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HE CKCfcCD ViffltlY HUES M2 AVI ESTJOn3 ccaAici SIERM BOOK AND JOB OFFICE We keen on haud a fall stock of LETTER HEADS, NOTE HEADS, STATE MENTS, BILL HEADS, ENVEL- - - . . . I-. ,"-'' : 0PE$, TAGS, VISITING CARDS, WED CftTASUtMCOIMItTft. DING INVITATIONS, ETC, ETC. !. John B. Sherrill, Editor and Ovhier. be tttst -sotfiD iptzjz itct." 1.00 a Year, in Adrazec. Uytw tuvr An;(Hlnj to ctt, let tW VrpJc knot- h. GCXpD PRINTING ALWAYS PAYS Volume XVII. Concord, N. c, Thursday. JVYarch 29, 1900. Number 89. THE TIMES THE NCDRD TIMES. " - . - - - . - . ' - " ' -., . .i - : - - . . v , v m ' 1 ' --- ill - Second Ttnto on Earth No iBolls Nor Carbuncles Now-A Cood Blood Medicine, i I "jl became convinced of tho merit of flood's Sarsayarilla when I took it mj self as a blootl purifier. So,; when my Jiusbaiirt had boils and carbuncle I urr,d him to take Hood' and the re sult was that when he had nscd bat one bottle the boils had nearly all dis appeared. He continued the use; of the medicine and after taking two bottles he was completely cured, and, as lie expressed it, felt as if he was on earth for the second time! lie ha never had any boils since. "We- take Hood's as a spring medicine anil gladly recommend it." Mas. A. E. Stays a. YoAkcrs, N. Y. Scrofula from Birth. - 1 have found Hood's to be the greatest blood purifier I ever took, . ant i l luive tried many medicines. I wa4 a sufferer with , scrofula from biitjli. My eyes were bo badly affected . I vfould be almost blind for a week at a time. My neck began -to swell so jthat X could not breathe freely Medicines failed to do me any good until I began; taking Hood's Sarea paiflla. Today I have excellent health and my eyes ; give me very little trouble. I owe it all to HQod's,;which I recommend to alt suffering from any . disease of tho i blood." Miss KetTik Mo j l ike. Silver Creek, Ky. I That Tired Feeling! 1 ! I cannot say too much for Hood's Sarfcaparilla as a remedy for that tired and worn out feeling one has in the sprfng. As strength builder and appetite creator it has . no equal." Mrs. L. B. Woodard, 285 - Ballou Street, "Woonsocket, B. I. t t ! Ijood's is Peculiar to Itself j PROFESSIONAL CARDS. Dk H. C. HERRING. DentST, it- lS again at hU old place over Yorke's Jewelry Btore, . i - COXrCOBTJ, W. C. ! ; Dr. w. Ci Houston. Simeon Dentist, CONCOB DH. C. la ptepnred to do all kinds of dental work In the most approved manner. Otfl ce over Jonuson's lrug store, i T. HARTSELL, . Attcraey-at-Law, 1 CONCOED,N0ETH CABOUitA. I'tompt attention eriveu to all business. Uttice in Morris building, opposite the court nonpe. ' . i -' j W. B. LILLY, K. D. B. L. HOMTOOKKBr Mi V m mi! i mmmi ofTeir tlielr profesftional sarvloes to the citi zens of Concord and vicinity'. All calls promptly attended day or night. Office and restdenca on East Depot street,: opposite rresDvteritin cmircii. .. i W I. HOVTOOHEBT. . LKKOKOWHL MOBTGOHERY & CROWELL, Attorneys and Connselors-at-Law, -.- .. OONOOBD, N. O. AS partners, will practice law In Cabarrus. Stan lv and adjoining counties. In the Supe rior and Supreme Courts of the State and In the'Federal Courts Office on- Depot street. , -Parties deairlnff to lend money can leave It with us or place It In Concord Rational Bank for ius, and we will lend it on good real es- . tat4 security free of charge to the depositor. We make thorough examination of title to lands offered as security toe loans. Mortgages foreclosed without expense to owners of same., . , MOHSISON B. C1LDWXLL. M. B. ITIVKLKT CALDWELL & STICKLEY," Attorneys at Law, CONCORD, N. C. j ! ; Office, nt.xt door to Morris House. . - : Telephone, i:a. . v, BUYS AN Eight Day Clock, ' . , Walnut or Oak, - f ' Fully Warranted, FOR 12 MONTHS, A ' AT W. C. CORRELL'S, Fine Watchwtiri and Engrai-. I ' V . V- w .t'w Vww w av.vw JKWy AVKV Mrs. Crier's Real Hair Restorer, ... , 1 FOR Dandruff, .Eruption and Falling Hair. Mrs. Crier's Hair Restorer is the best cl((aii, and ror prev nting tbe falling oat ofjthc hair. . Mrs. J.'jA.. KooijRS, . ? Winston, W, l Klrs.Oricr's'R my scalp from dandruff, prevented the lliiir frim . f'tllintr nut finrl Kf-v T ' Viorl uen f ii ot the tirst bottle tnerewas a hne Kfowth of new hair all over my head. - ' ; Elizabeth McIver, ! : Winston, N. C. Fifty cents; per bottle at anv drnc store. Wholesale houses in Richmond. Iijaltiinore.' Charlotte. Wilmi iMarcU l, ly. ; ' . . -j. V' HKBKARKA DEMOCBATIC PLlTFOaH APPROVED BT W. J. UKVAR. The following it the platform adODted by the Nebraska State Democratic con vention last week amid the greatest en thusiasm : "We, the Democrats of Nebraska, in convention assembled, do hereby reaf- nrra and indorse, in whole and in part, in letter and in epirity the platform adopted by the Democratic ' national convention held in Chicago in 1896. V "Y e "favor amendments to the fed eral constitution 'specially authorizing ap Income tax and providing for the election of United States senators by a direct vote of the people. "We oppose government by injunc tion and the blacklist, and favor arbi tration as a means of settling disputes between corporations and their em ployes. -, - ; j W e observe with, approval the sup port given by Democrats throughout tbe country 'to the movement looking ! toward the municipal ownership of municipal franchises. "We favcr the principal of the initia tive and referendum wherever it can be applied. ; "We are in favor of liberal pensions to deserving soldiers and to their de- i pendents; we believe that names upon the pension Tolls should not be arbi trarily dropped, and we believe, as stated in tbe last national platform, that the fact of enlistment and service should be deemed conclusive evidence against disease and disability before enlistment. We are in favor of the immediate construction and fortification of the Nicaraguan canal by, tbe United States. "We condemn the Dingley tariff law as a trust-breeding and extortion-inviting measure, skillfully devised for the, purpose of giving to a few favored that which they do not deserve and of plac ing upon the whole people many bur dens which they should not bear, v - "We welcome the opportunity of fered this year to take the federal gov ernment out of the hands of the Re publican party, which has abandoned Amencan ideas and American ideals, and at the command of corporate wealth has plotted against the financial inde pendence of . toe' individual, and now contemplates the nullification of the declaration of American independence. 'Werpledge ourselves to wage an un ceasing warfare against all the trusts the . money trusts, the industrial trust and tbe , international land-grabbing truBt. ; . Instead of a system-which would chain our nation to the gold standard and compel it to participate v all' the disturbances which come to European nations, we demand an American finan cial system, made by the American people for themselves, to be secured by the immediate restoration of tbe free and unlimited coinage of gold and sil ver at the present legal-ratio of 16 to 1, without waiting for the aid or consent Of any other nation. : "The Republican admipis'ration has admitted the gold standard to be un satisfactory by appointing a commission to solicit foreign aid in restoriue the double standa d, and a Republican con gress, even while trying to make: the gold standard permanent, has confessed judgment against the standard by : at tempting to revive the delusive hope of international bimetallism. ; Instead of the system favored by the Republican party, under which na tional banks are to be permitted to issue and control the volume of paper money for their own profit, we reiterate our de mand for the financial system which Hrecogmzes the government b sovereign right to issue all money, whether com or paper, and we demand tbe retention of the greenbacks as they now exist and the retirement of national bank notes as rapidly as greenbacks can be sub stituted for them.-. "We believe that private monopolies are indefensible and intolerable, and we condemn the national administration for its failure to enforce the present law against the trusts or to recommend a more effective law. "We favor a state constitution which will prohibit the organization of a monopoly within the State and also pre-" vent a monopoly organized elsewhere from doing business within the State; bat we farther believe that congress should supplement : the efforts of the State by legislation which willrequire every corporation, before engaging in inter-state commerce, to show that it has no water in its stock, and that it has neither attempted in the past nor is attempting to monopolize any branch of business or the production of any article of merchandise. . "In its platform of 1860 the Repub lic n party' declared that the mainten ance of the principles promulgated in declaration of independence and em bodied in the federal constitution. 'That all men are created equal; that they are endowed with; inalienable rights; that govei omenta are instituted to secure their rights; and that goverrments de rive their just powers from the consent of the governed,1 is essential to tbe pre servation of our republican institutions, but the. Republican partyr under its present leadership, is endangering the preservation of republican institntions by placing tbe dollar above the ' man in the C nstrnrtibn of government, and of violating the principles that it once declared to be essential. .. ' ' C " -? ' We condemn the Porto Rico tariff bill recently passed by a Republican house of representatives of a bold and open violation of the nation's organic law and a flagrant breach of good faith. 'We assert that the constitution fol lows the flg and denounce the doctrine that an executive or a congress, created and limited by the constitution, can exercise lawful authority beyond that constitution, or in violation of it. . Be lieving that a nation cannot long en dure balf republic and half empire, we oppose war 8 of conquest and colonial pospefsions.- - - " "The' Filinino8 cannot be citizens without endangering our civilization; they cannot be subjects without en dangering our form of government, and as we are not willing to . surrender our civilization or to convert a republic into an empire, we favor an immediate declaration of the nation's purpose to eive to the Filipinos, first, a stable form of government; second, independence, and third, protection from outside in terference, as it hat for nearly a century given protection to the republics of Central America. . j' "We favor tbe expansion of trade by every legitimate and peaceful means, but we are opposed toj parchaaing trade at tbe cannon's mouth with human blood; neither do we believe that trade secured and held by f orce is worth the price that most be paid for it. We are in favor of extending the cation's in fluence, but we believe that that influ ence should be extended, not by . force and violence, but throagh the persua sive power of a high and honorable ex ample. ; 'j - x . - : "We oppose militarism. It imposes upon the people an unnecessary burden and is a .constant menace. A small standing ai my and a well-equipped State militia are sufficient in time of peace; in time of war tbe citizen soldier should be a republic's defense. " - .. "We believe with Jefferson, in peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations, -and entangling alliances with none, and we regard with appre hension the doctrine advocated in some quarters that this nation should, in its dealings or diplomacy, show partiality toward any of the European nations. "Not because of hostility to England, but because we believe in the principles of a republic 'and reject, as did our fore fathers, the theory, bf monarchy, we sympathize with the Boers in their heroic efforts to preserve their national integrity?' The failure of Republican leaders,- who four years ago expressed sympathy for the Cuban patriots, to feel an interest in thVetruggle of. the butch in South -Africaj, shows the para lyzing influence of the imperial policy to which to commit this country." ' Tb SoatU AfrlcBB tar. Baltimore Sun, 81st. 1 " . Lord-Roberts cables that President Steyn is circulating a reply to the Brit ish proclamation inviting Free Staters to surrender. He sas Mr. Steyn de clares that any burgher who signs the British declaration will be treated as a traiior and shot. - I r " " ; , London newspapers describe as "inso lent" President Kruger's recent inter-j view in which he accused ' England of forcing.the war and declared for inde pendence or deaths-j Betting is now fieely taking place that May 1 will see the British army in Pretoria. '. . j The Boers have destroyed the bridges at Win burg and Kroohstad, in the Free State, with a view of hampering Lord Roberts' advance. . . , j -Joseph Chamberlain will issue a prod- Iamation as a warning against tbe re ported Boer intention; to burn Johan nesburg. , -; - ::r. v- '-i It is now generally- expected in Lon don that tbe Boer republics, ' in the event of England's expected victory, will be made crown colonies. As such their entire control would i be vested in the the London Government and not' in citizens. Baltimore Sun, SSad. A Boer dispatch from Kroonstad, Orange Free State, where the burghers are massed to cope with Lord Roberts, says they are eagerly awaiting the British advance. Presidents Kruger and 8teyn addressed themjon Tuesday. Mr. Kruger is quoted as saying that the ulti mate result of the war would be Boer independence, "despite the temporary British occupation of Bloemfontein." Reports Of the submission of Orange Free State burghers (continue to come ,in British dispatches from Bloemfon tein. . j -' j British troops are trying lo intercept 4,000 Transvaalers who have retreated north from Colesberg and are believed to be near the Basutoland border. Boers at Aliwal North are reported to be still holding a position in the big hills on the Free State Bide, Colony border. opposite the Cape Sharp fighting has! been taking place at Warrenton. 60 miles north of Kim berlev. between a fdrce, of Boers and the British expedition advancing to ward Mefeking from the south. It Is reported that the Boers retreated." j The Natal Railroad has now been opened . by General Buller to Elauds- laagte, JO miles north of , Ladysmith. The first train to pass over the new C6- lenso bridge arrived at Ladysmith yes terday. r;-y- "A -':fii A Family Murdered and Burned, . j ' Raleigh, N. C, March 22. Among the most horrible crimes in the history of North Carolina, ranks that of early this morning at Garner's, five miles east of this city, when a negro, Tom Jones, commonly known in the county as "Preacher" Jones, murdered Ella Jones and her oldest daughter, Ida Jones, ana men set nre to tne oeas in which were bodies of the murdered vic tims and four others, all children, rang ing in " years from a baby one ; month old to the largest boy, who was not more than 5 years of age. The work was done with an xe,. the murderer, accord i n g . to little 7-year-old Laura Jones, who escaped; with her younger si8terdeliberatfcly fnd coolly striking tbe mother four times and then making two heavy strokes into the body of the oldest child.' - j - The house was completely lestroyed by fire and, the bones of thefoui young est cbildrenare no distributed among tbe ashes, which alone remain to tell the story of the conflagration. The body of Ella Jones and that of Ida, the 13.year-old childk were burned beyond recognition, and, ;are lying . on the ground charred to a crisp and with the whole bodies cut open and displayed to view. ' -1 . Lynched u Alleged InTormer. - T? Ai.icTfjTT. N. C.1 .March 20. Gov. Russell received information today of a lynching near Ajarinage on lant. oaiur Jay night. Georgej Ritter, colored, was taken from his home by masked men, and after he bad been mutilated, he was shot and swung up to a tree. The masked men induced Ritter from his home by friendly promises. The gen eral belief of people in that community is that the negro was tortured and mur dered by moonshiners, who sought re venge because they suspected that ,he had reported them 1 to the Government officials. Several masks and hats have been found near the scene of the crime and it U believed that the culprits will be found. ; mju. Ar is ruainA ... Going, going, gone! For two weeks it had been the family talk will the maternal ancestor go to Florida or not Her posterity down there had been calling her long and frequently aud finally sent her a liberal check where with to provide a Suitable parapbernaiia and pay her way to Jacksonville. It was an awfnl straggle. The girls hinted that if she was not going she ought to; send the check back, and when at last she bought the beautiful silk mohair Henrietta Maria Vendetta, or wot da to that effect, and turned it over to the dressmaker, it looked like abe was certainly going, but I had my doobta. She wanted me to decide the moment-; ous question, but I looked solemn and maintained a dignified neutrality- "If you are going," said I, "of coarse I will go with you, for where thou goes, I will go, but yoa must tat next Tuesday eve and stay a week only, for I have got to go to Carolina again the last of next week." Still she hesitated and gave no -certain sign. There wer posterity at home that she feared would fall into a well or get bitten by a n-ad dog, or get run over on the strei t, of catch the measles or something eite,! and every time they came to greet her.1 her eyes would get watery at tbe thought of leaving them. Neighbors and km dred urged her to go for she b -d not been an far as Atlanta in five years, and needed a change of air and water and scenery. - And so we escorted her to the the depot and there were so many to kiss and so many parting irj unctions about the children that she had liked to have been left after all. For ten miles she never said a word, but looked out of the window and ruminated. An acquaintancei on the car came forward and that relieved the monotony and we got to Atlanta in due time and after a short stay left for Florida. . , Now we are both glad that we came, for we made our kinc r d h tppy and will make some more bapny when we get back. This evening we visited the ostrich farm, the Florida zoo, which, of itself it worth a trip to Jacksonville. . I wish that all tbe children could visit it for it is a bigger thing than a circus or menagerie; it is niuci larger than it was two years ago, for now, : beside over a hundred ostriches tbe proprietors have many varieties of the most beau tiful birds in the woil J. They are of exquisite plumage pheasants, dm. ks, parrots, pelicans, cranes and there are deer.: monkeys, crocodiles, otters and many other creatun-s that are. ueTer at en traveling around and are things of beauty that would delight the little fo.ks. My wife says that it is the best show for a quarter that sBe ever witnessed. It is worth that to see the otters playing in the water. This zoo is an established success and a specialty, for Jacksonville. Crowds visit it every day and the; tour ists buy feathers and eggs most liberally. The street car takes you there r fof a nickel and they are " always full. - We are going to Pablo Beach tomorow and to St. Augustine next day, and keep on the go all the time as long as the letters from, home tell ua that all are well. What a wonderful change has come over the city since I first knew it, when there ere about 10,000 people and it was under the ban a suspect a home for pestilence, and the touriBts-hurried through it to safe havens. Now there are 35,000 people, and during the winter balf as many more. The city has been thoroughly sewered and drained and is supplied with the purest water and the streets and walk ways are all paved and everything looks clean as a parlor. ' -' Tbe pestilence that wajketh at noon day will not walk here any more. And then what a change of diet has come over us. Early vegetables, early oyBters and shad and pompano, and . straw berries for dessert ; every day. I sent some orange blossoms home yesterday but requested the girls not, ,to get married until we return. My wife and I are being rejuvenated. ' Fine clothes, fine diet, and nothing to do but receive! attention, will regenerate maternal an cestors. - , " ':'(', And it helps the veterais, too. I this morning like I can jump over-, a two-rail fence and cut the pigeon wing a small pigeon. . But I never said anything about our brief stay in Savannah, that grand old city that Georgia is proud of, and it is still the most beautiful and interesting city in the South. Its parks alone are a monument to Oglethorpe. Its broad streets and sSade trees and flowers are thing of beauty. Its churches and public buildings are time-honored and impressive. . 1 : , Now just ponder it for a moment when I say that I saw Savannah for the first time sixty-seven years ago,; and I do not suppose there are a hundred people living who saw it before then.' My parents and brother and myself sailed from there to Boston in 1833. We returned to Georgia by land in a carriage. It took us two months to make the long journey, and we never crossed a railroad for there was none to cross. How is that for antiquity? And yet 1 am the boy, the only boy about the house; and when Mrs. Arp calls me I move toward her with alacrity. And so let Anno Domini roll on. Yesterday I met a ycung lawyer here by the name of Marks, and when he told me whose son he was, I remembered that I was at his grandfather's wedding, though I was then a little schoolboy wearing ov first eallussts. But I- verily believe I 'can chop more wood in a day than ' Marks can and I could outrun him but for my corporosity. ' - Bill Arp,. Be Fooled tne Swrgooaa. - All doctors told Renick Hamilton, of f West Jefferson, O., after suffering 18 months from Kectal Vistula, ne wouiq die unlaw a costly operation was per-; formed; but he cured himself with Bocklen's Arnica Salve, the best in the world. Sorest Pile cure on earth. 25c. a box at Fetzer's drag store. - A new order has been I wued by the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific road, requiring tbe brakemen, when they call out the name of a station, to also call out "Don't forget yont packages." This is doneto remind passengers who have packs ges with them to take them when leaving the cars. .. ; oesi WAiuiSbToi urrracsu Special CWretposdeoea. . ' The act of Senator Beveridge, of Indiana, in introducing a free trade amendment to the Porto. liican bill, with the proviso that the Constitu tion shall not be understood to be ex tended to that Island, baa stirred op freah difficulties among the Republi cans in Congresd. The-worst of the situation, from a party stand port, i that Mr. Beveridge took t his aetbn after consultation with the President, and it ia understood that the Presi dent advocates the measure. If this is so, McKinley has flopped again, leaving the thirty odd Republicans in the House, whom he induced to vote for tbe original bill, out in the cold. The action of Mr.; Beveridge baa not only thrown the entire Indi ana delegation into the greatest con fusion, but it has upset ; the course of procedure of the. "peace" com-aut-tee of the Senate. 'However, no ac tion will be taken for some, time yet, and it is fondly hoped by the G. O. P. that some means out of the tangle may be found that will; still bleed Porto Rico without wrecking the party. - The country need not be surprised if it wakes up some' fine morning to find itself involved in a war in China. The meaning of the mysterious 'con centration of the Asiatic squadron in Chinese waters has at. last leaked out, and shows, as many people imagined it would, that the United : States has practically engaged to do England's Oriental work for her while she is sup pressing liberty in South Africa. It shows, too, that there was more truth than poetry in the stories of a British-German-American alliance. From a source that- is absolutely accurate, the facts in the case have 'been escer tained. . The maneuvresof the Ameri can fleet, which is npw the largest in existence at any i one place, are di rected, not towards a lot of miserable Chinese rioters, as has . been intima ted, but towards our old time friend, Russia. The Administration and Great Britain, putting their heads to gether, have concluded that Russia meditates directing the powerful maraents that she has . collected against China, where, with the con nivance of the Empress,- she will ex pel the British and other nations and divide up Chinese , territory between herself and France. The chances are that the Russian designs are directed merely against Britain, but this, from tbe Administration standpoint, is as bad as if they were directed against ourselves.-. Secretary Hay is there fore taktng every precaution to pre vent Brtish interests being injured in China while Bhe is busy in South Af rica. He has collected in Chinese waters, on one pretext or another, the Oregon, Monadnock,New Orleans, Casiirie, Newark and "Atlanta The British and, German fleets have also been quietly increased and Japan is working night and day to get her ves sels in readiness. , Altogether it is evident that the President ; means t5 fight for the Chinese trade if there is the least need of. doing so. ' Havipg declared war against the Filipinos without any authority from Congress, he will not find it difficult to repeat the process with regard to . Russia. Besides it would be a good idea to fire the American ; heart just before election. ' 2 . The United States troops 'in the Philippines are about to be withdrawn to the seacoast until - after; the rainy season. President McKinley objects to this because of the effect an unfin ished war in those islands . will have on the coming election, but there is no way out of it. . The : large forces , maintained i in mountain districts pursuing Filpinos soon will have, to be withdrawn to the coast towns, leaving j small de tachments to . look - after guerilla bands. General Otis has:' made no official report as to his view of the present situation -after five months of active campaign work, in which Gen. Lawton, Gen. McArthur and Gen. Young were the most active and de termined pursuers of Aguihaldo and his supporters. "It cannot be forgotten1 how freely it was predicted by army experts both here and at Manila that with an army of 65,000, affording an active field force of 40,000, the uprising would be crushed before the wet sea son, Aguinaldo captured and the war at an end. .: But dispatches giving ac counts of fighting are still being re ceived every day. Poverty and Iljropoehrendia. New York Sun. - . A very interesting gentleman,' who has had much to do with private sani tariums in and around New York, Said the other evening t "I can al ways tell when there are hard times in the financial and commercial world. How? Why, all the private sanita riums in this neighborhood and in the Adirondacks are almost depleted. The men and women who believe that they are seriously ill and who pamper their predilections toward hy pochrondria,: drop all their fads and fancies and get back into the world in order to make the fight "To make both ends meet. Vast wealth and luxury fill our sanitariums, while hard times bring the people to their senses and to the belief that they are not quite as sick as they believed themselves to be. Anybody can stand .adversity, but very few can stand prosperity." - A Flendtah At tack. :- 1 An attack was lately made on C. F. Collier, of Cherokee, Iowa, that nearly proved f ataL His back got so lame he could not stoop without great pain, nor sit in a obair except propped by cushions. No remedy helped him until- he tried Electric Bitters, which effected such a wonderful change that he writes he feels ike a new man. This marvelous xnedi cine cures backache and kidney trouble, purifies the blood and builds up your health. Only 50c at Fetzer's drugstore Solomon in all his glory was not ar rayed in the inimitible stayle of tbe summer girl. - - " sttatt i a r.aKJB vainta. U ifrltttnnt Hiw tniM Tkd . rrtM A m Vorf . Krw Tort tHcrwlc-h. . i Tb. imprormeat ia agricttltara cooditkws t0, cootrastiog with lh dehjof drpmtioo in 1W(6, ii as little apprecialed by the oauide pat4k as was the fannera' cooditioo daring the hard time. "It is conserativ. howtver. to say that tbe produce t f Uaited States farms for the ft year was worth to the farm ers over 11,600.000,000 more than ia any of tbe depreaeed yeais This la as avrrage advance of 31 per ceet. la valoea, com pared with the luer point," - These sUtenienU are made by the Americao Agricnltarist for alarch 17, which eootaias an elaborate review of the agricultural situation from a finan cial And industrial standpoint Tbe live stock of the country is said to be worth 1700.000.000 more than ddrin the hard timet, or a gain ci S3 percent Staple, crops are worth. flUO.000,000 more than then, while other crops show an increase of 1200.000,000 in value, or a gain of 23 percent, compared with the depression of '94 6 6. The produce or live stock, such as meats, dauy pro ducts, calves, mutton, sheep and lamb hides and pelts, colts, mulea, etc , are said to show a gain of $370,000,000,' or 40 per cent; above the low point vVlive stock," says the review, "itself has advanced nearly or quite as much, and now exceeds the high point of the rise that reached its highest point in '83. Even burses are one third higher than four years ago. The total valueof cattle on farms is. now 41 per cent more than five years ago, while the average valie per head of cattle has advanced 76 per cent, above tbe low point of 1$'J3. Mtlch cows are worth 45 per cent more than in 1892, and their total value is 53 p-rcent greater than in 181HJ. - "Sheep are higher than for 20 years, worth about double on the farm what they were five years ago, and ire fully 20 per cent higher . tbao during the early '80s. - Tbe total value of sbe.-p in the- country ia 140 per cent, greater than in 18U6., Hogs have occasionally been worth, more than no, but are ar-lsvlliiig at a high range, specially com pared with cheap corn. The number of hoRS is smll compared with the- in crease of population and growth of ex port trade. - - "Farm real'celate depreciated sharply during the hard time, but has more than recovered in . value., and is now estimatKl tu he worth $1,220,000,000 more than in 1889. The total invest ment in American agriculture is now placed at 17,5501000,0001L a gin of nearly 10 per cent, over the compara tively high basis of values of 1889. All these figures look large, but when the errors in the last agricultural census are understood and when it is remembered that the sales of poultry and eggs in the United States amounts to over $300, 000,000 a year the conservative nature of these esuraates can be better under stood." ; -J" ' -!. 'The American Agriculturist estimates that the number of farms in the United States have increased by some 400,000 during the past ten years, against a eam of nearly 600,000 in. tbe previous decade aud of 1500.000 from 1870 to 1880, and affirms that a larger propor tion of these farms 69 per cent are occupied by their owners now than then, while the number of farms now. under mortgage that are occupied by their owners is no greater than in 1890. As near as this authority can get it, the amount of mortgages on farms occupied by their owners is now about $300, 000, 000 lets than at the begiuning of the decade. ' Mortgages now average only about 27 per cent of the. farms they are on, it is alleged, the rate of interest has declined and the great bulk of mortgages now in force was incurred to boy the farm or improve it ' llli Own WhIU Polka alLut. Atlan U Constitution. One of the old-time Southern negroes went to Boston to make his firtune. After a week of walking up and down, he found himself penniless, and no work in sight . ' Then be went from house to house. "Ef you please, sub," he began, when his ring at tbe front door was answered. "can't you give a po cullud man work ter do, pr tomepin to ealr " - Aud the polite answer in variably was; "No, mister very sorry, but have nothing for you." ' Every oue who answered bis ring addressed him as "Mr." but sbnt their doors and hearts against him. : Finally he rang the bell at a brown stone front. ' A gentleman appeared, and the old man began: - y--. : : . . "tBossi, I is itarvin. Can't yoa gim me some Vittles?" ; ; . . ; You darn black,' kinky-headed rascal!"- exclaimed the gentleman, "bow dare yoa ring the belt at my front door? Go round tbe back-yard way Jo the kitchen and tbe cook'U give yoa something -you black " . .But just there the old man f M on his kneesexclaimwe: , -"Tbank de LawcL : I foun my own white folks at Ias I Thank de Lawd, I foundVem I footi' 'eml" ' He only gets who gives. Baking Powder Madc from pure cream of tartar. Safeguards the food agamst akrau Alctm baking powdm are the greatest menaces to health of the present day 99tf0t9 O0L $9MF WSMsV nt)Utrriirmti Bee. Jwrtln B. Atet te Ueni Weeat,-;: India tvae ealU4 a Ucd t dream. It U tww a Un4 uf h-rr. as b-f pt4 fifwt with plague and famine. It U ki nifHtwaro, txit a trrriUe Wality. TWma4 tf strwog n are now kia and Km, ith a terrible kaawittg t4 bnttrt within. It Is a 4tiab)e sht M or tall manly, tnea eo terribly mlud to Ut hardly able U) . walk, yrt oetwliow making thoir ay mti where to find fend. Xlor itiable at the women who, with a keen Kttw of modety,are fighting wocnanfoily th thir fAat-rott&ing ras, and ttwit children emaciated, frttful, 'crying, r too weak to cry, adding ta llrtr tni ble personal auDVring from day v4 la ufficient food. The U4ii. flndlns no nouriahment, turn into the lhmv little skeletons that one can hold in one's hand. t ' Thowaada of families like.th', having exhauvted every pibl r. source, sold and pawned the Iat aur- ticle of their TeIon, Having lived somehow for a time on eart of wild fruit, or rttoU, o-weed anythini; to aatixfy that awful era vine that comes from days of Urvatloh--tramp many a long, weary mile to find mu government or Jjher relief. There i tbe acorching sun by dayman usually oitrching this year the pangs of .thirst a well as hanger, ! every stream is dry; and when the sun g down, out in the open field, with nothing to cover them, theynhiver all through the chilly night. : Other miwionarei deerritte finding abandoned children in dying condi tion, whom they bavi been able to save, or failed to save, becau tJO far gone,. The familiar famine cnr are-witneesed of famishing triple fal lowing 'grain carts and struggling among themselves for the stray ker nels tht fall by the way. Aband oned children are foundsubsisting on clods' of earth and' every 'jxible thing that haa nourishment in it, filling up with water to drown the gnawings of hunger, and producing those painful monstruitiw Ixnlio swollen out of all proportion, but with sticks of legs and arms, and a head that is but a skin-covered skull. And the ; babies grow weaker and weaker in their hungry cry, or ! lenced by opium, rapidly urn to pitiable1 little f skeletons that move with . emotion the strongest ' hearts that look ujon them. What wonder that a 'despairing mother, unable to endure Hie sight and tempted bv her own famishing body, sells her little one for a few hand fu Is of grain; and when the famine is over beats her breast in anguish for her little one, gone she knows not where. The vast cam is are Being filled. The anxiety and concern of govern ment and officials are greatly " strain. , All departments of the ad ministration, native and otherwise, are called upon to exercise the wUest caution and the utmost vigilance to to see that none worthy are neglected and .those not actually reduced to suffering take not the place of the needy. , And it should be borne in mind that tbe prospect must grow gloomier for months to come, uprio at least the beginning ofj-hc rains in the month of June next. The gravity of the situation needs .to be recog nized. The Viceroy personally and the government of India are giving their undivided attention to this, " Contributions for the relief fund should be sent to Treasurer F. H. Wigging care of American Board of Foreign Missions, 14 Beacon street, oston, who cables at short intervals the amout available, thereby affbrd: ing immediate relief to the sufferer in India. . ow Hasaponlo'a Oororao Plan sov .-. - ranDsr. -s The Fast Day proclamation of Gov. Rollins,! of New Hampshire, is as follows: v :. "I hereby appoint Thursday, April 19, as Fast Day and call iipon the people of our State to observe it in its true and best sense. "When the country was in its in fancy and dangers surrounded it on every hand, our ancestors felt the need of a protecting and guiding power, and sought . it irayerfully, leaving ns this annual rite as a sacred inheritance. Now that we have at tained a strong and lusty manhood, now that we are. a rigorous, wealthy people, having safely passed the fer ils of our, youth, we are apt to forget the strong arm, upon which our fore fathers leaned. Instead of abolishing Fast Day as a worn out and uaeleaa custom 1 would call our people to a renewed observance and a better ap preciation of the real significance of the day.! t v "1 would ask that large body of men who seldom, if ever, cross the the threshold of a church, to kn-el once more where they knelt as chil dren, and see if the church has not some message for them. I believe that a single honest attempt to-caxt off the blinding and depressing influ ences of doubt and materialism and to look at life once more through the clear, earnest eyes of youth and in the light of the faith of our fathers, would bring a solace and satisfaction "like the benediction that follows after prayer. " - Ctaih IMHIM far Child rn. "I hare no hesitancy in recommending Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.? says , P. Moran, a well known and popular baker of Petersburg, :Va. We have given it tooor children when troubled with bad cooghs, also whoopta ooogh, and it has always jrrven perf eet aatisfac tion. It was recommended to me by a druggist as the best cough medicine for children, as it contained no opium or other harmful drag. Soid by M. Ia There are heroes and heroes,' but the Ohio man who recently eloped with his mother-in-law is in a class all by himself. , An old man in his second child-1 ..... - noouu never as luioticasthe young father in his first babyhood. ":otnaa" r: ' i..- ' N (i . '- -v 1 " ' ; '"M i til i" . Hr to a rwTOt.f rtr4i .. was rvWari ram rriton fry hrAith wai troken 'If rnrou rfstwri touli ri t rrrovcr from th . atraiv I'ur trn ytxn J4 waj a burl. a. Good fhytkUtar diJ trut o toi. 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The Concord Times (Concord, N.C.)
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March 29, 1900, edition 1
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