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SANTA CLAUS HAS GOT SOMETHING NEW IN THE SHAPE OF A DOOR-FACE FOR THE BOYS THIS TIME.
A POPULIST NHiimURK.
Another of the Oelndtit;
Money Lee itres.
Editor News and Observer:—The
age or dreams and prophet ie vis
ions is supposed to have (Missed away
with the dawn of the Christian era.
Superstitions and vagaries of many
kinds are abundant still, for have we
not Schlatter, the new Messiah in
('dorado, ami a mottey gathering of
fakirs at Atlanta? But something- of
interest in this line has transpired
nearer home, for in the early morning
by the rays of a waning harvest moon,
wearing the light clothes of night,
w ith staring eyes and striking knees, a
man sjied through the streets of a
centrally located city, a trembling
hand unlocked an office door and
reaching his desk and grabbing his
quill, he stabbed his ink stand. The
above is not the peroration to astump
speeoh or even the first sentence of a
beguilding patent medicine advertise
ment. Simply a description of the
transit of a newspaper man fleeing
from his couch (w here, oppressed by
a harrowing dream of .National banks,
he had tossed with nightmare) to his
sanctum; with a trance-medium ex
pression, he litters the floor with
“copy,” clean white sheets bespattered
with mud, for he dipped his pen deep
and drew on a florid imagination for
facts. To have told this in plain An
glo-Saxon would have destroyed the
illusion, because, to eliminate the “fin
de siecle” features attendant on Popu
lism and tell of the antics of its mem
bers in language less dramatic than
they themselves affect, would be to
lay Itare the frame on which the scare
crow is set up.
On October 24th the editor of lhe
Caucasian broke loose, lashing him
self into a fury, he raged through two
columns capping its climax with
blasphemy. Through the whole of this
National bank tirade there is an under
current of sentiment, which, like a
pleasing chord of an opera, continu
ally appears in new combinations, it
is this: that one class of men are com
bined like a band of brigands to live
without lal*or on a helpless and unde
fended populace. There is also a dis
tinct Intimation (notwithstanding we
are assured in holy writ, that rain and
sunshine are accorded to the righte
ous and wicked, the just and the un
just, without discrimination) that the
natural laws controlling cursorial and
commercial fabric are in some myster
ious way construed or set aside, en
abling the wealthy to accomplish the
possible getting, without effort, some
thing for nothing; while the poor are
represented as failing to secure the
legitimate reward of their labor.
Beginning with the remark: “This
is a matter that should be thoroughly
understood,” the readers of the Cau
casian aie treated to a maze of work
well calculated to enthrall the uneasy
lint. honest voter. This is the fashion ;
it gallops along: referring to the re
tirement of greenbacks, it says: “The
question comes up as to why this par
ticular scheme should be proposed and
advocated bv bankets, gold-bugs and
the like."
Bankers, gold-bugs and the like!
Bankers, v.e understand, for they art*
a necessary adjunct to the growth of
trade; banks furnish an improved
met hod of conducting commerce over
the original way, when producers rode
to market w ith bags of wool, bundles
of skins or perhaps a lire pig. to swap
for coffee, sugar, hardware or other
goods kept by dealers in merchandise.
The mercantile transactions to supply
our seventy millions of people for one
year, with food, fuel anti clothes, art*
found by one of the best statisticians
to be not less than thirty-five billions
which is nearly 100 million of dollars
per day: this volume of business is
conducted by credit to the extent of
90 to 95 per cent and from 5 to 10 per
cent iri cash. All wholesale trans
actions and a large part of the retail
trade arc conducted through instru
ments of credit, known as notes, drafts
and bills of exchange; it is in the
handling of these papers that bankers
find their office, and get their profits.
Banks and bankers do not deal in
money but in the transferable titles of
property to l»e exchanged. “Bold-bugs
and the like” have never been defined
by those who use the term, and like
charlatans,when they get beyond their
depth they resort to the use of words
neither they nor their hearers under
stand.
“The purpose of Hits scheme is to
continue the present .National bank
ing system, and to put the National
finances of this country absolutely un
der the control of the bankers. This
is a matter which the general public
is not acquainted with and hence the
necessity of a plain statement.” Lis
ten, “and to put. the National finances
of this country absolutely under the
control of the hankers.” tin* boldness
of thisstate!-icnt is staggering: we have
grown familiar with dictators in South
American Republics; we have even be
come accustomed to boss-rule at home.
1 i it remab d for a “green-goods”
a.' .*: *>» to discover this mare's nest
ai a constituency' in whose gul
libii * he has unlimited faith, that
there was on foot a plot to have a re
ceiver appointed for t (a* I'nited States
as the treasury was a limit to make an
assignment in favor of the bankers.
The. 19th c ntury has been a record
breaker.but this is the hughest jokeof
all; the Populist has won his right to
wear the fool's cap and bells. The sad
part, nay more, the wickedness and
immorality of it. all. is that an editor
should insinuate, that one class of citi
zens are combined to take the prop
erty of another under the sanction of
law. which, without the law would be
stealing outright; that because a man
is rich he is necessarily a thief and in
pable of self-sacrifice for the common
good; that because a man is poor, he
is free from the greed of gain; that be
cause he has to struggle for a
living he is in some way not explained,
being cheated, and that the patriotic
thing to do, is to antagonize wealth
instead of co-operating with it, for the
mutual benefit of all concerned. Di
\ ine economy in the arrangement of
this world, so fixed things that every
individual should l>e dependent on till
others; it has been demonstrated
times without member, that success
and prosperity attend on mutual help
fulness and internal contention pro
vokes results directly the reverse;
hence he who stirs up strife in men's
minds acts from base motives and is a
traitor to his race.
LOUIS DE LACROIX.
Oxford, X. C.. Dee. 23.
BRITISH DCONSPTPIO V
Salisbury is Now Doing 'hat Which
He Says We Cannot l»o.
Editor Post: Lord Salisbury thinks
it an unwarrantable assumption on the
part of the United States government
to thrust itself forward sis the cham
pion defender of the rights of other na
tions w ith whose affairs it has no po
litical or other connection. This is the
burden of his recently published dis
patch. But his Lordship appears to
lose sight of the fact that his govern
ment, of which he is the head, is doing
that very thing at this time, and some
thing more. On the international prin
eiples he avows in his dispatch how can
he defend his interposition in the af
fairs of Turkey? What right had he to
force his way with his death-dealing
iron-dads through the Dardanelles?
In this act he goes far beyond what the
government of the United States pro
poses to do. The President would in
terfere to protect an independent
young neighbor from the oppression
of one of the great powers of the world.
Lord Salisbury 's government is invad
ing an ancient and long-established
nation for the avowed purpose of regu
lating its internal affairs. The Ar
menians are subjects of the Sultan—
cruelly oppressed subjects no doubt,
but on the principles laid down by
Lord Salisbury in his dispatch he has
no right to come to their relief. The
United States vessels of war that are
hovering upon the coasts of Turkey
are not there with any purpose of re
forming the Turkish laws or the ad
ministration of the laws, but simply
for the protection of American citi
zens. (ireat Britain's interference is
confined within nosuch narrow bounds.
What she purposes is the remodeling
of the Turkish laws and administra
tion on the ideal of the most enlighten
ed civilization of Christendom, and if
Turkey refuses to be reformed on this
model her government is to be over
thrown and a Christian ruler, with
Christian institutions, is to be put in
its place.
It was the same sort of interference
with other people’s affairs that
prompted (ireat Britain and France,
in 1853, to make war upon Russia, in
defense of Turkey. This war of those
Christian powers was not in the inter
est of the Christian subjects of the
Turk, but in the interest of the Turk
as against a so-called Christian mon
arch.
But the principle of interference in
the affairs of other nations is the set
tled policy, not merely of (ireat Brit
ain. but of Europe. The preservation
of the “balance of power" is something
they all look after. (Ireat Britain
fought. Napoleon twenty years for this
idea -to prevent his ascendency in the
European world. And when Napoleon
was overthrown the Continental na
tions entered into what they modestly
styled the Holy Alliance, in order to
keep the balance of power on their
side, (ireat. Britain was left out of this
Holy Alliance, among whose aims was
to secure a monopoly' of South and
Central American commerce. The
British Government determined to
thwart them in this, purpose, and did
thwart them by forming an alliance,
or an agreement, with the I nited
States on the basis of the Monroe doc
i trine. To this end, Mr. ( banning pro
| posed to Mr. Rusk, the American Min
ister to that court., that they should
i jointly declare, on behalf of their gov
; i*raments, that, no European power
| ought to acquire or encroach uptip the
j territories of the young states of Oen
; tral and South America. Mr. ( banning
! proposed it, and President Monroe
* took*him at his word.
DANIEL R. CiOODLOE.
Washington. Dee. 21.
Hot weather [troves depressing to
; those w hose blood is poor*. Such peo
ple should enrich their blood with
I Hood’s Sarsaparilla.
The New* and observer Wednesday, Dec. 25. *« *>.
LASITTER-L1 J*S( OMR.
The Richmond Dispatch announces
the marriage Wednesday last of Miss
Lidie Lasitter, who has many friends
in North Carolina, to Mr. Herbert E.
Lipscomb, both o!' Ricmmond. The
bride is the only tutughit r of Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Lasitter, formerly of Kin
ston. X. C. The account in the Dis
patch says:
“A lovely home wedding occurred at
‘Montezuma.’ the pretty country resi
dence of Mr. .Joseph Lasitter, near
Chestnut Hill, at 5 o'clock yesterday
afternoon. The bride was Miss Lidie
Lasitter and the groom Mr. Herbert E.
Lipseomb. Quite a large company of
friends attended the nuptials. The
bride, a charming brunette, was at
tired in a tailor-made traveling gown,
w ith hat and gloves to match, and car
ried a beautiful bouquet of bridal roses
and 1i 1 ies-of-Ihe-va 1 ley. After the cere
mony Mr. and Airs. Lipscomb received
the congratulations of their friends at
an informal reception. Refreshments
were served in a dainty* manner, and
after their fullest enjoyment the bri
dal party drove to the Byrd Street st:i
tion, where Mr. and Mrs. Lipseomb
took the north-bound train for an ex
tended northern tour. They will visit
New England during their absence.
The groom is one of the best-known
book-keepers in the city. He has long
held a position at the I’. Whitlock
branch of the American Tobacco Com
pany. His bride is a thoroughly ac
complished young woman. She has
travelled extensively, and is a delight
ful conversationalist, as well as an
adept artist.”
BUCKLEN’S ARNICA SALVE.
The Best Salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands,
Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erup
tions, and positively cures Piles, or no
pay required. It is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction or money refund
ed. Price 25 cents per box. For Sale
by John Y. Macßae.
T» bay, easy
to take and ff * 16? J
easy in effect, ® dj p
are ebaracter. fjfev ts - z mwl
Utica peculiar W?.*- S'
to Hood’s VSrv
Pill*. They ff:* ■;
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purely vege
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end aatiafactorii.v. They do not irritate
or inflame tho huestit < s, but leave them
ia natural, healluy condition. Zh centa
LEA & PERRINS
Signature is printed in * iJ
BLUE diagonally J[/
across the’ »/V
OUTSIDE f I 1
wrapper , nV X
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if / bottle of
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SAUCE
Am m further protection against
till imitations.
Agents tor the United States.
JOHN DUNCAN’S SONS. N. Y.
you DO NOT REALIZE
That you are in Ka lei Kb unless yon hi
STOPPING AT TIIK
YARBORO HOUSE,
The otslv Hotel It* the cl*y convenient t<
BUSINESS
All rooms on the 3rd flo *r $3.00 per day
Ist and 2nd fl tor 12 0 and *2.50 per day
Special Weekly
KHKK BUS AT ALL TRAINS
Thousands f dollars recently expend**
for improvement.
L. T BROWN
Prorrie* • r
FOR CASH—.Stocks or parrs of stocks of
merchandise bought at reduced price.
Parti's in need of funds, address “Spot
Cash,’ care of News and Observer. All cor*
sponedence confidential
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PILES, CATARRH, COLDS,SORE THROAT,
WOUNDS, BRUISES, RHEUMATISM, and
all INFLAMMATIONS and PAIN, substitute'..
Genuine made only by POND’S EXTRACT CO.. 76 Fifth Avenue, New York.
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In ease of lapse the policy is continued in force a- tong as its value wiit -■
fee. cr, if preferred, a cash or paid-up policy value is allowed.
After the second year policies are incontestable, and all restrictions as to
deuce, travel and occupation are removed.
Oash loans are granted where valid assignment.* or the policies can be mt-.**
collateral security.
John C. Drewry, State Agent, kalbich. n. :
“HARRY BASSETT”
THE king of rye whiskies
ASSTtSiSj is is to certify that I have carefully examined J. I>.
Brown & Co’s famous brand “Harry Bassett” Old Rye
Whiskey, and find no impurity resulting from a chromic
acid test and recommend it for medicinal purposes.
Iff*- JAMFS M’KEE, M. D ,
Raleigh, N. 0.
This whiskey is used b\ many of the first-class clubs and
lu’N 4 utous dealers try to palm off « on bless imitations, and buy
* era are requested to purchase only from the following
1 ..'-^*^ i houses:
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'M J - E * HAMLIN & CO„
ROBT. E. PARHAY,
L 4 NICK deboy,
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aJ'eJ.Bßprvf J - D - oarroll,
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ijgfe-r— :'■■*£ i RALEIGH GROCERY CO.,
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All the world over
xPOND’S extract
j, \ is known as a great family
| remedy and reliever of aches
l and 2>ains. It is cleansing,
j healing, and antiseptic. Raw,
/ abraded, bruised, and inflamed
surfaces heal with marvelous
rapidity if POND'S EXTRACT
be applied , Invaluable for
Silver
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In silver we are showing f >r the bolt*
: days only high grade wares, such as
I Brushes, Combs, Mirrors; Cream, Vase
line Puff and Toilet Boxes in both silver
and Piiver Monnted Cut Gbs-; Mani
cure Articles, Shcehools a d/Borns,
Belts, Suspenders, besides a Afnousand
and one little, inexpensive daintiw.
Gold
Besides the regular line of Watches
and Jewelry, BroocU* in Pear is aad
Diamonds, Rings, Link Buttons, Studs.
‘ Chains. I>ocketa, Ax.
Your inspection of tne stock is re
quester.
H. Mahler.
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f ’ a tways.
Water Wwkj.
ewe rage
FRANK A. PEIRCE
improvements.
civil ehgikekr. Surveys for :< Drainage and
| Irrigate*.
CREENSBORQ, At. C. Development*f
. Town Site
; Prose ties.
. • Parka and
C emeterie*
i —NOW
—FOR THE—
Holiday Season.
I We Save the best and me t carefully
| sciected lines of holiday goods to be
| found in the State. Our lino of
GIFT BOOKS
!
jis cpiendid. Wc invite our ’Deeds to
| cell end examine cur sk ok. C .reful at
| tmticn given all orders O ; r stock is
| entirely ut w.
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Very truly yours,
jIIFRED WILLIAMS fi C 0„
rOOKSELLERS AMO STATIONERS.
C F a Y. V. R. r;
John Gill, Receiver.
In effect December Bth, IK)3.
|
North Bound South Bouna
STATIONS.
f NO. a. t!*o. L
TUa mLv Wilmington, Vr 7.06 p m
10.35 pm Ar Fayetteville, Lv 4.45 p m
12 19 p m I,v Sanford, I,v 3.19 p m
•2. 48 pm Ar Greensboro, l.y 1.03 p m
6.10 p m Ar Mt. Airy, Lv 9.45 a m
North Bound i South Buun*
STATIONS.
I two. 4. j two. 3.
I it*.* )a m I.\ Uennettsville, | \T~ 7.1:6 p m
9.23 a m Ar Max toil, t,v 613 p m
10.52 a m Arl Fayetteville, ILv 438 p n
North Bound South Bounil
two. 16. STATIONS. two. IS,
Mixed. Mixed.
645 a m Lv Ramseur, Ar 5.40 p ia
020 a mAr Greensboro, Lv 3.0* p n
11.50 a m Ar Madtaou, tv 12.25 p m
| tDaily. fDaily except Sunday.
North Bound Connec io s
At Fayetteville with Atlantic' oast Line f*t
all points North and East, at Sanford wiUi
the Seaboard Air Line, at Greensboro with
the Southern Railway Comnany, at Walnal
Cove with the Norfolk A Western Railroad
for Winston-Salem.
South Boun 1 C inflections
At Walnut Cove with the Norfolk .V Wes
tern Railroad for Roanoke and points Nortk
and West, at Greensboro w itti the So nth on*
Railway Company for Raleigh, Richmond
and all points North and East, at Fayette
ville with the Atlantic Coast Line for dll
points South, at Maxton with the Seaboard
Air I,ine for Charlotte, Atlanta and all
points South and Southwest.
W E. KYLE,
Gen'l Pass. Agent.
W. FRY, Gen’l Manager.
STOCKHOLDERS' ME€TMt»
Uamsiuh. N. €., Dec. 16, is#L
The annual meeting of the Stockholder*
of the North Carolina Car Company will be
held at the office of ti e company in tkie
ettv oil Thursday, Jaiiuary 16, ISB6, at XI
o’clock m.
JOHN WARD, Secretary.