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V WEEKLY TOBACCO PLAMT ! issued every Friday; AT- DUISHAM, n. o. THE HANDSOMEST WEEKLY IN THE STATE ! EVERYBODY SAYS- SO ! DEMOCRATIC IN POLITICS! ONLY $1.50 A YEAR! Terms: Cash in Advance. THE PLANT GIVES The Latest General News! The Latest State News! The Latest Local News! TALMAGE'S SERMONS Tub ish iiil Every Week in, Laro, Clery Tvi.e. . ' . 'I " - .- - kf , WASHINGTON LETTER (living -Incidents National Capital. of Interest 4'rom the ACCURATE MARKET REPORTS Of tho Durham and Other Markets. , Liberal Advertising Rates ! OUR SPECIAL OFFERS TO SUBSCRIBERS. . . " No. X. : . ' - For-1.")0 iu cash we wileinlTiiE To n.vct'o Plnt for one year ami mail to the subscriber two 'pictures Mr and AJivs. Cleveland. These picture are2ix28 indies ' cueh and are richly -worth $1.00. So for $1.50 you jet $2.50. 3XTo. 2. For 2.50 we will send The Todac-ow Plant one year and make you a present of u Hicdvtd-plated clock, six inches neross the dial, warranted to keep good time. This clock retails at $12.50 to s.3.00, so for $2.50 you cat The Plant for one year, worth $1.50, and a clock worth $2.50. In other words, for $2.50 you get $1.00.4- OUR CREDENTIALS. - From the many complimentary refe rences to The Weekly Plant -by. our brethren of the State Press, we append the following : ONE OF THE BEST IN THE STATE. Winston jDaily.. -The Vlh nt, which is alivaly oue, of the bosttpa 1tm in the State, will bo pushed ou to greater iin pruveiiient ami irosierity. - if". : iliTFyiXO EVIDENC E OF ENTEUrRISE. ' State Chronicle. We have seen, in' North Carolina journalism, no rore prittifyinn evidence' of enterprise than that ho wn by The Plant. - - NOTWOSPKKFVL THAT ITS ENTERPRISE IS SUCCESSFUL Piedmont Tress. . It is not wonderful that The Plant, with so much enterprise, is successful. , ELEGANTLY PBINTED. Franklin Press. Jhf. Dcriiam Tobacco Plant is one of the most beautiful and t legantlyinted papers in the State. NEED UOBE LIKE IT. Edenton .Enquirer. The Durham Plant has its 'opinions and dares express them. Would that we had a few more such newspapers in the State. MONDAY, JUNE 11, 1888. WEATHER BUREAU. The weather prognostications indicate the state of the weather for 30 hours from to-day 3 o'clock. Washington, D. C, June 11, ''38. 'For North Carolina, cooler, fair weather. Greeley. LATEST BY 31 AIL X. GV Naval Cadets Goinjr to Eu rope Our Delegates Return ing From St. Louis An Anec dote ot'Geii, Braxton Bragg. Washington, June 10, li p. m To-moorrw morning the . U. S. S, Constellation will sail from Annapolis with the first, second and fourth classes of Naval cadets on-: hoard, bound lor Gibraltar. Four North Carolina boys were among the num ber: Cadets Thus. L. Jenkins, of Williamsboro ; R. AV. Flowers, of Wilkesboro; George Mallison, of Washington, and It. L. Ferguson, oi Asheville.- The Constellation has been put in first-class order and will ac company the North Atlantic Squad ron down the Bay. The trip will be very improving to the boys. A nuhiberof our delegates were in this city last night on their way home from the St. Louis Convention. Among them were Messrs. Juliau S. Carr, of Durham ; Long, of Anson ; Smith, of Raleigh ; Zollicoffer, oi Henderson; Spruill, of Franklin: Bowen, of Northampton ; Taylor, nf Onslow, and Little,, of Anson. - General Grant in his "'Personal Memoirs" tells this good, story of General Braxton Bragg, who, as all North Carolinians know, was , a riatiye of Warrenton and a brother of the late Governor Thomas Bragg, . After attributing the Union victory at Chattanooga to the mistake made by General Bragg; first, in sending away his ablest corps commander with over twenty thousand troops; second, in sending away a division of troops on the eye of battle ; third, in placing so much of a force on the plain in' front of his impregnable position. General Grant proceeds to say that Mr. Jefferson Davis had visited, Bragg oh Missionary Ridge aishort time before, as was believed the purpose of reconciling Bragg nd Longstreet, and finding this difficult to do, planned the campaign against Knoxville, to be conductecT by the" latter General. ' ' . - "(iJrant continued that he ' had known both 'Bragg and Longstreet before the war the latter very well was th hi m at West Point for three years, and served with both of them in. -Mexico. ' He had known Bragg in Mexico and could well un derstand why there might be an irreconcilable difference between he and Longstreet. But to the story. Grant proceeds to say that Bragg was "a remarkably . intelligent and .well-informed man, , professionally and otherwise. He was also thor oughly upright. - But he was pos sessed of an irascible temper, and was naturally disputatious. A man of: the highest moral character and the most correct jiabits, yet in the old army he-was in frequent trouble. As a subordinate he was always on the lookout to catch his commanding officer infringing his prerogatives ; as a post commander he was' equally- vigilant to detect the slightest neglect, even of the most . trivial order. I halve heard, in the old army, an anecdote very characteristic of Bragg. On one occasion, .when sta tioned at a post of several companies commanded by a field officer, he was himself commanding one of the companies, and at the same time acting as quarter-master and com missary, lie was first lieutenant at 'the time, but his captain was de tached on -other duty. ' As com mander of the campaign company he made requisition for something he. wanted. As quarter-master he declined to fill the requisition and endorsed on the back of it his rea- sons for so doing. As company commander he responded , to this, furging that this requisition called tbrnothing but what he was entitled to, anil that ii was the duty of the quarter-master to,fill it. As quarter master Jie still persisted that he was right In this condition of affairs Bragg referred the whole matter to commanding officer of the post. The latter, when he saw; the nature of the matter referred, exclaimed: "My Clod, Mr. Bragg, you have quarrelled with every otficer in the armyv arid now you are quarrelling with .yourself." The Only Way to Win.. 1 St. Paul Globe. ' If ft really wants to be on the win ning side, the best thing the Repub lican Convention can do will be to indorse Cleveland, t . Poor Dogs. 'r Yonkers Statesman. Dogs are not allowed to picji.their company. That is why you often seea fcrfo dog out walking with fifteen cent man. a Goldsboro Argus, June 10th : The Goldsboro Ice Factory will start up to-morrow. A Barbarian Wedding1. London Daily Telegraph. Visitors who have visited Towka, in Central America, and enjoyed the privilege of being present at a mar riage feast, concur in describing the latter as a most amusing perform ance.'' Singular, too, is the courtship of which the wedding is the consum mation. The little Towkans are be trothed at a very early age, and when that takes place two strips are torn from a roll of bright-colored cloth, and these the affianced pair wear afterwards as armlets or gar ters. So much importance is at tached to this "engagement ring" that should either f the young lose, or he deprived of it. it is necessary to inipaneVa jury of elders, who in quire into the circumstances, and if there is nothing to justify an annul ling of the contract another piece from the original roll is substituted. In addition to this, the betrothed ones wear each a necklace of shells or bends, to which one is added each year, that correct count may be kept of their arriving at a marriageable age. As the happy day approaches the preparations are made There is only, one "wedding ring"in Tow ka, and that is situated jn-tlie cen tre of the village. It is not com posed of gold, but of lumps of stone, and is, perhaps, a hundred yards in circumference, and in the middle is erected a conical-shaped hut, before the. aperture to which is hung a mat of palm bark. t5n the marriage morn the bridegroom, accompanied by his father and other male rela tive, makes his way to the hut," where the bride isat present, in charge of the matrons of the tribe. The ardent young fellow has made himself a smart as his circumstances will permit, and he carries a large bundle. This he sets down near the hut, at the floor of which his . father knocks. It" is opened first a lew inches, but before the old gentleman can stae his business it is rudelv shut in his face, and without remon strance he retires. Another: the bridegroom's uncle, 4 maybe next tries his luck, but with no bcttei success. Tben the young man unties his bundle, which contains presents for the bride, and the lather,, tapping again, hands in some attractive looking, article. This is not refused, and he delivers another, and still another present, until the women folk within are so busv examining the finery that they forget their zeal ous guard of the door, and leave it open. This is the bridgroom's op portunity, lie dashes in, and, seiz ing on his beloved one who, oJ course, is not unwilling clasps her m his arms and bears her oil'. But he has to be quick. Burdened as he is, he has to make1 for the 1 'wedding ring," and the old women, swarming out oi the hut, arc after him, scream mg and threatening. If they catch hinfand compel him to relinquish his precious load, all that has gone be fore is as naught. He forfeits hb presents, and the preliminaries have to be gone through all over again. Once within the magic circle, how ever, the head-man himself dare not molest him. Then commences the merry-making, ol which wine-bibbing is -the most conspicuous feature, and in the ar rangemcnts for which the Towkans show themselves much superior to the puny efforts of civilization in the same direction. Bottles or bowls do not satisfy this noble savage of Cen tral America when he wishes to. do honor to a friend's espousal he must have a boatlul of the inspiring bever age. A canoe is brought to the edge of the wedding ring.and filled with p;tlm wine thickenetllwitlVTroTIev and plantain, m which a sufficient niim her of calabashes arc set floating. To the invigorating strains of music the instruments consisting of a sort of pickle-jar with a drumhead and whistles made out of bamboo the friends and relations of thenewlv wedded pair (who contemplate the exciting scene from the bet ore-men tinned hut in the middle) -join hamb and indulge in dance and frolic round the mighty wine-beaker, dipping in the calabashes and tippling without stint until it is emptied. The fun generally lasts until it is dark, and A 1 . " A I A 1 1 J umn, wiui xorenes made oi pine splints, the -company enter the riug and dance round the hut,", and, at a signal, commence to pull it down about the ears of the young couple within: On this 'the" happy husband shoulders his wile, ami, amid mucl hallooing and mirth, bears her home, This Would I Do. Constance Fauntleroy Kuncie. If I were a rose This would I dor I would lie uion the white "neck of her I ' love. - And'let my life go out upon the fragrance cr Ot her breath. If I were a Star This would I do;. 1 would look deep down in her ejei Iu the eye; 1 love and learn th ere How to shine. If I were a truth strong as the Kternal One This wouhl I do: . I would live' in her heart in the he,art I know so well and ' - Be at home. If I were a sin This would I do:-' I would fly far awav,' and, though her soft hand In pity- were stretched ouf , I would not stav, but flv ' -And leave her pure. Love laughs at locksmiths, be cause it holds the combination. NATIONAL, DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM Adopted at St. Louis Yesterday Alternoon. The following is. the platform: The Democratic party of the United States in national convention assem bled renews the pledge of its fidelity to the Democratic faith, reaffirms the platform adopted by its representa tives in the convention 1884, and endorses the? views expressed by President Cleveland in his lasteam- t message to Congress as a correct interpretation of that platform upon the question of tariff reduction. It afso endorses the efforts of our Demo cratic representatives in Congress to secure a reduction of excessive tax ation. Along with its principles of party faith are the maintenance of the indissoluble union of free and in destructible States-now about to en ter upon its second century of un exampled progress and renown ; de votion to the -plan of government regulated by a written Constitution strictly specifying .every granted power and expressly reserving to the States or the people the entire uu granted residue of power; the en couragement of a jealous, popular vigilance directed 'toward the pur pose of the American people to enact and execute laws, and charged with the duty of preserving peace, in suring equalitjvand establishing jus tice. The Democratic party wel comes an exacting scrutiny of the administration ; of executive power which. four vears ago, was commit ted to its trust in the election of Grover Cleveland President of the United States, but it challenges the most searching inquiry concerning its fidelity and devotion to the pledges which then involved the sulfrages of the people during the most critical period of our financial anairs, result ing from over taxation, the abnormal condition of our , currency and public lebts unmatured. It has, bv the adop tion of its policv, not onlv avoided dis aster, but greatly promoted the pro:, peritv of the people. It has reversed tl e improvident and unwise policy ot the Republican party touching the public domain, and has reclaimed from corporations and syndicates, alien and do-nestic, and restored to the people ncarlv one hundred million acres of land tp be sacredly held as homer steads- for our citizens, "While care fully guvding; the interests of the principles of justice and equiiy it has paid out more for pen sions and bounties to the soldiers and sailors of the republic than was ever paid before during an equal pe riod. It has adopted and consist ently pursued a firm and prudent foreign policy, preserving peace with all nations while scrupulously main taining all the lights and. interests of our own government and people at home and abroad. The exclusion from our shores of Chinese laborers has! been effectually . secured under the provisions of a treaty, the opera tion of which has been postponed by the action of the Republican major ity in the Senate. In every branch and department of the government under Democratic4 control the rights and welfare of all the peop have been guarded and detended : every public interest has been protected and-the equality of all our citizens before the law without regard to race orcolor has been steadfastly main tained. Upon its record, thus ex hibited, and upon the pledge of a continuance to the people of the benefits of Democracy it invokes a renewal ot popular trust by the re election of the chief magistrate who has been iaithiul, able and prudent. and invokes in addition to that trust the transfer also to the Democracy oi me enure legislative power. The Republican party, controlling the feenate and; resisting in both Houses of Congress the reformation of unjust and Unequal tax laws, which have outlasted the necessities of warand are mow underminincr the abundant prosperity of a long pcajc, ucuy to uie peopie equality before the law and the fairness and justice which are their right. The cry of American labor for a better share in the rewards of industry is stifled with false pretenses, enter prise is fettered and bound down to home markets; capital is discouraered with doubt whether the- unequal, unjust laws can ever be properly amended or repealed. The Demo cratic party will continue with all the power confided to it to struesle to reform these laws in accordance with the pledges of its last platform endorsed at the ballot-box by- the suffrages of the people of all indus tries The freemen of our land, the immense majority, including every tiller of the soil, gain no advantage from the excessive tax laws, but the prices ot nearly evervthincr thev uuy is increased Dy tne favoritism ot the unequal system of taxation. All unnecessary taxation is unjust laxauon. - It is repugnant to the creed of the Democracy that by such taxation the cost ol the rccessanes of life should le unjustifiably increased to all our people. Judged by Democratic prin ciples me interest of tr-e people are ucuuj-cu wnen oy unnecessary taxa tion trusts and combinations are ner mitted to exist, which, while undulv enriching the few that combine, tend to the robbery of our citizens by de priving them of the benefits of -natu-ralcompetition. Every Democratic ruie oi governmental action isMola' nA hpn throuffh unnecessary taxa ion a vast sum of money, tar beyond he needs of economical admmistra ; ;a lmwn from the people and the channels of trade and accuraula- ed as a demoralizing surplus m me national treasury. . . ; The money now lying mie in me federal treasury resuiung irom su- perflous taxation amounts 10 more than one hundred ana iwemy-nve millions and the surplus cmiecieu is reaching the sum of more than sixty millions annually. Debauched by this immense temptation me remedy ho RpnnbMcan party is to meet and exhaust by extravagant appro priations and expenses, wnetner con stitutional or not, the accumulation of extravagant taxation. The Demo cratic policy is to enforce frugality in public expense ana . auonsu un npcoessa'rv taxation. Our established domestic industries and enterprises should not and need not be endan- eered bv the reduction and correc- ion of the burdens oi uixauon. un contrarv a fair and careful re vision of bur tax laws, with due al- nwance for difference between the wages of American and foreign labor must promote. and encourage every ranch of such industries and enter- nrises bv living them assurances of an extended market anil steady and continuous operations. In the in- erests of American labor, winch should in no event be neglected, the revision of our tax laws contemplated bv the Democratic party should promote the advantage of such labor f . ,i i .fii.. by cheapening tne cosi oi me neces saries of life in the home ot every workingman and at the same time securing to him steady, remunerative employment Upon this question of tariff reform, so closely concenrng every phase of our national life, and upon every question involved in me problem ot good government, the Democratic party submits its princi ples and professions to the intelli gent suffrages of the American peo ple. . A Speech From Judge Tliuriiiain. Kaltimore Sun The Thurman Club, of Columbia, organized a demonstration last night in honor of the nomination of Judge Thurman. It was participated in by the Samuel J. Randall Club, of Philadelphia, which stopped at Columbus on its way home from St. Louis. The clubs marched ""to Judge Thurman's residence and the old Judge made a speech to them. Among5 other things he said: "My r i . t ..i i i l .1 . a lnciius, i Hiiouiii uu me mosi.insensi ble and cold-blooded man in the world if I did not feel grateful for the kindness you have manifested toward me to-night: yes, and I may say thatyou have manifested toward me before to-night. And yet I do not know about that, quite. I say Kuiuucss wnai is Kinanessr l was living in my own quiet home, with my good old wile and my children grandchildren and friends around me, wishing for nothing in this world but peace and quiet when vou and others like you forced me once more A. A. 1 1 1 . . into me political arena.YY hether this was kind or not timewill tell: van advised or not ' time will disclose; but one thing I iiccv nut, wuu lor time 10 disclose, and that is that I owe you the deep est and profoundest gratitude from tne very bottom of my heart." He promised, when the campaign open- eu, mat ne should be heard from. "I think that there is still in this old neau some remnants of brains to enable me to tell the people why it i i ib uiai an mv lile 1 invp l.ppn n Democrat and mean to die mm." H said he was before the St. Louis con vention against his will. lie wn warmly, nobly supported, and earn estly opposed, but for those who opposed him he hadnothing but the kindest feelings. In closing he said: "I tell, you, my friends, that the St Louis convention did the thing that should immortalize it ii d done thing which of itself should command esteem and res pect and gratitude of th people. It did one thing which set a magnificent example for all time to come to the American people, and, "ivaccu, tu aU otner. people who have anything to do in th oh rulers, and that thing was to renomi- uai orover Cleveland by the unani mous Voice Of thft rnnvpntinn Waifs and Strays. n uu. uruw. ,r. iCaV J7.a.s bm on the farm of 1 .ncnaei Uibbons, Cambria county, Pennsylvania,. without the remotest sign of a taiL This erable saying that the tail always got with the hide. Loxoell Courier. Extemporaneous speeches intended lor publication will h. but one side of the paper this year uauufu in oeiore the convention meets. The handwrit inor will 1p concealed by using a typewriter, but the thought will be buried in the same old way. Dululh Paragraph. a pleasing variation in proposals r uT tf 1 spring sy le is suggested Harold "I love von Moli . w;n you be er my sister?"- Mabel (absently( "That can nev er be, Harold ; but I will always be a wne to you." The engagement isH aiiiiuuilVtU. In KentuckyRunaway Couple (to nnnister)Vill you join us ?" Minister-'Thanks; I don't care if I do." Wnxh f W.V. Bright, Fresh, News'i i - r " . ' : i THE DAM TOBACCO PL ISSUED EVERY AFTERNOON, ! Except Sunday, at DURHAM, X. AV. G. UUKKIIKAD, E,htor. J. Ii. WIIITAKKIi .iu i- , . mural rv, itor and Pumhcs Mnn:ig. r. SUISSCIIHTIOX One year, Six months, - 0 Three months, 1.0 One month, One week. oun TEUMS KATES FOU ADVEUTISIXCJ. column, three months, $ 2i J column, six months, '. & column, one j-csir ( column, three months-.... column, six months, i ...... . ft. J column, one year I"" 1 column, three months . ft ' 1 column, six months 7 ll'" . 1 column, one yeur,:....; It will be the aim of The Daily Tom- Plant to furnish it readers with the v" latest news from nil quarters and to L-re--the same in an attractive manner. IN POLITICS - j ! We shall give faithful allegiance to principals of the Democratic iarty-t- party under whose administration of p' lie attairs the State and the country large has enjoyed the greatest pro!?? and the richest blessings and of ouV we shall contribute our best efforU to- securing the triumphant election of t excellent State and National lui"T5 tickets. OUU LOCAL DEPARTMENT We shall endeavor to make inUrest and sprightly, furnishing the latest l (c - peningn at home and doing all in our jo', to still further-advance the interest' of & plucky, enterprising and prosperous to1 -REMEMBER Our prices and our terms, and favor, the at once with your subscription and . DC your advertising patronage. ; vo Coo o teeth tnxloct reTenu I lend e wharf buUdir corere. Mattht Mic!u passed lory h n giren. 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