The Gastonia
u*Totod to th« Protootion at rion* and U»a Intowti
Vol. XIX. Oantonia, N. C„ April 14, 1898.
SPAIN AND HER PEOPLE.
THE GROWTH AND DECAY OF THE
GREATEST NATION HI TKj HIS
TORY OF THE V/OILD.
rounded no tbo rar^a of nc'-unt
Home mid pooplod by the fC;:,cdLSS
tacos cf the middle urvw. bfial'j easily
"ouqnerod tho old world uud disrrivered
and overran the net* world Umlev the
rule at Charles I of Spain, batter
koowo in history as Charles V uf tier
many, tba Spanish smpire included tbo
wbola Iberian pcuiusala. tbo Balearic
Island*, Bon—ilJou turd Crrdaguo north
of Iba Pyrenees, tbs island of don.iuin.
Sicily, Naples and Milan. Knrtcbe
Comte, Holland and Belgium au I prao
tically Austria, Bohemia, Hungary aud
Transylvania. In Africa It held roc vast
domain which roriugumc adventurer*
bad mixed, and its Asia tbo Pbilippiua
archipelago In North America Spanish
tsrrUory lucloded everything tenth of
Savannah on tbu cast aod Ban Freuoisco
on tba west, together with Mexloo, On
tral Ann-rlee and tbe West Indira
6pain dominated alt South America, in
oludLng Brasil, which wua a Jt'ortugooao
CJIAULRt V.
pro* I DO* at tbe time Hpaln ruled Portu
gal. Tbe total dominion of Cbarln* at
It* mu!th woe about 17,000,000 equate
milea, doable that of tha caar of Kumia
and infinitely greater than that at say
other monarch In hlatory. Nor trae
Spain great In rtae and strength alone.
'Sbe war rich beyond computation. Bo
aldee tbe bouadlear reaouroe* of the
gpeoieh peoincala, which tbe Rotb
■tbilil* cnnrlder rupertor recority for
tour rocor 1-ana, thow ulthof Ciertnauy,
Aufiriu nnrt (be Ketherlr.ud* war at tha
dlfiKKat of . j-fitn.
All tbl«, buweecr. wua a* nothing to
the j!clil etui *l)v»r that injured lu froto
America. Tbo Halite tnouatcb* of Met
loo, Central Amrrlin oral Peru yielded
op tlirlr tnjjtoree nt tbe oommaud of
gpaiiiah adventurer*, uml tbe utlDtt,
worked by l:nliau alert» produced the
preciou* memli lo iinuntttiue tbec dae
alod tlxt world and Intoxicated tbe
Spaniard* It I* r it i mated tbut during
the century which followed tbo dlacoe
ary of the saw world >.000 toot of gold
and 0.000 tnuv of silver crnjen] dm
ouaau to be aqaaodttrod In 8palu. deunl
i«M noblemen borrowed money to pay
their penuv.o to Aturrira end returned
millkmairta Common eoldine ceroe
bock to tbo mother country with prooee
aiout uf elavea. A oertuiu dpanlah eol
dler waa married in Baroeloua to tha
daughter of a unbluman and colubroled
tbe oooaeion by giving away in alma
$000,000 In gold and aLIvnr. Another
returned Spaniard atoud at a window
ill bit boaae at Madrid and threw into
the etreel. a handful at a limn, two bar
rela of Kilter colna fur tbe fnn uf areiiig
tbu rabblu earamble for the money. Na
tional extravagance kept pace with in
diviiloal profligacy, and legitimate Imiu
ness waa loat eight of in apMrululioo.
Hpxlu ruled tha maKt of Hie world and
anubbed the raet of it. Cpoo heratrength
waa founded the national prido which
proved her national neaknexa.
Maw Mala Cadm,
At ber zenith Spain aocnied to pcnaa*
Invincible power. Only one nation dnnxl
to cballnugo it. Tbat nation wai ling
land Spain's argetio* were miroeietully
attacked in tbe math esat. Then ohm
tbn rteitrootioo of tbo greet armada.
Tbn abarm >ai broken. Spain started
on the downward petb and never stop
pad. Foe* developed without and with
in. Under Ferdinand and Ieabcll* be
gan tbe ruin of the country wbicb their
meow torn have oomplatvd. They drove
tbo Jews and tba Moore out of Spain.
It ie that fact in Spanish history which
account* for tbo natiou’e decadence.
The Jew and the Moor ware traders and
artisan*. They eocrtltutaO tba middle
class, and they were the people which
tbo fanaticism at Isabella and tba dark
naal at Torqnemada beuiahed from
Spec lab soil. 'When tbey war* gone, tba
Area of tba inqnlsltioo were lighted for
tbn thinker*, and free thought was al
lowed no foothold under tbe croas of
Oastile. Wben tbo philosopher, tba
aeieutitt, tba inventor, had gtuia, there
remained only tbo auldivr and tba peas
ant. From the days of Ferdinand to tba
days of Waylar it has been the policy of
Spain to terraria* bar subject* into sub
minion by tortuio and bntobery. From
first to last tbit policy has been a (ail
are.
i&uly Id the aixteenth century the
Netbeiandi r art oiled and formed the
United Province* The xtordy Dutch
man daetroyed what remnanta remained
oI the Spnulah nary, end la 1043, at
Rocroy, the Spenlah infantry, hitherto
Invincible, waa beaten and forever
broken. Portugal and hen raft poasaa
•Iona in three oontinenba ware loat in
1040. N a plea revolted in 1040 under
MaaanleUo. Ha waa nmarinated by
bravoa in the hire of Spain, and after a
tong etrnggle tbo rebellion waa aop
prened. Dot Spain'a bold on tba two
Sicilia* onoo lumeited, waa never ao
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‘MCA AND WW SHOW EMPIRE OR
CHARLES V INCLUCHNC ClftftANfANO
PORTUGAL- BLACK INOICATES PRES
ENT SPANISH TERRITORY
■train agate. Franco atuard tbe pror
inaae uortli of Ibe Pyreneoi aud Franoba
CuiaU. AU authority iu tbe (IftrrnaW
•fata* had loaf beau lout In Spain, aud
tba Ua Span lib klug of the Austrian
dyuaaty, at tbo uluaa of tba aevonkeutli
oenrary, an bia realm tbe prey of tbo
great power*
Equally illvattrona were tbuea timea
iu tba colonlci. Tbe Hatch. French and
EliClltii wired foot bold in Ibelioiaaan
Bad thro helped iboweelvoe tarn after
auother to the amaller lalauila in the
Caribbean aeo. By tbealmeof tbo Dutch
war of 1086 tbe prrtrtiriona of Spout to
Ufi iTtrial nwiiorabfp lu tbn«o rvgicna
were wholly Ignored. Tbo ltuglUh
aelacd Jamaica. Tba I'reucb flret cook
Tortuga nod tbeuoa eaat out fltfbnecen.
wbu preeantly drove the Speulali nut of
Haiti—HUpunioln, Clttiii flpulu —aud
made It a French province. Bv«n Ha
vana wni attacked more thou ouch.
Drake bad a frnltleaa ventnra at IL
Feun aud Venabtn* who took Jamaica,
tried lu take It. but failed. England
did tlonu tbe forta lu 1 *00 and bald tbo
city a fow year* th< i gavo it beck to
Spaiu. By tbe cud of that century Trin
idad. ton, waa analclud away, aad
Bpeiu'i ootuuiaroe wltb tba Anierioau
oolimiee anbatantlally destroyed. Eng
land cjoie to her aid at home in the
Napoleonic war* and thru Frmnoc in
turn helped Ferdinand VII to hold hit
throws.
■vatu In a CnUmU,
Early In the nineteenth century re
bellion* begun ia South America Se
cret (Odettes ware formed which had
far their object the thruwlng otf of the
Bponleb yoke. The chief founder aud
promoter of them wae s Spaulth creole
af Venmcelo, Fraudeoo Miranda by
Mine. Hr bad seared uudrr Washington
in the Amoriceu Rorolutlou and bud be
oraue thoroughly Imbue I with (bo apfrit
ot liberty and with tbe priuolple* of re
pablisauUui. What bad been dene in
North America oauld, be thought, ho
done io South America. Ha therefore
formed in London, eliioo it coaid not
| lowed In the aatnr yrar, and the Arm
tine ootitedmitlou.after n ten ;wi' wur,
• fu IHSd. Braid! had bcrti Inat (" t -*la
lu tb» aocwrsloii c.f Portugal. uhd ’l.wida
VhMCMlod tn tin- TJnltcd t urm iu iblU.
Nothing wa« n-nv left to K|«lu In tbe
•woateru bemlaplieto except Oniii itad
Puerto Bluo.
Mwlltnna Henwtl of ea Umpire.
Beyond tlio rror cud of the ApunirU
pruinsoU. a /**» Irlaudt adjoining bt-r
i abotv* un i • penal colony in Africa In
i which political prlmuiri era Kturvnd
nnd tortured bpaiu has nothing loft hut
Cuba and tlto Philippines. uuii both oro
iu revolt. C-oluuikuj il.vlnrrl C t'*l n
be tbn "rerun ln.-*ui ilol land ntTli iiclil
by bu-uuo eye*.*' U-t pancr-jbl i native*
the Hpuuifdi isteruiiuut'-i with rutf
bfirtnr of toi torn Sliiuo iIwtj •*#« uu
gAil in the inland Cebi wot netloctad
anil igucred for mao? yrari lint the
tilMjiirb coluuixeri it "and nltlniausJy
fooud that its sngxr plautati. Jr nnd to
banco flcliis were more joodtble than
gnlil intuea. Por two oontnrici it liat
proved tbe tarmt rain .bio of all Spuin'*
powcanoua. Colu ftuullv grow tirnl of
| being plundered by ttpaiu, eud rntrilioa
I afttir rebellion Broun, only lo ba rotb
leeely eoppmtend. Tlieo uact* the fa
looaa ten jun' urur end dually lUo
premiit fcnunlublo Inaorrrotluu. The
■Bwllrr lelBiid uf Puerto Bloo. which,
with Oabu. makou up the rrnmaut of
| Spain'* eta pita to America, command*
I bat Might attention lie hiatory ha*
been cidnrlcaa, u« ItidirhlmJIty not elg
nlflcaot. It bmp* upoo ibe fate i;f Cuba.
Tbe Philippine* term an Important
llob In the great volcanic nionntaiu
ratuo ].t lug off tl:n A«lt:. cca*t—ir-mi
chatba t'jo Er.ril’ a. 1 iriarii,
tho Philippine).. U'.rurn. Java *.' itra
r.n two larto lalandt f.u-.n.i and Min
d.'.nabo. term other j ol c r:.-:Mvr iblit
aim. and uDo-.ir.uted Itn-iilrr '>■ 1f rtnalier
onoa, down to the maro t d :*nt rrrtltir
oua lock on the *e->. They err all made
of rclcaulc rn.'V and oorul uh t maud
In v.-.lnaLlt uilmrela. The I'li.alu I*
troplntil, brttisu beigjt of the iloqo
THli AJ>CAZA« OP ttvii.u
•afoly he doon at Oarucna, the “Orun
Baanlou Americana." Into tbie Bolivar
and 8aa Martin were initiated. For
aoano year* Mlracdn mado oouaaianal
but fntlla attain pta at revolution. In ona
of which be engaged tbo Intereat of the
groat Bundonnld. Nothing of impor
tance waa achieved, however,until April
19. 1810. wben Caraoaa openly rota
agaluxt itr Spanlali governor, Miranda
and Bolivar beading the rovola Two
yean of uunOlct followed, not proanlalng
for the lurargaaU. Then cam* an aarth
qnaka It drafcroyed Claranea, killing a
no tuber of people. The enperatltloua
troop* of tit* lororgcnta thought it war
an Oman, threw down tb«ir arm a, de
rarted or aorremlrred, and the raballion
waa at an and. Miranda waa captured,
taken to 8 pa In and died In prieon—mar
dated, it may b* aorta laod Bolivar
•aoapad Into tha naighbortng province
at New Granada
In Onto Ur, 1*11. Bolivar re-rntorod I
VoarxoeJe with |00 mm, daoburlog war
to thv knife agalnet Hpaiu. Victory fol
lowed victory. In Angaet, 1*11, bo tu
rn tend Ckreoae lo triampb. Then came
revenue, end ha had to flea to Jamaica.
Par aome yean more die utrogglo waul
aa, until 1811, when New Granada and
Vouoannla wan united aa an tedepoud
ast repo bile nntlor the name of Colon
! /ia, the la*t of tba Spaalah troop* being
, trtveu oat to 1814. Kooador waa added
to Ibc republic la IMA Peru formed
another (fate la tail an dor Um aamo
of Bolivia, Porn Itaclf - end Cbilo aim.
tbenbt la the roeIaa of Dandonald—bn
ocadag lodepeudcnt la 1814. Mexico
•brew off I ho yoke of Spain la 18*1, aad
Guatemala—than looladiag all Central
America—lo i*|«. Mar did tba urev
laoaa aa the Plata river lag Ubind.
Paraguay, Indeed, waa Arm ad all to win
bar Uhfufni, la MIA Urmrenyfol
talua nud plateau* make* It endorabla
to European*. Tho total area of laod la
64,000 arjoaro mllea, and tba popolatton
tome 8,000,000. Th* flora la wonderful
ly profoae, oompriting teak, nodal and
oampbor tree*. palm*, tn. a vaa4 rarle
ty of aplrea aud perfume bearing flow*
era, rice and tho tamooa mantlla hemp.
The fanne abuw* no dangerou* bnata of
pray tarn the erooodlle. There ere buf
falo**, pig*, autaloye*. woukey* and
lamas* galore. A* for the people, they
ttro u» much mixed t* tbon of 8pete
Itnlt Negrito* wore probably aotoeb
thunon*. Tben Polyeeiiast catue In,
aud then Malay*. Chino** alto cam* la
great number*, ami of lata yean Use
Japiuen beta been flocking, with la
ton. It any well be, to po«*on the 1*.
load when tba Span lab an ex palled.
The Speoleh popolatloa 1* e*ry email.
Indurtry and ooatmtro* an eonafdara
bio. Then ara rtaamablp line*, tail
•oaiN, telegraph* and cable*, and a for
•Igu trade of gOO, 000,000 a year. Manilla
I* a aylendtd ulty, gat on tba margin of
no* of the flu eat k arbor* hi tba world.
It ha* an anoint furtnn, flue eh arch**,
« gay parade. tra*y *tmta and eanala,
park* sad palate*, hotel« and theater*.
The iubablkiata an an autiahlo and
baudaotno race
ParUCaO CIUw •* ■***••
fh* fortitert eU(M •* Bpala on te
W»tb and oortbtr-nt mart an Boutona,
flnntaoilar. Ournu*. Pono! and Vt*o:
on tho Allan lie, Mwen lbs Porta
farm front tar and tbo au-ill (Mbral
f*r, uiara oro Palo*. Son Laoar, near
tba month or the <ioad*ht«1n>» rlrar;
Oadlaand Turlfa. In U»*Mnlltormonan
tro Malaga. Ourtaruv BarcV.cn*, Pal
amoa, Tarragona, A Iran* I* ami Alloaatn.
Barenloaa, Oartagana tad A laterla war*
lommrljf looted a pea a* tba moa* fca
aatdnhlo lartmna ua tha Modi ten*
HAVANA IN i.-SO-TROU AN OU> PAINTINC.
mu, but their fortifications ue now in
doaay. so little aucntiou haring beta
paid to than since tL» ware nf tba
French nwnlnfiuu that, with the excep
tion of o few uiorient batteries line and
thuie, they are nnt worthy of considera
tioo. Daring thu wars with Napokoa
every port rf Spain was put iu a thor
ough state of defense by Rnglisb money,
bat since the Spaniard* Uaro b:cu left
to tbeir own tlevieoe tho ImiOuattaos
here b*en neglanted, end eraa torts and
battcrira of modern style am monntor*
with old fashioned smooth hot o gum.
utterly iacflrnllre iu modern warfare.
At the entrance <t the lledltcsraneau
ero two points which if properly forti
fied could be held against the naval
powers of the world—Tarifa ou the
Spools'] side and Cento on tho oppoiila
coast of Africa. Tarifa 1*. iu tho Judg
ment of military critic*, atpabla of be
ing mode as invulnerable as Gibraltar.
All tba seaports of Spain hava stran
ger fortitlcaUoua tin tbidr land tide thou
on that toward the tea. This odd cir
oumttennn is h ndiouf tbo French Inva
sion in the early years nf this omtwry,
and also significant of tbu turbulent
condition of tbo country ever ulnae, far j
tbn cities nf Spain arc, iu tbo Judgment
of tbn government, iu moracuiuger from
the Spaniards tbamndves than hum B
foreign enemy. On tbu bay ol Moray,
Coruna and Ftntd are the priutdpul
fortresses, while at Vigo there era two
small furtu to protect the entrance of
thu harbor, and San Sebastian, the myal
retideooo during the rammer, is guarded
by a meciimval cestlo and two or three
water batteries Cornua und Fnrral ore
■Hasted on the same bay, about 20
miles apart, tad the Latter is the sltc'cf
tbe largest uary yard and murine arsenal
in Spain.
•paaXsh CWiMUraua.
TIi# story of Spain from great Cberles
V to UtU# Alfonso mu bn* no parallel
In tbe history of the world. Ill Morions
and pbitosophera crpluiu the phenom
enon nooording to their iodlririnul Ideaa
Proto* rant* attribute tbo fall of Spain to
religions bigotry and tba suppression of
independent thought by tba inquisition.
Ono Catbolio writer, on tba otbar band,
maintains that lsnioony in dealing with
tansy marked tbo bagtuulng of na
tional deoay. Bad Chorles V been duly
dlllgoot In ataonplug ont tbe reform*,
tloo in Osraisny, eays this writer, Spain
Would oarer hare deteriorated. Tba po
litical aouoomfst teacbci that the saor
mooa wsaltb heoeght from America in
stead of onrieblng really impovorlsbnd
Spain, since it iadoeed neglect of bom*
Industrie* and generated en extras*,
ganoe which bacam* the rain of tbo na
tion. Bookie find* or think* h* finds,
lb* onoae, partly at least, in tba esper
•tiiioa* romance for authority which
kept ike Spaniard* faithfal to church
and stain, even wbllo tliey knew lb* one
to beoorTopt end tb* other iocompoteot.
Pride of character and eu Arrogance Ural
excltod tb* hatred of all foreigners and
the aatagonlem cf all foreign state*,
the wnrlllce habit* of tbe SpaaUii peopJe,
ooofirmed by eight oeutourlc* nf ooaatnnl
conflict with tbo Moors, drainlug tb*
oonntryof It* bsstraon euil > oar lug only
tbe weakly ami lufittu—each and erery
QUO at too** causes, together with lit
nemsrsbl* utbure, baa beau uphold by
rim auuiimu.
able advocates. Be tba cacao wbat H
may, tbs fact is apparent tbnt the graut
s*t nation of the Kfreootb uautnry ti
among tba least of tba u tuc tccutb. Tba
twentieth cent ary n»y flud bar aotbiug
bat a iitoMf.
Spain baa bad ranch architecture,
aonio nrt and little liters lure Tne Al
hambra, the Esoarlal and tba Alcazar
are marvel* of boaaty and grand oar. la
• book cuueplonout for friendliness tn
Simla Mr. Obatfleld-Teylar mtys that
Spaniards or* probably leta nsderetood
iu America tJrnn any people In Europe,
lu fact, tbt popular ccoorptiau of tbs
Simulat'd It of u sinister eououdrel,
wrapped iu a cloak, who smokes ciga
rettes and commit* dark daeda a earl
of ornuic opera Tlllalu, wbomt past lot;
U cruelty. Tbie absurdity It fully equal
ed by tba Apnalsli fmprwiiocs of Amer
icana—or ‘‘lot Yankee*," us they call
aa. They look upon tie o» a specie* of
platocmtia barbarian*, whose u:le merit
lire in onr tlnllore, wbaaa tuouoere are
bnnrUb and wbues government la the
moei corrupt aud men orcr boaring in
tba world. It It not always pleasant to
auoxso xui.
m ouradroa as other* ire oa, and when
ono read* In Spanish paper* that the
United State* I* • country without
prtucipie at rclig loo, without nisnll—
oa bravery, whrvo uagroar are nanil
•live and Italian* lyaehad In the pahUe
streets, where Obiiiamen are poraanated
and atrikes are prevalent, where an
arohista are ncTsraen of states and per
sonal liberty la unknown, one nesnta
the Urade and feels the lingo spirit
Mating in oos's heart. As a matt or at
fact, the Spanish eonoopttoa of the
Amcrioun la merely an esaggeratiem at
the national Halts. Jon aa our idoa at
lb* Spaniard la a mlsooaeaptiun of bit
character, framed by magnifying hi*
rtosa at ths expeuea of his virtues Ho
man nature la vrry Minch the earn# the
world over, and the Spaniard U very
Ilk* utbor man, sar* that ha in down on
hit luck. LUra must people who hero
known prosperity, ha finds I»difficult to
appreciate his otrtmmeurlbod position
and is wont to eorrey himself front the
mognlfiorut standpoint of hia achieve
Much Of tlw addlttoesl Rtmm that
la raised win how to Bitwa from I star
nal taxation, a* tlw MsgtryMlbdpt ■'
pot Uw tariff taxoaon moat article* up
to Uw lhatt. Tlw Inwtilfli n
tlmules, however. show that conddcr
abla tprynot-* ran la mod* In Uw (l»
tmria remlpt* by loiMatMgfm uf detP.
Au> rrooDMawudothtw that will Ga
made to CVugrrM for artdll least m
venue will i acted# a fwaomamodatlao
of n tax of 4 orals a poood oo eoBae.
which, on Uw basis of tmportottooo. It
javauioatad win pirid dbUW#».0M.-.V,
OOOo pear addltianrj renrutw, aad a
p-cninuwudouoo of a UI of to coot* o
poo ltd oo tM, wbiclt will yield a IttUo
won titan 811,000,000. It It MWvadL
and * anther million tody bo ntlMW
from a tax on spiaaa. Tb la wU awfco
a total of t41.OW.OW for UwaatUrW
irtSdct.
thataxoTbaoreraau'fl'a tarnhaS!
*ud iLa tvauitta* increase In tha ro
wans. It la estimated, will tw about
sug UOO.OOO a poar. and tola will »• tlw
largest lamraard revan u« from aoy a ah
source, IVhitkey la Mo* taxed fully
up l tie I be high rat ravaapa prod am Bg
l<«ibi, mat lui add It ion-* J rrtwMMa
ba raised fioot tins war or. Tobacco
and cigala will stand a substantial in
creear, however, and map be made to
plaid el* lit or ton million additional.
Other odds sod aods of taxation exit
be found which will Osaka tha total lu
cre**! iu Uw rwranura of Uw mteeru
wil amooat tofullp SX0U.000.0UO a
pear, Slid Still leave other tourer* of
revanaa ohicli can ba availed of if Uw
war tbould holosg drawn oat.
U t* probable that tlw Imowdiata In
emus to renutua which will bo oakad
will out exceed thin, though, should tho
warlw prolonged, ottwr taxaa wHl be
Imposed which will graatlp loareaaa the
reeetpia
Strong *rrumoots will b» mods for
■n immediate Usui of boods, bat Sec
retary Gage liao nut yet decided jaot
•bat ho will rrcummsod on Hilo wai
ter. fin la tlitnktag of contenting blm
Mlf fur lhv|MW«eul with a riwiMWiidie
lititi (li.it autb-irlly br ■ rallied by Con
gress for like ignusnce Treasury err*
tlUcatee if i' debtedaeaa to Ibo amount
of moo.uuo.ogo.
Tli»■*« orrUilcstra would banf small
deuomio'illous, but bnar * lute rest at a
low rate, and to redeemable at th«
pleasure of tbe government. Itlaba
iweed that, SlOO.OOO.UOO of tbvaacrrtl
flcaten would be absort ad aa fast at
liter might be oflered In the Treasury.
Witli 8lu0.000.00u from tla> lrauance
■ 4 CrrliOcWs Of ludcbtedbear and SdOs
000,000 fn>w tbs cash balance la Urn
Treasury, Secretary G*h« would ham
si tbs start dltO.UUG.000 in the war
chest. Tha proposed inereaaa of taxation
which the secretary lias la oo so letup lu
ll' B would begin to Icreaae the rvecn
uta as soon aa enacted by Congrats, at
they would require little additional
machinery fur tbetr collection.
Tide would mein a constant addition
of about a quarter of a million dollar*
a day to the fund available for extra
ordinary war rxpvosev In addition to
the ordinary revenues of tbe govern
ment.
Hit iuKiw *r u*m.
l*ti11a4lut|4iVaKovtU imlcu.
If tkrtv coold to sack a Iking M too
gm*t a (apply of good, that would bn
niiarr nf <>ur do social eeniliiat to
day. Tim tioiuirig of tba yellow metal
are rxetedlug all exprotatloas and
records. Competent judges eatlnoted
taat Um tup figure «f the Import at loos
would to I30.00u.00a Already tbt»
list Umn exceeded to $lu.0u0,00t> sad
i to end la not yet. Up to Tuesday tbu
total receipts of goto by the eouUsru
o'Uee slum February 33 ware about
634 000.000. which, with tbu "mount
drawn from Australia by baa Francks
oo, mods a grand total uf about H0.
000,000. do toug aa this oondttla* at
affairs couUauea—and them la nothing
to iadluato that It will seed la tbu near
fat are—tbu lattos will ba aMo to moat
without dWemKy aay oo"t Ingency tbu*
■ay arise, eean to a prolonged war,
and wiiboat aay fear wbatmr of to
lug forced to suspend tU spselo pay
ments for a si agio day.
■newmwtbim fossa. - |
fly wife has uawl Ctwml erl«li>’a
Fsln flalos fur tbrnsontiMU wttbpnai
relief, and I can rreoiameuo It as a
•plena.d liiiin.eut tor fki-amatlcm and
oilier ie.useliold tier far which wo
have fiMimf It ealualde_W. J. CoyVr.
lied Creek, X. Y.
Mr. Curler is noe of Um IssUng mot
rhahts «>f Ibis village uud ana of tba
most proa.treat atsa la tbla eternity.
—W. (*. rilpuia. Editor Red Greek
Herald. For sate by J. I. Carp 4k IX
Tba Ciatoey ledger learn* ana af tbu
original stockholders la tba Clofsr, S.
a. Ctotoa Mitt* asyc baton resetead
W mu oa tba dollar la I rlduda
since tbs Mill was srgaolmd 7 man
ago, sod fm July 1st would receive 10
per eel*, morc.maklsg X» la all. Tba
Mack of Um < Tovar min la now Ilian
Us market.
'A «.*4 t« Oia <Im la aaSatarV
alH a wnrd frnm lla «la> atinuM ba
►•llka.it. Mil >an aab. «rta a a Ua
»t* ? Tbnaa «rho know. Tla ufl
r»l*atr& man-laoa nt tro«i-*art*v
bmaua may ba tali** tar kantMar.
Hr. H'. m. TVrrjr a>r* Oaabrrtatb**
<>a*h Rr«rt» *IT»a t*IW IwUlrfwr
taa titan an* wia I* lla aurbat.
HrhabHIn tla 4ra* bkHtiraa k>
Btalnrt, Kl.. far t«4w |wt«| kaa
al I I.u»dw4> wf laUUa af Hi la w—4y
nul marly alt nltar **<HkHMM
aiMta mat CkkMim1alk*a la tba *«kt
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