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VANCH.
Baltimore, Md., N.v. 11, '90.
Dear Mr. Butler In tending the
Inst issue of your improved paner
I note especially what you say about
the views f the "Progressive Far
mer" on Senator Vance. I agree
with you and thank you for all there
is in it, except the last clause, which
I do not at all understand. You say
that in the caucus ho will be nomi
nated on the lirst ballot, if not by
acclamation." Then you add what
I do not appreciate, is "If lie should
not do this then the people will con
demn htm wiih the same strength
with which they loved and trusted
him." Now, my dear sir, let me
tell you my intimate knowledge of
Senator Vance extends back twenty
six or twenty-seven years. He has
done too much for the grand old
State, l'is love for and interest in
her people, his unequalled service
during the war, his constant and rn
tiring, and 1 might add always, ; n
selfisli love tor his constituents dnce
the war, have been of -i character
that compels all honest and discrim
inating people to trust and honor
such a man as long as he lives. Boss
es and time servers may be dethron
ed and detested but heroes and pa
triots never. Yours,
T. J. Boykix.
a
Remarkable Rescue.
Mrs. Michael Curtain, Plainfield, III.,
makes ti e statement that she caught
cold, which settled on her lungs; she vvas
t.eaicd for a month by her family phy
sician, but grew worse. He told her she
wa a hopeless victim of consumption
ami that no medicine could cure her.
llrr druggist suggested Dr. King's New
Discovery for Consumption: she bought
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benefited from first dose, She continued
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herself sound and well, now does her
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The famous Calumet and Hecla,
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aa-a-a
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early evil habits, or later indiscre
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of body, mind and manhood, and
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A smart leather cap perched on the
head, a pair of field glasses slung
over the shoulder, a tall aspen stick
in one hand a six-inch satchel in the
other is the latest make-up of the
photograph loving maiden.
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Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Hheuni, Fe
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Some of the newly imported sleeve
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in silver, are handsome enough for
ugly girls to wear.
Catarrh is not a local but a consti
tutional disease, and requires a con
stitutlonal remedy like Hood's gar
saparula to effect a cure.
rPIIL LMWTAD'y mi III)
urn Liiivmo uiiiviii.
HOW THINGS LOOK FliOM
OUR STAND POINT.
The Opinion of The Editor and the
Opinion of Others which we
Can Endorse on the Various
Topics of the Day.
PRESIDENT'S MESCAGE.
Congress reassembled on last Mon
day. The annual message 01 the
President of the U. S. was read bo
fore both Housrs.
It is a long document and of but
little interest. We read it more to
see if the pigmy President had
heard and recognized the voice of
the people on the 1th of last Nov.
Hut we find that like the Irishmans'
tarrapin, he i insensible of his
party's condition. After a resu.ne
of the report j of tlie heads of the
various Departments and compli
menting them for doing better than
their producirssors. he proceeds to
apologize for the outiageous con
duct of Congress during the last
session in the following language:
"I congratulate the L-oiigres- and
the country up n the passage at the
liist session ot thv Ffty-first Con
gress of an unusual number ol laws
of very high importance. That the
results of this legislation w ill be the
quickening and enlargement of our
manufacturing industries large and
better markets fi r our breadstuff's
and provisions bo h at home and
abroad more constant employment
and better wages for our working
1 eople and an increased supply of
safe currency for the transaction of
business, I do not doubt. Some ot
these measures were enacted at so
late a period that the beneficial
effects on commerce, which were in
the contemplation of Congress, have
as yet but partially manifested
themselves."
The humor of theabove paragraph
especially when it speaks of the last
Congress passing laws to increase
the currency and increase the ci n
dititm of the laboring people w ill
rival Mark Twain or Bill Snort.
ile champiors the condemned
McKinley tariff bill ana says that it
had nothing to do with the increase
in prices, and regrets that the peo-
le were fooled about it. He makes
a bid to reclaim the support ofsone
of the hetherto deluded farming
and laboring people in the followi
ng paragraph:
From the time of my induction
into oflice the duty of using every
lower and influence given by law
to the Executive Department for
the development of larger markets
or our products, especially our
'arm products, has been keot con
stantly in mind and no effort has
been or will bo spared to promote
that eod."
In closing his discussion of the
tariff bill he says:
'But in its general scope and effect
think it will justify the support
of those who believe that American
egislation should conserve and
defend American trade and the
wages of American workingmen."
Defend the wages of American
Workingmen and give larger mark
ets for farm products indeed ! That
is just what the country has con
demned the Itadical party for not
doing.
In closing his Jack O'Lar.tern
message ho says :
"In addition to the important
bills that become laws before the
adjournment of last session some
other bills of the highest importance
were well advunced towards a final
vote and now stands upon the calen
dars of t!.e two houses in favored
positions. The present session has a
fixed time and if these measures are
not now brought to a final vote all
the work that ha been done on
them by this Congress is lost."
v nat uoes this mean ? A con
demned and rebuked Congress has
only a "fixed time" to finish the
deviltry it has commenced, before
those who respect the wishes of the
people take charge of legislation
What does he urge this unrepresen
tative Congress to do? Just two
things and both for political ad van
vantage- To hurry up and appor
tion the representatives among the
several Slates according to depopu
lator Porter's bogus census. Second ,
to pass the infamous Lodge Election
Force Bill. He devotes more space
to this than to any other subject of
his message. The strong argument
he urges for its passage is :
"Its probable effectiveness (to the
Radical party) is evidenced by the
by the character of the opposition
made to it," (by the Democrats.)
His concluding words aie :
I venture to agdn remind you that
the brief time retraining for the
eons-deration of the above important
legislation now awaiting your atten
tion off ?rs no margin to waste.
It seems that Mr. Harrison and his
party have r o respect for the will of
the people, to urge the passage of
measures which the people have con
demned them for offering to pass.
Senator Vance arrived in Wash
iugton last Friday. The Washington
correspondent of the Wilmington
Messenger reports him as saying:
"The majority of the farmers In
North Carolii.a are opjMjsed to the
Su --Treasury bill, and the pledges
of the candidate-" for the Legislature
were given to me after 1 had fnlly
stated my opposition to the bill.
They knew w here I stood when they
promised to supKrt me. I have
not changed my position and know
they have not."
We do not believe that Senator
Vance made any such statement.
Hut il he did make such astatcmcnt,
ami by that statement means that the
farmers of North Carolina are satis
fed witli the present financial poli
cy of the Oovern.ient, and that since
they have endorsed him he is un
der no obligation to advocate a mea
sure to take the control of the money
of the country from the hau ls of
Wall street and the National Hanks
a measure to giw the people more
money and cheaper money, a flexi
ble volume of money to correspond
to the variable demand throughout
the year and year alter year, then he
is sadly mistake n and badly misrep
resents his people and their condi
tion. The Sub-Treasury bill is sim
ply a means offered w ith a view to
accomplish that end. Dining his
canvass in this State Mr. Vance ad
mitted thai the people need financial
relief as well a-tariff reduction, that
he would advocate a measure to that
end that he would take the Sub-Treasury
bill if nothing better could be
devised. II was on this platform
that he was endorsed and it will be
on this platform that lie will be elected.
The reports against Maeime and
Livingston in the (Jeorgia Senatori
al contest are ugly, but we have
withheld comment, for none of us
can see all sides of a tree at the same
time. But what if they are guilty
of attempting to sell out the Alli
ance, the action of the bulk of the
Alliance members of the Legislature
should call forth from the press of
the country commendation instead
of criticism for the order. In fact,
the affair, as unfortunate as it is in
the preset ispecnt, is an effective a 1-
swer to the charge that tlu Alliance
(though all right in its principles)
was dangerous to good government,
because the members ould be led
like sheet) by bad leaders. The
great rank and file of the Alliance
s composed of the bone and sinue
of the land, it will follow a leader
no further than lie is right, and will
ever be found as the staunchest ex
ponent of good government. The
foundation principle of the order is
to think for yourseli. But after all
is Calhoun any more of a railroad
man at heart than Gordon?
A great deal .of discussion has been
going on as to whether it would l:e
policy to select the Speaker of the
next Congress froin the North or the
South. Wc call a halt on such fool
ishness. There should be no discus
sion about the matter. Had it not
been for such talk on the part of
newspapers, sectionalism (in spire
of the periodic bloody-shirt politcal
montcbank) vould have long since
disappeared. The recent elections
show that sectionalism is duud, or
at least fast disappearing as a factor
in National politics. Why rake up
a dead issue? Why mal e such ef
forts to breathe life again into the
hideous carcas? Let us keep quiet
and the logic of events will put t ho
Speakership in the South, and the
West will claim the credit of help
ing to do it. The next step in the
logic of events will be the two great
agricultural sections joining hands
and marching to victory in '92.
We all want what we write to
be read, and yet many writers do the
very thing that keeps their writings
from being read. A report of a
meeting that could easily go on a
postal card will be read, but when
spread out over a naif column it is
read by but few. It is strange that
sensible men, who know this, will
not be governed accordingly. An
article for the paper that runs over
one and a half, or two columns, is
read by but few people. Four or five
times more people read a column ar
ticle thau read a two column article
The shorter the item or article, as a
rule, the more readers it will have
What most writers need is to con
dense. Christian Advocate.
Proved to Be a Lie.
To a certain extent general adver
tising creates a want. It announces
new things and familiarizes the pub
lic with old ones. General advertis
ing is of as great value to theadver
tiser in keeping an established article
before the public as in introducing a
new one. The most successful busi
ness men realize this, and they never
let the public forget their existence.
The oft-repeated assertion that ad
vertisements are not read is proved
to be a lie of the most senseless kind
by the advertiser's record of results.
Journalist.
'. m -4-
Cleverly Written and Handsomely Print
ed. In point tf fact, nothing can be
more interesting and diverting than
advertisements cleverly written and
handsomely printed. Chieago Herald.
Ill'
m RANCH
Story of American Frontier
Life.
By Capt. CHARLES EEG, U.S.1,
Author of "Tlie ColoneCt Daughter," "F:-om
(he Hank." "The Deserter Etc.
CopjTiKhttxl 1$ by J. H. Llpplneott Company.
Philadelphia, and published by special aj-ranpe-ment
through the American Pres Association.
CHAPTER
fefe ED PERRY hated re-
veillo and morning
stables about as ve
hemently as was pos
sible to a younfr fel
low who was in other
respects thoroughly in love with his pro
fession. A fairer typo of the American
cavalry officer, when once- he got in sad
dlo and settled down to business, one
would hardly ask to find. Tall, athletic,
slender of build, with frank, laughing
blue eyes, curly, close cropped, light
brown hair, and a twirling mustache
that was a source of inexpressible delight
to its owner aud of some envy to his
brother subalterns, Mr. Perry was prob
ably the best looking of the young offi
cers who marched with the battalion to
this far away station on the borders of
the Llano Estacado. He had been ten
years in service, counting tho four he
spent as a cadet, had just won his silver
bar as the junior first lieutenant of the
regiment, was full to the brim of health,
energy, animal spirits and fun, and, bar
ring a few duns and debts in his earlier
experiences, had never known a heavier
care in the world than the transient
and ephemeral anxiety as to whether he
would bo called up for recitation on a
subject he had not ao much as looked at,
or "hived" absent from a roll call lie had
lazily slept through.
Any other man, his comrades said,
would have been spoiled a dozen times
over by tho petting he had received from
both men and women; but there was
something essentially sweet and gonial
about his natures something "lacking in
guile about his perceptions," said a cyni
cal old captain of the regiment and a
jovial, sunshiny way of looking upon the
world as an Eden, all men and all women
as friends, and the army as tho profes
sion above all others, and these various
attributes combined to make him popular
with his kind and unusually attractive
to the opposite sex. As a cadet he had
been perpetually on tho verge of dismis
sal because of the appalling array of de
merits lie could roll up against his name,
and yet Aie very officers who jotted down
the memoranda of his sins omission
and commission against the regulations
were men who openly said he "had the
making of one of the finest soldiers in
the class." As junior second lieutenant
"plebe" of the regiment, he had been
welcomed by every man from the colonel
down, and it was considered particularly
rough that he should have to go to such
a company as Capt. Canker's, because
Canker was a man who never got along
with any of his juniors; but there vras
something so irrepressibly frank and
contrite in Perry's boyish face when he
would appear at his captain's door
in the early morning and burst out
with: "By Jove, captain! I slept
through reveille again this morning,
and never got down till stables
were nearly over," that even that cross
grained but honest troop commander
was disarmed, and, though he threat
ened and reprimanded, he would never
punish would never deny his subaltern
the faintest privilege; and when promo
tion took the captain to another regi
ment ho bade good-by to Perry with eyes
that were suspiciously wet. "Why,
blow it all, what do you fellows hate
Canker so for?" the youngster often
said. "He ought to put me in arrest
time and again, but he won't. Blamed
if I don't put myself in arrest, or confine
myself to tho limits of the post, and do
sometliing, to cut all this going to town
and hops and such thing3. Then I can
stick to the troop like wax and get up at
reveille; but if I'm out dancing till 2 or
8 in the morning it's no use, I tell you ; I
just can't wake up."
It was always predicted of Ned Perry
that he would be "married and done
for" within a year of his graduation.
Every new facer in tho five years that
followed revived the garrison proph
ecy, "row he s gone, surer but, how
ever devoted he might seem to the damsel
in question, however restless and impa
tient he might be when compelled by his
duties to absent himself from her side,
however promising to casual observers
perchance to the damsel herself might
be all the surface indications, the abso
lute frankness with which he proclaimed
his admiration to every listener, and the
fact that he "had been just so with half
a dozen other girls," enabled the cooler
heads of the regiment to decide that the
time had not yet come or at least the
woman.
"I do wish," said Mrs. Turner, "that
Mr. Perry -would settle on somebody, be
cause, just so long: as he doesn't, it is
rather nar d to tell who he belongs to.
And, as Mrs. Turner had long been ;
reigning belle amo ng the married women
of the th, and one to whom the young
officers were always expected to show
much attention, her whimsical way of
describing the situation was readily un
derstood.
But here at the new station at far
away Rossi ter matters -were taking on
a new look. To begin with, the wives
of the officers of the cavalry battalion
had not joined, none of the ladies of the
th were here, and none would be
apt to come until- the summer's scout
ing-work was over and done with. The
ladies of the little battalion of infantry
were here, and, though there were no
maiden sisters or cousins yet at the post
(rest assured that more than one was al
ready summoned), they were sufficient
in number to enliven the monotony of
garrison life and sufficiently attractive
to warrant all the attention they cared
to receive. It) was beginning to be gar-
IL
7 fi
risoa cii.it uia u iw
"settled on somebody" as the ultimate
obje -t of hi entire devutiuu, somebody
tad icttled on him. and that was pretty
Mrs. Btlknap.
And though Ned Perry hated reveille
and moming Etatk-s, us has been said,
and3ruld rarely "take hi week" with
out making one or more lapses, hero h
was this beautiful May moming out at
daybreak when it was hU junior's tour
of doty, and wending his way with tliat
younyster out to tho line of cavalry sta
bles, booted and spurred and ojuiped
for a ride.
Tho colonel had listened with some
6urprio to his request, protrered just a
the party was breaking up the night bo
fote.to be absent from garrison a few
hours the following morning.
"But wo have battalion drill at 9
o'clock, Mr. Perry, and I need you there,"
he said.
'-Oh, I'll e b:ick in time for that, sir.
I wanted to bo off three hours or so be
fore breakfast."
Tirs; colonel could not help laughing.
"Ol course you can go go wherever yon
lika at thoso hours, when you are not on
guard; but I never imagined you would
wmt ts get up so early."
"Neiher I would, colonel, but I've
been kiterested in something I heard
about fliis ranch down the Monee, and
thou lit I'd like to ride down a"nd look
at it.":
"0 ahead, by all means, and see
whether those lights camo from there.
It ir ate me think of a play I once saw
the tjolleen Dawn' where a fellow's
sweetheart signaled across the lake by
showiag a light in her cottago window
just that way three times, and ho an-
6verjd bv turning out the light3 in his
rooni Of course tho distance wasn't
anything like this; and there was no one
here to turn iown anv light Eh! what
did jtni say?"
"I beg pardon, colonel. I didn't mean
to interrupt," put in a gentle voice at his
elbow, while a little hand on Perry's arm
gave jit a sudden and vigoi-ous squeeze,
"but Capt. Lawrence has called mo twice
ho fiill not re-enter after lighting his
cigar and 1 must say good night.
"OL good night, Mrs. Lawrence. I'm
sorry jyon go so early. V e are going to
reforiji you all in that respect as soon as
we git farly settled. Here's Perry, now,
would sit up and play whist with me an
hour k-et."
"Mt this night, colonel. He lias prom
ised jo walk homo with us" (another
squeeke), "and go he must, or be a faith
less iscort. Good night. We've had
such k lovely, lovelv time."
An Ned Perry, dazed, went with her
to thq gate, where Capt. Lawrence was
awaiting them. Sho had barely time to
murniur
"Yqu were just on the point of telling
him aVout the doctor's lights. I cannot
forgivb myself for being tho means of
seeing it; but keep my confidence, and
keep this until everybody is talking
about it ; it will come soon enough.
Na.arally, Mr. Perry went home some
what perturbed in spirit and all alive
with conjecture as to what these things
could mean. The first notes of "assem
bly of the trumpeters" generally known
as "first call" roused him from his sleep.
and by the timo the men marched out to
the stables he had had his plunge bath, a
vigorous rub and a chance to think over
his plans before following in their tracks,
dressed for his ride. The astonishment
of Lieut. Parke, the junior of tho troop,
was something almost too deep for words
when Perry came bounding to his side.
"What on earth brings you out, Ned?'
was his only effort.
"Going for a gallop down the Monee;
that's all. I haven't had a freshener for
a week."
Gad! we get exercise enough at
morning drill, one would think, and our
horses too. Oh!" And Mr. Parke
stopped suddenly. It flashed across him
that perhaps Perry was going riding
with a lady friend and the hour was her
selection. If so, 'twas no business of
his, and remarks were uncalled for.
When he mounted and rode away from
the stable Mr. Parko was outside at the
picket rope, and busily occupied in his
duties, supervising the fastening of the
fresh, spirited horses at the line, for the
troop commander was a man intolerant
of disorder of any kind, and nothing
more offended his eye than the sight of
two or three of his charges loose and
plunging and kicking and down the
stable yard. On the other hand, there
was no one exploit that seemed to give
the younger animals keener delight
nothing that made the perpetrator a big
ger hero in his own eyes or the object of
greater envy among his fellows and as
a consequence every device of which
equine ingenuity was master was called
into play, regularlv as the morning came
around, to break loose either from the
controlling hand of the trooper or from
the taut and straining picket rope. The
first care of the officer in charge of the
troop sergeants was, therefore, to see
tliat all the horses were securely lashed
and knotted. Not until he had examined
every "halter snank ' was jur. I'arte at
leisure to look around, but when he did
his comrade had disappeared from view,
And OTer this broad level, horizon
bounded, not a moving object could be
seen. Far awav, in little groups of three
or four, black dots of grazing cattle
marked the plain, and over m tbe
"breaks" of the Monee, just beyond the
frinorimr i-nttonwoods. two or three
herds of Indian ponies were sleepily
cropping their morning meal, watched
by the little black imp of a boy whose
dirty red blanket made the only patch of
color against the southern landscape.
Later ir. the day, when the sun mounted
ldsh in the heaven3 and the brisk west
erlv winds sent the clouds sailing swift
across the skies, all the broad prairie
noemfid in motion, for then huge shad
ows swept its face with measur-sd speed,
and distant cattle and neighboring pony
herd appeared as though calmly and
contentedly riding on a broad platform.
Nature's own "observation car." taking
a leisurely journey towr.vda the far away
Pacific.
But the sun was only just . up as Mr.
Parke came back from his inspection of
the lialter fastenings and paused to look
across the low valley. Far down to the
southeast the rays seemed glinting on
some bright objects clustered together
within 6hort range of the shadowy
fringe, and the lieutenant shaded bis
eyes with his gauntlet and looked fixed
ly thitherward as he stood at the stable
door.
"Some new tinning down at tliat Eng
lish ranch they talk of. I suppose," was
his explanation of the phenomenon, and
then "wonder why Perry hasn't ridden
to cultivate the acquaintance of those
-people before this. He was always the
unst man in tn in to nau out wtio our
neighbor were."
1'onicring over I hi aucMkn, ll eo-
curred to Mr. Parke thai Terry had said
bo was going do n the Monee that morn
ing; but nowhere was there a peck In
sight that looked like lojing hoicman.
To be sure, the trail bore close to the low
bluff Uit bounded the valley on the
north Ly the time one had ridden a mile
or so out from tho post. He was prob
ably hidden by this shoulder of the prai
rie, and would continue to be until lie
reached the bond, five miles below. No
use watching for him then. Hctddes, he
might not yet have started. Mr. Parke
recalled tiie fact tliat he half suspected
a while ago that Ned was going to ride
aa early anto-breakfast ride with a
lady friend Mrs. IWlknap had her own
horse, and was an accomplished eques
trienne; Mrs. Lawrence rodo fairly well,
and was always glad to go, when some
body could give her a saddle and a reli
able mount There wero others, too,
among the ladiesof the Infantry garrUon
who were no novices a chevaL Mr.
Parko liad no intention whatever of pry
ing into the matter. It was simply as
something the officer In charge of stable
duty was entitled to know that he turned
suddenly and called:
"Sergt. Owynne!"
lie heard the name passed down the
dark interior of tho stable by the men
sweeping out tho stalls, and the prompt
and cheery reply. Tho next instant a
tall young trooper stepped forth into the
blaze of early sunlight, his right hand
raised in salute, and stood erect and mo
tionless by the lieutenant's side.
"Did Mr. Perry t.ke an extra horse,
sergeant?"
"No, sir."
"I thought possibly ho meant to take
Roland. Ho's the best lady's horse in the
troop, is ho not?"
"Yes, sir; but Roland is at the lino
now."
"Very well, then. That's alL I pre
sume ho has just ridden down to Dun
raven." And Mr. Parke turned to look
once more at the glinting objects down
the distant valley. It was a moment or
two before he was aware of tho fact that
the sergeant still stood there, instead of
returning to his duties.
"I said that was all, sergeant; you can
go back to your feeding." And then
Mr. Parko turned In some surprise, for
Sergt. Qwynne, by long odds tho "smart
est and most soldierly of tho non-commissioned
officers of the cavalry battal
lion, for the first time in Ins history
seemed to have forgotten himself.
Though his attitude had not changed,
his face had, and a strange look was in
his bright blue eyes a look of incre
dulity and wonderment and trouble all
combined. The lieutenant was fairly
startled when, as though gathering him
self together, the sergeant falteringly
asked:
"I beg pardon, sir he had ridden
where?"
"t5own to tho Ranch, sergeant that
one you can just see, away down the
valley."
"I know, sir; but the name?"
"Dunraven Ranch."
For an instant the sergeant stood aa
though dazed, then, with sudden effort,
saluted, faced about, and plunged into
the dark recesses of the stable.
Continued next week.
WHAT MAY HAITKN AT THIS
N1LVT ELECTION.
The election returns indicate
a decided change in tlie politi
cal complexion of add next
Conre?s. The defeat of the
party in power is as crushing it
was unexpected by them, ana
should carry with it a lesson
out; to be remembered. It is a
revolt of labor in production
against present conditions, and
a trumpet call for a change in
the economic policy 01 the na-
ion. It is the natural outcome
of pn per educational methods
among the people, and proves
conclusively that a majority of
men will do their full duty
when it is clearly and honestly
made known. But above and
beyond all, it is a rutrged and
outspokeu announcement that
the agricultural portion of the
DeoDle are determined to have
their rights under a free govern
ment in spite of all opposition
If the Democratic party is wise,
it may reap substantial benefits
from this election; but if it
remains content with present
success, without applying it for
the benefit of
next election
reveal a still
than the one
the people, the
will d-jubtless
greater surprise
iost passed.
National Economist.
Cold Waves
Are predicted with reliable accuracy,
and lie: pie liable to the pains and
aches of rheumatism dread every
change to damp or stormy weather.
Although Hood's Sarsaparilla is not
claimed to be a positive specific for
iheumatism, the remarkable cures it
has effected show that it maybe tak
en for this complaint with reasonable
certainty of benefit. Its action in
neutralizing the acidity of theblood,
which is the cause of rheumatism,
constitutes the secret of the success
of Hood's Sarsaparilla. If you suf
fer from rheumatism, give Hood's
Sarsaparilla a fair trial; it will do
you good.
CONSUMPTION SURELY CURED.
To tub Editor Please inform
your readers that I have a positive
remedy for the above named disease.
By its timely use thousands of hopeless
cases have been permanently cured,
Iisball be glad to send two bottles of
ray remedy free to any of your read
ers who have consumption if they will
send me their express and post office
address. Respectfuly,
T. A. SLOCUM, M. C
181 Pearl sU New York.
The right way to cure catarrh i to
eradicate the risonous toint which
causes the disease, by taking Hood's
Sarsaparilla.
RAILROAD COMMISSION.
The I'oiuiulftoioii VluU f Ahe.
Join The Caucasian
IX AsKIM; the news and OrtSKKV-
EK TO KXrUlX CEUTAIX ELIl
I.tsllED ItATKK.
Ashlvili.e, N. C. Nov. liUh. "A.
HJitor The Cijxton Cau amav.
Clinton, N. C. : iKar Sir I'tidcr
another cover we send vou the Abbe
ville Citizen ol istti instant. nl re-
siecUtilly ask your attention to our
a plication to ue New ..tidOl serv
er of lUh igh for a ropy uf the
freight rate quoted by t fat paper
under date of November lUth.
These tame rates w ere nuotcd by
the New s and Observer in answer to
au article tr yours relative t a
commission, and at thN time (Aug.
31st) the News a-ul Observer lelici
tated Itself that you did nut deal on
glitteringgeneralitiesbutrathergave
tacts uion wnicli to base au argu
ment. (You at that time qnotlnsr
Georgia rates.)
We do not know how much fur
ther you prosecuted your enquiries,
but immediately on the attearaiue
here of the News and Observer with
the article ullu led to under date of
Nov. 1-th, we wrote that pajx r and
asked them tor their authority for
quoting the North Carolina rates
they gave. They have never given
us their authority, therefore we are
justified in the belief that no such
rates are in existence applying as
their article would make them ap
ply, to shipments within the State,
from one point to another. Some
such rates may operate in Inter
state business, say something like
this: a shipment from Ixuisville,
Ky., is made to Clinton, it may be
for every one hundred miles that
shipment makes in North Carolina
that a proportion of the freight
charges is given to the roads in North
Carolina over which ' it passes under
some such rates as the New s and o;
server quotes. This is a very differ
ent thing, you see, and w e doubt not
that if you will make enquiry of
some trust-worthy merchant in your
lace, (one in favor of a railroad
commission it possible.) vou will
find that on any freight bills be has,
say from this section or from any in
terior section of the State these lulls
will show higher charges than the
News and Observer gives. In the
absence of proof of the existence ol
md operation within the State of the
News and Observer's rates we beg
you to consider how unfair and mi.
cadingtlu articlesol that paper have
been on the 1 tail road Commission
sunject. lie .News and Observer
evidently depended on thecrcdulity
t the people ot rsorth Carolina to
accept these statesments withwut
question or challenge, and on this
assumption have been guilty of do-
ng that (which to characterize mild
ly; is very discreditable to them
Mr. W inburn, Division 1-reight
Agent of It. & 1). here, on seeing
ing our demands on the News ami
Observer for these rates, took up the
cudgels lor tne isews and Observer
and undertook as hesays "to furnish
the information that the News and
Observer appears not to have given.
He however, does no better than tho
News and Observer does in doing
nothing. Mr. Winbun: presents
true facts and figures w hich in them
selves are no doubt correct, but we
asked the News and Observer for
specific rates made use of by them
in and under specific conditions
these rates and the application the
Nevvs and Observer made of them
are still unsuthtantiated, nor do we
believe that the Newv and Ob-erver
or Mr. Wii-iburn can establish.
Yours truly.
The Railroad Commission Ci.un,
J. H. Kepler, President.
We answered the News and Ol-
server at the time calling upon that
paper to state on what roads and be
tween what points existed the freight
rates which it published as existing
in the State and as being lower than
the rates in Georgia under a com
mission. The News and Observer
did not answer our inquiry; but in
answer io a letter from your club,
that paper again published the same
rates as existing in this State, where
upon we again in last week's issue
called upon that paper for an answer
to the same inquiry, we had previ
ously made through these columns
The following is that paper's answ er
in its issue of las Saturday to our
Inquiries asking for facts :
"We are sorry to see that The Cau
casian says the News and Observer
"took it to task" about its article
on a Itailroad Commission. That
was not the spirit in which we wrote
at all. On the contrary, it we reco
ect aright, we appreciated the dif
ference between the intelligent dis
cussion of the matter by The Cauca
sian and the handling of the same
subject by some others: and in pre
senting our views we had no idea of
"taking our contemporary to ta-.k."
And in fact we may say that only
shows how little The Caucasian
knows about the New s and Observ
er." JbD. CAUCASIAN.
State of Ohio. City ok Toledo,
LVCAU COUNT V. ) aa'
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he
is the ser ior pastner of the Arm of F. J.
CuENLY & CO., doing business iu the
city of Toledo, county and State af re-
said. and that said firm will pay the sum
of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for
each and every case of Catarrh that can
net be cured by Hale's Catakuh
Cure. Frank J. Cheney.
Sworn to before me and eubscribed in
my presence, this Cth day of December,
c 1 A- w- Reason,
JkaJ Notary Fubhc
Hall's Catarrh Cube is taken in
ternally and acts direcily on the blcxl
and mucus surfaces of the system. Send
for testimonial, tree.
F. J. CHENEY & CO..
Toledo. Ohio.
vSold by Druggists, &t 75 cents.
TK8NITV XOTIX
Hj Stmlctit from S.ttutuu
Tr.iMiv Com i,e, N. v ,
iHveieU-r lt, lv0.
Mr. Editor Tru-ting th.d a few
word from tl.U Institution will mt
U in.tppropri.ite for I he vlumn of
your valuable pjjn r I Mibmit the
following:
It wa thi w riter' pl-nure nnd
good fortune, (misfortune a tn
might term il) to go to lUehmond
a -uUMituteoti the Trinity ioot-bll
team to play the Indomitable tn
denN of the I'nivendly of Virgin!
On the calm and teaiitlful evening
of the 2stli, tho Trlnltie (eight.vii
hi all) In a quiet and tiimumlng
maimer entered the csplVol city o
the Old Homiuion, there to await
the "coming- exetif ef the nmlt-t
for the Southern chaupiuihip of
foot-ball playing. The content wa
to le played on Iland Park the fol
lowing evening. At 7 oYIork th
exultant "VarsitUV camo with th
shouts of enthiLsia-m at their exist
ed victory, offering to wager large
sums that they would w in; but reaL
izing that North Carolina pluck
would Ih arrayed against Virginia
enthusiasm; but though he wa at
a tt ranger' home, yet Trinity had
friend then-. The blue. Trinity'
"color, wa worn by many of VI -guild's
lair ones, and was hanging tro.o tho
windows of luanv hou.
Promptly at a o'clock on t ' .'' veil
ing of the ".nh tho two t. unre
paired to the play.grounl. The
average weight of the "V.i;-ithV'
was ls', tho Tnnitie 177. Their
center man weighed 2;l7 w'tli n
furplu ilesb. Hut the whistle bhw
atnl the game !cgan. After nianv
well schemed play and much rourru
tackling, the first half stood : Trini
ty 1; "Varsity" o. Many shouts of
"Hipora!" ".rinity!" "Carolina!"
came from many of the crowd, e-
H-ially fro-o the KandoIph-Maco-i
and llichmond College;. 1 tut the
victory of the first half was born to
die in the last.
At the doe of the game the wore
stood K to 1 in favor uf tho"Var
iities". There wa much foul play
ing by slugging on tbe pan of tho
'Varsities". This wtt admittl by
all fair-minded judges. Several of
our nun received some xtrrnal
bruises. Three men were taken
from the field on account of injuries
but no serious injuri were received.
The "Varsities" ay It is the hard
est game that they have played in
m .my a day, and the spirit of the
Trinities is by no means que! led, w ho
believe tint If an impartial referee
had been felected, tho victory would
have been otherwise.
The "Old Dominion" lcars vUkms
resemblauce to the "(hi North
State."
Richmond i a large ami thriving
city. We saw many historical fdght
and places, among which wa the
Hollywood Cemetery conta'ning a
monument ninety-two find in height,
erected to the memory .!' the Con
federate dead. Wo sa v the grave
of illustrious men, including Madi
son, Tyler, Harrison and others. The
Capitol is old and somewhat dilapi
dated; but it coutains a line library
md many historical real's w hich the
wiitor kindly tfiowed and explain
ed to us. Wc saw the Sneaker's
hair, ued by the I louse of llurgto-
scs, and an old stove weighing one
ton, which was used by the sires of
colonial times. It was made by
Huzaglo in 1770. We take a htroil
through the library, looking at the
old writing, including tho Magna
Charta, fac-similc w ritings of Wash-
ngton, Patrick Henry, Thomas Jef
ferson, als; the last order of General
"Stonewall Jackson. It was written
the lay before he was shot
We saw many Southern Hags with
lolcs shot through them. It wa .
enough to make the hearts of all
true Southerner feel nn emotion
hot 1 1 patriotic and reverent for our
noble braves.
O-.e of the f-ticar. fent by John
Hrown for the negroes to fight with,
was i.i the library.
On the top of the Capitol we too!:
1 bird's eye view f Hicl.mond.
This wa a grand sight, which doe
not admit of word for expie-i:m.
Hut we retraced our step d this
moment t the hotel.
Trinity ha 1 0-5 students, Includ-
ing two young ladies, who at-, grad
uates of Greensboro Female College.
S uccess to Tit c Ca tX'A s 1 a x .
T.T. Jam 1 .
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
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If you w ish a lirt clas. Shave,
Hair Cut, Shampoon or Mu-tache
Dye, call at my place of business; on
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If you want a good job don't fail to
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DKfXKEVNESS LIQfOtt IIAUIT
all the Warld thrr la but cure
- Dr. lliiaei' Oolden ti- itic
It rn b ei l enpt or rot" !
tl ka-vleda- ot tha paraon taking it. fttaiiM
awvdr and M-rmaaeat cur, whftiirr tbe "
oiiKrat drinkf-r or alcoholic wrwfc. 1 b'""'"
,i drntikarJ bar bora enrad ko bar Uk- tha
l.lr-a (-DcciSc in thr coda wit boat tr
dir.-, and today N?litbrti it drinkinc -f tfearf
own fraa wUI. N harmful efSrcl reaolt tn.m t
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