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. ' .. ' ' ' i . iV .... . . ' i , - . . tmj , ., - - - . . ' J ' ".'-., . 7- . -: - f ' . SEP -BPRIllQB A dOMET. - ! . - ' . . : ' t : : : : 9 - 1 . .',. 4 . EQUAL AKD EXACT JUSTICE ALL. & a p j . r : r-t 7- : T , , . , VOL. I. NO. I; RED SPRINGS, N. CM WEDNESDAY; MARCH 9, 1892, ll.W.TOWNr.NI). Munaitr f The Boston Transcript declare: 4,Ti great apple crop ku been m unfortu onto for the N,ew Kogland fArm.iclative I j speakin, the gr-t cot tun crop ha been for tho Southern pla-itatioi." The consu option of those -dclicicus rr'iMtaces,' crabs, 10 both varieties, bard kil l soft shell, tin grown to fait, de clares tho Boston Transcript, that a gwlly surn is Inveitol in th fishqriet. At Crisflcll, M l., which hn bn the. principal point of production ainco k oi Soly thero started the business aVxit fifteen years ago, to the unuwimit of obclicvcrs, there aro' employe 1 nine hundred' to a thousand people, over soven hua lre lnU aro. In ne, capital viiooriting to nearly l ),000 lire pure I, tnl th catch foott up about 5,0)J,03) cre,bs a year, valued at 150,0' r. M. Ci iiillo Plait narion, th prose ot of thi pltnt try sp'icr-M, lit just rnvl, whit the 8t. Lrut Hur-Siyira j S'tt-ciu, a startling 'aun'itnoom'jnt. Ho h u licoTcre l t'ut th? 4U i U 1'iiia; it forcu. Hi ootUx'S frrvl-iil l)olin,j In iltr p)or, acc n;uui! 1 Uj iiritic iiIm-ViU 'iu it sur .:, wiiicli furllicr tfii l t U'.'plcUs tho ci!ori: rt' iiirtM of our jrt'tt luuiifitrj. Aft-r ni mtr--i' n i'-il trillo of tveit iiitMi i jeir In el ijmv.I, M. Fi i ii ii iri4fi ttiiuk t t hi iri will Ix) lloiv U'M Id I Mi'A'JUO 1 r.itci unlit for hmi'ie. In thy nv: in tnii'! mi'ik.iii-1 will w if--i (In titer Mi.ni-trr Hi until i ly n nimv t'i-' liy "f Ui'tu ii'ir n I Fi'iruiili'-'t m I tli Ini' r4 of i: up lj Hol.eil will Ixj up. pifent for j-ciii tiiu! ti i; ny. H'rston tni'rrh'itits uro txpro.sin a le nr tiit5 tli New York !'-, t Ii v llf (J iviTiimi-nt print n't iisuof fr.n-- jtlon il rip rurri'ii'-y to f toili to h ni 1 1 lrnvi-tiHH on niui'ill lii. The f'-iinpltin thfit 'tli'y tire ti j 1 1 c I to Ji iri'lli' Ht a Iohi qn ut tvii'iilnTi if lott iu hIiimiih which tire re;eivi- in t!i- miilV in piiyiiiiiiit for i;ooli purch -nl. Anl they all think thtt the clrirj,"1 fir in ni'-y 1 or hn !) etliorliiUtit wlc ru m:nll nii-iii lire involve I. phij pr nlfK-ut flr.n iy tint it recently In Ion Inn I i. ) wortii of Nttnipt which it couM not .iliip of. '. Mr. Iv e, of the publithiu'4 linn of f.u Si Hliepurtl, n-iyn tli.it ho often rtciyvj-H m inurh m a hy in pot if .it rnps, ni l It i iiiip M iilly to work tlio.u o'.I. I le hu jijeaU tS it tlie (t)V rnnMt ini-J tlin n rip oit it nilvor h iH. O.Iit lint 'i v men my th it i return to tlie ol I fr u tioinl piper currency v al I t a Ktont convenienco to theraelvef anl their ciHtomerM. Hjlither Farm, neu Sin f, iilro, (!!., hi coii4triirte( aa 1 fully v pi.ip,' I a M'tltwuter nwitirnin ti i, an I it h lij. Hero I to Imj the lint ever h nit for tlio uw Vif n hor-tu tr lining I ir.n. I0t,i:ri inctit no fir htro all i;oti to le n itr0 the pr.il tii .ihility of tlm swini nn tuik ai t lilr iviti ilevico for tr tinin , which will ixiucr oi hterenij int ( Kctur.tl M9. Ilornei, like w other nni in ili, rc juiro hithi, an I it U cLilme l tint while tikiu hii hi'.li ho in lnlei Jn swiininiu,', which a'luN a ililT'ritit but at hvlpful eeicijo l jil!pi tr v:'. wimniingi now eltimo I to bi a tjroit iitHUtunco In ilevclopiii pe I, a-i l tte Iruler of tr.ivk iv roil w irk it theu'b won lerfull reluoil Tn ttiak at 8 ut ior K.inn hw.a concrete bnio, niaety fevt loo; nvet all, tweSity feet wiilo ami v;Ul feot Tocp. Kru.u vi-.'i wait tliore ii u,-ty rvla to le., water, miking it n tie for ro t w.tlic town. .V pt ttrr.u couOru-tevl over the ventre of the tmk, which swini from the roof. l'p.n tliii elev.itioj a nivi st.iii'h :tn l nu'-lci the ( swiinmin hore, giving tlium tho teiviire 1 aiu juut oi rirrciv. Pieuro pneumonia is otio of thoM thla, alnltt the Anorir.t Dirna, tint will noVl'n.n Vocm ke.p tt jxrett well u fler cjntrt in tlmc-t.ittlr, . whero lh? .tir is e i.nptritirel lry, but In moist Ku;Un 1 it keop b!'u.i-j uj crenel. Jut now it U mtkiu; r uil trahle trouble an 1 ej.tt I-hvi to tho fitrmers In Ttrlou piru of Knltfl an I Scotland, SltteenoutbretVihtvt'lHX'n re jvorte l an 1873ho4 lof cttlh t a-i t-rl In th past clht weeks. Tnti Ink to u to this countr a a fctrful ilvi, nej. Thcr h?o Ufn fw outbre4k on the Atlantic COAsLwhrtv the tir,we previ ne. Is tnoro moist than in the interior, but this ttiacaoo has uever Ueu on aa epi drraic form !, u it conatantl threat ens to Io In somo countries In Europe, n.l will do uoleat th most cnerjjttic remedies arc constantly emploje.1. ln Island accma t carr the burden of these ills for the United ButeJ, at Icatt such U the frequent report of tbe authorities, but always denied hj thos who lirs there. It has the misfortune, so far as lcuro pneumonia Is coucrrno.l, lo be eotlrely surroun lel by water, thus rack ing the atmofpherc dtmp and arxwn j the suspicions of the doctors. )Like coDditioos, the think, art liable to pro duce like result. . COLUMBUi ' IMiinl hin Imj tb gray Atnrn, IVhio I ihr UaU-i t HrrmW; iWr' hm not tht g,brtM ot thnrm, IW'f him onhf nkvjrlem Th ifoml tmtMil: ".How mart w pray, K"T lo! th rry irtar. arn un. Itrat0 A'lm'rl. fiak; what khtll I "Whj ajr. .-i) ti! mII on' al oaf Tby mIM anl muI I. a win-l mi ;M blow I'ntil at lat tliMsudil loata aail: "Why, now not vn woutl know HhiV1 I attl all my mm tall dL ThH tifj win-la f.4-gK tbHr wjr. For i nJ frotn tbM irra. ? i fOT; Now 4-ab, lrp A'lm'rl, tak arvl JU Mi I, "Hall on? sail on! an-1 00? Tbm, an I worn, b krpt bia deck, Andpcrad through darkoev. Ab, Uut Of all dark nlhto' An! tha pork AliKht' Alight! A li2hl! A llhtl It Krew, a,tarlit fls unfurlM! It Rrt-w t I Time's Uirt of lawn. He ga)rwl a worM; h that worLl lU Kraoltkt V-mmn: "On! an Ion? Joaquin Milkr, in Frank Iymliw'a Moathlj. FOR YELLOW GOLD BT TRAXK tt. MILLARD. HEN the st&xe went light" the ran out the rrnill buck-board, but whiji there were icore than four p'ai-ent;t-M the bi tuud-wnon ww put on. TIim was a buckboanl day. for thero was not a single pasener. What wan more to the (fiiut, oa thy Gold Hutte 3Iinin (.'mpiiijy regarded if, wm that under the driver'n w it was a x with ten thoutaml loll. iri in tho newest of new tcoi and twenties in it. The driver hid looked very blue when he drove bit four niu.Unvp from the jMvtnic:c where lie toik on a vcr flat leather 1i, -which spoke loudl of the in .ii ity or disinclination of the Thimble Spring cople for lolter-writin over to the railroad station, where ho was to take on the boi. Thin were jiom nil wroiufat horuc. That was wh brown (.uc looked sohai;ard; that wa why ho held mo . loo.lelj too the Minefi;" that wiw why ho cheWcd bc hard on the bit of "plu" in his mouth. 'Such hard Beralchin' I never seed nfoiu"' witi what ho bad aaid v3 he hud listlessly thrown the maibbaj inta th wuon ; 'cau't it no deconl job now ndiy.M. Nothin' ter be hed b prosper:, in' tried tin t timo an aiiu; cf I gu nnything it etcri out insido of n wck. 1 im'ultt make n strike over tcr Hand (tuUeh.but it'n n long way oil, an' me 'n' ic an the kids hrz moved so oten nt wc can't i iisc nothin' tcr movo ok now. Why in S.un Hill did Suo hev itt n'lt that rhcumati. jei now, when we's so hard up, an' aore she weaned the bah ? It's a shame. Why cau't Hill it some thin' ter do? ret bijj, luuk hra led cuis. Ef I hed a brother, poorer'n a crow, d'y think I'd o on live ou him, nu live on him, till th ir wnru't nnthin ter cut in the house f Hho, Zieli Springer, jou're u bl.imel fool. Hill hain't lone that, lie niu't tcr blame fcr ittin"H:s lr broke that time. Uill'n all riU, but he's oulucky. Been tryin' fur a month ter Job, an can't jjit in nowhere. He' williu ter work, llo'd stan' croch deep in the creek all da long wasliin out tailin't cf he could make hit salt at it. Tried it for six weeks an' didn't git enough to 'buy a pair o' gum-boo ta. Whoa, liuckskinl And then the box was taken oo, And the express ncnt had something to an. Thut "BoQicthin" was not to Zach springer's liking. He chewed harder than ever ou the bit of plug, and sawed tho hard mouth of the mustangs by au unncveary yankiug of the reint. It was a positive relief to be able at lait to whack his lash diAvn upon the tides of the nervous brutes and turn them loose for tho forty mile run to Gold Hutte. Wh had ho needed o lecture from a hireling of Uie express compun, and why should that oioth jowlcd agent have looked at him with such dark sua picionf Thcv think 'cos I cot stood tin down trr Elack Hocks las' time I hail a hlj loud o gold, thet I need to be preached to crcr timo I go out now with a fnlF lox. I'd liae ter see one on 'cm hand- ifii a lin'the riblmni wheahar's k WiucJifS ter look in' at 'em with an eye as big ai a bar 'I head. Cal tell mo the wouldn't give in! The sweet scented, calf skin United young ladies I Thar aiu't a tuau among em." Zach springer's indignation was now in more complete poscasioa of hi in than bad been his feeling of blucneu a little carli r. What he had delivered hinuxlf of jut now wa not what he would have raid had he voiced bis true cnlimeats ' with reference to' the express agent's lecture. In in tween tbe worJi ran Uie thought, that 'thej" bal ?upvlcl hjiu of bavin,-; a hand in the lUck Kcks nb'jry. It hrl come to him tefore in wlnt h called a ''left handed" way, ami he had hd other outbursts of righteous indii;iiatiou, but none in which the up heaval wm v great as that of the pre' cut. Had that hern the reason tL stage company bad cut down hi pay o aix a month t TLc chances were that tt was. It was too bbuncd moaa tor a lot of swine, like the )eoJe, to come it so high ha&dedl over a poor inau wto ool wanted, his own. Would a 't it serve them just vhl, if Tha white dut of the derrt rolled up froji the musiaogt' hoofs ta (little puSs, and sprays of it, powdery fine, followed tbe turn of Uie wheels Ualfws ep, there to be caught by the I rreM and drifted behind in a long cloud that followed tbe bockbmrd like a haunting $ pint.. Sotnc tiro, the light brecs shifted, it came back upif the buck board and its driver like heavy thoughts on the conscience of a gyilt man. It wonld scTTf them just rihtl Be sides that, only think ten Lbooyaad! W1I iroald the people down U Ksxico .. r . -j or Guatemala, where lie would fly, know or care if sowebud up la far-off Nevada had dumpeil a box o?l dm buckboard ana gone beck and got it after a few daa maybe a week?. It would bare lo be a dark night, wouldn't itf Text cosrida't go and get a box like that la tbe day time and take it anwhere, for the whole country wouM be out lookibg for the roau who bad it Maybe a month.. That would be bet'er, It would all blow over bv that time. Let's see. would itt Ten tbouV-iod was a rxiddeal. Thoee stage stoi iTrs were always striking tbe box on the wrong day. They never got so much as that at one haul. - In two tnonCua,UMQ it rhaiw two : months. But It would have to be well-hidden: And the thought stuck to him, despite all attempts to keep it off, though bj tbe time he ha1 drireo the mustangs Intc Itod Caoyon, hU iodignatiis. at having been auspected b the company had died dowo. Tbe ox at his feet hl taken on a new meauing for him. It meant smart rowns for his wife. It mewat a good schooling for the childiree. Those fire little ones had had a bar! rustle' of it lo get what few scraps of learning the had thus far managed to clutch; and, for clothe, i hev were dressed like juve- m a .a roi- Munrnms i tn.iii tne nam scraxco ins would bc over it he dared to do what many another hard-pushed man had doue. Hcsolving the whole matter down fo a plain, clear cut proposition, it "was, after all, simply a. question of nerve." Here wis the place to do it. I tight here, where the high, scraigl rocks, with the Mitehv of rae-btush atop, i.ime ko near to the buckboard. It t-ould lx thrown over there anywhere into the mc liruH.i. ft wouM be as wril-conccaled tu though buriel in six feet of earth. The buckboard had readied tho top of a long down-grade. Zicij put ou the brake nod twUted the reins about the brake-handle. As if about to take a plunge iuto ice-cold water, he reached down for the Ikix. But wait a bit. He took off 'hi big tioinbrcro and huug it on a projecting rock. Then flashing out hit six -shooter, he bent n bullet through tho brim of the hat, which he then replaced on his henJ. Though it had been hot enough when he started out from Thimble gpriog there eemed to be a chill in the air jutt now. WouM the believe the stoiy that he would have to concoct, even though be allowed them tho hole in the hat-brim 1 What would he oiro whether the did or not? They already ujiectcd hhn. If he had tbe name, ho might as well have the game. He looked at the spot where the sae-bruh clustered thickest, and made a mental throw or two in a tentative way, iu order to gct tho distance." Yhcn ho laid two.nerrous hands on tho box. He gave a little tug. How heavy it wat! Uould it b tossed over there, after all? It iniht have to be carried. Ho lifted it upon tho scat. Via Thimble Spring Stage Lino." What swan tho Reimo in putting oa such a direc tion at that? It was the only way it could go. Tuo only wjiy. And that way was now closed, for he wat about to 'God, kain't they trust you you, Zach Springer. Kain't they trust Old Zachi" he buret out, hoarsely. "Yes, but why don't they do as any other decent minin comp ny does turn thuir stuff iuto the bank at 'Frisco, a'ter it's mint ed! What do they want on it up thirl" Well, after all, that wat their buiiue. But he couldn't bo trusted. WUat would Bill say? Bill was au htnoit man. He would blush w ith shaino every limo hU brother's name was muotioned after that for, of counc, he would know. Sue would never siwpcct. Any kind of a story would bamboozle her. Bill wat smart. He could put two and two to either as quickly ai an nun in the country. And yet Bill himself wat a lit tle reckless somctimet. He hail been acting ?cry queer ol late, and bad hoca over io Johnson's a good deal, dsinking and playing cirds with the boys. That would not do. Bill must be looked af ter. ( He was only a young fellow a mere lny, even if bo had liven trying to raie a imut tche lately. Yes, Bill was a ood deal youagcr than he. Why, he remembered well the day he was born, when I boy took him In lo show him his new baby brother. Ho used to carry Bill all around, and be was the firt oua to stand him ou hi leg and try to make him walk. He re-ncinbcred how it uscd to hurt his own head when Bill got a knock b falling out of hit high-chilr. Bill was just as much to him now as-eter, An,j $ woknc ilS. those knocks which late and the ncssc of bis naturj were giriog him now hurt him just ai badly wore. perhaps, than the did Brother Bill. What would Bill say? ' He laid his hands upon the boc ain. It would bc safe enough baHind the locks thew under the aiji-bruth as safe as if . 'Git np thir! Git, Bickskinl Git, oKlGbel Ye lazy critters. O'lsngl" Ajad down came the lomr, l"h upon the dust covered backs of thw mustang, and off down the Ion grale they ran, mak ing the dust fly in tae ctioi at It nevor flew before. For Zich Ita 1 grasped the reins in a grip of irou, and both his big cowhide boots were pltatel fir.nl ou tbe box. "This 'ere Is what I cila like slu !" be said, ten minutes later, at they were still fln down the grade. 'B it I lod some time' witha blvifd-fool notion Out I orter a ben lick I for ever thtnkln' on a tninit, WaJ, the oij'j i-rt got a go J rest. Makin up fer it now, thoui. They 11 toon be in a lata-..'. 1M git to the half-way house io a qu-ut.T of . an hour, aad then III tike a good hoc a. I feel kinder narvost yit. That 'ere box is abcavv load on a ruaa's miJ. Is pose the sup'riu!cn leit up to Toll BiUs is worry in' about it, t'. Nertt m'od, ol' feller, you'll see that sl-iJ stowed away in yet eafe afore sua 1 wa. What' ttmt A hold -up, sure as abootio'P Out from bhiaJ a ta'l ro:V, a man, with a pimzt ot drk e!tCv over his face and a Ter lare Winchester in his ht!t bad auildenly aprua th muxila of the rifle looked rt;ht into scVa bif, roaaJ eje. Tbe brake icrs;! the wheels aaj maVe tae sparks fi. Ta oustana caae to I u Idea stand. There was no getlinj by thl Wincheater. MI reckon you've pit tberdrop on me, stranger, the drir.c coolly made the re mark. Stick upr baa Isl la course I will, cf you Insist m it; but I tell yer these 'ere mustang is might skittish, an it's on ther daown-grade. So yer oeedat shoot ef ther start up, fur ill! be yer own fa alt. I s'pose yer axter this 'ere bax. Tbrow It out? It'a ' too buvmcd bear fcr that. Yell he? ter give us a lift. Tbe man with the gun ha 1 said noth ing; but the subtleties of the bolding-tri process were not so Gne but that Zmi understood every wave of the at ran .er hand and every shru of h'rs ahooiers, when the wave and eureka meant - throg. Z-ich bad l.tn belJ-up betore. fde of the calico m k did not step for ward at once. In this suggestion that he should assitt in king off the box be seemed to suspect soae trick. But one of Ztch's hauds was held aloft and the other, with the four reins In it, was oo the level of his shoulder. The man edged up to tbe buckboard,- exchanging the weapon which he presented at Zach's bead for a six -shot revolver. 'Thanks, stranger." said Zach, with forced merriment. "I never like to her one o' then air long-barreled things p'inte I at me. They shoot too straight. Now, hre ye arc.n W ith bis foot be shove! the box along urtil it was near the edge of a? nn. rbar it ii, help yourscll; but jell find it a blamed hoary load ter pack, ef yer goin' far over forty pouud." The robber's fingers grasped the box ncrvou!. A green ui at tbe biz, thought Zach; 'mebbe tharll bc an openin' here it." The robber pull e 1 and hauled at tbe box Imt it would LOt budge, for it wa a a a A caught on a naii-hcau in the Dottom oi the wagon. In his feverish anxiety to secure the gold, he lowered the revolver a little and gratcl the box with both hinds. Swiftly Ztch's right hand fell to his hip and he wliippcl bi bright barreled pistol. Got the dead drop, ftrangcr! It no go!" b shouted. Tut that wecpir daown, you fool! lor the man sva raising his pistol. "You won't! The takethat." A flash, n report, and back fell th robber without a moan. His finger t-lawed tho dust for a moment, ai if b were grasping for a hold on life. Bus the hold was u.it to ic ha l, and he gT it up, and lay there quietly in the dust The driver shoved his pistol into its hoVtcr, and wiped tho nweat from his brow. It had been a cIomj share for the box anil a chx-cr shave for him. Taken a p'rty '-ci un tr iter.vy with Ol' Zich. irter ull, he c huikle '. a. I r .1 I 1. I 1 springing lightly irom me uncauonru, while a broad smile lit up his Itowu lace. This 'ere means a big raiso from the a a 1 t it - comp ny an .a nundrei cr two iro inc tJold Butte folks. I f,'ucj tliey II think the ol' man's 'Unit right nrter thi." Hooray fur hooray! my i-tock's riz! It's way up tcr a hinurrd an fifty. Whoop e-e! Haw-haw-baw !" He btooped down over the teao man and lifted the bit of cloth from his face. "Almighty Gol! It's BiUl" b'aa Francisco Argonaut. SENATOR HILL'S SALARY. He Only Drew it From the Time When He Took Hi a Seat. WASiiiKr.TOM. I). C There wat quit an intercs'ing little episode in the rooms of the secretary of the 8cnate this after noon. After the rote on the Idaho case had been taken. Senator Hill strolled into the room and remarked that if -convenient he would like to draw a little money. The secretary of the Seuate, who is Gen. Anson G. Mc('ok, of New York, is the disbursing ofiVer of the Hecate. He draws monthly from tbe Tieasury a suffi cient amount py I he salaries af Senators and at the liegicning of every aession draws enough to par their mileage and statiooaiy allowiutcs Seuator Hill's request was promptly rejODled to by Secretary Mc Cork's ditbursing clerk, who placed before ' him vouchers for an amount aggregating about five thousand dollars, and a ked him to sign them. Ob, no," said the Senator, -I want a voxicher for my salary from tbe day I w;a sworn in, the ?th of January, 1692, up to the end of February. This is your uual pay day. is it not the third of tbe month P The cleik sai l it wax, but went on to remark that they bad a certain amount standing on their books to the credit of the New Yo k Senator, and to pay out only a portion of that amount would cause confusion in both their book-keeping and that cf the Treasury Department. With seme brusquenes ef manner Mr. Hill said this was none of has business; they must keep up their books to suit themselves. He wished to draw his salary for the actual time be served in the Senate, and not one cent more. Aftr some further parleying the clerk ms le out a voucher for SW 09, and Mr. Hill signed it and took a check for that amount in full payment of all his claims upon the Senate and mileage fund up to ' date. Seven bundled and seventy-eight dollars of this amount Was salary from January 7 to February 19; tbe balance sras for mileage. Tbe dis bursing etak stated afterwards that the balance left undrawn was f !.l3l, which would in due course by operation ef law be covered back tato the Treasury. Darlington' Big rim, Darlicoto. S. C It is found that the insurance nraily covers the lose cf 1 17.000 by fi.TSatardsy eight, in which much of the public iquare was laid in ashes, Tbe flame commenced on the north side of public squire aod destroyed every frame building on that side. Oaly one frame building wat left facing the west side of tbe public square, and the loan e Orange and Pearl slier U is b ar. About fifty s teres and mid titers wete burned. The square pres tts an oa usual specta cle, with smoking tmcs all around, tad tall, solitary chimuevc FARMERS' ALLIANCE. Whit the Ltfders are Doing -md Sajutg In WtihiiigtoiL A Diecuaeion on VThj Cotton and Other Food Product are Down, By Northern Paper. i! A Washington correspondent writes; i met Judge Fuller, of North jaroline, tbe other day and he told me "Jhst the farmers of his State were s7iug bard times owing to tbe low price - 03 cotton. TrlAn m atst i.t mrvuht nlanl.! v, 00iy two-.thinls the extentH it last year. This rooditioo or aflais to tbe South is deplorable, but the Agricultural Comuiisfwn rTceotly crcatetl the House is investigating the m&trr and will soon suggtst a bill iatendeuto res edy tbe existing evils. P 'Hon. E. T. Stackhmise, Jr Soutb Carolina, is preparing with gre rare a graduated income tax bi wf:ch wi' soon be presented to Congress por .con sideration. C ''Senator Tciler says in rilaticn to p.o hibitioo: ''There is no e flic ten way to deal with the business of dra:fj tcllinj but to prohibit it. Any olhcrncoune !s merely temporizing." "Senator Teller, who hu hitrtln op posed any appropriation for they World's V'ir bas tteen won over and wall favo early and libciat Government iLitajce. The President in h:s recent message on this subject intimated that an appropria tion of as much as ,00;,OOJ ssQuld not be vetoctl. v "There are thousands of pirions who wonder why I am called .'Socklu.' Simp son," said that repicscntative ofMbc State of Kansas to an arquaintsne. "Bui there arc very few who know t the real reason. I was a young fcllo with a considerable foudness for the fciftv of young ladies, and I was very jiroUd of my feet." The Congiessmsn Jitrtrbed a . 1 a J out his neatly caseo p uai exiremi les lor the insK'C.iou of bis friends nnr glanced at thvm with pride. "We all used to wear tight uot.," h continued, "sometimes so tight ?o le ver) uncomfortable. There w ns a fed low whe had a foot just a trillc smaller tfinn mine. He could wear lioots a size t maimer thsn I, and a mutual acquaintance, wb by the way, was a young lady, spokcf.ubout it to me one evening. I wna in ties habit ol wearing heavy woollen sock' and 1 knew that if I should takechemoffl could wear smaller boots. To (nj grca, joy I found ou trying that I co'jld weai a size smaller than my rivsl, vtid I at once purchased a pair. I weirtt to call that evening as usual, and (jund him there, proud in the possessions of feet which were really cmaller thsn mine. Tbe subject came up I believeI started it about the size of cur boot. and be eagerly accepted the challenge to measurement. Of course I won? and he seemed to frel is badly over ft as if he had lost a horse race. But fihe boot maker who was in possession of my secret cave me away and the boys all got on to the story. ' Do I wear sock's now! I should say that I do." S J g . The man who joins the Alienee for the purpose of getting a little chap augai. or a little office of some kind, itucrally the one who ia found kicking, g . The Alliance Aid Asnocislion-of South Dakota has voted slmost uuan&iouslr t transfer lis membership to thet'ew Ns tional Aid degree. Tbe Kansal )Iutun Aid has determined to do likewise When these transfeia are complAted, th aid degiee will stand spiare on its feet, and be able to pay losses in f til 1 at once Applications are comioc by the hupdrcd for agent's co;niuifttdos, and everything points to a genu a$ success Brother Wardall is now making tour of the State, and meets wh eflcoursge ment wherever he gws. t " rcnrsTCAL Moscow Daring the discussion of tli5 United Slates Banking bill in Congif-st some time in 16M orlNM, John Randolph, ol Roannke. who was opposed V to the passsge of the bill wh h wasinndel to establish a United States bank, uaid that he baI discoveted terpetual motion, and' it was very simple, lcing that-vj 't aper rraks nwoey, g lony maaes bans. ! links makes poverty, Povirty makw ra'4a. 3' flaja atte paper. Paper makes money. Money makes bMika." aod so on fer ever and ever. ;j . W W W W 9 W a,t The Msnufarturer, of Philadelphia, ths organ of the Manufacturers fub, dis cussing business and financial t matters, aays: "The fSouthern r)ewpsjera sad cotton exchanges are just, oof urging the planters to reduce their cotton acre- age, and to turn ther-attcntionn large measure to the production of food. This counsel is offered ujon tbe throry that tbe supply of cotton is ia exres. of the consuming capacity of mankj'hd. For tnls thor there is no warrant in fact. There ore millions of human beio?p in th?a couatr id in Europe, to say nothing of the rest 'V wotl I. who cevr in fhctr lives bad v-gh clotliing. Tl;5." trouble with the planter it rx.t that be- towt too tauch rottoo. but thst be caariot get a fair price for what be does grf. He is driven to enlarge his product IjJ. a des perate purpose to force up ther quantity so that with the price falling Ls'msv still pay Lis filed charges. It should cot proSt Lira to grow k cotton red note food, for foo-1 prkes are dowa Jro. He sannet joib ia an attempt iVforc up li prks by diminishing tbe suppl t, for tbe movement would ruin him. Tbe only Lope of salvation lie ia an stance of pnees. Extreme shortage tnbt rx doce this result, but the effect end J o be permanent, and tbe plet4fr cannot afford to make the experiment. Tbe remedy lies ia far Uber dir.ctkns, aad it is of a nature which will effect ;o4 cert tow oolv, but all other cusnnsc-iitirf . Cotton Is down because gold is trpw , lb ea nr of values hs been artificialljr leoglh ened, and'ottil it shall beCfd1 normal proportions there ctn bo tf h ) ceneral rttumf of pros pet Itf. We tuffrt berr, aad Eorope euffrra, from tbe arbi trary and ttseiee rejection of silver by the civilized world. When bimetallism shall be generally restored price will advance and tbe tnad scramble for cold will be over. It was reported last week. falsely no doubt, that huge deposit of gold had been discovered . lo Colorado, If swh a discovery should be made tbe trouble would disappear at ooce, for it would tumble the value of gold in spite of demonetization, and until that value shall tie brought low ly one means or another there will be no improvement of the nt nit ion that will last," ' CLAIOS AGAINST CHILL Sore Than Two Million Aaked By Tbe Injured Ilea of the Baltimore. WasnijraTOjr, D. C. Papers were fled at the State Dc artmrnt asking fcr rrpar atiou and damages ' for the crew of the foiled Mates steamhip Baltimore, of tbe Chilian Government for injuries received atd false imprisonment undergone at tbe time of the note at Valparaiso in October 191. .The damage claimed aggregate f 2.0, 000, as follows: False Imprisonment and Assault J din McAdani. 430.000: John Downcv. $30. 000; Andy Boyle, $J0,000;O. Wclleland, 30,000. v . Very Grave Injuries Jeremiah Ander son, $150,000; John Ilsmilton, f I SO, 000; George Pantcr, flW.OOO. Sen mis Injuries Joseph Quiglev.tlOO- 000; John MeBrlde, f 100,000; William Ucr, $ Ou.OOO, Mi H'u.W.an. 1100,000; William Caulficld, 173,000; P. McT.'l liams $75,000; James M. Johnson, $75, 000; John Boon ry,$ 7 5,0(0; James Gitlen, fno.tKK); K. Clifford. $ftO,0O0;F. Fmlcr- ick, $60,000; F. II. Smith, $0,000;War nu Brown. $50,0000; It J. J. Hodge, $50,000; John Butler, $50,000; C. C. Williams, $50,000. ; . . FaUc Imprisonment and Light Assault John W. Freoe, t40,000;Tliomaa Gal lagher, $40,000; C. H. Guth, $40,000; W. Sullivan, $40,000; Andrew Nelson, $40,000; 8. W. Cook, $30,000; II. Cun r i nghani, $30,000 ; Peter O'Neill. $30,000 ; Peter Johnson, $30,000; Alfred Pfciffer, $30,000, Adolph Swanson, $30,000. The Great Wall ef China. A correspondent of the LonJoo Illustrated . News, , who bas recently traveled across Siberia, llongolia ami the Gold desert, entering Northern China by the Naokow ram, give an kitereatlag account of the world-renowned "Great Wall of China. "I had fully prepared myself for something wooderful," says the correspondent, "hot this martclous work more than realized my expectations and fairly held me spellbound for a few minutcj. One can form tome idea of the . panic the CeleaUale must ha vis been io when they undertook such a gigantic barrier:. What struck sue most iu this wall was its wonderful state of preserve tiou, the symmetrically hewn stone of which it ia composed showing but few signs of tbe ravage of time." The building of the gigantic wall is said to have been eommenced by Empcroi 'Cbe-IIwaug-Te io tho year '214, B. C, but it was not- completed uutil several hundred years later. It extends to a length of more than 2000 mitei, Is from twentv-five to thirty feet high, and bat a thickness varying from twtve to seven teen feet. It ia au earth wall, liaed with brvek on both sides and provided with numerous turrets and battlement. Frank Leslie's. How a IUsU ti Peasant Pie. a Count Leo Tolstoi described thus recently to Octave Hon Iaille,wbo visited him at Jatnaja-Pojana, bow a Itusalaa peasant dies: "Death is. dark and terrible oa tho the canvas of the painter, but here In this country Is Is almost a picture of mirth. I just.cane from a peasant's deathbed. Tbe man knew that he mutt die and his pain lasted several dtys, yet not ooce did his serenity of soul leave him. When death was quite near, aod, a is cuto nary, a waxed taper was placed in bis hand, his face assumed an expres sion of unutterable happiness. It seems strange to me that after such a scene that I hare felt so little emotion. Aside v from all religious feeling, death it for these people a release fron trouble; therefore, all absence of tho cloud of sorrow seen elaenhcre. It is the p;ac, the slumber which the peiaot hu longed for in the depth of hU misery, and the sorrow of liviog is over. Phosphate 2xn Ol 00017. Maco. Ga Freight Agent Domy, of the Georg a Southern lUilroad, rt turn ed home from South; Carolina, where be bad been since the first of the year, look ing after the phosphate bus I ocas in that State for bis . road, Mr. Horsey rr port great gloom ia tbe phosphite iodustry of South Carolina, and says that th busi ness a been badly crippled this seaWtn. Nothing like tbe amount of tbosph'e sold Isst season has been sold this. Th demand in bualnea la not leas than 40 per rent. 'Noe of the plants are bow ia operation, and 8.'0O men are out of em ployment. Mr. Dorsey thinks th farm er of aosith Georgia will put 50 prr etoJ. less frrtil zer ia the ground thia year lhan bis ever been known. Xtr. yjoldenV Funeral. IULxiob. N. C Tbe funeral of th late ex Govemoe William W. II olden was be Id fr jw Ldralo street Methoil'st rburtb bcrs WeIneIsy afternoon. Tb interment was is Oak wood CerwHery. TV Typographical Union attended la a body. An Zz-Oorernor Burned to Dth. LmLBllocx, An:. Es Got. E1U N. Coawsy was accidentally bumeil todth ia b s own msdenc. It is supp"ed be was as'eep at tbe lime- He was very Id and feeble, quite eccentric and lived alow, not allowing any one la to sleep 00 the prct&ise. . JOt9t CoL Jobs T. Xnett. CoLCfetitA, S. a-Ei Msyor Jeht T. ftbett died Sand after a lirgwag ill nes of on SDoeth. II was st'kken witlt ptalysii oa tb list cf Jsouary. 80UTIIEIIN RAILAYAY CO. The . Tenakil SjiUa Coapletil RwrjiAiicd. Consolidation of Ulcbmond Terminal With tbe XL ek D., r. T., V. & O., and Central of Georgia Detail of th Orgajxi aatioa. Ntw Yonn, lSpecULl-Th IBeb. mond Terminal Company's storkho'drr, committee are about ready to suhrnit their' plan for tbe financial mwxaaitatioa. of that cornpanv ami the roads coo trolled by it. As berrtofure stated tie pUa prt'tM-s a coaolid.itKa of thst cotauia and all tte rompaoits (ix lu.lrtl lathe Itiehmond aod lAntlllr, Et Trnncaser, Vireioiiaud Getwgia arnl Central Hail toad of tiewgis aletna, aggregating P,tJ O milesj into 000 corporal ion and one management. Tl new company will b called tWe "S.iuthern Hallway Company." The committee ptepo the Uue of $500,000, ' t oO .f new securitiea. Thrse new arcuri tie are to take up and rvlir all of tbe securities issued and cmtitanding oa the procrtie as at present tgaaired, and jroside for all the ' floating drbta, car trmtt and othrr onfuodol obligatioas of the Kveral couipanie. CAriTAttl ATtOJI, titBT, ETC. Tliepnsent amount of rapiuUatloa -snd imfunde! dtbta of the various rota- iism5.- U ovrr $11,0 00,000, initrad of 212, 500,000 lut r-rgage 4s, IT.I.SO,.' WHI tu omrs. $75.0i)0(ioO pief.rt 4o(k, and $150,( 00, OQ) common stork as at first piojMl. The new securitirs will consist f $MO,000,000 first mottgsg 4 -r tent, bunds, $63,000,00$ seond morignge 4 cr tr-nl. incoms bonds, $75, O'O.iniQ ,t rr cent, ptcfrircl alor k, and $11 o.trttt.OuO common stock. Of the first mortgage IniihIs it Is proposed to is sue $? 15,000.000 iiumediatrly for the re tirrment of tin prtseut Iwnded drbts and for the iaingof floating debt, car trutt, etc; 5,O0O.oii0 are reserved for im piovrinents lo the projKtths ot iLooa ron tun aw ronraxr. Hie tiesv company will thus start with interest chsrgri of $.GoO,(KK), to which wiU hc sdde.1 r&isting rrntslsof $1,5(10, 0:0. making altogither 410,160,000. . This is over $3,000,000 less than the present fixed ehargea and annual rar trut psymenta. The new plan while spring $3,090,000 of flxetl ehargea, wilt relieve the companies of floating debt aod seturcone management for the whole sys tem. Bv the latter competent experts brlieve'that from $0,000o0 to $3,000,. 000 ran be added to the net earn logs duriug the next yur. Tlie gross ram iugs of the system are now $40,000,000 per annum, with rottoo and all the In iliutries Iu the South iu (be most drprru ed condition that has exUfrd for J rare, A this vast syttrm of railroads rr aches all parta of the South, any favorable', change In the conditions there will Im mediately improve ft ram logs, bence It I reasonable to eibcct that the gross, earnings will reach $43,000,00) nstt sear. The ratio of espensea lo earning heretofore has. been about 70 per cent., but it is espectrd that the economies which will be promoted by this ronsoll dstion will reduce this to CC per cent. From this it may be seen that i 1 4, COO,. 000 may be reaaonably expected. Buck' a result, which is almost certain, will pay the interest on the first mortgage bonds and the incomes, and show ImmedlsUly ocsrly 3 cr ceot oa the preferred stock, in KqciTAaut rLAn. It is said that the plan of distribution of new securities to retire the old securl tirt Is most equitable, each of the old uks Mng conti lcrrd In all It bear I or and trrstl strictly oa its tnerits with ut prejudice or partiality. The com rultiee propose to raise about f.TI.OOO.OOg of casU by tb Isle of a portion of the tew securities. The HUbrnond Terminal stock holders will be offered the privilege rt taking the securities at price whklt will promise them a profit of at least 3 per rent, Th is subset iptlon will lie under written by a bsakrrs syndicate, la order to assure tbe success of the reof ganlxa lion. To the security bolJns the tdsa affords relief from the uncertainly of tlx if security aod prospective loseee wbkk have stared them la the face for several' y ear. i . IMMCXIB COWMtlCUL TAirt. The consolidation of this gnat system under one mass gem rot. sad its lerorpo - ration ujoa a sound and - stable ficstxUl basis cannot fail to be el lunivose eoia mercial value to th Stuth. For the almost, unknown stock and boo ds issued upon local rads through out th South tbet will be rivru aa equivsUet amount of sec unties which will bars a ready market and fotibcota-. ing value fa tbe frrestctt money renter 1 0 our country. Til of itae'f will mid greatly to th availabl capita) of th South. Legeats ef Ike Xarles. Th M scries are aosKtimc geaeraH, an l even exquisitely poetical. Oa of tbeja rrlttcs how the heavens an-J the earth were at th bgiain'g of thlsgs united ia msnisje, anl how the sky waatem away frn the partner of her love by ter owa ckit-Irm, the abwos winds. Every nihi she weeps over her lost husband, an I brr tesri are Ike dew. Somciiset the stories are vrty qttlstl and oddly iraa;iatUve, as whrre the tsl is tol l of tbrr brttherrn eb took canoe to fiah, ! west far, far out fete th open era, when one rf them, woo prepare I a magic book, cart-hi what was supposed to be a great fUh at tbe bot tom, sad, drawing it up to the surface, found thst be kJ 2tscorrred New Zea lasxl. That wa how tbe land came la being, 1 the llsorics point to tbrtw of the great trwinta'a raajea as tbe stone sinoe ta w Lie's tVir (iaat anceet&rs came feooa sotne far-off country l two pU tbe land,. Toe mix tore of chlUish naivete and high imagination matte the collection acttully UsoaatiBfr Wa- tcniporary IUriew. . There are In the wortl HT e-foev 1 1001 iMtUitloot ca'lel usirtMt.es. TI Urgs it I Pars., th next U M ten and the tbiJ la Ikths. . t - S '1
The Comet (Red Springs, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
March 9, 1892, edition 1
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