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Hickory press: October 17, :s95. 6 RUSSIA AFTER GOLD. Czar's Agents Reported To Be In The Market For Amer ican Uetal. WALL STREET WAS SCARED. -Germany and Austria Also Want the Yellow Metal. Some Opinion ef Financier. The dark shadow of the Russian bear passed over Wall street the other day and made strange grimaces at the statue of Washington, which rises as a guardian from the steps of the Sub treasury. The financial community instinctively shivered and remarked on the cold weather. The shadow, the shiver and the cold wave followed a report from London that Russia is in the market for Amer ican gold, and that the $2,500,000 worth of the metal which Crossman & Bro., shipped away to Hamburg last wek is destined for St. Petersburg. This information is given on the "highest possible authority" in a special cablegram to the Wall Street Journal, which adds that the gold is going to Russia in connection with the payment of the Chinese indem nity, and that in making further con tracts for goid, here the Russian Gov ernment will not be governed entirely by the exchange rate. Considerable plausibility is given the story from the fact that Russia has of late been ac quiring gold in Berlin and other Eu ropean centers. The exact relation of Russia to the Chinese loan negotiated last summer is somewhat in doubt, but it is understood that the 16,000, 000 will be held in Kurope, subject to the order of the Japanese Govern mentin gold, i The loan, it is be lieved, will btand as a charge upon Chinese customs, Russia having guar anteed to raise the amount. In order to carry out the agreement the Minister of France at St. Peters burg is gathering gold wherever it is to be had, and, of course, will get it at the lowest possible figure. As bearing on the general situation, the following analyses of the market for gold abroad, whih has been pre pared -by an expert, Will be found of interest: "It is not at all surprising that gold is going from the United States to the Continent. It is not necessary to look for any special causes. Such causes may exist, and may be found in con nection with the Austrian and Prus sian conversion schemes or the large financial operations which are grow ing out of developments in the Far East. Setting these aside, however, there remains the fact that the rate of discount by the Imperial Bank of Germany is 3 per cent, and is expected to be raised. The open market rate for money at Berlin has been harden ing for weeks under the pressure of operations on the Stock Exchange. "The speculation, particularly in mining shares, has reached a period where bankers are providing against excesses. The gold stock of the Im perial Bank of Germany has been re duced considerably of- late. There is over speculating at St. Petersburg, and Russia is drawing gold, especially from Berlin. The Austro-Hungarian Bank has raised its rate of discount to 4 per cent on account of a fall in its reserve under a speculation growing ourof the plan of the Government to purchase Bohemia railway lines. The rate of interest at the Vienna Bourse has risen to 6 per cent. Incidentally it is proposed to establish a Russian Chinese bank, with heavy gold cap ital. "Under such circumstances it is not surprising that interests can be found willing to pay the slight premium re quired to draw gold from the United States. As long a the United States Treasury makes no effort to protect its gold it will be the source from which gold will be obtained whenever obstacles are put in the way of its "withdrawal from the great European banks.' On the other hand, Messrs. Laden burg Tbalmann & Co., who made in- quiries of their Berlin correspondent, the Messrs. Bleichrodar, received this reply: ,"Do not believe in further special demand for gold." All Free. Those who have used Dr. King's 2sew Discovery know its value, and those who have not, have now the op portunity to try it Free. Call on the advertised Druggist and get a Trial Bottle, Free. Send you rname and ad dress to H. E. Bucklen & Co., Chica go, and get a sample box of Dr. King's .New Life Pills Free, as well as a copy of Guide to Health mid Household In structor, Free. All of which is guar- nteed to do you good and cost you firming. For sale at O. M. Royster's ore. 4 A GRAPHIC PICTURE. Henry Wttron Before the Qrand Army of ; the Republic. Albert D. Shaw, one of the dele gates at-lirge from the State of New York to the late National Encamp ment of the Grand Army of the Re public, has been writing some inter esting descriptive letters to the Wa fertown Standard. Of Mr. "Watter son's address of welcome, Mr. Shaw says: "The event of the day and of the en campment followed, the noble address of Henry Watterson. The scene was nnique and inspiring. The represen tative delegates of the veterans of the Union were before him." The dead past of slavery and rebellion was be hind him. Stalwart in form, splen did in poise and action, polished as an orator, and grand in his imperial bear ing, Watterson faced an historic audi ence, fully conscious of the great occa sion and proudly equal to its de mands. In a voice clear and resonant and full of emotion, he spoke. "When the famous Kentuckian came to the front of the stage tremen dous cheering greeted him. The air was surcharged with patriotic fire at the time from the songs that had been sUng, and the poems Riley had ren dered in such a charming way. Wat terson is striking in appearance, and in many respects reminds on$ of Ros coe Conkling. His tine head is well set upon broad shoulders, and his athletic build and natural grace of body, combined with the piercing eye and noble features, unite in a presence at once manly and commanding. As be stood before the veterans repre senting every State of the-Union in war days, in the splendor of ripened manhood, and the grandeur of an American patriot, his appearance called forth the intensest feeling. His speech was equal to f the demands of the hour, and will live in history as a masterpiece of patriotic oratory. I shall never forget the picture of Wat terson as he stood before us. It was a great scene. Erect and heroic in pres ence, he faced the visitors of the great est civil war of the world with a dig nity worthy of the occasion. His sen tences were ringing and musical, and his words thrilled and captivated his hearers. ' He knew that he was mak ing a speech that all Americans would read and cherish, and one that could not fail to make an enduring impres sion upon the nation. He was to raise a monument of love above the sentiment of hate, and bind former sections into lasting fellowship, sym pathy and affection. His emotion was profound, and as he closed in tears he covered his face with his fold ed arms, as if to shut out the wild chaos of memories of war and blood, and to let in visions of blessed love and peace for a great people's happy and united future. He swung wide open the gateway of the South on hinges of love to Northern hearts, and bade them welcome forever. When he turned away at the close the vet erans rose in a body and cheered and cheered, while there was not a dry eye in the audience. Grasping Mrs. John A. Logan's hand, the orator and widow stood as a picture of reconcil iation and rejoicing a subject for some great artist of the future. "Watterson's oration will be held among the treasures of American ora tory, and to hear it was rich payment for a long journey in heat and dust. It was Miltonic in its eloquence. As I set in tears before this brilliant Kentuckian during this great speech my mind carried me back to the brutal war days; to battlefields red with blood and covered with wounded and dying men; to marches amid conditions of sacrifice and sor row almost overwhelming in their agony; to homes made' desolate by the terrors and travail of war, and I cried out in my soul: Why could not such as Watterson, many times multiplied before the war, have been as wise and brave as was he thirty years after the cruel conflict, and through Christ-like charity and love saved the holocaust of four years of blood and tears. God's ways are above man's ways, and in the unfolding of human history the backsight teaches how costly the lack of wise forethought is to individuals and to nations. Watterson's speech deserves to be hung on the walls of everv schoolhouse in the laud." Anecdotes from Gov. Vance, Dr. CIoss, and other great North Carolini ans of native wit, distinguish Bran son's Almanacs from all others. The work has the flavor of nativity born on the soil of native iarei.tage. It delights the aged and the young. Dr. Branson does much to make North Carolinians better and happier. Bran son's Court Calendar is unsurpassed. RETEREND GIBBONS. His Narrow Escape From Death From Chronic Ilalaria. That Pe-ru-na cures chronic mala ria needs no farther proof than the thousands of testimonials of grateful patients. The Rev.1 Gibbon's testi monial, given below, is a fair sample of what is daily received: Having been snatched from the grave, as it were, by the use of Pe-ru-na, I can not refrain longer by writ ing to you. I am a minister of the Gospel and pastor of St. Paul Church of this place. Last spring I was taken down with malaria fever after a severe attack of la grippe. Many of the friends and members of my church gave me up as hopeless. I had got down to a skeleton, and for weeks lay down in bed, that I would never more be well; but, thank God, I be gan using your Pe-ru-na, and to-day I can truthfully say that there is no medicine like Pe-ru-na. I will an swer any inquiring letters and inform the writer that Pe-ru-na is the med icine that saved my life. It is the best medicine in the world. REV. J. T. GIBBONS, Oakland, Tex. The Pe-ru-na Drug Manufacturing Company of Columbus, Ohio, will send a book on malaria free to any one writing for it. Ask your Druggist for the 18D6 Pe-ru-na Almanac. Notes of The Day. From the time of Solomon the chro nology of the Hebrews niay be con nected with that of Egypt, Assyria and Babylon, and comparative views presented. " The people of the United States use on an a verage 12,000,000 postage stamps of all kinds each and every day of the year, or a total of 4,380,000,000 per annum. The Greek year consisted of twelve months of t wenty-nine and thirty days alternatly; three times in eight "years a month was added to makg up, the de ficiency. On her last trip to Lucania, in order to save the tide at the Mersey bar, broke the record between Queenstown and Liverpool, making the 240 miles in ten hours. . A pipe line to convey the product of theLos Angeles oil well to the sea board, either at San Pedro or Redon- do, is under the consideration of an Eastern capitalist. The "Era of the Martyrs," a famous era in use in the early church, com memorates the tenth and last great persecution, by Diocletian, beginning February 23, 284 A. D. The first cabbages grown in Great Britian were raisecfon the ground ad joining the Abby of Arbroath, having been produced from seeds obtained from Artois in France. - Nearly the entire continent ofEurope receives its supply of oleomargarine from Eew York and Chicagd, and the importation is always exclusively through Rotterdam. A strange hog disease has within two or three weeks swept away thous ands of fat porkers in McLean and ad joining counties in Illinois, and threat ens the extermination of swine in those parts. W. & A. R. R. and Nashville, Chattanooga A St. Louis Railway. Three daily trains to Chattanooga, Nashville, Memphis, Cincinnati, Chi cago and St. Louis. McKeuzie route to Arkansas and Texas Emigrant rates. The Atlanta Exposition will be the greatest exhibition ever held in the United States excepting the World's Fair, and the round-trip rates have been made very low. bo not fail to go and take the children.' It will be a great education for them. 3T For maps, folders and any desired information, write to J. H. Latimer, J. W. Hicks, Trav.Pass. Agt., Trav. Pass.Agt, Atlanta, Ga. Atlanta, 6a. Jos. M. Brown, T. M., C. E. HARMA.V, G. P. A., Atlanta, Ga. A Strong Fortification. Fortify the body against disease bv Tutt's Liver Pills, an abso lute cure for sick headache, dys pepsia, sour stomach, malaria, constipation, jaundice, bilious ness and all kindred troubles. "The Fly-Wheel of Life': Dr. Tutt; Your Liver Pills arc the fiv-wheel of life. I shall ever be grateful for the accident that brought them to my notice. I feel as if I had a new lease of life. I. Fairleigh, Platte Cannon, Col. tutt's Liver Pills STATE NEWS. The quality of the cotton is the highest ever seen in this State. The chestnut crop in the North Car olina mountains is one of the greatest ever known. There are now only 154 convicts within the Penitentiary. There are 24 females, of whom five are white. On the Catawba river, three miles from Lincolnton, a cotton mill to spin thread No. 0, is well under way. English machinery is to be used. Quite a number of gold ores have been sent from the State Museum to the North Carolina display in the Mining and Forestry buildings at At lanta. Among the 51 newly licensed law yers are Frank B. Hendren and James W. McNeill, of Wilkes. The latter, of Wilkesboro, has been elected Judge of the Moot Court at the State Univer sity. One of the trustees of the Baptist Female University says that it is their expectation that work, which stopped in August, .will be resumed. So far about $25,000 has been expended, in cash. It is said that about 85 per cent, of the amount of fertilizers sold in North Carolina last year has been sold in the fiscal year now about to close. The decrease was more perceptible in South Carolina and Virginia than in North are at present about 300 men engaged in preparing the Cranberry iron mine, in Mitchell county, for the resumption of active work. Experts say that 40,000,000 tons of ore are in sight. A thousand tons a day can be taken out. The last North Carolina Presbyter ian prints the portrait of Rev. W. B. Arrowood, the Moderator of the North Carolina Synod. It says he was grad uated from Davidson College in 1876, and from Union Theological Seminary, Va., in 1879. The case of Calvin Eller convicted recently in Ashe County Superior court, of killing his kinsman, Roy Latham, last March and sentenced to the penitentiary for 20 years, is a very sad one. Eller was convicted on cir cumstantial evidence, and declares his innocence and claims that the witness es swore falsely against him.- He claims an alibi. The Wilkesboro Chronicle gives an account of it. State Geologist Holmes was called on not long ago by the owners of the Hope Mills cotton factory, near Fay etteville, for suggestions as to the bet terment of their water supply. He suggested an artesian well. Mr. H. E. Knox, jr., of Charlotte, bored this and Prof. Holmes has a photograph show ing the well complete. It forces the water 32 feet above the ground level in a pipe, aud gives a flow of 50 gallons a minute, or, with a steam pump 300 gallons a minute. The affairs of the late firm of Wal lace Bros, remain practically in statu quo. A representative of H. B. Clafflin & Co., of New York, was here last week at the request of the assignee, Mr. Long,' who hoped to get the Claff lin Company to bid on the goods. After making an examination, howev er, their representative declined to better the bid of (0 per cent, which had previously been made by Mr. Wil liam Wallace in behalf of his friends, and advised its acceptance. Mr. Wal lace is now in New York and if he can make the necessary arrangements it is probable that this bid of CO per cent, for the stock of goods and roots and herbs will be accepted. If it is the business will be resumed under the management of Mr. Wallace. Land mark. Hamlin Is an Ass. It is related of Hamlin Garland, the aiostle of realism, says the Chicago Record, that upon one occasion, while he was dining with distinguised friends in "Washington, he was asked whether he was an admirer of Charles Dickens1 works. To this Mr. Garland made an swer: '"When I was a boy 9 years old I once read three pages in one of Mr. Dickens novels I forget which novel it was. Upon hearing this answer another guest at the table remarked that Mr. Garland's experience reminded him of a story told of Beau Brummell. It seems that being once at an ostenta tious feast with a noble company the Beau was aked by one who noticed that his Bau!hip declined certain dishes: "And is it possible, sir, that you never eat vegetables? "Sir, replied Beau Brummell, with condescending gTaeiousnesf on one occasion, when 1 was a child of 5, 1 ate a pea. THE HANTEL FINISHED. North Carolina's Oift to OeorZi Bt . ward Yesterday-The MintM. Mr. Bonniwell, the well kn,wn a . itect from Hickory, spent vetn at the Central. He was jut from C'? tonia, where he had been Mipenntenj ing the fioishingof the mantel which North Carolina sends to ieorK-iaaK contribution to the big exH,sitj The mantel was built by the Hickorr Manufacturing Compauy, designed bT Miss Norma Bonniwell, of Hickorr and finished by W. J. H. Weddinton of Charlotte. The size of the unntl is seven feet eight inches wide u4 eleven feet four inches high. The low. er shelf rests on two large ppiral eol umns representing a plug of twjjt to bacco with the cupola ornamented with tobacco leaves. The base of these columns rest on two Iobei clutched in an eagle's claw... xe globe resting on square bu8 under the lower shelf are from quartered oak all native North Carolina woods. The mantel weighs nearly l.OdO pound, and is probably themotm sive one ever made in the State. Mis Bonniwell, the young lady who de signed the mantel, has iuiny' pieces of her handiwork in thia city, she ii now designing a hundred room hotel, with all the most modern appliances. The mantel was shipped to Atlanta yesterday. Charlotte Observer, 9th. A Qroat Discovery Claimed. Mr. Westinghouse, the well-known inventor, manufacturer, and capitals, confirms the announcement reeentl? made that he has "solved the problem of converting coal into energy with out the intervention of steam." In other words, he claims to have ili.cov ered a simple method for generating electricity directly from coal. Thi reputation of Mr. Westinghouse is an ample guarantee of his sincerity. What he says he undoubtedly be lieves. And there is no man more eapable than he of judging what a new devieo in the development of power will accomplish. It is, there fore, reasonable to asbQine that the time is at hand for the discontinuance of the use of steam generators in de veloping electric force. With all the progress tliat has ben made in steam engineering it has been impossible hitherto to utilize mori than 10 per cent, of the power of the coal consumed. 'The waste of energy is enormous beyond calculation. Of every hundred tons of coal consumed under boilers on sea or land ninety tons are lost. It is claimed that Mr. Westinjhouses discovery will av more than half waste. If this claim should bt verified by experience, the discovery would mark an era in hu man progress. Let Mr. Vstinj;hou.e but demonstrate that he can make one ton of coal do the work far 'which two tons are now reqnired, and hi name will be inscribed with tho of the immortal few who have given to the world its greatest invention?. The PitUburg Dispatch averts that the discovery is not limited to electrio ity as to ueans of applying tb nerpy developed. It : say .that although electric power can be developed i the coal fields much cheaper than at the mouth of the Niagara Falls tun nel, yet it is not at all uet-etary to convert the gaa energy into electricity in order to make it available fr sta tionary engine. It say that "fric tion can be saved by the direct appli cation of the power, diphiciiig the present use of steam. For railway purposes, of course, the conversion to electric energy and back to inoti power will be advantageous. baM of the economy and ease of train" l sion. Washington Pott. aved (iffy Life" A VETERAN'S STORY. "Several years ago, while in Fort Snelling, Minn., 1 caught a severe cold, attended with a terrible cough, that allowed me no rest day or night. The doctors after exhaust ing their remedies, pronounced my case hopfK-. -' ing theyeoulJdtfi1') more for n. At this time a buttle a AYER'S "'Cherry Pectoral wis 'C-'sent to i:;" ' friend who. I did, and soon after I was grttf relieved, and in a short tin ,e j completely cured. I have never. much of a cough since that tirrA and I firmly' believe Ayer's '" ' rr Pectoral saved my life." - V Wakd, 8 Quimby Av., Lowell. 31 J- - AVER'S Cherry Pectoral AYER'S PIUS an liiijtjliai Ml tljc4' r A t .Y r
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