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'CI I fat mm . - ;JES C. QOYLIN, Publisher. The VVadesboro Messenger and WadesboYo Intelligencer Consolidated July, 1888. PRICE, SI a Year. JEW SERIES-tVOL II. NO. 37. Wades boro, N. C. Thursday. March 24. 1898. WHOLE NUMBER 900 .Caseof Poisoning Hood's Sarsapariila Drives the Pol son, from the System, Quiets the Nerves, Relieves Dyspepsia and Catarrh. " While in the army I was poisoned in wardly with poison oak, and I did not get well for 15 yearg. My blood became so affected that I was taken with a hacking cough, and I was tho-'ght to be going into consumption. I took many different medicines without avail, and finally re . solved to try Hood's Sarsapariila. When I had finished taking the first bottle ths pimples began to disappear from my body, end after I had taken three bottIe3 I was well. I have also suffered with ca tarrh in th8 head and have been taking Hood's Sarsapariila for thi9 trouble, and it helps me. "in fact I take it for all ail ments and believe 'it has no equal as a blood purifier. -:--It quiets the nerves and gives refreshing sleep. It he.s relieved me of dyspepsia and built me up." J. L Holliday, Williamston, South Carolina. Hood's Sarsapariila Is the best In fact the One True P.Iood Purifier. Sold by all druggists, fl ; six for 5. HnnH's Ptllure Liver Ills: easy to il WU trln& take, easy to operate. 25c. " G R. T. Eennett, Jno. T. Bennett ' Crawford D. Bennett. Bennett & Bennett, Attorneys-at-Law, Wadoaboro, - - N.. C D ' " Last room on the right in the court house. Will practice in all the courts of rhe State. Special attention given to the examination and investigation of Titles to Ileal Estate, drawing Deeds and other instruaieuts, Col lection of Claims, the Managing of Estates for Guardians, Administrators and Execu tors, and the Foreclosure of Mortgages. Will attend the courts of Stanly and Mont gomery counties. Prompt attention given to all business in trusted to them. Covington & Redwine, Monroe, N. C. T. L. Caudle, Wadesboro, N. C. ' 7" rZiZl"a oTV.im!y and jv & Caudle, ATTORNEYS - AT - LAW, WADESBORO, N. C. CAN SUCH THINGS BE AS I'ROITOR'TELLS OF CUBA? Tractive in all the Stale, and United Slates Courts. Special attention will be given toexamN nation and investigation of titles to Real Estate, the drafting of deeds, mortgages, and other legal instruments; the collect ion of claims, and manaementof estates for Guardians, Administrators, and Executors. Commercial, Railroad, Corporation and -Insurance Law. . Continuous0 and painstaking attention will ix given to all legal business. -Office in the Smith building. W. AJNGRAM-,M.D SURGEON, WADESBORO, - - - X. C. Railroad calls by, wire promptly attended Office opposite .National Hotel. W. F. GRAX, D. D S., (Office is Smith & L anlap Building. Wadesboro, IJorth Carolina. ALL OPERATIONS WARRANTED. IrMisc I"r K'onsnl General Iee People Driven Out antl Their Humes Burned Dreadful Re sult or Weyler's Orlers-200,-000 Deaths Uilliin the Iasl Few Jloiilhs Hair the People ; Have I)irl, ami One Quarter of Jhe laving Hopelessly Dis eased. ' - Washington, March 17. Senator Proctor, of Vermont, who returned last Sunday 'from an extended trip to and through the island of Cuba, this after noon made a statement to the Senate of hi3 observations on the Island. From many view-points the statement was r j markable. It had evidently been most carefully prepared. Every element of sensationalism had been studiously elim inated from it, and except so Tar a3 the .'acts recited were sensational, it bore not the slightest evidence of an effort to arouse the public mind, already keen l.y alive to the condition of affairs on the island. Mr. Proctor, in beginnig, stated that his trip was entirely unofficial and was not suggested by any one. He said in part: . "Of Gen Lee, I need say litte. His valuable services to his country in his trying position are too well known to all his countrymen to require mention. Besides his ability, high character and courage, he possesses the important re quisites of unfailing tact and courtesy, and withal, his military education and training, and his soldierly qualities are invaluable adjuncts in the equipment of our representative in a country so com pletely nnder -military rule as is Cuba." Senator Proctor als eulogized Consuls Brice and Barker. "It has been stated that I said there eyec'ingloubt the Maine was blown up from --i.. "-e " he continued. "This FOU LOW ates West, TEXAS, MEXICO, CAL IFORNIA, ALASKA, or any other point, with FREE 51 APS, write to District Passenger Agent, Louisville & Nashville R.R Sti Wall St., ATLANTA, OA. A. or 14 o o I- sgr Watches, Ciocks, Eye-G lasses, Spec tacles and Jewelry of all kinds re paired on short notice. Inspected 'Watcnes for S. A. L. Jl. II. four years. Fourteen years experience. Can he found iu Caraway's store oc, Wade street S. MOSISOH, DEALER IN WW? - . Ijj Y hi n i illiwii are a source of comfort. They are a source ot care, also. If you cars for your child's healC. send for illustrated book ca the disorders to which, children are subject, and which Frcy's Vermifuge iu tureu ior 50 years. vat iKitUB bf mail lor 2i enx E. &. s. rnjEV, 4 PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM CleoBset and btAut:iie tii hair. roirHHe a luxuriant growth. Never Fails to Kestore Gray Hair to it Youthful Color, i CaieJi ru p li nf z-i Si h air fui.Ji.jJ. hannv f- was a mistakb. .Tyj-r .have said that such was the general impression among Amer icans in Havana. In fact, I have no opiu ion about it myself, and carefully avoided forming one' Senator Proctor described the places he had visted and the warlike, conditio, s of things on the island ( Utside of Havana, the order of concentration and of the effect it had upon the concentrados. Con tinuing, he said: . "The execution of this order wa3 left largely to the guerillas to drive"in all that had not obeyed, and I was informed that in many case3 a torch was applied to their homes with no notice and the inmates fled with such clothing as they might have had on, their stock and other belongings being approiated by .1he guerillas. When they reached the town they were allowed to build huts of palm leaves in the suburbs and vacant pla?es within the trocha and left to live if they could. Their huts are about ten by-fifteen feet in size, and f r want of space are usually crowded together. They have no floor but the grpund, and no furniture, and after a year's wear but little clothing except $uch stray substitutes as they can extemporize. "With large families, or with more than one in this little space, the conrmonest sanitary provisions are impossible. Conditions are unmention able in this respect. Torn from their homes, with foul earth, foul air, toul wa ter and foul food, or none, what wonder that one-half have died,- and that one quarter of the living are so diseased that they cannot be saved. : A form of dropsy isNa common disease resulting from these conditions. Little children re still walking about with arms and chest teni blj emaciated, eyes swollen and abdo men bloated three times the usual size. The physicians say these cases are hope less. . "Deaths in the streets have not been uncommon. I was told by one of our consuls that they have been found dead about the markets in the morning, where they had crawled, hoping to get some stray bit of food fiom the early huck sters, and that there had been . cases where they had dropped dead inside the m'arket surrounded by fjod. These peo ple were independent and self-supporung before Weyler's order. They are not beg gars even now. "Of the hospitals I . nee-.I nt speak. Others have described their condition far better than I can. It is not - within the narrow limits of my vocabulary to por tray it. I went to Cuba with a strong conviction that the picture had been overQrawn, that a few cases of starvation and suffering had inspired and stimulated the press correspondeEts and they had given free play to a strong, natural and highly cultivated imagination. Before starting, I received through the mail a leaflet published by the Christian Herald, with cuts of some of the sick and starv ing reconcentrados and took it with me, thinking these were rare specimens, got up to make the worst possible showing. I saw plenty as bad and worse; many that Ehould be photographed and shown. I cannot believe that out of a population of 1,600,000, two hundred thousand had died within these Spanish forts, practical ly prison walls, within a few months past from actual starvation and diseases causd by insufficient and improper food. My inquiries were intirely outside of sensa tional sources. They were made of our medical officers, of our consuls, ot city alcades (mayors), of relief committees, of leading merchants and bankers, physi cians and lawyers. Several of my inform ants were Spanish born, but every time. the answer was that the case had not been overstated. ' 'General Blanco's order of Nov 13th last, somewhat modifies the Weyler order, but it is of little or no practical benefit. Its application is limited to farms 'prop erly defended, ana tne owners are obliged to build 'centres of defence.' Its execution is completely in the dis cretion of the local military authorities, and they "know the terrible "military the country of all possible shelter, food or source of information for an insurgent, and will be slow to surrender this advantage. In fact, though the order was issued four months ago, I saw no beneficent result from it worth mention ing." Speaking of Cubans, the Senator said: "There are, or were before the war, about 1,000,000 Cubans in the island, 200,000 Spaniards (which) means those born in Spain), and less than 500,000 negroes and mixed blood. The percentage of colored to white has, been steadily diminishing for more than fifty years, and is not now over 25 per cent of the total. In fact, the number of colored people has been actually' dimi nshing fur nearly all that time. "One thing that was new to me was to learn the superiority of th j well-to-do Cuban over the Spaniard in the mitter of education.- Am jng those iu good circumstances iherecan be no doubt that the Cuban is far superior in this respect. "It is said that there are ahmv 60,000 Spanish soldiers nov in Cuba fit for duty, out of over 200,000 that have been sent there. The rest have died, been sent home sick, are in the hospitals, some have been killed, notwithstanding the official re ports. "HaviDg called on Governor and Cap tain General Blanco and .received his courteous call in return, I could not, with propriety, seek communication with in surgents. I had plenty of offers of safe conduct to Gomez's camp and was told that if I would write him an an-wer would be returned safely within ten days at most. I saw several who had visited the insargent fie'.d officer who gave me the best information received as to the insurgent '.fores. His statements were moderate, and I wa? credibly informed that he was entirely reliable. He claimed that the Cubans had about 30 000 now in the field, some in every province, but mostly in the two eastern provinces and eastern Santa Clara, and this statement was corroborated from other good sources. "They had a force all the time in Ha vana province, itself organized as fmr small brigades, and operating in small bands. Ruiz was taken, tried and shot wi bin about a mile and a half of the railroad, and about fifteen mile3 out of Havana on the road to Matanzas, a road more traveled than any other.J "Arranguren was killed abmt three miles the other side of the road and about the same distance.fifteen Or twenty miles, from Havana. The insurgents are well armed, but very poorly supplied with ammunition. .Thcj' are not allowed to carry many cartridges; sometimes not more than one or two. The infantry es pecially are poorly clad." Senator Proctor said the army and Spanish citizens do not want autonomy, for that meaus government by the Cu ban people. As for the Cubans, they say that the offer of it comes too late. If it succeeded it can only be by armed force. , -' "I could not but conclude," said the speaker, ''that you do not have to scratch an autonomist very deep to find a Cuban. There is soon to be an election, but every polling place must be inside a fortified town. Sucli Elections ought to be safe for the 'ins.' "I have endeavored to- state in no in temperate mood what I saw and heard, and to make no argument thereon, but leave every one to draw his own conclu sions. To me the strongest appeal is not the barbarity practiced by Weyler, nor the loss of the Maine, if our worst fears should prove trne, terrible as are both of these incidents,, but the spectacle of a million and a half people, the entire na'.ive population of Cuba, struggling for freedom and deliverance from the worst misgovernment of which I ever had knowledge. The fear that if free, the people would be revolutionary, is not so wen iounaea as has oeen sup STATE CO.WKSTIOS CALLED. posed and the conditions for jrood self- government are far more favorable. "But it is not my purpose at this time, nor do I consider it in my province to suggest any plan. I merely speak of the symptoms as I saw then: but do not un tertake to prescribe such remedial steps as may safely be left an American president and an American people." AROl'XI) THE VIJLI Will be Held in Ralie&ti JIy 26- liHirinan Manl Call Dnly Addressed "lo Hie Whire Men Xorlh faroliii"-A Harm Welcome aud Fellow ship Extended to All Who Want to join Us in Secnrin Just Lkws and Uitotl Cioverii uienf. To the Democratic voters of North Car olina: . Pursuant to a re:olution of the State executive committee adopted at its meet ing held February 22nd, I hereby give ncftice that the Democratic State conven tion will be held in the city of Raleigh at 12 o'clock noon, on Thursday, May 26th, 1893. The plan or organization, receriily re printed, is now in the hands of the coun ty executive committees, showing the reg ulations govering primaries, and county conventions. The convention will consider the nomi nation of the judgfes for-the several dis trictsjwherein the term of .the present in cumbent expires January 1st, 1893; will announce the principles and policy of the party, and take such action as it may see proper. Judicial conventions should be held prior to the date fixed for the State con vention in the following districts: First, second, fifth, sixth, seventh and eleventh. : The following resolution, amending the plan of organization, was adopted at the meeting of the committee held in Decem ber, 1S07. "Resolved; That all white electors who mtend to vote with us in the next elec tion, "and who desire the re-establishment of Anglo-Saxon supremacy and honest government in North Carolina, are cordi ally invited to participate in all our pri maries and conventions.' l'OKKESPOMEXT LAIXES STORY. He Gites the New York Journal a. Copy of au Alleged Letter I'roiii Wej ler, and Makes Rev elations About the IMnciiijg of Djii&inite iu Havana Harbor The Story oT a Yellow Corres poml'eut Which I Uood Read ing, Whether True or Sot,. New YoBK,March 17. The Nevv York Journal "this afternoon prints astatemen written by Honore E-. Laine, the news paper correspondent recently arrested and searched by Spanish officials in Cu ban prison, Havana, and later expelled 'from the island. This is the opuging of Lane's statement: "On Jan. 24, at 10 oclo'ck at flighty I met in the Cafe Inglari aterra.the headquarters of the reporters in Havana, Francisco Diaz, a reporter of the rabid Spanish paper La Union Con stitutional, with whom I frequently ex changed news. "On askintr him if he had anything to trive me, he took a letter and handed it to me, saying, 'Weyler wrote this letter to Santos Guzman, who sent it to Noves, the editor of the La Union Constitutional, for him to read and wrote an article on the acceptance by Weyler of the canida cy of deputy to the Cortes for Havana. I took this copy, which you can keep. " The following is the alleged letter re ferred to above "His Excellency, Don Francisco des Los Euantos Guzman, Havana My Dis tinguished Personal ad Political friend: Since the latest events I have changed mv views about the attitude which j our-politica! party in Cuba ought to ai sume. "If I have though, before that it was more dignified for us to abstain from the electoral contest. I believe now that it i3 a patriots duty for us to go to the polls. Our success cam ot be doubted; have been addressed, denies that he ever received such a letter. Francisco Diaz,the newspaper reporter, who is alleged to have given the letter to a Journal correspondent, denies all knowledge of it. 1 : 1 -. wniWn rtf ttnfnw nnr In the adoption of such a resolution "euuLI V u"1Jum,f ' , mat wiin a programme oi ueicuwc w iu; The Inventor of the Eoriisehcr J Thinks It Will Supersede the Telegraph. Special Cable Dispatch to Xew York Sun. London, March 17. The Vienna correspondent of the Daily Xews has had an interview with Ilerr Szczepanik, the inventor of the Fernseher, an apparatus which has already been described in the cable despatches to The Sun. Iltrr Szczepauik said in the interview that it is possible not only to adapt the Fernseher to the instantaneous reproduction, of manusciipts, but to print them oo photographic plates at any distance. For instance, a newspaper as it . leaves the press in v lennna can be inserted in the apparatus and reproduced -the nest moment in ew York. Ilerr Szczepanik predicts that telegraphs and telephones will thus be com pletely superseded. the Democratic party expresses no unkind feeling for the colored people of North Carolina. The record of charity and kindness, public and private, of the whtte people of thi3 State to the colored race while the Democratic was in full power, refutes such a suggestion. Rut the ne gro voter, with rare exception, cannot be considered one, whom the great principles of govenmeiit, the wisdom of economic policy, or the qualifications of public servants in their responsible offices, guide or control in his choice of ballot. Elis allegiance to the Republican party or its allies, cannot be disturbed by the cor rupt and disgraceful conduct of those for whom he votes. Thus, in this day, when the g State is fast seekingg dwhftnor and shame under the hands of a fusion administration, which regards neither the rights of persons or property, nor the good name and honor of the State, the call to duty is addressed to the white men of North Carolina. In national matters no more vital prin ciples can affect the people and their wel fare than those which mark the present line of conflict where the plain people of the country have thrown down the gage of battle to the money powers and trusts. The increasing con rol of the necessaries of life in the few by open violations of the law, and the enhancement of the pur chasing power of money, with the ever decreasing value of property, mark the exigenc of the hour. Of the affairs in our beloved State no words should be needed to awaken the patriotism of her sons. A political cam paign is just ahead of us in which the wager of the contest is the good name and prosperity of North Carolina. We should begin work at once, prescribing no test oath to our fellow-citizen, but extending a warm welcome and full fel lowship to all who want to join us in securing just laws and g oI government. An early convention is fixed, where differences, if any eVist, will be adjust ed; the plan of tight mapped out, and then a united Democracy will triumph. I respectfully suggest that the county conventions should be held as soon as convenient for the election of delegates. The nomination of county officers and members of the General Assembly may be postponed until later, as each county convention may think advisable. . Clement Maxly, Chairman State Dem. Com. Winston, N. C, March IStli, 1S93. "'hiUlren and adults tortured by burns scaius, injuries, eczema or skin tiiseases may seeure instant relief by using De Witt's itch llazel Salve. It is the great Pile remeu"' nines A. Ilaruisou. i : r - Wi . .yinxious to do a little good in this world and can think of no pleasanter or better way lo uo it than by recommending Uue Mnuiie lough Cure as a preventive of pneumonia, consumption anil other serious lung troubles that follow neglected colds James A. llardison. Uacakkts stimulate liver, kidnevs and bowe s. Never sicken, weaken or stripe, 25c. U Are gaining favor rapidly. Business men and travel lers carry them In vest pockets, ladle carry them In purses, housekeeper keep them in medicine closets, friend recommend them to friends. 25c Pills lorit annov others lv vour couirliin'i. and ri.sk jour life by nemectinga cold. One .Hinuie i.ougn vare cures coughs, colds, croup, grippe and all throat ami lung troubles. James A. llardison. I'asseisyrer l'rr.t K e il n c I i o n Stands. Italeigh dispatch, 13th inst. The railway commission today overruled all exceptious of the Sea board Au Jjine, and Southern At lantic Coast Line aud Southern Rail ways to the order reducing passenger rates to 2 and 2 1-2 ceuts per mile, so the order is effective March 23 unless the railways secure a restrain ing order or injunction. The commis sion declined to accept as a judge ment a paper offered by Commis sioner Pearson setting forth as a fact that the eari.ingsof the roads affected by the order are in excess of the 4 per cent, allowed under theXebraska decission. Chairman Caldwell voted against entiring this as the commis sion's judgment, greatly to the sur prise of the introducer of the paper. So the order for the reduction stands as au arbitrary one, not backed by any figures. Therailroads affected by the order have appeald to the courts. I have been afflicted with rheumatism for fourteen years and nothiDg seemed to give any relief. I was able to be around all the time, but constantly- suffering-. I had tried everything I could hear of and at last was told to try Cham berlain's Pain Balm, which I did, and was immediately relieved and in a short time cured. I am happy to say that it has not since returned. Josh Edgar, Germantown, Cal. For sale by J. A. llardison. national honor we will have side b side with us all the lukewarm politicians, who, though Spaniards atheart.are de ceived by the inside combinations of JIo-' ret and Sagasta, and take as scientific so lutions of our colonial problems what are really dishonorable humiliations of our country before the United States. "Write on your flag, the flag of Spain, 'defence of national honor,' and I offer you my name as your candidate. "After having commanded during two years 200,000 Spanish heroes in Cuba, the title I shall be more proud of is that of Deputy from Havana at the Cortes of Spain. "I5y the way, I have read these days thaf the Americans are pondering about sending one of their warships to that City. During my command in Cuba they did not even dare to dream about it. They, knew the terrible punishment that awaited them. "I had IIayana harbor well prepared for such an emergency. I rapidiy finished the work that Maitinez Campos carelessly abandoned. "If the insult is made I hope that there will be a Spaniard to punish it as terribly as it deserves. "Romero is in better health than Lis friends could have expected, and not withstanding how mortally sick he feels breathing this humiliating atmosphere, is well; also j-our affectionate friend and servant. Yalekrio Weyler." "Madrid, Jan. 8, 139S." Laine says that he read the letter and pige n-holed it. When the Maine arrived he called at the office of La Union Con stitutional to see Diaz, in an. effort to se cure the original of the letter. Some days after the Maine exploded. Laine met Diaz, who asked him if he remembered he letter and what its contents were about an American warship. The Amer can correspondent replied that he did and that he believed some one had followed Weyler's advice. Laine' says that be has since found out that Diaz informed the chiet ot police that he (l.aine) had a copy of a letter written by Weyler, which might bring trouble to the Spanish gov ernment, especially as he was an Ameri can newspaper correspondent, who was associating with Captain Sigsbee. Hence his arrest on March 4. Centinuing, his narrative Laine says: 1 'I had noticed for several nights mysteri ous work which was being done ir the fortress: On inquiring from a soldier, whom I knew, what it was, he informed me that they were . carrying from the magazine of the fortress large quantities of dynamiteawhich were being laid in the harbor. "My investigations during my period of imprisonment were carried so "far as a political prisoner could do m a Spanish fortress, but it wa3 sufficient for me to as certain with certainty that the quantity of dynamite placed in the harbor in differ ent places was two tons, and that the wires of the mines were connected with Cabanas fortress an I the Capitenea de Puerto, or marine headquarters." "Utile- Ilrowii Creek" Writes About the Rom1s. It would seem that what friend "P" says in his recent communication, that I am lue only one who favors the option law in this county. 1 wisti to disabuse his nnnd in re gard To this assert i in. I have repeatedly stated thai I was not wedded to any par ticular system, or plan of working the roads in thecuuuty, but knowing that the road option law, w hich was passed for this county in lS'.H, is ttie only law that we can work under at present, oilier than the law we now have in foret; hence as stated be fore, I am in favor of giving it a trial, until some better law can be secured. 1 would like any law or system that would allow us the use of the convicts, that we are taxed to feed until convictions. If the option is adopted and given a fair trial, it will be much belter than the law now inforee. for thecounty at large, though in some sections it would le but little, if anv improvement on the present plan, as it carries w ith it the option of paying for, or performing four days service in any given year, instead of six days, as under Hie pres ent system. yln thickly settled portions of the eiiuntv where the roads are easily kept tip, and where U;e overseers and supervisors discharge their duties as they should, there would be no advantage in Hie adoption ot the option, over the pteseut system. Uut '1'." the Morven nreacher knows that his road of travel leads beyond the confines of .Vtorven township where the community is sparcely set! led, a'.id the roads in bad con dition. Such places are where the convicts are most needed. There are two sides to most propositions, else they would not be debatable, but when we have convinced you, and those who think as you do that public roads are not intended for any one section, but for the general travelling public- in every section von will then see the importance of some better law than we now have, to meet the reouiremenls ot au advancing civilization That is, if you would have our county olaced in the front rank, whereby nature she is entitled to be, and justly belongs. We know that the overseers and super visors are derelict in their duty, but how- are we to help ourselves under the present aw. without a consideration you cannot force an obligation This want of a con sideratioii is the loop-hole, or weaK spot iu the Diesent law. Give us some law that will allow the authorities to supplement Hie weak places from some source. Jy candid oninion is. alter travellni'' pretty well all over the county, those places reaches from the Pee Dee on the east to the Union count v line on I he w est, and from the South Carolina line on rhe south to the line on llockv river, north. The enhancement of the realty in the county would soon pay double the amount required to put our highways in goon con dition. saving notliinu about the saving in wear and tear l teams ami vehicles. Nothing but extreme selfishness is keeping us in he old rout. and if the roadlfever should 'et hold of some we wat of, and it was real I v a dangerous .fever, so much so as to sap life's foundation, we are not prepared to say that it would not be better for the risini ireneratioiis that snch characters should Uim this fever in its most deadly- form, It the extent at least of burning out their extreme selfishness so as, if they are not iii favor ot progress, they would be rendered incapable of impeding it. Litti.k Unow.v Ckkek. (hie on the liliof. W. J. Bryan told the following jood story m his great speech in,Atlanta last Monday night. "I heard Ignatius Donnelly tell this story. lie said he was' on a train one day and was talkig bimetallism. S me oppo nent of the belief asked: ' 'If we had free-silver and could have all' the b'-illion coined for nothing and have every ounce made into a silver dol iar. do vou believe there is a man who would sell hii silver fo 05 cents an ounce?" ''For awhile there was no reply and then we heard some one say.T would.'Donnelly investigated to see who it was that would sell silver at 05 cenis when he could have 05 cents made into a dollar and he found that it was a young iran with his mother 'Oh, don't mind him,' said his mother, 'he is an idiot.' 'Now. I exDect every man here has heard iustsuch Questions as that. If we had free silver of course no' man would sell silver bullion at 05 cents an ounce Whv. according to that plan you could buv at 05 cents have it made into dollars and soon eet rich. You couldn t buy it at 05 cents if we had free coinage, there would be such demand for it that it would go to 100 cents an ounce." Chamberlain t ough KeiaeUj- This remedy is intended especially for coughs, colds, croup, whooongi cough and influenza. It has become famous lor its cures of these diseases, over l.wre nart of the civilized world. The most flattering testimonials have been received, giving accounts of its good works: ot the aggravating ana persist ent coutihs it has cured; oi severe colds thathav yielded promptly to its soothing effects, and of the dangerous attacks of croup it has cured, often saving the life of the child. The extensive use of it for whooping cough has bhown that it robs that disease of all dangerous conse quences. It is especially prized by moth ers for tkur childien, as it never fails to effect a speedy cure, and because they have found that there is not the least danger in giving it, even to babies, as it contains nothing injurious, told by J A. Hardison. NAVAL BATTLES. "weir"; Child DKMKD KY WYI,I-:iS. He Says Thai He Did Vol Write the Document Published in the Journal. Madrid, March 18. General Weyler denies the authenticity of the letter published in the Xew York Jonrnul, yesterday, in which the former captain general of Cuba is alleged to have said that the United States would have not dared to send a warship to Havan;i,while he was in command there, as "they knew the terribly punishment that awaited them," adding that he "had Havana harbor well' prepared for such an emergency having rapidly finished the work that Martinez Campos carelessly abandoned.". Havana, March IS. Don Fran cisco de los Santos Guzman to whom Weyler's alleged letter was s.iidto( triat are not very robust need a warming, building and fat-forming food something to be used for two or three months ia the fall that they may not suffer from cold. The Modern Warship in Action Sea Fights or Keeent Dates Some interesting speculation 'concern ing the outcome of modern naval engage ments is indulged in by a writer m the Chicago Record, who calls attention to the fact that since the most modern form of battle ship has been evolved there has been no war to completely test their efficiency. It will be worth whi'e to notice what hs been done in the nearest approach to such fighU that there have been. In the war of 1879 between Peru and Chili both navies were equipped" with some vessels of type modern at that time, and many such vessels are still m service in the na vies of the world. The Huascar, a Fe ruvian man-of-war of the old type of English turret ships, was attacked by the Chilean ironclads Almirante Cochrane and Blanco Elcalada, new casemated vessels, which Reed, their constructor, said ought to sink the Huascar in five minutes. The action took place off what was then the Bolivian coast, October 8, 1879. The Huascar, under rear Admiral Grau, had been raiding Chilean ports and doing much damage, so that her des truction was very much desired. The battle was a short one. One of the first shells fired by the Almirante Cochrane struck the conning tower of the Huascar, exploded in it and blew Admi ral Grau to bits. The shock of the im pact Df the same shell killed his aid, who was at the fighting wheel near by, but did not wound him in any way. The turret was penetrated by a shell, which exploded and killed every nil l who was there. Finally, when the admiial and the first three officers of the ship and twenty -eight men had been killed and for ty-eight wounded out of a total of 209, the fourth officer, then in command, de cided to sink the ship to keep it from fall- ins into the hands of the enemy. He went below with men to do this duty, but was interrupted, while the hold was fill ing with water, by a Chilean officer, who had boarded the helpless craft with a small squad of men. The fight had lasted an hour and a half. The upper works of the Huascar were in fragments, but her boilers were uninjured. She was taken intq port, repaired, and within a few weeks was doing service at sea for her captors. CONTEST BETWEEN CHINA. AND JAPAN The battle of September 17, 18)4, off the m juth Yalu river, between the fleets of China and Japan, is the nearest ex ample we have to indicate the working of such a force. Captain McGifTen, the Englishman who commanded the best Chines battle ship, the Chen Yuen, tells a dramatic story of the day. He was wounded five times in the action, but the cowardice of the Chinese officers not the men was so appalling that there was no hope for the success of their superior fleet. With bogus ammunition, furnished by fraudulent navy contractors, they were unable to do effective work with their guns, though the few shots that did strike the Japanese targets were fatal. Nearly 100 men were killed and wounded by a single shell that exploded on one of the JaDanest.-boats. The tanret practice of the Japanese, on the other hand, was fine and there was a fair test of the execution that may be expected from heavy guns properly fired. A TERRIBLE BLAST OF FIRK. The partially protected cruisers will suffer most. Bays one writer: "In that terrible blast of fire the compartments forward will be blown away or riddled like sieve?. - Water-tight doors are useless when there are no water-tight walls. The shins will be covered with debris. The upper works and the funnels will be gone." Now comes the time for the use of th big guus, which could be fired but once in the time of approach at close range and which would be reserved, undoubt edly, till the fire would be accurate. At distance of 500 or 6)0 yards the volley would be exchanged. There has been no experiment yet of the result of volley: fired firom the deck of modern warships with a 1,200 or i ,800-pound shell and full cJiarge of sevetal hundred pounds of pewder. What its effect would be on the tangle of mhanisaa is uncertain, but there are many who think that would reduce the half- .vrecked ship to hopeless chaos, like the explosion of magazine. In all fights with ironclads which may be taken as an index of what may co-ne the mortality among captains and officers has been particularly great. Some ram and sink their opponents with all on board. Some miss and fire volleys at close quarters. There may be even a re turn to the old style of boarding an enemy it tney come logetner. me: it will be the turn ol the torpedo Doats or the reserve, if there is any. They will settle the trouble, and the tight will be over in ten minutes, with frightful loss of lile from the foun dering of vessesls and the explosion of shells. 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