? Men and Events ? < JOHN DALZELL. John Daizell, one of the leading Republicans In Congress, halls from Pittsburg, the city so well known over the country as the home of grafters. Now tins doesn't mean that the Honoftible John is a grafter. He may be. This v. titer doesn't knew. He's a Republican. He lives in Pitts burg. He has been In Congress for about twenty-two years. He was born in 1845. He graduated at Yale University in the class of 18C3. Regar the practice of law In 1S67.' Never held office until he was elect ed :?> the Fiftieth Congress. Has been a member of every Congress situe. During recent years he has been one of Speaker Cannon's right hand men and when the-Speaker was removed from the Rules Committee last spring Daizell was made Chair men of the new Committee. It is said that he may not return to Con gress, though he has already received a nomination. The following from ths Washington Times is not very encour aging for Mr. Daizell: The narrow escape of the Congress man Daizell in his district is strong evidence that the rank and file of the Republican party intends to stand by the insurgents. Mr. Daizell has john dalzell. represented his district in Congress for twenty years. He has been the right-hand of Speaker Cannon, and , under the Cannon regime one of the most powerful men in the House of Representatives. But all of this did not avert a revolt against him which was all but successful. As matters stand, it is predicted that he will be beaten in the election next Novem ber. When Pennsylvania begins to waver in its devotion to the regulars it may be taken for granted that the cause is in desperate straits. joseph pearson caldwell. F?-w editors of the State have the hold on the newspaper men that is held by the editor of the Charlotte Ob server, Joseph P. Caldwell. Strick en with paralysis last year, he has not yet sufficiently recovered as to be t ble to take up his pen. At the recent Press Convention fitting tri- j butes were paid this wounded lion of the press. Mr. Archibald Johnson, ' t'le Historian of the Association, thus referred to him: "The tallest man among us has retired from the field. His flashing f sword is too heayv for any other hand Ho performed a service in North Car olina journalism, the value of which we did not know until we lost him. The pages of The Charlotte Observer, still bright and strong, have lost the radiant glow of other years. Joseph Pearson Caldwell was the greatest editor that our state has produced. He attended the Press Association at| Hhndersonvllle, and we hojTed that he would again buckle on the armorA but Providence willed It otherwise. He *as stricken shortly after that de lghtful meeting, and they tell > us tbere is no hope that ever again we ?hall hear his clarion call. This is ihe most important and the saddest pvent that has transpired within tho veai." At the banquet Mr. Caldwell wa9 remembered in a most fitting way, as will be seen from The Charlotte Ob server's account of this enjoyable event: "The sweetest tribute the Fourth Estate ever paid an absent brother was 'a'd at the feet of Joseph Pear son Caldwell, editor of The Observer and dean of the Nvth Carolina press, tonight at the annual banquet of th$ association, a vacant chair reversed the festive board at the right hand 01 the toastmaster pointed mutely to a gorgeous garland of llowers, fes tooned, with spotless white ribbou that marked his vacant place at the table. An invitation card upon which was written the one word "Regrets" lay beside the ink-well and idle pen. A hush (ell upon the assembly as Charles X. Evans, banker and warm personal friend of the absent editor, who presided as toastmaster. arose and pointing to the silent pen elo quently Introduced Iredell Meares Esq., of the Wilmington bar to ex press to the assemblage the profound sorrow of these good men and true at the absence of the man they eve*; delight to honor. "Mr. Meares' tribute was eloquent. No words can do Justice to his appre ciation of the standard which he said Mr. Caldwell had set for North Caro lina. Succeeding speakers, notably ' Major E. J. Hale of Fayettevi!le apd James H. Caine of The Aahevllle Cit izen, added garlands to the wreath of tribute that was garnered tonight." ? ' WHEN THE EDITOR PASSES. One of the most interesting papers read at the recent meeting of the North Carolina Press Association at | Wrightsville Beach, was by Mr. Ro bert \V. Vincent, managing editor of The Charlotte Observer, whose sub ' joe*, was "Our Problems Viewed Through B'ue Glasses." After de tailing many of the troubles that come to the newspaper man, he clos ed iu the following beautiful tribute to the men who work day in and day out to give the people the news and to help them on to better things: "When the Grim Reaper has flash ed '30' over the wires that span the Riv;r Styx to each one of us, and the last iorm has gone to the press room of eternity, I believe the Re cording Angel will inscribe this tri bute and drop a single tear: " 'Up here are the good and down there the bad and the near-bad, but over yonder with harp and crown herd the great Unclassified, whosa virtues ivere faith, hope and charity; who did the most good while they lived for their fellow-men and the least foi themselves, and left the world better than they found it.' " 'Yet, when the ink had dried on their little page their passing stirred not a lipple on the surface of the world's composure, and the most poignant grief expressed was the woe of their creditors." Money in Politics. There has recently closed a con . test in a Pennsylvania district for I the Republican nomination for Con-, gress. It turns out that Joseph C. sibley, who succeeded, spent $40,698 j to secure the nomination. He is j the same Joseph Sibley who was j once a Democrat, left the party and became a Standard Oil Republican, and figured in the last campaign in the famous John D. Archbold let ters. In the campaign the Demo cratic candidate will organize "No Boodle Leagues" and make that is sue prominent. The decadence in politics is found ! wherever nominations are bought. The man who will buy a nomination or an election can not be trusted to legislate for the people. He will vote with "the interests" who furnish the boodle. The man who votes for the candidate who is using boodle be comes a party to corruption. Every good man must refuse to stand with boodlers and corruptlonists or vote with them if he at heart wishes de cent politics. Is a man who votes for one who is using base methods to secure a nomination any better than he who uses such methods? He can not wash his hands of the crime of political debauchery. Sibley has become a national figure as the type of Dugald Dolgetty in politics?a warning to men of the fellow in politics for what he can make out of it.?News and Observer. Private John Allen's Office. "When I first' decided to allow the people of Tupelo to use my name as a candidate for Congress, I went out to a neighboring parish to speak," said Private John Allen to some friends at the old Metropolitan Hotel in Washington recently. "An old darkey came up to greet me after the meeting. 'Marse Allen,' he said. 'I's powerful glad to see you. I's known ob you sense you wuz a babby. Knew yoh pappy long befo' you-all wuz bohn, too. He used ter hold de same office you got now. 1 'members how he held dat same of fice fo' years an' years.' " 'What office do you mean, un cle?' I asked, as I never knew pop held any office. " 'Why, de office of candidate, Marse John; yoh pappy was candidate fo' many years.' "?Ex. too, and I don't believe that a word was unspoken."?Brooklyn Citizen. Courtesy is the seemliest Jewel in the crown of courage.?Ex. THE TORRENS SYSTEM. i One of the most thoughtful address es made at the recent session of the North Carolina Press Association at WrightsvlUe Beach, was by Mr. C'.ar ence Poe, of Raleigh, who spoke on the "Torrens System and Immigra tion." We give here an extract from the same address on the "Torrens Sys tem," a system little understood by the majority of our readers: The Torrens System. "As it is now, every time a piece 'of real estate is transferred, some lawyer must examine into the 1 >gaHty of the title. Old records?running ! back sometimes for hundreds of years -must be searched at great labor jand expense; and the next time thel property is sold, and the next, and the next, the same work must be1 done over again, the Sisyphus stone | In each case rolled up hill only to roll straightway down again, and each case means new delay, expense' I and fees. "Mow the Torrens System propos-, es that instead of this perennial in-1 vestigation of the same thing, this perpetual marching backward and forward over the same ground with no purpose save that of supporting lawyers who might better serve their fellows in some other way?instead of all this. I say, the Torrens Sys tem proposes that the State shall ex amine the title once for all, guaran tee it and register it?and hencefor ward it may be transferred as easily as a share of stock in a corporation or a bond issued by a State or mun icipality. The original cost of getting a Torrens deed will be little, if any, more than the present cost of one in vestigation of title, and with the Tor rens deed once secured, land titles may be transferred at from one-fourth to one-tenth the present expense and with immeasurably less worry and I uncertainty. "At present, moreover, a deed is only a registered certificate of ^laim; the State does not guarantee your right to the property described, and I even after the lawyers have pronoun ced the title sound, you cannot be absolutely sure. A deed under the Torrens System, on the other hand, is an absolute guarantee from the State of your right to the property ( mentioned. "A lawyer said to me the other day that he knew pieces of property veral times transferred on which at least one-fourth the total value had | been spent for investigating the ti l ties?and the next time the property I is sold, the same ground will have to be gone over again. Under the Tor ! rens System, at a fraction of this I cost, the owner would have a guar anteed title requiring no further in-> i ation and his property as eas I ily negotiable as a United States reg I istered bond. "Easily negotiable I say?and right I here is one single advantage of the | Torrens System that ought to insure its adoption even if it had no other attractions. As things are now, land ?which should be the finest of all | securities?by reason of the uncer I tainty of titles and the cost of mak ing inquiries, is in no such afvor i with the banker and money-lender as its value justifies; the farmer, in j other words, is at a great disadvan tage in borrowing money as compar j ed with the city business man; and j all improvement in rural districts is i hampered as a result. But. with the Torrens System not even a register ed government bond would be as at tractive to the bank as land would be, because the Torrens deed , would be as much guaranteed by the government as the bond itself, while i j Nature having made land far more i indestructible than governments, would better guarantee the safety of ] the deed. And this would not only | make H easier for the land-owner to i borrow money, increase his farming i equipment and make improvements, i but it would also certainly increase ( the maitet value of all farm prop- i erty." No matter of greater importance will come before the Legislature ; next January. The last body author- i ;zed the Governor to appoint a com- 1 mission to study the system and pre- t 8<>nt a bill. He appointed capable 1 men, who will no doubt present a ] bill that will make land easily nego tiable and remove the heavy cost of transferring it from one owner to another. The Torrens System is no ' experiment. It is used in England, in English colonies and in some oth er States. Mr. Poe also said: "The main opposition to it must ( come from lawyers of the scrubbier < sort, who cry out with Demetrius, the j silversmith, "Sirs, ye know that by this craft we have our wealth!" real- ' izing that they could not make a liv- ' ing if they had to,depend upon the I necessary and useful lines in- which c a lawyer should work." Either never attempt or else ac- C compllsh.?Latin Proverb. Heavy work in youth is nw?et re pose in old age.?German Prmrb Political Parties of Tomorrow. The life of a political party follows the same course as the life of a man. Feeble in Its theories, weak in its pokies, and uncertain of itself, ev ery party has to pass through a period of infancy. Then gradually, as it learns its power, it gains strength. It waxes mighty; it achieves great victories; it reaches its summit; it grows confident of its stability, and then it begins to decline. Gradually Its followers desert it. gradually its leaders lose their skill, until it totters and falls. American history la filled with the biographies, so to speak, of such par ties. The Federalists, founded by Washington and organized by Hamil ton, had their period of youthful vigor, their period of full strength, the period of decline, and finally tliei r political death in the Era of Good Feeling. The Whig party, which sprang from the old Federalist party, and numbered among its followers some of the greatest minds of Am erica, had its rise, its glory and Its decadence, until it, too, died when sectional issues rent America. The American party, born with the death of the Whigs, had its brief cai/er, flourished, won its victories, weaken ed, died and was forgotten. With these three parties might be number ed several of lesser fame powerful in their day and turning the whole cycle of political usefulness, but pass ing in turn and disappearing forever. It begins to look as though the Republican party has reached the zenith of its power and is beginning to feel its approaching end. Its old time leaders are sickening of the fight, its ablest men are in despair, and within its ranks there are dis cord and discontent. Already the Progressives have organized them selves and have practically assumed a new party name, and but a few days ago there came vague rumors of a new party, formed among former Republicans, but aiming at the over throw of the men in power. With the passing of the Republi cans, ihere has been the rise of the Socialists. They have been poorly led and their own dissensions have weakened them when they should have been waxing stronger every day; but they must certainly be numbered among the forces of the future. When their vote has passed the half million mark and when they are gaining in municipal and State elections all over the country, only the opportunist can laugh at them, and only the blind can fail to see their menace. Between these two parties?the de, coining Republican party and the growing Socialist party?stands the Democratic party. It, too, must fol low the course of all its predecessors and must have its full cycle of life, but as yet it is in the full prime of its strength. The principles for which it stood in its youth are the principles which will save the country to-day, and the fields on which its greatest victories have been won are the fields on which the battles of to-morrow must be fought. It is between the three forces rep resented by these parties, if not be tween the parties as they now exist, that the political future of the coun try depends. There will always be conservative?men who mark time and never advance to meet condi tions as they are?and there will al ways be -adk-als, quick to seize on new devices, always ready to avail themselves of every trade wind of political prosperity. There will al ways be a great body of reasoning men, midway between these extremes, upon whose decision the fate of this Government will rest. The Republi can forces, by whatever name thej may be called in the future, will be the conservatives; the Socialists willj be the radicals and the Democrats' will be the Moderates, holding, per haps, the balance of power, and hold ing certainly the surest position. Up sn the party of the Constitution, the Constitution will depend, and upon the loyalty of Democrats to-day will lepend the stability of Democracy to morrow.?Richmond Times-Dispatch. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Is sold on a guarantee that If you ire not, satisfied after using two hirds of a bottle according to direc ions, your money will be refunded, t Is up to you to try. Sold by Hood 3ro8. THE NORTH CAROLINA :OLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND MECHANIC ARTS The State'* college for training in lustrial workers. Courses in Agri culture, Horticulture, Animal Hus >andry and Dairying; in Civil, Elec~ rical and Mechanical Engineering; n Cotton Milling and Dyeing; In ndustrial Chemistry; and In Agri ultural teaching. Entrance examinations at each ounty seat on the 14th of July. D. H. HILL, President, West Raleigh, N. C. Interest Rate*. The conditions that determine the rate of interest are the abundance of capital and the security of the loan. If we compare recent with former pe riods. and the commercial centres with new countries or with countries or regions not yet developed, we sha.'l find that as capital accumulates and business settles down to tolerably uniform conditions the rates of in terest decline. In a farming region where capital is scarce, and In a frontier region where there are many ' dangers .and uncertainties in business and where abnormally large profits are often made, rates will be high. Hut where 6 per cent wr.s a norma1', profit years ago 4 or a fraction over is pertty satisfactory now?and less is often accepted?because the risks have been diminished and the amount of loanable capital has been in lcreased. In financial circles there la now considerable discussion whether the country has reached or is approach ing a permanently higher level of in I terest rates. All we can learn from the wor d's economic history would justify us in saying decidedly, No. j The risk of lending is not Increasing. 1 Law, supplemented by commercial ! ethics, is constantly fortifying the po sition of the lender. With the growth of the country and the ex pansion of business in every direction larger aggregate profits are unques tionably made. Is it possible' that the accumulations are less? Are we wasting so much more than our .fathers did that capital is no longer I accumulating, or is accumulating so j solwly as to create a relative dearth? It seems exceedingly unlike1 y. i Hut the astonishing expansion of business in all civilized countries is unquestionably creating a keen de mand for capital, and from time to I time the demand exceeds the supply. One of the principal causes of the world-wide financial disturbances three years ago was that so mti ii capital had been "fixed" In rall | roads, factories and what not. that j there was a relative deficiency in loanable capital. There may be some I thing of the sort now. But unless i the world Is astonishingly prodigal capital will increase and the compe i tition of investors will force the rates of Interest downward.?Philadelphia Record. I CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Thirty-eifflit in every thousand En glishmen who marry are over fifty years of age. 'Breathe HYQ!*?1 Catarrh