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xxlUUJUlt x PJRiUSS: NOViiMBSK 7. lo95. ress and if.arolinian PCBLHHEH ETE8T THrEPOAT BT THE HICKORY PRINTING. COMPANY, Hickory, JSortli Carolina. WHY THE CROWD WAS NOT LARGER. The staff correspondence of some of the reat newspapers who were here on President's day were struck with the absence of any enthusiasm on the part of the crowd. Mr. James Creelman, the well-known correspondent, says that "Mr. Cleveland went away from Atlanta a surprised and thoughtful man," adding ''there was no mighty shout like that which he heard when he came to Georgia in 1887. There was nowhere the slightest ev idence of hostility, merely polite indifference mitigated by curios ity," says the Constitution. "Mr. Gibson, of the Philadel phia Press, says that while the utmost respect was shown the and undemonstrative. "The grat itude of the audience was stif ling." The same correspondent remarks with surprise-upon the absence of the farmers and coun try people from the crowds that gathered to meet the president, and says that when Mr. Cleveland visited Atlanta in 1887 it was the farmers of the soutn "who made up the great crowd that cheered him on the way." Mr. Dounan, of the Chicago ly was the crowd cold in the pres ence of the president, but when he stood before them and deliv ered his address he failed to se cure a moiety of the applause which greeted an inferior band as it passed in front of the re viewing stand during the pa rade playing the air of 'Dixie.' " Secretary Carlisle, sitting on the platform, studied the audience before him for some time, and then, turning to an Atlanta getle man, expressed his surprise that so large an audience should be so finely dressed. H suggested that it was a mark of exceptional prosperity. The Atlanta gentle man explained that the audience was mainly composed f city and town people, the farmers having failed to put in an appearence be cause they were taking advan tage of the fine weather to pick their cotton. And no doubt this is the true explanation not only of the ab sence of the large crowd that was expected, but of the lack of en thusiasm. There is always a tremendous amount of enthusiasm in large crowds especially in such a tre mendous crowd as greeted Presi dent Cleveland at the Piedmont exposition that Atlanta held in 1887. Comparing the gate re ceipts of the two events we find that the crowd which greeted Mr. Cleveland the other day was only a little more than half as large as that which gave him such an ex traordinary ovation in 1887. Eight years ago iuo mujvrifcy ui tuo people who greeted Mr. Cleveland were made up of the farmers of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Mississip pi and their wives and children. This yeartiese farmers are busi i ly engaged in saving their cotton before the rainy season sets in. This was understood, of course, i i it - by those who were interested in the matter, and was indeed antic ipated by the managers of the ex position. Under these circum stances it is queer that Mr. Mor ton, of the cabinet, should seize on the first opportunity to make himself ridiculous after the return of the president's party to Wash ington. He told a press repre sentative that "every grander in the crowd" who shook hands with the president "insisted on saying a fear woristhe general tune l)e- i ing, We'vc got lots of 8 cent cot ton, and we want honest money for it" ' As a matter of fact the farmers of the South were conspicuous by their absence from the crowd,and if there were any stray ones on hand every sensible person knows that they would not be guilty of making the idiotic remark attrib uted to them by Morton. OLD JOHN SHERflAtM. No Looker a Candidate, He Will Go as a DeU Kate t Aid McKinley. : Washington, Oct. 26. Senator Sherman, despite his years, will in al probability be an active participant the Republican Convention of 1806. The role will be a new one foY the Senator. In the conventions of 1880. 1684 and 1888 of his party he has been a candidate for President, either active or passive, and of necessity : absent from the convention. He was a silent figure in the proceedings of 1892. . His announcement that he is not a candi date on account of his years, that he has at last given up the ambition of his life and is now outspoken for Mc Kinley, is made for a purpose. The Senator has been asked by friends of McKinley to become one of the delegates at large to next year's convention, and will in all probability be requested to present the name of Ohio's favorite son. The information comes from the friends of McKinley. The McKinley boom has always car ried a long line of spectacular feat ures, but this latest of Honest John Sherman holding the ribbons over the fractious and spirited Ohio Republi can team and keeping the skittish Foraker in the traces whets tbe inter est of politicians here to a razor edge. nilllonaire Mackay'a Trick. Millionaire Mackay tells a story of a contest he had with one of his fore men. The foreman was something: of a naturalist and trained one of the enormous grasshoppers of the west, as Mark Twain trained his frog, until he could jump about ten feet. Then he interested Mr. Mackay in the insect. Mr. Mackay went out and caught some hoppers and backed them against the record breaker, with the result that he wai beaten every time. Then he be came determined to win and sent sev eral o: the hands out to hunt for the strongest jumpers they could ind. But all to no purpose until one day he discovered a wet spot on the table near where the. foreman's hopper had sat. Investigating the matter, he found that the spot was .very strong ammonia, that the foreman had a vial of ammonia with a dropper in his sleeve, and that a drop of the ammonia made a grasshopper jump hard enough to beat the record every time. So Mr. Mackay provided himself with a drop per and then went to another battle. The same luorning he managed to get hold of the foreman's dropper, emp tied it and filled it with chloroform, instead of ammonia, and then kept the foreman with him until the last min ute. The grasshoppers were brought forth, and Mr. Mackay 's flew through space, while the foreman's only heaved and heaved, finally rolling over and going to sleep. It was not until the third contest that the foreman found out the trick. She's Qot The Bulge. be looked on her rirals In scorning And called them presumptions presumers. As she purchased two hoop skirts this morning To pat In the les of her bloomer. And as on her wheel she proeeded. Her spirit grew terribly prond. And she saliVaa they blushed and receded. I hare now got the bulge on thw crowd." I.pi9TlHe, Tines, The bicycle has been abused a good deal lately, but some good words have been said for it, too. Miss Frances E. Willard says as a temperance reformer it is a daisy. We don't know about that, but the man who navigates a bike must carry a level head, and mighty little booze. State ovOhio.CityofToledo, ) Lucas County. f ss- Frank J. Chunky makes oath that he is the senior partner of the firm of F. J. Chenky & Co., doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of OE HUNDRED DOLL A IIS for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh Ccrk. Frank J. Chknky. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of Decem ber, A. D. 1SS6. ( - - ) A. W. Glkason, J seal. Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internal ly and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O. tSold by Druggists, 73c. 434 THE MAN ABOUT TOWN. Mr. Frank McRavy of Massachusetts is a nice elegant gentleman and all that, but this way of doing business, going out all night and catching a 'possum andihen putting it in a bird cage and shipping it to Massachusetts and tell ing the people at his old home that it is a sweet singer from North Carolina, and that the people here live on them 1 Thunderation! What was the man thinking about? Did he take us for soft shell crabs and the people at his old home for suckers? Southern people always ship 'possums in a box or tied by the tail; -and it is a well known fact that instead of singing, 'possums always make the other fellow sing. . " Cario that is Cairo, on the Miss issippi river seems lo be a very im portant point of some kind. In the winter months they tell us if the ther mometer gets down to Cairo it will freeze and buret the pipes; and now we are advised that the water in the Mississippi river is so low that a steam boat can't go above Cairo. Thuuder atjon! Cairo must be a sooner! We hear(uever saw it) that there is a street down in Atlanta at the Expo sition named Cairo. Wont some body head off Cairo? It is a matter worthy of conjecture as well as absolute certainty that it never rains but it pours. There had been no rain in this section or the woods in seven months no, weeks until last Wednesday night, when it commenced with a sleet, which is the next hardest thing after a rain, and then it rained all night and all the next day etc. It was a sweet, lovely rain. One of those easy slow going coaches that has been so long sighed for and prayed for. There was a very lively disturbance among the earth and things thereon in this part of the country last Thurs day morning at 35 minutea. after 4 o'clock. Central time. The whole face of the earth swayed, plunged, dived, rocked in symetrical but short quick undulating motion and produced a dream of bliss quickly succeeded by one of fright and unsatiated alarm. In fact it was a small sized earth quake. So did we. Bnt ours was a man-quake. The Press and Carolinian prin ted an extra number of papers last week containing an account of "the write up" or "right down" by the edi tor, of his trip to Atlanta, but they were all disposed of, so far as we were concerned, before Thursday night, the date of their issue. was fully intent upon writing up a full history of the mining industry in North Carolina until I got a letter from Col. I Y. Sawtell, P. O. Box 27, Atlanta, Ga., in which he says: "You sha'nt beat me in being clever if you are better looking." I knew Col. Saw tell "enduring" the war and I have no desire to tackle him. j Here is a bit of news from Salisbury. We "made a bust" in not taking note of the name of the newspaper from which we clipped it. Still she goes. We are for Mr. Caldwell for Senator, Governer or any thing else he wants or will take. Any man who can get up in a Democratic convention as he did and forego personal feeling is a fit man to represent a Veopl any where. Here is what the Salisbury paper says: Said a gentleman in the eating room at the depot last night, to Hon. C. F. McKesson, "1 am for Joe Caldwell for the next U. S. Sen ator, what do you think of it?M Mr. McKesson replied, "I'm for him for anything he wants." Trimsaiis! - That there was a seisinitic or other kind of dyspeptic disturbance on the morning of Nov. 1st, (last Friday) in the suburbs.of Hickory and through out the adjoining United States, is one of those events which indicate that Hickory has got a foot forward and a hump on its back and is rolling up ward and onward the same as if there were a million people in the town and they were all millionaires. Jefferson's Tomb. On the tomb of Jefferson, at Monti cello, he is described as the author of the Declaration of Independence, the founder of religious freedom in Virgin ia and of t he University of Virginia, but there is a significant omission of the fact that he was twice president of the United States. - The Mount Airy News has been giv en a 4J pound sweet potato which grew on the top of a rock. ENGLAND AND GOLD. FORCES THE WORLD TO THE GOLD STAN- t 1 DARD. Because She Owns All the Qold-Tbe Peofle flust Pay AboutaThouaaad Per Oat for Money." The Washington Correspondent of the Atlanta Constitution recently said: Speaking of this policy of Great Britain, a prominent free silver sena tor said to. The Constitution corres pondent today. "The world does not seem to realize that England today controls all the gold-mining property in both hemis pheres, and that she holds the oom mercial prosperity of every other country by the throat as long as they can be hoodwinked into maintaining the gold standard. She controls the gold mines of Australia and this coun try. The latter fact is not generally known. But take Colorado, for in stance. There is no gold producing property in that state which is not partially or mainly controlled by Eng lish syndicates. As soon as the gold fever broke out in South Africa she began her machinations in the Trans vaal. Mashonaland and Matabeland, and now the gold and diamond prop erties of south Africa are in the pos sesion of her subjects. As soon as gold was discovered in the Yukon val ley, in Alaska, John Bull was there looking after his interests, and today has a cjaim for what is known . as Forty-mile Neck,' along which the mines are situated. This will raise with the United States just such an issue over the boundary line as she has today with Venezuela. England, to hold her commercial ascendency and force tribute from every country in the world, must own the gold of the world, and that is what she is de termined to do by strategy and diplo macy if possible, but by force of arms if necessary. By controlling the rich gold mines of the world, her subjects obtain their product, I venture to say, at a cost not exceeding $2 an ounce, and people of the world buy it in ex change of their products for $18 an ounce. It is not until the enormous tribute England yearly levies on com merce and exchange is fully realized that the world will rise in its . might and break its shackles," ; GBNL. WALLACE'S MOTHER. Plied Suit to Recover $50,000 Damage Proas a Railroad. IndianapoLis, Ind., Oct. 26. Mrs. Zelda Seguin Wallace, through her attorneys to day filed a suit against the Terre Haute and Indianapolis railroad for damages to the amount of $50,000. Mrs. Wallace was a pas senger on the Vandalia train that was wrecked near Coats ville on the 28th of last January. Three people were killed. Mrs. Wallace avers that she has suffered concussion of the spine; will nver be able to recover the use of her body and that she will have to give up her avocation, that of an opera singer, which was worth $10,000 a year. Lay it on Mahomet, gentlemen. The old man has a lot of sins to bis credit, and one extra makes no difference, af ter all. It is said that this prophet invented the bloomers, or, at least, he was the first mian to encourage their inventor. It appears that as the prophet was at the turnstile of Para dise watching the Houris . flittig about among the old Mussulman rounders who had broken in up there, a beautiful girl presented herself at (he gate and demanded admission. 'Impossible!" exclaimed Mahomet, as be looked at her, "the faithful ones would never stand such a lavish dis play of petticoats. Why, my dear, they would .be absolutely shocked at the spectacle." "Qh'isthatallretprted. the com placent damsel; "that fault Is feOOn remedied," and with this remark she stepped behind fome bushes, after re questing Mahomet to look the other way, slit her skirts up the middle and fastened them with strings around the knee. The result was bloomare. Ma homet uttered a cry of joy, and one second later presented the bloomer girl to the other fellows as the latest up-to-date HourL 7 4 i w 4 rc a source of comfort. They re a source of care, also. If you care for your child s ncaita, stud for illustrated took on the dbonic rslo wmch jeet, and v l children ire su rihich Frcy's Vermifuge bKj1r - v ct;t. 22 A S. FT? t-'-v IiaiUmgrt, 21d. What is Castoria is Dr. Samuel Pitcher pres. -m for Infants and Cifl. drei ; contains neither Opi Hot,. nor other Narcotic snV stanc is a harmless substitute for Pareg'- . Drops, 'Soothing Syrn and Castor Oil. It is Pleasant fa guarantee is thirty years use by Ilillions of Xlothers. Castoria a the Children's Panaceathe Hotter", Friend. CASTORIA For rnfants mid Clitirtrow. Do not be Imposed upon, but jnit t?aa hariog CaMoria, and see Out the fc f!ma signature or Is on the wrapper. We 'shall protect ourMlvea and the public at all hazards. The Centapk Oomtakt. 77 Murray Strrct. N T. 3 5 PEOPLE WHO LOVE BOOKS 9 t 9 t 9 9 t 9 t 9 Iflct to have thoM books conven iently and properly arrangtd. We - manufacture and sell sev eral torts of book cases, diction ary holders, etc. Being manufacturers, we can afford to sell them at the usual retail prices and to give a valuable present of books with each pur chase. ! With a $5.00 dictionary holder, for instance, we fcive you a choice . of sevetal sets f books, each worth from $2.00 to $4 00. With larrer purchase, we five more books. S .d for price lists, catalogues and lists of premiums. A fttal crd wOl d. 1 9 63 FIFTH AVE., NEW YORK t Andrews J School 9 Furnishing Company i mmmuiiiiuii LDTTL Are the joy. and sunlight of oar homes. Use all care to keep the little ones in health. Do not give them nauseous doses. Yon can overcome their troubles with Dr. King's Royal Germeioer. They all like to take it because it does not taste like a medicine, but like a lemonade. It cures colic in young children, overcomes 2 bowel troubles, gives good digestion, and quiet, healthful sleep. As a tonic for weak children and as a remedy for use in teething, it u the greatest in the world. ? -THE ' WES E5""Sold by brtipfftsts, new paclo large bottle, 108 Lms, One Do' Manufactured only by m Atlanta Chemical Cfclttott & Writ for 4S.Pa Book, Xaid rm- For Eale by O. M. ROYSTER- Hickory. '-c- WAMTED-AN IDEASSSSg" BUtr Patent Attomers, IX C- iir $1800 prtz oZcz. They 5ay Lt M r Spray. "What aia tha wild ware aajta. Slatar. the whol daj lot?. That Ter amid oar plajl&ff I hear hut their low. loo ongT' "Pahaw. Brother, joa'ra a goot I Or yon'd baTe found oat aooaerf Ob hard boued with arerj driak UnltM yov take a choouer. fJir
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