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" TROVE ACL THINGS; IIOLD FAST THAT WHICH IS GOOD "
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DUNN, N- C, JANUARY 6,1807.;
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rev. dr. TAWAGE.
-p ; - Sunday sermon. . .
i"o l-tiow tKo -raea. of our Lohl
- i t riouft II 3 was rich, yet
'. ji'l'e-ja.'tr.o poor.' II Cor-
r.x-i
j'L-f -V.l ih woriUswhlch on R Cold win
in; within l'lh-vbi.tants is nn aounmy
riti-t t:l us ili.;it tnany of these' -worlds-
.-'-.II i - rt 4
"CO not or too coia or iyu rincuou m at
Pr for r.-l l one?. Bur, it not nt for
i .Mr, .a ar-oUH, ltii'V may . on in ior uidk
i-t frcr and superior to ourselves,
to'd l b at 1 he . world of Jupiter is
lr.tr an j l com;ci fit, for creature; likv
n,-:n rae.' and that jInrs would do ror
i.uii family. wh.-A little change la the
if- our respiratory organs. But
I. ! ! is jv Krt&t wOrrd swung some
, - a r l-o'on'l imazination,.and that It
L' ". quarters of the' universe and the
of immensity and' has a popu:a-
-:c-yi ;a i.'nv rs vase ueyoou.,-an sialism's
ir.-t-.-: I'.-intmentj of. splendor beyond the
'.';.i-:.tv t. canvas or poom . or angei to de-
i" r:;nn as the JJiWe is authentic,
r.'j tbe-nsfronomers with their
- "'-1 nave aireauycaugai a"Riinip.m
j', 'knoT'ius :iwbat it is. - Wo spell it '
iki'rix l"t!"r.Hla!wl pronounced it heaven. . ,
i'-fut is w.Ihto I'rince Jesus lived nineteen'
i-tork-.? ago.. He was tho Emg's Son. l(
Mh old homestead of eternity, and all ils
.li,. as old as God. - Not a frost had
-r ' !u! t.tii') air. Not a tear had ever.
;d cio .vri tho theek 'of on of its iiihabl?
. Tb"ro had never been a headache or
i -to a-iiH or a reart acu.". inera nau not
l.Cf.n I'.-f jtvrai in ttfe memory ol the ol.-lest
lailabitanr. . There had never in all the land
.vovmi a l ia:lc veil, for there had never
b an vt h'inir to mourn over. The passage
.-r millions ofyars had not wrinkled or crip
(oA or liIircm- c. any of its citizens. All
s r, "ijii- t!i'-r wero in a state of eternal
1 ivi-ojV.eoenoe. AVhat floral and pomonic rlch
. Gardens of perpetual bloom and or
r;bxrd, ' in uu-nding fruitage. .Had some
t-piHt from anqthr world entered and asked,
" W'liat. i sin? ' What -is bereavement? What
is sorrow? Wh :t i-t death? the brightest of
. t liKiat'-Higence?'. would'havo failed." to give.
i.'.-tioi,. though to "study the question,
thr.j w.-h silence in neaveu for half an bour.
'jl'h'PriQe of whom I speak had honor?,
"i;Loii; n;:i!s, acclamations su-ih tt? no other
x-rhci', cd'tial or terrestrial, evei? enjoyed.
A'5) 1 1 '.41 t llie street the inhabitants took
--r" froni their blows garlands of white lilies
--u I't'iin-v th- m in the wjiy. He never en
Vr'd any of the temples without all the wor-
, MjiptTs rising up and . bowing in obeisance.
' 1.4 a!! the proce-'ions oUthe high days He
s ! hf i' if who eYokftd th Inn drat WAlnhmn.
u -f on font, walking in loving talk
th t.'iivhu'mbl'pst of the land, -but at other
s lie took chariot, and .among the 20,0 0
tb psalmist ppokoof His was the swift
mi inost flaming,' -or, as' when -St.. John
ctiIjo i-jiimi. its took white paure-y. with
1 3ranL'C of foot, and arch of -neck, and
il oi'mane, and gleam of eye i3 only dimly
-re sted in the Apocalypse. He was not
b
keothf-r 'priiici-s, waiting fo4rher Father to
l '. ttiin tak-e tn throne. i when -.years
a a artist in Germany made' a picture for
TfM.h-gallery representing the Emptror
':vn on the-throne and, the Crown Prince
i!ng oii& f -iot'on the step of the throne,
Lm; i-ro;-. William ordered - the-1 ricturo
wand said-, "Let the prince -keep hw
off tho throne till I ieava it." ' -
ready 'enthroned was, the heavenly
vcf- si.ip bv siite witn tne atner. wnat a
ie of ilominion! What mult-it udes. of ad-
rs! What unending round of. dories!
f!i! tov.-er3 chimed the Prince's praise?.
fiil the inhabitant?, from the center of the
on over the hills and clear down to the
kch against which the ocean of immensitv
ro
s its w'lows, the Prince was the acknowl-
Pf
ge l ' favorite. - No wonder my text Bavs
it '.'Tie was rich." Set all t'ho diamonds
tb
the earth ia one. scepter, build all the
palaces of t ha- earth in one Alhambra.
Either all the-praris of the sea dn one d;a-
'leh. PUt all th'J valno of thu Anrhh in nn
din. the aarresato conld not avnnM Tli
nffluenefi yts,'-r.';.'P'aijl iwas right. Solo-
m
pa bad in cohL G80.0(;0.000 nnnnds.
an
I in. silver 1,029,000.377 TOundsf. But a
Pi
faff r t hau Holomon Is hero. Not the 'mil l-
iojiriUe, l;Ut tho owner of 5all things. To de-
i'jr. ma ceirsuai ssrrounctinga the litpie
salt colors; gathering them.in rainbow
us
'ov
fr the throne, and setting them as ai?ate in
th
temple window, and hoistiag twelve of
th
ia
tra Into a Wiiil. from strined insnpr nt tbn
h to transparent amethyst in the capstone.
i.e betweea -are green of emerald, and
Sn0W Of P'arl. and bins nf (sarmhiro :ind
ye
(low ot.tonaz, gray of chrysoprase, and
me of jacinth. AH the loveliness of laud-
. . - - ri'
be:
pe m foliage and river and.rill and nil
hantment aouarnarine. the sea of class
:en
mihglcd with fire aa when the sun sinks in
th Mediterranean. All the thrill ot music.
trnraental and vocal, hams, trumnets.
do
iso-logies. There stood the Prince, sur.
rotindedby those. who had tinder their wings
:hf veloaitv Of milfions nf-milpa in a ornnr1
IK
msoif rk-h in love, rch in adorathon, rich
i power,, rich in worship, rich in holiness,
jh m "all the fullness of the Godhead bod-
Jut one day there wa3 a bis disaster in
.n
3e
partmentof God'fi'uniX'erse. A rana fallen
a world in ruins! Our pJanet the scene of-
at
astrophe! A. globe swinging out into
kness, with mountains and seas and isl-
ia
i-ni
l?. Iln il TO fill On fiflirml f oi n snnrvslnn
ovjerp1
wer the beautiful centrinetal nf
rihtqusness. and from it a groan reached
iit-Mven. snen a sound had never been heard
rp 1 lfnty of 6we't sounds, but never an
outcry of distress or an echo of agony. At
teat one groan the Prince rose from all the
MlSSful 'Cir?UmiaPPnrn nnrt otorfn. frnm
th
outer cate and dpspndAfi in'tn tho
Di
pbt of this world. . Out of what a brieht
rt OT into What n- rnmrh Riant - "St 'v wifV.
' tried angel after jingel and potentate
er potentate. "No." said the Prince. ."I
aft
cannot stay. I must be off for that wreek nf
WOrld. - T mi'Cl' .clnnfhnt.niiiMn T ...
, , , - ciwp turn fija.u x uiul
a'Uh.thatdistFes". I must fathomthat abvss. I
mst .redeem those. Nations. Farewell,
. thrones an I temples, hosts cherubic, se
raphic,, arehanselic. I will come back
icain carrying on my shoulder a ransomed
, KTri- Vxl i d,ae 1 choose1 earthly
I icofT to heavenly acclamation, and, a cattle
penito a king's patace, frigid zone of earth
, ro atmosphere of celestial radiance. I have
no. time to lost, for hark ye to the groan
I "m P03 mi'2;btier white I wait! Fare-
?VFRr,ewe111" "Ya know the grace of
Dur Lord Jesus Christ, that, though H was
;. richj, yet ior your takes He became poor."
- as there ever a contrast so overpowering
, is ijhat between the noonday ot Christ's
- te.estiai departure- and the midnight of His
Jarthly arrival? Sure enough, the angels
wero -out that night in the sky, and an
sspejciat meteor .acted as escort. But all
mat was from other worlds, and not from
. 'his world. The earth made no demonstra-
Pi ,f welcome. It one of tne great? princes
i - of. this world steps out at a depot,, cheers
I re?cund, and the bands play, and the flags
j wave. But for the arrival of this, mission
ary; Prince ot. the skies not a torch) flared,
tot a trumpet blew, not a plume flattered.
All the music and the pomp were overhead.
.Ouf world opened for Him nothing better
thafa a barn door.
The Bajah of Cashmere sent to Quden Vio
torin a, bedstead of carved gold and a canopy
that cost 1750.000, but the world had for the
Priice of Heaven and Earth only a litter of
raw. The crown jewels in the Tower of
.liomaon amount to 15,000,000, but thfs mem
berjof eternal toyalty had nowhere to lay His
heajd. To know how poor He was ask the
camel drivers, ask the shepherds, ask Mary.
ask the throe Wise-men of theEast.who after
ward came to Bethlehem. To know how
poor He was eiaxine all the records of real
rsittiein.au mat oriental country ana see
whit vineyard, or what field He owned. Not
one. Of what mortgage was He the mortsra.
gee? Of what tenement was He the landlord?
Of
what lease was He the lessee? y Who eve?
Him. rent? Kot owning the boat on
which He sailed, nor the bpast on which Ha
roae, nor the pillow on which He slep. He
had so little estate that in order to pay His
tax He had to perform a miracle, putting the
amount of ttfe assessmnt,-in a fish's mouth
and having it hauled ashoro. And after His
death the worU tusbed in to Uka an inven
tory of His good, and t"he entire aggregate.
Was the garments He had worn, sleeping in
them by night and traveling in them by day,
bearing on them the duat of th-i highway
and the saturation of the sea. St. Paul in
my text hit the mark when he said of the
missionary Prince, "For your sakes He be
came poor.".: -
The world coald have treated Him better
if it had chosen. It had all the means for
making His earthly condition comfortable.
Only a few years before, when Pompey, the
general, arrived in Brindisi, he was greeted
with arches and : a costly column which
celebrated' the 12,000,0 ,0 peopln whom he
had killed or conquered, and he wa3. al
lowed to wear his triumphal robe ia tho
senate. The world hai' applause f- r im
perial butchers., but buffeting fur the
Prince of Peace; plenty of gotien ciialicC3
for the favored to" drink out of, but our
Prince mu3t put His lipa to the" bucket ot
the well by the roadside after He had begged
for a drink. Poor?" Born in. another
man's barn, and eating at another man's
table, and cruising the lake in another man's
fishing smack, and buried in another man's
tomb. Four inspirod authors wrote His bi
ography, - and innumerable lives of" Christ
have been published, but He composed His
autobiography In', a most compressed Way.
He said, 'I have trodden the wine pre33
alone."
Poor in the estimation of nearly all the
prosperous classes. They called Him Sab
bath breaker, wine bibber, traitor, blas
phemer and ransacked the dictionary of op
probrium, from cover to cover to express
their detestation. I can think now of only
two well to do men who espoused His cause
Nicodemu3 aud Joseph of Arimathea. His.
friends for the most part were peopte who, in
that climate where ophthalmia or.lnfl anima
tion of the eyeball sweeps evori and anon
as a scourge, had become blind, sick
people who were anxious to get well, and
troubled people in whose family there was
some one dead or dying. If He had a purse
at all, it was empty, or we would have heard
what the soldiers did with the contents.
Poor? The pigeon in. the dovecot, the rabbit-in
its burrow, the silkworm in its cocoon,
the bea in its hive is better provided. for,
better off, better sheltered. Aye, the bruto
creation has a homo on earth, which Christ
had not. A ooet says": .
If on wiuJy days the raven
Gambol like a dancing skiff,
Not the les3 he loves his haven, -On
the bosom of the cliffj
If almost with eagle pinion '
" O'er'the Alps the chamois roam,
Yet hn has some small dominion
Which no doubt he calls his home. ;
. One of John Banyan's great books is en
titled "Grace Abounding." "It is all of
grace that I am saved" as has been on the
I ins. of hundreds of dvintr Christians. The
boy; Sammy was right when, being exaraJ
mod for. admission into church memoersmp,
he was asked, "Whose work wa3 your salva
tion?" And he answered, "Part mine and
part God's." -Then the examiner asked,
"What part did you do. Sammy?" And the
answer was, "I oppned God all I could and
Heoidthe rest!" Oh, the height of it. the
depth of it. the length of it, the breadth of '
it, the grace ot God! Mr. Fletcher hav,
ing written a . pamphlet that pleased
the king, the. king offered to com
pensate him, and Fletcher;, answered,
"There is only one thing I waxdyand that
is i'mcr guase." Yes, My Lfouu .boutflit
hearers grace to live by and grace to die by.
Grace that saved'the publican; that saved
Lydia; that saved' the dying thief; that
saved the jailer; that saved me. But the
riches of that grace will not be fully under-,
stood until heaven, breaks in upon the
soul. Ah eld Scotchman who had been
a soldier in one of the European war? was
sick and dying in one of our American,
hospitals. 'His one desire was to seeScotland'
and hi3 old home and once again walk
lha heather of the highlands and hear
the bagpipes of the Scotch regiments. The I
night .that tho old Scotch soldier died
n young maD, somewhat reckless, - but
kind-hearted, got a company, of musicians
to come and play under the old soldier's
window, and among th instruments there
was a bagpige. . The instant that the mu-,
sicians began the dying old man in delir
ium said: "What's that? - What's that?
Why, it's the regiments coming home.
That's the tune yes, that's the tune.
Thank God, I have got home once more!"
."Bonnie Scotland and Bonnie Donn!''
were thelast words'he uttered as hV passed
hp to the highlands of the better country,
and there are hundreds homesick for heav
en, some because you S have so many be
reavements, some because you have so many
temptations, some because you have so
many aUmonts homesick, very homesick'
for the fatherland of heaven, and the musio
that you want to hear now is the song of
free grace, and the musio that you nvant to
hear when you die is free grace, and
forever before the throne of God you will
sing of the "grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,
who, though He was rich, for your sakes be
came pocr." ' '
e$, yes, lor your sates: it was not on a
pleasure excursion that He came, for it was
all pain. It was pot on an astronomical ex
ploration, for He knew this world as well
before He alighted as afterward, it was not
because He-was compelled to come, for Ho
volunteered. It was not because it was easy,
for He knew that it would bethorn and splko
and hunger and thirst and vociferation of
angry mobs. "For your sakes!" To wipe
away j'our tears to forgive your wrongdo
ing, to companionship your loneliness, to
soothe your sorrows, to sft with you by the
new made grave, to Dina up your wounds
in the ugly battle with the world
and bring yo.u home- at last, kindling
up the mists that fall on your
dying visioja with the sunlight of n glorious
morn "For your saces: jNO: 1 wmcnange
that. Paul will not care and Christ will not
care if I change if, for I must get into the
blessedness of the text myself' and so I say,
"For our sakes'.". For we all have our
temptations and bereavements and conflicts.
For our sakes. We who deserve for our sins
to be expatriated into a world as much
poorer than tnis, iun tnis eann is poorer
than heaven. " For our sakes! But what a
frightful coming down to take ns gloriously
up!
When Artaxerxes was hunting, Tirebazus,
who, was attencing him showed the king a
rent in his garments. The "king said, "How
shall I mend it?" "By giving it tome."
said Tirebazus. Then the king gave htm the
robe, but commanded him never to wear if,
as it would be inappropriate.
But see the startling 'and comrorting lact
while our Prince throws off the robe He
not only allows us to wear it, but commands
us to wear it, and it will become us well, and
for the poverties of our spMtual state we
may put oche splendor of heavenly regale
ment. For oiSt sakes! ' Oh, ' the personality
of this religion! Not an abstraction, not an
arch under whioh we walk to behold elabo
rate masonry, not an ice castle like that which
the Empress Elisabeth of Russia,over 100
years ago, ordered to be constructed, winter
with its trowel of crystals cementing tne nuge
blocks that had been quarried from'the frozen
rivers of the North, but our Father's house
with the wide hearth crackling a hearty wel
come. A religion of warmth and inspiration
and light and cheer, something we can take
iAto four hearts and homes and business.
recreations and joys and sorrows. Not an
unmanageable gift, like the galley presented
to, Ptolemy,' which required 4000 men to row,
audits draft of water ws so great that it
could not come near the shore, but some
thing you can run up any stream of annoy
anoe, however shallow. Enrichment now,
enrichment forever.
Killed His Playmfttf. . j
John Gaynor, sixteen years old, of New
York City, was accidentally stabbed through
l he heart and killed by his playmate, John
8umtners. ; : ' -
, Montevideo's population ia 21,312.
H 80
So Decides the Treasury Depart
ment in. Two Cases.
THEY MAY GO, PROVIDED.
And Thereby Hangs a Tale New
Move by the Dauntless and Com
modore. J
, For the first time since the present
struggle in Cuba began this govern
ment has given permission to a oustom;s
official to clear for Cubaa vessel loaded,
according to -her manifest, with muni
tions of war and -presumably intended
for the insurgent army. The vessel in
this case is the well known and alleged
filibuster the "Dauntless, " but the
concession" that under these circum
stances she is entitled to clearance pa
pers leaves the situation so far as she
is Concerned quite ( as involved as be
fore, as the statutes prescribe that be
fore clearance ? shall be granted for
any vessel bound to a foreign port,
the owners," shippers and consignee
of the cargo shall state under oath the
foreign port at which the cargo is
to be landed and severe penalties
are prescribed for violations. " ot
this requirement, including the
.confiscation of the vessel. " The Sec
retary of the Treasury received a tele
gram from the attorney for the owners
of the. Dauntless at Jacksonville stating
that the owners of the Dauntless and
her cargo would apply to theCollector of
Customs at J acksonville for clearance
to a Cuban : port with a cargo of arms,
stating, however, that the oaths re
quired, by the statutes would not be
taken. The question was asked
whether under the circumstances pa
pers would be issued. Later in a tele
gram was received from the Collector
at Jacksonville statiner that application
to clear the Dauntless for the port of
Is eu vitas, Cuba, with a cargo of arms
had been made, and asking instruc
tions. The Secretary replied substan
tially as follows:
"If the master of the vessel and the
owners, shippers and consignors of the
cargo comply fully with all the laws
ana regulations concerning the mani
fest and take the oaths required'ybu
may grant a clearance to Neuvitas,
Cuba. The oaths must be taken 'and
subscribed in writing as required by
sections 4197, 4108 and 4200 of the Re
vised Statutes. "
The port named in the application as
the destination of the cargo is on the
northern coast of Cuba and is occupied
by the Spanish forces. The Treasury
officials, therefore, are of the opinion
that the oaths required by the Dtatutc
will not be taken. ? 1
The collector of customs at Jackson
ville wired tho Secretary of the' Treas
ury that the steamer. Commodore had
applied, for clearance upon practically
the same statement of facts as in. the
case of the Dauntless. ' In response the
Secretary wired permission to issue pa
pers to the Commodore in substantially
the. same terms as were named in the
former case. It has not been learijed
at this writing whether the conditions
imposed had been accepted. . ... ..
Information received is to the effect
that the steamer Three Friends failed
absolutely to 'land its expedition in
Cuba, as. was reported. The story of
-he chase by a Spanish man-of-war is
confirmed, the Three Friends being
obliged to leave the Cuban coast just as
it was getting ready to land its cargo..
The steamer headed for the, Florida
coast, fnd, having but a few tons of
coal on board, it latteled the men on a
key near to Key West, afterward put
ting into that port, where, it was seized.
The Dauntless has now gone to take
the men and ammunition off the key
and may make an effort to land them in
Cuba. Before the return of the Daunt
less to this port it will also endeavor to
land another expedition. .
-"WILL ACCEPT MEDIATION.
DeLorae Said to Have Unofficially In
formed Oiney Of Spain's Intentions.
The correspondent of the London
Chronicle at Washington J in a cable
dispatch to tha paper discloses .that
tjhere is na doubt that Spain jhas unof.
ficially, through Senor- , Dupuy De
Lome, their Minister, promised- to ac
cept the United States mediation di
resetly after Gen. Weyler has cleared
the province of Piha del Rio of rebels,
and then to- grant anything short oi
actual independence for Cuba. 'This
dispatch continues;
"None of the European powers have
protested against American interven
tion in Cuba. On the contrary Mr.
Oiney- has been assured cf their ap
proval England, however, remaining
strictly neutral. The reports of a Eu
ropean protest wefV inspired by Mgr.
Martinelli, the pontifical delegate tc
the United States." , j
The Chronicle" also again asserts thai
"the ridiculous statement" of "M. De
Blowitz, the Paris correspondent of the
Times thafGermany and other Euro
pean governments were preparing tc
protest against American intervention
in Cuba is absolutely unfounded.
I . Congress Has Power.'
. Senator Chandler, of New Hampshire,
takes issue with President Cleveland as
to the power Vested in the President of
the United States to alone recognize
or not recognize the belligerency or in
dependence of ' a foreign country, or a
dependency of thai country. He lines
up on the side of Cuba, and in an in terview
made public takes strong
ground in favor of the rights of Con
gress. '. - '. r
V Mall to the Bahamas. .
:The regular Winter mail service be
tween the South an,d, the Bahama Is
lands has been established by contracts
just entered into for three times a week
service, begjinn ing -January v19, from
Miami, Fla.l tb the Bahamas. The
service operated last seas sn was from
Palm Beach, Fla., and js additional to
contracts with New Yor kboats.
Increase In Tonnage.
The tonnage of the New York canal5
for the past season was 3, 7 14, 894,
an increase of 214,580 over that of
1895. ' , ' .
OFF WITH : THE OLD AND
NINETEEN NEW GOVERNORS. !
on November 3 Last to fake Office on Various Dae?( From December 10
189$, to Murcb 4, 1897,
Chosen.
'
1 Ararw v. T. TTnelnnY nf Ronth Dakota, . John W. Leedy f Populist, and Dem
ocrat), of Kansas. 8. James A. Mount (Republican), of Indiana. 4. Bobert L. Taylor
Democrat), of Tennessee. C. G. W. AtklnBon (Republican), ot West Virginia. 6. Lon
V. Stephens (Fusion), of Missouri. 7. W. H. Elterbee (Democrat), of South Carolina,
8. Ebe Walter Tunne"ll (Demoorat), of Delaware. 9. George A. Bamsdell (Republican), of
New Hampshire. 10. Frank S. Black (Republican), of New York. 11. Roger Wolcott (Re
publican), of Massachusetts. 12. Alva Adams (Democrat and Fre Silver Republican Vol
Colorado. 13. John B. Tanner (Republican), of Illinois. H. Major Edward Scofleld (Re
publican Vof Wisconsin. EazenS. Picgree (Republican), of Michigan. 1. Lorrin A
Cooke (Republican), of Connecticut. 17. Frenk Steunenberg (Democrat), of Idaho. 18.
John R. Rogers (Fusion), of Washington. 13. Robert B. Smith OTasion), o Moctara.
f London Smoke.
A new and unexpected agency Is har
Ing a most beneficial effect in contribut
ing to the abatement of the emoke nui
sance in London., The relative clearness
of the London atmosphere within the
last twelve months has been plainly ap
parent, and the smoke cloud which ob
6cures the London atmosphere , appears
to be progressively lightening. Mr. Ear
nest Hart.chalrman of the Smoke Abate
ment Exhibition in London, frequently
pointed out that the greatest contribu
tors to. the smoke cloud of London were
the small grates of the enormous num
ber, of houses of the poor, and a great
deal of ingenuity has been exhausted
with relatively little success in endeav
oring to abate the nuisance.
The use of gas fires was urgently rec
ommended, but had hitherto been diffi
cult, owing to its cost and the want of
suitable apparatus. The rapid and very
extensive growth of the use of gas for
the working classes, due to the Intro
duction of the "penny in the slot" sys
tem, is working a great revolution in
the London atmosphere. During the
last four years the South London Gas
Company alone has fixed 50,000 slot
meters and nearly 38,000 small gas
cooking stoves in the houses of the
worklngmah. This movement is still
making great progress, ,and we hope
means may be found to extend It to the
houses of the more comfortable classes.
The enormous Improvement in the Lon
don, atmosphere and the clearing afray
of a smoke pall which hangs over Lon
don, may then be anticipated. Great
progress has already jbeeh made, and
still may be hoped for, in the clearing
cf the London air, '. " T r"' "
ON WITH THE NEW
. Many things have been done In the
strange warfare being waged In Cuba
against Spanish authority with which
the steadier temperament and the state-
j building genius of the citizen or tne
(United States 'can feel Up sympathy.
tie can sympathize with those who
have been the victims of oppression,
but he cannot agree that resentment
against oppression Justifies making war
on non-combatants, destroying the
property of foreigners, resident or non
residenti and blowing up railway trains
carrying unarmed and peaceable trav
elers. But while feeling in this, way
about ' certain , aspects of the Cjrtan
struggle one is less ready to" protest
against the swift Implication, sent
broadcast from Spain by the telegraph,
that the perpetrator of an attempt to
wreck with a dynamite bomb a Spanish
railway train carrying the young king,
the queen regent and others of the court
was "presumably a Cuban. Why not
equally "presumably" : a Philippine
islander? Both ar4 In rebellion, while
there are more of the latter with fewer
Spanish troops to keep them busy at
home. Spain itself is honeycombed
with republican sentiment, and, as is
common on the European continent,
much of it "hi of the type, significantly
called "red." It is not possible for the
Spanish authorities to hide this home
condition from the world by attributing
all that may be done in this Way in the
m&ther country to rebels against whom
she Is waging war with twice as many
troops as they have, some thousands
of miles away. The only wonder is that
Spanish "red republicans" have thus
far been so quiet.
THE PAHEIFIC RAILROADS.
Steps Will Shortly Be Taken to Fore
close Government Mortgages. 1
The President has had several con
ferences of late with the Attorney Gen
eral the Secretary of the Interior and
the Secretary or the Treasury, with a ,
view to speedy action for the adjust-1
ment of the obligations of the. Pacific
railroads to the government. It is said
to be settled that steps will shortly be
taken for the foreclosure of the govern
ment's mortgage on these roads unless
Congress shall make other provision
for the settlement of. the question at its .
present session, says the Washington
Star. . . -
With the amount already matured,
more than $13,000000 of the subsidy
bonds issued on behalf of the Unfon
Pacific line, and more than $6,000,000
of similar bonds issued in aid of the
Central Pacific road will have fallen
due and been paid or must be paid on
or before the 1st of January next.
"Without any reference to the applica
tion of the sinking fund now in treas
ury, this state of 'affairs will, in the
opinion of the President, "create such
a default on the part of these compa
nies to the government as. will give it
the right to at once institute proceed
ings in foreclosing its ? mortgage lien."-
In addition to the above indebted
ness; maturing January lRt next, there
will mature thereafter, by-January 1st,
1899, the remaining principal of such
subsidy bonds, which must also bo met
by the Government These aggregate
about $41,000,000, of which $20,000,000
are on account of the Union Pacific and
821,000,000 on account of ! the Central
Pacific company. s :
The President's position on this sub
ject is stated in his last annual report
to Congress, T -.
A plan for the funding of this in-?
debtedness is now under consideration
in- both houses of Congress. ,lt was
formulated by the Pacific railroads com
mittee and provides generally that the
debt of the Pacific railroads now. due
shall be paid in installments, bearing
two per cent, interest, extending over
a period of about fifty years. The
House of Representatives has set aside
January 7th, 8th and 9th for the con
sideration of this measure. Pending
the consideration of legislation on this
subject, it is not at all likely that the
President will feel it necessary to take
any immediate action, but it is stated
that he desires to have the question set
tled -before the end of his term, arid
that if he concludes that there is no
reasonable prospect of remedial legisla
tion at this session of this Congress he
will certainly direct the institution of
foreclosure proceedings' against the
railroad companies.
A Report That Maceo Lives.." -A
special from Havanna, Cuba, via
Key. West, Fla., says: "Maceo is
alive!" is the Cuban's joyful cry. . The
first rumor accepted with incredulity,'
are now gaining wand.- Information
is coming into the city daily giving
precise details. It is said that when he
fell from his horse his followers thought
him dead, but found that he : was still
living and spread the news that he was
dead in order to carry him to a place of
safety. Under a 6trong escort they
carried him to the Singuanea Hospital,,
where, under the skilful .treatment of
doctors Firming Valdes, Domingnez
and Panchori, the chief, is now slowly
recuperating. The acute period is now
passed. It seems that only one wound
is dangerous, .that being in the stomach.
Fortunately the bullet did not touch
the intestines. It was feared that per
itonitis might set in, but he escaped
this. The other wounds are in the jaw
and. back and are only slight. No
bones were fractured.
Flush Times at Augu9ta, Ga. .
Several hundred thousand dollars
will lie dispersed to Augusta, Ga. , in
terests in. dividends during the month
of January, The Georgia railroad will
pay to stockholders 3115,000 in divi
dends and will albo pay $74,000 in
terest on bonded indebtedness.. The
Granville Manufactflring Company will
pay its semi-annual dividend of 390,000
on SQ00,000 capital. The John PV King
Mill will pav 3 per. cent, semi-annual
dividend. The Augusta Cotton Mills
'will probably pay 3 per cent, semi-annual
dividend on $600,000. Other fac
tories pay dividends in February and
August and May .nd November. Banks
ana real estate and loan companies will
swell the total interest to nearly half a
million dollars.
Treasury Statistics. -The
recent report of the Secretary of
the Treasury shews customs receipts at
j North Carolina ports for the fiscal year
: ending June 30, 1830, were as follows,
by districts: Albemarle, $3.5.71; Beau
fort, $). 94; Pamlico, $307.22; Wilming
ton, $3,953.49, total, $4,302.80. The
. receipts in the Charleston district in
South Carolina were 2-7, 039.36. If,
however, South Carolina is rather ehort
' in her customs contributions to the
Treasury, she makes up for it in her in
ternal revenue collections, which were
for the same period: From the fourth
district, $1,070,502.70; from the fifth
district, 31, 671, 421. 50"; total, $2,741,
924.26. The revenue receipts from
I South Carolina were $109,389.77 for the
' same period; from Tennessee, $954,
j 973.44; from Georgia, $475,07 .58.
Killed Husband and Wife.
Two unknown men went to the house
i of William Whaley, a farmer living two
! miles from Sevierville, Sevier county,
I -Tennessee, and without speaking a
word broke down the doer,owalkea in,
; and shot and killed Whaley and his
ie. Miss Lizzie McMahon, fiifter of
' MrsV-Whaler, was present, but was un
' hurt. She "had an infant of Whaley '
in her arms when the men entered. It
i is' thought that they are the two men
. whom Whaley prosecuted before the
grand jury for committing murder.
Wants High Tariff.
The executive committee appointed
bv the Southern Oransre Growers at
Los Angeles, -Ql., made arrangements
to send a delegation to Washington to
appear before the national tariff com
mittee. They decided to raise $10,000
- for the ; expenses of the Washington
delegation on the basis of? one-third of
cent for each box of all oranges shipped
during 1897, and 29 cents per acre for
j all citrus orchards.
THE. YEAR 1897'
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Ia the year 1697thero will be two clipr.f
oth of tho 9un.
i I. An annular eclipse of the sua February
ii visible an a small rarllal eclipao in that
portion of the United States lying south of a
line drawn from Capo SN Lucas (old ('nil- .
forniii), through Han Autonlo,fTxi!; Mem
phis, Tenn ., and.Marietta. Ohio, to rrovlnoe
town.'.near Caie Cod, in Massa-husit. Tho -path
of the annular eclipse lies chiefly in th
Pacinc Ocean; It crosses tha northern part of
South America (Colombia aad. Venozuela);
from.Cabita Bay near Cape Corrlntes on tho
Pacific Coast -to iho Inland of Trlnld.i1.
where it 'terminates at sunset nt 5 h. 9 m.
p. m., Now York mean time. j
II. An anuul.nr ocllpsa of the sun July 29.
vlflblo In tho United Stato?, the southern half
ot the Dominion of Cnnadn, MxlcOj Cintr.il
Amerlcs, thu West India Island, and all Ihut
portion of South America north ot a linn
drawn from Porncns Peninsula (nar town of
Pisco), Peru, to Castillo Point, n little south
of St. Miguel, la Uruguay. The path of th.
annular eclipao pissea tbroujr'a tho town of
Teplc, Mexico," a Utile north ot Tampleo.
Mexlco, Uavana and Cardera", Cuba, rtaa
Juan.Porto Rica and Cape bt, Rofiue, Brazil.
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cnaosoLooicA-i. ems.
"Th year 1897 corresponds to the year
74C5-6 of tho Byzantine era; to 5657-3 of tho
Jewish era, the yenr 5633 boinuiuR nt sun
set on September 26; to2650slncotho founda
tion of Rome according to Varro; to 2G3 of
the Olympiads (tho first year of tho 6fl'J
Olympiad bt-Klnnintf in July 1, 18 17); to 2557
ot the Japanese era, and to tho 3 )th year of
the Melji; to 1314-15 of the MohammoJan
era of the era of the nKlra, tho vear 131S
beginning on June 2, 1897. The 1221 year
of the Independence of the United Stat oa of
America betm on Jnly.4, 1897. ,
; - D. H. It. - I
Sprlns: begins . March 20 3 12 a.m.
Summer beKina . June 20 11 12 p. m.'
Autumn bRRtns fiBptembcr2J 2 6 p. ra.
Winter begins December 21 8 0 a. m.
MORNIjrO BTAr.S. I ETIStlSfl BT.B8.
Mercury Jan. 22 to Mercury Jan. 1 to
April 1; May 21 to Jan. za; Apni
July 15;., Sept, 22 to
Nov. b.
Venus April 23 to
end of year.
Mars Nov. 21 to end
of year.
Ju piter Jan. 1 to Feb.
23; Sept. 13 to end
May 21; July 15(6
BaM. 22: Nov. to
end of year. t
Venus Jan. 1 to April
- 28. . - . -!
Mars Jan. 1 to Nov.
21.
Jupiter Feb,
23
to
of year.
Sept. 13.
Saturn Jan. lto May Saturn May
18; Nov. 23 to end Nov. 23.
.of year.- I
13 -n ta
Gi-owlng. the Drmnda Lily.
"The Bermuda Lily should be plant
ed In deep pots," writes Eben E; Bex
ford in the Ladles'.; Homo J0urn.1I.
"Put In a shallow layer of soil over tho
drainage material whon you pot tho
bulbs of this plant, and on this placo
the bulb, which 6hould . be ; covered
lightly. Leave It like this until the stalk
starts. Then fill In, as this stali
Reaches up, until the pot Is full of c5m.
post. I would.. not ndvl6e he use of
any fertilizer after bringing a plant to
the light If the compost In which It was
planted contniq,ed an ordinary amount
of nutriment... Development - Is quite
Ukely to be sufficiently rapid In ordir
arily rich soli, and the application of a
stimulant will so hasten It that the
plant will be forced beyond healthy
limits. .Watch the plants when in the
cellar, and give a little water now and
then if needed. Aim to keep the soil
moist never wet.- When you bring
them up do not place them at once In a
very ; warm room. A rootnadjolning
one in which there Is a fire -IsTbettcr for
them, If It is frostproof, than one-iu
vhlch'tbe beat is likely to run up to a
high degree. When they come Into
bloom be sure to keep them as ccol as
possible if you want the flowers to
last." ; " iwm ' . : ' j-
"Yes,'' said Dicky Stalate, with a sat
lsfled smile, V'tbat yeuug woman ii
very fond Sfxme." "How dov you
know 7" "I was calling on 'her yes
terday evening and do you know she
was so thoughtful of my comfort that
he worried for two hours for fear I
would miss the last car." Washington
Star.
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