-inch, V H 'Common . .... ' SUfd?S: White E.c"'"" " 'Rata C,Goidea" i?i5itv-i!vs;::. fli,Fairrr. : Mra....:.u...";;:: riWB ........... M : SB so 80 J a 14 M 16 : 18 - r S IS ITS 800 tl 5 8 85 10 IS 65 - 65 40 ' 45 8 00 6 50 J) IH ' 8 60 8 50 4 A . aO &2 6 60 14 00 10 01 : 800 650 & 450 600 (t 8 50' . 8 ,0 MARINE.' ARRIVED. Schr. Wm C Wifkham SIS Ervan. New York ' Geo Har,i. c' &Co. . , - J ' oU iSchr Ida C Schoolcraft, 8C8 tons Boove. New York. (iM Harm. C . ' ' ' . OJQ & Co. ..... . CLEARED. Steam shin R New York. H G Smallbonesv - Steamer Dnver. R ille R RLove.-.--4 iWZ MARINE DIRECTORY. Use of TeaeeU In tbe Port or U p. nlngteB, 1. C.; Dc. 2, 1896. y SCHOONERS. Morancy. 160 tons, Torrey, J T Ruev & iCo..' Lucia Porter, 833 tons. Farrow. i Mary e nan. oi iocs, Maskeil Harms, Son A Co. Mabel parliosf (B), 113 ton?, Robert. -iCronly 4 Morris. n Jacob S Wirslow. 865 tons, Hen'ev iniiii,uuuavi. Emma Knowlton, 8S3 toes, Hudson Geo 1 Harnts. Son & Co. Jao R Fell, 817 tons, Abrabatr,G?oHar. ntason a wo. Victory (Br). 131 tons, Monro, GeoHar- C C Lister 863 tons, Robinson.Geo Har- rits. Son & Co. v Wineegance. 251 tors, Marson Geo Harms. Son & Co. Cora M. 136 tens, Mitchell. Geo Harriss I Soo & Co. ' Acara. 135 tons, Nash, Geo Harms Son l & Co. . Ea A Danecho'wer, Sir tons,' Johoscn i Geo Harriss, Sen & Co. bertha H, ISIToes. LtCain. J T Rile, 4 I - STEAMSHIPS. Mcoiby (B ). 1,678 tons, Lawrie, Alex i Sprunt & Son. Grafioe (Br), 1 833 tons, PenoiwelUiti Sprunt & Son. I BARQUES. Rosa (Ital). 858 tons, Scbffiao, J T RtT &Co. Christmas Parcliasers. Just Beceived A large stock of the following; Wines & Liquors: Native N. C. Scnppernorg Wine. Cooking Sherry Wine. Duff Gordon's Wine, imported. G.' H. Mam en's Champagne. Werner's Champagne. Cochrane & CantrciGiBgerAle Bass' Ale. T Gnmess Stout Old Breezeland Rye. Pure native North Carolina Mnnn. tain Corn Whiskey. Apple and Peach Brandy, At low prices.. Give us a call. SOIi. BEAE, No. 18 Market Street, dec 23 tf ilmin?toD, N. C. SEASONABLE GOODS. Jute Bagging, Arrow Ties, Cheese, Crackers, Cakef, Sal mon, Sardines, Oysters. Fall and coaijplete stock of EA7T AND FANCY GROCERIES, LOWEST GASH PRICES. T)on t fail to see os before buying WORTH V WORTH ogSStf Casli Paid FOR IBeeswax. If yon have some to sell sty'p it to ns. and we will allow yon 26 CENTS PER POUND for it ia Boston and no charee for commission or for carting. Refer ences all through the South if re quired. Ship by direct steamer to Boston, new line. W. H. BOWDLEAR & CO., Bos oa. Vki., dec tl Sm Office and Warehonae S6 Ccnt-ai 'url. Do Not Be Contented - j . until yon have seen our I Holiday: Novelties. The largest stock of FiNEPER- FjUMES, &a,in the city to select' from. Y - - I JAMES D. NUTT, dec 22 It The Draggist. pMum itilt $ Real Estate. BY VIRTUX OT A DECREE OF THE SU rjerior Caavt ri Kw Hnnnw ronnrv. ia : eaase ihenin nending wbenia lhmis J. G re . ptamtiflnad E. W. Hewlett am ,wie fa" ' Hewieu ate defendants, made ai the Mpteitb ' ternv 1' 4 the undertignrd Commi si ntr ttereu i r poiot-d will mjok for sale, at the Ccmr Hcast on Friday, the 8 h dayVf J.soa'y. If97. 1 d Mi 10 the eighee bidder, at pub ic auct on, Im ."i a 1 tht lot oi land ta tbe City . f Wim,iugt.o. N. boaoded and ea cribed as loll w: Be. mnmi " point in i be a nhe n Una of Dock sirce HO It wear of the acathwotrrn io'e seciio ot t ign o " Dock stress aad rnntu g th-nce we$twrdi the a. id ao them hna cf Dock -t eet 4 fe. t. Jf -J northwardly p.nlel ith high h st e t thence aastwardU parallel with i ock st'-' 41 '"5 and thence son'hwaid'T parallel wi h r tghtb -ra ISO fetro Dock s ret, th begl nin , ; te samt K " pan of lots 4 -Ed 5 io'B ock 15d. in tbe City of miotton, nnd the same coava'rd by mortga.e to r latnttfi by the defendants which u rec rdtd L Pgr ' oit etscq.tf Book No. Isoifhe Kecords io ibeo? of (he e giiter of Deal's of New Hun wcr county, " C. This the 8th day of twees ber. If W ! JOHN G MAHSHI-L, dee880t - ,.. Ommissio""- ... Combination Bicycle ' FOR SALE- A Combination "Crusader" Bicycle,, for either lady or gentleman. Cusa jon Tires. ' Brand new. - Will be sold cheap. Call In person, or address ;;5.--v.; M., at ap 7 tf ' Star Ornrr For Bent, s TH STOKI Ko. 106 NOKT3 Water street, bow occupied by J-l ,AWCONNOK. : i I id Sauts AT M8i t