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: j v . - - '-.-- - - - : . i ' . " "',";. I : - I - M i. 11 1 ill III i VOL. VII. . REV. DR. TALMGE. . 1 i -1 - The Eminent Washington Divine's Sunday Sermon. - 7f.it: "To know Ins Rraee of oar Lord V. Tvs'x'i'lirifttj than though Hi wnS rich, yet ',; yo'ir emVc llo became poor." IX Cor ' r... All the worlds which on a Cold wif :rH tiilt maknthfl heaVt na one great jrdt i rnn; wi'thout inhabitant is aa aburaity -ci-nti-U led us that many of these worlds rfr- too hot or too cold or too ranged of at- -rio-pueiro for repi.iene. Bur, if not fit for tti.:Mi a!oao they taay b; fit for boinp?3 i - irrut frm and 6upt-rior to ourselves; nr- to:d thdt tbe world of Jupiter is x bi.r.trinc r.nd bicom-ng fit. for creatUree like i 1j! hnmiin racoi. find I hat Mnr3 would do for h- hu nna family with a little change la tb'e Mri?turo of out respiratory orates. But Hint towr is a Krefat wor.d awang some . iira Vat'beyoad irnazinatioo, Rad that it lvVtii hnHlqnar:rs'nf th.0 universe ana the . -ifftropolis of Immensity and ha a popula tion ia numbers vt beyond all statistics t.41 appo'.ntmonts of splendor beyond the "Opacity of canvas or poem 'or angel to de j s"pbp is as certain as the Bible is authentic, Ivrhips some of the astronomers with their ii? tfileacqp.s have already caught a RUmps of it, not knowing what it is. We spell it w ith six letters and pronounced it hieaven. That Is whero Prince Jesus lived nineteen !suturi5a ab. He wn9 the K ns's Son. It . wH-4.the.0ld hotne.-tead of eternity, and all its ;.tSt!os were Hi old as Go J, ,Not a frost hid ivr chilled the air- NoJt a tear ha I ever ' rlcil down th-3 chek of one of its, fnhabl larH. Thero ha 1- never been a headache or side ache ora teart ach. Th era had not M-n u funeral in the memory of. iho oldest ih'.. ' 'anf. There had nevr in all the land been woven a blacjc veil,-for ther had never lea nyihinto mo'urn over. The passage of milllona of years had not wrinkled or crip. : .!edorbedImrm-d any or its ciliten.. All the TJaoplo ther- eM in a state of eternal a'loiescence. What floral aud pomonic rlch- hs: - uarjens or perpetual bloom and or .fharJs ia unending fruitage. Had some "-nlrlt from another world enjered and asked, Wbat la einV What ia bereavement? What js sorrow? What in death? the brightest of lm inielliRencei would hava failed to Rive 'iofln tlon, though to study the question tbro was silence in neaven for half aa hour. ThePrince of whom I speak had honor?, rmotnmentB, acclamations such a3 no other y.riiife, celtist ial or terrestrial, ever enjoyed. Ai no passed the street the Inhabitants took off from their bcows garlands of white Jilles iu I threw thm in the way. ne never en 'ftn any of the temples without all the wor . -Miip'era rlsinsr up and bowinfj in obeisance. In luit thjn .proceysiohs Of the hth days He was t he onti who evoked the loudest welcome, T-ftmetimrs on foot, walking In loving talk ivjth fie humblest of the laud, but at other 'imes He took chariot, and among ihe 20.0 0 bnt th psalmist spoko of His wae the swift it and mofif flaming, or, as when St. John -inscribed iiim. Ho took white palfrey, with wiiat rraiH.e of foot, and arch ot ,neck, and r.ll of rr.aue, and p!tam of eye is only dimly hiigtfsteil in the Apocalypse. Ho was not like cither prints, wailing fdrthe' Father to die and then take the throne. When years atto nn nrli?t iaderrKaiij made a picture for tborojal calleryreprefentitiff the Emperor Wiliarn ou t!ie throne nn l the Crown Prince -s having on? ff't no the step of the throne, the JEinfw-ror Wiilia-n ordered the picture ..t-hauced an l said, "Let tho prince keep hw - foot o.ff the thiona till I leave it." Already enthnivd was the heavenly Tirince h!f W Pi !" with the Father. What a 1 ifSo of io.minion! What mtiltitudes of ad hiir'ivs!. What unending rouu 1 of glories! A'l the towers chimed the Prince's praises; j Or all the inhabitant-, from the center of tho f , city on over the hills and clear down- to the ' ' beach against which the ocean of immensity rolls its billows, the Prince was the acknowUj ' Bdgo favorite. tNo wonder my text sas, ,- that "H was ridH." Set all the diamonds I "A tho earth in one scepter, build all the i - palaces or iho earth in, I one Alhambra, , Knther all the prarls of the sea in one d;a- Jem, put all th l values ot the earth in one j 'coin, the .aggregate could not express His j uflluence.l Xes, S'. Paul was right.- Solo mon had in gohi Q3O,6(i0,O0O pounds,.1 - and in ilvcl- J.029'000.377 rounds, i Rnt a greater than Solomon is here. Not the mill ionuire, but Ihe owner of nil things. I To f!e- fcjtiiw tits ceU'siial surroundings-the Bible uses nil colors, gathering them in rainbow over t hut h rone, and setting them a ai?ate in . lh temple -window, nnd hoisting twe'lvo of Ihem into a wall, from striped jasper at tho oasn 10 rransiuircnt amethyst mthecapstone. - while , bet via te green o emerald, and mow "ofpt-arl, and blue of sapphire, and yellow ot topaz, gray of chrvsoprase, and ' flame of jacinth AU the loveliness of laud , tcape in .foliage and rrver atid rill and nil enchantment aquamarine, th sea jof glass mtng-ledl with fire aii when theriun finks in iuh .Uuijitenanean. AM tho thrill-or music, instrumental aud vocal. harps, trumpets, dojcologies. There stood the Prince, sur rounded by. those who had under their wings tho veloc.ty of millions of miles in a second, Himself rich in love, rich in adoration, rich tn power, r. ch in worship, rich in holiness, rich m'"aU the tulloess of the Godhead bod- But one day Ihfe w.ts a big disaster in a Separlnient of God's universe. A race fallen! . a world in ruin-! Our planet tho scene of rata.trophe! a. globe swinging out into larknes.-, with mountains .and seas and Ld nis, an awful centrifugal of sin seeming to" overpower- the beautiful centripetal of raghteousiiep.and from it a groan reached heaven. Sueti a souud bad never been heard there. Plenty of swe t sounds, but never an outcry .jof -ditress r an echo of agon v. At that one groan te Prince rose from all the blissfulLclreurujaeence and . started from tho outer Cate and descended into the night, of this world. Oat of what a bright harl-or inio what a rough sea! "Stay with us." cried angel after angel and potentnte ftfier potentate. "So," said the Prince. "I ,rannot stay. I must be off for that wreck of wofld.' Ii mut Mop that groan. 1 must nshtbatdiytres9. 1 mut fa' horn that abyss: 1 rehat redet-m .those Natlopf. Farewell, thrones an t temples, hosts chrubio, te rnphio, nrchang'elicj I will come tack ; vgain. carrying oa ray shoulder a ransomed world. Till this is done f chooso earthly - trod to hoavt nly acclamation, and a eattle fveh to a Ring's palace, frigid Eone of, earth .'o atmosphere of celestial radiance. 1 h've bo time to low, for hark ye to the groan that grows mightier while . I wail! Fare-ts-cll! Farrwell!" "Ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus.Christ, that, though H was rich, yet for your sakes H3 became poor. Whs there ever a contrast so overpowering is that "between the' noonday of Christ's eiestial departure and th midnight of His tarthly arrival? Sure enough, the. angels Arerj out that' night in the sky, nnd an ispectat meteor ' acted as eseort. But all :hat was from other worlds, and not from LUng xsi' "Mjftade no demonstra - "oa-.-t v--!c'iule. " It one of tne great princes ; -id this world steps out at a depot, rcheers rut -.td. aa 1 the bands play; andl the flags .t.iv. l.ati for the arrival of this mission ""5ry I'r'.uNnf the skies not a torch flared. tt H tr:iai:-e blew, not a plume flattered. ail th- r.:n-ie and the pomp were overhead, --r: i opened for Him nothJnx better ttatmbariidoor. ' : .. eKaiiih. of Cashmere sent to Queen Vie tfna 'bd'.'.ead 0f carved gold rtnd a canopy ttat eojt s; o.( o, but the world had for the i nnce of ti,.,lv-n and Earth only a litter of ni. Th. .TL,wn jewels in the Tower of aim,-;fit to 15,000,000, but thismem UTM etra.i. rovalty had nowhere to lay His -n, -v-how poor He was ask the "xeUf.Ter?, a-k the shepherds, ask Alary, "-Bthre-wiie.3ii 0f theEast.who after ( r'4'W8 t-7 ivthlehem. To know how taW?t:c:ll inea!Ltherecor,lso, rea1' h '!':it oriental country and see AwT y:t-':ivi --r what field He owned. Not iortgage was He the mortga- cement was He the landlord? ?as He the lessee? Who erer i 9it5itaV tmyIm. i, ,,c 1,01 'PTOia in boat oa !2i He ia,Aor the b-ast oa which He in9 assessment in a fljh'. month nnd having it nahld ashore. And aft -r His ,tn the world rushed into takj an inven tory of His RoSds. and th- entire aggregate wns Iba garments He ha 1 "worn, ele'oplng ia them by night and traveling in them by dav, bearing oa thetn the dust of th highway and the saturation of the sea, St. rani in my text hit the mark when he said of the mlRtonary Prince "For yodr. sakes He be Came poor." The world could have treated Him belter it it had chosen; It: had all the means for Inakihg His eflrthly condition omfortable. Only a few years before, when Pcmpey.the general, arrived in Brind'si, he was greeted with arches and a 1 cos ly eoiumn which ce:ebrated the 12,000,0'K) peopl whom he had killed or conquered, and he was al lowed to wear his triumphal robe in tbe senate. The world had applause for im perial butchers, but buffeting for the Prince cf Peace- plenty ofgo:den chalices for the favorad to! drink out of. but our Prince must put His lipn to the bnckt ot the Wejl by tho roadside aftt Ha had begged for drink. Poor? Born ia another man's barn, and en tin? at another iiians table, anderuiilng the lake ia (tnother man's listing smack, and buried ia another man's tomb. : Four inspired authors wrote His bi ography, and innumerable lives of Christ have been, pabllshe L but He compose 1 HU autobiography in a 'most compressed way. He said, "I have trodden tha wine press alone." ; Poor ia tho estimation of nearly alt the prosperous classes. jThey call d Him Sab bath breaker, wine (bibber, traitor, blas phemer and ransacked the dictionary of op probrium from cover to ; cover to exprew their detestation. -Ii can think now of only two well to do men who espoused His caus Nlcodomns an 1 Joseph, of Arimathea. His friends for the most part were people who, in that climate where ophthalmia or infl im jia tion of the eyeball sweeps ever and anon as -a scoargH, had become blind, sick people who were anxious to get well, and troubled people in whose family there was some one dea l or dying. If He; had a purse at all, it was empty, or we would hava heard What the soldiers odd with the contents. Poor? The pigeon in the dovecot, tho rab bit in its burrow, the silkworm in its cocoon, the boo in Its hive Is better provided for, better off, better Bhe'terod. Aye. the brutu' creation 'has a homo on earth, which Christ bad not. A poet says: A If on wiudy day"! the ravon r Gambol liko a dancing skiff, Not the leas no loves his haveu'4 Oa the bo3om of the cliff. If almost with eagle pinion ; O'er the Alps the chamois roam,1 Yet h has some small -dominion -Which no doubl he calls his homi; One or John Bunyan'a great books is en titled "Graca Abounding.' "It- i3 all ot grace that I; am saved" as has been on the Iip3 of hundreds of dying Christians. The boy Sammy wai right wh'-n, being exam ined for admission into church membership, he was asked, "Whose wort was your salva tion?" And he answered, "Part mine and part God's." Then" the examiner asked; "What part did you do. Sammy?" And the rnswer was, ".I opposed God all I could and He- idtbo rest!" Oh, the height of it. the depth of it. the length ot it, the breadth, of it, tho grace of God! f Mr. Fletcher- hav ing writtou a pamphlet that, pleased, the king. the kicg- offered to com pensate him, and 1 "Fletcher answered. "There is only one thing I want, and that is more grace.'1 ' Yes, ily blood bought hearers "grace to live by and graca to die by. Grace, that saved the 1 publican; that saved Lyd'a; that saved the dying thief; that saved the jailer; that saved me. . Bat the riches of that grace will not be fully under stood until heaven breaks in upon the soul. An old Scotchman who had been a soldier in one of the Europaan wars was sick nnd dying in one of our American , hospitals. His one desire was to see Scotland j and his old home and once again walk th heather of the highlands and near. the bagpipes of the Scotch regiments. I Tho 1 night, that "the old Scotch soldier I died j a young man, somewhat reckles3, 1 . but i klud-hearted. -got a .compaoy of musicians to come and ; play" under tho old soldier's j window,. and among tho instrument! therd I was a bagptga. ine -in3tant mat the mu sicians bugan thrt dying old man in delir- fum eaT: "What's -'that? ; What's that? Why, it's Iho regiments coming home. Thats the tuneyes, - that's the tune. Thtank Gol, I have got homo once more!" "Bonnie Scotland and Bonnie DonnJ' were the last words ho ntiere 1 as. h3 passed I i up to the highlands of the better country, 1 add there are hfindrads homesiuk for heav en, some, because- you have so many be- , reavements, soma because you hayjso many j temptation", home beauso you. have. so 1 many ailments homesick, very homesiok 1 for ihe fath rland of heaven, an t the musi j j that you want to hear now is the song ot ; roe grace, and the musio that you want to hear ' when you die i free graoe, and I forever before the throne of God you will sing of the "grace of our Lord, Jesus Christ, who, though He wa3 rich,-for your sakoa ba came pocr." I . ' ' Yes, yes, for your sakes! It was not on a pleasure excursion that He came, for it was all pain. It was not on an astronomical ex ploration, for He kne.w this world as well before lie alig ted aa alterward. It'was not because He was compelled to corae, for He volunteered. It was not because it was easy, for Hsknew that it would bethoru and spike and hunger and th-im; and voeiCoration ot ! angry mob.-. "For your sakes!" 1 To wlpa ; away-J our tears, to forgive your wrongdo- ' log, to companionship your iQneliness, to 1 soothe your sorrows, to sd with 3'ou by the j new made grave, to bind up your wounds i in the ugly battla with the world i and bring you home atL lrs&t, kindling up tho mists that fall on vour dying vision'with tbe sunlight of Aclorious i morn, "i or your sates. ISO: Iwiltrhange that. Paul will not care and Christ wilt not fare if I change it, fori must get fcito the blessedness of the test myself, and so I say, "For our sake?!" For we all nave our temptations and bereavements and conflict. For our sakes. We who deserve for our sins to be expatriated into a worid as much poorer than this, than this earth is poorer than heaven. For. ouri eakes! But what a frlsrhtful coming down to take us gloriously up!. - j E J When ArtaxTxes was hunting, Tirebazus, who was attending himi showed tho king a rent in his garments. Tne king said, 'How shall I mend it?" "By giving it to me." said Tirebazus. Then tho king gave him the robe, but commanded, bim never to wear it, as it would be Inappropriate. ; But see the startling nnd comforting fact while our Tr nce throws off the robo He not only allo-ws us to wear it, but commands us to wear it, and it will become us well, and for the poverties of out spintual state we may put ou the splendors of heaveaiy regile Tu'ent.. For our satvesi Oh, the personality of this religion! Not an abstraction, not an arch under whicn we wai to oenota eiaoo- j rate masonry, not anicocastlelikethat which the Jimpress Elizabeth 1 of Kussia.ovcf 100 ! years ago. ordered to bo constructed, winter j with its trowel of crystal! cementing the huge ! blocks that had been quarried from the frozen 1 rivers ot the North, out our Father's house : with the wide hearth crackling a hearty wel come. A religion of warmth anl Inspiration and light and cheer, something we can take Into our hearts aud homes and business, recreations and joys and sorrows. Xot aa unmanageable gift, like the galley presented to Ptolemy, which required 4000 men to row. and its draft f water was so great that it could not come near tho sbore, bnt some thing vou can run up any stream of annoy ance, "however shallow. s Enrichment now, enrichment forever. j ! - KlUedJIU riavlnate. . John Gaynor, sixteen years old. of New . i. -ii... m.iti1fnf ahv stabce 1 tarougc the heart and killed ty hid playmate, Joflx Summers. i Montevideo's population Is 244,842. SfflS !!i"hit da ord to pay n5 aw ia nillav n i' , rt . xr- , LEXINGTON AND TIIOMASVILLE. N. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 7 ,1897, I I'll. I ' i i ! 7 ' . - . i ' IS MAY GO iTO -t j t - So Decides the Treasury Depart - ment in Two Ca.s$s. THEY MAY GO, PROVIDED. And Thereby i Hangs k Talc .New 3Iovo .by the Dauntless and Con- inodore. For the first. time since the present struggle in Cua began j this govern ment has given permission to a custom! official to clear for Cuba a vessel loaded, according to her manifest, with muni lions of war and .presumably intmded for the insurgont army, j The Tessel in this case is the well known and alleged filibuster the ''Dauntless, " bat the Concession that under these ' circuru-. ' sjances she is entitled to clearance pa pers leaves the situation so far as she is concerned quite a3 involved as 4 be fore; as the statutes prescribe thaPbe fore clearance shall be gVanted for any vessel bound to- a foreign port, the owners, shippers and consignee of the cargo shall state under oath the foreign port at which the cargo is to be lauded and severe penalties are prescribed for' violations of this requirement,' including the confiscation of I the vessel." iThe ec- retary of the Treasury received a tele gram from the attorney for tne owners of the Dauntless at Jacksonville. stating' that the ..owners of the Dauntless and her cargo would apply to theCollectorof Customs at Jacksonville ; for-clearance to a Cuban port'with a cargo of arms, stating, however, that the tjaths re quired by the statutes would not be taken. The question f was asked whether under the circumstances pa pers would bo issued. ' Later An a tele gram was received from the Collector .at Jacksonville tating-that application to clear the Dauntless for the port of Xeuvitas, Cuba; with a cargo of arms had been made, and asking instruc tions. The Secretary replied j substan tially as follows:! j I! "if the master of the vessel, and the owners, shippers, and consignors of the cargo comply fully with all the laws ana regulations concerning the mani fest and take the oaths required you may grant a clearance to Neuvitas, Cuba. The oaths must be taken and subscribed in writing is required by sections 4197, 41U8 ahd 4200 of the Re vised Statutes." ! .1 ; . The port named in the application aa the destination of the cargo is 'on the northern coast of Cuba and is occupied by tho Spanish forces. The Treasury officials, therefore, are of the opinion that the oaths required by the statute .will not be taken. I I I The colleotor of customs at .Xackson ville wired the Secretary of the Treas ury that the steamer Commodore had applied for clearance upon practically the: same statement, of facts as in the case of the Dauutles. - In' response the' Secretary wired permission l issue pa pers to the Commodore in substantially thesame terms as were named in the former case. It has not been learned at this writing whether the conditions imposed had been accepted. M Information received is to the effect that the steamer' Three Friends failed absolutely to land its expedition in Cuba, as - was reported. ' The storv of -he chase by a Spanish rnaTvof-wir is confirmed, the Three Friends J being obliged to leave the Cuban coast just as it was getting ready ta land its cargo. The steamer headed, for the r lorida coast. -nd, haviner but a few tons of coal on board, it landejl the men on a key near to Key est, afterward put ting into that iort, where it was seized. The Dauntless has now gone to take the men and. ammunition off the key and way make an effort to land them in Cuba. .Before the return of, the Daunt 'ess to this port it' trill also endeavor to land another expedition. it! WILLi ACCEPT 31EDIATION. " , i i -j- DcLome Said to Have Unofficially -Informed Olricy of Spain's Intentions.' The' correspondent of the London Chronicle at Washington, in a cabje dispatch to that paper' discloses that there is no doubt that Spain has unoif. ficially; through Sencr Dupuy De Lome, their Minister, promised to ac cept the United States mediation di rectly after Gen. ("VYeyler has cleared the province of Tina del T.io of rebels, and then to grant anything short ol actual independence for Cuba. ; This dispatch continues; j j "None of the European powers have protested ; against American interven tion in Cuba. On the contrary, Mr. Oiney has beoii assured of' thr ap proval England.,5 however, j remaining strictly neutral . The reports of a Eu ropean protest were inspired by Mtrr. Martineui, the pontifical delegate tc me u.niiea(c rates, r . . j j ) The Chronicle alsd arain asserts that "the ridiculous statement' of i M.-De Blowitz, the Paris correspondent of the Times that Germany , and other Euro ; pean p;overnments -were preparing tc I protest against American . intervention; in Cuba is absolute! v- unfounded. ! Congress Has Power Senator Chandler, of, New Hampshire, ' takes issue with President Cleveland as to the power vested in the President cf T the United States to alone recognize or not recognize the Ielligerency or in- deiendence of a foreign countrv. or 0 cieimlcncy of thai country' IJe line.' up on the side of Cuba, and in An in terview, made public takes Sstront: ground in favor of the rights of Con gress.'- 1- 1 Mail to the Babrainas. The regular winter mail ber-.ice le tween the itouth and the Panama. Is lands has been established by contracts just entered into for three tiics a week service, beginning Januarv 10, from JUiami, i- la , to the servibe operated Ia.--t seaaiaf was from ralin Peach. Fl a . and is additional to contracts w ith New York K,ats. i lucrcasp in Tonnage. The tonnage of the New York ! canal for the past season was ! f,7l4,4, i1'. V an increase 2!4.-"-. orer tb fai CIt ISiK. 1 OFF WITH THE OlD AND NINETEEN NEW X Choin on Korembn Tast to. Tak ' 1896, to - II. Andrew E. Lee (Fusion, of South Dakota. 2. John 'V?-. Leedy (Populist aa 1 P'. OCr4t), of Kansas. 8. James A. Mount (Bopubhcan), of Indiana. ; 4. .Robert I, laylor (Democrat), of Tennessee. 5. O. W. Atkinson (Bipublican),. of West Virginia. 6. .Lon V. Stephens (Fusion), ot Jlissourl. ; 7. W. H. Ellerbee (Democrat), of South Carolina. R Vb W.alfor Tnnnpll rnpmortrp.tV of Delaware. ). fleorpft A. ltimslell CRerjubliCan). Of New Hampshire. 10. Franks. Black (Republican), of New York. 11. Boger Woleott (Re publican), of Massachusetts. 12. Alva Adams (Democrat and Free Silver Republican), of Colorado. 13. John B, Tanner (Republican),' of Illinois. 14. Major Edward Scofleld (Re publican), of Wisconsin. 15. HnzenS. Pingree (Republican), of Michigan. 16. Lorrin A. Cook (Reputlican), of Connecticut. 17. Frerik, Steunenberg (Democrat), of Idaho. 18. John T.. Rogers (Fueion). ot Washincrton. 19. Robert B. BmUb (Fusion), cA Mautaia ' London Smoke. A new and unexpected agency is bar- t 1 1 am t m. 1. ingp. most ueneucia! eueci m comnuur- Ingjto the abatement of the smoke nub sanee In London. The relative clearness of the London' atmosphere within, the las twelve months has been plainly ap- parent, and the smoke cloud which ob- eenres the London atmosphere appears tQ be progressively lightening Mr. Ear- nest Hart,cha!rman of the Smoke Abate- ment Exhibition In Indbn, frequently poiniea out tnai me grcatcbi cuun.uu- tors to the smoke cloud of London were the small grates of the enormous num- ber of houses of the poor, and a great deal of Ingenuity has been exhausted with relatively little success in eudeav orinjj to abate the nuisance. Tlie use of gas flres was Urgently res ommended, but had hitherto been diffi cult,! owing t.o its -cost and the w'ant of suitable apparatus. The rap'.d knd very .extensive growth of the u.e ofvgas for the forking classes, due to therritro duction of the "penny in the slot" sys tem,! Is working a great revolution in the iLohcfon atmosphere. During the last ifnnr rpars th South London Gas Company alone Las fixed 50,000 slot maal on- nnnrtr- fC fV bmill C" o cooking stoves In the houses of the worUingman. ' This movement is still ! making great progress, apd we hope rnears may oe rouna to extena u 10 me nouses of the more comfortable classes The enormous improvement in the Lon- j don atmosphere and the-clearing away ) of a smoke pall which hangs over Lon- . don . tnay then be Anticipated nro2ress"ha;j alreadv been m: Great I progress has already, been made, and 6tilln:ay be hoped for, ( la the clearins I of the London air. WITH THE NEW COVERNORS. Office on Various Dates, From December MrcU , 1397, ! Many things have been done In the strfinge warfare being waged In Cuba , na,nttt cnnn,BW nnfhorItv with which j tJje 6teadler temperament and tbe.statc j buil(Ji ffen!u3 of tne citizen ct the ; United gttes can fec, n0 .flTmpritby. ;He .can gTnipatb3ze, wltb tboSjB who hare :heen the vlctlins of oppression. i but fae canrjot tJjat rescntment against oppression Justifies making war oa -noa combatantSt destroying the ltToperty ot toregQerSf resident or non- resident, and blowing up railway trains carrying unarmed and peaceable trav elers. But "while feeling ia this' way about certain aspects of the Cuban gtruggle cne is 1pss rCady to protest against the swift implication, tent broadcast from Spain by the telegraph, that the perpetrator of an attempt to w'reck with a dynamite lomb a Spanish railway train carrying the young king, the queen regent and others of the court was "presumably aj Cuban." Why not equally "presutnablj-" a Philippine Islander? Potb are in rebellion, while there are more .of the, latter with fewer Spanish troops to keep them busy: at home. Spain Itself ia honeycombed with republican sentiment, !and, as is common on the European continent, much of It is of the t.Vpe signiflcantly called red." It Is not possible for the Spanish authorities to hide his home condition from the world by attributing all uaat.ma be done in this way ia the rnother country to reikis against whom sbe jg waging war with twice as many troops as they have, some thousands 0f miles aw a v. The only wonder is that snanlsb "red repubficuns" have thus far. been no quiet. THE PACIFIC RAlLtlOADS. Steps XVUl Shortly Dc Taken to Fore close Government Mortgages. : Tho President has had several con ferences of late with the Attorney Gen eral, the Secretary of the Interior; and the Secretary of the! Treasury, with a view to speedy action, for the adjust ment of the obligations of the Pacific railroads to the government. It is said to be settled that steps will shortly be taken for the foreclosure of the govern ment's mortgage on hese roads unless Congress shall make other provision for th Battlement of the question f. ita tresent session, says the Washington Star. . vWth the amount abready maturetl, morothan 613,000,000 of tho subsidy bpnds issued on ' behalf of the Union Pacific line, and more than $6,000,000 of similar bonds issued in aid of the Central Pacific road will have fallen .. due and been paid or mu6t be jiaid on or before the jlpt of January net Without any reference to the applica tion of the sinking fund now in treas ury, this state of affairs will, in the opinion of the President. "create such a default on the part oi these compa nies to the government as will give it the right to at once institute proceed ings in foreclosing its mortgage lien." In addition to the above indebted ness, maturing January 1st next, there will mature thereafter bv January 1st, 18D9, the remaining- principal of such subsidy bonds, which must also be met by the Government. These aggregate about $4 1,000, 000, of which $20, (kX, 000 are on account of the. Union pacific and $21,000,000 on account of the Central Pacific company. . The President's position on this sub ject is stated in his last annual report to. Congress. -' l-, A plan' for the funding of this " in debtedness is now under cousideratidn in both houses of Congress. It was formulated by the Pacific railroads com mittee and provides generally that the debt of the Pacific railroads now due shall' be paid in installments, bearing two per cent, interest, extending over a period of about fifty years. The House of Representatives has set aside January 7th, 8th and ith for the con sideration of this measure. Pending the consideration of legislation on this subject, it is not at all likely that the President will feel it- necessary to take any immediate action, but it is stated that he desires to have the question set tled before the end of hisderin, and that if he concludes that there is no reasonable prospect of remedial legisla tion at this session of this Congress he will certainly direct the institution of foreclosure- proceedings 'against the railroad companies. A lleport That 3Iaceo Llvos. jA special from Ilavanna, Cuba, via Key Weft, iFIa , nays: "Maceo is alive!" is the Cuban's joyful cry. The first rumor accepted with incredulity, are now gairmig ground. Information is coming into the city daily giving precise details. It is paid that when hp fell from his horse his followers thought him dead, but found'" that ho was still living and spread the news that he was dead in order to carry hiin to a place of safety. Under a fetrong escort they, carried him to the Singuanea ITospital, where, under the skilful treatment tf doctors Firmin, Valdes, ; Dominguez and I'anchon, the chief is now slowly recuperating. The aeufo period is-now. passed. It seems that only one-wound is dangerous, that being in the stomach 1 Fortunately the bullet did "not touch the intestines. It was feared that per itonitis might Ret in, but ho eeaped this. The other wounds are in tho jaw and back and are only slight. Xo bones were fractured. Flush Times at Augusta, Ca. Several hundred thousand dollars will be dispersed to Augusta,' Ga , in-. terest3 in dividends' during the month of Januaiy. The Georgia railroad will pay to stockholders 11. 5,000 in divi dends and will also j ay 74,000 in terest on bonded indebtedness. Tiie Granville Manufacturing ( 'omiany will pay its semi-annual" dividend of SVO.lto' on $600, KK) capital. : 'Ihe John P. K-iug Mill will pay 3 jer. cent. ben'ii-a:inual dividend. The .Augusts Cotton Mill will -probably pay :j;per cent, pemi -annual dividend on 600,000. Other fac tories pay dividends in February and jutmst and May i-nd November. L'anks and real estate and loan companies will swell the total interest to nearly half a million dollars.. " Treasury .Statistics. The recent report of the Secretary of the Treasury shows customs receipts at North Carolina ports for the' fiscal' year ending June 80, lS'k5, were' a follows, by districts: Albemarle, $30.71: IJeati fort, $r,.Q4; Tainlico, ?S3'J7.22; Wilming ton, $3, .33.4V total, 4,8C2., The receipts in the Charleitoa district in South Carolina, were ?27,03!.3J. If, however, South Carolina iff rather bhort in her customs contributions to tile Treasury, she makes up for it in her in ternal revenue collections, which were for the Fame ieriol: From-the fourth district, $l,o;),r,(e.7'"; .from- th fifth district, $1,071,421. JtotsJ, 2,741, 921.26. Ihe revenue receipts from South Carolina were i10t,3!.;7 for the eamea-eriod; from Tenuessee, Sl."4, 973. 4 ig from Georgia, 47.3,071. OK Killed Hu&tuttid and Wife. .Two unknown men went to -the hone of William Whaley, a farmer living two miles from" Fevierville, Sevier county, Tenne.see, and withont jieaking a word broke down the ioc,r. wa'lk-d in, and shot and killed .Wh!?v and hit wife. Miss Lizzie;McMaho'n, itr of Mrs. Whaley, was prefentbut v. as un hurt, hhc hud ' art 'tinfa'ht of .Vbaley't in her i4as w hen the men entered. . It is thought 'that they are the two men whom ha!ey profecnted before the grand jury for committing mnrder. Want. t lllgh Tarin. The' execntiye committee 'airjointed by the Southern Oraiige Growers at Los Angel.e-3, Cl.t maIe arraageu.ents to send a delegation to Wahingtin' to appear Lef ore the national tariff com mittee. They .decided to raife , 1',0C for th expenses ''-of the Washington Lt delegation on the-l a--:t tf one-third of cent for each box of all oranges shipped ?uring 1SJ7, and 20 cents per a.-re for all citms orchards. . NO. M EXPOSITIONS OF 1807. Fire International Shows In Propect j -for the Year. 4 Preparations are now being made for holding no fewer than five international - I exhibitions in different countries ntxi year, 1S37. In February nxt an inter national Electrical and Engineer ing Ex hibition will be held at Kewcastle-on-Tree, to commemorate the sixtieth year of the Queen's reign. ' All the changes and developments that have taken place in electrical and other branches of in dustry since 183? will be illustrated anJ two large building are now being con structed for exhibiting purposes. In the one bui Wing there will be electrical ship-building and self-propelling appli ances and in the other appliances in connection with sanitation hygeney horticulture and women's industries. A similar exhibition, illustrating th . Sneen's record reign, will 'Ik held at lack pool from Aprl till Octolxr, 37. . On January 25 an International (ia Exposition will ,be opened at ;New York, when a collection of 'gas apparatus and T appliances of every jueaeriptiou- will lw exhibited. The third is an Engineering Exposition tot be held at Stockholm where a machinery, hall with an area of 100,00a sonar e. feet has just been com pletid. In many respects it will be similar to the one to be held at New castle. From July I to October 31 an exhibition of agricultural aud industrial machines is to be held at JleiiT, aud th most important of 4lo fire will be th International (general) Exhibition to be Jjeld at Brussels. INCENSED -AT WKYLEK. - . Spaniards Appeal Against Ills Sugar . Cane Prohibition. The indignation of "th Spaniards towards "SYeyler increases daily. The planters are almost ready to take up arms because they are not allowed to grind their sugar cane. They are fur-' ious because it is known that estates in the Cienf uegos district belonging to the Crombert Bros, and John Fowler, American eitir.ens. are grinding cane ibv ! defiance of Gen. Weyler's orders. Itjs j state! that 'Spanish planters have.aent I. private meswages to 'Spain complaining J of this fact, it ie believed that orders j have been given thd Spanish troops to i burn the fields of tb Americans, kill their cattle and iniprisoi the laborers to prevent the continuanre of the grinding. ' ... - - ; . Sent to England. A Waahington special .fays: The completed draft of the Venezuelan .treaty irfint to Lord Salisbury by last Saturday's mail, and his fiual iustrue tibrrs to the British ambassador are ex pected within a week or ten days. The. only important point ' still open ia the place if meeting of the tribunal. This will be left to Sir Julian Pauncefort and Mr. Andrade 4to ecttle. The lat point of difference in the Anglo-American general arbitration protocol ha also been Settled hnd Qid treaty will probably bo ready to ke sent to the Banate in; about two weeks. . R0BBEES LOOT AN :t0WA BANK. tley Blew 0?n th Sf nl C&rrled Of t5.000 . -. . cr Mora ia Cub. At Sully, Iowa, a ttnall town neat NowtonT Iowa, robbers,lootd the Blato bank, fha "bank was inorporatl in -1 1 J 1 with $5,000 . capital. -Tbe dep-iu were at-out 417,000. A. Smith is Prest'lept, and . L A- K-rajo cashier. D--taHs of tno roMry are bur l t obtain, lcause tho town ban no telegraph! coaae ions. It is reported, tho robber en tered the Lank, blewo"pn the safe, an-1 car rio lawny an a-nsunt of cwb etlmat9I at f5,oro or'mor. Unosnal Bnrjjlcnl Operation. ' A quite novel surgical'-opyratlon haa successfully been performed at Parma. Italy, by Professor Camlllo .Verdelll, la the prtence of all the physicians of ' the Panuese hospital and with very at Isfactory results.. The new operation -was the washin'g'iof the heart. It was. the first operation of the kind and Pro-' fessor Verdelll employed the 'washing apparatus recently Invented, by Pro fessor Hlva. After making-an opera tive Incision Professor Verdelll first cleaned the pericardium of the patient, a 12-year-old boy, of the pus-whicb bad accumulated thereon, andftheu .pro ceeded to wash the heart with a strong . solution of soda blborate (borax. Tbe operatlon was very -successful, inas much as no further implication has arisco. '.The'bv.yi.i. now. doing" vcry-i veli and Is on his way to -omp!cte"r- covery. Proft-Ksor Varddli has .re-. 'celve.1 numerous congratulations for his succefs with the new operation from Mirgeon all over Kuropc. "f Southern Jailway 1 . l'Kd"tri'n:-., r I.lnr. FlitST ANI VX'.J I'l'ViI S N)l'.ril I AH')! IN V. K. rl ii.- m i i'i.(fiC 1 nn inform tt':o '." change w ith -! r.; St.. a ::l .i .bj..-ct It ! i- to t e p . b '!" . f, o 1 i' .. H"- '.' t. . a ru S y 7. 51 i-l- r.x. 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Davidson County News (Lexington, N.C.)
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Jan. 7, 1897, edition 1
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