to
a i b s
ESTABLISHED IN 1878.
"hnty pawn shops, where p of ?
:nh; f t rnor nearly the worth of th-ir
.-. .od that they are compelled to part
Mitn than non. are snggestfrd l v some
f the charitably dispoed, states the
L troit Free Press.
A r-ompofute picture of the Amf-r.-fan
of the future would be worth
.'go mu a long way to see. According
-d fjenry Wntterson, 'f the Conrier--'ournal,
hi uill be a union of Cava
lier T!ryi:nn, Celt, Teuton, Seandi
:H.jHnsHw othr elements too numer
als ' i rnentiob. ,
Snv thi cry of suffering corno- from
Jo'Iia, wher, it is reported, 0,000.
W are on th' verge of starvation, not
) -roTi i h the-1 i unusual deficiency of
lood, but because excessive taxation
ndthe monetary un'-rtainiy have r
duced the pittance 1 -f t to th peoole
'm a line bordering" on pauperism.
A Bu. h.s Ayri s pup' r ays tlmt flio
j ii!ttin;l pro.luc.ts of Ar. iitin'j
hv.vr frcblr.l int.'iM lest tn vcars. '1 ho
xaiiH-of this ycar'fi rr.ip nuotnitnl ta
.3M7,o;,o,(MMl. Tin rru"!., j ri lie i j o ! 1 yo
vkh at, in i r!''; of )(i!ic iiri-J. i-j
t).ii. ,1 t 7, "1)0,01 )t rnukin-r i.,iW;
i.i.N'M. ril ,H Xt t,, in th a
A,-rt'. ntiri(j'rt exportable j.ru liK t.s thi
I'li: ratf yf mortality of Lm lon i
lioun by a rrcent rrport to huve
fe-alily ITr.jiMC'l with the introilnc
tion and perfection of adequate mean
tor diHposinn' .f thcHewage of the citv.
In the letter half of the seventeeth
century the annual average mortality
in eptimiteil at nornethin over ighty
r 1000; r.t the enl of the eilitet nth
entury it had dropped to fifty per
low, and in it wan only 10.1 per
lot).
.
The "KxcelHior," the largest din
noTid in the world, is nowdeposdte I in
ue of the hafen of the Bank of n,.
iand. It huh found in June l.-ist in the
'minea of Jttersfontejn, Cape Colony,
ly Captain Edwnrd .For'anson, the in
Fiiector f.f the rnin'. In his opinion,
N,irobornted by lhat tf the director,
Mr. (5itTor.d, the "Excelsior" is .i -.tone
of the j.urest water, and is w. r:.
hoiit $:,000,000. It ,K f,,Hy thr
inches in height, and nearly thre
iin-lieniu trertdth, weihiu-'.7 1 -nr it s
or ubout peveii o-ui-ch troy. T!i .'.or
of the .laersfontein dinmotid is w
itb h very .slight bluinh tint ; an 1 it
i'jvtie is matchless. At th' centre is
cry small black spot, whiea ( ;m;! i-
oiisider vill be easily rem veil in t!i-
cutting. Accordin.: to M. X. W.-t,
the Hritish 'iovernm"nt leive !
ball n million poun'.f t rlin or th'.-
oiamond.to the iroir-.rr-'
l-reitmever and Peruheini" r
offer hs Im en retuse..
M
f S f v
v:t th
The American Law. r, in a !on ;nr.o
cnreful editorial, ts out that lit i ;. -tion,
especially in th N-v York
courts, isde'linni' The work of th-
lawyer is underoini a gre t ciiant: ' a
his chief foruui ha been trtn-ferred
from the courthouse t th- 'i',.'.
This result has been brou-jhi a'o vitbv
the irowtii in ninuber an I wealth o '
orp'orations. which wish lea! c cns-l
atid will jay well for it but desire, us n
fule, t.i keep out of court. Th fc-
of $:,0. SUMO ftnd $:')) once co-asi.b
1 : . . ,
r"""",m"w" ln Ir,1 pructic-. :rr ;
Muall m camp.ri,:i withth- feea n.e.v
paid for th- -rvice of counsel. V: I-
v i . ... , .....
.u.ou vromuoii. ot Muiiv.m ,
rroniel!. of NewYorV. formanarin
the anair.s of a t.- i-v - 1
fte of a-a'l n solen lid srvl c
iI silver as a tken of ratnul.
John E. lSrM:i, .." th firm o: Par
sons, Sh- pher 1 caen. r.,?iv.''i
S2.0,d00 for hisser.i, 1:1 tri ,,r
ization of the suar tra.t. au.l th. r '
re many practitioner- waos-- fe -amount
to SJi.O'i'?, . 1 1 .
1(V.Pfr year. As h iti- the .!,y.ta
tn the number of cases trel. tht :ir. i
f Horubiower, Kvrne .V Taylor.
head of which was lately sppj;nte 1 .
th Suort-me Kr,-h ,- Pr I. i
LlevrUni. has but one c-sc tn th- 1 craaks thatV inniu' ro and loose!
Nv York Sapref Court at its h-: j Not rem : -NV Ynr- Te!crara.
Icrzi . inch a riraj as Evart. Choi- a ! .!d Haracah- "Ye-4 M:?s Youc?
Bemau has but f-.-rtv-four cas.s in that thing- has nn m s-hiu- f-noourasre-ourt
; Arnou. Unclr A Woodfur-i ..xaent ; I-t she hasn't rcix:sed nie.
tiled but eleven, and so ou thr.u-h ' say -h. ?.?t wsh- to see my
1- 1 1st l trr-;lt JHW
"!US.
Yet th 1
practice of these firms is lucrative '
beyond tho dreams of fifty voars a -a i
- - - -3 - - l
Clients pay thir ::ioaey now, not to
cet jute court, brjt to be kept out of j
it.
v;int I, mliirp ur
Mt and Im-Ihw COST ' our entire Stock of
0.
Dn ss C,,n,fs, SHI;, oof nntl Cotton, Clothuty, A
M ill hti-r if. Corsets, flforrs. Ifostrri,
100
1 ins
is
HAKUAIXS.
FUN.
The politician isn't narrow-minded
he is willin- to j.ut himself into
anybody's place. Hlmira (iazette.
"Man wjtnts 1 ut littl- here helow1'
I Soothinii as to soun-1.
!tlt il'l'Sn't eoiillf. most ju .J.'e" kl!"T7,
V t en p:iy-il;i v , -rr.es h round.
Washin!:n Stir.
Tudtre - bave yoii.aiiytliin.tr t:mfler
the court belor. sentence is uiKsel ?"
I'risoior "No. our honor. My
lawyer took my be-t slnlliuc'-'Puck.
Tl:e Wife "Mo.v did yo'i dnrsir, j
to scold nie -before Mrs. llrownV Tho
j Husband "Well, you know. Maria,
I daren't eold vou wlicn we are hv
ourselves.
K:-J.- Fiehi's Yashintrton.
"Can I c-hange my ocupntion under
the terms of th.s i nsuranc' - pdicv?M
"What do you nidi It. be.?"- "A foot
ball d;t "! " "No." "Ceil I become
Uraraiiatt tn.surfent l'' "Yes."
Lite.
lack "Whih- ! ;. i- out hunting I
ran right into n den i; rattlesnakes. '
teorte "Nut ; inch tun in that." !
lack- "No. Tot u .; tae ; lei the i-nakes ''
had a r.ttt'.i'i j i-oo t t iu.e. "- -( looil j
Newf-. !
She "Dearer. H ioo ..-,. von didn't i
vt. m ne irlv a much a-you do now.
Honl, Vl,u luHrry u : . ' He --"You
j,Pt ". onKi. ' Yi'do,,'. know bow
niut'h I tinnl ; v.car taVli. r.
.New
y,,,. Utrrtd.
Proprietor "What Is the row at the
bargain count'.-r V" F'.oor-w alker
"No rcw at all. A partv of colbge
girls are aiaoii- tl: crowd, and are
working. -o the front bv a !?vin I
... . i t i,, , . f
n . ft T . J I i .' .
- 1 ! : .
I , .., - ., i
Father- "The f?r.ehvr iv- that vou
: don i half ieatn your le--- -a-. " Little
: Bov-"x f- -ir. Yon ,-t-e the teaher i
I sanl it i -tudu d hard I miht crow up j
'to bt- a "'great man." "Of course. )
I on t .u want To oe a -t. uau . (
"Huh ! Aad ! shot at bv all th' !
fanly '.!!. .
I presume he wants to
wae ;t:re lhz f
ma ra .older than i
sav." Friend--"No. shti doesn't. '
Kb? Then wfcat ca sli-i want?"'
"She wants-to see if ycu came oi a
long-lived faajily."-"v York Weekly
J AS
IIILLSJUmo, X. C. SATURDAY. Kl-1JUUAUV 17, US!M. NIvW SERIES-VOL. XIII Ndl 1 1
moo
WORTH OF GOODS AT ind IBEEaQW
C-O-S-T
Stirt k. :t to do so oiler
WDA-Vf.-F
JJinOrohferies, Furs, Lfi;, s i I nfl l, cr h iefs,
Cat'tH'ts, Hhtnhets. Shiurfs, On ills, Cttslunvrvs, Table Liitm,
Trunks. Ilmjs, 'lenth ina ns tiii'l Ctul rie
Ladies
Wraps
an opporhiuiiv vim: do not ofini liavr, i( will du well to call
WEBB,
Perqian Cliff Dweller.
The approach to Shiraz is a sucec.-.-fcion
of hurpriseH. The town, a co:n
p'lct and yellow mass of erowdl
tlwcllinps, appears Lo rise abruptly ,m-i
close at hand above tho level plait;
whiea we are crossing. All at oik-c a
profound ravine opens in front us,
and perched high up on the summit oJ
the yellow cliffs on the otlier. side arc
the houses which we saw from the
plain. Descending steeply to the pca
blv lloor i this ravine, which is an
an.'ient river-bed, we turn to the 'eft
and ride atone under the mTinudie::
lar ledge. There are 1'dthy pools a'.oag
- tlie bottom of it, ajid black slimy stuius
descend the rocif wall from the rickety
woo leu balcouies and juajectiu wi:
lows ;1 the town above us. If tho
eop3e overhead are dyimj oi" cao'.vrt,
they ar-j surely very quiet u'mt it,
an 1 there is no sign of life at any of
the windows. We come to the ea.tp.ir
kaaneh iuu 'c th" otar sidt of tin
i ravine. It is lock-1 uo, an I a bitle
further fin the ravin- ooens on t
-broad river, which we cross by a bridge,
and enter an imposing c -r.iv(iu-ary
the time of Shah Abbas.
this way we avoid entering 'th-
! town. The riv:r is border--! u i ot;
sides bv vertical cliff-, an 1 fro u t'ie
! gave oi i up: caravansarv, i jra t i ,
across the britlge. we get th" mo-t
striking view of Yedikh?t. The long
j ledge on which it stands is pier,.vd by
j many eaves aui openings along th
top, and from a distance it tiiSiu.t
j to make nt just where the ton i -
Dfl caves oc'-ome win o
nji'l door-. Thpv ar3 ac euttiatv :
many piacs rv jutung wina-.v.
craz v-:o king balconies prouoe 1
sta
great hicht cb.-jve
stream below. This long ro?k :; '.- ;:
a thin wedge where the ravine o i a
other side eaters the river bed.. .S-o,
rated at tae otiier end Trail ta- zzv.i
raEg. of
cliff's bv c s-iej-a s
3ridsre, it t -ir.
i e-essible as a vr.ltnre -test jerjad
; a era.', aaa t i ds.r. trak " -f
stain ta clt3 belt'T a-igatu
I raKae.-v ta t r "stiug- f'.;.- -i f
j New York and M.vw:.e.h hvf
ch haen represented in the a-n-i -
twenty-eight time.' r.r rlva-.la .'o'.-
witb tfstv-iire reprfsenutioiji.
dum -
llir
Mnp.ihs ui Ft lini.u
IYJ 1 2th,
Regardless of
r.
The Money of the Would.
Acting Director of thg Mint Pret. ,a
has prepared a table of The mouetary
svitems of the world. The table hliow 6
that the apfp-reoate 'stock of nold is
858-,603,000 ; silver, 84,042,700. ;
' uncovered paper, S-'.fia, 87,' )-.
Stock of gold possessed by principal
countries is as follows: United States,
$604,000, 0(M ; Great Britain, Sm jO,
000,000; France, SSO(hOOO,000; (Jer
many, 8600,000,000; Russia, 8250,-
,000,000. Tin: stock of silver is as fol
lows : Unite.l States, 861 5,000.00 ) ;
Great P-ritain. $1 00, 000,000 ; France,
.8700,000,000 ; Germany, 821 1 ,000,000 :
Russia, 8GO,(.0,000. The stock of
silver is divided as follows: United
States, S5oH,000,000 full tender and
877,000,000 limited tedder; Great
Britain, n. silver full tender, $100,
000. 000 limited tender ; France. fvJo'V
000,000 full tender, 850,000,000 lim
ited tender; Germany, 8103, C)0, 000
full tender and 8H,00yoo limited j
tender ; Iiussia, $22,000,000 full ten
ller and its.OOO 00o limited tender, i
1 ' ' ' s
The r.tio prevailing in nearlv all!
' . i
principal countries between gold and
1 1 - '
lei'Hi leii tr k ti i!- j to ft-,. iu'.
fr' ...
t- 1(.u
silver is as h ruie i 10 i .-. u.
rt sjm ctive ratis in the l uitedhtates
re 1 to U'.. 00 and 1 to 15.1H.
Fh
various monetnrv systems as
divi.letl among countries: (iold and
silver Uuit'-d States, France," Bel "
gium, Italy, Switzerland, Greece,
nin, Netherlands, Turkey and Japan:
. 1 I United Kingdom, Germany,
'ortugal, ATistria. Scandinavian
!iion. Australia, Fxrypt, Canada and
ub.i. Silver Ius-.ia. Mexico, Cen
tra! and South America and India. Od
me uncovered mo:ey South Aru'nci
has 5oOO.fw0.ro i ; liu-sia. .-" Hi, 000.
000 ; United States. . fs 112, W,fK0;
Austria. -o.rwn , Italy, $!'!,
IVMj,NS; (ieraisny. Si 07, 00 ' ;
France. $l.HfN.ivvi aud Gret Brit
siii, $, s .'. Tke per capita cir
culation of .-.ai : United State.
$9.01; K:i.-i-.. 314. !T .
France. .?i.oi; Germany, $12.12,
FiU-sin. $2 21. . P-r apita of all
Classes -f niouy i- : France, -40. "r .
Cuba, &n.' , NetherU'ids, S2 ;
Aurtralia. .2CTo; Pieinn .25 2 I
United htatts, 421.34; Untied Kia
iora, $13.42, and Euisia, $7, IS.
i
S-iLV.OtVtOOO worth iexti?
&
v and M.urli, r:imi' nrini:
Cost'
carlv and -rf
JTh Manufacturers' Recor I Bus pnl
Ivibed two pages of letter from
jankers in all part of the Sauth
yegard to the general c:uditioi o,'
business, but especially as ir.irds tli ?
financial position of Southern farai.-rs.
Without except ion t!i se iettr say
enforce ecKlomv 0- v , jM.
'wo years has caused a com h te
change in Southern farm methods;
that the farmers nre Tiviti-- ninn. nS
it- 4 i , ' ,
ten! ion to diversified agriculture, an 1
that they are now we'd snjruie.l with j
corn and provisions, which wdl pre-
vent the heavy drain of former renr
pay for Western food-stu.7. Sum-
ng up these reports t'ne MaU'iTac- i
turers' Record sivs: 'vriiey su it
that th- whole vrrmic p olicv oi
Sjuthern farm imprests ih nreler oin
. A. , . '? . '
a change and the cr lit system is i
, , , , r
mg supercede! bv a cish ba,H. ine
, " . , , - . , . ,
- !
j years forced upon tho far. n-r th ;
necessity of raising th-dr om foal
siu.Ts. and a id 1 to tha vo th du
. . , . , . ,
ci:on of bankers an I fa? to a b
. ,
vance much less rnone-oa cotton, than
f , ' ,
formerly. The resuct has been a
j , , . , , . , , . ,
. nhnnn Ihaf for- fa 1 -n f. l.om-r irht d
i " -x....
P8ssmg from th eredit with it ; hb-ral
i ,
tying to a cash system repuriu- t'a
BRO
closest economy, there his been j 23.45 per 1000, againt 21.2'! iu
trade with farmer.' aud henee a ;.th preTxcn year, wh;l fr the UH
creased volume of general business in tr,n JeATH the "average has hn 2L72.
the South. But this hxs bronht ! The Brrd of Hiwlth'anioiit rnt ev"
about a more solid condition of bu'- timate of -the population of th city is
aes in those d-pn!ent up n farm 1 ,R91, 306, the estimated increa from
trade throughout th South" than vte " previrafl Jear ,Dg 0rlj
have had for many yearn. MwhastsnoO, ao that a year from now' the "popu
are carrying small stocks an 1 biTin; klaiion will approximate clos-ly to
only as needed; far.-ners are paying 000,000
off their debts to such an extent tha! '
without exception thse. letter fr rj
bankers say that the farmers afe e-s
in debt than for years. The ninev
that formerly went Nor;hand Wet it:
provisions and grain Laos beex. retailed
st home, and the fill r?ult te that
th.is section is probsoly in deb tr,
its own basks and 1a iu d-bt Jj th
oth and We-, for supplies than ui
-ay Tear i2C tht war fended."
Th four l-ahng" Danrill 'III
newsleslers hav- nt-re! into a:,
agreement -not to s-!! thr dira trxh
of the sJew Jam-" typ-. Sin re th
boy jsardreri, Pat and Stark, dr
c'.artd that thy owed thir mia t-
these norels there Km bees a decide 1
crnsa-le sgairt their is Dta'l
How NtwspaprsCt the President's HeiUft
Frank G. Crpenter tdi in the
Waahington Star how President an
naal messaffe are handled br the cr
respondents at the National Capitat
It seems the mea$re is taken from tho
Whit? Houte to the Capitol by the as
sistant private secretary. There i a
good deal tf red taje about th' mat
ter, and though the cable cars rnn di
rectly from the White House to th.s
Capitol, a President's message is al
ways taken in carriage, and usually
In-hind a spanking '-two-horse- team.
The carriage is the office turnout oi
the White House. It trot out of thf
yard of tho Executive Mansion down
to the Treasury, then along the west
Hide of Fifteenth street anil down the.
south side of the avenue. At the tot
tom of the avenue it skirts the Peace
monument and goes up to the Senate.
Here Mr. Prnden gets out, carrying a
big official envelope in bis hand. Tliif
contains the menage. He carrie it
up to the front door of the Senate,
where he is usnallv met 1v old Mr.
Bassett or by the clerk of the Senate. -who
announces that there is a mes
sage from the President of the United
.States. It is then carried up to tb
clerk's desk, ami it is there read. Tho
words in which the message in delivered
to the Senate are uttered by Mr. Pru
den as follows: "I am directed by tho
President of the United States to pre
sent a message in writing."
Copies of the message are given to
the newspaper correspondents- and
they are sent out bvjhe press associ
ations to all the papers in the conn-
try. It used to beihat manifold con
ies were handed over to thenewspa!r
men and they rushed for the tele
graph offices iu order to. send the newa
to their papers. At this time corre
spondents kept arriages and fast
horses at the Capitol during ucb
times and inade races to gei possession .
of the telegraph wires. Before the tele
graph came into existence it took the
mail a week or so to give the message
to some parts of the United States,
and the Cincinnati Gazette once niad
a great fuss about its feat of publish
ing the President's message within
sixty hours after it had been delivered
to Congress. It ran a pony express
from Washington to Cincinnati, ind
it cost 8200 to get the news. ,
What Wcomes of the President's
messages after they are delivered?.
The copy thnt goes to the printer i
cut up into pieces or takes, and it isof F
little use after it is set up. The earlier
! message, which were written br the
I p . "
Presidents themselves, were carefully
tiled away, and in the crypt of the
Cupitol thre are- several of General
Washington's message," written in hi
; peculiar, -eb-r, bold baud. Themis
j '
j sages which are sent to the, Senate art
tored away in the Stnte Department
: H"
Its, where rdl tin lawn of the Coir
j r of th-United States re put. aT.fi
' ,
j Iher f ,rni a part of the manuscript
1
' history of the country.
The healthfnloess of New YViF is
reason for ' rejoicing iu th rnidt V
the prevailing gloom, maintain' th
Tribnne. In npit of th iucti-Vm of
population, the num"iMr of deaths i(i
1833 was littlf tfreatr than iu l'Ji--
i
t . i t .1
-oniy iorTy-on larger --wnii me n'Tu---
.vr 0f births mcreal mur
than
; of0. The death rat for In-t vear
Only thirty-five ves'eis i.ave ueen
built at Baltimore during 10, while
sixty -one were built thert ir. 1H2
The r'-gisterl tonna;- ho u ve
greater declin-. In 102 jt w 1727T
tors, while m 103 it wai" bat
4 This," comments th- New York Sun.
"is a striking indication of th r-3t
ef the depression in th fthippiii li
datry danng the year '
Th NVw York Jonrna! a-rs that
!: hard times ha had a ennon J
ft in reducing th sales of con-it
ir.er.?, sa3Cs and similar tab!f lux-nr-
A nan whojaa a family to
provide for wosld rather buy cornel
than enrrr whea the zaocer