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Charlotte Democrat. II. E C. BRYANT, Editor. CHARLOTTE. N. C. Friday, April 10, 1896, The Poet has eaid : Tbe tceptrcd.kibg Ihe burthen'd slave,. Tbe bumble aDd tbe baughty, die ; The rich, tbe poor, the base, the brave, la dust without distinction, lie. Charlotte had her saddest day Sunday An Easter Sunday could have brought no sadder day than the last was. Tbreo compariively young people lay dead in nnr tnnn. The 'first was Mrs. J. Frank Wilkes, 31 years oW and 4 years a wife Rh waa a. native of .Louisiana, one was well and all right last Monday week On the following, bunday her remains were laid toroBt"; Society lost a lovable woman when she passed away The second was a vounir man in his . " - .... . twenties. A christian, a moral, a model young man in every resDect. one that any man should be t i proud to follow as an example. Mr Ilenry Davis was the young man. Hie was loved by bis friends and admired'by all who met bis open face. He.did a. great deal for the church. '. ii 5 The third waa,Jr..WilliamvEfcI X.xoq lie was" 40 year old ahd leaves a '- faaarly. of children and a wife to mourn thier loss Mr. Dixon was a' traveling man' with reputation. Mrs. Wilkes ahd Mr. Davis died ot Pneumonia, and Mr. Dixon died of ery eiDelas from a boil. Uow uncertain life a is ! J. wo weeks ago these throe young people were pictures of health, today they are not on this earth. The young, the old. the rich, the poor, the good, the bad, tbe wise the ignorant, all alike die and leave behind them the effects of this world. To live right is the only thing that any person should strive after Strivo not to crow rich or famous, but strive to do good. Tiie following from the pen oi Mr Ilenry Norman, of the London Chronicle, one ot tbe mosLIamous newspaper men now livinc and the man who went to Washington some time ago to look into the Venezuelan trouble, is very signifi cant to the American people. In an ar tide to the April number of Scribner he calls attention to a few American pro blems. The subject of his article is "The (Quarrel of the English Speaking People,' but he digresses and gives a lew hints on America's domestic troubles. lie says: "As I hope I am safe from the. .charge of prejudice acainst America in this question, perhaps I may be permitted to suggest one or two matters which seem to me to receive from Americans less con sideration than tiny deserve. To begin with the somewhat alarming nature of the domestic problems of tho United States which call for solution. In the first place, the growth of tbe Roman Catholic power in the Unjted States, with its immovable hatred of the unde nominational national school,,, seems, to me one of the most alarming signs of the times. Secondly, tho almost inconceivi- able growth of -capitalist organizations i another. Thirdly, the rapid growth of tbe foreign element with tbe American commonwealth is surely ground for deep anxiety. The foreign'-born and their im mediate descendants already exceed the number of na'tivo born north of 'Mason and Dixon's line. Every large cN- in this area is politically controlled by the votes of this foreign population, and its police and administrative officers, are drawn almost exclusively from the'same source. Sixty-throe per cent, of the liquor dealers are foreign-born, and sixty per cent, of the saloon keepers. North of Mason and Dixon's line, there are a million and a half of total aliens. It has actually been proposed to abolish the English language as the vehicle of school instruction in a certain district. 'The one thing you shall ask for in vain in tbe chief city of America is a distinctly American community.' Fourthly, while we in England are laboring earnestly on behalf of tho 'living wage' for the work ing classes, the tendency in America, at any rate among the foreign born, seems to be to sink below it. A cloak, for the making of which $3 25 was paid in 1885, earns its maker only ninety cents in 1893. An overcoat was produced before a con gressional committee, in the making of which nineteen men had been employed, the total price for tho making being forty five cents. Corduroy trousers are made for ten cents a dozen. The Massachu setts Bureau of Labor Statistics has shown that thirty-two per cent, of tho support Of thO;'aVerage workingman's family falls upon his wife and children. The Illinois Commissioners of Labor Statistics declare that one-half of the intelligent workmen of the State 'are not even able to earn enough for thoir daily broad, and have to depend upon the la bor of women titk! etiildren to eke TjuV their miserable existence.' Fifthly, I asked the man who, from his personal character, his intimate acquaintance with, all parts of the United State!, and his position as the most responsible and con spicuous person in tho country engaged in the maintenance of public order, was the highest authority on such a matter, wnsmer no aia not minn that tbo mot i . i i . ..... . terrific fight that has ever beri known between the 'haves' and the 'have no's' was destined to take place in the United States. He replied, -Yes, but we shall Win.' That order will win is certain, l.ut it is astonishing that no one Beema to be preparing for the conflict. Sixthly, it is surprising that American writers and speakers and tho people generally, fail to realize that there are only two nations in the world whose ideal is tho highest pos sible freedom of the individual man, as untrammeled as may bo from govern mental, military and religious disabilities. Tbeso are the United States and Great Britain. Not even in France, and cer. tainly not in Russia, Germany, Austria, or Italy is this the case. Want of epaco forbids mo to give examples in proof of this, but they could be given by the hun dred. A trained observer like Dr. Albert Shaw, for instance, might render his country a notable service by summarizing the impediments to personal liberty in each of these countries." The people ot the South should feel proud that while Mr. Norman spoke of the domestio troubles in tho United States, ho could and did except all south of the Mason, and Dixon line. He did right. .Ihe bouth is as yet tree irom. tbe. many serious eociaf troubles of tbe North. And it would be galling to think that the domestic. troubles, of this section . would ever -be as'the writer sees them in the north. Tbe'wriler concludes: "Now, wbatfoljy or wickedness could De greaier tban jor. .the two nations which follow freedom -to disable one another, while all the crowned and uc crowned obscurantists Bit by and rub' their, hands with delight? As Mr.'Bal- four, the most philosophically . minded of our statemen has just said, amid 'loud and prolonged oheors ' 4f-Burke could have been told of the situation; between the two natiops today, bis eloquent voice would havo. been raised pleading for a common language . of govoramenta anii of hearts. pleading that the English and the Amer- : l -i - n , x. - . ican orancnes or tne Anglo Saxon raee should be joined in an alliance not to be brpjferj. by. old controversies, but that each should r work in .its sphere-for the propagation of Anglo-Saxon ideas of. liberty, government and order." o. Jdyertissrs will, find the Democrat One of the best mediums through which io reach' the public. With! an 'already large-1 and daily increasing circulation. you wflVdq we'll to bear in mind the ad' wet4iing advntage it is- thu8xcableato ffer you. Fubhe-Road8 and Convict LabDr Tho April edition of .Current Litera ture a very reliable and fSopular . maga zine comments on the - good roads- and convict labor as-follows': A correspondent writes to. us to ask whether the tremendous energy put into the building of good roads will -not be wasted if some . definite plan is not des vised for the. future preservation of .these new-made thorough fares.- Such will, undoubtedly,-be the case it these roads', built of crusb&d stone, are hot carefully and systematically inspected, and in ad anion, Kepi n constant repair. . A very common mistave is to repair a good road witn sand, gravel or loam, gathered at tbe roadside'.'' The proper remedy, and the only one for such roads, is the ap plication, as Bbdri as any unevenness ap pears, oi -a snoveltul or broken" stone, taken from'cbnvenient piles'of it which the road mas'tor-has caused to be placed at intervals Along the thoroughfare. This will fill the "bad place" iq the road, and the first few carts that pass over it will crush it down into' the solid bed beneath. The habit of scattering sand ..and loam upon such places only invites the first heavy rain to wash the material away agajn;, or. in dry weather, these materials help. to. make the road more ,dusty. -A.fos-w $ommon sense principals about roads drilled into the laborers ased uporr- oar highways, "Will readily bring abou a knowledge of the art of road building which will make the pre servation ef roads an easy mattor. We cannot have roads that are too' eood. ahd we cahnot have too many' rallsf'that are good. - lt.bas rjecently been suggested mat tne otateabpuld utilize convict la borjupon STtcbwrfc, a proposrtioW Which ovcri those'-wbd,'" on general ' principles, fear the competition which labor p tbis SfflainvJirfef. wouid hii l Jd otiect onab!o. -l"r -: every State tho- criminal mf . 7 mt classes rould be nut lor 'work unlrin the highwa s to the credit of the community wniuh.iias to. supuort them. In time they could be made to bring about a state ot perfection in our highways which wouia CDange tno wnoio aspect ot our country lrTe. , .. It is encouraging to" note, the comment connection with.our roads on repaieiner the macadam roads. The system adap ted in Charlotte township-for keeping the roads in repair is essentially the same as the one approved of here. Asheville places a non-partisan or an'ti Democratic ticket in the field. If it had gone lurther and mado its ticket antis republican, anti-prohibition, anti-po istic, yes, anti all political parties, its action could not be regarded as other than distinct advance ,in tho .direction of more efficient city government, ...Mum- cipauues are nrst coming to recognize hat the problems which confront them are not political at all, and that the principles of no political party can in any especial sense apply to their.often perplex ng but purely local qutstrons. . ' 1 I I IT? 'Ill r. we win navo to a9K some ot our writers not. to- be. quite so productive when they write. Our sp ce is limited, and wo cannot use two column .articles often... Wo may.have to call time on the Plow-boy" discussion as the unmber of articled are coniintr i.i thick and fast. 'low toy.Avritod .thai he is.laughitig in his sleeves. TBe-VViffTBrop gifte, haughty girls, bad great time on All Fools' day. They led up the college bell, hid the teacher s e.?lc gongs and roll books and the hymn oook9 in tbe chapel, locked up tbe teach rs ui tbe recitation rooms, tied the eachers chairs together under the diriinv i.l ..i IJ . i uies uii-j hah raunv oiaer unrigs Derw ectly in keeping with tbe day- V CI Ail of ttio tcachu-.- look the nloasanl ru-s in food humor. The pre!t3' girls wire more than f o'eil. themselves however, wben they put e'evoii alarm clocks in as many desks in Pr feasor . Breaze'uic'.K room, .net to go off i vory tive minutes -The Profo-rsor heard tbo ti -kiog ot' tha clocks and at unci caught on. The tickers belonged to the young lady students and Professor Bre zeale secured them and locked them up, thinking he would discover the owner and consequently the authors of the triok by their having to tall for- them, but herein bo was- again fooled-,' for the mischief makers sought until they found a key that would unlock the- room door and, securing their property sur rounded " the outswiltad Professor and taunted him for his laek of cunning as only such fair ereatures car-. The above capping from tbe Rock Ilill Herald goos to show, jthat the girls-are taking the lead boj-s:' You bad better look ahead and inven other All Fools' day jokes. If you don,t you will bo left. Girls canrido a boy's bicycle, drive a cart, keep books, typowrite, manage banks, or keep house, or make you commit suicide. They are coming. Senator Hill and theJMeveland dminis - tration From the Ohjcagojlecord. When anybody draws a bead oft tbe pres ent Administration Senator Hill always knocks up the gun if be can reach it,-and he has been tbe -most1 consistent, alert and .; energetic -defender and apologist- the The 6ghl8-"fdibe nomination arVgrowr, President has had in either branch-- of ing.fiejcerandth. p5oi9p6Ct8 of the yaii Congress. Notwithstanding, this fact, ous candidates! are.au absorbing; topic. of Senator Hill has been inside of tbe White conversation at4hXJapitoi, in official and House but once since be has been in the social "ciWfes; JWd in Uie great political Senate, and that was to accept an' invi- meets of ' ihe : Botet': lobbies,,' Absorbing.. tatton to dine about a year ago. The otber day someone asked bim -'bow be reconciled hi public defence of the Ad ministration v itb the private opinion be makes no attempt to conceal.''', "lama Democrat," was J his' reply, "and a citizen ofNew York.. C President Cleveland was elected by the Democrat's and'w j are responsible to - tbe 'country for his acts. . He is alsoa "crtiien of my State and in that sense is my constituent. I defend and support tbe -Democratic party - under all circumstances and on all oocssions.and when one of my constituent' is attacked I do my best "to' stand by him.": '::.' ". : V Carlisle Not a Candidate.- W ash iNGToApt 5. Secrelary Car Iftle'.iht& eyfia'g'g&iQ icut tbe following ietnr tp .tMjpiaq jyog Qttba ;lmo cratic State central committee: of eb-s tucky, declrnifjjg to enter the, the Democratic nominatioi conteRt fnr n.l nn fnr t.ha presidency. : . TrEABUBY DEPABTHENt, ' - " Office of the S.ecbetabt-,' . Washington, April 4,-1896.-1 Chas. : It. - Lonq. Chairman .- democratic State Central Committee, Louisville, Ky.: Dear Sib : Your fevof of ?Marcb 30. in which you say in substance that many of my friends in Kentucky and elsewhere desire me. to become . a candidate before the approaching 'national- Democratic convention for. the nomination for. the office of President, and asking me to give some authoritative or definite expression upon tbe subject, was duly received and has been maturely considered. Many communications upon the same subject and of similar .import have been received from my. friends in -different parts of tbe country, and while very grateful for these numerous expressions of confidence and esteem upon the part of my Democratic fellow citizens, I have not been able to reach the conclusion that tbe existing conditions require me to comply with theirrequests by autbori zing them, tQ announce me as a candidate for, the presidential nomination.!' While I feel a profound interest . in tbe welfare of my patty; 1 am-much - more concerned about its declaration Of principles than in its selection ..candidates, because in my opinion its failure or success at the election,- as well as its capacity for useful service to the country in the future, de pend upon the position it takes or omits to take upon the public questions now engaging the attention ot the people, and especially the questions affecting tbe "monetary system of the country and tbe m me ..character and amount of taxation to be incA r, t. :.: I upon these and otber subjects having these and otber been agreed upon and clearly and diss jndtly announced, the cobvenlioo ought iu nave no uimcuny in seieciine an ac- oeptable. candidate wbo will t. fr.y repre-' bept fts views; and in order that its de. liberations may be embarrassed as little as possible by the contention of rival aspiraDts and their friends, I think my duly to the party will be best per formed by declining to participate in a contest for the nomination. The obligations assumed when I' ac cepted, my present official position, res quire me to devote my entire time and attention to - the public interests com mitted to my-ch'arge and I shall continue tp discbarge the duties imposed upon me to the best of my ability and in such a manner as will in my -judgment most certainly promote the true interests of the country; and it in the opinion of my fellow-Democrats in the Kentucky my service entitles me to their commenda lion and approval, I would regard their endorsement of my public course as an ample reward for the little I have been able to accomplish in behalf of honest adminstration and a sound financial policy. With many thanks for your kind letter, 1 am Very truly yours, J ,G. Carlisle. Wages of Women. Atlanta Journal. There, has been much complaint on ac count of tbo discrimination aerainst women ia the matter of- wages, It is contended that a woman should receive as much pay as a man for the'same class and quality of work, and there seems tb be no answer to that argument. A writer in harpers Bazar gives some rea sons however, -which go far toward ex plaining why women- receive -imaller wages, than men. .- This is due. partly to. the-fact that .wo men otter to worn tor less, in fact, that is tbe principal reason , why they have come to be employed so largely in occu pations which for meljj were not open to tbem. . .It wa-opt enough-to kpo-that tbey could render ihe sefvide reqiiired." That was known long before women were so extensively employed.. It bad also .lo. be known that they were willing to render the various services ind to do tbe work for less tban tbe wages or salaries paid men. . To some extent they have displaced men ry working lor less, nut to a far grea'-erx em meyare uoing wpat wouia not be- dime at all, or not on vast - a sca'e, nut 'or men- coeaper sei vics. it is probable as the Bazar writer suggests, that our public schools CimmU not have existed to anyinp g ne tneir present extent bin t r ilvfact that Women could and wouM work for less tban was paid to men. Otber reasons why women are paid less than men are that tbey are not to be so much relied upon for constant service, that they are more liable to withdraw fr'cm seryioe and that their "general utility" is less. There aro many things that an employer cannot call upon wo men to do. Tho writerto who we have referred is confident that there will be an equaliza-pMr. tion ot wages. Already women tare as wA as men in the compensation of gen. ius and equality between the two will be gradually established in tbe scale of wages for ordinary work. This is a view that will encourage many working women wbo now feel that value of their services is undetrated and who naturally complain 'when they see men doing exactly the tbe same work as they do, perhaps not doing it so well, and yeV receiving higher wages. 1 Gr'J OH LETTER lifcO-TOif, April 1896 Washington teem ta be the? center of gossip ana prediction aneqt presidential political and-oeial life, the pujse.oi the whole situation i most" accurately felt I interest is manifested earlier tban usual Jtbisyear,. foiMrever-perhaps in tberbistory of the couotry -bas o much importance attached to tbe persoael; cbaracter'Stics and .principles "of -..the candidates .for presidential aamipatiOD.- The McKinley people manifest tbe same ' confidence this eek as- they did. a week ago. "It's all pverlbut'tbe, sbou.ting, . is tbe Way a Mikinley enthusiast expressed himself to me today, but truth compels the state ment that unde.nfeath the enthusiasm k)f the McKinley "JeJUJers is the m ah ace that the antucombination ' will control the. temporary organisation, of the .Republi can convention, '-ia.be Alcliinley shouters are platbly- 8ome,w"l)at: worried 'upon this point.' "Do you "suppose, said a "man last night .wbQ..w4Jl: be a national' figurb 'if J A- ..K--T I-' AO. at tbe conyenDtrn tynf- Hhat we are going to sit strlr-atfd see f'presldcncy taken from .us ? .Wa.kqftWf'tbM we have a , m8jpiity ob the nation a-exitttive committee and r. ' K y 1 - l ftk i ' W . I U 'here is ffchange .we win Know now it I cuia,pi)Ui... JU9.w avBrBtte) vovor uao uu iaea now nig a,jipawer ;s wieiaea Dy a national executive -committee on a national codvetftidn.- Tbe committee makesup the tmW and bastbe naming of a temporary fthairman. Tbe list ot contested delegates means much and de pends a great deal on the temporary organization, lb the present Republi can fight there vvfn probably be between sixty and a' " b'undred : delegates whose seatt will ' bo s patter ot contest. It is not ' improbable ahal the nomination or defeat "of McKinleyraay hinge largely on. tbese conteste, and the key to tbe whole situatfon ib Ibis respect is the coo tfol of the temporary organization of the Convention. ' Ory the 'Reed side of the fuestion, Mr. Ma&hrsaye that of the 398 Republican delegates elected up' td this time, McKinley 'wilt bave 162 -provided 'fbere are'assigneif to him tbe entire dele gations -frp-jn V4scoB8in", -Indiana,1 and 'Minnesota. - But ffe"8aysr that; of this "tiumber tbe re sboald ' be taken twelve uolnstructed delegates wbo have declared Bincd their electiorl in favor of Keed. lir Manly -S - comTlete estimate of the situ a Ttibn gives-McKirifey'ISe "delegates: Reed, T2; ! Morfon, '-64f Allison, 38; Quay, 26; Cullom, 12; contested 36, and be adds significantly. "Yu -will see that this givesMr. McKinley 150 delegates, against 210 '"anti-McKinly'; delegates." Among tbe Democratic dans an are still coiisider ably at sea. Few men can be found wbo will definitely predict the Democratic nominee,"arrd an Estimate of tbe relative strength of the Democratic aspirants is hardly possible. -Carlisle's candidacy is "regarded by maby"-as part of a scheme ,, - i.... ;.f 5 ? r.lu" purpa or wnicu 18 noi yet mam lest. " - . . Tbe Venezuelan Boundary' Commission has made an official denial of all reports that the commission bas reached a decis ion favorable to VeMsuela.- Iff must be W. .ong aa anything remains to be examined and evjdent,"8ayf Me denial;. '.'that- so .long considered,, the cpsjmissiooers are .not in a position, to form-; an opinion respect ing the merit? of thv controversy. "All tbe evidence is. not yet in.. The papers thus far presented by -Veaezuela are but a part of what bas .been .promised.-The blue book submitted,, by. the Uratsh. government while remarkably detailed, does Dot includ all the documents which may.be adduced in support of its contentions. Besides,the commission is engaged upon independent lines of inquiry aude from what tbe two governments. may-present, and will ex haust all its sources of information Then and not until then, will an opinion be formed and a report be made, and tbe latter is not, expected for. some consider able time. . w The serious fire which occurred last week in tbe old rookery' wbich has served to house the Census Office, and destroyed tons. -of census - records, - was one more argumenUagainst the unbusi ness like methods common , in the conduct of the government business. Congress has, agaihsf years'of 'petition, paid prac tically no attention Oo' tbe many official reports which bave condemned tbe exT pensive and,, upsatiflfatpry. practice . of renting tinder box. Building and aban doned residences here for government uses. It has "beef ' repeatedly urged that a hall of record should be erected for tbe storage ot important departmen tal papers, but Congress has never made the proposition .aSAre , than an idea against which there-was no reasonable objection.' Some of these days a confla gratiob will eat op vita! gdverment docu ments perhaps Congressional records and then with aH 'ba'SeHbe' Senate aad House; will proceed bp give us a parallel to that act which; jTdGomuionly termed "loekinirtba stable'dow aftr ths-r horse has been stolen." ';' 0i;- . Washington 'has 6fi5)ea led.alljo.ther cities in the world itAb"e. matter of eques trian statues, and tbd new Hancock etatue now" being erecterjf'-'fh'breases that lead. Tbo famous Jacksoji fitfttue in Lafayette Square started the Jifte, Gen. Washington came next,, and h was followed by Gen erals Scott, McPhe'rpn,. Thoma9 and Green- all erected -in parks bearing ibe same name. Against tbe exbib:t ot eques -trian statues at our -.National Capital. Vienna comes nex,t with-fi.ve, Paris has but three, and Antwerp and several other European capitals content themaclvrs with but Tne ejeb. " ' v No official notice will be taken of the ceBurw resol opon Ambas sador Bayard.by tber-IIousoof Represen tatives Mr. Bayard will not be comma nicatod with-by Congress, nor will be receive any official information in tho matter. - Secretary Q-lney is the only one .wbo, could., bring tb$ master officially to the . Ambassador' a attention, and - it is. regarded in Congress as highly improb able that he. will decide to. do' any such ihi.ag. There was io provision in the resolutions for communicating them to Bayard, and neither the Speaker of the House nor the clerk U authorized to transmit them to him. Tom Piatt was over here last week, and his friends whisper that he is still consumed with a mighty ambition to be Secretary of the. Treasury. ; Piatt's dis appointment in not achieving under Harrison the pet aspiration of his career waa bitter, but hope again fills bis bosom He is a wonderful man, a unique figure in lifintflmnfirdrc nnl! iia TTa haa nrnh bly the greatest ability to secure money lor .. political e merge. ncies pf..any man in active, .political' lite, ' .None-, who know him think be retains a cent of tbe thou sands .that Have' passed l through bis hands. ' He probably expends more than ne takes in, but whenever he makes a call tbe.caeh always answers. The Immortality of tne Sonl. v New York Sun. Very - appropriately, tbe Independent giyeft a. large part of its Easter number to artices on tne immortality ot tbe soul. Tbese. are of two radically different kinds. First ibere are papers by eminent clergy -iqert,' doc tors of divinity, and theological professors, who treat tbe subject from thef poiot-of viaw of theology or faith. Next are essays by men of science, who discuss it in the cold light of reason only; and apply to :, its methods applicable merely when physical demonstration is possible i The most considerable of tbe second I r class of discussions is a paper by Prof. E. D. Cope, the distinuised naleontoloerist He starts out by saying that as a matter oi scienoe, or as an ' inference aenvea from observauon and experiment, tbe doctrine of immortality bas no standing;" that '-there is no conclusive evidence" either that it. is true on that it is false. Then Prof. Cope proceeds through a lone J article to play With the subject, and con- ljoIuJp(B;''byXjjg'54'l Vtbe T q question of immorta.itr ia. an, open one. ,. and be who consTtfer8 it "closed is as uoscien tifio as the person wbo believes it on insufficient evidence."' According to his beginning, however, there is no conclusive evidence of the truth of -the doctrine;" and hence anybody wbo believes in it is necessarily unscientific. ' Of course, belief in the immortality of the soul is unscientific. Science depends on practical demonstration, and hence is radically : and ...essentially opposed to religious faitb. If . immortality were demonstrable by science, it would not be a doctrine of religious faith. . Every re!i gious believer is unscientific to the extent of his belief. No faiib is requisite in tbe seen and tbe Known. They can be proved. But the un-eeh and the unknown, and the unseeable and unknowable require faith. VVbere there can be scientific evi dence therecan.be no faith. Accordingly, Prof, Cope contributes nothing to the Independent's, discussion which was pertinent. It was impossible for bim to throw any light on tbe subject. His intellectual speculations are altogether without importance from tbe point of view of rengious faitb. As a scientific man he bas nothing to do with faitb and faith bas nothing to do with him. We are surprised, therefore, that tho Independent brought' tho incongruous and condescending essays of these scien tihe professors into its Easter number. If a scientific paper were seeking discus sion of a question of science, it would not invite them from theologians. Why then. should a religious paper give prominence to the discussion ot a question ot theology by men of science ? .It the theory of the Independent is sound and its faitb is not mere baseless superstition, its belief in the immortality of the soul does not require the support of any human or temporal evidence; Whether science sustains or rejects the doctrine, is a matter of no con sequence to the believer who bas faith that'll has been"' revealed to men bv an rnnfscrent Cod;" Askf nef rf6r the opinion pot '-frof. Uope and other - "stodei modern experimental -psychology" - of'-Prof. Cope 'and other "students of eugN gesis that '.he faith of tbe independent is getting shaky. Science as science is necessarily infidelity. It believes noth ing that it does not know. The doctrine of the immortality of the soul rests solely on faitb . It is not prssible to find any merely scientific" ground for it to 6tand upon. - 'f Wrong doing begins with wrong think ing. . 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Large quanti ties get best prices, best freight rates, and when discounts aTe taken off, our cost price is away under the average. . Mere s where our success on Vehicles comes jn. Three Snake Stories. H. w Black snake Hunts Tbe Rattlesnakes Foe Rescuing a Ship from a Python. Buffalo Commercial. - -Sit down and sharpen your pencil, while I overhaul my mental shelves, re marked Mr. Thompson' curator ot tbe zoological collections in thepark.in answer to a request for some snake stories "Be fore giving you some of my experiences, I want to enter a protest against the indis criminate slaughter t our common harm less snakes, such as the blacksnake, gar tersnake, and tbo like. Every farmer should protect tbm, for they are bene ficial instead of being harmful, a is gen erally supposed by a large majoriiy of humanity. Any naturalist will tell you that food of the blacksnake consists largely of rats, mice, &c, while that of the gartersnake is principally insects, such as grasshoppers, caterpillars, &c. "Now for some ot my experiences. In my younger days I was crossing Asbby's Gap, over the Blue Ridge, Virginia, in company with an uncle of tbe famous Black Horse Cavelry Ashby. .We were making a portion of tbe ascent through quite a deep cut, when our attention was attracted by a toad, which rolled instead of bopping down tho side slope Ashby pulled up tbe horse and said. '-There's a blacksnake after that fellow.". An in stant after the snake thrust his bead through tbe fence, and, on observing up, drew back. In the meanwhile tbe tnad had gathered himself together, and ' was hopping at a lively gait up the road. Ashby remarked, 'Now I will show you something,' and sprang out of tbe buggy caught tbe toad. which he carried a Bbort distance and released. Returning, be turned tbe buggy, and drove back down the road some fifty eleps.when we lighted and tied the horse. Climbing over tbe fenc? on tbe opposite side of the road to that on which tbe snake had made his appearance we stealthily worked our way up until we came in sight of tbe point where he was first seen. Lying down in tho grass and peering through tbe rails, we did not have to wait long before tbe snake reappeared. "He looked about for a few seconds, and then descended tho slope down which the toad bad rolled, and followed his trail up tbe road. On coming to tbe spot where it bad been picked up, be be gan to circle, precisely as a dog would act, having lost tbe fcent. He gradually increased tbe size of his circles until he struck the spot where the toad bad been put down, wben he made a bee line after it. We leaped into the road and burried after bis snakesbip, who ts soon as he discovered that he was being followed, turned up tbe slope and squirmed out of sight through tbe fence. Ashby said: 'I am sure you are eatisnea now mat a blacksnake hunts bis prey by scent.' I assented, and be turned back after the buggy, while I pushed forward, picked up the frightened toad and carried it fully bait a mile before releasing it. "Many years ago I visited tbe Capon Springs, Hampshire county, W. Va. While their I often amused myself squirrel hunting. The landlord owned a small terrier, wbich had been taught to hunt and, tree them, and an. old-fashioned Kentucky rifle. I frequently borrowed both dog and gun, and witb their assist ence managed to have sport. One after noon I was making my way through tbe undergrowth, attracted by the barking of the dog, wben just in front of mo 1 saw a blacksnake with his head well aloft, intently looking over and old rotten log. I remained still and awaited develop ments, and in a few seconds he darted over the log, and there was a fearfuH rustling among tbe dry leaves. On ad vancing so there was a clear view be yound tbe log. 1 saw that he bad seized a rattlesnake just back of tho head, and was killing it by constriction. Just then tbe dog began to bark witb increased vehemence, and fearing that tho squirrel would become ho frightened as to com mence jumping from tree to tree, I has tened away to secure my game. On my return 1 fi und the rattler dead and tbe blacksnake gone. Tho conclusion I drew from this incident was tbat Constiictor bascauian and Crotalus dumsus were not loving neighbors. "Now I shall have to take you out to South Africa I lived in Durban, Natal, which is about 1.000 miles around the Cape of Good Hope, up toward Mada 205 SOUTH COLLEGE STREET. VEHICLES AND STORAGE & to be headquarters in all our lines. On Piedmont Wagons We ai e also headquarters. Our Mr. Spkings being president of that concean, our prices must necessarily be right. We know that our "PIEDFilONT"WAG0NS are made of selected material, dry seasoned. They are nearer to per fection now than any wagon on this market. Try one. We are agents for the genuine COLUMBUS BUGGIES. gar car. One morning I receirP(j I from the fort Captain, akiDg m ' come down to the barber with all poJ.10 dispatch, as a python bad taken JS sion ( f a German brig and 1 was TV to sapture it lak.ngoneofmy k J led down, and found J?" with me. I burried a crowa on me jeny, among whn 1 . I - . - UU T. tbe crew of tbe brig. On inquiry I learned that ih era K.j been a shower during the iiibt tbo morning tbe mate bad orders ' tbe ot tbe men to go aloft and shake out ,J --M.. : rHur In rl rv thorn II up and on reaching tbe mvintop tnrBJ and came down on the clean run th mate wanted to know what h uuw "i n meant k. such actions. Whereupon he wagjJ. formed that if he wished the hails loosen! be was at .perfect liberty to do the j!! himself; and, moreover, if such a ul - . . L! . "'Vt was ever bvwuiuicu uu uhu aea n i t tar was instantly ordered to hades, J numerous other places, while the vIilDl mate started aloft to attend to matters on his own hook. No sooner did his head get on a level witb the top than he ctoe aown at a gait mat woica iar excely tbat of tbe disobedient sailor. Be io. stantly raised tbe alarm, and the eniit, crew lost no time io getting on shore and spreading the report tbat the riggin was full of tbe biggest kind ot snakes, "Witb the assistance of the Port Cip, tain's binoculars I had,, no difficulty ii making a critical examination1 of the en tire upper ' works of the vessel, which was anchored about 100 yards from the shore. The result was, one large python coiled around tbe laps of the main and topmast. Borrowing a sack 1 manaetd after much persuasion, to get two of the crew to pull myself and keeper off to the brig, wbere tbey left us, and turned back to the jetty. 1 unrove tbe flag halyardt, made a noose in one end of them, and hunted around until I founl a r-tcutpiect of reed, some six or eight feet in length. Climbing up tbe shrouds, I made raj attack through tbo lubbershole, by punch ing bis snakesbip with the reed, to the end of wbich I had tied tbe noose. He put his head down through the hole for the purpose of fighting me, when he wti instantly noosed around tbo neck and the halyards made fast to the ratlines. IB his violent efforts to effect a release he drew back witb such force as rapidly to choke himself into insensibility. Calling to tbe keeper to hold the mouth of the Back open, I watched until I thought he was nearly at his last gasp, wben I squirmed up on the top, loosened his coils around tbe masts, lowered him into the sack, wben the keeper immediately cat tbe noose. By tbe time that I reached tbe deck he had narly recovered from his severe wi r stoppage. I gently opened tbe mouth of the sack to haves good look at him, and discovered, from his bloated appearance, t hat be bad re cently partaken of a hearty meal. On the arrival of tbe crew on board it wu discovered tbat the Captain's fox terrier was missing. I therefore concluded thst the python, in swimming across the har bor, had struck the vessel's hawser, np which he bad crawled on to the deck, swallowed the dog and gone aloft to di gest his meal." Comparative Cotton Statement. The following is the comparative cott statement for tbe week ending April 3d. ; 1896 1885 Net receipts at an U.S. ports, 81.766 116,480 r Total receipts to date. 4,720,392 7,237,873 L Exports for the week. 110 214 127.000 Total exports to this date, 3,649 514 5,502.020 Stock in all U. 8. ports, 628.889 897,181 I Stock at all interior towns. 121.710 129,193 ! Stock in Liverpool, 1,164,000 1,816,000 ' American afloat for Great Britain, 116.000 95,000 The Total Visible Supply of Cotton. New York, April. 4. The total visible supply of cotton for the world is 3,286,849 ba'es, ot which Z,&7,649 bales are Amer ican, against 4,408,385 bales and 4,117,185 respectively last year, lieceipts of cotton this week at all interior towns' 29.645 bale. Receipts from tbe plantations 37,- 690 bales Crop in sight 6.401.886 bales. Hood's Sarsaparilla And ah the leadinjr PATENT MEDICINK, for sa'p t Nov. 8. 1895 i HJ IRDAN o BUU uruiy m.u. On Charlotte Fertilizers We are again headquarters. 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