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A TEMPORARY IX PJEDIEST."
Some of the Northern journals
profess to belie yefhat there is a
pretty fair prpspct for currency re
form whpaiait matter is presented
t0 jjongress, but there are few of the
Hire thoughtful of them wnich be
lieve that this reform will amount to
m Tne most asstrtive so called
reformers insist that there can be no
I'aai ie reform without getting ria
of the Govemrrient notes, thu3 put
ting trie "eailess chain" out of the
way, &Jt thrri ara very fewWiaici
hai given this demand serious con
sij;radon tnat believe there is the
re n ttett probability of this demand
being ooaoljed with, and some of
tiem give very good reasons for de
cliiiag to believe it. An ng these
lithe New York Journal of Com
n'.rcc -and Commercial Bulletin, waich
ma recent articte diseasing this sub
j:cc notes some of the impediments
ia tne way and among them the fol
town? r
- It o bipoeas ib at most of the thing
dc. Jed to 33 acomolithcd tarougb a r -If
j. j k oar cir-iKf suit a are (be
; apJocts of RspiblCta le.aia ion dar
i 10 prnoi Ot Giro Vll Wir Th f iC'
lie - a, tie root of mu:a of tbe iod ffer
en. : or c vert oojaitioa to carreac
rtoriD tbat exaitkita it-e f amoas; ibo
va i43 c e:: ia j : 5ss trra.i . ana ex
p::;iii a q i. e aaotasr attrtade; an'ti
ii toe m i . saotile. if not tbe m atl it. fl j
tottaj; oijucie witb wnico tbe reioraa
un id contend.
1 r j m.a ot stroae piriiiaa prr.j idicet
to.Qve wtj caerisa a j:noa pride li
Ucir partv'j record, and to aa i fl leatia)
tanua no sibjIi clais bo coo r:bated
in tbe creation of our present currency
194 ttaakiog s,s cmi. it may easily seem
iepa0eQt and baraiiiiatin to tend .he r
i ia undoing mach of tb s legitla
tiou. T ; exoec; stacn a r'-tractioo of bis
tone measures is to presuppose a higher
uceiideacy of prudence over party pas
Boa loan c nmoniy ex'scs among oo a
icii leaders or in tbe rank and (tie or
parties. So strong; is (he ascendency o
par isai p ids that, at fi t suot. it teems
stteny visionary to expect tbe R;pubii
rai narty to retract cr modify moit of
tb: fi aacMi ieiiitlation adopted during
tac dido's tereatest ens s Tbe law
m-UMg uj cue a s lea ia t urrouoded witb
J Siiou! patnonsn vcn to a certav.
Cas.it ar'attid seem sacriligeoua to toacb
wi h ia; inaovat'ois band of reform "
Tnere are numeroua other reasons
soae of w.iich are enumerated in
tits arricle, rout this o as presents ob
Itacle enanjn to prevent the retiring
of the (Jjvcrnmeit notes. Iq dis
cuss!:i the prosoects of retiri ig
tboa we have takei practically the
sarnj view ot it, and have assigned
this same reasjn among others why
w; d d not consider it practicable.
We have charabtenzed these notes,
bat eipecia ly the greenbacks, as tbe
progeny of Ripuolican statesman
ship and have contended that Re
pjolican statesmen would shrink
Iron virtuaily branding them a mon
trosity aind decreeiag tneir destruc
tion. Triey even nov, am dst the
clamor from some for their destruc
tion, take: a certain amount of pride
ia wnat ine paper frbm whifci we
qjote caH a "temporary expedient,"
Which althoarsh oriiaallv intended
7 a o j
to be temporary has stuck for thirty
fi'e years and has performed all the
functions of money without ever
haviag been rejected or questioned
by the millions of. people who,have
handled them, save the small nun
ber wnose business it is to deal la
money as a commidity and mike
tlieir profits by trading ii it, and by
th-se o liy when they saw a pr jpect
f profiting by raising a cry agai ist
this improvised currency.
Bit if th;re were a disposition
shon by Congre3imea to l.sten to
th; denand for the retiring of the
greenbacks they would hear a bowl
from the people which would bring
them to a halt before they had got a
good start, for the people have be
come accustomed to this moaey,
which they regard as money in every
sense and have learned to look up an,
as represented by so many Rjpub
lieaa statesmen, as "the best money
tb: wrld ever saw." It constitutes
smetning over one fourth ol oar
Jiume of currency, and it is a
mney that can neither be expanded
r extracted by the ba iks. Tney
nl get possession of it sometimes
tad lock it u ) for speculative pur
P MM when the want gold, bat they
cau't keep it locked up
la all the schemes so far offered
for currency reform there has been
no suggestion of a sibultute for
Usees eotes wniosv would be accept
Me to the p :ojie, for the o ly h-
atr.ate sefgseted has bm atonal
b.nk a ot bass Jon intrrsst beiriag
.IJwMis a pr poiUM that tae
AAIA.
of saddling themselves with hun
dreds of millions more of debt
upon which they would be
required to pay interest when
they have for thirty-five years had
these many millions of greenbacks,
and tor some years millions of Treas
ury notes, which answered all the
purposes of money and op m which
they pay no interest, and which will
be fiaally redeemed only when it
salts the pleasure and convenience
ot the Government to redeem them.
mac time should ever come, of
which there is as yet no indication.
Possibly if the State bank tax were
repealed, and this were followed by
the establishment of State banks
which would supply the requisite
volume of currency, the people might
lose interest in the Government
notes and content to have them
gradually retired, provided that
could be done without borrowing
money to do It, as is proposed now,
but even this is daubtful. One
thing may be accepted as a certainty,
and that is that the people will
never consent to have these notes
called ia and destroyed until
ample provision is made for a sup
p y of notes that will not cost tbe
Government any m re. But this is
one of the things that the currency
reformers who want to have those
notes retired are opposed to and
will fiht out, and thus they will be
fighting to prevent the consumm
ation of the end for which they are
contending. They want currency re
form whica will put the volume of
the currency absolutely in the con
trol of a small number of profes
sional money manipulators and lend
ers, and pat it in their power to reg
ulate the volume so that they could
fix the interest rates as to ensure
them the desired profits, regardless
of the buainess interests of the conn
try or of thej masses of the people
wno, although they may have little
occasion to deal with banks
or to b irrov moiey, are de
pendent for their prosperity and wel
fare on tf e ease with which m oney
can bs borrowed by buaiaess men
and those operating and contem
plating enterprises. Tae people hav
a pretty well grouade 1 belief that this
novernea: to retire the Gvenmeit
notes is inspired by the money power,
wiich u ider preteace of patriotism
and "sou id 6 lancial policy" is look
ing to its own interest, and wh 1
the people belive this, there are very
few statesmen wh will oe w lliug to
collide with them an3 take the
chance of being relegated to private
life by advozacine a measure to
which thi people are opposed. The
greenbacks may be, as the Journal of
Commerce and Commercial Bulletin
correctly styles them, "a temp arary
expedient," but they are an expedi
ent that very few statesmen, under
present coaditioas, will venture to
tackle.
MlafUR Mgff llOff.
Judging from the reported Inter
view with Senator Pritchard in Wash
ington, Friday, he is pretty level
beaded on some u.i igs. He is level
headed in favoring a change of
methods in thi civil service as far as
the examinations are conc-raed,
which are simply farcical, and have
as little practical utility ii testing
the fitness ol applicants for Govern
ment positions as a catechising on
the teachings of C onf ucius. S.x out
eight of the questions' asked have no
possible relation or bearing up on the
duties of tbe applicants, and seem to
have been thrown together merely
as curiosities or to puzzle the appli
cants. The Questions should be of
a practical character, and should ap
lv directlv to the duties to which
j - s - -
the applicant is to be assigned
He is level-headed as to
the needa of better banking
facilities in the South, and in favor
tng the extending of bank currency
Bat it remains to be seen how he
proposes to do this. If he will ad
vocate tbe repeal of the ten per cent
tax on the issues of State banks, he
will show himself quite level headed
Bat we have little hope that be will
do tbis. He is also level beaded in
favoring a redaction of the tax on
whiskey, for tbe increased tax has
not only proved a failure as a reve
nae producer, bat has absolutely
caused a decrease ia the revenae, as
was at tbe time predicted by some,
and stimulated moooshlaing and
blockading, wh'ch was also pre
dicted. More revenae woald come
from a lower tax. If the higher ta
resulted ia a reduction of the quan
thy of whiskey made, it might com
mend itself to the advocates of pro
hibition, botes it doesn't, bat rather
increases tbe quality made tod told
by offering a temptation to tbe moon
shiners aad hlockaders, it commends
itself neither to tba revenae
nor to tba prohibitionist.
Ob
Tba trade repor t for tba peat
west show oo itnprov ement oo tbe
reports for the weak oaf ,r a, or far
the week before tbat. Tea yellow
aver mm s ov tr, oat tbsre ta little
pereaptib e totprovetaeat la
tba
ssiav.
iat atiri ated, no d u H c Krectl r ,
ta tea law; price of emei
people are reaping ths benefits of
higher priced waeat, bat even that
is not as great as anticip ited, The
dulinsss is art Jonfiaed to cotton
good, bat es-eiis towolleos, in
which ; considerable asttvlty at this
Maaofll ot thi year might naturally
be looked for. Tae imofovetn-iat in
the dsxiaod for goods in the West is
caussi by the demiad for season
able clo thi a g, bat this does not extead
toother sections of the country. Com
DStitioa f ran S oathern millsia ri nf
the ctusis assigned for the deprevsioi
ia the cottoa manufacturing industry
of the Bast and the consequent low
price of cotton, but this is not a true
cause for competition from Southern
mills d es not decrease the dem in 1
for c otto.a goods. It simply compels
the Bastern manufacturer to sell at a
closer margin, that's all. Tne real
cause of the depression is the scarci
tyofmaney and the inability of the
people to bay as freely as they would
if times were better and money more
plentiful, waich conditions prevail
only ia the wheat growing, sections of
the West and there aot to the extent
represeited by the "prosperity"
trumpettiag organs.
m
We published in Friday's Star a
tabulated statement trom tbe New
York 'showing how the pen
s ons have grown and how tney con
uane to grow. Tae following is
clipped fron the New York Herald,
showiag the same thiag in a some
what different, bat not less striking
way :
At the end of Jane the nunber of
pensioners oa the roll lacked oaiy H
00 J ot b3ing a rouid million. Tnat even
ibis figure will soon be exceeded s evi
dent from the fact t bat ab;ut 800 000
claims ware awaiting adj adication. ot
bicb it is estimated aooat one bait
would he fiaally admitted.
" Wbea it is remembered that the en
tire population ot tbe Northern S ates
men. women and cbitdien at tbe out
break of tbe w.r was a lout 28 000 0(0
the prep asterous character of the p?o
aioo ro I of to-day, tbiriv-two jeara after
tbe declaration of peace, becomes appa
rent. Uae year kfter tb- cl tae ot tne war
the list amountel to 191 0j0 ii tea years
it had grown to 234 Ot 0 to 1889 a qu tr
ier of a century alter tae war nad ended
it hid awoilea to aea Iv half a mihioa.
aad ia ibe pasteigat years this has been
doubled
Tns figures are S'tnply staanin?. Tie
fees (or eximiOiag surge an and ex
peases ot dispensing the monent btve
amouated to ssveatv-two million dol
lars, and the pensions distrtorjted rea h
tne astou iding total of m are tbaa 2 107
millions o' d altars. Ai wi get farther
away from tbe period of the war the pen
aioo int. instead of dwindling. i m
ce tsf d in a geometrical ratio. Tae fi -
een millions of 1868 aas grown to one
auadrcd and forty m llions id 188. and
s s 111 swelling. As to tbe means b
wnicb Buy tbo isand pensioners a year
are beiritf added to tbe to is. tney are
only too well known.
There isn't much use in Southern
papers or In Southern Kepresenta
tives in Contress discussing this
qaestioaand (aside from the fact
that they are addiag some striking
proof of the enormity of this pension
outrage on the coaatry) there is a't
mac a use ia the independent, noi
partis to press of the North discuss
ing it either, for there are very few
statesmen or politicians on the other
side of the line who have the nerve
to tackle that raonstrosi'y.
Prof. Falb, the Austrian astron
oner, who got knocked oat on hi;
prcd.ction ot the end of the world,
which did i't ma'erialize. hasn't
given it up bat postpo ed the tim
until Novemoer 13, 1809, wbea tbe
earth will collide wan Temple's
comet, and make things hot for as.
But in the meantime the almanac
makers are going right along with-
their work, and the palitical manip
ulators are making their plans and
laying their wires as if nothing was
going to happen.
A man arraigned in Be iefont, Pa.,
the other day for shooting at his
wife, admitted the shooting, but de
nied that he wanted to kill ber. He
simply wanted to amputate her nose
to keep other men from admiring
nsr. As be didn't have a license to
do aa amputating business of that
kind he Weat to tne penitentiary for
five years and four months, and now
other men can admire his wife as
much as thev want to.
That Co cago man wno has been
appointed Minister to Cmna is in
trouble. He has only three places at
his disposal and already has 2,00 J
applications and all tbe precincts
haven't been heir J from yet. By the
time they are all in it is t nought there
will be 4,00d. It may be incidentally
remarked that this is aa evidence of
the great prosperity they are enj oy-
ing up there. '
Mexico, as wall as F onda, Is tak
inw advantage of the war ia Cabs
aod gone to gro wing; tobacco. Toe
I reports of the profits leave Florida
away behind, aad are to ate what
ahead of grabbing for g A J ta tba
Klondike coun r. Witb a few crops
Irom a tittle patcl of groaal a man
might retire from baaioess ia a few
years. 1M!ff;jJBBffS.
Tbat KiosasCity rehjoi teacher
who cooldn't etaod tbe odor of "in
gate J, di le t kaow the power of the
I ooioo la tbat berg. Holt day all the
WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1897.
A Northern paper rises to remark
that ".Mr. yuau is not dismayed "
He hasn't the slightest idea of being
dismayed while he draws the pay he
does as a '-squad money" missionary.
He proposes to keep up the organ
zation and the fight, for if the or
gamzition went up he would soon be
oat of a job.
A Philadelphia paper notes the fact
that "a revolver in the hip pocket of
a local citizen 'went off' while he was
at dinner the other evening." And
the people around him went off, too,
aatil they recovered from the scar-,
caused by this impromptu hip pocket
per formance.
"One bu idred and fourteen jt'ars
ago to day," remarks the New York
World, "the British surrendered New
York." That is, the British Govern
ment. The British financiers have a
pretty tight vrio on It vet.
Hon. James Wilson, Secretary of
Ajricalture, says "the farmers must
be taught to think." Mr. Wilson
does not seem to realize the pe il bis
party would be in when the farmers
got to thinking right.
MURDER AND LYNCHING.
CONFIRMATION OF THE 8TORY PUB
LISHk.0 IN THE STAR YESTERDAY. .
Tfta Mcud'red M.n Wl i.Ctl'B if Oo-
laabai C tanty Tbs Ot ran C mavtt-.d
in south CMottca awawaa of tba
Ma-a rer Iivnohloi H p rtid.
Ad Jitlonal information . was received
ves erdav about tbe murder described
n tbe bTAR yesterday. Tae mardered
man was named Stephens, was about
tweaty five years ot age and unmarried.
The exact date of the murder could
not be ascertained witb certainty, bat
the other details as given in this t r.icie
are free from error.
Mr. Stephens lived with his father
near P.rewav Fery, Colamoui county.
aad oa the day of the marder bad cone
in aa ox cart to Windy Hll B:acb.
South Carolina, to carry provisiois to
Qts father, wno was engaged in fisbing
tbere. j Nithao W.llisj colored, aged
about 23 years, was also fithiag near by.
Waen the ycu iger: Stephens left to
return home bis father seat bv
h m a sum of money for the use of the
family. Four or five days afterward tbe
father weat aome, aad was dismayed to
find that his son had aot beea seea
Tae motberjnad felt no a uneasiness be-
cause she suppose J that her sou had de
ad :d to remain with hit father at the
fiinery-.
A search was at ones instituted. Near
Wampe-, S. C, abaut three miles from
Windy Hill Beacb. blood was found in
tne road. At tbe same spot there were
signs of a cart or buggy being turned
into tbe woods. The trail was followed,
and about one buodref yards from tb
road, restiog on p oe (foub, was found
the dead bady of tbe missing man. Hta
hat, sboeiaad coat were goae aad tbe
oack of bis head was completely laid
ooea by a load of duclc abot. A ! tbe
(none? had been takea from bis pockets
Satpicion at once rested on Willis. A
warrant for his arrest was placed in the
bands of a poase of mn. healed by J.
B. Morse, of Star B uff. S C, and M. T
Vereen. of L t le R ver. S. C. Ic waa
learoed that Wnlis aad borrowed a gun.
and returned it a lew hours afterward
People at L ule River, S. C , Calabaab
aad Sha'lotte. p acts oa the road lead
lag from Wampee to Town Creett,
where Willis lived, reported to the
officers that they bad seea Willis pass
in an ox cart answering extctly to the
description of the one in wbicb young
Stephens was seen last. Stephens' dog
was tied to th: cart. Willis was found
at his borne wearing the garments tbat
be bad taken from the dead man's bodv
and money amounting to twenty-five
d altars was also found oa bis person
There were seven or eight shot boles ia
the crown of tbe bat.
Willis was arrested on Thanksgiving
Day, and tbere were threats of lynchiog,
out tbey were not carried into execu
tion, aod tbe prisoner was lodged la i .i
at Coaway, the county seat of Horry. ,
The above loformatioa was obtained
from a reputable cicixea . liv ni near
Town Creek, who was ia this city yes
terdy.
, TH i MURDERER LYMCHED
List aigbw a special dsoaica was re
ceived by the Star from Soutbport, as
follow:
Sou i H port Nov. Vt Thursday after
ooon toe oero Willis was carried
tbroagb L ttle River oa the way to Con
waviai. Taat night a mob was railed
or farmers ia tbe coaatry near the Wac
camaw rtvsr aad tbe negro was taken
from tbe sheriff by the aagry mob. He
was carried off into the woods and
coaiocd between two piae trees. Light
wood was toea piled aroaid him. and
be was burned to death, thai saffsrlng
aa awfal fate to pay the penalty for his
teruole crime.
The City agarke T er a.y .
Meats, pMltry, ush aad oysters are
getting to ba tba main articles ol food
oa tba city markets now. Vegetaolei
are aot to oe bad ia aa great qiaadty
or variety.
Some of the mala varieties of vage
tablet were lettuce, : par head; spin
acta, Ote per peck; radishes 5c per bunch,
celery. St: per ssach; eoilards, Sc per
eeadt taratpa, te per baaahf better
beans, lb to ltsfc per q isrt.
E igs were slightly lowtr tbaa tbey
ware for Tkaaaagiviag parch tsars, aad
sold at low ast): per dosaa.
A law Sat sail lard aad
oe a i'a at ft: ear pear.
at tba
at lit
fish aad oysters aod
par pao.
Tbe htaa rrgr.it to i
EDITOR
J.
Publisher Gazette Restored to Health bj Paine's
Celery Componad
Tbe Haverhill Gazette, now in the
front rank ot aewapapers. stands for tbe
oarnalistic ability of oie man..
John B Wright impressed bis strong
personality on tbe paper from the day
or secured control.
H accurate seose of news and steady
Hd nent of men and events bas built
up me Haverhill Gtzstte to its preset
aewspaper leadersnip of nortnera Ma-.-saenmetts.
Elitor Wright's long and brilliant
wora oa the Boston Herald, as cbiet o
department of "suecial writers." has a!
Oeen u'.il z:d in tbe buildiag up of tbis
successful newspaper, I: will surprise
aa one that getting out a big newspaper,
like tne G Zitte, morning alter morning,
and year after vear. in toe beat am
amoke of fi:ce p atitical conflicts, should
entail creat mental and pi sic ai train
Incessant work told on El tor Wr eh
ut because be made use at occe of
P .ine's celery compouad. heistodiy
uily restored to b s old time force u .
vigorous naoit ot mma ana ooay. tic
says of tb:s great remedy:
Haverhill. Mass..O:t. 8 '97.
G'n'lemer : I. is with g eat pleasure
hii I Dear testimony to tbe beneficial
reauUs wUtcb almost mvariaol lollo
he use of tbat kmg of all remedies
Paine's celery c mpruid. Aa a tome
tree from deleterious material, it has. to
mv way of tbinktog, no tq lal. Tn s
remedy is a positive boon to all nerve
wrtcted raea of business. 1 unheal
tatioglv commend it to all persons who
are. as I ms, thoroughly worn out.
Viry trulv vours.
IOH B WRIGHT.
TnE LATE MS O. Q. WORTH.
Xrttrr frun M . Walk r BS era t3 Pre 1-
dont OUkdbura ot ibe Chamber of
C-mo ice.
Pollocks vi lls N. C, Nov. 34.
M" Jas H Chadbmrn Tr . President oj
the Chamber of Commerce. VViummc
ton N. C.
Dear Sir: Your kind invitation to
be w.ta you oa the 33d was forwarded
to me to day.
N atbiog but a sense o' duty to the in
terest of my employeia, I aasure vou pre
vented mv being present to j un witn rav
towns nen ia p wing tribute to the v r
cues of my clasamate aid tnend of neat
ly halt a ceo ury. I aated no iovita
-ion, for I kaew tnat I should bave
o en welcome by your body. Our
fnecd, the commuoity's friend, waa
hi same consistent man that de
veloped this characteristic in bit
voatb always reliable, molest and con
sistent he went to work in 1819 as a s u
dent witb the determiaatioa ot succeed
ing, aad by his stera integrity and firm
ness of character impressed bimaelf upon
all with whom-he came in contact. While
walking steadfastly tn tbe piths of law
and order, vet no man dar;d to utter
-peach to bis presence that a brave man
should resent. I i all ibeae years (forty
nine of them) I never heuri a wnisptr
even that snou d disturb the most sensi
tive. I think that witb him everything
was relegated, so to apeak, to a sene ol '
du-y. He was a jast man, and I be
btieve could aot. iateotiouallv, do
-vrong to bis oeighbor. I shall feel bis
1 ss greatly, for many associations,
(si take a retrospect) of a very
peasant character, arise. I re mem ic
at agatberiog of my classmates some
ninths ao, bow cheerful be was around
the hospital board of one of our leaidog
ctnxros. While then a great sufferer,
yet I could see ia his countenance that
c internment, that beaming happiness
that could oolv arise from a perfect faitb
( or he knew tbat his days vera num
ered) and a well spent Hie. He was
lead? to answer tbe Master's call. Waile
tbe man dies, seen ao t x m jle will live
as a lesson to those wh would tread the
oaths ol virtue a d rectitude.
Again regretting my inability to be
present at year meeting, aad thanking
vou for your kind tnviMHon, I tn Touts
ruir,
Walter Mearis.
a Orn-t jmao B-ibbad.
Fr-day afternoon a countryman, bail-
leg trim Sanapioa couaty, arrived in
he c t oa tbe excursion oa the CPA
Y V. Rulr oid from Liberty. At night
oe proceeded to take ia the town, aad
while oa bis tig b t-seei ng tour wss robbed
f aooat $80 ta money, bet owing to
the tact tbat be wss intoxicated, did not
discover nis loss u a til yesterday more
iag. Tbe eoaairymaa thee at once
made tea theft known, aad later, oa a
arrant from Juanca McO i wsn's C urt
a white maa. who aad oaea ia com pa a
tab tba ajaatrymaa lor some time Fr.
day Bight, w ta arraetad. bat was clearly
viad.cated of ISO ciime
Tba Hon. Demosthenes Lycer
fSM taasssg, a aiea iati .'
Of North C-r
1 proieXv a tka a peititcal aa
B.
WRIGHT.
Paine's celery compouad creates a
wholesome demand for food, and cures
arJisored stomach ard cositive bowels.
For all ailments and weaknessess tbat
have grown out of defects ot nutrition,
such as nervousness. los of strengtb,
tbin aod pale blood, loss of weivht aod
lowoess of spirits, Paine's celery com
0 u d is tbe legitimate and logical cure.
1 overcomes loss of nervous cower and
lessened power to digest food, by gener
ously feeding the nerves and regulating
their sc-ion It banishes tbat continual
tired feeliag bt e'eacsing tbe blood ol
c'ogging imourities. and ay stirring the
kidnevs and other purilying organs of
bealtbful activity.
Paine's celery compound has' cured
many and many ctses of dyspepsia,
sieepiessness, disordered liver and
stomach trouble tbat a d prazz ed physi
cians, and the outcome of wbicb seemed
ooeless. ;
Many obstinately dyspeptic persons
bave gotten rid of every distressing
svmotomjbv its invigorating befp. Grave
general defects of nutrition tbat bave
tn own themieives in a was ed condition,
weakness snl lois of strength have re
oeaedly yielded to tbis remarkable
remedy. j
Tne " worn face, that attests loss of
sleep, soon loses its uaggard apoe?rtnce
as th nervous system gets nourished by
Paine's celery compound; the accumula
tion of acbesand pains vanish, the blood
grows raddy and abundant, and tbe
mind shares in the well-being felt ail
over the boly. Patae's celery compound
shoia'd bs taken by every person " run
down" or nervous.
IN HONOR OP THE CARDINAL-
D'Mgh f -.1 Beo pt'en Qlvei at Mr. Warren
0. Bi i ti. S tand 8 nd'coe tn Hjaor
1 cf tl- D.tihMlled Vii tjr.
A deligh.ful re:eot oa wat given ia
honor ol H i Emineace. Cardinal Gib
bons, yesterday between 3 and 5 p m. at
the residence of Mr. Warrsa G Elliott
oa Wrigh sviile S aid. Refreshments
were served and a programme of mutic
observed tbat was very eojayable. The
Cardinal greeted with great cordiality
bis former frveads. Anong those pre
seat were fathers Fletcher, Wbelar,
Oennea and: Gr,2h. Col. A'exaodrr
Hi mi! ton and wife, of Petersburg Vi.;
Mrs. Huff, of Norfo k, who is a sister of
Mrs E liott; Capt. J jha F. D vine, C ol .
F. W. Kuchae', Mr. aad Mrs M.J.
Corbett, Mr. and Mrs. Jao. D. B:llamy.
Mr. and Mrs. J H. Waiters. Mr.and Mrs.
. R Keoly, Mr. and Mrs. W. A Ruch,
Mr. and Mrs. Horace M E n ers on. Mr T.
M. Em:rso n aod son, Nell E nets on. Mr.
and Mrs. H. C. McQisen, Col. and Mrs
John Wilder Atkinson, Col. and Mrs E
S. Latimer. Col. and Mrs. f . W. Strange,
Or; aid Mrs. R toart Strange, Mr.and
Mf, Claytoa Giles, Mr. and Mrs George
W. K-ddir, Mr. and Mrs. R N Sweet,
Mrs. Gaoriel Holme?. Mrs. Adam E npie.
C'ojl. T. C. M .1 ttenny, Mr. J. Alves
Wilker, Mr. Times F Post, jr., Mr. R
O. Cronlv, Misses S. range. Camming
B jlles, D-aper, Kinan and Potter.
His E mnence arrived in the city last
evening, and is tbe guest of Col. F. W.
Ksrchaer, at whose residence an iofor
mal reception will be givea from 4 till
S 80 o'clock tbis afternoon.
Cardinal Gihooas will preach at St
Thomas' Church this morning at 10.30
o'clock.
Weekly Beecrd cf Bitioi and Deaths.
The records in the ctfi:e of Dr. W.
O. McMillan. Superintendent of Health,
show tbat during the past week there
wereeight deaths, three whites and five
co o ed, and three births, all white.
Deaths durirg the past week were
caused by the fotlowiog diseaaes, viz:
Heart disease, one; congestive chills,
one, earemia, one; consumption, one,
inflammation of tbe brata, oae; pneu
monia, one: a k' wgi
W ek'to I pp eU M b Froaa the Vaa.
A preaa dispatch from Boston aava:
Cot Roaiasoa. of steamer George
W Clyde witch arrived at this port to
itv, rep trts list Saod iy, between Cape
Romsiae aad Fryiog Paa L'gntahip,
otassd a qiaatitv ol wreck tge. consist
ag of a vessel's j oooom aad wbat ap'
o aed to ha wane paiated bxtv
aa ch; also pissed tnrot.h about 18
o.rrels wn'ca aopireatiy contained
ream; ac diatiagatshiag msrki vianie."
i Tba wreckage ws probab'y Irom Nor
wegiaa batqte Vasa, prev oia y re
ported at s i '.a tr n a c oi tion with tba
tchoooer Ckarht H S rze
mm Cotton on tats market yester
day wis q lot d Urn at 8M Tea aaose
grads wis q 1 1 a1 to 1 ttaaaah at ttH
BALIIQH NEWS ITEMS.
Internal Bevenue R.idert Three Iitrge
S Ills Captuted Pcvnlut Executive Ccm
m.ttae C ok Pig tit it Littleton
Jjdste Porrell.
Social Star Correspondence.'
Raleigh. N.C.. November 27.
Deputy Collector J. J. Daniel and
Cieik Walker, of the Internal Revenue
Department, made one of the most sue
cessful raids of the season last night at
Ringwood, near Littleton. Three large
stills, practically new, were captured, in
addition to 8 000 gallons of beer and
other material. The. stills were ope
rated by one person.
Chairman Fountain, of tbe Populist
Executive Committee, sava no demand
naa beea snsde by any commitieman tor
an early meeting. Mr Fountain saya tae
does not know of a desire on tbe part
ol anv Populist to h-ve the committee
meet aoom O ho Wilson and otber
Popuiiats who oppose Butler ia tbe
comoiittee bave stated tbe opposite of
toia.
A big cock fight at Littleton resu'ted
disastrously to several Raleigb sports.
.Littleton won four-fights out ot five. A
large d' lega ion from Raleigh was pres
ent. No tfioit was made to stop the
fijbt. .
Mr. Jehu G Williams, son of tbe
pres dent of the old State National
Bank, is to be married Tuesday morniog
in Atlanta, Ga to Miss Hayden. Mr
Wuhams is engaged in. the practice ol
law in Wf shiDgioo. D. C.
Judge Parnell returned from Rich
mond, Va., this evening, where he has
been sitting w tb tbe Court of Appeals
witb Judges Gcff and Braatley. Tbe
docket was exhausted. Tbe opinions ol
tbe court will not be rendered until Feb
tuarv Siveral importart cases from
tbis S ate were heard. Jude furoel
will resume court in Wilmington next
week.
Mr. F. S. Spruill, tbe assistant district
attorney ol tbis district, it buffering
witb ibeumatiam of tbe heart. Hiscon
dition is very serious.
RED SFRIH03 NOTES.
Bipttat aaioo!a:ion ot Bobsson C jnnty
Popilar Factor Pemtle Heminery
Tbe Hotel Parn it n Dog end
O iid?s for Hunters.
Star Correspondence
Red Springs, N. C Nov. 26. 1S97.
I sead you some notes Irom our pro
gressive town.
Rooeson Association met here Sunday
morning aad coatinusd till Taursdav
evenlog. Oer one hundred delegates
were present. Tnis county has forty-one
Biptist cburcbes and about 8,103 mem
bers, t.
Rev. J. D. Moore is tbe popular young
pastor of tbe Baptist charcb here.
A beautiful deer bead, mounted bv a
stilled taxidermist, is one ot the new
ornaments to the hotel c ffi :e. L H.
L oo, proprietor, killed tbe deer about a
year ego in tbe Adirondack mountains
cf N w York, and sent one of tbe hind
quarters to ex President Harrison.
Tbe hotel employs P. E Bragg to kill
game, train dogs for hunting, and guide
hunters. Tbis gives hunters a nice
cbauce to b-ve pleasure and benefit at
small cost.
Red Springs High School has enrolled
over sixty cupils.
Tbe enrollment at tbe Seminary is now
about one bandied ar d sixty, with eighty
in the music department.
CUB VN INSURGENTS.
8nscesifu Btlds on Towi a In Fioar D 1 BIO
and Hvna Provisos Tne Bpanlah
Sobemeof Aotonoiry.
By Cable to the Moraine Star.
Havana, November 27, via Key
West, Fl., November 27. Oo the
night of November 23d a band of in
surgents entered tbe town of Santa
Maria del Rosario, Havana province,
and under cover of darkness, re
mained three hours, during which
time they plundered one store. At
sunrise the invaders rt tired and took
a pes tion upon the neighboring
heights. A sergeant of the garrison
and twelve privates, while teconnoi
tering, came upon the enemy and
were met with a vciley of musketry,
resulting in the wouaciing cf tbe
sergeant and three privates.
A portion of the insurgent column
commanded by Colonel Gayo, led by
C-ptain Blaoco, receotiy raided Paao
Viejo, a suourb of Pioar del Rio City.
Favored bv darkness the raidera suc
ceeded ia passing the guards and enter
ing the place, wbere tbey sacked three
stores Tney retired at 4 o'clock in tbe
morning taxing witn mem considerable
booty. The officii account of the affair
savs tbat Ramon Valeiquez hit wife and
their two montbs' old Dabe were mach
eted by the insurgents, and that thev also
ki'led Carlos Arango wbo bad -cted as
guide for tbe Spanish General G d or.
Preparations were recently begun up
on the plantation India, belonging to
Casuosa Bros , at Duran, Havana prov
ince, for tbe grinding of sugar cane.
While tbe bands were hauling some
machinery several dynamite bombs
placed along tbe wav over which tbe
goods were to be transported exploded,
wrecking tbe macbtneiy.
Tbe scheme of autonomy ia looked
upon witb favor bv some of tbe Cubao
autonomists, though by many it is ar
gued tbat tbe 85 per cent margin of pro
tection to Spanish products should be
reduced to 10 per cent . in accordance
with tbe views of tbe Autonomist party.
Several of tbe leaders of tbe party, how
ever, think tbat tbe new policy Of
tbe government will result in
great difficulty for the inhabitants
of tbe island, and may ruin Cuba, which
will be nnaole to pay its part of the pub
lic debt and tbe war and navy expenses.
When peace is restored it will be im
possible, tbey declare, to establish new
tax - s, aad it is believed tbat a new paro
tic loan will bave to be floated, aa the
treasury is in debt to tbe extent cf
160 000.000.
RELEA-ED AT LAST.
TheSeaaaer JJacrada, Lot a inlCeitady On
tbe Char eel fllfheatcrina.
Sv Telegraph ao the Storaiat Stat.
Wilmington, Del . November 27
The steamer Liurada. which bas " been
held by tbe United States Govern ment
oa the charge that she bad carried a fill
bustcrmg expedition to Cuba, was re
leased to dav. Tais step wis takea by
tbe Gcrnment after Uaited S ataa
Senator Grey, c naael for tbe owners ol
the vassal, bad t-ntered a bond of $4 000
aad pud i600 to covet the costs
Taoaua I N nan, of Pailadelpfcia. win
eater the ftmoaa vessel lathe Klondike
trade.
Tae d" -reacee awtweea N ctrsgaa
and Cot' a Ret. we eh threaten, d to w
to vj ibe w i repub i:s ia war hive, ft
POWDER
Absolutely Pure
I f0WBM CO. i NPW VOMC
THE CUBAN QUEbl UN,
A Srrrmy Tims Expen et In tbe TJ.i d
States Ban eta Whan CoDoaeaa ooovtcea
The V ewa of Beoatotr.
By Telegraph to tbe Mortinc Stir.
New York, September J7 De
spatches to tne U rf from many ic d
mg members of the United States Sen
ate indicate stormy times over Cuba aa
oon aa tbe Senate meets, a wetk irom
to morrow. Nearly a score ol Senators
are reputed to bave already written res
olutions favoring either intervention by
tbe United States or immediate re
cognition of Cuban belligerency.
Senator William C Mason, ol Illinois,
says: "lam a Republican and I believe
In carrying out the promises of my par
ty. We promised to intetlere to stop
tbe war and give independence to Cuba.
Anything less than that is worse than .
bad faith on enr part." ,
Senator Roger Q. Mills, of Texas,
says: "Congress owes it to civilization
to recognixs tbe independence of Ccbi."
Senator Jacob H. Gallinger. ot New
Hampshire savs : "I favor giving Cuba
tbe rights ol belligerency, bat will hot
introduce any resolution. My impres
sion Is that the Senate will act on its
own responsibility."
Senator Hcnrv M. Teller, of Colorado,
savs: "We in tbe Senate have done all
tbat is necessarr. We have passed a
resolution granting belligerent rights to
i he Cubans, I do not say that we have
done ail that we should do, but that we
have done all that we can do. I believe
the House would pass our resolution by
an over helming majority if' It got a
chance to do so, bnt I do not suppose
tbey will get a chance to vote lor it. I
consider our treatment of the Cuban
question cowardly and the meanest
thing we have done in years."
S D. Mc Ecery, of Louisiana, aavi: "I
fear the speidv passage of tbe Sera e
resolution recognising the belligerent
nebts ol tbe Oubans."
Senator Richard R. Kenny, of Dela
ware, savs: " shall favcr auch action
as will most speedily end the war and
make Cuba free. Should tbe President
recommend nan interference, .in my
judgment, it would not stay actioD."
Senator Jeter C. Pritchard, of North
Carolina, says: "I am in favor of giving
belligerent rights, tut am not prepared
to say I favor absolute Independence I
do not understand that the President
wilt urge non-intervention."
Senator John McLaario. of South Car
olina, says: ' Congress should recognize
that a state of war exists in Cuba."
Senator Luclen Baker, of Kansas, aayf:
"I am to favor of Cuban independence,
first, last and all the time."
Senator Samuel Pasco, of Florida say s:
"I shall continue to favor all proper ac
tion to restore peace and give indepen
dence to Cuba." k-
Senator A. O. Bacon, of Georgia, says:
"I would be glad toaee Cuba free, and so
far aa is conaiatent witb public duty and
national interest will co-operate in the
support of such measures as will best
promote tbat end." v
Senator W. A. Harris, of Kansas,
says: "I am la favor of belligerent
rigbts for the Cubans."
Senator F. M. Cockrell, of Missouri,
save: "My belief bas been tbat wa
hould grant belligerent righta to tbe
Cuban tnsurgen'S.'
Senator Lee Mantle, of Montana, says;
"In my judgment tbe senate should at,
least recogmz: the belligerent rigbts of
the' Cubans without deiay. As condi
tions now exist inert. I would send a
United States man ol- war to tbe harbor
ot Havana to guarantee the rights of
American citizens and to compel due
teapect for the American flag on all oc
casions." '.
REVENUE COLLECTORS
Mast ObierveBzlatina Bales Relative to Ap
poiotment cf D paii .
Bt Telegraph to the Moraine: Stat,
Washington D. C. November 27
Acting Commistioner Wilson, '. of tbe
internal revenae service, has issued the
following circular to all collectors of in
ternal revenue : - .
"By direction of the honorary of tbe
Secretary you are hereby notified that
until otherwise ordered, existing rules
relative, to appointments of deputy
collectors must be complied with. You
will at once take ateps necessary for
compliance with this order, making your
requisitions for certification for original
appointments under civil service rule 8,
or reinstatements under civil serve rule
V. through thia office."
Tbis rule, it is said, is not in conflot
witb tbe views hitherto held by tbe de
partment witb reference to tbe renewal
or appointment of deputies by collectors.
In tbe case ol Collector Brady at Rich
mond, Vs., the department held tbat a
collector ia not bound by tbe law to re
appoint the deputies of his predecessor
in office, aod tbat vacancies thus made
should be filled bv appointments from
tbe eligible lis. a furnished bv tbe civil
service commission, Or by restorationa.
Tbe collectors in some districts -contended
tbat they bad a legal right to
m?ke their own selections for filling va
cancies, but this view was not sustained
by the department, except as to districts
where no el igtb'e list existed.
AMERICANS IN CUBA.
Oneaal Oeneral Ite Bcpsrta a Xi'rie Bum
b r Dependent Ufn Charity.
By Telegraph to the Mornins Star.
Washington, November 1. Consul
General Lee haa made a report to tbe
Secretary of State, ie which he saya
tbere are 1 607 American citizens ia
Cuba dependent upon charitable ass st
ance. Tbey bave beea partly provided
for out of tbe 150 000 appropriated by
Congress. General Lee aava that ia
making provision lor the retlcf of these
cit tins more than $1800 a week must
be expended. He has drawn $28 000 of
tbe sum appropriated, of which two
drafts for $S 000 each were drawn tbis
month He expresses the opinion that
a considerable time must elapse before
th- indigents will be aelt-sas'aininc
CONSUMPTION
To the Editor i I have an absolute Cere for
CONSUMPTION aad all Bronchial, Throat and
Luna Troubles, and all conditions of Wasting
Away. By itaiimely use thousands of apparent
ly hopslaaa eases have been permanently cured.
Bo proof positive am I of its power to care, I
will sad FKBB to anyone afflicted, THREB
BOTTLES of my Newly Discovered Remedies,
noon receipt ot Bxpresa aad Post offi ce aaUswsa,
Always aiacerely roars,
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