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r,t..... . -- '. . .-. . . .-J. A. .- Tl. ... . .- -- T ' The Coueiee; F-ntered according to Postal Eegu IiiLi .ns. at the Postoffice, in Koxboro I.J. as second 5laas matter ' ' PUBLISHED WEJSKLY B? NOELL BROS., Prop's. The Editors are in no wise responsible for views expressed by correspondents. . - - SUBSCRIPTION TERMS i copy, one year, - - $1.00 ,L copy, six months, - - 50 ADVERTISING RATES :One Column 1 year $80.00; One,-half col umn 1 year $40.00; One-qaarter col umn 1 year $25.00. ' ; Transient Advertisements : One inch 1 week $1 ; 2 wefeks $1.50 1 month $2. Two inches 1 week $1.50 2 wekSv$2 : 1 month $3. Four inches I week $2; 2 weeks $2.50; 1 month $4.50. . , ; - -' - Advertisements inserted on Loca psvgc a3 reading items, 5 oents per line for ;ach insertion. ROXBORO, N. C Janaary 8, 1896 ANOTHER BONO ISSUE. Secretary Carlisle has issued his bond circular, calling for bids on a loan of $100,000,000, to ran 30 years and bearing 4 per cent, interest. - It is, a lamentable state of affairs that our government must ask for loan every tour or nve montnsin order to keep up her gold reserve. yet it has to be done, or let the gold reserve go. The troublesome ques tions are, why is this state of affairs. and what is the remedy ? All will admit that something is wrong somewhere, and that some thing should be done to remedy this evil. But one great trouble is that nearly every one has his indiyidua plans for remedying this evil. President Cleveland and Mr. Car lisle say that it is not for the want of revenue that this gold is paid out, but it is on account of the Treasury notes which are in circulation, and tnat as long as tnese notes are out that capitalists can secure them and present the same at the Treasury for redemption in ,gbld whenever they wish, thus making a raid on ' the Government's gold reserve at their pleasure. To thismany of the lead ing financiers of the country agree Now the Administration recommend that these notes be withdrawn from circulation and national bank notes be issued in place of them. That is their remedy for the evil. And the Republicans claim that the trouble is that" the reduction of the McKinley tariff has caused the revenue of the country to fall short of the expenses, thus causing a deficit which necessitates the paying out of ' our gold reserve. Hence they pro pose co remeay tne evil ty raising the tariff on the necessaries of life to keep our gold reserve in tact. And then the silver men claim that the trouble all came about be cause the Secretary of the Treasury did not redeem these notes in silver instead of gold. They think that all this could be stopped if our gov ernment would pass a free and un limited coinage of silver bill at 16 to 1. lnis division among our public men is one cause of all this trouble. It does seem that some" half way ground wherefief could all meet and enact a law.er laws, giving us a financial policy that , would serve the interest of our whole country. The country can never prosper as long as this financial un rest continues. Capitalists will not invest and start up the channels of trade while there is danger of a pan In 'J Z -Ll 1 jl iu, auu wiuuouc ineir money in cir culation there can be io revival of busine83. All factions in Congress should recognize this fact and decide upon a plan to relieve the situation If they would do this there would be no necessity of bond issues. kuc Las. ou oiaie DanKs or issue was repealed and these. Treasury notes-retired, we of the Southwould be in a much better condition, finan cially. We yet hope to see this un just tit taken from the statute books. In justice it should be done. THE COMMISSION Af POINTED President Cleveland has appointed the Commission to establish the Venezuelan boundary line, and as nsualhedid not appoint the men eelected for him by the generous public, but selected his men and then named them. Everybody who know the gentlemen appointed by the President for this responsible work, say they are eminently quali fied in every way. There are two Republicans, two Democrats and one who claims.no political affliations. They are: Justice Brewer of the Su preme Court of the TJ. S., Mr. pj . Condert, an eminent constitutional lawyer of New York, Andrew D. White, of New Yorf, Judge Alvery, of "Washington City, and Mr. Daniel C. Gilinan, President of John Hop tins University. The Commission has already had one meeting, and an organization was affected by elect ing Justice Brewer President of the commission. It is understood that the commission f will begin at ' once .active work in the matter. ; - : V - A FREE SILVER BILL; ' .There was a Free Silver Bill intro duced in the Senate - yesterday as a substitute for the Bond Bill, passed by the House last ; week. " The' im portant features. of the bill are as follows: ' The ' free and - unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1, the coinage of the Beignoirage in the Treasury, and the applieation of that coinage to the payment of cur rent and other ' obligations of ', the Treasury. - J.n redeeming Treasury notes or greenbacks the secretary can do ' so in silver or gold, as he y chooses, and not take the option of the holder. ' The bill also provides for the re tirement of national-bank notes of the denomination of less than $10, and the substitution of silver certifi cates. The bank notes are to be re placed by notes of above the denom ination of $10. It is said that a poll of the Senate shows a majority for this bill, there being 24 Democrats, 17 Republicans and 5 Populists. ONE MORE STAR ADDED. ' By proclamation of the President the forty-fifth State has been 'formal ly added to the Union. The neif State is Utah, which has qualified herself and become one of the grand American Commonwealths. The Mormons yet constitute the great bulk of the population of Utah, but the organic law specifically prohibits plural marriages forever, so that the State; enters the Union sisterhood discountenancing the evil of polyga my, f The new State adds two more Republicans to the United States Senate. The people are industrious, progressive and thrifty. Thus one more star has been added to our Na tional flag. . THE PRACTICAL SITUATION. We have never known a case of international dispute in which, on all grounds, a settlement by arbitra tion seemed more urgently advisable; and Lord Salisbury's denial of our friendly request seems to us s reck less and as evil a thing as modern History can snow, jus expressed contempt for the Monroe doctrine is wholly offensive to us as a nation. But Salisbury will not always be Prime Minister; and that which is right and just should triumph in our relations with England without one single hint of so inconceivably hor rible a catastrophe as war. While we believe Lord Salisbury wrong and President Cleveland and Secretary Olney right regarding the applica bility of the Monroe doctrine and the principles of arbitration to the Venezuelan 'lifficulty, it does , not seem to us that the resources of diplomacy have been by any means exhausted. We are confident that the Venezuelan question will be set tled within this year 1896, and that the sober, peace-loving people of England and the United States will conciuae noc jo nate eacn otner or to fight each other. It would be en tirely impracticable for us to send commission to the region fn dispute; but we heartily approve of the plan of a commission sitting in Washing ton who will advise our owngovern ment concerning the-- downright there might bemerits of the controversy. Mean- wniie, it is noc in tne least necessary or desirable to contemplate hostili ties as a result of the light which L - L such a commission may throw upon the boundary question; The ques tions involved are historical ones which can be as readily determined in Washington as anywhere else. The controversy is' one of at least fifty years' standing, and all the facts have been already completely un earthed. All that Great Britain can claim has been printed in British blue books; and, moreover, Lord Sal isbury's letter contains the best pre sentation of the British case that ex perts could make with unlimited time at their disposal. President Cleveland's commission, assuming that it will be duly appointed, will have merely to look into the .merits of these claims already presented by Great Britain, and to examine the Venezuelan claime. which, with all the evidence that is procurable, have already been carefully formulated. From "The Progress of the World" in the January Review of Reviews. THE QUEEN DISPLEASED. It now appears that Lord Salisbury has greatly displeased Queen Victo ria by the position he has taken to wards, the United States in the Vene zuelan matter, and a cahWrn: states that Her Majesty has not hesi tated to so express herself to His Lordship. ' "She does not think the attitude of Great Britain is consistent with a Christian nation, and that the refusal to arbitrate a matter of such com paratiye insignificance is not setting a good example to less civilized na- tions.' ' - . , ' ; . The writer, who is a distinguished authority in London, - says that she has expressed her displeasure at the Ihgerent tone of Salisbury's reply to Secretary Olnej's note, and .de clares that he should have, kept her nformed of the status of the :case. n addition ; to .this, Sir Francis Knollya, Secretary to the Prince of Wales, cables the New York World, in answer to an inquiry of Mr. Pulit zer, expressing in the name of the Prince and the Duke of York, that they; earnestly trust," and cannot bnt believe, the present crisis will be arranged a manner satisfactory to both countries, and will be succeeded by the same warm feeling of , friend ship which has existed between them for so many years." - '-.' The Queen desires .that the clos ing days of her? reign should see England" at peace with all the world and looks with horror -upon war. . As. she grows older she desires that HiDgland should set an example of Christian - forbearance to" other l na tions and to exalt herself as the idea or civilization." In reviewing the attitude of the Queen, the -same da thority states that the United States will never be involved in a war with England over the Monroe doctrine or any other question so long as "Her Majesty", survives: besides, the" ex pressions of Wales and York - con forms very closely, to the disposition of the Queen and certainly in so far as they are concerned an armed, con flict between thetwo countries is not among the probabilities of the near future: Norfolk Virginian. ; "The Common People." As Abraham Lincoln called them, do not care to arsrue about their ail ments. The simple, honest statement, I know that Hood's Sar saparilla" cured me," is the best argri mentm favor of this medicine; ami this is what many thousands volun tarily say. HOOD'S PILLS are the best after Ai !11 . . unmet puis, assist digestion, cure headacne. 25c. ,. New Trains'fo Florida via Southern Ry ' The Southern Railway announces the re-establishment of its famous "New York and Florida Short Line Limited" trains for season of 1896 first train Southbound leaving New xork Monday, January 6, and first train Northbound leaving St Au gustine Wednesday, January 8, 1896, lnese trains are composed of the finest equipment that the Pullman Umpanycan supply, consisting, of the latest design compartment, obser vation, sleeping and dining cars, and first-class vestibuled day coaches. The route is over the Pennsylvania jMuituau. irom new xork, . through jTuuaueipma ana .Baltimore to Wash mgton, thence over the Southern Railway's own rails through the beautiful and historical Piedmont section of Virginia, North and South Carolina, to Columbia, at which point connection is formed with the Florida Central & Peninsular R. R., wmcn taxes tne tram , through the beautiful city of Savannah, Ga., to Jackson ville, from which point to St Augustine the route is via the .blonda East Coast Railway. T : "k - -wT- . . ueayiug new xorit at d.'4) p. m., and Washington at 10:05 p. m., Jacksonville is reached the following evening evening at 6:30 and St. Au gustine at 7:40 p. m. From Dan vine, Va., Greensboro, Salisbury, Charlotte and other points in North Carolina similarly situated, the jour ney to Jacksonville or St, Augustine taices only a day. tm : J j. i i . jciuriua tourists snouia Dear in mind the fact that Western North Carolina is reached only by the Southern Railway, and that cheap auxiliary trips may be made into that delightful country in the most comfortable manner en route to or from Florda. t nil information concerning cost of tickets, through schedules, etc.. may be obtained upon application to any representative of the Southern Railway. Carlton Cornwell, foreman of the Gazette, Middletown, N. J., believes that Chamberlain's Cough Remedy should be in every home. He used it for a cold and it effected a speedy cure. He says: "It is indeed a grand remedy, l can recommend to all. I have also seen it used for whooping cough, with the best re suits." 25 and 50 cent bottles for sale by W. R. Ham brick & Co, Druggist. There is good reason for the popu larity of Chamberlain's Cough Rem edy. Davis & Buzard, of West Monterey, 1 Clafion Co., Pa., says; "It has cured people that our physi cians could do nothing for. We persnaded them to try a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and they now recommend it with the rest of us." 25 and 50 cent Jbottles ,for sale by W. R. Hambrick &fioJ drug gists. ... , . Vl - Roxboro Tobacco Market. Corrected weekly by A. S. de, Vlaming, President Tobaeco : Board of Trade. Jaotaet 8, 1896. FILLEES. - ' j ' $2 00 to 1 3 00 - 3 50 to 6 00 Common,' Medium,1 Good, Fine,' 6 00 to 8 00 8 00 to 11 00 . 8MOKEES. ' Common, 4 00 to 5 00 Medium, ' - 5 00 to 7 00 Good, - - 7 00 to 10 00 Fine, - 10 00-to l2 00 Common, ' 11 00 to 13 00 Medium, . v 13 0(T to 15 00 Goda, x : -: , 15 00 to 18 00 Fine, - . 18 00 to 20 00 Fancy, " - 20 00 to 80 00 " - - WBAPPERS. Common, - - 40 00 to 15 0Q Medium, - : 15 00 to 20 00 Good, : . " 20 00 to 30 00 Fine, - r- 80 00 to 50 00 Fancy' : . 50 00 to 65 00 ; Ripans Tabulea cure headache. Eipans T.abnles cure liver troubles. ' WHO INVENTED BK.LIARDST . " - ' " -J - -. fhe Game Erocsr't Xirst to England From - - .Earope After tho Second Cusado. Nobody qaita Snows who invented billiards. One account snys that the game was first vplayed in Italy, and another that it first saw the light in Spain. It is also nhlrmetl that it was first played in England ra ;the mid die ages. It is a historical fact that the - Knights Teniplars - brought It back with them to that country on their return from the second "cru sade. There- is also good reason to believe that the game was played in the monasteries xf ; France in the sixteenth centurp. v Its origin was probably bowling, a variation, of which was the old game of ."ground billiards. "' ; From that it . began to be played ' on a ta ble, - driving one ball through an ivory arch and ." then to ' a -xaised point, made also of ivory. - This was the game for many years, 'each of the two players, having a -ball,:the third ball not being introduced until just after the middle of the eight eenth century, when - what was known ostha "port'and. ring" also disappeared. ' , ' In a Harleian manuscript in .the British museum is found the earliest historical - referenoa,. to billiards. This i,a interesting enough to give in, detail. ., In tho year 1547 a commis sion was appointed to . make an. in ventory of th& goods and chattels of Edward VI, and among the items found at his palace at The More, Rickmansworth, was "one billet bourde covered with grene clothe. " This palace was confiscated by Hen ry Vm, having originally belonged to Cardinal Wolsey, and there is lit tle question but what that great his torical character actually essayed the game himself, though no record has come down as to whether he was as good a billiard player as he was a statesman. A few, but not many of the old writers refer to billiards, "Faery Queene" Spenser being one of them. Shakespeare in his "Antony and Cleopatra" makes ': that "amorous queen, by an anachronism, play the game and also appreciate its fine points. Ben Jonson, Smollet, Bur ton and Locke all made reference to billiards in their works. The game was slowly developed. The table was sometimes round, sometimes square, oblong, oval and even ootagonal. Not until the be ginning of this century did the bil liard table appear somewhere near its present form. Prior to 1,810 india rubber oushions, the slate bed, the tapering cue with its tip and tbfe rest had not been invented. The third ball was introduced by way of France in the middle of the eighteenth oentury, and the garae was then known as tho carambolc. From this has been derived the word carom. Bartley & Carr, the proprie tors of a fashionable billiard room in Bath, England, over half a cen tury ago, invented the now well known side stroke striking the ball low with a bevel topped cue Carr devising billiard chalk, which he gave the name of the "magic twist ing chalk. ?V He paoked it in pill boxes and made a fortune by selling it to tho fashionables of that day at half a crown (62 cents) a bos. The cork tip was invented by Captain Mingaud, a Frenchman, who was im prisoned early in the present cen tury, but through a special dispen sation was allowed tho use of a bil liard table in-his apartment that he might while away the monotony of his prison life.- While incarcerated ho studied out this improvement and had the satisfaction afterward of seeing it taken up all through England and the oontinent. Phila delphia Press. Spread of the JfoTfL "When tho publiosays literature, " writes Andrew Lang in his article on "Tendencies In Fiction" in The North American, "the publio means novels and new novels. The public does not caro for history. In phil osophy Herbert Spencer has shot his boltj or rather emptied his quiv-,' er, ana Darwin is lost to the Dar - , winians. We have indeed Biblical critics,, or we borrow' theja from Germany. Bufhistory, philosophy and theology are not now read as our. fathers read them in works of theology, philosophy and history. Modern novelists, reading . gravA works or articles . about them, pro duce the novel of philosophy, of the ology, of tendency ' and the problem for the pensive but indolent public.-" Jenny land as a ChJld. Jenny Lind as a child of 3 years was tho lark of her parenfehouse. As a girl of 9 she atfettoted the at tention of all lovers of musio and entered the Stockholm oonser vatory as a pupil. ,'Her continuous studies at so tender an age caused the sud den loss of ! her voice, and for fom full years she pursued her theoret ical and technical studies, when sud-' denly the full sweet sounds came baok, to the delight, as every one knows, of thousands for many years. The Sense of Color. Acoording to Professor Hueo Ma?. nus of Breslau, the visual capacity of sense of color varies hot only with the individual, but with the civilisation of a people. At first thn human retina is insensible to colors, and only a gray, more or less clear, is visible. - Later on red and yellow are seen, " these eorrflsnnnfiiTir, .' light of. the greatest wave loth Thus neither the ancient hymns of the Vedas, nor the Zend-Avesta nnr the Old Testament speak' of the blue sky. liomer (as Mr. Gladstone re. marks) and Ezekiel do not.appear td have been'sensible of all. the tints of the rainbow. Zenopbanea describes tnem as purple, red and greenish yeUow.:: Aristotle adds the blue,.; In Hebrew and Assyrian the colors yel- 16w"and green and in Arabic blue and blaok are often confounded. . ; Mme. de Btmnsat. " .' - Mme.de Eemusat had features 'so perfeot that her contemporaries said she was worthy to --sit as a model for a Greek goddess. - Th& flesh of her face closely resembled alabaster. yet she -was ' not bale and Aid tint give the impression of beine in deli- cate health. - Her beauty attraot'ed universal attention to her, no mat ter where she went, and even inold ' age she retained most 6f her crood AT THE HYC0 WARE OWNERS AND PROPRIETORS. .-' " . . - .. No effort is spared, to get you the very highest price for your tobacco when you put it on our floor. When you sell with us we not only gyarantee you the very best price, but we give you accommodation for yourself and horses that cannot be surpassed. Wethink now is a good time to. sell, and we know "Th:Hyco is The Place." Your friends, CLAYT0 PROPRIETORS . k -THE- Roxobro Higli School Second Session. Begins Monday JjJan'y 13th, 1896 The session just closing has been very satisfactory both in number of pupils and advancement made. For information concerning price, etc., address W. L. FOUSHEE, ROXBORO, Philip Have moved into the store formerly occupied by Lukm & Long as a Hardware store, and are display?. mg a full line of eneral Merchandise. We have remodeled, painted and cleaned up erally, and are showing the - in Stock that can be found. bA VERS, and you will be light if you dp not see or your nam earned - Come to us, we will help ij-uuuub, motions, nais, &c., irom tne 15AKlxAlJN STORE. PHILIP HOWARD & CO. Remember the place, Hardware store just above Hambrick' Drugstore'. " , . r GREENSBORO, N. C.: -00- All the latest novelties irf Fruits. .A limited numbed of Bloom less and Seedless Apple Trees, 50 cents each while supply lasts. . - The famous 'Greensboro'.! June Peach finest early peach ever introduced,. $1.00 each. ;- -r .' ' , , , r Finest herd of-Hogs in the South. II spare neither money 'nor pains to get the best. Pigs, 10 weeks old, $10 each, $15. pair. $20 trio. , Finest lot of Shade aid Ornamental Trees in the South. :..Write-for catalogue and prices. - ' " ' : ? - JOHN A. YOUNG, Owner and Proprietor. ING HIGH: HODS N. & Ci lestittate, for Both. Sexes. N.-, ( J. oward & Co. gen- We have some . MOJTEY very much' in vour own goods before parting with you save them if you buy uiotnmg, Shoes, Groceries, NEW:-.EAR FARMERS' WAREHOUSE, HUNT, PAYLOR & CO., Prop's. ' Roxboro, N.'C, 1, 1896. To Our Friends and . Patrons : , . We are thankful that we have the pleasure of greeting you this, another New Year." We trust the N'ew Year may bring you happiness and great prosperity, and the holidays have left many pleasant recollections. 'm- business relations have been most pleas ant, and we promise you that they shall con tinue in like manner if doing our whole duty shall covnt for anpthing. We, know that what .is to the interest of the Farmer is to our inter est, and with this always in view we watch every pile of ' YOUR TOBACCO as close as if it belonged to us. we hope our business, as well as friendly relations may be as pleasant in the future as they have been in the past, and- that we may still enjoy your confidence and share your pat ronage. .. - Again we extend to one and all a hope that , . you may have a happy and prosperous year, promising that we shall endeavor to contri bute our share to both your happiness and prosperity, especially to all who sell their to bacco with the old reliable FARMERS' WAREHOUSE, Truly, Your Friends, ermann & ROXBORO, - We are never caught, snapping, display our Fall line off and we are always headquarters for f! 1 Do you know what itjmeant by buying; early this year? A saving of about VVe were the first to Visit year. , Uome to us and profit' bv our though tfulnesw. . " . Your Friends, S . BERMANN" & GOODFRIEN. . ..' ......... The next session ew and Commodious Build r ing Sept. 25th. Board; rincluding furnished per month. - 1 " f Fuel Washing. - - ' - Incidental jFee " ; Tuition from, ? Instrumental Music ; All noble young men dially, invited to attend- ' " -; ' 7 - J.' A. BEAM, Principal, -.. .---.: Bethel Hill, N. C. GREETING, HUN I . PflrLOR 5 GO. uoo 00- We are the. first to a 25 per cent, alone on Shoes. the Northern markets tin's ' ":- - will open in our r- rooms and lights, 6.50 x .50 per month. . ' y.: , .70 . - rxt 4 - 70' " session. $1.50 to $2.75 per-month. $3.00 and youns: women are cor Correspondence solicired. ra r 1 amend, N. C. V;
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