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The Wadesboro Messenger and Vadesboro Intelligencer Consolidated July, IC83.
Wadesboro, tL C. Thursday. June 23, 1898.
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' Special attention given to the examination
and investigation of ' Titles to Real Estate,
drawing Deeds and other instruments, Col
lection of Claims, the Managing of Estates
for Guardians, Administrators and Execu
tors, and the Foreclosure of Mortgages.
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gomery counties. ;
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trusted to them. '
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Covington, Redwine
& Caudle,
ATTORNEYS - AT - LAW,
WADESBORO, N. C.
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other Fresh jlfeats on hand at all times.
T. J. INGRAM.
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are subject to
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right remedy Cor
babies' ills especially
f worms and stomach
disorders Is ;
Frey's Vermifuge
) haa eared children for GO years. Bend
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remedy. Ooa feottl Mtiltd for IS oats.
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C, on and after April 27th. 188. a divi
fiend of 7 per cent ou all claims against the
Bank of New Hanover at Wadesboro, N.
C , which shall have been peoven before
me at mat uaie. .. j as. a. ijkak.
Receiver,
1 PAHKEK'S
I HAIR BALSAM
?IeanM4 aud beautiful to hall.
iToautu a luxuriant rrowth.
Haver Trnil to Baator Orayl
Ciw aeai aniim a hair inula.
Iler Reyerse on the Sea aud
Many Defeats At The Hands
or The Brlllsu.
London Spectator. -
: Of late Spanish statesmen, admirals
and generals have been doinq a great
deal of boasting in regard to the past
glories won by their seamen. The im
pression gained from reading their state
ments is that Spain's career at sea has
been one grand series of successes. In
stead, the fact is, it has bten one grand
series of disasters. And particulary so
when her fleets met the men-of-war of
the Anglo-Saxon.
In Spain's early history there is little of
a maritime nature. Most of her fighting
was done on land and with well equip
ped armies she won enough money to
enable her to employ the best soldiery
talent of the day. By a stroke of luck
Spain found herself the ruling power
over vast areas of land and with money
enough on hand to employ men to ex
plore the furthest ends of the earth for
her. At one time Spain was really the
first naval power. "
But even when circumstances made
her the first of naval powers Spam was
never equal to the task she undertook.
A great Italian sailor secured for her the
empire of. the West. The fighting prow
ess of two great military ' captains won
for her Mexico and Peru. Her splendid
armies conquered Portugal and brought
her the widest colonial dominion ofthe
age. . ;
But it was not by sea that Spain won
her supremacy-i and not by naval victor
ies that she laid her grip on every quarter
of the globe. Even , when her power
and wealth seemed irresistible, when her
military reputation was at its height,
when the world was strewn with her ter
ritories and the ocean laden with her
argosies and fleets, her real naval power
was utterly incommensurate with the
astonishing pretensions which it made.
As soon as England and Holland laid
afiager on it her maritime empire crum
bled into dust. The Armada only re
vealed a fact which English sailors had
long suspected, and the consciousness
of which explains Drake's sublime con
tempt for the menaces of Spain the fact
that, even at the zenith of their lame, the
Spaniards had no mastery of the arts by
which the sea is held.
Is there on record a battle which shows
that Drake and Blake and Jervis and
Nelson were mistaken ia their low esti
mate of Spanish seamen? Can any ot
us recall Ihe name of any great Spanish
naval victory since Lepanto, which was
won largely by Venitian crews.
If we look at the history of Spain since
the Armada we find only a succession of
naval disasters, asuccession of triumphs for
any State which has ventured to grapple
with the Spaniards on the seas. '
Take the history of the seventeenth
century and follow the career of the
Dutchadmirals.audofthe greatest of Nel
son's predecessors, Blake. Take the
eighteenth century and notice how even
Alberoni and Patino failed, with all their
efforts, .to resuscitate the . fleets of Spain-
Take the modern war iu Chili and
mark how few antagonists Cochrane
could find there worthy of his steel.
Even in the days of her greatest power
at sea Spain wa3 notoriously deficient in
the capacity of her sailors and since those
days she has steadily declined.
Today Spanish gunners and Spanish
engineers are confessedly among . the
worst in Europe. It would be little short
of a miracle if it should turn out that
Spain within the last two decades hadf
bred a race of seamen capable of re
versing the unvarying misfortunes of the
past.' '
. For proof of the foregoing it is only
necessary to turn back a few pages of his
tory to show just how incapable the
Spanish seamen are. Not only are they
weak in scieuce and discipline, but they
have not shown the bravery of the Anglo-
Saxon sailors, j A study of the records of
the British navy of eyen recent years will
show that for bravery and valor the
Spaniards can give no points t the An
glo-Saxon. Spam can show not a single
engagement In which her men displayed
the bravery -the English have on many
occasions- ' ' ,
Every student of British history knows
of the defeat of .the Spanish Armada.
But that is too long ago. To come to a
more recent date, 1770, is far enough back
to show what is intended. At this time
the Dons had built up -quite a formidable
navyand become very insolent again
Piracy was encouraged to such an extent
that England had to interfere to teach a
lesson.
For a number of years there was con
unuai ngnung ana engagements were
very frequent The most important of
these engagements are as follows:
March 17,1794 The British brig Zebra,
of sixteen guns, stormed aud captured
Fort Royal, Martinique. This was a hot
fight of many hours and the Spanish out
numbered their adversaries almost four to
one. ',: - .
March 17, 1796 British frigate Dia
mond and the Liberty, an eighteen-gun
brig, destroyed the batteries of Port
Sporgal . and nine warships. The Dia
mond was in command of Sir Sydney
Smith and the Liberty .in .command of
George McKinley, an ancestor of our ii
lustnous President, ; ;
February 12, 1797 Admiral Sir John
Jervis, in the old Victory amed afterward
as Lord Nelson's flagship, had an -action
with the Spanish fleet and destroyed near
ly all of them aud captured four ships of
the line.
May 5, 1793 Two brigs, the Badger
of ten guns, and the Sandfly, of eight
guns, had an engagement with four
Spanish frigates. It was a fierce battle,
but one that did not last long, owing to
the accuracy of the 4British gunners
Three of the Spanish vessels were simk
and the fourth, the Santa
Doroten, was captured and after
ward did good service fighting for
England.. .
November, 6, 1799 The- Speedy, a
small brigantine, carrying eight four
pounders, 'engaged twelve Spanish
gunboats and successfully - defended
a convoy of merchantmen at the same
time. -
May 6, 1801 Lord Cochrane, in the
Speedy, ranged up alongside of the Span
ish frigate Gamo, and after a hard fight,
in which the Gamo was nearly wrecked,
capturedjher. The crew of the Gamo was
455 all tola. The crew of the little
Speedy was but 38.
; July 12, 1801 The Cocar, an English
line-of-battle ship, and seven Braall gun
boats met a large French and Spanish
squadron in the Strata of Gibralter, and
after a fierce fight destroyed all but one
frigate, the San Antonia, of seventy-lonr
guns, which was captured and put under
the British colors. The English loss was
trifling.
February 3, 1805 The Arrow and the
Acheron, both sixteen-guns brigs, protect
ed a convoy of twenty-eight merchant
men against two powerful Spanish frig
ates and thrashed them off.
August 23, 1806 Capt. C. Brisbane, in
the Arethusa, a smallCorvette, captured
the Spanish frigate Pomone. r
January 1, 1807 Capt. Brisbane, in the
Arethusa, assisted by four other vesspls,
captured the port of Curacao.
November 24, 1807 Lieutenant Mc
Kenzie, in a small cutter, captured ten
gunboats and a privateer. He destroyed
thecn all.
April 24, 1808 Capt. Searle, in a little
gun brig, the Grasshopper, and a cutter
under. command of Lieutenant Baugh,
engaged all the Spanish gunboats at Faro.
The engagement was a hot one, but
as usual, the Anglo-Saxon . triumphed.
Not a ship was left to fly the Spanish
flag. The English loss was very small.
The list could be lengthened con
siderably, always with the same " re
sult. Such victories as the Span
iards may have gained tover the Eng
lish were always done by vastly
superior numbers.
The same may be said of their "victo
ries" in the new world. It was always
a case of the rude implements of the sav
age against the armor and guns of Eu
rope." -When there has been anything
like equality on both sides the Spaniards
have invariably been defeated.. And so
it must always be for the reason that tlie
Anglo-Saxons are the the most resource
ful race that ever lived. '
tator. '
A LYXHIN IN ALABAMA.
TOE COTTON SITUATION.
A Nob Tabes Charge of five
Negroes Who Murdered Two
Old Hen aud a Women For
Money. .
Montgomery; Ala., June 16. On Tues
day night seven miles from Wetumka,
Wm. Carden and his wife, an old couple,
and Wm. Carlee, also an old man, were
murdered and their house burned to con
ceal the crime. Carden hoarded his
money, and the parties were murdered to
secure it. Yesterday Sol Jackson, Lewis
Spier and three other negros were arrested
for the crime. Late this afternoon a
crowd of 500 men from the neighbor
hood of the crime gathered at Wetumpka
to mob the prisoners. Since they have
been in jail two of the murderers, Jack
son and Spier confessed and told where
they buried the money $200.
The mob broke lhto the jail about 5
o'clock, but were unable to get into the
inner casre where the prisoners r were.
The sheriff telegraphed the Governor for
troops and at 8 o'clock tonight about 90
of the former members of the militia
companies, left here on a special train .
A few minutes after 8 o'clock word was
received here that the mob succeeded in
getting blacksmith tools, broke open the
cage and secured the prisoners. The in
tention of the mob, it is stated, is to take
them to the scene of the crime and hang
tbem. The military company will not
reach Wetumpka in time to oppose the
mob.
Lynched Tor Ihe Usual Crime.
Cincinnati, O., June 16. A Times-Star
special irom lilasgowJiy, says mat Ua
leb Grimes, colored, was taken from jail
at 1 a. m. and hanged to a tree. A note
pinned to the body directed, that it be
not aisturDea uu noon ioaay. Lraines
had assaulted a 4-year-old girl on Tues
day and was then saved lrom deatn py
the mercy ot tne victim's mother, fifty
men on horseback were the lynchers .1
Mr. John Bevins, editor of the Press,
Anthon, Iowa, says: "1 have ustd Cham
berlam's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Retnedy in my family for fifteen, years,
have recomended it to Hundreds of others,
and nave never Known it to lau in a sin
gle instance For sale by Jas. A. Hardi-
son.
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XJW are the chil
dren this summer?
Are they doing. .
well? Do they
all the benefit thev
should from their food?
Are their cheeks and lips'
of good color? And are
they hearty and robust in
every way?
If not, then give them .
Scott's Ecnnlsicn
of cod liver oil 'with hypo
phosphites. It never fails to build
up delicate boys and girls. ,
It gives them more flesh
and better blood.
It is just so with the
baby also. A litds Scott's
Emulsion three or four
times a day, will make
the thin baby plump and
Frosperous. It
urnishes the
young body with
just the material
necessary for
growing bones .
nrl nir!.
iJrnraHata. e. an a tr.
SCOTT A Bowws. rhamtata. M. I
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The Present Position I, Per
haps, The Most Cartons In lis
History.
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
The present position of cotton is, per
haps, the mos curious in its history. The
season now drawing" to a close will never
be forgotten by anybody who passed
through its long and unbroken deprssion
The commercial year of 1896-97 ended
with the visible supply drawn down to
the famine point, and the visible supplies
were probably, the smallest ever known,
if we except the period of the civil war.
All eyes were fixed on the new crop, as it
was perfectly well known that anything
like a disaster would mean something
like the excitement , that has lor many
months prevailed in wheat. ; A large
part of the delta had been everfiowed,
and much land had to be replanted late
in June. It was . generally thought
that, under the circumstances, anything
like a large crop was physically impos
sible. As a mattter of fact, the overflowed
lands gave a phenomenal yield, and a
monster crop was produced everywhere
outside of Texas. Mr. Neill was the first
to sound the alarm when he announced
his belief that a growth of 9,750,000 bales
was beyond the hazard of the seasons.
That well-known authority gradually in
creased his estimate tmtil he rested in the
neighborhood of 11,000,000 bales, which is
now known to be approximately the true
figure.
Just as this monster crop began to
move the disturbing influences of quaran
tines in the 8outh made themselves felt,
The condition of European politics was
extremely unsettled, and the Cuban
question was looming large on our own
horizon. This combination of circum
stances produced a silent panic in the
South, and cottoa was persistently sold
fro a the auction block. The public re
membered that middling had sold at 4 7-8
cents a pound with a crop of 9,90t 0,000
bales. It seemed to the average man that
the price must surely go to 4 with a crop
of 11,000,000. But the event falsified the
prediction, and 5 1-8 was found to be the
price at which statistics and all other in
fluencea of a bearish nature lost their force
The demand for actual cotton has never
slackened for a moment. It would, in
deed, seem that the position of cotton at
the beeinning of this season was some
what similar to the position of wheat
There was an enormous crop, but the
world needed, or thought it needed, every
pound of it If that view is correct, the
South simply sold its birthright tor a mess
of pottage.
No cotton crop has ever been moved
with such an utter absence of the verjJ
semblance of speculation. The produceim.
and the consumer have been broughf.
more closely together than ever beforr
The price was extremely, low becaTGul-
pecuktion held aloof and the prod.-?""10
had a very poor opinion of the value o'uie
his goods. If it had not been for the de- :
pleted condition of the stocks in the out -
set, prices would, undoubtedly, have sunk
to a figure that would have astonished the
most inveterate "bear."
As we are now only three months from
the close of the season, we can get a fairly
clear idea of the general situation. Ac
cording to Secretary Hester's report of
Friday last, the world's visible supply of
American cotton is now 2,712,833 bales,
as against 3,301,353 at the corresponding
date in 1895. The visible supply of all
kinds is now 3,000,833 bales, as against
3,647,553 at the corresponding date in
1895. But, while there is a deficit of sup
ply of 623,730 bales as compared with the
last big crop year, the deficit In the price
is much more striking still. At this date
three years ago the quotation for mid
dling on the spot was 6 7-8. The future
market was quoted as follows: June, 6.97;
uly, 7.03; August. 7.08; September, T.06;
October, 7.04; November, 7.07; Decem
ber, 7.10. So we see that with a dimin
ished visible supply of nearly 700,000
bales, prices are approximately 1 cent per
pound lower than in 1895. From this
standpoint it is fortunate that the deficit
in the supply is not twice as large as it ac
tually is.Jbr in that ease we might logi
cally expect record-breaking prices.
There is another very curious fact to
be noted in the present position of cotton
While July contracts are selling slightly
over 6 cents October deliveries are being
done at about 10 points less. We find
just this condition of things in the wheat
market, in a more active lorm," for Sep
tember contracts are selling for about
one-half the price of May position. No
body will deny that the current price of
wheat is very high! The South has a
interest in knowing whether , the same
remark applies to the present price of
cotton. . Only the future can solve the
riddle.
One of the strongest phenomena of the
time is the tremendous change that seems
o have come over the speculative tern
perament , of the South. The "bear"
seems 10 nave wings, an nis own wayi
just as the "bull" used to have in the
days of yore.. This change is the legiti
mate result of bitter experience.
WAR TARIFF AFFECTS
ERYBODY.
EV-
CRCELTY IK THE CUBAN WAR.
Far Reaching Effects Jnst Real
. . iel A- War Stamp Mast be
Had For Every Business Trans
action Sou or the Details ol
itbe Law Explained,
Raleigh Post.
The war tariff act passed by Congress
is a subject ot much discussion now.
People are just beginning to realize its
effects. -
The banks will have a heavy burden
tobear. The new law prescribes a tax of
(50 on the first 125,000 of their capital,
and $2 ou each $1,000 additional. On
every bank check or draft or certificate
of deposit a 2-ceut stamp will have to be
pasted.
THE TAX ON LEASES.
Leases on property must bear a 25-cent
stamp if it is for one year; 50 cents for
three years, and Si for leases for a longer
term. : So on every mortgage executed
here for more than $1,000 and less than
t,500 there is a stamp-tax of 25 cents,
and 2$ cents lor each addtional I500. If a
note comes due and is not paid, and is pro
tested, a 25-cent stamp must go on the
protest notice. So, if a check or bill of
exchange is protested.
A power of attorney to sell or lease
real estate also requires a 25-cent stamp,
and incorporated companies or associa
tipns 10 cents. .
s Thousands of telegraph messages pas
through the offices each week, and the
tax will amount to a goodly sum in the
course of two months.
One of the most disappointing features
of the bill is the tax on amusements.
Every entertainment to which an admis
sion fee is charged will be subject to $10,
except where otherwise specified. This
tax holds good for a year, so amuse
ment managers may take out the licenses
at the beginning of the season.
Sales and agreements to sell securities
of any kind, promissory notes, foreign
certificates issued by notaries and other
law officers, all thesecarry their share of
taxation.
An inheritance tax Is also claimed on
all bequests of more than $10,000.
Each druggiat who puts up a com
pound of his own will have to buy
stamps to put upon his bottles at the rate
of one-quarter of I cent on a 5-cent arti
cle; one-half of 1 cent on a 10-cent arti
cle; 1 cent on a 25-cent article; 2 cents on
50-cent articles, and so on.
The stock and share-brokers will pay
$50 each as a license tax. Every time
one of them sells id shares of stock it
meaps $ 2. more, either out of his pocket
nocket of the man who owned the
A Horrible Custom Which Has
.Been Praelieed Both by Insnr
renlt and Spaaiards.
New York Herald.
To those familiar with the horror of
Cuban warfare there is nothing startling
in the reported mutilation of the bodies
of the gallant marines who fell in the first
night attack on the American camp at
Guantanamo. Hardly a combat has oc
curred between the Spaniards and insur
gents which has not been attended by this
revolting practice, of which, if all the
stories can be believed, neither side has
been guiltless.
' Tne hatred engendered by this mur
derous conflict has been such that Cu
bans and Spaniards alike seem to have
been possessed of the demoniac passion
of wreakinjr vengeance on the bodies . of
the fallen enemy.
,To disfigure, , to mangle, to commit
nameless indignities on the dead has been
almost as variable a custom as it is among
the most savage tribes.
It has been a common custom among
the Spaniards whenever a rebel chief was
killed to drag his nude and mangled
body into the nearest town at a horse's
tail and parade it in triumph, nominally
in order that the body might be fully
identified. When Nestor Arangurea
was killed his body, lterally covered with
wounds inflicted by bullet, bayonet and
machete, was taken into Havana and ex
posed to the gaze of curious thousands
The same fnehtful spectacle was seen
when Castillo was killed a few months
before. It excited no attention, being
evidently regarded as a custom.
The Cubans have always claimed that
they lespected the bodies of the dead, but
there are well-authenticated instances
where thev have committed the most
frightful mutilations on wounded Span
iards who have fallen into their hands.
I recall one instance when a soldier was
sent back to Havana with his tongne cut
out.
Se
The
come
money-lenders will
under this same tax.
"'as libers must tav 20o a vear to the
. ... M. S j
r?'8 Stable.
when business documents are con
sidered that it is made apparent how
thoroughly the work of creating sources
of revenue has been done by the Con
gressional committees. There is not any
form of business paper that will not be
subject to a stamp .tax, ranging from 1
cent up to $5. Every time a bill of more
than $5 is paid the creditor must put a 1-
cent stamp on it, under a penalty oC a
fine of $1,000, or five years at hard labor
in a penitentiary,
"Do yon remember," said Miss
Ancient Oldgirl to Colonel Urabtree,
"how when you .were a young man
you proposed to me and I rejected
your -
"It is one of the happiest recol
lectionB of my life," said the col
onel, with au air of " gallantry.
a. a - a a
Ana miss oiagirl is stilt wondering.
Pack. "
The Chief Burgess of Milesburtr. Pa.
says DeWitt's Little Early Risers are the
best pills he ever used in his family dur
ing forty years of bouse keeping. They
cure constipation, sick headache and
stomach and liver-troubles. Small in size
but grett m results. J. A. Hardison.
"I think DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve
is the finest preparation on the market
for piles. 60 writes John C. Dunn, of
w neeung, w . v a. 117 it and you will
tniBK the same. , it also, cures eczema
ana au skin aiseases. J. A. Hardison.
Murphy's Natural Mistake.
Tid-Bits. -
Officer (to new Bervant) Murphy,
I have left my mess boots out this
morning. I want them soled.
Private Murphy V ery good, sor,
Officer(later in the day) Did yon
take those boots, Murphy."
Private Ma rphy (feeling in his
pockets and putting on the table 18
pence) xes, sor; and that s all
could get for them. The corporal
who bought them said he would
have given 2 shillings had it been
payday. (Col laps? omcer).
Mr- P. Ketcham of Pike City, CaL,
says: ''During my brother's late -sickness
from sciatic rheumatism, Chamberlain's
Pain Balm was the only remedy that gave
him any relief. Many others have testi
fied to the prompt relief from pain which
this liniment attords. If or sale by Jas. A.
Hardison. ,
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TONGUES IX TREES.
A Consumption Cure.
Atlanta Journal.
His said that pulmonary consumption
has killed more human beings than all
the wars ever waged, and there is good
reason to believe that the statement is
true.
Anything, therefore, that promises to
lessen the ravages of this dread disease
must be received with deep interest "and
lively hope. -
Dr. J. B. Murphy, and eminent surgeon
of Chicago, claims to have discovered a
new and practically infallible cure for
consumption. Simply stated, Dr. Mur
phy's plan is to apply surgical science to
lung treatment by iufusing nitrogen gas
into the diseased member, quieting it to
a state of collapse and trusting nature to
do the rest. He would relieve the dis
eased member from active service, as it
were, and during its peroid of rest would
treat it with a pleuritic effusion ac
complished by a simple surgical opera
tion.
Dr. Murphy does not rely on eory as
the foundation tor his faith in tL a treat
ment He says he has effected several
cures with his treatment in cases which
seemed utterly hopeless. The Chicago
Chronicle devotes much space to an ac
count of the Murphy treatment aud seems
to be greatly impressed by it.
It says:
"The evolution ot the diagnosis and
treatment of tubercular diseases is oce of
the most striking examples of genuine
progress known to the scientific world.
Countless experiments have been made
along the line of inoculation and othcr
alleged specifics, with the result that con
sumption has at least been diagnosed as
contagious but not hereditary. It has
been amply proved that nature, receiving
proper encouragement in the earlier
stages of the disease, will Jthrow off . the
dread destroyer. Villemin first began to
inoculate animals with tuberculous mate.'
rial in 1865 and Klebsand Aufrecht made
futhex demonstrations on the same line
that were accepted as most important by
the medical world. Other German sci
entists paved the way for the great dis
covery of Koch, that ouly inoculated tu
berculous mattrr can produce consump
tion, although some persons are more re
ceptive to the germs from hereditary lack
ot resistance than others. The supreme
effort of medical science has since been
to discover the weapon that would kill
the germs of the disease. The strength
ening ot the entire body is still an im
portant adjunct of modern treatment, but
science has insisted that there must be
some method of local treatment that will
successfully grapple with the destroyer
A pure atmosphere, wholesome food, eq
uable temperature and a maximum of
sunshiue are as essential as ever in the
general treatment, but the specific treat
mant is being mapped out on more ad
vanced lines.
"Dr. Murphy deserves the gratitude of
the entire human family for increasing
the hope that by a resort to simple surg
ery this specific cure may be within easy
reach." -
How to Find The Points of The
Compass la the Forest.
The many different methods to deter
minate the cardinal points while yn the
mountains, ia both heavy timber and
small brush, or upon the feature e ex-
pause of a great marsh, are exceedingly
numerous and reliable enough for all
practical purposes darin an every -day
life in the bush, unless a very long jour
ney is to be made, which would make it
necessary to hold on a very fine point
while making a long distance.
We will first take notes on the conifer
ous trees pines, firs, spruce, cedars, hem
locks, &c. The bark of these is always
lighter in color, harder and dryer on the
south side of the tree: while it is in color
much darker, it is also damper and often
rovered with mould and moss on the
north side. The gum that oozes oat from
wounds, knotholes, &c is usually hard
and often of beautiful amber color on the
south side, while on the northern side-it
remains sticky longer and sets covered
with insects and dirt, seldom drying out
to more than a dirty gray in color.
On large trees that have rough bark,
especially dunng the fall and winter
months, the nests and webs of insects,
spiders. &.C will alwavs be found in the
crevices on the south side. A preponder
ance of the large branches will also be
found on the wannest or southern side of
the trees. Also, the needles of all the
above-mentioned trees are shorter; dryer
and of a yellowish green on the southern
side, while they will be found longer,
more slinder aud pliable, damper to the
touch and darker green in color on the
north side. The cedars and hemlocks, as
if trying to outdi the others, always bend
their slender tops of new' growth toward a
southern sky.
The hardwood trees are equally as
communicative, and have all the charac
teristics, as far as regards their trunks,
of the coniferous trees, except the absence
of gums; but this is more than made up
by the fungus growth of mould and mos
ses that is very noticeable on the north
side of these trees.
The edges of rocks, which may be part
of stupendous mountains, or merely occa
sional cropping out here and there in the
woods, or, perhaps, some great bowlder
alone by itself, a silent witness of the
glacial period,"all alike testify to the effect
of the light and shade. The sunny side
will usually be bare, or at most, boast of
a thin growth of harsh, dry kind of
mosses, and that will grow only when
having the light, while the northern side
will be found damp aud mouldy and often
covered with a luxuriant growth of soft,
damp mosses that love the shade, while
every crevice will bear aloof heauiifnl and
gracefully waving ferns. -
The forest floor on the sunny side of
hills, ridges, clumps of tiees, bushes, big
rocks, &c, is more noisy under the foot
fall than on the northern side of such
places, where the dead leaves and litter
are soft and damp,, holding more moisture
than in places exposed to the light of the
sun.
In an open country nearly void of tim
ber, clumps of small bushes during the
summei will furnish all the conditions
found to exist among the leaves of the
trees, being equally sensitive to light and
shade as are the monarchs of the woods.
The landscape, green with moving grasses
and beautiful to the eye, which feasts on
the countless number of wild flowers, rep
resenting every from and hue known in
the flowery kingdom, also furnishes a
reliable guide for locating the cardinal
points,' as most wild flowers, especially
the long-stemmed varieties .hide their faces
from the north, and, like the sunflower,
turn toward a south sky. Forest and
Stream.
tbatMdpora,
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Absolutely Pure
WfWnA AaJflMQ PWWOFw CO. HW VOUnt
BUTLER REM AIXS ( II AIRH AH.
The Middle-of ine It oa tiers De
featedA Convention to he
Held Prior to the Democratic
Convention In 1900.'
Omaha, June 17. Shortly after 5
a. m. today, the conterence ot tne
Populist national committee ad
journed sine die. The final outcome
was the practical route of the mid
dle-of-the-road crowd, under the
leadership of Miltou Part, although
the liberal wing made some conces
sions, lhere will be no conven
tion in 1899 to outline the policy of
the party. In 1900 there will be an
early convention to nominate a na
tional ticket, the same to be held
prior to the Democratic convention.
; rto overture looking to fusion will
emanate from the national commit
tee, and none will be received or en
tertained by it. The national com
mittee is required to keep hands off
in State campaigns; or. if its assist
ance be invited, it may interfere only
in behalf of the Populist ticket and
not to assist in fusion. The effort
to force Chairman Butler to resign
proved futile, and he will continue
to act until the next national con
vention of 1900.
Value of Expert Knowledge.
A North Carolina hilltop ou which
a fine house had been built proved to
bav such an attraction for lightning
that the owner, in fear for his life,
moved ont at last and let the place
go to rum. A Pittsburg'man read
the newspaper stories of the "light-ning-haDnted"
hill, meditated a
while, finally bought the place for
little or nothing, and in less than
six weeks located an . almost inex
haustible iron mine. For twelve
years it has annually yielded iron
enough to pay for whole plant four
times over which tba purchaser
probably consider reasonable re
ward for the exercise of the gift
which Yankees call "gnmption."
Youth's Companion. v
Scrofula, hip diseaf e, salt rheum, dys
pepsia and other diseases due to impure
blood are cured by Hood's Sarsaparilla.
As Others see I's.
Atlanta Constitution.
A New Yorker was surprised the other
day by a letter from his sister in Ger
many, urging him to leave the city before
the Spaniards captured it.
The ;lady's letter stated that the Ger
man newspapers described the panic in
New York among the people and report
the suspension of all business, as a bom
bardment from Spanish vessels was hour
ly expected. According to these journals,
the confusion was indescribable, and it
was predicted that the inhabitants would
favor the surrender of the city before the
first Bhell was fired.
It is quite likely that many Europeans
are under the impression that we are get
ting the worst of the present war, and if
they rely upon news from Spanish
sources they will go down to their graves
with the belief that the dons licked us
out of our boots in every engagement.
American tourists in Mexico have fre
quently complained that they found it
impossible to convince the people down
there that the United States whipped
them in the conflict of in 1846. The
Mexican historians stick to itthat their
armies were victorius, and that Scott and
Taylor were firally forced to retire from
tbe country, the United states paying
Mexico a large indemnity.
Mr. Dlugley on the Revenue
Bill.
Baltimore Sun.
In his 8Deech in the Honse last
week on tbe conference committee's
report, upon the revenue bill Chair
man Dingley, of the ways aud
means committee, sketched tne pro
visions ef the bill in its final shape
and presented an interesting esti
mate of the amount of income to
be derived from each item of taxa
tion. The total reveneue the bill
will produce in the next fiscal year
is placed at from $149,480,000 to
$150,000,000. The items, with
7
amounts expected of each, are aa
follows: Fermented liquors, $58,-
906.000: tobacco and snuff, $43,840,-
560; cigars and cigaretta, $17,340,
382; manufactures and dealers in
tobacco $307,102; tea, $10,000,000;
bankers, $2,394,000; brokers, $1,
500.000: brokers, commercial, $213,-
094; theatres, circusses, &c, $1,820,-
447; bowling, alleys and billiard ta
bles. $166,967. Stamn taxes are ex
pected to produce on sales of stocks,
bonds, merchandise, sc., sfciu.uw,
000; bank checks, $5,500,000; bills
of exchange, &c, $1,500,000; ex
press and freight, with all bills of
lading. 510,000,000; life insuarance,
$1,226,323; mortgages, $2,041,599;
chewinar sum. 1,000,000; legacies,
$9,275,475; proprietary preparations.
etc., $15,000,000; miscellaneous,
418.000.000: adulterated flour.
$25o,ooo. To be added is the .in
come from internal taxes not cnang
ed by the new law, aggregating over
$84,000,000, as follows: Spirits,
$S2,oo8,542; brewers, (special,)
$16o,y27; retail dealers in malt
liquors, $191,o71; whol3ale dealers
in malt Honors. 191,8ol; oleomar
garine, $l,o34,o29;filled ch"tese;$18,-
992; miscellaneous, $io,ooo. ine
revenue derived last year from ar
ticles mentioned m both of the fore
going lists was $146,619,593, which
figure is expected to be swollen by
the new taxes to from $294,35o,ooo
to $3oo,ooo,odo.
The Republicans have nominated
a nei'ro for Governor of Alabama.
They have a negro-made Governor
in North Carolina, and will elect
Major Jim Yonng in 1900 if they
think the white people would stand
any more Knssellism. .News and
Observer.
Thousands of persons have been cured
of piles by using DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve. It heals promptly and cures ecze
ma and all skin diseases. It gives imme
diate relief. J. A. Hardison.
Populist Papers Know Their
Charges are False. -
Monroe Enquirer.
If we are to believe what the Populist
papers say the Democratic State conven
tion, which met in Raleigh.on May 26th,
was composed of corporation lawyers,
paid to grind the .people, professional
politicians, tricksters, shysters and.in fact
was a little political helL And yet,
there was the Populist leaders hanging
around that convention making proposi
tions to that body for fusion. . And the
self same editors who are painting that
I convention as a seething pot of political
corruption cu.ssed that convention be
cause it refused to fuse with the Populists.
How could the Populists in their purity
offer to fuse with a body which they
claim is so corrupt?
Bob Moore, of LaFayette, Ind.,
that tor constipation he has found
says
De
Witt's Li ttle Early Risers to be perfect.
They never gripe. Try them for atom ach
and liver troubles. J. A. Hardison.
An much in little; always a B
ready, efficient, aatlsfa. j J D a
tory; prevent a cold or lever, I NQ
eura all Bra 111a, aide kaad- U .HUH W
ach. JU"U, eoatttpatioa, Ms. prk jj eanu.
Tba aftly fUli.ts tax vttft &4'i rupity,
X.
The length of Mr. Gladstones' politi
cal service can be measured by the fact
that he entered Parliament at a time when
Andrew Jackson was President of the
United States, and retired from it when
Mr. Cleveland had begun his second
term. He held his first cabinet office
when Daniel Webster was also first serv
ing in a like capacity here.
Weary William "Did you tell de
ol girl back at de house dat ye was an
escaped reconcentrado from Cuba?'"
Wandering Tank "Yes; but it didnt do
no good. She jest said dat she s'peeed I
was so used ter goia wit'out anyt'ing ter
eat dat I didn't cund it much." Puck.