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Charlotte Democrat.
CHARLOTTE. N . 3.
K'l Friday,
February 7.
1806,
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Judge Clark in Mexico.
Free Coinage ofiSilver Makes tat Country
Prosperous.
Associate Justice Walter Clark, who
c- is now in Mexico, baa written an inter-
eeting letter to the Raleigh Observer.
Judge Clark says:
"The climate is nearly perfect, Tbey
Bay it is do warmer here in summer, and
never sultry, as these tabid lands, em
' bracing 500,000 square miles two thirds
of Mexico average 7,000 feet above tbe
sea level, over three times as high as
Asheville, and tbe snow on tbe taller
mountains never melts.
This country is developing moro rap
dly probably than any other on the
planet, and could not help being prosper
ous as matters stand. The dollar is ex
actly the same value it was ten or fifteen
years ago, not having been artificially
doubled in value by legislation, as has
been tbe case with us. Consequently cot
ton is still 13 cents per pound and wheat
$1 per bushel, while fixed charges, as
taxes, passenger and freight rates, pub
lic and private debts, etc., remain actu
ally (as well as nominally) the same
With us in tbe United States, by virtue
of the legislation in favor of the bond
holders, tbe fixed charges, while nomis
nally the same are, in fact, doubled, as it
takes twice the amount of cotton, corn,
wheat, etc., to pay them. One does not
get a full idea of the enormity ot this
transaction till be gets here and sees tbe
. prosperity of this country, and sees the
" very capitalists who, by securing this
legislation, have doubted tbe value oi
their United States bonds investigating
the principal and interest of their en
banced value in this country at old prices
thus securing $2 of property here for $1
loaned the United States Government
that is, they will sell $1,000 United
States bond for gold, buy $2,000 of silver
which remains at the old value, and in
vest in $2,000 of property bore.
The looting of Rome by Gonseric and
' "and tbe Vandals, of India by Hastings
Clive, of thin very Mexico by Cortex
and tbe Spaniards, or of Furu by Pizarro
all pale into insignificance, compared
' with the maguitude and injustice of this
' robbery practiced upon the seventy five
millions of the American people in the
interest and by tho procurement of tbe
half million of millionaries and their
' agents and dependents, through the sim.
pie device of so controlling legislation
that every dollar of National, State city
and individual indebtedness is doubled by
doubling the value ot the dollar. Gen
seric, Clive, Cortez Pizarro, risked their
lives and bad brave men behind them,
and tbey at least pillaged foreign nations
But this crime has been the manipula-.
. tiob ol the tools of tho bond -holders,
there has been nothing heroio and the
only greatness in it has been in tbe mag
nitude of the plunder which surpasses all
that has ever yet fallen to a conquering
army in the wealthiest country.
There was no excuse for it, since silver,
when demonetised, was worth more than
gold, and there has been nothing since to
depreciate it. That silver in fact, has not
depreciated in the least may be seen
right here in Mexico, and, throughout the
50,000,000 of people living on this hemis-
.. phere, south of the Rio Grande in all
which countries tbe silver dollar will pay
for as much taxes, as much railroad
freight and passenger fare, as much
public and private indebtedness as for
merly and farm products and land bring
as much as ever. Neither has silver de
preciated with us, but is tbe gold dollar
which has been doubled in value; hence
debts, public and private, taxes, railroad
rates, etc., are aotually though not nomis
nally doubled while the produce has to be
Bold at half price to pay them. Every
farmer who sold a pound ot cotton in tbe
United States last year was in effect
taxed 6 oents a pound, or $30 a bale, and
50 cents in the bushel on wheat. The
robbery perpetrated on the farmers of the
South by this legislation procured by tbe
maohinations of the combined capital of
London and New York.on tbe cotton crop
- 1 alone, of 7,000,000 bales at $30 per bale,
is $110,000,000 for the one year j 1895
alone. Tbe profits reaped by tbe capi
talists by tbe legislation which has
doubled the values of their claims against
the publio, and the publib and indi
viduals, is practically beyond computa
tion. It "fatigues the imagination" to
consider it. The wonder is not that there
- is widespread and incurable depression,
but that we can continue to exist under
such a state of things. Were we not the
wealthiest and most energetic and most,
patient people on the face of the globe,
we would sink under it.
It is by no means certain that we shall
continue always to be the most patient.
V Those who have thus pillaged us, and
who elated with their success so far,
threaten to still further contract the
currency by retiring the greenback and
. thus still more increase tbe value of tbe
dollar, may learn a lesson right here in
Mexico. The Catholic church, by three
centuries and a half ot a policy .as deliber
ate and as carefully planned as, of the
. monopolies and the money powers of the
'United States today, came to own abso
lutely one third of all the property in this
country, and controlled the balance. Tho
masses were kept in ignorance and tbe
leaders and intelligence of tbe country
were intimidated or bought. But there
comes an end to such things. In 1859
the property of tbe church was confis
cated. The church party called in the
English, the Spanish and the French, and
, the latter gave them an Emperor. But
' the French have been driven out, the
. .Emperor has been shot and today
throughout this great country, four times
as large as France or Germany, the
Catholic church does not own a foot of
soil or a dollar of money. The very
church buildings, heavy, some of them,
with nearly four centuries of use, belong
to the government and services are
conducted in them only by permission
of tbe authorities elected by the people.
Not a priest can walk the streets
in his official robes. Mexico re
mains Roman Catholic in her religion,
but when the alternative was presented
whether the church should own the coun
try or the country should own the church.
Mexico, in spite of centuries of veneras
tion for religious authority and tbe influ
ence of consolidated wealth and the ig
norance and poverty of her masses, was
Able to vindicate tbe rights of her people.
What this priestly monopoly was to Mex-
ico, the money power is to the United
States. The multi-millionaires, tbe bond
holders, the trust and monopolies already
own over one-third of the property of
our country and are reaching out for the
rest. Many leaders they nominate and
elect to office, others tbey intimidate or
corrupt. But our people, while patient,
are not ignorant, and if the course of the
monopolies and combinations continues
unchecked, they will wake up some
morning to find, as the Catbolio church
did here, that tbe sovereign people own
the country and all that in it is. The
Catholics here venerated the church fully
as much as we ever did the right of in
dividual ownership of any species of
property, but the welfare of the people is
tbe highest law, and when that becomes
imperiled, as it was in Mexico by the
money power in tbe shape df the church,
and as it is in the United States by the
same deadly enemy ia tbe guise of multi
millionaires and monopolies, the manhood
and the brains and the honesty of tbe
people will assert themselves and we snail
not go down under tbe same enemy that
destroyed Rome, and so many other na
tions in the past. The world is older and
wiser.
Tbe gold dollar in tbe United States
may well be called a mythical dollar. Not
one man in a hundred ever sees one. It is
not used to buy corn or wheat, or flour.
or railroad tickets, or dry goods. It is
only for the sacred use of tbe idle rich
when they wish to measure- by a . high
standard, double in value the, principal
and interest of bonds, which, on their
face, by tbe contract, are payable in coin
that is in either gold or silver.
In drawing these lessons from tbe past
experience and the present prosperity of
Mexico, there are those who will say
Mexico in inferior to tbe United States in
education, in civilization and in many
other respects. And so it is and so
much the worse for tbe objectors. For it
Mexico, notwithstanding all these dis
advantages, ia prosperous and going for
ward by leaps and bounds by keeping tbe
standard of values at the same level, so
much tbe greater is the condemnation for
tbe men who, iu spite of our great and
manifest superiority, have brought tbe
curse and blight of a long endnring. de
pression upon us by robbing tbe wealth
producers in the interest of tbe wealth
consumers, through the device of doub
ling, by crooked legislation tbe value of
the dollar. And if Mexico with 350 years
of priestly rule, 300 of which were also
under a foreign yoke, and any more
Lssed amid international dissensions,
could assert themselves and throttle tbe
gigantic money power which oppressed
them, what cannot and what will not.
75,000,000 of the foremost people of the
earth be able to do when satisfied that
they owe it to themselves and their pros
perity to break the yoke which galls
them.
Much more might be said, and more
forcibly. Walter Clark.
City ot Mexico, Jan. 15, 95.
Light Upon Cuba
Tbe United press dispatches from va
rious places in Cuba, and tbe letters re
cently received by us from several spe
cial correspondents there, have cast light
upon some things previously obscure.
The strength ot tbe revolutionary army
has beeu increased during the campaign
in western Cuba. At this time there
are bet weeu 40,000 and 50,000 brave men
in its ranks.
In the month of January there has
been a rapid augmentation in tbe num
ber of people flying from Cuba, in appre
hension of a regin ot terror under den.
Weyler. Tbe fugitives for the month
have number more than 10,000.
In addition to the Spanish army of
over 120,000 troops in Cuba,beavy re-en
forcements have been ordered there for
tbe servico ofWyler, the new comman
der. During the month, tbe revolution has
spread into all the six provinces of Cuba.
It has been even more active in Pinar del
Rio than in Santiago all through January
We can safely say that it is master ot
two-thirds of the island.
Instead of a deoline in the revolution
ary spirit, that spirit is at this time more
energetic than ever.
The revolutionary leaders have recent
ly been on the watch for a patriot up
rising in Havana, and it is on this ac
count that their forces have been hover
ing around that place for several weeks.
The revolt at tbe capital has been delayed
because of tbe magnitude of Spanish gar
rison theref but it is expected that, when
Weyler arrives, be will withdraw a part
of the garrison for active service else
where. It is possible that Gen. Gomez
may then see tbe opportunity for cooper
ating with iriends in Havana, and tor
concentrating there the scattered forces
of tbe revolution, those under Antonio
Maceo, Jose Maceo, Rodriguez, and the
others. Not very long ago an American
visitor to the camp of Gomez put to bim
this question : "Do you intend to attack
Havana ?" ' That remains to be seen,"
was the reply.
There have been many surpmog inci
dents in Cuba, and another of them may
occur at any time.
We rejoice over tbe rising hopes of free
dom there. -N. f. Sun.
A Hog Cholera Remedy.
The following recipe is said to be an
infallible preventionof hog cholera :
One handful of common salt, one gill of
turpentine, one tablespoonful copperas in
a little water; pour with the turpentine
over one peck of corn. If not enough
water to completely cover corn add so it
will be well soaked; then feed.
ta Deputy Collector Troy destroyed
an illicit still near Southern pines yester
day. He had to procure a boat and go
out into a large pond where a platform
bad been erected, on which wan the still
and about 1,000 gallons of beer, all of
which be destroyed. Tbe owners were
not present, but are known, so says tbe
Raleigh Observer.
Of 1,771 breweries in the United
States, 389 are in New York,251 in Penn
sylvania, 174 in Wisconsin, 122 in Califor
nia, and 100 in Illinois. These are tbe
States which have no breweries; Arkansas,
Florida, Maine, Mississippi, North Caro
Una, Vermont and Wyoming.
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Boiled Peas Excellent
An ancient stiy, tells of two unfortu
nates who were condemned to make a
long pilgrimage with peas in their shoes.
The feet of one of them, at the end of
the jorney were terribly sore and swollen"
His companion's were not hurt in the
least. Being asked the reason be replied
"I boiled my peas." Wise man. Why
should men and women and children
make the pilgrimage of life with pains
and aobes troubling than, not only in
their feet, but all over, when a simply
remedy will effect a care. - Dr. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery is potent to
cure dyspepsia, "liver complaint" skin
disease and kindred troubles arising from
the same source.
Jtortli Carolina news.
Dr. J. W. Tracy, a physician, Tell dead
in a couse at .rungs Mountain.
Thirty .five shares of Peace - Institute
stock at Raleigh was sold last week, at
$61 each.
Fire at Louisburg Sunday destroyed
the store and stock of K. P. Hill' A Bro.
and the store and a part of the "stock of
J, w. Jfanton. " -
X. - 4
The board of alderman of High - Point
have decided to erect water works at
cost of $25,000. It 'Is. estimated . that it
will B.-,ve tbe town 16,000 a year in, in
surance. , :, ;
Julian S. Carr, of Durham. N, C. the
President of the Southern Tabacco Manu
facturers' Association has called a special
meeting of the Association to be held in
Greenebortr, NG-Febraary'-12tb. - -A
little son of Mr. fjocke Thompson,
near'Mount Yernph' Rowan county, was
accidentally shot " in the face Saturday
afternoon by om'e Northern ' sportsraent
who were out hunting. The little iel-
low was seriously, though it is thought
not fatally, injured.
: R. V. Murray,, a, drinking' cbaracfef",
got into an altercation witn nis orotner
in-law, John Setzer, at- Clarrmtoht,- -Ca
tawba county, ' Monday, and Selzer
knocked bim down. No deadly weapon
was used and only one blow" was struck
but Murray died next , morning. Tbe
cause of - his death is-being investi
gated. Aurora, the little town, in . the lower
edge of Beauford county is gaining fame
at a rapid ratel Two , bloody murders
were committed within a month and now
a woman has given birth to four children.
Tbe woman probably thought that tbe
population was being reduced too rapidly
and was anxious to prevent it She de
serves honorable mention and a pen
sion. -
Rev. W. R. Warlick, a Methodist .miri-
ister belonging to tbe .North Carolina
Conference and stationed at Oeracoke
and Portsmouth, N. C, died .'.very sud
denly last Saturday night at tbe latter
place. He preached that night and went
to bed apparently in good health and
died before morning, supposed from beart
failure. . tie was a good man and faithful
preacher.
The receipts for butter sold from Cot.
Carr's Occoneechee Farm, during the
past year, amounted to a fraction over
five thousand dollars. This is indeed a
gratifying showing, and shows that such
a business, systematically conducted, will
yield handsome returns. It is Colonel
Carr a intention it is learned, to sell out
bis breeding stock of horses and devote
more time to the other branches of busi
ness on the farm. Sun.
On Thursday Capt. Hambley, of the
Rockwell Park Stock Farm, Rowan county
shi pped two cows and seven thorough
bred Jersey bull to New York State.'
This makes sixteen Jersey bulls bred at
Rockwell Park that have been sold to
New York and Connecticut to enter pro
minent dairy herds, during the past sixty
days. Six cows in this herd have re
cently been tested, making from 14 to 18
pounds of butter.jp seven days. Many,
cows in this herd make over 600 pounds j
of butter a year, and are bred in tbe
purple. Raleigh Observer.
Venezuela is Right.
New York, January 31. A dispatch
to tbe Herald from Caracas, Venezuela,
says :
"Antonio Fernandez, president of the
State of Falcon, has telegraphed that in
tbe archives ot Uoro, capital of tbe state
and the oldest city in Venezuela, has been
found a map published in London in 1794,
in which the limits of British Guiana are
given about as Venezuela asserts they
are.
"Minister of foreign affairs, Rojas, sent
an answer to President Fernandez, thank
ing him for the information, and asking
him to send all documents be might dis
cover which could aid tbe work of the
special commission engaged here in copy
ing and preparing maps, etc., for the
boundary commission appointed by Presi
dent Cleveland.
'Reports from tbe west say that the
revolution there still continues. Genera
Ricart, who bad started for Caracas, re
turned and in a fight with the rebels cap
tured four of their leaders. Caravaiol,
who was recently released from the Ro
tunda baa been re-arrested in Puerto
Cabelo.
"Tbe city of Valencia, capital of tbe
state ot Carabobo, bas been left in dark
ness because of a fight with an electric
light company. A contract was made by
the authorities with an American to light
the city, but an Englishman name Lomax,
who was in control of the plan'', refused.
to allow tbe electric current to be turned
on. tireat confusion bas been caused by
tbe trouble."
WrecksProof Mail Car.
One of the latest and most commendable
improvements made by Uncle Sam is a
robber and wreck proof - mail car which
has just been put into service upon some
of ths eastern roads. Heretofore when
there has been a wreck, tbe mail car be
ing the frailest car on the train, was most
frequently the one smashed to splinters,
and tbe unfortunate mail clerks had one
chance in a hundred of enoapi'ng even in
a badly battered condition. The death
roll of railway clerks for tbe past twenty
years mounts up into the hundreds, and
scores of men have been crippled for life
in wrecks because tbe mail car couldn't
withstand the shock of collision as well as
tbe passenger coaches. The new car is
designed to withstand almost any shock.
They have no platforms at the ends, and
the framework of. the car is of tough
yollow pine, lined with sheets of steel.
The end parts of the cars are framed with
ang'.es of iron, and tbe whole structure is
a model of strength, impervious to the
bullets of a train robber and constructed
to resist to the last degree tbe rending
force of a collision. If it proves success
ful, the government will at least have
recognized the dangerous postion of its
mail clerks, who have heretofore carried
their lives in their bands almost while at
work on the road. Inventive Age. '
Hf George W. Feeney, one of the old
est and bast known locomotive engineers
in the county, died at Wilmington,
Del. He was the engineer of the locomos
tive that drew Abraham Lincoln to
Washington for his inaugural in 1861,
and established the fastest record made
up to that date. When President Gari
field was shot - in this city Engineer
Feeney was assigned to run from Philav
delphia the train that bore Mrs. Garfield
from Elberon, N. J. -Feeney made the
run, a distance of 138 miles, in 118
minutes.
'itjifLjjfiha Cotton Market.
Naw York, Feb. 2.TM: Jollowisg
are the A total jjet. receipts of ; the ports
since September , 1st, ,1895: Galveston
758,372 nales,r New York .1,355,247, Mo.
bile 169,059, Savannah 583,803, Charles
ton 234,102 Wilmington 149,956, Nor
folk 239,027-. Baltimore 33,254, New
York 76,245, Boston 86,539, -Newport
News 8,455,' Philadelphia 26,596, West
Point -135;405 Brunswick. 52,581r Port
Boyal 40&6B, ; fensacola- 9,414, .Texas
City .4,0I.- Total 4,000,805 Dales -
--: Cotton advanced two to three points,
but lost the, Improvement and closed one
point higher to one point lower. The
close w8. steady with sales Qf 31,600
boles. .-Liverpool declined l-32d. on the
spot witn sales of 8,000 bales.- futures
there: advanced one to two poin ts on this
crop -and one and a half points. on some
of the next-crop mouths.. The. port re
ceipts were! 5242 bales against ,16,759
last Saturday. ; Spot cotton here was un
changed. iThe port, exports, were 22,838
bales . v ... .-, -
Today 'a features: It is still in the main
a waiting Tna-rket, This crop deliveries
are at. a considerable premium over those
of the oextocrop, ,acd the bears say tbey
sjjerlfttlc. reXson'; to buy this crop.- The
statistical position is considered - strong,
seem to "be making1 for anothhr crop, and
tbe 'trade ?scby no means as active as it
might be. . Today, contrary to the Cx
pectatibns oflmany, Liverpool advanced
and New Ytrrk followed for a time, but
when the demands from the shorts here
fell off prices -sagged and they wound up
at about tbe closing figures ot yesterday
with tbe tone steady
The ' statistical position of "cotton is
steadily increasing in strength. Too vis
ible supply irl,000,000 bales smaller than
a year ago, and though receipts- during
February may be liberal, it looks as
though the cotton will all be needed. The
consumption, of southern mills Seems to
oe increasing anu who easier money mar
kets, improvement wbicb may cohder-tly
be'expected Within a short1 time, there
seems to be no reason why New England
shoi?fd not ifrcrcaVe its purchases of raw
cotton at- tho' feouth. : The reports go to
show that farm work is in progress in
various sections' of the cotton belt: but
extensive preparations for a crop do not
necessarily mean tbe actual gathering Of
an extensive crop. The weather will
have much to do with the acreage and
the crop as well. "
January Deficit $3459,160.
The forthcdlnlnV monthly statement of
the government receipts and expenditures
for January will show tbe aggregate re
ceipts to be: approximately $29,237,670,
and the expenditures $32,696,830, leaving
the deficit for, the month about $3,459,-
lbO, and tor tho seven months ot the pres
ent fiscal year about $18,853,867.
xne receipts irom customs during tbe
present month will amount to about $16.-
380,796, end from internal revenue '$11,
041,401, and, from miscellaneous sources'
about $f,B15,472.. '. ; :
x Tbis is a decrease of about $1,000,000
in the receipts from customs as compared
with "January, 1895,'and an increase of,
about; $2,000,000 in the receipts from in
ternal revenue. As compared ( With last
mo&tb there is an increase of over 14.000, -
000 in the receipts from customs .and a
decrease of nearly, $1750,000 in the re
ceipts from internal revenue. The pen
sion payments this month amount to
about $9,980,000, a decrease from last
month of abotijt $1,386,000.
Venezuela's Vast Wealth of Gold-
Denver, .Col.; January 31. Edward
McFarlane, a well known minning en
gineer of Colorado, and founder of the
town of .Tellurde, has returned from a
visit to the-, gold regions of Northern
South Americaj where be : spent two
years. ',: a j '! .
Mr. McFarlane proposes to organize a
colony, proceed to Caracas, tho capital of
Veneuzela, appiy for concessions from the
government and lead tbe party to the
gold fields in" the disputed territory,
which, ..he says, are. the richest in the
world. - rs.; . , .
In the oplriipaorMr. McFarlane there
is no danger of;rencounter with the Brit
isb. He is of tjhe opinion that the bound,
ary line wijl Jbtjocated without blood
shed. , . j... .. . ,- -
' ' A New jyUIlfox North Carolina.
Arrangements have been practically
completed that,-will insuro the erection of
the proposed mill for Durham Shoals, N.
C, noted several times lately in the
Manufacturers, Record, The board of
directors has been chosen, and elected, as
reported in our'fast isue, with Mr. W. C.
Black, of Greenville, . N. C, as president
and general manager. . The site for the
mill has beep selected at Durham Shoals,
near Shelby, , Ji. C,, and r work on same
will be commenced February 1, with Mr.
E. R. Cash, now of the Gaffney Manufac
turing Co., Ga,ffney, S. U., as superinten
dent., Abouf ' tarcb . 1 Mr. Cash will
leave the lattericon?pany, for which he is
chief engineer and assistant superintend
ent, and act as-superintendent of the new
mill whileTirilingnd upon completion
The ' eapitaF when"": completed will be
$500,000.---Helm. "' -
Wood MlNrxS China has a record for
reversing thelieuai order of things. Her
carpenters anif ' other artizans use their
tools backward Their .men dress like
our women abdviW versa. . We are not
at all surprised id' learn that mining for
wood is a large industry-in one of the
provinces of the celestial empire. By
seismic disturbance a former pine forest
was buried ebnle forty feet b.low the sur
lace. Some of these trses are of very
large size and are dug up and used' for
various purposes, the mined wood being
practically indestructible.
By an "a'ct"J of thc:-Legislature
passed in 1894 the Governor of South
Carolina wasf ejn powered to place any
city upder meiropijtan police whenever it
was deemed - necessary-to the enforce
ment of the "dispensary law by a State
board of commissioners, consisting of
himself, tbe Secretary of State and tbe
Comptroller General. Gov. Evans has
taken advantage " of this act to place
Charleston under the metropolitan
police system.- '
tFNotice Isgiven by Francis Win
slow, U. S. N., retired, that he will con
test in the civil court, Governor Carr's
power to revoke bis 'commission as corns
mander of the North Carolina "Naval
Reserves, Governor Carr acted under
section 3268, of tbe State Code, which is
as follows; "The commander-in-chief
shall have full power and authority to
revoke any commission, whenever, in his
judgment, it shall be necessary for the
public good or tbe service,"
St ! ate
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North Caroling. It will pay you
to look through our stock before
purchasing, not that we are selling
at cost or making any sacrifices, but
that our prices are better than many
merchants "cost" sales; better than
others pay for them. Large quanti
ties get best prices, best freight
rates, and", when discounts are taken
off, our cost price is away under the
average. Here's where our success
on Vehicles comes in.
TESTIMONIALS
, . Matthews, N. C, Jan. 4. 1896.
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Used it the past year on corn and think the yield
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Lodo, N. C.
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IThe Wilmington Messenger says :
Mrs. Elizabeth Thome was born in Edge
comb county on 12th February, 1800, and
will be 96 years old in a few days. She
had three pons in tbe Mexican war, and
they returned safely, and still live in their
native county. They are Dempsey,
Samuel and Jesse, and were born re
spectively in 1823, 1825 and 1827; Demp
sey and Jesse were in the Confederate
war and went all the way. The vener
able mother is in good health.
Cotton.
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An old railroad man who was re-?
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station of death, may est thou, tbe super
intendent of the universe, say with a
smile : Well done, good and (aitnful ser
vant, come up and sign the payroll and
receive your oheck for eternal happi
nes." Ex. ' . .
gdlf'The Southern States Magazine
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Shamrock, N C..D.C 3 1,1895.
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' January 6. 1896.
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The Census of the Seals.
Last summer three separate counts and
estimates were made at the rookeries of
the Pribylov islands, in order to asoertain
about how many fur seals were then left
in the herd that was not long ago one of
tbe valuable possessions oi tbe United
States.
These censuses were taken respectively
and independently . by Mr. Crowley and
Mr. Murray, .representing the Treasury
Department; Mr. True and Mr. Stegneger,
representing tbe National Museum, and
Mr. Townend of the United States Fisb
Commieaion.
A- fair nummary of tbe results obtained
by these several enumerator and inves
tigators is herewith presented:
Breeding females on breeding grounds,
July 10, 185 ----- - - - - - 75,000
Breeding females not on land at that date 35,090
Breed ing bull 8 - -- -- -- - 4,600
Yeai lings, both sexs - - - - .- 50,000
Males over one year of age July 20. 1895 10,000
Pups, born July 1-20, 1895 - - - - 75,000
Total - - - - - ----- 249,500
That was about tho size of the herd on
July 20th of last year. To bring tbe
census down to tbe close of tbe season it
is necessary to subtract: "
Seala, mostly females, taken by the pelagic
hunters ufur August 1st, 1895 41,000
Pupa by tctual count starved to death from
Aug 1 to Oct 5, the moihers killed at sea 30,000
ToUl - - - 1- . - -: 74.0C0
This leaves only 175,000 seals on . the
Pribylov islands at J,he close of tba season
of 1895. . ,s
. Compare - the figures with those of the
authoritative censuses taken "by Elliott
and Maynard in 1872-74, ? and by Elliott
again five year-ego-i- - ..- ,
Tecer ; ; ' - " Berl .
1872-74-' - -' - - - : - ' i - '4.700,000
1890- - - - - - - - - - 9O0.000
1895- - - - - - - 175.000
Tbis little table is mote eloquent than
columns of words on the wanton destruo
tion of one of civilization's precious pos
sessions In less than a quarter of a
century the Alaska fur seal herd has
dwindled from 4,700,000 - to 175,000,
though caiefully guarded in respect to the
regular annual catch by all possible re
stric.ions on the part of our government.
It is not our loss only it is the loss of the
world.
What a commentary on the elaborate
assurances of the British Commissioners,
Sir George Baden-Powell and Mr.
George M. Dawson, that pelagic sealing
would and could do nothing to injure,
seriously or permanently the. welfare of
tbe Pribylov fur seal herd I
From nearly five million down to less
than two hundred thousand! It remains
only for the United States to close out the
business by killing off the paltry remnant
and selling tbe skins for what tbey will
fetch. British diplomacy and Canadian
greed have done tbe rest. N. Y. Sun.
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TESTIMONIALS
' Davidson. C , Jan 7. 1896.
Yourj to hand to-day. I have been away from
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Derita, Jan. 1. 1896.
Der Sir: I have been using your fertilizer!
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.- ; - Derita, N. Q,k Jan. 1. 1896.
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Mint Hi'.l Jan. 6, 1896.
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Comparative , Cotton Statement.
The following is the comparative cotton
statement for the week ending Jan, ,31st.
1886. 1885
Net receipts at ah U.S. ports, 121.263
194,254
6,117,280
202,918
4,552303
1,004,227
201,017
1,583,000
Total receipts to date.
4.000.905
Exports for the week; ; .
Total exports to this date,
8tock in all U. 8. ports,
Stock at all interior towna4
Stock- in Liverpool,
American afloat for
Great Britain, -
,103,882
2,700.117
955.904
215.836
1,103,000
i65,000 195,000
The Total Visible Supply of-Co.ton.
Nxw York, Feb. 1. The total visible
supply of cotton for the world is 3,949,258
bales, of which 3,498,058 bales are Amer
ican, against 4,952,849 bales and 4,628,649
respectively last year. .Receipts of cottoD
this week at all interior, towns ,53,308
bales. - Receipts from tbe plantations,
092 bales. Crop ia sight 5,539,567 balei.
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